Meriel

The new trailer was terrible.

It looked like a film made for children and people who never grew up.

Yes. That is exactly why I loved it.

So your argument is because we're in a dark place we need to embrace and unthinking mentality that sees things only in black and white...which I do believe is the very mentality that allows the vile fascists we're having to deal with rise to power.

Look people can have their brain candy, we all need it from time to time. But it is never an argument that when things are bad we should turn off our brain. Darkness in the world requires serious responses not child like escapism.

And yeah I realize that all of this would be putting way too much on a couple of films, but my point in referencing how there is falling away of intellect in all genres is that this film is just a symptom of a larger trend.

Do not insult family movies that way.

The art of balancing a movie for all audiences has been lost, that is why Hollywood is dying. Movies for all audiences are one of the hardests pieces of media to make because you have to keep it light, but thoughtful. Be smart and funny, but with a hint of darkness, show kindness and fear in a way it's digestable for all. That is why we don't have a classkc Jurassic Park anymore, the Star Wars prequels, the true disney classics. They were smart and good family movies.

"Have you seen ANY classic childrens films?" Yes, all the time. There are times that I need to shut by brain off to allow my subconscious to work on a problem and I will turn on films that do not require higher intellect. But guess what I have more than enough of those. What I don't have is movies that deal with serious and thoughtful moments of philosophy, ethics, and human nature. I did get a complete story with the Nolan Dark Knight Trilogy, but idiots whining prevented me from getting an end to the smarter Snyder films. (And I do know a lot of "Snyder bros" just look at his visuals and miss that his works have a consistent and deep look at politics and classical philosophy, please don't lump me in with those).

But I have and still sometime watch those children's films. Emperor's New Groove is a particular favorite. But I understand they have they time and place and should not be main course of my brain's diet of visual media.

"The art of balancing a movie for all audiences has been lost," Fair, but what has also been lost is movies that appeal to anything but the lowest common denominator. And I will bitch about the fact that there are practically no adult films being made anymore until it has some effect.

"That is why we don't have a classkc Jurassic Park anymore, the Star Wars prequels, the true disney classics" Did you really put up Jurassic Park and Star Wars as the pinnacle of film making? I mean Jurassic Park is okay, but it completely guts the depth of its source material...if you were going to go for Spielberg that was fun but also intelligent pick Minority Report. And while I hear Andor is actually decent (haven't gotten around to watching it) but Star Wars has and always will be for children.

"Kids are not idiots, kids deserve heroes and good movies as much as any person. Superman has always been that hero," You say kids are not idiots...and then you advocate for them being fed the dumb blue boyscout version of the character. You're right kids are not idiots. They can handle Westley saying "Life is pain, anyone who says otherwise is selling something" they can handle Carl dealing with Ellie's death, they understand the evil of Syndrome saying "because if everyone is special, then no one is."

I will not argue if you hate it or think it's dumb once it's out, but you are calling a movie dumb just because you don't like how the pictures look so, you do sound overly biased. We do agree colorful kids movies can be deep, so maybe we can wait and see whats up 🤷🏻‍♀️

The new trailer was terrible.

It looked like a film made for children and people who never grew up.

Yes. That is exactly why I loved it.

So your argument is because we're in a dark place we need to embrace and unthinking mentality that sees things only in black and white...which I do believe is the very mentality that allows the vile fascists we're having to deal with rise to power.

Look people can have their brain candy, we all need it from time to time. But it is never an argument that when things are bad we should turn off our brain. Darkness in the world requires serious responses not child like escapism.

And yeah I realize that all of this would be putting way too much on a couple of films, but my point in referencing how there is falling away of intellect in all genres is that this film is just a symptom of a larger trend.

Do not insult family movies that way.

The art of balancing a movie for all audiences has been lost, that is why Hollywood is dying. Movies for all audiences are one of the hardests pieces of media to make because you have to keep it light, but thoughtful. Be smart and funny, but with a hint of darkness, show kindness and fear in a way it's digestable for all. That is why we don't have a classkc Jurassic Park anymore, the Star Wars prequels, the true disney classics. They were smart and good family movies.

The new trailer was terrible.

It looked like a film made for children and people who never grew up.

Yes. That is exactly why I loved it.

Log in this app after a long fucking time and this is the image that greets me.

Or IceMav are movie stars so Bradley is not even a little impressed with this little diva named Jake Seresin 😒

Or IceMav are movie stars so Bradley is not even a little impressed with this little diva named Jake Seresin 😒

No one leaves comments on Ao3 anymore.

Seriously people the lack of fandom interaction these days makes me genuinely depressed, it never used to be like this, makes me wonder what's the point of coming online to do anything anymore.

Reblog a post so other people can see it.

Leave a comment so the author doesn't feel like giving up.

Now the main load falls to those who are creators. Make the thing, promote the thing, get it out to people, then read the stuff of your friends, look around for more and find new artists and writers while working on your next wip, have an offline life and feel bad about not being able to keep up with the series of your friends because, damn, you know they have been kinda down about feeling irrelevant and ignored.

Fandom as a concept and form of community holds so many possibilities and chances because it's full of people creating for creations sake, out of love for something and not for cold profits.

Do you actually understand how special that is?

comment when you can! even if it's ❤️❤️❤️, or "simple but great", which are legit comments I received and still think about months later in addition to the four paragraph analysis of my character that covered things I thought about but didn't write into the story and my reader still figured out (talking about you @fris-art)

if commenting feels onerous and you're already doing your best by reading and being present, that's okay too. just remember that if you comment on just one story and another reader comments on another, that's two authors who got engaged and feel persuaded to write more. there are a few readers in my fandom that do this, jisung_apologist and jiangcheng's mom, feludaa, felicitymars come to mind but there are more. & it makes such a difference in keeping the momentum alive when i look at fandom as an ecosystem.

Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: Top Gun (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw/Jake “Hangman” Seresin, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky/Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, Reuben “Payback” Fitch/Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia Characters: Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, Jake “Hangman” Seresin, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, Robert “Bob” Floyd, Javy “Coyote” Machado, Reuben “Payback” Fitch, Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia, Natasha “Phoenix” Trace, Callie “Halo” Bassett, Brigham “Harvard” Lennox, Logan “Yale” Lee, Penny Benjamin, Original Characters Additional Tags: Idiots in Love, Enemies to Lovers, Secret Crush, Secret Admirer, Flowers, Language of Flowers, Jake “Hangman” Seresin is a Little Shit, Texan Jake “Hangman” Seresin, no beta we die like goose, Jake needs some romance in his life, Rooster is bad at feelings, unrequired required love, Emotional Constipation, This came out of nowhere, don´t blame me, Ice is alive, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky Lives Summary:

“This is not for me.” Mickey grinned like a fucking maniac as he held out a small envelope for everyone to see, pointing at the signature in it.

Jake.

The blond felt his world tilt as he frowned at the offending four letters of his name. What. The. Fuck. He pulled the card away from the other´s hand as he looked at the fancy lettering in horrified amazement.

“Oh my GOD! Bagman has an admirer?!” Paybay yelled

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