Urban v's the Commentariat

[revol68]

Rushmore I liked, Bottle Rocket I hated, Royal Tennabaums I just couldn't warm to at all, too stylised, too quirky, basically just too Wes Anderson.

Oddly I'm liking the look of Hotel Budapest cause it is set in a properly surreal world and not simply some stylised indie hipster catcher in the rye realm.

That's what it is, all his films remind me of Catcher in the Rye.

 

[phildwyer]

Oh man, I Googled some more of her now:

"Lena Dunham, creator/ writer/ producer/ star of the HBO award-winning series “Girls,” showcased the leading character, Hannah, (played by Dunham herself) in very raw and honest encounters with the illness toward the end of this past season. Hannah had dealt with OCD in high school. It resurfaced when she was faced with two significant stressors: trying to write an e-book in a short time frame, and dealing with the rocky aftermath of a breakup.Whether the scenes illustrated episodes of relentless tics, counting, or a compulsive habit that brought her to the emergency room, “Girls” took on authentic territory that invited other OCD sufferers to feel less alone."

So Girls is about a girl trying to write a script called "Girls" but going mad instead. Have I missed anything?

 

[TruXta]

I don't mean to themselves though - i mean to the extrnmal world, the people who make shows and pull strings. (See the article for how and why those who didn't read it)

Not sure I get you.

 

[butchersapron]

Not sure I get you.

They get shit made and talked about - it carries that weight rather than just being valued because these privileged fucks value it.

 

[Idris2002]

So Girls is about a girl trying to write a script called "Girls" but going mad instead. Have I missed anything?

Yes you forget to stick a "meta" in there.

 

[TruXta]

They get shit made and talked about - it carries that weight rather than just being valued because these privileged fucks value it.

Ah, yes, ok. Still don't get why people (like my wife) find it interesting tho. Horses for courses I guess, goodness knows I watch enough shite that has no real relation to my own life.

 

[revol68]

On a similar tip, anyone watch Francais Ha? I turned it off after half an hour, was like Girls but without the laughs.

 

[butchersapron]

Ah, yes, ok. Still don't get why people (like my wife) find it interesting tho. Horses for courses I guess, goodness knows I watch enough shite that has no real relation to my own life.

Get rid.

 

[TruXta]

On a similar tip, anyone watch Francais Ha? I turned it off after half an hour, was like Girls but without the laughs.

Frances Ha (had to google it ) - nah never seen it - IMDB tells me it's made by Wes A protege Noah Baumbach...

 

[butchersapron]

On a similar tip, anyone watch Francais Ha? I turned it off after half an hour, was like Girls but without the laughs.

Never heard of it, but the name going through my head earlier was this Noah bloke. Idris liked his squid and whale film. I hated it. A perfect example of how to make me hate rich people rather than like them like anderson/tennebaums.

 

[TruXta]

Get rid.

Easier said than done. There isnt't a lot of stuff about late 30 something Northern Europeans living in SE London to my knowledge

 

[revol68]

Frances Ha (had to google it ) - nah never seen it - IMDB tells me it's made by Wes A protege Noah Baumbach...

All these rich easy coast wasp cunts are in on it together!

 

[phildwyer]

"“There’s stuff that Hannah has done in her ignorance or good-hearted way that I would never, ever undertake in my life,” Dunham added. For example, after Hannah’s parents abruptly cut her off, she pockets the tip for the housekeeper they’ve left in their hotel room."

http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/girls_writer_lays_bare_womens_insecurities_20120425/

 

[TruXta]

All these rich easy coast wasp cunts are in on it together!

I'm gonna nick that "easy coast" line.

 

[revol68]

Never heard of it, but the name going through my head earlier was this Noah bloke. Idris liked his squid and whale film. I hated it. A perfect example of how to make me hate rich people rather than like them like anderson/tennebaums.

It hurts me to know you like Tennebaums. Like I said it's all a bit Catcher in the Rye, the world he invokes atleast, just with added hipster quirk.

Maybe I'm being too harsh on it cause of his fan base.

 

[Idris2002]

Never heard of it, but the name going through my head earlier was this Noah bloke. Idris liked his squid and whale film. I hated it. A perfect example of how to make me hate rich people rather than like them like anderson/tennebaums.

HANG ON A FUCKING SECOND there, sirrah. WHERE EXACTLY did I ever say that?

 

[butchersapron]

HANG ON A FUCKING SECOND there, sirrah. WHERE EXACTLY did I ever say that?

Idris, you know that i know and that i said it because i know - you know that right?

 

[Idris2002]

Idris, you know that i know and that i said it because i know - you know that right?

I certainly never said anything like that on here, you can depend on it.

 

[butchersapron]

I certainly never said anything like that on here, you can depend on it.

I note the 'on here'. I have written here on this piece of paper...

 

[Idris2002]

I note the 'on here'. I have written here on this piece of paper...

. . . Herr Butchersapron's solemn declaration that he does not want war, and that he is completely sound in mind and body. . .

 

[phildwyer]

"The idea that the feminism conversation could be cool again and not just feel like some granola BS is so exciting to me."

 

[redsquirrel]

I think he invented half of that stuff. Rushmore/tennabauams = great. Not bothered after that.

I thought Moonrise Kingdom was a bit of a return to form. But the Life Aquatic was poor.

Revols totally wrong about Frances Ha btw, more because of Greta Gertwig than Baumbach.

 

[Theisticle]

Assange is pissed at the NS.

@PennyRed @ggreenwald Laurie Penny, PPE clique member, whose editor at the New Statesman, Helan Lewis, is also a PPE clique member.

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/425281980528214016

 

[DotCommunist]

lets get him out for the occupation

 

[J Ed]

https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/425300438770929664

Owen JonesVerified account‏@OwenJones84
@PennyRed @wikileaks Maybe if you were a Republican member of a political dynasty like Rand Paul, then Julian Assange would like you

... which is true but my god 'opposition' to established interests in the 21st Century in the West is so shit. Privately educated Oxbridge fauxcialists duking it out with Randians. A plague on both their houses.

 

[Theisticle]

Laurie Penny ‏@PennyRed 28m
I have no idea why @wikileaks is slagging me off, and would appreciate some support from people who are at all familiar with my work. Ta.

 

[DotCommunist]

whoever wins, we all lose

 

[J Ed]

Truth is defined by favourites and retweets on twitter

 

[J Ed]

whoever wins, we all lose

I'm sure that one of those books on Laurie Penny's reading list, all of which I'm sure she has actually read, has something to say about that.

 

[Theisticle]

It's a fight nobody wanted or cares about.

On one side: The giant ego of Julian Assange

The other: The giant egos of Penny and others.