Escape to the Movies: Chronicle

[TheDrunkNinja]

And I repeat: Don't judge everyone else by your standards. I can't just snap my fingers and get over something. Although I really wish I could.

Alright, it's not really about my standards or getting over your problems. My whole spiel is mostly about how people are dealing with those problems. Like you said, I don't know you. I don't know how you deal with them. But I will say, admitting that if you were granted power, you would abuse said power for revenge's sake. Not simple retribution, but fucking murder? That's like admitting you can't be trusted for any real responsibility. Unless you're like an angsty teenager, there's no excuse for that kind of behavior. Again, I don't know you, so I'm not saying you said any of that. This is all on Bob. Hell, I judge Bob more than anyone else since he's the one throwing his past problems in our faces while demanding we still take him seriously. It's childish. And he's ten years older than I am. It's inexcusable.

And who are you to decide what is childish? What are your qualifications? Have you sat down and talked to him about his life? Do you know exactly what he went through everyday? How about how he has dealt with everything else in his life? You are basing your entire judgement on a few videos that he has made, and except that people deal with things differently. Just because you find something childish, doesn't make it true. i find your judgement of a man that you don't even know to be childish, but that doesn't make it true.

He's the one who put's his past problems in his videos. If he doesn't want my criticism for complaining about how a stupid horror movie from the '90s ruined his early years in life, he shouldn't have put it on a media of mass communication and free-speech like the internet. And he expects me to take his word seriously. It's not going to happen.

 

[370999]

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Look, when I was a kid, I was bullied so bad I had to be home schooled for the rest of my schooling years. I was ten. But I don't let it rule my life making up petty revenge fantasies and constantly talking about it like Bob does. I'm 21, and I've moved past it. Maybe you guys haven't. I don't know how old you all are, but when you're 30 years old, are you seriously going to still have it hanging over you like Bob does? I mean, really?

But did you forget about it? Do you ever think about it periodically? Has then been any character, in games or movies or books, that you have been able to identify with because of this? Bob simply points out things in movies that he can relate to, just because you reacted differently to a possibly different circumstance doesn't mean that you should be judging other people. How we react to what life throws at us differs from person to person.

I think I'm in the same boat as the Drunk Ninja, and I would say for myself that it partially it depends. Also I would quite often think "I like this, why?" And go on from there. See to me there is a huge difference between having a scab or keeping picking at it in an attempt to appear more sympathetic and be so filled with self pithy that after your ib the scab off, you cry "This is all because of thos bad men twenty years ago".

It didn't seem like bob was trying to get sympathy. All he said was that he found himself rooting for the bullied kid. The character in the movie is a kid, who is still getting bullied (judging by what bob said and the previews they are all still in high school) so it is only natural to sympathize with the person who is finally standing up to their bully, especially if you never got the chance to do it when you were the bullied.

I was talking more in a general sense in that he does bring it up a lot, and certainly it does seem to eb present and a major part in his world view. As for sympathising with the kid getting revenge, that really depends how doesn't it? As it seems to me that kid probably becomes just as much a bully as those other people were to him, just on a larger scale. If you sympathise with that then I think that is wrong.

Of course I haven't seen the movie yet.

 

[artanis_neravar]

And I repeat: Don't judge everyone else by your standards. I can't just snap my fingers and get over something. Although I really wish I could.

Alright, it's not really about my standards or getting over your problems. My whole spiel is mostly about how people are dealing with those problems. Like you said, I don't know you. I don't know how you deal with them. But I will say, admitting that if you were granted power, you would abuse said power for revenge's sake. Not simple retribution, but fucking murder? That's like admitting you can't be trusted for any real responsibility. Unless you're like an angsty teenager, there's no excuse for that kind of behavior. Again, I don't know you, so I'm not saying you said any of that. This is all on Bob. Hell, I judge Bob more than anyone else since he's the one throwing his past problems in our faces while demanding we still take him seriously. It's childish. And he's ten years older than I am. It's inexcusable.

And who are you to decide what is childish? What are your qualifications? Have you sat down and talked to him about his life? Do you know exactly what he went through everyday? How about how he has dealt with everything else in his life? You are basing your entire judgement on a few videos that he has made, and except that people deal with things differently. Just because you find something childish, doesn't make it true. i find your judgement of a man that you don't even know to be childish, but that doesn't make it true.

He's the one who put's his past problems in his videos. If he doesn't want my criticism for complaining about how a stupid horror movie from the '90s ruined his early years in life, he shouldn't have put it on a media of mass communication and free-speech like the internet. And he expects me to take his word seriously. It's not going to happen.

If you don't like what he puts in his videos than you don't have to watch them. You claim to have gotten past your own issues but here you are bullying people who haven't gotten past their issues yet.

 

[370999]

And I repeat: Don't judge everyone else by your standards. I can't just snap my fingers and get over something. Although I really wish I could.

Alright, it's not really about my standards or getting over your problems. My whole spiel is mostly about how people are dealing with those problems. Like you said, I don't know you. I don't know how you deal with them. But I will say, admitting that if you were granted power, you would abuse said power for revenge's sake. Not simple retribution, but fucking murder? That's like admitting you can't be trusted for any real responsibility. Unless you're like an angsty teenager, there's no excuse for that kind of behavior. Again, I don't know you, so I'm not saying you said any of that. This is all on Bob. Hell, I judge Bob more than anyone else since he's the one throwing his past problems in our faces while demanding we still take him seriously. It's childish. And he's ten years older than I am. It's inexcusable.

And who are you to decide what is childish? What are your qualifications? Have you sat down and talked to him about his life? Do you know exactly what he went through everyday? How about how he has dealt with everything else in his life? You are basing your entire judgement on a few videos that he has made, and except that people deal with things differently. Just because you find something childish, doesn't make it true. i find your judgement of a man that you don't even know to be childish, but that doesn't make it true.

He's the one who put's his past problems in his videos. If he doesn't want my criticism for complaining about how a stupid horror movie from the '90s ruined his early years in life, he shouldn't have put it on a media of mass communication and free-speech like the internet. And he expects me to take his word seriously. It's not going to happen.

If you don't like what he puts in his videos than you don't have to watch them. You claim to have gotten past your own issues but here you are bullying people who haven't gotten past their issues yet.

First of all that is pathetic, you instantly claim Drunken is a bully in that he disagrees with you. He has as much right to disagree and dislike as you do to differ and like and agree.

Secondly it is entirely possible that, like me, he enjoys Bob's stuff in general as Bob can be a very perceptive reviewer but really disliek this victimhood mentality that get's brought in. Human beings don't have to be binary creatures of complete adoration or loathing.

And finally, Bob is a critic, he should expect it to happen back to him. Bob seems to have no compnction for pulling punches when he disagrees with others, so why should I with him.

 

[Lieju]

I was picked on as a kid. A lot.
But my super-power fantasies tended to go the Spider-Man route;
if I had power like that, I would help people, even the bullies, when they got in trouble, because I was better than them and would not sink to their level.
And then they would feel bad.

Glad someone feels the same way even after mass amount of bullying. I too faced those hardships as a kid even though my life wasn't all that difficult to get by. Still, tough times are still tough so props to you bud for being able to overcome hatred (cheesy but true.)

There was one time when I retaliated, in what was pretty much self-defense, and attempted to hit the boy with a piece of wood.
That's one of my worst memories, because its pretty much the only time I wanted to, and tried to, physically hurt someone.
And I'm really glad I missed.

Fantasies are fantasies, but I still feel kinda bad for such revenge-fantasies, and feel bad for nerds being glad when people fight back with violence...

If I had had telekinetic powers when I was in school, I would have messed with the bullies by misplacing their items, scaring them in the dark, making fools of them by making them fall in front of everyone etc.

You know, good clean old-fashioned psychological torment.

 

[MB202]

Candy Land movie? YES! Adam Sandler starring? NO!!!!

 

[Urameshi13]

Nobody can tell me a damn thing about being bullied. It got so bad when I was in 5th grade, I started walking home with a compass in one hand (the kind with the sharp end that draws circles).

Would I have loved to kick the ass of every bully that ever harassed me? You bet your life. But this revenge fantasy bullshit is, well...bullshit. Anyone who would wish to take out their frustrations on anyone unfortunate enough to be in their vicinity is a weak-minded fool.

Rise above and act like a rational human being for fuck's sake.

 

[artanis_neravar]

And I repeat: Don't judge everyone else by your standards. I can't just snap my fingers and get over something. Although I really wish I could.

Alright, it's not really about my standards or getting over your problems. My whole spiel is mostly about how people are dealing with those problems. Like you said, I don't know you. I don't know how you deal with them. But I will say, admitting that if you were granted power, you would abuse said power for revenge's sake. Not simple retribution, but fucking murder? That's like admitting you can't be trusted for any real responsibility. Unless you're like an angsty teenager, there's no excuse for that kind of behavior. Again, I don't know you, so I'm not saying you said any of that. This is all on Bob. Hell, I judge Bob more than anyone else since he's the one throwing his past problems in our faces while demanding we still take him seriously. It's childish. And he's ten years older than I am. It's inexcusable.

And who are you to decide what is childish? What are your qualifications? Have you sat down and talked to him about his life? Do you know exactly what he went through everyday? How about how he has dealt with everything else in his life? You are basing your entire judgement on a few videos that he has made, and except that people deal with things differently. Just because you find something childish, doesn't make it true. i find your judgement of a man that you don't even know to be childish, but that doesn't make it true.

He's the one who put's his past problems in his videos. If he doesn't want my criticism for complaining about how a stupid horror movie from the '90s ruined his early years in life, he shouldn't have put it on a media of mass communication and free-speech like the internet. And he expects me to take his word seriously. It's not going to happen.

If you don't like what he puts in his videos than you don't have to watch them. You claim to have gotten past your own issues but here you are bullying people who haven't gotten past their issues yet.

First of all that is pathetic, you instantly claim Drunken is a bully in that he disagrees with you. He has as much right to disagree and dislike as you do to differ and like and agree.

Secondly it is entirely possible that, like me, he enjoys Bob's stuff in general as Bob can be a very perceptive reviewer but really disliek this victimhood mentality that get's brought in. Human beings don't have to be binary creatures of complete adoration or loathing.

And finally, Bob is a critic, he should expect it to happen back to him. Bob seems to have no compnction for pulling punches when he disagrees with others, so why should I with him.

It wasn't instant, it was after he repeatedly insult Bob for how he deals with his problem. That is bullying.

Secondly he said "he expects me to take his word seriously. It's not going to happen." this reads as him not liking Bob's reviews.

 

[CODE-D]

Just got back from watching it, I highly recommend it.
I wish the ending had been different though but it was still good.
Some cgi tweaked to look better, like the toy bear and ping pong ball.
and for the more actiony parts that they didnt rely on the camera view thing
but still really good.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Spotted Chronicle back in October. Glad it's still come through as awesome as it looked

 

[Nouw]

Maybe I will do something for my birthday after all. Cheers Bob, I'll be looking into this.

 

[jecht35]

Do people really get this mad when bob talks about his personal life. By the way he really didn't say anything besides he roots for the villain at the end of the show. And from the two maybe three episodes that he's mentioned his distain from bully's. I haven't seen him mention it much if at all for months. And really if we judge people we don't know it is in fact the same thing as being a bully. OT: not sure I will like this movie, I might see it with friends next week, or wait and rent it when it comes out.

 

[Baresark]

Awesome. My girlfriend and I have been looking forward to this, glad it came out so well. I saw previews and thought it looked promising but I had a big problem with the whole found footage element (didn't know it had a name till now). Tomorrow it's on then.

 

[Wriggle Wyrm]

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I kind of love you.

Meh, I think I?ll pass. If its anything like his other movies, it?ll be a boring, convoluted, "racially insensitive" and have some really irritating scenes. I personally don?t want to go to a movie for cool explosions and instead get Adam Sandler being lectured by his mother about masturbation.

 

[lesterley]

I think your point at large is fine but having a movie made with an focus ona group of three male friends is fine and probaly made it the better movie.

Why do you think it made the movie "better" by having all the protagonist be male? How would the movie have been inferior by having a predominantly female cast?

 

[Hazy992]

I saw the movie the other day. I thought it was awesome although the last 20 minutes or so seemed like they could have been taken from a live action Akira. Seriously, all you'd need would be someone shouting 'KANEDA' and 'TETSUO' and you wouldn't know the difference.