Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, now a diabetic

[Tronathon242]

At least WMG were ridiculous enough to get a chuckle out of you. This is dumb enough that an 8 year old would call on your bulshit. Then again, Bob wanted to add Paradise Lost to the Care Bears. Not because there's any fucking connection but because his smoothbrain thought: this is a topic for grown ups but I can't be bothered to read; let's pretend a cartoon for toddlers can have Paradise Lost subtext.

Remember when he tried to pitch the idea that Forrest Gump was a Christ analogy? And when he got called out on it being a dumb take he spent 20 tweets explaining himself?

He has absolutely no filter and no way of being able to explain himself succinctly. Now, I'm sure we've watched a film and come up with some take we thought was amazing. The difference is, we may realize that it's stupid once we think it over. Bobert is so enamored with his own perceived brilliance that he won't rethink anything he says. He'll either make the conversation so convoluted to try and make his point look smart or delete what he said in a vain attempt to avoid embarrassment.

 

[The tired cat]

Hm, getting canned twice from Escapist and now possibly from Film Theory, I see fatboy ia making headway. Speaking of which, a buddy on mine discord told me how one time their film professor brought up Bobo as a legit source of movie knowledge and even showed his videos in class, including the Magneto one where he agreed with Bobos comments

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

To finalize, Bob and his ilk seem to think that the entire world abides by Western political values and that the "great" debates that happen in the West also happens in the rest of the world, wich couldn't be further from the truth, the world outside of the West is much more socially conservative and religious and things like "gay rights" are seen like a joke.

For all their bleating about how enlightened and intelligent they are, Bob and his ilk have a startlingly Amerocentric view of the world (understandable, given that most don't travel outside the US, and the ones that do either spend that time on their phones or only in areas the tour guides want them in.) They literally cannot fathom what other people live like; they have no frame of reference beyond their flickering screens. And what they see on those screens is tightly controlled by big corporations.

This reminds me a bit of 1984 (yes, I know the parallels between that book and Bob are old; bear with me.) In the book, the citizens of Oceania are ignorant of anyone outside of Oceania, and this is deliberately kept in place by the Party. Interaction with foreigners is kept to a minimum (in the form of servants or POWs) because, if an Oceanian was allowed even a single cordial meeting with a foreigner, they would realize that foreigners are no different from them. Bob and company isolate themselves from people who might think differently from them, and in doing so are able to construct a caricature in their head of what these Others are like. Thus, when Bob talks about nuking the midwest from orbit, he's not referring to the Midwest as it actually is- he's referring to the image he's built up inside his head (God only knows how hellish that image is.)

The roots are put down deeply enough that Bob will never see the mayo ghouls as anything but mayo ghouls, no matter how much he learned. Though, it'd be amusing to see Bob learn how many obsoletes like Bing Bing Wahoo; Bob would probably have a heart attack at the revelation.

 

[Positron]

For all their bleating about how enlightened and intelligent they are, Bob and his ilk have a startlingly Amerocentric view of the world

Let's say they have a simulacra of an American-centric view of the world, distorted by pop culture, shitty journalism, and their own obsessions.

it'd be amusing to see Bob learn how many obsoletes like Bing Bing Wahoo; Bob would probably have a heart attack at the revelation.

He'll find some bullshit point to distinguish himself from the proles. The ghouls may like Mario, but can they wax philosophical about the dialectics of power structure of the Mushroom Kingdom? Or explain how World 6-3 a metonymy of Derridean différance? Unlike the kid who queued with Bobby and asked his parent, "This big guy likes Mario too?", Bobby would ask instead, "How dare someone who knows so little about Mario queue with a true intellectual like me!"

 

[Ralph Barnhardt]

The local McDonald's doesn't serve the 40 piece McNugget.

More like they put a limit on one order per customer

 

[UncleFuckAss]

There is some deep deep comedy and social commentary in the fact that Loki was first portrayed as pure facist evil at first. In The Avengers there is a scene where an old jewish man basically calls him Hitler, and now he's a sassy trans who who people like Blob YASSSSSS QUEEN over.

 

[TheTriggerin']

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

Also, anybody who feels the need to post woke shit all the time has severe skeletons in their closet, and/or compensating for something. And is a humongous asshole in real life.

Are you implying that Male Feminists might be raging misogynists behind closed doors?

 

[Woe-B-Gon (TM)]

My hunch is that it is not so much "male power fantasy" as good, symmetrical composition.

It's also a trick for making something look bigger when verticality is limited. If you have a vertical framing you can certainly have the subject standing with wenches grasping at / enemies dying at his feet. But if it's horizonal (like our TVs and film screens) you just can't do it - most of the guys in those shots would be out of frame if they stood up so you'd have to pull back and show more background. Instead, you sit the subject down and get close so he fills the frame. I'm sure if there was a supine pose that conveyed the idea of power they'd use that more to cater to widescreen TVs, but it's hard to look powerful when you're flat on your back.

Not related but it's also used in statuary like Zeus at Olympia (and its obvious descendant, Lincoln in Washington), because doing a big free-standing statue is hard but a seated one can be huge and everyone will look at it and think "If he stood up he'd be a giant!", giving most of the effect of a standing statue with a lot less effort.

It's a tool like any other. Funny he calls it a male power fantasy when so many "male power fantasies" are action shots. Ask someone to think of Superman and they won't plant him on a throne, they'll have him flying or punching or both. Maybe standing in a heroic pose. But certainly not parked on his super-ass.

 

[Positron]

This is male power fantasy. You can see sitting down is quite optional.

 

[Cantercoin]

 

[Woe-B-Gon (TM)]

Usually I can translate, but that didn't really make sense to me either. Truck drivers kept the economy going, yes, but janitors just did what they always do and food workers were getting fucked left and right by Saint Fauci, Pope of Science and his delightful gang of psychotic, overcontrolling governors. Honestly. it just comes off as more leftist "WE RESPECT THE WORKING CLASS FOR REALS YOU GUYS!!!!" bullshit (nothing in there about farmers or fabricators though, hmm...).

Janitors in offices (what offices haven't been working from home) have been doing more sterilizing of doorknobs and such. "Food workers" then implies Doordash / Uber Eats drivers, because I strongly suspect the writer is your typical urban bumpkin - never crossed the ring road and never will.

 

[NynchLiggers]

He'll find some bullshit point to distinguish himself from the proles. The ghouls may like Mario, but can they wax philosophical about the dialectics of power structure of the Mushroom Kingdom? Is World 6-3 a metonymy of Derridean différance? Unlike the kid who queued with Bobby and asked his parent, "This big guy likes Mario too?", Bobby would ask instead, "How dare someone who knows so little about Mario queue with a true intellectual like me!"

He will devolve pseudo-philosophy if a ghoul actually knows more about Bing Bing Wahoo than him, considering his obsession with it has less to do with the character and universe himself, and more about escapism.

 

[Adamska]

He will devolve pseudo-philosophy if a ghoul actually knows more about Bing Bing Wahoo than him, considering his obsession with it has less to do with the character and universe himself, and more about escapism.

He'd just dance between canons until he gets a minimal win and then strut. Because he wouldn't stop until he thinks he can eke a win or mitigate an L. He's that fucking stupid.

 

[NynchLiggers]

There is some deep deep comedy and social commentary in the fact that Loki was first portrayed as pure facist evil at first. In The Avengers there is a scene where an old jewish man basically calls him Hitler, and now he's a sassy trans who people like Blob YASSSSSS QUEEN over.

The capeshit factories saw fortunes with the tumblrina market, branching out from the usual MovieBlob type autist.

 

[Grumpy Pickle Rick]

I swear, his violent fantasies of exterminating us Mayo Ghouls are getting more deranged and stupid by the day.

You know what’s one thing I always wondered? Why is it, autistic nerds always have the most deranged fantasies?

For people who are obsessed with magic ponies, superheroes Disney Princesses and other cute junk, they have the most abstract thoughts and messed up fantasies.

Anybody who feels the need to post woke shit all the time has severe skeletons in their closet, and/or compensating for something. And is a humongous asshole in real life.

Agreed.

 

[LordofCringe7206]

Hm, getting canned twice from Escapist and now possibly from Film Theory, I see fatboy ia making headway. Speaking of which, a buddy on mine discord told me how one time their film professor brought up Bobo as a legit source of movie knowledge and even showed his videos in class, including the Magneto one where he agreed with Bobos comments

Bob is very lucky. I was once in a journalism program and one of my professor's openly mocked Kurt Eichenwald. When you have a leg up on Kurt you should be doing victory laps.

 

[blablabla]

retardo got fired again or his bathroom is leaking shit all over his basement pig plant. both of these things are regular events in the life of big brain and man of the world blobbo chipman

 

[TowinKarz]

He has absolutely no filter and no way of being able to explain himself succinctly. Now, I'm sure we've watched a film and come up with some take we thought was amazing. The difference is, we may realize that it's stupid once we think it over. Bobert is so enamored with his own perceived brilliance that he won't rethink anything he says. He'll either make the conversation so convoluted to try and make his point look smart or delete what he said in a vain attempt to avoid embarrassment.

Like science vs. "I fucking love science!"

Real smart vs. fake smart is easy to spot.

Real smart people get their ideas across in short, concise, points, sometimes with folksy humor and "nerdy" references too. Because they want their idea to get out there and will "sell" it to lay people in terms they can understand so everyone benefits.

Fake smart people obfuscate their ideas with impressive sounding words and page after page of rambling into tangents from that original point in an effort to "sound" smart and look informed. Because their core argument is weak and probably 100% supposition, or just an opinion that doesn't even NEED defending. It's valid by being yours. You don't even have to argue it unless you're the egoist kind that feels you opinions should have supremacy. And they won't "sell it" with breezy or silly flourishes because this is serious... this is a quasi-GOD talking here!

You know what’s one thing I always wondered? Why is it, autistic nerds always have the most deranged fantasies?

For people who are obsessed with magic ponies, superheroes Disney Princesses and other cute junk, they have the most abstract thoughts and messed up fantasies.

If you don't fit in to the "Real World" the ideal escapist fantasy isn't to have a higher standing in that world, but to inhabit a new one.

An average person who fantasizes probably dreams of having something they desire but can't get, a nicer car, a beautiful boy/girlfriend, an important job with prestige.... whatever it is, there's a 99% chance it's something other people can and do get right here on Earth Prime.

If you're caustic in personality or detached from reality due to mental issues, you can grow so distant from "normal" people that even a high position among "normies" isn't enough to satisfy .... you've got to go the extra mile.... you've got to fantasize about being King of another planet, or at least a subject of the King of Sparkle Pony Land.

The fantasy is twisted by the inability to tolerate Real Life to the point that any escape from it isn't complete until you're in a totally different dimension where the mayoghouls, trolls and Got-Dang Asexual Women can't even DREAM of getting into....

It's a tool like any other. Funny he calls it a male power fantasy when so many "male power fantasies" are action shots. Ask someone to think of Superman and they won't plant him on a throne, they'll have him flying or punching or both. Maybe standing in a heroic pose. But certainly not parked on his super-ass.

We also know, through decades of character building about what Superman stands for that he'd NEVER willingly sit on a throne. He doesn't see himself as the God Emperor of humanity, but rather, a Super-citizen of same who recognizes his functional invulnerability/immortality means he's the ultimate innocent bystander who can step in and say "Hey, stop that or someone's gonna get hurt!" and survive whatever happens. Putting him on one, would be subconsciously "rejected" by an astute reader as "something's wrong" as being in the seat of power implies you intend to force your will, and are plotting something, good or bad, for those you rule over.

Supes, the ultimate Boy Scout, doesn't plot, he lets the common person live their life and woe to anyone who would do that little man wrong.

 

[Caustic Gelatin]

Okay Kiwis, taking all bets what the setback was?

Please tell me he tried to get his job at the escapist back. Oh god please tell me he tried to get his job at the escapist back and they slammed the door on him. Sweet Jesus that would be funny.

On a side note: Apparently J.R.R. Tolkien helped C.S. Lewis convert to Christianity which is a fun historical fact I never knew about. And who said you can never learn anything from reading kiwifarms?