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

[Red Hood]

Bootleg Bryan Adams. Which, for the kiddos was a bootleg rock star. From bootleg America

And Bryan Adams himself was like dollar store Canadian Springsteen.

 

[Ralph Barnhardt]

I'm sure this has been discussed already in this massive ass thread, but I still don't get what the fuck his current twitter name means, and I kinda get the urge to punch him for comparing himself to one of the most legendary film directors of all time, even if it's as his weird idea of some kind of joke or wordplay

People were roasting him for having a shitty take about the director Kurosawa and he tried to snark his way into a W. Didn't work and now the name makes no sense.

It wasn't him directly. He was coming to the defense of an angel, the furry sloth guy I think or Ashley Lynch (doesn't matter really) because said angel had some stupid take implying that Kurosawa helped create the current climate of Snyder bros' bigotry and hate because Akira's movies are long. Someone dug into their past tweets and found where he had said that Disney's Marvel's Avengers: Endgame was one of the best movies ever and mocked said angel for it. As @Therealhomor said Bob tried to make it a win and refuses to change it, probably because he's no longer a brand to promote. Who needs to grow your reach when you can pretend to be clever and you already have a fan base who are horrifically childish and fickle?

*KermitTeaSip.jpeg*

 

[Mr. Duck]

People were roasting him for having a shitty take about the director Kurosawa and he tried to snark his way into a W. Didn't work and now the name makes no sense.

It comes off as a caveman trying to sound clever.

 

[Flexo]

So around the 15 min mark possum reviews here makes a moviebob joke.

I love that Bob's fate is to be dunked on by internet randos.

 

[Grumpy Pickle Rick]

Hey guys, I’m gonna go off-topic and ask a question. Do you think capeshit genre is better when the stories are standalone?

I’m just asking because we talk a lot about capeshit due to Bob’s obsession with MCU.

 

[link1234]

Bob's latest tough guy tweet is similar to what he mentioned before that his bullying in middle school was worse than high school due to his growth spurt. While it is not unheard of for larger kids to pick on smaller kids (something Bob mentioned doing in his Mario book) unless you live in a crime filled shithole people in the adult world don't go around picking on and fighting others they don't like. This is yet another example of how Bob is so emotionally stunted in his school years. He thinks the only reason at 40 years old Republicans are not dunking his head in the toilet is not because adults don't do that but because his size is intimidating the bullies off.

 

[Red Hood]

Hey guys, I’m gonna go off-topic and ask a question. Do you think capeshit genre is better when the stories are standalone?

I’m just asking because we talk a lot about capeshit due to Bob’s obsession with MCU.

I do. My favorite capeshit (mostly Keaton/Bale Batman and Spider-Man 1 and 2) work both as standalone films and as part of a series.

The MCU are beyond being popcorn films- they're just products with a firm structure in place to tease future products. Even the ones with a director's thumbprint still feel focus grouped and bland.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

Bob's latest tough guy tweet is similar to what he mentioned before that his bullying in middle school was worse than high school due to his growth spurt. While it is not unheard of for larger kids to pick on smaller kids (something Bob mentioned doing in his Mario book) unless you live in a crime filled shithole people in the adult world don't go around picking on and fighting others they don't like. This is yet another example of how Bob is so emotionally stunted in his school years. He thinks the only reason at 40 years old Republicans are not dunking his head in the toilet is not because adults don't do that but because his size is intimidating the bullies off.

To be fair bullies do tend to pick on people who are small/weak. However, I’m suspicious of a lot of people who claim to be bullied especially if it’s by the Chad QB. I can’t speak for everyone but generally the guys who would pick on smaller dudes would be white trailer trash with family issues, not the Quarterback with college aspirations. QBs in particular need to be at least somewhat smart and they can’t risk getting suspended or injuring their throwing arm by beating on some twerp they didn’t even know existed.

The solution to bullies is to fight back, kick their ass, and half the time afterwards they’ll like you more. It doesn’t hurt to have friends either.

I suspect a lot of the people who claim to have been bullied rather had a narcissistic injury and can’t believe ‘that idiot of a ball player somehow got more pussy than me, the brilliant honor student.’ IMO the biggest assholes were the unpopular kids who wanted to be popular. The best solution was to ignore them. The second best was to insult them and let them seethe.

 

[Grumpy Pickle Rick]

I do. My favorite capeshit (mostly Keaton/Bale Batman and Spider-Man 1 and 2) work both as standalone films and as part of a series.

The MCU are beyond being popcorn films- they're just products with a firm structure in place to tease future products. Even the ones with a director's thumbprint still feel focus grouped and bland.

That’s what I thought too.

When I saw the Aquaman movie, I liked it because of three main things,

1. The Lore: Exploring Atlantis, it’s history and it’s people.

2. The Hero’s Journey: Aquaman’s journey to become King.

3. The reinvention of Aquaman’s character and his struggles as a atlantean/human hybrid.

I seriously believe hero stories are best when they stay within their own element.

Batman’s a crimefighter/detective, dealing with psychopaths like Joker.

Wonder Womam’s a demigod fighting against characters like Circe or Ares.

Flash is a metahuman dealing with other metahumans.

Honestly, these are the core of the characters and they remind us that these characters are individuals and not every protagonist is the same.

It’s a gives a sense of realism in my opinion.

 

[Red Hood]

That’s what I thought too.

When I saw the aquaman movie, I liked it because of three main things,

1. The Lore: Exploring Atlantis, it’s history and it’s people.

2. The Hero’s Journey: Aquaman’s journey to become King.

3. The reinvention of Aquaman’s character.

I seriously believe hero stories are best when they stay within their own element.

Batman’s a crimefighter/detective.

Wonder Womam’s a demigod fighting against characters like Circe or Ares.

Flash is a metahuman dealing with other metahumans.

You get my point.

I thought Aquaman was a pretty fun film though overlong. Partly because I think they're thinking "we may not get a second one, let's cramp everything we can in".

 

[Grumpy Pickle Rick]

I thought Aquaman was a pretty fun film though overlong. Partly because I think they're thinking "we may not get a second one, let's cramp everything we can in".

I agree.

I loved the different atlantean cultures I saw in the film. I thought it was pretty cool to show how Atlantis sinking affected its people.

 

[Lensherr]

I do. My favorite capeshit (mostly Keaton/Bale Batman and Spider-Man 1 and 2) work both as standalone films and as part of a series.

The MCU are beyond being popcorn films- they're just products with a firm structure in place to tease future products. Even the ones with a director's thumbprint still feel focus grouped and bland.

Part of me wishes that we could go back to the time when superhero movies were more focused on telling a good story that stood on its own two feet rather than serving as a launchpad for building a franchise. I really hope that the upcoming Batman movie with Robert Pattinson goes for the former like it looks to be doing rather than being used as a backdoor reboot for the DCEU or whatever.

That’s what I thought too.

When I saw the Aquaman movie, I liked it because of three main things,

1. The Lore: Exploring Atlantis, it’s history and it’s people.

2. The Hero’s Journey: Aquaman’s journey to become King.

3. The reinvention of Aquaman’s character and his struggles as a atlantean/human hybrid.

I seriously believe hero stories are best when they stay within their own element.

Batman’s a crimefighter/detective, dealing with psychopaths like Joker.

Wonder Womam’s a demigod fighting against characters like Circe or Ares.

Flash is a metahuman dealing with other metahumans.

Honestly, these are the core of the characters and they remind us that these characters are individuals and not every protagonist is the same.

It’s a gives a sense of realism in my opinion.

I liked Aquaman too. It's not a masterpiece, or even a particularly great movie in my estimation, but it's got very imaginative, colorful visuals, and I appreciate it's sincerity (i.e., it doesn't wink at the audience or constantly undermine itself with snarky humor that feels like your buddy making snide comments about the movie you're watching).

 

[RockVolnutt]

Hey guys, I’m gonna go off-topic and ask a question. Do you think capeshit genre is better when the stories are standalone?

I’m just asking because we talk a lot about capeshit due to Bob’s obsession with MCU.

I mean, as the guy who keeps pointing out how Bob's takes on them are stupid, I think this is a trick question. The appeal of DC and Marvel to me is necessarily capeshit but the unique nature they have as some of the longest running ongoing collaborative works of our lifetime. People commonly view this as a problem while it's a positive to me since I like seeing how ideas evolve. Spider-Man as written by Stan Lee would still be a fun character but the baggage he's gained from writers from different backgrounds and time periods throwing ideas into the mix make something more unique even if it's not all good. It's also worth noting that neither company intentionally designed a shared universe, it's really them retroactively giving a narrative to their publication history. You have early issues of Fantastic Four where the Hulk was just a fictional character.

This is something I don't think is translatable outside the comics themselves which is why I usually view adaptations as superficial "Wahoo, it's funny cape man!" which just isn't for me.

 

[Brother Wind]

I do. My favorite capeshit (mostly Keaton/Bale Batman and Spider-Man 1 and 2) work both as standalone films and as part of a series.

The MCU are beyond being popcorn films- they're just products with a firm structure in place to tease future products. Even the ones with a director's thumbprint still feel focus grouped and bland.

Thats really the rub isn't it. Like, they just fundamentally misunderstood what people like about comic continuity. Its not the expectations and the future. Its the stuff that happened and effects the story. I can't thing of a great capeshit example because I am a weeb. But like it was cool when Goku learned about him being an Oozaru and how that killed his Grandpa Gohan. It was something largely years ago from the story, and you don't have to really know about it all for the Saiyan saga. But it just adds more to the world.

Actually, a great capeshit example is like some random ass comic where someone asks Dr. Strange for help and he is like, I found you help! And the guy is like Sweet! Iron Man and Thor, and then they turn out to be War Machine and Thunderstrike.

To be fair bullies do tend to pick on people who are small/weak. However, I’m suspicious of a lot of people who claim to be bullied especially if it’s by the Chad QB. I can’t speak for everyone but generally the guys who would pick on smaller dudes would be white trailer trash with family issues, not the Quarterback with college aspirations. QBs in particular need to be at least somewhat smart and they can’t risk getting suspended or injuring their throwing arm by beating on some twerp they didn’t even know existed.

The solution to bullies is to fight back, kick their ass, and half the time afterwards they’ll like you more. It doesn’t hurt to have friends either.

I suspect a lot of the people who claim to have been bullied rather had a narcissistic injury and can’t believe ‘that idiot of a ball player somehow got more pussy than me, the brilliant honor student.’ IMO the biggest assholes were the unpopular kids who wanted to be popular. The best solution was to ignore them. The second best was to insult them and let them seethe.

I mean if youre talking about some podunk useless ass backwater school. Then your QB might have no aspirations of the sort. Might even be that same redneck really.

 

[A Very Big Fish]

Hey guys, I’m gonna go off-topic and ask a question. Do you think capeshit genre is better when the stories are standalone?

I’m just asking because we talk a lot about capeshit due to Bob’s obsession with MCU.

Generally, stand alone is easier, because its one coherent vision, and you can have the entire setup and payoff within one film. However, if you have a great story that you can continue over multiple movies, God bless.

Most capeshit comics survive because you have a likeable character/characters and you get to see them in interesting situations. I think the problem with the MCU is that the grand vision has kinda completely dissintegrated, and the films don't do enough to differentiate themselves, despite how quickly they pump them out.

But I've read Batman, Daredevil & Fantastic Four for years, because I like seeing the different adventures they get in and most competent writers make arcs within it, so even though the story doesn't "end", there are still payoffs and hooks for future stories.

 

[JayHarrison]

So around the 15 min mark possum reviews here makes a moviebob joke.

I love that Bob's fate is to be dunked on by internet randos.

Disappointing jab. The line, ""...every character is an idiot [...] are too stupid to be sympathetic", is where the jab at Moviebob should have been placed. I would have edited that line to read as "...the characters are exactly like Moviebob--too stupid to be sympathetic and too stupid to feel any sympathy for."

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

I mean if youre talking about some podunk useless ass backwater school. Then your QB might have no aspirations of the sort. Might even be that same redneck really.

Fair point.

 

[Red Hood]

Fair point.

But to Bob and the like all QBs are either Uncle Rico types that "peaked in High School" or relentless bullies.

I know one of the QBs from my High School and he was a solid dude that never gave my nerdy emo ass hell. He's a qualified tradesman with his own business now and is married with kids. Not exactly an intellectual but far from "peaked in High School".

Bob of course never peaked.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

Why would anyone ever fight Bob when you could walk up a flight of stairs and force him to die of exhaustion or walk away?

So this is basically how a fight with MovieBob would end:

 

[Krokodil Overdose]

Bobby tries to draw the attention of Kurt Schlichter again:
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The author of Brick by Brick trying to dunk on someone over "unsold books" is a bold strategy, Cotton.

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Bob seething about Madison Cawthorne- a cripple half his age, who has done more than Bob will ever do in his life- will never not be funny.