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

[Positron]

bob can point out the analogue is not the opposite of "technology" and if someone can't understand that how can you really be smart enough to be a critic.
(honestly though legos are still a technology, i stopped the video right there because that was the technological equivalent of "CHEMICALS = BAD THINGS")

The terms "analog" and "digital" refer to the representation of things -- the same root between "analog" and "analogy" should have clued you in. Lego does not represent anything; it is neither "analog" nor "digital". You may however call a building built with Legos a digital representation of that building; an "analog" representation would be something like a model made from plywood.

What struck me about this review, and what I think he encapsulated about why people like Bob defend this movie, is the part where he talks about the film presenting overreliance on technology as a positive. If you know anything about Bob, he refuses to see the potential downsides of humanity relying too much on technology, slandering anyone who does as "technophobes", and is a very shallow person who hangs on to superficial pop culture shit as part of his identity. To him, this film did nothing wrong by presenting that viewpoint, because to him, it's all part of the march toward the Superior FutureTm.

Humans will always have an ambivalent relationship with technology. We are thankful that it improved our lives, but we're also resentful that they seem to trap us, add to our burden, and chip away part of what makes us human. This is not a Luddite thing to say. One of the reasons that the Emoji Movie fails to resonate is that the human relation is so weak, the interactions so artificial (whether a girl would date a boy depends on the emojis he sends? why would anyone wants to live in that world at all!). And Bobby's "how to fix the Emoji movie" is not to improve the human aspect or to make it believable. On the contrary, he wants the technology to dominate the story even more, turning the phone into a repository of human memories or even a "guardian angel". I called him creepy.

The part that really stuck out to me in this video was when HotDiggityDemon criticizes the movie reviewers for being destructive rather than constructive and goes on to say that if you want any authority in the subject of film you have to be constructive for even the most repugnant movies. That part in particular is one you can apply to Bob.

An authority on the subject of film should recognize which films are truly beyond salvage and not worth wasting constructive criticism on.

 

[AnOminous]

There's a phrase for this sort of thinking: bien-pensant. It means thinking and believing the right things not because you've analyzed them, but because it's what your desired peer group believes. It's why he dismisses every conservative as stupid, even though there are legions of conservatives who are several orders of magnitude more intelligent than he is. Some of them are even right here on the Farms.

His superficial appropriation of SJW talking points aside, though, his ideology really has little in common with theirs. He hasn't analyzed these and fit them into any kind of mental framework or modality of thought. He just picks and chooses here and there, like a bird making a nest out of bits of tin foil and colorful scraps of cloth for no reason other than that they're shiny.

He is a bizarre mix of technocrat, fascist, and SJW.

It's telling that he was enamored of the muddled thinking of Ayn Rand, a philosopher of sorts who mainly appeals to people with unjustifiedly inflated opinions of their own intelligence. (I'm not saying this is true of everyone who ever went through a Rand phase, btw, but it certainly is of those who get called Randroids.)

 

[RockVolnutt]

His superficial appropriation of SJW talking points aside, though, his ideology really has little in common with theirs. He hasn't analyzed these and fit them into any kind of mental framework or modality of thought. He just picks and chooses here and there, like a bird making a nest out of bits of tin foil and colorful scraps of cloth for no reason other than that they're shiny.

He is a bizarre mix of technocrat, fascist, and SJW.

It's telling that he was enamored of the muddled thinking of Ayn Rand, a philosopher of sorts who mainly appeals to people with unjustifiedly inflated opinions of their own intelligence. (I'm not saying this is true of everyone who ever went through a Rand phase, btw, but it certainly is of those who get called Randroids.)

Bob's use of SJW talking points is bizarre when you step back and look at it. He'll supports their cause whenever they get into some conflict but when it comes to his own views, it's more he pities you if you're "brown" enough or a woman and would allow you to live among his glorious elite as long as you follow his rules. I'm not sure if he does it just to be contrarian or what.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Bob's use of SJW talking points is bizarre when you step back and look at it. He'll supports their cause whenever they get into some conflict but when it comes to his own views, it's more he pities you if you're "brown" enough or a woman and would allow you to live among his glorious elite as long as you follow his rules. I'm not sure if he does it just to be contrarian or what.

I get the feeling that he just doesn't understand how the whole SJW mindset works half the time.

Then again, I could say that for most twitter/Tumblr-based SJWs, so it isn't mutually exclusive to Bob. The difference from what I can see is that Bob is more prone to those moments.

 

[Mola Ram]

His superficial appropriation of SJW talking points aside, though, his ideology really has little in common with theirs. He hasn't analyzed these and fit them into any kind of mental framework or modality of thought. He just picks and chooses here and there, like a bird making a nest out of bits of tin foil and colorful scraps of cloth for no reason other than that they're shiny.

He is a bizarre mix of technocrat, fascist, and SJW.

It's telling that he was enamored of the muddled thinking of Ayn Rand, a philosopher of sorts who mainly appeals to people with unjustifiedly inflated opinions of their own intelligence. (I'm not saying this is true of everyone who ever went through a Rand phase, btw, but it certainly is of those who get called Randroids.)

Yeah, I could be wrong. Maybe it's not bien-pensant at all. Maybe it all boils down to he wants to fuck Anita. Shudder.

 

[Gordon Cole]

This begs repeating: IF YOU HATE TRUMP SO MUCH AND WANT HIM GONE, WHY ARE YOU GIVING HIM ADVICE?

Yeah, cause it's not like Hell or High Water was nominated for Best Picture or something this year.

Also, isn't TBS a comedy network?

Bob's at it again with both another million dollar idea...

...And his general neckbeardiness.

 

[Mola Ram]

Bob's at it again with both another million dollar idea...
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Is shithead here aware that they actually considered completely revamping Jar Jar's speaking style in Episode II, using the excuse that while serving as a representative he had to learn some sort of diplomatic language to ingratiate himself into galactic politics? They rejected it for being too stupid.

Again: Bob's idea was rejected from the prequels for being too stupid.

Also ... I know I'm going to regret asking this ... but what on earth is "problematic" about Flowers for Algernon?

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

This begs repeating: IF YOU HATE TRUMP SO MUCH AND WANT HIM GONE, WHY ARE YOU GIVING HIM ADVICE?
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Yeah, cause it's not like Hell or High Water was nominated for Best Picture or something this year.

Also, isn't TBS a comedy network?
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So what's his issue with Flowers for Algernon?

 

[KimCoppolaAficionado]

what on earth is "problematic" about Flowers for Algernon?

So what's his issue with Flowers for Algernon?

It portrays a profoundly mentally retarded person as being upset that he'll lose his genius-tier intellect and go back to being profoundly mentally retarded, and is therefore ableist. At least, that's my shot-in-the-dark theory.

 

[Mola Ram]

It portrays a profoundly mentally exceptional person as being upset that he'll lose his genius-tier intellect and go back to being profoundly mentally exceptional, and is therefore ableist. At least, that's my shot-in-the-dark theory.

I don't know if that's it, but it sounds horrifyingly plausible. So much for the superior future, I guess.

 

[Flexo]

It's why he dismisses every conservative as stupid, even though there are legions of conservatives who are several orders of magnitude more intelligent than he is. Some of them are even right here on the Farms.

Those bars have been set so low, any outright liberal on the farms with a high school diploma is a conservative intellectual compared to moviebob.

I don't know if that's it, but it sounds horrifyingly plausible. So much for the superior future, I guess.

There's a whole thing about deaf parents wanting to ensure they have deaf children to preserve deaf culture. Leaving aside the debate, I'd love to see bob deal with that and answer whether improving people is the way to the superior future or an oppression and erasure of marginalized minorities.

I'll be playing Deus Ex while I wait.

 

[Wesley Willis]

I think Blob is just projecting his desire for machines to do all the work for him because he's a fat, lazy sumbitch. One day, technology will replace the need for diet and exercise, and he can just show up at the transplant kiosk and drop a few Bitcoins and get an artificial heart that's immune to Twinkies.

"What diabetes? I have a 3D printed pancreas!" - Blob ChocolateChipman

 

[Pokemonquistador]

Also ... I know I'm going to regret asking this ... but what on earth is "problematic" about Flowers for Algernon?

I think it's because in the novel/movie, Charlie, after gaining his intelligence, got to bang his hot teacher. And Bob is resentful because he knows that no matter how smart he gets, no woman will ever touch his jaundice-ridden crank.

 

[NoStinkingBadges]

Flowers for Algernon is problematic because it treats Charlie's disability as a health problem that needs to be cured as opposed to just something that makes him super duper special uguu~~~

Basically Mrenter tier autistic faggots hate it because it portrays them (accurately) as people who have an illness that needs to be treated and/or cured, similar to how troons bitch about everything trans-related pre-2000 minus Rent.

 

[Kyria the Great]

This begs repeating: IF YOU HATE TRUMP SO MUCH AND WANT HIM GONE, WHY ARE YOU GIVING HIM ADVICE?
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Yeah, cause it's not like Hell or High Water was nominated for Best Picture or something this year.

Also, isn't TBS a comedy network?
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Bob's at it again with both another million dollar idea...
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Oh all the ideas of Bob, I think his worship of corporations is perhaps the most aberrant. As someone who really loves what the free market can do when having fair laws that cannot be abused by corporations or government, I would never have my identity built around them. I am to the point is that Bob loves almost everything that is wrong with the modern world. Honestly, how can a man love all the things that have eroded the natural sense of identity for things that are so shallow?

 

[RockVolnutt]

Oh all the ideas of Bob, I think his worship of corporations is perhaps the most aberrant. As someone who really loves what the free market can do when having fair laws that cannot be abused by corporations or government, I would never have my identity built around them. I am to the point is that Bob loves almost everything that is wrong with the modern world. Honestly, how can a man love all the things that have eroded the natural sense of identity for things that are so shallow?

As said before in this thread, it's crazy how people who claim to be left leaning are really into corporatism and letting corporations do whatever they want as long as they pay lip service to their beliefs.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Oh all the ideas of Bob, I think his worship of corporations is perhaps the most aberrant. As someone who really loves what the free market can do when having fair laws that cannot be abused by corporations or government, I would never have my identity built around them. I am to the point is that Bob loves almost everything that is wrong with the modern world. Honestly, how can a man love all the things that have eroded the natural sense of identity for things that are so shallow?

Explains why he liked The Emoji Movie so much.

 

[Kyria the Great]

As said before in this thread, it's crazy how people who claim to be left leaning are really into corporatism and letting corporations do whatever they want as long as they pay lip service to their beliefs.

Well not only that but he has a blatant disregard for anything historical as if because it is an artifact that it has no worth when nothing could be further from the truth. I now believe that we could get Bob to burn books if he can be convinced they are apart of the "inferior past" because he has the exact mindset for it.

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

As said before in this thread, it's crazy how people who claim to be left leaning are really into corporatism and letting corporations do whatever they want as long as they pay lip service to their beliefs.

All Bob wants is a powerful entity to step on anyone he doesn't like. Since the government isn't doing that he turns to corporations who are. If this was four years ago and it was Google telling Obama to pound salt, Bob would rant about rich corporations having too much power

 

[BR55]

All Bob wants is a powerful entity to step on anyone he doesn't like. Since the government isn't doing that he turns to corporations who are. If this was four years ago and it was Google telling Obama to pound salt, Bob would rant about rich corporations having too much power

In other words Bob is just an overgrown child who wants nothing more than to act out his twisted revenge fantasies. Footless Fascist indeed.