ah yes Twitter is so cool and rebellious
molly for better socials
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underscores@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If you came away from that movie thinking Bender is cool, you need to rewatch it. He’s an angry violent kid acting out due to his dad’s abuse, and he’s inheriting his dad’s substance abuse issues too. You might think he’s “cool” because of his disaffected attitude towards the school’s authority figures, but he’s likewise disaffected about friends and family. He’s lonely, nihilistic, troubled kid acting out and headed down a bad path. That’s hardly “cool” and has a lot of similarities to Twitter/X’s perceived user based these days.
Winning@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A cool and rebellious act to mask some severe daddy issues. “No dad, what about you!”
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Which is further supported when Vernon pulls him into the back room and tells him what a chicken shit he really is, begging Bender to punch him in the face…and all Bender can do is start to cower.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Probably more accurate now with x’s remaining clientele. Not that they’re cool and rebellious, but they think they are.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 day ago
This meme is like 10 years old now.
The update is twitter is a Nazi ai generating CP. Facebook is boomers getting scammed. And LinkedIn is lunatics bragging about their 24/7 work lifestyle.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
And FB is young and fit?
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I mean this meme was made several years ago
zikzak025@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’d swap LinkedIn for Reddit, but otherwise it’s spot on
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I was thinking Judd was more redit and Paul Gleason the principal off screen would be more Twitter.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Yeah before X took over twitter and reddit lost their fucking minds that was probably pretty good. They’re both same same cess pool now.
lobut@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I’ve never seen the Breakfast Club. I went through some oldies recently like: Cape Fear, Chinatown, The Thing, Primal Fear, Airplane …
Anyone that’s seen it, can you tell me if it’s still worth catching up?
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Hmm, at this point it is a period piece. It struck a chord in its day because it captured pieces of teenage life and the culture of its time period that were relateable for many people. There are representative character archetypes that are timeless, and at its core it is a coming-of-age story that is always relevant, but the culture that it is set in is now the past and may not feel as relatable if you’re younger and/or not American.
If you are a movie enthusiast, it is worth watching because it has well-written characters, because it is a highly referenced piece, and because it is representative of its time period.
lobut@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Thanks for your insight. I watched Ghost In The Shell this year as a part of my blast of the past viewings. I felt if I watched it closer to when it came out I would have had my mind blown. Now, I’m still impressed with what they came out with but I definitely can’t appreciate it in the same way.
I’ve also noticed how some older movies can feel quite sexist or abusive towards women. However I still like watching them regardless. I still like seeing what the zeitgeist was at the time. I think Breakfast Club has a lot of pop culture references to it as well and I enjoy catching up on those (albeit decades late). There’s so many movies that pierce the cultural barrier lately (or it could be my lack of keeping up) so I enjoy seeing it. So I’ll keep what you said in mind! 🫡
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Which cultural elements have gone?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 days ago
regarding the butthurt, there’s someone on here who is rather butthurt and likes to express it.
regarding the movie, I have not seen it recently but I am a film buff. It was part of my film education in the 90s, so i have recommendations for a few different people
if you’re into film (you want to make it or you just want to watch a lot or maybe all of it), absolutely yes watch it. There’s stuff in there worth picking apart and figuring out what they did. What appeals to you might be different than what appealed to me, so go into The Great Movies (or even just ones you hear are good) as fresh and unbiased as you can so you can form your own opinion and see what you want to learn out of them. As soon as you’ve decided to see something, ignore everyone about the film, no trailers (unless you’ve decided you want to make trailers i guess, i hadn’t considered that) and go see it. Then once you’ve made up your mind, go ask us nerds what we think and tell us you JUST SAW IT we will be so excited. Half of us will run off to our little homemade movie caves and watch it again just so we can keep up with the conversation.
If you just kind of like movies and are getting into them as a hobby: what can it hurt? if it doesn’t grab you, you can always turn it off. THIS IS A GOOD THING TO PRACTICE [note to self] since the only real commodity you have is time.
if you don’t like movies and are just looking to make noise on the TV while doing chores or something: i mean why are you asking? just turn it on and do chores. I don’t remember loud explosions.
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 days ago
I’m around the age group that connects to it, but I simply never saw it at that age, so it totally missed me. A lot of people around me did, and have a strong affinity for it because they connected with it while in high school.
It’s worth a watch just to know what other people are talking about. Objectively, it’s well-made and tells an interesting story. That being said, you’re probably not going to connect with it. It’s a product of its time and the social issues affecting mostly Gen X kids. Exploration of young people’s personal traumas and issues was, at the time, sort of novel. Today it might seem trite and surface-level.
It’s a little bit like the movie St. Elmo’s Fire, where it’s a “one of each type of people” ensemble movie before that became an over-used trope, haled as a classic, but if you don’t connect to the characters or the time, it’s easy for it to overshoot you entirely on an emotional level.
lobut@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I’m an 80s kid (so barely Gen X) but I did miss a lot of movies … didn’t have the ability to see whatever movie I wanted at my age. However, there’s been so many references to these “formative” movies I’ve noticed throughout the decades … so recently, I don’t know what’s wrong with me but instead of going through a lot of the soulness Netflix movies (yes, I know there are a LOT of gems too) … what I’ve decided to do is watch a lot of these classics and then I watch YouTube analysis/review videos of them. So even though I may not get to see people talk about the impact it had on them.
You just listed St Elmo’s Fire so I may have to add that to my list.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 days ago
The best movie ever made about New York City.
Frank Costanza is the quiet voice of intelligence and compassion.
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
lobut@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Okay, I don’t know if it sounds bad but I saw the Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (2009) with John Travolta and Denzel Washington. I can’t say I enjoyed it but I didn’t dislike it either.
I actually didn’t know there was a 1970s version. It’s definitely on my list! Thanks!
Maiq@piefed.social 2 days ago
Classic teenage movie.
darkmogool@feddit.org 2 days ago
Why are they not all robots?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 days ago
this is in Disney’s ‘Hall of 80s Movies’ so they kinda are
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
lemmy, piefed, misskey, pixelfed, mastodon
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And that Charlie Sheen character is AdultFriendFinder
thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app 2 days ago
Ah, the best days of social media
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Facebook is the jock?
zemo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The normie
pulsey@feddit.org 1 day ago
Needs to be 20 - 30 years older though.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Aaahhh gotcha
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Why does thecheshirecass think they have to tell me what to think about it?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Yeah I hate when people make comments on content
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Commenting is fine, there’s just no use of it in the screenshot.
topperharlie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve never been big on social media, kinda hate it really, best I can do is a comment a couple of comments a week on lemmi/YouTube, but every time people talk about Tumblr or define it sounds like a place I might have belonged to (even when they define it in a negative way 😂)
I’m assuming this meme doesn’t count the end “glow up” of the character though, which defines the film as a product of its time.
AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
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