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  • King Mongoose@lemmy.film
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    toMovieSnob@lemmy.filmHe's not wrong
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    1 year ago

    Nolan’s Batman is unironically fascist power fantasy

    Are you saying there is some superhero movie that isn't? The entire genre is just that!

    Fair enough that you don't like Nolan's style, Batman or otherwise—you're unequivocally entitled to your opinion—but you can't deny an intrinsic difference in quality between Nolan and, for example, Snyder or Gunn. I personally don't feel too intellectually insulted after a Nolan film.






  • HA! Color me embarassed! I have a daily quota on misinterpreting things people tell me. I parsed that as "In the year 2001 Criterion released Devil Doll in laserdisc format! 🤦

    I should edit the article to say "present-day Criterion"…but I won't (evil laugh)! 🦹 Do you remember when that 2001 release was from? Guessing from the format, 1980s or early 1990s? It's actually surprising (to me, anyway) how long the format survived; according to Wikipedia, Scorsese's Bringing Out The Dead was released on Laserdisc in the year 2000, the final Laserdisc (North American) release for Paramount.

    And finally, we're both scratching our heads in unison regarding Criterion's occasional lapses of judgment of their releases. What's next? Zack Synder's Justice League: Justice Is Gray? Eww…I just got a little sick there.



  • Wow! Then again, on second thought I'm not too surprised, not because of the art-house/historic value of the film but because the aforementioned co-founder's appearance (and most likely paying a song for licensing).

    Regarding no longer having the licensing rights, I'd guess (but could be wrong) they sold eleven copies of this dog, on laserdisc no less (that probably only sold a few hundred units /jk), and decided to cut their losses!