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Post by andromedadench on Aug 15, 2018 22:21:33 GMT
I. HATE. MULAN. There, I said it. I'm an even worse extremist: The Little Mermaid was the last quality cartoon Disney company made. Everything that came after it has been rubbish.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2018 8:37:45 GMT
Isn't that an invasion of privacy to take a video of someone without their consent? The guy is an ass but I think it's a little extreme to shame them on social media. Indeed. And also we're just accepting her word that it he called her a "fat ass" twice. Now I'm not suggesting that he didn't but the video footage doesn't show that. It merely shows us someone filming another person on the street (presumably) without their permission, which is all a little bit creepy. This whole 'trial by social media' circus that we have nowadays is really quite worrying. Contacting his employer or university is outrageous. I'd probably say that filming someone and posting their image all over the internet without consent is far worse so perhaps someone should be contacting her employer too.
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Post by hal9000 on Aug 20, 2018 7:11:24 GMT
I was so bored by the Lion King movie.
I was in my tweens and loved The Little Mermaid and Beauty And The Beast and later Aladdin. But The Lion King among had a surprisingly boring plot (Yes, I know what it is based on!). A few of the celebrity voices were fun, and baby animals are adorns by definition, and it had 2 or 3 great songs, yet I was not swept away or engaged like I was expected to be.
As for the stage musical, the sheer spectacle made up for a lot, but I still didn’t care about the characters.
I am not a Beyonce fan so will probably skip the live action remake.
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Post by foxa on Aug 20, 2018 7:42:15 GMT
This appears to be an increasingly unpopular opinion: being an asshole outside of work/school should not lead to people contacting your employer/school and trying to get you fired/expelled. Yes, the world would be a better place if we were all nice and respectful to each other all the time, were never rude or angry or impatient, and didn't call each other bad names. But we are all human, we all have bad days, and we're not all nice to each other all of the time. I know what you mean. Jon Ronson's book 'So You've been Publicly Shamed' (really interesting) has a good example of two guys at a tech conference giggling about the name of a new device (it was called a dongle or some such, you can imagine.) A woman who was sitting in front of them turned around and took a photo of them and then posted a complaint on line. They lost their jobs. But then there was a splash back on her - I think she lost her job as well. Live and die by the internet. A weird thing that happened to someone I slightly know: on a college alumni forum, a middle-aged alumnus posted what he thought was a mildly amusing mea culpa story. Older generations from this college, when they recognised someone else from the college, would cheerfully shout 'F*** [name of college]' as a greeting. He was in NYC and saw a young woman wearing a sweatshirt from our college. He shouted out 'F*** [Name of College which was also on her sweatshirt.]' She didn't laugh or smile as he expected but looked terrified. He wrote that he realised that probably wasn't an acceptable greeting anymore and if the person he'd shouted at was on the forum he apologised. He didn't hear from the person he shouted at, but another poster took screenshots of his story and sent them to his employer asking if they really wanted someone who shouted swear words at women working for them. The guy wasn't fired but had an awkward conversation with his boss. And deleted his membership of that alumni group, so that he never posted there again. I think there are exceptions where getting receipts and reporting are appropriate but others....not so much. Online I saw someone complain about a private conversation they heard in a theatre where two people who worked in theatre were discussing (it seemed) some frustration/annoyance they had with the demands of attempting (or being asked to attempt) to attract diverse audiences and a lot of the responses were 'name and shame'! A private overheard conversation with an unknown context...??
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 7:53:57 GMT
I agree Foxa! there's also a difference between the fairly anonymised 'Overheard' type things that we have here, or a few twitter accounts of a similar ilk that are designed for fun, and written with a general understanding we're not tying to identify the people (you know, like decent humans) and just have a bit of a giggle. It's human to laugh at other's expense sometimes, but it's a dick move to get pleasure out of using that to hurt someone in a very real way.
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Post by kathryn on Aug 20, 2018 8:59:23 GMT
Isn't that an invasion of privacy to take a video of someone without their consent? The guy is an ass but I think it's a little extreme to shame them on social media. Indeed. And also we're just accepting her word that it he called her a "fat ass" twice. Now I'm not suggesting that he didn't but the video footage doesn't show that. It merely shows us someone filming another person on the street (presumably) without their permission, which is all a little bit creepy. This whole 'trial by social media' circus that we have nowadays is really quite worrying. Contacting his employer or university is outrageous. I'd probably say that filming someone and posting their image all over the internet without consent is far worse so perhaps someone should be contacting her employer too. This is very true. And we have certainly seen recently - with the James Gunn situation - how easily someone with motivation can present something taken out of context as ‘proof’ and have it believed. I still see people saying he shared a link to child porn when in actual fact the video was of a choir singing a song called ‘I touch myself’ - it was misleadingly named as a joke, which was an incredibly common form of internet humour at the time. Bad taste humour, it is true, but emphatically not child porn. I’m sure some of us remember that extension of the rickroll craze.
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Post by showgirl on Aug 22, 2018 4:11:41 GMT
An opinion I assume anyway will be be unpopular and possibly entitled: I am SICK of the wretched Edinburgh Festival, which seems to be lasting far longer than it actually does. Umpteen reviews of shows I'll never see clog up every review site I normally rely on; my Twitter feed is similarly skewed and whilst it's great to have a bit of a break from frequent theatre-going - and especially from London in high summer - I've long since begun to crave my regular fix and to yearn to see something asap.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 8:56:43 GMT
An opinion I assume anyway will be be unpopular and possibly entitled: I am SICK of the wretched Edinburgh Festival, which seems to be lasting far longer than it actually does. Umpteen reviews of shows I'll never see clog up every review site I normally rely on; my Twitter feed is similarly skewed and whilst it's great to have a bit of a break from frequent theatre-going - and especially from London in high summer - I've long since begun to crave my regular fix and to yearn to see something asap. Oh I'm with you on that. If I see one more pretentious wanker check in at Summerhall on FB I won't be responsible for my actions.
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Post by profquatermass on Aug 22, 2018 9:45:56 GMT
An opinion I assume anyway will be be unpopular and possibly entitled: I am SICK of the wretched Edinburgh Festival, which seems to be lasting far longer than it actually does. Umpteen reviews of shows I'll never see clog up every review site I normally rely on; my Twitter feed is similarly skewed and whilst it's great to have a bit of a break from frequent theatre-going - and especially from London in high summer - I've long since begun to crave my regular fix and to yearn to see something asap. I'd be amazed if that was actually unpopular. I'm a regular at Edinburgh and I have no interest in shows I haven't seen. Most people aren't regulars and find it an utter bore
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 7:58:51 GMT
Heres an opinion I seem to be on my own with, triggered by a comment in the 'post-show eateries' thread... Eating a large meal after 7/8pm is not enjoyable and (in my tiny mind) absurd. I don't get how people can go out for food at 10pm and then go to sleep. People in work give me funny comments when I get my 'tea'/(dinner) at 5/6pm, as to them thats far too early.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 8:17:08 GMT
I'm very much with you there! I'm generally hungry at any given time, so I like to eat my evening meal when I get home from work, or before I go out to the theatre or other evening commitments, so my body would absolutely panic if, after all these years of promising it that it'll get fed between 5:30pm and 6:30pm, I turn around and tell it dinner won't be until 10pm. 10pm is closer to bedtime than dinner time!
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Post by viserys on Aug 23, 2018 8:37:11 GMT
Early eater here too I also don't think it's healthy or contributes to good sleep if the body needs to deal with digesting heavy food that late when it's ready to sleep.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 9:32:52 GMT
That is very much my logic viserys too!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 16:34:50 GMT
Another one here! Not only am I not good company if not fed, 10pm is indeed bedtime not feeding time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 16:44:35 GMT
Glad to know I'm in good company!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 17:12:25 GMT
I work at night, from 11pm to 7am, so my eating habits are f*cked up. I have "breakfast" at 2pm when I wake up, have a big meal around 8-9pm and then a sandwich or a piece of fruit around 5am.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 19:17:08 GMT
10pm is indeed bedtime not feeding time. Steady on! This ain't Tinder you know. Saucepot.
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Post by showgirl on Aug 24, 2018 3:45:06 GMT
I'm with all the early eaters; much better for your digestion, too, as some have pointed out, though all theatregoers must be used to sometimes having to eat at odd times to fit in with their bookings.
When I first started working shifts (back in 1984), I got into bad eating habits without realising it as a group of us would go to the staff restaurant around midnight and you could order anything 24/7, so I'd always go for a burger and chips. Six months on I realised I couldn't continue like that and had to do some tweaking. I also used to get home from night duty (and a long swim at the pool en route) absolutely ravenous and would eat anything and everything I had in the house. At least theatre-going isn't quite so damaging to your dietary health but it still needs managing.
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Post by tysilio2 on Aug 24, 2018 9:22:39 GMT
I always have a hot meal at lunch time if going to the theatre in the evening, then a light snack an hour or two before the show. Hate sitting in a theatre on a full stomach. Otherwise, no later than 8pm for me, too. At least you can always pick nits off the person sitting next to you if you get a bit peckish!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2018 20:21:37 GMT
I'm starting to find some Status Quo songs enjoyable.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2018 9:55:18 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 25, 2018 10:54:33 GMT
Baz. I do not get why some folk become excited by him and his news (or lack of it if you ask me)
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Post by Rory on Aug 25, 2018 11:28:51 GMT
Baz. I do not get why some folk become excited by him and his news (or lack of it if you ask me) On a good day he can break a lot of very interesting theatre news. But a lot of the time it's just filler.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 31, 2018 10:49:42 GMT
Ahh yes a celebration of the burning of catholics ...
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 31, 2018 10:52:29 GMT
Halloween can knob right back off to the USA where it belongs.
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