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God I forgot what a masterpiece of batshittery Jupiter Ascending is. That's "masterpiece of batshittery (affectionate)", for sure.

Something randomly reminded me of the beautifully delivered "...I love dogs" line, and then I discovered that Alex did not REMEMBER this ridiculous movie, and it is of course absolutely impossible to describe. Fortunately I found it for $5 in a DVD bin at some point so he's being tormented by the reminder.

This really is like every id-indulgent fantasy story 11-year-old me would have come up with was given way too high a budget, tbh. Delightful.

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...Lolwat?

Hadn't heard of this movie before. Is it online/available for streaming anywhere?

Sadly, it does not appear to be available for streaming anywhere. :(

I liked the movie. Was it flawed? Absolutely, I'm sure, but like you said, id-indulgent and I think that during these shitty dystopian days, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting and needing id-indulgent entertainment. I think that's why I'm more interested in reading porny and fluffy MCU fanfiction than a lot of novels that might make me have to think critically (college really fucked up my enjoyment for reading novels and even classics).

I honestly really like the movie. It's definitely flawed (I think largely due to trying to do WAY TOO MUCH for one film to actually do), as well as some parts that feel like they were just for the Aesthetic and such, but I LIKE id-indulgence!.

Ugh, between AP English in high school and the reading I had to do for college, it was a long time before I could go back to reading for fun and enjoyment. (And I wasn't even doing an English degree! Or a Masters, for that matter!) I finally found things that I've deeply enjoyed, but it took a while, and I'm nowhere near the voracious reader I once was. Sometimes I really do just want brain-candy, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

I have it on my Plex, but haven't watched it. Snow (ice) Day today from work (which is laughable, since we mostly work from home, but I'll take it.) so maybe I'll watch.

If you do, it is a BONKERS film. I hope you enjoy it if you do give it a watch, as weird and silly as it is.

I need to watch that as some point.

In his book on writing, JMS talks about how he tried to point out all the flaws to the Wachowskis sister, but they wouldn't listen. Which is funny because he's most famous for having solo wrote almost all of B5 because he didn't trust other writers enough to let them have input.

You absolutely should. It's absolutely a wild and ridiculous film, but I very honestly enjoy every bit of it.

Lol, that seems like some lack of self-awareness. "I don't trust other writers to have input on this... but other people CLEARLY JUST NEED ME TO CRITIQUE THEIR WORK!!"

I get the feeling that the Wachowski sisters are aware of the movie's flaws. I also think that at least half the "flaws" people complain about are more features than bugs.
"It's so indulgent!" Yes, and?
"These fights are silly and just seem to be there to look cool." Sure are, and they do!
"Ugh, why is the love interest... like that?" Because sometimes girls want an angsty genetically engineered space werewolf with wings and eyeliner, duh.
"Why does the main character have to have some new elaborate outfit every other scene?" Because sometimes you want to play dress-up in wildly fancy dresses, and they're all pretty, okay?

I loved B5 when it was on and liked some of his comics (even if I had to explain the ending to people), but his writing book is really... You know that meme of a guy putting on clown make up? Yeah, the book was a little like that.

Sometimes a meme is the best way to describe something, and I know just what you're talking about.

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