My response to this post and my opinion in general is “play your video game so you enjoy it”

My appliances.

The only “smart” appliance I own is a TV, and the ability to just press a few buttons instead of swapping inputs/cords to watch basically anything on it feels pretty futuristic. Even my dumb appliances have features now I never saw even in the rich kids’ houses as a kid in 90s. My toilet has a lid that is engineered to close slowly on its own with gravity instead of slamming. I can use the internet anywhere in my home from a handheld rectangle, man.

I’m dating myself hard with this comment, I know, but as a guy in his mid 30s I’m pretty routinely struck by the thought of how sci-fi some of my commonplace stuff really is compared to what I thought shit would look like as a kid/teenager.

I’m not a marvel fan enough to really know, but I am aware of I believe Ultimate Captain America who is (at least for a while?) every bit a 1950s hard right winger and bigot

It’s the only way to be sure.

exert positive control over things you can control

Came here to say this exact thing. Getting the initial drive to get up and do something can be hard, but taking charge on something is an effective cure to> feeling helpless on what you can’t

I think the mundane perspective and ordinary characters were meant to ground the movie. Most kaiju movies follow elite scientists or squads of soldiers so it’s a bit easier to relate to regular people just bumbling around (and a lot cheaper to film).

See, this is what got me into the theater for Cloverfield, I wanted this movie. It’s a bummer I got it in the form of some particularly jittery found footage. I was hoping for something more akin to those goofy disaster movies, but the disaster is a kaiju; not just in tone, but in how it was shot. As you say, some more spectacle would have gone a long way. That, or to really drill down and get into the “human horror” aspect and maybe make the military/authority figures more antagonistic.

All in all, I guess I’m glad Cloverfield succeeded despite my personal feelings because we got 10 Cloverfield Lane which, while not without problems of its own, I enjoyed much more

You’re not an English speaking troll yourself, “shortest hanging fruit” headass

You couldn’t even keep your lunatic sentence structure and shit up for two whole comments? They breed the trolls weak these days, man

No one is grading your troll post on word count my guy

I have been poor, yes! Have you ever been outside? Do you think there are diaper black markets? Do you think everyone stealing to make ends meet qualifies for WIC in the first place?

Similar vein, don’t wash down your sleeping pills with like 4-5 glasses of water

To lump my own personal bitch onto this: liking a thing and bringing it up regardless of conversation or context isn’t a personality

You’re fairly visible with the way your username is (I see you in lots of different communities myself, this may not even be the first time I’ve spoken to you lol) and while it doesn’t matter to me or probably ≥99% of posters/commenters here it also appears you’re a furry judging from instance

It’s unfortunate, but that’s all it takes to get a few losers with too much time to creep and downvote

Also: I look forward to the ER content friendo, I’ll be subscribing momentarily

My favorite type of pizza is “nearby and warm,” though I’ll happily settle for “nearby”

Mr. Jones’s ancestors also scream in his brain, but a lot of that is due to the pesticide

You mean “don’t get caught doing crimes”

I know they’ve talked about who they’ll do if Jones really does vanish from the public eye but all disrespect to the man: who could fill his role on their show?

I’m Neo, I’m Leo, I’m Desiax Clarke; I AM THE MYSTERIOUS PROFESSOR

Tom Beanbadil

And the show would never run out of subjects

Speaking to a few stories my dad’s told me over the years, sometimes you’re just a rural dumbass, have a large thing to get rid of, and want a big splash for your amusement