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@fevered.earth
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the internet's biggest fan of suicide squad (2016) by minutes of video essay produced | film writer, comic reader, occasional video game developer | he/him

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thank you, ancient kindle
September 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
fevered.earth
in watchmen (2009) a graffiti reads "who watches the watchmen?" this is a reference to mARCIA LUCAS WHOSE LAST-MINUTE EDITS SNATCHED VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT, ADDING
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
fevered.earth
£15!!! not bloody likely
July 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
fevered.earth
reviewed james gunn's SUPERMAN (2025) fevered.earth/index.php/20...
Any real dive into the morality of the film is blunted not just on the ‘be kind’ platitudes but also the shifting message between the different chunks of film; early on Superman is criticised for his naïveté, at the end of the film he’s commended for his inspirational rigidity. Killing is always bad, except when it’s the cowardly and murderous Boravia president, or you’re doing the ending of Batman Begins and allowing public transport to bring your antagonist to an untimely end. Even ‘be kind’ folds in the face of ‘let your dog knock a guy about if it’s funny’.
July 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
fevered.earth
not even joss whedon thinks joss whedon did a good job here
July 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
fevered.earth
@visions-of-hope.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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SUPERMAN (2025) a review a review fevered.earth/index.php/20...
A final discordant note on social media comes with the depiction of Eve Teschmacher by a vaguely scene-stealing Sara Sampaio. Lex Luthor’s partner, she’s a constant presence alongside him taking an endless array of selfies with goofy expressions on her face, as he goes about his many crimes. Exactly why he indulges her in this is never touched on, and the degree to which she is intentionally cataloguing his sins is also frustratingly vague. For some unknown reason she’s head over heels for Skyler Gisondo’s unpleasant Jimmy Olson, who in a strange and mean-spirited bit has issues with her physical appearance. Via Olson, Teschmaker gets her crucial smoking gun of photographic evidence to Lois for publication at great personal risk, despite which Jimmy continues to shun her. In this way Eve really takes second credit for exposing Luthor and it would have been nice for her to have her moment in the Owlship also. The absence of such means that the film makes an odd distinction between the serious Lois Lane and the slightly infantile Teschmacher, as if placing them on an even keel might sully Lois with Eve’s girlish vices.
July 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
fevered.earth
okay i have reviewed SUPERMAN (2025) fevered.earth/index.php/20...
I’m being droll but that’s not necessarily a criticism; there’s nothing inherently wrong with simplifying and literalising, though it means that this Superman is ironically often a bit more alien than he might otherwise be, oscillating in his scenes with Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane between a kind of post-teenage petulance, demanding that the world be simpler so that he can act without consequence, and a detached aloofness. Fortunately Brosnahan brings her considerable talents to making the relationship seem plausible, with a nice subtle humour to the idea that – tormented by her own relationship demons – she is in a sense settling for Superman.
July 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
fevered.earth
jesus christ
July 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
fevered.earth
fun thing with 'sixteen attempts' that i don't think i've ever shared: you can very clearly see the two intermissions on the youtube engagement chart
July 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
fevered.earth
perfect for my orthographic baby
July 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
fevered.earth
hang on a minute
July 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
fevered.earth
then you'll know
July 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
fevered.earth
time to learn the meaning of fucking kindness
July 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
fevered.earth
why would zack snyder do this to me
July 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
fevered.earth
probably right. not gonna check.
google ai summary confidently asserting that hex 254 is decimal 388
July 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
fevered.earth
feel bad, i bought a (useless) hd-dvd from this charity shop a few weeks ago and it seems to have given them a nudge to put out more
July 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
fevered.earth
birth of a nation is the more difficult of the two, for sure! for 'triumph of the will' we need only look to the account of Chaplin's citing it as the direct inspiration for "The Great Dictator"
According to Jürgen Trimborn's biography of Nazi propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, both Chaplin and French filmmaker René Clair viewed Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will together at a showing at the New York Museum of Modern Art. Filmmaker Luis Buñuel reports that Clair was horrified by the power of the film, crying out that this should never be shown or the West was lost. Chaplin, on the other hand, laughed uproariously at the film. He used it to inspire many elements of The Great Dictator, and, by repeatedly viewing this film, Chaplin could closely mimic Hitler's mannerisms.[11]
July 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
fevered.earth
whoops
July 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
fevered.earth
lol. lmao.
July 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
fevered.earth
what the hell
July 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
fevered.earth
two weeks ago
Be ready to be shocked and offended at university, students told
June 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
fevered.earth
am i sorely misremembering the end of deus ex human revolution, or is the google ai summary describing the 'black helicopter' joke from sunglasses at night as part of the plot
The line "I... we..." is spoken by a black helicopter pilot in the game Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It occurs during the final confrontation with the Illuminati at the Panchaea facility. The pilot, after being seemingly mind-controlled, transmits a message that ends with "I... we...". This phrase is a key element of the game's ending, suggesting a larger, hidden force controlling the events of the game. The scene plays out as follows: 1. The final battle: The protagonist, Adam Jensen, confronts the Illuminati's leaders at Panchaea. 2. The message: A black helicopter appears, piloted by someone who is seemingly under mind control. 3. The transmission: The pilot transmits a message, ending with the cryptic "I... we...". 4. The implication: This phrase suggests that the Illuminati are not the ultimate controllers, but rather a tool of a more powerful, hidden entity. This ending leaves the player with a sense of unease and a feeling that the conspiracy runs deeper than initially perceived. The "I... we..." implies that the pilot, and by extension, the Illuminati, are not acting of their own volition, but rather as part of a larger, collective agenda. AI responses may include mistakes. Learn more joke from sunglasses at night about jock merging with his helicopter
June 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
fevered.earth
the original jedi
noah from 'noah'
June 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
fevered.earth
this is the exact moment when i knew it was going to be an all-timer
"the first and last female president of the united states. surely you remember her? she raised you."
June 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM