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Thu Dec 08, 2022 11:15 am
Some stills from the movie "George Clinton's PFunk All-star Wars: The Funk Awakens"

https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/com ... _the_funk/
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I don't think I like it either
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Thu Dec 08, 2022 4:14 pm
I don't think I like it either
Maybe Useless is a bot programmed to be annoying regardless of topic. This would explain his lack of shame and lingering for years on fora where he's unpopular.

Have you tried the midjourney image thing? I think I considered it when you first posted about it, but didn't want to download an app. I'm not sure.
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Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:35 am
Twitter Roasts Jennifer Lawrence For Saying She’s The First Woman To Lead An Action Film
The backlash comes after the “Hunger Games” actor made the controversial comments in Variety’s “Actors on Actors” segment.


Obviously wrong and she's getting raked for it and will probably retract soon, but who came to mind for y'all? I thought of a couple before reading the article.
Spoiler:

Sigourney Weaver and Angelina Jolie
The article:
Pam Grier - True, but I was never a fan of Blacksploitation films....
The list should be longer, so J-Law's underlying point about Hollywood bias stands.
Coincidence that I just stumbled on this:

Pam Grier explains how her game-changing acting career impacted Black women: 'I gave them a level of confidence'

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GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:10 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:07 am
billy.pilgrim wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:00 am
Katharine Hepburn in the African Queen ...
Good one!
Spoiler:

Raquel Welch in Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C. and some westerns.
Co-star Kim Darby as Mattie Ross in True Grit (1969).
Jane Fonda in Barbaraella. :thumbup:
https://collider.com/iconic-westerns-th ... tagonists/

10 Iconic Westerns That Feature Female Protagonists

Some are a real stretch, but not all.
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Some are a real stretch, but not all.
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Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:13 pm
Red Sonja

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/
Not "Red Sonja"
It would have to be "Commander Sonja" or some such now.

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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:11 pm
GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:10 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:07 am
billy.pilgrim wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:00 am
Katharine Hepburn in the African Queen ...
Good one!

Raquel Welch in Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C. and some westerns.
Co-star Kim Darby as Mattie Ross in True Grit (1969).
Jane Fonda in Barbaraella. :thumbup:
https://collider.com/iconic-westerns-th ... tagonists/

10 Iconic Westerns That Feature Female Protagonists

Some are a real stretch, but not all.
Cool, though some don't actually have action roles in those westerns.
'True Grit' (2010)

True Grit is tricky when it comes to assessing female protagonists in Western movies. The film centers on Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) and her quest for revenge against the man who killed her father. As part of her mission, she hires Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, played by Jeff Bridges, who received top billing over Steinfeld, despite not being the movie's central character.

It's pretty easy to see Steinfeld's Mattie Ross as the film's hero, or at the very least, deserving of equal billing with Bridges. Without Ross and her desire to seek vengeance for the wrong committed against her family, there would be no True Grit, which also makes Steinfeld's nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars that year somewhat baffling.
Seriously?! What about Kim Darby (1969)? Not even a nod to the original? :ateeth: Was Jeremy Urquhart not born until 1990? Maybe later:

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O Really wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:00 pm
GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:13 pm
Red Sonja

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/
Not "Red Sonja"
It would have to be "Commander Sonja" or some such now.
?
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:03 pm
O Really wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:00 pm
GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:13 pm
Red Sonja

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/
Not "Red Sonja"
It would have to be "Commander Sonja" or some such now.
?
"Dad joke" derived from the forced name change of the DC football team? But, I'm not sure how O Really missed that 'Sonja' is a prejudicial stereotype of Scandinavians. :P
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Vrede too wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:37 pm
GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:03 pm
O Really wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:00 pm
GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:13 pm
Red Sonja

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/
Not "Red Sonja"
It would have to be "Commander Sonja" or some such now.
?
"Dad joke" derived from the forced name change of the DC football team? But, I'm not sure how O Really missed that 'Sonja' is a prejudicial stereotype of Scandinavians. :P
Thanks for adding to my prejudicial and culturist lexicon. I had no idea there even was a prejudical stereotype of Scandinavians. So would a "Sonja" be a tall blonde viking sort - maybe like this?
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O Really wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 11:02 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:37 pm
"Dad joke" derived from the forced name change of the DC football team? But, I'm not sure how O Really missed that 'Sonja' is a prejudicial stereotype of Scandinavians. :P
Thanks for adding to my prejudicial and culturist lexicon. I had no idea there even was a prejudical stereotype of Scandinavians.
"Oh lord, deliver us from the fury of the Norsemen" doesn't refer to Mister Rogers ;) . Today, they're all "socialists", ugh.
So would a "Sonja" be a tall blonde viking sort - maybe like this?

Not always. That's why they called her -

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Vrede too wrote:
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Whack9 wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 4:14 pm
I don't think I like it either
Maybe Useless is a bot programmed to be annoying regardless of topic. This would explain his lack of shame and lingering for years on fora where he's unpopular.

Have you tried the midjourney image thing? I think I considered it when you first posted about it, but didn't want to download an app. I'm not sure.
I have not. It seems pretty neat though. Might check it out sometime.
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Nuki, a south African ET rip off

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Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:13 pm
Red Sonja

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/
Kate Beckinsale :doh: Underworld predated The Hunger Games by 9 years.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:13 pm
Red Sonja

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/
Kate Beckinsale :doh: Underworld predated The Hunger Games by 9 years.
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So far great. It's a two hour movie I'm trying to watch with wife and distant son and we could only schedule a one hour watch. Damn good so far.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1488589/

Almost perfect casting, there are favorites for all.

I loved his Pan's Labyrinth, but somehow never watched The Shape of Water. It'll be my next Guillermo del Toro.

I watched this on Netflix, but imbd says it's in some theaters.

Probably safe to say there'll be no maga types in the audience.
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The Shape of Water did zero for me.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
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The Shape of Water did zero for me.
Did you see Pan's Labyrinth?
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