Topic: What I learned today! (Read 194862 times)

Büge · « **Reply #2360 on:** September 13, 2012, 06:40:22 PM »

Brentai · « **Reply #2361 on:** September 13, 2012, 07:09:37 PM »

Büge · « **Reply #2362 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:02:15 PM »

That Street Fighter: The Movie actually passes the Bechdel test.

Classic · « **Reply #2363 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:12:01 PM »

There are some surprisingly pandering and schlocky things that pass the Bechdel test!
Some of which shouldn't be discussed in polite company.

TA · « **Reply #2364 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:22:57 PM »

Quote from: Classic on September 14, 2012, 01:12:01 PM

There are some surprisingly pandering and schlocky things that pass the Bechdel test!
Some of which shouldn't be discussed in polite company.

It's almost like it's arbitrary bullshit!

Mongrel · « **Reply #2365 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:25:47 PM »

It'd be hilarious to see porn movies marketed with a tag that states "Passes the Bechdel Test!"

Royal☭ · « **Reply #2366 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:47:15 PM »

Quote from: TA on September 14, 2012, 01:22:57 PM

Quote from: Classic on September 14, 2012, 01:12:01 PM
There are some surprisingly pandering and schlocky things that pass the Bechdel test!
Some of which shouldn't be discussed in polite company.

It's almost like it's arbitrary bullshit!

Or like it's not meant to judge the quality of a movie, but meant to be a reflection of the status of women in Hollywood! But it's more likely just arbitrary bullshit from radical feminists.

patito · « **Reply #2367 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:50:29 PM »

I'd watch a porn called the bechdel test.

Also, let's be realistic here constantine, the bechdel test is completely useless for judging the merits of an individual movie. In that sense it is absolutely arbitrary bullshit. It is only useful as a as reflection of the etc, etc, when you have a pattern of several movies failing the bechdel test.

Brentai · « **Reply #2368 on:** September 14, 2012, 02:49:00 PM »

The Bechdel Test is like oxygen.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2369 on:** September 14, 2012, 05:53:44 PM »

Quote from: Brentai on September 14, 2012, 02:49:00 PM

The Bechdel Test is like oxygen.

Sweet - Love is like Oxygen

Royal☭ · « **Reply #2370 on:** September 14, 2012, 05:59:13 PM »

Quote from: patito on September 14, 2012, 01:50:29 PM

I'd watch a porn called the bechdel test.

Also, let's be realistic here constantine, the bechdel test is completely useless for judging the merits of an individual movie. In that sense it is absolutely arbitrary bullshit. It is only useful as a as reflection of the etc, etc, when you have a pattern of several movies failing the bechdel test.

So what I said?

A² · « **Reply #2371 on:** September 20, 2012, 02:36:41 AM »

That those things you see in media where water runs through a stick of bamboo and makes a knocking noise, establishing that you're now at a Japanese shrine, are called "Shishi-odoshi" or, "Deer Scarers"

They're used to scare away birds with the noise. In some parts of Japan, they're called "Lion Scarers", because apparently lion attacks are a problem in Japan.

JDigital · « **Reply #2372 on:** September 20, 2012, 06:03:08 AM »

You never hear of any lion attacks at shrines, so it must work.

R^2 · « **Reply #2373 on:** September 20, 2012, 06:09:03 AM »

"What's this thing?"
"Oh, it's a little fountain. The water runs in, fills up the hollow bamboo, then it tips over and makes a konk noise."
"...why?"
"To scare away birds."
"Oh. Well, what are you going to call it?"
"Deer-scarer."