Metropolis

people were doing a LOT of fucking in the Weimar years. you had to have been there.

>>81761055
no porn

I love Metropolis but that clip doesn't look any less weird in context.

>>81761055

You'd be horny too if you saw a hermaphrodite bird-lady doing "the Bigfoot" with huge ghost nipples in the background.

>>81761055
It was great and a very interesting scene from the movie. Not saying that the movie is boring but I didn't expect such a scene from an old science fiction movie.

There is something about their acting that you just don't see in modern movies. you just don't represent a "horny man" in this creative way anymore

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>>81761055
What did Fritz Lang mean by this?

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>>81761055
The actress lied about her age to get the role, she was 16 when they started filming

>>81761055
I fucking love this movie

>>81761107
Nope, people were creative back then

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutoscope

>>81761055
Thats scary

DELETE THIS

I assumed they were going for the Brave New World idea of people being conditioned to be overly sexualized so they're easier to control. Plus at the time most folk where on board with the idea of man being on a spectrum between animals and Gods.

>>81762739
That was the hubris of the high town, thinking they were better than base urges and then bam. Robohips.

>the capitalist pig dog literally tried to drown all of you and your families
>but he had a change of heart after his plan failed
>so let's get along now

what a stupid ending

Why is it so praised? serious question. I didnt really like it

>>81762827
Well it invented a bunch of tropes that are still in use today. The cinematics are weirdly good and there's also a neat historical aspect since parts of it were lost for nearly a century.

>>81762881
>Well it invented a bunch of tropes that are still in use today
which ones?
>neat historical aspect since parts of it were lost for nearly a century.
so it's a romancized as a lost film?
>The cinematics are weirdly good
what the hell are cinematics?

>>81761055
That broad doing the weird dancing was 17 at the time.

>>81762959
1) The mad scientist stuff in particular was mostly invented by this.
2) It's extremely romanticized
3) The production and cinematography on massive scales is stuff that really doesn't compare to today's films. They had like tens of thousands of extras and the choreography of the machine stuff is ridiculous. It seems to have been made as like a big musical theater kind of production. Just without the music.

>>81762827
You're the one who is wrong. It's one of my favorite movies, not for any historical reason, I just find it really entertaining.

>>81761055
Commentary on capitalism turning society into both a charnel and whore house. Pretty standard commentary for the time.

>>81763032
if only we listened

>>81763025
thanks for explaining why you think it's good my man, that's the kind of discussion we need in this board
commit suicide you ultra nigger

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>THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE HANDS MUST BE THE HEART
Fucking hell why is it so kino lads?

>>81763645
worst part of the flick 2bh

>>81761375
It's funny how easy it was to get away with something like that back then. Even as recent as the mid 70's when Lawrence Fishbourne lied about his age to be in Apocalypse Now. He was literally 14.

>>81763778
Yep, computers are literally the worst thing.

>>81762827
It was the Avatar of the 20s

>>81763406
Do you want a fucking essay, you fuck? Just Google it, there must be millions of articles and reviews on the objective value and importance of such acclaimed film. Do you want another subjective approach about how great film this great film is when YOU, you faggot pleb, are the anomaly here?

Truly you are the cancer of this board. I sincerely hope you don't come back to spread more ignorance and stupidity here.

>>81763862
Except the effects have aged better lol

>>81763912
I'm convinced people like that guy ask stupid questions like that just to piss people off. They can't possibly be stupid enough to not know what google is or what you can do with it.

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>>81761055
chuck?

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My favorite silent movie and a great movie by itself. Shame there's still a few minutes of the movie that haven't been recovered yet.

>>81763983
How much would it cost to remake Metropolis shot by shot without CGI?

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It was a center piece of German Expressionism.
Golden era of epic german cinema with artistic value. Now all we can do is autistic realism with no production value

>>81764030
>Now all we can do is autistic realism with no production value
fucking this this and fucking this

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>>81764016
It was a pretty expensive movie for its time and I don't think anyone today would even attempt making Metropolis' set design without CGI.

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This is the true silentkino.

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>>81764138

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>>81764162

>>81764185
is this a miniature or a matte painting?

>>81764185
the only film comparable to this type of look is actually blade runner (the city itself).

>>81761055
A lot of history makes more sense if you think about lack of access to pornography.

We take pornhub for granted.

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>>81764222
Probably a miniature. If you see it in motion at least the vehicles look like they'd be miniatures. Like there's planes in some scenes that sort of give that look. Part of it might be paintings. I think I read that movies of this era used paintings for some parts of their sets.

>>81764222
combo of both technques lad

>>81763912
I don't want critics' masturbatory ball tugging, there's no good critique without a bit of cynicism, and 4chan is the place for that.
>objective value and importance of such acclaimed film
>subjective approach
>YOU, you faggot pleb, are the anomaly
oh nevermind you seem to enjoy a bit of tugging yourself

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Did y'all niggas watch this kino?
>I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU

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>>81764264

>>81764272
Fuck, yes I did and now those feels.

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>>81764288

Wish it had more of the city itself and the immersal into its debauchery.

Still, I liked it a lot, the blu-ray remaster with the orchestral score is the best way to watch it. Only about two or so scenes in total are actually noticeably absent and it doesn't really break the flow that much.

>>81761055
Super mariooo~
R P G
It is the only one just for me
When i play the game i get lost in a phase
Then i find out I'm lost in Gino's maze
Super mariooo~
R P G
It is the only one just for me
When i play the game i get lost in a phase
Then i find out I'm lost in Gino's maze

Give me frog coins
Give me ice bombs
Give me fright bombs
Give me mushrooms
Give me See Ya
Give me star egg
Give me cookies
give me Lambs lure


I want everything I need I must play this more and more I need to get those damn frog coins to pay off all my credit cards

There are many secrets in the game
Many of which drive some peeps insane
Why we try to cheat in a really good game
Just sounds like crap and it makes you look lame
Exiting the forest is super simple
All you do is follow these patterns
For the rest of your gaming life

>>81764148
Wings is just okay.

>>81761055
Animals.
Most men work on instinct especially when they are overconfident.
Look at any famous person like Kardashian or Nicki Minaj and look at the legion of people following their every step.
Its actually very very smart way to represent hazing of the masses.

>>81764138
>>81764162
>>81764185
>>81764264
>>81764288
>>81764305
Beautiful

>>81764264
its amazing how well it holds up

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My favorite film. I even read an essay on it in grade 10 before I started to hate myself.

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>>81763679
They needed a proper Negotiator to make the movie perfect.

>>81762827
Metropolis isn't that good a movie. The last act is genuinely shit. The first two are really good though and the effects were beyond top-shelf back in the day. The comparison to Avatar isn't just a meme, that anon probably made one of the most insightful posts in the history of /tv/.

>>81764913
It was good for it's time, and its ideas inspired countless other works.
A masterpiece then, merely good now.
Still worth seeing if you're even remotely interested in movies.

>>81765061
It's good for its time, and it's good now, you filthy pleb.

>>81764271
>blind contrarianism
>good critique

nah fuck off hipster

>>81764272
I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU

>>81764331
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3aWAmSpF6E

>>81761055
Weimar republic.

Imagine today if Japan DIDN'T have massive stores of porn on the internet to sedate their isolated horny male population. It would be a madhouse.

>>81766353
Maybe they'd have a birthrate.

>>81761055
I am always curious about one question: Would the evil Maria still look that gorgeous if there are no those shots of horny men?

She is objectively gorgeous I give. But I think the scene would lose so much more interest if it's just her dancing.

Women would lose so much charms without their followers

>>81768011
Lots of things add emotional weight to a scene. Would the video of the Hindenburg disaster be as affecting without the audio of the guy freaking out about it or the knowledge that 36 people died?

>>81761268
thats a reference to some of the beasts described in Revelation and other apocalyptic literature, they were covered with eyes

>>81763983
why did people move faster in olden days?

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>>81764030
>>81764127
Metropolis wasn't really German expressionism though. It was an attempt at realism in the visuals. It was definetly inspired by expressionism especially eoth the Lightning but unlike Caligari or other expressionist films it wasn't deliberately crazy set design.

>>81768011
>>81768231
Imagine I posted a link to Hitchcock explaining the power of editing

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>>81764222
It's a combination of both

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>>81764232
What about Burton's Batman movies?

>mfw people don't even realize how Nazi is this film
It's pure Nazi propaganda.

>>81769316
> Hitchcock's video
> not the original Russian guy who Hitchcock just copied his exact video and idea and told everyone as if he made it up

>>81769086
That's 60 fps

>>81769388
I doubt it.

Lang fled Germany less than a day after being offered a job to make propaganda for the Nazi's.

>>81766353
>Imagine today if Japan DIDN'T have massive stores of porn on the internet to sedate their isolated horny male population

theyd lower their standards and go back to beating off to girls in sears catalogs?

>>81768011
Interesting point. It's like the male attention she receives is what gives her value rather than her body itself

>>81769446
His wife was the screenwriter and she was a great admirer of the Nazis.

>>81769475
I unironically miss this and want to go back

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>>81761055
>this was considered a 10/10 lustbabe

>>81769475
It's mostly exaggeration and propaganda. Weimar Republic was still very much conservative, only Berlin was considered more liberal and 'degenerate'. Metropolis obviously represents Berlin, which was called by the conservatives the new Babylon.

>>81769478
It's an interesting thought experiment.

How much of sexual attraction is because it's what is commonly known as attractive? It can't be all of it, because as we know, everyone has fucked up fetishes they never want to publically be known. But how many of the broader more common tropes of stereotypically attractive would you have found if you were raised isolated from any influential people or media?

Same with viewing people you arnt personally attracted to. Straight girl's can tell when another girl is attractive, and try make themselves attractive following the same principles. Guys as well, to a lesser degree. But what would you do to present yourself as attractive if you had no reference point?

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>>81769567
>>81761055
hot

>>81769567
>>81769672
not gonna lie, that weird costume and dance she's doing is giving me a boner

>>81769478
You nailed the whole waifuism thing in one post.

Waifu threads are mainly about the men rather than about the waifus themselves

Men socialize by sharing their desires about women

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Can any german bros give me a rundown?

>>81769726
It's probably from Book of Revelations.

>>81769609
>How much of sexual attraction is because it's what is commonly known as attractive?

I am glad that you replied my post but my own idea is slightly different.

My theory is men are all gay or bi-curious.

I mean I actually think those "horny men" are quite cute in their hairstyle and suits.

My theory is that I find the evil Maria sexy precisely because there are handsom men shamelessly making faces to express their sexual desire, in group. And it's not so "shameless" if it's just one guy doing it. You can actually tell the "chemistry" and "magic" don't just come from the interaction between a man and a woman, but mainly from the men among themselves.

Men are all gay or bi curious. That's what I thought when I thought up this question.

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>>81769696
Mean while in Ancient India

>>81769726
And I saw a woman sitting
on a scarlet-
coloured animal that was the name of blasphemy
and had seven heads and ten horns
And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet and had a golden cup in her hand. and on her forehead was written a name, a secret
The Great Babylon
the mother of all abomination on the earth. and i saw the woman drink from the blood of the holy

will Sam Esmail's miniseries remake be good?

>>81769388
Fritz Lang was a jew you jew

>>81769888
>shameless
I think lewd is the more appropriate word

>>81762827
>>81764271
I'll try to do it as an anon and as someone who sees this as their favorite movie:

>The effects are spectacular for the time. It shows the power of the art of literal smoke and mirrors. It's like looking at practical effects in monster movies today and going, "Oh yeah, that's way better than CGI." There's an authenticity, an integrity to it that I just don't feel with modern effects.

>Brigitte Helm's performance was so over the top and zany as the robot. Between playing both characters, I absolutely fell in love with her. (i.e. waifufag) She stole my heart.

>The makeup seemed to be more top notch than most other films from back then, if we go by style. Fritz wasn't afraid to exaggerate every character in surreal ways, and you can tell this inspired the look of many character tropes we have today (the powerful father that comes to his son's side, the mad scientist, the chaotic evil woman).

>The biblical references had me looking up and studying what they were and why Fritz might have found it appropriate to use. It made the machine more terrifying to me, knowing the character saw this thing as no better than a sacrificial demon that consumes children. It had a far bigger impact than, "This machine sucks. This is no way to live." Our protagonist, though naive, knew the perfect dramatics to use to let us know how much he feared this thing.

Hope I didn't jerk it off too much for you.

>>81761055
what is the meaning of this movie? i dont get it

>>81771476
>The rich should think for the poor

>>81763778

Milas Kunis lied to get her role for That 70's Show. She was 16, IIRC.

>>81771444
you wasnt, thanks mate. still though, I'm not very convinced, maybe I'll rewatch it later. I watched a few months ago amidst a 100 films binge so that might've affected it idk. Before I get called a pleb again, this film was over the top and a little silly even back then so maybe I prefer more down to earth stuff, I really liked the passion of joan of arc for that matter.

>>81771584
That's generally true though. Would you entrust the survival of the human race in a NASCAR fan drinking PBR?

>>81772153
You could prefer things more set in the real world, true. Critics back then didn't like Metropolis nearly as much as his noir film, M. It's clever and more set in real life for the time.

>>81764264
Back then, the matte-on-glass painting was just beginning to catch on. I remember in Metropolis, there were boxes and sheets of wood that were painted (with some strips of wood for relief where the architecture permitted) to make the miniature buildings... a lot like how modern 3D is done.