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Postby New Babylonia » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:17 pm

Auzkhia wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Princess all the ponies!

Eeyup!

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Postby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:17 pm

Auzkhia wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Princess all the ponies!

Eeyup!


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Postby Patridam » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:19 pm

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Ack, that new movie was pretty disgraceful, from more than a few standpoints. I will give props that Gatsby's and the Buchanans' houses were imagined quite beautifully.

It's quite over the top really. It may be off-putting for some, but I quite like the maximalism of that film.


What bothered me most was the flagrant disregard for any sense of historical accuracy, if I'm honest.
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Postby Blackwing Coast » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:19 pm

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Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic wrote:True, true. I will never be able to write as great as F. Scott Fitzgerald though. That man was a literary genius.

*Write :blush:


Sure, of course. The Great Gatsby is universally considered to be one of the greatest pieces of American literature.


You gave me a idea for an episode - The Great Catsby!
With Opalescence as the protagonist :lol:
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Postby Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:21 pm

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Sure, of course. The Great Gatsby is universally considered to be one of the greatest pieces of American literature.


You gave me a idea for an episode - The Great Catsby!
With Opalescence as the protagonist :lol:

Spike would totally be Gatsby; Rarity is Daisy.
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Postby Ximea » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:24 pm

Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic wrote:
Blackwing Coast wrote:
You gave me a idea for an episode - The Great Catsby!
With Opalescence as the protagonist :lol:

Spike would totally be Gatsby; Rarity is Daisy.

Wouldn't Spike have to be rich as shit and the living embodiment of conspicuous consumption for that to work?
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Postby The Norgan Alliance » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:24 pm

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Postby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:24 pm

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Postby New Babylonia » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:25 pm

The following may disgust anyone who is not Auz.

Aww.

Gards totally not guarding...the Princess at least.

Shining and Blue Blood.

Just 'friends'.
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Postby Frenequesta » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:27 pm

Ximea wrote:
Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic wrote:Spike would totally be Gatsby; Rarity is Daisy.

Wouldn't Spike have to be rich as shit and the living embodiment of conspicuous consumption for that to work?

Arguably, he already is, if we count Twilight's hypothesized wealth and his love of eating gems (which is practically eating money!).
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Postby Wilgrove » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:28 pm



Cute.
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Postby Patridam » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:28 pm

Ximea wrote:
Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic wrote:Spike would totally be Gatsby; Rarity is Daisy.

Wouldn't Spike have to be rich as shit and the living embodiment of conspicuous consumption for that to work?


Watch "Secret of My Excess" again and tell me Spike couldn't pull off being a flagrantly rich guy (how he gets rich is another matter entirely).

Now either Twilight or Applejack would be Nick Carraway and Derpy can be owl eyes. Mayhaps Flutters could be Jordan Baker, though that would open up a whole can of shipping.
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Postby New Babylonia » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:28 pm

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Cute.

And you Wil :)
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Postby Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:29 pm

Ximea wrote:
Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic wrote:Spike would totally be Gatsby; Rarity is Daisy.

Wouldn't Spike have to be rich as shit and the living embodiment of conspicuous consumption for that to work?

Close enough.

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Postby Frenequesta » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:29 pm

Patridam wrote:
Auzkhia wrote:It's quite over the top really. It may be off-putting for some, but I quite like the maximalism of that film.


What bothered me most was the flagrant disregard for any sense of historical accuracy, if I'm honest.

You mean the music? Maybe. It was one of those things that was supposed to make the story more relevant to our time. Didn't quite work for me. I prefer real 20's music over today's remixes of them.
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Postby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:29 pm

New Babylonia wrote:The following may disgust anyone who is not Auz.

Aww.


Aww indeed.
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Postby New Babylonia » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:31 pm

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
New Babylonia wrote:The following may disgust anyone who is not Auz.

Aww.


Aww indeed.

Shit...one of 'em didn't copy right. Lol.
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Postby Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:32 pm

Frenequesta wrote:
Patridam wrote:
What bothered me most was the flagrant disregard for any sense of historical accuracy, if I'm honest.

You mean the music? Maybe. It was one of those things that was supposed to make the story more relevant to our time. Didn't quite work for me. I prefer real 20's music over today's remixes of them.

The rap was stupid. The electroswing made sense though. (It's also my favorite genre of music).
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Postby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:34 pm

New Babylonia wrote:
The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
Aww indeed.

Shit...one of 'em didn't copy right. Lol.


No...I was just too lazy to see them all so I saw one and reacted to one. :p


Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic wrote:
Frenequesta wrote:You mean the music? Maybe. It was one of those things that was supposed to make the story more relevant to our time. Didn't quite work for me. I prefer real 20's music over today's remixes of them.

The rap was stupid. The electroswing made sense though. (It's also my favorite genre of music).
Example of electroswing


I assume this is somehow pony related?
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Postby New Babylonia » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:35 pm

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
New Babylonia wrote:Shit...one of 'em didn't copy right. Lol.


No...I was just too lazy to see them all so I saw one and reacted to one. :p

It was supposed to be this.
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Postby Wilgrove » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:35 pm

New Babylonia wrote:
The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
No...I was just too lazy to see them all so I saw one and reacted to one. :p

It was supposed to be this.


D'awwwwwwwww!
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Postby Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:36 pm

Patridam wrote:
Auzkhia wrote:It's quite over the top really. It may be off-putting for some, but I quite like the maximalism of that film.


What bothered me most was the flagrant disregard for any sense of historical accuracy, if I'm honest.

In the book, Gatsby's car was a Rolls Royce. In the movie, they used a Dusenberg.
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Postby New Babylonia » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:38 pm

Wilgrove wrote:
New Babylonia wrote:It was supposed to be this.


D'awwwwwwwww!

Mhm.
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Postby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:38 pm

New Babylonia wrote:
The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
No...I was just too lazy to see them all so I saw one and reacted to one. :p

It was supposed to be this.


Oh....

And then the CMC where hamsters.

Jammies.
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Postby Patridam » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:39 pm

Frenequesta wrote:
Patridam wrote:
What bothered me most was the flagrant disregard for any sense of historical accuracy, if I'm honest.

You mean the music? Maybe. It was one of those things that was supposed to make the story more relevant to our time. Didn't quite work for me. I prefer real 20's music over today's remixes of them.


Well if that's what it was trying to do, it certainly failed. However, the music wasn't the only thing, the cars were even worse. The novel itself was set in 1922 but I can see the story taking place really anytime up to 1928. However, in the movie, pretty much all of the cars were from 1930 or newer. The Buchanan's Auburn was a 1933, and Jay's Dusenburg SJ was a 35'. That's pretty flagrant considering how important his car (in the book a 1921 Rolls-Royce) is, and automobiles in general are, to the plot. They got Nick's car right, if it's any consolation.

I suppose only a car person would really notice that stuff though, but it bothered me because it destroyed what little of the Roaring Twenties aesthetic the modernized music didn't.

Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic wrote:In the book, Gatsby's car was a Rolls Royce. In the movie, they used a Dusenberg.


Believe me, I realize. An SJ does portray the 'New Money' theme rather well, but it totally screws up the setting and moves everything from 1922 to the middle of the Depression.
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