Freauxzen
| Favorite team: | USA  |
| Location: | Utah |
| Biography: | LSU Alumni (2004) UWM (2007), Born and raised in LA. Moved from a cushy public sector job in Education to a crazy, cutting-edge, job in a tech/education start-up. |
| Interests: | Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Sports (soccer player by nature), Movies, Arguing about random things, Useless Information |
| Occupation: | Educational Technology |
| Number of Posts: | 37395 |
| Registered on: | 2/14/2006 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Sci-Fi baws: How is Babylon 5?
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/21/24 at 12:05 am
[quote]serious academic who thought it was like this profound work of morality and ethics.[/quote]
It actually handles overall political and social morality REALLY well despite it's tone, and I think that's why it often works. There's this weird feeling that it's sort of a long form Fable to a de...
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re: Sci-Fi baws: How is Babylon 5?
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 10:01 pm
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It may be worth noting just how low of a budget they had to work with, too. They didn't have sound stages or a lot of money for costumes or props, and they were working in an old hot tub factory and warehouse. It makes what they came up with that much more impressive.[/quote]
Did not kno...
re: Sci-Fi baws: How is Babylon 5?
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 9:35 pm
[quote]If Freauxzen is in……I’m in.
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:cheers:
It's a super fun show. You just have to go with it....
re: Sci-Fi baws: How is Babylon 5?
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 9:28 pm
Lookit's really cheesy. I mean really cheesy.
But it's old school sci fi. I love it. It's up there with BSG, DS9 and the Expanse. It just isn't as dark as those.
I'd say it's a notch below TNG, but I liked it more overall, that's why it's in my Top 5 space sci fis.
But it is of its own ti...
re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 6:29 pm
Serial downvoter in this thread doing work. Even the lightest comments get one :lol:...
re: Today I learned there was a Back to the Future cartoon...
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 4:56 pm
Don't forget James Bond Jr.
For a Cartoon though - Beetlejuice was legit. That was straight avant garde entertainment and it was well done. The use of things like EA Poe were actually way ahead of it's time. It was a lot like a dark Animaniacs essentially with all of the constant references t...
re: Taylor Swift reportedly had a meeting with Kevin Feige to discuss a role in the MCU
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 4:50 pm
[quote]Yeah her doing a cameo as Dazzler in Deadpool has been going around for some time
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I've been out my game on MCU rumors, but yeah, would not be surprised.
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re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 4:45 pm
[quote]It’s “controversial” for one reason and one reason only, because it’s a White male with an opinion that isn’t left leaning.
It wouldn’t matter if the opinion was far right or center right, in 2024 the media, entertainment industry, etc. wants to silence all White male opinions that aren’t ...
re: Taylor Swift reportedly had a meeting with Kevin Feige to discuss a role in the MCU
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 4:16 pm
I mean if you don't cast her as Dazzler in X-Men, you aren't very smart.
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re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 3:29 pm
[quote]Is what Butker meant by his statement, as some of you suggest, yet THIS
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"I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolic lies told to you," he said. "Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world but I would venture to guess that the majority of ...
re: Guarantee you can’t guess this insane gem from DU
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 1:23 pm
[quote]of all the bat shite crazy opinions on DU, the most prevalent and crazy is that all of the media is in the tank for conservatives. They all believe it. It is baffling.
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It's straight proof that they live in an absolute fantasy land. And that their consistent state of perceived vict...
re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 1:13 pm
[quote]Awful lot of critical analysis and interpreting being done on the guy’s behalf - seems like at the very least one could admit the message, whatever it was, was poorly delivered[/quote]
:lol: Wrong, Again.
You say this, but you also admitted, I think, to misinterpreting the word "disord...
re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 9:56 am
[quote]You dont even understand what was said but are fighting against it. Hilarious.
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It's strange how seemingly intelligent people make the same basic remarks as a hyper-Feminist so quickly:
"He said it's diabolical that woman want jobs!!"
No, not in the slightest. But that's par...
re: Top 5 Disney Songs (animated)
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/20/24 at 7:38 am
Hellfire is the best artistic production...
re: All Sci-Fi fans — BSG (2004) is back on Prime.
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/19/24 at 9:08 pm
Still the greatest show ever, even if the ending was mediocre.
33 remains the most tense and complete hourlong episode of all time.
So say we all.
And...
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re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/19/24 at 4:04 pm
[quote]Perhaps it’s only innocuous to you because you share his beliefs. Have you considered that possibility?[/quote]
No. I think believing and speaking are innocuous in this context. It has nothing to do with what he is saying, or whether or not I agree.
I can disagree with what a lot of an...
re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/19/24 at 3:46 pm
[quote]If your belief is that a woman who can’t have children is just shite outta luck on account of God’s will, and you use your platform to broadcast that conviction, then yeah man[/quote]
But that's literally not the belief.
The belief is that her want of kids does not change the moral impl...
re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/19/24 at 3:10 pm
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If you’re speaking from a position of power or relevance as he is, and you’re proclaiming that IVF and surrogacy are in defiance of God’s will, then yes, that is an uncompromising pursuit of religious ideals. [/quote]
Speaking your beliefs is an uncompromising pursuit of religious ideals...
re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/19/24 at 2:45 pm
[quote]How is it not?
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Because zealotry is the [b]pursuit[/b] of, as you mention. Not the [b]belief in[/b]. Believing in things is not zealotry. Speaking of things is not zealotry. All Butker did was stand up and profess his beliefs, nothing more.
Lighting yourself on fire is zealotr...
re: Chief's Harrison Butker delivers an unforgettable commencement address
Posted by Freauxzen on 5/19/24 at 12:11 pm
[quote]I think you’ve lost the plot here on my initial issue with your “stay at home moms = religious zealots/what is the world coming to?!” emotional reaction.
The thing is, your description of his beliefs (which was thorough and well explained and honestly appreciated) and how he arrived to the...
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