#Rjalker watches Nope 2022

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Still not over the fact that Fandom™ is so fucking obsssed with shipping that the Nope (2022) fandom decided to ship OJ with a literal gods damned animal.

And then they got pissy when they started getting criticized for this because people were "ruining their fun" of shipping a Black man with a literal animal instead of engaging with any of the themes of the movie.

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[ID: The meme showing a teacher playing with a toddler versus a painting of philosophers walking together.

The toddler is labeled, "Discussing Nope (2022) with people who think Marvel movies are the best movies ever to exist because there's nothing to think about because every second is filled with action or explosions so the only thing required of them is for them to sit there and watch and turn off their brain".

The philosopher side is labeled, "Discussing Nope (2022) with people who understand what symbolism and metaphors are and enjoy thinking about the stories they watch instead of mindlessly consuming things that they stop thinking about the second it's over".

End ID.]

Watching Nope for the third time and showing it to our mom and her husband for the first time only for them to proclaim it's boring and makes no sense and if we want to see a REAL good movie, we have to watch Deadpool, and thus having them watch Deadpool for probably the third time while we watch it for the first time sure...

is eye opening...

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why do so many people think Jean Jacket's an alien. I thought the movie made it pretty clear it's a species native to Earth.

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If you draw or write Jean Jacket as a human you're getting blocked on sight. No mercy. Goodbye.

Are you really so transparent about Black main characters not being good enough for you that you'll turn the literal animal into a white person to fawn over instead?

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anyways why the fuck are people shipping Jean Jacket with people.

Hello, people, that is an animal. Jean Jacket is an animal. Jean Jacket is explicitly an animal. It is not a person. It is not a fishman or a monster for you to fuck. It's an animal.

Are you people really so fucking obsessed with shipping that you will ship people with a nonsentient animal????????

Jean Jacket is not a fucking person. It is gross and fucking weird to make jokes about OJ or any other person having sex with it. It's fucking gross. You need to stop.

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if you want to get people who Enjoy Marvel Movies™ to watch Nope, tell them it's a mystery like a poem. The movie doesn't tell you anything outright, you have to figure it out.

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anyways before I forget:

another important observation:

We literally do not ever see Gordy while he's being exploited. We do not see him in the sitcom at all. The only time we see him is when he's in full control of his own actions, when he's broken out of his cage, shattered the illusion, if you would, of control.

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This is like three posts in one but oh well.

"Tell the horse we're ready."

notice how the people on the film set don't even see OJ at all? Not even as a person there to do a job, he just doesn't exist in their minds at all. Not the person to ask about the horse, not the person in charge of the horse, he's not even in the equation at all. He doesn't matter, he might as well not exist.

"Tell the horse we're ready."

They don't listen to him when he tells them they need to stop, don't listen when he tells them the horse needs a break, don't notice any of the warning signs that something's about to go wrong, because they're breaking all the rules he's been trying to establish with working safely with a horse.

Even the "safety meeting" was a farce. It was less of a safety meeting and more of an ad, prioritizing making a speech over making sure people know what to and what not to do around a horse. The actual few, nebulous safety rules that are listed are tacked on at the end like an afterthought, and immediately forgotten and ignored in favor of making the movie as quickly as possible.

No one escapes the responsibility of keeping people and animals safe - not even OJ and Em. Em's more concerned with making a good impression than making sure everyone is actually safe, and no one listens to OJ when he tries to reassert the rules.

Lucky ends up lashing out because everyone there failed to do their part to keep things safe. The actors, the director, yes, even OJ and Em.

Everyone is responsible for the safety of those around them, and no one is above reproach. The only reason someone didn't die that day when Lucky kicked out behind him is /because they got lucky/.

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So did Jupe go back and be like "you'll never guess what happened - the Haywoods stole one of our horse statues. can you believe it?"

Or did they kids see her steal it?

Either way, it's funny.

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Okay but imagine a sequel:

Nope 2: oh shit there's babies

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where's that stupid ancient post complaining about "The curtains are blue" and pretending like understanding symbolism in literature isn't actually an important or worthwhile skill to have

yes. the curtains are blue.

And the screen is green.

figure it out lol.

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[ID: Seven gifs from the movie Nope.

The first shows Emerald talking to OJ in their house, with the lights dimmed. "I was supposed to get to train Jean Jacket. But then Pops got some Western, and…Jean Jacket wasn't mine no more."

The walks to the window and looks out, and the camera shows OJ sitting in a chair listening to her. Emerald gestures out the window with her glass. I distinctly remember…standing right here at this window, watching y'all train my hourse."

"My horse." She repeats. For a few seconds there is silence. "Pops never looked up at me." She adds.

The scene shows a flashback, of a younger OJ in a horse coral, looking up at Emerald in the window, and liting his hand to his eyes to gesture, "I see you", while in the background their father says to the horse, "Woah now, woah now." Then to OJ, "OJ, come on."

A record player spins in silence.

The scene transitions to the final showdown against Jean Jacket, with Emerald and OJ meeting eyes across the distance. OJ lifts his hand in an "I see you, you see me" gesture. Emerald steels herself, and returns the gesture, then looks at the air dance that is still out of power.

The lights on the motor bike cycle to green, and Emerald speeds off across the plain as the camera follows her.

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She's being given back the opportunity that was taken from her the first time...

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every time I look at the sky I'm like "Wow, I should rewatch Nope".

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you know, if I were buying horses from someone intending to feed them to an alien, I would at least make an effort to buy horses that are already old or going to be put down soon anyways. Not buy horses from people who are assuming that the horses are going to be taken care of and get to live out their lives >.>

also like. why horses. they're expensive. Not that I can thikn of any less expensive animals that would be big enough to "put on a show" but like. how much was he paying for each of those horses. How much were people paying for the show.

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Look, kids, this is just fair play. You can't get mad at them taking the statue when you're already feeding their horses to a UFO lol....Even if they don't know that yet.

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Emerald: No one believes in that.

Angel: oh my fucking god you guys are hunting UFOs aren't you