Still want to know just how lucky nerd got
Awaiting directors cut
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Itās like the woman was engineered in a lab to be as helpless as possible. Shows up literally on his doorstep, doesnāt speak English, apparently canāt even book a hotel so she has to sleep in his bed. Not only that, but the Polivoks is important to her because itās related to a man instead of being, yāknow, important in itself. @Anfim is right, it comes across as some dudeās creepy fantasy. Itās 2018, give your female characters some goddamn agency.
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I donāt think the woman was portrayed as helpless, she finally finds someone who can fix her synth after numerous failed attempts, which shows commitment and determination, and travels halfway across the planet to do so, she fell asleep presumably because of jet lag due to the 9+ hour flight whilst waiting for the synth repair guy to fix it. That she doesnāt speak English is to be expected since she is from a country where it isnāt the native language, so I donāt think that qualifies her as helpless either. The synth was her late fathers (who through no fault of his own was a man) not just some random guy, and the picture shows her fond memories of them together, when she was much younger and her father was alive, with the synth which presumably he treasured as well.
But Iām curious if the genders were reversed or the both the same would people have a problem with it? I still personally think the story was a bit of a cliche, but Iād think that if the genders were reversed or both the same too.
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The only other slice of cheese missing from that vid was a man-bun.
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imagine spending the time to make this. iād be pissed
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I gave it another chance. I think if you separate the acting from the story itās a little more palatable, but not by much.
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I find this short movie rather touching. The spirit is good IMO, and so is the soundā¦ Maybe a bit clichĆ©, but in a soft way.
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Did I type something wrong or bad?
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I found the āplotā cheesy but if you consider it from the perspective that itās about the SYNTH not the characters, and that the guy who is doing the repair is a real dude who actually repairs synths itās pretty obvious that despite the sadly somewhat thin plot itās really just a story about the synths we love and the lengths weāll go to to take care of them, and other synth fans too. Itās about the synth family.
Sure, they could have switched the tech out for a girl, made the guy the one in trouble, etc., but then itās a film about politics and less connected with the realities of the people who made it, rather than a film about a synth and a girl who will do anything to get it working again, and a guy who understands someone elseās love for synths and is willing to sacrifice his hard-found part because he gets it.
Also, itās a short film. Shorts are hard to please everybody with. Plots are often highly contrived to get to the real point. You need to watch it from that perspective, too.
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I think itĀ“s technically well done, but with a rather weak naive story. Even for a short movie just ok, i actually prefer the Elektron short moviesā¦
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I kinda liked it. Not sure we get to āpower fantasyā so quick, all I saw was a guy willing to help and is so passionate about synths he wanted to share in his passion. I guess those of us who liked it arenāt āWokeā enough 
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Itās just a short sweet piece of nerdy fluff. Not everything created has to be about the struggle. Iām all for differing perspectives and people speaking their minds. But Iām not getting a āmale nerd power fantasyā, etc.? I didnāt even see a romantic/sexual love story at all. Just a girl who travels across the world to fix a family heirloom synth.
The plot is unnecessary? Or the film itself is (that opinion I could understand)? What are they supposed to do without a plot? Even most documentaries have some structure.
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Huh? Why canāt it be both - she enjoys the synth and it has some sentimental value attached? She was jamming on it after all. It wasnāt on a shelf collecting dust.
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The very basic plot was fine: person needs thing of sentimental value fixed so they do what they can to get it fixed.
But it didnāt need fake broken English, a man reviewing footage of himself saying āletās see if she purrsā, umā¦ what else. I dunno, not gonna watch it again. If Iām wrong Iām wrong.
No right or wrong. Just trying to understand your, and others, opinions and see where youāre coming from. Iām always curious about such things. It helps me learn and discover things I (obviously) would never have picked up on.
As a creator ofā¦ various things, itās always interesting to see how people react once you put your work out there. I remember watching some documentary about minimalism a while back which I thought was a pretty decent effort. It got ripped to shreds on related forum. Most of the feedback was āwhy didnāt they do this?ā āwhy didnāt they do that?ā. I can only summarize it as, most people wanted something tailor-made to their exact specific situation and narrow parameters. It really baffled me. I was puzzled by the inability of a large portion of the audience to simply take whatās relevant or valuable to them, and leave the rest. I see similar feedback on blog articles, etc. all the time. Itās like saying why didnāt this content which someone worked their ass off on, and which I consumed for free, speak to me exactly the way I wanted?
I would encourage people to make a film, song, book, blog that speaks to you and tells your story exactly the way you want. Thatās always the best antidote to things like this, no? If you feel your voice and perspective isnāt being heard then write it, film it, record it, whatever. Thatās awesome. The more the merrier.
But modern audiences seem to expect things to cater directly to them more and more. Makers make what they know, their experiences and perspectives, right? If some nerdy white male filmmaker writes a script about females, minorities, and foreigners heās really stretching and it might not ring true. I would guess heād be accused of co-opting, cultural appropriation, etc. Then heās damned if does/doesnāt. He canāt win if he makes something that rings true to him and his experiences/perspectives, or heās damned if he tries to broaden his horizons and include diverse characters and understandably canāt quite pull it off.
I feel weāre headed towards a time when the only thing āsafeā to release will be watered down, artificially inclusive, politically correct content. I think itāll be best if everyone just creates from their perspective and shares it with the world. Weāll get truer and more accurate content from which we can all learn a bit more about each other.
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People are free to make whatever films they want, and weāre free to call them out as we see them. Itās just a conversation right? Why are you so afraid that the filmmakerās feelings will be hurt by it?
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because of this video i sold all my modular gear.
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you see, to the hammer everything looks a nail.
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You seem a tad combative in your response. I thought I was also free to write whatever my perspective/opinion is, so I wrote it. I thought I made it clear in my post that I enjoyed reading and learning from otherās perspectives, including yours. Simply trying to understand and digest. Not sure whatās hard to understand about what I wrote, or why you took it as me being afraid the filmmakerās feelings are hurt? Like you say, itās just a conversation - so, Iām conversing. Did you expect everyone to agree with you?
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I watched the first few minutes and liked the visual quality of it, and I like that someone spend some of their life force to attempt a film that features synthesizers centrally in the plot, I think overall itās an honest attempt.
Reading this discussion here then makes me wonder.
I admire the will to include, and I admire the will to equality and fairness in all dimensions of life, however thereās a thin line from fighting that good fight to fighting a righteous fight that in essence perpetrates the very problem it tries to resolve.
Forced inclusion is no longer inclusion at all and neither is it beneficial to eliminate all difference (or otherness) in an attempt to achieve equality. Erich Fromm said it best: euqality ought to mean āof equal valueā and not āsameness.ā The latter is not progressive, itās violent.
Thanks to @konputa for sharing, I hadnāt seen this before and now I know it 
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