western-series

[white smelt]

Nothing the prequels don’t have issues with either

[mild seal]

its just mid

[white smelt]

So seeing people complain about stuff that was wrong in Star Wars in general but attributing only to acolyte is so funny

So disingenuous

[sage remnant]

Fantastic Four

@sage sleet @modern lichen

I like this

I am now more excited

[sage remnant]

@outer tulip

[arctic flax]

havent watched it but acolyte just seems like the latest punching bag for sw fans. ive seen this before with the kenobi, boba fett series and the sequel movies

[mild seal]

@modern lichen s3 of the bear is out

[sage sleet]

||surely they won't keep it outside the main mcu right? have 0 bias, but with how mcu been taking hit after hit i woulda thought piecing the f4 with other mcu projectswas their move|| fantastiv four

[mild seal]

MCU phase 4/5 ||they might do secret wars where all the universes combine into 1||

[sage sleet]

ok yeah that's what i was thinkin

not looking forward to anything marvel not hating or showing bias

will still watch most of em bc friends

[mild seal]

I just watch whatever looks decent

[sage sleet]

same

really sad when the first things that come out of peoples mouths regarding a movie is profit

[mild seal]

ya

[arctic flax]

im only interested in deadpool and daredevil reboot for now

daredevil show looks rly promising after the changes

[fierce cedar]

The Bear s3 ep2
|| This show ever fails to amaze me man. First 2 ep were great. Also Nice Dream at the end was great 🙏||

[mild seal]

Thank God I didn't click that

[unkempt agate]

THE BEAR TIME

[warm cape]

who got the boys ep 5 stream link

[burnt lake]

I just watch through prime cause my partner gets it for free

[cursive venture]

Acolyte EP 3
||That was…interesting. Very uneven episode lol ||

[shrewd sigil]

went to a book fair and all they had in english was just dune books

[scenic galleon]

Watched the first three eps of The Bear S3 last night- found the premiere to be an interesting approach to start off the season with, but it wasn't exactly the best episode of television the show has delivered

I appreciate the swing even if the ball didn't quite go as far as they had hoped for

[modern lichen]

I see it as them easing up on the audience from last season and then unleashing chaos later

[burnt lake]

https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1806346082512994385?t=crAU_GrIfF7Tp155iB4mSQ&s=19

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) on X

#GodzillaXKong releases on Max July 4

Twitter · Jun 27, 2024, 3:17 PM

AMERICA YEAHHHH

[arctic flax]

https://www.imdb.com/user/ur172979817/ratings/ this is a full list of the stuff ive watched

yeah, i was current on SW content until ahsoka

havent been wathcing any of the disney plus shows since last yr, will catch up on then at some point

yeah , punisher is cool series

we're not gonna get that lvl of violence and grit again in mcu

maybe daredevil born again since apparently its going to be tv-ma

phantom menace|| darth maul, qui gon carried that movie tbh||

you should watch the clone wars series, it rly fleshes out the prequel stuff, especially ||darth maul|| sw clone wars

ye

offers some of the best SW content

[modern lichen]

Yes

[arctic flax]

yeah, it fleshes out the prequel triology events

[burnt lake]

They're like direct prequels to ep3

[modern lichen]

It has a lot to do with the prequels

[arctic flax]

they make the prequel movies tolerable

i watched 3 after finishing the clone wars and it was better that way

tho u can prob do that method since the movies came out first

[rigid wing]

Anybody saw the Boys today

[simple epoch]

All episodes of the bear got released 🙏😩

[mild seal]

I'm gonna download the whole season on monday

[dim hedge]

https://youtu.be/8ScpWRv5n84?si=IwaOBO0xPksC5X8h

[sage remnant]

@modern lichen btw watched Kalki yet?

[autumn basin]

Anyone here saw the secret Agent Elvis thing?

[naive juniper]

Cobra Kai Season 4 Episode 9 ||Bro was floating to high that he cracked his back||

[outer tulip]

oh interesting

The Marvels || I feel the MCU is doing a going to focus on other verses outside 616 since we already know the XMen isn't in the main verse from the end credit scene ||

[outer tulip]

nicee

[modern lichen]

yeah, 4:30am showing

insane stuff

@mild seal gonna rewatch the bear s2 before s3 today

[mild seal]

nice

I'm waiting until july 1st to download s3

stupid isp data cap

[rich meadow]

The Boys latest ep s4 e5 ||So wth is butcher atm? Like he obviously has powers related to whatever the fuck the weird tentacle worm shit is but wtf are they?||

[haughty ruin]

is the boys worth it

i've heard a lot of dudebros say it's incredible

[boreal vale]

The boys s4e5 ||not sure tbh, perhaps similar to the little girl's ones||

[boreal vale]

Its good if you like bad things

[haughty ruin]

i watched the first episode back in college, my roommates all loved it but that was back when i lived with frat guys

the boys episode 1 ||i just thought it was needlessly flashy with the gore, like i get that's it's a superhero show and everything's gonna be played up visually but it was still gruesome||

and yeah i never stuck with it

[rich meadow]

I mean, it’s literally satire that makes fun of those types of people but they never seem to catch on each season lol

[haughty ruin]

it's got a cool premise, i guess my question is on how good the execution is

so the memes seem to say lol

[dim hedge]

They’re finally seemed to realise i think

[boreal vale]

the boys general non-specific all seasons ||its very torture porn-y, the 'commentary' is extremely on the nose in later seasons||

[haughty ruin]

had a good message i was about to write but it would have required me to spoilertag it with "the boys / american politics" and i don't think i'm ready to write that string of characters

[boreal vale]

the boys general ||Lol sort of hard to discuss it without that||

[rich meadow]

The boys general ||Yeah sometimes it feels a little too explicit to the point it just feels extra af. But I do think a lot it lands as well and makes it stand out in television. Most shows are not willing to go these lengths I’ll say that. And yeah, the satire and commentary is verrrry blatant and in your face but overall I think it’s a good show||

[haughty ruin]

i guess just show of hands, is it good

[rich meadow]

I like it

[dim hedge]

I like it a lot yeah

[boreal vale]

Its very bad but good

[modern lichen]

It’s a well made entertaining show that’s pretty didactic at times

I don’t think it’s really bad

[rich meadow]

The boys general ||Wont go into detail but I do actually think Homelander (ig the overarching “villain” of the series) is a really good character. And a pretty interesting take on the ol “what if Superman was like bad or something”||

[modern lichen]

It’s like good enough I suppose

Compared to the fuckin comics

[fierce cedar]

The Bear s3 ep6
|| Dam this is a hard hitting episode. Tina’s backstory got me tearing up. Amazing||

[modern lichen]

Don’t read the Boys comics, guys

[boreal vale]

the boys general ||I don't want to say homelander carries the series but it wouldn't be nearly what it was without him||

[dim hedge]

[rich meadow]

I think most of the relevant characters are interesting enough tbh

[dim hedge]

Yeah i like pretty much all of them

[haughty ruin]

this was the appeal to always sunny for me

although i feel like the boys goes in a different direction with respect to that

[boreal vale]

the boys s4e5 ||I thought the hewie dad stuff was snoozezords until this episode, the ending was nice. angry british man is pretty boring to me though||

||fits within the 'I'm an angry old man but trauma' trope and the accent is pretty unbelievable||

[rich meadow]

The Boys s4 e5 latest ||I don’t really know where butcher is heading tbh. Like ig the end game is still saving Ryan but he just seems way too unhinged and out of touch atm for me to think he’s gonna do anything valiant or heroic there. This is obviously heading in a bad direction for him given he’s got fucking Satan in his ear lol||

[dim hedge]

The Boys s4 ep 5 || i think hes either gonna fuck up bad and come to hiss senses or realise before, though this’ll definitely have pretty bad consequences since i think Neuman will wanna actually kill them now ||

[main lion]

The Boys latest ep ||I guess the worm thing thats been crawling around in his head is what we saw come out of the rabbit in the woods. So eventually it'll him apart I guess. I saw a theory that maybe the thing inside him is responsible for his powers. So the virus will kill it, but not him||

[tawny parcel]

Rewatched across the spiderverse with my girlfriend who hadn’t seen it

Still a 10/10

[drifting schooner]

Ford vs Ferrari 2019 || Ken Miles lived one hell of a life, amazing film ||

[dim hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/its-peak-peak-fiction-one-piece-gif-26139262

Need an update on beyond asap

Assuming early 2025 since it was originally meant to be out this march before the delay

[sonic tree]

That shits never coming out

[tawny parcel]

The movie length flies by

One of the fastest 2 hour movies I can think of

It feels like an hour

[dim hedge]

Yeah

[tawny parcel]

Missing the times I watched Oppenheimer and Oldboy for the first time

I’m itching to find a movie I just love

[arctic flax]

oppenheimer went by fast for a 3 hr movie. I just wished i saw it with subtitles when i saw it at theatre

[tawny parcel]

I wish I saw that film in theaters

Really missed out

[arctic flax]

nolan movies are annoying to watch without subtitles

[tawny parcel]

That movie locks you the fuck in

That soundtrack

Hypnotic

[arctic flax]

i couldnt comprehend like 30% of the dialouge in oppenheimer but still loved it

need to rewatch it with captions this time

[arctic flax]

oldboy's a masterpiece despite how disturbing it is

prob the first korean movie i watched

[tawny parcel]

Going into oldboy blind not knowing anything genuinely at all is the greatest thing to ever happen to me

Oldboy ||all I knew was there was a hallway fight scene||

And that was it

[modern lichen]

watch park chan wook's other films

[arctic flax]

i prob knew of the big twist but it still hit hard, holy shit

[tawny parcel]

I really need to

Masterful film

Kino

[arctic flax]

infernal affairs was amazing also. watching the departed made me check it out

[tawny parcel]

Any one have any recommendations I’ve been having a hard time picking something despite having a whole list lmao

[mild seal]

What genre

[tawny parcel]

Idk I’m down for anything

[modern lichen]

infernal affairs is all fast and furious action, the departed is more grandiose and operatic to me

[tawny parcel]

I just haven’t had the will in me to pick something for myself as of late

[arctic flax]

zodiac(2007), nightcrawler, lost highway

[mild seal]

Nightcrawler...

[modern lichen]

all good suggestions

[arctic flax]

man lost highway rly stuck with me, such an interesting and confusing movie

[tawny parcel]

I’ll probably watch one of those tomorrow than

I’ve watched so many movies this month for me its crazy

[arctic flax]

i was in my film phase in 2020, havent watched much since then

moved to tv shows instead

[mild seal]

I found a torrent for a very obscure 90s movie and I plan to watch it this weekend

[tawny parcel]

Like 15 or 16, counting the 2 i fell asleep to

[arctic flax]

still got lot of classics i needa check out

[modern lichen]

glex, seeing backlash against this new season of the bear lol

[arctic flax]

watching those slow art movies really trains your attention span

[tawny parcel]

I fell asleep to little women which I lowkey felt bad about 😭😭

[mild seal]

Oh I also downloaded the bear

I'll start that tomorrow

[tawny parcel]

It was real late

[arctic flax]

It took me like 2 days to get through the lighthouse lmao

had to restart it a couple times and pause

[tawny parcel]

Breaks in movies are kind of crazy to me

[modern lichen]

the lighthouse gripped me

[tawny parcel]

Unless it’s for like a couple minutes just to get food

[modern lichen]

i couldnt take my eyes of the screen

[arctic flax]

i felt like id have enjoyed it more in theatre

[mild seal]

Wombat if you wanna watch a comedy

[arctic flax]

very atmospheric movie

[mild seal]

I suggest in Bruges

[modern lichen]

I second it

In Bruges is brilliant

[arctic flax]

any of yall watched magnolia by PTA?

[tawny parcel]

Alrighty 🥹

[modern lichen]

i've watched every single PTA film

so yeah

seen magnolia

[tawny parcel]

Harsh how many films have you watched?

[arctic flax]

i think ive watched magnolia, there will be blood and master

[modern lichen]

more than 6000

[arctic flax]

enjoyed them all. favorite is prob magnolia

[tawny parcel]

I’ve only seen TwBB

[arctic flax]

damn, big film buff

i prolly got like 300 on my letterbox

[modern lichen]

yeah

[tawny parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/munsonated-gif-26549765

[modern lichen]

i'm a big film fan

[arctic flax]

ive prioritized tv shows/animanga lately

[modern lichen]

i also like reading a lot

[arctic flax]

just too much content im interested in and not enough time

[modern lichen]

oh i've seen a lot of shows as well

[tawny parcel]

There’s a ton of media I want to engage in just not enough time

Exactly

[mild seal]

It's hard for me to find a book to get into

[modern lichen]

read "his dark materials" trilogy, glex

[arctic flax]

i started giving af bout film/tv/anime since 2018 so i missed out on a lot

[modern lichen]

i think you'll enjoy that

rereading it rn

and its wonderful

[mild seal]

[tawny parcel]

I’ve wanted to read actual books but idk any

[arctic flax]

i prolly got enough to last a lifetime lmao

[tawny parcel]

I used to read a million as a kid

My ass was speedrunning shit

[arctic flax]

the biggest problem is choosing between new and old stuff

[tawny parcel]

I was the master reader

[mild seal]

Wombat reading...

Impossible

[tawny parcel]

Now I just read manga 😭😭😭😭😭

[arctic flax]

i needa read the expanse and dune

[tawny parcel]

I was a reading FIEND

[arctic flax]

esp since the last 3 expanse books wont be covered in the tv series

[tawny parcel]

This some important wombat lore you better be writing it down

It will show up on the exam

[modern lichen]

no

just discovered that there's a dude called "woman beater" in this server

[tawny parcel]

The last books I read were the scythe trilogy which were real breezy reads despite some pretty glaring flaws

Read each of them in like a day or two tho

[arctic flax]

i havent got into books yet. cant immerse myself into them

it took me a while to adjust from anime to manga so im slowly getting there

[modern lichen]

my condolences

movies and books are the joys of my life

[arctic flax]

im more of a visual person so yeah reading dont do much for me but ill try

im interested in the dune novels after watching the 2 movies

[dim hedge]

Books i always gotta be in a specific mood to get to

I wish i could just pick up and read for hours at any time but my attention span’s atrocious

[arctic flax]

shonen rly be cookin your attention span sometimes

[dim hedge]

Been reading something recently though so hopefully that puts me back in the groove

[arctic flax]

i needa get back to watching slow burn prestige series

[mild seal]

Watch midnight mass

[modern lichen]

watch the leftovers

[arctic flax]

alrdy watched leftovers, one of my favorites

i have mad men up next

[arctic flax]

on my watchlist but ill get to it, some other shows higher priority

[tall mortar]

Has anyone read books called "Deepwork" and "Mindset" are they good to read?

[sage remnant]

doubt you would find much self help book readers here

[tall mortar]

🥶

[sage remnant]

I personally find most of them scammy

They really don't tell anything new

just repackage it in a way that works for someone

"The subtle art of not giving a fuck" worked for me so that's enough self help book for me

[tall mortar]

Haha I read that one too

[modern lichen]

They’re all trash

[tall mortar]

😭

[sage remnant]

so true

[burnt lake]

This latest acolyte episode is CRAZY

[mild seal]

Dude

I agree lol

[burnt lake]

It was so nuts dude

[mild seal]

Although

The acolyte ep5 ||I knew that poison guy was gonna be the master||

[burnt lake]

Acolyte e5 ||yeah it was pretty obvious especially after he disappears||

[mild seal]

Acolyte ep5 ||but the fact that he killed all the other Jedi including the Padawan was fucking wild||

[modern lichen]

@sage remnant did dark matter end

[sage remnant]

Haven't had time to watch it.
Busy : (

[modern lichen]

fair enough

[scenic galleon]

finale aired yeah

[modern lichen]

i have apple tv+ so i'll give it a watch after finishing slow horses

[burnt lake]

The Boys (latest TV) x Opera GX || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b3eKygSvUs ||

What the fuck lol

an entire The Boys browser by opera

[pine wharf]

The boys s4 e5 || so no way samir saw Kessler right? ||

[burnt lake]

That was a great episode of the boys

[sage sleet]

What day does the boys come out

Watching newest rn but wanna know

[mild seal]

I think fridays?

[burnt lake]

Thursdays

so latest was yesterday

[sage sleet]

Oh nice thanks

[final cedar]

Yes it did and I thought the ending and the season as a whole was quite good.

[final cedar]

Don't think so and hence I believe ||Kessler is not real, also only Butcher talks with him||

[pale trellis]

Nabbed this guy the other day

[agile sandal]

I think y’all should watch Merlin

The boondocks

TBBT

Your honor

Heart stopper (but if your into love stories and it’s a gay show mostly)

[pale trellis]

@modern lichen have you read this

[pine wharf]

That’s wild

[final cedar]

Ya

[young compass]

heart stopper ||as someone who reads and watches a lot of gay romance, this was the most saccharine thing ive ever watched, to the point where you have people rationalizing it as "an idealized and comfortable series for queer people to escape into." If that's what you're into power to you but it feels like a gigantic lie lmao.||

[sage remnant]

You're

[young compass]

result of typing ur so much due to laziness

[sage remnant]

Also do you try to keep up with the popular romance books or smth juba

[young compass]

when they're recommended to me

I would say I dislike most

[sage remnant]

Have you tried taylor jenkins reid

[young compass]

of course, I've read a few of hers

[sage remnant]

do you like them

Howling Dark || https://vxtwitter.com/binding_broken/status/1806747631701364901 || @spiral quest

[young compass]

i didnt like seven husbands, I liked carrie soto

i read one other one that I disliked

[sage remnant]

daisy jones?

[young compass]

maybe in another life

[sage remnant]

ah

nice nice

what didn't you like about seven husbands of evelyn hugo

[young compass]

seven husbands,|| and all TJR books, sell you a specific morality that you have to buy into. like, both in how relationship issues are framed (in terms of characters being exonerated by the writer for their poor and immoral choices, with little breathing room to wonder the intentionality), but also her general political messaging which I feel is intensely banal, to such an extent that's eyerolling for anyone remotely tapped into the existing discourse. This is... a trend in her writing, basically every aspect (prose, thematic significance, etc.) is bland/filled with tepid observations and repetition (of which self-awareness can only make bearable a certain amount), and when she tries to tell a story that's not literally a template, it falls apart and ends up self-important drivel. Also, I really resent when historical fiction pieces leave the fleshing of their atmosphere to the readers' implicative knowledge of the period/region, and she heavily relies on this in seven husbands... it's a cop-out and makes the world and characters feel somehow more dead than they already are. I guess it's like... okay overall, but it's marketed as far more than it should be, ||

Carrie soto|| managed to dodge this by staying well within the lines of its defined genre, and not trying to be more than itself. I recommend it as essentially a shounen sports manga novel||

my friend hates tjr with every fiber of her being

[agile sandal]

First, what type of gay romances do you read? Second, I recommended heart stopper because it was a comfortable series like everything was chill it was not saccharine at all it was easy-going

[sage sleet]

i recommend one piece

haha!

[spiral quest]

This goes so fuckin hard

[young compass]

yeah, it was excessively chill and easy going haha, to the point of it being saccharine

I read a lot of gay historical romance novels/BL manga

[sage sleet]

me rn

[young compass]

wtf

pasto stfu

[sage sleet]

me rn bc juba told me to stfu

[young compass]

go read peerless dad pasto

[sage sleet]

:(

[agile sandal]

What was so" excessively" chill and easy going about it? and how was it saccharine? and how was it a gigantic lie?

[agile sandal]

Ohh so you read those types

Have you ever read Passion?

thats not historical but its very good

[young compass]

heartstopper ||I felt like the entire world was framed in an idealized manner, abstracted from the actual one that LGBTQ people live in. Which is like, fine if you're looking for pure escapism, but felt dishonest to me as a means of legitimately depicting a gay romance and what comes with it, sort of in the same way that|| Green Book ||was a dishonest and overly sentimental view of racism in the south||

sorry, which passion?

there's a lot of stuff named that

haven't read it but I'd be willing to check it out, whatever it is

[agile sandal]

No way you dont know what that is

OMG wait

[young compass]

oh, it's a manga

[foggy pawn]

Oooh, do you have a goodreads or something ?? i like the way you analyze your thoughts lol and curious on what else you’ve read. I’m on a journey to start reading more and recently read Pachinko and The Covenant of Water (took me months to read but so worth it imo!)

[young compass]

have been too lazy to create one... I really should lol. Unlike anime/manga where I bookkept from the beginning, I've been reading for like 20 years and would have to really scour to be comprehensive. I'll make a pinned message with goodreads accounts if I get around to it

[sage remnant]

|| > I really resent when historical fiction pieces leave the fleshing of their atmosphere to the readers' implicative knowledge of the period/region, and she heavily relies on this in seven husbands... || seven husbands
didn't realize this until you pointed this out lol

[young compass]

seven husbands ||might as well be anywhere in the world with how poorly the "1960s hollywood" thing is elaborated ||

[sage remnant]

but yeah that's true

[sage remnant]

did you finish your write up of that

[sage remnant]

RIGHT

[young compass]

nope will start it now actually

[sage remnant]

do you have your guilty pleasure reads Juba?
You just seem to approach every work with idk academically or like with a level of sophistication

if that makes sense

which is nice cuz your messages would point out things I would have only caught up on my second readthrough of something but just wondering

[young compass]

carrie soto lol

but yeah i do, a lot of historical gay lit i read is not super rigorous or anything

i just cant read too much of it or i start nagging myself

[sage remnant]

so I guess the make or break it thing for you in the books or any sort of media is how self aware it is?

[young compass]

how aware it is of the circumstances it was created in

is it escapism? is it trying to reflect its material reality?

what purpose does it serve as a book? is it targeting a demographic?

[foggy pawn]

ah, i see 😄 that would be really cool, thanks!

[sage remnant]

so the lenses you would judge say smth like Cradle (basically battle shounen but fantasy books) would be different to how you would judge say Lord of the rings

I see

[young compass]

I would, but I'd still have an underlying... suspension of judgement? while reading something like cradle

if im trying to indulge myself

where like, if I were to try to be objective, I could never compare it to something like lord of the rings, but it'd be pretentious to be super detailed/objective in that manner if the thing itself isn't ever trying to be that

[sage remnant]

true true

[young compass]

but because i dont really guilty pleasure read (I just read on rec a lot of the time), I don't suspend my judgement that much

only when im reading historical BL at this point lmao

or like shima kosaku

[sage remnant]

lol

[young compass]

which is less of a guilty pleasure read and more of an unintentional comedy

[sage remnant]

yeah I get that. It's like how I am with urban fantasy but yours would account for way more factors than just that

It's difficult to suspend my disbelief in an urban fantasy cuz all of those world would just feel impossible

every urban fantasy I have read so far

[hard python]

Mad Men spoiler || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXoILGnHnvM it was a good show ||

[warm cape]

@fickle ember have you read nemesis

[fickle ember]

Nah

[modern lichen]

Finished rereading The Golden Compass/Northern Lights

Will write something longer later

[light turret]

|| The latest episode of The Boys was just so peak I hate having to wait every week for a new episode man, but fuck hughies dad dying hurt man 😭 || The boys season 4 Episode 5

[broken scarab]

I plan on reading lotr soon

[mild seal]

I'm sorry

[fickle ember]

Rip

[mint fable]

hello guiz

[tawny parcel]

Thor love and thunder

Such an incredible letterboxd review

[sage remnant]

MCT's reviews are based

[tawny parcel]

MCT is great

[arctic flax]

it seems im generous to that movie by giving it a 3

[sage remnant]

https://deadline.com/2024/06/briana-middleton-neuromancer-apple-tv-1235986115/

[tall mortar]

Watching a hindi movie "Family Star"

[modern lichen]

A telugu film and a bad one

[tall mortar]

It's good till now idk for time pass

[modern lichen]

We got people on Twitter talking about The Bear like it’s Euphoria, pack it up

[tall mortar]

[unkempt agate]

??!!?

Im on episode 1 right now

scared

[modern lichen]

Don’t check The Bear discourse on Twitter, for your own sanity

[unkempt agate]

you had me at Don't check [...] discourse on Twitter

[modern lichen]

You know ball

[burnt lake]

A 2 for me

[arctic flax]

most of mcu falls within 3-3.5 for me, with some 2.5s.

i think i only have endgame and infinity war at 5

the greatest theatre experience ive had so those movies are special to me

[leaden depot]

4 Thor movies and only 1 was really good 😭

[modern lichen]

Frankly ridiculous

[dim hedge]

After seeing furiosa, they are wasting hemsworth like crazy

[sage remnant]

true || just have him wear a prosthetic nose || fr. Furiosa

/s

[pale trellis]

This book has caught my attention

[sage remnant]

This book has a crazy story behind it

[pale trellis]

I know about it already

I believe the authors like traded back an fourth while writing it

[sage remnant]

Nah I mean about how a trigun fan made that book into amazon best seller overnight

[pale trellis]

lmfaooo?

explain

[shrewd sigil]

stormlight archive 1 ||my sister read the first shallan chapter and immediately called her a boring character 😭||

[sage remnant]

How????????????

[modern lichen]

she read one chapter

[shrewd sigil]

i honestly don't understand it either man

[modern lichen]

maybe that's how

[shrewd sigil]

stormlight 1 ||i think she just wanted it to be all like the kaladin chapters||

[sage remnant]

|| Wasn't first Shallan chapter of her entering Kharbranth? || stormlight 1

[sage remnant]

|| Shallan's first chapter was stronger than like all Kaladin's chapter before that || stormlight 1

: )

[modern lichen]

uh

sure, man

[sage remnant]

Unless I am remembering wrong

[brave orbit]

U are

[sage remnant]

Maybe.

[pale trellis]

LMFAOOO

[shrewd sigil]

stormlight 1 ||yeah it ended just before she meets jasnah||

[sage remnant]

Stormlight 1 || We learn about so much interesting flora and fauna || : )

|| And Kharbranth is such a wonderful place ||

[shrewd sigil]

stormlight 1 ||yeah i liked the shallan chapters in kharbranth aswell, the only times I'd get annoyed is when we get a really hype cliffhanger in a kaladin chapter then get hit with a 36 page shallan one ||

[sage remnant]

Stormlight 1 || that happened so much in part 2 but with Dalinar and Kaladin chapters ||

[pale trellis]

how, was this on twitter?

[sage remnant]

A trigun fan on twitter who never posted anything related to books came with a excited tweet on all caps urging his followers to go into it blind

[pale trellis]

lmfao

@mint kiln

ty youus

[pale trellis]

do u have the tweet?

[pale trellis]

nvm found it

[minor ermine]

hi

[shrewd sigil]

Vox machina s1 end ||no way they end the season on 4 dragons coming to Emon thank god i dont have to wait for season 2||

really enjoyed season 1

[unkempt agate]

season 3 in october too

[simple epoch]

Red Rising ch 2 || I would be screaming bullshit at the top of my lungs. I’m pretty sure they already have livable places and are not telling the reds. Anyway good story so far can’t wait to see what happens next ||

[warm cape]

Good series waiting for the next book

[faint horizon]

[mild seal]

The bear s3ep1 ||man I can't get over the beautiful shots, this show's cinematography is on point. Also this was a perfect first episode, we get to see a bit of the aftermath from last season's finale and the culmination of Carmy's journey to opening his own restaurant||

[unkempt agate]

my exact thoughts on this episode aswell

[mild seal]

[random flicker]

Assuming you read books, can you recommend me one?

[warm cape]

how old are you?

[random flicker]

I’m not gonna say it

[warm cape]

The count of monte cristo is my favourite novel but I dont think a lot of younger readers would like it

[random flicker]

Finished it

I got goosebumps for the last couple of hours again and again

[random flicker]

Just giving you an idea, I’m young

[warm cape]

riyria revelations or dandelion dynasty series

I think younger people would prefer red rising series

all of them are really fun

[random flicker]

I want to read books like 1984, the silent patient etc

You know, mystery thriller

[warm cape]

I havent read either of them, I bought the audiobook for 1984 recently, I will listen to that when I finish this current series

[random flicker]

Okay

[sage remnant]

damn pyx has good taste

[random flicker]

Thanks for your recommendation, I’ll try to read it

[sage remnant]

[warm cape]

have you read them?

[sage remnant]

half of first book of dandy a while back

had to stop cuz of uni

[warm cape]

im on the final book of dandelion dynasty

[sage remnant]

nice

[warm cape]

I didnt really like the 3rd book but the 4th is a lot more fun

[sage remnant]

have you heard of sun eater

[warm cape]

no I havent

it looks interesting

[sage remnant]

(have found people who have read dandelion dynasty and Red rising to have read Sun eater too hence the question btw )

[warm cape]

15 books to read?

im looking at the list and it has a few 2.5 3.5 ect

are they meant to be read?

[sage remnant]

currently 6 main books are out

it ends with the 7th book

and it's gonna release next year

[warm cape]

I will put it on my list

maybe I will read when im done with other stuff

[random flicker]

My favourite book is probably silent patient, has anyone heard of it?

[warm cape]

I havent

[random flicker]

Believe me, the whole book is just garbage but the starting and the ending is what makes this book a worth reading.

Believe me, yes, there’s mystery in the whole story, but the thing is it makes you think it’s not in the tract but the ending connects it and makes the book legendary

It’s pretty short by the way

Have you read the Harry Potter series?

[warm cape]

nah, I havent even watched the movies

I always fell asleep when it was on the tv

[random flicker]

What’s your opinion on it?

Like prejudice as you haven’t seen it

[warm cape]

I dont have any opinion really

good material to fall asleep to I guess

[sage remnant]

based...

[mild seal]

Dude I'm loving the guest cast of season 3

[sage remnant]

@hazy patrol how you liking so far

I do remember season ends being good

[hazy patrol]

Season 1 was mid and repetetive, s2 was consitently good and s3 well it was a little inconcistent but peaks been great to sum it up

[sage remnant]

what's the biggest things that has happened so far

just so I know where you are

[sage remnant]

season 1 was interesting too with || chloe and lucifer's dynamic...||

but agree on the repetitive part

[hazy patrol]

lucifer s2 end||Yeah the chloe and luci dynamic was the only thing that kept the show going and ofc luci's inner conflicts too.. but yeah apart from that they didn't really build on the dynamics much with other characters and like I got to like most of the chars much more in s2 and they did stellar job in that season||

[sage remnant]

which season was the || forensic girl || introduced? lucifer

[hazy patrol]

2nd

[sage remnant]

ah

yeah s2 was the best

I remembered it had || lucifer's mom || lucifer

[hazy patrol]

Yeppp that one

[sage remnant]

s5 was where it went to the terrible side for me

[hazy patrol]

Lucifer s3 end||Well cain/marcus wins the best villain award especially after killing charlotte but yeah s2 was well done in terms of consistency and mom was great||

[sage remnant]

wait

[hazy patrol]

oooo

[sage remnant]

||cain was s3?|| lucifer

bruh

[hazy patrol]

yess

[sage remnant]

oh wait yeah I disliked most of s4 too

now I remember the season

[hazy patrol]

💀

I will see ig

I wouldn't say I disliked but yeah s1 was very meh and was hard to get through

but yeah after that been hooked

[sage remnant]

I liked s1 more than s4...

so hope you enjoy s4...

[hazy patrol]

🗿

damn

s4 is just like 10 eps

[sage remnant]

all forgettable eps like 1-2

[hazy patrol]

so weird when compared to humongous 26 eps of s3

[sage remnant]

I legit only remember like 3 things that happen in that season

|| also Trixie the MVP of all season || lucifer

[hazy patrol]

[sage remnant]

||best character dynamic: Trixie and Lucifer || lucifer

Have you watched this? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360486/

[hazy patrol]

Lucifer s3 end||Ngl maze been done dirty this season, I loved her so much but she has been portrayed so dumb this season ||

[hazy patrol]

[hazy patrol]

nope

[sage remnant]

would recommend

[low furnace]

Recomend me a series

[dim hedge]

Finished poor things finally, really weird but great movie

Now to finally watch the bear

[unborn trench]

do you guys like our flag means death

[modern lichen]

Yes

[unborn trench]

wait rlly

what were ur thoughts..

[modern lichen]

The Bear S3 || https://x.com/robrousseau/status/1806888159189352567?s=46 || @mild seal @unkempt agate @fierce cedar

Rob (@robrousseau) on X

The Bear s03e01

Twitter · Jun 29, 2024, 3:11 AM

[modern lichen]

I really liked it, just watched the first season though

[unborn trench]

omg u should watch the 2nd its so good

there's more like

conflict...

but its still rlly good plus there's more relationships

[modern lichen]

Oh nice

It’s on the list

[unkempt agate]

so true

its for the plot bro its relevant i swear!!!

[modern lichen]

the bear s3e1 ||carmy has to relive his sins||

[unkempt agate]

the bear s3e1 || everything would fall apart if we didnt have flashback compilation and yelling every 15 minutes ||

[fierce cedar]

😭

[burnt lake]

https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1807429591302344861?t=WvMy-aH-k1FICdhAjSvVVg&s=19

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) on X

#InsideOut2 crosses $1B at the worldwide box office 💰

Fastest animated film ever to reach this milestone

Twitter · Jun 30, 2024, 3:02 PM

[brave orbit]

@modern lichen Moffat's "Douglas is cancelled" is out

@glacial jetty too ig

just finished it

damn it was way better than i was expecting

[modern lichen]

not gonna watch it, man i'll be honest with you

[brave orbit]

the finale was actually really great

i honestly was expecting it to be a dumpster fire considering the title

[brave orbit]

@sage remnant @glacial jetty MARTHA LED UNIT SPINOFF RUMOURS

[sage remnant]

noiceee

[tawny parcel]

Can’t wait for 3 more sequels

[glacial jetty]

👀

[crimson bane]

Considering the overall box office market I think Disney as well would prefer some safe layups that generate a solid revenue and profit. It's been rough for theaters before inside out so at least they're getting solid traffic in the summer to help things out

[brave orbit]

Nigel Farage hates Doctor Who now

Guess we doing something right 😏

https://tenor.com/view/cool-fun-white-cat-dance-cool-and-fun-times-gif-16435335956387921912

[tawny parcel]

Need someone who cares for me as much as Fed cares for Dr. Who

[cunning spruce]

Doctor Who? More like Doctor Snore Fest (jk I guess)

Die Hard is a great movie

[leaden depot]

Something tells me the OG Teen Titans run is gonna be a pain to read 😭

This is just the Skibidi Toilet Ohio Sigma Grimace Shake Rizz 1960s version

[thorny heron]

Harry Potter and also one piece || feel like “kid killing shanks” would be like a “snape killing dumbledore” kind of spoiler ||

[fallow saffron]

never read harry potter but i will agree

[thorny heron]

It’d be insanely wild to see pretty much

[timber basin]

House of the Dragon S2xE3 (tonight’s release) ||Pretty great episode, not much action but the buildup is getting insane.||

[tawny parcel]

https://youtu.be/V44EenldJQs?si=DhFBlvRxbr48N9P9

[dim hedge]

2 eps in and I’m really liking the bear

[young compass]

is this like intentionally bad

[jovial pelican]

And it only gets better

[mild seal]

season 1?

[dim hedge]

Yeah

[mild seal]

have fun!

its a great show

[dim hedge]

[dim hedge]

Already has me hooked

[hard python]

HotD Ep 3 the episode was truly peam

[dim hedge]

I was planning on watching one ep for now but now I’m planning on 4

[mild seal]

lol that's happened to me before with the bear

I said I was only gonna watch 2 episodes last night and I watched 4

[dim hedge]

Might binge the whole season if i didn’t have to start working through my hw load

[mild seal]

spoiler tags

[timber basin]

HotD S2xE3 ||Rhaneyra should've known Allicent wouldn't give a single fuck about anything she had to say.||

[dim hedge]

Spoiler tag everything please

Also i really gotta catch up to hotd, forgot season 2 was starting and its already 3 eps in

[hard python]

HotD Episode 3 || Alicent realized she dun fucked up 💀 but too much ego ||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD ||You just know she felt dumb as hell when Rhanerya told her of the song of ice and fire lol||

[hard python]

HotD Episode 3 || she was like.... The Conqueror? right..... ||

[mild seal]

you guys gotta put the season and ep number

[hard python]

HotD Episode 3 || and Rhaneyra was like -> ||

[timber basin]

HOTD S2xE3 ||Rhaneyra never wanted kids but loves them and bonds with them regardless. Allicent always wanted kids but treats them like garbage and doesn't know how to console them.||

[timber basin]

Same Tag ||Extreme contrast.||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||Makes sense. Viserys was a great parental figure, and some of those traits passed on to Rhaneyra. Meanwhile Otto put the legacy of his house over everything. Unfortunate||

[hard python]

HotD Ep 3 || actually good observation, i liked when Haleana told her that she forgave her, Alicent wasnt expecting that ||

ngl episode was peam

lets goooo

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||Watching Cole fail spectacularly has been fun ngl. He's so out of his depths.||

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3 ||Viserys was a great parental figure to Rhaneyra, tbh. He always treated Allicent with slight malcontent that she would never be Aemma. Viserys' alienation of Aemond, Aegon, and Daeron lowkey elevated this conflict.||

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3 ||Helaena is one of the most tragic characters in the history of television already. She has no choice in anything. It's so sad.||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||The issue was compounded by his mental decline. I wonder how a healthy Viserys would have treated his children with Alicient.||

[hard python]

HotD Book Spoilers || I read her wiki page, she really is tragic, considering she is like truly a good person oh well ||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||Sadly GRRM is a sadist, so ofc the sweetest character gets treated so poorly. ||

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3 ||IMO not much better. After he decided on Rhaenyra as his heir, but ended up re-marrying and having the sons he actually wanted, I feel like he was ready to set that chapter of succession behind him entirely. I feel like the more he entertained Aegon/Aemond/Daeron, the more likely the sons would feel they might have a chance of being re-named the heir to the Iron Throne.||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||That scene between Alicient and Rhanerya was incredible man. I was totally locked in.||

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3 ||It was tense but to be honest I feel like Rhaneyra knew that was gonna go absolutely nowhere.||

[hard python]

HotD Ep3 || SAME, i was so locked in and whenever alicent or Rhane screamed i worried the guards would hear it was insane||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||The optimist in me imagines a reality where Aemond, Aegon and Daeron grow up to be well adjusted, but you're probably right lol. ||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||What makes you say that?||

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3 ||At the beginning of the episode when Erryk and Arryk are being buried. Rhaenys says plainly that Otto isn't capable of such a thing, and she's right. Arryk was of the Kingsguard, so Rhaneyra should've suspected in the first place that there's only two culprits that could be responsible. Allicent and Criston Cole. And they are both deeply in Council with each other.||

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3 ||Also at that point, I do not think Rhaneyra or Rhaenys were aware Otto was replaced as Hand of the King. Criston Cole covered his tracks brilliantly. If I was Rhaneyra, I would've assumed Allicent was behind it.||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3: ||So you think she went through with it out of respect for Rhaenys? I get a sense that she looks up to her in a way. ||

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3: ||More than likely. Rhaenys has shown herself to be a voice of wisdom before. I think she went through with it mainly because she needed to see whether or not Allicent was actually behind it. If Allicent WAS behind it, she would've screamed instantly for guards I think at the sight of her and the dagger.||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3: ||Risky move. She's a Targaryen through and through. ||

[hard python]

HotD 2x3 || extremly risky, i wonder what the consequences of this meeting will be, Rhaneeyra will be more confident in her claim, and Alicent may start to doubt her decision, and that doubt may flow to Aegon/criston via osmosis ||

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3 ||In Allicent’s defense, she probably thought she was absolutely justified. Viserys whispered of “Aegon.” How was she supposed to know he was talking about the Conqueror and not their son?||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3:|| I'm excited to see Alicient's change of demeanor moving forward. Once the bloodshed goes into full swing, the guilt is going to eat at her. ||

[timber basin]

HOTD S1spoilers ||One thing I noticed rewatching season 1 is the differences between Daemon and Viserys. Daemon was going to actually talk to Laena about the decision of cutting the child out of her. Viserys just made the decision brutishly.||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD S1:|| Good point. I suspect the pressure of providing a male heir was too much for Viserys. I wonder how Daemon would have handled it if he was in that same position.||

[hard python]

HotD 2v3 || love the discussions ❤️ ||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||Apparently those eggs Baela took with her are Daenerys'? ||

[hard python]

HotD 2x3 yup

[tawny parcel]

Idk yeah looks kinda generic

[timber basin]

HotD upcoming spoilers ||Im really curious to see Daeron’s dynamic in the show and how he’ll be portrayed, the youngest son of Viserys and Allicent. Sounds like he’s liked by Aegon and Aemond. Apparently according to directors, he won’t be on-screen until season 3.||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD S3: ||I heard the same thing. I haven't read the books but apparently he's a badass. I can't wait to see him. ||

[timber basin]

HOTD books: ||Apparently according to the books he's the most "popular" and "gentlest" of his siblings, yet he still hates Jace and Luke and is a huge supporter of the Greens. Otto mentions in S2xE2 he got sent to Oldtown to live with the Hightowers. I think they did make an overslight not having Daeron be present for Aegon's coronation, though. That seems like something Daeron would DEFINITELY be there for, but then again the coronation was rather rushed.||

[modern lichen]

Won’t be able to watch the new episode of House of the Dragon today but I hope it’s good, last episode was pretty good

It’s only one book: Fire and Blood which tells the whole Targaryen story, it’s not a long one in the book

I do recommend that though, good read

[timber basin]

Thank you for clarifyin blud

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF/Fire and Blood || I’m most excited by Aegon’s conquest being fleshed out, that’s where everything changes for Westeros and it’s just so badass ||

[jovial pelican]

HOTD 2x3 ||This latest episode mentions his attack on Harrenhall and that shit sounds awesome. I haven't read anything outside of ASOIAF but I may get into the other books. ||

[modern lichen]

HOTD 2x3/ASOIAF || He burns it with Balerion until the stone melted, which is insane ||

[rich meadow]

HotD 2x3 ||Lmao the final scene was great. The look on Allicent’s face as she finds out just how royal of a fuck up she did and Rhaenyra smirking like “this dumb bitch, I knew I was right”||

||Even after the child killing incident, the Green side are just infinitely more hateable lmao ||

[calm fjord]

Anne Rice’s ‘Interview With The Vampire’ Renewed For Season 3 At AMC

[scenic hedge]

time to catch up to the boys

ep4 time

[arctic flax]

im thinkin ill start by the time its all released. been occupied reading manga

prob like 15 days till season finale

[modern lichen]

https://fixupx.com/discussingfilm/status/1807756695264752074?s=46

What the fuck is this shit man

[dim hedge]

im watching brokeback mountain rn ngl its better tham I expected

[modern lichen]

Great movie

[dim hedge]

im not gonna lie tho ||i was on discord for a second and then i reopened the tab i was watching it in and suddenly it like skipped 2 whole minutes and i got flashed with ennis and jack making out|| brockeback mountain spoilers

😭😭🙏🙏

it was like at the 1h mark

[timber basin]

HOTD 2x3 ||Cannot wait to see how Allicent's guilt changes. She may maintain her aura of justification for now but once the War starts and people close to her start dying, I imagine her changes in mannerism will be noticeable. And that final scene was great. Season 2 has been keeping us on the edges of our seats during the last 10-15 minute span of every episode so far.||

[hard python]

HotD 2x3 || https://x.com/_chongyy/status/1807597608711655507 😭 ||

DoodleBob (@_chongyy) on X

It was at this moment she knew ALICENT was a DUMB BITCH #HouseOfTheDragon #HOTD

Twitter · Jul 1, 2024, 2:10 AM

[mild seal]

I finished season 3 of the bear

The bear s3ep10 ||overall idk how to feel about the season. there were some episodes that even though were great, they didn't work for me for in the grand scheme of things. I loved Tina's episode and Sugar having her baby but they just felt like side stories and didn't add to the story of the restaurant. Idk maybe I missed something and someone here can tell me lol||

[sage sleet]

Prolly gonna start blocking and muting accounts that post shots from the new Superman movie

Mad cool but it’s so much

[neon yacht]

There is a new Superman movie? What's the name

[sage sleet]

Superman

Was Superman legacy but now it’s just Superman

[tawny parcel]

Man I rewatched deadpool not long ago and it made me less excited for deadpool 3 lmao I forgot how annoying these movies can be

[arctic flax]

the cameo fest that dp3 is apparently going to be is making me cringe

i havent kept up with the leaks/trailers but just seeing memes about it

[regal root]

https://twitter.com/arrivalleneuve/status/1807136451148271674?t=f0ib7O5OLGUeuPNym8M2LA&s=19

mia 🍉 (@arrivalleneuve) on X

so apparently lupita nyongo used to be terrified of cats and had to undergo therapy in order to overcome her fear to play her character in a quiet place: day one, now she loves them so much she even adopted one and post things like “happy caturday” and #catmom 🥲

Twitter · Jun 29, 2024, 7:37 PM

What a Queen

[mild seal]

awe

thats adorable

[regal root]

My brother had to go through something similar, but in his case it was because he was legit mauled by a negligent owner’s dog at a park

[mild seal]

[hollow leaf]

Team Western shows vs Anime

Vote away

[leaden depot]

Journey Into Mystery #123

[leaden depot]

Journey Into Mystery #123

[frank rivet]

Wow quiet place was good but damn short

[dim hedge]

Been hearing surprisingly good things

I enjoyed the first 2 but definitely lost interest in the series, but might check it out now when its out on digital/if its still in the theatre in a few months

[rigid rock]

Love the quiet place series

Also damn i forgot the bear season 3 is out

[pale trellis]

This is literally me rn

[modern lichen]

Superman || https://fixupx.com/bvengeance267/status/1807886861685194786?s=46 || the stuff dreams are made of

[leaden depot]

[white smelt]

I wish they went the routh route for the suit. If there’s one hero that doesn’t need this mass effect battle armor body suit it’s freaking Superman

He looks good though

[modern lichen]

He’s actually huge apparently but I think this is like pretty minimal in terms of the suit being padded up, the loose tactile feel of it plus the trunks and that cape makes up for the padding, it looked ugly in that first promotional image though

[white smelt]

I’ll have to see how it looks post production to really give an accurate assessment but I’m just not a huge fan of the tactical lines

[burnt lake]

Sandman s2 cast || https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1808139435944419674?t=qkop-RCaz_diaKMRLV7S7A&s=19 ||

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

New cast members for ‘THE SANDMAN’ Season 2

• Ruairi O’Connor as Orpheus
• Indya Moore as Wanda
• Ann Skelly as Nuala
• Douglas Booth as Cluracan
• Freddie Fox as Loki
• Laurence O’Fuarain as Thor
• Clive Russell as Odin
• Jack Gleeson as Puck
• Steve Coogan as Barnabas

Twitter · Jul 2, 2024, 2:03 PM

@modern lichen ^

[modern lichen]

That’s a stacked fuckin cast

[burnt lake]

Yeah it looks nuts

[regal root]

JACK IS BACK

https://tenor.com/view/letsgo-lets-go-lfg-lfgd-gif-26632406

Thought he retired from acting after GOT

So happy he’s continuing, phenomenal talent

[dim hedge]

The bear ep 6 || Michael is John Bernthal???? Not what i was expecting ||

[cursive venture]

New Hellboy looks rough

[scenic galleon]

(The Bear S3)
I agree, I think the ||Tina episode was terrific but felt very out of place- why were we getting it now? What purpose did it serve in the context of the episodes surrounding it or Tina's arc in the season as a whole?
Would have felt much more impactful/meaningful had it come during her struggles to adjust to Sydney in S1 or during S2 as each character got devoted episodes||

[white smelt]

Steve Coogan’s thumb was taking me the fuck out

[burnt lake]

wtf lol

He has normal thumbs wtf happened

[modern lichen]

You know why I love this show, I think each season of this show acts as a part of a 3 act film
And I think that’s why people don’t like this one much
The Bear S3 || this season is the third act low point, a point where all the characters we know are inundated by conflicts to their self internally as well as external conflicts, there’s a certain threshold that must be passed for them to gather their bearings, get themselves composed and emerge out of their conflicts, which is how the third act ends, the third and fourth season together are the 3rd act, pretty much why people have said it feels like filler too, the conflicts are overwhelming the characters ||
The Bear S3 || every character at the end of the season is at their limits or almost done, it’s the resurgence of them that comes next and it’s going to be glorious, Carmy and Syd particularly are the most openly visible changing characters, Syd gets opportunities but she’s given many conflicts and disappointment, Carmy has to see how bad he’s fucking it all up by the end of the season and has to gather his bearings now ||

Another thing is that the full collective drop has hurt the way each episode is looked at and consumed, which means that people notice things in big strokes rather than minutely with each episode given the time to mull and ruminate

[leaden depot]

I was watching a 1976 video where Stan Lee interviews Roy Thomas about his (at the time) decade at Marvel when suddenly

Sometimes I forget the person in that meme is Peter lmao

[fickle ember]

[dim hedge]

Finished it

I shed a tear bro

[rich meadow]

Gay cowboys goes hard

[dim hedge]

||“I wish I knew how to quit you“ 😭😭😭😭😭😭 BRO I CANT DO THIS||

brokeback

moutnsin spoielrs

[dim hedge]

RIGHT

[jovial pelican]

Yep. And he's fantastic in every scene he's in

[crimson lance]

this is crazy

What would that art even be for, i read all 70s spiderman and dont remember that

Well, not team up

[leaden depot]

A fucking rock album lol

https://open.spotify.com/album/2qlVknfGB7uxObfmIDvryC

[crimson lance]

Stan lee's idea?

[leaden depot]

For sure

[crimson lance]

He was always getting up to some bullshit to try and escape comics and become legitmate

[mild seal]

sorry for the ping but this is why I enjoy reading other people's opinions on here, it helps me understand anything I might have missed

[crimson lance]

theres this one comic about like a cat woman like figure whos also a pop idol and he hired an actual musican to be the basis for the character, it lasted a single issue i think

You can find signed copies of it for like 10$ as well

[leaden depot]

His own words "this is not kiddie stuff, is a real rock album"

[crimson lance]

this one

He really was just doing anything in hollywood

[crimson lance]

wow this fucking sucks

im on the second song

Good album cover though

[leaden depot]

lmao figures

[modern lichen]

Glad you thought that said something, I thought it was dumb initially when I posted it

[mild seal]

lol

[fickle ember]

There’s a song called web slinger hope bringer on YouTube, it’s pretty nice

[mild seal]

its similar to the argument of weekly OP vs binge

[fickle ember]

https://youtu.be/MQ9AKdfvMwg?si=hueQWtauJg2_rrBA

[hollow leaf]

Anyone see MI7? ||they killed Ilsa of for the new chick. Garbage show||

[thorn umbra]

Do y’all enjoy jeopardy

[worthy crypt]

my family used to watch it almost every night, my mom loves it. I dont have tv anymore though just streaming

[rigid rock]

The bear S3E5 || John cena is here LOL I fkin love this show ||

[young compass]

opposite reaction to me haha

wtf happened to this show?

[rigid rock]

LOL

I get it tho it got a bit weirder but I’m lovin it

[young compass]

I guess "wtf happened" is the wrong way to phrase this

[rigid rock]

Yea I get it Bear S3-5 || the haunting shit is getting a bit annoying ||

[young compass]

the bear ||seems to be trying to do something higher concept at this point, but it lost its charm in the process imo. The grounding aspects in the kitchen and the internal conflicts are intentionally conflicted with one another, but now they're so far apart that it feels like a ridiculous exercise. Like, there are obviously some good stories/episodes explored here, and I can appreciate the effort, but the story has contrived itself to get to those stories and I'm just taken out of it lol. Kind of like a less effective version of ||Somebody Somewhere, ||I guess, which I think handled everything wonderfully||

[rigid rock]

We have enough crazy already

[young compass]

man this is kind of like

mean to say i guess lol, and also a non-complaint

but I wish the characters in the bear were just uglier

it's another one of the many series that I get sliiiightly taken out of it due to the clash of their attractiveness and their work

which isn't to say attractive people can't be line cooks or whatever tf lol

but that actors are very attractive

ill say it again but somebody somewhere nails this!

like it's fine if you're suits and everyone is a professional and so forth, or succession ofc

[sage sleet]

idk how to say i think a lot of them are ugly already or rather... sliughtly everyday looking?

but ig i get you

lol

[rigid rock]

The bear S3E6

I like them. you know…

The way they are

[young compass]

I'd say they're all pretty attractive pasto idk

except that fat youtuber

[sage sleet]

you think jeremy allan white is attractive?>????????? he's not like ugly but if i saw him in public i'd ask where gromit was

no flame

i think they're all more or less so people i'd see in public on a decent day

minnesota got some uggos

[young compass]

ok so like

sort of?

he's got a unique look

but there are a TON of women who think he's attractive

I think he's one of those dudes that like... men don't find conventionally attractive, but still has an appeal to a bunch of women

like he's no chris hemsworth lol but not every woman is looking for that

[sage sleet]

i think his popularity and how he carries himself is the attractive part to women maybe? bc he's not like stare at him in public ugly but he's not i'd switch sides attractive

[young compass]

did you hear about the like

rat thing

[sage sleet]

the what

[young compass]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/10/the-hot-rodent-boyfriend-why-gen-z-has-gone-wild-for-sexy-rat-guys

[sage sleet]

oh yeah ok lmao

[warm cape]

if you said this a couple days ago I wouldve called you a bigot

[sage sleet]

women want a lil ratty bi guy

[sage sleet]

dw bro one of my homies is bi leaning lesbian

[young compass]

like ratty healy or whoever else

[young compass]

she michael jacksons for you?

[warm cape]

im not sure what a bi leaning lesbian is

[sage sleet]

HEE HEE

i think my idea of attractive strange lookin men is like

[young compass]

barry keoghan

[warm cape]

pride month is over bro. you dont needa say anything more

[sage sleet]

ben schwartz IK HE AINT UGLY OR STRANGE BUT HE RATTY N SILLY, david dastmalchian, uhhh

blanking rn

[young compass]

ben schwartz is hard to look at for me

he needs a beard

[sage sleet]

i think barry does too much like really tryna stand out n be different?

i love his smooth fave

[young compass]

probably ya

[modern lichen]

Donald Sutherland is an attractive strange looking man

[sage sleet]

HE'S MY PLASTIC MAN

[young compass]

david dastmalchian is a good choice

[modern lichen]

Bill Hader falls in that too

[sage sleet]

bill hader looks like he makes faces at kids while their parents aren't looking

[young compass]

bill hader is just attractive I think, with poor style

partly for comedic effect

though he has a huge ass forehead

[modern lichen]

Barry has him in different looks, pretty great showing for him in that show

[young compass]

but yeah, you ask 100 women and 100 men if this guy is attractive

75 women say yes, 10 men say yes

[modern lichen]

I hate this fucking guy

[young compass]

ratty is not easy to like

[sage sleet]

male manipulator 😍

jk ion like him

[modern lichen]

Matty Healy is devil spawn and needs to be condemned to hell

[dim hedge]

Theres something weird about how his hair looks in this pic

[modern lichen]

Send him to The Hague

[dim hedge]

It doesn’t look real

[sage sleet]

bouta make a board of men i think are attractive or maybe more so i lean towards not sexually but idk

i think the beauty standard is weird

to each their own tho

ion like super sexy and ion like flushed away mc

[young compass]

flushed away mc is not it yeah

tumblr guy

onceler shit

[sage sleet]

i think matthew lillard is like attractive bc he's silly and has a cool vibe?

[young compass]

pasto's #1

[sage sleet]

not gay or bi but i think it's interesting

DELETE THAT FRAUD

post the lorax BARK

[young compass]

it's tough for me to say honestly

[sage sleet]

ig i just like vibes more

[young compass]

ok this is a weird thing to say

but i am like bad at telling how attractive black men are

[sage sleet]

same with women ion find too many women like ATTRACTIOVE

[young compass]

they're all pretty attractive to me for the most part

[sage sleet]

there's like objectively attractive like ig blanking on a name rn

ana de armas? and yeah she is but she's not that level to me where i'd walk into traffic bc she's not w me

[warm cape]

asap rocky

[young compass]

that dude is so fuckin skinny

[sage sleet]

that aint a woman plus he gon be mad when he realize his kids are actually mine

[warm cape]

fr?

[young compass]

didnt know u were into foreheads like that pasto

[sage sleet]

i was chasing the bag

yeah looking up men i think are attractive is hard bc i'm more so gravitating towards vibe ig

[young compass]

oh

adrien brody

[sage sleet]

i think noah centineo is attractive but not the way teenage girls find him attractive

but tbf i'm biased bc i love the hero he played, atom smasher, and i thought he played him really well even if it was a minor role

just not into the super muscular sexy guys or the dudes that look like they don't shower, chain smoke, and manipulate suicidal girls

[young compass]

tag yourself pasto

im first

ur second

[warm cape]

how is that girl going btw pasto

[sage sleet]

can;t say the r word

but the r word

but she aight

[sage sleet]

wait til i take my sleeping pills and addy i'm hunting you down

[young compass]

[sage sleet]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/743887960042242058/1109687230517215262/IMG_5011.gif

@young compass what would you consider dev patel on the attractive scale

not sure if i spelt that right

[young compass]

like out of 10?

he's hot

[sage sleet]

i think he is very attractive too but not in the beef cake or rat way

like in the middle ig

[young compass]

yeah

yeah if i was going to go all 4chan phrenologist id probably say this or that but he's hot

[sage sleet]

feel i have too much bias bc vibe is a big factor for me

most of the dudes on the list is mainly bc i liked them in other roles

lot being dc xd

[young compass]

for sure but i think i only care about it really if I know the person

with actors they're just like

a picture on the screen

[sage sleet]

that's fair

i just categorize them into overly hot, rad n epic, and ratty

if i do at all

[sage remnant]

Rat way is timothee side of the scale, right?

[sage sleet]

yeah

[sage remnant]

Dev Patel would be p close to that

[sage sleet]

i don't have any strong feelings towards dev was just kinda curious maybe since he's not a mega mega big name

also i genuinely don't get what anyone sees in timothee appearance wise

[sage remnant]

I would say he's p good looking

[sage sleet]

he looks like a martian to me

oddly sculpted just not natural

like

[sage sleet]

he's about to morph into a great dane or something

[sage remnant]

True those cheekbones do make it feel that way

[sage sleet]

or a rat

[tawny parcel]

I used to not get timothee

But I kinda do now

He’s handsome

[sage sleet]

if i turned around and he was right behind me i'd spray him with bug spray

not ugly but alarming to me

[white smelt]

This guy was kinda unique attractive but has since injected so much filler in his face that he looks like a kardashian

[young compass]

it makes him look weirder

[white smelt]

And also being called a sexy rat is so lol

That’s so crazy that a publication would post that

[dim hedge]

Finished season 1 of the bear, really liked it

Now to finally watch RRR

[modern lichen]

It’s time

[rich meadow]

I actually can’t decide if I think Jeremy Allen White is really good looking or if he’s eh. I remember when I saw clips of him in Shameless, I thought he was pretty ugly and odd looking. But ig getting a bit more jacked has helped him grow into a unique face like that lol. But I still can’t tell. Have a friend who thinks he’s the hottest human on planet earth

[dim hedge]

RRR || wasn’t expecting a song and dance number, i loved every second of it ||

Only a third of the way in and I’m already in love with this movie

[glacial jetty]

he is

swear to god its all i can think about watching the bear

[fluid merlin]

saw kinds of kindness yday, definitley one of yorgos most weirdest films and that says a lot. mixed reception but im happy i saw it cinema tbh I dont know if I could sit through it at home in front of the tv

[dim hedge]

Finished RRR, incredible movie

[modern lichen]

Very good

[dim hedge]

10/10, might actually be in my top 10 of all time, was not expecting it to be this amazing

[modern lichen]

I’m very proud of a movie that is in my mother tongue being the pride of India and the world

[tawny parcel]

I need to watch RRR, been on my list forever

[dim hedge]

RRR || i’ve heard good things about the action but it blew me away completely, And Raju and Bheem ||

[dim hedge]

You do

[modern lichen]

RRR || Alluri Seetarama Raju and Komaram Bheem are real life revolutionaries ||

[tawny parcel]

3 hour run times just intimidate me

[modern lichen]

You need to man up actually

[tawny parcel]

I do

I agree

I am a pussy

[modern lichen]

RRR also flows by extremely fast

[dim hedge]

Barely felt like an hour

[dim hedge]

RRR ||i remember hearing about this before going in ||

[modern lichen]

RRR ||they never met in real life and operated in different areas but both of them have a convenient gap in their histories of the same duration in the same years, almost 4 years||

RRR ||this is how raju actually looked like in real life, he was a warrior saint who led guerilla battles against the british||

[tawny parcel]

Maybe I’ll watch it this weekend

We shall see

[dim hedge]

Now to decide wether to watch everything everywhere all at once or parasite now

[mild seal]

The bear season 2

[dim hedge]

Thats for the weekend

[hazy patrol]

@sage remnant yeah I am not liking the direction of Lucifer S4...

[sage remnant]

||thoughts on eve? || lucifer s4

[brave orbit]

S4 is neat

S5 i dropped

[dim hedge]

Parasite time

[pale zealot]

good choice parasite is fire

[hazy patrol]

Lucifer S4||Not introduced yet but yeah the whole chloe getting manipulated by kinley is not something I am liking cause it just feels so out of character for Chloe||

[sage remnant]

s4 is where it starts to get super meh

s5 is where it gets unwatchable

[brave orbit]

The ending is good

It also has creep

[hazy patrol]

actually now I am interested 💀

[sage remnant]

just wait

[hazy patrol]

Lucifer s4||So chloe being manipulated stuff was dumb and I thought that would last for the entire season but guess not, but I am liking the game father kinley been playing and eve just got introduced at the end of ep 3... so yeah let's see||

[scenic hedge]

The Boys

[burnt lake]

True

[dim hedge]

Finished parasite, fantastic movie

Now to try squeeze in a third movie before i fall asleep, trying to start my break movie binge strong

[raven apex]

Rec me some movies

[drifting schooner]

Se7en
The prestige
Ford vs ferrari

[hazy patrol]

amazon prime and the rent system...hate it

[modern lichen]

@fickle ember @crimson lance post wells amazing spiderman || https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1808534093782544862/photo/1 ||

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

Marvel Comics announces that, following the conclusion of Zeb Wells' 2-year 'AMAZING SPIDER-MAN' run, Joe Kelly will be writing 'THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN', a 10-issue story releasing this Fall.

Twitter · Jul 3, 2024, 4:11 PM

[white smelt]

You’re better than this room

[modern lichen]

my condolences to whoever watches the cw dc shows past the first season (except superman and lois, that's actually good)

[crimson lance]

Speaking of awful spiderman books

https://twitter.com/flopscomics/status/1808478759688785990?t=A90lpfA2Gc4u4EHWHV5b4w&s=19

𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙨 (@flopscomics) on X

Called it a year ago.
Spider-Man Reign 2 features a load of gross screenshots of AI images in the backgrounds of panels... Even after knowing it was coming, I'm just so upset

Twitter · Jul 3, 2024, 12:31 PM

Looks like marvel is getting caught using ai for the first time in their books

|| https://twitter.com/flopscomics/status/1808479392969986307?t=vhWo46BQjxC_kLeKcdwM5w&s=19 ||

𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙨 (@flopscomics) on X

Twitter · Jul 3, 2024, 12:34 PM

[modern lichen]

the comic industry is so cooked

its so obvious here

[crimson lance]

I just flipped through the issue myself and like 90% of the backgrounds are clearly AI garbage

[modern lichen]

so unfortunate

[modern lichen]

@opaque zinc Django Unchained || while I agree it’s a lot of saying the n-word but Tarantino is not sympathetic to those who say it and they get punished in more brutal ways than any other Tarantino film imo ||

Django Unchained || while it’s a bit troubling, the characters saying it are exaggerated and are mostly racist fools in the film who have not even a quarter inkling of the smarts required to be a decent human being and Tarantino just fuckin kills them in amazing ways as comeuppance ||

[opaque zinc]

||Ironically enough, the n-word use itself is the last of my personal issues with digesting the film. From what I saw before I balked, the film is very well made; as a Nat Turner stan/Haitain revolution enjoyer, I'm no stranger to enjoying colonizer comeuppance. I think my reticence about the film comes from the indulgent portrayal of the era by a man that I feel is too comfortable with/has fetishized his involvement with Black American culture and politics.||

||On an objective level, I'm sure it gets an A when checking the boxes in a filmmaking report card. I hope I'm being very clear that my issue is personal. I was actually pretty engaged as a viewer until that Sambo wrestling scene, which really just wasn't enjoyable to view while in an otherwise entertainment-oriented mindset.||

[modern lichen]

Django Unchained || I can see that but I think he casts a truly empathetic thematic eye at the exploitation genre and spins it to be a triumphant hero’s journey so I thought it was a glorification of the fortitude of the underdog and empathetic people rather than tacit fetishization ||

Django Unchained || the sambo wrestling scene came with the setup of making us see the effects of trying to escape and it just heightens my anticipation to see these motherfuckers die a horrible death, they get their comeuppance pretty brutally if you watch the rest of it because they’re pretty much idiots ||

[opaque zinc]

||Totally understood. I feel like my issue is an inversion of Suspension of Disbelief, as if it was hard to digest the solid entertainment value while watching very real, unnecessary, and ancillary tenets of how slavery was conducted in the South. Might give it another try if it's less "here's how bad the Blacks had it" and more "slave-descendant power fantasy" as the movie goes on. Just wasn't really in the mood to try and find out at the time.||

[modern lichen]

Yeah, more than fair enough reason not to finish it

[opaque zinc]

To put it bluntly, I might have had more of a desire to power through if it weren't directed by a man I was introduced to via "dead N storage"

Appreciate the discussion and willingness to listen, though. Most people just handwave my reluctance to finish the movie

[modern lichen]

I get it, there are some movies and books and manga I refuse to touch because of stuff similar to what you have reasoned

[scenic galleon]

It's perfectly understandable to question Tarantino's comfort with the N-word, even when he places it in the historical context in Django

[white smelt]

It’s always so funny when he casts himself in the role of the dude that says it

What did he mean by that

[modern lichen]

Yeah, didn’t he… lmao now that you mention it

[white smelt]

I feel like he’s done it a fair bit but the only one that comes to mind is his small role in pulp fiction

[opaque zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/he-aintlyin-preach-truth-facts-tho-gif-15825744

[white smelt]

But something in the back of my mind is that he’s had a cameo role in a lot of his films and he’s said it a few times lol