western-series

[sand cypress]

Perfect

[sage remnant]

based

gn

[sand cypress]

gn

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 10 ||Damn, Dalinar removing Kaladin from battle is unexpected but I'm excited to see where this goes||

[sage remnant]

RoW ch 10 end || The chapter title and end of that chapter ||

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 10 ||Yeah, I've noticed that Brandon likes playing around with those||

[sage remnant]

RoW ch 10 || that was painful. Immediately after the scene with Moash ||

[shadow sequoia]

Yup

[primal mason]

Finished Blue Eyed Samurai ||I liked it. This is probably the best lone hero stories I seen in general. Simple story with solid action and a well-written cast. Happy to see Akemi receive her freedom after going through so much shit. She probably is my favorite character in the series so far. Only complaint is minor, but some points in the series visually look kinda janky with close-up shots of background stuff. I enjoyed it and I'll watch the next season.||

I'm probably gonna binge Queen's Gambit tomorrow. This has the girl from the Mario movie in it and it's apparently hype.

Excited to go into this blind.

[sage remnant]

did this in #other-series so doing it here too.

Books I finished in 2024:

A Psalm for the Wild Built -> 3.5/5
Short Changes -> 4/5
The Thirteen Problems -> 3.75/5
ACOTAR -> 3.5/5
Parable of the Sower -> 4.5/5
The Way of Kings reread -> 4.75/5
Words of Radiance reread -> 4/5
Poppy War reread -> 3.75/5
The will of the many -> 3.75/5
All Systems Red -> 5/5
Edgedancer -> 5/5
The Stranger -> 4.5/5
Of Mice and Men -> 3/5
Mistborn -> 3.5/5
Oathbringer -> 5/5
Dawnshard -> 4.75/5
Rhythm of War -> 4/5
Wind and Truth -> 5/5

[raw gate]

Good year for books, in your case

[sage remnant]

better than before

3 books in 2023 to 18 this year

it's gone like
100 -> 25 -> 4 -> 18

[raw gate]

Generous Of Mice to Men rating btw

[sage remnant]

I am still mixed on that one

I found it better than average so gave it 3

But don't feel I liked it enough to give it 3

like 3 seems too high but anything below 3 seems too low

[raw gate]

I don’t like that novella at all

[sage remnant]

The Stranger is another one I am mixed on

some parts of it is strangely relatable that I don't want to admit it was relatable

[raw gate]

You almost gave it a perfect score though so it must’ve resonated with you somehow

I love it, personally

[sage remnant]

it is kinda scary that some parts of it were relatable idk

but yeah
18 books
10000 pages
not amazing but good year

[fickle ember]

Nerd, go read picture books like a real man

[sage remnant]

😎

[shadow sequoia]

Was Mistborn based on just Era 1 or Era 1 and Era 2?

[sage remnant]

Just first book lol

TFE

[shadow sequoia]

Ohhhh

Makes more sense

[obsidian basalt]

well finished the sunlit man and damn for the most part this shit is peak fiction

[leaden depot]

Jack Kirby man

https://tenor.com/view/sunnyfication-gif-20299408

[leaden depot]

Thor #133

[leaden depot]

||WTF the High Evolutionary too|| Thor #133

Thor #133

Kirby cooking so much

Thor #133

[warped steeple]

@meager yoke ||Gandalf the grey btw||

[meager yoke]

I dont even watch Lotr and I know that

[warped steeple]

Yeah and you asked for a good example

[meager yoke]

Look up “It Was His Sled” on TV Tropes

Ohh lol i thought we were talking about Spoilers

[warped steeple]

Yeye

I just think it can be done well in a narrative

Oda has never done it well though

[fickle ember]

@crimson lance just read latest USM

[bold yew]

[crimson lance]

damn youre slow

[fickle ember]

Didn’t ping me for such an insane chapter…cruel

[rich meadow]

He hates you

[fickle ember]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-pain-payne-tigger-gif-20052259

[primal mason]

true

[crimson lance]

I forgot to because you never read em

[mild seal]

and because you hate him

[fickle ember]

https://tenor.com/view/tigger-crying-tears-huhu-wahh-gif-3462298

[near echo]

I was gonna watch Dragonball Evolution tonight against my best judgement but apparently this isn't even available for free on any service

I'm not paying to rent this stupid movie

Smh

[mild seal]

I would call that a sign from god

[near echo]

I'm watching Tron instead 😔

The Disney+ PlayStation app is so outrageously bad that it's corrupted the video 3 different times in its first two minutes

If Roku gives me the same issue Im giving up on this movie and buying Dragonball Evolution

[mild seal]

please don't waste your money on that movie

you will regret it

[worthy crypt]

I used to use funimation for dubs but it got bought by crunchyroll. That was the worst app I've ever used by far. Couldn't navigate through the catalogue half the time

[mild seal]

yeah funimation app was terrible on my ps4

but the crunchyroll one is bad too

its why I cancelled my sub

[fickle ember]

Supporting dragon ball evolution financially is a crime and you will be punished

Not to mention the eternal guilt you’ll feel for the rest of your life

[near echo]

I'm a simple man

I'll get over it

[mild seal]

remember this when/if you finish the movie

[near echo]

Nah Tron is working on Roku

I'm committed to this now

[near echo]

This movie is awesome

Nonsense but awesome

They should make a third Tron movie with Billy Mitchell as the villain

[outer tulip]

Watched A Complete Unknown, it was pretty good Ngl

Might’ve been my last movie for the year. Great year!

[mild stream]

Cobra Kai latest || Not sure how they'll go about continuing the tournament, but I think if anything we're gonna see an actual change of heart from Kreese this time. Him realizing the effects of his ideology taken to the extreme.||

[near echo]

Update: Tron kicked ass, loved it

No idea why I had a rating for it on letterboxd when I've never watched it, did I rate it based on my experience with fuckin Kingdom Hearts or something

Maybe I got drunk and watched 20 minutes of it in college before checking out and giving it a score

Maybe this weekend I'll watch Tron Legacy and continue my deep dive into hour long Daft Punk music videos

[mild seal]

if you wanna watch daft punk videos, watch the movie that goes with one of their albums

[near echo]

I watched that last week

If I watch Legacy I can finally buy the vinyl for it without feeling like a poser and finish my collection

[tawny parcel]

Which tron lol

Man the disney one is kinda dumb but part of me has to admit its a vibe

[near echo]

The original 80s one

Atari meets Star Wars

[near echo]

Watching Tron put me in an isekai mood so I'm continuing the trend with The Wizard of Oz

Haven't watched this since I was like 7 or something

[modern lichen]

the GOAT

[tawny parcel]

its crazy hearing how the production of wizard of oz was just complete hell lol

[near echo]

Do I have to tag fuckin Wizard of Oz this films almost a century old and every scene from it is embedded in pop culture

Whatever lol

Wizard of Oz ||Dude the Lion is so much funnier than I remembered I love this guy. Only memory I had was his intro in the forest

Tin Mans the weakest party member he's barely had a role so far||

[main lion]

Dude you have to tag dragonball ofc you do

Dont even say that shit youre just being one of those people

[modern lichen]

I know a ton of people here haven’t watched Wizard of Oz

[main lion]

I dont think wizard of oz is a common kids movie anymore with youtube’s and tiktok’s rise in prominence

[modern lichen]

Yeah it’s not

I think it’s come back to prominence only because of Wicked

[pliant mason]

finished s1 of squid game

it was really good ngl

[modern lichen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[near echo]

Sorry

[modern lichen]

How are you enjoying the film now Bon

Has it been a long time since you’ve last seen it

[near echo]

I'm glad it's still 5 stars I was worried it might not hold up

[modern lichen]

I haven’t rewatched the movie in about a decade

[near echo]

I should watch return to oz after this and ruin my night

[modern lichen]

My condolences

[near echo]

I think it's been 23 years

[last perch]

Planning to watch this next

[unkempt agate]

I had to tag bambi gang

just use that wonderful spoiler feature

🫡

speaking of bambi i should rewatch

[last perch]

Maybe Akira after, orrr, Departed Away

[rough patrol]

spoiler tagging the wizard of oz is crazy

do we have to spoiler tag if we wanna talk about the odyssey too?

[sage remnant]

Yes

[last perch]

I don't even know what is Odyssey about, so yeah.

Not everyone was born in Europe/USA to learn the book in elementary school.

[raw gate]

Watch Akira and then read it if you can

[main lion]

I watched the batman

was good

[raw gate]

Nice 1

I think Rob Patt plays the hell out of that role

[main lion]

The Batman ||there were some costumeless scenes where his performance fell flat in selling the brooding vengeful lad but overall he played it well yeah||

The Batman ||standout scenes are the entrance to the club, the car chase, and wading through the water with the flare||

[raw gate]

The Batman || I fuckin love the car chase scene||

[main lion]

The Batman ||what I mean by this is he gives off "me trying to look cool in 6th grade but this is what I really looked like" vibes sometimes without the outfit||

[raw gate]

I get that

[sage remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-huge-andrea-salazar-making-the-cut-this-is-big-news-important-gif-22519247

Man watched a non animated media in like ages /s

[raw gate]

He’s gamerfied

[tawny parcel]

I was thinking this exact
Same thing

[main lion]

my irl friends talked about disliking it and I immediately thought "wait they love le epic movie and hate well written slow burns, which I love"

and decided to watch it

[sage remnant]

lol

nice

[main lion]

the normie twitter user gif is wild tho

...

[sage remnant]

I just picked the first gif

[main lion]

[dim hedge]

[modern lichen]

first good red western series opinion (arcane doesnt count)

[main lion]

wtf...

Im a dark knight rises hater through and through

is that a good opinion

[modern lichen]

that's ok

[arctic flax]

im neutral on tdkr. it has its good moments but still the weakest in the trilogy

not a bad movie tho

would put it above half the mcu lol

[dim hedge]

Seeing nosferatu friday

Unfortunately not in imax

[raw gate]

Rises is the third?

[sonic tree]

Ye

[sage remnant]

ye

[raw gate]

That one’s the worst of the three but still good

[sonic tree]

The one it's ok to hate

[raw gate]

As long as Red likes the first two we’re gravy

If not….

[main lion]

Dark knight rises ||I hate the ending and bane is cringe||

[raw gate]

Dark Knight Rises || ye the ending blows||

[bold yew]

I’ll pretend I remember what the ending was

[sage remnant]

TDKR ending || bruce having fixed the autopilot and surviving after the sacrifice scene. The police inspector's middle name being robin and he goes to find batcave ||

[bold yew]

There is a reason why I haven’t rewatched that film in ages I guess

[sage remnant]

this scene was peak tho
TDKR ending || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW6QSd63XcE ||

|| Let's ignore the fact that Gordon as a police officer has probably done that act to several people so singling out Bruce is impossible ||

[dim hedge]

TDKR || that robin part just reminded me of something really funny i saw recently ||

[sage remnant]

👀

[dim hedge]

TDKR/superman

|| this came from the “snyders krypto jokes” and its so stupid i love it ||

[sage remnant]

I have no clue what that is

[dim hedge]

TDKR || https://youtu.be/KE7yZYupOOk?si=3psIWYmjMJWj069B ||

|| a reference to peak ||

[sage remnant]

Yeah I mean I know that.
But || what is snyder krypto || tdkr/superman

[dim hedge]

TDKR/superman || ah, when the trailer came out people were just making edits to yhe krypto scene and captioning it “zack snyders” krypto ||

|| they’re all so silly and i love them ||

[sage remnant]

😭

[primal mason]

Starting Queen's Gambit

[tawny grotto]

TDKR ending ||it's not, because Bruce Wayne is one of the most famous people in the City. Gordon would definitely remember comforting a young Bruce Wayne whose parents were just murdered, before anybody else||

[modern lichen]

TDKR ending ||he is the most famous person yeah and its such a gruesome crime that gordon would definitely remember bruce||

[tawny grotto]

yep

TDKR ending ||was looking for a famous person as an example but this yt comment picked John Cena so there you go I guess||

[sage remnant]

TDKR ending || He would have comforted a lot of people similarly
Tho I guess his mind would immediately connect that only a rich person could have made these scifi-ish vehicles and stuff ||

[tawny grotto]

TDKR ending ||yeah his mind would jump to Bruce Wayne first and if you have him and Batman in the same conversation (and are someone like Jim Gordon) youre probably going to understand||

[near echo]

I remember hating tdkr when it was new

I never saw begins tho and im not even a big fan of tdk either

Much prefer the Keaton and Pattinson and Adam West takes on the character

[tawny grotto]

Lol

Havent seen the new one yet

I like TKDR but yeah I guess its the worst one of those.

TDKR ending ||was Batman surviving worse than Pell? ||

[near echo]

New ones the best Batman movie but my heart still belongs to Batman Returns and that's probably a nostalgia thing

[modern lichen]

Lmfao

Batman Returns is good

[near echo]

That movie is insane in a way that I jive with

[tawny grotto]

Ive started watching the Batman cartoon with my brother

[modern lichen]

Devito turns out an unhinged performance only beaten by his role on Its Always Sunny

[sage remnant]

TDKR end || Nah cuz there's no Will of B like Will of P ||

[near echo]

TDKR end/One Piece ||Bartholomew Kuma, Bentham, Bellamy||

[tawny grotto]

TDKR end/OP manga latest ||Bartolomeo too if he survives the Yasopp attack which he will||

[sage remnant]

TDKR latest||those aren't similar to Will of P ||

[sage remnant]

any spoiler of last 5 chapters?

I am not uptodate

[tawny grotto]

Chapter 1126

So no, if youre sure it is those 5 chapters

[sage remnant]

[bold yew]

People moved on from arcane too fast

[modern lichen]

its natural

the series ended

there's only so much to discuss

[near echo]

I haven't even watched it yet 😞

[leaden depot]

[bold yew]

I know , I’m just watching it with new people every time so i have more people to talk to

[bold yew]

Do it

[near echo]

Waiting on the fam to be available

[vast root]

ngl i dropped arcane like 6 episode in

[obsidian basalt]

tragic

[raw gate]

How come?

[vast root]

idk i guess i just dont have any interest in any of the characters

ig i havent realllyy dropped it but i havent watched an episode in weeks and any desire to watch it comes from wanting to just get over it

[crimson lance]

peacemaker is such an insane character

I read Marv wolfmans vigilante and he shows up quite a bit

[primal mason]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1873731854584693149

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

Apple TV+ will be available for free this weekend only.

Twitter · Dec 30, 2024, 2:04 PM

what are movies that I can peek

no series plz

[near echo]

A Charlie Brown Christmas

[bold yew]

[leaden depot]

This is the Charlton version which was played straight afaik, so a nothing burger really

[modern lichen]

gave me the perfect excuse to go listen to the soundtrack again

[near echo]

Jokes aside it's technically a series but prehistoric planet is the best original thing on Apple TV

[modern lichen]

so many great shows on apple

some of the best actors on the planet

acting their asses off

only for no one to watch those shows

besides severance and monarch

[worthy crypt]

In theory it could be like any other standalone service but something about not being in the apple ecosystem makes apple tv unappealing to me

[near echo]

My dad likes Foundation and keeps telling me to watch it

[modern lichen]

it also has a very boring interface and app

not appealing at all even on my apple devices

[near echo]

I find it genuinely hard to discover things on it

Not sure what's even there really

[sage remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/doge-dogecoin-pirate-captain-ocean-gif-16296042634591047056

easy life as one

[near echo]

As a dog?

[modern lichen]

its legitimately impossible to find stuff on apple tv plus yeah

but i'm still paying for severance and several other shows

[worthy crypt]

I feel like a scumbag relying on seven seas when I make a good living. Idgaf if other people do though

[modern lichen]

i torrent most of my stuff anyway but torrenting only gets you somewhere

its hard to find old movies with decent seeders

[near echo]

What's that movie on there about how animals really bounced back and thrived in urban areas during the pandemic

I liked that

Can't remember the name

[modern lichen]

hm?

is it a documentary

[worthy crypt]

Need some real paid impressions in the mix or all my favorite shit more likely to get canceled. Idk If that's true but seems right

[near echo]

The Year Earth Changed

That was it

Awful title

Yeah, David Attenborough narration

[sage sleet]

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1873784697882603756?s=46&t=eiSJnm0HEDrznPoxIq3dkA

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

Jason Momoa has been officially cast as Lobo in ‘SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW’

In theaters on June 26, 2026.

Twitter · Dec 30, 2024, 5:34 PM

Mashallah

[modern lichen]

DCEU being dead is a miracle for us pasto

[sage sleet]

I liked his aquaman it was nice but this is perfect

Zachary Levi waiting on that call lmao

Why can’t he stfu

I liked him I thought he did great as Shazam

LEVI PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND PICK THE PURPLE CRAYON UP

[modern lichen]

Levi is done for

His Hollywood career died

[sage sleet]

Part of me wants/wanted to feel bad for him but seems he’s genuinely fried

[modern lichen]

He’s genuinely a nutcase

[sage sleet]

Now cast Ben Schwartz as plastic man

[arctic flax]

the fancast came true after all

[arctic flax]

the failed actor to maga/trump grifter pipeline

[leaden depot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q46Aei-KkF8

It's time

[brazen oriole]

I know I’m late but battlestar galactica is so good

[primal mason]

Finished Queen's Gambit ||Good show! For most of the series it heavily focused on the main character's development and backstory. I like the visual storytelling that said everything needed to show what Lize was going through. I love her little arc of going from an arrogant genius to a calmer one that's able to beat the chess world champion. I could get into her character in a way because I too visualize a lot when comes to creating from the imagination, when it comes to her chess games. The protagonist having to really learn in the final episode that there are people alongside her willing to help her get over her drunkenness and improve her chess skills brought about a pretty hype and emotional finale. I have more appreciation for ceilings now and further disdain for alcohol now, though I never drank. ||

[bold yew]

when did you finished it?????

[primal mason]

sometime before I posted the impressions

[bold yew]

Okey that was FAST , but I’m glad you liked it tho

[arctic flax]

gunn could still cast any of them in the future, not like momoa is aquaman again lol

[mild seal]

I hope he doesn't cast any of them

[arctic flax]

yeah, id rather lesser known actors

[mild seal]

I just mean that 3 out of the 5 in that pic are ass and idk what affleck or cavill could be cast as

[near echo]

Cast Cavill as Bizarro

[modern lichen]

no

let cavill do his own thing, honestly

[mild seal]

yeah let him work on warhammer like he wants to

[modern lichen]

@sage sleet zachary levi just fell to his knees

[worthy crypt]

I read no country for old men on the plane. So peak. Exceptional dialogue. Gonna rewatch the movie when I get home

[sage sleet]

bro just had to put the phone down and take a walk or sumn

really liked his shazam but shazam 2 over john wick 4 is brutal

i liked shazam 2 for what it was but cmon bud take a cold shower

[modern lichen]

Yeah, bro just thought he had that pull

[sage sleet]

he just gotta... get off social media for a while then simmer down

[hazy radish]

Mufusa ||what a movie man||

[trim crown]

@blissful quest diamanti ||It was about a high end tailor shop that made costumes for movies and theater owned by two sisters. The movie was set into two acts, first that focused on the hardships of the employees with troubled homes: violent husbands, treason, financial; on the other hand it focused on the empowerment 9f a community these ladies gave to each other, how they deep le cared for one another and how they were also ready to help out.
The second act focused on the sisters and their hardships, one was really rigid, cold and categorical. You could count the times she smiled on one hand, she was relentless and unbending, a true force; but even then she cared for her employees and sisters, you could see her empathy in actions you wouldn't expect from her, u loved her character.
O.the other hand the sister had lost her foughter 5 years prior and she hadn't still processed her loss and you could see how her eyes were often times absent. There was a breaking point between the two that just made me bawl, it was really touching ||

[blissful quest]

Ooooo that sounds interesting

[blissful quest]

||sounds like something I’d cry over too||

[trim crown]

Yes, I totally did

[blissful quest]

I don’t really explore many movies or series outside of my comfort zone

I end up missing out on cool films

[trim crown]

Late I've been rewatching some

[blissful quest]

You ever watch what we do in the shadows

[trim crown]

Were big fans

Me and bf

[blissful quest]

Yeeesss

[trim crown]

I love them all

[blissful quest]

I can say a character name without spoiler tagging right?

Main character from ep one

[paper flax]

i love clowns too

[trim crown]

Yea

[blissful quest]

Nandor is my favorite

[blissful quest]

They the best

[paper flax]

art the clown sold it for me

hes so cute

[blissful quest]

Buggy the only clown I need to sell me

[paper flax]

buggy.. oh buggy

[blissful quest]

What’s that reaction

[trim crown]

I think for me it's laszlo

[blissful quest]

Laz is great hahaha

For different reasons tho

[blissful quest]

WWDITS S2 Ep 6 ||CRAVENSWOORRRTTTHHHH||

[near echo]

Was gonna watch Shin Ultraman after finishing the 60s comic, was kinda using it as an abridged summary of what this franchise is even about

It's only on Tubi with ads

[trim crown]

Wwdits s2e6 ||I loved Jackie daytona arc||

[trim crown]

||https://tenor.com/view/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-bartender-matt-berry-mark-hamill-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-tv-gif-17447954 ||

[blissful quest]

Arguably one of my favorite episodes

[naive socket]

Is it just me that’s noticed Cynthia Erivo is getting featured a lot less then Arianna in promo and shit?

[blissful quest]

Tbh I haven’t seen much promo on wicked

Could just be my feed tho

[unkempt agate]

ive experienced it to be equal tbh

ive only really seen them together

[leaden depot]

1 year later

You can tell some characters got old issue appearances indexed, cause I for sure did not read any Captain Marvel Jr stories this year lol

Pretty sure there's still plenty of work to do on that, so these are not the real stats yet

[bold yew]

1000 more ???

Are they fast to read or ?

[modern lichen]

not including indian or international films

[sage remnant]

Furiosa over Dune Part 2???

[modern lichen]

yeah

well its not ordered

[sage remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/blinking-eyes-white-guy-blinking-meme-what-huh-gif-26334323

Also Didi pog 🙏

[modern lichen]

furiosa was the first thing that came to my mind

its written right there

[sage remnant]

also really a great year for Horror lol
Everyone's list has a lot of horror movies this year

[sage remnant]

yeah I just looked at the images and not at any of the text lol

[primal mason]

Gonna watch a movie called Call Me Chihiro

[sage remnant]

which Indian movie would make the list?

👀

I haven't watched much this year

[modern lichen]

multiple

bramayugam, kishkindha kaandam, meiyazhagan, manjummel boys, saripodha sanivaram

no hindi movies

[sage remnant]

I had been meaning to watch bramayugam. Couldn't make time yet

[modern lichen]

Pretty good slow burn

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/952459263048052768/1323704224214941747/chart_1.png?ex=67757b20&is=677429a0&hm=5b6c1537a13bfdb0a6d610710c9db5363db40036770233d44c3034948d04c2a8&

Did it with books as well

[primal mason]

Finished Call Me Chihiro ||A really nice slice of life film about an older woman helping and cheering up random strangers she comes across. Her journey to finding her own happiness carried by a strong sense of emptiness and lack of direction in spite of her sheer kindness is something I could relate to a lot. The movie makes its points effectively in a slow and chill way and I really like it for that. I liked it. ||

[bold yew]

Heyyyy i watched the same movies

Except from didi and anora , will watch Anora soon tho

[primal mason]

Tomorrow for new years, I'm gonna watch RRR.

Heard good things about this one. First Hindi film too.

@white smelt You asked for this.

[sage remnant]

Correction: not a Hindi film

[primal mason]

it said in this netflix thumbnail

hmmm

Also watching Arcane S2 too tomorrow I guess.

[fickle ember]

Make sure to ping updates to harsh in real time

[bold yew]

[worthy crypt]

Favorite book of the year probably toll the hounds. Weird with wot I also like third to last the most. In both cases the finals are good too but I liked previous better

[mild seal]

@modern lichen here I'll ping him for you

That'll be a nice wake up message for him

[tawny parcel]

I read two whole books this year

[leaden depot]

Depends, for me it takes me like 30 minutes for DC and 45 for Marvel, Stan Lee and his wordy ass pages lol

[bold yew]

okey makes sense then , but can they write a proper story in only 40 on average minutes worth of read?

[leaden depot]

Sometimes it is split in 2 or 3 stories

Mostly 1 or 2 stories where I am rn

If you are not used to old comics, it probably will be hard to get into it lol

[bold yew]

ive read exactly zero comics , but want when i get back home to try out once or two see how i like it

[fickle ember]

You should read bone

Then stop after that because you’ve peaked

[bold yew]

What if I do just that

And then call everything else mid without reading it

[fickle ember]

You’d be right

@bold yew https://readallcomics.com/bone-1991-001/

55 issues

[bold yew]

I series with so many issues can’t be peak …

Monarch of chaos said that they read those books back in school , I’m convinced .

[fickle ember]

It’s basically 55 chapters, if you’re more familiar with weeb speak

[bold yew]

That was my attempt to be funny

[fickle ember]

We don’t joke with peak

[bold yew]

Forgive me …

I’ll seek forgiveness by actually reading the series

[fickle ember]

Disney and their fake news…

[leaden depot]

[regal root]

Allegedly they're buying up studio time slots to show Mufasa more

Sonic 3 is gonna royally cook them once it's released internationally

[frank rivet]

Sonic 3 -|| that was straight up a DBZ super episode ||

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 13 ||Damn, there's more to Shallan's past? Funny how much Mraize knows about Investiture and Connections to Roshar and Scadrial and Nalthis. Bro really became exposition man but that intrigues me; Wonder if he's aware of Hoid.||

[near echo]

Hanging at my parents house for new years and watched Freddie Mercury: The Final Act

Seen a lot of stuff about his death and the aids controversy over the years but I think this was my favorite version of it

[modern lichen]

this is perhaps the worst new years wake up

[young compass]

blue will like it

[modern lichen]

i dont want him to

let me gatekeep

[fickle ember]

“It’s like fast and furious, but Indian. I like it.” -blue

[modern lichen]

NO

[near echo]

Lmfao

[white smelt]

“It would’ve been better if the MCs were women” - Blue

[modern lichen]

fuck

[modern lichen]

@sage sleet

[dim hedge]

Its so over, Gunn might as well resign

[near echo]

Why are people like this

[sage sleet]

Guys move on!!!! Take a shower!

[modern lichen]

His username being “FuckGunn” is just.. 🤌

[dim hedge]

Its so funny because snyders universe was dead before Gunn even took over

[sage sleet]

snyder fans so edgy they should be auto enlisted and put on the front lines

squid games 🔥

[mild seal]

plot twist, thats snyder

[sage sleet]

flop after flop bro needs a paycheck

didn't rebel moon kinda slurp

[mild seal]

critically, yes

but since its netflix we don't know how many people watched it

[modern lichen]

Snyder is actually a good sport

[sage sleet]

they should just let him write a comic run or sumn

his edge seems like it would be better as a comic

but even then i wouldn't rock w it personally

well no they should let him do nothing for dc

[modern lichen]

[primal mason]

i never seen fast and furious

[fickle ember]

Missing out on cinema…

[near echo]

It's like RRR but American

[modern lichen]

i will chuck myself off a cliff

[sage sleet]

ZACHARY LEVI REFERENCE ???!?!!!!!?!??!?

[dim hedge]

[main lion]

The Penguin episode 3 || Penguin a pos smh. Leaving Sophia behind ||

[sage remnant]

Who's this imposter using Red's account

Man even went on and watched Penguin

[main lion]

Why would I not watch the penguin after the batman…

Also I like television more than movies

[raw gate]

Penguin was my favorite show from last year

[primal mason]

Starting Arcane S2

[simple epoch]

Dune part 2 is on Netflix ayo

[primal mason]

Starting RRR

[modern lichen]

god

[mild seal]

https://tenor.com/view/dis-gon-be-good-this-gonna-be-good-drama-gif-6058085

Just watched the gentlemen, pretty good Guy Ritchie movie

Always love his characters

[brazen oriole]

Same. Sad to hear about The Batman's delay because I was geniunly hyped after I finished it.

[primal mason]

I finished RRR ||For a simple story about a couple of fellas trying to get a kidnapped daughter from a foreign empire, this was very enjoyable and amusing, at least for the first hour. I loved the insanity. By the next two hours, I honestly couldn't take much of the sheer insanity. It started to burn me out personally and I couldn't react much to the rest of the movie. Personally speaking, this story dragged an hour too long for me. Still, I respect this movie a lot for all the great choreography and insane action stuff put in display to make the film as entertaining as possible. This film is definitely one of a kind.||

[fickle ember]

One of a kind? There’s 11 fast and furious movies…

[worthy crypt]

has anyone read journey to the west? Does it hold up as an entertaining read in modern times

[near echo]

It does
I read the abridged "Monkey" translation of it by Arthur Waley that retains the playfulness of the story but simplifies a lot of the Chinese language and focuses more on the comical and endearing chapters rather than the allegorical ones since they're easier to parse for a modern reader

It's also old as shit so you can probably find it as a Google book or at your library without much fuss

[arctic flax]

plan to watch the penguin after i finish reading 20th cb

[raw gate]

👏

[raw gate]

Yeah, same. It’s a bummer

[primal mason]

there was no racing

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 15/Warbreaker ||Zahel is Vasher, isn't he?||

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 15/Warbreaker ||Ohhhhhhhh, Azure is Vivenna; Man, I should've made that connection last book lmao||

[shrewd sigil]

[shrewd sigil]

RoW ch15/warbreaker ||you should check Zahel's interlude 6 in words of radiance||

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 1 - 3 ||I don't remember when but I remember seeing the words Heightening and Breaths at some points||

I'm definitely rereading this all again though

I want to reread Mistborn too

Ahhh I see

Stormlight 2: Words of Radiance Interlude 6 ||Zahel speaks in a way that talks about colors; See, I suspected but I didn't put 2 and 2 together. He talks about expecting a voice in his head though and I guess I didn't make the Nightblood connection smh||

Stormlight 2: Words of Radiance Interlude 6 ||In my defense, that shit was like one page||

[shrewd sigil]

yeah you finish it in like 2 minutes and move on with the book lol it's definitely easy to gloss over

man I should really stop opening this app at 1am I just wrote a sentence like 5 times and kept deleting it

[shadow sequoia]

Lol

[near echo]

Nosferatu was so good

Holy shit

[shrewd sigil]

I reread mistborn till like halfway of the 2nd book then when wind&truth dropped I stopped so I can reread stormlight instead

proceeded to NOT reread stormlight

fucked myself for no reason 🔥

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 15 ||Ok I audibly laughed, funny seeing curses like that in Stormlight when you get so used to "storming this" or "cremling that"||

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 15 ||Yeah, Mraize dropping names like Scadrial and Nalthis really sent me. I expected the worlds to converge but it's also tying together a lot differently than I expected||

[shrewd sigil]

row ch15 ||I love the fact that 90% of the cosmere aware characters just all really hate wit ||

[shadow sequoia]

Yeah lmao

[rich meadow]

I’m so pumped, I was supposed to go on Saturday but I got sick again so have delayed it. Gonna book tickets for a showing tomorrow I think

Has the Bon approval tho which bodes well🫡

[near echo]

It's the kind of horror I love

And the way it embellishes on but respects the original is really expertly and carefully done

[raw gate]

Hmm

I want to see it asw. I totally forgot about it tbh

[naive socket]

Scott Pilgrims Movie spoilers/One Piece chap 1056 spoilers ||you could say that the cross guild is like Shanks league of evil exes||

[sinful vessel]

CR C3 ep 14 ||RUSS NOO ||

[sage remnant]

Real

[modern lichen]

not even going to bother establishing context for you

[sage remnant]

Lol

[modern lichen]

not an iota of intellectual curiosity and a desire to know context

[sage remnant]

I mean its much more than what Blue said even without context

@shrewd sigil have you still not read WaT?

[white smelt]

I agree

[modern lichen]

Shut the fuck up dude

[mild seal]

I'm sorry that I'm laughing at your pain, harsh

[near echo]

it wouldnt be funny if his reactions weren't so raw

[mild seal]

well he really liked RRR so I knew it was gonna be funny

[near echo]

Shin Ultraman is a hard movie to parse

Shin Ultraman/Shin Godzilla ||I quite liked it and feel like it accomplished every single one of its goals but it feels like it only selected SFX Theatrical Film as its medium so it could have the budget it wanted, not because it was the storytelling format best suited for what it was trying to do. Total success as a big modern throwback to early Tokusatsu and Ultraman fans through a new perspective, kind of a hollow film when taken in isolation

I think I'd have liked this more if Shin Godzilla didn't already represent how to do the things this was doing but flawlessly, though I totally understand how its way easier to adapt the original Godzilla film into this style than a lengthy campy TV series. Because adapting the spirit of Ultraman is adapting the whole mythos. Iconic monsters and kaiju and the ongoings of the team at the SSSP alongside Ultramans own existentialism. It's an episodic superhero serial, and thats exactly how the film adapts it, breaking it down into really obvious and clear cut episodes. So the political bureaucracy and social commentary of how the real world would react to something like this actually happening, the Prime Minister and government intelligence fretting over the men in costumes beating the shit out of each other while foreign powers threaten them, feels a lot looser than in Shin Godzilla simply from lack of runtime and from large gaps of in-universe time.

It ended up being the bridge between the different Ultraman episodes with the audience only seeing glimpses of the behind the scenes. It can't carry the film yet takes so much time away from our core characters. The movie still works but I'm glad I indoctrinated myself in Ultraman a bit before checking it out, because the fun of it is seeing this sorta shit interpreted faithfully at a higher budget and from a ground level perspective, but as a story it feels like a means to an end.||

those thoughts ended up getting more specific than i thought and i had to retag them like 4 times oops

[modern lichen]

It’s not about that, I was dreading the sort of incuriosity this dude has when experiencing anything other than Japanese media and that’s exactly what happened, it’s hard to delve into the cultural nuances of it if the person who experienced it has no interest in actually parsing what they watched, I seem like an elitist idiot here trying to gatekeep things but it’s only out of my desire to express more love for the cinema and culture of my country

[mild seal]

nah I get it man

[modern lichen]

Indian cinema has often been ridiculed for being “over the top” but the thought and intention that went behind RRR and its representation of the freedom movement outside the confines of the known history of it and its honoring of real life heroes by taking them as protagonists of this movie and shaping an alternate history that’s exciting and yet emotionally palpable

[modern lichen]

made this for 2025

[fickle ember]

Western bingo

[modern lichen]

perchance....

[shrewd sigil]

nope

I'll read it in about 3 weeks when my exams end

(if I don't do horribly in the exams)

[tawny parcel]

Storm of swords|| was not expecting mormont to just die but I guess that’s on me lol||

[trim crown]

[sage remnant]

Buried Giant is so good

I should also make a book bingo ig

Tho I will probably just do Daniel Greene Server Bingo

Some of these seem fun

[main lion]

The Penguin End || killing vic was fucked up... And its even more fucked up that it was a pointless death since he keeps his mom and eve around anyway??????

But this ended perfectly. I kinda dislike that theres gonna be a season 2 lol||

[raw gate]

The Batman / The Penguin end ||Agreed about the second season. I’d like it a lot if Oz was the sequel movie’s direct antagonist, but maybe they’re building him up for the third film in the trilogy.

The ending scene between Oz and his mom is especially fucked up because it’s not only the exact opposite of what Francis wished but it also accentuates Oz’s deeply fucked up ego ||

[main lion]

The Batman/Penguin ||him for the third film would be interesting. It feels like theyre not trying to go in the direction of any of the like, superpowered villains in this series. I hope they keep it that way. Bring in more of the grounded villains.||

[young compass]

i can choose ur mod choice

[main lion]

Become mod in daniel greene server

[young compass]

i own that server

[sage remnant]

I trust you

No historical romance and no non-fiction

[young compass]

Ham on rye by Charles Bukowski

Historical fictionalization of his life

[modern lichen]

I hate Bukowski

Feels like reading a edgy person’s idea of profundity

20% into The Lowland (according to my Kindle), might finish it in like 2 days

Excellent prose and storytelling

[young compass]

Did you read ham on rye?

[modern lichen]

Yes

And most of his poetry collections

[young compass]

ya I dunno, I wouldn’t call him profound at all

I don’t think he really tries to be

[main lion]

Bro specifically found a somewhat fiction book to recommend and loophole the no non fiction rule

[raw gate]

Post Office is aight

[young compass]

I’ve seen a lot of kickback against him in recent years by people on social media

[young compass]

I sent the first one I thought of lmao

[main lion]

[young compass]

It also has romance

But it’s not a historical romance

And it’s bukowski romance lol

[modern lichen]

[young compass]

But yeah, I don’t really get the hate for his autobiographical works. I can understand not enjoying reading it

But it’s mostly just him riffing off and you the reader understanding that he’s a ninny

and enjoying the sort of situations he writes about

[main lion]

I genuinely dont know if Ive read a full book to completion (non-sparksnotes) since I chose cats cradle as one of my highschool assignment books to read

[modern lichen]

Try reading something like Earthsea

[young compass]

read sirens of titan red

It’s basically a manga

[modern lichen]

Bro

LOL

[young compass]

all the story beats you will have seen before

[modern lichen]

Appealing to the weeb sensibility

[main lion]

Itd be funny if you both suggested kids books

[modern lichen]

Earthsea is supposed to be for children but I see more benefit reading it as an adult

[main lion]

Erm the movie was ass so the book obviously is too…

[modern lichen]

Nothing like the stupid goro Miyazaki film that le guin thought wasn’t Earthsea at all

I knew you’d say something like that

[main lion]

I cant tell if its a real suggestion or a joke one

[modern lichen]

Just try the first book, man, Wizard of Earthsea provided a blueprint to many fantasy later but nothing ever reached its level of complexity and nuance

[young compass]

It’s real

I like sirens of titan

[modern lichen]

It’s by Vonnegut

[sage remnant]

Suggests a Vonnegut novel to someone who dropped reading due to a Vonnegut novel

[main lion]

Nah I loved cats cradle. Might be the only book I read that I truly loved lol

[modern lichen]

It all comes full circle

[main lion]

But it was hs

So idk if thatd be the same

[young compass]

I like Sirens of titan more

[main lion]

Maybe one day

[leaden depot]

Haven't read a proper book in like 8 years

[raw gate]

Been like half a year for me

I like novellas

Short and sweet

[main lion]

Woman version of novel…

[sage remnant]

Try Monk and Robot series

[raw gate]

Empowering

Since I want to be a woman

[sage remnant]

You like Aria, right Rei?

[raw gate]

Sure

I do, yes

[main lion]

This server turns everyone trans. It was bound to happen eventually

[raw gate]

LMAO

[sage remnant]

You will like Monk and Robot too prolly
First book is "A Psalm for the Wild Built"

[raw gate]

Sounds good. I’ll try and find some time to squeeze it in. Shouldn’t be too difficult now that busy season is over at work

[sage remnant]

It's like 130 pages or smth

Very short

[dim hedge]

I can confirm

[raw gate]

Yeah, I can do that in two days

[young compass]

It’s very short

Just read it

[young compass]

Do you feel the same about confederacy of dunces

[young compass]

If you hate bukowski after 10 pages read all the pretty horses by cormac mccarthy instead

[modern lichen]

To a certain extent, yes

[young compass]

I kind of see them the same

Confederacy is especially detached though, it’s a perfect encapsulation of the like

disgruntled person in denial about their life

[sage remnant]

I would probably start McCarthy with The Road.
So yeah probably won't do that

[young compass]

I like most of what I’ve read of his more than the road

[modern lichen]

The only McCarthy I haven’t read yet are his newest books and I have them on my to read this year

[young compass]

But I guess it’s his most popular

[modern lichen]

Stella Maris and The Passenger

I think Blood Meridian is more popular but The Road and No Country for Old Men are close

[young compass]

The road somehow has like 700k more ratings than anything else of his

I was expecting it to be closer

on good reads obv

[modern lichen]

On Goodreads?

Hm

I somehow find Goodreads to be inundated with idiotic fluff being boosted by young people who have no clue how to evaluate storytelling

[young compass]

damn

I was just gonna make an account lol

[modern lichen]

Just take a look at the most popular books at the moment

[sage remnant]

Make a Storygraph account 😎
(Idk how the community is in that)

[young compass]

Is that the anilist of book trackers

[sage remnant]

Yes

[young compass]

I’m sold

[modern lichen]

There’s also this https://fable.co

[young compass]

Ok backup instead is uhh

Have you read any PKD

[sage remnant]

A good amount. He's one of my fav authors

[modern lichen]

Do you want a book with no historical romance AND it is fiction?

[sage remnant]

I have read uhh Do Android dream of electric sheep, man in high castle, scanner darkly, minority report, ubik
Yeah that's probably it

[sage remnant]

Sure.

[modern lichen]

No like what exactly do you want lol

[sage remnant]

And no fantasy. Already a lot of fantasy in my list for this year

[young compass]

Ok bukowski backup is daughter of earth by agnes smedly

I tried to think of the complete opposite book wise

If you hate him read that

Ham on rye is ||basically more cynical punpun if you got to see his whole life ||

[sage remnant]

I mean, I don't have any specific demand.
Juba was planning to rec me one and I only told the ones I would be opposed to reading

[young compass]

I felt similarly after reading both

[sage remnant]

Harsh what was the site you used to create the list

@modern lichen

[modern lichen]

I’ll post it

https://topsters.org

[sage remnant]

thanks

[young compass]

I will go my entire life without ever making a topster

Cool database they’ve constructed though

[modern lichen]

It’s the most handy thing for a lazy person like me

[young compass]

I have yet to see a topster music list that doesn’t look like every other topster music list

[raw gate]

The guy who made the original one went insane

Maybe it’s connected

[raw gate]

RYM tax

And Fantano too tbf

[young compass]

I know it as /mu/ tax

I think I prefer media discourse when everyone involved is anonymous

I just don’t prefer it on 4chan lol

[primal mason]

I’m in the mood to watch Oldboy

[raw gate]

Cool film

Easily my favorite Park Chan-wook film asw, now that I’m thinking about it

[near echo]

This is my issue lol

I grew up on image boards and love the actual format
They attract the worst kinds of human beings though

Only use em to lurk rec threads now

[modern lichen]

I could make a list of Indian film albums I really like

[near echo]

Found mine lol

[trim crown]

RRR ||For a simple story about a couple of fellas trying to get a kidnapped daughter from a foreign empire, this was very enjoyable and amusing, at least for the first hour. I loved the insanity. By the next two hours, I honestly couldn't take much of the sheer insanity. It started to burn me out personally and I couldn't react much to the rest of the movie. Personally speaking, this story dragged an hour too long for me. Still, I respect this movie a lot for all the great choreography and insane action stuff put in display to make the film as entertaining as possible. This film is definitely one of a kind.||

[modern lichen]

this person loves being cold and winter

[trim crown]

Jahan, you know very well

[modern lichen]

love you too

[sage remnant]

2025 Novel Bingo

[modern lichen]

Why is the top middle blank

[modern lichen]

ok no one is gonna do that

good luck

[sage remnant]

I have to wait for something that looks interesting to me.
a couple people were planning to do Shadow of the Torturer so would probably do that (in the dg server)

other than that, I am happy with my tbr for this year

the longest is probably Priory and it's 3/4 of TWOk

[primal mason]

Mods stealing my content. Reported.

[trim crown]

[modern lichen]

there's nothing in your content to steal blue, dont worry

made this

realized there were more scores i loved but this is a decent selection of them

[near echo]

Lotta John Williams on this

Love that man

[modern lichen]

Yep

[wooden swift]

/mu/ and melon play into it for sure, half posturing half because both are actual great sources for discovering music for people who are inclined to care about it

[sand cypress]

@sage remnant We could buddy read this

Also you should read arcanum unbound (all of it) but specifically The Emperor's Soul which is a fantastic standalone novella that takes place on the Elantris planet and also Mistborn: Secret History after you finish Era 1

[sage remnant]

soon

[sage remnant]

near april then ig

[sand cypress]

Bet

[rich meadow]

[cunning kayak]

I love this movie. I watched this while tripping on some Devil Fruits. It just gets better and better. Bromance to the next level

[trim crown]

It's not a real review

Shenanigans

[cunning kayak]

Well, this is not a review channel 🤣
I just gave my opinion about it 😅

[trim crown]

No wait

It's real

Just not mine

[primal mason]

see what happens

[white fulcrum]

If you were letting yourself browse stuff on your phone and not actively engaged with the movie the whole time, I think it would be easy to accidentally break the necessary immersion. You gotta keep the momentum and feel like these big sweaty chads are right there swinging from ropes and other wild shit

I loved it. Theaters in my area still show it regularly and it sells out. Harsh pointing out the nuance that was totally lost on me is interesting. I appreciated it more like the anime movie “Redline” due to the total insanity beginning to end. The dudes are so jacked and their hair is so perfect it makes it all the more hilarious. The scenes highlighting their physique are so wildly over the top I can’t help but celebrate their greatness. The music is the cherry on top.

[primal mason]

I took a small break every hour to get myself properly immersed in the movie and I still got burnt out.

that's asking a lot.

i wasn't particularly distracted, because the bizarre cinematography and characters had me glued initially.

[white fulcrum]

I think Indian cinema is showing “over the top” doesn’t need to be an artistic liability or negative. Is RRR “over the top”, or does it tell a story using entirely different paradigm than most western movies? I’d say it is more accurate to say the latter.

But when people have very little exposure to Indian cinema, of course it’s going to be surprising and feel really wild.

I think RRR shows India can own the “over the top” label and carve out their own new perspective on storytelling through cinema. It’s a welcomed addition to me. There is inherent value to artistic expression having a new structure. It can be appreciated while also being acknowledged as very different.

[white fulcrum]

Yeah I mean it’s also just a super long movie so there’s that component as well. No shame in it not holding your attention. Everyone has their own taste. I benefited from watching it with friends. It was more like riding a roller coaster than appreciating a story for us. Then by the end we were all like “wow that was actually a pretty great movie”. We all expected to just laugh at the usual Bollywood craziness and were pleasantly surprised

A lot more people nowadays after RRR. Tons of people who have never seen Indian movies or didn’t like them have become diehard fans after RRR. Major theaters in the US still play it every so often and it sells out every time

To each their own. Wasn’t my cup of tea before either. More like something to laugh at while hanging out with friends. But RRR really is special. At least IMO

[light orchid]

@limber urchin I gotta ask. Did you ever watch Top Cat? I recently got sent a Spanish dub clip and I swear it's so much better in Spanish.

[limber urchin]

Yesn't. This is one of those older hanna barbera animations that I caught random glimpses of growing up but never sat down and actively paid attention to.

[blazing minnow]

Does anyone speak French?

[limber urchin]

Completely unrelated but I thought I'd update you on my The Way of Kings progress: I'm having a good time and am over half-way through at near page 700.

[light orchid]

Top Cat (why am I tagging this? It has no plot) ||https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fVut-x7QpGs?feature=share||

[limber urchin]

ha i'm kind of impressed with the lip sync

it triggered a random Spanish memory for me though

[light orchid]

Spanish dubs are usually very, very meticulous about that.

[limber urchin]

When I bought Mortal Kombat: Annihilation of VHS years back, I didn't realize I had bought it with Spanish subtitles and would randomly learn a Spanish word here and there because of it.

[light orchid]

At least Mexican ones. This is also a major reason as to why some dubs ended up changing the dialogues and incorporated local jokes just so it could be lip synced.

[limber urchin]

incorporating jokes that the audience can understand can sometimes work, at least if they would never had understood the original context of the language it was originally recorded in. I think?

though, I think I usually prefer when anime sticks to the source materla as much as possible myself

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Interlude 3 ||Man, I am SICK, SICK, I tell you of this guy. Jk but goddamn bro, someone needs to put Taravangian down||

[sand cypress]

Stormlight 5 || He doesnt know ||

[fluid merlin]

fav movies of 2024:

1. Challengers
2. Anora
3. Dune 2
4. The Substance
5. Furiosa
   do you guys have any list?

[raw gate]

Anora goat

[young compass]

I watched a ton of films that came out this year but didn’t like very many, dunno why.
1.
2.
3. Conclave
4. Kneecap (kind of stupid lol but a bit charming)
5. Nosferatu (didn’t love)

Haven’t seen Vermiglio or The Brutalist yet but they’d probably be #1 and #2 so I’ll just leave those spots empty

[fluid merlin]

read good stuff about brutalist so will def see that one and looking very much forward to Nosferatu

[young compass]

i recommend you check out vermiglio if you can see it

ive heard amazing things

@trim crown you too, it's italian

[fluid merlin]

havnt heard about it, will check

[near echo]

I barely watched 2024 films this year lol

Mostly been a backlog year

1. Nosferatu
2. Dune Part 2
3. Wicked

[scenic terrace]

Seeing wicked tomorrow and Nosferatu on Saturday

[limber urchin]

I still need to see Nosferatu, but I did see Wicked.

[scenic terrace]

In the meantime, Grey's Anatomy has broken my heart. (Big spoiler)

[modern lichen]

i've seen it, its ok

[modern lichen]

RRR isn't new in owning the "over-the-top" aesthetic to carve a perspective, its been inherent in Indian cinema for a while

But Indian cinema isn't just "over-the-top", like just below your comment, an idiot was being dismissive about Indian cinema, that says it all

[young compass]

what didnt you like about it

[modern lichen]

didnt fully buy into the family drama

[sage sleet]

Watch treasure planet and paddington 2 🫶🏼 and financially support me 🫶🏼

[young compass]

treasure planet lmaoo

[modern lichen]

i've come to appreciate treasure planet more these days, especially for the effort made

[sage sleet]

You’ll still watch paddington 2 and financially support me right

[young compass]

ive seen paddington

[modern lichen]

paddington 2 is better

[sage sleet]

I will be seated day 0 for paddington 3

[young compass]

that it was melodramatic? or contrived?

[sage sleet]

I work a breakfast shift then imma nap and watch paddington 3 until my eyes bleed

Needa watch more movies not just recent ones

[modern lichen]

it felt calculated in its intended dramatic quality rather than being natural

[young compass]

so contrived? i think most historical dramas tend to be

[modern lichen]

beautifully captured on film though, its really well shot

you could say its contrived, yeah

[tawny parcel]

Did anyone here watch saturday night i thought it was fun

[near echo]

But where's Sonic

[modern lichen]

i didnt watch it yet

i liked saturday night, wombat

[near echo]

You've abandoned him 😞

[young compass]

i didnt see didi

[modern lichen]

didi is really good

sonic 3 was just released into theatres a day ago lol

here in india

[near echo]

Being slow to buy the ticket means you've spiritually abandoned him

[modern lichen]

shocked how much i liked transformers one but goddamn that movie wasnt sold well

[near echo]

Yeah the trailers for that were genuinely horrible

Maybe I'll watch Look Back sometime this weekend I feel bad ignoring it

[young compass]

i reread the one shot recently to argue with steph

[modern lichen]

genuinely succeeds the source material and makes it better

[young compass]

still didn't really like it

i doubt i'll end up watching it

[modern lichen]

i love it

[near echo]

I already liked the source material despite some little wrinkles here and there

[modern lichen]

the voice acting, the adaptation from page to screen, the emotional power, it hits

i loved it

still need to watch the new cillian murphy movie

[young compass]

did you watch mid90s harsh

how would you compare it to didi

[modern lichen]

didi is better

much better

[young compass]

small things like these didnt make it for me

was missing something

[tawny parcel]

Man alien romulus was really good but the legacy sequel stuff was so much worse then some other legacy sequel stuff

[young compass]

murphy was good obv

[modern lichen]

alien romulus rocked

but it isnt my favorite

[young compass]

yeah it was fun

[tawny parcel]

Alien romulus ||“get….your hands off her…you bitch?…” bro didnt know what he was saying 😭😭😭||

[modern lichen]

i prefer first omen or transformers one for like the legacy stuff

this year was perhaps the worst for comic book films

[young compass]

of irish films i preferred the stupid rap one to small things lol

[modern lichen]

reminded me of the early 2000s

[young compass]

kneecap

[modern lichen]

oh kneecap?

yeah

sally rooney has hogged all the cultural limelight of ireland

i still need to read intermezzo, this year i will

[young compass]

still havent seen the brutalist cause no showings

heard one bad thing from a friend in new york

[near echo]

I totally skipped Romulus I'm too emotionally checked out from the Alien franchise to care anymore even if it's pretty good

[young compass]

that felicity jones is awful

[modern lichen]

the brutalist is the most anticipated film i have besides nosferatu

[near echo]

I haven't even played alien isolation yet and I've had a physical copy since I got a PS4 in 2015

[modern lichen]

i have only heard felicity jones is incredible

isolation is the scariest game i ever played

[young compass]

he just said she was miscast and too ridiculous

[modern lichen]

huh

[last perch]

Heard mixed things about nosferartu, but people say Lilly did a good job in acting

[near echo]

She's great in it

[young compass]

nosferatu is good if you know what you're getting into

lilly was really good

[last perch]

At least she got to act in a good movie because The Idol was a disaster.

[young compass]

i dont buy it as a film on its own

like if i showed it to someone without the context of the original or the genre

[modern lichen]

i've seen praise for:

• adrien brody
• guy pearce
• felicity jones
• joe alwyn

[last perch]

Tha latter is a series.

[modern lichen]

cool

[last perch]

Well yeah, weird kinky stuffs?

That I imagine what is going on, right?

[modern lichen]

have you never read vampire literature

[near echo]

The movie deals with a lot of sexual content but not in an exploitative way, it's just leaning into vampire shit

[bold yew]

Nosferatu is coming in our theatres tomorrow , probably will go watch it if I find people who want to watch it

[modern lichen]

vampires are inherently sexual creatures

i need to rewatch the herzog nosferatu before i go in to watch the eggers one

[tawny parcel]

Did anyone watch twisters that was dumh fun

[modern lichen]

i liked twisters

[bold yew]

Do I need to ?

[modern lichen]

no

its fun regardless

[bold yew]

If I like the movie I’ll probably see it after

[near echo]

Eggers Nosferatu ||I really like how the film makes vampires initially alluring but as things continue they show their true nature and tear you apart like a wolf. It's so visceral.||

[bold yew]

Watched the second movie of quite place today , so I want to check the third whenever there is time

First one was still the best

[near echo]

Quiet Place Day One was okay

[bold yew]

It’s a prequel right ?

[modern lichen]

yes

[bold yew]

I tend to like prequel movies more

Idk why

[eternal sierra]

Finally got around to watching arcane, just finished season one

[modern lichen]

good stuff

hope you enjoy season 2

[bold yew]

But this year had such a great bunch of movies

Last great film I watched was the substance so 2024 ended with a banger , films wise

[modern lichen]

oh i still need to watch the new eisenberg film, "a real pain"

heard it was great

especially kieran culkin's performance

[bold yew]

My mom liked it

Haven’t seen it myself yet

[bold yew]

Great man , did you liked it ?

[sage sleet]

I hate horror but I didn’t find it too scary? Idk if spoils prolly not but I’ll tag still ||ig I was on edge sometimes and there was 1-2 jump scares? But overall I was expecting some like screaming shit. Ion ever watch horror movies so maybe I just don’t know what horror is or maybe it’s gore and jump scares I dislike|| ig nosferatu idk!!!!!

[eternal sierra]

Yes especially that final episode. I’ll watch season two tomorrow.

[bold yew]

Niceeee , have a good watch

[modern lichen]

[sand cypress]

[leaden depot]

[dim hedge]

Nosferatu tonight

[sage remnant]

Let's gooooooo

[tawny parcel]

Bought some smaller books lol

Haven’t watched the lord of the rings movies besides like the first hour and after game of thrones I thought I’d do my due diligence and read them

[fickle ember]

Best way to experience lotr is the anime movie

[leaden depot]

||FINALLY, MJ IS HERE|| Amazing Spider-Man #42

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-wwe-chills-final-boss-dwayne-johnson-gif-7260641536818306893

[fickle ember]

[tawny parcel]

-bluepikmin

[bold yew]

Does this count as an offense ?

[near echo]

Best way to experience lotr is the rankin bass version but with all the original music turned off and the Howard Shore compositions playing in their place

[bold yew]

Have absolutely no idea what you said but it sounds like a hell yea sentence

[young compass]

Yeah it’s definitely not scary

It was more of an atmospheric horror

[naive socket]

Lmk if it’s good

[near echo]

Watching Tron Legacy

This movie is 90% aura

[mild seal]

the music is so good

[near echo]

Daft Punks second best feature length music video

[tawny parcel]

Lmfao

True

[near echo]

Disney come on

Tron Legacy end technically I guess

[tawny parcel]

😭

[near echo]

Tragically bumping Nosferatu down to a pitiful 4 and a half stars instead of 5

I looked at my list and I was like
nah I still prefer Suspiria and Carrie to this movie they cant be on the same tier

being next to films like Angels Egg and Eyes Without a Face feels like a better home

I hope Eggers can forgive me

[dim hedge]

Nosferatu in an hour and a half, never been more ready, i’ve managed to avoid spoilers almost entirely

Did get spoiled on one thing || which is that, despite not knowing what count orlock looks like at all i’ve seen the prosthetic than Nicholas Hoult kept || Nosferatu

[modern lichen]

@young compass watch "all we imagine as light", you'll like it

[modern lichen]

@mild seal insanity just happened

CR C3 latest ||what an insane yet poetic fight||

[mild seal]

[last perch]

Warrior movie : Done ✔️

5/5 movie at the beginning of the year

Warrior || UFC main event but with thick emotional plot||

@young compass have you watched it? You will like it since you watch ufc.

[young compass]

I have lol

it's a fun film

[last perch]

It is

I am looking for similarities now

[young compass]

probably the best MMA film, in terms of MMA as a sport

lots of martial art series that use MMA fighting though

[last perch]

Nah, looking for movies

Got no time to watch series atm

[young compass]

sorry i meant movies, yeah

they're just not like, MMA movies

donnie yen tends to do a lot of MMA shit in his films

flashpoint was all just him doing MMA techniques lol

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 21 ||Adolin is so funny man||

[mystic berry]

Squid Game S2E7

that’s MOTHER

[dim hedge]

Nosferatu was even better than i was expecting, will compile my thoughts later but wow

[dim hedge]

Peak…

[main lion]

dang you compiled those thoughts quickly

[modern lichen]

@young compass watched "small things like these", i agree that while cillian murphy is great in it (as usual), its not a great film on its own

didnt do much for me

[formal pine]

Squid Game S2E7 ||NEVER forgiving 388||

[modern lichen]

Finished The Lowland, excellent book

Onto Wolf Hall and then the rest of the Cromwell Trilogy

[bold yew]

@raw gate my fyp is filled with anora clips now

2 months later after its release for no reason at all

[raw gate]

I manifested it for you

[primal mason]

Finished Arcane S2 ||That was pretty good. While I've definitely seen this sort of story before where hatred and justice fuel the themes, Arcane handled it very well. This show had one of the better takes of an all-seeing god archetype trying to take over the world. Viktor was more calm and wise in his pursuit to unify all, but even then, a future Viktor had to warn an exhausted Jayce that in all possibilities, the goal to unity brings nothing but people with dreamless pursuits. The joy in imperfection in people is well emphasized here and had me thinking critically about it after finishing Arcane. Powerful ending. I liked the show overall. ||

||I don't get where the complaint of rushed story stuff from ppl on social media is coming from. I thought the arc of every character that had a central role wrapped up pretty well and everyone got to have a standout moment in the second season. ||

[near echo]

Yeah I'm split on how to rate it cuz like

As a remake I think it's perfect, what they accomplished given the high bar of the original is truly incredible

As a film in a vacuum I think it's like 4 or 4 and a half stars. I really love it but I've got a few small gripes

But yeah I got a watch Eggers' other stuff

[shadow sequoia]

Good take

[blissful quest]

SG S2 Ep 7 ||no literally she mothered so hard here, im in love||

||literally every character had a LETHAAALLL face card but she slayed the finale. Literally and figuratively ||

[rich meadow]

Nosferatu time

[broken fossil]

Nosferatu ||I was creeped out and disturbed , especially the ending scene, it wasn’t scary at all, but it was so disturbing to me that I still partially covered my eyes out of disgust, I like the proper portrayal of “Dracula” not being romantic or tragic but predatory as intended to be , it’s what makes him a “monster”||

[broken fossil]

Nosferatu ||also the movie is so dimly lit and grey shaded that it could almost be considered a black and white movie, nice little Easter egg lol||

[rich meadow]

Nosferatu ||I like how each of his movies explores a different condition and I probably enjoyed this film close to as much as the Lighthouse. Obviously Eggers is known for atmospheric stuff but I think this movie really nailed the gothic occult setting while having lust and sexuality as a backdrop. The sexual themes and tone enhanced the movie rather than being too much of a distraction which is good. Was a bit worried it’d be too extra but it definitely wasn’t. Great film 👍||

[leaden depot]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-impressive-very-nice-coping-patrick-bateman-gif-26518058

[fickle ember]

Peaking at the start of 2025, it’s all downhill from here

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 1: The Way of Kings END || https://youtu.be/_RHFf4QPCMA?si=eOxzrwm8BUwnMq0L ||

This is sick as fuck

[magic bloom]

Will wheel of time every get this…

These book series need to be animated and not live action. It’s a travesty what happened to WoT

The actors do their best but the writers are cooking up some bullshit

[rich meadow]

[worthy crypt]

It's not amazing but i didn't think it was a complete waste of time there's some stuff to enjoy

[near echo]

Watching Inside Out 2

It's cute

[white smelt]

Sonic boom || https://vxtwitter.com/MelodicQuest/status/1874969490569724167 ||

@main lion

[main lion]

15 minutes ago

[frank rivet]

Creature commandos is pretty good

[near echo]

Inside Out 2 ||okay this film immediately got more interesting when they got thrown in the vault||

[shadow sequoia]

Probably not

[near echo]

Okay Inside Out 2 keeps getting better I think this one actually is a Pixar classic

Like it way more than the first one

Gotta actually follow this studio again

[fickle ember]

[leaden depot]

Watched today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v74vH3LjSuo

Morricone OST peak as usual