western-series

[leaden depot]

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

You may recognize the main theme from a more recent film

[near echo]

Yeah that movie was really cute

Highest grossing animated movie of all worthy? Nah

But really cute

I think people were hungry for a classic Pixar movie and it launched at the right time

[young compass]

Amazing film

[near echo]

Turning Red is also really cute so far but I cannot believe Disney funded this

Turning Red ||Considering turning this movie off now that I know it's set in Canada||

[fickle ember]

I draw the line at enjoying turning red, how dare you

[leaden depot]

They really went the extra mile

[near echo]

Look

I'm only 20 minutes in

Has plenty of time to lose me

I'm also intoxicated so don't take any review scores too seriously they can shift in the morning

[fickle ember]

you’re on thin ice buddy

[near echo]

This is the movie Brave wanted to be

[near echo]

I hope you can find the heart to forgive me

Im halfway in and still like it

Maybe I've actually been watching the crap Pixar movies

[fickle ember]

Next you’re gonna tell me you like strange world

[white smelt]

Turning red was good

[primal mason]

When's Turning Blue

[modern lichen]

Isn’t Strange World a Disney Animation Studios production?

[dim hedge]

Nosferatu is something i wanna rewatch multiple times

I have so much to say about it but i wanna rewatch to see if i missed anything and if my understanding and interpretation is correct

[mild seal]

I'm kinda sad I missed out on interstellar in imax last year

but at least I got to watch dune 2 in imax

[foggy mirage]

Watch that day 1

Eggers cooked as usual

For a small 50 million too

That brother just needs a small budget and pumps these out

[dim hedge]

Hasn’t missed once, its crazy

[foggy mirage]

"Ah an eggers movie so I gotta watch it"

[dim hedge]

I think Nosferatu is my favourite by his but i gotta rewatch the light house

[foggy mirage]

Also Bill's best performance

Easily

Way more transformative than pennywise

You can barely recognize it's him

[foggy mirage]

Thats gonna be a classic once more time passes

https://tenor.com/view/lighthouse-willem-dafoe-neptune-winslow-gif-22283613

Looking out for 28 years later in a couple of months

[boreal vale]

sonic 3 ||mid again, my fault for watching||

[main lion]

the worst of us...

[boreal vale]

What does that mean

[main lion]

your opinions...

[mild seal]

I thought I was in games and you were talking about the game

[boreal vale]

Sonic 3 ||you like a kids movie||

[main lion]

yes?

do you hate all disney movies that you used to love

[boreal vale]

Sonic 3 ||no because they're charming and they have more than 2 good characters||

Sonic 3 ||Carried by eggman again, so much so that they added eggman 2||

Sonic 3 ||Or I suppose eggman 1||

[main lion]

sonic 3 || every character is good And its very charming. ||

As far as the recent videogame movies go

Sonic 3 > Mario > Sonic 2 > Sonic 1

[boreal vale]

I agree with the ranking

[main lion]

sonic 1 is ok, sonic 2 is good, mario is very good, sonic 3 is great

[boreal vale]

Sonic 3 ||The main 3 are so non-charming though||

Sonic 3 ||The coffee guy i forgot the name of was good and his stuff with eggman is always funny, and I'm glad they killed eggman and shadow (maybe)||

[main lion]

Sonic 3 || in order, eggman > shadow > sonic > knuckles > stone > tails > tom All of them are good. And all of them except for tom are charming||

sonic 3 ||also I did the leo point many times this film. They gave sonic adventure 2 a LOT of love here. The first of the 3 movies thats a fairly close adaptation of the games||

[boreal vale]

Sonic 3 ||I will say, I enjoy that they adapted SA2 more accurately, especially because the first one was like a fish out of water type story and that's not so much what I want from the blue blur||

Sonic 3 ||My main point anyway is that I'm sick of people swearing up and down that these movies are really good, and when the next one comes out people say the previous wasn't that great but the new one is||

[main lion]

sonic 3 ||people like all of them. People arent saying that 1 and 2 arent good lol. And 3 is a great movie. Genuinely lol. The double eggman is not a point against it either. This is maybe my favorite jim carrey performance of any of his movies tbh. ||

[boreal vale]

Sonic 3 ||I do like the double eggman, easily the best part of the movie is them being stupid||

Sonic 3 ||I also did not like Keanu as shadow, but shadow overall was enjoyable||

[main lion]

sonic 3 ||he did well as shadow imo tbh. He voice acted it enough that it wasnt 1:1 keanu. But it was still close. Shadow was great though.

Idk man, there were so many great sequences in the entire movie. The helicopter drop all the way to the end of the chase sequence with the akira slide and then shadow just standing on the bike was insane lol. ||

sonic 3 ||movie is great. Sonic could not exist, this movie could come out as the first ever sonic media, and I'd probably still think its great||

[boreal vale]

Sonic 3 ||Most of the action is cool and it goes very quickly, also the best of the 3 movies, my main gripes were more with the emotional stuff and the main 3's personality||

Sonic 3 ||I'm glad having had seen it, which idk if I'd say that for mario, so that's good||

[main lion]

sonic 3 ||I do like their game personalities more (except for maybe tails as the exception as of late). But I think for a movie like this their game personalities would not have worked. And of their options for new personality options, I think they made the right choices. Some of Knuckles' jokes don't land, but most of them are endearing enough. Tails is just game personality tails but with more agency. Sonic is a take on early 3d sonic's personalities with the quips dialed up to 11 and making them intentionally cheasier/less cool. ||

[raw gate]

[modern lichen]

[serene talon]

Sonic 3 ||Dr. Stone is awesome + Shadow is alive||

Sonic 3 + 4 + Sonic IDW ||My predictions for how Sonic 4 will play out after the Sonic 3 post credits along with Jim Carrey willing to return for Eggman once again will play out like one of the IDW Sonic Comic plots + Sonic 4 will be a reference to Sonic Heroes||

[main lion]

Add sonic idw to the tag warnings

@serene talon

[serene talon]

my fault

i swear thats archie no ?

nevermind

[serene talon]

fixed it

[modern lichen]

Watched Wicked

Sucked ass

Looked like a cheap Disney TV production

[raw gate]

Haven’t seen it yet. I’m conflicted now, though

I trust both your’s and Bon’s opinions

Obviously I’ll form my own, but ig I’m just curious to see now

[modern lichen]

The visual equivalent of baby food

[raw gate]

[modern lichen]

Will wash it off with Wallace and Gromit tonight, with some true greatness

[raw gate]

Was Vengeance Most Fowl good?

[modern lichen]

I haven’t watched it yet but it’s Nick Park doing Wallace and Gromit, it’s obviously gonna be great

[raw gate]

It’s on Netflix huh

[modern lichen]

Yep

[raw gate]

Might watch myself

[unkempt agate]

im baby

[arctic flax]

saw the pitch meeting of red one. damn, that movie is trash

[modern lichen]

It is

[unkempt agate]

the lighting was kinda iffy at some points tho

im not even watching red one

[arctic flax]

pitch meeting my favorite way to see trash movies

[modern lichen]

I watched it unfortunately

[unkempt agate]

lol

[arctic flax]

why would u lol

[modern lichen]

I just be watching movies

Also I wanted to see how bad it was

[arctic flax]

oh morbid curiosity i see

[modern lichen]

Masochism

[arctic flax]

i sometimes wanna see bad shit but my time is too limited for that

theres lot of peak i havent watched yet

[modern lichen]

That’s why I also watched Wicked today, it did not disappoint in how soul-sucking it was to me

[arctic flax]

heard thats getting good reviews tho

[modern lichen]

It is

I just kinda hate it

[raw gate]

Everything that glitters ain’t gold

[arctic flax]

fair, seen some movies that frustrated me why they are rated so highly

[modern lichen]

I’m used to great cinematography and choreography in dance sequences courtesy of Indian cinema

[arctic flax]

[modern lichen]

Bob Fosse needs to return to save musicals

[fluid merlin]

Nosferatu was great, it released yesterday in Sweden and basically every cinema was fully booked in my city

[modern lichen]

@near echo how did you like wicked, bro

[modern lichen]

AAAAAH i have to wait 6 more days, dude

[primal mason]

Starting K-Drama The Glory

[near echo]

Wicked was really good

One of the best stage musical adaptions I've seen

Got a few nitpicks with it but it's worth a watch

[leaden depot]

||Season 2 is even more campy if that is possible 😭|| Batman (1966) S2E3

[modest canyon]

Fargo (1996) Review

||Fun movie! Def a Coen brothers type of comedy with the touch of Minnesotan charm. Thought it was shot beautifully, the writing was strong and ofc Frances McDormand is sensational as Margie. Love the show and wanted to check this out and wasn’t disappointed.||

Rating: EXCELLENT/10 (8)

[arctic flax]

Ah, fargo. Love that movie

Both show and movie are near 10 to me. Though I only watched the show upto s3

[near echo]

Damn Harsh you HATED wicked

Just saw your rating lol

[modern lichen]

It fucking ruined my day

Watching the new Wallace and Gromit

[near echo]

😔

I'm a fan of the original stage musical

I'm a broadway kid

[modern lichen]

Haphazard stupid mess of an ugly ass movie

[near echo]

I'm just looking for a faithful adaption of the play that covers the songs well and brings the world a bit more to life

Cuz I can't always buy Broadway tickets for a Wicked fix y'know

I thought it was exactly what it needed to be, I actually like Cynthia Erivo in the role more than Idina Menzel

Some of the lighting was funky tho

[modern lichen]

as usual the new wallace and gromit film is a masterpiece

i'm only 10 minutes in

nick park did it again

[shadow sequoia]

https://fixupx.com/ReevesBatverse/status/1875280430515286105

LMFAO

[modern lichen]

new wallace and gromit ||gromit fighting for his life while wallace bumbles around like a stupid fucking idiot||

[scenic terrace]

In theaters for nosferatu, 1pm, movie still hasn’t started yet, and almost every trailer shown shows practically the whole movie

Absolutely crazy

[near echo]

At an exhibition for Maurice Sendaks work this is very cool
All the original artwork for where the wild things and it covers the whole breadth of his career

There's a clip from the movie playing it's making me morbidly curious

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 22 ||Gonna lose my mind over whoever this spy is||

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 24 ||LMAO||

[modern lichen]

having finished a book in like 2 days, i got reminded how immersive a good book is

especially great that i've found a groove back into fiction

just gotta keep maintaining this streak with the list of books i've compiled that i want to read this year

[scenic terrace]

I went into Nosferatu with no expectations and that was definitely the best approach. I don’t feel like or dislike towards it. It may be the most middle of the road movie to ever middle.

[white smelt]

They really dropped the ball not recording a live version with the original cast

Seeing clips of it on YouTube and it’s like…. Maaaan. Kristin and Idina will always be them.

[white smelt]

Shut the hell up man

[near echo]

Everyone be hating today 😔

[near echo]

Yeah this is always so weird to me

Wicked started as a sensation how did they not capitalize on it

[main lion]

the first and second half of your message do not correlate 😭

[scenic terrace]

Well I went in neutral. I came out neutral.

If there were a bell curve of movies, Nosferatu would be the peak

[tawny parcel]

It’s no grey’s anatomy is what he’s trying to say

[scenic terrace]

True, I would have rather spent that time watching Grey's Anatomy, or perhaps rewatching Wicked. Although Ariana Grande needs to put on like 10lbs 😭 Girl please

[white smelt]

Nosferatu is a film for women so I guess I can understand a gay man not vibing with it

[main lion]

I havent watched either of these and probably never will

but from everything Ive heard

"would rather rewatch wicked" sounds disrespectful

[tawny parcel]

Wicked was called good lol

I didn’t watch it but

[main lion]

my perception is that wicked was called good by the normie crowd and bad by the more hardcore crowd

just from what I've seen regarding online discourse/friends irl

[rich meadow]

Might be a top 5 message ever sent on this server

Absolute rollercoaster

[bold yew]

Lmaoooo

[near echo]

Wicked is just a live action Disney musical

[outer tulip]

Wicked was very good

Granted Wicked sucks, as a story... but they did a very good job turning it into a movie

[arctic flax]

isnt grey anatomy a shitty soap opera lmao

[outer tulip]

its the opposite of what we normally experience. People who know the story of Wicked thought it was fantastic. People who didn't, didn't like it cause Wicked isn't a good musical in general and just found out in the movie

[leaden depot]

||NO, NOT MAD|| Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

[modern lichen]

it also is a mess and looks like shit :)

[limber harbor]

Was watching Arcane with some friends and one of them mentioned S2 Finale spoilers ||That Jinx’s grenades have 0 delay so they’re incredibly impractical, unless she made that grenade specifically to blow herself up||

[modern lichen]

extremely poor visual and design choices, idiotic framing and blocking (please do anything other than wide establishing shots with twirling dancers and people staring at each other before each song sequence while being backlit like the sun is behind them all the time) and an edit that induces migraines

[limber harbor]

It’s crazy how casual fans notice stuff you never noticed

[modern lichen]

i'd rather jump off a cliff than watch wicked again

dont know how this movie even is getting praise

absolute abomination

wicked movie ||even defying gravity is done in the worst way possible, erivo does what she can by being a great singer but goddamn nothing else is good||

starting the day extra early hating

[tawny parcel]

Jesus man LMFAO

[modern lichen]

no force in the world can get me to like watching even a 10 second clip of wicked

[mild seal]

tough question for ya harsh

madame web or wicked?

[modern lichen]

morbius

[near echo]

Meanwhile I'm over here considering watching it a second time lol

[modern lichen]

I’m sorry

[subtle coyote]

Madame web wasn't that bad but wasn't good either

[modern lichen]

Every single creative decision in madame web felt like it was made after the director ate a bad plate of food

[scenic terrace]

Thank you Evan, I'm always trying to contribute to the greatness of this server

[scenic terrace]

Me loving HSM, Cheetah Girls, and that Corbin Bleu/Keke Palmer double dutch movie 💅 Definitely a correlation with that and liking Wicked

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/screentime/status/1875615204559745385?s=46 @sage sleet

ScreenTime (@screentime) on X

Ben Schwartz on playing Plastic Man in James Gunn's DCU

"It would be a dream come true"

Twitter · Jan 4, 2025, 6:48 PM

[fickle ember]

Pasto used up all his luck getting lobo casted

No way he gets his top pick for plastic man also

[tawny parcel]

Man ben schwartz lowkey just looks like he would be named plastic man

But like in a good way

[modern lichen]

Pasto rn

[scenic frost]

@brave orbit @sage remnant either of ya got any cool art for Oathbringer end major spoiler|| the most important words a man can say are " I will do better "||

[last perch]

Dunkirk: Done ✅ .
3.5/5

Dunkirk || I felt like the movie point was trying to impress you with war visuals, and how war can be scary, however, I didn't feel there was real stakes in the movie, only random npc's dying, ofc, other than the guy in the boat. Also, it didn't feel like there was a story to tell, it is more like a big sequence of event trying to be displayed for the viewer to impress them as I stated before. I liked the visuals, I liked most of the actors, except Harry Style (why tf is he acting), thus this movie get 3.5/5, so far the least rated Christopher Nolan Movie for me||

there is only Openheimer and Tenet that I haven't watched yet. tho they are on watchlist.

confused between watching "Everywhere Everything all at once" or "Knives out" first

hmmm

[tawny parcel]

Crazy work from the rizzler

[last perch]

ohhh , I wonder why those are his favorites 👀

[modern lichen]

They’re not

It’s a joke

[tawny parcel]

No the rizzler was a huge the substance fan

Moving significantly faster through storm of swords

Halfway through it

At least it feels that way

I think clash of kings took like a month and a half

[last perch]

there are so many super hero movies and sequels upcoming this year

Does IMBD miss any upcoming movie?

Look interesting.

I forgot about Hurry Up Tomorrow lol

album coming in 22th of January, Movie coming in May

[sage remnant]

Yes

Oh nah I spedred the final part lol

But still look at this || https://www.tumblr.com/lamaery/654671093451390976/unity-part-one-dalinar-reminding-us-that || OB end

[scenic frost]

OB end || I found a great one for "the next step" couldn't find any for "I'll do better" ||

Huh that's bad hang on

OB end that's better

[last perch]

how do you deal with movies on your watchlist that you got spoiled for?

got spoiled for some movies but i want to watch cause they are popular and high rated

[main lion]

just watch them

and stop watching tiktok summaries of movies

[brave orbit]

Nop

[bold yew]

If you ever mention the name of the movie at loud every single social media will just pop some scenes in your feed anyway

[main lion]

"every single" is an exaggeration

maybe this is a tiktok thing

I dont use tiktok so I dont experience this

[tawny parcel]

U also watch like 2 movies a year

[bold yew]

I get it from YouTube and insta as well not only tik tok

[main lion]

it would apply to anime too if it were true

[tawny parcel]

I don’t really have this issue for movies tho more like long running series

But also my anticipation gets the better of me

So like

I’m lowkey a psychopath because sometimes I’ll look up a a spoiler but then close it really fast because the mystery gets to me but also i dont want to know

[bold yew]

[tawny parcel]

I’m just fucked up and evil and crazy

[main lion]

whoa

[mild seal]

Just don't have social media

[last perch]

I don't, they just show up as reels on insta

[mild seal]

https://tenor.com/view/think-about-it-use-your-brain-use-the-brain-think-brain-gif-7914082

[dim hedge]

I used to do this but i’ve beat the habit

[bold yew]

🐺

[main lion]

thats just tiktok but on insta

same thing

[last perch]

Chill out yo

[last perch]

They pop up to me, not like I have a choice is my point.

[bold yew]

Can’t do that lol , especially insta I can’t give it up

[dim hedge]

Wombat lives in a society…

[tawny parcel]

The worst movie i watched last year was doctor sleep

Fuck doctor sleep

[dim hedge]

You’re crazy

[main lion]

do these tiktok/insta reels things not have a "not interested" that causes them to pop up less?

[bold yew]

It put me to sleep

[tawny parcel]

Doctor sleep is so shit

[last perch]

I haven't watched any 2024 movie except mad max

[tawny parcel]

I had the biggest crashout ever on doctor sleep

[last perch]

Hmmm

But I will watch se7en, haven't got spoiled for it so

[tawny parcel]

Se7en is good

[dim hedge]

Movies peaked with sonic 3 anyway so theres no need to debate the quality of others (haven’t seen it yet)

[bold yew]

It’s useless , I tried doing that with league content so it wouldn’t pop as much but doesn’t work , it might just show you less of that creator tho

[dim hedge]

Hopefully i’ll see sonic next week

[tawny parcel]

Bottom 5 movies of 2024 that I watched

1. Doctor sleep
2. A family affair but this is a shitty netflix romcom so i had no expectations but it was shit anyways
3. Despicable me 4 which is sad because these movies can honestly be fun
4. I forgot i watched sausage party so this would be 3 but I’m too lazy
5. either tenet or deadpool 1

Rewatching deadpool 1, it was kinda obnoxious as shit, which i know is his schtick but like idk

[dim hedge]

Doctor sleep below despicable me and sausage party is nuts

[bold yew]

I don’t even remember what happened in half the movie of doctor sleep lol

[tawny parcel]

Doctor sleep is number 1 because the shining is so good and it takes a big fat dumpy on that

Who gives a damn about sausage party and despicable me

I’m not even like a shining fanatic i watched it like a day before doctor sleep during October for the first time then i watched doctor sleep and it pissed me off

[modern lichen]

doctor sleep was cool

[tawny parcel]

Sloppy ass movie

[modern lichen]

you're just dumb

[tawny parcel]

Great first draft hope to see the final product soon

Alright the best movies I watched in 2024

[modern lichen]

flanagan did well marrying the book and the kubrick film in the aesthetic

[tawny parcel]

He certainly liked his kubrick didn’t he

[modern lichen]

what

[tawny parcel]

Doctor sleep ||I’m just talking about the reference fest that is like the last 30 minutes of that movie. “I need to wake up the hotel…stay out here right next to this inconspicuous hedge maze” >shining greatest hits starts playing||

[modern lichen]

doctor sleep ||its literally danny owning up to his past and embracing his dad's and his trauma while fighting for a girl's future||

doctor sleep ||danny has slipped into the same fatalistic cycle that his dad did, he has to fight the forces that are an extension of the hotel's malice and has to confront his own trauma and past with the hotel to ensnare the villains||

[tawny parcel]

Yeah i know i have media literacy its just presented really dumb

[modern lichen]

you are not presenting your critique well either lol

[tawny parcel]

I know this movie just brings an angry rage out of me

[modern lichen]

either way, i can understand not liking it

i dont care about doctor sleep as much but the criticism you've levied so far is just extremely funny to me

man

[tawny parcel]

That movie had mcu level dialogue bro it was crazy

[modern lichen]

i am feeling my movie watching groove return

its fun

the movie did not have MCU level dialogue, it was fine

MCU had good dialogue as well

either way, gonna watch the fuckin LOTR animated movie today

or something else idk

[tawny parcel]

Best movies I watched in 2024 were oldboy, interstellar, first slam dunk, alien, oppenheimer, 10 things I hate about you, and the shining probably

Movies are cool :D !

[dim hedge]

True, they are really cool

[tawny parcel]

Hope to watch more this year, watched 60 last year

[dim hedge]

I wanna try watch more this year and dive into older stuff and also more variety in countries

Nice

[main lion]

Best movies I watched in 2024 were Sonic 1, Sonic 2, and Sonic 3

[tawny parcel]

The movies red watched in 2024: Sonic 1, sonic 2, sonic 3, the batman

[dim hedge]

Peak…

[tawny parcel]

Marriage story also up here too

[main lion]

jokes aside I actually did watch a lot of movies in 2024 since I rewatched every single ghibli movie ever released this year except for nausicaa and boy and the heron

[dim hedge]

For sonic 4 i’ll be ready with all my game knowledge and go in unspoiled in the theatres

Had 65 movies last year iirc which was nice

[tawny parcel]

What were your favorites? Curious

[dim hedge]

Any good recs harsh

[modern lichen]

let me make a list

i made a topster but i think that's outdated already

[tawny parcel]

No don’t call them good you can’t give him that power you have to call it shit first and then watch it yourself to disprove him

Man i realized i never watched monkey man this year

I was super hyped up for thay

[modern lichen]

monkey man was ok

as an indian it felt like the politics were a bit too generalized and didactic

@dim hedge watch "a real pain" and "the first omen"

[dim hedge]

Ty

[modern lichen]

you were asking about 2024 film recs? or like generally?

[tawny parcel]

Oh harsh i saw u bring up wallace and gromit is it the same voice cast from wererabbit

[main lion]

I followed a sonic artist on twitter cause they did and retweeted cool stuff but as of like a week ago they started obsessively retweeting sonic x knuckles shipping art and I just had to unfollow them. Sad times.

[modern lichen]

lmao

[dim hedge]

Generally, also wondering about Indian cinema as well since i’ve been interested in checking more out

[tawny parcel]

Or wallace his voice is burned into my head as a kid

Idk why

[dim hedge]

[main lion]

oh ya hows that new wallace and gromit

I need to watch that

[dim hedge]

Shipping sonic with knuckles when shadow is right there…

I forgot Wallace and Gromit came out, i gotta get on that tomorrow

[modern lichen]

dope as fuck

[tawny parcel]

Wererabbit is a jolly good ol time

[main lion]

ive seen wererabbit like 20 times

[tawny parcel]

Yooooo

[modern lichen]

you want indian movie recs? have you seen RRR?

[dim hedge]

Yeah

[modern lichen]

watch baahubali (2 films) and eega by the same director, ss rajamouli

[tawny parcel]

A real pain was showing at this film festival in switzerland and i really wanted to go watch it but my family didnt 😞

[dim hedge]

Its what got me interested since that was a 5/5 movie for me

[tawny parcel]

It would have had the actors there though

[dim hedge]

Ty

[modern lichen]

and then i can open up the gates for you

kieran culkin is incredible in a real pain

[dim hedge]

My goal this year is expanding my taste more with different time periods and cultures

[tawny parcel]

Has kieran culkin been doing anything besides this since succession ended???

[modern lichen]

no

[tawny parcel]

He was so charming in that show

[modern lichen]

he's working on several other projects but this is the first since succession

[tawny parcel]

I will put it on my watchlist

I could have seen him in person

Gee willikers

[sage sleet]

Using up your luck, harsh’s luck, and the luck of my nonexistent children for this

All I want

And a Dr Pepper 🤤

[modern lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/i-get-it-omg-danny-devito-oh-my-god-gif-15873107

[sage sleet]

Mamoa as Lobo is amazing casting but nothing will ever beat Ben Schwartz as plastic man

I pray for his success over mine

[vast root]

I watched like 4 movies released last year I have a lot to catch up

[sage sleet]

Gotta start keeping track of what I watch

Keep forgetting

Bouta watch myself drink a Dr Pepper!!!!!! I’m an animal!!!!!!!!!!!!

[modern lichen]

this year is a the year of me reading books

already finished one, nearly finished with another one

[sage sleet]

I wanna start reading more

I also.. wanna drink a Dr Pepper!!!!!

Mb team

[tawny parcel]

BOOKS

[modern lichen]

returning to my real form

of obsessively reading books

[warm cape]

What are you reading

[modern lichen]

I finished The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri and now I’m reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

[unkempt agate]

Goldfinch any good? I have it on my shelf but never read it

[modern lichen]

Very good

[modest canyon]

The Terminator (1984) mini review

||I love T2 so much I forget how good this film actually is. Arnold is great, Linda is great and the main trio bring so much energy to the movie. You can feel Sarah's character progression through every scene, from timid waitress to badass mother of the future. I also love how in this movie they have to be smart to defeat the T800, instead of relying on brute strength since T800 has plenty of it. Amazing movie can't wait to rewatch T2 with my gf||

Rating: EXCELLENT-EXCEPTIONAL/10 (8.5)

[raw gate]

[naive juniper]

has anyone read Bad Monekys by Matt Ruff?

[leaden depot]

Why do people keep calling him Mamoa

Is Momoa

Cant people read someone's name or what

[worthy crypt]

Close enough if people know what you mean

I got a name with an atypical spelling, I got over people misspelling it by the time I was like 6 I'm sure momoa will be fine

[leaden depot]

I guess is my spanish brain, I read both mo the same way lol

Spanish way more uniform when it comes to spelling, english sucks

[worthy crypt]

squid game 2 || pretty disapointing. Still does pretty well at creating tension but its one of those modern endings where they already know they got another installment coming so its not really an ending, its half a story ||

[primal mason]

The Glory Episode 11 ||Son-a's mother being strong and willing to stand the violent abuse of her husband made cry man. And now the husband is in play with the whole revenge debacle. So tempted to watch the last set of episodes right now, but I must withhold. This show has slowly been winning me over, even though it's a vengeance story. Moon has been winning by not only having a stable and great career, but also destroying Yeon's greedy lifestyle step by step. And it's been glorious to see.||

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 35 ||Adolin and Maya performing the kata in a fight is peak||

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 36 ||I had a feeling it wasn't any of three because they all felt like they were too obvious but PATTERN??? NO SHOT||

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings, page low 800s ||Please, don't spoil anything for me, but I did want to give my thoughts on something. The Jasnah/Shallan storyline is my favorite so far, and I'm at the point where she just turned the ardent down, and supposedly plans to leave tomorrow (I'm guessing she won't). I'm actually stuck wondering what will happen because there are probably numerous possibilities. But, for some reason, my mind keeps going to "Jasnah knows Shallan stole the soulcaster and is intentionally saying nothing and will actually confront her about it because she is clever and has probably figured out the truth about Shallan's family and her father's whereabouts through some unforeseen deductive reasoning." I'm probably very wrong, but that's what my gut is telling me . Also, my favorite parts of the story so far have been: 1. Shallan sketching uknown figures behind the king that freaked her out. 2. Dalinar experiencing a vision of the past with what I believe are the Lost Radiants and Voidbringers (the one where he's inhabiting the body of a man trying to keep that man's wife and daughter safe.). Apologies if I got names or worldbuilding details wrong, it's a huge book.||

The Way of Kings ||Oh, I like it quite a bit! I'm not as big on reading his backstory in the village, but I tolerate it. However, I will say learning that Tien was forcefully conscripted was a gut punch; for some reason, I just didn't see it coming even though I knew he was already dead in the story (maybe the story said how he died earlier and I just forgot). I love, love, LOVE Rock though, such a fun character. If I had a criticism, it's that Kal's storyline feels almost like torture porn, but at the same time it feels very realistic to what one would expect of attempting to making something of oneself in what is essentially the worst life you can have as a member of bridge team 4. As of last night, I guess Syl might be some Radiant come back to aid Kal? I'm still uncertain about her though.||

[main lion]

@brazen oriole you need to spoiler tag the same way as everyone else

[leaden depot]

Tomorrow I start the long journey: season 1 of the OG Star Trek series. Although not for the 1st time; back in like 2014-2016 I watched the OG Series, Next Generation, DS9, Voyager and the original 12 film series, but I sure don't mind rewatching them

[last perch]

What would you rate a movie that has its last 20 minute to be very great comparing to its first 1 hour and 40 minutes of normal cliche movie?

Out of 5

[modern lichen]

If I like a film I rate it accordingly

Anyway, how is Emilia Perez winning awards, shit looks so bad

[fickle ember]

https://x.com/goldenglobes/status/1876104637247569921

Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) on X

Congratulations to Wicked on winning the #GoldenGlobes award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement!

Twitter · Jan 6, 2025, 3:12 AM

Let me get my popcorn ready harsh

Two minutes

[modern lichen]

its ok i've given up

[fickle ember]

Ok I’m ready

[modern lichen]

i'm done

[fickle ember]

[modern lichen]

all of us have lost by this win....

[mild seal]

Just be happy it's the golden globes and nobody gives a fuck about them

[modern lichen]

no one has been caring about the oscars either, its kinda amazing how far the award show reputations have fallen

[near echo]

My sister in law has seen it in theaters I think four times now lol
It resonated with its audience

[near echo]

Except Geoff Keighley baby
Another win for the gamers

[modern lichen]

game awards winning this time only because new stuff is actually announced there

the actual awards show part of the game awards, no one gives a flying fuck about

[near echo]

Imagine the Oscars
Bill Skarsgard walks off stage, thanking everyone for his award. And then Ridley Scott walks on stage, saying there's a world premiere announcement in store and he's excited beyond belief

Screen rolls down. Room darkens. Sonic 4 trailer.

[dim hedge]

[modern lichen]

would be awesome ngl

even if i dont enjoy the sonic films much

[near echo]

Neil Druckmann comes in to show off the same TLOU Season 2 trailer they already showed at the last Game Awards except this time nobody claps when he comes in

[fickle ember]

I had a very low key film year in 2024

Let me count how many

12 movies and 3 of them were Christmas ones

[modern lichen]

dope

[tawny parcel]

Why DONT more awards shows do announcements??

Like just save some movie trailers for the show

[near echo]

I think if you wanna actually be a big public rewards show that is the angle to go if you actually want revenue

But like

I think more rewards shows should kinda just be handled by your peers in the medium

[tawny parcel]

Haven’t award shows declined in viewership

Like the oscars and golden globes and shit

[modern lichen]

yes

[tawny parcel]

Just go game awards route

[modern lichen]

most people just use social media to keep tabs of the winners

[near echo]

I respect the GDC awards way more than The Game Awards

[tawny parcel]

Announce movies

[modern lichen]

i havent respected award shows for years, these last few years are just a new low

[near echo]

Oh wild robot is now on streaming

Maybe I'll finally watch that next week

[peak flume]

Is it just me or is the invincible animation dreadful

Surely the budget is good enough for them to have at least decent animation

[fickle ember]

Budget is too low

98% goes to overkill big name actors doing voices

Still enjoyable despite random episodes of stiffness

No shade towards yuen and jk simmons, they’re both great

[worthy crypt]

I didnt notice any problems but i dont think i normally would notice that kind of thing

[fickle ember]

Also really like eve’s voice, but there’s some names I’m like what why would you cast someone so big

Invincible || the mars episodes were pretty bad || I can’t recall anything from the recent stuff, but I watched with others so I don’t focus on that kind of stuff when I do that

[frank rivet]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1876090244514394498

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

Colin Farrell has won Best Actor in a Limited Series at the #GoldenGlobes for ‘THE PENGUIN’

See the full winners list: https://t.co/zH8Pzwnws5

Twitter · Jan 6, 2025, 2:15 AM

Well deserved

[near echo]

Not liking A Ghost Story as much as I was hoping I would
||This movie has the feel and direction of a short film in a way that's not really sustaining an entire film. I get the point already||

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/georgecarmi/status/1876077425651798256?s=46

George Carmi (@georgecarmi) on X

we’re actually witnessing history this awards season tbh. we may never see a film as dogshit as emilia perez win awards. this is generational delusion from voting committees that we may never see again.

Twitter · Jan 6, 2025, 1:24 AM

[modern lichen]

Crash level crash out for award shows

[near echo]

Really bummed by how much I felt like I should have liked that movie and just didn't

Debating whether or not I actually wanna watch Green Knight now since that's also by Lowery

[modern lichen]

Green Knight is great

[near echo]

I'll give him another chance

A Ghost Story was just like, ||extremely understated in the places I felt like I wanted to actually flesh itself out more and then insanely heavy handed in the places I wanted it to be subtle||

||Felt like two short film pitches awkwardly stitched together with both stepping on each other's toes||

[modern lichen]

I didn’t like Ghost Story much either but The Green Knight is just all kinds of good

[near echo]

Cool

There's stuff I LIKE about this film too, quite a lot actually, it's just kinda amateurish in the execution in a way that frustrated me

So I guess he was able to refine his craft in the years leading into Green Knight

[raw gate]

Gonna finally watch Avalon this morning

Ascension into the final evolution of Oshii fanaticism

[tawny parcel]

Rewatching squid games s1 with my gf because were gonna watch s2 squid games s1 ep6|| i forgot how much of a fucking gut punch this episode is ||

Squid games ep 6 ||especially my goat ali 😞||

[modern lichen]

Watched Emilia Perez

Musicals are dead and this is the death knell

[dim hedge]

Finally getting around to squid games season 2

[formal pine]

Alice in borderlands ep 3 ||how do you build up such loveable characters and then Kill them off in 3 episodes...this show is insane||

[rustic ice]

kojima awards
https://x.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1876240441638867392?t=zKEGoFXRbqRQAwJKeiZvQw&s=19

HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) on X

My top 12 international films released in Japan in 2024, not ranked but in the order I saw them.

Past Lives
The Teachers’ Lounge
Dune: Part Two
All of Us Strangers
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
La chimera
Hit Man
Gondola
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Substance
The Holdovers
Juror No.

Twitter · Jan 6, 2025, 12:12 PM

[modern lichen]

LETS FUCKING GO

some of these are 2023 releases but fuck it

[mild seal]

he did say released in japan

so they might have released late out there

[modern lichen]

yeah they are

its weird with releases in japan, they're extremely late

[mild seal]

mexico is somewhat the same

I think they wait for the dubs to be ready for people that don't wanna watch it subbed

[median nova]

squid games s1 ep 6 || sang woo where r u 😭😭😭😭 ||

[leaden depot]

||3D chess, iconic|| Star Trek: TOS S01E02

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings, page early 900s ||Please, do not spoil me beyond this. I was 100% caught off-guard by Kabsal being an assassin coming for Jasnah's life - that was a rollercoaster in the hospital. I'm also very sad to see that the remaining chapters of part 4 don't include Shallan 'cause I really, really wanted to see what happens with her and Jasnah going forward, though it will suck if they simply depart on bad terms; there was a good relationship developing. Oh, well. Back to Dalinar visions in the meantime.||

[sage remnant]

when will you be completing it?

I want to be there to see your reactions live

[last perch]

Se7en: Done ✅

Se7en || the first hour and 50 minutes is just your average mystery solving movie, the last 10 minutes is what raises the bar, also, disturbing ending||

3.5/5

[primal mason]

I finished The Glory ||That was great. Normally I would be neutral towards revenge plots towards shitty people because they're written with little substance, but this series' slowburn approach to that sort of plot made the drama and rising and falling arcs of the protagonists and villains emotionally investing and fun to watch. This show slowly won me over with each step of victory the protagonist accomplished. By the end, I was pretty satisfied how the fates of the shitty people turned out and was happy that Moon could finally recover and move on from her harsh past. ||

||I personally loved the character storyline of Son-a's mother the most. Her struggle and persistence to work with Moon and help rescue her daughter from the abusive dad's suffering broke me at multiple points. To see that the dad was finally killed off through strategically accidental means was both relieving and emotional for me. The mom can finally live in peace, knowing Son-a will be okay living in the USA and that the scars of dad will be no more. ||

I really liked this K-drama.

[limber urchin]

Within this week I think.

[sage remnant]

ping me if you are like planning to read a long chunk in a day and also considering perhaps posting the reactions
Even if not, do ping me after you finish 🙏

[limber urchin]

I'll probably ping once I finish. I've only posted my thoughts twice so far and I'm only 3-400 pages from being finished, so I wouldn't expect many more in-progress reactions going forward 'til I'm done.

[sage remnant]

okii

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Interlude 6 ||Taravangian is about to lock in, isn't he?||

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Interlude 6 ||I feel like a chump for not realizing the traitor was Pattern and the spren warning Navani was the Sibling; I will take this L willingly since I have hyped up specifically for Kaladin, Renarin, and Szeth ||

[brazen oriole]

First time watching?

[leaden depot]

Nope, watched it like a decade ago

I dont remember most of it lol

[brazen oriole]

its still great
Have you seen any of the other series?

[leaden depot]

Yeah

Next Generation, DS9 and Voyager

Watched them around 2014-2016

[leaden depot]

10 episodes in, I'm liking it more than I remember the 1st time around

Maybe because I'm older and more knowledgable about stuff lol

[tawny parcel]

Storm of swords ||damn, robb is dead, knew this going in but still wasn’t expecting it like this from the freys||

[limber urchin]

A Storm of Swords ||Just to make sure, what is the final lines of this chapter? I want to avoid saying anything spoilery.||

[tawny parcel]

A storm of swords ||along the lines of “Catelyn had a blade to her throat” not confirmed dead though||

[tawny parcel]

I meant to reply to this oops

[limber urchin]

A Storm of Swords ||OK i won't say anything then. have you seen the show at least?||

[tawny parcel]

No

A storm or swords ||Arya was running to the castle but the hound knocked her out. The wording kinda insinuated he killed her but there would be no reason lol so it’s definitely just knocked out||

[limber urchin]

@shadow sequoia Wayne's World ||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN_VgVEZD0k||

[shadow sequoia]

Lol, never seen this

If it's from the movie, I don't remember

[limber urchin]

Yeah it's a little one-off gag they do

[regal root]

ASOS ||Fun fact, GRRM said he had to save that chapter for last because he got so emotional writing it, so he wrote around it ||

[shadow sequoia]

Gotcha, I'll rewatch it one of these days

[sage remnant]

bruh

ASOS don't open Wombat || It was extremely shocking but can't see it being emotional ||

[tawny parcel]

ASOS ||honestly it happened so fast I wasn’t that emotional lol, but also I knew going in||

[limber urchin]

ASOS don't open wombat||Emotional for George since he's killing off characters he loves to write about.||

[sage remnant]

fair

tbf ||I can't remember much stuff from that series that I would say are emotional ||GOT/ASOIAF

||maybe they are in books, but I dropped the books v early ||

[tawny parcel]

A storm of swords ||now my goat Joffrey can finally rule in peace only 2 kings left ||

[sage remnant]

classic Wombat moment...

[tawny parcel]

A storm of swords ||3 i guess actually with dany||

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF at large, you can read this ||There are more emotional moments in the books for sure, but the show does have the unfair advantage of cinematography, acting, and music to help elevate the emotional moment of a scene.||

[sage remnant]

even with that GoT later seasons (Don't open Wombat) || The only emotional scene I can remember is Snow being named King in the North ||

[tawny parcel]

Man asos ||Westeros is so fucked with dany coming LOL ||

After this book the show becomes its own thing yeah?

[sage remnant]

ASOS || MY RIGHTFUL QUEEN 🧎‍♂️ ||

[sage remnant]

The major beats are still from the next book iirc

but the difference increases

[tawny parcel]

Is buc the only pressing whos fully read the books?

I know u read book 1 but both didnt you and buffy watch it

[sage remnant]

harsh, Archer, Venqi

from the top of my head

[limber urchin]

GoT Season 6 ||That was mega powerful because it came after the suggestion that he was not Ned Stark's bastard at the Tower of Joy where Lyanna, his sister, gave birth to him.||

[tawny parcel]

Oh and qbz

[limber urchin]

yes and no. it still borrows from book 4 and even some from book 5

[sage remnant]

is the|| high sparrow stuff|| from the books ? GoT s5

that was easily the worst stuff from the series

[limber urchin]

yes it is from the books

[limber urchin]

I've read the books and listened to them on audio book more than once and i've watched the show multiple times

[tawny parcel]

My apologies for listening to the audio book LOL

[shadow sequoia]

I have read all of ASOIAF

But it's been years since I read them

[limber urchin]

oh yeah, I can't do audio books the first time. I must read the book first, and then I'll do the audio book as background noise at a later time.

[tawny parcel]

Roy detroice i think his name is

[limber urchin]

Like, I'm reading The Way of Kings; later I'll do the audio book.

[tawny parcel]

He is not great lol

[limber urchin]

YES

[tawny parcel]

😭😭

[limber urchin]

he has a cameo in the show btw

but I won't say who

[tawny parcel]

Thats funny

[limber urchin]

I love how...."interesting" his voices are.

and how he sometimes says the name wrong lol

[tawny parcel]

Interesting is surely the word to use

[sage remnant]

I can't listen to the audiobook, and I hate how the guy narrates Kaladin, but other than that, the scenes in the audiobook are just so powerful

[tawny parcel]

I’ll only listen to it when I’m like doing cardio at the gym

[sage remnant]

I listen to them in the background at work sometimes

[limber urchin]

but i'm so used to him, I can't imagine anyone else. BTW....roy died a few years back. 😦

[shadow sequoia]

You should look for the graphic audio instead of the audiobook

[limber urchin]

what is a graphic audio, or is that meant sarcastically?

[sage remnant]

oh yeah I hate Kal's voice in graphic audio too

[shadow sequoia]

It has voice acting, sfx, etc

[tawny parcel]

Asos ||wooohooooo back in kings landing ||

[limber urchin]

ooooooh. I think I've heard of these, but didn't know they had a proper name.

[sage remnant]

voice acting, special effects, multiple speakers

[tawny parcel]

Asos|| of kings landing/tyrion pov for sure has the strongest side characters in the series||

[shadow sequoia]

I haven't listened to all of it

But I've listened to snippets

[sage remnant]

same

[shadow sequoia]

Way of Kings sounded good

[tawny parcel]

I want to read way of kings but man its so annoying knowing ill have to wait like 7 years

[limber urchin]

ASOS ||George loves writing Tyrion, so that might explain why his chapters can be great.||

[sage remnant]

if you wish for the "full" experience (not necessary), there would be way more than main series to read

[tawny parcel]

I bought it before WaT came out and the news came out and i planned to read it

[tawny parcel]

I know mistborn is said the place to start

[sage remnant]

and some of the upcoming series are even more directly related to stormlight

[tawny parcel]

Maybe i read that trilogy while iw aiy

[limber urchin]

Way of Kings is solid so far. I shoudl finish this week. But then I'll take a break and pick up another book first.

[tawny parcel]

Wait

[sage remnant]

eh no. The Way of Kings is much better

I wouldn't have continued sanderson with this excitement if I started with Mistborn

[shadow sequoia]

Honestly Wombat, I feel like the wait isn't that bad

[limber urchin]

I read early parts of Mistborn and Elantris but got lazy. They were good though, what I read.

[tawny parcel]

7 years….

[sage remnant]

first book of TWOK is a 4.75 for me. First book of Mistborn was like 3.5

[shadow sequoia]

Iirc, Brandon wants to start Mistborn Era 3 already

[tawny parcel]

What does era mean

[shadow sequoia]

Like each year you'll get that

[shadow sequoia]

Think of it like JoJo

[tawny parcel]

Oh okay

[shadow sequoia]

Some concepts stay the same but it's a new setting and cast

All within the Cosmere of course

[tawny parcel]

We’ll see what happens

I have aWoK sitting on my shelf

[shadow sequoia]

Could always read Malazan or Discworld to stay busy

That shit is like 40 books combined and they're finished

[sage remnant]

yeah just read Discworld

and not stormmid

stormlight humor is mostly brandon trying to copy Discworld's and failing

[tawny parcel]

I bought LotR to read after Asoiaf

Cause it felt like, obvious i suppose

Continue the little high fantasy train

[shadow sequoia]

Lord of the Rings is good

I liked the Hobbit too

I have the Silmarillion but haven't read it yet

Speaking of Stormlight though

[mild seal]

LotR || https://tenor.com/view/walk-lotr-walking-tom-cardy-gif-27636394 ||

you can open that wombat

[sage remnant]

so real

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 46 ||I'm really liking Navani and Raboniel interacting||

[sage remnant]

but that's like 90% of quest fantasy

[sage remnant]

🧎‍♂️

what has happened so far

[tawny parcel]

I also bought 20 thousand leagues under the sea :D

[sage remnant]

now that I haven't read

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 46 ||Navani surrendered after saving the Sibling from being corrupted, Kaladin escaped to a hidden room with Syl, Adolin and Shallan's status is unknown but they just got into Lasting Integrity; Right now, this is after that Eshonai flashback chapter where she encountered Gavilar and Dalinar||

[sage remnant]

ah okay

What did you think of ||the chapter "Men and Monsters" || RoW

||last of part 2 ||

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 43 ||Honestly? I love Lirin but I'm kinda getting tired of his whole non-murder thing, I get it and I love how Brandon is writing Kal in this way where he realizes he can do more tackling everyone's mental illnesses and whatnot but I'm 99% sure this is something you cannot deal with without fighting back (Odium, Fused, Moash/Vyre). I like that he looked out for Teft and understand where Lirin is coming from. I'm just surprised the dude is still like this after knowing his son is a Radiant for a year now.||

[sage remnant]

for me it was the highest point of this book for like a long time
RoW part 2 end || Kaladin and Syl having to come back to battle despite wishing for walking away, cuz there's no other way. The whole "It was a nice dream" and Syl "whispering" yes. And then the final conversation with Lirin
So fucking good ||

[sage remnant]

Man unrelated but I can't wait for you to finish this book and also finish WaT

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 46 ||Yeah, I've been loving Kaladin, Shallan, Adolin, and Navani this whole book. I think I expected the other characters to give them all a bit of slack. I will say, I loved the Pattern twist, Dabbid moment, and Teofil (holy shit, this dude was a gigachad who should've been a Radiant)||

[shadow sequoia]

I am excited too

[sage remnant]

The negatives in the book just overwhelmed the positives for me

[shadow sequoia]

I genuinely don't think I really dislike ANY of the cosmere books lol

[sage remnant]

one you are already past

[shadow sequoia]

That's an amazing record imo

[shadow sequoia]

Oh really? Which one was that?

[sage remnant]

RoW ch 46 || Raboniel goes to the Fused and relays the plan to take over the tower, and it continues like exactly the same way they want.

Where's the mystery? Where's the surprise? It was like in OB Taravangian says "Let's reveal the fact that we are the actual voidbringers and parsh are the original people" and then they reveal that ||

[shadow sequoia]

Ah

[sage remnant]

that started a series of frustration that stretched to even sanderlanche for me

[shadow sequoia]

You know what's funny

[worthy crypt]

my disapointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined when I learned today you cant get goodreads on your phone

[sage remnant]

you can

I have it

[worthy crypt]

why dude. is leaving and reading text reviews too much for my phone?

[tawny parcel]

Man these asoiaf books are so big its so crazy im 600 pages through the third one have 300 more and 2 more books 😭

[worthy crypt]

The google play store tells me "this app wont work with your device"

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 3: Oathbringer END ||I actually thought that Taravangian was going to reveal the truth about Evi to the coalition so I was just confused when he started using that instead||

[sage remnant]

small ass book

[tawny parcel]

These are the biggest books I’ve read

Why we gatekeeping reading

[sage remnant]

After Stormlight and Imajica, no book feels long

[shadow sequoia]

I remember going back to reread Narnia a few years back

Those books can be read in a couple of hours LOL

[sage remnant]

Narnia books are so short 😭

[tawny parcel]

Thats how i think ill feel after this

Except for more epic fantasy

[sage remnant]

tbf, I still could finish those books in a couple of hours even in my childhood

[tawny parcel]

Its crazy to think when lotr came out it was considered too big and had to be split in 3 books

[sage remnant]

I remember going to library in a 30 min break and reading a Enid Blyton book start to finish

[shadow sequoia]

I thought they were much longer as a kid

[tawny parcel]

Now we have brandon sanderson writing 1400 page books and they’re like best sellers

[shadow sequoia]

Yeah, it's funny because the complaint I would have is that I want more

[sage remnant]

I see you typing in otherseries. @tidal tendon where are you in WoT now

also @tawny parcel read Imajica after this...

you will like it

also have you watched Hellraiser?

[tawny parcel]

I have not

[tawny parcel]

How many books is it

[sage remnant]

1

[gilded dew]

Creature commandos is a lot better than I thought itd be

No single character is truly good or evil, each one of them, even temporary characters are complex in their morality

[modern lichen]

It’s like Doom Patrol (also a great show and comic book adaptation)

[tawny parcel]

Man I’ve been grinding asos these past couple days

Like 200 pages over the past 3 days or smth

[frank rivet]

The Last Of Us S2 Trailer - || https://vxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1876445995405565969||

[worthy crypt]

asos is pretty sweet, most people have it as #1 or #2 among the published books

some people prefer adwd

[limber harbor]

People that have watched the dragon prince, how do you get past Rayla’s accent

[naive socket]

What shows is everyone looking forward to the most in 2025?

[naive socket]

Wdym she’s just Scottish 😭

[worthy crypt]

hopefully the next season of op live action hits late 2025

[arctic flax]

daredevil, peacemaker s2, severance s2

[worthy crypt]

otherwise i dont know, im very tuned out of stuff i just find out when i see it scrolling through streaming services

[regal root]

https://tenor.com/view/groundskeeper-willie-simpsons-scotland-scots-gif-14601840

[arctic flax]

idk bout any new shows tho. havent rly kept up with western series

[worthy crypt]

it seems like there should be another 3 body problem season sometime soon

but maybe thats 2026

[limber harbor]

I can’t take it anymore

I think I’ll just watch something else

[tawny parcel]

I would probably have it at 1 so far and then got and then acok

Acok very much felt like gears turning for a lot of it, not to say its a bad book it was pretty good

General consensus i see people place acok above got tho which is weird to me

[worthy crypt]

for me its probably ADWD > ASOS > AGOT > ACOK > AFFC

[tawny parcel]

Yea i hear affc is the worst but im gonna go in with an open mind

[worthy crypt]

i think it struggles a lot from being right after storm

and losing half the characters

[limber harbor]

Please do. AFFC is my favorite.

[tidal tendon]

I finished WoT like a year ago

[tawny parcel]

Be careful with spoilers as I’m not done with it yet

[worthy crypt]

what did you really like about it? AFFC || other than broken man speech I dont remember much, mainly being blueballed on arya and sam stories ||

[tawny parcel]

I have like the back 3rd left

[worthy crypt]

i mean it splits up the povs im not talking about deaths

[tawny parcel]

Oh okay lol

Asos ||I’m just off Robbs and Catelyns death so anything can happen ||

Asos ||i can not believe george tried insinuating arya dead tho with his writing i know for a fact thats false ||

Asos ||would make no sense ||

[limber harbor]

AFFC ||Dorne, Cersei, Cersei and Cersei||

She’s the best in that book

And honestly it has been a while so I can’t go into detail as I want to

[worthy crypt]

AFFC || ah yeah I did really like those cersei chapters. didnt really love dorne though ||

its not bad by any means just somethings gotta be ranked last in a list

[limber harbor]

Did you read this without spoilers?

[tawny parcel]

I knew that spoiler unfortunately

[limber harbor]

I somehow watched it spoiler free

[worthy crypt]

I was in a dumb unrelated argument in high school and some kid spitefully ruined it for me

on that specific spoiler

holy shit like.. 13 years ago now

[limber harbor]

No in my high school knew anything about game of thrones lol

I don’t think most people in my class at the time ever read a book that wasn’t required by school haha

[tawny parcel]

Asos|| i know one other character death as well unfortunately ||

😞

[limber harbor]

Which one

[tawny parcel]

Asos|| my goat and one true king of westeros Joffrey ||

[arctic flax]

GOT is next to impossible to go into nowdays without knowing some spoilers beforehand

thankfully i didnt have asos spoiled || robb/catelyns deeath spoiled. I just knew of there being a red wedding and it being brutal ||

nothing made me as sick to my stomach as watching the red wedding for first time

[mild seal]

I gotta remember where I left off in what we do in the shadows

[versed totem]

Good morning/afternoon/evening people

Quick question to my people here

I want to start doctor who, but I don't know if I really should start from the earliest seasons

Where can I have a good start

[main lion]

@brave orbit

[brave orbit]

Just start from series 1 from 2005

[versed totem]

So I get all the information I need from that point?

Thanks Fredericko

[brave orbit]

Yea

Series 1 is pretty self contained, if there are elements from old who then they are explained

[versed totem]

Oh that's perfect

Thanks

I might start this weekend

[brave orbit]

Pog

Lmk what you think

[versed totem]

Will do

Honestly I have doctor who all over my Tiktok and it looks pretty interesting

Thought I'd give it a try and it's as good as the Tiktok vids make it look like

[brave orbit]

Lol

What kind of stuff

[versed totem]

The way they cut those Tiktok videos it actually looks like it's a scary series

I hope that's the case

[brave orbit]

It can be scary

[versed totem]

This whole time I thought doctor who is for children ngl

[brave orbit]

It is

Lol

It airs on saturdays at like 6 pm

[versed totem]

I mean little kids, not teens

I'll see, I hope I won't get disappointed

[brave orbit]

It can tackle a lot of topics and tones, it can have the devil or quirky living fat marshmellows or lizards

Also fairy tales and dystopian horror

Depends on the episode and writer

[versed totem]

Doctor who ||https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeKFvqQw/||

This was the last video I saw on Tiktok

And I get many like these

And the comments I read make it more interesting

[brave orbit]

Thats the doctor from series 1

@undone junco caught up recently

[undone junco]

yeah, not the classic tho, didnt watch it

[leaden depot]

Im gonna watch season 4 of the OG show soon

Which has the transition from the First to the Second doctor

...and like most episode footage is lost apart from the audio lol

So is mostly photo reconstructions or animations

[frank rivet]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1876459178920939811

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

The ‘GHOST OF TSUSHIMA’ anime series will be directed by Takanobu Mizuno

He also directed ‘The Duel’ episode of ‘STAR WARS VISIONS’

Twitter · Jan 7, 2025, 2:41 AM

[leaden depot]

Reached the moment slash fiction was born

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw11Ak0mxyI

[jagged tusk]

WOW

[leaden depot]

https://tenor.com/view/wrestlemania28-john-cena-rock-cena-rock-cena-rock-wrestlemania-gif-27519679

[brazen oriole]

[shrewd sigil]

arcane s2 end + lol ||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I76wvt0aEE4||

||darius, leblanc, and vladimir in fortiche's artstyle..||

https://tenor.com/view/one-peak-one-piece-one-piece-cry-its-so-peak-gif-13413926760013023520

[shadow sequoia]

Yeah, I was gonna post it in #games but then I watched it till the end lol

Riot just absolutely refusing to let me breathe

[shrewd sigil]

last time i sent league stuff that had arcane spoilers in it there i got yelled at by red so i just stick to sending it here

[shrewd sigil]

fr

[shadow sequoia]

Yeah fair

Really cool video

Now we just need the rest of Arcane to succeed enough to embolden other studios to finally adapt Stormlight

[shrewd sigil]

they're apparently doing a cinematic every season so we should be getting 2 more this year i think

[shadow sequoia]

That's wild

[shrewd sigil]

[shadow sequoia]

Wonder if they hired more staff or just had all this ready

[shrewd sigil]

i assume they worked on it on the side while they were doing season 2

[shadow sequoia]

They really struck gold with Fortiche

[modern lichen]

@shadow sequoia you're reading rhythm of war at the moment right

[brave orbit]

yea

chapter 35 or smth

[shadow sequoia]

I'm at Part 3 but yeah

[modern lichen]

how is it compared to oathbringer

[shadow sequoia]

I like it, a bit slower and there are some character arcs I'm not as interested in but honestly, there's a lot of intrigue for what I have left so like with literally every cosmere book, the end justifies the means

Depending on what happens

It has the potential to be better to me than WoK and WoR

OB is hard to beat but we'll see

[modern lichen]

WoR is still my favorite of the three I read

OB drags a lot for me but its sustained by ||the dalinar flashback and the ending||

[shadow sequoia]

Yeah, my ratings have changed since I reread

1. Oathbringer
2. Words of Radiance
3. The Way of Kings

It used to be WoR at the top

[modern lichen]

oh nice

what made you prefer OB over WoR

1. Words of Radiance
2. Way of Kings
3. Oathbringer

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 3: Oathbringer END ||Dalinar and Szeth||

[modern lichen]

that's mine

yeah

oathbringer ||oh yeah szeth is awesome||

[brave orbit]

RoW ending might be my favourite out of all I've read so far, tho OB might also be the best for other reasons

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 1 - 3 END ||Generally, I really like how each of the books are centered around a different main character. But they never feel like they are too out of focus or feel left behind. It's honestly not a big complaint. The moment Kaladin saves Adolin, Kaladin speaking the Third Ideal, Shallan figuring out the Oathgate, Shallan revealing her past, Kaladin VS Szeth, etc. The only reason it is lower than the others is because I liked where the characters went in Way of Kings and Oathbringer more; Especially with Kaladin (This guy just gets really good stuff no matter what but that climax in WoK is so fucking god) and Shallan (I love her outplaying Jasnah).||

Stormlight 1 - 3 END ||Dalinar giving up his Shardblade is so peak too. I love how his visions come around and how it all ties back together.||

[modern lichen]

stormlight archive upto oathbringer ||dalinar in general has in my opinion the best arc in the series upto where i've read||

[sage remnant]

Man I can't wait you to finish RoW, vic
Some stuff in RoW added so much more impact to some stuff in OB..

[sage remnant]

OB end || "You cannot take my pain" ||

soo good

[modern lichen]

AAAAAAH

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 2 END ||I will say, I really do love the Kaladin moment with Zahel out in the rain before he confronts Moash and Graves||

[sage remnant]

for me, ||stormlight 2 lacks the proper buildup and flow that OB had|| upto ob

[modern lichen]

hm

cant say i agree with that, neko but fair

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4 (Around Part 2 I think) ||This book is making me fall in love with Adolin LOL||

[sage remnant]

🍿

[shadow sequoia]

I can look rq to tell you where I'm at

[sage remnant]

nw

just finish this book and finish WaT

[modern lichen]

i'm leaving RoT and WaT to the end of the year

[brave orbit]

Stormlight 4 Part 3 (non-specific idk) ||The Urithiru plot is my fav in stormlight||

[modern lichen]

I've got many books that are one off on my list or are less of an investment than the stormlight books

malazan is not happening this year either, fellas

[sage remnant]

oh yeah I hadn't put shadow of the torturer in my bingo but that's there too

prolly would get to that around diwali

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 47 ||Dalinar and the Mink are beating Taravangian's forces when Nale shows up||

[modern lichen]

3/4th of the way through goldfinch, it was good upto a point and then suddenly took a nosedive

[sage remnant]

have you read the secret history?

[modern lichen]

yes

i've read half of the goldfinch before

but i am reading it again, finished the lowland by jhumpa lahiri a few days ago, which was excellent

read it all in 3 days

[sage remnant]

nice

[shrewd sigil]

stormlight 4 part 2 ||the goat ||

[shadow sequoia]

I am almost off work so I can keep reading

[modern lichen]

the goldfinch has a tone problem

and its trying (not very successfully) to be this dickensian ride

[shadow sequoia]

Does anyone know Stormlight (general) ||what the parshendi sound like in the graphic audio?||

I should just listen to them all anyways

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings, page early 1000 ||Do not spoil beyond where I'm at please. Nonetheless, I fucking knew there was more to Wit than his introduction hundreds of pages ago let on. First how he spoke to Dalinar before he and Sadeas partnered up, and then on the Shattered Plains when he started playing the flute for Kaladin. But I haven't finished the chapter with the flute playing yet, it just finished with the story of the Uvara? emperor being found long dead and causing the people of those islands by the whirlpool to go full anarchy more or less - but no spoilers beyond that moment please.||

[brave orbit]

Stormlight (general) ||They usually have an african accent and there are different rythms in the background||

[shadow sequoia]

Gotcha

[obsidian basalt]

side note if by the end of the book you're still of the opinion that OB is the best book you'll be relegated to the fake stormlight fans club to be with goro.

[shadow sequoia]

Lol

[formal pine]

Alice in Borderland is a masterpiece

[fresh umbra]

Squid games 2 is so much better than season 1 it’s not even close

[fickle ember]

Can’t believe they said both Madame web and Sonic 3 aren’t eligible for the Oscars

Those cowards

Didn’t want a clean sweep of peak and peaker

[near echo]

They knew that if Sonic got nominated for anything the next film would be obnoxious about it

[fickle ember]

Sonic films have collectively past 1 billion with the third, it’s a bitch move not to include it for nominees with how many people like them

Just more reasons to not care about these award shows

[main lion]

Will sonic be eligible for next year

[fickle ember]

I’m not sure, didn’t know movies needed sub criteria to be eligible other than length to begin with

[main lion]

Well its probably like tgas

Cutoff period for nominee voting

Game released too late in the year or something

So might be eligible next year instead

[near echo]

I think they literally just failed to fill out the paperwork all movies are required to fill

[fickle ember]

That’s a lot less cynical than what I was thinking, I’ve switched camps and agree Sonic shouldn’t get an Oscar

[modern lichen]

Very cool, Omni

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1876691082593083876?s=46 this is so desperate

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

Armie Hammer is attempting to make an acting comeback with the lead role in Uwe Boll’s new film ‘THE DARK KNIGHT’

The film follows a vigilante who hunts down criminals.

(Source: https://t.co/pGXmQxwy7D)

Twitter · Jan 7, 2025, 6:03 PM

Uwe Boll, for those who don’t know, is considered one of the worst filmmakers ever and a human pile of garbage

[mild seal]

he must be very desparate

[modern lichen]

This guy was once touted to be the next big thing in Hollywood

[mild seal]

and then he tried to eat people

yeah I know there was other stuff, but the cannibal thing is crazy

[modern lichen]

I think that was found not true but he did sexually assault women

[mild seal]

the eating thing was just a kink or whatever

which is still crazy

[near echo]

Still mad about his House of the Dead movie

[mild seal]

I'm glad Germany closed the loophole he was using to make movies

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/filmupdates/status/1876716940036579767?s=46 we are so back boys

Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) on X

‘SEVERANCE’ season 2 is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 100%.

Premiering January 17.

Twitter · Jan 7, 2025, 7:46 PM

[thorn gull]

Squid game season 2 major spoilers episode 7 || fuck this cliffhanger ending. ||

[worthy crypt]

That was also my reaction to it

Squid game s2 || shows and even movies these days that know they got another part coming feel like they don't gotta tell a complete story in each part and I hate it ||

[main lion]

squid games s2 ep 7 ||I havent watched this but I think its fine for shows to do that if it results in a better quality overall product||

[tawny parcel]

Warning: Awesomeness

all the movies I watched in 2024 ranked

they are also ranked in the tiers

[mild seal]

the fact that you have these two below spiderman 3 and deadpool is a fucking crime

[tawny parcel]

Seven lowkey overrated

deadpool 2 is funny but on second thought i would put resevoir dogs a eensy bit higher

[modern lichen]

You’re getting into BluePikmin tier of bad opinion here

Good for you honestly

I won’t comment further

[tawny parcel]

Every opinion I've had is correct

[modern lichen]

It’s good that you’re adopting delusion so quickly in your life

[tawny parcel]

delusion is the way to success

honestly dont even see how this tier list is bad

[modern lichen]

I said I won’t comment further

[tawny parcel]

pussy

[modern lichen]

You’ve been insulted a lot already

[main lion]

honestly as much nostalgia as I have for the movies I don't really like Sam Raimi's version of Peter Parker/Spiderman

like the character's personality

[modern lichen]

I’m doing you a favor wombat

[tawny parcel]

Spiderman 3 is overhated bro I watched that in theaters

it was really good and really fun lol

[mild seal]

you were in diapers when you saw it in theaters

[tawny parcel]

they rereleased it last year lool

[main lion]

I watched all 3 in theaters

on their initial releases

[modern lichen]

Same

[tawny parcel]

I had the chance to watch it and its the only rewatch i included on the list because idk

i wanted to be different and say spider man 3 is good

[modern lichen]

Spider-Man 2 in the cinema was something special

[main lion]

I've googled this and don't really see many shared sentiments regarding it btw

really surprises me

[mild seal]

I liked the raimi movies but disliked tobey as spiderman

[modern lichen]

Even the internet thinks your western series opinions are ass red

[tawny parcel]

i also watched once upon a time in hollywood but i didnt pay attention so i didnt put it on the tier list

[main lion]

maybe part of it is tobey but its more like

[tawny parcel]

there was a ton of feet in that movie tho

classic quentin

[main lion]

peter parker feels way too subdued as a personality

[mild seal]

its literally just 1 scene

[main lion]

as well as spiderman

[tawny parcel]

yeah well in that one scene there was a bunch of feet and dirty feet at that

right up with their grippers to the camera

🐾

[sonic tree]

damn that mad he put sasuage party in bad huh?

[modern lichen]

Raimi Spider-Man || I love how mild Peter is while also being this arrogant prick to those who actually know him ||

[tawny parcel]

zenith of the medium

[modern lichen]

Sausage Party is not a great movie but it’s ok

[tawny parcel]

its not even funny its just boring

[mild seal]

I regret watching sausage party

[tawny parcel]

its not even like a so bad its funny

its just fucking boring

and unfunny

I have a couple movies I feel i need to revaluate on this list mainly tenet i need to rewatch it and see if i really was just being a whiny little bitch or if im correct

[mild seal]

what movie is this

[sonic tree]

wait inside out 2 over reservoir dogs that is kinda fucked up

[tawny parcel]

Cinderella man, its a boxing movie set during the great depression

[mild seal]

is that with russel crowe?

[tawny parcel]

inside out 2 was the first date i had with my gf

so it has a bit of bias

but its also just a cute movie

[sonic tree]

my condolences

[tawny parcel]

Resevoir dogs just a bit boring innit

its good

but also a bit boring

[mild seal]

mfer when a movie has a lot of dialogue, "its a bit boring"

[sonic tree]

[tawny parcel]

I can handle a lot of dialogue

Man I put zone of interest in awesomesauce thats noise the movie bro

aint nothing happening in that

[main lion]

I guess it just doesn't feel like Spider-Man to me?

[tawny parcel]

but its good

[mild seal]

damn I was about to ask if saturday night was good, then I saw the music was done by jon batiste

[tawny parcel]

spider man 3 ||is hilarious because i went with a couple friends and when that break up scene happened my friend just went through a breakup and it sounded exactly like it and everyone but him started laughign||

it was a bit fucked but it is also something that is burned into my brain

[mild seal]

time to buy it

[tawny parcel]

i have never really watched saturday night live but it was fun

[dim hedge]

Wallflower slander…

[tawny parcel]

Wallflower a bit too quirky for my taste

if anything at least im honest