western-series

[tawny parcel]

i want to watch the dune movies that will probably be next for me

i will watch it on my tiny iphone they way dennis villenuve intended

[modern lichen]

??? What’s so quirky about it

[last perch]

idk about spiderman 3, but Se7en for most parts ||is a normal muder mystery solving movie, the last 10 minutes is what changed the tides||

[mild seal]

I mean I guess thats an opinion

[last perch]

How intense is Old Boy?

[last perch]

well yeah, it is a good movie (Se7en spoiler incoming) ||just didn't feel unique for most parts is all i am saying, but that ending really succeeded at making me open my mouth ||

[tawny parcel]

Oldboy ||pretty intense ig||

[mild seal]

I'm not really good at explaining things so I can't really respond to what you said, but yes its a good movie

[last perch]

Oldboy || i am seeing memes on insta of people shooting themselves after finishing the movie, indicating it fucked them up lol||

[last perch]

dw, i am on same boat here, a lot of peeps here find my opinions questionable

[tawny parcel]

i dont have that issue all my opinons are good

[last perch]

yeah, your tier list is great indicator

[tawny parcel]

i am inclined to agree

[tawny parcel]

listen bro it just feels very like

ok and?

[last perch]

some superhero movie is above david fincher movie

[mild seal]

2 superhero movies

[tawny parcel]

a movie just being a superhero movie doesnt automatically make it bad lol

[last perch]

so far I have watched Se7en, Fight Club, and Social Network from david fincher lol

[tawny parcel]

I have watched those same movies and se7en is my least favorite

The Social Network is incredible though

[last perch]

come on, no superhero movie is better than david fincher or QT movies

[tawny parcel]

glazing is crazy

[last perch]

FC>Social Network> Se7en.

[last perch]

imo

[tawny parcel]

I think people can forget that a movie dont need to be deep all the time sometimes it just needs to be fun

[last perch]

Social Network || It is incredible how you understand zuck character and scheme completly by the end of the movie||

[tawny parcel]

Thats why twisters is in awesomesauce

that movie is so fucking dumb but good lord if it aint a good time

[last perch]

respectable opinion, I mean i hate movies with complex ideas sometimes, but i don't find superheroes exciting always.

[tawny parcel]

man i wanna rewatch twisters

[last perch]

my next watch is most likely Knives Out.

a sequel is coming this year ig.

excited for Mickey 17 too

[tawny parcel]

Mickey 17 my most anticipated movie

[last perch]

yes, it is directed by the same guy who made Parasite and OldBoy.

[tawny parcel]

not oldboy, but parasite yes

[last perch]

ah nvm.

[modern lichen]

It’s not any of those, Se7en || it’s about a deeply corrupted city that’s been eaten alive inside out by this serial killer who has taken control of its vices and two detectives who have to reevaluate their ideals and morals amongst the filth of the city. It’s a movie about the capacity of a human being to do harm and damage to his fellow human being and what that means for those who are in the range of that fanaticism ||

Se7en || the murder mystery is a vehicle to introduce the viewer to these moral questions ||

I think you just didn’t engage with the film beyond the surface level of it being in the mystery genre

[last perch]

ok, Se7en || that explain the philosophy of the movie, but it doesn't make it unique i guess? i mean the philosophy is prolly something complex and dynamic, but the movie on face level doesn't add a unique value|| but that's just my opinion.

[last perch]

I think yeah too.

[modern lichen]

It is absolutely unique

There is no other film that does it like Se7en

At least as grimey and tactile as it

[last perch]

don't get me wrong, Se7en || the idea of the seven deadly sins being the lore of the movie is really great, but the action/events in the movie present seemed normal, till the last 10 minutes||

[modern lichen]

Se7en || It is extremely unique for its time especially, when in the 90s no one even conceived of a concept or execution like this, Fincher depicted a world that is utterly hopeless and grimy and all kinds of dirty to reflect the moral degradation of the city and the hope of its inhabitants ||

[last perch]

idk how to explain it more than that, but I definitely need to watch more movies to be a more profound critique.

[tawny parcel]

se7en

[modern lichen]

It’s got some of the grimiest and gruesome scenes of murder in cinema, it’s not meant to be cool

[tawny parcel]

im just fuckin with you man lol

[modern lichen]

I know

[last perch]

I mean, that i would agree with.

[mild seal]

seven ||this is also shown by the hardened cynical old detective about to retire being partnered with the rookie who just moved there and has no idea what he's getting into||

[modern lichen]

I’m just stating it about the film

[last perch]

Se7en ||seeing the victims was painful for me xD||

[modern lichen]

Se7en || yeah, the rookie loses everything at the hands of the killer’s envy while the senior detective has to grapple with seeing hope in a world that cannot grasp the concept of hope ||

[last perch]

Se7en || the most horrific thing was that they didn't display the protagonist wife murder, but fuck, it somehow got into my mind and it got me horrified and angry, fincher is a genius for that||

[modern lichen]

Good

[last perch]

Se7en, ||like my mind imagined the picture immediately and it wasn't pleasant||

Se7en ||had to go gym after that to break some air 😂 ||

yo, a blender movie got nominated for Golden Globe Award.

Flow.

[tawny parcel]

whats a blender movie

[last perch]

someone used a free computer software to create a movie.

a renderer basically.

[main lion]

if Se7en is so good why isn't there an Ei8ht

[young compass]

dont let anyone bully you for disliking this film

[tawny parcel]

man I know if no one got me Juba got me

[young compass]

i never have you

quirky is the wrong word

ive talked about this before, how im prejudiced against hollywoodification of ugly people

that film is the worst example

[tawny parcel]

do you care to elaborate because I do not know what you mean

[young compass]

everyone is too pretty and everything goes too smoothly

[tawny parcel]

the everyone too pretty thing is real lol

[mild seal]

perks of being a wallflower ||I can't really say if its good or not because coming of age movies are a guilty pleasure of mine so I'm kinda biased towards those types of films||

but I do agree with you juba about the too pretty thing

but hollywood gonna hollywood

[young compass]

i like coming of age films stories a lot

but there's a fine line of authenticity they have to balance on

that one is wayyy off of it

[mild seal]

ok I need to stop getting movies this month or I'm gonna go over my data cap

[last perch]

you have data cap?

people have data cap in 2025?

[mild seal]

yes

ok that gif was annoying

[last perch]

in usa too?

[young compass]

yeah, large parts of the US actually have poor internet infrastructure

relative to other first world countries

[last perch]

mhm

[mild seal]

I have very fast internet, but my ISP sucks

and has a monthly cap

granted its 1.2tb but still

[last perch]

I mean, i live in first world country, but it is isolated, yet i don't think anyone live by limited data here

everyone just sign up with fibre or something.

[young compass]

yeah, it'd be a huge undertaking nationally here cause the country is so big

so it's just dependent on location, some areas are great, some are poor

[mild seal]

the next town over has fiber internet with no data cap

literally a 5 minute drive

[last perch]

which state is this? if you don't mind asking.

[mild seal]

california

[last perch]

jeez

the most populated area

[mild seal]

not much you can do when ISPs have monopolies

[last perch]

murica capitalism at its best.

[mild seal]

yup

[last perch]

other than the first 3 and Mickey 17, which one should I watch after "Knives Out"?

[mild seal]

based on your opinion of seven, I'm gonna say edge of tomorrow

[last perch]

I feel the sarcasm in this message

[mild seal]

no sarcasm

its an honest recommendation

I think you'll like it

[last perch]

movies i liked

[mild seal]

yeah I'm still saying edge of tomorrow

[last perch]

gotta watch southpaw after 🤔

[mild seal]

southpaw is good

I think I've only seen it once a couple years ago

[last perch]

donnie darko too

but i kinda got spoiled for it,

well whatever

ohhh, how did i forget to add "The Last Mohicans"

[mild seal]

I just realized Sam Raimi is in a movie that most people have never even heard of

I gotta rewatch it soon

[tawny parcel]

Akira and then read the manga….

[last perch]

The only manga I read is one piece.

[tawny parcel]

😞

Its Akirover…

[modern lichen]

read the akira manga

movie is not the complete story

[tawny parcel]

It makes the movie look like shit

Which is crazy

Cause the movie is pretty good

I mean, overrated if you haven’t read the manga, but still good

Man theres quite a few movies I’m pumped for this year

Mickey 17
I wasn’t really interested in watching a superman movie but that trailer got me
Knives out
Fantastic 4
F1 looks really solid
Not a movie but that alien show comes out this year

Gonna be good

[arctic flax]

Goodfellas def

Prob my top 5 movie of all time. Its so rewatchable

You have godfather as a 5 so you'll def like it

[arctic flax]

Im not in the loop with movies anymore so its mostly just superman and F4. Slightly interested in thunderbolts.

Damn, severance s2 spoilers are already out

Gonna be fun having to dodge those

[raw gate]

Rest

The film is great for reasons completely separate from it’s approach towards adapting the source material

[dreamy burrow]

Man I wish I was a writer at Marvel for a day or something for Spider-Man

I’d give him the happiest day in his life
He’d be the main isekai protagonist of NYC
Everyone even Jameson would love and cheer for him
He’d have a loving happy family with his wife and children
The Avengers would love and care for him
The Sinister Six would stop crime and acknowledge his greatness
He would be truly loved for the first time in his life

|| And then he’d wake up from his dream and find himself in an graveyard in front of his wife and children’s grave and he’d start crying and clutching his heart ||

[modern lichen]

@fickle ember ^

[near echo]

You can't just tell a Miles story with Peter in his place smh

[fickle ember]

Almost though this was a marvel editor but Paul wasn’t mentioned

[modern lichen]

[dreamy burrow]

Nah if it was Miles in my mind , I wouldve had both Zoro and Frieza as co-writers with Uncle Ruckus as inspiration

A friend of mine was glazing Spider-Man a bit too much so I had to do it to him lmao
This is what I wrote in like under a minute but it was a bit too good so had to share here

[fickle ember]

New ultimate || that’s basically the new universe, except the bad guys are still being set up, but he’s very happy and life is good ||

[modern lichen]

all spidey fans should check out the new ultimate spider-man book

hickman is just going ham

[dreamy burrow]

If only his name was hickham

[fickle ember]

My only complaint so far is superficial, but I wish || black cat still had white hair ||

It just feels wrong not seeing it

[modern lichen]

ah well, i feel that too lol

[dreamy burrow]

Like imagining Kratos with hair or something

[fickle ember]

There’s still time for it to happen

USM || she was just introduced, maybe she’ll get a wig ||

Unless Hickman is a hack…

[modern lichen]

i am enjoying the ultimate and absolute books so much more than anything dc and marvel have put out in the last decade

[fickle ember]

Still haven’t touched absolute

Saving for a rainy day I guess

[dreamy burrow]

On an unrelated note , assuming on the basis of your pfp and description, are you Indian ?

[modern lichen]

yes

[dreamy burrow]

Same

[modern lichen]

nice

[dreamy burrow]

Nice shloka

[mild seal]

Nice

[modern lichen]

yeah i have memorised the entirety of the bhagavad gita

[dreamy burrow]

Respect +++++

[modern lichen]

🙏

[dreamy burrow]

🙏🏼

[brazen oriole]

Whiplash!

[magic bloom]

Sonic 3 was good

Sonic 3 || I’m surprised these movies keep bringing Jim Carrey out of retirement ||

[modern lichen]

He loves doing them so much

[arctic flax]

watching se7en in imax later tonight

last watched it in 2020, hopefully a diff experience now in theatre

top 10 movie for me

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings, page ~1150, about 150 pages before the end ||Please, do not spoil me beyond this moment. I'm at the part where Dalinar and Sadeas are successfully attacking the tower, but with Dalinar's' Thrill seeming to go away as he sees the dead face of a Parshendi soldier who seems to be no more than a kid. My current thought process is this: Dalinar dies and Kaladin gets Oathbringer. I think this for three reasons: 1. The book earlier mentioned that Dalinar would die soon, 2. One of the future books is called Oathbringer, 3. Kaladin is displaying powers like Szeth who is also a Shardbearer. The way I think it will happen: even though Sadeas cut them off, the Parshendi archers will jump the chasm towards Kaladin and start trying to kill him and Dalinar will come to save them but die in the process, dropping his blade. I haven't finished the chapter yet, but this is what I think will happen. But I think I've been wrong will all my predictions so far. ||

[modern lichen]

Buffy, no one will spoil you

Just keep reading

[limber urchin]

someone the other day was making mild hints

and red had to delete their comments

[modern lichen]

I see

You’re in a safe space now

[limber urchin]

harsh will protect me

[modern lichen]

Fuck yeah dude

[mild seal]

spoiler ||stuff happens||

[fickle ember]

|| when the kings find their way || also spoiler

[obsidian basalt]

not a spoiler || everyone dies get spoiled lol ||

[fickle ember]

Ban this schmuck

[sonic quail]

Lmaooo

[sand cypress]

I am following your journey with great interest

[limber urchin]

Imagine if I just dropped it right now and said "nevermind, mid."

[fickle ember]

Be pretty based…

[sand cypress]

If you made it has far as you have and then dropped I would be shocked

[limber urchin]

Nah. I'm loving it. I think it started as a 7-7.5/10, and then I think I'll settle on it as an 8/10 book. The Way of Kings ||But I also knew going into it that it had a lot of worldbuilding and setup involved as I've listened to Brandon talk about the book before in his BYU classes, so I was ready for it. But thankfully the book eventually gets juicier and juicier in terms of characterization and plot.||

||So far, I still think Shallan's plot is my favorite, though Kaladin's has gotten really good in these final chapters.||

oh i guess i can't read that yet, since I still have 150 pages to go?

[obsidian basalt]

oh i thought you were done lol

[sand cypress]

better wait to read til after

[limber urchin]

sorry, i could've worded that better. don't worry i'm not clicking anything til i'm done.

not worth the risk

[limber urchin]

a few posts above you can read precisely where I am and my thoughts on where I think things will go by the final chapter.

[obsidian basalt]

yeah yeah your last message just confused me

[limber urchin]

"Damn, this Elbaf sucks." drops one piece

[sand cypress]

is this your first brandon sanderson book? I'm surprised you have listened to some of his lectures

unironically I think some people did drop one piece after wano

[limber urchin]

I ready the early parts of Mistborn book 1 and Elantris, and enjoyed both but just got busy with life and/or lazy. I've listened to his entire BYU lecture series as I was learning to write, and he's definitely spoiled Mistborn for me and probably some of Stormlight, but I've forgotten almost all the details he spoiled me on.

[obsidian basalt]

mistborn is mid anyway so its alright

[sand cypress]

Brandon is the worst at spoiling his own books

[limber urchin]

pissborn

[sand cypress]

wrong wrong wrong

peakborn

[limber urchin]

Mistborn ||jumps metallically||

[sand cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/kelsier-dab-mistborn-fortnite-gif-21734242

[limber urchin]

wait wtf mistborn is actually in fortnite?

[sand cypress]

yes it is

[limber urchin]

every day I hate fortnite more and more

still no luffy

oh btw The Way of Kings ||Jasnah is best waifu||

[sand cypress]

holy based

btw did you know her name is pronoucned ||YAHS-nah||

[limber urchin]

oh....no

fuck

wtf brandon

[sand cypress]

lmao

[brave orbit]

https://youtu.be/xMVwEf2eAaE?si=VShBFBby8ppGAvMs

There is an OST for Book 1 of stormlight btw

Its a banger

[limber urchin]

oh shit more random stuff. The Way of Kings ||I can't help but put actors and actresses in place of characters in a story, even if it's different than what the story directly describes. It helps me separate them mentally for better clarity. For example, Kaladin is Michael Fassbender, Dalinar is Harry Sinclair, and Navani is Catherine Zeta Jones. I choose them based on how they looked in other movies, which I can't spoil in this message. As for Jasnah, she's one that I just kind of made up in my head, I never replaced her with an actress.||

[brave orbit]

Im kaladin

(my pfp)

[sand cypress]

that certainly is a unique way to read it. I cant say I visualize actors at all, but whatever works for you Btw most characters do have official artwork depictions, worth looking up after you've finished imo. Although of course feel free to imagine the characters how you like

[obsidian basalt]

the day a show/movies based on the stormlight Archive finally come out is the day I can die happily

[brave orbit]

You can did happily

[obsidian basalt]

can i

[mild seal]

The movie will be directed by Michael Bay

[limber urchin]

disgusting. I will ignore those artworks and substitute my own sexy headcanon

[obsidian basalt]

epic

[brave orbit]

Would it bother you if I told you (stormlight 1) ||Kaladin was never described as white? 😭||

Sorry to ruin the headcanon

[limber urchin]

can I read that, still 150pgs to go.

[obsidian basalt]

yes

[brave orbit]

Yea

[sand cypress]

yeah

[brave orbit]

Yea

[obsidian basalt]

huge spoilers actually don't open

[brave orbit]

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings ||Shit....well, I just whitewashed him with Michael Fassbender in my head, so gg.||

[brave orbit]

Lmao

[limber urchin]

I blackwashed another character. is blackwashing a word?

[brave orbit]

The way of kings ||The way i understood it is that alethi ppl look more asian||

But there is no actual real life equivalent so feel free to imagine

[sand cypress]

it is now

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings ||Despite what the book said, I made Rock a black man in my head. And Sigzil is Indian.||

[obsidian basalt]

actually Brandon confirmed in an interview that kaladin looks just like me

[brave orbit]

I only know kaladin, not sure about others tbh

[shrewd sigil]

way of kings ||first time seeing art of rock's actual appearance messed me up||

[brave orbit]

This is kind of like who i imagine kaladin to look like in my head, tho he looks different canonically still

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings ||That's not too far from how I see Sigzil.||

[obsidian basalt]

did you imagine him as the average Italian gym goer

[fluid merlin]

thats the guy from lost right?

[brave orbit]

Italian???

[brave orbit]

Yea

[fluid merlin]

he is arabic if i remember correctly

[brave orbit]

I think so

[smoky spindle]

Watching Inside Out rn

Inside Out ||I HATE sadness||

[shadow sequoia]

Broooo

This sick ass fanart I just found

Made it my banner

Stormlight 2: Words of Radiance END

[brave orbit]

Ariirf art is the greatest

[shadow sequoia]

Oh shit, this is the person that made the Mistborn Era 1 END ||Rashek fanart I love so much LOL||

I had that as my pfp for a bit a year or two ago

[brave orbit]

Stormlight 2 end ||Tien and the rock||

[shadow sequoia]

Aw, that's cute

[brave orbit]

Wait did you read stormlight 4 fully

Or rereading

[shadow sequoia]

I didn't look at all of them cause of that

I'm not done yet

I just saw that first one

[brave orbit]

Ah k

Stormlight 3 end ||Odium||

[shadow sequoia]

That goes hard

[vast root]

4 away from 100 😔

[young compass]

you still have time, just watch click and pause when they go back in time

can watch films in the interim

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 50 ||One of the funniest paragraphs LMAO; Jasnah about to give Dalinar a heart attack||

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 50 ||"You storming personification of a cancerous anal discharge"||

||Damn dude, you wonder if he learned that one from one of the other planets like Vasher and asshole lol||

[modern lichen]

@mild seal no CR due to the fires in LA

[mild seal]

Damn

These fires came out of nowhere

[modern lichen]

New episode next week

Stay safe out there man

[mild seal]

I'm in NorCal

We're good

[modern lichen]

Oh the fires are in SoCal, around the LA area, forgot

[mild seal]

Ya

[white smelt]

Have you seen the discourse around it lol

[mild seal]

I'm not on social media so no

ngl I didn't know about the fires until this morning

[white smelt]

It’s just 1%ers who wanted the defunding of social services like the fire department going “where are the firefighters??? I’m going to lose my house!!”

[arctic flax]

damn, have to cancel my plans to see se7en in imax. shitty weather

[limber urchin]

my sky is hell

[mild seal]

stay safe man, hopefully they don't reach you

[limber urchin]

yea we got family waiting for us and will probably evacuate

[wooden swift]

are the police included in that?

[mild seal]

you think these rich fucks wouldn't want their security force?

[wooden swift]

[fickle ember]

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 56 ||OK VENLI, I SEE YOU||

[modern lichen]

@mild seal CR producer Kyle’s house is entirely gone, dude, Matt and Marisha have evacuated

[mild seal]

Yeah I saw a pic of the fires, it's real bad

[fickle ember]

Damn the fires serious

[mild seal]

Especially with how windy California has been

[fickle ember]

Hope everyone stays safe if you live there, if we have any regulars from here…

[modern lichen]

It’s been an absolute nightmare apparently, it actually looks like hell

[mild seal]

the hollywood hills and malibu are basically gone

and there's multiple fires going on at the same time

[fickle ember]

Useless fire department amirite

[last perch]

is this a pro feature?

[modern lichen]

No

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings, chapter 66 ||Bros..............FUCK Sadeas. I want that bastard dead.||

[dim hedge]

How do you see it

[modern lichen]

you get an email

[dim hedge]

Ah

[modern lichen]

check if you got something

should be here for most people

[outer tulip]

lol You’ve seen it?

[modern lichen]

yeah

[glacial jetty]

Damn I gotta step up my game

[dim hedge]

Didn’t

[glacial jetty]

Haven’t had a lot of time for movies this year

The email comes at different times

I got mine earlier today, some people got theirs hours earlier

[outer tulip]

Starting Sev s2 tomorrow

Very excited

[glacial jetty]

i do not recall a single film with robert englund this year but i guess if letterboxd says so..

must've done an elm street marathon at some point

[outer tulip]

Letterboxd is just another try hard community

They got dune 2 right though

[brave orbit]

@glacial jetty did u read stormlight 5

[glacial jetty]

uhhh which one is 5

oh wind and truth

not yet, im still working through a memoir i've been on for half the year

[last perch]

it is out already?

17 of january, huh

[modern lichen]

Rewatched Hitchcock’s Suspicion

Copout ending aside, fun time

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 61 ||Navani's lift and Tomor's glove experiments being relevant to Kalading moving around Urithiru is so good man, I didn't even think about it||

[clear otter]

will anyone be my friend if so pls dm

[raw gate]

No

.

[white smelt]

Quotes on the cover are crazy bro

[near echo]

Arkham City shit

[raw gate]

Really? It hasn’t ever struck me as odd. Poor design tho, ye

I’d rather them be on the back lol

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings question ||I'm nearing the final pages. How did Shallan murder her father as she confessed? Did she "accidentally" kill him with her natural Soulcaster powers? Or am I forgetting some detail earlier in the book? Or is this something that is revealed in the next book? I'm a little lost here.||

[sage remnant]

The Way of Kings || The moment you are talking about is the first proper reveal/mention of it. ||

[limber urchin]

Ok thanks

[raw gate]

Lmfao

[near echo]

Damn Lolita fell on their list

That used to be their top

[worthy crypt]

I feel like this is a list of books you pretend to enjoy to look intelligent rather than a list of books you actually enjoy

not you as in anyone here but like yknow.. the general you

[raw gate]

Idk how to tackle your statement with any retort. I mostly agree that this image gives off that vibe of pretentious pseudo-intellectualism, but I wouldn’t dare to say that people are pretending to enjoy these novels/novella.

I can only suggest one who holds this opinion tries out the works of Kafka, Dostoevsky, Camus, Plato, and Aristotle

Frank Herbert’s Dune. Tolkien’s LoTR

[scenic galleon]

I mean I've enjoyed every book on that list I've read but I think Qbz is saying that having all those specific books comprise the top of anyone's/places' canon gives off a certain vibe

[raw gate]

I think that just as a generality there’s definitely people out there who don’t actually like reading these books who will say that they do enjoy them in order to present themselves as potentially smarter or “more literate.”

[main lion]

coming from you this makes sense

half /s

[raw gate]

The implication is just funny to me. I only posted it saying “lmfao” because the top two titles on there are the ones least deserving of even being on the list in the first place

[fickle ember]

Why isn’t the hungry caterpillar on this list

[raw gate]

Society hasn’t reached that level of elitism yet, Omni

Ask again if it isn’t on there by 2030

[spiral quest]

I am beginning my full Hellboy deep dive today man. I am.excited to really dig in

I've read short stories and a few other books of his but never read the whole thing and BPRD and Witchfinder/Abe Sapien/Lobster Johnson. Throwing in Baltimore, though it isn't Hellboy

[worthy crypt]

yeah exactly i also have enjoyed some of these books but just as a whole thats how it comes off to me

[raw gate]

My favorite Novels/Novella

1. 100YOS
2. The Metamorphosis
3. Neuromancer
4. The Stranger
5. Dune Series

Honorable mention to Nietzsche’s The Gay Science

[worthy crypt]

ive heard really good things about neuromancer but not especially into cyberpunk so never checked it out. I dont dislike cyberpunk stuff necessarily but its not really a huge plus either. maybe this year

[raw gate]

It’s sick. But I suppose if you aren’t a fan of cyberpunk you might not be as big on it as I am

I freakin’ love cyberpunk and all it’s related genres

[limber urchin]

@sage remnant @sand cypress @modern lichen @brave orbit @shadow sequoia @obsidian basalt The Way of Kings, I have officially finished ||These final chapters of section five...what a fucking rollercoaster! I was so, so happy that Jasnah took Shallan under her wing to understand the truth behind the Parshendi-Voidbringer connection; I'm mega excited they will soon head to the Shattered Plains. And the Taravingian twist was just a chef's kiss moment. I can't wait to learn more about the Ghostbloods, how/why God died, and who Odium is, and if everything is affecting the universe at large as Dalinar's last vision seemed to suggest. And all hail Bridge team four! I'm so, so happy Kaladin saved Dalinar and I hope Sadeas receives his just desserts. And with Szeth heading to the plains, I'm curious if he and Kaladin will clash. And man I love Wit so much. Great, great, GREAT story.||

[near echo]

I don't read many books
The most influential book on my life is probably The Neverending Story?

That one really steered my interests back in college

Kinda been meaning to paint a tribute to it for years

[shadow sequoia]

[sand cypress]

WoK end || congrats on finishing your first sanderlanche ||

[brave orbit]

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 1: The Way of Kings END ||The buildup leading to Kaladin saving Dalinar and then Dalinar giving up Oathbringer was one of the most narratively satisfying things I have ever read; Kaladin finally seeing a trustworthy lighteyes, Dalinar being more honorable than any cremling in the story, Shallan outplaying Jasnah with the Soulcaster, it's so good||

One of these days, I need to take a month off of work and listen to the graphic audios of each book

[limber urchin]

I have another book to read first, Empire of the Damned, before continuing with book 2 of Stormlight

[sand cypress]

Way of kings end || I still get chills thinking back on Kaladin's "we have to go back" scene and Dalinar trading his shardblade for the bridgemen. Its so so good ||

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 1: The Way of Kings END ||I love how everyone actually agrees with Kal, like the mere idea of Sadeas getting a W over Dalinar (who they know is a better person) was enough to make their stomachs turn||

Stormlight 1: The Way of Kings END ||I remember thinking that Dalinar would die when I first read it, like Kal wouldn't make it in time to save him but enough to save Adolin lololol||

[sand cypress]

Make sure to read the novellas after book 2 and book 3 when you get there

[shadow sequoia]

Yeah, Buffy has to introduce himself to the rest of the spicy cosmere

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings ||Man, Brandon is really good at pulling off twists. I'm pretty sure I fell for every single one.||

[limber urchin]

Of course he wrote more than just the main books.

[modern lichen]

do these people not read new books

[modern lichen]

[sand cypress]

Way of kings end || He is. And if you ever reread or look back in the future, you will notice all sorts of foreshadowing that was there in plain sight ||

[crimson lance]

they dont read anything on the list either

if youre posting about these books constantly you dont have time to read them

[raw gate]

Yeah, it’s kind of silly. Hyper-fixation on presumed complexity and literary fiction with the occasional fantasy or sci-fi pioneer title

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings ||My gut instinct after finishing was to reread the prologue to see what foreshadowing or details it held.||

[raw gate]

They’ve even got some epics in there lmao

I really love that the first one is just the Bible

[tawny parcel]

Man these people would NOT be fun at parties

[limber urchin]

I've read the Bible, like actually read it. Raised on it. It ain't that great outside a few famous parts.

[mild seal]

old or new testament

[raw gate]

Depends lol

[mild seal]

I've read the new testament and its pretty boring

[tawny parcel]

Theres some cool stories in the bivle

Bible

I’ve read parts of the book of mormon

[raw gate]

Genesis and Revelation are cool

[tawny parcel]

Pretty litty

[tawny parcel]

The eva fan said genesis

[raw gate]

Lmao

Christian fan-fiction is kinda better tbh

[limber urchin]

Both

[tawny parcel]

Im excited to be reading more

Very prepared

[mild seal]

paradise lost is fire

[raw gate]

Yeah, you get it

[modern lichen]

I mean, it is the best selling and most discussed book in history, for better or worse

[tawny parcel]

CLEARLY you haven’t read harry potter

[modern lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/buzz-lightyear-gif-21327280

[arctic flax]

one day i'll check out harry potter lol

never got into it due to getting some spoilers and esp the fanbase turned me off

[raw gate]

It’s aight

[mild seal]

yeah HP series is just ok

[arctic flax]

dont have much expecrations for it anyway due it being YA

i hate YA

[raw gate]

Can’t believe they don’t have any Proust on there man

[tawny parcel]

YA gets so much shit for like no reason from like “real readers” lmfao

I mean theres def some fair things about it but like what are you expecting bro

[raw gate]

I’ve grown out of my YA phase

[arctic flax]

im not rly a book reader but i used to read YA in middle school and that shit was corny

[raw gate]

But yeah

[arctic flax]

amateur writing

[modern lichen]

It’s not necessarily YA in the sense of shit like Maze Runner or Divergent

It’s marginally better written and has better characters and ethos

[limber urchin]

One Piece is my favorite YA.

[arctic flax]

plus YA tropes are just annoying

theres prob some good YA but idk them

[modern lichen]

Well, those general tropes were invented and done probably the best by Harry Potter

[raw gate]

Does Earthsea count as YA

[arctic flax]

is mistborn YA?

[modern lichen]

It’s for children and young adults yes but having reread it last year, it’s very adult oriented with its themes and writing

[arctic flax]

inb4 my question triggers mistborn fans in here

[shadow sequoia]

I like Harry Potter but it's been a while since I've read it

I probably won't feel the same way about it if I reread it

[modern lichen]

It’s just ok to me now

Especially Rowling shat all over it with her grubby authorial hands

[shadow sequoia]

Mistborn counts as a YA novel I think

[raw gate]

I’ll never reread HP. But I’ll rewatch some of the movies from time to time

[shadow sequoia]

Yeah, the author is unhinged

[near echo]

The Book of Enoch is fanfiction but it's the coolest part

[tawny parcel]

Scythe was a fun YA i read like a couple years ago

Def some glaring issues tho

But fun

[modern lichen]

Books 2025 (17 books):

• The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri
• Cromwell trilogy - Hilary Mantel
• ~~The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt (partial reread) ~~
• The Passenger/Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy
• Agent Running in the Field - John le Carre
• A Legacy of Spies - John le Carre
• The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro
• Intermezzo - Sally Rooney
• The Fraud - Zadie Smith
• The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
• The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
• Ficciones - Jorge Luis Borges
• Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson
• Wind and Truth - Brandon Sanderson

Two books down

Time to start the Cromwell trilogy

[arctic flax]

what are your guys approach to reading books/manga. do you just nonstop read or write your thoughts after every chapter

i tend to do the latter so it takes me longer to read

[raw gate]

Go go go

[modern lichen]

I just read

[worthy crypt]

the first one im impatient

[raw gate]

Just read

Thoughts after

[arctic flax]

i have to start getting used to just reading

[mild seal]

I usually read every night before bed

[arctic flax]

im sure id save lot of time

[modern lichen]

I like absorbing an entire story before gathering my thoughts on it

[worthy crypt]

taking notes makes it kinda feel like work/school and reduces the odds ill end up reading

[arctic flax]

i kinda like taking notes so i can look back at them in the future and see my first time experience

[worthy crypt]

I got a kindle recently and you can easily highlight stuff in place so I might start doing that more

and set bookmarks and stuff

[arctic flax]

i have long notes docs saved for every tv shows ive wached lol

[limber urchin]

Next book I'm reading: Empire of the Damned, sequel to Empire of the Vampire. Another 800 page novel. Phew, these big books.

[mild seal]

and after that you'll listen to Empire of the Sun

[limber urchin]

Sun? OP reference.

@sand cypress The Way of Kings ||What is the most accurate art of shardplate and shardblade you know?||

[mild seal]

no, they're a music duo

[sand cypress]

Way of kings || This link contains official art only featuring the way of kings content. Scroll down to the leatherbound edition art and you can see some depictions of shardplate and the honorblades. Do not go to any other page on this website there are massive spoilers https://coppermind.net/wiki/The_Way_of_Kings/Interior_art also there are other resources too but they could probably be considered spoilers. Book 2 also features interior featuring the blades and plate so you'll just have to keep reading ||

[limber urchin]

Thank youuuuuu

[sand cypress]

[limber urchin]

The Way of Kings ||With the Shattered Plains one, are those the warcamps or the main castle beyond the warcamps where Elokhar and the rest live?||

[sand cypress]

Way of kings || I think it is the warcamps ||

[sage remnant]

Another peak one

[limber urchin]

I will say, I have the same criticism of Brandon as others, especially reminding myself how well Jay Kristoff writes: Brandon needs to work on that prose, man. It's serviceable, but nothing that really grips you the way great prose can. But I guess it's fine since he makes up for it in most every other department.

[sage remnant]

TWOK || All very good and very awesome but this is probably the best part of the book for me.

What is a man's life worth
Slavetraders say its worth two emerald broams
What do you say
A man's life is priceless, Kaladin said quoting her father.
Coincidenrally that's the exact value of a shardblade. Today you and your men sacrificed to buy me twenty two hundred priceless lives. All I had to repay you was single priceless sword.
I'd call that a bargain.
||

[sage remnant]

For Brandon (and for Kristoff) its deliberate albeit for different reasons. Brandon wants it that anyone with low proficiency in the language could enjoy the books

[limber urchin]

That's at least a positive to it.

[sage remnant]

For Kristoff, I think he just targets to adults who are closer to YA audience (want more "adult" version of the YA-ish story)

[sage remnant]

All very good ones

Did you watch the newest Netflix series adaptation of hundred years of solitude rei? It's good

[limber urchin]

Hey that's a pretty solid description

[sage remnant]

When will I get a stormlight art from you btw 👀

You are obliged to draw one since you finished twok

[limber urchin]

I hope you like crayons on cave walls.

[last perch]

Silo s2 Ep9 ||Finally, a banger ep||

[outer tulip]

Oh word I thought I was crazy for not being able to find it

[last perch]

In the meanwhile, watch Silo

[mild seal]

man I love the thanksgiving episodes of Bob's Burgers lol

[mild seal]

bobs burgers s10e10 ||"nice, sweaty and weird, if my penis could talk" I swear Gene has some of the best lines||

[last perch]

Knives Out : Done ✅

Knives Out || Really good start, really good plot execution until the end, I got to say, the ending is weak, Ransom seemed suspicious from the first minute, making him the murderer, the viewer expected some kind of plot-twist toward the end, considering that there is a culprit behind all of this, so you suspect Ransom in the first 10 minutes, you keep suspecting him during the police chase with Marta, then at the end, it was obvious it was him, overall, great story, great plot, great characters, very predictable ending||
~~ 3.5/5?~~

maybe i would give it 4, ||considering it is only the predictable part at the end being the issue||

[last perch]

4/5

3.5 is kinda harsh on the movie || it was really good with one weak part||

[raw gate]

What’s your favorite from my favorites?

[sage remnant]

Prolly Neuromancer

[raw gate]

Good choice

[modern lichen]

i was asked this question in another server: what are 5-10 books that define the way you look at life and stories or what gives a look at the way you understand the world

tentative list:

• ramayana
• mahabharata (bhagavad gita is a part of this)
• one piece
• the lord of the rings
• brothers karamazov
• blood meridian
• moby dick
• calvin and hobbes
• gitanjali
• the books of earthsea

this is mine

[sage remnant]

Moby Dick? really?

[modern lichen]

yeah

[sage remnant]

Interesting

[modern lichen]

novels, plays and comics (western and manga) count

[main lion]

Green Eggs and Ham
Charmander Sees a Ghost
One Piece
Haiyuu
Pokemon Sapphire/Ruby official Nintendo Power Guide
Homer's Odyssey
Comprehension and Language Arts Skills
My Reading school textbook from 2001
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Charlotte's Web

[modern lichen]

do you like the odyssey more than iliad?

[main lion]

I dont remember them its been 15 years

[modern lichen]

bruh

[main lion]

I'm 29 next month man 😔

[modern lichen]

i'll be 26 next month

its been nice chilling at home without a job

[main lion]

it may be job time..

[modern lichen]

i've finished 2 books and half of chihayafuru already

[sage remnant]

damn old guy

[modern lichen]

the goldfinch was very meh towards the end

[sage remnant]

🏃

[modern lichen]

having started "wolf hall", such great prose

[modern lichen]

if ever i get a chance.... the job market has been.... shit

[main lion]

I be talkin to me colleagues over in india forreal.

A lot of it is racist white people in the US saying "I'd like to speak to a US rep" to them tho

[modern lichen]

for now, i do chill and its nice

[main lion]

😔

[modern lichen]

oh man

yeah, its rough especially now but that's the extent to which i'll go

dont wanna get too topical...

[main lion]

some people are stuck in their ways

sad days

[modern lichen]

bro i havent seen you talk much about reading or watching or playing anything these days

been in a slump?

[main lion]

I started working again 4 months ago

Im mostly in #games now

playing okami

[modern lichen]

nice nice

its been.. a while since i played a game

wairt

i finished the golden idol sequel recently

[main lion]

googling that

it has the most unappealing cover art of a game ever

[modern lichen]

[main lion]

its so bland looking wtf

[modern lichen]

its really good once you get into it

i initally had the same reaction but the puzzles and the story is just amazing

[main lion]

powerpoint presentation ass cover

[sage remnant]

[modern lichen]

that cover sucks what the fuck

why

But yeah, back to topic in this chat

Wolf Hall good so far

Was asking only about the written word, so novels, plays, comics

But I appreciate this

[raw gate]

In that case

[modern lichen]

Nice, good list

[raw gate]

Whipped it up on the spot but it would probably look a little different if I was able to sit and think for a moment about the question more

[modern lichen]

Take your time for a more definite list

[tawny parcel]

I’ll probably put dune on my to read list this year and try it

Isn’t there 6 books and it’s unfinished?

[raw gate]

Well I had originally misinterpreted the question as asking what the ten most formative works for our/my current preferences are, but I see now that it’s actually asking for ten works that have changed or have helped shape how I perceive and interact with the world/life around me

[tawny parcel]

What percentage of people even get past dune 1 because dune books after 1 ||doesnt it get hella freaky and weird||

[raw gate]

The first one isn’t even my personal favorite

But I assume most people’s favorite is the first and I’m not sure how many bother to continue past that

Even though it’s required reading really

[coarse flower]

Read until book 4 at least

[sage remnant]

is it god emperor of dune?

or messiah

[raw gate]

Messiah

[tawny parcel]

I should make a list of all the books i plan to read this year

[sage remnant]

just take some books from my list

[tawny parcel]

But also half the fun is kinda just being in a bookstore and picking something random

[tawny parcel]

Want to read some more classic books but also i dont want to become pretentious so

[modern lichen]

You’re dumb enough

Get smarter

[sage remnant]

[modern lichen]

Being pretentious is ok

[sage remnant]

read The Stranger Wombat

[coarse flower]

Crime and punishment
The Iliad
But these are basically my favorite books

[tawny parcel]

What the hell man :(

[modern lichen]

Getting too cocky, had to cut you down to size lil blud

[tawny parcel]

I tried to be pretentious when i was like 15 but then i just stopped

Ego death

[coarse flower]

Blood Meridian
I Claudius too

[modern lichen]

This is a form of anti intellectualism as well, just read good stuff and engage with good literature and art earnestly

[tawny parcel]

When I picked up The Gambler I didn’t even know it was the guy who made Crime and Punishment until a couple days later

[modern lichen]

Bro?

[tawny parcel]

Book cinematic universe

[coarse flower]

Lol

[tawny parcel]

I do lol

I’m mostly just being dramatic

[modern lichen]

Why worry about being pretentious then, you’ll be called dumb by me regardless

[modern lichen]

I rarely see I Claudius be mentioned

[tawny parcel]

I’m the smartest 19 year old

[modern lichen]

Chill

[tawny parcel]

Chills dude. Chills.

[modern lichen]

Bro onto nothing

[raw gate]

• In Search of Lost Time
• 100YOS
• Notes from Underground
• Hunter x Hunter
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• Macbeth
• Kiichi Series
• Beyond Good and Evil
• The Art of War
• No Longer Human

[tawny parcel]

My dad read le Mis, I’ll probably put that on there too

Macbeth was so fire

That shit was gas

[coarse flower]

The book ignited my love for history

[tawny parcel]

Shakespeare was cooking when he wrote that

[modern lichen]

Macbeth is my favorite Shakespeare play

[tawny parcel]

Which is crazy cause romeo and juliet is mid

[coarse flower]

Same

[tawny parcel]

But Macbeth is lit

[modern lichen]

Romeo and Juliet is fine

[tawny parcel]

Do you think Shakespeare would appreciate me calling his work lit

[modern lichen]

Probably

[obsidian basalt]

would he appreciate me showing him that "damn, his writing is this fire" YouTube thumbnail

[tawny parcel]

I have that one too

[modern lichen]

i love these reactions

they're so sincere in their engagement with the music

[raw gate]

It’s a toss between Macbeth and Hamlet, in regard to favorite Shakespeare

I fw A Midsummer Night’s Dream heavy too, though

[sage remnant]

Comedy of Errors is the closest one to me

and then King Lear

prolly my dad's influence in that one. He used to watch any possible adaptation or worked out play of King Lear he could find

[primal mason]

I'm gonna watch the J-drama First Love Hatsukoi.

[ripe cosmos]

been reading creature commandoes comics

got caught up with absolute batman

[modern lichen]

https://vxtwitter.com/flashfamfiles/status/1877452999577968770?s=46 this looks so cool

[ripe cosmos]

which Flash is it?

[modern lichen]

It’s in the tweet itself

[ripe cosmos]

Wally West eh

alr then

[magic bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/vince-mcmahon-intrigued-gif-27408103

I fuck with it

The absolute run has some of my favorite designs. Still iffy on Batman but it’s growing on me

[modern lichen]

Absolute Wonder Woman is my favorite but the Absolute Universe is overall firing on all cylinders

[modern lichen]

absolute batman issue 4

incredible issue

[mild seal]

I saw that

[young ridge]

eclipse isnt slick..

caught in 4k

[raw gate]

Hehe

[coarse flower]

Lol

It's a good list

But still lol

You have the most highbrow taste possible

[young compass]

There is always a higher brow

[coarse flower]

Yeah,James Joyce,Thomas Pycnhon and David Foster Wallace are missing

[young compass]

I don’t like talking to DFW people

Reio naming your list “essentials for understanding me” and it just being like, /lit/ core, is giving me mixed signals

[raw gate]

The title is a joke playing on the Hunterchad meme

[mild seal]

So I've only watched an interview he did but haven't read a book of his, what's the stereotype?

[raw gate]

And ofc it’s /lit/ core. I went to college for literature lol

At least I’m not putting the likes of the Holy Bible and the plethora of literary fiction that they had on their top 100

I wanna reread some of these, though. I wonder if I’ll be as big of a fan of some of these works as I was when I was 19

[mild seal]

Oh God juba's been writing for a while, what have I done

[raw gate]

You’ve never read Infinite Jest?

Oh you just said that nvm

I don’t know why Juba would dislike DFW more than Thomas Pynchon

[mild seal]

I've heard of it

Well he said dfw people

Not the author himself

[raw gate]

Ulysses would have made my list but it’s like every lit student I know’s favorite book

[young compass]

Disaffected, but meticulously displayed in such a way as to not make you seem gauche. Cynical, but through an inflated sense of self that causes you to believe it’s instead a mix of resignation and intellectualism. Self-aware, so much so that it divorces from actual self-awareness and becomes performative. They all treat DFW as ultimate figure yet their desire to seem measured prevents them from conveying it, so it comes through an elitist filter

[raw gate]

And I’m already too normie

[mild seal]

I can see that juba

[young compass]

After these people read DFW, they only read stuff like Arno Schmidt or become like, infatuated with the idea of a “cultured but normal person” and wear it like an aesthetic

I think everyone who reads him in college goes through this

[mild seal]

I've only watched interviews or read quotes of his

[raw gate]

I’m not a big DFW fan

[young compass]

I don’t hate his works but I don’t really get the appeal ultimately

Or rather, I do get the appeal

I just don’t get how someone would live in its bubble their whole life

[mild seal]

As someone who has struggled with depression and suicide, some of the things he said resonated with me

[young compass]

He could have been a motivational speaker

[raw gate]

I tried. @coarse flower

This is the most I’ve thought about literature in a good while. The Harsh effect

[young compass]

I like PKD

You should read more of his works

[raw gate]

I like A Scanner Darkly

But those are the only two I’ve read

[last perch]

I have read Dune a year and half ago, is dune 2 worth the watch?

[raw gate]

Yes

[last perch]

what is letterboxd but for books?

[raw gate]

It might have been my favorite film to release last year

[raw gate]

Goodreads or Bookly

[last perch]

already got goodreads

i haven't touched a book in a year lol.

it is like, my favourite hobby, but the least one.

[raw gate]

I reread shorter favorites from time to time

[coarse flower]

Storygraph/Hardcover

[last perch]

i might start reading again, problem is, I try to get into non fiction books, like something related to money, psychology, habits...etc, and I feel like my ADHD hit hard when reading these books, the only times I had my full attention reading these books is when I read The Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Mason, and the habit book (forgot its name) by James Clear, their writing styles make you give the full attention when reading.

[raw gate]

I hate non-fiction for the most part

[last perch]

also, The Richest Man in Babylon is probably one of the best finance based book

[coarse flower]

We share three favorites, you have my stamp of approval

[last perch]

oh my god, so easy to understand and so entertaining to read.

[raw gate]

Which ones?

[last perch]

I see you read Crime and Punishment, have you read The Brothers Karamazovs?

by Doestovesky.

[raw gate]

Yes

It’s my third favorite Dostoevsky

[last perch]

third? your first has to be prime and punishment, what is your 2nd?

[raw gate]

Notes from Underground

[last perch]

Haven't read that yet

[raw gate]

It’s not very long

[last perch]

I have only read 2 doestovesky books, but I liked The Brothers Karamazovs more than Crime and Punishment

but it is just matter of taste, both are equally good imo

[coarse flower]

Do androids dream of electric sheep,the sound and the fury,catch-22. I also like Dune quite a bit too.

[raw gate]

Oh nice. Wasn’t expecting it to be those first two, but Catch-22 is a given

[coarse flower]

I have to read more PKD and Faulkner. I've barely scratched the surface with their output since I've only read their most popular work , and loved it.

[white smelt]

Are there no modern good books? Every time someone makes a list like this it’s just ancient stuff

Which I’ve read some and I agree they’re good but like has no one written something on par since then

[raw gate]

Murakami. But I also don’t read newer books or engage with literary discourse anymore. I did a lot in college because I was studying it there

[white smelt]

Murakami

[raw gate]

Oh god. You’re not a fan?

[white smelt]

I hate that guy. He’s written the same thing ten times

I’ve read most of his work and the long form stuff is just the same thing over and over

[raw gate]

LMAO

[white smelt]

My partner loves his stuff so I’m obliged to read it

[raw gate]

Kafka on the Shore is peak

Rest

[last perch]

i read one of his books

|| why are Asians authors so invested in incests||

[raw gate]

😭

Wanze, I put some GRRM on there

Are we not going to acknowledge the modernism

[white smelt]

Murakami ||listless 30 something year old man wanders through life and his career woman wife cheats on him and leaves and he is then sexually liberated by a teenager|| Guess which book I’m talking about

[last perch]

his most popular one , right?

forgot the name

[white smelt]

[last perch]

kafka on the shore?

that the one i read.

[white smelt]

You could say any one of his long form novels and be right

[raw gate]

Is 1Q84 like that?

That’s one of the only ones I haven’t read

[white smelt]

1Q84 ||I don’t remember if the MC was divorced but the rest is true||

[raw gate]

Lol

[last perch]

kafka in the shore || I remember a cat talking||

[tawny parcel]

What is considered modern in literature????

[raw gate]

Probably anything made within the last 34 years

90 onward

[raw gate]

But to go more in depth, Wombat, I’m using the word modern there differently from the style of literature, “modernist,” that spanned from the 19th to 20th centuries

When Wanze asks “are the no good modern books,” I’m assuming he’s also using the word in relation to recency, which is subjectively defined and not worth discussing. They’re basically asking if anyone likes books that were made within the last decade or something super restrictive like that

And the answer is I wouldn’t know

[sage remnant]

Lord of the flies?

[modern lichen]

I hate that book with a passion

[shadow sequoia]

Transformers One ||Huh, didn't actually expect it to be good||

Transformers One ||Really like how they spent time developing everyone into what they would eventually become||

[modern lichen]

Transformers One || they really stuck the landing into it being a genuine tragedy because of how well they developed both Optimus and Megatron’s arcs ||

[modern lichen]

/lit/ core ass shit

Oh shit I forgot The Sandman what the fuck

Updating it

[near echo]

Watched the first two episodes of Arcane S2

Arcane S2 ||Dude I can't believe they're still using this imagine dragons song||

[shadow sequoia]

Lol

[white smelt]

lol

Idk if you find that good or not

But I recently watched TYE season 2 and they kept the same utada song for the opening and was pleased

[shadow sequoia]

I don't give a fuck about Imagine Dragons, I don't listen to them

[near echo]

I liked em back in like

Highschool

[junior dock]

schmigadoon

Y'all know anything about it?

I know things about it.

[modern lichen]

First time I’m hearing about it

[last perch]

|| it is true that they suck, but the song fit the opening animation||

[modern lichen]

updated with sandman and macbeth

also updated some (most) of the pictures

[last perch]

Incendies : Done ✅

4.5/5

Incendies || why tf did they make it cryptic to understand who was their father at the end||

[last perch]

I heard people become a cinephile if they watched this movie

[raw gate]

The first one was apparently worse. In my time spent reading, I’ve probably viewed literature too much as an educational resource. In the Topster you responded to, that’s me trying not to If that makes any sense…

[last perch]

Incendies
|| 1. I realised the plot twist 5 min after i completed watching the movie||
|| 2. Man, the mother went through a lot.||
||3. I never expected Christians Isis to to be in a fiction movie||
||4. Fun fact, the middle-eastern places NAMES mentioned in this movie are all fictional||
||5. Another fun fact, the places actually exist, and they are in my hometown lol||
||6. The beginning of the movie when the brother of Nawal said "ya ibn el mokhayamat" or "you son of camps" to Nawal lover, is actually a representation of racial societal issue in Jordan (movie was filmed in Jordan) when the refugees of Palestine's came from war to Jordan back in the 50's 60's and 70's , a racial issue was born between some people originating from Jordan, and Palestinian refugees at that time||
||7. the gasp of Jeanne is Oscar worthy.||
||8. If I only understood the cryptic meaning behind "1+1 = 1" at that moment, but when I realised the plot-twist i was like "ohhhh damn".||

[sage remnant]

I mean, as long as you enjoy even if you were treating it as educational resource

Moby Dick being in harsh's list is as insane as lord of the flies in yours to me
both were an extreme bore to read for me

[raw gate]

I enjoy the analytical and historical aspects

[sage remnant]

also you should read more pkd

[last perch]

One of the best Denis Villeneuve movies

[sage remnant]

that's why you read the short story collections

I dislike Norwegian wood as it has none of his plus points and all of his bad stuff

[last perch]

It is amazing how someone like Denis, went from creating Indencies, to Sicario, to Blade Runner and Dune.

[sage remnant]

I like Kafka on the Shore the most cuz it's an extremely surreal experience at times

[last perch]

dude covered good range of genres.

[modern lichen]

It shaped my understanding of literature being a medium of many disciplines and experimentation

[last perch]

maybe if I put Sicario on watchlist, then like that I would have watched all his movies.

[sage remnant]

Interesting. I can't see that work having that kind of effect personally

[modern lichen]

Watch Polytechnique

[sage remnant]

I had tried the actual book, gave it up, and then tried a audiobook of it back in 2022 and again gave up

[modern lichen]

Fair

I love it

[sage remnant]

Lord of the Flies was similar. It was an absolute bore

[last perch]

question about indencies and Se7en || did you feel any intensity in the movie, i felt like Se7en was way more intense than this, the ending did me like "ohhhh damn", but Se7en ending actually filled me with anger, and intensity way more than indecies?||

[modern lichen]

I agree on this

[modern lichen]

Both these films are extremely different

[last perch]

true.

[modern lichen]

Incendies is an extremely realistic story, Se7en is pointedly unrealistic and set in a skewed world

[last perch]

Incendies || the most unrealistic part is the mother making her own children suffer to find an answer instead of giving it away to them lol||

[modern lichen]

Incendies || that’s not unrealistic, parents often do that, they don’t divulge full information in this specific case, due to trauma ||

[last perch]

maybe.

[fluid merlin]

Incendies || The mother is protecting them from the ugly truth, there is no maybe or unrealistic about it ||

[modern lichen]

incendies ||like yes, you can see how visibly it affected them lol||

[last perch]

incendies ||that doesn't make sense, if she really wanted to protect her children from ugly truth, she should have never told them about a missing brother to begin with.||

regardless, a great movie, and unique.

[modern lichen]

incendies ||she wanted them to relay her messages to him, knowing she will die and she will eventually leave her past behind, come on man||

incendies ||a woman who has been wronged her entire life finally has a chance to greet her son AND her abuser, she dies before she can do so and so she entrusts it to her children, its not that hard to understand and its not unrealistic either||

[last perch]

indencies || my point is, the whole thing happened to explore her story ofc, i mean the whole "go to middle east and find a bro there" is to actually "initiate" a plot, so it kinda doesn't make sense to say why didn't the mother tell them directly before she died||

[modern lichen]

bro

come on now

[last perch]

I sometimes feel like i am clueless on how to use letterboxd

lol

[tawny parcel]

You log the movie

And rate it if you want

The end

[last perch]

that the easiest part i guess

Arcane new show teaser? ||https://youtu.be/VOTeQnJ1XMQ?si=5prQX6Uozb8wW0gq||

[modern lichen]

no

[main lion]

Arcane s2 end ||Seems to imply some things about what mel does after arcane ends but its not a new show teaser. Its a teaser for the next competitive league of legends season||

[last perch]

Next movie options: Dog day afternoon, and justice for all, 12 Angry Men.

[raw gate]

The questions posed and avenues of thought explored in the book are good for discussion and application

[modern lichen]

its a piece of shit

[raw gate]

I’m not invested enough

Just don’t call any of my hubby Kafka’s work shit and I think I can survive the day without having a conniption

[modern lichen]

i find kafka's work really good

i dont like lord of the flies specifically, its boring and its ideas are outdated and responding to a very specific genre of fiction with a very specific intent in mind and pretends that that's a broad statement on humanity and human nature

[tawny parcel]

Is anyone here gonna watch better man lol

Monkey movie

[modern lichen]

Not until it’s out on torrents

[tawny parcel]

https://youtu.be/GOjJ8gUpE-4 this guy’s probably the only youtube reviewer i listen to consistently i was surprised to hear he liked it

[main lion]

Why does that right image look like the niel druckmann version of the mr beast thumbnail meme

[tawny parcel]

Idk beo he just makes faces

[main lion]

Its just the angle

[sage remnant]

they be releasing anything really

[main lion]

Wait is that an nft thing

[tawny parcel]

What

[main lion]

Bored ape

[tawny parcel]

Yes but what does rhat have to do with the monkey movie

[main lion]

I know nothing about this movie that thumbnail just looks like a live action version of one of the many bored apes

“Live action”

[tawny parcel]

Its a musical biopic of Robbie Williams but he’s a monkey instead

For some reason

[main lion]

Every mans dream

Not for some reason

[tawny parcel]

Idek who Robbie Williams is

I’m just surprised to hear its getting good reviews for how shallow the gimmick sounded

[raw gate]

Which? YA fiction?

[modern lichen]

This guy fucking sucks

He did a blackface review once

[modern lichen]

Island survival stories

Specifically a book called “Coral Island”

[raw gate]

Robinsonade

I know what you’re talking about

[raw gate]

I wonder why the book can’t be both a response to Ballantyne’s Coral Island as well as an exploration of morality in a setting vacant of law and order?

I never got the sense that it was masquerading as a broad statement on human nature. Rather I found it to be very forthright in its approach towards establishing itself as philosophical fiction charged by Golding’s experiences in the war and his desire to subvert what he felt were unrealistic narratives pushed by British colonialism, at the time

I definitely agree that the ideas are outdated, though. I still think it’s relevant historically

[tawny parcel]

!!?????????????

[limber urchin]

I wonder what this says about Wombat?

[tawny parcel]

It says i go outside because im not chronically onlune

I just thought he makes some decent reviews

[limber urchin]

ignores that completely rational logic and continues to judge you irrationally

[white smelt]

Why

Dude sucks

[tawny parcel]

Why does he suck

[white smelt]

Right wing grift

[tawny parcel]

He reviews Moana bro

[limber urchin]

And calls it woke/s

[tawny parcel]

So true these damn female protagonists…

[limber urchin]

Dwayne "The Woke" Johnson

[main lion]

uh...

[tawny parcel]

I believe that this happened but it is not in that review from skimming it

But damn that sucks

[young compass]

this is how i imagine every youtube reviewer

not the racist part

but the condensed buzzword content

[tawny parcel]

Upon further examination this was at LEAST over 8 years ago which still doesn’t make it good but

[main lion]

I hate the "staring at the camera, youtube voice turned on, quick cuts for 'comedic' effect" content

[main lion]

I think if it was like, him trying to be accurate to the character 8 years ago Id say "sure thats a fair argument"

but he threw an afro on

[tawny parcel]

No yeah its bad lol im not disagreeing

I dont know how old it actually is because https://youtu.be/OgMbSUtDU-A i don’t know when the original video was made

Still sucks

[main lion]

anyway that aside watch whatever you want g

I just don't really like his youtube talking/editing style. Very common youtube thing

[tawny parcel]

Fair enough lol

Theres some other ones I like, I just don’t watch YouTube often

Or, as often anymore

[limber urchin]

I didn't think he was gonna put that much effort into it lmao

[arctic flax]

jahns mostly just reviews mcu/blockbuster shit

[limber urchin]

MCPoo

[limber urchin]

My favorite thing to watch is you opening packs with Vaporeon.

As an aside, heading to theaters for Nosferatu baby.

[past panther]

@tardy dust was banned!

Reason: scam

[tawny parcel]

Storm of swords 600 pages in|| i knew she was likely going to die in the battle but part of me hoped she wouldn’t ||

[limber urchin]

Nosferatu (I mention Bram Stoker's Dracula, as well) - 7.5/10 ||To be honest, never saw the original, though I have read Bram Stoker's Dracula and it seems to have been inspired by apects of that, if memory serves. Either way, I did enjoy the film, though I hesitate to call it great. However, it is a good film that I do recommend. I was enthralled by the dark tone and overall macabre and downright evil presence Nosferatu's actor, makeup, and accent had on screen. I wont go into detail, but my favorite scene was his shadowed hand reaching out over the town. Honorable mention to his killing of the kids; that thud as the child hit the ground was nasty. And great performances all around, especially the main girl and Dafoe.||

[last perch]

Incendies is so good that I am still thinking about it

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/VHSDVDBLURAY4K/status/1878226675151859928

We 🖤 Love Physical Media (@VHSDVDBLURAY4K) on X

A24 was able to make 16 movies in 2024 with the same budget that ‘Red one’ Had 😭

Twitter · Jan 11, 2025, 11:45 PM

[mild seal]

50M for the Rock is not worth

[white smelt]

Why the hell does he make more than Chris evans

The rock stocks have been down for years

Who is buying, man

[frank rivet]

Creature Commandos S1E7 Finale- ||What a great show tbh, i really enjoyed it. I wish it was longer because the best parts were the backstories and they went kind of fast. Honestly Ninas mom was a fucking bitch, and her dad had a heart of gold. However, he was kinda dumb lol like bruh just say "YO THATS MY DAUGHTER" and all of this would of been avoided.||

[mild seal]

oh I just remembered that the rock basically makes all his movies with his production company so he's paying himself

[frank rivet]

is it his production company, i literally feel like all CGI looks like GG3

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1878297865295966323

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

Andy Muschietti explains why he thinks ‘THE FLASH’ failed.

“Apart from all the others reasons, it wasn't a movie that appealed to the 4-quadrants. It failed at that.

When you spend $200 million making a movie, Warner wants to bring even your grandmother to the theaters. And I

Twitter · Jan 12, 2025, 4:28 AM

https://tenor.com/view/hes-an-idiot-gif-21949919

[mild seal]

[fickle ember]

He’s right, no one cares about flash

Couldn’t even reach 10 seasons, stopped at 9

Garbage

[frank rivet]

bruh how was that trash $200 million dollars

CGI was so bad

[mild seal]

I just looked at the rock's filmography, and the only movies in the past 10yrs he didn't produce were the fast and furious movies, moana 1/2, san andreas, and central intelligence

[frank rivet]

so all the good ones

🤣

[mild seal]

but 2017 and onwards it was all him except moana

[frank rivet]

i don't believe this is true, but maybe it is. I keep hearing there is a statement in his contract that says he always has to win

[modern lichen]

There is

[frank rivet]

but why 😭

[modern lichen]

Ego

[frank rivet]

Which is kinda crazy because I know the rock from the wrestling world and he's been a heel before

And people love the rock when he is a villain and he loses plenty of times

So idk why Hollywood is different for him

[mild seal]

he recently did some wrestling and he was a heel again

so yeah idk

[fickle ember]

Imagine casting rock as a bad guy and then spoiling the movie because you know the bad guy will win since it’s in his contract 😔

[mild seal]

he doesn't have to win, he just can't lose

[frank rivet]

Ok before Jumanji what would you say his most popular movie was

I would of said Scorpion king and he was a villain in that one

[mild seal]

moana?

and maybe pain and gain before that

[fickle ember]

I’m such a big rock fan

[limber urchin]

Oh god I remember dragging my mom to the theaters to see Scorpion King cause The Rock was in it.

[frank rivet]

It wasn't even that bad

That was a pretty fun time for Egyptian pyramid movies

[limber urchin]

Thr Mummy, my beloved

The*

[frank rivet]

Goated

[limber urchin]

Ten Commandments is a good Egyptian movie too in a way

[tawny parcel]

Because the rock wants to change the hierarchy of the Hollywood cinematic universe

[last perch]

Me ^

[light orchid]

This is the showcase of why Direct-to-Video and humbler theatrical releases were so successful back in the day. A producer/company can throw 100 million at 20 pictures, but even if only one of them breaks it big and earns them over 100 million at the box office/DtV sales, that's still turning a profit with the initial investment.

Rocky, Terminator, American Graffiti, Mad Max, all were incredibly successful on moderate budgets.

[modern lichen]

Audiences also didn’t clue in as much to franchises and sequels

[light orchid]

And none of those movies would've been made today if there wasn't anyone willing to bite the bullet and risk a moderate loss against going all out with a massive financial failure.

[wise crane]

e.

[frank rivet]

I hope the DCU can make a good show for lesser known DC characters in the general public like Zatanna

Lots of things to work with

[modern lichen]

creature commandos has already done that

[primal mason]

Finished J-Drama First Love Hatsukoi ||This was a cute series. I did not expect this series to interchange different periods of time in each episode to tell a long-term romance between two individuals. So I was a little lost at first, but I later understood what the narrative was going for. The pay off to seeing the couple finally confessing to one another with their true romantic feelings was great. One scene that stood out to me was not of the main romance, but a rejection Yae Noguchi did to her taxi driving co-worker. Her rejection went by in a non-troubling manner and these two particular characters had a conversation about the good parts of expressing your love that really resonated with me. The message of just going for your true feelings and not turning back was built up so well. I liked this series. ||

[modern lichen]

watch "makanai: cooking for the maiko house"

its an adaptation of a manga i really like but i think the show is really good too

[primal mason]

sure

noted and added to ptw

Looks like most of the manga is fan-translated too neat.

[modern lichen]

yeah i really enjoy it

its an iyashikei

[shadow sequoia]

Stormlight 4: Rhythm of War Chapter 80 ||That was a sweet chapter||