western-series

[modern lichen]

ah

dang

[sage remnant]

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/xiralrZXA7

[shrewd sigil]

only voice actor in the main cast returning is zuko's VA 💔💔

[sage remnant]

Sad for Atla fans

[primal mason]

Finished Dream Scenario ||It was a really interesting movie that explores a wild premise and utilizes it to showcase the price of fame and the burden it has on people through its protagonist. When the dreams started to shift the professor's perception for the worse, I definitely felt for his struggle. This fills in a niche I didn't know I wanted, cause I have been curious on how a scenario might mentally affect a good to honest old boomer. I got that with interesting results. The only thing that was a little meh was the ending. I think I got the idea that love the professor has for his family with the final scene, but it didn't feel satisfying of a conclusion. Nonetheless 90% of the movie kept me hooked, so I really enjoyed this. ||

Nicholas Cage is a great actor

[main lion]

ruined by woke...

[young compass]

lady bird ||it's excessive but I've definitely seen relationships like this, where the mother is jealous of their daughter to varying extents. my friend thought it was spot-on and reflected a lot of people she knew's relationships with their parents||

[limber harbor]

It’s also been like 15-20 years since the show was released

Aang Last airbender || might be difficult for some of them to keep the same voice they did a decade ago. Some are pretty good at it||

Aang last airbender and Avarar LA ||whats funny to me is that every single new thing that’s posted about these shows pisses the fans off, like it’s just constant bad decisions almost||

[white smelt]

||i mean if they’re all adults in the show and in real life they could just use their normal voices lol no need to do anything to it ||

[limber harbor]

I completely forgot about that aspect

Yeah I guess it doesn’t quite make sense

Aang Last airbender ||I honestly don’t think anyone would actually care if they just used the same voice actors, May be another reason cause this is just silly||

Somehow the ATLA universe already gives me the same disinterest as anything star wars related and they’ve barely put in any content yet

[arctic flax]

dumb and unnecessary change. the fans want the old voice actors back. if it aint broke, why fix it?

[limber harbor]

There’s a saying, if something isn’t adding up then money is involved

[copper phoenix]

avatar netflix live action || didnt they change sokkas sexism in the live action because it wouldn't go well with audiences too? even tho overcoming it is a core trait of his character arc? ||

they just going woke for no reason

doesnt even surprise me

[limber harbor]

Avatar LA ||isn’t making Sokka lose his misogyny the opposite of being woke?||

[copper phoenix]

did you read the following statement

[limber harbor]

Avatar LA and TV show ||I mean he kind of gets over it and learns woman are to be respected in like 10 minutes of runtime, so this would seem more woke than the opposite of making him respect woman right away ||

I did darling

[little hull]

Lady bird ||Yeah the portrayal of this family dynamic here is definitely real and exists. I've been thinking on how to perceive the intended message of Lady Bird and her mom, it came off at the end as "split the blame equally" (via that letter at the end) but Lady Bird apologizes too (via the final phone call) and abandons her name. But the more I think about it the more it doesn't really make sense to me since that tone doesn't match the events in the movie at all. Idk why she is apologizing or abandoning her name||

Lady bird ||gotta say tho Im not American and I've never been to a private school, so perhaps im misinterpreting some cultural nuances in the movie ||

[sinful vessel]

About to watch thunderbolts* in theaters

They played a trailer for the LA how to train your dragon movie

https://tenor.com/view/sleep-gif-12944899486400191725

[shrewd sigil]

yellowjackets s1e3 ||keep going back and forth on whether I like this or not||

||wish they'd stay a bit longer on the past version instead of the constant cuts to 2021||

[near echo]

Watched an old Russian cartoon based on Indian folklore called The Golden Antelope

This feels like it was a massive influence on Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away it's almost uncanny

(Which isn't surprising I guess The Snow Queen is one of his biggest influences period and this is another work by the same director, it's just curious how this doesn't show up in the western animation canon like, at all, since its impact is more understated)

[modern lichen]

hm?

i know what that's based on

the ramayana

oh no

its something else

[wooden swift]

@sonic tree @fair echo
https://youtu.be/6rtYfx1-FS4?si=EgsdNrK9XNGmMbUl

[young compass]

lady bird ||Are you confused why she still left despite seeming somewhat amicable in the letter? The entire movie is lady bird attempting to rationalize the contradictions in her mother's behavior: why does she say she loves me, despite being so restrictive? why does she feel the need to compete with me, despite being my mother? She's sheltered and affluent and a teenager so it was obviously difficult for her to understand these questions, and she hadn't reached the stage of maturity where you realize that nobody ever acts irrationally, but reaching there was basically the whole point of the movie. People do things that don't seem logical but they're always rooted, and even if the outcome of said things is emotional trauma (or worse), there was something in their life that pushed the doer into that position- their own childhood trauma, stress, mental illness, addiction, whatever the case. Her mother felt many different sorts of ways about becoming pregnant so late in life, some of that came out as resentment and jealousy, some of it as intense care and love. She was inherently a person that had trouble expressing these feelings and her circumstances exacerbated this problem further until that was the norm of their relationship, where because she refused to be open with her daughter and tried to ignore everything, problems sprouted up elsewhere. Obviously she was emotionally abusive as a result but she still loved lady bird, and to a large extent that was where her actions were rooted, which was what Lady bird realized by the end - that despite her knowing she had to leave for the sake of building her own personal identity and future, she didn't hold any ill will towards her as a person. ||

[little hull]

Lady bird ||Great analysis I agree with what you mean how deep down she desires to have a "better" life than lady bird but also wants to be closer to her daughter at the same time, pride plays a big role in that way they both have some foil since lady bird has some of these same traits, tenacity, opinionated, we also learn of how lady bird's grandma was to her mom so she was likely repeating behaviors she had grown up with, not sure if I'd call it tough love exactly but from the airport scene and letters at the end she clearly doesn't hold any ill will towards her as a person yeah. In a way it feels sorta like a "I prefer you being mad at me and safe than being happy doing something that could end bad" situation leading to some emotional abuse, despite on surface wanting what's best for her, Lb does a great job at capturing the humanness of both characters in that way||

Ty for the explanation also Juba, def answered some confusions I had

[shrewd sigil]

mistborn hero of ages end ||this book's ending will never not be phenomenal||

only procrastinated for 8 days to read 2 and a half chapters

[sage remnant]

Mf just get to Stormlight I have so many things to talk about now

[shrewd sigil]

I have term exams in 2 weeks so I may or may not get stuck in way of kings/words of radiance for a while

[sage remnant]

all the best for exams

[shrewd sigil]

thank you 🙏

[modern lichen]

Highest 2 Lowest trailer || https://fixupx.com/a24/status/1919394973797032113?s=46 ||

A24 (@A24)

Can you handle it? 2x Academy Award winner Denzel Washington reunites with the great Spike Lee, after nearly 20 years, for HIGHEST 2 LOWEST. In theaters August 22 and on Apple TV+ September 5.

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FixupX · May 5, 2025, 2:13 PM

Looks so good

[modern lichen]

andor s2 latest episode || https://x.com/kloekap/status/1919081623896707124 ||

swann ✸ andor spoilers ✸ (@kloekap) on X

i love these guys sooo much i sure hope nothing bad happens to them :)

#Andor #MayThe4th

X · May 4, 2025, 5:28 PM

[primal mason]

I'm gonna watch the movie In the Mood for Love next

[modern lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/gendo-stare-neon-genesis-evangelion-gendo-gif-9367805630101002790

@sage remnant pausing the overstory and starting tainted cup

[sage remnant]

Noicee

[white smelt]

Dig the tariffs gonna kill the film industry lmfao

[modern lichen]

Some dumbass shit

[coarse flower]

Great movie,great director

[brave orbit]

Yo @undone junco watched ep 4?

[white smelt]

Should I go watch thunderbolts

[tawny parcel]

It’s a solid time

[copper phoenix]

ladies and gentlemen.... we got him

[ocean gyro]

THIS

[ocean gyro]

some of the actors have quit acting, Aang's VA was an real kid during recording.

Some of the ATLA cast have also showed they want to have new actors

[primal mason]

I finished In The Mood for Love || It's a fine movie with great cinematography, I just couldn't feel much for their struggles as they come to terms with the affairs going on within their circles. I'm just not particularly a fan of the way dialogue is exchanged and how reserved the main characters are, but that's a preference more than anything.||

[limber urchin]

The Boys season 4 episode 1 ||God, I love Karl Urban so fucking much. What a great actor.||

[undone junco]

Haven't even seen episode 3 😭, tomorrow both for sure 🙏

[brave orbit]

Ah damn

Ep 3 might be my fav so far so enjoy 🙏

Ep 4 too

[white smelt]

@modern lichen

[wintry lagoon]

I wish we had a Wonder woman or Flash series

especially flash, but only if it's Animated

[main lion]

there is a flash series

its just not animated

[modern lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/bleak-it's-bleak-shaking-head-its-bleak-black-and-white-gif-9592734580409210082

[primal mason]

what's a movie here that has really good cinematography? I want to practice studying cinematography.

[modern lichen]

Drive My Car, Lady Bird

If you wanna practice studying images, then recognise images and patterns in composition

Study photographers first

[primal mason]

ok

[primal mason]

Ok, so upon observing myself on how I critique/analyze film, I tend to be heavily attentive to character writing in dialogue. Cause I love character writing a lot in my anime/manga a lot cause what they say can say a lot about their character. I've admittedly never paid much attention to filmography cause when I actually attempt to describe filmography, it dumbs down to "This way of filming does enough to engage me, this way of filming makes a character seem hopeless, intimidating, etc". Surface level stuff basically. So I'm going to analyze things in movies in a way where I view the camera as a character. Filmography is centric to movies. Cameras manipulate the way I as a viewer view the story and characters with:
-color filters
-perspective
-shot movement
-field of view
-zoom in/out
-focus of expression
In a way, the camera acts as a character with its own way of expressing itself with these elements to make a movie unique. The camera does a lot to make me view characters and the setting in scenes in a specific, emphasize light. Because I like character writing so much, I think shifting my perspective to see camera-kun as its own character will help me engage with the movie medium better. Might be more fun and interesting.

[mild seal]

https://tenor.com/view/groundhog-groundhog-eating-gif-27654631

[shrewd sigil]

mistborn final empire end

[white smelt]

I watched thunderbolts

It was aight

[main lion]

🤝

[primal mason]

was there a hero with thunder powers

[modern lichen]

I haven’t seen it but the marketing gimmick spoiled the movie regardless

[white smelt]

Yeah his name was Blackagar Boltagon

[primal mason]

can't tell if you're lying or not

[modern lichen]

There is a character like that but he doesn’t have lightning powers

[mild seal]

how the hell do you remember that dude's name

[modern lichen]

Literally Black Bolt

[white smelt]

Cause it’s stupid lol

[mild seal]

no I know about black bolt harsh, I just mean his like name name

[modern lichen]

Black Bolt’s real name is Blackagar Boltagan it’s real stupid

[mild seal]

ya

[sage remnant]

GOT s8 || such an apt desc of handling of Dany's character arc ||

[near echo]

I feel like you can get away with Boltagan

Blackagar is too much

[acoustic crest]

Just rewatched close enough again. I’m so salty this show got canceled over Velma.

[proud fiber]

i recommend watching every frame a painting

for great explorations of film technique

he has videos on akira kurosawa, billy wilder, satoshi kon, jackie chan, a lot of people

[mild seal]

oh I love that channel

haven't watched one in a while though

[modern lichen]

there were 4 new videos recently

[tawny parcel]

Every frame a painting mentioned

[modern lichen]

one of them is a short film

[tawny parcel]

Speaking of, wanna watch a couple kurosawa films this year is samurai 7 just the normal starting point or is there any specific suggestions

[modern lichen]

go for it

its a long film

[raw gate]

Rashoman is shorter

[modern lichen]

or you could go with yojimbo or high and low

[raw gate]

Those too

[modern lichen]

they're all accessible

[raw gate]

There’s really too many to choose from lmao

Start wherever you’d like, Wombat

[tawny parcel]

I’m a big smart intelligent boy I’ll find one

[main lion]

hows ff7

[mild seal]

I bet he hasn't touched it since

[wintry lagoon]

Sorry I forgot to say "flash series again"

[tawny parcel]

There was

Complications

[dim hedge]

Nice Makoto pfp 🦦

[raw gate]

[sage remnant]

The Long Walk || https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/nqVApzuMRU||

[arctic flax]

talking bout thunderbolts? they replacing its name with a spoiler title lol

[raw gate]

Lmfao changing the name to an already successful film is wild as fuck

Ain’t never seen a movie with a dead name before

[mild seal]

Wait what

[mild seal]

Live die repeat was called edge of tomorrow

[tawny parcel]

Apparently the opening weekend for thunderbolts was the in the bottom 10 marvel has had lol

[raw gate]

It’s a spoiler

Well, I guess the context would be a spoiler

It has two names

[tawny parcel]

I feel like word of mouth will give this legs though

[raw gate]

Fr? Maybe people aren’t sold on the new Marvel vision yet

[tawny parcel]

Cap Brave new world did better

But like i said

Word of mouth is good

It will have legs

[sage remnant]

Just let Marvel die fr

[mild seal]

Wow they really changed the name of the movie

[tawny parcel]

Lol this is quite the lineup of trash down here

[sage remnant]

To what?

[tawny parcel]

Spoilers

Lol

[tawny parcel]

Thundebrolts ||the new avengers ||

[mild seal]

Is it spoilers if it's the name of the damn movie now

[sage remnant]

Ahh

[tawny parcel]

I would say yeah

[sage remnant]

I know about the post credit scene

[tawny parcel]

Im surprised they did it so soon

[sage remnant]

Where apparently || Sam sues them for that name || Thunderbolts

Or smth

[tawny parcel]

Thunderbolts ||yeah it seems like its setting up some beef between them, pretty funny scene ||

[tawny parcel]

On shit

Opps

Oops

This is domestic

160 million internationally

[arctic flax]

movies are gonna flop overseas from now on prob

[mild seal]

Good

[arctic flax]

The tariffs bs is gonna contribute to that

[tawny parcel]

The movie tariffs or whatever gotta be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen 😭

[arctic flax]

looks like thunderbolts is getting enough popularity to the point im alrdy hearing potential spoilers, whereas i havent heard much about brave new world(besides the shit they spoil in the trailer) even tho its been 4 months since it came out lol

im unable to see it until my finals are over so gon be a while

[tawny parcel]

100% tariff if you dont shoot in USA bro the usa doesnt have every location you could want why we punishing film makers 😞

[modern lichen]

The idea of putting tariffs on movies is inherently stupid

[arctic flax]

an idea only the smartest president could come up with

[tawny parcel]

Idk if its getting on the verge of too political but im curious to see how Hollywood will shake out with these

[modern lichen]

They’re in talks

Those tariffs are not happening

[arctic flax]

def a deliberate political move due to hollywood's left leaning

[tawny parcel]

Movies theater are already still down since covid

[arctic flax]

ppl are only going to see event type movies

[tawny parcel]

😞

2020 was a crazy time that’s so rough lmfao

When ur biggest release in 2019 is avengers endgame compared to bad boys for life in 2020 you know you’re cooked

[arctic flax]

thunderbolts seem to be going the suicide squad path, where its succesful critically but seems to be underperforming or flop

[tawny parcel]

Idk something tells me man it will have legs trust

[arctic flax]

im betting on it ending around 400m

[modern lichen]

Bad Boys for Life was a very fun time

[near echo]

I ask people IRL about thunderbolts and they tell me they'll just watch it on Disney+

[limber urchin]

Will theaters die and/or become only a luxury with even higher prices?

[near echo]

That's part of the problem. Even good marvel films are just part of such a predictable pipeline people don't feel pressure to see em in theaters anymore lol

[real plank]

Thunderbolts ||https://bsky.app/profile/culturecrave.co/post/3lojaiygmck2w||

Culture Crave 🍿 (@culturecrave.co)

The official Avengers social media accounts now have a copyright symbol ©️

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Bluesky · May 6, 2025, 3:53 PM

[near echo]

They'll start serving alcohol at reasonable prices

Id go to mine more if a beer wasn't 15 bucks

Booze saved arcades

[limber urchin]

popcorn and soda at the theaters, my beloved

i never could do beer at a theater

[modern lichen]

not enough theatres playing it here in english lmao its very funny

so i'm just gonna wait till it comes out on disney+

i'm definitely gonna go watch the new mission impossible on the biggest possible screen, just 5 days away from release

[arctic flax]

excited for the new mission impossible. binged all the movies last year to catch up to the recent movie and it ended up becoming one of my favorite movie franchises

[sage remnant]

When's the next movie

[arctic flax]

comes out may 23

[modern lichen]

oh my mistake it comes out on may 17 here

[sage remnant]

Nice

Almost got released as a birthday gift lol

[modern lichen]

It’s time, Neko….

I’m starting The Tainted Cup now

[sage remnant]

Niceee

Also is this the final final MI movie?

Hope not

[modern lichen]

It is

[sage remnant]

End of a wonderful era

[modern lichen]

So far

We don’t know

They might be developing new ones

But this feels fitting

[sage remnant]

Damn...

I should start my rewatch of the series

[mossy ledge]

Yall gotta watch Motorcity fr

[brave orbit]

@undone junco yo

[sage remnant]

@modern lichen @sand cypress 10 days for Murderbot

Murderbot book 1/show

[limber urchin]

The Boys season 4 episode 4 ||Watching Sister Sage ask for, and get, a lobotomy was so fucking nasty.||

[undone junco]

still no, sorry just been busy, hopefully tomorrow

[brave orbit]

Its ok no worries

Stay safe 🥺

[tawny parcel]

Squid games s3 ||https://youtu.be/Lb6v6AUFWrM?si=gkDLiPmoHfXxqnio||

[outer tulip]

that mfr62 now .. lets be real

[primal mason]

Lady Bird ||It's been years since I last heard the USA Pledge of Allegiance. That brings back memories 😓 ||

||Also I like the red-hair girl, she really fell off that car and noped out of her mother like that. 😭 ||

Lady Bird ||This is kinda hitting home as someone that's been to a religious high school||

[primal mason]

Finished Lady Bird ||I feel this movie perfectly summarized the Catholic high school experience perfectly. How Lady Bird rebelled against Catholic customs and how she had selfish arguments with her mother, not really fitting the mold of a Catholic student, it all hits home for me personally (though I wish on my personal end, I had rebelled against customs too, but I was too shy back then to do such things 😂 ). Most especially, that even when Lady Bird hates her strict mother, she still loves her. Although I might not have had the exact experiences as this girl, there's lots of parts that I experience and could relate to. Therefore, this movie genuinely touched me.||

[young compass]

what about the cinematography though

[primal mason]

i mean, there is good cinematography, just not much a notable emphasis as the last movie I watched to particularly comment on it extensively. A lot can be inferred with Lady Bird's dialogue primarily.

[young compass]

i mean, cinematography is more than just enhancement of character moments no? if you're just viewing it as that + cool camera angles, aren't you kind of doing your desire to critique it more directly a disservice?

[primal mason]

It is a disservice I suppose, but what do I even say further beyond those things?

Ok I did read a cinematographic analysis of the movie from here to see what that sort of analysis is like: https://colorculture.org/cinematography-analysis-of-lady-bird-in-depth/

I guess if I paid attention more I would have at least spotted and said how the color grading is remiscent of nostalgia, which helped me resonate with the film more.

There's a lot more that can be said in an analysis than I thought with what I read.

[proud fiber]

in theory good cinematography should be invisible

same with good editing

the purpose is to draw attention to the story

not away from

These are rules of thumb though, they dont always apply

if the color theory matches, you dont notice. If it feels out of place, you'd be taken out of the scene

[primal mason]

the meta aspects of it the article analyzes like what lens are used feels like that's beyond my league.

I think I could probably comment briefly on lighting and camera had I gone deeper if I went deeper

Composition is the only thing that's stumbling me in understanding it atm

So I guess I'll read more about that.

[proud fiber]

lighting is another good example of invisibility

strong artificial lighting is always there in a movie

with few exceptions

so prevalent that your brain is trained to see it as naturalistic

[white smelt]

Watch Jesse James already

[undone bluff]

[primal mason]

No

I’m not done with my streaming movies

[near echo]

Man most of Love Death & Robots season 1 kinda sucks.
This volume often feels torn between whether it's supposed to be thoughtful adult animation or modern MTV shorts and ultimately feels like a high concept 2 minute shorts stretched to 15 through gratuitous sex, blood and archetypical characters who you can't even begin to care about.

I see why Netflix reshuffled the order of em. Kinda shoved most of the lowest brow ones into the middle. Guess it was the shows growing pains as it figured out whether it was Animated Black Mirror or Zoomer Heavy Metal

[near echo]

And then it had the audacity to end on a short as stupidly good as Zima Blue after shorts that felt like trailers for a CoD game and Borderlands 3 smh

[sage remnant]

Mission Impossible 1 || I remember this whole heist being ruined by a drop of sweat. seems I am getting closer to that scene... ||

[modern lichen]

no words to even describe this andor batch, its that great

[sage remnant]

done with MI1

just as good as I remembered

[main lion]

I forgot a new one was coming out

[sage remnant]

Rewatching in preparation of that

[primal mason]

Drive My Car ||Dang man, is this man's kink is his woman narrating erotic fiction during sex? Never seen something like that, but it looks to be something that fuels him as a creative. 🤔 ||

[modern lichen]

would be hilarious if this is the last thing you say about this film

[primal mason]

we'll see

[modern lichen]

@sage remnant tainted cup is very fun so far

really loving how detailed the world is already

[primal mason]

Drive My Car ||Oh wow, that sudden death was certainly an Adachi moment. 🧐 ||

[primal mason]

Drive My Car ||This organization where actors from various languages can participate in plays is really cool. I wonder if it's real, and if so, where I can find that sort of thing||

[sage remnant]

Such a good time to be fan of fantasy

[arctic flax]

That heist sequence blew my mind when i saw it

[sage remnant]

I don't know if that was the case tbf

For me

I can't remember since its been ages since I first warxhsd it

Watched*

[arctic flax]

MI4 ||the dubai stunt in MI4 gotta be my favorite. might be one of the craziest stunt all time. had me nervous af watching it,esp knowing that cruise does his own stunts||

[sage remnant]

Should probably tag it

But I ageee

[arctic flax]

im glad new one comes out after my finals over

[shrewd sigil]

nevermind, even he's not coming back

[primal mason]

Finished Drive My Car ||I like how this is a slow-burn story where it time is taken to really explore its characters through the conversations they have during driving sessions. Said driving sessions are presented purposely with a darker tone and lots of faraway shots of the area they're driving in to make the conversations where characters relay their honest opinions on things hit home. The developments with the driver and the acting director progressed naturally in a way that got me attached to them. I was pretty satisfied by the end, where it is implied in the final scene that both the acting director and driver were able to move on and present themselves more honestly. Pretty nice movie overall. ||

[limber urchin]

I finished The Boys and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Any other series ya'll would recommend that isn't MCU or Star Wars related? I'm terriiiible at keeping up with TV. I can tolerate virtually any genre.

[main lion]

did you ever watch severance

[limber urchin]

no i haven't. in fact, it's safe to assume most shows I haven't seen nowadays.

[main lion]

watch severance

[limber urchin]

oh it has adam scott. i liked him

wait funny story

i ran into him once at a parking lot and he gave me a weird look when i noticed him.

some grocery store

he was like taking his kid out of the car or something but it took me a second to register that part

[sage remnant]

Shogun, Severance, Silo

[limber urchin]

Shogun I remember wanting to try. but that's two for severence so far

[sage remnant]

Shogun is 8 ep and finished

Severance is 2 seasons with 3rd one in 2026. Not sure if it will end there

[limber urchin]

why is everything 8 fucking episodes nowadays.

i assume budgets with how good shows look

i do work for productions and they don't tell me shit

[sage remnant]

People even find that long apparently

Sad times

[mild seal]

I thought they were making a season 2

[sage remnant]

Oh yes.
But its effectively finished as there's no more source for this story. This story reached its conclusion

[limber urchin]

Buffy 7 seasons, 22 episodes at 40 min each. Though season 1 was 12 episodes.

[sage remnant]

And Silo has Rebecca Ferguson

[sage remnant]

And still hasn't watched Firefly

[limber urchin]

........so true

[sage remnant]

Watch Firefly

It's just idk 10 episodes? 13?

Something like that

[limber urchin]

Ah, Severence is Apple. I ain't paying for another streaming service. But I have my ways.

[limber urchin]

i plan to.....um, someday.

[sage remnant]

Apple has really great scifi owadays

Nowadays*

[limber urchin]

so i've heard

[main lion]

"don't say anything, THEY will hear you..."

[main lion]

shogun isnt finished its getting a season 2

[sage remnant]

Ye I remembered later

But the story's effectively finished 😎

And no source left so its cash cow filler

[copper phoenix]

dark, severance, battlestar galactica, expanse

[limber urchin]

i've seen battlestar and love it

but is there really a show just called "dark"

[real plank]

second on severance. if you haven't watched Succession, also recommend that. also second Shogun.

basically any show that starts with S is good, Hollywood has cracked the code

[limber urchin]

Sex in the City it is!

[undone junco]

@brave orbit hey

I had the time to watch today, really loved episode 3, episode 4 was... not great!

Damn you're asleep I guess, later then

[brave orbit]

Hey

[brave orbit]

Smh

[undone junco]

Hey

I'll explain

Dr Who 2025 latest || so Episode 3 was the midnight sequel, and I kinda don't see how this creature is supposed to be like that creature from midnight? Maybe I'm forgetting something because none of what it did beyond possession resembled that. That aside, super great, very tense, Ncuti was excellent in this. ||

Dr who 2025 episode 4 ||Lucky Day is a weird one, half the episode is unbelievably boring, spending way too much time on the dates and the side scenes. I like Ruby somewhat and this episode was atleast good for her character, but its odd to circle back to her when the other companion is infinitely more intriguing right now. Aside from that, this episode is just straight up cartoonish to me, like the idea of "aliens aren't real" actually picking up so much steam was just plain goofy. Also the idea of Conrad doing all this because he was attention deprived from childhood was actually kinda intriguing but it was shot down in the episode itself lol, so welp, he's just coming off as an idiot, not even a full on grifter. His motivations needed to be explored better. What also really bothered me was how hard the show, and especially the Doctor, sided with UNIT. Their behavior was extreme yet its never really questioned until Kate damn near kills Conrad. Oh and the Doctor at the end still basically celebrates the idea of him rotting in prison forever, like its too much imo||

I'm looking forward to the rest of the season though, 3/4 ain't so bad, still been a ton of fun

Well I'm sleepy now, gn

[real plank]

Thunderbolts ||https://vxtwitter.com/discussingfilm/status/1920270813816590405?s=46&t=X3B7MRz0kX59BkyU8suOWg||

DiscussingFilm (@[e-mail])

Stitch has now ripped apart ‘THE NEW AVENGERS’ billboard.

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Disney be Disneying

[near echo]

I mean this is just Stitch's old marketing gimmick

They're pushing this film way harder than their other live actions for some reason

There's been an increasing amount of stitch merch at my job

[main lion]

the original is great I'd rather just rewatch that

When I went to watch thunderbolts

during the previews, my friend started crying during the "how to train your dragon" preview

and said "I just love movies man"

shes one of the people that really like the live actions I guess

but I just don't get it

[tawny parcel]

Buffy watching severance?!

[tawny parcel]

I mean I agree, but to be fair, the how to train your dragon live action is by the same director so he’ll probably at least have a vision

[main lion]

sure but like

just watch the original

its just gonna be worse

[near echo]

I wish they'd complete the original ending and do a directors cut for it

The biggest complaint I have about the movie is the shit redone last second because of 9/11

A final cut of Lilo and Stitch would go hard

[main lion]

I honestly dont know what the original ending was

[near echo]

Lilo and Stitch ||It's the action setpiece before the ending that changed. The spaceship Stitch hijacks chasing Gantu's through the mountains

Originally it was Stitch embracing his earth heritage and hijacking an airplane from the Honolulu airport and crashing it through the tourist district of the city, scraping against buildings with reoccurring background characters in horror, as he follows Gantu's ship. It's way cooler and brings a lot of sub-themes together. But they painted over the animation right before release cuz, y'know, can't have a plane attacking skyscrapers in holiday 2001||

Lilo and Stitch ||the home invasion scene was originally more serious too||

[main lion]

ah, gotcha

Lilo and Stitch ||sounds like it didnt change much outside of that thematic element of it. Im glad it was just altered instead of cut fully||

[near echo]

Lilo and Stitch ||yeah it's mostly just clearly not as well animated as the rest of the film||

[main lion]

yeah

[near echo]

Lilo and Stitch ||https://youtu.be/j-s47rHdHYg?feature=shared||

Most of it was already finished

[main lion]

Lilo and Stitch ||yeah googled it. The original has more interesting/well executed scenery etc. But they kept the ice cream man at least||

[tawny parcel]

Yeah probably lol

I just think if any live action has a chance it’s this

[main lion]

have they shown a single elvis song yet

ok theres one in the trailer

its definitely gonna be worse though. Too many visual gags, and a lot of them involving lilo

cant replicate that with an actual child actor not in animation

[near echo]

Disney letting go of Chris Sanders over fucking Bolt might be the dumbest thing they've done this century

[white smelt]

LOL

[wooden swift]

@sonic tree @fair echo
https://youtu.be/_JrH5_NliF4?si=h1UJ99KiKDYHoNbj

[wooden swift]

Seth Rogan moment

[modern lichen]

Seth Rogen is making great stuff now, The Studio is amazing

[brave orbit]

Dr who latest ||I mean the creature evolves so yea||

[brave orbit]

Dr who latest ||I found the whole ep great tbh. Showing what Ruby's life is like after the doctor left, her flight or fight attitude that comes from her ptsd. "Think tank" is also an estabilished organisation from the 70s iirc, and the lack of distrust to the govt makes sense.
Conrad might have been started it due to childhood, but he has turned into essentially grifting for clout (think Andrew Tate). I alzo didnt mind how UNIT was portrayed, it was clear Kate's behaviour was extreme (broke Geneva protocols, something Kate acknowledged) and as for the Doctor its consistent with his character imo.

This is also a likely setup for the UNIT spinoff next year, which will likely explore Kate and what the consequences of the ep are||

[white smelt]

My favorite Simpsons bit is nuke the whales

I always say gotta nuke something to my brother

[shrewd sigil]

yellowjackets s1e5 ||the shauna stuff are so unbelievably boring outside of the times she hallucinates Jackie||

[real plank]

lmao at Lilo and Stitch spoilers

[modern lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/the-sopranos-silvio-dante-giggle-gif-23076329

[raw gate]

Serious stuff right there

[mild seal]

spoiler tags are serious business in here

[real plank]

ye the concept is just funny

[main lion]

its a good movie so you can't use your excuse

not that you could anyway

[real plank]

tis a good movie

the animated series is underrated

and the sandwhich stacking game on disneychannel.com from the mid 2000s also

[raw gate]

Disney channel vibessss

[main lion]

I had fun with it as a lad

it had a straight to dvd movie too right

[real plank]

lilo stitch 2?

[main lion]

maybe?

wasnt there one with a lightning alien

[real plank]

there were a bunch yeah

[real plank]

that's a spoiler

[main lion]

nah its on the cover

stitch the movie

lol

[real plank]

what if i never saw the cover

[main lion]

well you're a dummy

gottem

[near echo]

I saw stitch the movie, the Disney channel movie finale and most of the series

Never saw Stitch 2

[real plank]

adding that to my excuse repertoire

[main lion]

you dont have an excuse btw pls dont spoil stuff as staff that people get banned for

ty

[real plank]

got it, only stitch the movie is fair game

[raw gate]

I hate that fucking movie

[main lion]

wtf!

[near echo]

Which one rei

[real plank]

i identify with the stitch that makes sandwiches

[near echo]

This is super important

[raw gate]

Stitch the movie or whatever

[near echo]

Okay that's fair game

The TV show doesn't hold up

[main lion]

was stitch 2 good I dont remember it

[real plank]

apparently stitch 2 was also direct to video

[near echo]

I might watch it soon so I can immediately regret it 35 minutes in

[real plank]

odds we get a Stitch cinematic universe with the live action

this could be Disney's Sonic

[main lion]

god please no

[real plank]

(even though Sonic will be Disney's Sonic in 30 years)

[main lion]

sega will not be bought by disney shutup!

[near echo]

Wonder if they're gonna shoehorn the girl version of Stitch from the tv show into the movie cuz good lord I've seen so many t shirts and plushies of that character this year

[real plank]

Sega? Prob not. Paramount? Much more likely

[main lion]

I doubt paramount has exclusive movie rights forever

lol

[near echo]

Disney will buy Paramount and Sega and finally we'll get a faithful version of Sonic Colors as Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie #7

[real plank]

Sonic x Mickey movie bouta go hard

[modern lichen]

Mickey wins

[main lion]

why has disney forsaken mickey and friends btw

do they even do mickey cartoons anymore

[near echo]

I don't think so?

[real plank]

mickey feels like exclusively something for little kids now

[near echo]

Wonderful World ended a while ago

I don't know if Clubhouse gets new episodes and also that's for actual babies

[main lion]

didnt know this existed

[near echo]

It's great

[main lion]

guess it ended 2 years ago

so they still do stuff

[modern lichen]

mickey is just a mascot now

poor guy

[near echo]

But also it's hard to know if they have a plan for the future and are just waiting for a natural generational shift

[real plank]

yea Clubhouse is the last thing I remember seeing as an actual Mickey show

[near echo]

Or if they cancelled it cuz they want 90s Mickey back where he was just a brand face

[modern lichen]

i dont remember the last mickey show i checked out lol

its been a while

[real plank]

clubhouse was on in the morning before i left for high school all those years ago

[near echo]

Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse is like genuinely the best thing the characters been utilized for since the 50s

[real plank]

would see it thumbing thru the channels

[raw gate]

Meeska mooska

[near echo]

I also liked that little anniversary short they did for Mickey: Story of a Mouse

[real plank]

can't wait for Avengers Secret Wars 3 in 2046 with Mickey, Sonic, Spongebob, and Darthu (character made in 2031)

[near echo]

Bit that like, barely counts

[main lion]

I was too old for clubhouse but I watched it in the morning before school a bit since my brother was 3 years younger

[near echo]

I watched house of mouse as a kid

[main lion]

thats what I watched ye

after school

[raw gate]

Mickey’s House of Villains went hard af

[near echo]

Dude this english + french keyboard barely covers my copious typos I'm gonna scream

[mild seal]

man if I mentioned the shit I watched on disney

[main lion]

are these not the same thing

[modern lichen]

i remember just phineas and ferb

[near echo]

It was a special episode

[main lion]

ah gotcha

[raw gate]

[near echo]

I like the episode that's secretly Goofy Movie 3

[modern lichen]

ah man i wanna rewatch ducktales

[near echo]

Dude watch Disney reboot Mickey as a live action direct to Disney+ Kingdom Hearts show that lasts two seasons

You know they'd do it

[main lion]

OH

THATS WHY THEY DONT DO MICKEY STUFF AS MUCH ANYMORE

I wasnt even thinking about not doing 2d animation much anymore

[raw gate]

This is how I’ll decipher KH’s story

[near echo]

KHs story is easy to follow if you play em all in release order

It's not 2deep4u it's just idiotic

[main lion]

nah itll just be a new entry in the series that is important to watch for the next game

not a recap

[near echo]

It'll be a sequel to a Japanese only event in a mobile game you'll never play

[main lion]

ye the main issue is just that nobody wants to play the shitty games made for handhelds

[raw gate]

How dare you suggest such a thing

[main lion]

or mobile devices

[near echo]

This is hardly a problem compared to all the union x and browser game stuff they've done lately

Major character backstories being told through a dead gacha

Funniest thing

[main lion]

eh. Its still a problem. Those games are NOT good. My entire KH series playthrough was halted because of how boring games made for 2000s handhelds are (365/2 days)

[raw gate]

Filtered

[near echo]

I like BBS more than the bit of 3 I played

[main lion]

its all like shitty mission structure with bad gameplay made to be played in 15 minute spurts

so you can play at any time

[near echo]

Didn't touch the ds ones

3ds was stupid

[modern lichen]

hello #games

[near echo]

But yeah, western series
Look up a best episodes list of Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse I really do like that show

It ran its natural course I'm not bummed it's over

[modern lichen]

i'll check it out

[main lion]

I dont have faith in BBS either if FF7 crisis core is anything to go by

[sage remnant]

Gam-

[main lion]

anyway yeah

[near echo]

But it definitely brought the character back

[main lion]

I wouldnt actually watch a new mickey show if they made one, Im out on western cartoons

but its still sad

[modern lichen]

using disney+ mostly for the greatness that's andor

[white smelt]

People play Pokemon all the time what do you mean

[near echo]

I'm a crisis core hater and I like BBS
BBS sucks if you want a deep action game, maybe worst in the series. If you want an RPG on the PSP it's one of the best options on the system

It totally fails the balance but I lean towards the half its good at

[main lion]

no, like the 2000s "spinoff of main series game made for DS/PSP" that are made with some random 3rd party dev

[white smelt]

Oh you said the

[main lion]

designed for you to play for 10 mins on the train

[white smelt]

Specifically talking about kh

[main lion]

yeah

theyre an example of THOSE kinds of 2000s handheld games

[raw gate]

Rayman Raving Rabids

[near echo]

Smh

[main lion]

I will copy paste it so you dont lose it

but not allowed

lol

[near echo]

Already over it it's okay

[near echo]

I like their docu series actually

I just wish they'd stop like

Taking 20 minutes away from the documentary to talk about how cool Disney is and how magical everything is please buy our Lego sets and lunchboxes

[modern lichen]

disney+ here is integrated with another india-specific platform

[near echo]

It's like they have a mandate that they can't go an hour of behind the scenes talk before putting the curtain back up for a minute

[main lion]

disney hasnt been cool for 15~ years

[modern lichen]

you know that's why i specifically like light and magic, the doc about ILM that is the iconic VFX studio, they dont pander to disney whims

[main lion]

and this is speaking as someone that lives 3 hours from disney world and would go there in a heartbeat again if my friends werent so averse

[near echo]

I wanna go to Gastons Tavern

I didn't get a chance last time I was there

[raw gate]

I wanna get on the bus with the Disney adults, who are morbidly obese, and do the little dance

[modern lichen]

when i was kid, and my family were living in the US, my parents took me to disneyland in anaheim

they described it as torture

[main lion]

I had no clue you used to live in the US. Thank god you got out

🙏

shits ass here fr..

[modern lichen]

we got out right after 9/11

like a year or 2

it was not good for us brown folk

[main lion]

yeah 😔

[modern lichen]

not to get too political but yeah

[near echo]

I haven't been to Land (which is infinitely smaller in scale, it's an actual park where World is a small country) but yeah theme parks aren't for everyone

[modern lichen]

my sister was just born and my dad went "fuck this"

[near echo]

I grew up with em so I'm thoroughly brain rotted

[main lion]

well I imagine it was hell because of the kid (harsh) and less so the park itself

[near echo]

Definitely the right call

[main lion]

thats how it usually is at least

[modern lichen]

nah they hated cali

LOL

[near echo]

Ive been to Disney with small children before its a vibe problem

[raw gate]

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American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot)

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Hype

[modern lichen]

i was a great kid

[near echo]

Did you have a little autograph book

[main lion]

my parents would take us to 2 parks a year (swapped back and forth between disney, busch gardens, and universal studios), and most of the time they'd regret it because of the bantering between kids (my parent's friends all had kids around the same time so there were like 8 of us kids)

[near echo]

Do they do that at Land

[main lion]

bickering moreso

[modern lichen]

i dont remember anything from that park, i remember six flags tho

the rides were big, that's what i remember (i was 2 or 3)

[near echo]

Universal Studios sucks ass and Islands of Adventure is the best theme park in Orlando
Dunno how Epic Universe holds up

[raw gate]

Rip Action Park

[modern lichen]

anyway yeah, disney washed

we all agree

[main lion]

universal and islands are usually a package deal so idk if Id call it ass

[modern lichen]

@near echo have you seen "light and magic" btw

[near echo]

Yeah but you hardly have the time in one day to do both so you're effectively paying for a weekend to see two parks

[main lion]

ET, MIB, The Mummy, and the Simpsons Ride are a nostalgic part of my childhood

[near echo]

Simpsons I like a lot

[sage remnant]

MCU current phase upto Thunderbolts

man if these are great characters introduced post End game, MCU is washed

[near echo]

I loved the water world show but they got rid of it

Bastards

[near echo]

No, adding it to the watchlist rn

[main lion]

have you seen it yet

[modern lichen]

MCU current ||i really like yelena more than natasha though, its not even close||

[near echo]

I'm pretty familiar with L&Ms history tho

[sage remnant]

Thunderbolts no
Stuff before that, yes

[main lion]

gotcha. Not disagreeing, just was curious if you had

[modern lichen]

MCU current ||liked the way john walker was written, and i like shang chi, no clue on sentry, i also liked how cool namor in the MCU was||

[modern lichen]

it doesnt cover it all, new season is coming soon though

[near echo]

Had to take something else off my watchlist to keep it at 300

[sage remnant]

MCU current || With just Falcon and Winter Soldiers, idc much about John Walker. Shangchi is pretty good. Namor is okay.

Is Yelena even a character? Is Hawkeye Successor eve a character? That's where I am at with then lol ||

[modern lichen]

MCU current ||gotta watch thunderbolts||

[main lion]

they should just give up

[near echo]

Just make a Howard the Duck reboot

It's what the people crave

[modern lichen]

yeah true, the first howard the duck film is a certified lucas masterpiece

[near echo]

Labyrinth > Willow > Howard the Duck > Land Before Time > Return of the Jedi

I don't make the rules

[modern lichen]

this sucks

[near echo]

Also I haven't seen some of these movies I'm judging by vibes

[modern lichen]

this sucks even more

labyrinth > land before time > willow > return of the jedi > howard the duck

[near echo]

The two I haven't seen are willow and Howard so I'm glad I got the first hand experience ones in the right order

I keep meaning to watch Willow

I like the NES game

[main lion]

the leaves in land before time always looked really tasty to me

[near echo]

Tree Star Mukbang

[modern lichen]

knew i wasnt the only one

they drew those leaves like you could actually feel they were appetizing

[near echo]

The more I watch TLBT the more I think it's a perfect movie

Got no nostalgia for it either first saw it last year

[main lion]

it is, I wanna rewatch. When I was a kid I even liked the billion sequel movies but I know deep down they probably sucked

[near echo]

I was exposed exclusively to those and didn't like em at all but you don't have a choice as a kid with like 3 channels that show cartoons

Probably seen like 6 of the sequels

Cannot remember which ones

[main lion]

I used to rewatch this one. My friend had the videogame for this one too lol

[raw gate]

[mild seal]

nah fuck the land before time

shitty ass movies

[raw gate]

Kekekek

[main lion]

bros tryna start a controversy

[mild seal]

hated them as a kid

[main lion]

did you watch the first one

[near echo]

First one is rad

The rest are Alpha & Omega sequels

This reminded me to log Dinosaur Adventure on letterboxd ty

[modern lichen]

its been days since i opened letterboxd

not missing much

[near echo]

I've been silently logging like

A hundred gobelins shorts

[modern lichen]

gobelins shorts go hard

[near echo]

I'm a big fan

I sub to a few international animation schools now on YouTube

[unkempt agate]

my god... you speak the ancient tongue

[near echo]

I've probably said this before but I feel like all oldschool pretentious anime fans either quietly fixate on indie animation, become genuine film snobs and outgrow their anime exclusivity, or just commit to watching Pretty Cure and Gundam

I've chosen my path

[main lion]

all 3

[near echo]

I've seen 2 Gundam shows and not a single Pretty Cure

Excuse u

[main lion]

oh rei and juba were the pretty curers

[modern lichen]

juba??? its joever

[near echo]

Reis definitely #3 and doesn't know it yet

[main lion]

still in the oldschool pretentious anime phase then

although he paused gundam for natsume yuujinchou

real for that

[near echo]

He'd fit in perfectly on 4chans anime board 10 years ago

[main lion]

ayo

I dont THINK hes racist..

[near echo]

I know juba and I were there
Wonder if juba called me slurs once or twice back in the day

[main lion]

I've never used 4chan in my life. I was an edgy kid irl instead

[near echo]

I liked it in spite of the toxic culture cuz it let me speak about super niche interests that were hard to find communities for at the time

[modern lichen]

i was never edgy 👼

[near echo]

Now I just get to be obnoxious to strangers on discord instead

[white smelt]

He specifically says he was on 4chan arguing with people that they shouldn’t slur… if you can believe that…

[main lion]

yeah nice try juba...

we know what you are...

[modern lichen]

4chan is dead....

[near echo]

I believe him with the sole exception of the Hunter x Hunter general

[main lion]

all hxh fans are racist

truth

[modern lichen]

ay bro

[near echo]

I'm gonna stop rambling about nothing I have work in 6 hours and should probably sleep

Later guys

[modern lichen]

good night bon

[main lion]

goodnight bonathan

[white smelt]

Later homie

[raw gate]

??? 😭

Slander asf

[undone junco]

Dr Who latest || I guess yeah, just feels like it didnt even need to be connected to Midnight but its w/e||

[brave orbit]

Dr Who latest ||I agree but I feel like the ending made it worth it||

[undone junco]

Dr Who latest || yeah Ruby was a highlight for sure, even if I felt like that first half could've been better paced. I just thought the transition to her felt kinda jarring and I am not quite sure where this is leading towards for her character as the show moves forward and focuses on Belinda instead. And yeah I know theres a UNIT spinoff coming up, I guess the implications here might be addressed there. As for the Doctor, yeah this guy is a harmful idiot and somewhat of a grifter like Tate, but him showing up like that, just to tell Conrad how much he sucks was just strange to me. Like this is a guy who still genuinely believed that some of the stuff was lies, Idk if celebrating him rotting in prison forever is appropriate lol, I don't think he's this irredeemable scumbag, the Doctor doesnt even see the Master that way.||

||Conrad being free is intriguing though, guess he might be explored further after this||

[brave orbit]

||he is probs in the finale||

[undone junco]

dr who latest || yea, probably part of the Mrs Flood's plan somehow||

[sage remnant]

time for worst MI movie today

🙏

[sage remnant]

MI 2 || Man the start of this will never not be amazing ||

[sage remnant]

|| What is this, Fast and Furious ||

[sage remnant]

|| Satellites don't move that fast ||

|| why are these mofo not wearing rubber masks ||

|| they are doing this so terribly ||

|| they have rubber masks !!!! Why are people trusting with just face||

|| So Ethan didn't warn her about rubber masks ?!?! BRUH||

[unkempt agate]

U text like my mom

[sage remnant]

I do be old

/s

[primal mason]

These are the movies I'm watching after I finish my HBO Max movie catalog. Managed to score Paramount+ for a dolllar, so why not.

[white smelt]

Have you seen Sonic 1-2

[primal mason]

yes

[white smelt]

Oh okay didn’t see you talking about it

Thought you were going in at 3

[plain bough]

Yeah i have watched all of em.good movies i can say for sure

[near echo]

Deeply curious to see what Blue says about Life of Pi lol

[modern lichen]

he'll probably love it

its very anime-like in a sense

[sage remnant]

MI2 wasn't that bad actually

It's still in the positive side. It was a fun watch

[modern lichen]

MI2 ||pretty crazy how ethan is just a different person in this movie and none of the other movies reconciles that lol||

[sage remnant]

In what way?
I don't remember much of these movies other than like some scenes here and there

[modern lichen]

MI2 ||he's angrier, more divorced from the pragmatism of the first movie and the remaining movies, he's like a bond archetype with his coldness, its funny seeing this version of ethan and then every subsequent film||

[sage remnant]

Don't think I'd agree.
MI2 || Won't say he's angrier, other than like the end of it. Which like makes sense. I agree on pragmatism. One other difference was he was more attached and less composed than like first movie ||
|| Which I think is just the circumstances cuz I remember him being this way to Simon Pegg character || MI All

Hope next movie is where he enters the series though

[limber urchin]

not yet, sometime in the near future

[arctic flax]

might need to restart s2 tbh. got up to e6, then exams and projects started so had to put all media on hold

[broken scarab]

Invincible comics || https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Invincible || @snow jay

[snow jay]

Thanks 🙏

[regal root]

https://gamerant.com/the-batman-2-matt-reeves-not-directing/ @modern lichen

https://tenor.com/view/annoyed-fuck-frustrated-gif-15331740

[modern lichen]

WHAT

oh its grace randolph

idk about the veracity of this one

[regal root]

I’m hoping and praying that someone connected to says sike about that ASAP

There is no point doing a sequel without Reeves direction

[modern lichen]

only time will tell at this point

hope all's well with reeves

[shrewd sigil]

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Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum' releases in theaters December 17, 2027

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[sage remnant]

who even wants this

😭

[sonic tree]

GOLLUM THE GAME THE MOVIE LETS GO

[shrewd sigil]

they just refuse to adapt other tolkien stories

[primal mason]

GOLLUM WON THE ARGUMENT

[shrewd sigil]

this movie could end up being decent atleast but my hopes aren't that high

[south hatch]

Neither are mine but wtf is it with the release date, I’d rather a movie about Gollum than the series ..

[plain bough]

You are supposed to spoiler tag even this?

[modern lichen]

yes

[plain bough]

Damn

[copper phoenix]

so it begins

the lotr cinematic universe

[sage remnant]

Man so many books to adapt

and they still keep churning out LOTR

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-excited-red-carpet-andy-gif-19471647

[raw gate]

Arcane end
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FxTwitter · May 8, 2025, 1:19 PM

[young compass]

watched this documentary today

fire of love

||maybe the most egregious example of over-narration I've ever seen||

||which sucked because it was interesting and visually amazing||

apparently they're remaking it into a film? is this happening more lately?

it's happening with smashing machine as well

[near echo]

Hold up

Fire of Loves been on my watchlist for ages

I've been considering finally seeing it lately

You think it's worth waiting?

Didn't know this was a thing

[young compass]

probably just worth watching both

[near echo]

Gotcha

[young compass]

I honestly wish I'd watched the documentary on mute

[near echo]

Lmao

I've been recently considering watching a criterion docu on Koko the Gorilla even tho its 2025 and Im very cynical about that experiment

Idk if the intrigue of the documentary will outweigh the real world frustration

Watching this now

I'll have thoughts in 85 minutes

I already agree with you on this

Incredible documentary done dirty by its lack of trust in the viewer

[jovial minnow]

Aladdin or Mulan?

[young compass]

it feels like beyond that even, as if she thinks her narration adds to the artfulness of it

made me feel insane

[near echo]

I think it's annoying but the good qualities of this so far vastly outweigh the narration

[near echo]

The Renaissance films?
Mulan's a better movie but I personally have more nostalgia for Aladdin than most things on this Earth

[jovial minnow]

Correct, bgm in Aladdin is better

I just watched both back to back

It’s also what you relate to more

[near echo]

I think Aladdin is helped by its comedic and adventurous tones

Movie fires on so many pistons it's all encompassing

It's so general in its appeal I've seen it probably 20 times

It's got its flaws and it can be shallow but i always come back to it

Mulan is a bit more specific. Because of that it's also easier to pick apart

[tawny parcel]

Aladdin is my favorite Disney movie lol

It’s just fun man lol

[copper phoenix]

aladdin is peak

[mild seal]

I think atlantis is my favorite

[near echo]

I think they're both in my top ten

My favorite is sleeping beauty

Hold up I got a fuckin list for this

[tawny parcel]

I’ll be the judge

[tawny parcel]

I need to rewatch fantasia

[near echo]

I'm a big fan of Fantasia-likes

[tawny parcel]

I think i remember there being one or two weaker shorts

[near echo]

Also I live with an opera singer and it helped give me a musical perspective on it

[tawny parcel]

The first fantasia like game

Is fantasia one or two the one with rhapsody in blue

[near echo]

That's 2000

Bad movie with two of the best shorts Disney ever made

[tawny parcel]

Fantasia ||the balrog short and the broom one are bviously iconic||

I remember other ones

I just dont know which one goes in 2000

Like there was hippo balerinas right

[near echo]

That's OG

The famous ones from 2000 are Rhapsody in Blue and Firebird Suite

[tawny parcel]

It’s almost surprising Pinocchio is a Disney movie

[near echo]

Yeah it's awesome

I like del toros slightly better tho

Bottom of the list for what it's worth

[tawny parcel]

I saw frozen 2 at the first one at like 20th or smth

That needs to be lower bro

I know it was either rushed and i cant remember eveeyrhing but

[near echo]

I like Frozen 2 I'm its sole defender apparently

[loud moat]

hopefuly rell seas comes out soon

[near echo]

It's half a point better than the first one

Id probably consider it a bit lower if it was the final film in the series but that was obvious never gonna be the case and they've already confirmed 3 and 4 in development

[tawny parcel]

Frozen 2 better than 1 is mental

[near echo]

The first 30 minutes of 1 are a masterpiece

The rest of the film kinda sucks

2 hits it's highs much more regularly

I also love basically the entire soundtrack

Into the Unknown, Lost in the Woods, Show Yourself and Next Right Thing are all excellent

Might be my favorite Disney playlist next to Lion King

[tawny parcel]

I need to rewatch it but frozen 2 ||i just remember anna and elsa especially acting so stupid in this movie ||

Just felt do dumb

[near echo]

I'll talk about this more later I wanna finish Fire of Love

Got 30 minutes left of that

[jovial minnow]

The only time I feel something longing for romance is Aladdin

[near echo]

But yeah I'm regularly called crazy for liking Frozen 2 but I genuinely think it's in Disney's upper half

[jovial minnow]

The innocence in that movie is pure

Mulan is definitely most badass princess

She was kicking ass in mulan

[near echo]

@young compass fire of love ||the narration about the unpredictability of volcanic eruptions definitely pushed my limit a bit good lord that was pretentious||

[near echo]

Okay I loved that

I agree with the problems you had but to me they felt like they awkwardly reinforced the power of the imagery and the story of these people instead of actively detracting from it

Which is lame? I wish it didn't feel a need to reassert the sheer scope of their lives and work. But they still speak for themselves

Which might be placing the found footage and subject matter over the actual documentary but like, that's a huge part of what makes it appealing right? Lol

[young compass]

that's the entirety of the documentary in this case, I don't think there's anything wrong with placing that above it

it's all pretty straight forward

we don't need more context

[young compass]

this was the worst bit yeah

[near echo]

Frozen 2 end ||to me that films main plot is negligible, I literally don't remember what the local conflict in the forest was. But as a way to build and mature the cast of Frozen 1? To actually make good word on the themes it employs and then haphazardly throws away halfway into the movie? I thought it was an incredibly thoughtful sequel

Throwing the weight of the romance onto Kristoff so he's the one pursuing Anna now, their one day romance becoming something he's been fighting to withhold. Anna learning to live without Elsa and let her go (lol) because she's her own human being and not a crutch to lean on. Elsa finally getting over her flirtations with independence and moving on from the childhood rebellion perspective on it she had in the first movie, seeking out her own heritage and learning exactly what she's looking for and what defines her. Let It Go with actual meaning behind it instead of a catchy beat.

The window dressing is memorable too. The elementals are funny and charming, and acknowledging Arendelle having a bloody history is pretty half assed but I appreciate it being there. Things like the gnomes and their parents gain retroactive appreciation because the second film contextualizes a lot of the idiotic parts of the first one that you can TELL are the result of a dozen rewrites leaving a ton of vestigial plotlines, I've fuckin heard the cut songs and know most of that for a fact. The golems make the gnomes cooler.

I love the cast of that movie. I love the musical that backs it, I regularly listen to the soundtrack. Maybe the sibling story just speaks to me personally as someone who kinda does relate to it a lot? Probably. But that film emotionally resonates with me in spite of its flaws, and I think it and Frozen 1 together are a lot better than the sum of their parts. They're next to each other cuz they elevate each other, the second act is just the one I like a little more so it's one rank above ||

||Olaf is superfluous in it, and there's a weird leap of logic where Anna's near death experience is kinda totally Elsa's fault? And the locals of the forest and their faux villain immediately lose all dramatic weight when Anna is like "this war is stupid" and they all nod. I'm aware of the weak main conflict and how it can feel silly when you take a step back and look at how it flows scene to scene

But that's not what the films about. It excels at the things it's trying to accomplish||

Tldr I'm a Disney kid and an apologist I guess sorry not sorry

[modern lichen]

we got essays about frozen 2 this disney shit is SERIOUS

[near echo]

Moana 2 ||this one actually sucks dogshit but it's clearly junk food for 6 year old girls and the relationship between the sisters is cute so I don't have strong feelings on it. Let the audience have it ||

[near echo]

Look I had 38 minutes for these thoughts to simmer

[tawny parcel]

I’ll reply to them all soon lol I’m bowling

[near echo]

Get a turkey

[modern lichen]

andor 2x9 || https://fixupx.com/StaticWaffles/status/1920695239171264599 ||

. (@StaticWaffles)

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FixupX · May 9, 2025, 4:20 AM

[sage remnant]

MI3 || FINALLYYYYY ||

[foggy mirage]

Yo

||https://youtu.be/pa3nW0EYYcQ?si=LyrZlrpDG28bKuK0|| New Godzilla X kong movie in 2027

[near echo]

Oh shit

[sage sleet]

loved the peacemaker s2 trailer

@modern lichen you see it?

[modern lichen]

i havent seen it yet, give me a sec

[sage sleet]

mwuah

[modern lichen]

damn that trailer was cool

[sage sleet]

||so this is before superman bc hawkgirl and guy. ik people mad sean gunn is max lord but i like him. rlly excited ngl|| peacemaker s2

[modern lichen]

peacemaker s2 ||glad we got a glimpse of the shithouses that are going to be the superheroes in focus in superman, guy gardner and hawkgirl seem like assholes||

[sage sleet]

||think they're meant to be bc they're working w lord BUT i guy is also an asshole n i'm sure hawkgirl wont be a sweetheart either xd i like it ngl|| peacemaker s2

[modern lichen]

peacemaker s2 ||makes sense now that superman is the only earnest guy||

[sage sleet]

||i can see mr terrific and metamorpho not being dicks and branching out to form the terrifics either way i'm stoked for superman, peacemaker s2 and the rest of the dcu||| peacemaker s2

[modern lichen]

peacemaker s2/superman ||very excited to see terrific in actiion, he looks the coolest||

[sage sleet]

same here

so close

[modern lichen]

we eating bro

life's good

[sage remnant]

MI3 || Finally the Ethan Hunt Run ||

[sage remnant]

Done with MI3

|| Extremely lovely ending. ||

[arctic flax]

mi3 || hoffman played an awesome villian ||

[sage remnant]

Yeah MI has consistently great villains

I think 4 and 5 are the ones I remember the least

I remember next one having Jeremy Renner and Anil Kapoor

[arctic flax]

oh yeah, prob ghost protocol

the one with the burj khalufa stunt

thats the 2nd hollywood espionage/spy series ive seen kapoor in besides 24 s8

[sage remnant]

Oh if that's this one the I remember a lot lol

[arctic flax]

had a stroke trying to read that

[sage remnant]

[mild seal]

I understood it

just add an n to the

[sage remnant]

Yeah I realized the typo

Just left it there

[modern lichen]

I miss Phillip Seymour Hoffman so much

One of the greatest actors of all time

[vast imp]

They always were

[jovial minnow]

Beauty and the beast is really good

[winter moss]

Peacemaker season 2 came out?

Or when does it

[jovial minnow]

August or July

[grim burrow]

Rick and Morty better than even lots of animes

[sage remnant]

Watch good anime

[copper phoenix]

rick solos goku

[main lion]

im pickle rick

[primal mason]

I'm gonna remember this

[main lion]

funniest shit i've ever seen

[jovial minnow]

Hercelus is second best Disney movie in 90s after Aladdin

[primal mason]

I love cehercles

[main lion]

I prefer lion king, nightmare before christmas, and toy story

[primal mason]

[main lion]

Is that controversial?

[limber harbor]

From where I’m from lion king is like the most beloved Disney movie ever

[sonic tree]

I assume he means out of disney made movies in which case only The Lion King counts

Lion King does mog hard tho

[near echo]

Lion King's not my favorite but it's up there

I kinda prefer the Broadway play? Lol

[modern lichen]

i love lion king but my favorite is sleeping beauty

[near echo]

Same

For the Renaissance films specifically I do like Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin more too lol but all these films are 9/10s

It's picking personal preferences and your personal nostalgia

[modern lichen]

in renaissance, the initial run is so fuckin strong

you have back to back hitters

[near echo]

And then you have Pocahontas as the ugly stepchild

I've never actually seen Rescuers Down Under huh

Always forget that's early Renaissance

[sage remnant]

MI4 time

Okay I didn't remember this start

[limber harbor]

Can’t remember much of sleeping beauty, can’t even remember if i ever watched it

[near echo]

i didnt appreciate it at all as a kid but rewatching it a few years ago i was blown away

[magic bloom]

Halfway through crossroad of twilight finally

Just a bit longer

[sage remnant]

Man took half a year to get to halfway

typical CoT experience

the slog is real

finished MI4

man even better than I remembered it to be

Definitive Mission Impossible movie.
Got everything these movies are great for in a more impactful way.
Great heists, great stunts (best in the series), great chase, great escalation of stakes, ending which has you giggling, and || even two great emotional scenes damn||

One thing though

Mission Impossible 4 ending || How does Hunt saving his wife really work though. She's still who she is, and her history with Hunt is still there.
I guess yeah clearing his records with her can really work tho yeah ||

One thing I don't really like about this franchise so far is
Mission Impossible All || Why the fuck are these agents using their actual names on field lol ||

[modern lichen]

brad bird has an insane resume

the iron giant, incredibles, MI4, ratatouille

[sage remnant]

Damn all bangers

[modern lichen]

he also has some duds (tomorrowland) but we dont talk about that

[sage remnant]

Damn. Not everyone can be Satoshi Kon so yea

Only bangers. No duds

[wintry jetty]

yoyoyo

[modern lichen]

yo

[brave orbit]

Doctor who S15E05 ||GIVE ME FUGITIVE DOCTOR SPINOFF NOW||

Doctor who S15E05

[knotty fox]

https://x.com/bentennews/status/1921209879013855644?s=46

Ben 10 News (@BenTenNews) on X

Daylight Curfew has officially announced the Ben 10 Omniverse Hoodie!

Currently listed for $90

Out June 10th! Sign up for their giveaway for a chance to get it free!

X · May 10, 2025, 2:25 PM

[near echo]

Sinners kicked ass

[sinful vessel]

Managed to call off of work for the Fantastic Four movie

We will be there day one

[main lion]

my grandma took me to see the broadway play when I was really young and I got so scared that I cried and she had to take me to calm down outside the theater

its funny the really young memories that stay with us

I must've been like 3 or 4

[north lintel]

Thunderbolts was kinda surprisingly awesome

[rich meadow]

Lmfao, I hope this was said 100% seriously

[arctic flax]

i got like 3 movies i gotta see after finals: Thunderbolts, sinners, MI

[rich meadow]

Watch sinners in IMAX first

[arctic flax]

not a movie person anymore except the hype/event stuff for theatres

[arctic flax]

will try if possible

[shrewd sigil]

https://x.com/screentime/status/1921275984390525303?t=ScQkR0OJ2PNG51E3UWt9ww&s=19

ScreenTime (@screentime) on X

James Gunn has denied rumors that Matt Reeves isn’t directing ‘THE BATMAN 2’

X · May 10, 2025, 6:47 PM

[tawny parcel]

This movie is starting to sound more and more like a mess

[copper phoenix]

its over for batman fans

[near echo]

Half of this movies social media bullshit feels like people going stir crazy with the long production and farming for drama

[copper phoenix]

its getting blade'd 😔

[south hatch]

💔

[foggy mirage]

You and @south hatch

Need to chill

Spider verse fans have had it worse than batman fans

This is why you follow multiple franchises

You never get this drought

Im fed af this year

[south hatch]

man fuck is u talking about Spiderverse mfs be getting slop year after year

[foggy mirage]

Next movie

[south hatch]

fed up more like

[foggy mirage]

Is like 4 years

Tf you smoking

😭

Across was in 23

[south hatch]

did u not get across the spiderverse

[foggy mirage]

4 years

Is crazy work

[foggy mirage]

Again insane time between these

Im lucky alien and predator got goated directors

Fucking lebron and koby of the franchises

[south hatch]

last Blade movie was 2004 iirc

😭

[foggy mirage]

Ngl fuck blade

Happy as fuck predator badlands tackled it out of release

[south hatch]

lmaoo

[foggy mirage]

I was laughing my ass off when I saw they shelved blade

And put predator in the November slot

[south hatch]

wait a sec

u baiting too hard now

[foggy mirage]

New predator ????

Easily more hyped than blade

It's not even a comparison

[south hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/doctor-strange-nope-no-benedict-cumberbatch-close-book-gif-13612586

[foggy mirage]

I better not see your ass in here

If you switch up and watch it

[south hatch]

yeah I betta not catch ur ass here

[foggy mirage]

I will be seated