western-series

[hoary hawk]

u got the young tickets yet?

[sage sleet]

i think they go on sale in 2 days

for other than imax

[hoary hawk]

ima cop

[sage sleet]

losers at amc really holdin out

yeah coppin day 1

[magic bloom]

I don’t watch at AMC anyways

[sage sleet]

it's only theatre around p sure ;;

[magic bloom]

There’s a Cinemark like a good 20 minutes away from me

Has reclining seats, is smaller than the amc that’s around my area so I prefer going there

[sage sleet]

closest cinemark is 2 hours away it seems

we got nice seats at amc but people that go to amc are apes

will never forget the dude that started smokin week at end game then called a guy a slur for askin him nicely to stop talkin every 5 seconds

[magic bloom]

I actually went to an amc recently and had a nice experience. Mainly because it was a weekday, late at night, to watch an anime movie

Only 3 people in the theater including me

[hoary hawk]

thats when its a good experience

[gleaming light]

has anyone read and watched shadow and bone

@brave orbit @rich meadow @magic bloom ?

[rich meadow]

I haven't no

[brave orbit]

no

[rich meadow]

WoR ||Shattered plains and chasm looks cool. I really want to see a SA adaptation now. ||

[hoary hawk]

watched yes

read no

heard book its different than show

[brave orbit]

Soon

[modern lichen]

I have

Read Shadow and Bone

[gleaming light]

thats what i wanted to know

can you read the rest of the trilogy after watching shadow and bone

[modern lichen]

Good series

I would suggest reading from the start

Like any other novel series

[gleaming light]

i heard the show was as good or better than the novel

so i was just making sure

ill still watch it and maybe read from start or book 2

[outer tulip]

Which movie did you go see?

[feral kettle]

Mr robot 108 ||i fucking knew robot was his dad||

||i always had the suspicion since the talk at the pier||

[sage sleet]

was it belle, rob?

if so i was gonna see it too few weeks ago but tested positive for covid

[burnt lake]

yeah it was Belle

he talked about it in OS

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/891777147679690802.gif?size=48&quality=lossless

[sage sleet]

ah nice aint been there in months

maybe i'll talk bout it one day but

summer wars>

ANYWAYS

[burnt lake]

I mean-

you aren't wrong I fully enjoyed Summer Wars much more than like any Chizu films

🚶

[sage sleet]

made a tierlist of hosoda films maybe i;ll put it in os

[cunning spruce]

Starting to read the John Carter books

[crimson lance]

really liked the john carter movie

wish we got another one

this probably would of been a cool ass movie

alot of missed opportunities here

[crimson lance]

Sad hill unearthed

watching a documentary on restoring a location from the good the bad and the ugly and theres this picture of sergio leone with tnt wrapped around hsi head

[feral kettle]

@modern lichen finished mr robot season 1 🙏

goated show

||god that cliffhanger||

[outer tulip]

season 1 is nothing

keep going

[feral kettle]

yea i will lol

[hoary hawk]

oh u started mr robot?

nice

ur gonna love it

[magic bloom]

Belle

[hoary hawk]

belle is awesome

esp in theatres

[magic bloom]

Oh someone mentioned it lol sorry was busy with things

Dude empty theater experience might be the wave

Might just do it again late at night

[hoary hawk]

i do it very often

esp last 2 years

even got to see some low key movies

but empty theaters are vibes

[crimson lance]

Sad hill unearthed / The good the bad and the ugly

cool concept art or what ever this is

sad hill unearthed

beautiful place

[crimson lance]

cool documentary

any fan of the movie should see it

[unkempt umbra]

The good place s3 e4 ||excuse me, Jason kissed a what and he got what into what? ||

[rich meadow]

@brave orbit finished part 4

Gonna read some more then give my thoughts in length

Will definitely finish the book tomorrow tho

Been reading around 120-150 pages per day

[modern lichen]

[pearl ingot]

can we take a moment to appreciate that teen titans go was able to air a scene of robin telling kids to ask their parents where babies come from

[brave orbit]

RoW part 4 ending ||YOU CANNOT HAVE MY SACRIFICE ||

[viral egret]

does anyone in here watch euphoria?

[sage sleet]

Couple people consistently

I do

[outer tulip]

I do too

[sage sleet]

Started chuck

On ep 2

Liking it so far

[viral egret]

heard

i havent seen the latest episode but i was just checking

[sage sleet]

Was a good episode

[copper phoenix]

I thought you meant chuck with zachary levi

and I was like latest episode?

[sage sleet]

Oh yeah nah lmao

On ep 3 of chuck

[dim hedge]

Book of boba finale time

[dim hedge]

Book of boba finale/ clone wars|| goodbye soldiers ||

|| incredible finale, loved every second the rancor was fucking amazing and so cool, chad bane still out speeding boba even in his old age (moneys on him not being dead again) mando and grogu were the sweetest thing ever so happy they’re back, but man do i miss the 2 guards, krrsanton was great ||

|| boba and mando on jetpacks kicking ass was too cool ||

[modern lichen]

watching the king's man

this movie is so slow

[jade orbit]

Book of Boba Fett finale ||Cant believe Filoni actually killed off one of his OCs lol was cool too see Bane out dueling Boba as an old man even if he did end up getting shanked||

[modern lichen]

finished the king's man

it was ok

very inconsistent

[rich meadow]

RoW part 4 ending ||Honestly one of my favorite chapters of the book. I really love this Adolin trial thing. Adolin is already one of my favorites because he’s a spin on the “stuck up prince” trope. He’s actually one of the kindest and most honorable characters in the series. Pretty wholesome how he can view his deadeye spren that’s hardly able to communicate or function as a friend. And love the way the trial goes. Like I was waiting for Adolin to be able convince them somehow but nope, the spren remain frustratingly obstinate. Then Maya comes in clutch. Also funny how Kelek seems a bit trolley? Like he’s not as poised as you’d think a herald would be lol||

[brave orbit]

RoW part 4 ending ||Yea kalak is based af tho he still has clear ptsd and panic attacks which the honourspren do try to take advantage of. Also yea Adolin is really great in this book and i really like how Shallan's deadeye played out. I actually didnt even see it coming but it makes so much sense in retrospect lol
Also also, rip Veil 😔 ||

RoW part 4 ending ||What did you think about raboniel's motivation reveal btw?||

[rich meadow]

RoW part 4 ending ||Oh yeah, so Shallan had bonded a cryptic before Pattern?!?!?! Did not see that coming at all. But iirc, it makes sense because pattern couldn’t properly remember or reflect on the events of killing her mother… but turns out it wasn’t even him. Crazy. And yeah rip Veil. But has she just been absorbed into Shallan’s personality? Was kinda confused by what happened to her. Because formless was just Shallan who was trying to deal with her past.||

[rich meadow]

RoW part 4 ending ||haha thought it was incredibly sweet. Brandon definitely wanted readers to think she was leaning to a more sinister motive but the fact that the main motivation was to free her daughter from madness was endearing. She still wants to use anti-voidlight to destroy the radiants and their spren so not like she’s just not an antagonist at all, but still sweet||

[brave orbit]

RoW part 4 ending ||Yea the way to treat DID is through reintegration (or some other term" of the identities and thats basically what happened, but rip veil 😔
At the end of words of radiance pattern tries to get her to acknowledge what was locked up in the safebox after her father dies so i think the original cryptic was there||

[rich meadow]

Oh yeah true

[outer tulip]

Book of boba finale || RIP Cad Bane ||

[rich meadow]

RoW part 4 ending ||Cool how the cryptic deadeye that Adolin meets in that shop during OB was Shallans first spren. ||

[barren ice]

Kick Ass Book 1
||Rereading one of my favorite series.||

[shadow sequoia]

The Sandman is good, that is all

[young compass]

@modern lichen

I didn’t have many thoughts regarding Sandman tbh, I liked it and could list you things I liked but I felt a bit detached from the story. Was much more invested in tank girl surprisingly lol.

[modern lichen]

Oh damn

Understandable

The Sandman is my favourite comic period

So i have a certain bias towards it

I do suggest you read Blacksad, which I think mentioned to you before

[young compass]

Sandman ||My favorite bit was the distant mirrors section, I think ||

And yeah I’ll check it out at some point, still have that issue of there being very few prominent romance graphic novels/comics so I’ve not been reading them as much

[shadow sequoia]

Is that adaptation still coming out?

For Sandman?

[modern lichen]

Yeah

[shadow sequoia]

I wonder how that'll be

[modern lichen]

Check their Instagram page the casting is very cool

[young compass]

Who’s doing it?

[modern lichen]

I don't know who the showrunner is

But Neil Gaiman wrote it

[young compass]

Netflix, I see

Hopefully they don’t cancel it

Since they kinda do that to everything

[shadow sequoia]

Should be interesting

[modern lichen]

I do suggest checking their Instagram or Twitter page if you wanna see the casting

The Sandman || Lucifer is being played by Gwendolyn Christie ||

@young compass @shadow sequoia The Sandman || https://youtu.be/VBXqrBl6pEo ||

[shadow sequoia]

Oh I haven't seen this

[hoary hawk]

that’s kewl

[unkempt umbra]

The good place s3 e9 ||if the last person that entered heaven was 521 years from 2018, the year would be 1497, and nothing actually happened that year that is actually interesting and I just wasted yours and my time both ||

||Janet actress is really talented||

[brave orbit]

The good place s3 e9 ||I think it's actually said that's the reason ||

[unkempt umbra]

The good place s3 e9 || oh really||

Lemme check

[brave orbit]

It might have been in a Q&A

||Otherwise it might be smth to do with capitalism getting more accepted|| The good place s3 e9

1 of those 2

[maiden kayak]

Finished Oathbringer

[brave orbit]

pog

[maiden kayak]

||Loved a lot especially the last fight and avengers assemble hehe ||

Will start last book next week onwards

Cant resist to end this series

[brave orbit]

I suggest dawnshard first

[maiden kayak]

Ia was thinking of reading summary in wiki

[brave orbit]

the novella between book 3 and 4

[brave orbit]

It spoils a lot still, even outside stormlight

[maiden kayak]

Is it also big book?

[brave orbit]

Nah it's short

[maiden kayak]

Oh

Den lemme check out that too

[brave orbit]

It's like 39k words

[maiden kayak]

Thats cool

[brave orbit]

a normal stormlight novel is 410k

[maiden kayak]

Every book is too big

[brave orbit]

Yea they were made to be big

[maiden kayak]

Took me 2 days siiting to complete every book

Bt hella worth it

[brave orbit]

he said he plans each book as 3 books

and uses that as an outline

[maiden kayak]

Oh interesting

Btw after ryhtm one how many still left

[brave orbit]

That's the last released one sadly

but it will be 10 in total

[maiden kayak]

Planned?

10 damm

[brave orbit]

first arc ends on book 5 tho

[maiden kayak]

In for a long ride

[brave orbit]

and he is taking a break from the series after book 5

then they will be released every 3 years

[maiden kayak]

Nicee

Btw have u read wheel of fortune?

Time* sorry

[brave orbit]

Nope

show only

[maiden kayak]

Same

[modern lichen]

I just watched the first episode and forgot about it

[maiden kayak]

Lol

[shadow sequoia]

The gameshow?

[maiden kayak]

Lmao nahh

Wheel of time

[thick vine]

the books are good idk about the show heard some good opinions

[shadow sequoia]

Oh lmao

The books are great

Yeah I haven't seen the show

[maiden kayak]

Show was rushed i heard so thought of trying books

Bt so many books

If its good like Stormlight worth a try though else idk

[thick vine]

ye takes alot of time to read thru all of them

i ma start stormlight this weekend

[maiden kayak]

Leggo

Lots of fans here u will enjoy too

[thick vine]

ye wanted to read it after seeing many peeps here talkin about it

[maiden kayak]

Same

[brave orbit]

I think it's a bit harder than stormlight

afaik

[thick vine]

They way of kings is the first book in stormlight ? Imma start it now

[rich meadow]

ye

Need to get people on that WoT train tho

👀

[outer tulip]

I’m just waiting for the show to get better than I’ma bounce on it

[gleaming light]

im trying to watch the last kingdom

has anyone watched it?

it fast paced or just me

||the first 30 minutes danes invaded , they went to war , his dad died, time skip and hes an adult|| the last kingdom

[unkempt umbra]

@brave orbit the good place s3 e11 ||so you were right, it was because the almonds, it really was the almonds the single person who was right about the flaw for the very start was the most innocent and also the most tortured dude||

[brave orbit]

[modern lichen]

Peacemaker || I'm sure the show is good but what the fuck kinda dialogue is this bro 😭 ||

|| https://mobile.twitter.com/KyloCool630/status/1489654386179678214 ||

prank sinatra (@KyloCool630)

Adebayo has had enough 😤 #Peacemaker

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[crimson lance]

Peacemaker || the type of dialogue people share online for free ||

[feral kettle]

Found a terrible take in the replies

[modern lichen]

Yeah I didn't check the replies

[feral kettle]

The dialogue is very twitter-y

Peacemaker ||someone says simp and pretty sure there is an intentional among us joke||😭😭😭

[modern lichen]

Ok, Peacemaker || she apparently gets yelled at for saying that in the show ||

[feral kettle]

No

[modern lichen]

[spice folio]

I haven't started this show just because of her, I've seen her dialogue in the trailers and I'm not sure if I will be capable of standing it lmao

[sage sleet]

she's a cool character lol

[modern lichen]

I heard she's a cool character

Just the dialogue was, ya know

[sage sleet]

makes sense in the scene

[modern lichen]

All right gotcha

[dim hedge]

Peacemaker ||dumbassery of a dialogue, it's what it is. gets the people going||

[modern lichen]

I will take pasto's word for it actually

But out of context it looks so bad

[dim hedge]

Peacemaker ||Her character is whatever for now. I'm seeing her evolution with great interest tho. Casual nepotism beneficiary, her death will be welcomed by me with open arms - I have no idea if it will happen||

[spice folio]

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1491480726792986626?s=20&t=isuFZYZ6qWUZbqQwbZ9j4Q

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Jimmy Kimmel on the #OscarNoms — “You’re telling me ‘Don’t Look Up’ was better than #NoWayHome, It most certainly was not… Why do best picture nominees have to be serious? When did that become a prerequisite for getting nominated for an #Oscar?

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

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are people really going to debate this

I agree with don't look up being there doesn't make any sense but why would no way home be nominated for best picture?

[barren temple]

Because it's a better written mcu film

[dim hedge]

this is where the intellectuals stopped reading

dude literally couldn't read

Still funny

[dim hedge]

disagree

[barren temple]

Well I should clarify

By better written I mean better written than a lot of other mcu films

I haven't seen don't look up and I don't plan on it

[dim hedge]

eh I guess

[dim hedge]

it is kinda shitty imo, works for the comedy if you turn off your brain

[spice folio]

literally lmao

[spice folio]

it's not that good

there's a lot of other films who kinda deserved at least a nom

like The Green Knight or the French Dispatch

[shadow sequoia]

God

I fucking remember that

I had called Moonlight getting Best Picture

They said La La Land iirc

Then they were like OH SHIT

Oops

[spice folio]

if you compare it to mcu films yeah sure, but not the other movies that came out the same year tho

[barren temple]

Eh

I think it's a pretty great film, maybe the "fanservice" aspect of it distracts from how good the writing is

Still haven't seen green knight or french dispatch though

I will as soon as I get some time

I'm trying to remember the better movies from that year and I'm drawing a blank slightly

[dim hedge]

eh I aint seeing that

[barren temple]

Most of the films I really enjoyed weren't in theaters

[barren temple]

No problem

I didn't like Tom Holland spiderman movies as much as everyone else did before this

I understand people not wanting to watch

[dim hedge]

no that's not what I mean lmao

[crimson lance]

best movie of 2021 is pig

[dim hedge]

I aint seeing how spider man has that good of a writing

[barren temple]

Also fine

[dim hedge]

I eat the MCU shit all day dude, I am up to date with the spoilers like a true degen

[barren temple]

That probably makes sense because I don't like the mcu that much tbh lol

I'm a marvel fan more than an mcu fan

[dim hedge]

I used to love marvel, but could never like the fact the comics make no sense

returning timelines, reboots, remakes, rethis, rethat

[crimson lance]

this is why you should only read ultimate spiderman (2000)

[dim hedge]

all new, all different, nope, this is the new different, now the next different and new

[barren temple]

Yeah marvel and dc comics can be a challenge for that

I think when you have that type of format it's the general idea of the characters that needs to shine more than anything

Even when the stories come and go

[modern lichen]

[barren temple]

I don't love spiderman because of any particular runs, even though I obviously have ones I like. I love him because of how much writers have added to him over the years

And his general character

[fluid merlin]

i never even seen you in this channel before stoop lmao

[barren temple]

Yeah it's kind of fun I didn't realize how long it's been since I've seen him

So close yet so far

[outer tulip]

Peacemaker || I’m actually not a big fan of her falling in love with peacemaker but it is what it is ||

[sage sleet]

||adebayo?? the lesbian??? you thinkin of harcourt or whatever her name is?|| peacemaker

[outer tulip]

|| nah I mean adebayo.. she’s like catching feeling for him now || peacemaker

[dim hedge]

peacemaker ||WHAT? LMAOOOOOOO did I miss an episode today?||

[sage sleet]

||to me it feels more like she's really sympathizing with a maniac and it's weird for her and everyone|| peacemaker

[outer tulip]

|| maybe it’s just that but she def seems hella compromised in the head… like she feels unease when she talks to her mate || peacemaker

[sage sleet]

||bc she feels a bond with him bc he wants to really change and is makin an effort plus she feels like she's betraying him and she's a very kind person|| peacemaker

[outer tulip]

|| yeah maybe that’s all it is.. I can see if him getting with harcourt making her feel uncomfortable for some reason tho || peacemaker

[feral kettle]

Its no Cmon Cmon

[feral kettle]

||Shes gay😭|| peacemaker

||if anyone is its harcourt||

Which would be a lame storyline too tbh

[crimson lance]

any movie in black and white after the year 2020 is lame

[outer tulip]

Yeah I don’t want that either

[feral kettle]

its true the lighthouse will never be topped

[crimson lance]

as far as i know ive only seen like >15 movies from 2021

got a few lined up i need to see though

last duel, green knight, licorice pizza, last night in soho

[outer tulip]

Passing is good (despite the Oscar snub)

[crimson lance]

never heard of it

[outer tulip]

It’s about an African American woman and her relationship with a childhood friend who “passes” as white

I believe it’s based off a book

[feral kettle]

i heard its pretty good

[wooden swift]

BRUV

@modern lichen Peaky Blinders S2E6 ||THE NEGOTIATION SCENE WITH ALFIE AND TOMMY HOLY SHIT THIS ENERGY||

Cont'd. ||THIS IS A MAN'S WORLD||

cc @thick vine @hoary hawk

[spice folio]

https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1491529332723892227?s=20&t=cJCU1IPGwA-o3xlIIPh9HA LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

First poster for 'Obi-Wan Kenobi'

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May 25 on Disney Plus

[outer tulip]

can't wait

also Obi Wan mini comic series comes out May 5th I believe

[thick vine]

S2e6 peaky blinders ||outright one of the best scenes in the show freaking stuff the energy during the scene is off charts ||

[crimson lance]

Barry episode 1 was pretty good

Usually dislike bill hader

[rich meadow]

@brave orbit @copper phoenix @scenic frost
RoW part 5 major spoilers ||NOOOOOOO NOT TEFT. GOD NO PLEASE NO FUCK YOU MOASH AGHHHH YOU MOTHERFUCK NOOOOO||

[patent sparrow]

do you guys think that The Batman will be better or worse than the nolan trilogy?

[rich meadow]

RoW part 5 ||Tell yourself that lie, Moash, but know this. You can kill me, but you can't have what I have. You can never have it. Because I die knowing I'm loved||

||God this is truly tragic||

RoW part 5 ||I cannot fucking wait for Kaladin vs Moash now||

[copper phoenix]

row part 5 || yea elhokar was tough for me already, he was killed while holding his kid, almost turning into a radiant and clutching the drawin shallan made for him and now this. Moash is just a giga cunt ||

[rich meadow]

RoW part 5 ||Can't wait for the battle of champions. I'm assuming Moash will be Odium's if it actually ends up happening like that, and obviously Kaladin will be Honor's/Dalinar's. I'm glad Moash keeps stacking up all these dick moves, gonna make the payoff so satisfying||

[copper phoenix]

row part 5 || it's funny because I have a feeling brando will do something unexpected ||

[rich meadow]

me too actually

row part 5 ||I think it will play out unexpectedly. But still need that Kaladin vs Moash (if it doesn't happen in the 100 pages I have left lol)||

[copper phoenix]

row part 5 || some people saying odium will bring fused gavilar as his champion ||

[scenic frost]

RoW p5||😭 😭 ||

[copper phoenix]

are you gonna finish today evan?

[scenic frost]

Evan don't stop

Please

Not now

You can't stop now

[copper phoenix]

[rich meadow]

I ain’t stopping

[scenic frost]

RoW ending don't click Evan ||Idk why I get the feeling Dalinar is gonna be his own/honor's champion. I am not sure if I came up with this or if the ending revealed it||

[rich meadow]

Gonna finish today

[scenic frost]

Don't click that evan

[scenic frost]

[copper phoenix]

[scenic frost]

@copper phoenix can you clarify 😂😂

[copper phoenix]

clarify what

[scenic frost]

RoW ending ||did the ending reveal it or is that my headcanon?||

[copper phoenix]

row ending || yea I'm not sure where you got this from lol but fused dalinar is a common "theory" ||

[scenic frost]

Ahh okay

[bold yew]

Is euphoria any good ?

[scenic frost]

It's my own thoughts cz I don't really read anything about stormlight outside the books

I want this to be as untouched an experience as possible

Stormlight is sacred

[copper phoenix]

some theories are really good tho

[scenic frost]

Can't let nutheads on reddit ruin it

[copper phoenix]

feels like spoilers

[scenic frost]

That's what

I don't wanna get into all that

[copper phoenix]

yea I try to avoid but the discussions are fun

I feel like it's a big part of the experience

[scenic frost]

Honestly I sometimes feel getting involved with discussions and stuff on series without completing them ruins the experience a little bit

That includes OP tbh

[copper phoenix]

except when they go 5head in realmatic theory

[scenic frost]

But it's different since it's weekly and not like one book every 3-4 years

Novels for me are sacred

Never discuss details about them until you're done with them

At least not theories and stuff

[copper phoenix]

you mean caught up or finished?

because will take decades to finish

[scenic frost]

Finished

I don't care honestly

[copper phoenix]

[scenic frost]

I don't wanna get into theory crafting and stuff, just relish the experience as it comes. And besides, most discussions like that are overwhelmingly nutters with a sprinkle of few good ones

Not worth it for me

I sometimes feel it was a mistake to get into OP community too 😂😂

[crimson lance]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/futurama-revived-at-hulu-1235090020/

Why would they do this after a perfect finale

[white smelt]

[copper phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-money-giveittome-mr-krabs-spongebob-gif-4184913

[crimson lance]

As if matt groneing needs mord

[hoary hawk]

once this reboots of original series end

what will the new series be about?

reboots of reboots?

[white smelt]

Oh it’s just a remake?

Even weirder

[broken fossil]

bob saget's cause of death was revealed to be head trauma, he accidentally hit his head on something, thought nothing of it, then went to sleep

RIP

[regal root]

Damn

[crimson lance]

where do you see its a remake wanze

everything i see says its a continuation

[white smelt]

Oh I’m just going off of what fate said

Reboot

So it’s just continuing off of the finale… ?

[crimson lance]

theres also a king of the hill revival

i guess wanze

[white smelt]

Weird

[crimson lance]

theyve done it before

except this time they had a proper finale

one of the best ones really

[white smelt]

Yeah

And now it’s back lol

So I thought it was a remake but I guess not lol

[crimson lance]

there is stories you could do without retroactivly ruining the finale but idk why you would

[rich meadow]

RoW Part 5 major spoilers ||NAVANI’S A RADIANT LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO. GET FUCKED MOASH “JOURNEY BEFORE DESTINATION YOU BASTARD” ||

[crimson lance]

i no longer like barry

[outer tulip]

Can’t wait

[feral kettle]

why

[crimson lance]

dislike all the supporting cast and the general direction of the plot

[feral kettle]

what episode are you on

i do kinda agree with the first point cause i didnt care about any characters except for the 2 leads

but i didnt care that much

[crimson lance]

episode 3

im done already

[feral kettle]

what dont you like about the general direction of the plot

im curious

[crimson lance]

barry || The attention given to the acting class and the friends there, the chechyans still being around for so long, the fbi/cop part. also feel like theyre just abandoning the aspects of barrys life that made it seem interesting, his shitty apartment, the man manipulating him, now he's just chilling in LA doing stuff. ||

[remote perch]

you are tough audience. I watched it only for laughs.

[feral kettle]

barry ||i found the acting class being the most interesting tbh, also season 2 focuses very heavily on barry and fuches relationship||

[white smelt]

Barry is great. ||All of your grievances are addressed. 🙂||

[modern lichen]

barry season 2 ||ronnie/lily is one of favourite episodes of tv, insane storytelling||

[white smelt]

Indeed

Shame will is being lame.

[modern lichen]

Nothing new there

[fair echo]

oh it was already posted.

[modern lichen]

[fair echo]

im not very excited

it was a good ending

[modern lichen]

I don't care about the revival anyways so oh well

[fair echo]

[shadow sequoia]

Futurama is back?

[outer tulip]

its coming back

with most of the original voice actors

[shadow sequoia]

Cool

I think it was good where it ended

Hopefully, they don't fuck it up

[hoary hawk]

wait

theyre just continuing it?

LOL

[outer tulip]

it never should've ended lol

[unkempt umbra]

Yes, but also, why, but also is ok, it had a lot of time to age new ideas, not like the Simpson tho

[fair echo]

no its bad

they dont have dimaggio as bender

they changed VA

total chump move

[outer tulip]

really?

that's not good

[sage sleet]

p sure he just doesnt wanna do it

[fair echo]

yep

no dimaggio is ranting on twitter about it

[sage sleet]

ah only saw 1 tweet and wasn't from him

[outer tulip]

that's a game changer

[sage sleet]

wonder if he wanted more money or sumn

[unkempt umbra]

Ok I'm convinced its gonna sucks

[stiff knoll]

Warbreaker ch 31 || man..... so amazing. just.. so good i already cried once. that scene with Siri and Susebron. when he presented that story book to Siri and wanted her to teach him... man it just... i didn't think i'd cry but i did. The fact that Susebron is being manipulated by his priests but he still thinks they are good men and the fact that he doesn't have a tongue?? felt so unexpected man. the Siri and Susebron bedroom scenes are my favourite now. just so much emotion there.

Vivenna having her ideals challenged ooof. her realisation that the people of her country were breaking Austrism rules. good stuff. plus her conversation with Jewels is the best conversation in the book for me so far. What Jewels said was just... can't help but feel amazed by it. it was a pretty powerful scene and i just absolutely loved it.

Lightsong and Blushweaver always have some of the best interactions lol. those two are really funny together. wonder who Lightsong was in the past though. probably a detective/police officer with a history in sailing maybe? my guess is he worked as a police officer/detective and grew up in a boatwork related household.

but ye, i already love this book. i might buy the physical. i love this thing about this book where right when a scene reaches it's climax the book goes on into a completely unrelated scene. like Siri/Susebron bedroom scene to maybe a Vivenna scene where she's meeting someone. Like i get mildly annoyed by how the scenes changed so suddenly but like I would then get interested in the new scene. it happens in other books i've read but it's somehow more noticeable here. mad respect to Sanderson for having a lot of different characters and managing to make then all interesting and engaging to read can't wait to read the rest ||

@brave orbit

[fair echo]

sums it up.

[sage sleet]

really wonder what it is

bc futurama is p big so it'll make money

[outer tulip]

maybe he was demanding too much

[unkempt umbra]

Well, it was a poor choice, most of the revivals are successful only because they manage to get the original cast

[broken fossil]

how they gonna say we're back baby and not even have bender's voice

just dont do it

[unkempt umbra]

Thats the point of revivals eitherway

[fair echo]

for sure

[broken fossil]

dont make it a zombie of a show

[sage sleet]

don't the cast of simpsons make some outrageous 6 figure amount per episode

[wooden swift]

I don't rate disenchantment

But my fiancee loves it

[fair echo]

disenchantment looked p meh tbh

though never watched it

[outer tulip]

according to google yeah

[wooden swift]

I love that woman to death but her taste in media is completely countercurrent to mine, bar games

[fair echo]

lol

[wooden swift]

And that's ok

She likes uh

Musicals

[sage sleet]

BOO

[fair echo]

[wooden swift]

And I legit cannot stand musicals

[fair echo]

nah thats just a brain issue on your end balkan

[sage sleet]

if musicals were a person i'd be on death row

[fair echo]

musicals are great

[outer tulip]

some musicals are good

[wooden swift]

I also hate like Disney movies that have constant singing

She loves em

[sage sleet]

reminds me i should finish tick tick boom

[wooden swift]

She liked uh

What was it

[fair echo]

watch the book of mormon balkan

[wooden swift]

Centaur world

[outer tulip]

tick tick boom is pretty good

[wooden swift]

I'd watch book of Mormon

But on principle now

I'll never ever watch Hamilton

I listened to the fucking soundtrack for 6 striaght months on drives

I wanted to blow my brains out

[outer tulip]

I can't do hamilton

[fair echo]

alexander hamilton is like the most boring founding father

[unkempt umbra]

You uncultured balkan man

Hamilton is straight art

[wooden swift]

Here's the thing

You guys won't get this and that's fine

Hate musicals

Love opera

🤷

[outer tulip]

yeah that doesn't make sense

[fair echo]

[outer tulip]

you should try rock opera musicals like Rent

[wooden swift]

The singing is much less annoying to me

That's even worse for me I'm sorry

I can do Les miserables

That's it

[outer tulip]

now i'm really confused

[unkempt umbra]

Not the movie tho

[fair echo]

book of mormon, hairspray

two really fun musicals

[wooden swift]

I hate hairspray

[outer tulip]

hairspray the movie was just ok for me.. but i heard the actual show is good

[fair echo]

i didnt watch the movie

i saw it live

so yeah idk how good the movie is

[outer tulip]

its entertaining at best

but there's only like 2 or 3 good songs

[unkempt umbra]

And 2 or 3 good singers

[hot tapir]

I just found out that Apu is removed from the Simpsons?

[modern lichen]

i dont think so

most indian movies are musicals but i prefer those over english musicals

western musicals are a bit superficial for my taste

[modern lichen]

hank azaria is not voicing apu anymore

thats about it

[regal root]

Nah he wasn’t removed, his former VA just quit because he believes the character is an offensive caricature

[fair echo]

they were going to, but then they changed VA

actually what do you think about that @modern lichen

do you think it was necessary?

[modern lichen]

i dont care

[fair echo]

you wouldn't have minded if the VA stayed the same?

[modern lichen]

i lost interest in the simpsons a long time ago

no i like that azaria stepped down and apologised

[fair echo]

i dont know, without getting controversial, I think it's okay for voice actors to play their part even if its a bit of a stereotype

[modern lichen]

apu still exists so doesnt make much of a difference

[fair echo]

VA is the only job in the media business of its kind where it doesnt really matter what you look like or where it comes from

like mario is played by a french guy, i dont think that's a bad thing

[modern lichen]

i dont think that is the point here, the writing and the direction for the voice is

its a bad caricature

no one said anything about hank azaria

[fair echo]

that's fair i guess

I think in early simpsons apu was actually a really good caricature but in later seasons it got pretty bad..

[unkempt umbra]

The term flanderization was invented after the Simpsons for a reason

[modern lichen]

a caricature is a caricature ya know

[white smelt]

Did they change him or he didn’t wanna do it

[modern lichen]

he stepped down

azaria is a good man

[fair echo]

im not sure sorri, but he doesnt seem very happy about it so who knows

[unkempt umbra]

Writing got poor and uninteresting so people started to fill the holes in the plots themselves

[modern lichen]

check out the documentary "the problem with apu"

that is the catalyst for all of this

[fair echo]

i know

i've seen it

[modern lichen]

good

[white smelt]

How do you feel about Apu, Harsh?

[modern lichen]

he exists i guess

[fair echo]

hang on, i think i watched a rebuttal to that documentary a while ago by a cartoonist on youtube

[modern lichen]

he was ok in the initial seasons when the writing of the simpsons was sharp and the satire was actually good

[white smelt]

I fell off the simpsons like back in 2006 or so

[fair echo]

okay so harsh,

[modern lichen]

i just go back to the first 8 seasons

and ignore the rest

[fair echo]

i think my problem with that mindset is that comparatively Apu is probably a good caricature of indian culture because everything in the simpsons is like a microcosm of american culture

homer is a much worse depiction of caucasian people

[unkempt umbra]

Thats the key word, american culture

[modern lichen]

that's why i mentioned

when the satire was good, he was ok

the writing just nosedived, so did his character

[fair echo]

that's true

[unkempt umbra]

I don't know much about the Apu dilemma, but I've noticed that this kind of discussion are more relevant in the places where the production is made than the places mentioned

But, also could be that Harsh don't want to discuss a very entangled problem and i think is also valid

Or sometimes the answer is not that deep

[pale tapir]

||Now THAT was a Boba Fett episode|| Book of Boba Fett ep 7

||Very satisfying from all points. Finally we got to see Boba kick some major ass|| TBOBF Ep 7

@broken fossil did you watch the season finale yet?

[broken fossil]

not yet about to right now tho

[dim hedge]

So since the series is over i can say I’ve really enjoyed it overall

Except for a certain episode

[pale tapir]

Yessss

Which one Buri?

[dim hedge]

Episode 3

Only episode of the show I didn’t like

[broken fossil]

loved the show overall, about to watch ep 7, but ||also love how boba fett got a gang of npc's from cyberpunk 2077 as his lackeys|| book of boba fett

[outer tulip]

yeah that was my least favorite too

[sage sleet]

might start boba

[dim hedge]

Other than that I really enjoyed every episode

[sage sleet]

or finish hawkeye

but i wanna keep watching chuck

[dim hedge]

New peacemaker tonight

[outer tulip]

yessss

i might stay up

[dim hedge]

This is the last book of boba peacemaker and one piece week

[sage sleet]

as in thursday night yeah?

[dim hedge]

[sage sleet]

akways get it mixed up

[outer tulip]

ikr 😦

we need to find new weekly series

[crimson lance]

sure some disney property will be out soon enough

[outer tulip]

well moon knight is next month

[broken fossil]

obi wan show

coming soon

[outer tulip]

and that too lol

[dim hedge]

So much good stuff coming

Bad batch season 2 was also this year iirc

[feral kettle]

Bad batch was so bad

[outer tulip]

that's gonna be hype

[dim hedge]

Bobf finale/clone wars || hope we get a live action boba bane prequel series since we never got it in clone wars ||

[feral kettle]

boba fett was pretty bad too

[dim hedge]

Bad batch was very good

[feral kettle]

too much nothing

[feral kettle]

Id rather have it animated

Tbh

[outer tulip]

the deleted scenes were

[dim hedge]

I would too

[feral kettle]

Yea

Disney isnt putting much care into their star wars projects

[dim hedge]

Bad batch || yeah it had some filler (i did enjoy it) the none filler stuff was absolutely incredible ||

[feral kettle]

Nothing impressed me besides Rogue One, Solo, TLJ, or the final arc of TCW S7

[outer tulip]

it'll pick up in the next year or so

Kenobi will be great.. then Mando s3

and I like bad batch so I'm looking forward to season 2

[dim hedge]

Not mando?

[feral kettle]

Nah

Im not a huge fan

It had good production quality but same issue i had with the bad batch

[crimson lance]

thats like half of everything theyve released

[feral kettle]

half good things isnt a good track record

[dim hedge]

Bad batch || https://youtu.be/qyp2Q63zpGA || || man this was such an incredible moment ||

[crimson lance]

for starwars it is

[brave orbit]

[feral kettle]

Disney has crazy budget they should be making less mistakes

[crimson lance]

ive only ever seen the first starwars, and the 2 sequels

and mando s1-2

[feral kettle]

bro

[stiff knoll]

How is Elantris btw

wasn't it his debut?

[brave orbit]

ROW PART 5 ||JOURNEY BEFORE DESTINATION, BITCH||

[outer tulip]

bad batch || this was my shit too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d6m85_rnJY ||

[brave orbit]

Yea

[feral kettle]

Bad batch ||this was cool but then he got humiliated next episode lmao||

[outer tulip]

bad batch || that's cause Fennec's a boss ||

[dim hedge]

Bad batch || man this was cool ||

Bad batch/book of boba big spoils || love that cad bane makes all his entrances shitting on a cool character ||

[feral kettle]

My main issue with the bad batch and the Mandalorian ||is that while there may be good stuff in there there are so many episodes of nothing i didnt care for. Both shows were episodic asf which doesnt really work that well with this little episodes||

Its kinda apparent in filonis other stuff

Like clone wars

[feral kettle]

||then gets shit on||😭😭😭

[outer tulip]

bobf latest || yeah and he even went out beating Boba in a quick draw.. i really liked that ||

[outer tulip]

so you're kind of my prime example of issues I have with some star wars fans lol

[feral kettle]

what is tjat

[dim hedge]

Bobf latest || 70 year old chad bane beating the shit out of boba ||

[outer tulip]

they think every thing needs to be super focused on the end game of the story without any focus on just general story and character development

I think its cause they're used to everything being in a movie

[feral kettle]

An episode where the characters do nothing substantial is not interesting

[dim hedge]

Bad batch || also I don’t really feel like cad bane got humiliated by fennec ||

[feral kettle]

No episode of like breaking bad has the characters just do something unrelated to their personal arcs or the main plot

[outer tulip]

but the dialog still counts and you need those moments to build an actual story

[feral kettle]

not really

it just feels useless

[outer tulip]

ok what? breaking bad had hella boring episodes lmao

[feral kettle]

Thats just not true

[outer tulip]

yes it did

ha

[rich meadow]

@brave orbit @copper phoenix @scenic frost finished RoW

[feral kettle]

So did mando then

I dont see why i should care ab mando ||delivering eggs or helping a random village||

[outer tulip]

yeah but I don't complain about slow episodes cause I understand that sometimes stories need to slow down in order to build up... its like any show

[feral kettle]

Its not slow though

Its just nothing

Slow would mean things are happening just at a slow pace

[copper phoenix]

row ending || thoughts on todium? ||

[feral kettle]

its just gaps where nothing happens then we get a plot centered episode

[outer tulip]

huh? things are literally happening in the episode

[feral kettle]

nothing substantial

[outer tulip]

so its not nothing.. you just dont find it important cause your end game oriented

[feral kettle]

it literally has zero impact on anything

[outer tulip]

where people who watch it for development understand those moments

[feral kettle]

there js no development

[outer tulip]

there is you just don't get it

its all demonstrating their personalities and character traits.. you just dont care

and wanna see what happens with the direct story going on

that's good and all but simp af

[feral kettle]

what js the point of doing this with meaningless tasks

[outer tulip]

and its fine.. some star wars fans hate b plots

[outer tulip]

cause they need to make money.. you just assume they have it already and shouldn't be wasting time. But we need to see that they have to make money to survive and how they interact with their clients and deal with their missions is exposure and development

you just dont give a shit.. and its fine

lol

[feral kettle]

Yea i dont give a shit

cause its meaningless

[outer tulip]

you're fine

its you

[feral kettle]

Like yes they need to do that but what is the purpose

Everything should have a purpose in a story

[outer tulip]

for us to connect

[feral kettle]

again that can be done naturally without what is essentially filler

[outer tulip]

you only think its filler cause its not contributing to the overrall story line

[feral kettle]

Im not the biggest fan of episodic format tjough

[outer tulip]

and thats how star wars fans be and its annoying

[feral kettle]

If it doesnt contribute whats the point

[outer tulip]

thats like saying all of oden flashback is filler cause it has nothing to do with whats going on

[feral kettle]

im watching an 8 episode season

[feral kettle]

It contextualizes the arc

and gives emotional backstories

[outer tulip]

that's the point of seeing B plot stories

to get the same context

in a different manner outside of the main arc

[feral kettle]

Mando ||delivering eggs|| does not contextualize anything

[outer tulip]

its a very normal and natural thing to expect since you can't always assume they're just balls to wall on the direct mission

like they gotta eat and piss sometimes too

[feral kettle]

Cowboy bebop is an example of a show that does it better

[rich meadow]

RoW ending ||lol did not see this coming. What the actual fuck 🤯. Just a bit confused on what this now means going forward. So he still sounds like normal Taravangian with his motivations and personality, but now he has the powers of Odium so like ... isn't this actually a good thing for mankind? He still wants to save them right? Or is there more going on that I didn't quite understand||

[outer tulip]

|| it gives more insight on his impulses... anyone who watches the finale will understand from the end of the episode how normal it is for Grogu to be a brat sometimes. It was a satisfying and lovable moment || mando/bobf latest

[modern lichen]

uh

tag that nami

[feral kettle]

yea

[rich meadow]

yeah tag please

ty

[wooden swift]

Peaky Blinders S3E1 ||NOOOOOOOOO WHY THE FUCK IS IT HER REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE||

[brave orbit]

RoW ending ||Taravangian is a snake and he might still have the voodoo cultivation did on him, meaning he will lack empathy||

[modern lichen]

[feral kettle]

i dont have enough energy to argue this more

[wooden swift]

Cont'd || ||

[feral kettle]

Cowboy bebop a better bounty hunter show

[copper phoenix]

row ending || yea that shit was crazy I was stunned for a bit lol. Old T was already one of my favorite characters and this just made him even better. The thing about tara is just because now he got the powers and knowledge of a god and "saw everything". So he probably will have some new goals and I'm assuming it's the setup for the crossover and todd trying to conquer other shards||

[copper phoenix]

wdym?

[brave orbit]

ROW ending ||The thing that makes him change IQ and Empathy every day randomly would still have an effect||

RoW ending ||Also the contract with odium ||

[copper phoenix]

row ending || idk I'm not so sure anymore, he is as strong as cultivation now so I think that won't affect him. Plus he doesn't even have a "body" anymore||

[rich meadow]

RoW ending ||Yeah I'm expecting this to lead to other goals and motives. So many other world and other shard hints in this book ||

[copper phoenix]

hype

[rich meadow]

RoW ending ||Also yeah, definitely don't see this whole contest of champions thing playing out as they expect. Something is going to happen differently||

||And I don't believe Dalinar would end up actually being his own champion if it really did come down to it||

[brave orbit]

RoW ending ||Thoughts on kaladin convo with tien and fourth ideal kaladin?||

[young compass]

oh you finished evan?

[brave orbit]

Ye

[rich meadow]

RoW ending ||Was getting pretty teary eyed. Teft's death was extremely upsetting. Tien telling Kaladin that life is about the experiences you have with others while they're still there and that Kaladin was enough 🥲. 4th Ideal is also just fucking awesome. He feels so dignified and divine now||

[rich meadow]

yep

I am now caught up to the stormlight archive

[copper phoenix]

row ending

evan check this out

[rich meadow]

dude lol, as soon as I finished
RoW ending ||I searched up Kaladin 4th ideal art, and saw this and instantly saved it lmao||

cool af

[copper phoenix]

[rich meadow]

RoW ending ||Rlain finally becoming a radiant ||

[copper phoenix]

row ending || eshonai's send off my beloved, I'm glad brando revisited her and gave her a proper death ||

[rich meadow]

RoW ending ||Dude I still can't get over Teft's death. It was such a heartfelt yet badass death||

[copper phoenix]

row ending || and his spren too, it was sad af. Can we get rid of moash already, watch him kill kaladin next ||

just end me already

[brave orbit]

RoW ending || https://mobile.twitter.com/BrandSanderson/status/1088508588773888000
https://mobile.twitter.com/verlibird/status/947165227174346752
https://mobile.twitter.com/verlibird/status/1042823738402590720 ||

Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson)

"The Path to Hearthstone" by Ash (@verlibird).
https://t.co/KBjCNhk3z8

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Ash🍁 (@verlibird)

One of the final scenes in @BrandSanderson #oathbringer of Dalinar facing the Thrill, the scene created such a strong visual in my head that I couldnt help but want to recreate it!

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Ash🍁 (@verlibird)

Started rereading @BrandSanderson #stormlightarchive recently and took the time to draw Kaladin (falling but with style!)

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2018, 5:12 PM

[rich meadow]

RoW ending ||Also, KALADIN FUCKING LASHES THE PURSUERS HEAD OFF||

[brave orbit]

RoW ending || https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/sjxawk/that_one_part_at_the_end_of_row/ ||

[burnt lake]

Still crazy that The Batman gonna be 3 hours long

[modern lichen]

2 hr 47 minutes without the credits

credits are 8 minutes long

[sage sleet]

where the 4 hour one at

huh matthew

[copper phoenix]

smh should've called whedon to cut that shit in half

[modern lichen]

[burnt lake]

167 consecutive minutes of Batman

[modern lichen]

the greatest movie of all time

[burnt lake]

21 hours....

[white smelt]

This but with 80% of TLJ which you liked

[glacial jetty]

quick i need a movie

nvm fund

[copper phoenix]

rubber 2010

[white smelt]

Flubber

[outer tulip]

Antz

[burnt lake]

The incredible hulk

[scenic frost]

RoW ending ||Gooooods that was so gorgeous 😭😭😭||

[brave orbit]

RoW ending || https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/890387789567393812/941284244007817246/RDT_20220210_1140119127446601861585905.jpg ||

@scenic frost @copper phoenix @rich meadow

[scenic frost]

These make me wanna learn art

[dim hedge]

Wowz the new peacemaker

[scenic frost]

Bye bye

[dim hedge]

How does this show keep getting better every week

[scenic frost]

Can't talk gotta hold off on the new ep till like friday

Peacemaker up till 6 ||I gotta watch it with a friend so he can tell me when the gory parts get over 😂😂||

Peacemaker ep 6 ||Man those butterflies taking over the PD scene gives me nightmares even from having only watched like 20s of it||

Peacemaker/star troopers ||bugs of all shapes and sizes scare the fuck Outta me since I watched star troopers like years ago||

||and those butterflies are fucking creepy||

[dim hedge]

Peacemaker ep 7 big spoils || man when burn died , judo master was cool, holy shit Chris vs his father was incredible loved every second of it, cried a lot when eagly hugged Chris again so fucking excited||

[brave orbit]

Its a 3d render too

|| https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nS3_3rpBfXI || row ending

[young compass]

I'm going to elaborate on this now.

RoW end spoilers

||I went into this book wary of how the series had handled mental health in the past; book two really upset me during that scene of Syl outright stating that the basis of becoming a Radiant was filling a crack created by a mental illness or some other majorly traumatic event (this was particularly apparent in the main cast, who are all immensely "cracked"), and I was hoping the series would drift away from that sort of romanticization. Let me clarify a bit actually, when I say "romanticization", I mean the sense that mental illness is incurred on victims within the story purely for the romantic process of recovery to a greater state. This is basically the crux of the series, this path of self-improvement through troubling times, and man does it get tiring after a while...
Brandon does know that to use this manner of portrayal in a somewhat realistic way, the story a needs proper foil; something like a large cast of people who either failed to recover from their mental illness, or an intentionally tedious journey through which a character (or 3) intimately struggles with their mental health (he displays both). But when the "journey" keeps repeating and we get these cycles of what feel like never-ending mental sagas for the sake of a rather hollow and somewhat clinical approach to its portrayal, it begins to feel more like misery porn than anything else.
This is why I am mixed on it, because while he certainly did his research into the persistence of mental illness, characters like Shallan were extremely hard to not skim past; not due to a trigger I have or her issues being "too relatable", but because the approach was SO unadorned that it left me wondering if much of the meandering spent detailing her thought processes was necessary to hammer home the point... realism for the sake of realism is not welcome, imo. Like, I can appreciate an author for tackling a "real" issue such as mental illness, but the book was released in late 2020; there is hardly a shortage of representation at this point, and I have read many series who portray realistic depictions without directly hammering it down your throat. Anyways, I still enjoyed the SA as a whole, RoW just brought some issues I have with it to the surface. ||

RoW end spoilers above ^

[brave orbit]

ROW ending ||I can understand what you mean, but I disagree.
I feel Brandon wants to stay true to the clinical definitions of the characters but tries to make an interesting narrative around those issues.
What I think is great about how stormlight tackles it is how the actual personal struggles of the main character and overcoming them -- even temporarily -- rewards both the characters and the audience, which creates a lot of the main climactic moments, so it's not just representing the mental health issues but also about making you relate to them.
About Stormlight, that is one way to overcome it. Not only it makes yourself turn into how you picture yourself (which is where the damage healing comes from), but it makes them be more aware of the mental issues and the struggles coming from it, leading them to get better in the process, and I feel that more than warrants having it be hammered down that much.
In a way, I think the mental health focus expands the classic fantasy hero into something way more personal into a fantasy setting, which is something i really like and makes it better over other representation||

[copper phoenix]

fed has awoken

row ending || I can totally see why people might feel things get repetitive, I just don't think it's "realism for the sake of realism". I really like the way it's portrayed and how it's intrinsically linked not only to their personal growth but also their powerlevel in the form of radiant oaths||

row ending || but yea I don't blame people for getting tired of the repetitiveness ||

row ending and cosmere general || also the crack thing is literally something from the magic system where investiture fills in the cracks of souls after traumatic events ||

[boreal vale]

https://deadline.com/2022/02/futurama-revived-new-season-hulu-original-cast-john-dimaggio-not-returning-bender-1234929844/

It wont die

[white smelt]

Book of Boba finale ||Its nice seeing them flaunt their budget but also hated the choreography Absolutely seeth and when people run out of cover to stand in the open shooting at others doing the same. Can any show manage good gunplay? ||

[young compass]

WTF

I really fucked up the tags lmao

one sec

[young compass]

||In regards to what you said about allowing the reader to relate to the characters, I am completely capable and have in the past done so with stories that do not go SO deep into the disorders displayed. In fact, the lengths at which it went to in order to describe the issues present diminished the feelings for me, and made it feel more as if my experiences (as someone who has dealt with periods of severe mental illness) were being tokenized in order to facilitate a reaction in the reader. ||

||"About Stormlight, that is one way to overcome it...||

||I realize there are more ways to overcome it (Lopen displayed this), but Brandon obviously focused far more on mental health because it makes for a more compelling narrative, so it doesn't really apply to what I'm saying given I was analyzing. ||

||"but it makes them be more aware of the mental issues and the struggles coming from it, leading them to get better in the process, and I feel that more than warrants having it be hammered down that much."||

||I don't want to sound like a broken record, but I don't quite get the connection between letting Shallan ramble for 10s of pages at a time is essential for me to understand her plight. A lot of it could certainly be trimmed down without making me feel the entire situation is romanticized. ||

||Of course this is all IMO so if you feel the amount was either sufficient or necessary than by all means, that's your prerogative and I have no reason to debate that||

ok there we go

ROW ending above^

the tags are kinda fucky lol

[modern lichen]

tagging quotes is near impossible for me

[young compass]

||When I say "realism for the sake of realism", I am referring to how I felt in regards to the length the concepts were dwelled upon. Especially in Shallan's case, I could not see the value in extending her episodes outside of to portray her character in a hyperspecific way, and that to me is what I was speaking towards.
Also, I get that the crack thing is the basis of power, but that she said "they were all broken when we found them" was what gave me the notions of romanticizing the recovery from mental illness through "finding yourself!"||

RoW end^

[brave orbit]

ROW ending ||I think this is mostly coming down to subjective reading experience. When I open a stormlight book I expect a lot of slow buildup to a bombastic finale, which applies to most of the books (except ROW). I don't think there is a necessary amount of pages shallan should get, but I do know that I found her chapters the most interesting because of the way she is always immersed in her own world while still trying to do some good and then getting kicked back until she got adolin's outsider help fascinates me a lot in terms of how they are written. I do think I would feel differently if I struggled with anxiety myself (Not DID tho, because that one is still so rarely well portrayed anywhere afaik)||

[copper phoenix]

row end || shallan and her chapters are a controversial topic, I have seen many people with the same complaints as juba. It didn't bother me much but I also felt it was going on for too long. I've even seen the same complaints about kaladin too, except that his chapters are way more interesting to me||

[young compass]

RoW ||Kaladin was more normally portrayed to me, the folks I've seen complain about him are mostly mad that he didn't accept the ridiculous amount of help he was given. And while I do think his support group was unrealistically large, it was sort of the point to present that juxtaposition in order to hammer home the seriousness of his condition. ||

[young compass]

||I expect the same, and it's certainly subjective, I just know that I felt it was simply too much. And DID is one of the more romanticized disorders for how mundane it actually is IRL lol. Like, there are some very out there cases, but what happens to most DID patients is that have a few slightly different personas that are more like hyper-moods, and said personalities rarely if ever interact. People just switch between them and don't notice that they have or that they're any different. ||

[brave orbit]

||They are more like different voices in the head,idk if you would count that as interacting ||

[copper phoenix]

row || I have no complaints about kaladin either, I've been there and I know how it feels so it really hit home ||

[young compass]

||I mean interacting in a sense of existing in one's mind" at the same time. It's basically "hollywood DID"||

[brave orbit]

||There might be very little people who experience that, but i do know that happens||

[copper phoenix]

row || also iirc brandon said he wasn't going for your usual DID with shallan, he really wanted something not completely realistic ||

[young compass]

||yeah, my point is it's not what actually represents the condition, but is exclusively what media shows the condition as. Similar to schizophrenia in a way||

[copper phoenix]

not sure if I can find his interview but I'll try

[brave orbit]

RoW ||Yea its more integrated with the magic||

[young compass]

||yeah, that makes sense, and I'm fine with it anyways. It wasn't really the reason it upset me anyways ||

[copper phoenix]

row || "I feel it's as close as I can get to realism, while the same time acknowledging that as a fantasy author, one of my primary goals is to explore the human interaction with the supernatural. The "What ifs" of magic. What if a person who had suffered a great deal of abuse as a child COULD create a mask for themselves, changing themselves into someone stronger (or more street-smart who wouldn't have been betrayed that way. Would they do it, and hide behind that mask? What would that do to them and the world around them?" ||

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/315-general-reddit-2018/#e9182

[young compass]

||schizophrenia really gets the short stick in media though lmao (not this book), it has a horrible stigma due to the "schizo murderer" trope when in reality it's a broad range of various psychotic disorders ||

[copper phoenix]

yea mental health in general is a tough topic because it can easily turn into trope but when it's done well it can turn into some amazing stuff

like mr robot one of my favorite shows ever

[gleaming light]

has anyone watched the last kingdom

[shrewd jasper]

only the first season

I kinda forgot about that show

[copper phoenix]

lotr rings of power || https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look ||

[modern lichen]

Was about to post this LMFAO

[copper phoenix]

ninja

[modern lichen]

This looks fucking incredible tho holy shit

A billion dollars

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

[trim thunder]

Not me trying to listen to music but my teacher is showing us an episode of The Office for a music lesson

[feral kettle]

Jeez the costume design

[brave orbit]

Because of Bezos’s immense wealth, The Rings of Power is actually less of a financial risk than it is a reputational one.

[copper phoenix]

bezos's immense wealth sounds so funny

[brave orbit]

It's not even that even if it's cringe

[young compass]

it's just a stupid statement lol, like any series they'd rather it just be good and cost efficient instead of sinking tons of cash into it

if anything, it's more of a reputational risk due to the LOTR prestige, not because of "Bezos's immense wealth"

[modern lichen]

I don't really care about the article

Give me footage

[copper phoenix]

yea I didn't even read I just wanted to see the pictures

lotr f*ns are already seething tho

[brave orbit]

He could have bothered using some of that on the WoT if he cared about reputation instead of one being 5 times more lmao

[copper phoenix]

I made the mistake of going to twitter first

[brave orbit]

Yikes

[modern lichen]

Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

[copper phoenix]

lotr is just way bigger than wot, we're lucky it's getting an adaptation at all

asking for more money is silly

[modern lichen]

It's already a fantasy epic on the level of the biggest tentpole films

[gleaming light]

its very overhyped

maybe cause its just the first season

but i dont like it

im gonna try finishing if not then ima watch vikings

or lord of the rings movies

havnt watched those yet

[shrewd jasper]

Yeah vikings are firee

[brave orbit]

BCS teaser || https://twitter.com/bettercallsaul/status/1491804151877091328?s=21 ||

Better Call Saul (@BetterCallSaul)

#BetterCallSaul returns. When, you ask? Stay tuned. https://t.co/MiLKpvm0TC

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[outer tulip]

Really? No one I know even knows about it lol

[brave orbit]

So basically confirmed 4/18

[shadow sequoia]

Nice

[modern lichen]

The Batman IMAX poster || https://mobile.twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1491820040529797121 ||

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

A new IMAX poster for #TheBatman has been released.

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Incredible poster

[fluid merlin]

Old clip, but still interesting, lots of great movies in here

https://youtu.be/9Y4vII7-8o0

[hot tapir]

Huh I can see why Tarantino love battle royale

If he were to recreate it (the concept at least) it's gonna be nuts

But a lot of movies already copied it so chances are he won't do it

[fluid merlin]

yeah, its way too late now

we've had the likes of hunger games, squid games, etc since then

[gleaming light]

people said that and viking were similar or as good as got

maybe i just dont like europian/viking historical shows

[outer tulip]

https://twitter.com/ign/status/1491831927480987655?s=21

IGN (@IGN)

Ticket preorders for The Batman are now live! Make sure to snag yours before it's too late.

You can preorder tickets at Dolby Cinema here: https://t.co/pXAsYiKBeG

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[outer tulip]

Ohh yeah nah… def ain’t as good as Got

[gleaming light]

it just moves way too fast

only 4 episodes in and so much stuff has happend

its also underwhelming everything is on a much smaller scale

its just the first season so im gonna try to finish it first

[outer tulip]

Yeah it’s not like game of thrones which has more build up and all the different players, last kingdom is really just about uhtred

But it’s also adventurous and can be emotional at times. Also the battle scenes are good

[gleaming light]

yeah

also theres much less politics

i havnt seen much about the danes at all

its just uhtred and alfred

alfred is the only character i like

[brave orbit]

BCS

[outer tulip]

Yeah it gets a little more political later on || with the king succession and such || (sorry idk which season) but it’s not that much

[outer tulip]

Can we please put these “two part final season” to rest

[brave orbit]

I like the format

Breaking bad was like that too

[gleaming light]

yeah ima drop it

gonna watch power, vikings or lord of the rings

[outer tulip]

Yea sopranos too. I don’t really get it

[outer tulip]

Word maybe come back to it later or something, Powers one my favorite shows

I’ve never seen Vikings but I heard it’s good and LOTR is a must

[brave orbit]

I think it makes sense, rather than waiting for all the episodes to be edited just get the early ones out of the way and airing them

[outer tulip]

Yeah from that perspective it makes sense

[gleaming light]

yeah been avoiding lotr

cause its old and i dont like watching older shows/movies

but the animation isnt too bad

[outer tulip]

Yeah I feel that lol

But it really does hold up. I rewatch like every other year

[fluid merlin]

Are you talking about the lotr trilogy?

[outer tulip]

Yeahh

[fluid merlin]

You think its “old”?

[outer tulip]

Lol 2001-2003 is like before some people here were even born

[gleaming light]

they all came out before i was born

so yeah

[unkempt umbra]

The word you might be thinking is classic

[fluid merlin]

Yeah but still

Considering movies span grom the 30s until now

[gleaming light]

i consider anything before like 2010 old

[fluid merlin]

Old movies for me is like 60s to 80s

Oh god

[unkempt umbra]

Old movies for me are from 1960 and afterwards

[outer tulip]

Old is before like 95 for me lol

[unkempt umbra]

Classics are before 1960

That's my standard

[gleaming light]

yeah to me thats old old

i dont think before 2010 like super old

just a little

tbf when i started watching tv it was probably like 2008 - now

[unkempt umbra]

1995 movies and forwards are new

Or at least thats my boomer take

[gleaming light]

how old are you

[gleaming light]

damn 3 hour movies, i thought they were short but thats not bad ig

[unkempt umbra]

Older than you think

[coarse flower]

According to this,movies from 1900 must be ancient

[outer tulip]

Yeah i only watch them now with deleted scenes so that’s closer to 4 hours

[fluid merlin]

murderville is fun lol

[rich meadow]

RoW Ending ||This is an interesting outlook. I will admit I don't seem to have experienced a lot of these issues myself during my readthrough, so I want to make sure I am not misconstruing what you're saying in any way.

I liked how Brandon committed to the realism of the conditions themselves (outside of maybe Shallan who I think is a big outlier and I will address in a sec) while also having the big climactic resolution to some of these issues be fantastical. As in, saying oaths and becoming radiant. So I don't have an issue with the main powerups being linked to the person being broken. I think it's a nice way of addressing perhaps the core problems of their predicaments and also emerging as a better person (in quite a literal sense) after the fact. In that regard, it's unrealistic. In the real world, one does not overcome their mental illness with a supernatural reward. For a lot of people, it's an arduous process of erratic ups and downs of suffering. But I think it works in a story like this because of the hopeful sentiment it provides to the reader.

Now in terms of the romanticization I do somewhat agree in a few aspects. There are times where the mental health subject matter lacks a certain subtlety to it imo. While I wasn't as bothered by the way Shallan was written, there were a few issues I had. It wasn't really about the realism of Shallan's DID for me, because as spice said, even Brandon stated he probably went for a more exaggerated interpretation of the condition. But there were times where I did feel a sense of it being "too in your face". I really like Shallan, and there are certain chapters of hers that leave quite a mark on the books such as her conversation with Wit in OB about The Girl Who Looked Up.

But I think overall, especially for characters like Kaladin and Dalinar and even Navani in this latest book, their mental plights leading into some of their biggest moments works well for the series. So I can agree and disagree with your perspective, but definitely respect it.||

[burnt lake]

AMC announced that the seven-episode Part 1 of “Better Call Saul” Season 6 will premiere on April 18 at 9 p.m. ET. on AMC and AMC Plus. Back-to-back episodes will air that night. Once that first half of the final season has run its course, Part 2 won’t be too far behind, as the final six episodes of “Better Call Saul” will begin rolling out on July 11.

[shadow sequoia]

[glacial jetty]

[crimson lance]

Whats up with high quality tv shows always making the last season 2 parts

instead of 2 seasons

[burnt lake]

Production release issues maybe

[glacial jetty]

Will season 5 go to Netflix around the time s6 airs then?

[burnt lake]

I'm not sure

[crimson lance]

nothing has been said i think but thats mot peoples guess vemqi

i think the same happended for s4

[glacial jetty]

🙏

[crimson lance]

im still stuck on s4 waiting for it to get added to netflix

[sage sleet]

of bcs?

[crimson lance]

yeaeh

[sage sleet]

isn't it on british netflix

[brave orbit]

Just use code "FedIsAwesome" to get a free discount on nordvpn

[crimson lance]

im not british

guess the tv show

[brave orbit]

The good place

[sage sleet]

not the sopranos that's for sure

use a vpn dweeb

[crimson lance]

it is the sopranos lol

[sage sleet]

oh wtf lmao

[crimson lance]

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/comments/sotroa/best_smelling_character/

since the show ended they just talk about randoms hit

high quality discussion

[sage sleet]

tony smellin like fuckin gabagul

[feral kettle]

Ralphie

[vocal portal]

noice !