What are you watching now ? Movies and TV
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Just finished the last season of the Netflix show Formula 1: Drive to Survive. Very tense, if you like F1 races even more so.
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As a former F1 fanatic (yes getting up at 4am to watch Australia GP and the likes), I quite liked the show, though must admit I skipped some portions. It also rekindled my interest for F1, but not enough to pay to watch, so I just stick to highlights.
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PS.: The Most unintentional hilarity is that Kimi has like 20 seconds screen time, he is there to race not to do reality TV.
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Ketraar
PS.: The Most unintentional hilarity is that Kimi has like 20 seconds screen time, he is there to race not to do reality TV.
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I have watched
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> Batman Begins
Exactly as I anticipated before in this thread: It is a flat "super good heroic guy beats super evil guy" action movie without any substance. I watched it over a couple of days because I had trouble staying interested. The cheap production and bad cuts also killed it a bit for me but it is a movie from 2005, so I don't know what I did expect.
- Regarding the "Joker" movie: The Wayne family and city has two different backstories in both not matching each other, rendering both completely incompatible with each other.
> The Dark Knight
This one got me hooked over time. Boring at the beginning, increasingly interesting to the end. Ultimately I kinda liked it. Still a typical superhero movie.
- Regarding the "Joker" movie: In my opinnion, "Joker" even reinforces this movie. He was torn apart by society between good and evil and went crazy ("Joker"), then he pressures the two "true good" guys - Bruce and Wayne - if they stay true to their hearts. Dent goes crazy as well, Bruce resists. It even explains some plot holes in the movie, i.e. where Joker is getting his men from doing all the crazy things for him for err.. nothing in return?
> The Dark Knight Rises
My favourite one of all three. Bane was a great character, and crazy cat lady for the win. Banes voice and how he talked, was just great. So polite, so innocent, yet so raw. It was an interesting movie from the start and Batman had surprisingly negligible screen time.
- Regarding the "Joker" movie: The actors were a bit poorly chosen as some of the same actors in both movies play different roles. Besides that, there is nothing much to be said.
All 4 movies tell a similar backstory about how lower class people get neglected and the city turns criminal. "You forgot caring about the details".
All of those movies had so many plotholes that I could count them on a minute basis. The Joker, to me, gave those movies at least some kind of substance and explained some intentions behind the characters.
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Final words: You either have to watch the trilogy with "Joker" as the first movie OR "Batman Begins" but in any case, "Joker" is probably not meant to be interconnected with the trilogy in the first place.
I still like Joker as a stand alone movie but @Ket you were right. It doesn't really fit into the trilogy as it is barely duck taped to the the second movie.
on Netflix. In this order. As I promised.
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> Batman Begins
Exactly as I anticipated before in this thread: It is a flat "super good heroic guy beats super evil guy" action movie without any substance. I watched it over a couple of days because I had trouble staying interested. The cheap production and bad cuts also killed it a bit for me but it is a movie from 2005, so I don't know what I did expect.
- Regarding the "Joker" movie: The Wayne family and city has two different backstories in both not matching each other, rendering both completely incompatible with each other.
> The Dark Knight
This one got me hooked over time. Boring at the beginning, increasingly interesting to the end. Ultimately I kinda liked it. Still a typical superhero movie.
- Regarding the "Joker" movie: In my opinnion, "Joker" even reinforces this movie. He was torn apart by society between good and evil and went crazy ("Joker"), then he pressures the two "true good" guys - Bruce and Wayne - if they stay true to their hearts. Dent goes crazy as well, Bruce resists. It even explains some plot holes in the movie, i.e. where Joker is getting his men from doing all the crazy things for him for err.. nothing in return?
> The Dark Knight Rises
My favourite one of all three. Bane was a great character, and crazy cat lady for the win. Banes voice and how he talked, was just great. So polite, so innocent, yet so raw. It was an interesting movie from the start and Batman had surprisingly negligible screen time.
- Regarding the "Joker" movie: The actors were a bit poorly chosen as some of the same actors in both movies play different roles. Besides that, there is nothing much to be said.
All 4 movies tell a similar backstory about how lower class people get neglected and the city turns criminal. "You forgot caring about the details".
All of those movies had so many plotholes that I could count them on a minute basis. The Joker, to me, gave those movies at least some kind of substance and explained some intentions behind the characters.
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Final words: You either have to watch the trilogy with "Joker" as the first movie OR "Batman Begins" but in any case, "Joker" is probably not meant to be interconnected with the trilogy in the first place.
I still like Joker as a stand alone movie but @Ket you were right. It doesn't really fit into the trilogy as it is barely duck taped to the the second movie.
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We will have to have a chat about "without any substance", or maybe I'll find late some time to write a theses on how many details were left out (will take too long so proly wont do it, who knows). I'll just say that I strongly disagree that the Joker in The Dark Night is crazy or even has social issues, hence why he is crazy. I would argue he is all but crazy, in fact he is the one in control of the narrative and embracing his nature. His point being that everyone is like him and most are just faking it. Making Dent turn into Two Face a major defeat for Batman, so much so that they had to LIE about who he became and make Batman "the bad guy" to the public just to keep hope up, because if Dent can turn, everyone can.
But yes the gist of it is, The Joker doesnt fit the Batman universe at all.
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But yes the gist of it is, The Joker doesnt fit the Batman universe at all.
MFG
Ketraar
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Killing Eve.
feel I'm late to this one, as I have been with many a tv show
feel I'm late to this one, as I have been with many a tv show
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Just watched the Ross Kemp documentary on HMP Barlinnie or as we would call it the Bar-l. I doubt he got even close to the true picture of that hell-hole, I've known a few that call the place their second home, and he wouldn't have been allowed anywhere near them. All the same, it is an interesting documentary, seeing something I know about but have never seen on the inside in person. I have been in a couple of them, though never as a prisoner.
On a side note, they are actually in the process of shutting the place down, they are currently building a new replacement prison. The new prison will house 1200 prisoners, but here's the thing, The big hoose (the other name for it) already has 1600 prisoners, so where are those other 400 going to go, a 1200 prison is not big enough.
On a side note, they are actually in the process of shutting the place down, they are currently building a new replacement prison. The new prison will house 1200 prisoners, but here's the thing, The big hoose (the other name for it) already has 1600 prisoners, so where are those other 400 going to go, a 1200 prison is not big enough.
Florida Man Makes Announcement.
We live in a crazy world where winter heating has become a luxury item.
We live in a crazy world where winter heating has become a luxury item.
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I've been watching the new Dust (and Netflix) series
"Atropa"
Excellent Sci-Fi and "who/what done it".
Thankfully all the episodes are posted on YouTube each time a day after streaming on Netflix.
"Atropa"
Excellent Sci-Fi and "who/what done it".
Thankfully all the episodes are posted on YouTube each time a day after streaming on Netflix.
The answer to life, the universe and everything:
MIND THE GAP
MIND THE GAP
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It is not on Netflix Germany, so I am glad you mentioned Youtube Seems interesting, only 10 minutes per Episode, I will give it a try
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All 7 episodes are now posted on YouTube.
If you search for "Atropa" you'll see dust had it in production for 3-4 years so we DUST fans had a long wait, but it was worth it.
If you search for "Atropa" you'll see dust had it in production for 3-4 years so we DUST fans had a long wait, but it was worth it.
The answer to life, the universe and everything:
MIND THE GAP
MIND THE GAP
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They could have put all the episodes together and made a short film rather than 7 short episodes.
Florida Man Makes Announcement.
We live in a crazy world where winter heating has become a luxury item.
We live in a crazy world where winter heating has become a luxury item.
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I agree, but that's Dust's format. 15 minutes.
The answer to life, the universe and everything:
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I don't know what Dust is, or that there is even a fanbase, but I am honest: After Episode 2, it made me resume The Expanse This guys eyeliner game kept me from concentrating on the show. His eyelashes look magnificent.
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I finished watching Star Wars Visions - the anime take on Star Wars.
I think it's on pair with Halo Legends and Animatrix - some are weak and miss, but overall it's worth watching.
No spoilers or very delicate ones:
Episode 1 - 5/10, kinda generic samurai story, but I like the twist at the end (and I almost got tricked into another Skywalker vs younglings).
Episode 2 - 3/10 kids anime trash Tatooine rock concert band, albeit good graphic.
Episode 3 - 8/10, kinda...good? Both visually and story wise, even if a bit over the top silly (hyperspace ramming, hold my beer, we're going to the next level!).
Episode 4 - 10/10, I like this one the best, good graphic, story and music.
Episode 5 - 9/10, most star wars-isch wibes and lightsaber fights and story is nice.
Episode 6 - 0/10, WTF is this trash! Robo-Jedi-Pinokio? and graphic looks neither SW nor anime. It's atrocity like dreaded SW Christmas Special.
Episode 7 - 7/10 very good graphic, but the story is rather simple, generic and bland.
Episode 8 - 10/10 SW Furries, but despite that has very good old school anime vibe and even proper SW wibes, plus the story is interesting to the point I would like to see more (as a bonus nice scene with Raider corvette).
Episode 9 - 2/10, to me the drawing style is very ugly and if not the light sabers, this would have zero SW wibes.
I think it's on pair with Halo Legends and Animatrix - some are weak and miss, but overall it's worth watching.
No spoilers or very delicate ones:
Episode 1 - 5/10, kinda generic samurai story, but I like the twist at the end (and I almost got tricked into another Skywalker vs younglings).
Episode 2 - 3/10 kids anime trash Tatooine rock concert band, albeit good graphic.
Episode 3 - 8/10, kinda...good? Both visually and story wise, even if a bit over the top silly (hyperspace ramming, hold my beer, we're going to the next level!).
Episode 4 - 10/10, I like this one the best, good graphic, story and music.
Episode 5 - 9/10, most star wars-isch wibes and lightsaber fights and story is nice.
Episode 6 - 0/10, WTF is this trash! Robo-Jedi-Pinokio? and graphic looks neither SW nor anime. It's atrocity like dreaded SW Christmas Special.
Episode 7 - 7/10 very good graphic, but the story is rather simple, generic and bland.
Episode 8 - 10/10 SW Furries, but despite that has very good old school anime vibe and even proper SW wibes, plus the story is interesting to the point I would like to see more (as a bonus nice scene with Raider corvette).
Episode 9 - 2/10, to me the drawing style is very ugly and if not the light sabers, this would have zero SW wibes.
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"In any special doctrine of nature there can be only as much proper science as there is mathematics therein.”
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
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So apparently Babylon 5 is getting a reboot, lead by J. Micheal Straczynski (same dude that wrote the original).
JMS has said this will be a new story line, not a continuation of the original. No idea if this means he'll be using elements from the original or something completely different. But he seems eager to apply what he's learned from his work with other things, like his involvement with the MCU, and use more modern technology to breathe new life into Babylon 5.
It's set to air on the CW network at some future date. No word on what streaming services this will be brought to, yet.
JMS has said this will be a new story line, not a continuation of the original. No idea if this means he'll be using elements from the original or something completely different. But he seems eager to apply what he's learned from his work with other things, like his involvement with the MCU, and use more modern technology to breathe new life into Babylon 5.
It's set to air on the CW network at some future date. No word on what streaming services this will be brought to, yet.
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Could have been nice a decade ago, but now after The Expanse, I'm not so keen on the shows with alliens that are just humans with funny ears (coz aparently CGI is still very expensive, 10+ years after Avatar).
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Squid Game (Netflix) Trailer (Spoiler)
If you are searching for a good series currently, have a look at this one.
It is about a fictional Takeshi's Castle, lead by a mysterious organisation, where people fight for their lives in order to win money. The participants have to answer some difficult ethical questions. The series is surprisingly heterogeneous, if this makes any sense. With that I want to say, it doesn't just go from one game to another, as the premise of the series' pitch would like to tell you. The story alternates quite a bit, including different parallel storylines and character developments. Keeps things intersting
If you are searching for a good series currently, have a look at this one.
It is about a fictional Takeshi's Castle, lead by a mysterious organisation, where people fight for their lives in order to win money. The participants have to answer some difficult ethical questions. The series is surprisingly heterogeneous, if this makes any sense. With that I want to say, it doesn't just go from one game to another, as the premise of the series' pitch would like to tell you. The story alternates quite a bit, including different parallel storylines and character developments. Keeps things intersting
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じしf_, )ノ
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Watched Dune yesterday and am a little disappointed. Not even sure why. Maybe because it has a hard time to compete with the 1984 version or because it is only part 1 which does not cover the "good stuff". I do not mind multi-part movies (The Matrix, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings etc.) and do appreciate that the entire story has not been squeezed into 2.5 hrs. (the very first concept by Jodorowsky was aiming for a 6+ hrs movie). I'll wait for part 2 (or even part 3) before making any further comments
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"In any special doctrine of nature there can be only as much proper science as there is mathematics therein.”
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
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I only saw the first two episodes by now because I am watching it with someone and we did not get further into it. If it holds its quality then I certainly think it might be a contender for series of the year, even though the premise is not exactly original, the execution is brilliant.Tamina wrote: ↑Mon, 4. Oct 21, 14:37Squid Game (Netflix) Trailer (Spoiler)
If you are searching for a good series currently, have a look at this one.
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