Ironically, I’d imagine this is his best movie. Certainly the most grown up one. As far as I know, no explosions, almost certainly no cars flying off/through buildings etc. Just a drama for adults aka the kind of movie that hasn’t done well at the box office for the last quarter century or so.
I organize a few co-ed soccer teams. My Tuesday team all said whether they would or wouldn’t play without me having to nag anyone, which is always nice.
At work, a project I’ve been leading for what feels like an eternity just crossed the second last hump and most of my efforts towards it are done (for now until something explodes.)
Apparently the fediverse enjoyed a silly meme I made, which is always nice as I like to try to contribute to this place.
Unpopular opinion here I imagine but I’ll stand by South Park.
Have they said a lot with which I vehemently disagree? Absolutely! But I think there’s little to no value in only watching or reading things with which you agree.
And their perspective, while different than mine, seems to have helped them nail things in a much better and often more interesting/sophisticated way than anyone else. Or before others really get it.
And goddamn, they’ve had me howling with laughter more than a few times each season. Thinking on their highlights over a damn near 30 year run and despite marginal dips in quality, I’m in.
Edit: An example of one trend/issue etc they nailed way before anyone else (as far as I know) was PC Principal. Using frat bros to represent social justice culture was absolutely brilliant and I didn’t even realize how accurate it seemed to others until I talked with a Conservative friend about it (to anyone outside of the progressive bubble, the early 2010s felt like a bunch of elites/rich kids using the plight of others to finally be the bullies, albeit online.) And I think that pretty accurately predicted the blue collar/non college grad backlash to all of it, which is the tide that trump rolled in on.
You could listen to the teacher in the beginning. Or notice the constant jingoistic propaganda. Or watch any voice of reason be shouted down.
To each their own but especially these days, it’s important to notice that the road to authoritarianism isn’t a wild swerve from thr status quo but a slow, gradual drift.
Personally, I quite enjoy a movie that respects its audience enough to not have to have the bad guys murder babies for a reasonable viewer to catch on to the what’s going on.
It was fine as a adumb tits n ass action movie when I was 12, realized “hey, this is an actual movie” in my 20s. And that’s fine, if it is somehow too subtle for people, well, so is authoritarianism.
You might try piefed? It’s a fediverse platform so still links/syncs etc with lemmy and everywhere else but the UI is nice and I think it does a lot of the stuff you mention (except for the ama style stuff.) I followed PugJesus here (and am using Piefed right now) and exported all my feeds etc so the switch was relatively painless.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions etc. I probably won’t be able to help but uhhh, I’ll commiserate?
Fall, and thus Halloween preparation, is ramping up!
On a more serious note, wildfire season is winding down.
For Canadian sports fans, the Blue Jays are thus far, crushing the Yankees. (And hockey season is finally back!)
Oh damn, this sounds amazing! A chance to live out my childhood dreams!
Just watched Yesavage strike out the side, what a beast!
Yeah now, again not to jinx it, but things look pretty good?
Though my vague understanding was our bullpen isn’t as deep as we might like so, who knows?
This was an unexpectedly fascinating technical read. Admittedly, I’m “watching” baseball so take my definition of fascinating with a grain of salt.
I finished a flick at film fest, jumped into a local bar and joined in just in time to watch the Clement out and then Gausman load the bases.
Apologies if I jinxed this.
Edit: Thank you Varland for making me feel much less guilty!
Ha, that is totally fair and probably a better read of the Fediverse.
Yeah, that was a wild drive at the end by Garland! I dunno, I kinda want him on the third line to help out Cootes and let Lekkerimaki do his thing on the second…
Oh my, now that’s a reference I’ve not seen in some time! Damn Lemmings was the shit!
Sure, just like literally everything comparing reality to the counter-factual this involves estimates. Not a particularly profound or useful observation.
I think you’re going to get yelled at and I apologize in advance.
It’s a fair question, there’s a lot of reckless claims made these days.
That being said, depending on how bad things get, yeah. Some incredibly populous places will be directly and heavily affected (1.21 billion currently in sub Saharan Africa alone.) Add in the conflicts over diminishing resources (think crop failures, droughts etc) as well as knock on effects (eg, increased range/spread of malaria.)
Heck, climate change has barely gotten started and I’d bet we’re into millions dead already (compared to a non warning world) consider how many thousands have been lost to extreme events like floods, fires and heat waves.
Now that’s a sound I’ve not heard in a long time…
Clear evidence it’s time to burn it down, trade everyone for scraps and start over.
Hey there! One small thought, I imagine there are going to be a lot of bandwagon folks who will be interested this Saturday! You might consider a crosspost to c/Toronto or even on the main /canada communities? If I didn’t have plans on Saturday, I’d be pretty curious about watching my first full baseball game on tv (I’ve only ever watched live or playing) and making it known there’s a large game day thread or something might help folks stumble upon the community.
Just some unsolicited thoughts. (Hopefully I’ll see you fine folks here for at least a few games this post season, apologies in advance for the dumb questions!)
After reading the article “OH! I guess at her mom’s funeral wasn’t the right spot.”