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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 24, 2024 20:35:56 GMT
Either way if Moby is on the soundtrack how bad can it be?
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 24, 2024 11:37:12 GMT
Any car chases in there?
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 23, 2024 2:36:39 GMT
I'd never see anything like this regarding a recording that feels like being at a concert until a friend invited me over for beers and to watch this. Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds. 'Ehee' at 1:10:21 is truly magical and sounds like being there. www.youtube.com/live/GNmJoLyivIc?si=U5zSGQSj9Fr8NTik
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 22, 2024 12:23:05 GMT
Ok fine guys let's just meet halfway on Ragnarok. 7/10.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 21, 2024 21:56:17 GMT
...Tim, would you mind stating at what point in Thor: Ragnarok did you walk out?
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 21, 2024 20:29:05 GMT
Sorry Martin, I'm afraid that your claim is false. I believe that you believe you would dislike it. Absolutely.
But knowing it... now that's where it gets tricky.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 21, 2024 19:28:34 GMT
Not sure if it's ever been discussed but as a major Weyland Yutani universe fan I often see comments on social media whenever a new film is released about how terrible it will be/was. Same with Godzilla films.
The take I've finally nestled into comfortably is that I'd much rather be around now when these projects are still being attempted then in the days when there are no more Predator or Alien or Godzilla films and they are just a thing of the past.
I recently saw the newest Kong x Godzilla film. It is magical. So different than previous efforts. Truly. Just wonderful. It is the Thor: Ragnarok of the Kong/Godzilla universe.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 21, 2024 18:26:54 GMT
Guys, I'll let you know whether or not to see Romulus? Thanks.
Kind of surprised you didn't like Spaeny, Tim. There was a moment where she was speaking to somebody and it was real, seemingly. It made me think that actors are not generating facial expressions. They are generating a feeling within them which then auto automatically triggers the facial expression.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 21, 2024 1:24:16 GMT
In my hands is a book from the year 1916, first published in 1915. It's called 'A Hilltop On The Marne' by Mildred Aldrich. It's written while the war is still ongoing, probably while Verdun was being fought unless it was written in January or December.
Small book 7 inches tall 4 inches wide. The pages are visibly extremely old. I've realized I have other books with pqges that look like this but I've never held one from the wartime period of 1914-1918. The earliest I've seen aside from this was from the 1920's.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 20, 2024 15:58:13 GMT
The Swedes have been doing this for years it's about time the rest of the world catches up.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 20, 2024 15:53:39 GMT
Schiit Happened If you ever want to read a hilarious retelling of how a startup company became a major player in the headphone amp game with products like Ragnarok, Bifrost, Magni/Modi, Magni/Heretic, Mjolnir, Jotunheim, Midgard, etc. (All products I've been reading about for years on Head-fi) then this book is tough to put down. Narrated by comedians apparently but ones who know a ton about what people really need in an amp. Here's the book for free btw on Head-fi pasted right into a thread. www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701900/Would have loved a book cover photo in this comment but doing it from phone is tough.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 20, 2024 14:50:50 GMT
How expensive is it in the UK to install a series of pulleys and carabiners to clip onto every few feet inside of a house? I'll look into it Paul.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 20, 2024 2:04:04 GMT
At parents house atm in front of a large fire outside I made to burn as much old fence and things my mother put in a pile. They are moving south so getting rid of as many belongings as possible. I have too many books. Can't even transport them all around so have resorted to using a few as kindling to keep the fire raging. Sitting here reading 'In Harm's Way'. The true story of the worst shark attack in American military history when the USA Indianapolis warship was sunk in 1945. 800 soldiers floating in the water at night being picked off by large toger sharks everywhere. Anybody remember the scene in Jaws when Quint is telling the story of the sharks? He was talking about that night when the USS Indianapolis sank. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 18, 2024 19:44:03 GMT
Civil War
Unbelievable. From director Alex Garland who also directed Annihilation and Ex-Machina.
It's like seeing a director reach a new level of putting a vision into a screen. It's impossible to look away until the credits hit you and wake you from the spell.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 16, 2024 0:29:10 GMT
What...what new devilry is this? Haha Paul that's a cool joke about Nick Mason.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 12, 2024 5:40:27 GMT
Ye I spoke a bit too soon lol. It got weird but still felt like there was something nasty underlying it all.
It has amazed me how much knowing the source material (or not) effects my viewing of a show. I never played Fallout before so am experiencing this world for the first time.
If anyone would ever care to just unplug their brain and dip into a nasty little atmosphere that works very well for 3/4 of a movie based on a game (and skip the opening scene with the children) then Resident Evil: Welcome To Racoon City is a treat with a few nice little surprises.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 12, 2024 2:39:51 GMT
Ahhh shit. I've started Fallout.
Ive been thinking a lot lately about tone in a film/series.
Fallout has more serious and oppressive tone in 5 minutes than I've seen in 3 episodes of 3 Body Problem.
The tone is all wrong in 3BP imo. It's too jokey. What the hell is there to joke about in 3BP? How would season 1 of True Detective have faired had Cohle been hamming it up all the time?
The ship slicing scene will be the real test for me because in the Chinese 3BP it was handled very well, was drawn out perfectly and had a serious tone to it.
Will continue with Fallout for now.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 6, 2024 1:31:23 GMT
Boiling Point
A one uninterrupted take 90 minute film starring Stephen Graham about a night at a restaurant he is running. I found it difficult to look away the entire time. I've worked in 5 restaurants. It's a terrible situation for everybody involved most of all for the owner because he is at the mercy of his revolving door of employees. I saw a million things and constant patterns while working at restaurants but what speaks to me the most is that not one restaurant I worked at is in business 10 years later, ages before covid, and nobody that I know is still working in that profession.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 4, 2024 15:20:53 GMT
Ever since reading the last couple of comments in this thread I get a chuckle. A buddy of mine is out travelling and has moved to Thailand but is visiting France and Italy. And he's a DJ with a whole gloomy performative look (his music is good though. He looks like Trent Reznor).
So there's the Eiffel tower and the leaning tower of Pisa. And hey look. There's one of Jim Henson's Muppets blocking the bottom view of the photo with his ridiculous cartoon-like bespectacled self alongside his emo phase aura.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 3, 2024 20:51:37 GMT
I can't believe that they keep ruining old classics (actually I can believe it).
Watching Jake Gyllennhaal is literally only one step removed from watching Toby Maguire which is the same as watching a being trapped inside of a human body that it is QUITE unfamiliar with the controls of.
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