WanderingVentra
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- Comment on 10 best Westerns of all time, ranked | Digital Trends 14 hours ago:
This is a good list to save. I’ve never really seen familiar with the Western genre. I’ve never seen any of these. Or Tombstone.
- Comment on Viggo Mortensen on Respecting Audiences, How Scripts Are Key “Unless I’m Broke,” New ‘LOTR’ Films 1 day ago:
Another annoying part is that it’s supposed to be a more adult version of the original cartoon, and yet it’s the Nickelodeon cartoon that has more faith in their audience (which they’re assuming is literal children) and their ability to understand subtext or gather context over time instead of needing everything up front.
I’ll keep watching since the show is supposed to get better after they get past exposition episodes, but you should be able to split that over time. Then again, they also kind of did that with the first season of the Witcher and that apparently annoyed a lot of people, so maybe the execs are right lol.
- Comment on Highlander reboot, starring Henry Cavill in the lead role, the movie is set to start filming in early 2025. 1 day ago:
I know we’re all tired of reboots but I think this one could be something good. I’m a fan of reboots of things that turned out kinda bad, or weren’t been bad but could’ve been way better, but had an interesting premise. With better effects and sword fight choreography, this could be a good movie. I just hope they don’t skimp on the writing like a lot of movies are doing nowadays.
- Comment on Viggo Mortensen on Respecting Audiences, How Scripts Are Key “Unless I’m Broke,” New ‘LOTR’ Films 1 day ago:
I just started watching the new Avatar the Last Airbender Netflix live-action and boy does it over explain things. It ruins the writing in a lot of places. I’m not sure if script writing is a list art, or producers interfere because they don’t trust the audiences or what. It’s bizarre.
- Comment on Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour 2 days ago:
You guys need public transportation.
- Comment on CD Project devs want to "call out" big problems like homelessness and the wealth gap in Cyberpunk 2077 sequel 3 days ago:
Ya I always figured cyberpunk got big in the 80’s because it was a commentary of the hyper capitalist neoliberal policies of the era, which have only gotten stronger since then.
- Comment on Deadrop developer Midnight Society cuts ties with Dr Disrespect following new Twitch ban allegations 1 week ago:
No idea who any of these people are. I guess I’m officially old.
- Comment on Trump’s Second Term: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 1 week ago:
The liberal establishment doesn’t want fascism either, but they basically invite it by squashing the left, and continually trying to turn out the same slow moving technocratic and means tested solutions even as it slowly grinds us towards fascism still. Fascism is capitalism in decay. When the problems of capitalism rear it’s ugly head, it always resorts to fascism to get back control, assigning blame to some local minorities, giving power to rich people, doing some imperialism or foreign wars to get resources or distract the populace, and killing all the people on the left who suggest alternative solutions (I.e. socialists and communists).
It’s annoying to see it coming from so far away and feeling so utterly powerless =(
- Comment on How is The Watchers (2024)? 2 weeks ago:
Might as well try to get the communities going lol. I threw up my own review for others who are interested.
- Comment on How is The Watchers (2024)? 2 weeks ago:
So I went out and saw it. Might as well give my review for others with the same question.
Quick summary: American girl gets a job to deliver something in Ireland. She gets lost in a forest where she finds a small group trapped there by the Watchers, for a name that makes sense.
I thought it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be for the bad critic scores and mediocre audience scores, which have been in like the high 30’s to 60’s in % review sites. But then, I don’t see a lot of movies nowadays, so my bar may be lower than other movie buffs. It definitely has a lot of the feel of a Shyamalan movie even though it’s his daughter directing. It’s got the trademark suspense, thriller feels, and some horror and dark fantasy themes without ever being truly scary. Still, atmosphere has always been her father’s strong point, and she’s managed to keep that going, which is good.
Dakota Fanning did a good job acting with what she had, but it wasn’t a lot. All the characters felt kind of thin and paper, as they skipped most character development to get right into the premise and mystery. At least I think so, we arrived to the theater a bit late lol. The characters basically give you enough to justify their actions by their personality and that’s mostly it. It’s not as bad as like Avatar or The Happening, but the characters didn’t feel as real to me as let’s say Sixth Sense or Signs (to compare to other movies from the family name). This does slightly benefit the movie in some places, because the weird characters with little history adds to the slight atmosphere of distrust between these characters that are thrown together.
The end probably could’ve been slightly better, but I didn’t think it was as bad as other reviewers felt. It did the job, made sense enough to wrap up things, and I was ready to leave by then anyway.
Overall, it kept me mostly entertained for the time I was there. It had enough horror to add some suspense, without actually being too scary so my family could watch it (my grandma and small children probably would’ve been too scared to watch it, though). It needs something to push it into the next tier, but I’m not sure what. Maybe it needed to be scarier, or more action, or something. Still, not bad for a first directorial outing, it just didn’t blow me away.
Final note, I haven’t read the book, so I don’t know how accurate this is to it. This wasn’t quite memorable enough to convince me to read the book, but it was an entertaining enough plot that I could see why it was made into a movie.
I’d give it a 7/10.
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- Comment on Ikea’s CEO has solved the Swedish retailer’s global ‘unhappy worker’ crisis by raising salaries, introducing flexible working and subsidizing childcare 2 weeks ago:
Have they tried telling the employees they suck and should be greatful they even have a job? And this worked even better then that? Hm…
- Comment on Happy cakeday, lemm.ee! 3 weeks ago:
I agree! I wanted an instance that didn’t decide what I could or couldn’t see one way or the other. Let me decide and I’ll block the users, community, or instance that I find intolerable. I’m sure it leads to a lot of people who dont agree with my politics in here, but it’s worth it to be able to interact with most people on the fediverse.
- Comment on A Just Cause movie is in production, with Blue Beetle director in charge 4 weeks ago:
Right? Wonder what compelled this one.
- Comment on A Just Cause movie is in production, with Blue Beetle director in charge 4 weeks ago:
Huh. Strange choice lol
- Comment on A Just Cause movie is in production, with Blue Beetle director in charge 4 weeks ago:
Seems a little late. There hasn’t been a Just Cause game in forever, has there?
- Comment on global warming 4 weeks ago:
Aawww =( Poor penguins! Stick to yachts, orcas!
- Comment on Embracer sell Borderlands devs Gearbox to Rockstar parent Take-Two for $460 million in shares 2 months ago:
Embracer seems to be selling off everything nowadays. I suppose it’s better than one company controlling everything. I wonder if Take Two would use Borderlands better?