Ilandar

@Ilandar@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dorinda Cox accuses Greens of racism in scathing resignation letter⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re the kinds of people who could never even conceive of the possibility that they are not completely virtuous ("they’ as in themselves, not POC. I’m not claiming some reverse racism BS).

  I cannot imagine them being called racist and them not feeling angry at the accusation. I cannot imagine them admitting to fault.

  You could say the exact same for the major parties, or any group of people beyond loud and proud racists like neo-Nazis and white supremacists. This is literally how everyone thinks. Even Pauline Hanson - arguably the most racist politician in modern Australian politics - gets extremely offended when people use that word to describe her. You seem to hold the mistaken belief that people closer to the political centre are somehow less virtuous or less concerned with being “good” people, but that’s an assessment of society that is just fundamentally wrong. They don’t look at The Greens or anyone else further to the left and think “we don’t try to be as perfect as those guys, we accept our moral flaws” - they think their position of relative pragmatism and compromise IS the morally superior position.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dorinda Cox accuses Greens of racism in scathing resignation letter⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t sound like there’s a lot of weight behind those claims, but I’m sure Labor and the right wing media will have a field day with it nonetheless. Kinda funny how quickly hopes of a closer Labor/Greens relationship in this term have been derailed. Albanese really seems to hate The Greens and when he’s not punching down himself he seems to be encouraging others to do it on his behalf. No doubt he has been egging Cox on behind the scenes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sinners | Michael Becoming the Smokestack Twins | Behind the Scenes | Warner Bros. Entertainment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had no idea there was a body double in all of those seasons, his acting and the face technology was so good. I just assumed they were stitching together two separate performances of Jordan as each brother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"The Legend of Zelda" has been delayed to May 7, 2027⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but I will die from cringe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The quality depends on the individual(s) developing the training content as well. I don’t know if it’s changed, but the Korean course used to be quite bad/lazy and had a lot of Konglish and English loanwords, even for words that had an actual Korean equivalent. I think official courses and textbooks, as well as videos and podcasts, are all much better ways of learning than through these flash card apps. A better use case is retention of existing language skills, I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Michael B. Jordan Did the Impossible — In an era of mounting crises, the "Sinners" star got people off their couches and into cinemas for an original film⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now with that said, did it really rescue the film industry? I say no. One great one amongst a flow of mediocre movies you would wait and see at home, does not save the day or the movie theaters.

  It’s supporting evidence for the argument that spending money on a quality original concept vs a lazy sequel/prequel/reboot is a worthwhile investment that gets people back in cinemas. No single film is going to save the entire industry, but when films like this do well it gives filmmakers something to point to when they are pitching ideas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[META, this community will go down] lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks to everyone who was active here, it was a really good mix of casual discussion and more in-depth reviews. I found quite a few new films to watch based on what you guys were recommending in the weekly threads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rampant Censorship is killing Reddit and now Lemm.ee⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who cares? It’s dead, move on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemm.we actually shutting down?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, the Movies community is very active and is the best place on Lemmy if you want to discuss films or the film industry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens defector’s use of slur against fellow senator exposed in text leak⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It hasn’t been widely used as a slur for disabled people for a very long time and is almost universally accepted as an alternative to “extremely stupid”. People can choose to continue being offended over it if they want but it makes a lot more sense to just let it become another generic insult if they genuinely care about nullifying its damage. All the continued performative outrage over the word from a minority of people has accomplished is turning it into a right wing clarion call.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens senator defects to Labor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The story in that comment does sound consistent with behaviour at similar rallies, though. When there was that protest outside the Melbourne military expo last year, random people just walking past were being assaulted because they looked like attendees (committed the crime of wearing a suit). It’s also worth noting that nothing in that linked Facebook statement actually disproves the anecdote you shared:

  So what we have here is a noisy but strictly non-violent footpath protest, that didn’t block roads, driveways or building entrances, during which even the Queensland Police (who love creating bullshit excuses for arresting activists) couldn’t find ANY examples of assault, hate speech, trespass or anything else for which they might justify arresting someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What went wrong for the Greens in the Australian election?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty much my thoughts when I saw this article earlier in the week, too. The visual presentation of the data is nice but it doesn’t really answer the question in the title, at least no more than articles posted the day after the election.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens senator defects to Labor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A source with knowledge of that meeting told the ABC Senator Cox was furious about that outcome and suggested this was the reason for her defection.

  I have heard the same today. It appears to be a mix of frustration at those results and concern over losing her position at the next election.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens senator defects to Labor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that really true when it comes to the Senate, though? Cox would have been elected largely based on people voting for The Greens above the line, not voting specifically for her below the line.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens senator defects to Labor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like a pretty selfish decision from the outside. It will be interesting to see what happens when she’s up for re-election in three years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just one bad result, though. The initial bad result was in 2022, which they then doubled down on instead of learning from. Now they’ve been wiped out of most capital cities, and have given teal independents at least six years to build their own support base. Even a single-term independent is difficult to dislodge, let alone one with six years of community engagement and networking. Their main voter base is rapidly dying out now and they are struggling to replace them with younger voters. The party itself is clearly in a fucked position, although that shouldn’t be confused for traditionally centre-right politics/voters in Australia suddenly moving to the left.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Nation picks up surprise NSW Senate seat for former British soldier Warwick Stacey⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like an interesting candidate for them (if his stories are to be believed).

• Woodside's North West Shelf, Australia's largest gas project, approved for life extension to 2070www.abc.net.au ↗
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  What an embarrassing sequence of events.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Official Discussion - Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning [SPOILERS]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was invited on short notice to watch this at the cinema with family, so in preparation I binge watched films 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 over a couple of days. I knew I’d seen 1 before so I skipped that, and I’d seen 3 as well but wasn’t sure so watched it again. I was quite surprised at how consistently decent films 4 through 7 were, so going into film 8 I thought it would be at a similar level. I was shocked by how bad this film was, I’d say it’s the worst in the series by an absolute mile.

  The tone is nothing like a Mission Impossible film, it’s got that generic third film in a Hollywood action trilogy feeling where they spend so much time beating the audience over the head with how big the stakes are, and how only our protagonist can save mankind, that it sucks away all of the spontaneity and fun. I don’t think the classic theme plays a single time during the actual film (only during the opening and closing credits), there is no crazy opening, no car chase, no comedy, no “we’ll figure it out” madness. The big action finale is a rehash of the finale in film 6, while the other one is slow motion underwater suspense that, while technically impressive, feels entirely out of place in this franchise.

  The Final Reckoning feels like some self-indulgent love letter from Tom Cruise to himself, with tons of time spent trying to pretend Mission Impossible has a deeper and more complex storyline than it ever did in reality. It is filled with these completely unnecessary connections to older films which are made redundant because this is a very direct sequel to 7, so everything has already been setup, and because none of them actually do anything to enhance the story of film 8. Like why does this random CIA agent side character need to be the son of Ethan Hunt’s original team leader? Why does the ‘Rabbit’s Foot’ from 3 need to suddenly be revealed as The Entity? None of these connections matter or have any time spent developing them.

  The writing is horrendous, this film treats you like an complete fucking moron and repeatedly explains the same basic plot points so often that it actually becomes an unintentional joke. There’s a scene towards the end of the film where most of the cast are literally standing around a nuclear bomb that is ticking down while they explain the plot to each other for the billionth time. CIA agent side character man questions why they are doing this - in a previous film this line would have actually been a real joke that the writers planned, but they were so clueless here that we’re supposed to take it seriously instead.

  Anyway, I could go on and on but this film is just so unnecessarily bad, I really wonder why they deviated so heavily from their successful formula. Was it an ego decision from Cruise, or was this about the (relatively) poor box office performance of the previous film?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Michael Bay Denies "Skibidi Toilet" Movie?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s one of the defining pop culture creations of Gen Alpha, they will definitely pay to see a film adaptation (or get their parents to pay).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shadow ministry decision stalled as Liberals and Nationals negotiate on reunion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  maybe threading the needle on land access issues that satisfy farmers, in that they don’t hand land over to resources companies or lock it up in protected parks?

  Yeah that’s along the lines of what I was thinking, but I agree that it doesn’t seem logical. There’s clearly some weird stuff going on; this whole saga on 7.30 last night was bizarre.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shadow ministry decision stalled as Liberals and Nationals negotiate on reunion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The split makes more sense for the moderate Liberals, getting away from The Nationals does give them the opportunity to free up their policy platform a bit and finally start addressing some of the issues that the conservative faction wants to continue ignoring. Though the split also looks very bad for Ley’s leadership which is probably why she has raced back to the negotating table. It makes very little sense for The Nationals, beyond Littleproud protecting his own leadership by taking a hardline stance on key policy issues to appease his internal critics. Neither the party, nor its voters, gain any power from leaving the Coalition to become a minor party and lose all of extra staff, pay and influence that they otherwise would have had. It’s all well and good to say you’re taking a principled position to advocate for your constituents, but if you massively undercutting your own political power in the process then what is the point? The only thing I can think of is that they’ll be free to negotiate with Labor in the senate at the expense of the Liberals and Greens, but is that actually a real possibility?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shadow ministry decision stalled as Liberals and Nationals negotiate on reunion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It wasn’t performative, the decision to split was not a universally popular one within either party room and both leaders are under a lot of pressure. I think both have realised that such a snap decision was not a particularly wise one and are now reconsidering before their respective frontbench positions are locked in. It doesn’t necessarily mean they will reunite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nationals leaving Coalition as David Littleproud announces split with Liberal party after election defeat⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does that mean the Nats think the Coalition lost because they weren’t implementing enough of their policies?

  No, the disagreement is over what happens next. The Liberals under Ley want to conduct a campaign review in which every aspect of the Coalition’s policy platform is scrutinised, with nothing safe or off the table. The Nationals are not happy with this, because they have four key policy areas (nuclear, supermarket divestiture, regional future fund, mobile phone coverage in regional areas) that they believe should be retained for now.

  It’s important to remember that the Liberals and the Nationals are actually very different in terms of who they represent. After an election where the Nationals held all their seats while the Liberals got decimated, the Nationals do not believe it is fair to them or the regional communities they represent for their key policy positions to be at risk of being thrown out just because the Liberals are having an identity crisis. Essentially, the Nationals issued an ultimatum based on their increased importance to the Coalition but the Liberals called their bluff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What movies have you watched this week?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched The Central Park Five (2012), a documentary about the Central Park jogger case from 1989. I actually watched it on the PBS History channel on Samsung TV Plus, of all places. I just decided to flick through to see if anything interesting was on and when I saw that was starting I thought it might be a good time to sit down and learn about the case. It was my favourite type of documentary, where there is no narrator or visible journalist so you just get witness testimonies, music and archival footage and it really sucks you into that moment in time.

  I also watched a bit of Terminator 2, also on Samsung TV Plus. I’ve seen it before and I wasn’t really in the mood to sit through the entire thing but the first 30 - 40 minutes or so were as fun as I remembered. I don’t know why, but sometimes watching a film “live” on TV, even in lower quality and ad breaks, is more enjoyable to me. I guess it’s because when I was a kid watching films on commercial TV was actually a big thing. It’s hard to describe but I love the feeling of knowing there is someone else out there watching it at the same time as me, maybe getting up at the same time as me to make a cup of tea or get some snacks during an ad break.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nationals leaving Coalition as David Littleproud announces split with Liberal party after election defeat⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure if you can simplify it that much. It sounds like it’s more a case of the Liberals being unwilling to cede some policy power to The Nationals despite the election results.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Severance’s Skin-Deep Critique of Capitalism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like the fanbase for that show goes rabid for any of the really obvious “cApItaLisM bAd” dystopian episodes, which are probably my least favourite just because they’re never particularly creative. As you say, they’ll start with an obvious point and never develop it any further. It’s kinda like one of those satirical news sites where the headline is 99% of the joke and the rest of the article is just filler than nobody bothers to read.

  (Still a good show overall though, I appreciate that they’ve retained some variety over the years despite the quirky/light hearted episodes typically receiving a worse reception).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Severance’s Skin-Deep Critique of Capitalism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda reminds me of the first episode of the latest season of Black Mirror, which was a rather shallow critique of subscription models that received rave reviews from viewers despite the fact they were watching it on Netflix.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Larissa Waters named new leader of the Greens⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree with others, a good choice for stability and the public image of the party going forwards. I’m glad she found time alongside her family commitments.