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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best movies of 2024: poll and discussions!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed cinematography, set design and costumes were top notch, same as with part 1, but i agree with you that pacing was an issue. Imo the root cause was a change they made from the books

  book/movie spoiler (not sure if the spoiler tag is necessary)

  By deciding to keep Alia Atreides (Pauls sister) unborn it drastically shortened the time frame they spend with the Fremen, getting immersed in their culture and gaining their trust/support, from years to to months. That means everything feels rushed and they also e.g. cut the death of Paul and Chani’s first child. But then again this change was probably for practical reasons, because the movie was already long as is and it also avoided having to cast a child actor. ___

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best movies of 2024: poll and discussions!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, i am kind of having a hard time with the choice because there are still so much gaps like Anora, the Burtalist or Nosferatu.

  Another issue is how to decide which year some movies belong to. For example “Perfect Days” from the rolling stone list:

  Perfect Days premiered on 23 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d’Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. It was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards

  Wikipedia. I assume it made the 24 list because the US release was in February this year, but it debuted last years in other markets and was even nominated for an Oscar.

  Personally i find it easiest to just go with whatever year Letterboxd uses, which in this case is 2023. But if for this pole we decide it to be a 2024 movie, then it might get my vote over Dune II.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion - what is the last movie you couldn't finish?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I only saw it once, so i am a bit hesitant to voice an opinion, but i’m inclined to agree that it really didn’t do much for me. Even though i’ve seen it be praised on a number of occasions online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion - what is the last movie you couldn't finish?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No reason to be bothered. But i think that as far as a scale exist that measures how much a movie benefits from being seen on a big screen with the right projection technology, the avatar movies have to be on the extreme end of benefiting a lot. Because imo they are maybe the only big blockbuster movie that is specifically made for the 3D technology, rather than it just being bolted on. This goes especially for the first one, when you compare it to other movies of that time.

  I can definitely see how it is non-immersive when watched at home, because the the narrative is nothing to write home about. But to me the story more or less just serves as a non-offensive background to the visual spectacle.

  And while the progress of TVs has closed the quality gap between home theaters and cinema, it really hasn’t done anything for the 3D aspect. On that note i do wonder how avatar 1 and 2 look when using a VR headset.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion - what is the last movie you couldn't finish?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  as non-immersive a movie as I’ve ever experienced.

  I assume you didn’t watch it at a cinema in 3d?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel Arc B580 'Battlemage' GPU announced - 1440p Ultra gaming for $249⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t this the same architecture that is also in their iGPUs? That should help keep them motivated to improve drivers even if they lose interest in dGPUs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨KRAVEN THE HUNTER - Opening 8 Minutes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  but it’s gotta be good if they’re willing to post clips of it online

  Don’t think it says that much about the quality, although they are at least confident that those 8 minutes are good enough to not scare people away.

  Imo it is mostly a reaction to recent flops, particularly Joker 2, which might make particularly casual movie goers (which this probably aims at) more cautions. Kraven isn’t some household name, so they want to take out as much uncertainty as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"TRON: Ares" Director Talks Post-Production - Dark Horizons⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Somehow news about this movie always fly under the radar for me. Turns out after checking for updates on this topic, Nine Inch Nails were actually confirmed to do it back in August source. So it seems like you got your wish.

  Definitely seems like a solid choice, but we will see. Personally I’d have probably also e.g. looked at HEALTH as another option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My brothers Chuwi laptop had major problems. Now he got a wal-mart gift card for the price he paid for the Chuwi. He is eyeing an HP laptop with 256gb ssd. Is that the same as a regular harddrive?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are two types of persistent storage drives for computers: HDD (hard disk drive), which have a spinning platter inside on which the data is stored, and SSD (solid state drive), which unlike HDDs have no moving mechanical parts and store their data in semiconductor cells.

  HDDs are still cheaper per gb at large sizes and offer larger capacities, which is why you mostly will see them in storage servers.

  SSDs are faster, more shock resistant (due to no mechanical parts) and I think consume less power.

  Because of that nowadays you will hardly ever see HDDs in laptops anymore, it’s all SSDs (which can be either of the sata or nvme type, the latter being faster)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"TRON: Ares" Director Talks Post-Production - Dark Horizons⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t particularly like the guy either, but imo it isn’t that bad. He was in the new Blade runner and that ended up being great.

  The real make or break choice for TRON will imo be who they get to do the soundtrack. Following Daft Punk is going to be a hard task.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  broad market Index fund with low management fees

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How is 1€/day cheap for such limited home Internet? I guess it might depend on where you are, but unless you are in the middle of nowhere that seems expensive.

  Here in Germany for example, which really isn’t known for its cheap internet, I can find options that offer 100Mbit Flatrates for 20€/month.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which great actor is overdue for a career defining role?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it was slightly ahead of it’s time and had terrible marketing. At least here in Germany it was marketed as “Dredd 3D” at a time where the hype had died down, and probably turned into the opposite due to all movies getting unnecessary and poorly made 3D conversions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A first look at Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt in The Electric State. Directed by the Russo Brothers. Coming 2025.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. Reusing the same set of hyped actors across films definitely reduces the level of immersion. Unless ofc the actors can truly transform themselves like Colin Farrell in the new Penguin series to give a recent example.

  I think the issue is that nowadays the job of actors in big movies like these is just as much being a vehicle for marketing as it is the acting itself. I’ve heard that the rule of thumb is that Hollywood spends a similar amount on marketing as it does on production. So you want someone with a household name that people recognize, that people associate with a type of movie they like, and that can tour through the media circus and talks shows creating buzz.

  Plus it helps with acquiring financing.

  So as much as I’d want to see more fresh faces (and more normal people, not the unrealistic Hollywood standards), I doubt it’ll happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry to be a bother...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  spoon theory

  Thanks for introducing me to a new concept (or at least a term for it), always nice to learn something new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Concord Director Steps Down As Studio Behind Historic PlayStation Flop Waits For Sony's Decision⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Importantly they tried to enter the market with a $40 purchase price, when the existing company is mostly free to play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24%⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My comment was aimed more towards the excessive CEO pay, not the stagnation in worker’s pay.

  Probably not the best source (just one of the first Google results), but if I read something like this:

  How much money did Marissa Mayer make while running Yahoo? During her five years at Yahoo, from 2012 to 2017, Marissa’s total compensation, including salary, stock, and bonuses, was $405 million. Verizon acquired Yahoo for a little over $4 billion in 2016. Marissa earned roughly $120 million from the acquisition through a mix of bonuses, accelerated stock options and salary. For example, she was paid a onetime bonus of $23,011,325 once the Verizon acquisition was finalized.

  • source

  Then it seems to be like the shareholders somehow got the short end, despite being the ones with the power to make changes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24%⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am actually still not sure why it isn’t fixed through voting. And I mean shareholder-voting, not public voting.

  But after things like Elon Musk’s compensation package getting approved (again) it cleared won’t work through that mechanism either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alien: Romulus (2024) - What did you think? [Spoilers]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kind of late, since i just came around to seeing it. Some thoughts:

  • I really liked the visuals and i’m glad i got to see it in the cinema on a really good screen, so more or less the best possible experience. But i agree that the Rook animatronic looked a bit off (but i’d have to rewatch).

  • As someone else already mentioned i also liked the dystopian setting of the first act.

  • I liked that they were leaning more into the horror, rather than action genre. But imo unlike the first Alien movie it had a few too many jump scares and overused the xenomorphs. Where the original was able to build tension with what you can’t see, here you had a whole pack of them. And somehow they get mowed down way too easily.

  • Agreed that there were too many callbacks and easter eggs, rather than letting the movie stand on its own. Especially the Ripley line was just too obvious and imo breaks the immersion into the movie.

  • Not a huge fan of the third act

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Electric State | The Russo Brothers' $320m sci-fi is reportedly streaming on Netflix in March 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s pretty insane, for that kind of money it better be fantastic. Although I think nowadays the link between money and quality (to whatever degree it ever existed) is weaker than it’s ever been.

  I’ve always wondered, how do streaming movies make money at all? Does Netflix really make enough money to justify spending this much on a movie?

  Well they certainly make enough money, last quarters revenue was roughly 9.5 billion dollar. Sure you got server costs, salaries and licensing for old content that eat up a lot, but if you are getting over 3 billion per month from your subscribers you should be able to find some budget for expensive content.

  I don’t think a movie like this will be efficient in $/h watched, those will go to cheap series and people putting on their favorite comfort show in the background for the 10th rerun. But they probably still need those big tent pole movies for psychological reasons. It’s good for marketing towards new subscribers and for user retention you will need the occasional blockbuster movie. Don’t need to be that many per year, since as said the vast majority of time will be spend watching some simple stuff, but you do need fresh content for the occasional movie night. Or people will start looking at the competition that offers those and which also has plenty of mindless entertainment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Darren Aronofsky in Talks to Direct ‘Plastic Man’ for DCU⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely not an obvious choice and it might fail spectacularly. But imo this seems like the right choice in some ways.

  Instead of trying to will a fomularic cinematic universe into existence, make a variety of unique movies (hopefully good), and then slowly tie them together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of laptop should I get?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’ll need to give some more information to receive good advice:

  • What’s your budget

  • What’s your use case? Just web browsing, light office work or something more demanding like gaming or editing?

  • What form factor? Want a larger screen or something lighter and more compact? Touch screen/convertible yes or no?

  I’m nowhere near tech-savvy so it has to be easy to use,

  Easy to use or easy to repair? As far as use goes pretty much every windows laptop will be feel the same to use, same as with apple. I mean it is the same operating system, just depends on what you are used to, but neither are complicated. It’s only Linux where you have a larger variety of variants, some easier to use, others geared more towards advanced users. Bur you haven’t indicated that you specifically want to run Linux.

  I want something that is built to last, as opposed to certain (looking at you, Apple) devices that are desinged to become unusable within a next couple of years.

  Generally laptops aimed at businesses are more durable than consumer lines. Don’t go to cheap unless you are buying used business laptops. And if something is heavilu leaning towards thin and light, then usually it is at the expense of some durability.

  Apple is actually decently durable and I’ve seen quite a few MacBooks running for over a decade while still being ok. Where they fall short is repairability, when something does break and their lowest specs paired with no real way to upgrade later (especially with the newer models that don’t even have SSDs that can be swapped) is bad for future proofing, if demands change. And they make you pay through your nose for reasonable configurations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are in July, which movies from 2024 would you recommend so far?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll go based on letterboxd release year. Often times it’s hard for me to judge towards which year I should count a film that might have had a limited release in the previous year, but then a wider cinema run later.

  So far I’ve enjoyed:

  • Dune part 2: epic sci-fi and that is exactly my jam, so thus far my favorite movie of the year.

  • Civil war: Imo flawed in some ways and not quite what I expected (expected it to be more social commentary and less about war photograpy), but overall still very much a recommendation and good movie. Alex Garland has made some of my favorite films of all times (ex machina and Dredd, also enjoyed annihilation), but it didn’t reach those heights, so I’d rank it below those.

  • Exhuma: usually not a horror fan, but I guess I very much enjoy the Korean ones. More direct compared to “The wailing”, which it somewhat reminded me of, but that had more of a mystery aspect.

  Movies that don’t yet have a wide release, but that I already saw at a film festival:

  • Black box diaries: Documentary by the journalist Shiori Itō about her own sexual assault case and her battle against the outdated judicial system and social views in Japan. Sadly I missed the screening with q&a afterwards. I found it interesting and overall well made, definitely gets a recommendation for whenever it gets a wider release later this year.

  • All we imagine as light: Drama set in india. Feels like comparatively I’ve seen less movies set in India, so it’s always nice to get a view into other cultures. Overall I enjoyed it and can also recommend it to people that like this type of movie.

  Also watched “the substance” (body horror) during the festival, but while decent that just isn’t quite my cup of tea.

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  Some movies that I found “meh” so far include Furiosa and monkey man, but there is also a lot that I haven’t seen so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gladiator II - Official Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the cast looks pretty solid, my only uncertainty in that regard is to what degree Denzel/Pedro Pascal disappear into their respective role vs me seeing them as these familiar actors. But that might be a subjective problem

  Besides that any mention of Aftersun automatically gets an upvote from me, such a great movie and performance by Paul Mescal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 Lovecraft Stories That Need Modern Movie Adaptations⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair: from a financial perspective that sounds like the right call, even if the movie would have been interesting.

  R rated horror movies just don’t bring in the amount of money to sustain high budgets like that. The exception being “It” (and the sequel), but that had more mainstream appeal and also only came out years later.

  Although isn’t the break even number usually closer to double the budget?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would you consider to be the greatest action movie of the 2000s so far?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me personally it’s “Dredd”, but to be fair I am also a sci-fi fan in general.

  I guess besides that “the raid”, “Kill Bill” and the first “John wick” probably have to be up there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a ton of money when comparing it to mainstream electronics, but I’d imagine that $300 single payment is a drop in the bucket for something medical. Anyone who needs it probably spends similar amounts or more adapting other everyday things for ease of use.

  It’s a niche probably low volume product that requires a good amount of hardware and software engineering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are people excited for Furiosa?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally i am not extremely hyped, but assume it will deliver a solid movie.

  I can appreciate the quality and craftmanship of the 2015 Mad Max: Fury road, but somehow despite that it just didn’t quite click with me.

  In regards of the stunts and so on i expect Fuirosa to deliver similarly. Where i am unsure (based on the trailer) is whether the casting can match Fury road. Feels like Tom Hardy has aruggedness (?) to him that fits better into the Mad Max world compared to Chris Hemsworth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion thread] Civil War⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saw it yesterday night, so this are just some of my first impressions and it’ll take some time to process and maybe a rewatch for any final verdict.

  Coming from Alex Garland, who made some of my favorite movies of all time (Ex Machina and Dredd), and distributed by A24, who have an exceptional track record, my expectations were extremely high. In the end it didn’t quite live up to them, but admittedly that might just be on me. Overall it is a very good movie.

  To get to some of my thoughts:

  • I had a hard time with Nick Offerman as President, not because of his performance, but because in the moment i couldn’t quite seperate him from his parks and rec performance (and the overall positive offscreen image i have from him in my mind). That isn’t a fault of the movie and on me, but just an observation

  • Another aspect that took me out of the movie was that in my opinion they weren’t really dressed like i’d expect seasoned war reporter to be dressed (but that might be my mental image being wrong). Towards the start of the movie they still do it. Like in one of the first scenes with the bomb going off they have that bright reflective vest. Or in another scene they do wear this distinctive blue Press helmet. I think she also wears it in some of the flashbacks we get in the early hotel bathtub scene. But most of the time they just seem to walk around casually like civilians with only waving around their tiny press credential badges. Like when they directly approach the armed men at the mass grave. Or in the final act where the other journalist team seems to be in full gear, but they just wear a small vest, no helmet.

  • They also seemed a bit too clean for me for being on the road in a country where normal life has broken down due to the civil war going on. Like always a fresh pair of fresh cloths, washed hair and clean hands etc.

  • I think the action was done extremely well. And watching it in a large (relatively empty) theater the contrast between quiet moments and extremely loud gun shots was great. Not to say that the rest of the movie wasn’t shot well in general.

  I think between the high expectations and aspects that kind of took me out of the more realistic image i had in my mind, my initial impression after watching wasn’t as hyped. But having slept over it my opinion of the movie has improved, and might continue to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion thread] Fallout⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I really liked it and it definitely exceeded my expectations. Overall well made, good performances and a solid mix of humor, satire, brutality and so on.

  I’m more of an elder scrolls kind of guy, so I haven’t really played the fallout games much (only fallout 3 I think?), so I can’t really compare the series to the games.

  Subjectively the one thing I would have changed, is having a bit more mystery. Feels like instead of being that naive vault dweller slowly uncovering everything piece by piece, we do get a lot of information on the background events really fast.