Redoomed

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Kind of weekly thread] What have you been watching?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched the first three episodes of the recently released Percy Jackson series.

  The book series was a big part of my childhood, and I was mildly excited for the TV series (read: hoped that it was better than the film series).

  I’m still debating if I should finish the TV series. I found a particular detail in the third episode that convinced me that I am not the show’s target audience:

  At the end of episode three...

  I expected Percy to pull a fast one and ship Medusa’s severed head to Gabe. Instead, it looks like he actually shipped it to Olympus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of your favourite TV intros sequences and soundtracks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
  • Fringe [Piped link] [YouTube link]
  • Stargate Atlantis [Piped link] [YouTube link]
  • The Expanse [Piped link] [YouTube link]
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Hades, and Portal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What were some movies you had to look up explanations of after watching?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I completely agree with the last sentiment you shared! I think of Cloud Atlas as a flawed gem, but am glad to have watched it at least once.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What were some movies you had to look up explanations of after watching?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Cloud Atlas (2012)

  I didn’t think the plot of the film was too confusing, but trying to keep track of which cast member played which character in each respective time period while watching the film was challenging.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What were some movies you had to look up explanations of after watching?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t grasp the implications of the final scene with Aaron in the warehouse until I checked the plot write-up on Wikipedia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Weekly thread] What is the best movie you watched last week? 23 September⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched The Maltese Falcon (1941) for the first time yesterday. The story was super engaging and Humphrey Bogart absolutely crushes it as Sam Spade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Curated Watch Lists?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re up for another recommendation, something that I’ve been enjoying that fits your request is the podcast, “Four Play,” hosted on the Last Free Nation Culture YouTube Channel. Here’s the premise of the podcast quoted from the video description of one of their most recent episodes:

  Four Play selects four iconic films from a theme or genre to meticulously analyze and place in their proper historical context. Hosted by veteran esports commentators Richard Lewis, Duncan “Thorin” Shields, and Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles, Four Play showcases both legendary Hollywood movies as well as hidden gems outside the mainstream.

  What this description doesn’t mention is that episodes drop once a week and the theme of the month, as well as a list of the four films selected, are announced in advance on their YouTube community page or Twitter page.

  To address specific aspects of the Criterion Channel in your post that Four Play also provides:

  put together a list of 6-12 movies

  After they review the last of the four films of a selected theme, they recommend a list of films of that same theme that did not make the four, but are worth viewing if you’re interested in that theme. For example, here’s their list of cosmic horror films at the end of their review of From Beyond (1986) [timestamped Piped link] [timestamped YouTube link].

  overview of the theme

  Whenever they begin a theme or genre, they give an intro to the genre and the historical context. They provided an overview of cosmic horror in the inaugural episode of the podcast in which they discussed The Thing (1982) [timestamped Piped] [timestamped YouTube].

  the curated list for a given theme gets me to branch out from what I may typically watch in that I know it’s generally going to be a good movie

  For me, at least, I generally enjoyed the films that were introduced to me through this podcast. I think what they excel at is recommending these lesser known films that you might find are underrated bangers. In their month of cosmic horror, for example, they reviewed The Thing and Annihilation (2018), two well-known movies that have been in the cultural conversation, but also Event Horizon (1997) and From Beyond, two lesser known movies that are, if not severely underrated, worth watching at least once for the experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Weekly thread] What is the best movie you watched last week? 9 September⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched The Dark Knight (2008) for the first time just now. It was a film that I wanted to watch for a while.

  Aside from the Two-Face scenes, which get old very quickly, I think that the Dark Knight is an absolute banger of a film.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[What is the best movie you watched last week?] 26 August⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Jacob’s Ladder (from 1990)