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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not entirely certain what would be considered uplifting, but I think D&D: Honor Among Thieves would fit alongside some of the movies in that list.

Beyond that, going down my list of movies I've rated on IMDb:

Fly Me to the Moon, maybe? Honestly, I don't remember it all that well.
Bullet Train is probably a stretch, but it does more for me than a lot of things on that list. shrug
Top Gun: Maverick. I've been meaning to watch this one again at some point. Perhaps not really uplifting on its own, but it was certainly uplifting for me in how it bucked certain movie trends of the time and was really solid.
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Batman. It's a fairly somber, morose film, and at three hours long it's a bit of slog, but hey, the climax is the Dark Knight learning to be a beacon of hope for the downtrodden. I debated whether or not to even mention this one, but then I saw that list includes The Force Awakens... so... at that point, I'd say pretty much anything is fair game. And with that, I'm not going to bother searching for more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Eh.

Better to spend it than keep it in the bank, honestly. Maybe not for keeping their business afloat, but better for everyone else. And when they actually make something enough people want to see, they'll earn even more than they spent, so, yeah...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Not the person you're replying to, but for my own POV:

I think the new Dune movies are the best they could be and I'm glad I was able to catch them in theaters, but they've also convinced me that Dune just isn't a franchise I'll ever be interested in. I'm not sure if I'd bother with the third movie, and any spin-offs are also fully out of the question for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12299608/trivia/?item=tr7746222&ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Minor spoiler?

Bong Joon-Ho said in adapting the book Mickey 7, he titled the film Mickey 17 so he could kill Mickey 10 more times.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Adding fuel to the fire that is the sub vs dub "war."

I personally enjoy both subs and dubs, but default to dubs where they're available (except in cases where the dub is notably bad or otherwise detracts from the story). If this AI slop catches on, I may stop watching dubs altogether (well, new dubs, anyway). I really hope Amazon faces some serious consequences for this, even though I know they won't. :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I like the spirit of this, but I'd never introduce a third party dependency into production for such a use-case.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

imo, it already crashed (or at least is inches away from a crash). Into the Spider-Verse was an unexpected, yet solid 10/10 for me. Whenever I think I have some sort of "comic book movie fatigue" I can put that on still be blown away by how good it is, which drives home the point, for me, that it's just modern MCU and DCEU movies specifically that I'm tired of because they just aren't very good (I'll agree to disagree with anyone on this point).

Across the Spider-Verse took all of that and crapped out an extremely ill thought out attempt at tying into the MCU multi-verse (thus tying itself into my growing dislike for the MCU). The idea of "canon" events that have to be allowed to pass is so antithetical to the genre I'm shocked it wasn't tossed out during the brainstorming phase. You're telling there's a whole universe of heroes and all of them (except for Spider-Punk) accept the idea that they have to stand by and let people die because it's canon to that timeline? Nah. A hero is someone who risks their own life to save other people's lives. Full stop. An ordinary person will make a choice about which track the trolley goes down, saving either one person or many people. A hero would sacrifice themself to (at least attempt to) save all of the people on the tracks. Then when the movie came to a fairly natural stopping point, it kept going for a few more minutes to end on one of the worst cliffhangers I've seen in a very long time.

Across the Spider-Verse is a 4/10 for me. I would still give the third movie a chance (only because of how good the first movie is) but it will have to do some incredible course correction to redeem the second movie (if it's even possible). Otherwise, I'll just keep Into the Spider-Verse and think about how it's a shame they never made any sequels to such a good movie.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I'd be fascinated to know why people are downvoting you here.

Do they not know that the Wheel of Time is set in, what is called by some, the Third Age, approximately 3000 years after the apocalyptic destruction of civilization and literal reshaping of the world, which itself occurred an unknown thousands of years after the end of the First Age (which is believed to be the Age we're currently living in).

From RJ's notes:

The First Age ended when fire rained from the heavens. The flesh of men melted, and those who did not melt were charred like coals. Plagues, boils and sores roamed the world and famine, yet to eat or drink often meant death, for waters and fruits that once were wholesome now slew at the eating. Even the air or the dust could slay. The wind could bring death. Rivers filled with dead fish and birds fell from the sky. Invisible vapours from the land that slew. Noxious fumes that corroded men’s flesh.

Or are they downvoting you for saying WoT isn't science fiction, despite having certain characteristics of science fiction sprinkled throughout (e.g., characters studying the natural laws of their world and, through a combination of inborn abilities and technology, finding ways to advance their understanding and capabilities)?

Or are they downvoting simply because WoT isn't a movie, and thus deemed irrelevant to the topic at hand?

shrug

Whatever the case, I do agree with the spirit of your rebuttal. Not all post-apocalypse movies are science fiction.

For example, I would never place Left Behind (or any other similar religious post-apocalypse movie) on the science fiction shelf.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I've never met a person who I know has seen it but doesn't like Equilibrium.

...And it's at a 7.3 on IMDb. That's a pretty good rating.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I see no real benefits in this proposal and an increased attack surface for the supply chain.

I'd also disagree that Django's developmental pace is slow. Granted, I only came onboard with version 2, maybe older versions were slower. After years of dealing with JS churn, I appreciate Django's pace (actually, I think they could even slow down the major version increments).

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Probably an unpopular opinion, but:

If users experiencing issues with the ambee library in this package, they will knock on my door. And I'm not willing to support that or accept that burden. Especially as I don't see a good repacking reason in this case.

As a developer, this seems like a reasonable argument to me.

Also, I see from a comment you made recently that you seem to be involved with NixOS:

There’s always Nix but the dev behind HA has a personal vendetta against Nix people building his software (for some ridiculously stupid reason…he doesn’t understand the tech!). We packaged home assistant in nixpkgs anyway because we don’t negotiate with terrorists.

Calling him a terrorist is rather melodramatic. And I think further enforces his point, that your actions are creating unnecessary problems for others, and you simply don't care.

Edit:

Did Frenck come off as a bit of an asshole? Yes. But in my opinion, so did all of the NixOS people. Kind of a bad situation all around.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I was thinking Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend.

But there are, for whatever reason, so many possibilities for what it could've been (including the mostly live action Demonlover)

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