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  1. Comment on PGA awards 2026: One Battle After Another, Sinners, F1, and Weapons among the nominees in ~movies

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    Wicked For Good was the big snub here . It’s over lol. In my opinion this makes it so that F1 is a likely Picture nominee at this point. Weapons I think is likely in Original Screenplay and is...

    Wicked For Good was the big snub here . It’s over lol.

    In my opinion this makes it so that F1 is a likely Picture nominee at this point. Weapons I think is likely in Original Screenplay and is clearly locked in Supporting Actress (might even win there).

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  4. Comment on The "why does this movie exist" scene in ~movies

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    There’s some movies where that is how the writers/directors approached it. Singing in the Rain was created around Gene Kelly’s musical number where he sings in the rain. Christopher Nolan I think...

    There’s some movies where that is how the writers/directors approached it.

    Singing in the Rain was created around Gene Kelly’s musical number where he sings in the rain.

    Christopher Nolan I think has admitted to doing this often. Inception was built around the hallway fight. Tenet around the moving backwards in time concept.

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  5. Comment on Actor Awards, formerly SAG Awards, nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ leads film nods with seven in ~movies

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    I thought Sentimental Value would perform better with the guilds since it’s about filmmaking but I guess not considering it blanked here. Also love that Odessa got in for Marty Supreme, she was my...

    I thought Sentimental Value would perform better with the guilds since it’s about filmmaking but I guess not considering it blanked here. Also love that Odessa got in for Marty Supreme, she was my favorite performance from the film. Also hilarious that Grande keeps getting in and Erivo keeps missing.

  7. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    Still haven’t seen The Secret Agent. And who knows, it might surprise me and I’ll end up putting it on my list. But considering my track record with hyped up Cannes films probably not. I did...

    Still haven’t seen The Secret Agent. And who knows, it might surprise me and I’ll end up putting it on my list. But considering my track record with hyped up Cannes films probably not. I did manage to see Sirat as well, that was good, and I would have preferred that win Palme over Accident. Anyways here’s my top 10 of 2025:

    1. One Battle After Another
    2. Marty Supreme
    3. Sentimental Value
    4. Weapons
    5. Superman
    6. Mickey 17
    7. Sinners
    8. Bugonia
    9. The Phoenician Scheme
    10. Avatar: Fire and Ash

    Honorable mentions: Caught Stealing, Roofman, Jay Kelly, and Eternity

    Little tidbit: five of the films on my top 10 are from WarnerBros.

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  8. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    It is also essentially North by Northwest

    It is also essentially North by Northwest

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  9. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I’m a big bond freak but I struggled with a lot of the early ones. I liked Dr No, but I thought it was mostly okay. From Russia with Love was the best of the Connery’s. Could not really get into...

    I’m a big bond freak but I struggled with a lot of the early ones. I liked Dr No, but I thought it was mostly okay. From Russia with Love was the best of the Connery’s. Could not really get into Goldfinger or Thunderball.

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  10. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I have heard of it, and high brow film people really love it. I haven't seen it. Cannes/foreign stuff is what I'm really bad with keeping up with.

    I have heard of it, and high brow film people really love it. I haven't seen it. Cannes/foreign stuff is what I'm really bad with keeping up with.

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  11. Comment on The Death of Robin Hood | Official trailer in ~movies

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    It’s so weird this is an A24 film because this is something Warner Bros or Universal would have made 10 or 15 years ago.

    It’s so weird this is an A24 film because this is something Warner Bros or Universal would have made 10 or 15 years ago.

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  13. Comment on On 2016 nostalgia in ~talk

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    I don’t have the numbers but I don’t think it was dead dead. The way it is now. I only have my own market, and clearly I wasn’t old enough back then but I recall downtown being busy consistently....

    Clubbing was already dead by the time 2016 came around, especially in the states, that demise was pretty evident by 2011 or so.

    I don’t have the numbers but I don’t think it was dead dead. The way it is now. I only have my own market, and clearly I wasn’t old enough back then but I recall downtown being busy consistently. The busiest days today such as Halloween or New Years Eve, used to just happen on a random weekend ten years ago. There also weren’t any articles being written about how young people don’t want to drink anymore.

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  14. On 2016 nostalgia

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    I’ll try to keep this post as brief as possible. I spend a lot of time on the internet. Twitter and TikTok mainly. And I’ve been extremely online since I gained unlimited access to it in the early...

    I’ll try to keep this post as brief as possible.

    I spend a lot of time on the internet. Twitter and TikTok mainly. And I’ve been extremely online since I gained unlimited access to it in the early 2010s. I would say that the biggest shifts in attitudes and styles on the internet occurred throughout the 2010s, with 2016 marking a clear-cut turning point.

    We transitioned from the hipster aestheticisms and YOLO branding of 2010-2012 to the more “baddie” Instagram aesthetic popularized by celebrities like Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez, and Ariana Grande.

    Now, some people have confused that early 2010s aesthetic for what we actually saw during 2016. Which was a cleaner, less quirky idea of what “style” was. Music also showed this as we went from Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO being a chart topper to One Dance by Drake and Sorry by Justin Bieber being the club-friendly radio hits. Things were less ironic; in order to be cool, you had to be calm (if you listen to the 2016 songs, they don’t feel as aggressive as LMFAO’s songs).

    I was 16 during most of 2016. Old enough to remember everything and young enough to still be “hip” with the culture (although I’ve always been kind of an old man mentally). Most of my internet use around this time was on Reddit. Specifically, the meme subreddits such as dank_memes and me_irl. The tone back then was super depressing. Saying you were gonna kill yourself was a common punchline. Everyone circle jerked about how sad they were. These are common on the internet now, but were relatively new for the mainstream back then. The running joke was that 2016 was the worst year in history. Many high-profile celebrities died during this year (Prince, David Bowie, George Michael, Carrie Fisher), which led to people saying “DAMN YOU 2016!” every single time. That saying “damn you [year]” became normal for every subsequent year.

    Reflecting on this period, I will say, I do not recall much nostalgia for say 2006 back then on the internet. I saw more nostalgia for the 00s from Zillennials and older Zoomers throughout these past four years than I ever did back then.

    So what is it? Why have we been seeing so many people longing for the days of 2016? I’ve seen videos like this for the past two years, and they’ve only accelerated now that we’re exactly 10 years removed. Videos, such as this, are making the rounds, glorifying the aesthetics of the time.

    My first instinct has always been: these are people around my age who miss being a teenager. This is still the likeliest explanation. A time before you worried about bills or felt like you were behind in life. I also miss that time period for that reason, and I also wish I could wake up exactly that year and do everything over and better this time.

    But, this general analysis of the human condition doesn’t explain why this specifically. Why 2016, why not 2010, why didn’t this happen ten years ago for 2006? In which case, I don’t really know.

    I suppose 2016 felt less cringe. The aforementioned millennialisms of the early 2010s weren’t as prevalent, so the time period doesn’t feel as dated. Speaking of things feeling “dated,” many of the interfaces we use now are not so far off from what we were using in 2016. I remember watching the 2014 film Whiplash and being shocked at how old the cell phones looked there, but if you put on Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) the technology doesn’t really stand out that much. Many of the social media apps we use are the same as they were in 2016. You could realistically have had the same Instagram and Twitter accounts for nearly 20 years now. With the exception of TikTok, the way in which we use the internet today is about the same as we used it then.

    Which is why 2016 is this comforting year. Where everything is the same, except you’re younger. It was right before politics got really weird. It was before we lived through a global pandemic. Clubbing still felt like a thing that people did. Youth had a defined image that we currently lack. It felt like a party compared to the way we experience life now.

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  15. Comment on You are a better writer than AI (yes, YOU!) in ~creative

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    Having been raised in a similar environment I also don’t find comfort in being reaffirmed like that lol

    Having been raised in a similar environment I also don’t find comfort in being reaffirmed like that lol

  16. Comment on You are a better writer than AI (yes, YOU!) in ~creative

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    It’s a nice feedback loop. Though supposedly with these new updates it’s suppose to not do that. It’s supposed to be more discerning about what it tells you so you don’t feel too in your head....

    It’s a nice feedback loop. Though supposedly with these new updates it’s suppose to not do that. It’s supposed to be more discerning about what it tells you so you don’t feel too in your head. Such as if you interpreter a social interaction a certain way, there’s guardrails so it doesn’t go “of course that’s what happened.” Because of all the suicide stories that have come out of these AI psychosis bouts.

    I’ve dealt with my own version of psychosis from this. But not to the point where I think I’m talking to Samantha from Her. It’s just not that sophisticated.

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  17. Comment on Critics Choice Awards 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ wins Best Film in ~movies

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    Jacob Elordi and Amy Madigan surprised everyone by winning Supporting Actor and Actress here. Both from “horror” films. I like Elordi a lot and enjoy seeing him transform his career from the guy...

    Jacob Elordi and Amy Madigan surprised everyone by winning Supporting Actor and Actress here. Both from “horror” films. I like Elordi a lot and enjoy seeing him transform his career from the guy from Euphoria and The Kissing Booth into a prestigious one. Not something a lot of people can do (eg Noah Centineo).

    Chalamet won here, as I expected, we’ll see if the Globes go for him next week. Buckley won and will probably sweep.

    OBAA slightly underperformed since people thought it would win both Supporting categories. The only issue I see with the actual award shows is Taylor is a reality tv star which might get punished for voters. I was thinking if PTA cast someone like Keke Palmer that narrative wouldn’t harden.

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  20. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    Letterboxd just released their wrapped. Here are my stats: 228 film logged |. 76 films reviewed |. 409 hours watched Most watched actor: Steve Zahn Most watched director: Tony Scott Highly rated...

    Letterboxd just released their wrapped. Here are my stats:

    228 film logged |. 76 films reviewed |. 409 hours watched

    Most watched actor: Steve Zahn

    Most watched director: Tony Scott

    Highly rated 2025 film: Weapons (5/5), One Battle After Another (5/5), Marty Supreme (5/5)

    Most watched week: May 26 - June 1 (17 films)

    Most watched day: Sunday (56 films)

    First Watch: Summer of Love

    Last Watch: Die My Love

    50th movie: Little House on the Praire, 100th: We Need To Talk About Kevin 150th: In The Heart of the Sea, 200th Bugonia

    Most watched theme: Horror, the undead and monster classics

    Most watched nanogenre: Horror, Twist, Death

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