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  1. Comment on The Cat in the Hat | Official trailer in ~movies

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    (Spider-Verse + Deadpool) - (all of the lessons the industry was supposed to have learned about what made those good)

    (Spider-Verse + Deadpool) - (all of the lessons the industry was supposed to have learned about what made those good)

    1 vote

  2. Comment on F1 | Main trailer in ~movies

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    i thought this was just going to be the next fast and/or furious movie

    i thought this was just going to be the next fast and/or furious movie

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ is the first Oscar movie of 2025 in ~movies

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    If it doesn't win best score imma riot. As much as I really loved other aspects of it (cinematography, lighting, characterization, costuming, dialogue...) the score is fucking divine. I had no...

    If it doesn't win best score imma riot. As much as I really loved other aspects of it (cinematography, lighting, characterization, costuming, dialogue...) the score is fucking divine. I had no idea going in that it was Goransson, but I also didn't know that Goransson could adapt blues this well; but by the end, I was unsurprised to see it was him in the credits. He's a fuckin wizard

    1 vote

  4. Comment on George R.R. Martin says 'The Winds of Winter' is 'the curse of my life' in ~books

  5. Comment on George R.R. Martin says 'The Winds of Winter' is 'the curse of my life' in ~books

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    Damn, my dude, just hand one of the reins over to Brandon Sanderson. He's not the best author in terms of linguistic beauty or compelling characterization, but of about equal quality to Martin;...

    Damn, my dude, just hand one of the reins over to Brandon Sanderson. He's not the best author in terms of linguistic beauty or compelling characterization, but of about equal quality to Martin; but he's productive as hell, superhumanly efficient, and well-proven at handling sprawling plotlines, casts, and settings. Bet he could figure your shit out. Give him co-author credit and tie this shit up before you croak.

    11 votes

  6. Comment on Restaurants recommendations near Times Square in ~travel

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    I am frankly baffled to find that no one's recommended All'Antico Vinaio on 8th Ave yet. It's just sandwiches, which should make it thoroughly accessible to the average American kid, but it's the...

    I am frankly baffled to find that no one's recommended All'Antico Vinaio on 8th Ave yet. It's just sandwiches, which should make it thoroughly accessible to the average American kid, but it's the best goddamn sandwiches ever, authentically Florentine in as many ways as they can figure out.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Easy come easy go in ~life

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    if nothing else, this guy got on a plane in late 2020. i never would've even considered such a thing

    if nothing else, this guy got on a plane in late 2020. i never would've even considered such a thing

    7 votes

  8. Comment on The day Google killed the Pixel 4a in ~tech

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    I'm currently on my 6th Pixel and it is 100% the last one I will ever buy. Part of the issue (a large part) is that it's the 3rd in a single year because they keep shitting the bed after official...

    I'm currently on my 6th Pixel and it is 100% the last one I will ever buy. Part of the issue (a large part) is that it's the 3rd in a single year because they keep shitting the bed after official Google security updates, and fighting with Google support to get them to admit something was their fault is an enraging multi-day process. The 2 was great, the 4 was great, but the 5 and 7 are absolute crap. Never again for Google hardware or support.

    That being said, I've had bad experiences with Samsung too. I guess I'm going to Motorola?

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Your favorite game OSTs in ~games

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    Ups for StarCraft and VVVVV!

    Ups for StarCraft and VVVVV!

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Your favorite game OSTs in ~games

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    Hades as well (and Pyre though the game has nowhere near the staying power). Darren Korb is a fucking legend.

    Hades as well (and Pyre though the game has nowhere near the staying power). Darren Korb is a fucking legend.

    12 votes

  11. Comment on Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots in ~health

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    During the height of covid, nurses were notoriously more likely to be antivax than the average citizen in most areas, if not nearly all iirc. It makes no sense

    During the height of covid, nurses were notoriously more likely to be antivax than the average citizen in most areas, if not nearly all iirc. It makes no sense

    29 votes

  12. Comment on Is anyone planning to play Path of Exile 2? in ~games

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    Never... touch it.....?!? But the huge crazy skill map was one of my favorite things about PoE! And I only played it for like... 200 hours!

    Never... touch it.....?!? But the huge crazy skill map was one of my favorite things about PoE! And I only played it for like... 200 hours!

    9 votes

  13. Comment on Captain America: Brave New World | Official teaser in ~movies

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    Got excited for a sec, but no, that was the crap one in space, not the excellent Dan Trachtenberg/Mary Elizabeth Winstead one. Dammit.

    Cloverfield Paradox

    Got excited for a sec, but no, that was the crap one in space, not the excellent Dan Trachtenberg/Mary Elizabeth Winstead one. Dammit.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Marvel’s new ‘X-Men’ movie lands ‘Hunger Games’ screenwriter Michael Lesslie in ~movies

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    Ooof. "Lands"? Songbirds & Snakes was atrocious.

    Ooof. "Lands"? Songbirds & Snakes was atrocious.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Looking for games like wordle in ~games

  16. Comment on Looking for games like wordle in ~games

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    I have approximate knowledge of many things, Serdadu

    I have approximate knowledge of many things, Serdadu

    10 votes

  17. Comment on The profound loneliness of being collapse aware in ~enviro

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    Be careful where you say that kind of thing; over the past few years, as population growth in developed nations more and more clearly seems to be plateauing, it's become common to deem it deeply...

    too many people already for us to sustainably support

    Be careful where you say that kind of thing; over the past few years, as population growth in developed nations more and more clearly seems to be plateauing, it's become common to deem it deeply racist and/or xenophobic to suggest that overpopulation will kill us all.

    Which is fucking insane, because it doesn't matter where the people will come from; we're all stuck on this same burning rock together.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Max heat in Hades finally beaten in ~games

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    Even having beaten 34+ heat and sub-13 minute runs on every weapon, I can barely contemplate how to approach 64 heat. This is a nutso hard achievement (plus a ton of luck, he racked up a PILE of...

    Even having beaten 34+ heat and sub-13 minute runs on every weapon, I can barely contemplate how to approach 64 heat. This is a nutso hard achievement (plus a ton of luck, he racked up a PILE of Zeus in Tartarus). Very validating to see that it was Blitz Disc though, I swear by Blitz Disc but the general consensus seemed to have been that it was kind of trash.

    5 votes

  19. Comment on Superhero fatigue is real. The cure? Make better movies than ‘The Flash’. in ~movies

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    yeah, that's only 3 of their last 3 years of movies. not a sustainable pattern at all

    yeah, that's only 3 of their last 3 years of movies. not a sustainable pattern at all

  20. Comment on Superhero fatigue is real. The cure? Make better movies than ‘The Flash’. in ~movies

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    As mentioned in other comments, James Gunn's direction is one of only two things that's made any of the past several years of superhero schlock interesting. The other, so far unmentioned in...

    As mentioned in other comments, James Gunn's direction is one of only two things that's made any of the past several years of superhero schlock interesting.

    The other, so far unmentioned in response to you--and directly better and more novel than Gunn's cape oeuvre as a whole, though Gunn certainly has his moments--is the Spider-Verse films, and they require no knowledge whatsoever of any of the MCU or DC films to enjoy. Seriously, they're so damn good.

    2 votes