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Comment on Game Pass was supposed to save Xbox – instead, it’s killing the company in ~games
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Comment on Watch orcas ram a sunfish so hard it explodes in ~enviro
tomorrow-never-knows LinkYup, Orcas are assholes.Yup, Orcas are assholes.
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Comment on Introducing XBOX backward compatibility on PC in ~games
tomorrow-never-knows LinkI'd be interested if they brought out some X360 classics like Fable 2, Lost Odyssey, or the Skate series.I'd be interested if they brought out some X360 classics like Fable 2, Lost Odyssey, or the Skate series.
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Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | Official trailer in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows LinkWhile I'm fairly neutral on the trailer, I am loving how nearly everyone here has admitted to still having some MCU homework due to Principal Iger.While I'm fairly neutral on the trailer, I am loving how nearly everyone here has admitted to still having some MCU homework due to Principal Iger.
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Comment on Peter Jackson says the next film he’s directing is “The Adventures of TinTin 2” in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows LinkYes! About damn time, the first one was so much fun, can't believe it's taken this long to get the sequel going.Yes! About damn time, the first one was so much fun, can't believe it's taken this long to get the sequel going.
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Comment on ‘Supergirl’ fall to earth with $68m worldwide opening in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows LinkThat's unfortunate. I was liking the vibe from the trailers, and quite enjoyed the Woman of Tomorrow comic so was hoping this would be a worthwhile watch during the current low point in superhero...That's unfortunate. I was liking the vibe from the trailers, and quite enjoyed the Woman of Tomorrow comic so was hoping this would be a worthwhile watch during the current low point in superhero movies.
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Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentAh, the English language - say what you will, but it could never be accused of consistency. Beautifully done!Ah, the English language - say what you will, but it could never be accused of consistency. Beautifully done!
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Comment on Minute Cryptic in ~hobbies
tomorrow-never-knows LinkHoly fuck, there's actually method to the madness! Thanks for posting this, I'm pretty handy at regular trivia crosswords but cryptics always messed with my head ha.Holy fuck, there's actually method to the madness! Thanks for posting this, I'm pretty handy at regular trivia crosswords but cryptics always messed with my head ha.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentFunnily enough, I came away from the movie with kind of the opposite take ha. For much of the first act (two even) it felt more like Spielberg directing in 'Russo Bros. Studio-Approved Mode'...Funnily enough, I came away from the movie with kind of the opposite take ha. For much of the first act (two even) it felt more like Spielberg directing in 'Russo Bros. Studio-Approved Mode' rather than a proper 'Spielberg Movie.' I felt it would have been more engrossing from the get-go if it had of kicked off with a bit of pure mystery, similar to Close Encounters... opening, rather than an
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Abrams-esque 'ooh, shiny McGuffin' thing.
I still enjoyed it overall, there were a couple of strong scenes with some proper tension, likealong with big Spielberg-y moments such as thespoiler
the train scene and 'possessed girlfriend with a knife' chase,spoiler
invisible fire truck escape.
What I liked most was actuallyspoiler
the final act's disclosure scene. Not gonna lie, I got a few shivers during that one, but I agree that it was so stupid how we got there - the antagonists just giving up and fucking off rather than being properly beaten was pretty damn lazy.
Totally agree on Wyatt Russell though, that dude is always great. I'd say it's worth seeing in theatres, but it was shot in 35mm so, yeah, no need for IMAX or anything. -
Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows (edited )LinkFor no reason in particular, the past two weeks turned out to be very productive in my movie watching. Caught a couple in cinema (gotta love those Monday saver deals) with the rest viewed...For no reason in particular, the past two weeks turned out to be very productive in my movie watching. Caught a couple in cinema (gotta love those Monday saver deals) with the rest viewed comfortably at home. Here's the rundown, with some arbitrary scores for funsies.
The Brutalist (2024), 4/5
Really engrossing tale about the immigrant experience in post-WWII America. Adrian Brody gives one hell of a performance, along with possible career-bests from Pearce and Jones. Also, serious props have to go the Corbet's direction and Jancsó's editing for the snappy pacing, I think it only ever dipped once over the 3.5 hour runtime.Obsession (2025), 3/5
It's a standard 'cursed monkey paw' setup but executed very well. It all hinges on two things: 1) Inde Navarrette's excellent lead performance; 2) Curry Barker's deft handling of humour and tension. What worked best for me was the dark humour, of which there are many hilarious moments, and the creepier scenes where the editing really shines. Ironically, it was the straight up gory 'shock scenes' that I felt suffered from some lazy writing and were either telegraphed a mile off or just randomly shoehorned in.Babylon (2022), 3.5/5
Basically Chazelle's Boogie Nights, with a bit of Wolf of Wall Street style OTT thrown in. Maybe a half hour or so too long, though that's mostly in the tail and I would hardly touch the first ~90 mins. You could say it's a tad overindulgent but Chazelle cutting loose can be a ton of fun, and you still have some really poignant scenes peppered in there.A Minecraft Movie (2025), 2.5/5
This is currently my kid's favourite movie so this is probably the third or fourth time I've seen it now. A lot of it actually works for me, some good gags and setups, and Jason Momoa is out there 100% embracing the silliness. Mandatory extra half point for Matt Berry.Mortal Kombat II (2026), 2.5/5
Doesn't top the original, but does improve on the very solid reboot. Karl Urban is a big reason for that, and I was delighted to see Josh Lawson back for another hilarious turn as Kano.Disclosure Day (2026), 2.5/5
If Spielberg is doing a movie about aliens, I'm there, no questions asked. Overall, it bears the greatest resemblance to Close Encounters... with an extra splash of his early 2000's chase movies. There are some good action set pieces, and, if you can suspend your disbelief enough, some of that signature Speilberg magic does show up in the ending. Still, nowhere as engrossing as his best work unfortunately.Boogie Nights (1997), 5/5
So glad to finally catch this on the big screen for the 4K re-release. One of the funniest, saddest, and sweetest tales of found family ever made. Incredible ensemble casting, stylish direction, a jukebox soundtrack, and nerve-wracking moments of tension all roll together so beautifully throughout. -
Comment on Casual viewing - Why Netflix looks like that ~30+ min read in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows LinkGreat read, thanks for sharing! The Culver City 'billboards bubble' thing was a new one to me, which, while pretty shitty is also kinda hilarious in another regard. Netflix really has sunk to the...Great read, thanks for sharing! The Culver City 'billboards bubble' thing was a new one to me, which, while pretty shitty is also kinda hilarious in another regard. Netflix really has sunk to the bottom of the streaming tier for me; possibly the last original productions I really enjoyed were Squid Game S1 and Stranger Things S4. The only one in our household actively watching it is my 7yo (who is also the reason I'm forbidden from cancelling) - though I will give them one thing, they are literally the only streamer that gives me an option to block specific shows from accounts.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
tomorrow-never-knows LinkVery difficult to choose a single game. Before voting I'm going to work through some of the most significant games of my modest career and hopefully the proper answer will illuminate itself along...Very difficult to choose a single game. Before voting I'm going to work through some of the most significant games of my modest career and hopefully the proper answer will illuminate itself along the way.
Super Mario World (1990)
My first console was a SNES and with it came a 'Super Mario Allstars + Super Mario World' cartridge, and that was all I needed to get going and start levelling up my skills properly. It really was 2D platforming perfection, and even years later I was still finding secrets and techniques that had eluded me as a child.Pokemon Red (1996)
One of my most cherished gaming memories is picking this up on the way to a weekend in my grandparent's house, getting there, promptly plopping myself down on the sitting room carpet with my trusty OG Gameboy, and getting sucked into a magical world for the next several hours. Then there was all the fun and feuding of trading with friends in the school yard, and the great sense of achievement when I finally caught all 150.Final Fantasy VII (1997)
This one opened my eyes to the amazing cinematic-scale potential of narrative and score in videogames. While most folks tend to focus on the big famous character death late in the story, it was the deaths that happen midway through disc 1 that really rocked me and made my 8/9yo self put down the controller in shock for the first time.Tony Hawk's Skateboarding (1999) / Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001) / Tony Hawk's Underground (2003)
This a hard toss-up as the first one arrived with perfect timing as I was just getting into skateboarding and deeper into rock music, and took up an ungodly amount of hours of my time. The third one upped the ante on absolutely every aspect, and took up an ungodly amount of hours of my time. And then THUG introduced a story (!) which I still replay every few years, and so, has took up an ungodly amount of hours of my time.Deus Ex (2000)
I had played straight-up 'Puzzle' games before but had never considered the possibility that a level's design may work as a puzzle in itself, nor that there may be multiple ways to approach a solution and that it was totally down to my own imagination to do so. Coupled with the super cool Matrix-esque visuals and conspiracy-laden story, this was another one of those major gaming-as-artform mind-expanders for me.Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
The story, the gameplay, the vibes, the killer soundtrack, and the sandbox with endless opportunities for fucking around to my much-too-young heart's content. It has been surpassed in almost all regards by its various sequels but this one still holds an unbeatable 'time and place' factor for me.Mass Effect (2007)
Not the most innovative in the list but this just ticked every box for my sci-fi loving self, and has held up to multiple replays over the years. The sequels get a lot of praise for upping the action and spectacle but I keep coming back to the original for the vibe and mystery (plus I'm pretty sick of cover shooters at this stage). Having said that, my best experience with the series was a complete back-to-back replay I did a few years ago; this also happened to be my first time playing the ME3 DLCs which I absolutely adored (for different reasons) in the context of this playthrough.The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2011)
I got this for free from Xbox Live just as I was going on a week or so of work leave with no plan in mind. Somewhere in act 2 I got absolutely hooked and ploughed right through to the end of the Roche path, and then immediately returned to a chapter 1 save to blast through the Iorveth path, all side quests included. Shortly after this I tore through all the Witcher books and it remains one of my favourite fantasy series to this day (despite the best attempts of the Netflix creatives to dissuade me).The Talos Principle (2014)
I never expected the team who released the riotous action-fest of Serious Sam to deliver a gorgeous philosophical adventure of this calibre, nor to build it on such an addictive backbone of puzzles and meta-puzzles that range from tinglers to outright melters. The meaty DLC is also essential to the experience, and the sequel is an even grander experience.Outer Wilds (2019)
The journey of discovery this game takes you on is incredible, and particularly special in how it hinges progression entirely on your own curiosity with compounding 'a-ha' moments as it works towards its beautiful ending.Some honourable mentions: Half Life (1998), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002), Half Life 2 (2004), Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), Alpha Protocol (2010), Portal 2 (2011), The Last of Us (2013), Pillars of Eternity (2015), Disco Elysium (2019), Cyberpunk 2077 (2020), Elden Ring (2022), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)
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Comment on Movie fatigue in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows (edited )LinkYou didn't give many specifics so here's a broad splash of high quality films that tick a bunch of different boxes. Go with whatever sounds most interesting and feel free to ask for more specific...You didn't give many specifics so here's a broad splash of high quality films that tick a bunch of different boxes. Go with whatever sounds most interesting and feel free to ask for more specific recs if any of these happen to land well with you.
The Third Man (1949) - classic noir about a writer who lands in Vienna and soon finds himself investigating the death of his friend who had offered him a job there.
Rashomon (1950) - in an effort to figure out the circumstances surrounding a murder of a samurai, the events are retold from multiple perspectives, but each tale is more contradictory and puzzling than the last.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) - based on a Tennessee Williams play, this a fantastic drama about family dysfunction as it burst to the fore during a birthday party.
Dr Strangelove (1964) - hilarious black comedy war satire with absolutely inspired performances from Peter Sellers.
The Conversation (1974) - thriller about a surveillance expert who faces a moral dilemma when one of his recordings picks up a murder plot.
Jaws (1975) - a great white shark terrorises the small seaside community of Amity Island. Yeah, you've probably seen this one, always worth a mention though.
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) - comedy about a humble lad navigating life in Roman-occupied Jerusalem who gets mistaken for the messiah.
Amadeus (1984) - follows the fictitious, one-sided rivalry between the composers Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The Last Emperor (1987) - follows the life of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, from his reign beginning as a young child through to his incarceration as a war criminal by the Red Army.
Boyz n the Hood (1991) - coming-of-age story following four boys growing up amidst the violent gang culture of South Central Los Angeles.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - a young trainee FBI agent is tasked with interviewing a genius psychiatrist serial killer in order to gain insight that may help them capture another killer still at large.
Dazed and Confused (1993) - follows a bunch of Texas high schoolers on the last day of school in 1976.
Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) (1998) - a young woman has 20 minutes to find 100,000 DM in order to save the life of her boyfriend from the mobsters he works for.
Almost Famous (2000) - follows a teenage aspiring journalist who lands a gig with Rolling Stone magazine to go on tour and write an article about a band on the cusp of achieving stardom in the 1970s.
Lost in Translation (2003) - a faded '70s movie star and a young newlywed feeling adrift in their lives find connection while in Tokyo.
Memories of Murder (2003) - follows two detectives, one a local and the other an outsider, as they struggle to solve a case of rapes and murders in a small Korean town in the late 1980s.
There Will Be Blood (2007) - an epic about a ruthless oil prospector at the turn of the 20th century.
Die Welle (The Wave) (2008) - a history teacher starts a class experiment to explore the nature of fascism only for the experiment to start spiralling out of control.
I'm realising now a disproportionate number of those films are focused on heavy drama and murder ha. Here's some bonus comedies:
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Airplane! (1980)
Trading Places (1983)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Kingpin (1996)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
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Comment on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past announced in ~games
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentI have hundreds of hours of playtime in Cyberpunk 2077 but never came across anything that I took to be transphobic, is there anything specific you're referring to here? The crunch situation was...I have hundreds of hours of playtime in Cyberpunk 2077 but never came across anything that I took to be transphobic, is there anything specific you're referring to here?
The crunch situation was very bad, and CDPR management rightfully received a lot of backlash over it. Thankfully, more recent interviews with employees suggest there's been significant changes for the better in the work culture there, e.g., by employee's account, an anti-crunch policy was introduced and actually enforced during Phantom Liberty's development. A union has also since been setup. If the point of boycotts are to highlight and punish bad practices then shouldn't corrective actions also be acknowledged?
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Comment on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past announced in ~games
tomorrow-never-knows LinkAn unexpected announcement, but a very welcome one to be sure. CDPR have even teamed up with Fool's Theory to get some original Witcher devs back in the mix.An unexpected announcement, but a very welcome one to be sure. CDPR have even teamed up with Fool's Theory to get some original Witcher devs back in the mix.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past announced
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Comment on Ferrari unveils its first all-electric car, the four-door Luce in ~transport
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentHa very apt comparison, though design-wise I might still take this over the horrendously tacky shit Nissan has been releasing over the past two decades (GT-R aside).Ha very apt comparison, though design-wise I might still take this over the horrendously tacky shit Nissan has been releasing over the past two decades (GT-R aside).
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Comment on The 100 best novels of all time published in English in ~books
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentI'm surprised it's 'Kafka on the Shore' that gets two votes and not 'Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,' or even 'Norwegian Wood.' 'Kafka...,' while enjoyable, always struck me as verging on self-parody,...I'm surprised it's 'Kafka on the Shore' that gets two votes and not 'Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,' or even 'Norwegian Wood.' 'Kafka...,' while enjoyable, always struck me as verging on self-parody, it's the Murakamiest Murakami.
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Comment on ‘Michael’ passes $700 million worldwide at box office in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentIt's about the dude who ripped off Al Yankovic's "Eat It."It's about the dude who ripped off Al Yankovic's "Eat It."
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Kneecap - Big Bad Mo (2026)
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The movie/TV streaming comparison is a good one because these services do open themselves up to typical streaming behaviours. Not everyone is necessarily going to keep a subscription running year-round. I'm guessing a good portion just subscribe for a month or two, play through whatever single player games are on their mind and then cancel. I do it myself for EA games, happy to drop €6 and blitz through a Jedi game or something where I'm unlikely to replay it, or if I do get the itch, it will be at a much later time when it's going for €5-10 on sale.