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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
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Comment on Monthly listening projects in ~music
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Comment on Deadpool and Wolverine isn’t just a bad movie – it’s changing the definition of what a ‘movie’ is in ~movies
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Comment on Deadpool and Wolverine isn’t just a bad movie – it’s changing the definition of what a ‘movie’ is in ~movies
zhanteimi Link ParentAgreed. I mean, come on, guys, Groucho Marx looks off-screen at the crew when he ad-libs one-liners in films like Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera, and those were made in the 1930s.4th wall meta comedy is hardly new.
Agreed. I mean, come on, guys, Groucho Marx looks off-screen at the crew when he ad-libs one-liners in films like Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera, and those were made in the 1930s.
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Monthly listening projects
I'm a very goal-oriented person and a lover of music, so a couple years ago I set myself the task of indulging in monthly listening challenges, each month changing the theme as I explore different...
I'm a very goal-oriented person and a lover of music, so a couple years ago I set myself the task of indulging in monthly listening challenges, each month changing the theme as I explore different music avenues.
This month is blaxploitation soundtracks, and man oh man, it's turning out to be my favorite theme so far! Anybody interested in joining me on my monthly journeys, feel free to do so!
In the meantime, let's talk listening projects. What you got going on, and what works for you? What have been your most successful projects?
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Comment on Atheists of Tildes, what alive religions do you find fascinating, excluding Abrahamic ones and Buddhism? in ~talk
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Comment on Movie of the Week #40 - Edge of Tomorrow in ~movies
zhanteimi LinkWhy wouldn't it be a proper Tom Cruise movie? Anyway, yeah, it's a brilliant flick.Why wouldn't it be a proper Tom Cruise movie? Anyway, yeah, it's a brilliant flick.
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Comment on Eminem - Houdini (2024) in ~music
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Comment on The repressive, authoritarian soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” in ~tv
zhanteimi Link"But I think he deserved his punishment... don't you?""But I think he deserved his punishment... don't you?"
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Comment on Just wanna talk about drinking less in ~talk
zhanteimi LinkCan you schedule a once-a-week drinking party with your friends/family? That's what I do. Works great. Once a week, and no more. Ever.Can you schedule a once-a-week drinking party with your friends/family? That's what I do. Works great. Once a week, and no more. Ever.
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Comment on Cosmo Sheldrake - Stop The Music (2024) in ~music
zhanteimi LinkI'm a big fan of his debut album, The Much Much How How and I. The rusty, broken waltz has always been for me a way to understand the intricate dance of everything and the music woven therein....I'm a big fan of his debut album, The Much Much How How and I.
The rusty, broken waltz has always been for me a way to understand the intricate dance of everything and the music woven therein. This album explores that, with punctuated moments of bright alarm and artificial birds merrily chirping. Like his other work with Gentle Mystics, Cosmo creates a slippery record steeped in poetic allusion. Don't worry if this one wiggles out of your grasp like a shiny fish.
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Comment on I’ve been at NPR for twenty-five years. Here’s how we lost America’s trust. in ~news
zhanteimi Link ParentYeah, that's bad journalism. All candidates should be mentioned in the rundown, no matter what the media outlet's political leaning is.Yeah, that's bad journalism. All candidates should be mentioned in the rundown, no matter what the media outlet's political leaning is.
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Comment on Eclipse playlist recommendations in ~music
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
zhanteimi LinkI'm a recovering proghead of many years who just finished his first course of medical treatment: Carly Rae Jepsen's studio discography. I'm on the road to recovery.I'm a recovering proghead of many years who just finished his first course of medical treatment: Carly Rae Jepsen's studio discography. I'm on the road to recovery.
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Comment on Album of the Week #20: Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them in ~music
zhanteimi LinkExotic space age lounge pop inviting you to just switch off and forget for a while. Complete with those 70s bubbling sounds. Take a lesson from the water without memory, and everything will be...Exotic space age lounge pop inviting you to just switch off and forget for a while. Complete with those 70s bubbling sounds. Take a lesson from the water without memory, and everything will be okay. Float along or through, be it on a wide sunbathed river or in the sundrenched expanses of outer space. Makes no difference since everynow is its own destination. Whimsical woodwinds and bold brass frolic together through this lush soundscape.
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Comment on Grammys: Taylor Swift wins Album Of The Year for ‘Midnights,’ setting all-time record in ~music
zhanteimi Link ParentYeah, Midnights just popped up coincidentally in my self-curated queue, and that line struck me.Yeah, Midnights just popped up coincidentally in my self-curated queue, and that line struck me.
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Comment on Grammys: Taylor Swift wins Album Of The Year for ‘Midnights,’ setting all-time record in ~music
zhanteimi Link ParentI really dig Red, 1989, and Midnights (3 AM Edition), but I've heard her entire studio album discography.I really dig Red, 1989, and Midnights (3 AM Edition), but I've heard her entire studio album discography.
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Comment on New Grammy category for African music: nominations ignore almost all of Africa in ~music
zhanteimi LinkWeird that the West African countries like Mali would get left out since music around that region is incredibly good.Weird that the West African countries like Mali would get left out since music around that region is incredibly good.
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Comment on Grammys: Taylor Swift wins Album Of The Year for ‘Midnights,’ setting all-time record in ~music
zhanteimi LinkI've become such a huge Taylor fan recently. Not sure why.I've become such a huge Taylor fan recently. Not sure why.
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Comment on What did you change your mind about this year? in ~talk
zhanteimi Link ParentIn my slutty youth, I was definitely involved in some panspermia.In my slutty youth, I was definitely involved in some panspermia.
This week?
The Intouchables (2011)
★★
Watched Sep 01, 2024
Lots of money, art, music, cars, houses, planes, and vacations. Must be nice being a quadriplegic!
The Lives of Others (2006)
★★★★
Watched Sep 02, 2024
Wiesler stares at those he interrogates with a practiced gaze so steady, so inscrutable that it terrifies and baffles his opponents. What is going on inside his mind? What's he thinking? Planning? How many moves ahead is he playing this game of secret-police chess? And then comes the devastatingly-beautiful end of the film, that moment when all the dramatic pieces fall into place so elegantly, and Wiesler's gaze is caught in a final freeze-frame... except the Stasi man is no more, and the gaze is no longer inscrutable. It is grateful and warm. It is human.
The Great Dictator (1940)
★★★★
Watched Sep 03, 2024
Chaplin is, as we all know, the master of emotional navigation. Not manipulation. Navigation. He knows how to mix comedy and tragedy in just the right amounts, threatening to tip the scales but then restoring equilibrium in the narrative. Indeed, comedy becomes the lens through which the viewer is able to perceive and thus process horrors too real to behold naked. Chaplin pulls the rug out from under us, and though we may lose our footing for a moment, his dexterity keeps us from falling flat on our faces. With laughter and racing hearts, we are startled out of our complacency.