What are you watching? The thread about what you're watching.

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Deck episode 8, meh.. so so.

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Classic animoo.

Honestly they kinda look "Wrong" on oled.

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[phinix]

4th episode of Silo. Jeez, they dragging it again... Feels like Walking Dead all over again.

[Sintpinty]

I watched red one last night and it was a lot of fun.

[noisyturtle]

Watched Annihilation, 2018, and the entire time kept thinking "This feels like video game writing" and wouldn't you know it, the head writer Alex Garland, has in fact written for a bunch of video games. Namely, a few Devil May Cry games.

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Annihilation was maybe not a bad movie, but it was kinda boring.

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Red One.

Some problems. 

So, Santa who travels w/ american military escort, is defacto monarch atop the most advanced technology on earth.  His dominion alone decides who is naughty.  He answers to no republic.  He doesn't seem to be using the capacity for anything other than  mining the Hearts and Minds (brainwashing) of children, indoctrinating them into an endless yearly cycle of consumerist consumption.

That about right?

Is this not EVERYTHING that is wrong with Civilization all in 1 movie?

The holiday cheer is skin deep.  This is a grave dystopia.  Our delusions run deep. This Culture isn't culture at all, it's a runaway fire.


Not even mentioning the enslavement of reindeer.

And through it all, the MILITARIZATION of Christmas, in all the characters, and the military industrial structure of Santa's organization.  You know, because our daily digest of school shootings and kevlar backpacks is NOT enough.  Santa with guns is our vision of childish merriment and wonder.

The writers, directors, producers, an entire conglomeration of people saw nothing wrong with this.

[noisyturtle]

Secret Level felt like a huge missed opportunity to make something special, but they just took that giant budget and made something generic and forgettable. When you try to appeal to everybody, you appeal to nobody. Not a single episode really stood out to me, they all felt as if they could be happening in the same Universe, which in my mind defeats the point of the show.
I am hoping there will be a standout episode in the 2nd batch that showcases what this show could be by really differentiating the source material from the homogenized feel every other episode had. Looking forward to the Spelunky one, as long as they don't do something like they did with Pacman where the only link to the material is by name only.

[tp4tissue]

The Am0r(0re one was good, the other ones were so so.

[Findecanor]

Every quarter, there are a bunch of new anime shows that last only that quarter. I usually start watching a bunch of them, and continue watching those that I think are good. The ones I've found to have been most worth watching this quarter are:

- Dan da dan. About yokai and aliens that want to steal your banana. And teenagers. With attitude.
- Magilumiere: Based on a popular manga about Magical Girl being a profession: fly around and exterminate "kaii" that pop up at an even higher frequency. Magic is programmed by engineers.

[noisyturtle]

Secret Level continuing to fumble the extremely generous ball given to them by somehow making creative and beloved franchises as generic and uninspired as possible.

[TomahawkLabs]

Only Murders in the Building. The wife has been watching and I have been watching it with her. Steve Martin is the best, Selena is a close 2nd, and Martin Short's character is abrasive and awful. Just got into season 2, hopefully it holds up as the seasons go on.

[tp4tissue]

Only Murders in the Building. The wife has been watching and I have been watching it with her. Steve Martin is the best, Selena is a close 2nd, and Martin Short's character is abrasive and awful. Just got into season 2, hopefully it holds up as the seasons go on.

Selena isn't pregnant, she has lupus.

[tp4tissue]

Been playing around with youtube's 8K videos and Vitual super resolution.

If you render 8k hdr videos into 4K output, the scaler is not as good as sending 8K through VSR, and having VSR downsample to 4K. The VSR downscaling does a better job than youtube's scalar. The textures look softer and not as harsh in high density meshed edges.

But if you like extra sharpness, yea, the youtube scalar's not bad.

Unfortunately, Tp4 hasn't figured out how to screen shot this effect, since it captures the snap in 8k.

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Dumplngz.. Oooof, ate way too many, they were the 1 inch ones, so Tp4 weren't counting.

Belt loosened, button unbuttoned. Feel like gon' die,  Can't even sit down properly.

It happened so fast... Jus yumyumyumyumyum, ugh..... 

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31 out of 69 passengers survived a plane crash.

Those are damn good odds.

[phinix]

31 out of 69 passengers survived a plane crash.

Those are damn good odds.

32

[tp4tissue]

31 out of 69 passengers survived a plane crash.

Those are damn good odds.

32

+10 = 42.  What does it all mean phinix?

[noisyturtle]

This doesn't exist, but I'd be super interested in a documentary on the mega-failure game Concord. I've only read snippets of some behind the scenes stuff from developers, and it sounds just insane. I need to know every sordid detail on how a $400 million game that took over 8 years to develop was shutdown and killed off less than 3 weeks into its lifecycle. It has to be one of the craziest stories of the video game industry, and I need to see a doc on it in 2025!

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No way it cost 400 million.

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Tp4 really misses this era of lines.

You just don't see this soft block geometry in modern computer driven anime.

[noisyturtle]

Watched the Always Sunny x Abbot Elementary crossover. The 'ol Sunny gang was heavily neutered to fit the audience expectations, and the only laugh it got out of me was the very last line of the episode. The episode structure was fine, and even without knowing the Abbot cast I could understand why each character was paired together. I get what they wanted to do, and if I were normal I'd say the episode was cute, but Abbot is clearly written for normal people.

[phinix]

Squid Games - finished 2nd season. Now waiting for final 3rd one

[phinix]

Little Fockers.
Re-watched for 100th time I assume, re-watched whole series, nice comedy.




Lee
Quite a movie I say. I love photography so this was a must-watch.




I Still See You.
Well, I thought it could be good one. Wasn't really, but watchable. Story sounded interesting.

[phinix]

Conclave

Fantastic movie
Ralph Fiennes is a phenomenal actor, one of me favourite.

[TomahawkLabs]

Shrinking season 2. It’s easily in my top 10 shows of all time. A dark comedy about a therapist played by Jason Segel and Harrison Ford is also in it. Almost finished season 2. The spouse and I both laugh out loud the whole episode.

[phinix]

... Harrison Ford is also in it...

Well, now I must watch it.

[tp4tissue]

Shrinking season 2. It’s easily in my top 10 shows of all time. A dark comedy about a therapist played by Jason Segel and Harrison Ford is also in it. Almost finished season 2. The spouse and I both laugh out loud the whole episode.

Tomahawklabs always flaunting how he's flush with a wifu. What a successful organism he is.

[fohat.digs]

laugh out loud

a successful organism
 

Humor and fun are necessary components of health.

I honestly believe that Drumpf's complete lack of a sense of humor, and lack of joy, is why so many dysfunctional Americans are attracted to him.

[TomahawkLabs]

I am very fortunate to have my spouse in my life. Having @TP4 call me successful may even be more of a win than having a spouse .

The show resonates with me because I lost my father at 21 and also struggled to cope and used substances to numb my brain and lost a lot of "time" in my life not taking care of myself. Apple TV does a really good job at the dark comedy. Jason Segel is one of my favorite actors and writers because his type of humor is exactly up my alley.

Fun fact, Jason Segel wrote the Dracula puppet musical in Forgetting Sarah Marshall BEFORE the movie ever came out. He asked Judd if he could add it as the ending to the movie and it worked.

[phinix]

Heaven.

It says its romantic thriller - hard to call it that, but it was pleasure to watch it. Romantic yes, but in little way I would say, not too sweet
Recommended.

[phinix]

Shrinking

Thank you guys for pointing this show, it is really good, like "After Life", only less dark.
Now started second season and I am happy that they renewed it for third one.
Highly recommended.

That Jessica Williams... daaaim...

[phinix]

Little Children

Wow! That was nice for a change, after all those crime movies I've watched recently quite often.
Kate, as always, amazing. Pretty simple story, but at moments I was sitting on the edge of my sofa
Highly recommended!

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NSFW,  chaste humans avert your eyes.