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#1

Good Movies / Re: Nosferatu (2024)

Last post by Neville - Today at 04:04:21 PM

I'm a bit with chainsaw midget. I've seen so many variations on Dracula over the years that it's sometimes hard for me to judge them for their own merits. In this case, I really like the visuals and that they shifted the protagonism to Nina / Ellen (I know, I know, woke alert, but there are only so many ways of retelling a familiar story and this one hasn't been tried before, I think).

On the other hand, I felt that some characters / actors were underused and, well, you know the story from the previous adaptations.

#2

Off Topic Discussion / Re: They banned Tik Tok.

Last post by claws - Today at 04:04:16 PM

TikoTok always felt like the worst aspects of Youtube mixed with the wost aspects of Twitter to me.

It always felt very "attention whore" to me, even more than most social media things.

From my own experience, it all depends on the content you're watching. TikTok is however filled with narcissistic idiots and rage bait videos once you take a different path from what you usually watch.

It is a haven for QAnon insanity, racism, homophobia and outrageous conspiracy bulls**t. The scariest part about this is that these videos get millions of views and likes. People are so stupid.

#3

Good Movies / Re: Movies banned in South Afr...

Last post by Neville - Today at 03:59:21 PM

LOL, Trevor, makes me wonder if there was ANY film that wasn't banned in SA back in the day.

#4

Entertainment / Re: New! Reading Anything Thre...

Last post by Neville - Today at 03:58:16 PM

I picked up "You like it darker" by Stephen King, as a kind of Xmas present. Not his best, not his worst either. By now I think my issue with King is that his style / narrator voice is something I'vebecome too used to, and I wished he took more risks with it.

It's a collection of short stories, and some are better than others. I particularly enjoyed "Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream", which reminded me a little of "The Outsider", in the sense that it explores the paranoia of a person wrongfully accused. And another standout is the last story, "The Answer Man", which I found quite moving.

And yesterday I went to a second hand bookshop and got a few goodies. An anthology of five Jim Thompson's novels (I'm already inmersed in "The Grifters") and Graham Greene's "The Quiet American", which will be my first Greene novel.

#5

Off Topic Discussion / Re: They banned Tik Tok.

Last post by Trevor - Today at 03:00:40 PM

TikoTok always felt like the worst aspects of Youtube mixed with the wost aspects of Twitter to me.

It always felt very "attention whore" to me, even more than most social media things.

👍

#6

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Real things that sound lik...

Last post by Trevor - Today at 03:00:02 PM

Conan the Bacterium

Well, it is not officially called that, but it too good not to use;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans

😃😂

#7

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Real things that sound lik...

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 02:47:28 PM

Conan the Bacterium

Well, it is not officially called that, but it too good not to use;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans

#8

Off Topic Discussion / Re: strange dream depository

Last post by ER - Today at 02:14:43 PM

I fell inside a book. The pages were bashing me like waves after going overboard in a tempest, and I couldn't get out of it. Even stranger, in the dream I was aware of tasting grape jelly.

#9

Off Topic Discussion / Re: They banned Tik Tok.

Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 01:56:38 PM

I never saw the appeal... It seemed like a copy of a bunch of other stuff that was already out there...

#10

Games / Re: Movie Title Chains

Last post by Trevor - Today at 01:32:13 PM

The Island of Dr Moreau