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19 minutes ago, elbobo said:
Saturday and Sunday totally sunny, Monday was completely overcast to the point where you couldn't even tell where the sun was, today back to 100% sun
Complete inverse of my experience: yesterday was the only good weather we’ve had in a week.
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1 hour ago, Greatoneshere said:
You're actually a really good film watcher! I've noticed you're always watching (or know of) even the smaller stuff like Nyad, etc. I get not bothering but you should participate more! I wish @Zeluge was around more too.
My thing is that after most movies that I watch, my entire reaction is “yeah, that was fine”. The other day I watched The American Friend, a fairly deep cut, because I wanted to see another take on the Ripley character before watching the new Netflix series with Andrew Scott. Other than thinking it’s really funny that Dennis Hopper and Matt Damon played the same character 20 years apart, I don’t have much of anything to say about that movie, good or bad.
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I probably watch an average of 4-5 movies a week (and often a fair bit of TV), but I don’t like giving numerical ratings and don’t have it in me to give “real” reviews most of the time, so I’m not nearly as active in this thread as I could be.
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15 minutes ago, Biggie said:
Bare eyes? You’re like Trump!
12 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:No, like you didn't have to squint because of the brightness, it wasn't bright at all. It was like looking at the sky at night. Maybe we just got lucky with the angle we were at, but like literally the glasses no longer worked because it was so dim
That’s what makes totality so cool/worth it. Once the sun is completely covered and you can’t see anything through the glasses, you can look with your bare eyes and see the halo effect. But as soon as any bit of red starts showing through the glasses, it’s instantly too bright to look at directly.
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22 minutes ago, Brick said:
Was really cloudy all day, but it cleared up a little bit during the peak. Some kid at work bought a pair of glasses, so I was able to look at it. Pretty cool as all I saw was a red sliver at about 99% totality where I was. It didn't really get as dark as I was thinking based on what people were saying. Just looked like a storm was coming in and getting dark from that if I didn't know any better. I wonder if that small percentage makes a difference, and places with 100% total coverage were darker.
I was joking about eclipse snobs earlier, but now I kinda get it. When it hit 100% (and zero cloud cover), it suddenly looked and felt like we warped to like 8:15PM. Not the total darkness of late night, but like the sun had definitely set recently. A minute later, as soon as there was just a tiny sliver of red showing, it was basically back to normal almost immediately. The sun is… bright. It was an interesting experience.
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I forgot to bump this! Movie rips. It has some shagginess that’s common in a directorial debut, but overall it’s an extremely enjoyable, satisfying ride.
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Well, that was fun. Good excuse to get some fresh air on a nice day. Perfect weather, hardly any clouds.
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39 minutes ago, Derek said:
Both kids are being sent home with eclipse glasses, so I guess we'll be checking it out. It was really cloudy earlier, but all clear now. They say we're in the 99% area. The local weather boys are in Toledo.
Anything less than 100% is a waste of time. Don’t even bother.
(Eclipse Snob is my new favorite type of internet commenter).
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Still bouncing around between too many games. Nothing is sticking. At least I’m going through Game Pass/PS+/my library and not feeling this while buying a bunch of new games.
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I saw the movie in the theater, but it really didn’t leave any impression on me, so I wasn’t paying much attention to this show. But I heard enough good things that I watched the first couple of episodes, and I like it a lot. Kaya Scodelario
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Just now, stepee said:
Did anyone win? I don’t mean here just in general or is it still going
Winning ticket was sold in Oregon.
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I don’t really see the point these days. Magazines are for doctor’s waiting rooms.
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I think I’m just going to take a nice long bike ride on Monday. That’s the level of effort I’m willing to put into this (something I would do anyway on a day off). If I get to the deep suburbs, that should put me just inside in the path of totality.
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2 minutes ago, best3444 said:
What do you see being an issue? Other than the rat king scene.
It’s mostly structural. The story as told is perfect in the game, but would be extremely hard to translate to TV as directly as the first game. Especially if they split it into two seasons, to do it “right”, that would be almost an entire season of the show with an all-new cast. Which I would love, because that’s a really bold swing and it’s part of what makes the game so powerful, but I can’t imagine that sitting well with the average TV audience.
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37 minutes ago, best3444 said:
@TheLeon I played a lot of "No Return" today. So much fun and it satisfies my thirst for some TLOU. Did you ever beat the story again?
Yeah, I finished my PS5 playthrough. The whole time, I kept thinking “I have no idea how they’re going to adapt this.”
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17 minutes ago, Biggie said:
Did you hire a prostitute?
I couldn’t find one that would take my per diem card.
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54 minutes ago, best3444 said:
Overall, what's your thoughts on the environment in Vegas? I hear it’s not nearly as impressive as it is at night with all the lights.
I see the appeal, but it’s not really my scene. Now that I’ve been there as an adult, it’s lost some mystique for me. The best case scenario for a visit seems like if you’ve got a lot of cash to burn and some friends who really want to cut loose for a few days.
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Yeah, everything was expensive. Luckily, my per diem covered basically everything. The bulk of my trip was pretty boring. I put in a decent amount of overtime, and most evenings after work I would basically find something to eat and then go back to the hotel. I had one day off, and got in some touristy stuff, including the Hoover Dam and the Omega Mart. I hit the strip a couple of times and Fremont Street once, but mostly just kinda walked around.
One night, the fire alarm started going off in my hotel at 2:15am. Turned out there was an electrical fire in the elevator. That was fun. Ended up getting relocated to a slightly worse hotel that actually would’ve been a better setup for a long stay, but I only had a couple nights to go at that point.
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I’m playing the demo, and her insanely long hair constantly clipping through her body really tones down the rest of the character model.
edit: finished the demo. Might be a “wait for PS+” game for me. Not bad, but also not really my thing.
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42 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:
This, The Marvels, and to a lesser degree Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning (Part One) underperformed in theaters. Probably because this and The Marvels are average at best and Dead Reckoning was billed as "part one" right in the title, which people theorize is what hurt it.
Mission Impossible also only had one week before Barbenheimer took over everything.
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I impulsively bought Pokémon Brilliant Diamond when I saw Amazon had it for $40. Haven’t played a mainline Pokémon game in over a decade, and I skipped this generation the first time around, so it feels “”fresh””.
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Just finished the season. Having nothing to compare it to, I fully loved it. I feel like this really could be a big crossover hit. There’s some deeply nerdy shit at the core of this, but it starts off simply enough that I think plenty of people could connect with the story/characters and would still be on board by the time things get real wacky. And a really fun cast! Shoutout to Benedict Wong in particular, I absolutely loved the vibe he brought to this.
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I forgot today was Easter. My sister is out of town, I don’t have anyone else I would “celebrate” with.
Joker: Folie à Deux - Releases 10/24/24 (until it gets cancelled) - Official Teaser Trailer
in The Performing Arts Centre
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If this one isn’t just 2 hours of bleak misery, I might be interested.