MISCELLANEOUS [Archive] - Page 4

gbgoodies

12-25-24, 01:03 AM

I'm gonna capitalize on this.

Some of you might have guessed this, and frankly I wouldn't dare be offende,d but I do have multiple diagnoses concerning the spectrum and other related topics. Autism, ADD, ADHD, mild OCD, yadda yadda.

And you know what? I LIKE IT.

It made me an excellent math student. My fixation made me the top geometry student in high school, and I was one-to-two grades below everyone else. I tutored other students, and even met an official in a company that runs tests for advanced students.

I might have my bad habits, but overcoming a bad habit is no different to me than growing up. I believe anyone can overcome anything, and I'm positive I had it lightweight. Think about people who can't speak or who've lost their legs either by birth defence or in the army.

I won't give up on ANYONE with a "disability." Anything your diagnosed with shouldn't be your permanent dead end. I want to use my autism to help prove that autistic people can be among the best people, and overcome whatever behavioral negatives they have as much as any normal human being. Because if no one's perfect, then only the better ones are the ones who keep trying to be better. And that's what I want to do, even if- no, ESPECIALLY SINCE the road might be harder for me.

My 90-year old mother-in-law fell down the stairs almost two years ago. When she was in rehab, we were told that she would never walk again, and she was also diagnosed with dementia because she had very bad memory problems. (We think that she hit her head when she fell down the stairs.)

We knew that she needed more help than we could give her, so we moved her into an assisted living facility. But we never gave up on her. We got her a very good physical therapist who worked with her for months, and now she walks great, (with a walker).

We visit her every day, and we take her out with us every weekend when we run errands and do our shopping, and then we all go out to dinner before we bring her back to the assisted living. We talk to her about things that happened in the past to try to help her remember things. Her memory has gotten so good that sometimes she even reminds us of things that we forget.

Everyone at the assisted living tells us that she's so much better now than she was when she first got there, and they say that it's because we never gave up on her.

gbgoodies

12-25-24, 01:09 AM

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FilmBuff

12-25-24, 01:45 AM

My 90-year old mother-in-law fell down the stairs almost two years ago. When she was in rehab, we were told that she would never walk again, and she was also diagnosed with dementia because she had very bad memory problems. (We think that she hit her head when she fell down the stairs.)

We knew that she needed more help than we could give her, so we moved her into an assisted living facility. But we never gave up on her. We got her a very good physical therapist who worked with her for months, and now she walks great, (with a walker).

We visit her every day, and we take her out with us every weekend when we run errands and do our shopping, and then we all go out to dinner before we bring her back to the assisted living. We talk to her about things that happened in the past to try to help her remember things. Her memory has gotten so good that sometimes she even reminds us of things that we forget.

Everyone at the assisted living tells us that she's so much better now than she was when she first got there, and they say that it's because we never gave up on her.

That is a very touching story, I hope your mother-in-law continues to get better!

gbgoodies

12-25-24, 01:49 AM

That is a very touching story, I hope your mother-in-law continues to get better!

Thank you. :)

AgrippinaX

12-25-24, 06:59 AM

Merry Xmas right back at you!

As for Crumb, here's what I found on Wikipedia: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumb_(film))

That seems crazy. But fair enough. :)

FilmBuff

12-25-24, 08:01 AM

That seems crazy. But fair enough. :)

I mean, maybe there's more to the story but that's all I was able to find on short notice. :p

KeyserCorleone

12-25-24, 09:56 AM

Christmas morning shift at Dunkin. Wish me luck.

Stirchley

12-25-24, 12:33 PM

Christmas morning shift at Dunkin. Wish me luck.

The one on my block was super-busy this morning. I even bought someone’s dog a puppachino, which he loved.

KeyserCorleone

12-25-24, 09:01 PM

The one on my block was super-busy this morning. I even bought someone’s dog a puppachino, which he loved.

Dogs are one of the highlights of working at Dunkin. I once saw one that looked just like a living puddle of whipped cream. No joke.

Captain Steel

12-25-24, 09:05 PM

I'm gonna capitalize on this.

Some of you might have guessed this, and frankly I wouldn't dare be offende,d but I do have multiple diagnoses concerning the spectrum and other related topics. Autism, ADD, ADHD, mild OCD, yadda yadda.

And you know what? I LIKE IT.

It made me an excellent math student. My fixation made me the top geometry student in high school, and I was one-to-two grades below everyone else. I tutored other students, and even met an official in a company that runs tests for advanced students.

I might have my bad habits, but overcoming a bad habit is no different to me than growing up. I believe anyone can overcome anything, and I'm positive I had it lightweight. Think about people who can't speak or who've lost their legs either by birth defence or in the army.

I won't give up on ANYONE with a "disability." Anything your diagnosed with shouldn't be your permanent dead end. I want to use my autism to help prove that autistic people can be among the best people, and overcome whatever behavioral negatives they have as much as any normal human being. Because if no one's perfect, then only the better ones are the ones who keep trying to be better. And that's what I want to do, even if- no, ESPECIALLY SINCE the road might be harder for me.

I always wondered what it means to be on the spectrum as I've always suffered from various "quirks" that today might be considered autistic, yet I have an above average level of intelligence.

I've suffered from "misophonia" (hatred of certain sounds), but for me it involves the lower & upper ranges of human hearing. Low noises (such as the bass on car stereos) and high noises (such as ultra-sonics emitted from certain electronic devices) drive me crazy.

I've actually been tested and found to be able to hear beyond the normal ranges (I can tell when a sonic device used to keep mice away is going off and when it stops emitting frequency - humans aren't supposed to be aware of it at all).

I'm also susceptible to sensory overload: in the summertime, if two neighbors put on different radio stations outdoors I begin to break down. This goes for light too. Any conflicting or inconsistent sounds or lights cause me to be unable to think straight. (I could never read if there was music playing with lyrics - only to symphony music.) Just people talking at the same time causes me to withdraw.

As a child I suffered from social phobia (shyness) so severely that I was virtually non-communicable in social situations. I was easily mistaken for emotionally or mentally challenged due to my desire to be alone and have my solitude remain uninterrupted.

I still suffer from a phobia of crowds (if "phobia" is even the right word). Just this past Monday I was in the supermarket and it was so crowded I had to fight back the urge to just abandon shopping and leave - but people were counting on me so I fought off my feelings of near-panic.

I went through stages of creativity. Not that I was ever a savant, but it seemed that as my intelligence evolved, my creative abilities decreased.

I can sing very well (even opera), but I don't because I'm afraid someone might hear me. (Does that make any sense?)

So what does this all mean? Do these various sensitives and triggers mean I'm just eccentric or neurotic? Or am I autistic at some level?

KeyserCorleone

12-25-24, 09:51 PM

I always wondered what it means to be on the spectrum as I've always suffered from various "quirks" that today might be considered autistic, yet I have an above average level of intelligence.

I've suffered from "misophonia" (hatred of certain sounds), but for me it involves the lower & upper ranges of human hearing. Low noises (such as the bass on car stereos) and high noises (such as ultra-sonics emitted from certain electronic devices) drive me crazy.

I've actually been tested and found to be able to hear beyond the normal ranges (I can tell when a sonic device used to keep mice away is going off and when it stops emitting frequency - humans aren't supposed to be aware of it at all).

I'm also susceptible to sensory overload: in the summertime, if two neighbors put on different radio stations outdoors I begin to break down. This goes for light too. Any conflicting or inconsistent sounds or lights cause me to be unable to think straight. (I could never read if there was music playing with lyrics - only to symphony music.) Just people talking at the same time causes me to withdraw.

As a child I suffered from social phobia (shyness) so severely that I was virtually non-communicable in social situations. I was easily mistaken for emotionally or mentally challenged due to my desire to be alone and have my solitude remain uninterrupted.

I still suffer from a phobia of crowds (if "phobia" is even the right word). Just this past Monday I was in the supermarket and it was so crowded I had to fight back the urge to just abandon shopping and leave - but people were counting on me so I fought off my feelings of near-panic.

I went through stages of creativity. Not that I was ever a savant, but it seemed that as my intelligence evolved, my creative abilities decreased.

I can sing very well (even opera), but I don't because I'm afraid someone might hear me. (Does that make any sense?)

So what does this all mean? Do these various sensitives and triggers mean I'm just eccentric or neurotic? Or am I autistic at some level?

Hey, major kudos to facing your fear!

Honestly, I won't bother to "diagnose" you because frankly, the little technicalities change so often in most scientific fields that I just gave up. But I will say this, I even have a seriously irrational fear that I made a major breakthrough in this year. Won't talk about it but I made one. Your fears seem much more serious than mine, and you made it clear you're willing to put them aside for others. If anything, my only diagnosis is that youv'e got balls.

Captain Steel

12-25-24, 09:59 PM

Hey, major kudos to facing your fear!

Honestly, I won't bother to "diagnose" you because frankly, the little technicalities change so often in most scientific fields that I just gave up. But I will say this, I even have a seriously irrational fear that I made a major breakthrough in this year. Won't talk about it but I made one. Your fears seem much more serious than mine, and you made it clear you're willing to put them aside for others. If anything, my only diagnosis is that youv'e got balls.

Thank you.
I've found the only way to advance & function in life is to face fears rather than acquiesce to them (in most cases). Although, there are probably fears I refuse to face and those are the ones I'm not consciously aware of because I lie to myself that I even have them.

KeyserCorleone

12-25-24, 10:36 PM

Thank you.
I've found the only way to advance & function in life is to face fears rather than acquiesce to them (in most cases). Although, there are probably fears I refuse to face and those are the ones I'm not consciously aware of because I lie to myself that I even have them.

Most of us may have that. But the awareness of it is the first step.

Nebulous

12-28-24, 07:16 AM

So... I made a blog, it was fun putting it together. I think that's the perfect low maintenance type of thing for me to run.

Other than that, going to the movies today and tomorrow.

Also, it's almost New Years Eve!

https://media2.giphy.com/media/NFykHK3oeZhgqbeR7H/200.gif

Stirchley

01-01-25, 12:00 PM

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Scary. Very scary. :eek:

Nebulous

01-01-25, 08:39 PM

January is finally here! Happy 2025. Hope everyone has a great year. :)

KeyserCorleone

01-03-25, 01:27 PM

January is finally here! Happy 2025. Hope everyone has a great year. :)

I had an excellent time before Jan. 1, not at work, but at home. I got my best director's list fleshed out, my top 100 musical acts list out, and I finished my second novel that I had been thinking about and trying to put together ever since I was 14 years old!

Today my brothers gave me some praise and criticisms for my first novel. FINALLY. Apparently, one of the biggest distractions is that I take time to fill up history for places and people in an effort to fill up potential wikias. And the speech patterns are too similar between characters. But they love the world-development and have fun weith the action scenes.

This is what I write for: to learn how to be one of the best overtime. Having said that, while I found arguments that I certainly agreed with and will learn from, I DID write this for the fantasy nerds, and I'm not quite certain that my first brother is one of those. I also didn't want this to be overlong like my first brother says Dune and Dune Messiah were, so I'm really happy that I'm competing with Frank Herbert, and there are areas where I'm already showing some competition against him. But in my second brother's case, he's a big Brandon Sanderson fan. So as far as Wings of Nialoca is concerned, I'm directly competing with Brando Sando right now, and I've immediately accepted and owned that I CANNOT CURRENTLY COMPETE WITH HIM. I haven't heard any criticisms for Sando before, so now I have more meat to season before I can consider myself on of the best.

I adore what I did with Lizards, though. It's simplicity and slow-pacing make for excellent psychological evaluation in the same vein as Stalker, but only about half-as slow. Add the unique body horror aspect and I can honestly say that I like Lizards more than WEings of Nialoca. Nialoca was a creative splurge and an effort to develop an entire planet with a recreation myth attached, but Lizards is all about what it means to be human, good or bad, and is more unique in that way.

Citizen Rules

01-03-25, 09:55 PM

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=103913

Scary. Very scary. :eek:Just think of snow as a warm fluffy blanket...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G47k6qSKgPw

nyctc7

01-04-25, 05:44 PM

Citizen Rules

01-04-25, 05:49 PM

I found a way to clean my keyboard--I just returned from a hardware store where I bought a 2" soft bristle paint brush. (Meant for latex paints; the ones for oil paints have harder bristlers) It works really good.That's what I need! I've spilled everything from cracker crumbs to salsa in my keyboard. No wonder the keys stick.

nyctc7

01-04-25, 06:14 PM

That's what I need! I've spilled everything from cracker crumbs to salsa in my keyboard. No wonder the keys stick.Up to now I've used a feather duster, a Swiffer duster, compressed air duster, a damp sponge, and when I get really motivated, Q-tips. The paint brush beats the dusters for sure.

Citizen Rules

01-04-25, 07:03 PM

Up to now I've used a feather duster, a Swiffer duster, compressed air duster, a damp sponge, and when I get really motivated, Q-tips. The paint brush beats the dusters for sure.Think I could use a new keyboard, if I could just find the perfect one for me.

nyctc7

01-04-25, 07:15 PM

Think I could use a new keyboard, if I could just find the perfect one for me.I've never used anything other than the entry-level ones...no ergonomic or anything like that. Like this, $20 and all I need...
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-multimedia-keyboard-kb216-us-international-qwerty-black/apd/580-admt/pc-accessories

Citizen Rules

01-04-25, 07:18 PM

I've never used anything other than the entry-level ones...no ergonomic or anything like that. Like this, $20 and all I need...
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-multimedia-keyboard-kb216-us-international-qwerty-black/apd/580-admt/pc-accessoriesThat looks very similar to what I have, cord and Dell name and style and size.

Nebulous

01-05-25, 08:02 AM

My keyboard is just the one that came with the computer I bought. Its a HP keyboard (wired). It is very light and thin. The computer isn't that old.

Citizen Rules

01-05-25, 12:42 PM

My computer is 15 years old. Who says no one collects antiques anymore.

gbgoodies

01-06-25, 12:36 AM

My computer is 15 years old. Who says no one collects antiques anymore.

I still have a Windows XP system with Microsoft Access 97 that I use every day for my online sales.

Citizen Rules

01-06-25, 02:01 AM

I still have a Windows XP system with Microsoft Access 97 that I use every day for my online sales.Does that computer go online? If so are you worried about malware because the OS is old?

gbgoodies

01-06-25, 02:19 AM

Does that computer go online? If so are you worried about malware because the OS is old?

The only site I go to is my email, which is my internet provider's website, but I only go online when necessary.
I only use it for my sales database, which gets backed up to a different system every day.

AgrippinaX

01-07-25, 08:27 PM

My best friend’s long-term roommate got married and moved out of the lovely flat they shared in north London. This was in October. My best friend went through a few months of meticulous screening of potential roommates, culminating in three final candidates that she asked for my input on. The girl she liked the most is 7 years younger than we are, so bestie was worried she’d go clubbing and generally wreak havoc on her very structured lifestyle. But in the end, the girl said she’s a homebody and my bestie settled on her.

It’s been less than a month of them living together and my bestie is beside herself, saying the new roommate disrupts her life and space and whatnot. I ask what it is that she’s doing that’s so unbearable. Did she lie she’s a homebody? Is she untidy?

Nope. Apparently, the new roommate settles down in the living room around 10 am every morning and watches movies at full volume all day, one after another. (Yes, apparently she does work, but it’s an irregular schedule). At this point, I’m commiserating but can’t in full conscience diss the new roommate any longer, as I have been doing the same for years… I assume the new roommate is a cinephile, because, say what you will, that’s commitment right there. But also it’s hilarious that I voted for her on instinct without knowing this.

Then I ask what sort of movies she’s watching, and it’s Star Wars and the LotR trilogy, on repeat. Which, I love my sci-fi and genre stuff, but I would probably go mad after a few weeks of that, too. And apparently she ‘talks’ at the TV. No, I don’t know what that means, either. ‘Die already, Gollum’?

Anyway. Grateful to leave alone, with my living room movie marathons.

Captain Steel

01-08-25, 12:10 AM

Does anyone reading this know if Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi did any serious acting in anything other than monster or horror movies after they'd appeared in their iconic monster roles?

gbgoodies

01-08-25, 01:36 AM

Does anyone reading this know if Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi did any serious acting in anything other than monster or horror movies after they'd appeared in their iconic monster roles?

Boris Karloff did the voice of The Grinch in the 1966 TV special Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. He also starred as Jonathan Brewster in the Broadway play "Arsenic and Old Lace" before the movie was made.

AgrippinaX

01-08-25, 07:26 PM

Captain Steel

01-08-25, 10:33 PM

Citizen Rules

01-08-25, 11:04 PM

And did she leave a tip?

gbgoodies

01-09-25, 01:00 AM

Got served some nice cheesecake with a piece of glass in it at one of my favourite restaurants this evening. What is the world coming to? This is straight out of ‘The Leftovers’, or something. Had a dark humour to it.

Several years ago, my friend and I went to a restaurant, and he was served a salad with a little bug in it. When he showed it to the waitress, her reply was, "Do you want me to eat the bug? I'll eat the bug."

I think she was trying to make light of the situation by making a joke, but it was a bad joke.
But at least she replaced the salad with a fresh one, and they gave us our meals for free.

AgrippinaX

01-09-25, 03:36 AM

Several years ago, my friend and I went to a restaurant, and he was served a salad with a little bug in it. When he showed it to the waitress, her reply was, "Do you want me to eat the bug? I'll eat the bug."

I think she was trying to make light of the situation by making a joke, but it was a bad joke.
But at least she replaced the salad with a fresh one, and they gave us our meals for free.

This is absolutely wild. The sustainable food industry going on about how we’ll all be eating bugs is one thing, but that’s taking it too far.

AgrippinaX

01-09-25, 03:39 AM

Did you get a discount or a freebie?

And did she leave a tip?

Yes and yes. Got an apology, a new cheesecake, and a 50% discount on the bill. And yeah, at least I drew attention to it, so hopefully no one else was served the same cheesecake, because it could have ended worse, with someone’s throat cut.

honeykid

01-09-25, 11:13 AM

Does anyone reading this know if Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi did any serious acting in anything other than monster or horror movies after they'd appeared in their iconic monster roles?

Although it is filed under horror, I'd certainly recommend The Sorcerers (1967) as some serious acting. I feel it's more like a psychological thriller, but the lines are quite blurred and it does have that horror 'feel' more than other thrillers I'd categorise in that way. Maybe because, while it's not a Hammer film, it does have that 'feel'.

Also Targets, which I've not seen, but I know is well thought of.

If you want to see him with other horror royalty, check out Curse of the Crimson Altar, where he plays alongside Christopher Lee and Barbara Steel.

gbgoodies

01-10-25, 12:16 AM

gbgoodies

01-10-25, 12:19 AM

We could write a book about all the crazy things that have happened to us in restaurants and stores that just sound so unbelievable that I wouldn't have believed them if I wasn't there. :rolleyes:

nyctc7

01-11-25, 02:28 PM

Turtle Titanic
https://www.instagram.com/p/DD4NKS9oDXW/ (unmute)

John McClane

01-16-25, 07:18 PM

the older i get the more confident i am that i definitely have autism. too many coincidences. now excuse me while i go load up Becker for like the 80th time.

Nebulous

01-18-25, 07:31 PM

The weekend is here! Hope you all have a good one! :)

Stirchley

01-20-25, 01:41 PM

Is it weird watching a Presidential Inauguration on HULU?

Captain Steel

01-20-25, 10:11 PM

I haven't been to a movie theater in many years.
Today, people tell me that in order to watch a movie in a theater you have to first reserve your seats in advance via an app on a smartphone. (!)

While I can see advantages to that, I'm wondering what people do who don't have apps and don't have smart phones.
What if you just show up at the theater box office (like we always used to) and just ask for admission to the movie of your choice?
Do they "assign" you a seat there on the spot? Is it possible to still go in and choose your seat once inside?

What if you're a person who bases their seat choice on the audience already there ("Hey, honey, I don't want to sit right in front of that group of screaming teenagers that just got bussed in... let's grab a seat as far from them as possible.")

And has this reserving seats created more jobs for ushers?
I don't remember the last time I saw an usher "ush" at a movie theater... I've only seen the employees at the entrance making sure you have a ticket.

I can imagine a lot more altercations and need for ushers if patrons can reserve their own seats, or when people want to change their reservation because they don't want to sit near that bus load of teenagers.

nyctc7

01-21-25, 02:30 PM

I haven't been to a movie theater in many years.
Today, people tell me that in order to watch a movie in a theater you have to first reserve your seats in advance via an app on a smartphone. (!)

While I can see advantages to that, I'm wondering what people do who don't have apps and don't have smart phones.
What if you just show up at the theater box office (like we always used to) and just ask for admission to the movie of your choice?
Do they "assign" you a seat there on the spot? Is it possible to still go in and choose your seat once inside?I rarely go to the theater any more. I do not own a smartphone. The ticket person in the box office showed me a seating chart on a screen and asked me to pick a seat. I commented that the place was empty (this was early in the day), she told me to just pick any one. I did so, and when I got inside, I just sat where I wanted (which was pretty much where I had picked anyway, I know where I like to sit).

Under a scenario with a mostly full theater and the seat you picked turned out to be a problem, once it is clear that there are no more people coming in you can switch to an empty seat. But If you can't do that, then you must do this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61iZXRCAL6s

Captain Steel

01-21-25, 07:05 PM

I rarely go to the theater any more. I do not own a smartphone. The ticket person in the box office showed me a seating chart on a screen and asked me to pick a seat. I commented that the place was empty (this was early in the day), she told me to just pick any one. I did so, and when I got inside, I just sat where I wanted (which was pretty much where I had picked anyway, I know where I like to sit).

Under a scenario with a mostly full theater and the seat you picked turned out to be a problem, once it is clear that there are no more people coming in you can switch to an empty seat. But If you can't do that, then you must do this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61iZXRCAL6s

Thank you. That's very helpful - letting me know what to expect if I ever return to a movie theater. I'm glad you can still walk in without having a reservation.

Citizen Rules

01-21-25, 09:29 PM

Thank you. That's very helpful - letting me know what to expect if I ever return to a movie theater. I'm glad you can still walk in without having a reservation.But you'll still need the P-app to reserve a toilet in the theater's bathroom after drinking a 64 ounce small soda:eek:

MovieGal

01-21-25, 09:34 PM

I never reserve my seat on the AMC app. I do choose where I'm sitting when I buy a ticket. If you get there early enough or go buy in advance, you can get a seat on the aisle, which makes restroom runs easier.

Captain Steel

01-21-25, 10:38 PM

I had one friend who always wanted to sit in the last row, right under the projector window.
It wasn't a bad philosophy - it made sure no one would kick your seat or annoy you in any other way from behind - if anyone threw popcorn or soda, you could see who did it from the higher ground vantage point, and if someone was coming with an icepick to stab you, you'd see them coming in advance (no sneak attacks from behind).

Stirchley

01-31-25, 12:10 PM

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Ugh, January really stank here in Connecticut. Snow, ice (lots of ice) & brutal winds. Hard to take a daily walk. Yesterday I just said to hell with it the wind was so strong so I didn’t go anywhere. I hate to wimp out though.

How many days does February have this year? Hope it’s 28 only.

WHITBISSELL!

01-31-25, 08:22 PM

https://i.imgur.com/5ZFiTmt.jpeg

Stirchley

02-05-25, 06:03 PM

Question of the Day: why the heck is a store that sells alcohol called a package store? There are no packages!

AgrippinaX

02-12-25, 08:49 AM

honeykid

02-12-25, 10:23 AM

Caught some kind of virus on a work trip. Had a fever and the whole shebang all day yesterday, but better today. Managed to get home about an hour ago and ordered lunch in. A part of me really wanted to try watching The White Lotus, but I inexplicably settled on something called Wire in the Blood (never even heard of it until it popped up on Prime). It does have a certain British hilarity, the way everyone says ‘Dr Hill’.

I don't get White Lotus. It just doesn't work for me.

I remember Wire In The Blood but never watched it because Robson Green was the lead and he just annoys me for some reason.

I hope you're feeling better soon. :)

AgrippinaX

02-12-25, 10:44 AM

I don't get White Lotus. It just doesn't work for me.

I remember Wire In The Blood but never watched it because Robson Green was the lead and he just annoys me for some reason.

I hope you're feeling better soon. :)

Thank you. :)

Wire In The Blood seems fine for now, but perhaps my judgment is impaired. It does have its weird-ish noughties elements, S&M and all, which, because I hadn’t seen such stuff in a while, is a bit alarming. I do find Green’s face a bit annoying, too. Anyway, the plotting is rather ridiculous, too.

Feel like I should at least give White Lotus a try, but for some reason I also associate it with Pretty Little Liars, which is emphatically not my sort of thing.

Stirchley

02-12-25, 12:19 PM

Thank you. :)

Wire In The Blood seems fine for now, but perhaps my judgment is impaired. It does have its weird-ish noughties elements, S&M and all, which, because I hadn’t seen such stuff in a while, is a bit alarming. I do find Green’s face a bit annoying, too. Anyway, the plotting is rather ridiculous, too.

Feel like I should at least give White Lotus a try, but for some reason I also associate it with Pretty Little Liars, which is emphatically not my sort of thing.

Looking forward to Sunday when WL returns. I really like this show.

AgrippinaX

02-12-25, 01:08 PM

Looking forward to Sunday when WL returns. I really like this show.

I will get to it eventually.

honeykid

02-13-25, 09:52 AM

Thank you. :)
You're welcome. :)

[Wire In The Blood seems fine for now, but perhaps my judgment is impaired. It does have its weird-ish noughties elements, S&M and all, which, because I hadn’t seen such stuff in a while, is a bit alarming. I do find Green’s face a bit annoying, too. Anyway, the plotting is rather ridiculous, too.
I don't know if you're impared or not.:D I wasn't making comment on its quality or anything, just that he annoys me and, if I'm being fair, it was an ITV drama and the only scarier words than that for decades was ITV comedy. TBF, that still is scary. ;)

Feel like I should at least give White Lotus a try, but for some reason I also associate it with Pretty Little Liars, which is emphatically not my sort of thing.
Give it a go and see what you think. I watched the first season and episode one of the second, but I found it a chore, so I stopped. I've never seen PLL, so I can't compare but I wouldn't call White Lotus a teen drama in any way, if that's a fair description of PLL?

AgrippinaX

02-13-25, 10:26 AM

You're welcome. :)

I don't know if you're impared or not.:D I wasn't making comment on its quality or anything, just that he annoys me and, if I'm being fair, it was an ITV drama and the only scarier words than that for decades was ITV comedy. TBF, that still is scary. ;)

Haha, that’s fair. I’m only 5 episodes in and already looking forward to a respite — in the form of Soderbergh’s Presence this evening.
Give it a go and see what you think. I watched the first season and episode one of the second, but I found it a chore, so I stopped. I've never seen PLL, so I can't compare but I wouldn't call White Lotus a teen drama in any way, if that's a fair description of PLL?

Yeah, fair enough. Many of these descriptions are so arbitrary. I quit PLL almost immediately so don’t really have much to go on, it’s been ages since I checked that out. But White Lotus keeps popping up in my news feeds and reviews updates, so I’m constantly encountering it and feel like I might want to see what it’s all about.

nyctc7

02-19-25, 03:21 AM

Are you just living day to day?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXl7FG7J4c

Stirchley

02-28-25, 01:08 PM

February was brutal here in Connecticut. Finally we made it. 20 days or so to spring. Cannot wait.

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cricket

03-01-25, 11:41 PM

Without looking it up or reading the comments, can anyone tell who this lead singer is? It's from before he became famous.

https://youtu.be/sKCtHOICXtE?si=wAwk__m7owY43hyI

Captain Steel

03-01-25, 11:44 PM

I think that's Donald Sutherland with a wig on.

WHITBISSELL!

03-02-25, 02:24 AM

It's obviously Danny Kaye.

nyctc7

03-02-25, 02:47 AM

Don't know

FilmBuff

03-02-25, 03:18 AM

Obviously not him, but it looks a lot like Mike Myers

cricket

03-02-25, 08:13 AM

I like the guys voice, sounds a lot cleaner than it would just a few years later.

honeykid

03-02-25, 10:00 AM

It's Brian Johnson. I'd know that grimmace anywhere.

cricket

03-02-25, 11:01 AM

It's Brian Johnson. I'd know that grimmace anywhere.

Yep

Stirchley

03-03-25, 12:04 PM

I can never get over the fact that #KiernanShipka is all grown up now. I still think of her as a little girl in Mad Men. Definitely all grown up now in The Last Showgirl.

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Stirchley

03-07-25, 12:14 PM

They’re back! Just a few tiny flowers in my front yard that were buried under snow for weeks. The power of nature they come up every year.

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Citizen Rules

03-10-25, 01:42 PM

How much do you spend to stream a movie at home? $0 That's how much I spend to stream a movie. I never have paid for a single movie except going to the movie theater back in the dark ages:D

Stirchley

03-10-25, 04:01 PM

$0 That's how much I spend to stream a movie. I never have paid for a single movie except going to the movie theater back in the dark ages:D

I opened a new thread for this question as no one seemed to notice it in misc.

AgrippinaX

03-13-25, 05:27 AM

Just read that Greta Gerwig and Co are ‘circling’ Daniel Craig to appear in the new Chronicles of Narnia. Who will they have him play, the lion? Perhaps the wardrobe? The witch seems palatable, and would have been fun, but apparently that part goes to Charli XCX.

Stirchley

03-14-25, 01:13 PM

AgrippinaX

03-14-25, 01:24 PM

Heard of Narnia of course, but don’t know what they are. Books?

Oh yes. C. S. Lewis. I’m not trying to be annoying, but no description will do it justice. I was brought up on those books, they are all-encompassing. I never felt they are particularly suited to being adapted for the screen.

Stirchley

03-14-25, 01:29 PM

AgrippinaX

03-14-25, 01:47 PM

The Lion, the Witch, etc.? Wonder why I never read them. I remember now my sister loving them.

Yes, that’s the best-known one, but to me it has a feel of being sandwiched between the much better ones: The Magician’s Nephew and The Horse and His Boy. I was actually stunned to discover recently that the order they are typically read/grouped in nowadays isn’t one they were published in; The Magician’s Nephew was the sixth of the seven books to be published, which is wild to me, because it’s very much a biblical origin story.

They really aren’t children’s books at all. I can understand why people read them to children (as I think they should), but these are the sorts of overarching, broad books that have now been replaced with YA. But it’s not YA, these books are more mature than many so-called ‘adult’ English lit classics, in my opinion.

I’m biased, of course. I don’t think Gerwig will do a good job here, but that’s just my view based on what I’ve seen of her output, and if this draws renewed attention to the books — great, I’ll consider the endeavour worthwhile. It is a matter of taste like everything: we have family friends who enjoy many of the same books we do and were brought up reading very similar stuff, and yet they hate Narnia and find it preachy. That’s not been my experience at all, but I can also see what they mean.

Anyway, adaptation-wise, if I had to choose, I’d be more interested in seeing Emerald Fennell take on British classics, so looking forward to her rendition of Wüthering Heights. Not because one needs to be British to adapt Narnia — I’m not saying that — but because Fennell’s vision seems to me a better match for the source material than Gerwig’s.

Stirchley

03-14-25, 02:19 PM

Yes, that’s the best-known one, but to me it has a feel of being sandwiched between the much better ones: The Magician’s Nephew and The Horse and His Boy. I was actually stunned to discover recently that the order they are typically read/grouped in nowadays isn’t one they were published in; The Magician’s Nephew was the sixth of the seven books to be published, which is wild to me, because it’s very much a biblical origin story.

They really aren’t children’s books at all. I can understand why people read them to children (as I think they should), but these are the sorts of overarching, broad books that have now been replaced with YA. But it’s not YA, these books are more mature than many so-called ‘adult’ English lit classics, in my opinion.

I’m biased, of course. I don’t think Gerwig will do a good job here, but that’s just my view based on what I’ve seen of her output, and if this draws renewed attention to the books — great, I’ll consider the endeavour worthwhile. It is a matter of taste like everything: we have family friends who enjoy many of the same books we do and were brought up reading very similar stuff, and yet they hate Narnia and find it preachy. That’s not been my experience at all, but I can also see what they mean.

Good post.

beelzebubble

03-14-25, 06:06 PM

$0 That's how much I spend to stream a movie. I never have paid for a single movie except going to the movie theater back in the dark ages:D
You are my hero!

Citizen Rules

03-14-25, 07:27 PM

You are my hero!A poor hero:D

AgrippinaX

03-17-25, 03:58 PM

Have been sleeping in a chin lift mask. Had to borrow one from my mother. That’s not at all what I’m about — hell, I even hate skincare! — but it did make my dislocated jaw feel better last night. I’m so so tired. Want to watch something I’ll actually enjoy, not a classic, not just something technically impressive, but something that speaks to me. Can’t seem to do anything today.

Yoda

03-19-25, 12:28 PM

Oh yes. C. S. Lewis. I’m not trying to be annoying, but no description will do it justice. I was brought up on those books, they are all-encompassing. I never felt they are particularly suited to being adapted for the screen.
I'd mostly agree. At least, they're not well-suited to being adapted in total. Some of them are, some kinda are (with moderate changes), and some just aren't.

Anyway, big, big Lewis fan here. But of the three things I feel he's known for--Narnia, the Space Trilogy, and his more philosophical/reflective non-fiction--I actually put Narnia a distant third to the other two.

Yes, that’s the best-known one, but to me it has a feel of being sandwiched between the much better ones: The Magician’s Nephew and The Horse and His Boy. I was actually stunned to discover recently that the order they are typically read/grouped in nowadays isn’t one they were published in; The Magician’s Nephew was the sixth of the seven books to be published, which is wild to me, because it’s very much a biblical origin story.
I had the opposite experience: I was stunned to realize people had read them in chronological order! I think the fun of prequels is that they fill in all those little gaps you were wondering about, or even provide explanations for things (like the lamppost) you hadn't really thought of that much.

They really aren’t children’s books at all. I can understand why people read them to children (as I think they should), but these are the sorts of overarching, broad books that have now been replaced with YA. But it’s not YA, these books are more mature than many so-called ‘adult’ English lit classics, in my opinion.
They are, but they still 'feel' quaint and childlike. But I think most people aren't really thoughtful or well-read enough to make the admittedly subtle distinctions required here. A really common refrain I hear is that the books are bad/simple/childlike because they lack characterization. What I'm not sure people realize is that the emphasis on characterization is a modern trend, not something objectively or intrinsically better than metaphor, symbolism, or allegory. It's just in vogue. It's considered de facto sophisticated to have characters with lots of flaws or inner dialogue, I guess.

I’m biased, of course. I don’t think Gerwig will do a good job here, but that’s just my view based on what I’ve seen of her output, but if this draws renewed attention to the books — great, I’ll consider the endeavour worthwhile. It is a matter of taste like everything: we have family friends who enjoy many of the same books we do and were brought up reading very similar stuff, and yet they hate Narnia and find it preachy. That’s not been my experience at all, but I can also see what they mean.
Yeah, I argued with a friend about this recently, when she referred to it as a 'propaganda.'

As for Gerwig...I don't know. I'm not especially optimistic. The only thing that gives me hope is that she will, at least, not do what they did last time, and try to turn them into Tolkien Lite. She'll presumably focus a lot more on the children and the emotional beats, which will at least give us a different perspective than the failed franchise we got last time.

Also, I just accept that if you grow up with something and/or read it a lot, it'll be almost impossible for an adaptation to feel right. It just makes you (me, us) too sensitive to every little change, and too much memory and history and import is attached to all of it.

I hope, modestly, that we just at least get a few moments that capture the feelings right. If we get that I'll be happy enough.

Stirchley

03-19-25, 12:50 PM

Stirchley

03-19-25, 12:54 PM

Survived the winter & tomorrow is spring. Praise be. (Will try to ignore major leaf blowing going on in the background. Isn’t that done in the fall? Confused.)

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AgrippinaX

03-19-25, 12:59 PM

Did you see that movie where Debra Winger falls in love with C.S.Lewis? Too lazy to look it up, but it’s a good movie. Hopkins plays Lewis.

Yes, not too long ago. Shadowlands. I thought it was very good.

Stirchley

03-19-25, 01:02 PM

Yes, not too long ago. Shadowlands. I thought it was very good.

Bada Bing!

cricket

03-19-25, 08:23 PM

Anyone following the Karen Read case?

BigBendHiker68

03-20-25, 11:08 PM

Yes, not too long ago. Shadowlands. I thought it was very good.

One of my all-time favorites, and one of my Top 10. A heartbreakingly beautiful film ..

Stirchley

03-24-25, 12:05 PM

Stirchley

04-14-25, 12:58 PM

Is there anything worse than jamming up one’s shredder? Took me at least one hour to unjam ours yesterday. Lesson learned: one page at a time.

AgrippinaX

04-16-25, 07:44 PM

I love this short story in The New Yorker last week. I think AgrippinaX might like it. Or not. :)

Amazing that Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938, but can write a short story that is very modern today.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-frenzy-fiction-joyce-carol-oates

I did enjoy it.

See what you mean there — it does feel quite modern, but I also feel JCO’s distance from the girl with the iPhone, so yes and no. I do admire prolific people like JCO. I read one interview where she said she seems to be thought of as ‘less than’ because of the sheer volume of what she’s written.

A client told me recently that she’s more of a New Yorker person after I told her I was an Atlantic person. A funny and apt distinction.

I really liked the ‘feeding frenzy’ bit.

AgrippinaX

04-16-25, 07:48 PM

MovieGal

04-16-25, 10:27 PM

Had an in-person work meeting today, me and a large group of people who all work together — technically, for me. The antisocial and asocial me is always apprehensive about those (even more so now that I’m finally fully remote), but this was actually quite nice. We only really talked about movies and that made the lunch very worthwhile. One guy said his favourite recent film was A Real Pain and I thought, This is exactly why I’ll always have these people’s back professionally.

I mean, he also preferred Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad, but none of us is perfect.

I wish i could find a movie buff outside of here. I did recently but wasnt going to exchange numbers with a complete stranger and they live in my apartment complex. We saw the same movie last Tuesday. (Not this Tuesday that just passed). I said Im sure I will run into you again here. (The cinema).

Stirchley

04-18-25, 11:56 AM

I did enjoy it.

See what you mean there — it does feel quite modern, but I also feel JCO’s distance from the girl with the iPhone, so yes and no. I do admire prolific people like JCO. I read one interview where she said she seems to be thought of as ‘less than’ because of the sheer volume of what she’s written.

A client told me recently that she’s more of a New Yorker person after I told her I was an Atlantic person. A funny and apt distinction.

I really liked the ‘feeding frenzy’ bit.

Been reading the New Yorker my entire American life. Sometimes wonder why I’m still there, but, whatever. Never ever read the Atlantic.

Had an in-person work meeting today, me and a large group of people who all work together — technically, for me. The antisocial and asocial me is always apprehensive about those (even more so now that I’m finally fully remote), but this was actually quite nice. We only really talked about movies and that made the lunch very worthwhile. One guy said his favourite recent film was A Real Pain and I thought, This is exactly why I’ll always have these people’s back professionally.

I mean, he also preferred Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad, but none of us is perfect.

Don’t think I made it through the pilot for Better Call Saul.

A Real Pain was pretty good, but I would never watch it again.

AgrippinaX

04-18-25, 12:24 PM

Been reading the New Yorker my entire American life. Sometimes wonder why I’m still there, but, whatever. Never ever read the Atlantic.

I just kind of fell into it. I like the vibe, can’t explain it. FWIW, I love the New Yorker, too.

Don’t think I made it through the pilot for Better Call Saul.

A Real Pain was pretty good, but I would never watch it again.

Why wouldn’t you? Do you find it ‘heavy’ or just not interesting enough for a rewatch?

Yeah, I watched the entirety of Better Call Saul, but only once. My ex loved it. I’ve posted about this before, but it’s really odd how for someone as committed to film/cinema as I am, I ended up with someone where our tastes were completely incompatible.

I used to think it would be interesting; that I would be exposed to the sorts of films/shows I wouldn’t normally watch, and that was true to a degree, but most of what he liked, I didn’t. I respect what Better Call Saul is trying to do and does, with much success. It just wasn’t for me. I wasn’t particularly invested in any characters.

Stirchley

04-18-25, 12:32 PM

I just kind of fell into it. I like the vibe, can’t explain it. FWIW, I love the New Yorker, too.

Why wouldn’t you? Do you find it ‘heavy’ or just not interesting enough for a rewatch?

Yeah, I watched the entirety of Better Call Saul, but only once. My ex loved it. I’ve posted about this before, but it’s really odd how for someone as committed to film/cinema as I am, I ended up with someone where our tastes were completely incompatible.

I used to think it would be interesting; that I would be exposed to the sorts of films/shows I wouldn’t normally watch, and that was true to a degree, but most of what he liked, I didn’t. I respect what Better Call Saul is trying to do and does, with much success. It just wasn’t for me. I wasn’t particularly invested in any characters.

A Real Pain was fun to watch. Both leads good. But instantly forgettable for me.

Saul probably came too soon for me as I had just finished BB, which I loved. Just was not interested in any more of Saul.

AgrippinaX

04-18-25, 12:33 PM

A Real Pain was fun to watch. Both leads good. But instantly forgettable for me.

Saul probably came too soon for me as I had just finished BB, which I loved. Just was not interested in any more of Saul.

Yeah, that’s totally fair. That I do relate to. It doesn’t measure up to BB at all for me, though I see what people mean when they say BCS is the more mature show.

Stirchley

04-18-25, 12:35 PM

Yeah, that’s totally fair. That I do relate to. It doesn’t measure up to BB at all for me, though I see what people mean when they say BCS is the more mature show.

What does that even mean? Mature?

AgrippinaX

04-18-25, 12:37 PM

What does that even mean? Mature?

Well, emotionally mature. It’s far less plot-driven, shows a very broad evolution of human character, etc. It’s all-encompassing in ways that BB isn’t, tackles a longer time span, etc. But that doesn’t make it better for me.

I may as well go and find my ex’s emails on the topic; I lack sufficient expertise, heh.

StuSmallz

04-19-25, 04:29 AM

Yeah, that’s totally fair. That I do relate to. It doesn’t measure up to BB at all for me, though I see what people mean when they say BCS is the more mature show.I don't think so; both shows are on the same level of maturity for me, but one was noticeably less gripping for me, and that was Saul. I mean, it's a very good show, I just don't think it was ever going to be on the same level as its parent show, if because of nothing else but diminishing returns when it comes to that particular universe.

AgrippinaX

04-19-25, 06:32 AM

I don't think so; both shows are on the same level of maturity for me, but one was noticeably less gripping for me, and that was Saul. I mean, it's a very good show, I just don't think it was ever going to be on the same level as its parent show, if because of nothing else but diminishing returns when it comes to that particular universe.

So I went and read through the emails with my ex (yes, we discussed film over email because my long-form thinking isn’t a fit for texting) about BCS. Citizen Rules, see why I don’t delete them? A goldmine of context!

I thought at the time that BCS was ‘sad’ on a plotting, meta-level; somewhat to your point above, it felt like it wasn’t going anywhere and there was nothing for me to get invested in. It’s ironically how many people define ‘maturity’: loss of idealism, a kind of tempering of all ambition and hopes and plans, just kind of settling for life being very meh and things one wanted as a young person being laughably impossible. This is what how I would describe Saul’s vibe. It was just so ****ing bleak, like the best of Russian literature, heh. Not that I think a mature optimism is impossible, but it’s rare.

Things could only go from bad to worse in Saul, even if you tried to ignore the additional BB context. Of course, plenty of genre writers argue that things going from bad to worse is exactly what perfect plotting looks like, but I guess I just wasn’t feeling it.

Then again, I also have a bit of a personal grudge against the films/shows (often revered classics) that kind of descend into sheer negativity and hopelessness. That’s how BCS came off to me, though I know plenty of people felt differently.

The more times I’ve seen it, the more I’ve come to feel that BB’s ending isn’t at all depressing and that it all kind of ends on a good note in every possible sense. Maybe that’s my warped perception of reality. People usually don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m used to it. :lol: