Whenever someone asks me what I think is the best movie I just say Robocop.

Some people will will be disdainful. These are people I'm not interested in talking about movies with because they equate pretentiousness with quality. These are boring people to have a conversation with.

Some people will be like "Fuck yeah! Robocop! Dead or alive you're coming with me! I'll buy that for a dollar!" These people don't care about getting any kind of deeper meaning from a movie, but that's cool. It's fun to talk about cool action scenes in movies.

Then there are people who are actually capable of understanding the subtext and are willing to look for meaning in a movie that from appearances is just a dumb 80s action movie. These are the people that you can have interesting conversations about movies with.

Can someone please explain why people llke Step Brothers so much?

The movie is literally about two NEETs being as insufferable as possible. Where is the comedy in that?

Just wanted to say, that's an excellent transcript. I have good vision so I don't need it myself, but I appreciate the effort for those who do.

Starship Troopers

Casablanca and Demolition Man are tied for first.

Gattaca. That "I never saved anything for the swim back" line always gets to me.

The best movies i have seen in my life for me personally were probably:

• Sharknado (all of them) because of their absurdity. It's something to laugh at, and they do not aspire to be anything else, which is something we all need from time to time, while it is seldom provided. Honorable mention for anything Monty Python.
• Nolan's Batman movies, because they capture the atmosphere Batman Movies deserve perfectly (I am not a fan of his later stuff tho. Dunkirk was fine but somewhat boring for a film that should embody tension, Tenet is a fucking mess regardless of how often you watch it. Things like "The Prestige" are somewhat of a foreshadowing of his ability to create suspension and drama. They should really take away a bunch of tools from him to get better results - he fails when working without restrictions, he seems to get lost in the detail. Probably why I like the Batman movies so much - there he is confined to a preexisting world where he can't just do whatever his mind produces.) The Joker movie also hit that same mark.
• Akira. This thing has formed my relationship to messy and gory anime, and i would never have it any other way.
• Braindead and Event Horizon. The same thing for horror and splatter movies.

The best series:

• Battlestar Galactica remake: The soundtrack alone is something to die for, and both the story and the acting are top-notch, surpassing their source material. I've been an Olmos fan ever since. Great stuff! (I've watched it 3 times from start to end)
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners: I was an old-school Shadowrun RPG player back in the 90's (Hermetic Mage all the way btw), and this anime really hit all of the targets. The crumbling society with normal people trying to life their lives in it, and the people being pushed to the edges and their resulting attempts to break the cycle they are caught in are fully shown here. Can't wait for the second season.
• Breaking Bad: not so much for the series itself, although both acting and story are fine (i tried watching it a second time, but it's just not the same), but for the portrayal of how health issues ranging from cancer, getting hurt on the job (Hank), psychiatric problems like kleptomania (Marie) and PTSD (Hank again) or drug addiction (Jesse) can cause common people to spiral out in the US (while the whole premise is moot in most of the developed world with socialized health care and available mental health professionals (this needs improvement even here)), and how people who want to get out are caught up in this mess without any real options to escape (outside of Walt rigging up an M60 in his car trunk)
• Death Note: Such an intelligent series. I love it to death (although the last few episodes can't keep up the pace).

Honorable Mentions:

• Psycho Pass: a very solid Sci-Fi detective anime, touching on some very heavy subjects.
• Monster (2004): Another Anime, medical drama x detective story. Pretty heavy stuff, but a great watch.
• Konosuba: It's somewhat of a Sharknado of Anime. If you like anime, you'll be very much entertained.
• Star Trek (TNG, Voyager, Deep Space Nine): Each of them focuses on a different scenario, but all of them are both great entertainment and something to keep you thinking, with moral dilemmas to be discussed everywhere. While TNG is more focused on general moral dilemmas, Voyager makes decisions more personal because they mean it might take even longer to go home and there is no Federation to judge them for violating their princples, and DS9 then gets down and dirty with the politics of a Space Station right in the middle of multiple conflicts between different nations and religious belief.
• Lost: I absolutely love the first seasons. It is a shame that you can pinpoint the exact moment they knew that there will be no more funding. The 4th season does not even exist in my mind, tbh.
• The Game: A movie you can only watch once. Doesn't make sense to watch it again. But that first watch is worth it.
• Monogatari: An absolute masterpiece regarding japanese mythology, wordplay (sadly i do not understand japanese, but even with subtitles and explanations it is a great thing, and one day my japanese will be up to the task!) and storytelling.

Edit: I forgot to mention my all-time favourite Anime:

Hellsing Ultimate.

I fucking love when Seras Victoria uses Zorin's fucking head to give the walls of Hellsing Mansion a new coat of paint. I could watch that segment every day, and it should be the fate of all Nazis.

Nausicaä, and it's not even close. Goosebumps and tears every time

Sounds like weird fun tbh.

I know this type of convo, where people try to top each other with name-dropping, but I believe one should participate honestly, not driven by self-profiling. Maybe the lady in the picture won't be impressed, but somebody will be.

Bullet Train, every day of the week, and twice on Sunday