Just caught it, but honestly a bit disappointing :/. I feel like Anthony was a horrible person the entire film up until the very last minute when he lucked into a redemption arc and had to do the bare minimum to not sink deeper.

I guess the point is he went on to do more good after the film, but it fell a bit flat. I'll add I'm a bit too young to really know much about bourdain so I didn't have much fondness for the person behind the film.

[–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago

I'd say this was a solid 7/10 for me. Darkishly funny with a compelling underlying story. I found it a bit more on the nose than "I saw the TV glow" which I liked in a completely different way.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    I mean, are phones conducive to learning? If not then forbid their usage at school and bloody enforce it. I think the fact phones became common place for kids so quickly and so early in their lives coupled with just the general insanity of American schools so often being under attack, the schools have just lost any agency to restrict them given their usage is already rampant.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Having students alert 911 in that situation is insane. Their priority should be either running away or hiding, neither of which is helped by getting on a phone call. If that's the point hire someone whose job is 100% just doing that and make everyone safer for it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I agree. I don't think stalmer is the worst. Especially in the rogues gallery we've had the last decades... But honestly the man seems like he was never the right person for the role and sounds like he knew it. I think no one else was there so he saw it as something he had to do (out of duty or something). But end of the day I can't sympathise with him. The country needs tough love and real leadership and he's not that. Hes had 2 years to come up with and present a clear vision for his UK and I still don't see it. Hopefully Andy has something in mind otherwise this is gonna repeat :/.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (3 children)

    I'll be honest as a young voter the u turns are the most damning for me. It feels to me like he's more concerned with trying to stay middle of the road and regain public popularity than doing his job. I don't know how true that is given the longer things have gone on the more hated he seems to be. Either he actually doesn't care or he just doesn't understand why he's so unpopular and keeps reinforcing decisions that make him unpopular.

    Like I want a leader who leads and stalmer seems like a beaurocrat thrust into a leasership position and unwilling to make any real long term improvements to the country. I think he was planning to just keep the status quo until the next election in the hopes the public will understand the tories just make things worse and then coast on that for a couple more elections, eventually making small real gains... But the country honestly does not have the time or patience for that. I certainly don't.

    Even now I think if he was gonna resign he should've at least pushed through some meaningful changes and take the hate with him. Proportional representation for example. Instead he just punted that to the next guy and ensured the downsides of making a change like that impact the whole party instead of just him.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Honestly given all the rampant anarchy the US is causing all over, now is probably the worst time to do this. I agree it's theatre but I hope it deters at least some woodbe attackers. Reigning it back during a time of peace is understandable. During a time of war is just negligence.

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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Have they considered actually making the content available to stream legitimately on platforms that aren't dogsh*t? Japan does this with everything. Music is still mostly physical and streaming support especially for older catalogues is poor. Godzilla minus one was out of theatres for a full year before anything resembling a physical release was made available. The biggest thing hurting growth here is gatekeeping.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Trumps whole thing is throwing grenades and leaving others to deal with a fallout. No matter what happens with Greenland he's irreprably damaged the USs alliances everywhere. The possibility the US is fickle enough to invade an ally and then undo it in 4 years is insane. Any successor to trump that wants to backtrack needs to sort out the rampant unchecked power of the office, not to mention the lack of accountability at so many levels of the government.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    The irony being americas mostly doing this to itself at this point. Although it doesnt surprise me they were 1 tragedy away from it given mccarthy and the red scare. There's always been this reality that personal liberties are secondary to the goals of the political leaders.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Bold to assume having an AI play the game for testing is actually useful. Given how buggy games release nowadays i genuinely wonder which companies still properly have play testers. An AI whose results you mostly ignore is pointless.

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    Hi folks, first time poster so let me know if this kinda post belongs anywhere else. Just saw alien romulus and wanted to see others thoughts on the movie :-).

    Personally the visuals were great and the xenomorph itself terrifying but I didn't care much for the story and the characters seemed a little 2dimensional. I also think it drifted a little away from the fear factor to shock. I'd say 6/10. Enjoyable watch but nothing special.

     

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