What are you watching?

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The film that caused United Artists to be acquired by MGM.

Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino, 1980) Kristofferson, Walken, Hurt, Waterston




Poverty for Profit - Anne Kim




Look Who's Back (David Wnendt, 2015) (aka Er Ist Wieder Da)
https://youtu.be/WiiUm7v0ilo

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Game of Thrones

Finally watching GOT though I have a habit of stopping it all the time. Rewatched Season 1 after having first watched and rewatched a DVD of the season 1, and am near finishing Season 2 (and it does have interesting parts, though I believe a significant part of the story context is missing from how the show progresses and jumps between characters. Maybe I'm just not watching it closely enough, but some of the behavior just seems lost in context or is just so contrived so as to attempt to be "unpredictable" (though one of the main criticisms of GOT is that it's so predictable because it usually resorts to fucking or people dying without any second thought or depths apart from story progression.)

A pretty good chart that summarizes key parts of the character story arcs.
https://www.chartgeek.com/wp-content/up ... y-tree.jpg

Biggest chart with timeline reference
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https% ... i35481.png

I'll probably get around to finishing all of it (in addition to the followup series that is a prequel from 175-200 years prior to the start of it) though I also would prefer Witcher as the books have decent storytelling (and the DLC of Witcher 3 are some of the best game storylines I've come across,) and though it has a similar style to GOT (and might have even inspired it?) and many aspects kind of reflect the lore of Elder Scrolls.


Also, Tyrion's prostitute starred in this (after acting in some porn movies)

Head-On (Fatih Akın, 2004) Sibel Kekilli (aka Gegen die Wand)
https://ok.ru/video/2700560239202



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After starting to watch The Witcher (2019-) part of S1, I'm noticing a convenient story-telling approach is to have characters or events pop out of nowhere like some horror jump scare, but also the story narrative is clearly paced like some middle school play act; none of which particularly seems to happens on a random basis in what little I'm familiar with the series prior, but also the deadpan way in which the continuity of the story seems out of place.

Reddit posts about how they think the series failed (
https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/commen ... es_failed/
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/com ... _terrible/

And this post was deleted but has tons of comments and originally titled something about Season 2 being disappointing
https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/commen ... d_by_user/

Season 3 is the only thing rated especially bad (and perhaps hype played up on the first two before it fizzled down?)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5180504/?ref_=tturv_ov

The occasional hamminess at times reminds me of 1990s TV shows like Hercules or Xena. Also it seems evident that they weren't trying to make the characters match the appearance of the game or books (if following their description) such as with Yennifer who is clearly part Indian (though still a more comparable appearance to the story counterpart, compared to Triss who has a noticeable appearance difference even within it's own series.

https://screenrant.com/witcher-season-2 ... ge-reason/

I'll be going back over Season 1 because I mostly wasn't paying attention, and Season 2 Ep 1-2 are much more in tune with some of what appealed to me in Witcher 3 Wild Hunt.

It also has a prequel (their was one more that fits in-between the first two books that are basically short story collections (the one titled The Witcher had stories republished in the available parts of the series.)

Crossroads of Ravens (Prequel 2024-25) Andrzej Sapkowski
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221 ... -of-ravens
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-witch ... september/

It makes me think of Hannibal Rising (and since Geralt is practically a serial killer with an altruistic intent, the analogy sort of applies)

(Wikipedia) Witcher series - Andrzej Sapkowski
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher


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I was looking for:
Inside Llewyn Davis (Coen Brothers, 2013) Oscar Isaac

But this is a music video using performers from the movie, and is a pseudodocumentary
https://ok.ru/video/7395157215773

The following year Oscar Isaac would be in Ex Machina in addition to Star Wars (hence you can find him performing with Adam Driver and Justin Timberlake's character in a crappy 'John Glenn band' scene.)

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV13Y411 ... switch&p=5

In this it's basically the inspiration of the scene of Bob Dylan in Greenwich Village, where a community would develop around the Beatles, kind of like how the punk rock scene would emerge in the following decade (though with many musicians that are probably forgotten or were never noticed due to one reason or another.) The character is entirely fictional.




Another one worth checking out is an MLK biopic:
Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

Part 1-3 (the movie should be just over 2 hours long, but the third part manages to have 30 minutes, so I'm, not sure what it is. . .
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6cul52
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6cul4e
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6cwg1u


And a documentary about Palestine

No Other Land (2024) (Eng subs)



I'm Still Here (Walter Salles, 2024) biographical (Brazil circa 1970)
https://ok.ru/video/9474802059989

[Catoptric]

Elon wants to save civilization by destroying everyone and everything with his chainsaw. . . Does he even have any idea how retarded going to mars is, and just what it would take to even consider reaching it and making it habitable?

Elon kind of reminds me of the "Gypsy"/Romani character, Papa Lazarou in a British comedy called The League of Gentlemen

A video
You're My Wife Now! - The League of Gentlemen - BBC


Alternatively, his DOGE team seems like a Babadook.


Elon Musk responds to his father saying he was labelled “retarded” in school: Elon's response is "They weren't entirely wrong tbh"
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tec ... 075435.cms

Whether he means the teachers, or the news articles, is up for debate. . .


Worth also mentioning, he isn't the first criminal psychopathic billionaire to use surrogates for his narcissism.

How A Billionaire’s (Greg Lindberg) ‘Baby Project’ Abused IVF & Ensnared Dozens Of Women
https://www.namd.org/journal-of-medicin ... women.html


Millionaire who wants 105 kids left to care for 22 babies alone after husband's arrest
Millionaire Kristina Ozturk who has 22 babies from surrogates and wants 105 children has help from 16 live-in nannies. Her husband Galip Öztürk has been arrested
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new ... s-27218117


Perhaps this video of Elon should have the Radiohead OK Computer playing in the background, in a robot voice, "Fitter, Stronger, More Productive"


Elon certainly looks like a "Rocket Man" (ergo William Shatner.)


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(Neoliberalism) Self-Improvement is a Lie and unattainable.


Most of these videos are pretty much echoing one another at some point, though you do find a very clear trend in this direction with the various influencers and tendencies for them to piggy-back on one another.


Myth of Man short film
https://doubleedgefilms.com/blogs/news/ ... eswPiRgjYf




Inside The Dark Web (Horizon S51.E13 2014) Basically the British version of PBS Nova
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4009820/
https://archive.org/details/2014-inside-the-dark-web


(NSA whistleblower) William Binney: “I would disconnect everything”
https://ars.electronica.art/aeblog/en/2 ... iambinney/


The Cove (Louie Psihoyos, 2009) dolphin hunting in Taiji, Japan
https://watchdocumentaries.com/the-cove/




Earthlings (Shaun Monson, 2005 10th ann ed) Joaquin Phoenix (pets, food, clothing, ent, sci research)



Another similar docu



A lot of similar documentaries (ethics and consumerism.)
https://archive.org/details/@fruithunter_films?page=2

One of them is about Coca-Cola (one of the reasons I specifically will only buy non-Coke products, and I fucking hate people that buy the shit without considering what they do.)





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I thought I might have actually been to this gun range around 2010 (though it was actually one in Garland that had a nearly identical setup, as this occurred in Dallas, but I believe a similar concern existed with the backstory of the Dallas Pistol and Revolver Club') when firing from the usual position, several times was told not to shoot high above those berms (or whatever they are called.) It can sometimes be difficult to tell if not experienced with proper safety (such as not accounting for recoil and aim) and even a slight change in trajectory can easily cause some stupid mistakes.

It's especially easy to not have the discipline with gun safety, as many won't, and even with experience (and perhaps fanaticism such as with competitions) it's easy to underestimate the safety precautions.



I haven't gone to a gun range in a decade now.


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Anti-fascist movies
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best- ... o-rosso-6/

The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023) Auchwitz, Rudolf Hoss
https://ok.ru/video/7497471101682

[Catoptric]

Palantir (Surveillance state)




I had just come across this article

Is your school spying on your child online?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... nts-edtech

This is basically what Bush Jr wanted to push for a surveillance state; kind of Orwellian (if not the inspiration for Minority Report. . . Which a nice 'Funny Or Die skit titled, 'Donald Trump's Minority Report' makes reference to (in the "good old days" prior to dystopia becoming more of a reality.)


And then you have people that drink the kool-aid of Nazi apologists, such as those who run our government. . . (I'm referring to Trump and the technofascists that are influencing and entrenching themselves for money/power.)

These are bullshit videos:
https://archive.org/details/@tsyon






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LOTR - Khraniteli by Leningrad Television (1991)



Thus the U.S.S.R. was no more. . .




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This might need to be downloaded (MKV) to change the audio to English (it has Hindi and English audio) and it can also be edited using MKVToolNix to remove the Hindi audio track though is worth watching.

Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
https://archive.org/details/get.-out.-2 ... i.-english







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I suspect this is fake since they have similar recordings with the same theme on their Youtube channel. A cop pulls over a black Judge in a neighborhood and sounds like he's full of shit.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BtDer8Nt8/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmR2KaMlo_o

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Darfur is insane.
https://nyti.ms/4011MoN


Sudan’s army and RSF paramilitary launch attacks across war-ravaged nation
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sudan-army-r ... 18868.html



The RSF parallel government in Sudan is ‘stillborn’ and lacks international or popular support
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250 ... r-support/


Rapid Support Forces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces


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The deranged Anabaptist movement was formed after Martin Luther decided he would designate himself as sort of a new Pope--hence Munster being named New Jerusalem as the movement progressed--under the guise of reformation; though inspired from some obvious caveats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_Papacy )



A movie (which I doubt takes the more realistic approach, that these guys were just deranged or intentionally misleading the public, similar to how people claimed they were Christ reincarnated to deceive people )

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189038/


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Long Strange Trip - It's Alive (2017) Grateful Dead docu
https://ok.ru/video/3424781994551

The Other One, The Long Strange Trip Of Bob Weir (Grateful Dead member)
https://archive.org/details/the-other-o ... f-bob-weir


Monterey Pop (festival pre-Woodstock) (D. A. Pennebaker, 1968)
https://archive.org/details/monterey-po ... uray-1080p

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Kyle Kinane Dirt Nap (Comedy)
https://archive.org/details/kyle-kinane-dirt-nap-1080


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Train to Busan (Yeon Sang-ho, 2016) S Korean Zombie



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Rocks at the bottom of the ocean that create oxygen, and minerals






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Wes Anderson ad for Montblanc





Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (Edgar Wright, 2010) Cera, Schwartzman, Plaza


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[Catoptric]

VFX artists are exploited for big profits, while movie studios (continue to) short-change the artists that make it possible. Movie studios would rather pay some dingbat Actor more than the entire budget of a VFX studio, even when they are the ones making the real money for pulling it off.

Some aspects of the story reminds me of the founder of Whatsapp who skipped out on close to $1 billion in stocks because of his concern for privacy/ethics when Facebook/Meta took over.

Also, while they mention in that video from 11 years ago that Canada would subsidize budgets for VFX studios (which is why they had to move to Canada to remain competitive) it made me consider that videogame studios must also have been affected.

An article covers this topic from 2025, about Ubisoft, et al. about the government cutting back on spending, 'Quebec’s game industry is hurting. Insiders say the government is making things worse.'
- https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/q ... x-credits/

Canada also has some healthcare crisis according to some, and many US citizens are still being stopped at the border to prevent them from leaving and incidentally in the videogame 'South Park Fractured But Hole' the game has you blocked by a farmer and warned not to approach the path, alluding to people disappearing into Canada (which from the previous game it was accessible, which by this time Canada had already built a massive wall and had no intention of letting people in.) Now our own government keeps people from leaving from the USA, and will arrest people who have been here who were married with children and working, to be kept in ICE facilities (for "paperwork," which they were previously not notified of any issue.)

Incidentally, Hoover was deporting legitimate US citizens, thinking that "Real Jobs for REAL (WHITE) Americans" would make the economy better. . . Increasing tariffs in the processs. . . Guess where we are now? The same shitshow, fecal-brained "business" retard mindset is infesting the current economy; and people wonder why Authors like George Orwell (1984,) Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) H.G. Wells (When The Sleeper Wakes' which is a Gilded Age 1899 novel about someone waking up 2 centuries in the future to realize the horrors of getting everything you want.

In the VFX studio documentary:

At the ending they should have served pie instead of cake (but then it would have been sad irony; that they didn't get a piece of the Pi. The future could also have a very different ending, a la Mary Antoinette, either way.)

And thus some could conclude that 'The Life of Pi' was a sequel to the 1998 movie, 'Pi' by Darren Aronofsky, where the computer chip that can outcompete all computer chips, can solve the VFX (systemic greed of movie studios who are all about the numbers game) problems (and this could just as well symbolize the inevitable AI generated animation future with VFX.)

Also, this is one of the reasons that Keanu Reeves gave much of his Matrix salary to the VFX team, since he knew they were the key players in make the movie function and be successful. Perhaps the AI will rebel at some point; to be determined?








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




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_ ... 1evi%C4%87



"Luigi did nothing wrong." (I'm starting to understand now. . . It all makes perfect sense.)




When considering that Saudi Arabia's entire wealth is only 1/4th of what it cost to invade Iraq and Afghanistan ($2 Trillion) and they nevertheless have a deluded Prince in charge of a project that pretends to manifest $8-9 trillion, it doesn't take much for malignant turds like Trump to carry out even greater destruction with less altruistic intentions.

All the while people glorify the immolation of the past, we have little hope for the future.





4 years ago during Covid he posted this:

[Catoptric]

[aether]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b6zd9iOAHqA

[Catoptric]

Do people have any sympathy for incels?
https://qr.ae/pAab9E










Is that a Powder parody?

[HighlyIrregular]

Christopher Walken was my age when he did this.

[Catoptric]

This is probably circa 2010 (NK)

opt https://archive.org/details/youtube-rueIxbkQx40






Book:
Breaking Things At Work：The Luddites Were Right About Why You Hate Your Job By Gavin Mueller ( 2021)
https://archive.org/details/breaking-th ... 7/mode/2up