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Re: What are you watching?

Post by Catoptric » Sun Jan 29, 2023 9:06 am

1-4 parts












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Canadian programs


Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi-f_J6 ... 6hV-g&t=66



A 1985 Canadian cartoon reflecting the Cold War.


1999 cartoon


1996 documentary (featuring a NZ politician) about arms trading along with the fallout of perpetuating economic divides through exploiting the vulnerable.



Canadian artists. . . Maud Lewis (kind of reminds me of a less creative version of Louis Wain)


https://artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/maud-lewis
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Re: What are you watching?

Post by Catoptric » Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:55 pm



(reposting from 'What are you reading?')

The Terrible Optimism of the Hippies
https://www.mmowen.me/the-terrible-opti ... he-hippies

Why Utopian Communities Fail
https://areomagazine.com/2018/03/08/why ... ties-fail/

Trouble in Utopia (Auroville in India, riddled with crime article from 2015)
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... ption.html

A 2020 video claims the place is crime-free: https://youtu.be/ByRE62_vq30

A recent article on Auroville (2022)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... -of-utopia

I was just reading over how hippies settle interpersonal conflict, and one of them was asked if they wanted to use boxing gloves to fight her abusive boyfriend, who hit her as hard as he can after she decided she didn't need gloves.
https://steemit.com/life/@saramiller/a- ... den-part-4

You could argue that this was a dystopian version of a utopian idealism. . .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_H ... ed_Protest

Seattle’s ‘autonomous zone’ belongs to a grand tradition of utopian experiments
https://grist.org/justice/seattles-auto ... periments/







Also, people's attempts at being "off the grid" doesn't work too well with modern reliance on plumbing, which without proper and reliable heating, often results in ruptured pipes. People that buy a second property for when "SHTF" are usually dumb. Similarly, a person may only be a pseudo hippie to create a cult of personality and garner narcissistic supply while they go around dumpster diving and "feeding the homeless."


The philosophy of Utopia


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Many movies https://archive.org/download/how-to-tra ... 010_202106






Skip through about 35 minutes and do 2x speed.



It's also worth mentioning that Taiwan makes the vast majority of all silicon chips, and China relies on US design and technology to make use of it (hence when they launched a supersonic missile test that was strategic to go under the radar, it relied on that technology from Taiwan.) The Nancy Pelosi visit clearly had something to do with their technology infrastructure.


Russian-Iranian Axis: Biden Administration Missing in Action?
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/1931 ... anian-axis




I linked to openai com to try ChatGPT (though it want's your phone number and some are arguing it's a scam website to sell it for marketing)








https://rumble.com/Redacted

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This Woman (Sun Chulin) With Exceptional Powers Of Mind Can Grow A Plant From A Seed In 20 Minutes
https://www.look4ward.co.uk/x-files/wom ... 0-minutes/


I'm wondering if the emoticon's are named after this guy (rather than "emotion")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto



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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider:_The_First


WORLDWIDE UNMASKING OF THE UNITED NATIONS (Agenda 2030) . . .
https://stopworldcontrol.com/unevent/?i ... 3e68310bb1

It already from the first 20 seconds has that awkward cadence that is completely offputting, though I went ahead and downloaded the 1gb file for later.
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Re: What are you watching?

Post by Catoptric » Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:18 pm



Postmodern capitalism Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QVgkw5 ... w5_TSE&t=1






Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX-FK_R ... zjc&t=1008


Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFyaNG9 ... G9xbEU&t=5

$2000 Steam game?




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Post Traumatic Stress After Narcissistic Abuse
https://www.narcissismfree.com/post-tra ... tic-abuse/
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I've heard the term "cultural schizophrenia" before, and this was probably where the idea came from; the lack of cultural identity is also discussed by someone referencing minimalism as a byproduct of post-modernism (where culture and identity go to die.)





Contemporary Collapsology
https://www.dasym.com/contemporary-collapsology/

Mark Fisher’s K-punk blogs were required reading for a generation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... 8-politics

What Would Mark Fisher Think of the World in 2023?
https://artreview.com/what-would-mark-f ... d-in-2023/










Ghost In The Shell 1991 Manga
https://archive.org/details/ghostintheshell1991








http://websdr.org/

Or. . .
https://blog.bliley.com/10-popular-soft ... radios-sdr
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Re: What are you watching?

Post by Catoptric » Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:05 am

Scream movie; I've never watched this (probably for good reason)


The Warriors (I "sort of" watched it. . .)


Charge of the Light Brigade (19th century Crimean war movie based on a poem)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_of ... ht_Brigade


Lacan - Mirror Stage, Desire, Imaginary and Symbolic "I"
Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBhYq7H ... 7HqLXo&t=0



Bear stalker
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/onde ... bScVHVMwK4







New Research Suggests ‘Salvator Mundi’ Originally Looked Completely Different
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... 180976914/


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Re: What are you watching?

Post by Catoptric » Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:59 pm

Meteor (1979) Rated 5% on Rotten Tomatoes, starring Sean Connery. . .

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1013772-meteor

Office Space


Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

Rated apx 40% https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kingdom_of_the_spiders
Starring William Shatner.

The Land that Time Forgot (1975)

Similar apx 40% https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/101184 ... ime_forgot


SpaceCamp (1986) apx 50% rated


D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) 6/10 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088979/?r ... ims_tt_t_1


Flight of the Navigator (1986) 7/10 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091059/?r ... ims_tt_i_1



Explorers (1985) 6.5/10 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091059/?r ... ims_tt_i_1

Part 2 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5eieql

*batteries not included (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092494/?r ... ims_tt_i_2
(no movie link)

Short Circuit (1986) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091949/?r ... ims_tt_i_1
https://archive.org/details/short.circuit.1986.2160p


The Last Starfighter (1984) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087597/


Random Military documentaries
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According to this, he was an informant/rat (he claims he was accused of being one.)

Mobster John Pennisi said spirit of his grandparents told him to turn rat
https://nypost.com/2021/06/04/mobster-j ... -turn-rat/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McMillan_(smuggler)

Movie based on his story





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

Probably goes hand-in-hand with shudo. . .


They would shave their head to wear the helmet/kabuto (I assumed it was to appear wise or more mature, because even kids in some cultures would also have their head shaved, which obviously wasn't for war purposes.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonmage

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I finished playing Witcher 3 and am going over the first and second (using previous game saves starting at each chapter, and a final save to continue off the second game, etc.)


I have admit that I greatly underestimated the 3rd game, though I feel like I neglected most of Skellige, or at least, the main story got glossed over prior to finishing it, because apparently when you answer the main quest a certain way the character you need to interact with just gives a weird noise instead of continuing on the story quest as intended (and this is where the game still lacks somewhat, though it didn't greatly hinder the enjoyment if it just forces you not to dawdle too much.)



I was reluctant to search out the majority of the question marks on the map, because I realized the vast majority of them are just game filler that does little to actually improve the story development, and restarting the game with inventory can't possibly help immersion any more, especially after you realize that the best equipment is also not even Witcher armor and weapons. . . It kind of just defeats the purpose of doing much. Also, I absolutely never used a potion until getting to Blood and Wine, and even then I could safely avoid using it because some armor you find along the coast of Skellige gives 100% poison immunity, and even then I'm not sure that using potions against vampires was that necessary to defeat them. Difficulty level might make a difference, but then the game mechanics remind me of why I don't take the game as seriously as I should. The horse movement as well as fighting movement is still very clunky, though is a step forward from the first game.

I used a few Nexus/Vortex mods such as fast travel from anywhere is a necessary thing if you want to keep your sanity. The mod intended to allow you to swoon both Triss and Yennefer didn't work at all, and it might be because I managed to keep Ciri alive who then stayed at the house Geralt get's in the last DLC. The game had some surprising story developments that were made interesting, though a lot of the interactions felt forced and underdeveloped (and I doubt playing the previous games would have really done much of it any favors.) I would be reluctant to watch any Netflix series on this story, nor would I watch the movie, and I get the impression the only reason such things were made had to do with the Game of Thrones having popularity (but I still cringe at most popular series.)


I might just go over the books:
https://archive.org/details/witcher2swordofdestiny



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Adam Curtis Documentary series I haven't seen before



Watch them here as well (the 6th part is most relevant to today)
https://www.youtube.com/@documentaryforbetterworld4981
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Re: What are you watching?

Post by Catoptric » Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:07 am

A lot of anime

1st variation
Spoiler
Show
Stuff:
1.) Ai City
2.) Ayane-Chan High Kick: Sub &Dub
3.) Birth: Dub
4.) Body Jack OVA: (Subbed)
5.) Call Me Tonight: (Subbed)
6.) Capricorn: (Subbed)
7.) Cool Cool Bye: (Subbed)
8.) Cosmos Pink Shock: (Subbed)
9.) Demon Fighter Kocho OVA: (Dial Audio)
10.) Desert Rose: (Subbed)
11.) Dragon Century: (Subbed)
12.) Gakuen Tokusou Hikaruon (Subbed)
13.) Genmu Senki Leda: (Subbed)
14.) Hanappe Bazooka: (Subbed)
15.) Kakyuusei Hajimemashite Tina! (Subbed)
16.) Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01: (Dub and Subbed)
17.) Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (Subbed)
18.) Ningyou Tsukai: (Dubbed & Subbed) (PG-13/Uncut Version)
19.) Outlanders OVA: (Dual Audio)
20.) Plastic Little: (Dual Audio)
21.) Twinkle Heart: (Subbed)
22.) Wanna-Be's (Subbed)
2nd variation
Spoiler
Show
1.) Appleseed - The OVA 1988
2.) Black Magic M66 1987
3.) Chrono Trigger OVA
4.) Demon City Shinjuku
5.) Dragon Slayer OVA
6.) EYES of Mars
7.) Gall Force Films
8.) Ghost Sweeper Mikami Movie
9.) Gundress 1999
10.) Hajimari no Boukensha-tachi - Legend of Crystania
11.) Landlock 1995
12.) Legend of Lemnea
13.) Lily Cat
14.) Little Nemo - Adventures in Slumberland
15.) Midnight Eye Gokuu 1 & 2
16.) Millennium Actress
17.) Neo Tokyo
18.) Ninja Gaiden OVA
19.) Project A-ko 1-4
20.) Rhea Gall Force
21.) Riding Bean
22.) Robot Carnival
23.) Sword of the Stranger 2007
24.) Tabi No Robo Kara (Robot on the Road)
25.) The Dagger of Kamui
26.) They Were Eleven
27.) Tobira o Akete 1986 OVA
28.) Toki no Tabibito - Time Stranger
29.) Twilight of the Dark Master
30.) Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust
31.) Vampire Hunter D
32.) Venus Wars
33.) Wicked City
34.) Windaria
35.) Wizardry OVA
36.) Wrath of the Ninja

3rd variation

https://archive.org/details/anime-stuff-three_202111
Spoiler
Show
2.) Bakuen Campus Guardress (Subbed)
3.) Bastard!!! (Sub & Dub)
4.) Battle Angel Alita (Dub & Sub)
5.) Beyond (Sub)
6.) Cosmic Fantasy sakuga (Sub)
7.) Cyber City Oedo 808 (Dub & Sub)
8.) Dragon Half (Dub & Sub)
9.) Dragon's Heaven (Sub)
10.) Dream Dimension Hunter Fandora (Sub)
11.) Dream Hunter Rem (Sub)
12.) Elf 17
13.) Explorers (Dub & Sub)
14.) Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals (Dub & Sub)
15.) Fire Emblem OVA (Dub & Sub)
16.) Gestalt (Dubbed)
17.) Idol Defense Force Hummingbird (Subbed)
19.) Jungle De Ikou! (Dub & Sub)
20.) Kishin Corps (Dub & Sub)
21.) Kite Series (Dub & Sub)
22.) Kotetsu no Daibouken (Dub & Sub)
098.) Kurozuka (Dual Audio)
23.) Labyrinth of Flames (Dub & Sub)
24.) Luna Varga (Sub)
25.) Maryuu Senki (Sub)
09.) Mezzo Series (Dub and Sub)
26.) Mujigen Hunter Fandora
27.) Night Warriors (Dub & Sub)
28.) Nightwalker The Midnight Detective (Dual Audio)
29.) Ninja Resurrection (Dub & Sub)
30.) Oira Uchuu no Tankoufu (Sub)
31.) Ozanari Dungeon (Sub)
33.) Project A-ko Series (Dub & Sub)
35.) Rakushou! Hyper Doll 1995 (Dual Audio)
36.) RG Veda (Dub & Sub)
37.) Ryuu no Haisha (Dual Audio)
38.) Shamanic Princess (Dub & Sub)
39.) Shigurui Death Frenzy (Dual Audio)
40.) Sukeban Deka (Dub & Sub)
41.) Silent Möbius (Dual Audio)
42.) Tales of Phantasia (Dub & Sub)
43.) Tank Police Series (Dual Audio)
44.) Tattoon Master OVA (Sub)
45.) Tetsuwan Birdy OVA (1996) (Dual Audio)
46.) The Adventures of Kotetsu (Dub & Sub)
47.) The Twelve Kingdoms (Juuni Kokuki) (Dual Audio)
48.) Tokyo Babylon OVA (Dual Audio)
49.) Usagi-chan de Cue!! (Sub)
50.) Vampire Princess Miyu Series (Dual Audio)
51.) Yousei Hime Ren (Dual Audio)
52.) Ys Series (Dub & Sub)
53.) Yuugen Kaisha (Dual Audio)

Arion (Sub)
Art Of Fighting (Dub)
Blood Reign Curse of the Yoma Trailer & Movie (Dub)
Dark Cat (Sub & Dub)
Knights of Ramune (Dub)
Panzer Dragoon OVA (Dub & Sub)
Parasite Eve (Sub) (Live Action)
Shin Megami Tensei Tokyo Revelations (Sub & Dub)
Sol Bianca OVA (ADV Dub)
The Borgman Last Battle (ADV Dub)
The Humanoid (Dub)
A highlight


I'll probably go over Youtube to find a single file comprising of the entire series, as it get's kind of annoying to have them segmented (such as this one as 13 episodes.)




Not shown (though more preferred)

Slayers Movie


Slayers 1 of 5 seasons (over 100 episodes exist in total which are a continuation in Slayer's Next)


Berzerk (1997)


Fist of the North Star movies (English dubbed with Japanese subtitles)


Fist of the North Star movies which are condensed stories from over 150 shows though I believe these need .srt files for subtitles, and I'm not seeing them available online.
https://archive.org/details/hokuto_no_k ... 29_d9qm239

Record of Lodoss War also intrigues me to check out.


Still looking for this one (Funimation studios was local to the area and when I briefly didn't have access to cable during a brief transition from selling a home and moving into a new one, I used an antenna that picked this up.)

Psycho Diver: Soul Siren
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380651/

The music and theme seems to have a lot of promise, but looking at reviews it seems it didn't excite people that much.



Amazon has a free (with ads) Street Fighter 2 animation (I thought they only did the live action film. . . which tends to be forgotten about by many.)

https://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighter-I ... 09103e7ec6
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Re: What are you watching?

Post by Catoptric » Sun Feb 12, 2023 6:26 pm

Frogs (1972) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068615/


A warning not to do drugs (or perhaps Bufo?)
https://www.psycom.net/psychedelic-toad-medicine


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Juuni Kokuki (The Twelve Kingdoms) with English subtitles

Playlist (only 40 of 45 chapters/episodes) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... LKQns3HQJs

It reminds me to never download anything on Archive without confirming it has subtitles or is in English, though the archive files are of much better resolution; added through VLC player -> subtitles https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd18229/the- ... ms/english

I assumed once you append the .srt file to the video you can save a playlist that will play the videos without any issue messing with it. . . Apparently, you have to manually add the file each time you do playback. . . Oh well.

Also, neither the novels or the anime were completed, and I believe only the first 3 novels (with the 2nd one comprising of 2 volumes and a prologue) and had several more, as shown here:
https://archive.org/details/manga_Juuni ... eV1DPC%5D/


First I've heard about this (seems Akira Toriyama was out of the studio?)





*Looking for, "Luigi, don't be a dinophobe."

Seems it was an unofficial Mario anime?


* right below:



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