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A man of taste! First one was formulaic with a boring villain, and II was just way more dynamic and the (Reavers?) were bad ass.
Ha the Sharpe's I saw was on VHS borrowed from a friend! One of maybe two or three that actually had a 100% return rate. Gotta respect those who respect other people's stuff.
Interesting. I'm trying to recall if I've ever seen a sequel first, not to mention not bothering to see the prior film. Maybe one of the Sharpe's TV movies, but there are a bunch of those...
Could make an interesting thread, barely. Do we have enough pedants here? :D
A rare case of the sequel surpassing the original, imo. i.e. Liked the first one, loved the second one, in fact (unpopular opinion?) I still think it's the best thing GdT has done, third was a disappointment.
Good. The only fault I can think of is not bringing the other brother to their mother's wake. Forgot if there was a reason for that.
It's a shame. I have an inkling there is another director or two whose outputs follow the same trajectory, but none come to mind atm.
I only saw The Village the one time, maybe I'll give it another shot, *twenty years* later...!
Unbreakable and Signs have become very comfy films for me that I have seen at least a dozen+ times, probably more so the former. It is probably in my top five, maybe three, super-hero movies.
I've seen most of his films since, but none have impressed nearly as much, alas.
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-4/#article-4-section-4
"The United States shall **guarantee** to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and **shall protect each of them against Invasion;** and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
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Yeah, agree the graph isn't perfect, but it's the only one of its kind I've found. Similar experience, just a smaller move. Ten+ years ago, when I was a long time registered Libertarian, not that I agree with most of their platform, just closer to them than any other party. Plus I'll be the first to say most of their candidates are disappointing, outside of Ron "Dr. No" Paul. :D
Anyway ten+ years ago I was three down, 0.5 right, and a year or so ago, I became one more square libertarian (4 down) and 1.5 more right (2 right), funnily enough, apparently closest to Jill Stein, even though we likely differ on particular issues.
The move was probably in reaction to the 1984-ish tactics most of the legacy/social media had regarding the info/mandates around the 'rona & lockdowns, that I saw a slow creep towards totalitarianism across the world, especially in Australia, and was outraged at our government giving out pennies to our vets./citizens while most of the states were shutting down mom & pop businesses and churches, but keeping big box stores and strip clubs open, while homeless camps were popping up around my pad (L.A.) while sending billions to other countries in those 3,000 page "you have to pass it to know what's in it" bills. Oh yeah, and congress all voted to give themselves a fat raise in the middle of the largest transfer of wealth in US (maybe world history) making the poor poorer, destroying the middle class, while millionaires and billionaires flourished and increased in numbers.
Dammit. This is why I avoid the politics board. My heart rate doesn't go up talking about movies.
Oh yeah. I just exported a list of tracks that cover the films. Guy was prolific, not to mention fantastic:
Cape Fear
Citizen Kane
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Fahrenheit 451: Suite for Strings, Harp and Percussion
Jason and the Argonauts
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Marnie
North by Northwest
Psycho - Suite for Strings
Taxi Driver: A Night-Piece for Orchestra with Obbligato Alto Sax
Torn Curtain
Twisted Nerve
Vertigo
Got lots more, but these are my favorites, especially Corigliano's Altered States. Saw the L.A. Phil. perform his first Symphony about ten years ago and it was riveting.
Alain Romans - Tati: Sonorama!
Anton Karas - The Third Man
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Black Orpheus: The Original Soundtrack
Bernard Herrmann - The Film Scores - LA Phil., Salonen
Carl Stalling - The Carl Stalling Project
Corigliano, John - Altered States OST
Cristobal Tapia de Veer - Utopia: Original Television Soundtrack
Disasterpeace - It Follows
Ennio Morricone - Music from the Motion Picture The Thing
Grizzly Bear - Blue Valentine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Gustavo Santaolalla - The Last of Us - Original Score
Jerry Fielding - The Wild Bunch
Le Matos - Chronicles of the Wasteland / Turbo Kid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Luboš Fišer - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Mark Mothersbaugh - Rushmore - OST
Paul Hertzog - Bloodsport
Riz Ortolani - Cannibal Holocaust
Damon Albarn - Ravenous OST
My standard response to hearing that label being slung so commonly is, "Well that doesn't leave much room for ethnic cleansing..."
I think everyone should take the https://www.politicalcompass.org/test and try to get a more objective idea of where they stand. And read the analysis. You might be surprised.
Seemingly, to some, anyone to the right of Mao is "far right." Nuance has been lost.
Dude and everyone who knew and covered for him need to swing.
i am generally against the death penalty, but this is Nuremberg 2.0 level.
Whoops! They screwed Bernie, not Ron! Good catch. My bad.
Just put Yellowstone out of its misery, already! Kevin you can get killed in the first scene if you hate it that much. I just wanna see a couple plot threads wrapped up. FFS!
I remember Ron Paul, still one of the only politicians I felt proud voting for getting screwed out of the debates and primaries by the [RNC] and the media who practically pretended he didn't exist, despite his huge grassroots following.
Then Bernie got a new vacation home and dipped out, which drove many Berniebros aboard the Trump Train!
How could we have forgotten the Fast and Furious guns to Mexico scandal, and the odd coincidence that Malia and Sasha *both* resemble another couple much more closely than their parents of record?
And going way back to his Chicago days, how did he get the nickname "Bathhouse Barry?"
Oh jeez, don't get me started on Wikileaks and his $60K hot dog party?
Don't forget all those nice drone strikes that killed approximately 2,000 innocents, children included, iirc. Oh, and in one of the NDAAs, he signed in to law the "Smith-Mundt Modernization Act," which made it legal to propagandize Americans.
And how could I forget my insurance premium doubling.
Thanks, Obama!
Other than being a good speaker, what positive/beneficial policies did he sign in to law?
There is a line that runs horizontally across North America, using NY as a reference it runs north of NYC, where it's "soda," somewhere above Binghamton or Albany it becomes "pop."
Fun fact: in Atlanta where Coke is made, all soft drinks are "coke." e.g. "Hi, I'd like a coke please?" "What kind you want?" "Oh, a 7-Up."
When I get in to a hobby, I occasionally go overboard. I quite like San Pellegrino carbonated mineral water, which got expensive, so I made my own, connecting two 2.6 gal. beer kegs and a 2.5 (?) gal. CO2 tank, I carbonated the water mixed with the mineral recipe from: https://khymos.org/2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/ . Had to take out either two shelves or the crispers from the bottom of the fridge. Sorry crispers.
Then I started accumulating sugar-free syrups and experimenting. I ended up creating liquid crack: glass of Pele., splash of Torani watermelon, a dash of Monin grapefruit concentrate for the sweet pink flavor, and a packet of dehydrated True Grapefruit powder for the bitter finish. Tried all kinds of variations, but nothing compared to this. Alas, after a year or so my dentist mentioned something was damaging my tooth enamel. Apparently too much carbonation, citrus and ice crunching are all individually not great for your enamel, and since I had spent so much money and time creating the perfect drink, this was about all I drank.
I also enjoy a (very) occasional Caribbean unfermented malted soft drink called Malta. There are several brands, but my favorite is Hatuey. It's got the thickness and head of a Guinness, but no alcohol and is very molasses-forward. My Puerto Rican friend who introduced it to me said his grandmother would whisk an egg yolk in to it for a special treat. Kind of made it a molasses milk shake.