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    Kwaidan (1965)

    Saw this one on VHS in the '90s, so it can only be an improvement! From Kobayashi I think I only saw the well known films which are this one, Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion and the Human Condition trilogy (which is a single film split in three for theater release more than a trilogy). Human...
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    What are you playing?

    @Tmac A coop multplayer game that seemed very cool to me is Deep Rock Galactic.
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    Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (2026)

    I was ready to bet my house that the link with Bad Lieutenant was only because of the way they translated the title. I would have been homeless because the guy who produced the Abel Ferrara film also produced the Herzog film and a few years back he decided to use the Bad Lieutenant IP to produce...
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    The Odyssey (2026)

    The words you are looking for are "I would like it to be [...]". The only thing it is supposed to be is what its author wants. If Nolan wants to strip the film of the "When you go oldie, go Limey" trope and use mundane modern language instead of poetic elevated language to make the tale more...
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    The Odyssey (2026)

    Fun anecdotal fact: I was considering checking this film in Imax in a nearby city and the original version (as in: not dubbed) in Imax at 1pm on Tuesday had only seats left on the front row or the edges of the theater...
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    Gaua (The Night) (2025)

    Saw that at the NIFFF also. Good looking movie with some nice moments, but it did not grab me. It also uses a catalogue of tropes I am not a fan of.
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    The Odyssey (2026)

    There is a difference between a translation and an adaptation. In his adaptation Nolan is using the source material but culled things, added things and transformed things both to have the story connect with a modern audience and to emphasize the themes he wanted the movie to be about. The work...
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    Saccharine (2026)

    Saw it a few weeks back at the NIFFF. It's not horrible but it's not good either. I felt like there was a lack of tension because, to stay vague, the film does not do great job at showing that the obvious solution to the problem that the main character has to resolve once the horror element...
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    The Odyssey (2026)

    A little bit of knowledge relevant to the thread:
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    The Odyssey (2026)

    Isn't Waterworld's budget massively inflated by the fact the whole set got destroyed multiple times? Still, the point stand. A big blockbuster for 100 millions is probably not a thing. Project Hail Mary is at 200, Galadiator 2 (to use a similar film) a bit more.
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    The Odyssey (2026)

    I see what you did here! Oh... wait... that was an accident wasn't it?
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    For All Mankind

    Watched the 5th season. I feel this show is pretty good at making the logical next step based on its premise and exploring the challenges of that next step. So it makes sense to explore what happens to a space colony when it goes beyond a certain critical mass, making it a society. It is true...
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    What are you playing?

    Nerd game alert: I started to play The Message from Deep Space. It's a game about communicating with aliens except you start from absolute scratch and little by little you develop a communication system. It is arid and some affinity with math, logic, programming and/or linguistics is required...
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    The Odyssey (2026)

    It's very difficult to use actual teenagers for teenagers parts because they might change a lot over a several months shoot (some movies do it and have this change as a part of the movie, like Nobody Knows). That's why you hire adults to play teenagers and for that the only criteria is how they...
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    Soccer 2022–2023 (EPL, La Liga, etc)

    NBA All Star game level defense in the match for 3rd place.... some cool goals though.