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lgarthy said:

I watched "Solomon Kane" because it popped up on my "might like" list on Tubi.

It was described as a "dark fantasy." It's like a cheap Game of Thrones without the sex, characters, or budget. It has a good concept-- protagonist is the biggest, toughest, badass in the world, but he's gone all goodie-two-shoes and given himself to Christ. Until his newly-found family is compromised. Then he sells his soul and goes into revenge mode.

Pretty typical from there, except it is clearly part of a story-arc that is never picked-up or completed.

Honestly, I would have watched the sequel (that was never, and probably will never, be made).

It's like Taco Bell- you're not getting first class anything, but it's cheap and you get what you expect.
6/10

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well, I feel like this post requires a history fyi.

Solomon Kane was a pulp magazine character, by Robert E. Howard. created in 1928. A Puritan man, travelling the world fighting evil. the origin character for Witchfinders, for Warhammer, Vampire hunter d, etc... Weird west, Secret world, etc.
"Howard described him as a tall, sombre and gloomy man of pale skin, gaunt face and cold eyes, all of it shadowed by a slouch hat. He is dressed entirely in black and his weaponry usually consists of a rapier, a dirk, and a brace of flintlock pistols. "
He shares a universe with Conan, also by Robert E. Howard, and Lovecraft, as the two were friends, and added elements of each others stories and characters to their own stories.

The tomb of Tutankhamun was opened in 1922. and the Curse of the Mummy sparked interest in mysticism like crazy.
Howard and Lovecraft capitalized on this.

Huge amounts of Dnd, Tolkien, etc can be traced back to Howard and Lovecraft. for example, Liches came from Egyptian Necromancers, and Mummys. if you ever wondered why DnD mummys are powerful spellcasters, while the Universal mummy is just a guy in bandages moaning. Thoth-amon from Conan. its because of Egyptian lore. Death priests, necromancy, mummies, Anubis and Set.
red nails is the origin of the Yaun-ti.



the movie itself yeah. ok at best. over-reliance on cgi action is probably its biggest flaw. It feels like that Van helsing movie, hansel and Gretel, etc.

Rewatched The Ninth Gate on netflix. Fun times with Depp, the devil and Polanskis wife naked. Ending after the final whore of babylon shag sucks, but I’ll give it a 5/7 for some okay ass and tits.

fast color. -amazon prime. 6/10 maybe.

meh. mostly family drama.
Girl with super powers, and earthquake seizures is fleeing government doctors. Goes back home. Shes a drug addict, and left her daughter with her mom. trys to reconnect with daughter and mom. Mom and daughter both have the molecule man powers, do nothing with said powers, and dont have the seizure problem.

its funny, so many liberal pussyass hollywood writers, and comic writers, and video game writers, all do this same shit. super powers, do nothing useful for society OR capitalist with said powers. just hide with them... mean ole evil government wants to test person!.
time and time again, they write this dumb shit. then reality comes around... "omg wear a mask, get covid tested, get gun registered, and controlled, suck that government cock, government heathcare!" They would be at the front of the line demanding the government intervene. providing health care, support, and registration.

The circle. amazon prime. 7/10 maybe?

its a bit interesting to visit this now in 2020. can check the thread on this back in 2017. not much talked about there. mostly "looks like a black mirror episode" and, they weren't wrong.
Also Karen Gillan acts circles around Hermione. (this was the same year as GotG 2.)
I think it starts well enough. But, never really addresses the philosophy, or the problems it presents. The ending then is a real let down. the take away is, the surveillance state isn't bad, its just the 2 guys at the head of it, were corrupt. very strange. It never comes back to dealing with Mae's insane, "lets force everyone to us our app to vote" plan either.
no resolution with Boyega either. Why was he even helping Hermione at the end, after it was clear she drank all the coolaid?

Caliane said:

The circle. amazon prime. 7/10 maybe?

its a bit interesting to visit this now in 2020. can check the thread on this back in 2017. not much talked about there. mostly "looks like a black mirror episode" and, they weren't wrong.
Also Karen Gillan acts circles around Hermione. (this was the same year as GotG 2.)
I think it starts well enough. But, never really addresses the philosophy, or the problems it presents. The ending then is a real let down. the take away is, the surveillance state isn't bad, its just the 2 guys at the head of it, were corrupt. very strange. It never comes back to dealing with Mae's insane, "lets force everyone to us our app to vote" plan either.
no resolution with Boyega either. Why was he even helping Hermione at the end, after it was clear she drank all the coolaid?

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i haven't watched it yet but I've heard the TV show Devs has some similar stuff to The Circle but done in a better way. It has Ron from Parks & Rec too

Intrinsic said:

Started the night by trying to watch Radioactive about Currie, but it was devoid of actual science-y stuff so turned it off after an hour.

Then somehow went even worse and took Caliane ’s advice and watched The Circle. God, this was even more terribelur. Just terrible.

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Im not sure my advice was to actually watch it. lol. that wasnt exactly a glowing review.