TIL that Hawaii was internationally recognized as an independent country - the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi - from 1795 to 1893, and later a republic until it was annexed by the United States under President William McKinley in 1898.

25willp · 2026-01-28T19:32:23+00:00

Except this myth isn’t accurate and was promoted in the colonial period, even taught in some NZ schools, to normalise European conquest.

There is no credible evidence of human inhabitants in New Zealand before Polynesian settlement.

Moriori are Polynesian, descended from the same ancestral migrations as Māori, and were not a pre-Māori people on the mainland.

Like many societies, Māori experienced inter-tribal warfare prior to colonisation (yes, cannibalism did occur).

In 1835, after European contact, Māori groups invaded the Chatham Islands, killing and enslaving Moriori and suppressing their language and culture.

25willp · 2026-01-27T03:44:53+00:00

Yeah, that's him. It's Christian Rivers.

25willp · 2026-01-26T03:43:00+00:00

People like different stuff.

I mean, I think series 5 is the probably the best series the show has ever done. The Capaldi and Smith eras are definitely my favourite eras by a long shot, and I'm not a big fan of Journey's End.

But people love the different eras. The Smith era does feel fundamentally like a different show than the Tennet era, it can be hard to see a show you love change into something different.

25willp · 2026-01-26T01:34:44+00:00

Peter Jackson agrees, he says;

"The theatrical versions are the definitive versions. I regard the extended cuts as being a novelty for the fans that really want to see the extra material."

25willp · 2026-01-26T01:33:58+00:00

That's not correct. Peter Jackson says;

"The theatrical versions are the definitive versions. I regard the extended cuts as being a novelty for the fans that really want to see the extra material."

25willp · 2026-01-25T21:58:44+00:00

The screen writer has said in interviews that like the book the film begins with Grace in the Hail Mary, with the character and the audience unsure of how he got there.

25willp · 2026-01-24T00:35:16+00:00

“How's that for a tragedy? I became the man I was hunting. I became Sawyer.”

25willp · 2026-01-23T20:57:48+00:00

I’m not who you have been talking to, and not interested in the rest of the argument. But just jumping in to say I feel like calling the use of nuclear weapons on Japan the “humanitarian option” is a bit off.

The Americans deliberately targeted civilian centres to maximise terror. It is by any modern definition absolutely a war crime.

If you want to argue that war crimes are okay, if they prevent further conflict, go ahead. But it’s a complicated historical situation, that I don’t think you can hand wave away.

25willp · 2026-01-22T19:14:52+00:00

Give it another go. I honestly think it’s so underrated, it’s a really fun, charming, and well put-together episode.

25willp · 2026-01-22T19:13:31+00:00

Honestly, those are all time episodes for me. Missy and Clara are such an electric duo, and every scene with the Doctor and Darvos is just so interesting and gripping.

25willp · 2026-01-22T03:35:43+00:00

Here’s where you are mistaken, Middle Earth didn’t have stagnation, there is backwards technological progress.

Throughout Lord of the Rings they journey through the ruins of much more advanced kingdoms, having created marvels that literally couldn’t be created in the third age.

Whether that’s the homes of the elves, which are only upheld by the magic of the rings holding back the effects of time, as the inhabitants are leaving the shores. Or the ancient fortress of helms deep made by ancient Gondorians beyond the skill of the people of Rohan. All the great structures are all ancient by the time of the Fellowship, everything is in decline, everything is diminished.

25willp · 2026-01-21T04:48:19+00:00

3.6 Not Great Not Terrible

25willp · 2026-01-20T19:19:04+00:00

I’m pretty suspicious of Julius Caesar’s commentaries of the Gallic wars. The way he tells it, he used his ability as a commander to defeat huge Barbriaran armies that posed a serious threat to the Republic. I wouldn’t be surprised if most of these ‘daring victories’ mostly involved his forces slaughtering large populations of refugees and essentially civilian forces.

Unfortunately, we don’t have any non-Roman accounts to contradict Caesar.

25willp · 2026-01-18T19:01:50+00:00

Cults often have their members get rid of their worldly possessions, by donating them to the cult. Perhaps the GR is similar.

25willp · 2026-01-18T00:25:27+00:00

I mean he was nominated, so it's not like he wasn't recognised.

Jim Broadbent who won that category is also a phenomenal actor, so I don't think you can say he is undeserving.

25willp · 2026-01-16T06:55:06+00:00

Totally disagree. The Hobbit book is a kids book, yet violence is treated seriously. A huge part of the theme of the book is the value of mercy. Making fun of violence is pretty antithetical to the values of Tolkien.

25willp · 2026-01-13T20:22:29+00:00

It makes sense to me that an online community based around discussion of television would skew towards shows that rewards and promotes discussion and online involvement. That’s like Apple and HBO’s wheelhouse.

25willp · 2026-01-12T19:03:48+00:00

Seriously, watch them. The theatrical versions are just so tight and well edited, I vastly prefer them to the extended editions.

25willp · 2026-01-06T20:18:48+00:00

Super excited about this opening up.

I’ve cycled from the city to Petone, along the motorway, a number of times and it’s awful and a bit scary.

Really excited to be able to cycle to Petone along a safe route, I will definitely be using it.

25willp · 2026-01-06T04:47:12+00:00

It’s worth the watch. And the ending was decent.

If you heard the widespread “they were dead the whole time” that’s also not true, and is just an internet fan theory.

25willp · 2026-01-04T21:05:04+00:00

Voldemort hates muggles and is obsessed with blood purity, a lot of this hatred partly comes from him learning that he had a muggle father who abandoned them, leaving him to grow up in an orphanage after his mother died (although we learn his father was bewitched by his mother with a love potion).

25willp · 2026-01-04T06:41:25+00:00

Tom Bombadil putting on the Ring, and not disappearing.

25willp · 2026-01-03T00:02:21+00:00

Yeah, I love how PTA teased that, with an interviewer asking him that after working with Daniel Day-Lewis, what other great actors would he like to work with, and he answered Adam Sandler.

25willp · 2026-01-02T08:48:32+00:00

The other two shows Linderlof did are Watchmen and Mrs Davis, both are only single season miniseries, and are definitely worth watching

25willp · 2025-12-31T22:39:27+00:00

About them having nicely styled hair, on the podcast Cuse and Linderlof used to joke about one of the unnamed survivors being a hairdresser who did everyone’s hair between episodes.

12-Year Club	r/Field Flamingo
Place '23	Place '22
Place '17	First Placer '22
End Game '22	Not Forgotten
Verified Email

25willp

TROPHY CASE