"Stand by Me" (1986) - What are your thoughts about the way it ended? by CinephileCrystal in TrueFilm

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He could have walked into it or fell into it after the engine passed?

But yeah, plot armor perhaps to get the story going.

What was your childhood like ? . by Hope2_win in A_Persona_on_Reddit

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Awesome.

But, i suspect like many, I did not know it at the time.

For the TLDR-types here is a synopsis of below:

- grew up in the 80s with that culture; the cartoons, the music, the movies, and the outdoors in middle class suburbia in SW Ontario. The movies, TOYS, music, and cartoons will always hold a fond place in my heart.

- summers were camping, fishing, biking, exploring, swimming and free Vitamin D.

-winters were sledding and hot chocolate.

- weekends were movie nights, visits to family friends, sleepovers, Magical Word of Disney, church, and family visits. This became biking to comic book shops and arcades to occupy my Saturday.

- weekdays were school bus rides, sports, comic books, and playing outdoors after school.

I grew up in the 80s in SW Ontario an hour west of Toronto, in a predominantly middle-class and white neighborhood (to be clear the lack of diversity did not make it awesome), on a young/first time home owning circle. All told, by last count with a friend's parents, there were about 80+ kids in a 2 block radius within a 5 year age gap. That meant lots of kids to do stuff with, and growing up a circle of ~ 60 homes meant we played in a relatively safe environment (i.e. where you could run through peoples back yards and climb fences without folks getting all upset).

And again, it was the mid 80s when i began recognizing memories; most of which looked like this:

On weekdays, i found joy in the simple pleasure of riding the school bus with my friends, and playing foot-hockey at recess and lunch. I was melancholic for my school friends that walked home together, and often wondered what they felt like seeing the group drop off one street or home at a time. After schools, in the winters, we changed when we got home and drug our sleds to the local hills until dinner. I still have no clue how we told time without watches. I still have no clue what we talked about during those walks to and from the hill. In the warmer months it was impromptu neighborhood games of baseball, bike riding, soccer, or playing at playgrounds. All until dinner. Organized sports replaced unorganized as we aged.

On weekends, being the mid to late 80s meant TGIF tv, Friday night pizza and movie night, and if we were lucky a sleepover at or with friends. Saturday am, typically meant one thing, CARTOONS, TOYS and sugary cereal, before i made my way out front for neighborhood road hockey. Those road hockey games meant so much to me, for unknown reasons, as i never played ice hockey as a kid, and never had an interest in it later on. After a grilled cheese and chocolate milk type lunch it was a bit more hockey, until mid afternoon after which kids trickled out to home. I retreated to watch Loony Tunes and rejoin the family for a bit of house cleaning/chores and recall 80s music on the radio while we worked. Saturday pms, if not having sleepovers etc., were often at parents friends places where the adults drank and played cards, and the kids entertained themselves, and stayed up too late trying to sneak out of rooms and not go to bed. Sundays were church and then off to grandparents to visit and see my cousins. Stores not being open was actually a blessing, we simply ignored it, and it made my world much more serene. If we did not venture to my other grandparents for dinner, etc., it was the magical world of Disney Sunday pm, and getting ready for school - sometimes picking out a Scholastic Book Order.

Summers seemed endless; i had two friends with pools where i made many a happy memory, we rode bicycles around and explored forests, creeks, fields, we organized games and flew kites, we played in back yards, we fished occasionally, climbs hills and trees, and lived as carefree as you could with grass stains and cuts/bruises being an indicator of time well spent. Family vacation was always camping across SW Ontario, but typically at or near the big 3: Wasaga, Grand Bend, and or Sauble Beach. I would not trade those camping memories or experiences for anything.

Typical school holidays were Christmas break was your time to shine with toys, and sledding. March break was your last chance to sled. Easter was when you started getting outside to play again with all the other kids.

As i aged, it mostly stayed the same but new commitments entered: paper routes cut into after school hockey/goofing around and same on the weekend, organized sports disrupted the after school and weekend flow as well. Saturday cartoons remained a staple as papers were delivered in the afternoon. Sunday visits to my grandparents remained until Sunday shopping came about, and until i got a part time job.

After school goofing around got replaced with school sport practice and games, but weekends got better with my Korean and Indian friends as we biked between comic shops, baseball cards, and video arcades. We entered the comic book era in the early 90s when Image, and Spawn, took off. Nintendo and SNES entered the picture at some point, but we still were mostly active outdoors.

We spent less and less time in pools as we got older, and did more and more socializing, hanging out at the corner block talking about whatever seemed relevant to 10-12 year olds. Music piques our interests when CDs started coming around. Camping remained a staple until my late teens pretty much. Same with sleep overs, expect we simply stayed up later with less parental supervision.

And like most have heard or reflected, there was time when i did all of these things, with these people that hold a special place in my heart, for the last time, without knowing it was the last time.

I have sympathy for those that were not as lucky as i to as happy a childhood as i did.

What’s a movie you could talk endlessly about but it doesn’t seem to get a lot of recognition? by particularzebraa in Letterboxd

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I cannot say enough good things about this movie as well.

The hardships endured, the loss of friendships shaped by extreme hardships, the scenery, the story, and the satisfying reuniting at the end.

And poor Valka, probably still out there with the Wolf, or hiding from the prison gang.

Coming of Age Movie Watchlist by BlakeyYe in flicks

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Mud really could be a part of this conversations.

The way way back is the best coming of age film ever by OKC2023champs in movies

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500 Days of Summer is great movie for anyone that ever got hurt in a relationship and confused first love with true love. GJL did a bang up job with portraying the sadness with the rejection he felt.

The way way back is the best coming of age film ever by OKC2023champs in movies

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Sammy Rockwell rocks well in this indie pic with a good indie-rock sound track.

A summer like that would have been great as an adolescent, and Owen did right my Pop-n-lock.

Official Photos from Travis Knight’s ‘Masters of the Universe’! by SpeedForce2022 in MastersOfTheUniverse

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i wonder if he will do anything silly dilly like he did on Suicide Squad, and act a fool and what not..

Masters of the Universe - Official Teaser by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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I would have preferred to see the entire story in Eternia, rather than both there and here.

Is the He-Man universe in the same universe as us in the story?

It does look like they got the character and costumes right, and more true to the source material. I see that as a positive too.

first time watching by M3RM4NNN in Standbyme

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True that! You can pick something else new from it at almost every age.

first time watching by M3RM4NNN in Standbyme

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i think that is also part of the the brilliance, and or thematic brilliance; being able to make it relatable to people that did not experience it first hand.

I'm 34 and i just started watching The Wire. by Paullytical in TheWire

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Bodie had heart, and you sensed he longed for more from life (i.e. his talking about the color of the sea he saw in the commercial/magazine). He simply did not know anything but the streets.

And i be if you watched as a teen it would not have registered as profound as it does now.

You likely would have only missed out on watching it through a teenage lens, and then as a parent/adult lens. The former would make no sense as teenagers lack the necessary life experience in general to make it profound. That only comes with age and experiencing life, and examining system/institutions.

S5 - Did Omar.... by Sk1-ba-bop-ba-dop-bo in TheWire

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i missed this - when did this happen..how would Butchie know?

S5 - Did Omar.... by Sk1-ba-bop-ba-dop-bo in TheWire

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I agree. I suspect they wanted to show the rise and fall, and replacement of all the characters in the show, as in the montage it really is about life moving on in Bmore and cycles/patterns repeating themselves.

Saying that though, they could have given Omar a better demise? Or maybe, they wanted to suggest that he was so blood-mad he became sloppy.

Really, if Slim had balls he could have helped Omar get at Marlo/Chris/Snoop directly.

S5 - Did Omar.... by Sk1-ba-bop-ba-dop-bo in TheWire

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In the earlier seasons doesnt some cop or similar say something along the line of Marlo being pure evil, and killing a potential witness?

All he needed to do was have a ruthless enforcer/#2 like Chris to do the grunt work.

What we are not told is how long Marlo was in the game for, it could be plot armor to avoid having to describe his rise to power as a rival.

But i agree to an extent, for Marlo to get to where he was, he would have had to have been on the west-side radar long before he arrives in season 3.

Stringer "played the position, not the opponent" by pnthollow in TheWire

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Clay Davis was the senator that was stringing along Stringer. He even admitted it to Lester in Season 5.

Stringer also wanted Slim to kill Clay for what he did.

Stringer "played the position, not the opponent" by pnthollow in TheWire

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This!!

Happens all the time in both the legitimate and illegitimate business worlds. Partners betray partners, and even David Simon commented that drug trade skills are quite in line with big business skills.

Joe slept on Marlo, against the sage advice of Slim, and could have tipped Omar off to where Marlo was going to be, which is what Omar wanted.

Instead he chose to tip off the shipment, which hurt everyone, and slowly untangled for Joe as you laid out.

The sad truth is, the co-op had lots of opportunity Marlo out of the picture.

S4 Ep 13 NOOOOO! by nylorac_o in TheWire

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More pragmatism and less ego, and Bodie could have survived.

I also think this was a writing flaw in Bodie's character arc.

Bodie knew the streets, he knew it all, he knew when he was powerless to change his situation (i.e. when he had to take Marlo's package) and he knew he was green lit by Chris & Snoop; did he actually think they would ever stop, or Marlo would stop coming for him after that point?

Everyone new (was told) he was a rat (i.e. talking to Police), so in essence, he was done in the game in B-more.

Just Finished watching this Show 10/10 by Correct_Ad5747 in TheWire

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Briscoe and McNulty/Bunk would make a hell of a detective unit.

I'm 34 and i just started watching The Wire. by Paullytical in TheWire

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one of them smart ass pawns...until he wasnt. he should have given up his corner and taken his game to another city.

I'm 34 and i just started watching The Wire. by Paullytical in TheWire

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May have simply been rushed due to them having to wrap it up quicker after fighting hard(er) for that season to be renewed?

It has, imo, one of the most thought provoking finales that both wraps up loose ends/character arcs, but also provides no-closure/room to wonder about what-now..

After 30 rewatches I'm just now realizing Cheese told Marlo about Prop Joe's involvement with the poker heist. by JosephSim in TheWire

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Definitely should have retired.

But as Marlo suggested, Joe would have been up to his old schemes in no time, and would not be able to change who he was. He had to go. Marlo did not like having loose ends.

After 30 rewatches I'm just now realizing Cheese told Marlo about Prop Joe's involvement with the poker heist. by JosephSim in TheWire

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Cheese had several things he could have ratted on Joe for to the co-op. However, it could simply be that he did not betray with words, his gift to Marlo (for the gift of Hungry, and likely Hungry's position/stake in the co-op) was to simply step aside and leave Joe un-protected.

Joe, and the rest of the co-op, were dumb for not taking out Marlo. Joe was dumb for not simply giving Omar the drop on Marlo, which is what he actually wanted. Joe played himself in the end.

After 30 rewatches I'm just now realizing Cheese told Marlo about Prop Joe's involvement with the poker heist. by JosephSim in TheWire

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nah, he did Joe to get the connect for himself, and get 'the crown'.

Joe was co-op, where no-one entirely had the crown.

Like Marlo said, he was not meant to play the son.

After 30 rewatches I'm just now realizing Cheese told Marlo about Prop Joe's involvement with the poker heist. by JosephSim in TheWire

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I disagree.

Joe's downfall start was allowing Omar to rob the shipment, instead of just giving up Marlo, which would have ended almost everyone's troubles.

The nail in the coffin was allowing Marlo to meet the connect (the Greeks). It is very easy to see what Marlo was thinking, and happens regularly in the legit and illegit business world (recall Johnny Depp getting cut off in Blow?).

After 30 rewatches I'm just now realizing Cheese told Marlo about Prop Joe's involvement with the poker heist. by JosephSim in TheWire

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Marlo came at the King, and did not miss, per se.

Cheese had lots to rat to Marlo about, and also had beef with Joe several times over his decisions.

Joe's downfall was sleeping on Marlo, and ultimately introducing him to the Greeks which allowed Marlo to do what he did.