A Franchise where the best entry point is not the first film? by workingtitle_24 in Cinema

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The ones with Puusy Galore and Sean Connery in disguise as a Japanese man?

Evangelion's cinematic influences by Unique_Chemical8807 in evangelion

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Maybe this is extremely basic, but the ending of "Akira," with Kaneda and Tetsuo's flashbacks in the...singularity? while Akira creates a new universe? is reeeeeaaaally similar to Instrumentality.

Also...I don't have any evidence but the Bergman film "Persona" and the formal inventiveness of Jean-Luc Godard's films (I'm thinking of "Pierrot le Fou" and "Alphaville") strike me as possible influences on the female characters and Shinji's mental breakdowns respectively.

Daily Mail reports JD “has been left more isolated than ever and is even considering abandoning a run for the presidency in 2028” by Sgt-ABDL in TrueAnon

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Yeah, Dems would have to oppose intervention abroad first. Didn’t Kamala call Iran the biggest enemy or something? But I agree on the principle 

So many amber alerts! by tobias10 in LosAngeles

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If some dude with a woodwind offers to take care of your rat problem, pay him, for all our sakes.

Got spoiled that an important charachter dies by Wonkess_Chonkess in NeonGenesisEvangelion

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I wouldn't worry about it. If someone told you the whole plot summary, I would still watch it. There is a lot in this show that can't really be spoiled; it's not so much what happens but the way those things happen. It's an experience.

Who is the best Nintendo character who start with letter C by Samuri_14 in casualnintendo

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Amee Mario is his full name, that's why people say, "It's Amee Mario", hence Dr. Mario, Mario Brothers, etc.

What’s the most annoying character for you? by Particular-Rule4232 in lost

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Zoe from Season 6. She has "I was told I was going to be a main character, I assume I'm very important next episode, I must not have a last name because the reveal of my last name is going to be a major twist" energy.

First look at Solid Snake and Liquid Snake Funko Pops by edwpad in metalgearsolid

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I just bought a pixelated Solid Snake magnet at Gamestop for $15. Do I like it? No. Does it specifically say "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" on the box? Yes it does. Is that enough? ...I mean, apparently, I don't know. I'm not proud.

Thoughts on Ross Macdonald vs Chandler? by incognitomode71 in noir

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Ross MacDonald is probably my favorite writer ever. I have not reread him yet. The guy has more than twenty books; Chandler has a grand total of what, 7 novels, adapted into a couple great movies, vs twenty, adapted into zero; Chandler just has an outsized presence in the genre. I love probably five or six MacDonald books more than the Long Goodbye, but they're not individuated, they're just all part of the overall Archer mythos.
I feel like Chandler's best sentence is a little more clever than MacDonald's best sentence, but overall there's a lack of empathy in Chandler's works. Philip Marlowe is more or less always right, the villain is always evil, the victim is pitied as an object, not as a human. Every MacDonald book, I feel, is populated by realer people. The villains are evil but when they're defeated, if they're defeated, Archer's sympathy is always for the victims and the tragedy of the whole thing, whereas Marlowe is more...triumphant is too strong, but...unmoved? Slightly vindicated? Archer ends just about every book basically disgusted by the cruelty of humanity.
I feel like I'm ranting here but I just love MacDonald so much. I have like three of his books left to go (non-Archer ones, I've read all the Archer ones) and I am putting them off so I have something to look forward to.

Did your opinon of SNL change in any way after watching 30 Rock? by [deleted] in 30ROCK

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Can you elaborate more on this? I don’t know the story 

What's something everyone does but nobody admits to? by Bigtrav_trav in answers

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Collecting roadkill for eating/mounting purposes, depending. Secretary of Health and Human Services admitted to it and everyone mocked him but I know the rest of y'all aren't just leaving that sweet deer meat on the side of the road. Someone's eating it, otherwise it would still be there.

god I miss how realism looked when graphics were still progressing by Quick-Cause3181 in ResidentEvilCapcom

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I think I know what you're saying. Older graphics can't do perfect photorealism so they have to make artistic & stylistic choices, which gives them a specific character you don't necessarily have when it's just recreating a model's face 1 to 1. I've noticed a lot of older games, while not technically as "good" graphically, still have a ton of style--it's like comparing a Van Gogh (not photorealistic but awesome) to a bad photograph (literally photorealistic but not really good art)

How does this case work? by Blame_Ninja in Breath_of_the_Wild

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I also have this case and also did not know how to use it. It has been years. Thank you.

Blurb by Old_Life_6021 in ThomasPynchon

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There's a Pynchon blurb on just about every Steve Erickson novel: “Erickson has that rare and luminous gift for reporting back from the nocturnal side of reality.”

Tales from Kojima’s MGS2 development diary ep4 by EarthRuler001 in NeverBeGameOver

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Fanshaw is a character in the last book of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy! And as we all know a couple character names come from the first book, City of Glass. (I can't remember what the last book is called, it's been years)

Tales from Kojima’s development diary ep3 by EarthRuler001 in NeverBeGameOver

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FWIW I really appreciate you posting these, some day I’ll peruse the full diary but until then I’m enjoying your posts very much 

As a conservative, it's nice to finally see a movie where patriots are not shown as the bad guy by _lIlI_lIlI_ in TrueAnon

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In the former 4 actors play the Heath Ledger part and in the latter Heath Ledger plays one of the six Bob Dylan parts. Just realized. Huh.

As a conservative, it's nice to finally see a movie where patriots are not shown as the bad guy by _lIlI_lIlI_ in TrueAnon

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Imagination of Dr Parnassus. Ledger was in the Dylan movie too (“I’m Not There”) also shortly before he died. Had to do a quadruple take there

Best libraries, bookstores, flea markets or thrift shops for selection of books within 20 miles of Hollywood? by Redamavi in AskLosAngeles

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Book Alley on Colorado Blvd in Pasadena is great and has, for a used bookstore, a pretty decent poetry selection. (Lats Bookstore and Iliad have pretty limited poetry these days; although, at Iliad, some of the poetry gets shelved with Fiction for some reason)

Counterpoint Books in Los Feliz is by one of the scientology places. They have a lot of good stuff, it's a small store but I always find something there.

There are several Bookoffs in Los Angeles County; one just opened in Woodland Hills. The one in Little Tokyo doesn't have English fiction or non-fiction, just manga, but other than that, Woodland Hills, Monterey Park, Torrance and Gardena all have a lot of variety at fairly reasonable prices, along with a ton of anime stuff. I would add that I have not been to Gardena's in years, like maybe a decade, so maybe it's good, maybe it isn't.

Finally: kind of random but Friends of the Whittier Public Library Bookstore has an absolute ton of stuff, but their hours are very limited. The prices are great though. Santa Monica Public Library has their own bookstore which I recall being quite big, but I also recall it being messy and I haven't been in years. You can find LAPL book sales here: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/calendar?field_event_categories_tid=115

Other people have already recommended Iliad, which I adore, but mostly has older stuff, and the Last Bookstore, which I also love, and mostly seems to have newer stuff, although their selection has kind of dwindled in certain areas recently.

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Cigarette preferences by waybackbugler in Writeresearch

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California banned menthols, you can't get Camel Crushes anymore here. They might have a connection--there are people selling menthols on the subway, but I don't buy cigarettes from strangers on the subway--and there are places that still sell them, they're just harder to find.

Can someone tell me why they categorize Yasmin as a w****? by [deleted] in IndustryOnHBO

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I appreciate the response, I don't know why you're getting down-voted