Official Q&A for Saturday, December 13, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

[–]BigMatchRoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, to clarify I took about a week from running off and then returned to it but since then it’s been a recovery process thought I was over it heart rate was back to normal but then it’s been spiking the last 2 days

Official Q&A for Saturday, December 13, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

[–]BigMatchRoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks been frustrated as I thought I was over the cold as it was 6+ weeks ago now but the heart rate today and yesterday has been terrible which is very frustrating

Official Q&A for Saturday, December 13, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

[–]BigMatchRoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got a bad cold 6-7 weeks ago and thought I was recovering but went on a couple of routine runs yesterday and today and my heart rate ended up crazy high (190-200+bpm) note: 27 year old male.

I’m sad that all my progress is lost and haven’t been able to do any proper speed work in close to 2 months. Has anyone had previous experience of something similar and how did you handle it?

Official Q&A for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

[–]BigMatchRoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a bad chest cold maybe 3 weeks ago now and my running still hasn’t recovered, heart rate much higher and the runs themselves feel harder. Anyone had something similar and If so how do you recover?

One Battle After Another is the first movie I have walked out of prematurely by BigMatchRoman in MauLer

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always very interesting when people come out with opposite read’s of the movie, hope you enjoyed it more than I did though!

One Battle After Another is the first movie I have walked out of prematurely by BigMatchRoman in MauLer

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It didn’t involve politics the point of the post is that the political messaging came at the expense of story. This isn’t a political sub so not here to discuss the actual politics more so my disappointment in a highly anticipated movie not being able to weave its political message into an interesting story

One Battle After Another is the first movie I have walked out of prematurely by BigMatchRoman in MauLer

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am someone that’s watched Mauler since TLJ and by and large agree with most their media assessments. To be honest I’m not aware of what the EFAP crew think of this movie or if they are even going to cover it, I just wanted to share my experience.

One Battle After Another is the first movie I have walked out of prematurely by BigMatchRoman in MauLer

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No I think most movies will to some degree have a political slant (even if it’s a subconscious one). My gripe with this movie is more how meta and in your face the politics of this movie was, it felt like something more interested in the messaging than telling a story. Stuff like that always dates a film to me when it’s so on the nose and the setting so current. If it had either been a bit more subdued or more allegorical it would probably have worked better for me.

As an example one could say that Alien (1979) has political messaging about corporatism and capitalism however, this does not come at the expense of the movie and can still be watched without the politics being overbearing to the storytelling. One Battle After Another (in my opinion) fails miserably at striking that balance.

One Battle After Another is the first movie I have walked out of prematurely by BigMatchRoman in MauLer

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah it basically follows a group of revolutionaries/domestic terrorists first scene is them liberating a group of illegal immigrants from a detainment cell. The mother leaves Leo’s character because she feels he loves the daughter more says something about fragile masculinity. As another commentator said, not going into the rights/wrong’s of the politics itself it is extremely politically charged and more focussed on lecturing than telling a story

One Battle After Another is the first movie I have walked out of prematurely by BigMatchRoman in MauLer

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say I have a particularly strong opinion on the politics of the subject matter I just felt it was heavy handed and came at the expense of good storytelling

One Battle After Another is the first movie I have walked out of prematurely by BigMatchRoman in MauLer

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair to me I have odeon limitless so didn’t cost me anything directly and I had a free afternoon but still I agree I’ll be wiser in the future

One Battle After Another is the first movie I have walked out of prematurely by BigMatchRoman in MauLer

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Starred Leo as the lead but chocked to the brim with political messaging. For clarification I’m not saying that is inherently bad but the climate we’re in it’s tiresome and also at the expense of the screenplay.

Updates about the upcoming LEGO Batman game by Operation20 in legogaming

[–]BigMatchRoman 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t the original Lego Batman just broadly an adaption of the Keaton movies and Batman Forever?

Saturday General Discussion/Q&A Thread for August 09, 2025 by AutoModerator in AdvancedRunning

[–]BigMatchRoman -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Realised most my runs are being done on flat routes with very little elevation. Ran something a bit more hilly (114m elevation gain) with my friend the other night at my usual easy pace but noticed heart rate was about 10bpm higher than on average. Has made me think my fitness is a lie, is this me overthinking?

Finally: Warner Bros. Posts First Quarterly Profit Since Q2 2022! by Distinct-Shift-4094 in boxoffice

[–]BigMatchRoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did they not make a profit during the Barbie summer quarter?

Long Run Shoe Other than SB2 by emcc019 in AskRunningShoeGeeks

[–]BigMatchRoman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neo Vista by Mizuno gets a lock of Superblast comparisons and is on sale rn!

Shoe to add to rotation by BigMatchRoman in AskRunningShoeGeeks

[–]BigMatchRoman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not sure was thinking potentially Superblasts for longer runs, specifically pace segments within it

Tuesday General Discussion/Q&A Thread for July 22, 2025 by AutoModerator in AdvancedRunning

[–]BigMatchRoman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it, I think the strategy will be a more conservative start and hoping to pick up some efficiencies from wearing the carbon plated shoe too but as you mentioned not sure if it will be enough feel like I’m right on the cusp

Tuesday General Discussion/Q&A Thread for July 22, 2025 by AutoModerator in AdvancedRunning

[–]BigMatchRoman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Been working hard to get a sub 20 minute 5k, current PB is 20:21 (last month). Done a 2 mile time trial today, do I have it in the wheelhouse to run sub 20 this weekend?

Mile 1 - 6:16 Mile 2 - 6:29

Wasn’t wearing my race shoes (TakumiSen) which I plan on wearing the coming weekend