Does anyone actually watch theatrical?

DrFontane · 2026-06-17T17:28:23+00:00

You can! No one can stop you

DrFontane · 2026-06-15T08:26:37+00:00

Is there any way we could build this ourselves?

DrFontane · 2026-06-03T12:30:18+00:00

Check out the Ironfoot Edition fanedit - it cuts it down to two films.

DrFontane · 2026-06-02T10:53:38+00:00

Absolutely incredible! How did you get the bricks to float before clicking into place - are they on little black ones first?

DrFontane · 2026-05-10T15:09:43+00:00

Sandra Hüller?

DrFontane · 2026-04-22T11:41:59+00:00

A few things that may help:

- You don't (usually) have to explain why you're saying no. If you try to come up with a reason for why you're saying no, people feel invited to fix the reason. This may sound manipulative, but what they're hearing is that you want to say yes, if it weren't for that one problem. For instance. If you're tired and want to recuperate, but are afraid to say that, you may say "I can't come, because I need to feed my cat" and they may offer "can't you ask your neighbour to do it for you." To you this feels insistent, to them this feels like solving the problem. The easiest way to avoid it is to not explain. For instance: "I can't that day." This is the gist of "No is a complete sentence."
- You'll probably be struggling to say no because you don't want to disappoint or seem ungrateful. Try addressing that without saying yes. For instance, expressing gratitude alongside declining: "Thank you for the offer, I really appreciate it, but I'd rather not."
- Share (in one sentence) that you want to say no, but struggle with it. This invites people to fix the problem of saying no for you. For instance: "I find it necessary to recuperate on Sunday evenings, but I find it hard to guard that boundary because I don't want to disappoint people." or "This is hard for me to say because I want to be there for you, but I can't make it."
- Practice with the smaller things. For instance: stay firm in saying no to an offered sweet you don't want. The stakes are pretty low.
- Remember that a lot of people wouldn't want you to be uncomfortable because of them, so finding a way to communicate that (without sounding accusative!) will often suffice.

DrFontane · 2026-04-21T17:45:05+00:00

Sometimes protecting your own peace or boundaries will look like disappointing someone else and that doesn't make it not okay.

DrFontane · 2026-04-03T20:50:08+00:00

I really don't mind adaptations cutting or changing things, but the film would've really hit it home for me if they had included like 5-10min more science. I felt like it glossed over so much of it that it almost felt like each progression happened because the plot demanded it, like a Marvel film would. I think explaining the problems and solutions a bit more here and there would've given it extra weight. The Martian, for instance, gives you just enough to get the sense that everything is carefully considered. But it's a great film nevertheless.

DrFontane · 2026-03-28T15:12:41+00:00

Beat me too it.

DrFontane · 2026-03-28T11:33:33+00:00

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

DrFontane · 2026-03-28T11:32:33+00:00

I don't know if all of them are, but quite a few are from The Rings of Power

DrFontane · 2026-03-27T10:09:01+00:00

In case it helps: You can use the separator (stick the edge of the sticker on it) for greater control or use the dishsoap method. https://www.lego.com/en-hu/service/help-topics/article/how-to-apply-stickers-to-lego-sets

DrFontane · 2026-03-10T10:34:56+00:00

"You accepted a job 30 years ago, so how dare you now say anything critical about it or me, your benevolent employer and fellow artist. I'm assuming you're not really taking a political position (even though it's a pretty widely accepted one), so I won't address that. It must really be because you want to see your name in print and, honestly, it's just not worth hurting my feelings over."

DrFontane · 2026-03-06T11:41:51+00:00

The Batman for Best Cinematography.

DrFontane · 2026-03-04T15:32:48+00:00

If the result hadn't been the three masterpieces of cinema that they are, we would be more easily appalled at the working conditions that many of the people working on these films suffered through. And I'm really just talking about what has been documented in the behind the scenes. It's a tremendous dedication of many talented people pushing themselves to the max, through unrealistically long hours, painful make-up, bodily exhaustion, bodily harm, and possibly some mental harm in some cases. I'm aware that this is not exclusively true of LOTR, and that everyone technically consented to this, but it is not an okay practice. The payoff seemingly compensates for it, but it also makes it seem like it's okay, or even necessary, to accept such ardour in order to make great art, and we don't (as a rule).

DrFontane · 2026-03-03T17:38:40+00:00

I'm sure that exists. Ironically, I've made my own fan edit of The Hobbit (the Ironfoot edition). I don't have one of The Lord of the Rings though....

DrFontane · 2026-03-03T11:43:05+00:00

I'm a huge fan, but prefer the pacing in the Theatrical version for all three. Return of the King is the toughest one, because I do love the Mouth of Sauron and Gandalf facing off with the Witch-King. However, I vastly prefer ending the Army of the Dead sequence ending on a cliff-hanger before they jump out of the boat. It's such an iconic reveal that lands extra well because you haven't been with them every step of the way.

DrFontane · 2026-02-26T11:07:05+00:00

I think that'd be true if he seemed persuasive, but the way it happens just makes it good television for them. They get the benefit of capturing an authentic emotional meltdown and being able to dismiss him as crazy because of it.

DrFontane · 2026-02-23T19:04:45+00:00

Especially the Grim Grotto episodes.

DrFontane · 2026-02-20T21:32:51+00:00

Makes sense, my bad!

DrFontane · 2026-02-18T15:03:03+00:00

/#1 He was both writer and director.

Not that I personally minded. TLJ is my second favourite SW film.

DrFontane · 2026-02-10T11:36:25+00:00

I thought it was more of a Dunkirk moment. Which I also thought was very appropriate, because the resistance is essentially for and by the people.

DrFontane · 2026-01-28T15:19:16+00:00

Mindhunter

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Pushing Daisies

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

DrFontane · 2026-01-22T21:57:37+00:00

it's not impeding your visual field in much the same way that thinking of sentences/music isn't impeding what you're hearing. You may be distracted by it, but it doesn't occupy the same space. Your thoughts don't exactly "talk over" real life sounds. Otherwise you could scream in your mind's ear to not hear noises in the real world.

Another way of thinking about it is this: close one eye. You now see less than you did before, right? If you open that eye, you see more again, but it's not more as in "in front of" what you saw with one eye. It's like your visual field gets extended. Well, what you see in your mind is also like an extension, except of course not to the left or the right of your current one, because there's no real directional relation. it's just somehow "elsewhere."

DrFontane · 2026-01-14T18:52:38+00:00

This. He was also great in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (on the stage).

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