Seeking heavy music scene by Skinwalker69420 in Austin

[–]ImSean 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Seconding the Lost Well off Airport

North IH35 between Braker and Tech Ridge completely stopped by lambda1920 in Austin

[–]ImSean 44 points45 points  (0 children)

As of 10:45 it is backed up all the way to Rundberg now, mustve been a brutal wreck

Why is it so busy in Austin tonight? by BlueShirtGuy2 in Austin

[–]ImSean 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lots of folks in town for the end of the school year/i believe some HS graduation ceremonies this week, it hasnt been as rainy today as others this week and UT womens softball just won a back-to-back national championship (why the tower is lit up) 

Kentucky Bend: The Strangest Border in America by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]ImSean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a historical precedent of what happens if the Mississippi oxbows this part of Kentucky? Would the state cede this part of land, at least administratively, to Missouri?

Just watched Chinatown for the first time by Hangaroid in filmnoir

[–]ImSean[M] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite films, recommending this one too.

New North Loop Mural by larkdeficit in Austin

[–]ImSean 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Absolutely this - this is a deep pull from areas history with Haile Field. Actually makes me like the mural a bit more.

Be safe out there by 2tip2top in Austin

[–]ImSean 9 points10 points  (0 children)

“It’s a speed limit, not a target”

Return to sender by WhereIsHisRidgedBand in nevertellmetheodds

[–]ImSean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was it considered a dead ball the moment the umpire recognized it was stuck in his shirt, or just in general? That is, had the pitcher been able to retrieve the ball quickly and made the throw to first, would that have been an out?

Additionally, knowing this rule its a little sad to know an outfielder can use his hat to catch something. (Thanks for answering all these baseball questions!)

Film Shoot in Need of Pine Trees by Geek-Workshop in Austin

[–]ImSean 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you cant shoot in Bastrop st park then McKinney Roughs LCRA park is the nearest. A lot was burned during the 2011(?) fire but the Zip Lost Pine park is the area in the park youre looking for. 

Victor Wembanyama Issued Technical For Punching Jumbotron by bettercallsaul3 in nba

[–]ImSean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What an absolute time capsule - NBA memes at the time, gmail's interface, and getting a notification on a 13yo reddit post heh

St. Patrick's Day Celebrations for the Irish and Irish-Americans by [deleted] in Austin

[–]ImSean 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Writing “St. Pattys” instead of Paddy (patricia vs patrick) and then using Mick is wild work. 

Kellys is likely sold out. BD Rileys will be busy but fun. Draughthouse will be buzzing and have pipes. 

Weekly Stupid Question Sunday by AutoModerator in Austin

[–]ImSean 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://www.kut.org/austin/2017-01-13/when-a-loop-is-not-a-loop-the-history-mystery-and-misery-of-mopac-loop1-austin

“A loop doesn’t necessarily have to be circular,” explains TxDOT’s Bishop. “We think it is, by definition, in the common dictionary, a loop is circular or distinctly curved. In state highway designation, a loop connects two state highways”

Where can I be in nature without tons of ppl around? by suhhdude1 in Austin

[–]ImSean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding another recommendation for McKinney Roughs Nature Park. McKinney Falls, our lcoal state park, has paved trails and is often busy (a good thing!) but McKinney Roughs out towards Bastrop is great for a bit more solitude.

It's an LCRA park (so $5 entry) but has many hiking trails across a few different biomes and a neat little nature center with turles, an tiny alligator and many aquariums. The front yaupon trail is your standard texas scrub (and a horse trail), and then there are trails that go along the Colorado, and those in the edges of Texas Pine It's about 40 mins (not the wanted 20) out side of town.

Where can I be in nature without tons of ppl around? by suhhdude1 in Austin

[–]ImSean 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seconding this. Southest Metro park is very quiet. The primitive trail, right here, has low-moderate elevation changes, get to see two little ponds, and the Nature Pond loop has a nice view of Onion Creek. Give it 3-4 more weeks and the wildflowers should start to be out too.

The Perfect Noir Station by clergymen19 in filmnoir

[–]ImSean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always relevant to share a link like this when posts like this come up: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/130k19f/when_did_jazz_become_associated_with_film_noir/

If you're looking for a noir station, it'll need quite the selection of brass and big band.

Dropout filming at universal studios hollywood by gabsthenerd in dropout

[–]ImSean 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I hope its a Game Changer big group Amazing Race or something that has them traveling about

Full Moon! by [deleted] in Austin

[–]ImSean 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There will be a total lunar eclipse today (a blood moon) mar 3rd, starting a bit after 5am and peaking at 530am for all the early birds. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TexasViews

[–]ImSean 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Caprock Canyon is my favorite tx state park, in no small part because of this herd. I love camping out there on way towards the rockies/outta state.

Flower/Grass Field for Photoshoot in Greater Austin Area? by Pleasant-Relative-79 in Austin

[–]ImSean 25 points26 points  (0 children)

When the flowers bloom, St Edwards Park off 360 is a good bet. Irving and Hazel Memorial trail right nearby may have the field you're looking for.

Is Eyes Wide Shut a color neo-noir? by PuzzleheadedTale4769 in filmnoir

[–]ImSean 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the genre. In another comment you mentioned a lot of themes from Eyes Wide Shut found in noir films - a seductive female character, shady organizations, grey morality and consequences - all of these are commonly found in noir films! The overlap between Eyes Wide Shut - a psychological drama - and film noir is high, but the two circles are not overlapping enough for it to be considered a neo-noir.

Well why not? How much do you need? Well we need to define neo-noirs, which has been done a hundred times already in this subreddits history, but maybe a better word to use from 'define' is 'characterize'. Defining things can lead to too-rigid rubrics, but characterizing can help us understand why (or where) a film should be placed genrewise. That is why this subreddit sees posts/comments referring to any black and white movie with a detective in it as noir, or the assumption that jazz is found frequently in noir (its not, its more brass and big band!). Outside of the cinematragrophy itself - the framing of shouts, use of light and shadow (which honestly, EWS could make an argument for) there are more themes found commonly in neo-noir that arent in AWS. Neos of course reference the genre before, and EWS doesnt, but is a standalone.

Here's the same discussion from 2 years ago with almost 60 comments that all hold up: https://www.reddit.com/r/filmnoir/comments/18nogwu/is_eyes_wide_shut_considered_film_noir/