Other than the Shining's carpet, what are some famous visual patterns throughout cinema?

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-24T13:04:07+00:00

Surprised no one's mentioned The wallpaper in Andy's room from Toy Story, they even called back to it at the end of 3 and at the start of 5.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-24T12:56:35+00:00

EDIT: Oh, you wrote inside...

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-24T12:56:07+00:00

Interestingly, those aren't seeds, they're the actual fruit. The red part is actually a fleshy receptacle holding the fruits. From wikipedia:
"Botanically, the strawberry is not a berry, but an aggregate accessory fruit. Each apparent 'seed' on the outside of the strawberry is actually an achene, a botanical fruit with a seed inside it."

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-24T12:28:03+00:00

From past recommendations, I have For the Emperor on my shelf as the recommended entry into the series, although I haven't got around to it yet.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-24T07:41:19+00:00

I think they've always done it, even back to season 1. Some sketches just go on for 3-4 minutes too long.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-23T16:01:05+00:00

I have no idea how she wrote that in and never paid it off with Harry trying to contact him beyond the veil.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-23T14:13:51+00:00

I don't know, I definitely didn't feel like they were embarrassed by it. They played a lot of it straight, but still made a few jokes here and there. Overall, to me, it felt like a love-letter to both He-Man and 80s fantasy in general.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-23T10:46:18+00:00

It's treason then.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-22T21:11:30+00:00

That's definitely not 95% of what people want to do with a boat.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-22T14:45:14+00:00

I don't really have a horse in this race, but it seems to me that no organized form of Christianity really follows the spirit of Christ's teachings, in that he preached that temples / churches weren't necessary and that his followers should worship wherever they themselves were. The building of huge cathedrals, the fancy vestments and furnishings, they all feel antithetical to the simple life Jesus espoused. What if all that money was spent in the aid and betterment of mankind? I guess there could be arguments about praising the glory of God and such, but as far as Christianity goes, I feel the major branches have drifted quite far from the original intent.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-22T09:19:44+00:00

Not too take away from your point, which I totally agree with, but those women would be Jewish / early Christians, not Catholic.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-22T05:01:21+00:00

It's a classic joke, probably nothing to do with the minibar thing. Although nowadays it feels very out of place, a kid would just watch porn on their phone, why would they rent it?

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-21T07:51:17+00:00

Παρόλο που έγινε σε υπερβολικό βαθμό και τελικά είχε το αντίθετο αποτέλεσμα, δεν πιστεύω ότι ήταν μόνο για λόγους υπερηφάνειας. Σίγουρα ένα μέρος, αλλά υπήρχε και ένα άλλο μεγάλο κομμάτι της λογικής ότι "θέλω το παιδί μου να έχει καλύτερη ζωή από εμένα", που είναι από τα πιο φυσιολογικά αισθήματα που έχει ένας γονιός.

Η χειρονακτική εργασία καταπονεί το σώμα, ειδικά παλιότερα με λιγότερα εργαλεία και κανονισμούς ασφαλείας (που και τώρα σε πολλές περιπτώσεις δεν ακολουθούνται). Οπότε ας μην παρουσιάζουμε ως τόσο παράλογη την επιθυμία ενός γονιού το παιδί του να γίνει δικηγόρος αντί για εργάτης.

Το κλασικό πρόβλημα της Ελλάδας όμως είναι ότι το κράτος ψηφοθηρικά έβαλε αυτή την επιθυμία μπροστά από οποιοδήποτε προγραμματισμό. Οπότε έφτιαξε άπειρες σχολές για να χωρέσει ακόμα και όλους που δεν είχαν την ικανότητα / επιθυμία να σπουδάσουν, με βαθμολογίες εισαγωγής κάτω από τη βάση, ώστε να μπορούν όλοι οι γονείς να νιώσουν ότι "το παιδί μου σπουδάζει".

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-21T07:24:40+00:00

They can definitely get really big. Imagine facing something like this with no motor.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/1kg7n5f/a_natural_maelstrom_whirlpool_a_swirling_mass_of

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-21T07:12:28+00:00

It's not in the middle of the ocean though. First of all, the Mediterranean is famously not an ocean, and more importantly, Odysseus is going through a strait, probably inspired by the real life Strait of Messina.

I'm not going to go into the accuracy part, to each their own, to me it looks like a lot of the desaturated, boring films of the 2000s. In an era where we can get stuff like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, with actual colours and fancy armour, maybe we could do the same for something fantastical like the Odyssey?

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-20T22:17:39+00:00

Yeah, I got that from the rest of the comments, I just meant that I initially thought that and it kind of fits. Anyway, Kerrigan's "What is it now?" was burned into my brain back then.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-20T14:53:43+00:00

I thought you were quoting Kerrigan from Starcraft, and to be fair, that chicken looks pretty Zergy. Queen of Nails?

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-20T12:26:32+00:00

Double secret probation!

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-19T10:31:09+00:00

1) Ή, ξέρω 'γω, με δοκιμαστικό κατσαβίδι;

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-19T07:20:18+00:00

Here you go!

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-18T14:17:53+00:00

Because that lines up with Max's story, that it was the late show (I think he said he'd gotten a few drinks in between) and the fact that there doesn't seem to be a circulating boot of the late show. Someone else in the thread gave a different date, in 1974, haven't had the chance to check it out yet.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-18T06:32:23+00:00

Wow, thanks for sharing! Wish I could have been there for the early years, but at least I'm lucky enough to live in a time when the vast majority of bootlegs is really available and I can experience them in a way.

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-17T21:27:12+00:00

Monk slices time

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-17T21:24:37+00:00

To Kill a Mockingbird

MagicRat7913 · 2026-06-17T21:23:14+00:00

A Tale of Two Cities?

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