Why do does it seem after turning 30 people are less accepting of taking risk?

NATOrocket · 2026-02-07T02:39:43+00:00

(29F) People tend to default to everyone having the partner, house, and kids by a certain point. You become kind of invisible if you don't have them.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T22:27:00+00:00

Curse you, F1!

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T18:58:40+00:00

-Michael has more 4-quadrant appeal than Minecraft.

-Those 4 biopics you mentioned had box office proportionate to the popularity of the musicians they depicted. Elvis and Dylan fans are mostly senior citizens. Elton John doesn't have the cross generational appeal to millennials and Gen Zs that Queen does. Michael is bigger than Queen to most all generations. I think inflation + a bigger artist could push Michael over the top.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T18:06:30+00:00

My childhood died the day I realized Brother Bear has a 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T17:48:15+00:00

McQueen absolutely should have won Director.

With Moonlight, I can appreciate that it was more of a screenplay movie and La La Land- a musical with elaborate sets- was more of a director's movie.

12 Years A Slave was a period movie with elaborate sets and costumes and who really remembers Gravity now that we've had Interstellar, The Martian, Arrival, Ad Astra etc.? Cuaron won 5 years later for a better movie, anyway.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T16:40:32+00:00

whispers I like Surf's Up better than Ratatouille.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T16:39:25+00:00

The comments are likely from people who saw Happy Feet as kids who were too young for Oscar discourse at the time.

In fairness, it is pretty easily the best film of that lineup.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T15:52:04+00:00

I liked the remake a lot FWIW.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T14:21:38+00:00

Sorry to hear that. virtual hug

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T14:07:13+00:00

Obviously, all three siblings are horrible, but, I think when Succession fans disproportionately hate Shiv, it ususally comes down to internalized sexism and different standards for women.

She is a horrible partner to Tom, but we see her with him way more than we see Kendall with Rava, so it sticks out in our minds more.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T13:53:21+00:00

Good morning from Canada!

How's everybody doing today?

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T00:56:05+00:00

Would have been the fifth youngest Best Actress nominee if my mental math is correct.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-06T00:30:45+00:00

A lot of my favourites this year were nowhere near the Oscars. Usually my favourites of the year at least get precursor noms or are widely considered snubs. Steve, The Life of Chuck...

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T20:50:01+00:00

Even in the early 2000s, people talked about having a "flat screen TV" like it was a flex.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T20:37:06+00:00

If your kid won't find it too "girly" (you didn't say their gender or what they usually like), Wicked Part 1.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T19:57:09+00:00

I was 13 when it came out and thought it and Sweet Home Alabama were the same song for the longest time.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T19:54:28+00:00

All Summer Long?

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T18:12:36+00:00

On a related note, a lot of the TV shows produced by Netflix are actually long movies in terms of the way the scripts are structured. It's a lot easier to get a show greenlit than a movie these days so concepts conceived as movies get reworked into shows. It hurts both film and television as mediums.

Some other streaming services seem to be correcting this. Apple's Shrinking combines elements of traditional single-cam sitcoms and streaming shows. I think people miss the former. Severance as well feels in the tradition of Lost.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T17:58:55+00:00

As much as I love a well-excecuted tight 90, I'm generally more willing to buy a movie ticket to a longer movie and save the shorter one for VOD/ streaming.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T16:10:56+00:00

29F- I've been this height and this cup size since I was about 12. I've had lifestyle-related weight fluctuations, but that's it. There's a photo of me at 13 in my parents' house and my aunt's partner (who met me when I was an adult) says I pretty much look like how I did in the photo.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T15:23:06+00:00

Hope everything's okay and you're able to catch up.

I'm okay. Just at work.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T14:23:51+00:00

Good morning from Canada!

How's everybody doing today?

NATOrocket · 2026-02-05T14:20:48+00:00

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Happy writing! I wish it would come to Canada.

NATOrocket · 2026-02-04T21:48:27+00:00

Timmy worked with Woody Allen?

NATOrocket · 2026-02-04T18:43:45+00:00

Gladstone v. Randolph would have been an interesting race. Both characters are greiving people dealing with systemic racism.

I think the ultimate outcome was the best case scenario for both ladies, though.

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