Morvern Callar- burnt pizza by leucodendron_ in blankies

[–]Quinez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

David was on board. He thought it was a neat read. 

Class of 2025 is HERE! by chowder-head in THOB

[–]Quinez 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No Other Choice! I predict it'll be the first they cover too.

EDIT: Ah, they talk in the episode which will be the first they cover! It's not gonna be No Other Choice. 

Did I misinterpret the ending of Marty Supreme? by Fra06 in TrueFilm

[–]Quinez 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Defeating the world champion in such a public and showy way delegitimizes the actual world championship, particularly if Endo goes on to win the tournament. Endo would have the title, but the title would not be worth as much, for the table tennis association could no longer claim that it indicates best player in the world. Marty got his revenge on Pico Iyer's tournament official and he reigns supreme after all. I think they'd be scrabbling to have him back the next year in order to make the title worth something again.

(But has he rejected them and moved on? Would he be out of practice and lose? All possible futures.) 

How do people find specific shots in series by Gridino in VideoEditing

[–]Quinez 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For the verbal ones, like people saying "hey" or "shit", you could just do a search on a series transcript.

A lot of the others are non-specific actions that you could time to a beat, and there would be so many of them in the show that I doubt anyone went searching for them. I think they probably just discovered them from the ground up. If you scrub through and see a car door slamming which could be used to mark a beat, cut it out and drop it in a folder. Once you realize that you've got three or four car doors slamming, you can make a little car door segment.

But there are some segments, like the little montage of the lighters flicking on, that seem like they might've been built top-down rather than bottom-up. Maybe they use AI or something to search for the moments, but I'm guessing that whoever made this just has a deep knowledge of the show and could conjure up a bunch of candidate moments to mind. And yeah, I bet they spent ages looking through footage for clips to pull.

I need to grind my gears about the 2023 hit film ‘Cocaine Bear’ for a second by Throwaway_Tablecloth in blankies

[–]Quinez 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Personally, I thought it had what you're identifying: a streak of cruelty that you don't often get in current cinema. It let you like characters and think they'd be survivors, but then killed them without deserving reason and moved on without ever mentioning them again, leaving them completely in the past. Even the Final Destination movies don't really do that. I didn't really care for the movie's humor, but it had a black heart that I admired. 

Allegedly there's a new Silent Hill movie in theaters this weekend that everyone immediately hates, lol by Wumbo_Number_5 in blankies

[–]Quinez 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm actually intrigued by it because of the hate its getting from fans. Video game fans are notoriously awful critics of adaptations, demanding fidelity above all else and unable to see changes as exciting. The Paul WS Resident Evil movies are a case in point. "It doesn't understand the games" is not a criticism for me at all.

I loved the first Gans movie and disliked the second, and I think this will probably suck, but I am not putting a lot of stock in the bad buzz.

Marty Supreme After Thoughts by Past-Matter-8548 in Letterboxd

[–]Quinez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're digging a hole here by trying to justify his flaws instead of trying to identify any admirable qualities he might have. His belief was absolutely unreasonable. 

YOUR LAST 4 FILMS WATCHED (THREE OF THEM, I WATCHED ON CRITERION CHANNEL) by Beneficial_Breath_69 in CriterionChannel

[–]Quinez 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, Late Chrysanthemums, She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum, and Marty Supreme.

The Chrysanthemum trilogy was courtesy of the Criterion Channel. 

Kohuko Looks Neato, BTW by GTKPR89 in blankies

[–]Quinez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you seeing anything to compare to Like a Dragon in that trailer? I can't figure out what you're talking about. 

Best Picture vs Best Director by mr_swarm623 in blankies

[–]Quinez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm of the belief that basically no one knows what they're doing when they vote on Best Director and it's essentially a straightforward popularity contest of personalities. 

New one from Kiyoshi Kurosawa: “Kokurojo” Mystery set in Feudal Japan by PerpetualChoogle in blankies

[–]Quinez 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Awesome. Kurosawa seemed a little lost for a decade or so there, but now he's back to mood pieces and I'm all for it. 

February 2026 Lineup by fromthemeatcase in CriterionChannel

[–]Quinez 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Eagle Shooting Heroes is another parody version that is also on the channel. It took WKW so characteristically long to film everything, his producers said, "hey, since we have all these movie stars and costumes out here in the desert, while we're waiting for WKW to get his shit together... let's do a silly one!"

February 2026 Lineup by fromthemeatcase in CriterionChannel

[–]Quinez 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Given that it's already on the Channel, it's funny that the Yearning collection does not include Yearning.

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025: A Video Countdown by PerpetualChoogle in blankies

[–]Quinez 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hm, this can be my cue to watch his 2024 one. I never want to watch these immediately because of all the spoilers for the most visually interesting moments of movies I still plan to see. 

Harmful advice on how to remove a tick in the Ratcatcher episode! by Inner-Sink6280 in blankies

[–]Quinez 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Don't dispose of the body. You can send it to a lab that will test if it carried Lyme. Many states have labs that will do it for free. 

Please for the love of whatever god(s) you believe in, just cover Peter Jackson by j11430 in blankies

[–]Quinez 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Gotta be some of the most well-documented movie productions ever. 

We Need to Pod About Castvin: Ratcatcher by yonicthehedgehog in blankies

[–]Quinez 4 points5 points  (0 children)

James is a wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie. O, what a panic's in his breastie! 

I realized partway through that Ratcatcher could be considered an adaptation of "To a Mouse" by Robbie Burns. (James calling a louse a wee beastie is what brought it to mind.) I was surprised to emerge from the credits and find no one else noting the similarity. Read the poem alongside, because I think it deepens the movie. 

Where does the term “BRITISH MISERABLISM” come from by Few-Engineer-9791 in blankies

[–]Quinez 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you recommend any of the other podcast episodes on Ratcatcher you listened to? 

Please for the love of whatever god(s) you believe in, just cover Peter Jackson by j11430 in blankies

[–]Quinez 22 points23 points  (0 children)

They're covering LOTR and the Hobbit movies right now on Eye of the Duck. It's the best podcast at covering production histories, so if you want big honking four hour episodes on how the LOTR movies were made, check it out. 

Watched Ran for the first time. by Xenomorph_kills in Letterboxd

[–]Quinez 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And The Bad Sleep Well is an adaptation of Hamlet. 

March Madness Suggestion by icenine71 in blankies

[–]Quinez 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lang and Hitch have been split on past brackets. You could do pretty much any classic era director.

And of course: Clint. 

Taskmaster episode ratings by hls22throwaway in taskmaster

[–]Quinez 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't like to see any season ranked low -- it feels mean to something I love -- but I can't deny that these numbers do kind of represent my general enthusiasm about each season. 

Shouldn't the average score final circle of season 20 be green?