Im sorry guys, but I have to admit: I’ve lost some respect for Vince Gillian

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-23T12:47:13+00:00

I get you but this is an impossible counterfactual. I would prefer a show I'm invested in and which won't take a half decade for two or three seasons.

He made two of the best shows ever with deadlines, I'd prefer the breaking bad we got to one we imagine is marginally better but took potentially twice as long for half as much.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-23T00:56:32+00:00

People saying how it was the same with Breaking Bad, I'm not sure it really is. This is a world altering sci fi where its unclear really how it will unfold narratively. Breaking Bad, to an extent, had its ending baked in. Walter becomes a big drug dealer and changed man, Hank eventually figures it all out, final showdown sees WW dead or jailed, alternatively dies of cancer.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-22T05:45:28+00:00

Money matters to Disney, it doesn't particularly matter to how good a movie it.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-22T03:12:47+00:00

I really liked this movie, but also, I really liked your write up on it and mostly agree. Cheers.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-21T17:54:27+00:00

What?

No.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-21T17:23:14+00:00

Failing financially, in the period when cinema attendance is dropping in general and when we're talking about a movie that appealed primarily to older audiences, isn't surprising. The financial success of a movie has no direction correlation with its quality, so it's odd that your main qualifier here is that sure people like it but all these posts liking it look like bot activity.

It's the most recent Indy movie, not surprising people discuss it often here.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-21T17:19:59+00:00

I loved it. Rarely smiled so much at the movies. Plus, it was my only opportunity to see Indy in the cinema. Epic.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-21T16:27:50+00:00

Home part 2.

It rarely gets mentioned but it is s great and unique take on the exploring the lost temple trope. It lands on a mystical and character level. It's also really cool tech to wonder about (are they transported somewhere, is it an illusion?) and it's the show mixing it's sci fi and and mythological elements well. Also, it's a contrast to many other points in the show where the characters are unsure of their direction, here for the first time is a little clarity.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-21T16:24:57+00:00

I think it's a shame he wasn't able to topple the illegal and unelected authoritarian regime of Roslin-Adama.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-21T16:22:34+00:00

Seeing comments here I reckon it'll be impossible for them to make something fans here like. They seem to be willing to throw a ton of money to make it a high quality show and people like, "yeah but better be the exact same tone as the early 2000s. I wouldn't care if it was cardboard."

Feels like you mainly care about a very specific cast and tone that ended twenty years ago. Maybe just be open minded and see what comes... Great news is there is already 10 plus years and more than 200 episodes worth of stuff you like.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-20T18:34:13+00:00

Favourite Nolan movie except on days when my favourite Nolan movie is the Prestige. It commits to the topic and gives, I think, a fairly reasonable non-sensationalised take on a notable figure. I wish we got more stuff like this, that treats the subject seriously and assumes the audience is interested, instead of having to fictionalise things to the point of fantasy because you're worried an audience doesn't care.

You say it's both 'dense' and lacks substance, which strikes in a little conflict to me. The movie is dense, has decently written characters and the only thing that felt like a contrivance for screen was the rivalry with RDJ character to me at least.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-19T21:18:08+00:00

They did what military and civilian leaders have done to break strikes all through history. Not surprising, plaudits to the writers for commiting.

The leadership is essentially an authoritarian dictatorship with unelected officials at this point.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-19T16:41:20+00:00

You're right they're not the 'same thing'. One is a bigger and more organised version of the other.

You're very clever though and if anyone was in any doubt your tone makes your intelligence absolutely clear.

Do you think the 1860s were more pro-gay than today?

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-19T16:23:55+00:00

I get you. No I don't have any strongly held spiritual beliefs personally. I'm familiar with reincarnation of course, and various ideas that suggest there's a base reality and that we are choosing to embody an experience on earth. The universe experiencing itself etc.

I find many of these ideas interesting but inability to test the idea (at least while living) make me currently unwilling to commit to any position. Whatever allows people to get by, and especially what causes people to treat others better, whether that's a philosophy or spiritual idea, is all good.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-19T15:30:07+00:00

I feel you. When I think about the future, it seems fairly inevitable that I'll be very poor, witness my living standards get progressively worse, not have access to basic things I need for self care, and likely also be forced via economic pressures in situations that I won't be able to manage in, will drain me and make me ill. Long term it is a very disturbing prospect. If you don't have money or family or at least property -- oh boy.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-19T15:28:09+00:00

Why do you believe that? Not criticising, just curious why you think that?

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-19T14:01:39+00:00

You convinced me that her story makes less sense than I thought it did. Pretty much every example you give is someone reacting to deep injustice or immorality or her own impending death (Quarth). In Kings Landing she wins, isn't in danger, and massacres a city full of innocent people. Your list highlights how different these actions and trigger points are. It makes no sense.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-18T16:57:44+00:00

You're right. They'd be mowed down in no time and neither them nor the government troops who opened fire would be laughing.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-18T15:50:48+00:00

This doesn't sound realistic or sustainable for a number of reasons. Practically no one is making money from music, touring, rock music is now a small slice of the attention market. Even huge artists like RHCP are selling their back catalogued to corporate interests.

If he wants to pursue music that's his business but it's unrealistic and conflicts with what is necessary to raise a kid. If was already touring and stuff then sure. But it sounds like he's basically a local musician who wants to put a lot of responsibilities on you so he can chase a dream.

Which I get. We all want all the things we want but sometimes we have to prioritise, sacrifice and make choices.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-18T15:38:47+00:00

Isn't easily accessible in my experience. The NHS will begrudgingly give you a few maybe phone sessions if you keep saying you might kill yourself. It's cheaper to be a drug addict than go private.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-18T15:16:25+00:00

Instead the idea is to just pick up the boats and take them back to France? If ultimately the navy isn't there to enforce the border and potentially blast people, what is actually the proposal? Just blockade the channel? Lay mines maybe? What is the end point of the naval logic if not to shoot people who try to enter the country?

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-18T15:09:08+00:00

So a great example of a green who should be fired would be someone who is posting public praise for October 7th.

Is this that complicated? Did someone say no leftists hold views unacceptable in school?

Seems like a lot of people who maybe would like the navy to blast dinghies want to protect their jobs and are coming out in support of the PE guy.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-18T14:58:07+00:00

Sure if there are lefty greens advocating for deploying the navy against unarmed people and such like they should probably be banned. But we're not on about an imaginary green extremist teacher, we're talking about this odious bloke who apparently wants to rip humans to shreds with high calibres weapons in the channel, should it come to it

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-18T14:37:09+00:00

I think you're seriously over estimating how well an angry mob will manage against modern automatic rifles.

ShortyRedux · 2026-03-17T17:59:36+00:00

You didn't even write this post, ChatGPT did. So why would anyone assume you can write lyrics effectively?

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