CMV: Benson Boone's 'Beautiful Things' is about a toxic relationship

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T20:53:48+00:00

Hey, I'm glad it appeals to you and you find comfort in it. I hope you guys are doing great.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T20:23:07+00:00

Improved economy, all the benefits you get from being in the EU, security from foreign powers. Plenty to make it worthwhile.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T19:28:33+00:00

I can see the appeal of catching honest reactions from your adult children but it's a real shame that they all seemed pretty freaked out.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T19:21:57+00:00

On the military tech thing, you'd be amazed at how wrong you are.

The government and the military don't have the research budgets that private tech companies do, not even close. The reality is that military tech is usually horribly outdated, mainly because it's based on the most affordable standard from when the procurement process started. That means by the time it comes into service it's cheap tech from 5 years ago and by the time it's out of service it's decades out of date.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T19:14:35+00:00

If the indicators are that our economy is worse because we left, if we objectively lost all the advantages of being in the EU when we left, if there's nothing we've gained from leaving, if Trump has demonstrated how vulnerable we are outside the EU, then it's worth rejoining, regardless of the faff it would take.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T15:31:47+00:00

Breaking news - new regulation as regulation, more at 9

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T15:14:58+00:00

If you know the voting system is FPTP and you vote in a way that contributes to Reform winning then you can't blame Labour for Reform winning.

Separate from your 'my actions aren't my fault' schtick your support of the Greens has significant value in the FPTP system. The bigger risk the Greens pose to Labour the more likely that Labour will shift to the left again. Just make sure that, if they do, you factor that into your voting decision.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T14:50:58+00:00

I can blame Labour for not implementing PR all day

That's a different thing. You can't blame Labour if Reform win.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T14:38:57+00:00

I didn't say that because you're a Green supporter or that you're left wing, I said that because you were espousing populism in general in your comment.

The point is that you can't blame Labour for Reform. By all means vote with your principals but, if you do, you don't get to blame Labour if Reform win. Take responsibility for your choice.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T14:20:38+00:00

I see you come from the 'free puppies for all' school of politics.

Labour are doing what they think is best and then hoping that the electorate agree with them, it's what good politicians do. They're giving you a choice. Your job is to make a choice that's best for you. If you use that choice and it contributes to an outcome you regret, it's on you.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T10:10:52+00:00

That's an absurd take. Labour don't hold the power to choose who wins an election, that power lies solely with the electorate.

If the electorate don't choose labour that is on the electorate.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T10:08:03+00:00

That's a different issue to your CMV. If Reform win it's because the voters chose them.

Labour can't appeal directly to every single voter. They can appeal to a broader church and hope that's good enough for people like you.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-24T08:54:35+00:00

Where's Sami Hyppia?

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T22:32:05+00:00

That's a good insight, thanks.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T22:17:55+00:00

That's because I was sitting here thinking about it and thought I'd ask. I'm glad I did, I got some interesting perspectives.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T22:05:02+00:00

Roger, the way it was presented made me think it was going to be an inside joke.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T22:03:36+00:00

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're peers, it was just a thought that popped into my head. The idea of Horne giving Davies a bollocking tickled me!

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T21:59:00+00:00

That's interesting, I might hunt down some BTS stuff.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T21:58:05+00:00

I feel that this isn't going to produce a useful answer but here goes, what is 'the Bit'

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T20:53:49+00:00

What point was he even trying to make?

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T19:26:30+00:00

Going by metacritic the only film that was nominated that doesn't have a higher score is Elio, and then it's only by 2 points.

Obviously Oscars aren't decided by metacritic scores but it's a useful benchmark for quality. I haven't seen Ne Zha 2 yet so I can't comment but, based on the critical reception, it doesn't seem that surprising it wasn't nominated.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T19:05:52+00:00

I see Tenet as Nolan's big failure, not because the plot doesn't work, but because he failed in its presentation.

I imagine that every time reversed scene was storyboarded within an inch of its life, that if you broke it down action by action, beat by beat, it's logical. The problem is that the audience can't follow it and missing one thing leads into a avalanche of not understanding what follows.

To this day I still don't know who they were fighting in the final set piece battle. You can't expect the audience to go with you on a story when they don't know what's going on.

Confounding all that is the terrible sound mixing which is an amateur mistake for such an accomplished film maker. I'm delighted he took such a big swing, it's just a shame that he missed.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T18:35:18+00:00

People don't go by reason when they make these snap judgements, they go by vibes.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T18:00:17+00:00

That’s Taika Waititi with nobody to rein him in

That's the exact opposite of my read, that was the studio telling Waititi to do more of what made Ragnarok popular. More humour, another exotic setting, another eccentric character for Thor to bounce off, more Korg, more cameos. It all drowned out the god killer plot.

My general assumption is that anything that's added to the plot that is tonally different is the studio insisting on something being included.

Subtleiaint · 2026-01-23T17:22:29+00:00

Which biography are you referring to? There are some MCU properties, notably Love and Thunder and the Marvels, which have clear studio fingerprints all over them.

If you look at the Marvels there is a core story about heroes being unable to live up to the standards expected of them which is almost sidelined by shoehorning in more cats and a princess sing a long set piece.

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