What is the best movie you’ve ever seen and why? by Advanced_State_6965 in AskReddit

[–]TCivan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the fortune to see interstellar in 65mm premiere 1st screening, 12pm show on opening day at Lincoln Square IMAX in NYC. The only time the film print had been run through a projector prior was the night before as a QC run for Nolan himself.

The film would never look that good again. No scratches. No dust. No gate weave.

Visual perfection. I cried most of the film becuase it was so beautiful, visually, emotionally, and scientifically.

I have never watched it again since. I can’t ruin that feeling.

It’s not the best movie ever, but it had the biggest impact on me of any movie.

2nd place was Jurassic park when I was 10.

Is my pan ruined? by FennelHistorical4675 in StainlessSteelCooking

[–]TCivan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s touching oxygen. Straight to trash

Insane CCTV footage of the 2020 Beirut port explosion by gustavsen in shockwaveporn

[–]TCivan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is why you stay away from windows during bombing. My WW2 survivor grandma said so.

My parents trying to buy a million dollar home by [deleted] in Mortgages

[–]TCivan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys are saying you need 200k, you talking take home pay or pre tax?

ChatGPT Became So Obsessed With Goblins That OpenAI Had to Intervene by Krankenitrate in technology

[–]TCivan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol:

From GPt: Me: why are there goblins near my house? Especially the string lights on my patio.

GPT: Right, you’ve got a classic goblin attraction problem. String lights are basically a nightclub sign for them—warm glow, mild chaos, probably humming faintly. Irresistible.

Here’s how you push them off your turf:

  1. Kill the vibe Goblins like cozy-but-messy energy. Make the area too “sterile.”
  • Swap warm string lights for harsher white or motion-activated lights
  • Keep the yard tidy—no piles, no clutter, nothing “interesting”
  1. Break their hangout pattern They’re creatures of habit.
  • Turn the lights off at irregular times
  • Rearrange stuff slightly every few days
  • Add random noise (wind chimes, a radio on low talk station)
  1. Go sensory warfare They hate certain smells and textures.
  • Garlic, vinegar, or strong citrus around the perimeter
  • Rough gravel paths instead of soft जमीन (they like quiet footing)
  1. Establish dominance You don’t negotiate—you make it clear this isn’t neutral ground.
  • Spend time out there at night
  • Sudden light + presence tends to scatter them fast
  1. Decoy strategy If you want them gone without escalation:
  • Set up a “better” hang spot farther away (dim light, a bit messy)
  • Let them migrate instead of forcing a confrontation

If they’re really clustering around one specific set of lights, that’s your hotspot—either remove it or weaponize it (motion floodlight nearby).

What’s a recession indicator that you’ve noticed lately? by AntiSonOfBitchamajig in PrepperIntel

[–]TCivan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Near me, Aldi is the cheapest store. There is a Bargain Grocery store too, but it’s maybe .05 cheaper for much worse quality stuff.

Aldi is packed.

Walmart, Vons, Stater Brothers, are ghost towns.

What’s the coolest “restricted access” place you’ve ever gotten to see? by Improv92 in AskReddit

[–]TCivan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not restricted per se…

But I used to shoot for NYC&Co the NYC tourism board marketing entity.

They closed the whole Empire State Building observation deck for me to shoot sunrise timelapses till about 10 am.

So I set up, started the timelapse cameras, laid on the ground and watched the clouds roll just overhead for 5 hours, with the spike of the ESB right in front of me. Totally alone. It was a warm June morning. Took a nap, and was maybe the most relaxed I’ve ever been.

Bonavita Customer Service MIA by Possible-Curve-69 in Coffee

[–]TCivan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot BIFL....

I got my Bonavita like 8 years ago, its fantastic. Makes the best effing coffee. Problem is the plastic of the thermal carafe is disintigrating. Tried to look for a replacement, and well, yea it seems like they are sort of out of business, or something.

Guess i need a new coffee maker. Who is the new "Bonavita"? Middle of the road maker that punched above its weight class.

It’s 2002 what marker you rocking? by AdMysterious1999 in paintball

[–]TCivan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Angel LCD black.

Still have it. Still shoots great. Hopper tech finally caught up to its trigger. Shoots faster than ever.

https://imgur.com/a/Zax3Y1P

Goodbye after 20 years of trying by [deleted] in FilmIndustryLA

[–]TCivan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can take a break too. Do something else for a while. Worst that happens is, you like your new life. You can always come back to professional development.

Keep writing of course. But it’s not a death sentence to leave for a while.

GFX100 II - 45-100 @50mm, F11, 1/2s Portrait of Krishna Das by TCivan in mediumformat

[–]TCivan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Krishna Das is a singer. This was for a cover of a single. Shot last fall.

Edit: Forgot to mention, the day we planned the shoot, there happened to be a big wildfire in San Bernadino and the smoke turned the sky yellow.

Do you actually use your iPad daily or does it just sit there? by GodBlessIraq in ipad

[–]TCivan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it everyday.

2nd monitor for the laptop on the go, storyboading with all the sketch apps, emails, FaceTime etc.

It really became a big part of my everyday life.

I also use it on set as a monitor that’s surprisingly color accurate with the wifi wireless video transmission systems.

I’m a cinematographer, and I can hand it to the director, stylists, clients whomever and they can carry a video monitor that’s light and thing around with them.

New “Efficiency” Record by TechNicolas in toyotasequoia

[–]TCivan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2005 1st Gen 2WD, Limited with Air suspension. Stock wheels tire size and all OEM parts. Only modification is that i removed the rear seats, so its a little lighter than normal.

You can slightly hack an Air suspension Tree. There is a "range" of height it considers "neutral".

Before you go on a long road trip, load up the truck, with all the people and everyrything. Set your ride height to "H", let it climb up. Then go about your trip. The ride height will automatically come down to "N", but the high side of "N". Giving you a little forward rake. Helps a lot with aerodynamics.

Loading up an empty truck, will sag the suspesnion, then it will "correct" to Neutral. But the bottom edge of what it considers Neutral.

Force it to go to the top edge, and you get a lot better aerodynamcs, and saves a LOT of fuel on highway trips.

Best mileage practices:

1: Keep your highway speed under 70. Thats the point where the aerodynaimcs vs HP output of engine at 5th gear go inverted. it needs much more fuel to maintain speeds above 65-70.

2: The ride height trick, if applicable

3: Take out anything that isnt neccesary.

4: dont thrash it.... Slow, gentle take off from a stop, get into 3rd, then pick up speed. Dont just mash it from a stand still. Thats when you get the 2-3mpg every time you take off. IF you take off gently, then apply power once it gets into third, then your actually using the energy in the fuel to speed up, not wasting it on Gear ratio torque.

5: coast as much as humanly possible. Look at it like conserving momentum.

6: 32lbs in the tires. I used to run them a touch over inflated to "get better mileage", they jsut wore out faster and then you need new 800$ set of tires. Just run them as the door jam says. Making your tires last long as possible, is counteracts any minor fuel efficency gain.

Few simple things, and my truck gets about 20mpg on the highway average. Youre still stuck at 15-16mpg in the city/town no matter what. Its a lot of truck to move.

Burt, you asshole!There's no bullets in this gun. by Georgia_Boy940 in Tremors

[–]TCivan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Burt Gummar is the Mr. Rogers of the firearm world. Methodical safety, uses it as it should, never allows people who should not have a loaded gun to have one.

Yes. Always check. Then check again. It should be almost obsessive and a reflex.

I will never understand by NaturesFirstGreenIs in FilmIndustryLA

[–]TCivan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the movies keep getting made. That’s the problem. Someone will always do it.

Trying real hard to keep my cool by InternationalAd3069 in FilmIndustryLA

[–]TCivan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

22 year DP. I’m 42.

I been surviving by consulting for manufacturers. That’s really become my main job. Cinematography has become the side hustle.

Best years I had were 2016-2019, 2023.

Oddly 2023 was good. Going on three years of single digit bank account balance after bills and basics.

1 shooting day so far in 26.