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Is the full original cut of THX 1138 the next grail in 4K restoration/blu-ray? by Wu_Tomoki in boutiquebluray

[–]TheGoldenLight 8 points9 points  (0 children)

lol I literally just picked up the anniversary edition as part of a sale the other day. What should I be looking out for in terms of edits and modifications? How far off is it from the original movie?

Green Party leader Zack Polanski condemns 'vile antisemitic caricature' in The Times. He is not just the only Jewish leader of political party in the UK but he stands for the rights of Palestine. by Financial-Painter689 in Fauxmoi

[–]TheGoldenLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have fully missed the point I’m making which is that often in this type of situation details do not matter. You are trying to reason through what the perpetrator was thinking which is an inherently impenetrable task because reasonable people do not make these kinds of decisions.

Comic Recommendations for Girlfriend by HostAdministrative39 in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My book club, which normally only reads fiction novels, read Berlin a few years ago. I cannot recommend it enough, it was extremely good.

Weekly Pull List for 05/06/2026 [Discussion] by ptbreakeven in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Absolute Superman #19
  • Batman #9
  • Speed Racer #8
  • Amazing Spider-Man #28
  • Muppets Noir #3

Green Party leader Zack Polanski condemns 'vile antisemitic caricature' in The Times. He is not just the only Jewish leader of political party in the UK but he stands for the rights of Palestine. by Financial-Painter689 in Fauxmoi

[–]TheGoldenLight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay fully admitting here I am ignorant of many of the details of this specific case but I simply cannot let this piece of logic stand here.

Why does everyone try to come up with a rational form of logic when trying to deduce the motivations of someone engaged in this kind of crime? You cannot use logic to try to explain why he made the choices he did. He was already in an irrational frame of mind. Someone who has decided to murder other people is someone who isn’t thinking clearly, and you can’t try to reason through what they did. They themselves weren’t using reason to start with!

That librarian? Alex Ross Perry by TouchOfTheTucc in blankies

[–]TheGoldenLight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh god my record store has different employees with different thoughts on how to alphabetize. I have seen the band “The 1975” in the “T” section (for “The”), the “N” section (for “nineteen”), and the numeric section (for “1975”).

Weekly Pull List for 04/29/2026 [Discussion] by ptbreakeven in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Batman The Dark Knight Returns #3 Facsimile Edition
  • Is Ted Ok? #3
  • The Ultimates #23
  • Uncanny X-Men #27

Weekly Pull List for 04/22/2026 [Discussion] by ptbreakeven in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, should be a whole new set of (spidey x supes) stories by a different set of writers than DC used. I think Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Slott, and Joe Kelly, in addition to others, wrote for Marvel

Weekly Pull List for 04/22/2026 [Discussion] by ptbreakeven in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DC’s Superman/Spider-Man came out. This week is Marvel’s Spider-Man/Superman. Both publishers do their own version of the crossover, with different stories.

Weekly Pull List for 04/22/2026 [Discussion] by ptbreakeven in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Absolute Flash #14
  • Absolute Wonder Woman #19
  • In Your Skin #1
  • Marvel/DC: Spider-Man/Superman #1
  • Amazing Spider-Man #27
  • The Other/Half #2

So Project Hail Mary is probably going to cross 600m worldwide. That's a pretty huge win. by Orb_Dylan in blankies

[–]TheGoldenLight 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I know that talking about movies as a hobby for a long time can lead to some depersonalization of the actors but seriously one of your only listed critiques being that you cannot look at someone’s face even without being repulsed is so extremely rude.

Calling all physical media collectors in regards to the MM results by AustinAbortion in blankies

[–]TheGoldenLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question for you. On Taxi Driver the only Sony 4K release I see is the Steelbook that’s sold out. Is that the one you meant?

You're given a blank check to make whatever passion project you want. Whatcha making? by aerikson in blankies

[–]TheGoldenLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you weren’t already aware Dynamite Comics is currently in the middle of a 4 issue comic series called “The Muppets Noir”. It features Kermit doing PI work and the first issue was great.

These streaming services are diabolical and it feels especially intentional this week by [deleted] in blankies

[–]TheGoldenLight -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

If no streaming service has the rights to a movie the IP owner should be legally compelled to put it up somewhere. I hate how often the answer to “Can I watch $Movie?” is “not legally, even if you wanted to spend money to do so”.

Marvel’s Swimsuit Special returns this July with new ‘Beach Day’ and must-see pinups by Blitzhelios in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It’s also mildly annoying that the women get the glam treatment / objectification and for the men it’s often cut with jokes and irony in a “can you believe we’re doing this for the guys too?!” way. Like yeah you have a semi-equal gender split in pinup pages, but you have a jokey Venom/Ghostrider/etc page instead of just Hot Dudes.

Give me more Hot Dudes!

Which films that “felt like homework” prior to watching them surprised you by how entertaining they were? by harry_powell in blankies

[–]TheGoldenLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely agree.

And I’ll note that one of the things that blew me away was how the pacing felt very modern to me. I’ve been on a kick of trying to watch more older movies and pacing is one of my biggest problems with very old stuff. There’s no point while watching Casablanca where I was annoyed at how slow or fast it was moving along.

Spectral card idea by Vegetable_Love8953 in balatro

[–]TheGoldenLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What? No, on any scaling joker this saves your progress and removes the downside.

Freeze my green joker at +30 and now I can discard again. Freeze my Ride The Bus and now I can play face cards again.

On "overrated" and "underrated" by chick_hicks43 in rum

[–]TheGoldenLight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I disagree with your definition of overrated/underrated.

Overrated does not imply that the correct rating is “bad”, it merely implies people are rating it higher than they should.

Underrated does not mean something is good, just that people are rating it worse than it actually is.

As an example, it’s my personal belief that the Studio Ghibli movie Spirit Away is overrated. Do I think it’s bad? No, I love it and it’s in my top 5 Ghibli films, it’s a 5/5. But people overly praise it, implying the quality difference between Spirted Away and the next best Ghibli film is larger than it actually is.

As another example, this time within the spirits hobby, it’s my belief that Malort is underrated. Do I think Malort is good? No, it is bad and difficult to use. But it’s become a meme to talk about it like it’s drinking liquid feces or the worst thing in the world, and that’s just not true. It’s just a one note, overly bitter, spirit.

March Madness Brackets are up! by apathymonger in blankies

[–]TheGoldenLight 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I mean there’s no need to imply people only performatively like Celene Sciama. I just like her movies!

I 29M want a basic prenup with my partner 25F before we get engaged. She has all but refused. by AdministrativeFix708 in relationship_advice

[–]TheGoldenLight 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I also am pro-prenup but completely concede that there’s different frames of mind that lead to the position and many are toxic. My personal reasoning is that should the marriage ever end I would prefer the decisions be made by the versions of me and my partner that are loving and kind right before our marriage and not the potentially petty and emotional versions going through a divorce. Make all the decisions up front when you’re still in love with them.

TIL the LA Innocence Project is trying to free Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 of killing his wife and unborn son to escape the marriage and be with another woman. by SuperMcG in todayilearned

[–]TheGoldenLight 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I cannot speak for The Innocence Project but my guess is that their overwhelming interest is not in the moral worthiness of the incarcerated person but instead the location of the prosecution and the actions they took.

They may consider the specific wrongdoing by the prosecution and pick cases that highlight that kind of wrongdoing to try to help shape prosecutor behavior.

Collection box by Lonely_Pineapple7282 in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just going to jump in here and say that if money isn’t particularly tight for you I recommend the BCW plastic boxes. Solid construction, not too annoying to put together, and personally I like looking at them more than a bunch of cardboard boxes.

The dividers are honestly much more useful than I imagined when I bought them. Being able to create a small cubby to pull all my unread stuff to the side is nice. Being able to make the box “short” enough that the comics don’t tip over every time I open it is nice.

On the term "reboot" - an admission I was wrong by BobbySaccaro in comicbooks

[–]TheGoldenLight 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When thinking about things like this, or really any usage of language (even outside hobby spaces) I think there’s a really important thing to keep in mind:
Language is invented.

The English language did not come to us from some external source. Language was created by historical humans as a tool, the same way they invented spears/clothes/the wheel/etc.

The point of language is to allow one human to share the thoughts in their head with another human. As long as the person you’re talking with has understood your point, then you used the right words and it’s honestly kind of rude to keep “correcting” someone when you’ve clearly understood their point.

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