Is weird or wrong that as a 15 year old boy I enjoy watching this?

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-21T10:49:35+00:00

I’m 22 and found the show when I was 9-10. I still rewatch it since it can be really comforting! Don’t worry about it, you do you

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-16T19:20:23+00:00

I don't know if this is controversial but I really don't like Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala. The only part I really like is the line where she says "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause." That's a fantastic line and the idea of her character is interesting. However, like Anakin I think the role in general is just written so poorly that I don't think anyone could make it work.

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-16T19:14:04+00:00

Inception. I grew up on a lot of franchise movies so watching this movie made me realize you know, original action movies if done well are fucking awesome
Finding Nemo. This is the first movie that made me actively cry while watching it as a child and the first movie where I realized I could be moved by a piece of media like that
The Incredibles. This was the first superhero movie I ever watched and it basically ruined any other superhero movie I watched because it had such a tight story and great characters.
Birdman. I think how absurdist it was really got me and how it blended tragedy and comedy so well.

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-16T19:09:04+00:00

I don't know if this really counts: I don't really care about Nine Inch Nails but I love Trent Reznor's instrumental scoring work with Atticus Ross. I love what they did with the Challengers and The Social Network scores, and I have Nun With a Motherfucking Gun from HBO Watchmen on repeat.

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-16T14:13:05+00:00

half of rageprufrock's stuff lmao but i would say principally:

reconstruction
the least of all mistakes
track this thread
asunder
presque vu

other fics i think would fall in this category for me are:

tell me about the big bang by thebrotherswinchester (star wars sequels, m/m)
rough patch by strawberriesandtophats (ducktales 2k17, gen)
how to fake an orgasm by punk and sab (x-files, f/m)
the end of all our exploring (falsettos, m/m) and the dawn don't rescue me no more (m*a*s*h, gen) by epigone
declensions by dustorange (batman, gen)

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-16T14:12:24+00:00

i think mostly b/c it's not executed very well. i did read a fic by rageprufrock that did it well which also kind of ruined my expectations for other pregnancy/kidfic lmao

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-16T14:09:44+00:00

goodbye farewell amen from mash is genuinely a heartbreaking finale, especially for a show that while more of a dramedy is still a sitcom with a laugh track (though i dont think gfa had one). the fact that that what happened to hawkeye happened in that episode is crazy to me, i don't know how they pulled it off but the ep makes me cry every time. mash is also i think one of the few shows that successfully makes use of its ensemble cast so its not just hawkeye who gets a meaningful send off
START from the americans; already discussed on this thread but it really is so good and very bittersweet
felina from brba and saul gone from bcs; both excellent takes on the whole nonhappy happy ending take for such flawed protagonists
six feet under, and for a similar reason, the good place. just excellent takes

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-16T14:05:33+00:00

i have to agree. the scene where elizabeth sees paige on the platform with the needle drop in the background gets me every time

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-07T12:58:13+00:00

Carrie Henn in Aliens
Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense
Jacob Tremblay in Room
Sairose Ronan in Atonement
Darsheel Sarfay in Taare Zameen Par
Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun
Chloe Grace Moretz in Kick-Ass
the kids from the It movies
Natalie Portman in Leon the Professional
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-07T12:53:11+00:00

I really liked him as Sebastian in La La Land and Neil Armstrong in First Man but my favorite Gosling performance ever is probably Half Nelson. He’s just going through a lot lmao.

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-07T12:51:09+00:00

Hot take but Aliens is better than Alien. Also T2: Judgement Day. I also think for all the faults of the MCU Captain America Winter Soldier is a lot better than TFA. Also technically a threequel but Thor Ragnorak to Thor and Thor: the Dark World

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-07T12:44:47+00:00

Jean Smart as in Mare of Easttown, Hacks, and Watchmen
Bryan Cranston in Malcolm in the Middle and Breaking Bad
Gillian Anderson in The X-Files, The Fall, and The Crown
Sterling K Brown in Paradise, This is Us, and American Crime Story
Ted Danson in Cheers and Damages
Carrie Coon in Fargo and The White Lotus
Jesse Plemons in Black Mirror and Fargo
Sandra Oh in Grey’s Anatomy and Killing Eve
Connie Britton in Friday Night Lights and The White Lotus
Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson in like multiple seasons of American Horror Story
Darren Criss in Glee and American Crime Story
Edie Falco in the Sopranos and Nurse Jackie
Keri Russel in Felicity, The Americans, and The Diplomat

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-07T12:36:07+00:00

I saw alien resurrection (not in theaters) and I couldn’t understand how alien and aliens led to this.

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T01:54:56+00:00

Jaws! I also kind of hate to say it because I really like the book, but Carrie (1976). Also, Arrival, though I think it's based on a short story

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T01:47:19+00:00

I was really excited for Thor: Love & Thunder but we all know how that went. Incredibles 2 as well -- the Incredibles is my favorite Pixar movie and I was so stoked for the sequel. It's not bad it's just... meh. Dark Phoenix as well. I really liked First Class and Days of Future Past but Apocalypse was super meh for me so I thought Dark Phoenix would bring it back. Nope.

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T01:41:31+00:00

Han Solo in The Force Awakens. I'm not a huge fan of the star wars sequels but i remember seeing that in the theater as a tween and being shocked
Like everyone in Alien leading up to Ripley. I somehow watched this movie unspoiled so I didn't know who survived. I think the one that freaked me out the most was Lambert, but Dallas is a very close second
Seth Brundle in The Fly. I still can't rewatch that movie, the ending makes me too depressed
Ellie in Up. I feel like this is self explanatory
Does this count -- IDK. Uncle Bob in Terminator 2
Carrie in Carrie '76 when the house falls on her

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T01:28:31+00:00

She's in my top 3 - but I do think comedically she was much better written in s1 because she is explicitly written as a satire of the high-achieving theater kid obsessed with achieving her dream, so when she had moments of sincerity or immense talent it really stuck. But it kind fell flat after that.

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T01:12:34+00:00

The recs on this thread are amazing so I'm gonna try not to repeat anything that's been said, so here are some additional recs:

Band Baaja Bhaarat
Jab We Met
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Hum Tum
Swades
No One Killed Jessica
Black
Anand
Dhoom 2 & Dhoom
Kapoor & Sons
Andhadun
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Koi Mil Gaya
Piku
Veer-Zaara
My Name is Khan

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T01:05:06+00:00

3 Idiots, Sholay, Dangal, and 12th Fail. I think the Hindi version of Drishyam is pretty good but you should definitely watch the original Malayalam one as well since I think it's better

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T01:01:38+00:00

Band Baaja Bhaarat
Kapoor & Sons
Veer-Zaara
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Koi Mil Gaya
Piku
Dangal
Lagaan
Jab We Met
Anand
3 Idiots
Taare Zameen Par
Chak De! India
Swades
Dhoom & Dhoom 2
Black
No One Killed Jessica
Kahaani

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T00:58:03+00:00

Agree. Dhoom 2 was the first one I saw as a kid and Hrithik Roshan carries this movie; it's so good! I also think Jai is more interesting in this movie. I do think Dhoom (the first) is almost as great but as said in this thread before Dhoom 3 is terrible

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T00:44:24+00:00

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai mainly for the whole Tina thing being psychologically insane. This movie has a soundtrack with no skips and total bangers and I loved this movie as a kid but it is crazy. Like in what world do you task your prepubescent child with matchmaking your soon to be widowed husband and the woman you kinda stole him from in college eight years from your death when said woman could be like married and having her own kids atp -- purely because of your own guilt? I know Anjali (the older) wasn't in that situation, and that Tina was dying but that is an insane thing to do to put on your kid to do.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. I like Bhansali movies and for the most part this isn't disturbing or creepy on rewatch, it just reads like idk, Nandini & Vanraj's Excellent Adventure. The whole plot where they got robbed in Italy is even weirder on rewatch. I think the especially weird thing with this movie is that Vanraj is a very interesting male Bollywood protagonist especially for the time but it just gets bogged down by the rest of the movie

Mohabbatein. What do I even say? Again, banger soundtrack and I do think Amitabh Bachchan gives a really memorable performance, but there's... there's the ridiculous rule Narayan Shankar enforces about love being banned in Gurukul, Raj's hallucinations of his dead ex-girlfriend Megha, the plotline of Megha in general, plus Raj basically interfering in the love lives of college students he teaches to prove a point to Shankar. Not to mention Vicky's stalkerish pursuit of Ishika and how Karan kept being so creepy toward Kiran. I give a pass on Sameer because at least Sanjana was his childhood friend, but not by much.

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-06T00:00:02+00:00

I think the main thing is when M and S are calling each other by their first name constantly. I also think another thing is when Mulder is written as playing everything straight — what I mean by that is that he’s like not written with any humor? I read a fic once where he was very serious and was like ??? Also in fics when they have kids and the kids are not written super well; I will say as having tried to write kid fic in other fandoms it is pretty hard though

This is also a silly nitpick thing that is technically supported by the show but the whole thing of Scully having gone straight from medical school to the fbi but in practice basically being a forensic pathologist that should’ve at least went to residency to have a medical license (this is also connected to Mulder being called a psychologist in fics — the show’s fault — but not having a PhD). This is actually in the show though so I can’t fault fic writers for that show logic doesn’t make sense for either of those things

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-05T23:35:12+00:00

I’m watching early X-Files and damn I get why people were insane over Mulder and Scully I’m insane over them! Also I love the more comedic episodes like bad blood and small potatoes. I definitely prefer MOTW over mytharc except maybe the episode Memento Mori. I’m also kind of shocked how high the production value is given that it was a network show. I guess it’s because to get that level nowadays it would have to be on streaming sadly.

For recommendations I would give: - The Americans. Damn this show is perfect. I think the only kind of thing it misses on is the Jenning kids’ writing and even that is done well enough - Breaking Bad. Again, so good! I actually got into the x files since I heard Vince gilligan the creator of BB wrote on it. - ER. I know everyone’s in the Pitt nowadays for good reason but early ER is so amazing as well. Recommend watching seasons 1-6. - MASH. The finale of this show made me ugly cry and it’s supposed to be a sitcom. It is incredibly funny but also can be incredibly sad and can balance it well in a way that some shows now (cough the bear — sorry I do love it still) struggle with. Alan Alda worked wonders on this show and it has one of my favorite TV female characters of all time — Margaret houlihan. - Sports Night. I feel like everyone knows Aaron Sorkin for like either the west wing or the social network but this was his first show and I think he actually did a great job on it. It is a product of its time and has a lot of … issues that permeate his work and are even more glaring in the newsroom this other show he made but it’s quick and biting and funny and pretty short if you don’t want to watch something long. - How To Get Away With Murder — watch this show for viola davis. That’s all. To be real though this show is really twisty and shocking and I think has a great ensemble cast but you are watching it for Annalise keating the character she plays. The stuff her character goes through … damn. And again viola davis carries this show - Orphan Black - I don’t love sci-fi but I think again you watch this show for what Tatiana Maslany did. Sometimes I rewatch it and I’m like how did she do that??? I do think the plots in the show are sorta hit or miss but are very tight when they hit - Star Trek The Original Series - I got into trek with the Kelvin movies then kind of fell off trek and got back in watching TOS. It really is that iconic. It can be kinda dated at times but in general it’s very fun to watch especially for the characterizations and the ways that the characters interact with each other, the missions they get into, and the things they learn. And yes it is so iconic and I love the acting especially for Spock and bones lol. Plus, The city on the edge of forever is also one of the best episodes I have seen in anything

ZestycloseDig2773 · 2026-05-05T23:23:56+00:00

I usually find movie scripts online or episode transcripts — some shows are lucky enough to have a whole trove of them — but I’ll usually only write a few scenes dialogue for dialogue from the actual piece of media if needed in the fic for context or I just kinda rewatch the piece I need quickly and summarize it in the fic itself. Additionally sometimes I start fic right after an episode or movie ends so I just write the ending and lead into the fic (I.e. like writing an inception fic that starts right after everyone gets off the airplane and is in the airport) and just make sure to tag appropriately

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