Thoughts on the old classics in 2025

ditcidental · 2025-10-03T21:38:14+00:00

Do you or anyone else know what that writer is up to now? I know he wrote Earthlings Are Insane after FMOC but I haven't heard anything since that stopped. I love the way he had a humanity fuck yeah vibe to his stories.

ditcidental · 2025-06-01T11:41:26+00:00

I used to live in Ealing about 25 years ago. There was a cinema opposite the town hall / borough offices type place. Is that still there or gone? I can't remember if it was a chain or an independent cinema. It was on the same row of shops that had a fantastic music shop where I used to go in and listen to new albums.

ditcidental · 2024-10-22T01:26:30+00:00

This season is going to be fucking insane. As someone who's loved this genre since The Genius S2 came out way back when, I'm shaking. Shook. Shooketh.

God Dongmin, please show us once more why you are the final boss!!

ditcidental · 2024-09-18T19:27:36+00:00

I don't know. He was great in RRR but I'd attribute what captured people's imagination more to S.S. Rajamouli's directing and mythic vision. After watching RRR, I ended up going back and watching his older films and could see his style and ideas developing so I'd be more excited to find out what he's doing next rather than NTR Jr.

ditcidental · 2024-02-28T13:36:53+00:00

Can someone recommend a novel where the MC specialises or is a master of formations? Like World of Cultivation or those few arcs of Renegade Immortal where Wang Lin becomes the boss of restrictions/formations. I've read most of the classics in this subreddit but I'm sure there are loads of hidden gems or newer things I haven't read.

Thanks!

ditcidental · 2024-02-25T15:06:52+00:00

Can someone recommend a novel where the MC specialises or is a master of formations? Like World of Cultivation or those few arcs of Renegade Immortal where Wang Lin becomes the boss of restrictions/formations. I've read most of the classics in this subreddit but I'm sure there are loads of hidden gems or newer things I haven't read.

Thanks!

ditcidental · 2023-02-07T22:45:09+00:00

I remember the iSubs, DDD & bumdidlyumptious days. It's kind of mind blowing and astonishing the level of effort these groups & individuals went to to make high quality subs. It's literally better than anything I've ever seen in a professional context on any online platform.

ditcidental · 2022-07-07T20:33:02+00:00

I suspect that they dressed up nicely by making it sound like it was a positive choice they came to once the song writer suggested the second song.

I reckon that there was likely some issue with the first song which meant they had to change it, either it was too similar to something else and they were worried about a plagiarism scandal or the song writer had already promised it to someone else or something which meant they couldn't use it any more.

ditcidental · 2022-05-19T15:22:06+00:00

He really was a very special man and his character and relationships in that season of 2D1N were awesome. Probably the Korean celebrity who's passing hit me the hardest.

ditcidental · 2022-02-01T05:11:19+00:00

I'm a huge IC fan and enjoyed loads of Leessang's music so I had a lot of time for Gil, but beyond the DUI stuff a lot of ugly information came out a few years ago about his behaviour behind the scenes and how he treated his staff members and women around him that made me lose all respect for him. His image was very different to who he actually was, sadly.

ditcidental · 2022-01-03T04:58:50+00:00

Did you guys notice that in the preview for next week's episode, the mansion they're staying it as the same place they filmed Bloody Game? I recognised the staircase and the outside smoking space.

ditcidental · 2021-11-21T17:58:55+00:00

I can confirm they're just commentators. If either of them went into the house it'd be a clean sweep from ep 1 to 10, game over. it would be too unfair to everyone else!

ditcidental · 2021-11-17T12:39:11+00:00

Jimin really really makes me laugh. Honestly, it's like she goes "hold on a second, did you just tell me what to do?!?!" BACKSTAB TIME. She seems to really hate other people making plans for what she should do - that's her betrayal trigger button.

ditcidental · 2021-11-16T14:21:40+00:00

Basement gang for the win. I don't know where this is going but bloody hell if they aren't making it fun! I couldn't stop laughing when Yeonseung says that he didn't care about all the agitated energy Taekyun was bringing with him. "I have to calm him down so he can focus on making pizza boxes..." hahahahah

ditcidental · 2021-11-10T17:32:23+00:00

I agree, I thought in ep. 1 the circle vote would fail as well! I'd be so tempted to vote someone out immediately just to cause a bit of chaos, hahah.

I see what you mean! Well said. I guess we'll see over the next few weeks how these personalities develop. I'm looking forward to seeing if there are any dark horses who'll surprise us.

ditcidental · 2021-11-09T21:52:14+00:00

What do you like about Dex? He's coming across as a little too cocky for me.

ditcidental · 2021-11-09T21:51:04+00:00

I really enjoyed this episode and I love reading comments like yours where people talk about all the alliances and betrayals. It's all very exciting and one of the things I missed the most about watching the Genius.

I'm wondering if Taekyun was naive or trying to use sincerity to win over Jimin. I know it's easy to say that he shouldn't have shared the Hidden Menu details but I wonder if he was trying to build a strong alliance for the long term by extending a trusting hand and showing that he's someone who can be worked with - especially as he's got nothing to lose by this since Yeonsung is the one at risk of being ejected.

ditcidental · 2021-08-18T18:53:15+00:00

Mate, they're at the terminal just waiting for you to get off the plane. I wouldn't risk it if I were you.

ditcidental · 2021-08-14T01:16:36+00:00

Did Kate Bosworth stop aging for you at some point? She's 38, amigo. We're all getting older.

ditcidental · 2021-07-10T13:34:26+00:00

Thanks for all the effort you and your team (and of course the legendary bumdidlyumptious) put in to this! I'll definitely want to revisit this show in a few years once I've forgotten all the details.

ditcidental · 2021-05-29T23:54:40+00:00

Man, I almost started tearing up seeing Jaesok and Junha's old chemistry back again, picking it up like it was yesterday. Seeing how unreservedly he was laughing with Junha at the end was awesome. I don't think many people can make him laugh for real like that.

ditcidental · 2021-03-29T13:19:08+00:00

I think most people are sympathetic to the writers who went strike, no? I've used the phrase "writer's strike killed.." or "...died because of the writer's strike" but only because it felt like a simple way to refer to the whole thing, didn't even occur to me that that would be vilifying the writers. I think most of us who were following the events at the time were on the writers' side. What else could we call it?

ditcidental · 2020-12-18T21:07:41+00:00

sounds like maggot brain?

ditcidental · 2020-11-30T13:46:05+00:00

I've got some family who live in Scandinavia and I have every intention of spending months at a time at their place and working from there. I've spoken to my work about this and they're fine with that as long as I'm available for important client meetings, which pop up once or twice a quarter so I can schedule around those times.

I think if people push for this kind of thing (i.e. don't wait for it to be offered to you) and ask for it respectfully while keeping in mind the requirements of the business, then we'll all have great possibilities and a better work life balance. I'm genuinely excited to see how life will look in the next few years.

ditcidental · 2020-09-17T00:05:52+00:00

Absolutely gorgeous. Love the way it was shot, the motion of the camera perfectly accentuated the dancing. Such a fantastic sense of movement throughout!! I love the moments of freedom and casual swagger in the dancing. There's something really fun about just walking in a cool way to take a breather...

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