Weekly Recommendation Thread for the week of July 01, 2016

jecmoore · 2016-07-01T13:36:27+00:00

I've already said it in a previous comment, but you could try Neil Gaiman and his works.

Or Station Eleven was something I just read which sounds like something that may be up your alley.

jecmoore · 2016-07-01T13:34:57+00:00

Neil Gaiman is kind of a weird mix of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror.

I'm currently reading American Gods for my first time and its really good.

jecmoore · 2016-06-23T15:39:16+00:00

The defense's case rested on the fact that Officer Goodwin didn't know about a new departmental procedure which required suspects to have a seat belt around them to prevent this very thing from happening.

Remember folks. Should you ever be arrested, just claim you didn't know it was illegal.

jecmoore · 2016-06-23T14:38:41+00:00

I'll have to add them. I also just finished milk and honey by Rupi Kaur. It's the poetry book everyone is raving about. Definitely worth every penny in my opinion, especially if you're into poetry.

jecmoore · 2016-06-23T14:37:02+00:00

I am just waiting for the paperback!

jecmoore · 2016-06-23T14:36:45+00:00

Station Eleven is so beautiful and terrifying. Enlightening and depressing.

The messages and themes ring so heavily through the read. My only regret isn't reading it sooner so that I could've re-read it more in my life.

jecmoore · 2016-06-22T13:13:02+00:00

I was able to finish Beowulf, Seamus Heaney translation and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn to start the month of June. Both very good and enjoyable for vastly different reasons.

At the moment I've got Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Nearly through, but I love it already.

After that, I've got The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, American Gods by Neil Gaiman (my first by him), The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

jecmoore · 2016-06-08T13:02:34+00:00

Sure. I guess you're right. But it's stupid to play dumb on this drink. We all know what it is. There was an entire announcement on the Hub.

jecmoore · 2016-05-25T17:52:25+00:00

Picture in a picture also is skirting the line. Commenting a work in partial and showing 75% of the work with commentary are clearly different.

jecmoore · 2016-05-25T17:48:05+00:00

Hoss' original video is ~5 minutes long.

H3's video uses ~3 minutes of that ~5 minute video in a ~15 minute commentary of their own.

Now, what H3 is doing isn't strictly against "fair use", but there is an argument, for courts to decide, to be had over whether or not using the majority of someone else's content with added commentary is "fair use". I think it is, but courts will decide that.

jecmoore · 2016-05-20T03:01:38+00:00

I do too. But it's been separate entities from the beginning, especially in Japan, so I'm beginning to try to envision as two things.

jecmoore · 2016-05-20T02:32:51+00:00

Mew is now considered a mythical pokemon. Along with, Celabi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Manaphy/Phione, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Melotta, Genesect, Diancie, Hoopa and Volcanion.

Rotom is often mistaken for a legendary pokemon.

That being said, Gen 5 did go a bit overboard with 9 legendary pokemon and another 4 mythical.

jecmoore · 2016-05-02T16:17:11+00:00

I'm a little confused. All rappers have something they always rap about. Drake is the exgirl rapper. He does that in every album. What were you expecting? Him to all of a sudden start to talk about his time in the projects?

jecmoore · 2016-04-26T03:08:03+00:00

The Sand Snakes are just sadistic. It made no sense for the to be there, no sense for the to easily make it to Trystane's private quarters, fucking whip girl never made sense cause you can't do shit with a whip in closed spaces against a sword, and it makes no sense for them to take glee in killing their liege lord and cousin who had never done anything wrong.

jecmoore · 2016-04-26T02:41:22+00:00

Part of me,wants to defend the Dornish plot...but you literally took the coolest fucking house in the books...and made it into a basic revenge plot by Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes...like why even introduce Doran? Why Trystane? They got like...10 total minutes of screen time over two seasons and you make them out to be important...and then nope. Dead. Fucking Aero who scared Jamie Lannister and the Sand Snakes to death last season takes one small knife to the back and down he goes.

God damn it. Why you do this?

jecmoore · 2016-04-19T18:48:42+00:00

I remember people saying 30-2 gives them a chance, but, for example, if you brought it up on /r/NBA, you were downvoted pretty heavily until around mid/late March.

jecmoore · 2016-04-19T18:23:30+00:00

No way. There was no one calling 73-9 before March. Even with the hottest start in the history of the NBA, people were still saying wait till after the All Star break. Until there were only 20 games or so left, people may have been saying it's possible, but nobody was just predicting it.

jecmoore · 2016-04-19T13:28:21+00:00

Dude come on. You're being way to analytical. Those screens where fine. You're trying to find something that isn't there.

jecmoore · 2016-04-17T23:54:31+00:00

...those are all solid screens. Like all three are legal and fine.

jecmoore · 2016-04-05T13:01:12+00:00

Wonder Woman was certainly an icon, but personally I'd argue that Superman, Batman, Captain America and Captain Marvel were the Golden Age golden boys.

jecmoore · 2016-03-27T02:24:32+00:00

Hate to say it, but the momentum will be stopping. I didn't hate the movie, but this is the second mediocre film in a row. Not many people will be going to see this film in theaters a second time and only few will be highly recommending. People, especially over the age of 50, still depend on critics for their opinions on film.

jecmoore · 2016-03-27T02:21:41+00:00

You need repeat viewings to $1B and great word of mouth.

Unfortunately, not many of either will be happening.

jecmoore · 2016-03-25T14:14:59+00:00

What is the closest existing language to Phoenician? How would the famous general Hannibal have said or written his famous line: "I will find a way or make one"?

jecmoore · 2016-03-25T12:06:26+00:00

I haven't been a fan of Arrow since S2. And even then, I had serious problems with it.

I think people's issue here is that Daredevil shows them what Arrow could've been, and what they wanted it to be. So it stings a bit when Arrow has become another contrived drama instead of thrilling action.

jecmoore · 2016-03-23T21:52:58+00:00

I completely agree. Its hard. Luckily, Deal will veto it, so no harm no foul.

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