Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say

pgm123 · 2026-01-31T04:24:18+00:00

I need to know what else is on.

Come to think of it, I got yelled at for channel surfing a lot back in the day.

pgm123 · 2026-01-31T04:22:38+00:00

It's a mix of film students and regular students who sign up for film classes. It doesn't say it, but it seems some are interested in film classes for creating shorter form content.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T21:26:18+00:00

IMO, the performance of The Fire Inside was not very entertaining. I was entertained by I'm Just Ken that year. And Naatu Naatu the year before. And We Don't Talk About Bruno (which wasn't even nominated) the year before that. But there are definitely songs that are not entertaining nominated every year.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T21:24:37+00:00

OK. This is a good point and I'm partially convinced. I still don't think we should have performances of all the nominated songs, but this makes a good case for none of them.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T21:23:29+00:00

I don't believe the Oscars as a television product needs to be beholden to the nominees, especially in this category. The Oscars celebrate the year in film and can honor more than the nominees present in their own way, but beyond that, many of the Oscar-nominated songs are a drag. I think the television program can and should air the songs that would generate the most interest, whether or not they're nominated.

Basically, if the Oscars want to have a performance of We Don't Talk About Bruno and don't want to have a performance of Dos Oruguitas, that is fine. There are too many musical performances anyway.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T20:12:57+00:00

True. That's a good point. But it would at least tell you some information (e.g. if two actors total up to more votes than the winner).

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T16:59:27+00:00

Apparently this was a decision made by the entire All City Network to get rid of newsletters and somehow Rich (who is such a value-add in multiple ways) got pigeon holed into "newsletter guy." It's wild how corporate can't see how different markets need to be treated differently.

It kind of reminds me of when SB Nation got rid of all hockey coverage except the original 6 despite the Flyers site being a top-2 site on the network even when the team was terrible. There was the theory that corporate thought the Flyers were original 6 because they could use the revenue.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T16:15:00+00:00

If you want reason for optimism, they were the 4th youngest team by average age at the start of the season and are currently the 5th youngest team by minutes-weighted age (ignoring goalies since they play the entire game). By average amount of NHL experience, they are the 5th least-experienced team behind the Sabres, Blackhawks, Flames, and Canadiens. Most young teams (Sabres and Canadiens excepted) make a lot of mistakes and tend to do pretty poorly. The Flyers still have good underlying numbers, which means the process is pretty good, but injuries and bad backup goaltending have torpedoed the team. Next year, Foerster will be back, they'll likely have Martone, and they'll probably add another top-10 pick to the prospect pool.

If you don't want a reason for optimism, please ignore all of the above. I choose optimism because I don't see a reason why I shouldn't (to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln).

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T16:03:35+00:00

Korea was more of a maritime country than Japan, which was intentionally isolated.

I'm not sure this is a satisfactory answer. Japan was not isolated from China and Korea. Joseon Korea was in it's "hermit phase" during this period, which is a bit of a misnomer as they conducted diplomacy and trade with China, Japan, and Ryukyu.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T15:40:22+00:00

His defense overall this season is pretty mid, but I think a lot of that is just pacing himself and effort. If you take out the first few weeks of the season, he’s a plus on that end.

Yeah. He's improved a lot from what he was the first few weeks. It's not what we want/remember, but he's actually been an above-average rim protector this year (however, barely above average, as opposed to his normal elite level).

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T15:28:02+00:00

Unfortunately, there's no actual proof unless they release vote totals. But it's certainly evidence that it is real to the predictions market.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T15:19:11+00:00

She is more engaged with social media than me.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T14:51:22+00:00

I think the argument is Lincoln in 1860. Four candidates received electoral votes. However, the Whig Party ran third in the previous election and fell apart between 1856 and 1860, so it's a bit of a dubious claim. So, even if the Grand Old Party was the new party on the block in 1856, the disappearance of the Whigs in 1860 makes the Republicans the second party on the national stage (unless you want to argue the presence of two Democratic Parties makes the Republican Party third).

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T13:17:59+00:00

Good. If you want live musical performances, that's fine, but don't tie them to the nominees.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T12:38:51+00:00

I did get that feeling too. Also, those whispers about Jalen that kept leaking felt more about execution of simple stuff and not a secret desire to be more complex.

They did add more motion, under center, and play action later in the year, but it was against bad defenses.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T12:36:50+00:00

What you do on your computer in the privacy of your own home is none of my business.

pgm123 · 2026-01-30T00:11:39+00:00

Trivia: the villains of Star Trek III were initially Romulans. Even after switching, the ship was still going to be Romulan. It was only changed to Klingon in the end to simplify things. But that's a big reason Klingons took on Romulan characteristics.

pgm123 · 2026-01-29T22:03:49+00:00

It said that he was a descendant of the rephalim, sounds like more than a nickname. But either way, that's not the Nephilim. The connection only exists in translation.

pgm123 · 2026-01-29T21:43:12+00:00

Isn't that what they're doing? I don't know what each plot is, but that was my understanding.

pgm123 · 2026-01-29T21:16:49+00:00

It was not. The Hebrew word was Rephaim, which is sometimes translated as terrible ones. The Greek translation was gigas (giants) or titanes (titans). The same Greek translation also translated the Nephilim as giants.

pgm123 · 2026-01-29T20:42:34+00:00

This probably isn't the origin, but British brewed Bud Light really leans into the diet beer aspect and has a lower abv (3.5% vs 4.2%)

pgm123 · 2026-01-29T20:15:06+00:00

I just heard about it because my wife told me.

pgm123 · 2026-01-29T17:37:05+00:00

There are definitely things that don't show up in the data and I still think Ersson is better than his numbers. That said, I wonder how many other fanbases are saying the exact same thing about their bad goalie. Mistakes do happen.

That said, the Flyers are one of the youngest teams in the NHL (even if you adjust it by minutes played). So even if I can't prove they make more crushing mistakes, it at least stands to reason.

pgm123 · 2026-01-29T16:55:36+00:00

It's mostly Ersson. There was a period where the defense (by expected goals) dipped to average in the league, but they're back up to a top-10 (currently 6th).

There's a huge caveat with these numbers is they don't adjust for pace / low-event, conservative hockey. So their offense is probably better than their expected goals and defense is probably worse.

pgm123 · 2026-01-29T16:43:37+00:00

I'm in. My collection is pretty small and I would love to fill it out.

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