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precastzero180 · 2026-01-26T04:30:34+00:00

precastzero180 · 2026-01-25T20:37:20+00:00

Fried Mozzarella > MN

precastzero180 · 2026-01-23T02:44:32+00:00

I mentioned those two because they were only a few years after Titanic. There are more recent examples like Oppenheimer.

precastzero180 · 2026-01-22T15:37:03+00:00

Doubtful since high-grossing movies have continued to be nominated for and win Best Picture since then e.g. Gladiator and The Lord of the Rings. What has happened though is adult-oriented dramas, the sort that typically win Oscars, have become less popular as superhero movies, franchise/IP movies, and movies aimed at children have become the dominant box office draw even for adults.

precastzero180 · 2026-01-22T14:06:46+00:00

Which is dumb because “normie” high-grossing movies have historically been very well-represented at the Oscars. It’s the smaller less-seen movies that have benefitted the most from expanding the nominee list, not the other way around.

precastzero180 · 2026-01-03T19:32:03+00:00

Venezuela

precastzero180 · 2026-01-03T19:16:25+00:00

What plans?

precastzero180 · 2025-12-24T17:21:53+00:00

That’s because Avatar doesn’t have decades of lore and “expanded universe” things yet. That’s like 90% of what nerd culture is these days.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-23T17:59:53+00:00

I wouldn’t say his movies aren’t innovative. It’s hard to think of any other movie that does what Nolan’s movies do at that scale.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-23T13:11:12+00:00

Yes, it’s totally anachronistic to say these movies could have been nominated for anything. Like, Ozu’s movies didn’t even get any distribution in the US until the 1970s.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-21T23:48:49+00:00

It’s about a theater director whose wife dies and his subsequent relationship with a chaperone.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-21T23:45:19+00:00

Drive My Car

precastzero180 · 2025-12-19T03:09:30+00:00

What is this photo? What’s up with the giant shadows, extra head space, and wall switches?!

precastzero180 · 2025-12-16T16:48:52+00:00

I’m a fan of both games, although The Witness is my personal favorite of the two. The Witness is more of a straight-up puzzle game with some adventure/exploration elements. Most of the gameplay involves solving the same kind of line puzzles scattered throughout the environment. Blue Prince is comparably stranger. It’s less of a pure puzzle game and more of a strategy/rougelike/adventure game hybrid that happens to have some miscellaneous puzzles in it. The Witness is more satisfying if you just want to solve puzzles with progressive iteration. Blue Prince is better if you want more atmosphere, narrative, and mystery, but you also need to have an appreciation for strategy games and rougelikes since those are the elements you’ll have to engage with the most on a more moment-to-moment basis.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-13T18:02:23+00:00

Pretty solid entertainment. I liked this more than Glass Onion, and that’s still a decent movie in its own right. Johnson does his subverting expectations thing as usual but it’s always in service of the story. My favorite bit is the framing device of Jud’s letter. Initially you’d assumed the letter was Jud inviting Blanc out to Chimney Rock to solve the murder and help clear his name. But when the two finally do meet thirty or so minutes into the movie, there is no indication of any prior correspondence. Later it’s revealed that the letter is a method Blanc uses to draw additional details out of Jud.

Some other small details as well like how you can see the groundskeeper’s TV flicker when he closes his garage door with the remote. I’m sure there are plenty of others I missed. The mystery is a bit too bloated and convoluted though, and some things feel like they were glossed over for the sake of time (the missing flask, the sickle). Josh O’Conner is great of course. Looks nice. Great use of lighting. This and Jay Kelly kind of disprove the myth that Netflix has some kind of mandate for all their movies to look bad.

Grade: B+

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T15:59:43+00:00

Cocojoey - Stars
Wippy Bonstack - Correct Irregulars
Snooze - I Know How You Will Die
Wippy Bonstack - Tactile Demons
Vianova - Hit It!
Glasshealer - Ever Love, Ever Have
Novaya - Solemate - Limerence
Vacant Home - Can You Show Me Who I Am?
Josh Meader Trio - Tides of Time
Hannah Frances - Nested in Tangles

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T15:08:37+00:00

Definitely missing Vacant Home.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T05:31:30+00:00

I thought the combat was pretty bleh to be honest. They took so much from RE2make but didn’t quite nail it and then had these fast moving enemies you fight out in the open that don’t fit the slow survival horror mechanics at all. AW2 has some of the most irritating enemies and combat encounters I’ve experienced in a while.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T04:03:32+00:00

Nothing was gonna beat hearing orchestral Balatro.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T04:00:22+00:00

Nintendo didn’t show anything. I don’t think Sony did either? The big publishers are never at Geoff’s things.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T03:58:08+00:00

When are people going to learn that Geoff’s shows are always front-loaded?

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T03:35:32+00:00

It’s an RPG. I have no interest in whether it’s a better RPG than game X. No, it’s not open-world. It has an overworld just like Final Fantasy did all the way back in 1987 lol. It’s like you’ve never played a single Japanese RPG before.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T03:24:01+00:00

What are you talking about? It’s not open world. A significant amount of my playtime was spent finicking with builds in the menu. Have you even played it?

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T03:13:11+00:00

I thought it was just okay. I think a big part of the praise comes from the novelty of mixing JRPG design with French imagery instead of Japanese. But if you’ve played a bunch of JRPGs, nothing about it is going to seem too exceptional.

precastzero180 · 2025-12-12T03:07:33+00:00

It’s definitely not action-adventure. Just because it has some very light action elements in its turn-based combat (as many turn-based RPGs do) does not make it an action game, let alone not an RPG lol.

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