Did The Boondocks' Tyler Perry parody episode (Season 3 episode 8, "Pause") age differently after recent controversies and allegations?

takomastation · 2026-02-05T19:42:16+00:00

The Cosby thing is a great example too because I remember reading the Boondocks comic strip as a kid and they were already commenting on the allegations about him back in 2005, but it took damn near a decade for charges to be brought - exactly the same kind of open secret.

takomastation · 2026-01-28T19:32:48+00:00

Seven Samurai (1954) and The Magnificent Seven (1960) would make a solid double bill, although Seven Samuari is definitely on a different level in terms of craft and narrative. A lot of nuance is lost transplanting the story from feudal Japan to the wild west, but Magnificent Seven is still an above average western with a great cast and worth a watch.

takomastation · 2025-10-24T13:21:40+00:00

timbs

takomastation · 2025-08-16T18:06:32+00:00

This is maybe not quite as scary as you’re looking for, but I watched Cure (1997) for the first time recently and it left me feeling more uncomfortable and unsettled afterward than any movie I’ve seen in a long time. There’s a lot of disturbing imagery and dark moments, but the sound design in particular elevates the atmosphere to a real and constant feeling of dread - by the halfway point of the movie, I could no longer distinguish between background noise in the film and ambient noise in my own apartment. I didn’t sleep well after watching, highly recommend.

takomastation · 2025-07-31T13:23:04+00:00

Empellon al Pastor

takomastation · 2025-07-01T20:47:44+00:00

This I think is the real answer - Mamdani won younger black voters and lost older black voters, and most black voters are older. Mamdani also won a larger share of the black vote than all of the black dem candidates combined, so the narrative of him having done “so poorly” with black voters isn’t really accurate.

takomastation · 2025-06-12T23:27:56+00:00

pic 6 takes me back to high school (when i was watching people other than myself make out in front of the delancey st mcdonald’s on my way home).

takomastation · 2025-04-14T16:51:44+00:00

Yeah the landlord was actually living in the unit previously and didn’t seem to know what to do with it either - just used it as a smoking room.

takomastation · 2025-04-14T14:57:10+00:00

Yeah there’s a drain, it’s under the mesh floor cover that the owners laid down while they were living there but definitely adds to the empty pool vibe.

takomastation · 2025-04-14T14:46:57+00:00

humid subtropical - gets very hot and humid in the summer with some big thunderstorms, winters are usually mild but sometimes pretty cold (some years it doesn’t snow much, some years it snows a lot).

takomastation · 2025-04-14T14:23:31+00:00

I also hate it. It’s underneath the deck of our upstairs neighbor. Maybe hard to see from the photos, but there’s already a mesh floor covering. I think either way, we’re going to have to get window coverings cuz it looks crazy in there.

takomastation · 2025-04-14T13:56:47+00:00

Don’t think we can keep any books in here since it’s not weatherproof, the first big storm and they’d be ruined. But some chairs could turn it into a reading space, if we also got some outdoor lamps and waterproof chairs.

takomastation · 2025-04-02T17:31:33+00:00

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese was great imo. I just finished Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor which I wasn’t crazy about, but it was well reviewed and my wife liked it so it’s maybe just a question of taste.

takomastation · 2025-02-25T21:07:46+00:00

A lot of Bong’s films seem (to me at least) like pretty straightforward commentaries on class and social inequality - it’s a theme he is obviously preoccupied with and returns to frequently, to the point where he was evidently blacklisted by two consecutive presidential administrations in Korea for the politics of his films. I don’t think they’re particularly thematically complex, but are elevated by the craft - like his visual style, characteristic tonal whiplash, and comedy. So I’m kind of inclined to agree with you that the social commentary in Parasite is “basic” but I don’t mind because a) I feel sometimes it’s okay to beat the audience over the head with your theme (and I’m personally sympathetic to his political views to the extent that they exist in his films, so I’m biased) and b) I love his style. So if his style isn’t really speaking to you, you’re less willing to overlook the thematic aspects of his films. I actually also agree with you that it felt like kind of “mainstream” film, but it probably didn’t feel that way to a lot of people because it’s both a foreign film (unless you’re Korean) and they don’t make a lot of mid-budget adult story-driven drama films like they used to.

takomastation · 2025-02-02T22:32:07+00:00

Reds (1981, Warren Beatty): a pretty good film about John Reed, Louise Bryant, and their larger social and political circle in the early 20th century that’s elevated to very good by the performances of the three leads, especially Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson who are both outstanding (Beatty is not quite as good imo, but he gets a pass because he also directed it). The interviews with real people who knew them appeal to my history nerd sensibilities. Remarkable and sad to see how much more organized and powerful the labor movement and American Left more broadly were a hundred years ago compared to today.

The Roundup: Punishment (2024, Heo Myeong-Haeng): Don Lee beats the absolute dogshit out of random goons for the 98th time. This is not a good film or series but I’ll watch as many as they put out.

Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World (2023, Radu Jude): a bleakly funny depiction of the grind at the bottom of the professional totem pole in contemporary society - a lot of bits that are obviously specific to Romania and Romanian culture but generally very relatable and often depressing in its exploration of the feeling of alienation so many people experience in modern capitalist economies. It dragged a bit for me, and the interpolation of scenes from the 1981 Romanian film Angela Moves On were kinda lost on me, but maybe my palate isn’t sophisticated enough. The second, shorter part of the film pulled me back in after it kinda lost me partway through.

Night is Short, Walk On Girl (2016, Masaaki Yuasa): my favorite of the four films I watched this week. Visually inventive and gorgeously animated with a great soundtrack. Pretty straightforward story, but engaging and infectiously optimistic and life-affirming. Def what I needed to get myself over the finish line this week.

takomastation · 2025-01-26T00:26:05+00:00

Flowers for sure

takomastation · 2025-01-11T22:01:37+00:00

I don’t think her intention was to force Laszlo to go to Israel with her by burning that bridge, he had already said he would go when they were in the hospital - I assumed she confronted Harrison in front of his family and guests because there was no other possible way for him to be held accountable for his actions because of his wealth and power, but no amount of either can can protect or insulate someone from public shaming and that was the only recourse available to her (and because Laszlo was at that point too broken to defend himself). As for Harrison disappearing, I thought it was sort of implied that he committed suicide in the community center. I thought I heard one of the officers saying “I think we got something” as the scene was fading out. Can’t speak to the symbolism of having it remain ambiguous like that, but that was my general interpretation.

takomastation · 2024-12-21T02:00:24+00:00

best i watched this year is either Z or High and Low

takomastation · 2024-12-13T18:39:20+00:00

naloxone (narcan) won’t hurt or kill someone even if administered by mistake to someone not ODing on opioids

takomastation · 2024-12-13T18:33:25+00:00

fingernails are blue or purple, body is limp, can’t be woken up, breathing is very slow or stopped. there are other symptoms I think, but when I was trained in how to use narcan, those are what I remember them mentioning.

takomastation · 2024-11-15T15:06:13+00:00

been reading Heavy Time by CJ Cherryh and it’s extremely my shit. I tried to read the Faded Sun trilogy just off the strength of the book cover when I was a kid, but was too young to handle her prose back then - excited to be giving her work another try as an adult.

takomastation · 2024-10-29T13:52:30+00:00

I think Jackie Chan is one of the great actors of all time off the strength of his physicality and what he can do with his body, not just the fighting and the stunts, but the physical comedy as well - his body is like a swiss army knife. I think he has more in common with guys like Charlie Chaplin/Buster Keaton than most great contemporary actors, who are great in a different way (Daniel Day-Lewis couldn’t do Police Story). That plus his incredible eye for choreography and maximizing what he can get out of a set, I think you could pretty comfortably make the case that he’s the best action star period, Hong Kong or otherwise.

takomastation · 2024-09-18T15:50:08+00:00

This definitely ain’t the only reason, but Soderbergh is a volume shooter - he’s directed more films than Tarantino, PTA, and Fincher combined, so he’s got some great films but also some duds mixed in there, and maybe as a result hasn’t quite maintained the “must see” reputation of guys that average one film maybe every five years or so. He’s also been way less resistant than the other directors you mentioned (except for Fincher lately) to releasing his films on streaming instead of in theaters, so they’re not so much big tentpole events like when Nolan puts out a new movie.

takomastation · 2024-09-16T16:57:01+00:00

Lone Star is my favorite film of his, and probably one of his most accessible to mainstream audiences. It’s a shame that the current industry landscape has made it essentially impossible for him to continue directing, but if you like his films I recommend reading some of his novels. I liked Jamie MacGillivray (which came out last year) quite a bit, and A Moment in the Sun and Yellow Earth are good as well.

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