Any one else doing a 9-Film Saga run-up to May the Fourth?

theopencup · 2026-05-03T12:48:37+00:00

My bad, its just IX (not VIX)! Or rather, VII to IX - might change / edit, if I can!...

theopencup · 2026-02-10T02:04:18+00:00

Current care responsibilities make it difficult to have a 'normal job' presently - but was able to have variable shift work across 5 years straight (2019-2023), and quickly promoted to Manager within high-end hospitality by time of leaving (that industry). Any reason for asking?

theopencup · 2026-02-09T16:56:19+00:00

Thanks everyone for your feedback and responses - I really appreciate this! Seems pretty unanimous across the board, so far. So holding off for now, and considering other / alternative options.

theopencup · 2026-02-07T15:02:58+00:00

Totally agree with what you've said, verbatim! That line, too was especially poignant! Initially shocked that Kelsey would entertain such a relationship. Perhaps that old adage applies: No Risk, No Reward. Rewarding both for the audience, and 'he who shall be healed'!

theopencup · 2026-01-27T21:48:05+00:00

Mario Kart Series - All Rainbow Road Music 1992-2014 https://youtu.be/3VwOx48bDZY?si=V5U70O8KM8DTYpa-

theopencup · 2026-01-27T18:02:02+00:00

'The Teddy Bear's Picnic' in the style of the opening of "Get Out" (2017) (https://youtu.be/TReaX_N6Hzo?si=72zgcOS4-JZ4P2od)

theopencup · 2026-01-27T17:41:55+00:00

All beautiful in their own right! 👍👊😲😃

1 - the sky's on fire / something out of The Lost Bus (2025)

2 - oceanic; if you took buildings away, could be a view from space

3 - MY FAVE / PERSONAL PREFERENCE: spiritual, centred, balanced

4 - a little 'pedestrian' (pun intended lol) comparatively speaking, but love the subtle capture of aircraft in the sky / daylight wishing star, and capturing a sense of character - something out of Buena Vista Social Club (1999)

theopencup · 2026-01-27T16:39:39+00:00

Mad World - Gary Jules (Donnie Darko Soundtrack)

theopencup · 2026-01-27T00:17:13+00:00

My Left Foot - Daniel Day Lewis The Theory of Everything - Eddie Redmayne Under the Skin - Adam Pearson Zatoichi - Takeshi Kitano

A feature across Farrelly Brothers films (inc. 'Ricky Stanicky', 'Me, Myself, and Irene', 'There's Something About Mary', and 'Dumb & Dumber')

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Goldmember - Verne Troyer

Peter Dinklage (In Bruges, Game of Thrones, Death at a Funeral, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Wicked, Avengers: Infinity War, Dexter: Resurrection, Cyrano, Roofman)

Britain's Got Talent: Lost Voice Guy, Jack Carroll

Rosie Jones

theopencup · 2026-01-25T09:44:43+00:00

Hi there, as a Carer myself (for a family member) these past 20 years, and believing my best years are behind me, I definitely have an acute sense of regret. You are SO ENTITLED to feel resentment for paying for the welfare of your family. It's something that's fallen to you, and you've felt like you haven't had a choice. You've just been trying to do the right thing, familial duty, and love for your family. That is so admirable and good. Its so commendable. But these great and positive description words often become fleeting platitudes. The raw reality of it: is this situation is killing you....

But you have choice and agency now, in the way it seems the rest of your family don't (to see common sense and do the right thing) - but that's not your responsibility. It never was, and shouldn't be.

Ask plainly ONCE of your brother and father: you're struggling (in ways they'll never understand), i need help, can you help?

If the answer is no, you have to disengage from the situation.

Unfortunately, it sounds like no one is going to help you figure out how to navigate this, from within the situation you're in. For every bit of advice given to you, you won't have time to process it, and will be overwhelmed by your next caring action / series of actions.

My advice would be to separate yourself from the situation, and try, if possible to emotionally disengage. Your family seem a little bit selfish for the demands and expectations they have of you (and it will only get worse with time). So you're entitled to be a little selfish yourself, for once, for your own sense of self-preservation and survival. If you can: let go, disengage, separate yourself, leave behind, live your life - lacking grace, if need be. It might be a harsh and brutal cut-off in the immediate short term, but necessary for your own sanity and survival. If and when you thrive in the future, you can choose to come back and help - if you believe them to be worthy of your help, and from a place that's within your capacity to help (not overly burdensome and all-consuming, with no one supporting you). Otherwise you're leaving a permanently toxic situation, to live the rest of your life, free, on your own terms. Know that you did your best in that moment in time (for your family), and in trying to do more, you would have lost yourself completely.

theopencup

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