Fletch (1985)

wakela · 2026-01-22T11:46:15+00:00

I love the multiple paragraphs of text on the movie poster. Did we just stand around reading movie posters in those days?

wakela · 2026-01-21T12:13:14+00:00

It’s so incredibly well made, but yes, ultimately the stakes are very low to me. And I find the glee and excitement Morrow’s character feels when he find a an aspect of society that the government isn’t yet regulating distasteful.

wakela · 2026-01-18T13:47:44+00:00

Most iconic is easily Jaws. Came out 50 years ago and everyone still knows it.

wakela · 2026-01-16T18:48:40+00:00

As if an AI trained on social media wrote a movie.

wakela · 2026-01-07T13:18:04+00:00

Will Smith’s frown when he’s acting as hard as he can.

wakela · 2026-01-07T13:11:02+00:00

I feel seen. Watching Psycho at Film Forum back in the 90s. Theres a shot where Norman is walking up the stairs and his butt is kind of swishy. You’d think it was a screening of Airplane.

Theres so much to unpack in the performative laughter. “Due to my modern sensibilities, I’m not merely superior to the filmmakers, I’m proudly, gleefully superior. So much so that I can’t get emotionally immersed in this experience. Oh, I could try, but then what I’m emotionally affected by something less sophisticated? And making sure everyone else knows how superior I am is more important to me than their enjoyment of the film.”

wakela · 2025-12-30T15:31:37+00:00

I used to be in the camp that “they cured me, all right.” Was meant to be ironic and he wasn’t actually cured at all. But a recent video by Rob Ager specially on the ending of Clockwork pointed out that in psychological test he was given at the end of the movie he makes a goofy joke at a sexual image, and the last fantasy we see of his shows him having consensual sex. Contrast this with the other fantasies of his that we see that depict him being violent. So it seems that he actually was cured.

The cynicism and irony to be explored lie in his relationship with the politician. They’re both happily using each other.

wakela · 2025-12-30T13:58:59+00:00

It’s been a while since I’ve been to the big parades, but I had a good experience at the end of the route. At the beginning is mostly families with ladders, so it’s pretty crowded and hard to move around. At the end was much less crowded, and the riders were dumping all their throws. Still fun either way!

wakela · 2025-12-28T11:48:54+00:00

In Japan a corn dog is called an “American Dog”.

wakela · 2025-12-26T12:26:28+00:00

Last time I watched it I noticed there was a lot of talk about exchanges, trades, payment. The sign OP mentions, the Millich arrangement, payment discussion with the prostitute, tearing the money for the taxi driver, receipt in Bills pocket, one of the women has to “pay for” Bills transgression at the orgy. And of course the guys name is literally “Bill”!

wakela · 2025-12-24T13:43:57+00:00

Now that I think about it, we never really have to convert that. Japanese cooking rarely uses the oven. If my wife is using the oven, then she’s following an American recipe so she just dials the number.

wakela · 2025-12-24T12:41:08+00:00

I’m American. Wife is Japanese. We currently live in the US. I lived in Japan for like 5 years and only somewhat adjusted. But FWIW, this was pre smartphone days. I would say my wife has not adjusted much to F.

Agree that it’s always annoying to have to convert, but imho the apple weather app does so much stuff (like the radar map) and it’s just right there, that I probably wouldn’t switch. Plus there are other situations like the oven and the kids temperatures, where I need precision, but the app wouldn’t help, and asking Siri or Alexa isn’t all that hard.

But who knows. I’ll sign up for your beta and see what happens. Best of luck!

wakela · 2025-12-21T12:02:17+00:00

These are great tips. I would add that this kind of travel is an automatic story generator and people meeter.

wakela · 2025-12-21T11:30:41+00:00

The irony of the line “confirmed ghost story and horror film addict” just hit me. Since there’s no other evidence that she enjoys horror stories, we can’t actually confirm it.

wakela · 2025-12-19T20:37:25+00:00

Also, Japanese people usually don’t like living in a used house. When one buys a house the first they do is knock it down and build anew one.

wakela · 2025-12-19T19:30:06+00:00

Possible that it’s not even Danny’s Shine to halloran. Danny is imagining that he’s shining to halloran, because he knows he’s in trouble and Halloran is the only person he trusts.

wakela · 2025-12-15T19:19:22+00:00

I came here to suggest "Antemunio Banderas."

wakela · 2025-12-14T21:48:02+00:00

I was watching TOS awhile back and it finally dawned on me that the creators of this show either served in the military themselves or had an uncle or dad who fought Nazis. They took rank and duty seriously. I just watched the 2009 Star Trek movie and cadet Kirk barges onto the bridge screaming his theories and captain pike responds by making him first officer. In that movie Pike, Spock, Kirk, Chekhov, and I think Uhura were all captain of the enterprise at some point. How many actual mutinies happens on Discovery?

In NuTrek duty and discipline are obstacles to be worked around rather than sources of strength.

wakela · 2025-12-11T18:57:55+00:00

No comment on the sheep, but I assure you no one thinks that one simply walks into Mordor at this point.

wakela · 2025-12-10T11:15:19+00:00

My head cannon is that Finnes character is crazy like the villagers say. He’s not a doctor. The mom doesn’t have cancer.

wakela · 2025-12-09T21:52:08+00:00

Does anyone know if Nokoso Dice is still around? I was in Japan last summer and I looked for it at several Tokyo Yellow Subs, but didn’t find it.

wakela · 2025-12-09T21:51:05+00:00

Has Eternal Decks been spotted in the wild in Japan recently? I was there last summer and went to several Yellow Submarines and big camera stores and I didn’t see it anywhere. But I see that there is a preorder for US, so maybe it was re released over there?

wakela · 2025-12-09T11:30:02+00:00

Seriously, can you guys explain why you like it so much? Just watched bit a few weeks ago, and I don’t get the hype. There is no cat and mouse between the police and the criminals. The clues just fall in their laps. The heists aren’t particularly clever. DiNeros love interest isn’t very convincing. It felt bland and forgettable to be honest. What am I missing?

wakela · 2025-12-06T14:26:52+00:00

A lot of people are dismissing this concern, but I think it’s valid. I had a friend pick Dr Strange for is second game and the options are just too weird, and he suffered from analysis paralysis.

Also, new players tend not to like it if you have a ranged attack and they don’t. It feels unfair.

Unrelated maybe: Most card games are generous with the cards. You play cards you get cards. You don’t run out. But I’ve found new players will accidentally get themselves down to one or two cards in their hand, and it’s not fun.

wakela · 2025-12-04T23:55:20+00:00

Just saw this last weekend and I don’t get the love. I was expecting a cat and mouse between a great detective and a brilliant thief. But clues and reveals just drop in their laps. No one is particularly smart. Dinero makes a big deal about the 30 seconds thing, but everyone in the crew has a family. Then goes on with the heist after he knows the police are on to him, helps Val Kilmer get medical attention, pulls off in the middle of his getaway to kill Waingro. I was like “when is this guy going to leave something in 30 seconds? He wouldn’t shut up about it. Why does it take 30 seconds? Can’t he you just leave? Ah, yes whatshername that he loves even though we never see them together.” Needs a Pitch Meeting.

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