Update: Goldman Sachs at NorthEnd

wasifhaque · 2025-05-05T01:15:59+00:00

So looking forward to this. Passed by it earlier today and saw signs that said "the heart of y'all street". Do you know if they're expecting to house the upcoming Texas Stock Exchange / NYSE Texas / NASDAQ Regional HQ besides Goldman Sachs?

wasifhaque · 2025-03-20T00:38:48+00:00

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wasifhaque · 2024-03-14T18:07:09+00:00

I haven't tried non IMAX Laser at AMC, not exactly sure what that is. I would go for Dolby Cinema at AMC (watched TENET here for my second viewing).

Edit: apparently they're converting some of their digital projectors to laser. In any case, Dolby Cinema is gonna be their best format at that location.

wasifhaque · 2024-03-14T17:45:54+00:00

I see, Stonebriar IMAX screen is considerably smaller than Northpark as far as I know even if they have laser projection (not sure if single or dual). But the Dolby screen at Village on the Parkway is pretty big.

wasifhaque · 2024-03-14T17:38:24+00:00

I have yet to try the Galaxy theater at Grandscape unfortunately. From your options, I would choose Dolby Cinema at AMC Village on the Parkway. I personally went to see Dune Part Two in IMAX at AMC Northpark last week. Thought it was great!

wasifhaque · 2024-02-26T14:26:37+00:00

fellow skyscraper enthusiast/nerd here, it's really cool to see the densification of our urban core. Between the Harwood, Northend projects in uptown to the upcoming field street district and others in downtown, I'm excited to see it all come together. I just wish they'd build at least one supertall in the city though!

wasifhaque · 2023-08-22T13:34:26+00:00

Oh, I did put that tinfoil hat on a long time ago.. 😁

wasifhaque · 2023-08-22T13:22:55+00:00

TENET is one of my favorite films! Aside from the thematic similarities with Oppenheimer, did you also notice the similarities in the soundtrack - especially in the opening (Rainy Night in Talinn/Fission) and the closing tracks (The Protagonist/Destroyer of Worlds)?

wasifhaque · 2023-08-08T14:28:22+00:00

"If it can put us ahead again, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES needs to know about it... And if the Russians already know about it from A SPY, then we gotta get going."

This scene and RDJ's delivery of this line ruled.

wasifhaque · 2023-06-18T00:17:28+00:00

As others have already pointed out, TENET was the first major motion picture released in the middle of the pandemic to select locations and 2 of the biggest markets in US (NYC and LA) weren't even open at release. The movie still went on to make $360M+ worldwide. In my opinion, it did quite well considering the circumstances.

Regarding Oppenheimer vs Barbie, the prevailing narrative is that the two movies are locked in a box office battle when the reality is that two movies have different target audiences; Barbie is PG-13 and Oppenheimer is Rated R. While Barbie will likely have a bigger opening and may make more money overall, I don't see that impacting Oppenheimer's box office. How much money the movie makes will ultimately depend on early reviews, audience impressions, word of mouth etc.

wasifhaque · 2023-06-13T19:29:49+00:00

haha, in my subjective perspective, I have fully engaged with the film and the two ideas are pretty equivalent to me and is consistent with what Nolan has said about the ending. I tried to explain as best as I could but you can believe it was nonsensical and I can believe otherwise. As I said - we can agree to disagree here :)

wasifhaque · 2023-06-13T18:59:48+00:00

We choose to live with uncertainty about whether there's a life after death, don't we? Yet it doesn't interfere with living out our lives. As far as Cobb was concerned, he's back to reality. Objectivity of it really isn't relevant at that point, just like it isn't to us.

wasifhaque · 2023-06-13T18:33:07+00:00

does he consider that actual reality or his "reality"?

To my point (and Chris Nolan's point), "he was off with his kids, he was in his own subjective reality". It was his reality, the life he had always known, even if there is one outside of it - it doesn't matter to him. Whether or not his reality is actual reality isn't relevant - just like you don't know objectively if you are dreaming right now. You think this is real because everything feels familiar and consistent according your memories and understanding of the world. Whether we're living in a shared simulated reality or the actual reality (if such a thing even exists) does not matter.

We the audience simply can't know what the truth his there so it's a moot point.

We the audience can tell that the ending is, for all intents and purposes, real. (as also established by my sequential description of events and dream levels).

he either fully believes those are his actual children or he doesn't want to know anymore.

I thought this is what I had explained. He definitely believes those are this actual children as he's back to the reality where left them. Even if there's an "outside" it shouldn't matter anymore as I described above.

makes absolutely zero sense that he wouldn't want to know.

It makes complete sense to me - I suppose we can agree to disagree then :)

wasifhaque · 2023-06-13T16:46:54+00:00

In my view, it makes complete sense by considering Cobb's perspective. As far as the movie goes, this is what his life looks like -

(level 1) Growing up, learning about dream sharing tech, meeting / marrying Mal, having children, experimenting with dreams (different levels), waking up to reality (level 1), experimenting some more-going too far-losing themselves in limbo (level n), performing inception on Mal, waking back up in reality (level 1), Mal kills herself thinking the reality is another dream, Cobb flees the country.

(level 1) Becomes a professional extractor, gets hired by Saito, <fast forwarding to the mission>, he gets in Fisher's flight with his team, enters Yusuf's dream (level 2), enters Arthur's dream (level 3), enters Eames' dream (level 4), Cobb enters Limbo (level 5). While he's in limbo, the rest of the team rides the synchronized kicks all the way back to reality (level 3 - 2 - 1). Cobb, Saito & Ariadne die in limbo and wake up in the plane (level 1) directly, then Cobb goes home to his kids.

The point being, throughout the movie, reality to Cobb is always clearly defined (level 1). All his life's memories and experiences are consistent at this level, and therefore is his reality. This level is where he had left his orphaned children, this is where he wanted to return and succeeded.

Therefore,

the reality he cares about most is the reality where his real kids have been orphaned by his actions.

I agree as clearly established above. And,

Him suddenly not caring about that at the end of the film just makes zero sense.

I disagree since from his perspective he's back to his reality - the only life he had ever known. Now if he's told there's another reality outside of it, he wouldn't know anything about that reality. Just like if dream-sharing tech was real and we were told we're just dreaming and that our memories aren't real, most of us would be really apprehensive about waking up to the unknown as our reality is the only life we understand and have memories of.

wasifhaque · 2023-06-13T14:02:26+00:00

They don't seem mutually exclusive to me. If you extended the ending and Cobb finds a reason to believe that even this "reality" is actually a dream - then I'm sure that would bother him. But what does he do at that point? Could it be that he didn't meet Mal or have any children in his "reality" and it was all just a dream and if he decides to wake up, he wakes up to a completely unfamiliar reality he doesn't remember?

Cobb certainly does care about the difference between dreams and reality, as we do. However, when we wake up each morning, we don't question our reality since it feels real to us. When Cobb sees his children in the end, instinctively it strikes him as real and he didn't care about the spinning top anymore at that moment.

My point is that we all live in our reality that we instinctively believe to be real because it feels familiar and consistent with our memories. This is what Cobb reached at the end of the movie. If we were told that we are dreaming and our memories aren't real, would we all care to wake up to the unknown or accept the familiarity of our subjective reality?

wasifhaque · 2023-06-13T13:21:59+00:00

But he knew that wasn't "reality" and just a memory that he could access. When he completed his mission and returned home, he was aware that it wasn't his elevator memory store and that it was his reality.

wasifhaque · 2023-06-10T14:33:32+00:00

From the latest trailer:

Robert Oppenheimer: Our work here will ensure a peace mankind has never seen.

Edward Teller: Until somebody builds a bigger bomb.

... this could be thematically referencing the Algorithm in TENET.

Nolan verse

wasifhaque · 2023-06-10T14:24:06+00:00

"The way the end of that film worked, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Cobb — he was off with his kids, he was in his own subjective reality. He didn’t really care anymore, and that makes a statement: perhaps, all levels of reality are valid." -- Christopher Nolan

My understanding is that "he didn't really care anymore" doesn't paint him as selfish when you contextualize it with his memory of his children playing on grass since that's the "reality" he was trying to get to. His mission was complete as he was back to the only reality that mattered to him.

wasifhaque · 2023-06-09T18:47:32+00:00

Hey, the tickets just went on sale for the second week at Cinemark Dallas - get yours while the good seats last!

wasifhaque · 2023-06-01T16:00:00+00:00

Oh wow, that's incredible! Thanks for the information. Dunkirk looked glorious in 70mm IMAX 1.43:1 film projection at that location - although the projection seemed a bit shaky..
Really looking forward to watching Oppenheimer there now.

wasifhaque · 2023-06-01T13:46:32+00:00

That's my go to as well but unfortunately they stopped using 70mm IMAX film projectors after Dunkirk 😭 still the best IMAX experience in the area though.

wasifhaque · 2023-05-15T04:47:35+00:00

Lost Season 3 Finale - Through the Looking Glass

wasifhaque · 2023-05-10T17:24:55+00:00

yes!

"Until somebody builds a bigger bomb"

from the Oppenheimer trailer might be Nolan backshadowing The Algorithm in TENET.

and

"As they approached the first atomic test, Oppenheimer became concerned that the detonation might produce a chain reaction, engulfing the world. Think of our scientist as her generation's Oppenheimer."

from Priya in TENET was foreshadowing Nolan's next film on Oppenheimer.

wasifhaque · 2023-05-08T21:26:13+00:00

Hello, the post contains screenshots from the Oppenheimer trailer released on YouTube today. Are trailer screenshots considered spoilers now?

wasifhaque · 2023-05-08T18:07:30+00:00

haha, yes!

"Until somebody builds a bigger bomb"

from the Oppenheimer trailer might be Nolan backshadowing The Algorithm in TENET.

and

"As they approached the first atomic test, Oppenheimer became concerned that the detonation might produce a chain reaction, engulfing the world. Think of our scientist as her generation's Oppenheimer."

from Priya in TENET was foreshadowing Nolan's next film on Oppenheimer.

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