The Thirteenth Floor (1999) depicts a better story about simulated reality than The Matrix (1999) does.
The Thirteenth Floor (1999) depicts a better story about simulated reality than The Matrix (1999) does.
making analysis or historical commentary on film
I’ve been really enjoying the podcast Four Play on the Last Free Nation Culture channel: https://piped.video/@LastFreeNationCulture https://www.youtube.com/@LastFreeNationCulture
have elements of disaster which is good enough here
Going by this criterion, my favorite disaster movie is Con Air (1997)
Technically not a time travel show, but it is my favorite show of time travel: “White Tulip” (Fringe S02 E17)
Season 4 of The Boys
Release of KDE Plasma 6
Mini Metro
American Gods
The first season of the TV series is a banger, but the subsequent seasons suffer from a decline in quality. Also, the series finale is just so disappointing compared to the ending of Gaiman’s novel.
I use Stremio + Torrentio and the torrents that are cached show up but can’t play anything at the moment.
I am also encountering this; “Playback error, please try again” is the error message that Stremio presents.
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (joint UK and US production, premiered first on Channel 4)
great ones that never took off in the states
This TV series fits this description to a T because I reckon that most people, when thinking of a sci-fi TV anthology series, would bring to mind Black Mirror.
I watched Electric Dreams shortly after finishing the latest season of Black Mirror; I found the former more enjoyable and poignant than the latter.
exposition dumps
The most egregious example that I encountered recently was in Annihilation. What specifically annoyed me was the scene in which a member of the Shimmer team who rows in the same boat as Natalie Portman’s character tells her something to the effect of, “We’re all damaged goods.”
She then proceeds to provide Portman’s character a straight up list of the internal struggles that each of the team members face.
When I feel very bored, I go to the Wikipedia page of a movie that I do not intend to watch anytime soon and just read the entire plot write-up, as well as the “Critical Response” subsection.
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Big Little Lies
Alphas
“Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning?”
The Prestige
Excellent overview!
I have one data point to add: Real-Debrid accepts Privacy.com virtual cards, so this is another payment method to consider if you want to protect yourself from possible data breaches on Real-Debrid’s side.
If those financial apps include banking apps, then this post by a mod of the GrapheneOS Discussion Forum should be useful. It includes a link to an up-to-date list of banking apps compatible with GrapheneOS and a link to steps to help resolve compatibility issues if they do occur.
“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift
“Lonely Starbucks lovers”