What have you watched recently?

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I haven't seen it but me and my sister talked, and laughed, about how it feels like a sci-fi writer pulled this wonky sci-fi premise out of his/her ass under the false assumption that it would be "fascinating" or some shit.

Pretty much It also feels like the author designed this universe (or plot) from the bottom-up. It's kinda obvious that he/she came up with some "cool" ideas and then tried to shoehorn them in or made everything else adapt to those things rather than building something believable and seeing what you can do with that kind of universe. "Aw yeah, Harry potter sorting hat. Cool, I gotta have that. Hunger games is kinda cool, I'll use some of that stuff. Add a heroine that is struggling with some trials. Dayum, so much depth. I'll piece it together and BAM... masterpiece."

It's stuff you have to deal with a lot in level design when you have conflicting design ideas. For instance when someone says you NEED to have this exact thing happen in the level but you're struggling to make sense of it cos it doesn't fit in whatsoever although you admit that in itself it's quite a cool sequence. So you end up building everything around it to make sense of it and in the end it makes the whole thing worse cos you're scrapping or alternating your intro and outro sequences too much. I think he/she fell in love with some of the ideas/concepts but just isn't a strong enough writer to look at the big picture and glue it together or make sense of it... Basically not good at killing his/her darlings for the good of the whole.

/More rant xD I kinda wanna discuss bottom-up versus top-down design in video game design with you people now

Last episode of Hannibal... holy shit!

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So... everyone is dead and Hannibal walks away... and somehow Scully is in on it as well... da fuck just happened...

300 Rise of an Empire - better than I expected, actually really enjoyed it overall.

Just watched the Californication Season 7 premiere.

Yesterday finished off Blitz, with Statham. Rubbish.

Amazon Prime is good! Don't understand why there are so many titles "leaving" the service :-/ are these streaming services cutting on their archives for some particular reason other than contracts and legalities? Because I don't understand why media from the same company (like WB) can be treated differently depending on the title.

Watched Michael-Kohlhaas, I liked it a lot. If you are not the contemplative type you may be in for a big boring disappointment : Not the most cheerful movie, the rhythm is slow, the realisation abrupt and frustrating, it is basically an understatement; but it does what hollywood doesn't do. So in case you want to watch something different.

- Arnaud des Pallières n°1 fanboy -

Watched the Amazing Spiderman 2, was ok, a bit silly and slapstick in parts. Wasn't expecting to hear the Crysis 2 theme music in it, guess Hans Zimmer can do what he wants though

I was thinking the exact thing in the cinema hehe...

Godzilla: I am disappointed of the new version. It didn't even deserve the name "Godzilla" 6/10

The World's End: I expected it funnier than it actually was. 6.5/10

Jesus Christ the last episode of Hannibal. What an absolutely sublime series with some of the most fucked up sound design and visuals I've ever seen.

Went to see Planet of the Apes : as good as the previous. It has a shakespearian-tragedy feeling, you know that war is inevitable but you really believe they will work together...

I wonder what about will be the last movie of this trilogy.

Gold. Rest of the movie is kinda meh though but the intro is really enjoyable in a ridiculous way xD

Finished watchin Californication Season 7, still interesting, still the best modern love story for me.

Watched first two episodes of Extant, nothing particularly catching for now.

Just watched Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1.

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Rant at Amazon Prime Video, I'm doing the Prime Trial and there are too many movies/shows not available for streaming but that need renting or buying! Totally not incentivated in subscribing.

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Godzilla: I am disappointed of the new version. It didn't even deserve the name "Godzilla" 6/10

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I think it deserved it more than Emmerich's version. But opinions differ of course.

last movie I watched was 'Night Moves', in the sneak preview in a niche cinema.

Not the very best, but a moving topic (climate and green movement), although it could have been done way better actor-wise.

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I think it deserved it more than Emmerich's version. But opinions differ of course.

last movie I watched was 'Night Moves', in the sneak preview in a niche cinema.

Not the very best, but a moving topic (climate and green movement), although it could have been done way better actor-wise.

IMO Godzilla wasn't the protagonist of the movie. The other two creatures got that job. And that's why i said it that way

End of Utopia...

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Wilson Wilson basically became Walter White! Didn't think we'd see a third season, gonna be interesting what happens next...

Watched again last three episodes of Breaking Bad, can't believe they managed to cram so many events in such little screen time.

I also think I did appreciate it much more this time!

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Just seen the pilot of Under The Dome, which is a cool setup. We'll see if the rest goes downhill as I've heard.

Chronicle, pretty good movie with convincing fx!

Chronicle was a great movie

Ye, I liked Chronicle… I was a bit disappointed because it could have been even better – story wise.