hopesdead

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

I encountered many people who also have attended STLV.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

Yeah that kind of thing, just like when they looked out for guest wearing Picard uniforms (as I mentioned before) to check their Combadge made me smile. I was in tears.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

My expectation for Back to the Future was a linear story (it wasn’t that). There were actors you could interact with but you had to find them. The DeLorean with the dog was a photo op that had a huge line. There was a section of street set one fire perpetually like when the car goes 88mph.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Saying “pro-Gaza” in my opinion is code for bigot. At this point there is nothing you can do to justify why those people have to be killed. No reason to justify why they can’t have land to live on. No reason why caring about fellow humans is a the wrong side.

If you are defending the right for the state of Israel to commit genocide (which apparently isn’t the worst crisis on this planet according to a BBC kyron from April I saw quoting the UN; it was about Sudan I believe) by continuing to wipe out Palestinian people, for existing, you are not a good person.

Therefore, switching pro-Hamas to pro-Gaza is literally acknowledging that they are no longer covering up the lie. These people used to lump everyone in with Hamas when there is historical evidence that the Palestinian people are not a monolith which supported the terror group. In fact there is historical evidence that politicians in Israel have always meant for the two groups to be equated. All the label changing does is tell you that they have hatred for people living in Gaza.

The same applies to Israel and the Jewish people. Just because someone does not agree with the actions of the Israeli government and/or military, does not mean they have hatred towards Jewish people. That unfairly puts actual Jewish people into a group of antisemites. Being anti-Israeli ≠ antisemitism. Being anti-Jewish = antisemitism.

I really wish the world could be a place where humans were respected as individuals who should exist because they are all different. Instead history shows that lots of us believe humans should only be respected as individuals because they are the same. No. We should respect each other because we are different. That doesn’t mean I need to like you or accept what you do as a person. But your existence should be seen as beautiful. I should be able to celebrate the fact you are different from me in many ways. We don’t have to get along but you as a person belong here. No one should tell you that your race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, gender, political beliefs, etc. mean your kind should cease to exist. I’m not saying that you need to love the bigot that lives next door, but that you can respect that they exist and that there are many more people who are uniquely different.

IDIC

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh damn. I didn’t even realize that. I just randomly compared to a TOS scene.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago

How about chaotic chaotic? I do four of these randomly.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago

In this context I would immediately suspect they are a stalker.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

No, that is a official cookbook which is co-authored by Ethan Phillips and William J. Birnes.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That is only if they catch fire.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago

But they sold $43 million in 72 hours! /s

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yikes! I didn’t realize it would be considered genocide.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

That wasn’t what I read. The specific words were “legally non-existent” as in they don’t exist. It could be gender fraud is what was implied but not how it was explained.

 
 

The Voyager episode “Bliss” has always been a wonderful story in my opinion. Naomi Wildman and Seven of Nine, two individuals who joined the ship’s crew after the events of “Caretaker”, find solidarity in their respective distance to life on Earth. They also in a time of crisis bring comfort and assist each other.

 
 
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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by hopesdead@startrek.website to c/movies@lemmy.world
 

Hello. Every year I enjoy watching The Birds directed by Alfred Hitchcock on Halloween. So I decided to expand my watchlist and checkout movies I had never seen. So I am doing a 30 day marathon from October 1-30, watching only horror movies I have not seen. The only qualifier is that I haven’t seen them. My list may change for whatever reason. Since it is now October 11, I have seen ten movies. I’ll post them with my reviews (not all are intensive) and update two more times with 11-20 and 21-30. Hope you enjoy reading about my marathon.

30 for 31

  1. Ring directed by Hideo Nakata (1998) ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ A straightforward supernatural story. The American remake in contrast is flashy in comparison, utilizing more graphic imagery than this adaption (it’s based on a novel)

  2. Evil Dead directed by Fede Álvarez (2013) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ What if The Evil Dead was redone without Ash and all the continuity connecting it to the previous movies had to be explained by the director because textually none of it is in the movie?

  3. Jennifer’s Body directed by Karyn Kusama (2009) ⭐️⭐️ I don’t think due to the dialogue that this movie wouldn’t get made today. Overall this is a product of its time. Couldn’t imagine such a movie being made without going hard on a satirical angle. Would teenagers want to watch this? The soundtrack itself even is from a decade of music that just gets seen as cringe.

  4. Poltergeist directed by Tobe Hooper (1982) ⭐️½ I fell asleep. Less than amusing. Might as well have been a weird rendition of Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

  5. Martyrs directed by Pascal Laugier (2008) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A deeply violent story with little in terms of a plot. However, the plot that is present does take time to reveal itself. The disjointed two halves make you unprepared. The first half is a rough tale of revenge that leads to a second half that is a polished approach to what the story is trying (or possibly succeeds) in accomplishing. A hard movie to recommend, but certainly a provocative one. Many people who can handle the gore might be unsettled by the philosophical horror. At times I kept wondering what the endgame was. The graphical display of violence is purposeful. It doesn’t try to upset you for the sake of scarring you. It goes deeper. But does it adequately achieve that goal? Maybe the audience is meant to question what it all was? Maybe we are meant to question existence as a whole? Maybe the violence itself was the only way to manifest that goal? What was the goal? Without spoiling it, you have to be prepared for something grounded in reality but very unexpected.

  6. We're All Going to the World's Fair directed by Jane Schoenburn (2021) ⭐️⭐️ A atmospheric dud. Nothing innovative or truly substantive occurs. The plot feels like a mental body horror mixed with found footage/web cam story telling. By the end you feel like the tropes of genre have been done better before this. At some point I wondered if the actual horror part was not seeing anything really occur. Felt like over the course of the plot, I had to take for granted by on limited dialogue that something was progressing. The indie rock vibe eluded the climax of an actual narrative. Or maybe I did not understand the type of movie this was trying to be.

  7. Event Horizon directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (1997) ⭐️⭐️½ A bland but visually decent space horror. The one big flaw is the graphic intensity of story never last long enough to sink in. From moment to moment you want the visuals to be on screen longer. Much of the acting fails to sound more than simple line reading. The only time I truly had a sense of scare, it was taken away almost as fast. The story has an unbalanced pace with a rush to meet an arbitrary plot deadline. It was like being told to expect the tone of Alien but given the speed of Apollo 11.

  8. The Fog directed by John Carpenter (1980) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A campy ghost story mixed with collective fear. A wonderful movie.

  9. Carnival of Souls directed by Herk Harvey (1962) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ A errie score with an atmosphere of an unknown force make for a spooky time.

  10. Skinamarink directed by Kyle Edward Ball (2023) ⭐️⭐️½ A visual unorthodox movie that works better as an art piece than truly a horror movie. Unconventional angles, unconventional plot structure, unconventional use of actors (you rarely saw more than someone from the waist down) can be frightening to those unprepared for what I would considered very experimental. At times I wasn’t sure if the plot was advancing. Other times you have to trust what is on screen is from the prospective of the characters. Other times you just take in an abstract lack of visuals. If anything is truly horrifying, it would be not getting a clear understanding of what is being shown. Feels like someone trying to explain the plot of a movie they experienced within a dream and trying to explain that plot from the perspective of that dream, being very disjointed and twisted.

 

I saw this question posed on Mastodon. If you got lost in space and rescued by aliens who made you live in a simulation for the next 40 years based on a book, what would it be?

For me: The Great Gatsby. I would have to play the part of Nick and just get drunk all the time.

 

Did Captain Janeway do the morally right or morally wrong thing refusing to let Seven of Nine return to The Collective?

 

EDIT: I just want to make clear this is sarcasm.

 
 
 
 
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