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  2. Posted · Edited by Sméagol

    Spider-man was fucking packed, holy shit. I've only seen the first trailer, so was unaware of most what was coming, I didn't even know who the villain would be.

    It takes it time to set up an actual story, unlike most super hero films. There's some actual good drama between all the action, and the facial expressions and voice acting are terrific. I'm in love with his mom haha. Then there's plenty of comedy, with a lot of it parodies of general comic and spider-man stuff. Sometimes it even feels like a satire.. They

     

    redid the meme

    and get away with it.. Things get absurd at times, in a good way! It's also packed with fan-service, plenty of cameos. The visuals are fantastic. Every single screen is a colour explosion. Often there's so much happening you don't even know what to look at.. I think I've seen only a quarter of the film. The villain (of the week) is great. He starts of as a (funny) joke, but then becomes a proper threat. Their first fight is a great example of their quality animation too, where you don't know where t look (Portal fans will appreciate this scene). Then there are some cool twists at the end. My only gripe with the film is that it's a 2-parter, and it ends with a cliffhanger, another thing I was totally unaware of.. But if this is the warm-up, we're in for a treat with the finale. Hats off to the writers for combining the absurd with the serious in such an excellent way. This is the best Super Hero film of 2023.

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  5. Posted

    11 minutes ago, bob said:
    12 minutes ago, Sméagol said:
    I saw your edit. You are getting old.

    All you old people look alike.

    No you're mistaken. I'm 16. I'll start a Young NE Members thread where we can post our TikTok videos.

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  7. Posted

    5 minutes ago, bob said:
    8 minutes ago, Sméagol said:
    If this were Logan's Run, they would have killed you 6 years ago.

    Logan's Run? What's that? Is that like the Hunger Games?

    I guess it has a similar theme to Hunger Games yes, a film that was released when you were 26.

  8. Posted

    On 08/05/2023 at 8:31 AM, WackerJr said:

    I have friends that volunteered at the 2012 Olympics and they loved it. Good for you @Sméagol, how did it go? 

    I won't hear until.. August I think.

    On 08/05/2023 at 8:31 AM, WackerJr said:

    II know it’s not the same type of voluntary work as helping those in need, so I’m not going to pretend that it affects society in the same way. 

    Don't sell yourself short, sounds like a good thing you're doing. I myself am increasingly realizing the importance of sports and exercise. If you're making this more accessible to more people, that's a good thing.

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  10. Posted

    2 hours ago, darksnowman said:

    Sounds like you spent two weeks coming to terms with getting a lump in your throat over a three-legged stool and this is the best you could come up with. :p 

    That was not the case. My priorities are changing, and I'm having computer problems again. I'm browsing n-europe on my Raspberry Pi 3B, which isn't great a great experience. so I don't spend much time behind the computer at home right now. Plus there's honestly not anything I want to add to that.

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  12. Posted · Edited by Sméagol

    17 minutes ago, Julius said:

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    Maybe it's just because we're getting like a fifth final hurrah from Hayao Miyazaki this year, and these types of films seem all but guaranteed to go away with him, but I'd love to see Shinkai tackle something much more mundane and almost slice-of-life just to freshen things up, like the day-to-day of an office job, or a taxi driver, or a farmer in Japan; Garden of Words and 5 Centimetres Per Second are evidence enough that he's interested enough in that kind of low stakes storytelling and can deliver. If he wants to infuse that with fantasy or sci-fi? Well, we've had a film with a protag as a shoemaker (Garden of Words), and another where one's studying to be an architect (Your Name), so how about one about a storyteller, writing or drawing something sci-fi or fantasy? Seems perfect for the medium and his style of storytelling. Heck, on the flip side of that, just go all-out with sci-fi and give us anime's take on 2001, it feels like it's been a good while since we've had a truly original sci-fi story in the medium in a film, and certainly nothing that looks quite like a Shinkai film. I feel like he's one of the few anime film directors actually positioned to make virtually whatever he wants and so it does seem, from the outside, like a bit of a waste of talent to retread familiar ground as often as he does. 

    But yeah, long and short of it: would love to see him tackle something new, even though I still want to see Suzume for myself at some point. Fingers crossed, eh? :peace:

    Yup, this is exactly what I want as well. I haven't seen Children who chase lost voices, The garden of words, or The place promised in our early days, but I have seen 5cm per second (and the short Voices of a distant star), and while that was a long time ago, I remember liking it. I love to see him do another pure drama, since that would mean he has to focus on the story and the dialogue.

    I think a good recommendation for you, if you're looking for something in this style, would be A letter to Momo. It's a nice coming of age drama with some fantasy.

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    18 hours ago, Ashley said:

    None of your pictures from your last two posts are loading @Sméagol but maybe it's just for me?

    I would suggest posting in the bug report thread, but..

    For what it's worth, images don't work for me either in Chrome, but I always assumed it's a problem on my end. In Firefox everything's fine, and the host is definitely up.

    Feel free to check them out manually here:

    http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~arthiele/images/pictures/analoog005/

    http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~arthiele/images/pictures/analoog006/

    I've made a selection, but I also post them on another forum and ask for advice and feedback, so I deliberately upload some bad pics as well sometimes.

    18 hours ago, Ashley said:

    Travelling has got me itching to get a new camera again...

    I'd suggest getting one, but I'm biased.

  16. Posted

    Alice in  Borderlands bored me, I didn't watch it beyond season 1 (or maybe season 2? I forgot).

    The episode length though.. I like it when series do this, some episodes don't need as much time, or more time, as other episodes, depending on what's happening. Just like film, it's as long as it needs to be. That's an advantage of series on streaming services, they don't need to restrct themselves to a specific duration.

  17. Posted · Edited by Sméagol

    6 hours ago, Ashley said:

    Seeing them credit Iwata in the end credits was a really sweet touch. 

    This however...

    He has admitted that he has no idea if there's a legal requirement to do so (and some other game composers aren't credited so perhaps) but it still feels shitty. 

    I was looking for his name but didn't see it..

    Speaking of the soundtrack:

    https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/smb

     

  19. Posted

    I need to get to bed early today, because I actually have an early volunteering shift tomorrow! So I'm keeping this shorter than I'd otherwise have.

    Who's doing any volunteering? Regularly or occasionally? And what do you do?

    My first volunteer job (I believe) was at a local cinema (LantarenVenster in Rotterdam, if you ever visit). I've done that for many years, but it's also been a few years now since I quit. I quite miss it actually. Our job was to welcome visitors and check their tickets. It was a cool hangout. While at some point I didn't need the perk of watching films for free, as I got a cinema subscription (which got me access to other cinemas as well), it was cool to be able to go to jazz and other music concerts, as long as they weren't sold out. I saw Gregory Porter that way I believe, though occasionally I did just buy a ticket for popular concerts.

    I haven't had a regular volunteer job since, although I've worked at plenty of local festivals, usually music festivals, and those are lots of fun. Well usually, depends a bit on the job too. One particular festival I've had to count incoming visitors a few times.. That's boring. But I've also been a stagehand at that same festival, and that's great. 

    Next 2 weekends I'll be working at a animation festival, which is going to be much fun. I usually just stick to local festivals because of the travel expenses, but last year I decided to make an exception for this festival, and it was a lot of fun, so this year I'm back. For next weekend I've actually arranged to spend the night there. Next weekend is in Utrecht, a very fun city (probably my favourite city next to Rotterdam actually), and the weekend after will be in Amsterdam. They have a games department where I'll also be working.. it'll be the first time I'll touch a Switch in months haha.

    In April I'll have another local music/art festival lined up.

    But I'm looking at doing some regular volunteer jobs again. I'm considering a local youth theatre, a pop podium, and some others. Currently I'm also signed up for Red Cross, however I still need to get my first aid certificate, so I'm not actively working for Red Cross right now. When I do, I'll be at festivals and other events, providing first aid when needed.

    There's a particular reason I've started this thread today.. and that's The Olympics. Even the Olympics have volunteers apparently, and you can apply for the 2024 Olympics in Paris since yesterday. I mean, there's a bit of an entry barrier.. it's essentially a working vacation where you don't get paid. But it looks like a fun and unique experience I don't want to miss, and something that'll be interesting on your resumé, so I've applied just now. If you're also interested, you can apply here:

    https://www.paris2024.org/en/volunteers/

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