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I haven't had time to watch the new Doctor Who episodes yet, but the 4 RTD specials were IMO very good. People forget that Doctor Who has always been "woke".
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On 5/27/2024 at 8:16 AM, Danielg342 said:
I've personally never understood this. On one hand, I get that it's likely more visually appealing to see two people talk to each other (and easier on logistics) than to have them communicate by letter, phone or (in today's age) online. I also get that it's a common safety tip to meet someone you don't know in a public place first before going anywhere else, and production crews would save on time and space filming one scene at the bench instead of filming a scene at the bench and a scene somewhere else.
On the other hand...revealing secrets on a bench, where the public could hear it, is incredibly risky and reckless. I'd imagine real spies (who are, likely, nothing at all like James Bond) don't conduct "business" out in the open. They'll go to safe houses or homes or at least talk in places that are more private than a park.
Good Omens parodied this by having multiple pairs of people meeting in St James' park in London, sometimes approaching a wrong person.
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I've always hated phone calls, ever since I was a kid, especially if I have to be the one who calls. For whatever reason, I have decided in the past that I should overcome this and forced myself into customer support job where I had to take phone calls (thankfully no face-to-face interaction). After 3 exhausting years of that, I now realize that it's better if I choose a job where I can use my strengths rather than force myself to overcome my weaknesses and suffer for it. And I got better at recognizing what my strengths are.
I just wish that companies were not pushing so hard for coming back to the office. I have a new job now and I'm not sure how much I will be able to work from home once I'm done training. The HR guy who I talked to originally said 2 days a week, but now my boss is saying things like, well it's a case-by-case system and for example the colleague who takes two days of home office works there for 2 years already and lives far away. I don't care how far away people live, I think that rules should work the same for everyone, regardless of if they are from the city, have kids (don't get me started on that) or anything else that is connected to personal life.
I work much better from home. At my last job, basically all of us in my team said that we prefer working from home, but the company also forced us to come to the office 3 days a week. I hate that once again, things are being set up to mostly accommodate extroverts. I get that the lockdowns were hard for them, but maybe they could have realized that the opposite is always hard on us and not whined so much that all of the progress that was done with realization that most office jobs can be done just fine from home was basically forgotten. Why not let everyone decide what works best for them personally?
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I don't like Joss Whedon after all we have learned about him, but Buffy the Vampire Slayer is IMO still one of the best TV shows ever created and I'm not gonna trash it because of it's creator. The show is incredible, has great characters (a lot of the credit goes to the actors, but a lot of it goes to how they were written as well) and had an unquestionable impact not just on the genre but on TV shows in general. It was feministic and had a great impact in how LGBT+ characters are portrayed on TV. And it IMO holds up well even 25 years after it debuted. I am tired of people calling it sexist or misogynistic or whatever just because Whedon turned out to be, when the show was mostly the exact opposite (now Charmed, that was a different beast, very sexist at times towards both men and women somehow). It had some issues like every show, but nothing is for everyone. I will happily complain about some aspects of the last 3 seasons, but the show as a whole deserves its place as one of the most influential and best written TV shows in the mystery/fantasy/horror genres. Thank you for your time.
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9 hours ago, BlueSkies said:
Non verbal communication. Someone told me once 80% of communication isn't actually spoken out loud.
I'm not sure about 80% but some people do give off vibes sometimes without speaking imo.
A lot of people struggle with non-verbal communication, or "social cues", "unwritten rules", etc. I personally would prefer more straightforward, honest communication.
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On 5/21/2024 at 5:23 PM, GHScorpiosRule said:
And once done, I went scrolling and just what popped up on my screen? Richard Chamberlain's The Count of Monte Cristo!
It has its flaws, but it's my favorite adaptation of that book (apart from one amazing stage musical, that is).
The last scene with the Count and Mercedes saying goodbye is just so heartbreaking.
"You will never find him. He died a long time ago at the Château d'If. And much of me is buried with him. But I celebrate the Count of Monte Cristo's return to the world of men. And I wish for him, from the depths of my heart, that he will find the peace for which he yearns."
"But never, never will he find that perfect love which two young people lost so many, many years ago. Bon voyage, Countess Mondego."
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I don't even understand what the issue with showing/not showing if a movie is musical is. If somebody goes to watch a movie without looking up info about it and then is disappointed, it's their problem.
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It took me a while to watch the last episode, but it was worth it. I especially liked that they did not do a straight-up adaptation of Fatal Attractions as I feared, but changed the ending. Those scenes with Xavier and Magneto in his mind were so emotional. I liked Onslaught in the comics, but I'm not particularly in the mood for it right now. I want Xavier and Magneto working together, as they should.
I was ready to throw up from disgust when it looked like the X-Men were going to sacrifice themselves to save the world that, let's be honest, doesn't deserve them, but that is textbook X-Men, I guess. The twist with them ending up at different points in time looks promising.
Also, cameos of Lorna, Wanda and Pietro, yay!
On 5/18/2024 at 10:40 PM, Noneofyourbusiness said:I think the Phoenix made them no longer Prime Sentinels and that they're still alive. They stopped being purple when they collapsed.
And I'm sure they will feel horrified by where their actions led them... Just kidding! They never do.
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1 hour ago, Anela said:
My English grandma had me scared of storms, as a kid. She’d close the curtains, and unplug things like the TV. We once saw a lightning ball shoot down a neighbour’s chimney, across the road. We went to make sure they were okay, and their living room was covered in dirt. It was a bit damaged.
My grandparents who lived in the country used to do that too. Once when I was there for holidays as a kid and I was watching TV, my grandfather just came into the room and turned the TV off without any words. I was like, what is going on? Later, I learned that they did not have a lightning rod, because in their village, apparently only the church and the fire station got it. Since I have always been anxious and scared of everything possible even as a kid, I was always terrified when I was there and we had a storm, which happens a lot during summer, lol. I was certain that it would strike their house (it never did).
We also did not use to have tornadoes in Central Europe and a couple of years ago there was a big one. I hate climate change.
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3 hours ago, BlueSkies said:
Somebody told me I always look angry.
It's not the 1st time I've heard that in my lifetime but I thought that was kind of an inappropriate comment.
I feel you. My general default look apparently looks to some people like resting bitch face. I guess to some people, happy is the default. To me, neutral is the default.
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12 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:
My stepdaughter, a psychologist, once said that she & her associates always knew when there was a full moon because of the behavior of their patients. No idea if it affected all of the patients.
I don't believe in astrology or any of that nonsense, but I can see how things like more light during the night could affect sensitive people. Usually, most myths have some sort of backstory so I wouldn't be very surprised if werewolves were connected to people going more crazy than usual during full moon.
Apparently, this has been studied to some extent:
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I could not watch Dickinson because of the modern elements like music, slang, etc. (That, and the fact that every character got on my nerves except for the sister-in-law.)
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6 hours ago, isalicat said:
Sense8 was an absolute wonder until the final special, which was entirely fan service material.
That was the best one. Yes, it should have gone longer, especially since they had plans for what to do in following seasons.
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Will we get the forum TV awards this year? It used to be done by the moderators...
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On 5/15/2024 at 4:32 PM, Ohiopirate02 said:
My favorite current shows with what I consider excellent writing are all genre shows.
Same. I'll add Good Omens, Sense8 (yes, it ended in 2018, but it has to be mentioned) and a new one Dead Boy Detectives.
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On 5/13/2024 at 5:53 PM, DoctorAtomic said:
American Idol is cool and all, but I wish we had something like Eurovision. Everyone talks about being so polarized. Give us a Eurovision.
Ooh, boy. If you don't like polarization, you do NOT want Eurovision 😅.
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5 hours ago, RealHousewife said:
Do any of you do your own manicures?
As a coincidence, I just painted my nails (bright pink) 10 minutes before logging here 😄. They are pretty short, I tend to pick on them when I'm nervous.
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Dafne Keen in Logan.
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5 hours ago, Browncoat said:
Peeve of the day -- ticks. I was out in the forest yesterday, and thought I checked myself well when I got home, but I found a tick attached to the back of my ear this morning. It didn't appear to have been attached for long (it was still regular-tick-sized), and it wasn't a Lone Star tick, so hopefully I won't get the alpha-gal allergy. It still might have transmitted other things like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but I actually worry more about the alpha-gal. It would be very bad if I had to eliminate mammal products (meat, cheese, milk, ice cream, etc.) from my diet.
I guess I need to get better tick repellant, too.
I fucking hate them. I'm scared to go anywhere to nature because we have infectious ones too.
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Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix!
It's fun, spooky, gay and just the right amount of weird.
Plus, snarky cats:
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6 hours ago, nokat said:
Yes, unfortunately that happens too. We are dismissed and not included in studies, so medications may not be right.
I have read recently someone suggesting that one of the reasons that so many girls or non-white boys go undiagnosed for autism as opposed to white boys might be because originally, they simply took the symptoms presented in white boys as default and did not consider that other demographics might have different symptoms. Sounds very likely to me.
1 hour ago, ABay said:I've heard that weigh-ins in other countries don't occur every freaking time you go to a doctor without a reason. It's unnecessary but staff don't know how to cope if you say "nope, not doing it" because the sacred forms must be filled in.
My endocrinologist always asks me if I know my weight or if I want to be weighted and doesn't question the number. (Though probably she would if I said something far off from what I look like.) I can't remember if I have to be weighed at the once-per-two-years checkup at my GP or if she accepts the number too. No other doctor ever asked me as far as I remember.
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4 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:
Richard Burton drank?
I have no idea, he just looks like that to me.
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That makes me remember, I have seen this today, I think you will all appreciate it:
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Almost all of them.
Sorry, not sorry.
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2 hours ago, ABay said:
You've reminded me of a peeve. Not directly about David Beckham because I couldn't pick him out of a line-up but there are allegedly handsome men I think are not. The prime examples for me are Clark Gable and JFK. I don't understand how either of them is considered handsome. IMO, not only are they not objectively handsome but also not hot. And yet apparently they are dreamboats to others.
Edited because I can't stop. The thing is, even when an actor or public figure doesn't appeal to me, I can at least understand why they might make others squee. But those two... I just don't get.
Adam Driver. Ryan Gosling. Jensen Ackles.
I. Just. Don't. See. It. There are several other celebrities that I don't find at all attractive but I can understand it from an objective point of view, but for the above (and maybe some others that I can't remember right now), I am just like, what am I supposed to see here?
From the older generation, Richard Burton. Looked like someone who just woke up after a week-long drinking binge, IMO.
YMMV 🤷♀️
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Perhaps the real woke was the friends we made along the way... (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
Second this hard. He has some very good idea but boy, does he get over himself when given the opportunity. Don't even get me started again on Sherlock and how that went from great to terrible.
I think both can be true. The Doctor is a huge role model for this very reason (even David Tennant said that that was what drew him to the character as a kid). But we definitely should have a lot more characters like this and also male characters shouldn't keep being considered as the default - i.e. the idea that women/girls can identify with male characters but men/boys can't identify with female characters.