I can confirm, after watching this at FilmFest Gent yesterday evening, that copious amounts of woolen fabric and a whole lotta silly hats (including one plopped right on top of Driver’s head at one point) are prominently featured. Honestly, the costuming in this movie is just spectacular.

Considering The Hobbit has a ton of song-and-dance numbers, not having even a single one would’ve been a travesty. I, for one, enjoyed the first one quite a bit. But only the first one, sadly.

This gives me Happy Tree Friends flashbacks.

I mean, I didn’t expect a story about Yasuke to include magic and robots but the whole ‘loyal warrior at Nobunaga’s side’ part of the whole thing does make me think; a whole lotta violence is kind of a given, right? Like what’d you expect on that front, y’know.

And here I am being extremely into the visual design of the movie, especially the costuming. But the rest too, likethe Gom-Jabbar looking like some ancient Aztec-esque device and especially the Bene Gesserit.

... Yeah that’s a comic I’m definitely going to skip.

Not gonna lie I’m extremely curious as to what, but I don’t want to google it in fear of reading serious spoilers. You got a... sanitized example?

AFAIK the Korean War definitely had trench warfare up the wazoo. Same with WW2 in certain places, really.

I suppose they might sound out of place. I guess I’m used to that sort of thing, considering I constantly make up my own universes for tabletop roleplaying games. If anything I like that it’s out of place. It reminds me that it’s not just a version of our world.

Important to note is that The Witcher’s comic relief also comes from Geralt himself. Cavill knows how to play him to a tee, and it really helps in that regard with the way he gives Geralt that “old man who’s done with this shit” vibe. I’ll never forget the conclusion of the Law Of Surprise scene, that shit was…

I’d be pretty hesitant to compare the history in the world of The Witcher to our own. It is, after all, a fantasy universe. In The Witcher’s universe knowing oddly much about especially chemistry, medicine and biology, and magicians who behave and think in certain ways like theoretical physicists, while generally…

A writer somewhere described The Irishman as the brutal hangover after the party that was Goodfellas and Casino. I think that summarises its emotional tone very well.

Honestly, Ford v. Ferrari felt to me like a poor man’s Rush. With a plot so steeped in clichés and villains so flat and caricatural I’m not surprised it didn’t make this list. Not that it was bad, just pretty hackneyed. Rush, however, really deserves that sentence that you wrote if you ask me.

Underrated because of the ‘category’ I put it in. People rave about it all the time... within these kinds of comment sections and communities. And it’s a critical darling. But with the general public it seems almost completely unknown.

I’m picking Baskets and Rectify.

I’m so happy I’m not the only one who fell in love with that show. I’m still sad it ended so abruptly and prematurely. 

Separating this movie from its controversial nature in the USA, as I’m not from there, I’m still not completely happy with it. I feel like Phoenix’s portrayal of the Joker deserved a better script. Like, making the Joker go “It’s SOCIETY’s fault I’m doing this!” and having him lead an anti-rich people revolution? It…

Well, the campaign basically WAS The Terror S01. However this time it wasn’t a naval exploration vessel, but an industrialist looking to open up a new route over the north of Tal’Dorei (Critical Role’s universe) hiring the characters as his ‘specialist team’ for when trouble would break out. The Tal’Dorei source book…

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. I stopped watching season 2 after the second episode. Next to the more thematic and story-related elements you mention I also feel that in some other things the second season isn’t nearly as compelling as the first.

No I don’t think Serena framed the US contact that way. When she says “You’ve been thinking of yourself” she means that Fred has been working on his position in Gilead. And when she follows that up with “you’ve done so much for Gilead” she implies that Gilead hasn’t done anything for them. Serena’s overarching…