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21 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Conversation Gaming
Ken Burn's The Civil War will always be remembered as the greatest documentary about that time, but this inspiring insight into Ulysses S. Grant's life is also a must-watch. His first nickname was Useless Grant. He got the name when his father gave h...
20 Feb 2021 7 minute read 11 comments Thomas Wolf
Recently, I said I wouldn’t be surprised the next time Bitcoin was mentioned in a major film or TV show; I retract my previous statement. “The state may try to ban our tools, but if we never use them for fear of them being banned, then we have alread...
19 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments IRUUR1
iruur1 - It is an absolutely terrific spin off, of Blade Runner. It is as if you were looking at a slice of life, out of the culture depicted in that move. An example of what other depraved people do in that future to get by. The story is super simp...
18 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Conversation Gaming
Clint Eastwood Western movies aren't really my favorite genre and I've never heard of this classic until today, but I am glad to have seen it. Clint Eastwood made me feel the pain of the Confederate soldier better than any book or movie I've come ac...
17 Feb 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit
"This IS Christmas music." Die Hard is one of the best ever action films, Christmas films, love films... or just one of the best ever films.Directed by John McTiernan, with Steven E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart adapting Roderick Thorp's novel. I was wat...
17 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment LessthanFamiliar
Everyone has that movie. You know the one that you have watched since you were a kid. Every line flows out your mouth as you watch. For me, this is Transformers: The Movie. I have no doubt in my mind, I watched this movie over a 100+ times. It's the...
15 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments LessthanFamiliar
Three of my favorite anime series are as follows: Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, and Gun X Sword. All three are for the most part a variation of the same story. The main character in each series is a merc who is trying to seek work. All three end up with...
13 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment LessthanFamiliar
Thirty years of anime. That's how long I can remember watching anime. I don’t even remember the first anime I watched. Some of the earlier shows I remember are Aeon flux, Vampire Hunter D, and Heavy Metal. I remember watching these as a teenager thou...
12 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit
(image source) This is a great, contained/simple, pressure cooker of a film. A great story and a great execution of a not so far off sci-fi setup. Written and directed by Alex Garland. The story structure is one of my favorite parts of this piece. To...
9 Feb 2021 5 minute read 0 comments PierreL
What is it? Chroma key compositing (the official, fancy terminology we use today for all things green screen) has been around since the early days of movie making. It has evolved a lot but the concept stays the same and fairly simple: you film actors...
