julietOscarEcho

Flamekebab! Gorkamorka on lemmy! I guess I shouldn't be surprised there's crossover but pleased to see these fellas again anyhow 😂

Your painting is gorgeous but I can't help but mourn the loss of character from older death company kits.

Could at least have chosen something halal/kosher.

So has lobotomy for certain mental health patients. What's your point?

Yeah, what was legal/feasible 100 years ago might not be the best guide today. I mean no reasonable person would deny it would be better for public health.

That’s actually an interesting question. All the people I know who still smoke are left leaning and probably pro vaccine. I guess I don't know many of the main smoking population (older lower socioeconomic status) so maybe there there's more than coincidental overlap. It would be coherent I guess for the freedom over everything type people I suppose, depressingly.

Everyone who chooses to drive in a city centre has a directionally similar impact (potentially bigger magnitude because vehicle traffic is pretty lethal). I don't think anyone disagrees with the principal, they just have different thresholds for personal freedom vs impact on those around you.

I think it's hard not to see a culture/class aspect to this when wood burners continue to be used without much limitation.

That's not a terrible analogy, but doesn't resounding support a ban. It's virtually unimaginable (and I suspect more or less legally impossible) that vaccination would be obligatory.

Use of "coronate" can only be a nerd trap. Not today Satan!

I really enjoyed them too, which I guess I could have made clearer. I felt like my enjoyment was heightened by my knowledge and nostalgia for the books, but interesting yto hear another positive perspective without that aspect. I suppose what I'm trying to say is not that they aren't or can't be good, but that they aren't and can't be a faithful and complete adaptation.

The world building aspect is why I tend to think TV series are generally the better screen medium for scifi than feature film, having more space to explore the causes and consequences of a fantasy premise. But yeah, I love a spectacle. The setting and soundscape of the new movies are top. Like I can't rember feelings like that in the cinema since Lord of the rings.

It's impossible to adapt, see all previous adaptations. I think you've pretty accurately summed up the shortcomings of the medium for that story. Watch the movie to marvel at the setting brought to life with a nice soundscape, ideally see it on a big screen. If you read the book you'll have some attachment to the characters and universe anyway so pacing and skipped detail shouldn't be too much of a problem for you. Just don't expect it to be perfect. IMO the second part is a bit stronger, maybe because the scope is tighter.

"bOtH sIdEs". no. absolutely not. Criticise starmer, sure, but it's a joke to even begin to compare him to the decade of enablement by the tories.

? It was pretty clear that the male characters' behaviour was not being celebrated. Porco is troubled and self-hating, and Curtis and the pirates are explicitly villains. Sexism is real so I think depiction of it is necessary, so long as it's not applauded or encouraged. I might even use it as a start point for talking about misogyny with my daughters one day.