I like both, but I agree 100% with your characterization of the original movie. The world of the distant future, and even the cultures within it, should feel utterly bizarre and occasionally incomprehensible. I love the original movie.

This group is the outlier. The reality is most people will either accept ads or pay the $3 extra per month for the content they already had ad-free before.

Because of these price hikes, I’m slowly paring down the streaming services I subscribe to. I get Disney+ and Hulu “free” with my phone plan. I’m only subscribing to Paramount+ for new Star Trek: Lower Decks episodes at this point, and once this season wraps up I’m out for at least a year. Apple TV+ brought me back for the MLS season, but I’ll just cancel again until they bring back Severance or the next season starts.

I used to subscribe to Netflix. I used to subscribe to Max. HBO used to be appointment television for me, but now it’s all superheroes and reality TV.

In earlier times, I subscribed to VRV (Crunchyroll). I subscribed to Hidive. I even subscribed to Seeso.

And in three months when MLS playoffs end I’ll just be down to the two bundled options plus Prime (now with ads)…

Many of us are interested. More post content (versus bare links) wouldn’t hurt though

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Nearly every gun we see is a shotgun of some kind, and we see a lot of guns. It had to be a deliberate choice, and maybe I’m just missing some context that makes it make sense because I was not alive in 1981 when this came out.

There’s no additional context to get; someone in the production just loved shotguns. It’s not like 1981 was the Wild West and everyone carried one.

I mean, '80s action movies were just over the top in general. It was only three years after this that The Terminator was released, after all…

How long do you think an animated show takes to produce? The strike has only been going for four months.

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Hopefully it puts them on a good enough financial footing that they don’t have to send out regular fundraising emails anymore.

This recommendation also works in reverse because I haven’t seen Tetris but really enjoyed BlackBerry

Also, the set doesn’t include Pete’s Dragon, Mary Poppins, Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang… other mixed live action animation Disney films.

I encourage you to go watch it.

I think it’s time to move on. People have been complaining about this for 20 years. It’s not happening, and if you want to watch it it’s available right now on the Internet Archive.

There are over 40 Disney animated movies that already have Blu-ray releases that I’d rather have on 4K before Song of the South on Blu-ray. Setting aside the question of race (which for this movie is a more nuanced topic than a simple warning allows for), I think it’s just a rather dull movie.

I already own every cel animated Walt Disney Animation Studios feature on 4K or Blu-ray. It’s a lot fewer than 100 and cost a lot less than $1,500. I can live without the CGI films.

I’m glad Disney hasn’t given up on physical media entirely, but I’d like to see more 4K remasters over gilded sets of 15-year-old releases.

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Court documents also said that Masterson had raped another woman, identified as Jen B., in April 2003 after he gave her a drink. Jen B., who sought the church’s permission to report the rape, later received a written response from the church’s international chief justice that cited a 1965 policy letter, which for her raised concerns she could be ousted from her family and friends if she reported a fellow Scientologist to the police.

Imagine demanding that someone give up that much control over their own life and autonomy.

However, she should be commended for overcoming her fear:

Still, she reported the rape in 2004.

I’ve worked in environments like this before. The reality is most (not all) very rich people I’ve worked with are terrible people within their own fiefdoms. Many are emotionally abusive to people who report to them; some are also narcissists and sociopaths.

I didn’t last long in those cases unless the money was very good, and even then sacrificing your mental health and personal life is probably not worth it. People work in places like this for a year or two for the perceived prestige or to satisfy their childhood dream, then burn out and go somewhere more sane.

Unfortunately, there’s a never ending supply of warm bodies for roles like that. Many industries are built on that assumption: film and television, media, fashion, game development, etc.

There was a maybe two-year stretch after the lockdowns where I watched Colbert and Oliver pretty regularly (the next day or sometime that week), and occasionally the Seth Meyers news recap.

Back in the day I used to watch Conan occasionally when he was on NBC. I watched The Daily Show religiously until Jon Stewart left.

These days? I don’t watch any of them. If I were going to start up again it would be Oliver, though; at least that’s informative.

This looks outstanding.

Seasons 1-2: Rondo of Blood Seasons 3-4: Symphony of the Night

Perhaps?

This looks incredible, and I’m glad to see Prince Ashitaka is doing well.