Toronto's no better, sadly.

it's not about that, it's the fact that most date ideas cost money, and also being on the apps as an average looking man = you need to pay money to be able to shoot enough shots to make 'em worth using.

I have been too broke to date for a while and it sucks :(

img caption: "Ukrainian National guard soldiers simulate the evacuation of a wounded comrade and provide first medical help during tactical training at a shooting range in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Feb. 29, 2024. "

Everyone getting hung up on themes but the best thing about ST is the look and feel, aided by the blend of practical effects and surprisingly solid early era CGI. The behind the scenes stuff on how they did it is worth checking out, though not as amazing a technical/budgetary achievement as Robocop. Verhoeven is/was a whiz at keeping his spectacles visually coherent.

really really didn't like it (and I've liked pretty much every other yogurt lanthimos joint). one or two-joke movie stretched to agonizing length. rehashed tim burton garbage aesthetic. one-note supporting characters they did nothing with over 140 mins. totally frictionless / conflict-free - everyone loves bella everywhere she goes and the pathetic men are obviously no match. also a small thing but the "means of production" shit was embarrassingly wrong. I did chuckle at willem dafoe saying "cocaine"

didn't like oppy or barbie either but the trinity test was cool and I get nominating big well-liked event movies even if the america farrera monologue made me want to die

I've seen 8/10 of the best pic nominees and would rank them thusly

Zone of Interest > Holdovers > American Fiction > Killers of the Flower Moon > Anatomy of a Fall >>>>> Oppenheimer > Barbie > Poor Things

Poor Things and Barbie already have the same plot.

I actually had an OK-ish chat with my dad about transness...he's a huge contrarian and a pedant which makes talking about many things quite annoying, but thankfully he is not on social media at all so he is not completely pilled in any one direction. Once I introduced the phrase "decoupling sex and gender" he was able to at least grasp that, so.....baby steps. But who knows where we'll be at next year.

I remain convinced she is asexual / has never f*cked and the boyfriend press/song cycles are there to convince you otherwise. But then again I also thought the Bey/Jay drama was mostly made up to sell records.

Brexit prompted a lot of treat manufacturers in the UK to cut animal byproducts out of their stuff iirc, have to think there's more of that on the way

kklanada escapes accountability again