“Monster”, which IMO is much more interesting and clever then Death Note. And if you like that, “Pluto” by the same creator.
Code Geass is basically the same premise, but I feel like Death Note does a better job pretending to be some 400 IQ mind games then actually being intriguing and clever. Way more telling us the protagonist/antagonist is smart then showing us in subtle, engaging ways.
Still both good shows, but I just didn’t see them as 10/10 masterpieces.
I will say I think the sequel was justified in how much more they added gameplay wise, taking advantage of advancements in processing power. It really opens up the world, the things you can do and see are incredible and are a huge jump from the first game.
2 also manages to improve on the gameplay in big ways, hardly a moment that isn’t engaging and interesting and I never felt limited, and some very cool and atmospheric settings.
Also, grown Ellie is one of my favorite characters ever, so much well executed, human, relatable nuance, and that’s a take that has nothing to do with her sexuality.
Like brother, like brother
What about throwing money at teacher salary/education/recruitment?
They literally know how this always ends - with a generation of kids with a lot of justified hatred and nothing to lose - yet they continue to fuel the fire. Crazy, nothing like ensuring the cycle of violence continues forever.
Exactly haha, I get enough real life traumatic validation if I turn on the news for a second or look out my window
That’s my issue with the movie. People who don’t believe in climate change aren’t going to have their mind changed by a club, but need to be tricked with something subtle. Nothing entrenches someone deeper into their views then calling someone an idiot or telling them they’re wrong. The movie represents everything that’s wrong with how progressives and the “liberal elite” like McKay try and convince people to come to their side. If anything, this movie probably just furthered the divide. Having Leo in it probably didn’t help, conservatives love to point out the hypocrisy of his private jet and yacht.
I say this as someone who worked on the Bernie Sanders campaign and have talked to him about how to change non-progressives minds, although I’m not sure he’s made much progress either. Maybe a little more than McKay.
So who is this movie for, if not to sway climate deniers? If it was really intended to let a liberal audience grandstand and circlejerk about how they’re so much smarter then everyone else (which I’m not denying), then I guess it did a pretty good job of that.
Edit: full disclosure as a movie also didn’t enjoy it, jokes were kinda too on the nose. Also just felt and looked like a Netflix movie, kinda plastic. Idiocracy was way funnier.
They have invested a lot, but these are nightmare conditions. Strongest wind storms in a decade, and hasn’t rained in months. Nothing can be bought that can battle 100 mile an hour winds spreading fire faster than a car on a highway.
I hindsight they could’ve maybe done more controlled fires to lessen fire fuel, but that’s an issue of planning and politics.
Ellison and his team have told Wall Street that they plan to build a “new Paramount” that will be a hybrid entertainment-technology company that leans into AI-infused efficiencies and works with companies like Oracle to boost the profitability of its direct-to-consumer business that includes Paramount+.
So many words to say nothing of value
Same exact thought! They say they may be religious, but I need to know more!! Guess that lore may be lost with the end of this tribe.
Seems to me they’re using the sanctity of indigenous people as a way to protect the rain forest. Wish it being a very important natural part of our planet was enough to protect it, no appeal to human to human empathy needed.
What a coward, no surprises there
“What’s a lunch break? Lunch is for wimps,” she shot back. “I have food brought in and I work and eat at the same time. There’s no time … Sometimes I will get a steak.”
Where do they find these weirdos??? What’s crazy is a steak brought to you for lunch.
The three kids in a trench coat gag never gets old, gets me every time
He calls this his “best advice”, definitely sounds like the kind of guy who’s so brain dead he asks chat gpt how it would lead a large gaming conglomerate