🎬 Film Refs
Which is why I dislike this whole trend of digital twins, that has become gospel in Silicon Valley. The Wall Street Journal recently wrote about how prominent names in the industry are creating digital twins, because they are just so busy and it is better for the rest of us to engage with a copy.
💬 Om
The problem with modern tech is that they don’t have any historical perspective. Did they never see 🔗🎬 Multiplicity
🎬 Not sure if this one has been hiding or if it just arrived on Netflix. But - added to queue and on the cards for tonight.
🎬 First there was 🔗 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - so so good.
🎬 Then there was 🔗 Jay Kelly - which was alright - but in proportion to what I expected.
🎬 So I approached 🔗 Outcome with high anticipation.
I have now started and stopped it three times - best was getting through 25 minutes. Should I give up? I mean this is Keanu we are talking about.
🔗😂 XKCD and 🔗😂 Existential Comics are both crackers today.
Seems that Apple are pushing more Peanuts programming into shows and movies.
I think Apple News is missing a ‘comics’ section for Peanuts and other great comics, including XKCD and Existential.
(With their permission - and payment - of course.)
No plans to go - zero interest and the other two choices are ‘Project Hail Mary’ and ‘Devil 2’.
BUT - I was taken by the Silky Otter’s plot summary.
That’s got to be AI - No❓
The other summaries do seem more considered, so perhaps the summary writer is as inspired by ‘Michael’ as I am.
Inspired by @derekpeden I recently started to rate movies, shows and books on a consistent scale - with real rules and bit by bit visiting the archives and updating accordingly. Posted my 🎬🖇️ Peaky Blinders review this morning and even I was shocked how low it came out - in the old days it would have hit 3 1/2 for sure.
Not yet finished the series - which is telling even of itself - but my review is likely going to lean towards 🎬🔗 Andrei’s
Rewatched 🎬🔗 The Thursday Murder Club last night. Turns out the first time I watched it I didn’t log it.
At the time I remember I gave it 3 stars - because being a big fan of the books - expectations high.
Now I give it 4 - Because I wasn’t expecting much.
I guess the truth sits at around 3 1/2.
I know how he feels. 🖇️🎬 My Review 😂
I did watch 🎬 One Battle After Another - and it was absolutely marvelous. I do my reviews on Lettrboxd which get pulled to my blog - not sure yet how top connect all that with all this new stuff on micro.blog to create a seamless experience - so until then .. you can get to the review here.
One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½: john.philpin.com
🎬 Watched: Black Bag and it was so good.
Addendum 25-10-10
This post was also a test of new @manton functionality on micro.blog. Usual review here .. next job is how to efficiently merge these two worlds
🎬 I watched ‘Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning’ over the weekend. From beginning to end.
Popped over to Letterboxd to review - to discover 🔗 I had already done that! - and that story says all you need to know about how memorable it was!
So Dave Barry’s 🔗 Mission: Highly Improbable ❓
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Updated my 🔗🎬 Mythic Quest review to include the 4th series .. watched the final episode last night.
