Move to another continent and change career entirely?
02.02.2026 08:27 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@popher.bsky.social
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Move to another continent and change career entirely?
02.02.2026 08:27 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The way Americans default to Sir (etc) never ceases to amaze me. Not for nothing, but that's not the vibe I'm looking for.
02.02.2026 07:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Don't recap needles?
02.02.2026 07:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think this juxtaposition is actually helping me finally understand what the difference is
02.02.2026 07:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Watching the show and she called it an "MRI Scan" and my douchey FTNMR brain kicked in and said "well actually it isn't scanning..."
There's no redemption for me
Hilary was absolutely right that they are deplorable. A party of deplorable people.
Making people on "the left" (lol) apologise for calling out right wing bastards being right wing bastards has been the biggest mistake of the last quarter century.
See also- Gordon brown.
Unfinished.
#LiamRamos
Even though I know it's a mixture of scale models and CGI and whatnot, I still think the sinking building in Venice is one of the best visual and practical effects in a movie. It just looks real.
02.02.2026 06:01 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Unrelated - I always thought the dealer in Montenegro looked a bit like Cliff Simon(rip)/Ba'al in Stargate.
02.02.2026 05:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Fun fact: the white braces Daniel Craig wears in casino royale were supplied by my uncles company. My family had, for several generations, a belts and braces company.
02.02.2026 05:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I really like QoS. It is enjoyable.
02.02.2026 05:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In the book it isn't poker (obviously) but Baccarat. Changing to poker is a better choice, but it also loses a little charm.
The torture scene in the book lasts much longer (bond is tortured longer). I don't think we need to see more, but the truncated time line is less dark.
There's only a few things I would change in this movie.
One, there's too much poker. It needs a slightly tighter edit on the poker.
Two, the scene with the construction site has one shot where the camera gets covered in water droplets. I'd cut it. Or reshoot it..
Then there's the book deviations
thinking about what push we'd send at buzzfeed news for when it happens and it'd definitely be "it happened"
02.02.2026 04:39 โ ๐ 160 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0The cinematography is beautiful, which helps and unfortunately could not be said for many prior installments. (Though the DP also did GoldenEye). I think Skyfall probably surpasses CR for photography though.
02.02.2026 04:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
The music in his earlier films was great too, but in CR it's excellent.
Likewise Judi Dench. Always incredible, but her M becomes truly special in this film.
Martin Campbell directed it. But he also directed Goldeneye. (And though that was great), this is a world better.
What I find so brilliant is that some of the best aspects are by/involve people from earlier movies - just showing how the quality of work can be improved with the right team and drive.
Like David Arnold did the music. And it's great. But he did the prior few movies too
Because Netflix has all (?) the bond movies now, I am watching casino Royale.
It's 20 years old.
It remains the best bond movie ever.
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
02.02.2026 00:29 โ ๐ 4212 ๐ 1884 ๐ฌ 61 ๐ 37Full Bad Bunny speech
02.02.2026 02:25 โ ๐ 4061 ๐ 1335 ๐ฌ 50 ๐ 167On point for the British museum to use stolen material (AI images) to promote their stolen material.
02.02.2026 03:42 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0The people long for international shipping expert-opportunities to return.
02.02.2026 03:05 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Its far from the worst thing JB has worn or done, but that suit is horrific. It'd maybe look good on John Goodman twenty years ago.
Also not a big fan of Bad Bunnys suit, but its more stylish and at least fits.
not pleasant
02.02.2026 01:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It was 15ยฐC today.
February 1st.
What a bizarre winter it's been.
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
02.02.2026 00:07 โ ๐ 6747 ๐ 3248 ๐ฌ 257 ๐ 493The fact that both are quite experiencedโ8 years and 12 years with CBPโis yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
01.02.2026 21:54 โ ๐ 4091 ๐ 1191 ๐ฌ 62 ๐ 36Other people: "Donโt ask me about my political opinions of the President, because Iโd rather not answer."
Me to my daughter, yelling down from our house's roof: "If I die, tell your grandkids I hated Donald Trump."