Enrico_sw Posted October 11, 2022 Posted October 11, 2022 Quote Val-d'Oise: a petrol station requisitioned by residents, stoned vehicles https://www.lefigaro.fr/faits-divers/val-d-oise-une-station-service-requisitionnee-par-des-habitants-des-vehicules-caillasses-20221011 Petrol shortage in France in the last days... ... meanwhile in the Parisian suburbs, youngsters requisition a petrol station. They then sell the fuel only to people from their area, block access to others, and stone those who protest. We've got hand it to them. These guys recreated a country, borders and a police to manage scarce resources Nature abhors a vacuum. Quote
Enrico_sw Posted October 11, 2022 Posted October 11, 2022 Quote New York University professor fired after students say his class was too hard https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/06/nyu-professor-fired-maitland-jones-jr-student-petition Meanwhile, in the US... Quote Some parents and teachers say the firing of Maitland Jones Jr points to a lowering of academic standards No kidding These kids are among the geniuses on twitter, enlightening us with their mind-blowing knowledge Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 I graduated from NYU. The student body is crazy and fun, but also ultra liberal. Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 I have been ultra busy for 2 months but finally I can start working on making youtube videos again. Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 @SympathysSilhouette @Matt! how far are you into Rings and House of the Dragon? I am 2 episodes behind in HOD. I heard the last one was great. The final episode for Rings is dropping soon. Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 I'm up to the most recent episodes for both of them. I think both shows are underwhelming but I slightly prefer Rings of Power. Last episode of House was good, mostly thanks to Paddy Considine's epic performance in it. Of the newish shows I am watching, my favorite currently is actually Andor. Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, SympathysSilhouette said: I'm up to the most recent episodes for both of them. I think both shows are underwhelming but I slightly prefer Rings of Power. Last episode of House was good, mostly thanks to Paddy Considine's epic performance in it. Of the newish shows I am watching, my favorite currently is actually Andor. I haven't watched Andor at all, given that nothing with Disney Star Wars has been very good. (Rogue one was maybe a 7.5 out of 10 for me) yeah I heard that Paddy was amazing, and I saw some bits of the episode. Overall he deserves an Emmy. GRRM raved about him on his blog: Not a Blog | George R.R. Martin (georgerrmartin.com) He also revealed that their plan for HOD is 40 episodes, 4 seasons. Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Cult Icon said: I haven't watched Andor at all, given that nothing with Disney Star Wars has been very good. (Rogue one was maybe a 7.5 out of 10 for me) yeah I heard that Paddy was amazing, and I saw some bits of the episode. Overall he deserves an Emmy. GRRM raved about him on his blog: Not a Blog | George R.R. Martin (georgerrmartin.com) He also revealed that their plan for HOD is 40 episodes, 4 seasons. Andor is great and if you enjoyed Rogue One, you'd probably also enjoy this. Quote
Enrico_sw Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 22 hours ago, Cult Icon said: I graduated from NYU. The student body is crazy and fun, but also ultra liberal. You graduated under Giuliani's NYC and Bush's USA, right? At the time, the liberals were a counter-weight. Nowadays, ultra liberals have become the inquisition (not the counter culture anymore). They even burn books in the name of their cult (here) Quote
Enrico_sw Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Cult Icon said: I hear only positive feedbacks from this show. I have to admit it starts to really catch my interest now. Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 9 hours ago, Enrico_sw said: I hear only positive feedbacks from this show. I have to admit it starts to really catch my interest now. Still not fully on board. Paddy Considine's Viserys was the best thing about the show. Wondering how they will cope without him. Collectively GoT had many, many more interesting characters than House of the Dragon does. Perhaps it was foolish to think they could make so many compelling characters twice. Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 The final Rings episode dropped, including the final Sauron reveal. I will check how much people hate it later. LOL Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 Like it's clear we are meant to care deeply about Raenyra, but the show has never given us good enough reasons to do so? Whereas people all loved Arya after just the first season of GoT. Admittedly it took longer for Sansa to get fans. Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 14 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said: Like it's clear we are meant to care deeply about Raenyra, but the show has never given us good enough reasons to do so? Whereas people all loved Arya after just the first season of GoT. Admittedly it took longer for Sansa to get fans. The excellence of GOT has so much to do with the writing in the novels and literally the fact that they casted around 20 iconic actors. I am starting Clash of Kings now. IIRC for S1 the main characters were Jon Snow, Eddard Stark, Cat Stark, King Rob, Arya, Sansa and Tyrion with some Cersei and Jaime. And of course, Dany, Jorah, and Drogo. Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 5:51 PM, Enrico_sw said: I hear only positive feedbacks from this show. I have to admit it starts to really catch my interest now. I hope you give it a try. Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 I am watching the Sauron reveal. Rings of Power has terrible writing. Worse than the netflix witcher, jesus christ. Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 16 hours ago, Cult Icon said: I am watching the Sauron reveal. Rings of Power has terrible writing. Worse than the netflix witcher, jesus christ. Yeah, unfortunately. Beautiful show to look at but the writing leaves a lot to be desired. Quote
Cult Icon Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 3 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said: Yeah, unfortunately. Beautiful show to look at but the writing leaves a lot to be desired. what did you think of the Sauron reveal? I thought it was junk, really underwhelming. Quote
SympathysSilhouette Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 21 minutes ago, Cult Icon said: what did you think of the Sauron reveal? I thought it was junk, really underwhelming. I was expecting it. I didn't like it, but if they hadn't done it than they would have spent a lot of unnecessary time on Halbrand. So it was a bit predictable. Quote
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