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  • Dems prefer it for the exact same reasons. It makes things so much easier for them.

  • What HATED or highly disliked movie you ACTUALLY really enjoyed?

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  • Not universally hated by any means. But there are plenty of people that expect a movie to fit a certain Hollywood formula, which includes not challenging your audience too much. And so they judge movies by standards that an epic artistic endeavor like Cloud Atlas was never trying to meet.

    Also the whole "gender- and race-bending" made some people uncomfortable, even though it's merely the same actors portraying completely different characters.

    Add to this that certain influential studio voices in Hollywood had previously rejected the project outright when they were first approached by the Wachowskis. So it was clear they would never give it a fair shake after it was produced in Europe, against their judgment and without their blessing, and under such unconventional circumstances.

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  • You're probably right. I've never read the book.

    Having the same actor play the same part in each time made following the plot easier, at least for me.

    This is what I expected to see on first watch, and was a bit confused that at least some actors did actually "switch sides" between timelines. Going by interviews, it seems this was possibly meant to reflect an evolution of souls. But to me the message of the movie works just as well, if not better, if you leave out the concept of persistence of souls or individuals altogether, accept that some of them just look similar, and think more in terms of repeating patterns and ideas across eras.

    Jim Brodbent in particular, I thought, delivered a spectacularly good performance.

    Hard agree. His contemporary and light-hearted "shady publicist to nursing home jail break" plotline also really worked well to ground the movie in between epic-dramatic segments.

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  • It spoke to me when I watched it at the right point in my personal development. As is often the case with movies or experiences that try to convey something meaningful, whether the message lands depends just as much on the watcher. I honestly don't blame anyone for whom it was a lengthy and confusing blurb. The narrative structure and casting choices are so far outside what audiences are used to, that the script was thrown out by every major Hollywood studio at the time despite the prestigious names behind it. I myself was quite confused on some of the timelines and characters until my 2nd rewatch, and that's a lot to ask for a movie of this length. It really never had a shot at mass appeal, so in an economic sense those studios were right. I'm just fascinated and grateful it ever got made. It truly was a leap of faith and a labor of love for many, the Wachowskis and Tom Hanks in particular. And I feel like this shines through in the final release, rough edges and all.

    I read the story you linked and I absolutely see the parallels. I feel like I may have read it once already years ago. It's quite the philosophically intriguing concept.

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  • The things you mention are narrative elements. The message is repeated almost like a mantra throughout the movie, and later revealed or summarized as the 'prophetic' words of Son-Mi:

    Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

    This is the core thesis of the movie, standing in direct opposition to the various antagonists' ideology, which can be summed up as self-serving nihilism and upholding the status quo of might makes right / the natural order by any means.

  • LegalEagle Suing PayPal's Honey

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  • Honey's base business model probably falls apart without some linkjacking. You go to a website to buy something and it says no no go buy it from these people instead.

    That's not what Honey does.

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  • Lots of people love to hate Cloud Atlas. I see it as flawed work of art with a good message and an amazing cast, produced under such nearly impossible circumstances that we are more than lucky it ever saw the light of day.

  • PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best coupons

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  • As creator that makes some of their profits from affiliate links, I don't see how that could be the case for him.

    Seems more likely they had a reason to avoid beef with PayPal.

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    Is lead toxicity from shooting guns a primary reason many Americans seem cognitively impaired ?

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  • I dislike this saying because it's always been assumed, never proven, that intelligence follows a normal distribution. That is if it can even be mapped to a single, consistent, comparable number.

    But your point is valid. Though I'd add that it's not universally true. Fascists thrive on fear and ignorance. Give people access to a good education, which includes political education, and they are far more resilient to these tactics.

    Which is why it's especially nefarious that conservatives love to undermine, vilify, and defund education.

  • President Biden commutes sentence for former Dixon, Ill. Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who embezzled over $53M

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  • Also because, guess what, "non-violent" mostly just means white collar criminals.

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  • There are people in politics that believe in representative democracy and seek to influence the system for the better.

    They either stay local, are ground up by the system, or become corrupted by money and power.

    They have carrots and sticks for anyone, especially idealists.

  • OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji found dead in San Francisco apartment

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  • The issue is proving that it ingested the original copyrighted work, and not some hypothetical public copyleft essay.

  • Intel's $249 Arc B580 is the GPU we've begged for since the pandemic | PCWorld

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  • I was purely commenting on Apple silicon. As an owner of an M4 MBP I should add. The best chip in the world can still suck as a product if it's held hostage in this fashion. 800 bucks is what Apple charges for 1.5TB added storage.

  • Intel's $249 Arc B580 is the GPU we've begged for since the pandemic | PCWorld

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  • Hell yeah 800 bucks for a basic-ass storage option

  • HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death

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  • Yeah it's survivorship bias. We remember the high-profile cases when things like this blow up, but the odds for that are pretty slim.

  • Elon Musk is pissing off everyone on Trump’s team

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  • I'm sure the judiciary is gonna take care of it.

  • Elon Musk Dragged After His Own Chatbot Admits He's A 'Significant Spreader' Of Misinformation

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  • I was hoping a horse was involved.

  • Kamala Harris Pulled Off a Miracle | The fact that the election is a toss-up, rather than a Trump landslide, is a testament to the vice president’s political skills

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  • I appreciate the input, but the things Vaush criticizes as shortcomings are positions about other nominally socialist or communist countries. The video I linked isn't about socialism, it is about the US government.