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71 dB · May 06, 2025, 09:40:07 AM

Coby enjoyed American Graffiti.

LKB · May 18, 2025, 07:45:33 PM

Kate can't carry a tune, but at least Kubrick doesn't make a monkey out of her.

LKB · May 19, 2025, 10:21:42 AM

Ashleigh meets Atticus.

Karl Henning · May 19, 2025, 02:47:42 PM

What is your quest?

Karl Henning · May 20, 2025, 08:27:13 AM

How shall we fuck off, Lord?

Karl Henning · May 20, 2025, 07:16:23 PM

"High colonics for everybody!"

Karl Henning · May 23, 2025, 10:27:37 AM

Quote from: DavidW on May 11, 2024, 08:07:28 AMI don't know if any of this counts, but here is a detailed critique of Foundation that I enjoyed:
btw he finishes with the best adaptation of Asimov by a landslide... as... The End of Eternity as a Russian tv miniseries. You'll find that at the end of the video.

And I also watched Lost in Adaptation on all Dune movies and the miniseries...
Original Dune:
Dune TV miniseries:
Dune Part 1:
Dune Part 2:

Say, Davey, any opinion on the further Dune franchise?

LKB · May 30, 2025, 06:17:29 PM

Disclaimer: I have not viewed this reaction, nor am I familiar with the channel, so I can't " recommend " it as such.

That said, 2011's Margin Call is ( unquestionably, imho ) the most lucid and well-written recounting of both 1) the business universe of high finance, and 2) specifically, the 2007/8 mortgage investment crisis that resulted in the demise of Lehman Brothers, as well as other firms.

The ensemble cast is amazingly strong, and the film's director ( name escape's me atm ) worked in the industry, which undoubtedly brings " street cred " to the production. It's instructive, as well as entertainingly suspenseful.

Now I'll watch the reaction, and perhaps update this post tonight or tomorrow.

Karl Henning · May 30, 2025, 06:29:22 PM

Quote from: LKB on May 30, 2025, 06:17:29 PMDisclaimer: I have not viewed this reaction, nor am I familiar with the channel, so I can't " recommend " it as such.

That said, 2011's Margin Call is ( unquestionably, imho ) the most lucid and well-written recounting of both 1) the business universe of high finance, and 2) specifically, the 2007/8 mortgage investment crisis that resulted in the demise of Lehman Brothers, as well as other firms.

The ensemble cast is amazingly strong, and the film's director ( name escape's me atm ) worked in the industry, which undoubtedly brings " street cred " to the production. It's instructive, as well as entertainingly suspenseful.

Now I'll watch the reaction, and perhaps update this post tonight or tomorrow.

I was this close to being a casualty of the crisis. Those were days when the missus and I still held some hope of owning our own place. We looked at some six places. Fact is, we've always been too short. If we had accepted a mortgage for any of those places, we would have been critically overextended. It was a tough decision, but I'm glad we stayed our hand.

LKB · May 30, 2025, 06:54:07 PM

Quote from: Karl Henning on May 30, 2025, 06:29:22 PMI was this close to being a casualty of the crisis. Those were days when the missus and I still held some hope of owning our own place. We looked at some six places. Fact is, we've always been too short. If we had accepted a mortgage for any of those places, we would have been critically overextended. It was a tough decision, but I'm glad we stayed our hand.

Yikes! Glad you were able to dodge that rather humongous bullet, even while unaware there was a bullet to be dodged.

LKB · May 30, 2025, 07:05:04 PM

Quote from: LKB on May 30, 2025, 06:17:29 PMDisclaimer: I have not viewed this reaction, nor am I familiar with the channel, so I can't " recommend " it as such.

That said, 2011's Margin Call is ( unquestionably, imho ) the most lucid and well-written recounting of both 1) the business universe of high finance, and 2) specifically, the 2007/8 mortgage investment crisis that resulted in the demise of Lehman Brothers, as well as other firms.

The ensemble cast is amazingly strong, and the film's director ( name escape's me atm ) worked in the industry, which undoubtedly brings " street cred " to the production. It's instructive, as well as entertainingly suspenseful.

Now I'll watch the reaction, and perhaps update this post tonight or tomorrow.

So, now I've watched the reaction, and I must say that these two gents must be utterly ignorant of the crisis represented, and therefore that while the film is a work involving a fictional company, the company was depicted realistically insofar as staffing and operations were concerned.

They both found the film " boring ", and that pretty much sums up what they had to say.

Don't waste your time with this reaction. Just watch the film yourself, if you haven't.