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I am almost caught up with Strange New Worlds. I just finished S04E02, and then I went back to watch it again because people mentioned that there are things in the background that you need to watch for.

I only caught two

::: spoiler spoiler The figure to the right when they first beam onto the ship, and the figure in the background when they get to the med bay. :::

I didn't understand the ending though.

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If La'an can still see the ghost, does that mean she is still infected? Or is the ghost the only entity that isn't a hallucination?

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What are you watching, and what do you recommend?

I'm watching Star Trek Strange New Worlds. It is the first ST show that I got into. I liked The Orville and this one feels similar. I didn't like the first episode though.

I watched Shoresy recently, and it was one of my favourite new finds.

I am also enjoying Batman Caped Crusader and Widows Bay. I just started Stirling Lake, but it is too early to say if I will like it.

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Have enough money to solve almost any social issue, but put on a weird black latex suit and beat up the mentally unstable at night instead.

The line is quippy, but it's silly when you look at the batman stories. Anything can be funny if you get reductionist with it

When the writers have her saving plants, they do it in a way that you root for her. Same with Mr. Freeze, those episodes and the movie is really touching, solely because of his motivation.

You don't root for batman to beat them up or flex his wealth on them, you want Batman to help them. You want them both to get happy endings.

The stories usually end with batman stopping the carnage, while also arresting whatever CEO was cutting down trees or doing experiments on Nora. In other stories, he funds social programs and advocates for reforms as Bruce Wayne.

Maybe there are other stories where he acts like a frat boy. I skip content that has shitty writing

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Calls ‘Bulls—‘ Over Complaints That ‘Comics Can’t Be Funny Now’ Due to P.C. Culture: It’s Not an ‘Impossible Time to Be Funny’

Louis-Dreyfus’ interview with Kara Swisher followed her profile in The New York Times from earlier this month in which she made headlines for saying it’s a “red flag” when comedians complain about political correctness. While she never mentioned her “Seinfeld” co-star Jerry Seinfeld by name, her interview was published soon after he went viral for blaming the “extreme left and P.C. culture” for killing TV comedy because “people [are now] worrying so much about offending other people.”

“To have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing,” Louis-Dreyfus told The Times. “It doesn’t mean that all comedy goes out the window as a result. When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness — and I understand why people might push back on it — but to me that’s a red flag, because it sometimes means something else.”

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Is It Still Worth Going to the Movies?

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Sometimes I have the opposite problem, where the audience is more disruptive than anything. I haven't been in a while, but I'm thinking back to the random cheering and clapping that pulls you out of the movie.

I also find that a lot of theatres are too loud now, but maybe my ears are getting old

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The Amateur | Official Trailer (stop watching at 1:25 to avoid spoilers)

The Amateur is an upcoming American espionage thriller film directed by James Hawes and written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli, based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, which was previously adapted into a film that year. It stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, Danny Sapani, and Laurence Fishburne.

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Andor was such a clever show

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While watching this scene, I was thinking about if the choking was really necessary or if they could have gotten the emotional turmoil / betrayal across some other way. It didn't fit that well with how they had interacted with each other up until that point

But later on in the episode, it looks like she again feels choked, but this time by the collar of her uniform. So if the intent was to set up that symbolism, I guess there is a reason for the scene in the post