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jdreyer wrote on May 2, 2021, 21:25:Nucas wrote on May 2, 2021, 20:55:You sound...remorseful.
also, no one should watch Without Remorse. i took that bullet for you, you can skip it.
And I agree that Snyder's Justice League was enjoyable.
jdreyer wrote on May 2, 2021, 21:27:They did say "could" and at least it is a known phenomenon, although not something I'd previously heard about.
Giant Undersea Wave Could Explain Sinking Of Indonesian Submarine.
Convenient. Absolves the Indonesian Navy for any culpability for maintaining and operating a 40 year old sub.
also just for some counter-points, i and 3 of my staff all got the moderna shot and we were all fine after the second dose, just a sore deltoid again. one of them opted for the j&j and she was the one who ended up with a fever for a day or 2, had to punch out early the day after hers.
Acleacius wrote on May 2, 2021, 20:08:
Damn Warpig and HoSpanky that sounds ruff, glad your both feeling better.
I'll make sure I have clean blankets and plenty of soup (tequila is considered soup in a glass, right? )!
j/k but it does make me wonder if taking aspirin is ok for the fever, and I'm not sure tylenol works on fever.
Jivaro wrote on May 2, 2021, 19:58:
The wife and I watched the new Mortal Kombat and the Snyder Cut of Justice League in the last two days. Mortal Kombat leans into the cheese, but I found it fun. The Snyder Cut was a lot more fun to watch than the Whedon version, but it could have been two movies released like Infinity War and Endgame and that would have been great. 4 hours is A LOT of movie.
RedEye9 wrote on May 2, 2021, 17:38:Given that the main plot of 2049 emphasizes how valuable replicants are, it seems foolish to "waste" them by unnecessarily putting them in situations where they might be killed. They could have just as easily written the story to (spoilers) have K happen upon Sapper accidentally, and be forced to kill him lest he escape.jdreyer wrote on May 2, 2021, 16:59:Um
I finally got around to watching Blade Runner 2049. Overall it was an excellent film with a fantastic story that dovetailed nicely to the original. I usually don't like it when they revisit these movies with the same actors, it rarely turns out well. Here it did. And I think the cinematography is the most sumptuous I have ever seen; just a visual treat. Roger Deakins outdid his excellent previous work. And the story was mostly taught, and performances excellent, especially Ryan Gosling whom I'm usually not a fan of. The world building was also quite excellent.
I do have a few bones to pick. In the first scene, (spoiler) K goes to bring in Sapper Morton alone. They would have never sent a single person to bring in such a dangerous replicant. They should have sent a team, and written that into the plot, or they should have had K discover Sapper accidentally. I was also annoyed at how (spoilers) Luv had basically unfettered access to the police station to steal evidence and kill police officers. It made no sense. They should have written that part differently. With a little more thought these things could have been fairly easily fixed, and they stick out in an otherwise excellent film.
Spoil They didn't send a single person, they sent a blade runner who was also a skin job. Why waste a human when you can send a replicant.
K, serial number KD6-3.7, later known as Joe was a Nexus-9 replicant Blade Runner tasked by the LAPD with "retiring" outdated Nexus-8 replicants.
In the original Deckard thought he was human, as did everyone around him. But was he?
Anyway they sent deckard out to kill some really big bad badasses all by his lonesome even after the illegal runaways had killed (or left him on a ventilator) previous blade runner Holden. Edit Holden later recovered and, by 2023, was promoted to Captain of the LAPD Blade Runner Unit.
Luv was a Nexus-9 model replicant and the right-hand of Niander Wallace.
She would have been extremely familiar with everybody in the LAPD lab and would have worked with them before. She probably had carte blanche access
Neither one of those annoyed me.
What annoys me is that you hadn't seen it yet (it's been over 3 years
!!1!) but I'm over it.
Acleacius wrote on May 2, 2021, 15:59:
Great news you posse is vaccinated and had fun!
Getting my 2nd Moderna shot this week, and heard the 2nd dose is pretty strong. So planning on 3gaming...errr sick/ish days, but if I get no problems, yay.
jdreyer wrote on May 2, 2021, 16:59:Um
I finally got around to watching Blade Runner 2049. Overall it was an excellent film with a fantastic story that dovetailed nicely to the original. I usually don't like it when they revisit these movies with the same actors, it rarely turns out well. Here it did. And I think the cinematography is the most sumptuous I have ever seen; just a visual treat. Roger Deakins outdid his excellent previous work. And the story was mostly taught, and performances excellent, especially Ryan Gosling whom I'm usually not a fan of. The world building was also quite excellent.
I do have a few bones to pick. In the first scene, (spoiler) K goes to bring in Sapper Morton alone. They would have never sent a single person to bring in such a dangerous replicant. They should have sent a team, and written that into the plot, or they should have had K discover Sapper accidentally. I was also annoyed at how (spoilers) Luv had basically unfettered access to the police station to steal evidence and kill police officers. It made no sense. They should have written that part differently. With a little more thought these things could have been fairly easily fixed, and they stick out in an otherwise excellent film.
it's been over 3 years
!!1!) but I'm over it. Acleacius wrote on May 2, 2021, 15:59:Most two shot people I have talked to have had a similar experience: day of second shot, fine. Second day, knocked out. Third day, fine. Some people have no reaction at all, so perhaps that will be you!
Great news you posse is vaccinated and had fun!
Getting my 2nd Moderna shot this week, and heard the 2nd dose is pretty strong. So planning on 3gaming...errr sick/ish days, but if I get no problems, yay.