I'm watching season three of the iCarly reboot, because of Miranda Cosgrove, and I can take my own slow time going through the season, because of the studio bosses not ordering a season four. #MirandaCosgrove #iCarly
Btw, Scream (2022) with Jenna Ortega has also become available on Netflix in my country (NL). It transferred there from SkyShowtime where Scream VI (2023) is still available. #JennaOrtega #Scream
I really liked the series, it's varied enough in its stories to not be a repetitive kids-running-from-dinosaurs-and-surviving. The characters are quite interesting and multi-faceted. The development of the two girls finding out they like girls and especially each other, was nicely done.
I dislike how Hollywood writers whenever they write a smart teenage girl, invariably shoehorn in a love story with the bad-guy-who-turns-out-to-be-ok, even if it doesn't make sense for the character to be attracted to such a guy. See also Stuck in the Middle. #JennaOrtega #JurassicWorldCampCretaceous
Just looked up whether my country is doing corona vaccinations again this year and it turns out it's only for 60+ (and risk groups) with them thinking it's no longer a real problem.
Even the US is allowing people to get vaccinated (with some struggles). How do we have worse healthcare than the US?
Jenna Ortega turns 21 today. I'm going to celebrate by watching some Wednesday and seeing a film of hers (still deciding which). Above photo was posted by her hair stylist Jenny Cho and taken yesterday in Paris. #JennaOrtega #HappyBirthday #BirthdayRewatch
What does it take to make an Original? Jenna Ortega in this Instagram reel for Adidas Originals in their 1000 Original Stories about Originals campaign. #JennaOrtega #Adidas #AdidasOriginals #1000Originals
Jenna Ortega for Adidas Originals in their Instagram reel for the 1000 Originals stories campaign. Jenna is story 13 on their campaign site. Their caption: Brave. Free. Original. Copyright remains with Adidas.
A test post with a video. Sorry i have none that i made myself that's less than 8 MB. So here's #ChloΓ«GraceMoretz answering a question i asked her. ifttt:TuPh
I've been going through old posts and found out I've been on the fediverse for almost five years. I had no idea it was this long. Anyway, I've been doing an awful amount of test posts it seems...
This is the trailer for three Doctor Who episodes that will be released in or around November 2023. So frustrating that still no date is mentioned, I'm sure I'm going to totally miss it when it finally appears on tv and they announce the release date five seconds before. #DoctorWho
Destiny isnβt done with them just yetβ¦ Doctor Who returns with three special episodes β€οΈβ€οΈβπ· #DoctorWho coming soon to #iPlayerSubscribe and π to the BBC ?...
Listening to The McCarricks, a husband and wife band consisting of one cello and one violin, making really cinematic music. I just noticed that they do have an EP on TIDAL and Spotify, but it's not the one I have and am listening to (which is self-titled).
I've seen them as support for Kristin Hersh and it was quite magical, their music with a video projection on a screen behind them. Bought the EP from them in person. #TheMcCarricks
Europe's Biggest Dance Show is happening again now, listening to it via Studio Brussel. The BBC set we had a little ago was quite good, Ukraine coming up too (they had a good show last year). Looking forward to Belgium too.
Eleven radio stations in ten countries over Europe broadcast a show together, to share the best dance music of the continent. Each country does a half hour set, of course mainly showcasing their own music. #EuropesBiggestDanceShow
I'm thinking that this may be much less of a thing if it were on television. But loads of countries and cultures bopping along to the same music on the radio is special. #EuropesBiggestDanceShow
Is this the Norwegians playing Gala? I have that album, there are many great songs on it, not just that Freed from desire. Music from my time... #EuropesBiggestDanceShow
Belgium (Studio Brussel) coming up next in a few minutes. Dance music is in the soul of the nation and if last year is anything to go by, it's going to be a great set. #EuropesBiggestDanceShow
In a few minutes Ukraine will close this Europe's Biggest Dance Show, a radio show broadcast live from ten countries and eleven radio stations all over Europe, with a half hour music set. #EuropesBiggestDanceShow #Ukraine
It has been my belief that training a system on content to generate other content, is making a derivative of that content. With most free licenses this is not allowed without mentioning the source (all of them) and in case of normally copyrighted work it's just plainly forbidden.
I hope this case, and the others they mention, succeed.
Finally Mastodon will show incoming text formatting (with today's release) and the rest of us can stop wondering how garbled our posts are going to be on Mastodon and we can just post as we intended. Mastodon people still can't write rich text though. Baby steps.
It's not true though that Mastodon used to strip all formatting from posts. They were just very selective about what formatting they preserved:
me about a year ago: yeah, I can buy this pack of 10 downloads, it's valid for a year, plenty of time to choose; when I've used all downloads in a few months time I'll just buy another pack
β¨ Easily tailor your Bonfire theme and user experience to match your vibe and needs. From minimalist to vibrant, we've got you covered - and If you don't find what you're looking for, you can even create your own theme! #JourneyToBonfireV1
Though it may seem weird that PeerTube indicates one (1) view on a video and CloudFront shows 300 requests to that file, seeing that most of those requests were made from Chrome Mobile on an Android tablet located in the Netherlands, from my own ip address, I think we can understand the discrepancy.
You know about phishing, and maybe you even know about vishing, but are you aware of fishing!
Fishing is a technique where an attacker uses a layer 1 device with a worm payload to hook a remote fish that they can then retrieve using a reel.
Remember to never chomp down on worms you find in the water! Worms actually don't like water, so if you see one flopping around there's a good chance it's actually a fishing attack!
Both Friendica and Pleroma seem to have the same problem that video files are loaded the moment they appear in your timeline(*), whether you click play or not. And both are completely ignoring the provided cover image. Mastodon does this much nicer, showing the cover image, the actual PeerTube channel account, and only loading the video in an embedded player after you click to do so.
(*) I know, because when I'm browsing on cellular data I'm almost immediately out of my data bundle if a PeerTube video post appears in my Friendica timeline.
Natalie Portman spoke at the United Nations about violence against women. She posted it as an Instagram reel, I've mirrored it for those who don't want to access mainstream media.
Natalie Portman speaking at the UN about violence against women and girls. Mirrored from Natalie's Instagram. Natalie's description:
It was an honor to speak at the UN about the urgency of ending violence against women and girls, and to highlight the @spotlightinitiativeβs effective model for doing so. Woman Life Freedom. #WithHer @unitednations #UNGA #SDGActionZone
(Copyright remains with Natalie and the United Nations)
122K likes, 9 comments - natalieportmanSeptember 20, 2023 on : "It was an honor to speak at the UN about the urgency of ending violence against women and girls, and to highlight the @spotlightinitiativ...".
Actors and writers strike going strong. The studios should pay them properly and give them adequate protection against AI. Photo: Ivana Baquero picketing, on her insta.
Saw "Past Lives" yesterday. Going to catch "Scrapper" if I can (was too busy last week), and definitely looking forward to the new Yorgos Lanthimos film (Poor Things iirc)
Itβs been since 2015. Iβm a rare sight in movie theaters, especially since the internet censorship bills of 2011 that the movie industry supported. The prospect of those bills becoming law actually had me physically ill on two different occasions.
I saw Scream VI and Bed Rest earlier this year. It is so much more impressive to see great acting on a big screen compared to a tv at home (even with 4k and all that).
We're lucky to have an excellent independent cinema, Cinema Nova, nearby. We buy their books of ten discounted tickets and work through them over a few months. Most recent film we saw there was the Blackberry movie, enjoyed it.
The last movie I saw at the cinema was Independence Day Resurgence - I specifically took my mum to see it, as she was a huuuuge fan of the original, and Roland Emmerich in general.
When I say 'was', I don't mean to imply that she's dead or anything. She's just not a fan of Independence Day, Roland Emmerich, or the cinema anymore, after that.
If you count 2020 as the last year of the 2010s, it was last decade. It was "Birds of prey". Between the pandemic-that-isn't-over and the fact that no movie has excited me enough to go to a theater, it's been pure streaming for me since then.
@ixtlidekami Times are from present. So "past decade" would be the period from 20 Sept 2013 through 19 Sept 2022, though I'll allow fuzzing on the day/month by a bit.
"2020" is then "within the past decade, but not the most recent year".
I'd been interested in how cinema-viewing habits have changed, and am chasing a hunch that most people are going to theatres relatively infrequently. That's obviously been influenced strongly by the COVID-19 pandemic (still ongoing, and surging again in the Northern Hemisphere as both colder weather and schools return, both fairly ideal spreading conditions). Though I'd suspected some decline even before that.
I'd say that movie quality has been in decline for more than a few years. Lots of sequels of dubious quality, unnecessary reboots (to us, the public), new films copying one another. Add the pandemic and even more not-so-good films, and you have the current crisis.
Then only film from this year I'm interested is Oppenheimer, and I'll wait until it's in streaming.
I've only seen three movies in the theatre since covid and one of them was the Barbie movie last month. No regrets. (Also I went to a 10am showing and was able to get a seat away from most people.)
I go to the cinema most weeks. I go for the presence of strangers. A little hangout in the village square while someone does tricks or tells a story. It's work for me to watch any media like that by myself at home. If I were rich beyond measure and could have the Metropolitan Opera brought to my house, I would still put on a tux and go to the opera in person, instead.
@bastardsheep #cinemastodon can always be added to a response in a thread with a note to look to the originating toot. Which I've now done.
I believe if I edit my poll toot I'll lose the votes accrued to date, which would be annoying. I'll experiment to see if that's the case on another poll.
While we'd never condone lining your pockets and purses with dollar store candy and snacks before heading to a movie, it can be pretty tempting to do exactly that once you take a look at the high menu prices for movie theater food.
@bastardsheep As for hashtags: most people won't follow up. But some may. And given that hashtags are still the Fediverse's principle search/discovery mechanism, this is one of the few ways people can stumble across content.
Even if it's only Future Me trying to find things.
I've had hashtags help greatly in search, as in a recent SciFi short story question which received the precisely correct response in under three hours: toot.cat/@dredmorbius/11084594β¦
The person who answered doesn't follow me and all but certainly saw the hashtag instead.
Once in the last decade: Metropolis with Live orchestra babylonberlin.eu/orchester/133β¦ , I have no intention to break that habit for any of the usual block busters.
I donβt plan on going ever again. I think I saw Black Panther in the movie theater, but it was around that time anyway was the last time I went. The seats are uncomfortable, itβs too loud, itβs too expensive, and Iβm not at all interested in getting airborne AIDS, so I donβt see myself ever going to a movie theater ever again.
Last film I saw in a theatre was Captain Underpants. My daughter and I had just finished the books. They're weren't a huge deal in the UK, we'd been gifted them by US cousins. We wore our CU t-shirts and laughed like drains at all the in-jokes.
But honestly, the price of tickets, COVID, streaming and the fact we've got a 60" TV at home means I'll happily never go back. I just don't see the point. Unless and until CU2 comes out.
I've been going to the movie theater regularly after a brief interregnum (Joker in 2019 was the last one for a year and half), and mostly because it's Alamo Drafthouse. Excellent food and drinks delivered to your seat, reliable caption viewers. π
My movie theatre trip last Friday was an exception: It was the premiere of the new Aki KaurismΓ€ki movie. His are still those kind of films that I just need to see in a proper cinema. And in premiere, if possible.
But before thatβ¦. whheeeβ¦ canβt even remember, tbh.
we go 1-2 times a month as a fam. Definitely helps to live really close to an Alamo Drafthouse, and movies here on Tuesdays are only $5(!). If you asked me last time I went on a non-Tuesday I'd easily say many many years ago π
Usual caveats on selection and all that, but given my presumption was that relatively few people are regular movie-goers, results seem to bear this out.
54% report seeing a film in a theatre within the past year. That leaves 46% at more than a year ago.
I'd like to see what the impact of Covid-19 has been based on more robust methodology. Though I suspect there's been something of a long-term secular trend, based on costs, repetitive and childish plots, improved television and streaming options (despite not watching broadcast/cable television, I'll allow that there've been some excellent series out, and have caught a few of those on video release).
@lordbowlich My brain took a moment to parse N95 as something other than a new film rating along the lines of NC-17. And was having difficulty rationalising the film-rating interpretation.
Though on second thought, rating film screenings as N95 might make some sense in our New Endemic Age.
...so much easier to find Waldo, the armored knight,cowboy on horseback the Russian in winter clothing...and so many other oddities even Waldos other brother...πππ π
Just like I mentioned for The 4400, I have not seen the last season of The Dead Zone I have on disc either. Here I have seen season one to four on my discs and watched them many years ago, but forgot to watch my season five disc. I've found out there actually is a sixth season as well.
I watched the series because of Nicole de Boer, but her involvement became smaller and smaller, explaining my lack of interest. In this fifth season she's only in a few episodes. More in the sixth.
Let's see whether I still remember the plot. Some guy, Nicole's character's husband gets into a coma. Many years later he unexpectedly wakes up, finding his wife remarried with his best friend. He also finds that he suddenly has visions of things, and decides his mission is to stop bad events and investigate crimes.
Nicole's character is the standard Hollywood 'wife of', where the writers show they don't know how to write an interesting female character. #NicoleDeBoer #TheDeadZone #NowWatching
It starts with the Christmas episode that other lists have as the last episode of season four. It's exactly as you would expect a Christmas episode to be on American television. Now for the real season start.
Database disk had filled up, so thanks to the elasticity of EBS I could just increase the size.
I do think however that on a single user instance, a db of around 30GB is too much. But then I think we shouldn't be storing remote content, but we do.
The way American tv series are made, causes them to often feel like a book of which the last chapter is missing. The hope is that you've lost interest in the book by the time you get to that chapter. Sometimes you get a quick summary of how the author meant to wrap things up in that chapter.
I don't check Twitter everyday anymore, since there literally are days there are no new posts. Just checked and the most recent one was 12 September. The joys of a highly curated experience.
My technique: follow interesting people since they tend to know, or work with, interesting people. Here's Melissa Barrera, who I only know because she acted in Scream with Jenna Ortega, singing on stage and being rather good at it.
(The event is related to a Frida musical and a friend's album release and Hispanic Heritage Month, see her caption)
Original caption by Melissa Barrera: A taste of @fridathemusical ❤️🔥 Had the immense honor of performing “Wings” last night at @lincolncenter Atrium to celebrate the release of my dear friend @jaimelozano ‘s album: Songs by an Immigrant v
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Maybe this will show the video for a while for those who don't like the insta link. I can't guarantee that I'll keep it up.
Image description: Melissa in a red dress on stage, seemingly filmed from the first row of seats.
I'd ask why this guy is slapping a plastic pigeon but that wouldn't be fair to the vision impaired people. I didn't include that in the image description and there is no way I know how to describe that.
Reminds me that I'm still on the lookout for the film Carmen that came out this year in North American countries. Melissa Barrera is the lead in that film and does a lot of singing in it I believe.
Exxon is objectively worse by orders of magnitude. Fucking up our entire planet and destabilizing countries just to make a buck while X flailingly tries to make money on a subscription model.
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