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Sounds funny to me 😂 (sent it ‚ages‘ ago)

I know, only the first hour or less I doubted it - as it is too often the reason for varying problems at home (not there for the moment) More meant for how some told they got security warnings.... was not the case for me. Maybe my location, maybe the browser... I do not know what detail might add to a complete picture and which wont add. 😉. (including times of day per length and since when....)

Probably not helping anyway, but just in case its a small little detail of interest: for around 27h only reaction was ‚server not found‘... never any other message or whatever. Tried it e.g. the last hour rather often, first time - I guess 10 minutes back - that I got in. I had to re-login between a few likes and this post. Twitter and/or facebook accounts... of BOT: maybe use those for saying technical problems... ? I thought for a time my ... let’s call it temperamental router is the culprit (we need a new one - since months). Saw questions about ~ if others too.... bla bla problems here at reddit. Btw, there is a certain member of BOT (if the same name is the same user) who quotes at reddit even in theead-titles eg our Asgard 1 per name (as far as I understand it that is a big nono?)

I buy movies for 4 different reasons (plus a few as presents, but as those are not part of ‘my’ collection...): 1. I have sometime in the past read something about it that made me curious, and if I see it as an offer... I’ll buy it to watch it at a time I am at home more than usual. Means I binge-watch sometimes quite some of those ‘will watch in the future’ titles, but it can take in a few cases a few years toll I watch those. The most of them I watch faster. 2. I have sometimes younger viewers with me (12y to 17y olds) who like to watch something they do not knew or... for those I like to have a few movies in reserve I am not interested in, in case they wont like the ones I am interested in. If I watch those at all depends on how they react to what... = only a small part of my collection 3. movies I love and love to rewatch, plan to rewatch. I am old, I love a lot of movies, I am an insomniac,... lots of time to do it. Sometimes (if its at hand as a disc or I also own it as a digital version) I only rewatch a part of it, like for a discussion or for a project. 4. One of my family members wants to watch a certain title, I am the one who usually buys those too (including for the husband) for reasons like I am more up-to-date where to get those for a reasonable price, or where to get it fast. I own way over 2000 movies and TV-series titles (one season/series = one title)

No idea why I see this as its by a blocked member... I can give additional data out of a German BO forum, for this blog’s reason I give in especial the view counts for their subforum for the US: it is an area where a lot of views without so many posts in relation in comparison to here, and for some reasons people do not find it accidentally per a search engine, means the views are to a very high % done by members only or people like us, who also are active here. Till February 7 the views were pretty normal for the time of year, than increased a bit to a lot (+ 50%) see discussions about possible impact, till up to March 22, the last of the high view counts. From one week to the next in fell to ~ 30% of the normal views, means it fell roughly 2 thirds of the pre discussion increase for a couple of weeks and is still falling, to in a view of those not even 5% of what was (and even less of what it should be for the time of year). Why is it falling? Not because people wandered of or got banned, its the missing data. the missing news. And people have in part their own problems caused by the virus, in especial if you work in the cinema business (as a lot of the people there do, incl cinema owners) About people being more in the Internet: yes and no. It depends a lot for what the forum or YT-channel or... is about. Like news about the virus, how to cook, how to store, how to do e.g. canning, sewing (including masks), ... those increased a lot. Home-schooling.... too Book/audiobook recommendations, ... those I see an increase too. DIY tips, how to build e.g. a shelf or clean out rainwater pipes,... tools, ... increased too. Positive mood/stories at YT channels, eg animal rescue, wildlife sightings,... increased. People with children have often way less time or energy to go to a forum to bick or discuss no new news about their interest as some seem to use a forum it seems. The same counts for people working in health care and / or education, people working in the delivering business too, many of those work tons of overtime (at least here it is so). Also where to get articles that increased price-wise a lot during the lockdowns, for a reasonable price (a sheet of building plates got op fro. $17 to $54 as an example), comparisons of prices and quality too (DIY and foodstuff...) If there are no new news there will come a time where it gets boring to rehash, so why to even think about revisiting an old thread? If there is no real reason for a visit at a very specific forum, why being ‘surprised’ about the lower numbers? Why start a blog with such a ‘tone’? Sadly I am not surprised, not the first time I am very much wondering why people feel so negatively from the start. I probably wont get an info about a possible response as by a blocked member, just in case. (btw, I think the November numbers might be higher again, see election = an actual reason to meet and discuss... and it involves even the nice litte numbers, percentages,... some of us love so much)

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not interested enough that I didn’t do, as... you’ll get it I do not feel the need to put humans on pedestals, there are lots of people who do think a lot about themes, does not mean all (100%) they conclude is right for everyone on earth. I actually agree with him often, but as said, sometimes I am wondering. I wont expect of him more than from anyone else, nor do I agree with all he states = he is not a ‘god’ (no one is nor ever will be). In general, if you look through history, the stories of the sole rescuer, the knight, hero,... is usually there the most to find, where people feel they have no voice during circumstances/times they’d actually need a voice. my POV: Its not the SH, the knight, the ranger,... its the power amassed by people misusing it to the degree normal/healthy defense of the weak does not work anymore (or they got manipulated to the impression, see later) If in such a situation a power vacuum happens (e.g. some people work on creating a ‘strong man’ and that one e.g. dies) or a good propaganda/people manipulation campaign is at work for a time... than authoritarian speaking, behavior,... finds its ways to the masses instead to only the ones who love to be part of such a system too. The knight it the dream of someone with the possibility to right wrong to stand up for the ones not heard - it is a sign in a way, but according to how I understand your wording in the opposite way. The knight who fought for the people, that gets crowned, ... is the hope of getting someone who actually is doing it right. Sadly the dream gets smashed by people getting corrupted by the power or getting taking out or ... It a question of how many it reaches, what kind of people it reaches. The ones who want a just and secure system to live in too, or only the ones who want to be part of the authoritarian power. Stories about knights tend to be presenting the knight as someone who stands for minorities, the weak, and so on, the authoritarians misuse the holding down, even hunt of the minorities, the weak... as deflection of the real problems, usually under the cover of ‘moral’, or terms the people are concerned about. So when a link says he said the Marvel movies are to blame for Trumps election than I say whoever worded (or reworded it as a click-bait) missed a lot of points and didn’t grasp even the basics. If its click-bait I won’t add to the count by clicking on it. If he said something else, than maybe to find an article who did not twist his words to something else might have been more... correct, neutral,.... especially if respecting him in general. Or at least to give a quote where his real statement, the exact sentence that would actually clarify. Click-bait support, a try to swipe, to imply,... can be assumed otherwise. Btw, saw your post accidental, if logged in you’re still on ignore. Too many of those kind of... strange ‘accidents’ for my taste.

If you want to get a real feeling about the small amount (in relation) the pre-filming script has on the endproduct, watch at first Buffy the Vapire Slayer - the movie, and then the TV-series of the same name. And than watch Joss Whedon when he tells how he literally cried about how the director... of the movie - in my POV in a way even destroyed - mangled his script. That goes or can go both ways in general. Actor’s abilities, chemnistry, director’s ability and creative power, producers, studio bosses... (bad example: T. Rothman) are usually way more impacting = whatever you didn’t like of his past work, was it him or others that did not do as you wished for? He has a rather short list, that does not sound like he has a lot of ~ input-power. Beside that, I am not a fan of judging before having seen the final product myself, and am not a fan of websites who like to pick at parts of the sum before the products is even finished. It might be not that good, it might be excellent, we will see... way later.

Just vor the interested the height in France at the time was named in inches, but the French inch of that time was ~ more/longer than the inch that we are used to nowadays. He wasn’t ‘that’ short for his time, but short for a French officer at that time. He got to be an officer before the revolution, but lots of low (and even soldiers) ranking officers rose then fast and high after the revolution, people with charisma, appeal,.... had a bit over the usual average of an advantage then. For a certain time it was the ‘simple soldier’ who decided in a way who got promoted too, at least up to a certain level. This is not meant as all officers were...., its about a certain level and the tendency of some higher ranks of a defined time-frame. Depending on the source material .... he was probably 5 feet 6.5 inches in today’s time, 5 feet and 2 inches in the then used version according to a doctor then, if you read the original statement of that doctor, the term ‘officer’ was included I’ve seen it calculated to 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 7 inches as well. He had certain charisma, but also a good instinct whom to ‘attach’ himself to, whom to pick as ~ behind the scene support since he arrived in Paris. Incl which women to court in a way. Joaquin Phoenix’ height - acc a fast glance in the net - is 5 feet 8 inches, his weight,... a lot matches to the years N. was in power, he’ll do just fine.

I haven’t read it, but in a way he got support by ‘them’, via a big part owning stockholder = Isaak Perlmutter (and even worse, his wife) are seemingly big supporters. But I think the opposition is represented there too, I think Perlmutter is not very much liked by quite some of the Disney ‘staff’ (management included). Superheroes,... are nothing new, as I am guessing Moore might be the kind of guy to conclude for that IMHO not really thought through reasoning. Sometimes I am seriously wondering about e.g. Moore.

Thx part 2 of that info made me laugh - in a surprised and agreeing way. Having read quite a few non-fiction books out of and about that time, also seen a few of the screen versions, I totally can imagine him in that role. Not sure about the title ‘Kitbag’ - I am guessing its meant as ~ duffle bag as so many military campaigns are part of the history of Napoleon. Or is there another meaning possible? See self-taught language limitations...

It has a 6y and older rating here in Germany, I used it in my Media subject, one of the few non action.... movies e.g. 7th to 10th graders took / reacted to very positively. We watched it in English, it was rather easy to follow even for the weaker English learners (but I did a few explanations and so on beforehand, and watched it with subtitles). My mind can not fathom at all why it got such old age restrictions in the US, and in this case even in UK, but here its more about violence amd way less about nudity and/or language for a movie to get age restrictions. E.g. a few blood-less but e.g. even death including violence movies with no restrictions or e.g. 6years old elsewhere gets here a at least 12y restriction or even older.

Agree. I think the ~ waiting queue of movies needing to get a release date will lead to unusual / not seen before groupings of e.g. also franchises.

I‘d add a tendency to ~ known/familiar properties and/or franchises too, like ‘more-than-one-part’ movies and/or rather well known book series too. Also see Titanic, sometimes a historical event that’s very well known. That do have the tendency for lots of VFX in especial nowadays = not excluding.... Maybe based on the family goes together during that time, including the fathers (yes, I know its a cliché, but for some its sadly still true, I could/want to scream at certain parents at the school I work for based on that - too often its the mothers and not the fathers that actively try to hinder their daughters to join a ‘male’ subject or interest, including books and movies), something familiar in name at least might help to find a common interest pick. In principal I see Sci-Fi (space opera a big part of those) and fantasy as major X-Mas/Holiday genres (release date before New Years Eve), inhowfar people see SH movies as Sci-Fi too seems to differ. A lot.

I think in times of the virus no release month will be a judgement of it being a dumping ground, the old rules wont apply for a long time, too many movies (their distributers) wait for a release date, are in a kind of waiting queue, it will take a long time (a few years) till there is even a chance cinema is back to what is normal. Including to get the new rules of what the new normal in the future will be, how many screens there will be even available and so on. Vaccine found means not it is ready to be produced in the amount needed, to build the matching production plants (a d its equipment) takes time too. Till the economy... is back to normal so all potential viewers will be able to buy a ticket or two is again something to consider. And the changed way to spend free-time, alternative hobbies and interests could have an impact too. There will be a few big successes / huge numbers movies, but I think it will be the smaller and middle ground movies, also the count of tickets sold, how many movies will get released per year, and so on, that will show inhowfar cinema is really doing later on. Every movie released during uncertain times like nowadays wont reflect on the quality of the movie and so on fully.

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How does someone know @Blankments is here ~ on the prowl? If you get a like for a post made nearly 5 years back (anniversary in Oct.!) Thank you Blankments!

Not my first concert, but they were part of my first multi artists big names festival, at 1 September 1979 in Nürnberg Zeppelinfeld (I was at others too, but the line ups where less ‘heavy’ in ~ stardom) AC/DC’s part was a bit over an hour It was an interesting mix of styles

He was him as his brother died (counting the time before the EMTs arrived), and was underage at the time. I can’t i,agine to have witnessed the death of a sibling at all, even less to not be able to do anything to help like in that case As a bit long, the majority in spoiler tags See not publicity, way too few out there who are truly human beings, in the best possible meaning.

Did they screen the ‘real original’ version or the ~ overworked version (e.g. Jabba the Hutt got added later on, that scene where Solo steps on the back of Jabba I think the most will remember, Jabba was never shown at all in part IV in the original version). I think I read the original version is in a vault to never be shown again per George Lukas ownership orders or so. Might be a detail only counting for home video releases, if they did show the original version, hence my question. I saw it 1978 in the then biggest cinema in my state’s capital, did live in another county then as well, means I took a kind of train / overland metro thingy then. It was for the time an expensive trip in the sum, but so worth it. A few of the audience looked (including body-language) literally shell-shocked after the movie, and as I am face-blind, for me to even get a hint of that it had to be a huge impact for those co-viewers. In a way an (co-)eye-opener, as in my family genres like fantasy or even worse, Sci-Fi where and still are considered beneath their ‘level’. High-nosed idiots.... E.g. Dune... and such movies too, I am still the only one in my generation and the older ones to have watched them. Narrow minded people miss so much diversity, so much interesting ideas, and so on. Its sad in a way.

I missed the actuals of the last few weeks, did they also re-release Star Wars IV? It got released in early 1978 here in Germany then, watched it in opposition to the snobs I lived with then (aka family), paying the ticket with my first self-earned money. 42.5 years... time is running in a way, does not feel that long to me, more like 25-30y. I am getting old I guess I’d love to see it again in a cinema.

Congrats to both of you @Cap and @Eric #RIPChadwick As I am face-blind and as such have no idea why people go for faces without ~ marks of live, can I nominate characters too (not seriously meant) \ Sgt Elias is one of the fews I always recognize... (that part is actually seriously meant) I always think he’d make a nice .... mood pic / smiley for someone seriously pissed 😆 So... love the promotion of both of you, can not follow any ‘followings’ as I can not recognize both of them visually. Cool decisions, me likey - even very much Fingers crossed members will behave (see election....). That counts for the whole of the team!

Thank You very much for your work, especially also for outside the Derby, as that was not really mentioned yet. I’ll miss your on the point posts. I hope you’ll still find the time, and / or energy / gusto to visit from time to time!

FIFY Earliest - at least for cinemas and their customers’ visiting behavior. If .... a lot of to check details happen beforehand Till all the usual cinema goers will be back... it will take a long time after a generally available vaccine is not only found, but its production installations, equipments, and... are build too and so on. I feel (hopeful, in their wish for a certain outcome) people are too optimistic about reaching / getting back ‘normalcy’.

Everyone (or is it anyone? Typical example of being not sure about another language’s correct term) is in in my opinion a better choice than Tom Cruise (as already stated I really can not stand him, like at all). I’d take a 4y old without any acting experience over him. Or - preferably - an 80y old actor with lots of experience.