DannyDeck

joined 1 year ago
[–] DannyDeck 2 points 1 year ago

I'm so very aggravated at The Atlantic, which I subscribe to, asking me to turn off adblock even when I'm logged in. I've already accepted a price increase every year I've been subscribed.

[–] DannyDeck 4 points 1 year ago

I wonder what world we would have been in if the NCAA had aggressively pursued TV contracts in the 50s-80s rather than restricting it to one game a week and one game per team per year. They lost control by trying to ignore the money that was out there.

A stronger NCAA sounds terrible and yet better than what we have.

[–] DannyDeck 1 points 1 year ago

Guess it depends to some degree if on peacock it was included with the base subscription or like this it was an extra $20 a month.

[–] DannyDeck 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tom Cruise isn't the director, but should probably get the auteur tag for being behind Top Gun Maverick and the recent MI movies which are as good as blockbusters get.

I think what Nolan, Villeneuve and Cruise get right is it's important to do as much as you can practically. The weightlessness of so many blockbusters is chief among the things dragging them down right now.

[–] DannyDeck 1 points 1 year ago

Chat has improved and works on iOS. It was awful to start with, especially as a consumer product. Switched to Signal and prefer it, other than not being able to use it on Android tablets.

[–] DannyDeck 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of cult movies are also hangout movies. I think the second viewing where you know the plot doesn't really matter at all helps a lot. The first time it's easy to walk away being like I watched these weirdos do nothing? Repeat viewings are "I'm watching my weird friends do nothing."

[–] DannyDeck 2 points 1 year ago

Cfb is here but barely. I think since it never locked down on Reddit, there was very little movement to find the community elsewhere. Not to mention there are multiple cfb message boards elsewhere.

Still I'd like r/cfb and Sync recreated for Lemmy by memorial day.

[–] DannyDeck 1 points 1 year ago

Tough beat for the opening set piece to come right after a featurette about Dead Reckoning's train sequence.

None of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's quips landed for me so once that toned down I liked the character and the movie much more.

[–] DannyDeck 0 points 1 year ago

Tough beat for the opening set piece to come right after a featurette about Dead Reckoning's train sequence.

None of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's quips landed for me so once that toned down I liked the character and the movie much more.

[–] DannyDeck 3 points 1 year ago

Texasville by Larry McMurtry. People know about (and hopefully love) Lonesome Dove and Last Picture Show. Texasville should be recognized alongside those as one of his best works. It's one of the funniest novels I've read.

He is the master of creating characters that are both satirical but you love so much.

[–] DannyDeck 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I used my Z3 Tablet Compact until it fell apart. I would buy an updated one the very second it was announced.

Overall, I wish Sony was actually competing. It really feels like HQ just forgot this tiny division exists so they keep making phones that feel designed for the idiosyncrasies of the people that work there rather than the market at large. That should be good for a place like here, but they're so uncompetitive on price.

Also what's the shorthand here? L/Android?

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