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[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are probably going to be ~10 Minecraft movies over the next ~20 years (if not more)

If kids like it, that's a top end target market. No parent is going to lecture their child for shit taste. 😆

The children are not going to say "this is an atrocious screen adaption of the spirit of Minecraft, I am extremely disappointed in Jared Hess' direction and Jason Momoa, who has once again proven himself to be a subpar actor as we saw in his work in See".

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

IMO, it would be far more difficult to make movies covering Frank Herbert's books after Dune Messiah. Especially Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune.

While I really enjoyed Dune: Part II, it in many ways compressed the developments the middle and ending of the book. Dune: Part I was much more aligned with pacing of the book; it covered the relatively short intro of the book. I would have much preferred if Dune: Part II was split into two parts; the rise of Muad'Dib (this would introduce us to on-going developments in Dune, broader history and world-building, as well as developing Paul and Jessica's Atreides characters) and a final movie dedicated to the narrative finale of Dune (1965).

An additional movie covering the events Dune Messiah would be a perfect fit to the "original trilogy". A postscript movie of sorts, before starting new trilogies based on the later books.

I am not just saying this as a Dune fanboy. I spoke to several people who don't normally watch sci-fi (let alone have an interest in Dune specifically), but who watched Dune Parts I/II and they all mentioned that Part II was difficult to follow and was a bit disjointed and that Part I had better pacing.

And no Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson novels. I admit I've only read one (I believe it was Dune: House Atreides from 1999), but it was complete dogshit and did not feel like a Dune novel. Felt more like a generic space scifi novel.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

And an excellent remix by Astral Project, they kept the vibe of the original, but added their own perspective in a subtle way.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I completely agree.

Another thing to keep in mind was that this was before streaming services and broadband.

I would come back from school and put on the TV to watch MTV to see clips/tracks like this.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

I remember seeing the video as a young kid, my mind was blown.

Later on I got into Jamiroquai's albums and I realized this track/video was just the tip of the iceberg.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Super poppy and mainstream track, but you got to agree it's catchy and has that positive sunny vibes feel.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was huge when it came out, this was around the time Nero were transitioning from Drum & Bass to Dubstep.

The dope video with visuals from a cool 90s cyberpunk anime also helped! :)

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

This is a very good remix.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is the video/single version from 1999. The original album version from 1997 is more ambient sounding, but I am assuming most people remember the video version.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

The Club mix is also bomb, but the radio edit version has that awesome early 2000s video.

It's been almost a quarter of century. Where has all this time gone? 😱

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Trapped / Ófærð - Islandic police drama set in a small town that's isolated from the rest of the Island.

Norsemen / Vikingane - Norwegian satirical take on recent viking related series.

Servant of the People / Слуга народу - Ukrainian political satire show played by Volodymyr Zelenskyy years before he became president of Ukraine.

Paranoia Agent / Mōsō Dairinin - This is technically an anime, but the motifs and execution is honestly closer to an artsy TV show. Directed by Satoshi Kon who made Perfect Blue, Memories, Paprika and other unique Japanese animation pieces.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There are also non-english language public trackers that don't leverage western style filename rules.

E.g. mazepa.to (Ukrainian) and rutracker.org (russian). The sites require registration (open to all), but the torrents are public (no ratio requirements and torrents do not have the private flag).

The search functions support English language titles with no issues at all. You can find any mainstream movie/show on both trackers. Rutracker has some niche content that I've not been able to find on specialized private trackers.

One drawback is that the trackers require local language dubs/VO, so some some content is never released on them.

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Sasha - Baja (1999) (www.youtube.com)
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