Discussion questions:

What TV shows or films have you watched recently?

What subscription services are you subscribed to, if any?

Question of the week:

What movies are you anticipating in 2023?

Question of the week is the same as last time since 2023 has barely started.

  • Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Absolutely no subscriptions, not worth it at all. I just finished watching a few months ago “In the Name of the People”, Chinese thriller about anti-corruption. Now I’m watching “The Knockout” which is in the same vein, but it hasn’t gripped me strongly like the former did.

    99.9% of western media is soooo bad.

    • lxvi@lemmygrad.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah western media sucks. It’s not just that I dislike the messaging, it’s just bad. A billion dollar production can’t go five minutes without an over-produced CGI explosion. Subtlety is no long allowed. Every conversation needs to be a screaming match or a fight or a fuck. Every trope is driven by trope or absurdism.

      Anyway, do you have the folder for “In the Name of the People”? If you do, can I have the magnet?

      • Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah I totally agree. The level of tropes and anti-proletarian themes of so much western media is annoying.

        INP is available to stream on youtube with both english and mandarin subtitles, that’s where I watched it.