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More neat jazz-rock from Brazil

Quite a lush psych soul number with some sweet Eddie Hazel-esque guitar tones to boot.

Oh! I assumed it'd be a Disney venture what with Del Toro working pretty closely with the Fox people and it being a property that I assumed to be owned by Disney. That sounds pretty cool.

I haven't seen it. Of the recent slew of live-action Disney adaptations I'm only really interested in Cinderella for the Branagh factor, and maybe Pinocchio once it releases due to Guillermo del Toro (if he's still making it). When it comes to Ellis I like watching her work even if I disagree or have little interest on the films she talks about just because of how much she packs into her reviews from a sheer theory perspective. They're always nice food for thought.

Yeah, I agree. Josh reacted to the Joker trailer in a tweet saying he found this sort of approach better than the "embodiment of chaos" he's portrayed as in The Dark Knight and I strongly disagree because of what you say above - the uncertainty might make the character less of a character, but it also makes him more effective and interesting as an element of its respective film. It also frees the character from the constraints of being his own singular crazy and act more as a symbol or part of a myth instead, to go back to what you were discussing relating to Tolkien and the likes. It reminds me somewhat of the overwhelming tendency there is today amidst audiences to desire for the rational explanation even when there is no need of one that Lindsay Ellis talks about and mocks in the likes of the following: So probably I spoke too soon about not having any problems with the conceit itself. 😄 That said, appealing to that setting and character's iconography to tell this Falling Down story in a day and age where radical sentiments and hate crimes seem to be on the rise and where these franchises are such a major part of the cultural mainstream could yield interesting results, though as you put it, the bigger concern is how, the "tad soapy" was a cheeky understatement on my part, and given both what we've seen so far as well as the director's track record and so on, I'm not particularly confident.

I suppose the hook to the film is "how does a person end up the Joker", essentially. I don't necessarily mind it as a premise, and I do think Phoenix is a great actor too and always a pleasure to watch, but I felt with the last trailer that the way they were going about it was a tad soapy and contrived, though granted, one needs to see these scenes in their context as they can appear very different if removed from the same.

Better trailer than the last one I reckon. I'm still not sold on it though.

After going through 120+ records through the past month, I finally finished my top 20 of 2015. Here goes! death's dynamic shroud.wmv - I'll Try Living Like This Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly Max Richter - From Sleep Moa Pillar - Humanity Áine O'Dwyer - Music for Church Cleaners vol. I and II Lil Ugly Mane - Third Side of Tape Sons of Kemet - Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do Charles Barabé & Wether - Huh? In Media Res - リンキンパーク - Triginta Septem Toby Fox - UNDERTALE Soundtrack Elza Soares - A mulher o fim do mundo Kamasi Washington - The Epic Lil Ugly Mane - Oblivion Access Rabit & Chino Amobi - The Great Game: Freedom From Mental Poisoning (The Purification of the Furies) 2 8 1 4 - 新しい日の誕生 (Atarashii Hi no Tanjou) Holly Herndon - Platform Aïsha Devi - Of Matter and Spirit Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Silver Mountain Rob Mazurek / Exploding Star Orchestra - Galactic Parables: Volume 1 George Clanton - 100% Electronica

New King Henry film by the Animal Kingdom director. Looks promising.

Patrick continues to be my favorite YouTube film essayist. Edit: God dammit, didn't realize there was a bait and switch involved following the excellent first five or so minutes. Still, a fun and endearing watch.

Some pretty neat minimal/dub techno to accompany your work hours...

*runs away after signing Hulrshot up for a year-long subscription*

More Guillermo del Toro-produced horror films.

A travelogue/reality show starring Jeff Goldblum? Sure, I'm in. Fair played, NatGeo.

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00:00-1:07: Yeah, this looks very good, somewhat western-y, a bit of a Rogue One meets Deadwood feel to it. 1:07-1:35:

(reposted from the movie thread, because I'm a doofus and posted it on the wrong thread 😛 ) Loving this record, it's full of really dense, alien textures with just enough of that pluralist fusion of the likes of Future Sounds of London or the Blade Runner soundtracks, to create that sort of compelling futurist experience, and with added spirituality to boot. Worth seeking out the full record (which, for Spotify users, can be found here).

I'm quite intrigued by this. The trailer may seem a bit "budget Interstellar" but looking at the names associated with this film it has the chance of being something quite special. James Gray's a pretty interesting director, Hoyte van Hoytema (also responsible for Interstellar) is in my opinion the finest cinematographer working today, Max Richter is an excellent composer, and the cast should be quite strong too. Then again it could all turn out to be a bit Counsellor too.

**Oops, wrong thread >.<**

It smells like a cash grab, considering how the Wachowski sisters' last few projects have done and so on. That said, this is a cool video on the Matrix sequels:

Quite enjoy the Sun Ra-isms to this record.