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I should clarify that I only read half the book, so I haven't read that scene. It sounds like the movie didn't capture something special about his relationship with the worm. What I got from only seeing the movie is that there's a skyscraper-sized being that behaves more like a force of nature than a creature. So the vibe I got was more like Paul learning to surf than taming an animal.

That aside, visually I was impressed and thought afterwards, "Well, that could have looked a lot dumber than it did."

I was blown away by the Paul taming Shai Hulud scene. The VFX were perfect and the camera work showed the massive scale of the worms.

Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie was hilarious and ambitious. I saw it in theaters twice and I think about it all the time.

Thank you for writing this.

I love The Barkley Marathons! I rewatch it at least once a year.

I'll add a few.

American Movie (1999) - An amateur filmmaker has spent years trying to finish his magnum opus. It's a hilarious and endearing portrait of a distracted visionary. The most Milwaukee movie you'll ever see.

Gates of Heaven (1978) - Errol Morris's first feature about a small town's relationship with a pet cemetery. It's under 90 minutes and full of characters.

Into the Abyss (2011) - Werner Herzog explores a triple homicide in Texas and its two perpetrators - one sentenced to life, the other sentenced to death. Conversations with everyone involved in the execution process - the killers, the victim's families, investigators, the chaplain, and the executioner.

The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) - Alex Gibney's story about Theranos, who scammed investors out of billions of dollars for a medical device that didn't exist.

Roxy: The Movie (2015) - A 1973 concert by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. I know almost nothing about Zappa and his music, but it's a marvel to watch everyone's musicianship.

The Summit (2012) - 11 climbers on K2 die within about 24 hours. A mix of interviews with survivors and very well-produced dramatizations.

Tim's Vermeer (2013) - A software engineer tries to recreate the famously mysterious painting techniques of Johannes Vermeer. A movie about technology, tinkering, and obsession.

I got a TCL last year and it wouldn't let me use the TV until I set up the internet. After 4 factory resets I figured out how to put it in store demo mode, and plugged in a separate streaming device that connects to the internet. Now I realize I could have connected the TV to the internet and then blocked it at the network level.

I remember trying to run Spider-Man on my 1080p monitor and wondering why it looked like complete shit even at 30fps. You're right that the strength is limited, and lots of AAA games will need the settings lowered quite a bit to run smoothly.

In 2020 Bernie and Biden were the front-runners, and then all the other candidates dropped out and endorsed Biden. So it wasn't ratfucked in an illegal way, but in a "torpedo a popular leftist in favor of a right-of-center establishment neolib" way.

I believe you need a separate Google account for the separate space, just FYI.

This would have been my top line comment. I wish anime wasn't such a glaring blind spot for me, because it's something so many people connect on. But I see it like reality TV. There's 1000 shows with 1000 episodes each, and some shows are probably great, but I've never been interested.

I was wondering about this exact thing. I know Greig Fraser used them extensively in the Dune movies and The Batman.