Rolando

Hi there, I was posting on !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee for a while, and I'd post links to youtube videos, and it'd automatically make thumbnails so that was cool.

But then "something changed" and it no longer made thumbnails, at least when seen on the web interface. But sometimes it does? The following image shows an example. In the first post, it has no thumbnail but in the second case it does:

MY QUESTION: how do make a Lemmy post to a video (especially on youtube) such that the post includes a thumbnail?

• Either automatically-generated, or custom-made by me.
• Preferrably via a computer client rather than phone.

See it in high-def here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft3b1-Cm-0M

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie

tbh this is an "okay" but not really great film. The film's about the conflict between a corrupt Carribean governor and a ship of pirates. It's mostly interesting because James Earl Jones (RIP) is in it.

He must have been around 44 when this was filmed. He'd been winning awards on Broadway and had been getting movie roles here and there. He would have been doing the voice of Darth Vader around the time this came out and then in the 80s and 90s his career really took off.

In this movie he plays a supporting role, but gets a decent amount of screen time. Anyway, the movie bombed so it's usually forgotten. I just thought of it because of his passing -- he seems to be having a good time in the movie, or maybe he was just acting.

(another James Earl Jones role posted previously is in: Conan the Barbarian: https://lemm.ee/post/36207082)

A couple of lovable, degenerate Juggalos must sojourn through America's hellish underbelly to The Gathering of the Juggalos, the one place on earth they feel accepted.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12245606/

It's an independent movie, but fairly well-shot, -written, and -acted, and surprisingly heartwarming. More cult than The Crow, more irreverent than Wolverine and Deadpool. The main characters are shifty lowlifes, but they have their own code and their own standards, and the film laughs with them not at them. Hey you said you were sick of franchises, right?

• the link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeRZcPopLms Someone posted this to youtube 1 day ago, so you never know how long it'll be up.
• find an invidious: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=jeRZcPopLms

It's the 80s in England and there's this kid who's getting picked on at at school, and he's walking home and he makes some friends. Nice guys, but they all shave their heads. It's cool though, they listen to Toots & the Maytals and other first-generation Jamaican ska and are pretty down-to-earth people. Pretty soon the kid's hanging out in good-times montages.

Everything's going great, but then their old pal gets out of prison. Next thing you know, things are getting kind of tense, and people are making political speeches and going on racist rants and having to pick sides. In fact, this is a coming-of-age film for the kid, and there's also a theme on the Falklands War, which comes to an end just as the film reaches its conclusion.

• the link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_9QPrpbbHw
• look for an invidious link: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=d_9QPrpbbHw
• another link, with Spanish subtitles embedded (480p): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimN_9vh3_8
• this movie was posted here on fullmovies over a year ago but now you got to sign in to confirm your age for that link
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_England

BONUS FILM

Made in Britain (1982)

A UK made-for-TV film, Tim Roth's first role, and he nails it, playing a crazed racist skinhead in the 80s. It's amazing what a modest budget will get you if you have quality actors and a strong script. Definitely one you want to watch without advertisements.

• 780p: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vuZXiW68Q
• look for an Invidious link: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=N2vuZXiW68Q
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Britain

Via !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee, from the movie Road House:

• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x90a14g
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film)

Intro by Rolando: I recently compared Jim Woodring to @pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org's work on !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org, and @JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee suggested I post something here about it, since pmjv's European. So here is a cross-post of one of pmjv's more accessible pieces. For more info about what's going on, see: https://analognowhere.com/log/2022-04-30/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/21198712

This is a TV movie about a high-school girl who has a problem with alcohol. It's not a bad example of the "after school special" genre, but it's mainly interesting because of the actors in it.

Mark Hamill plays the boyfriend of the main character. This was a couple years before Star Wars (and far, far away from the abominations that Disney would later produce).

Linda Blair plays the main character; she'd recently starred in The Exorcist, had been doing a number of supporting roles in films, and would go on to make a series of horror films.

Other actors of interest include Larry Hagman who had a number of other successful TV roles such as "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Dallas", and William Daniels who did the voice of KITT the talking car in Knight Rider.

Other than that, the "70s mood" abounds...

• The link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvcXvkJwORY It has Italian subtitles, but they're not embedded, you can turn them off.
• Look for an Invidious instance: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=EvcXvkJwORY
• For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_T._%E2%80%93_Portrait_of_a_Teenage_Alcoholic

edit: BONUS FILM: "Cocaine: One Man's Seduction" (1983 480p) - another TV movie, this time about the perils of powder cocaine. James Spader plays a supporting character in an early role.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToLYAzOwiqY
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine:_One_Man%27s_Seduction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insane_Clown_Posse

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. ... The film, based on Stone's experience from the [Vietnam] war, follows a new U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader (Berenger and Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and of the war itself. ...

...On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 89% based on 120 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Informed by director Oliver Stone's personal experiences in Vietnam, Platoon forgoes easy sermonizing in favor of a harrowing, ground-level view of war, bolstered by no-holds-barred performances from Charlie Sheen and Willem Dafoe."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_(film)

• English dub (the link from above): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qqdwf
• Spanish dub? (I haven't watched it): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8r6zo2
• German dub? (I haven't watched it): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93kduo

This cartoon was printed 110 years ago today on September 1, 1914.

World War 1 was in progress, though it wasn't called that yet. On the Western Front, Imperial Germany's invasion was underway and the French and British armies had been in retreat for almost a week. Among the engagements of this day was a skirmish near Néry, where a dismounted British cavalry division fought a dismounted German cavalry division. The outnumbered British forces prevailed, and three British soldiers were later awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross. The French and British forces continued to retreat, but they were doing so in an orderly manner, and in a few days they would be ready to counterattack in one of the most significant battles of the century.

Meanwhile, in rapidly-urbanizing America, Everett True was beginning to wonder if cars were a good idea after all.

Rocky III holds a score of 66% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews, with an average of 5.7/10. The film's consensus reads, "It's noticeably subject to the law of diminishing returns, but Rocky III still has enough brawny spectacle to stand in the ring with the franchise's better entries". ... Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Sorry to say this, but there's not anything new in Rocky III, and we sit there wondering why it exists."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III

OK, I'll tell you why it exists.

A. Hulk Hogan. Sure, the guy's made racist, homophobic, and pro-Trump comments. But this movie came out before any of that, and every second he's on screen is magic.

B. Mr. T. I pity the fool who hasn't seen him in action. Playing a character with as much personality as Clubber Lang takes effort, hard-earned skill, and raw talent.

C. Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed, teaming up with Rocky, lending him his boxer shorts, taking him to train in LA and dropping some fundamental knowledge including:

D. The Eye of the Tiger. The king of all training montage sountracks. If you're preparing for something and this comes on, you know you can't fail.

There's also a fun "Rocky being successful" montage where he goes on the Muppet Show and poses with motorcycles while Clubber Lang prepares to beat him down. And some great supporting roles from Burt Young and Burgess Meredith. Besides that, sure, it's a formula Rocky film but there's nothing wrong with that.

When someone praises Reddit on Lemmy:

• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x91wziq - the link from above
• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x902lne - Spanish dub
• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vkam4 - Portuguese dub

BONUS FILM

Over the Top (1987) - Stallone plays a trucker single father who bonds with his kid over the sport of arm-wrestling

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVokX7JnEU (360p)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-BBgKzcWO8 (1440p) - another link, this one's higher-res visually but the other one has better sound, go figure
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Top_(1987_film)