Great question. Ideally someone trying to sign up for pixelfed.social say would be automatically shunted over to another instance...
Sergio
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Agreed, tho if they grew too fast the pixelfed infrastructure would just die...
It almost hurts to see it labeled a B-movie.
"B-movie" doesn't alway mean bad, there's a healthy overlap between cult movies and B movies.
Warner Bros has started doing this thing where they release old movies on youtube for free... and not the DRMed "you must view ads to watch" variety; you can watch these without DRM plugins and with uBO adblock. This one was put up 2 weeks ago but dunno how long it'll be there, I think it's legit so it might not disappear overnight but if you want to watch it, better do so sooner rather than later.
ofc Mel Gibson is problematic. However, this movie also features a solid performance by Sigourney Weaver (with a British accent!?) and an oscar-winning performance by Linda Hunt in an early example of gender-blind casting, so it's a shame to miss out on those. There are also some worthwhile thoughts about developing nations and colonialism though unfortunately those are secondary to the central romance of the film. Apparently the novel this film is based on is better in this regard. In sum, this is not a "great" movie, but there are things in it that make it worthwhile viewing.
Edit: oh yeah it also has a great soundtrack by Maurice Jarre and theme song by Vangelis.
I started carrying my passport recently, and thought about this song.
Job hunting is so fucking demoralizing.
Hang in there, fam! When you get that first job offer it'll be worth it.
Maybe he threw the cross up so it burned up on exit or re-entry. It would take bit of skill to throw a cross strong enough to burn up, instead of just returning to earth safely or escaping the gravity well. I bet Supes spends his spare time throwing crosses into the atmosphere like others might skip rocks across a pond...
Mushroom Robot Army vs OpenAI Robot Army... whose side are you on?
I was going to recommend Shiko: https://youtu.be/YLvHesbDZUQ?t=30 it works many of the same muscles as the air squats but also builds your balance and "stretches" your legs.
Piranha is the subject of this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
- Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Jan 26, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT, which is 2am Monday UTC
- and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
- I usually open two web browser windows on a computer side-by-side. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching it on TV or something...
How to watch:
- someone usually streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time so check there
- if you're in North America, Australia, or the UK try Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/452488/piranha last I checked adblock worked with it
- YOUTUBE WARNING: there's a movie on youtube that says it's Piranha but it's actually some other movie, I think it's "Piranha, Piranha" from 1972 even though it says it's from 1978. Note that Piranha was also re-made in 1995 so make sure you get the 1978 version which is 95 minutes long.
- if you want to pay or watch ads and are in the US, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/piranha
Executive produced by Roger Corman, Piranha is the first installment in a series of low-budget B movies inspired by the film Jaws (1975), which had been a major success for Universal Pictures and director Steven Spielberg. Initially, Universal had considered obtaining an injunction to prevent Piranha being released, particularly as they had released Jaws 2 the same summer, but the lawsuit was dropped after Spielberg himself gave the film a positive comment in advance.
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Charles Champlin, in his review of the film for the Los Angeles Times, called it "a swift, efficient program picture which squeezes the most out of its dollars to squeeze delicious chills from the audience."[14] Jill Forbes of The Monthly Film Bulletin called the film "a quickie from the Corman company that can't decide whether to plump for horror, science fiction or social comedy, and plays safe with something for everyone", and found it "a lot of fun".[15] Screen International's Marjorie Bilbow wrote that the film "works as spirited scream and giggle nonsense because there is always something happening and Joe Dante directs with a slyly tongue-in-cheek awareness of the existence of big brother Jaws".[16]
Piranha has since acquired a cult status. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 72% based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5 out of 10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Performed with a wink and directed with wry self-awareness, Piranha is an unabashed B-movie with satirical bite."[17]
Steven Spielberg called the film "the best of the Jaws ripoffs".[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranha_(1978_film)
This community briefly discussed this film a couple years ago.
15 September 1940 in Marseille. A man cries as French troops are forced to retreat to North Africa.
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"A Frenchman sheds tears of patriotic grief as flags of his country's lost regiments are exiled to Africa", according to the caption in the 3 March 1941 issue of Life magazine. Incorrectly captioned by NARA as "A Frenchman weeps as German soldiers march into the French capital, Paris, on June 14, 1940, after the Allied armies had been driven back across France."
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weeping_Parisian_from_NARA_Ww2-81.jpg
Context: https://lemmy.world/post/23850634
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Yeah the wikipedia article says Cheech wrote the song, then when he took it to Chong he got mad and didn't want to be on it, but they put it on their album under both their names anyways.