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Spotube's Android client had a lot of performance issues last time I tried it (which was a while ago, to be fair) and seemed to be pulling everything from YouTube Music despite the name. I think RiMusic and InnerTune are a lot better, personally. InnerTune if you want a simpler, more traditional UI, RiMusic if you don't mind something a bit more convoluted but also fun and different. RiMusic has some more traditional UI options now as well but I like the older one with the menu on the side - it feels like an app on an early smartphone, back when everything was weird and fun.

DVDs look absolutely awful, I'm not really sure why there is this lingering hope or expectation that they should stick around. As the article states at the end, newer forms of physical media are still selling at similar or improved rates:

Toward the bottom of its report, DEG notes that sales from physical 4K UHD catalog releases held steady since 2023, while spending on titles released with “premium steelbook packaging” grew in 2024. No specific percentages or dollar totals were included, but it leaves a small glimmer of hope for the holdouts who still champion physical media in an increasingly digital and subscription-based world.

I think there is also an element of inaccessibility when it comes to lower budget films. Local cinemas are often dominated by long runs of the big budget action films, which can make it difficult for audiences to watch anything else. Given how badly the cinema industry is struggling, it would be in their best interests to create space for a greater variety of films or organise special "one night only" screening events. My local cinema takes part in a lot of film festivals and also runs a classic film club and special re-screenings of older films - these events always seem to attract significantly larger crowds and bring in a lot of extra revenue for them.

Too late, that entire IP has been dead to me for years.

I am quite disappointed with (presumably) the removal of default solo lanes and the further changes to soul orbs. I appreciate that at very high ranks everyone has solid aim and game sense, but at lower ranks going 1v1 against other players allowed you to exploit superior FPS mechanical ability to gain an advantage over your opponent. If you came to Deadlock from a FPS background like I did, solo laning and efficiently last hitting creeps while securing and denying soul orbs made for a very fun and intense 1v1 that you just don'tt get at any other stage of the game. It feels like those aim and positioning intensive elements are slowly being taken away or minimised during laning with a greater focus on more traditional MOBA ability coordination and teamwork, which is already dominant throughout every other period of a match.

I'm not sure if you're familiar with the AI upscales mentioned, but AI did a lot more than just "making it a larger resolution". It fundamentally altered and degraded certain visual aspects of the films.

I might check it out then, thanks!

I've got to stop putting off High and Low.

@lordnikon@lemmy.world

It's my favourite also! In my final year of high school I wrote a comparative essay on it and Dune (the novel), so I watched it repeatedly throughout the year to work out how I was going to approach the essay. I must have watched it over 20 times throughout my life and it's reached that rare point where my familiarity with it somehow enhances everything about it, making it even better than it was the first time I saw it. It's the film I compare all other films to - whenever I see something great I think "okay but was this as good as Nausicaa (the perfect 10/10 film)?".

Sorry, I meant I watched the first one. Not really interested in watching the second to get to the third (assuming they are connected).

It's more conventional than those films, I guess because it's a more direct adaptation of an existing story. I think whether you prefer it probably has some connection to how much you enjoy his direction. He seems to have more free reign when he is directing for something he has written himself, which leads to more experimentation. For the record, I agree with you - there were elements of Nosferatu that were outstanding but as a whole those other films you mentioned are superior.

I guess I am in the minority but I still fail to see why anyone would be excited for a sequel to the original. I watched it and it was fine but there were no unanswered questions or character threads that needed more development on screen. The monster gimmick worked well once but got old quite quickly. It amazes me that this ever became a series in the first place. It seemed like a perfect example of a solid, one-off science fiction/horror film.