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This is more a reflection of your food standards than the quality of the films. McDonald's is, and always has been, dogshit.

I don't think anyone around me has ever been excited for them. Maybe there was interest around the time of the first two Avengers films, but it's so long ago now that I can't remember. The first one was the only time I ever watched one of these films in the cinema and whilst it was somewhat enjoyable as far as superhero films go, I had absolutely no desire to pay to see another one. They are so blatantly cookie cutter to me I'm not really sure how people can remain excited for them over such a long period of time.

Yeah, wasn't the Rogue One trailer an example of this? I recall there was a scene where the main character comes face to face with an airborne tie fighter - the entire sequence was absent from the film. According to the director, the scene had no connection to the story and never had any chance of making it into the film. It was just a visual idea the marketing team really liked.

Interesting, maybe I'll read that before re-watching the film. Thanks for the recommendation!

I'd like to watch this and Annihilation again. I've only seen each of them once, both around the same time, and my memories of them are pretty fuzzy at this stage.

I saw Final Destination 3 as a teenager. A dad had to accompany our group of teenage boys to see the film because some were under the age limit. It's always memorable for that reason lol

Only very basic Korean, in addition to my native English. I have studied four languages (Mandarin Chinese, Italian, German and Spanish) but I've forgotten pretty much all of it because I haven't been able to use it in the real world like I can with Korean. I don't think I'll ever bother with learning another language. Getting my Korean up to a proper conversational level would be a big achievement so I'll aim for that instead.

And I get it, the internet is fueled by clicks and engagement which are fueled by anger

You could've just stopped there, to be honest. The entertainment industry has always been guilty of manufacturing outrage for interaction. My unsolicited advice for everyone is to just get back to enjoying your hobbies, whether they be film, video games, music or anything else, and stop caring about the associated noise online. There is a fake controversy about everything these days and so many people seem to get emotionally manipulated into actually thinking any of it is real or relevant and end up spending more of their time absorbed in the fake drama than they do actually enjoying the original hobby.

Of the games I've played, I'd pick Majora's Mask. The reduced size and linearity combines well with the time mechanic and forced repetition. I don't agree that the BotW/TotK map was too large, though. The "emptiness" was kind of the point of those games. The space allows you to appreciate the little things like grass swaying in the wind or the distant sounds of animals.

Here's a non-AI generated version of this story back from 2010 when it was actually news.

I watched the 'Melchior the Apothecary' trilogy over three nights. I was surprised at how great the sets, costumes and sound design were. It seems like they shot these films within a relatively short period and on a reasonably low budget, but I thought they looked and sounded great and that helped connect me to the world and the characters which, again somewhat surprisingly, really paid off in the final film. All three are around the 90 minute mark, but don't feel rushed (although I think they all could have benefitted from a slight extension to the runtime). The mysteries are passable but nothing special - actually I'd say they're probably one of the weaker aspects of the films. However, if you enjoy historical dramas or medieval settings then I think you'd really enjoy these three films like I did. I'd like to read the novels they are based on, but unfortunately it doesn't seem like many have been translated from the original Estonian to English.

And I’d call it creepy rather than scary.

I found the first portion of the film set in Transylvania very scary. Honestly I think it peaked around then and the rest of the film, although still good, never got close to reaching those heights.