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I did not realize there was a previously made animated movie. I am definitely going to check that out. Though I have found with many adaptations to film, the older movies are a little more faithful to the work they are adapting.

I have not read The Martian but have Project Hail Mary, same author and has the movie out right now. I am assuming The Martian will be just as enjoyable as Project Hail Mary. Author paces really well and makes things believable. LOTR is in the top of tops for me. Grew up with the stories and...

Knew it would be bad, but wanted to see how bad they messed up Animal Farm. Angel Studios really ruined their reputation with this one. Not sure what they were thinking bringing in people like Seth Rogan in on this movie and then thinking they could write something more enlightened then Orwell...

Not sure how old your kid is, but I would certainly recommend staying away from it till he is old enough. Some very heavy scenes in that book and they don't stop till pretty much the very end. In my book club we just finished True Grit. Fantastic story, immediate classic despite it being...

If you have a modern phone like an iPhone I am pretty sure you can have 2 e-sims which gives you 2 numbers in one phone.

BBC has a few solid shows at the moment. One that is a 4 episode adaptation of Lord of the Flies is solid. Great cast of kids, especially the one who plays Piggie. No modernizing it, no script writers who think they can tell a better story so alter it. It is a great telling of this dark story...

When I did watch it it was on Britbox. Now I believe it is on Acorn. Acorn bought the rights I believe as it is shown as an Acorn original. They did a Christmas special some years after the show ended which was done through Acorn Small Prophets I watched on BBC iPlayer. Round about way to do...

If you were a fan (and you should be) of the show Detectorists: Mackenzie Crook who was Jared in The Office (English version of Dwight) has a new show out called Small Prophets. I am 4 episodes in of the 6 episode series and it is fantastic. Same feel as Detectorists but very different story...

Definitely complex issues for sure. For one what a biologically born male really has no clue what it "feels" like to be a girl/woman. And we no longer look at trying to cure or deal with that dysphoria outside of encouraging it. An anorexic feels they are too fat, we certainly don't encourage...

You are warned to keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road when you engage FSD. So you are being told when actually engaging that you can't just fall asleep. The car also won't let you take your eyes off the road, it will blink a bright blue colour, then beep and then dock you a point...

I have seen a couple of movies in the last month that were really good. First as some have brought up all ready Frankenstein. Acting was superb and sets equally good. Story was great and while it deviated some from the book I do believe it held on to the major themes. The book is a masterpiece...

I am a huge Steve Coogan fan with his character Alan Partridge. Think he is incredibly witty generally but love the arch he has had with this character over the many many years. He has continued with "How are you? It's Alan". Even the ads before these how came out are brilliant. If you love the...

not sure what the thought experiment is here. We are automatons or we have free will. I do not like the idea of being an automaton. Are you referencing a certain group of people who you believe are simply parroting what someone is telling them?

I don't quite get the Mad Max mode and the need for it. I usually leave mine in Standard. I have it in Hurry mode sometimes and used it in Hurry mode to go to Pearson from KW a few times. Nothing unsafe about the way it drove and felt comfortable with it. Going beyond that, not sure what Mad Max...

You will more and more you can use it for with daily work tasks. I have no defined tasks but use it regularly. I have found numerous tasks that come up that I can have AI do, or at least give me info on with clients PDF's that have literally saved me hours in a day when these come up. Those...