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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3076658/
was creedthemovie.com
The son of “one of the most famous” boxers becomes a fighter himself.
I just didn’t feel it. It feels slow and predictable.
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aka Rocky VII.
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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/
was thehatefuleight.com
Some people with accents drive a carriage through the snow and talk a lot.
Oh god, this was supposed to be good? If it can’t get interesting in the first half an hour then why in the fuck should I continue watching?
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Star Wars >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/
https://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens
Random people go on a merry adventure looking for Luke.
DO NOT WATCH Not just because it takes a steaming dump overtop of the already steaming dumpyness of the prequels, but because it’s badly written and unresolved. Go and watch The Matrix Reloaded – (2003 movie) instead. That piece of shit somehow has less issues.
- Properly titled Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Followed by Rogue One – (2015 movie)
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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/
https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-revenant
In a barely-colonial North America, a semi-savage man survives some harsh shit in search for a dude that did some stuff that he doesn’t like.
Slow and pretty. I’m certain this would appeal to some people, just not to me. It’s cinematic, outdoorsy, survivalistic, travelling, manly and all that. But it’s slow and nerve-wracking as fuck.
- Based on The Revenant, by Michael Punke.
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.. which is in turn inspired by the story of Hugh Glass.
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TODO – I have notes elsewhere, to be posted up here.
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Originally a spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and set in its universe, Angel continued share elements so closely that they ended up weaving together at points. Fans of both shows universally agree that they are not considered shows to be kept separate.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190807131131/http://www.zaplet.org:80/adzapper/
A software application that can block ads from being displayed on your web browser.
- I experimented with this during my replacing web browser components project as a replacement for various ad blocking, Greasemonkey and Stylish.
- See also Ad-blocking with Polipo and adzapper.
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This looks like it hasn’t been updated in forever, because there are references to it being tested under Windows 95/98.
TODO – Did I get this working on Pale Moon?
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cliget/
(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/
http://www.privoxy.org/
Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.
I experimented with cliget during my replacing web browser components project. I was interested in replacing Greasemonkey and Stylish, Adblock (now I use Adblock Latitude), Change Referer Button, etc. While I did get it working, I didn’t stick with it.
- Based on Internet Junkbuster.
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Polipo is a good solution for
