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12 Monkeys - (1995 movie)

2017-10-06
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That borg-eye is never seen.
That borg-eye is never seen.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/
https://www.uphe.com/movies/12-monkeys

From a future destroyed by plague, a prisoner "volunteers" to be sent back in time to fetch pre-infection samples.

A great movie that stands apart both from its contemporaries and even from movies of today. It touches upon a lot of topics I find interesting in movies.



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The Myth of Sisyphus (1955 book), by Albert Camus

2016-11-18
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TODO - re-read and especially the other essays.

Not the cover of my edition.
Not the cover of my edition.

Entertainment > Reading >

I'm either stupid or arrogant to say that this isn't particularly good. I'll have to re-read it yet again before I can either give a description or a proper opinion.

  1. 1942 - The Myth of Sisyphus

    • First translated into English in 1955.

  2. (other essays noted below) TODO

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Who Am I - Kein System ist sicher - (2014 movie)

2016-03-07
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Who Am I - Kein System ist sicher (2014) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://youtu.be/5vnjheCqRIs
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3042408/

A young, broken, man, enters an underground community of computer crackers, trying desperately to prove himself but with consequences.

An extremely good movie. While not quite mandatory, it's definitely a proper advancement of the "hacker kid" movies that have sullied past movies. Highly recommended, even for people that "know their stuff", as it doesn't lay on the techno-babble which describes everything painfully wrong. Instead, it takes a reasonable middle ground, staying away from pop culture and fairly-firmly on the social side of storytelling.



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River (2015-)

2016-01-04
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River (2015-) dvd image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4258440/

A detective is haunted with hallucinations that include his dead partner, who was killed under mysterious circumstances.

I think some would find this movie slow and boring, and I did at first, but it very quickly revealed a depth and character that I haven't seen in any television show before and I doubt I will again.

This isn't a classic cop-and-mystery show. All I can say is give this a good chance, at least until the end of the second episode.



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Fight Club - (1999 movie)

2005-06-25
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Fight Club (1999) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/

A corporate drone goes mad and spirals into psychopathy, violently lashing out at society.

An absolutely mandatory film. As heavy-handed as its anti-corporatism is, it has fantastic subtleties requiring multiple viewings. There are very few movies which can achieve this level of watchability. This is absolutely an A-class dudebro movie.



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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - (1974 book), by Robert M. Pirsig

2005-02-27
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.robertpirsig.org/

An father takes his kid on a motorcycle road-trip across the United States, and recalls his past life, when he was insane, and the philosophies he had drowned in.

A terrible book, full stop.



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