You'd probably enjoy the tv thriller, Devs. Yeah, it is interesting as a pop-pseudo-philosophical discussion, but it isn't very realistic. Even what you say about weather prediction involves quite a lot of hyperbole. Weather prediction is still not very accurate.

The show really interested me because it's premise was that it would be even easier still to look back and replicate the past by using the data we have today. To extrapolate what we don't know by comparing what we do with the path things took from that point to now.

I might be getting them mixed up and meant up to five...I have only watched them through once. Yeah, it's a culmination, which is good, but also means it doesn't stand alone well. Kind of like the Infinity War/Endgame movies. And that is more than okay, as long as it accepts that is what it is.

> For HP one thing i noticed is that every movie had a arc or conclusion satisfactory for that particular movie while building the greater thread

It did for the first four. The last ones would be pretty shit without the rest of the movies backing them.

But yeah, it's not like, say, the Mission Impossible franchise, where any one film stands alone.

Yeah, it's why I disagree that the movies are "the greatest", by themselves. By themselves, the Potter movies still work. The LOTR movies, IMO, don't work without being a fan of the books first.

That said, is there another fantasy franchise? That plays a major factor, too. You can compare way more action franchises, or crime franchises, than fantasy. So maybe in the future when the genre gets more respect, we will see more challengers.

I think the reason people love it is because it was a high-production-value adaptation that really respected the books.

If, like me, you don't care about the books and prefer a good 100min action film, these aren't for you. That is okay.

Definitely sexy in its own way.

Most of it is very easy to play, as well. Definitely within the abilities of someone his age.

Stray :)

If you're up for it, I'd love to hear your criticisms on it!

Wow, I must have forgotten that one. Time for a rewatch I guess.

No, but when you want a good looking idiot to be in your film, why bring someone from overseas? America's has a bunch of film stars that are anything but actors. Why get a dumb good looker from overseas?

This is the movie that lead to me first hearing the word "macguffin".

What's the color of the boathouse at Hereford?

By that logic, my wife was one of the terrorists. I mean, she was ten but I have no idea what she was doing at that time.

Penguin does a great set of little black classics. I highly recommend Flush by Virginia Woolf.