Very happy to own it, watched it in 4k. Will keep it forever. It will be a very long time until I watch it again. It was amazing, but if you’ve watched it you know why.
I’ve got a solid one. Source code (2011), with Jake Gyllenhaal. And there’s a really specific reason for it because I do love that movie and definitely crack a smile when I see it in my libary. It’s that I just end up watching Inception instead.
In Norwegian, which is linguistically and culturally close to English, the saying is "kyss meg i ræva" - kiss me in the ass. It's not "kyss meg på ræva", which would be kiss me on the ass.
So if we assume common roots/interpretation, I think it's safe to assume it's not referring to a smack on the cheek.
On the other hand we have German where the common saying is “Leck mich am Arsch”, meaning “lick me on the arse”.
But “Leck mich im Arsch” - “lick me in the arse” - still exists. It is just not as commonly used. The most popular usage is probably Mozart’s song with the same title.
In actual English, its more like “kiss my ass”, doesn’t really go too far into detail. We reserve the alternate implication for kiss-asses, which are also caller brown-nose[er]s (sycophants and tattle-tales/teachers pets)
The fact that English leaves it a bit more vague than Norwegian is a feature of the language, but I'm pretty sure the original meaning in English is the same - in the ass, not on it. "Kyss meg i ræva" is used in exactly the same way as "kiss my ass".
Sexual profanities are generally not intended to be taken literally.
Most humans believe in magic in some form (gods, spirits, miracles, astrology, etc) so we don’t have to guess how people would respond if they believed reality was irrational. They rationalize it endlessly and try desperately not to look at the parts that make no sense.
I imagine those digging would choose to believe they haven’t dug deep enough to understand. It would also be difficult to prove things happen irrationally, and without evidence either way I would expect continued investigation into existence
I agree with this guy. There would be a percentage that would go “Oh, ok. That’s weird,” and accept it, and there would be some who build a bigger microscope or a smaller rover or something.
I’d be in the second group. I have massive hands and a lot of glass laying around.
I watched it once as a kid when I saw it at the video store and rented it because the idea of a single film that spanned 4 tapes was insane. I haven’t watched it more than that one time. I don’t even really remember the plot or anything; but the boxed set looks hella nice which is why when I saw it for $5 at Suncoast back in high school, I snatched it up. I also couldn’t watch it even if I wanted to because it’s VHS and I no longer have a VHS player and it’s not like I can just go get one easily.
You should watch it again, it is excellent. Definitely a mini series though, not a movie. Basically an English sailor ends up shipwrecked in feudal Japan. I don’t want to give anything else away, it’s phenomenal. The book is absolutely one of my favorites as well.
Empire of The Sun and Fiddler on The Roof. Two classics, one with young Christian Bale, stupidity of war when people stop being humans, and second about dark Europe history but also love, family, getting older.
in therms of a physical shelf, i have the back to the future trilogy i picked up for like 5€ in a yard sale. also the only movies i own on disk.
on my NAS, there are a lot of funky movies. i’m proud of all the shitty movies i watched just for fun, many of them will continue gathering dust on my hard drive.
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