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I've been living on an inactive farm for three decades, but in a few weeks I'll happily be living in the city. It's not that I dislike the village, but I do dislike the lack of facilities. There's no work, no shops and if you need something, you'll have to travel for at least half an hour. Commuting to work takes an hour, commuting back another hour.
I'm very much looking forward to the city. I'll have a shopping centre on three minutes walking, and my work is literally opposite of my apartment. It'll take some time to get used to, especially the lack views. But it makes up for having stellar public transport. Ten minute tram and you're at the beach. Half an hour train and you're in a natural park. There's more opportunities in activities, and I'm looking forward to not dreading them because everything takes so much time because everything is so far away. :)
I've only just discovered this website as alternative to IMDb, but I like it. It's nice to have other people's perspectives on films and series I watched and I missed it, since February.
I'm not too annoyed with people online in general, let alone on IMDb or this website. I don't understand why people get so angry over a forum to the extend of swearing and raging. It's just a film, don't worry. I do like the occasional drama though. The patterns are funny. "Sensitive" topic? CTRL + F, search for SJW. Big disagreement? CTRL + F, search for troll. It'll pop up, guaranteed. :)
> It's just like people who enjoy magic tricks and people who enjoy the magic tricks unveiled.
I really like that analogy. I'm going to use that next time my wife complaints about my Sci-Fi hobbies. :)
Personally I'm very much into conspiracy theories. Alex Jones stuff, ghosts, vaccines, etc. Not that I believe any of them. But it's very interesting to hear how they think and to what lengths they go to convince themselves. Debunking stuff is boring. Preaching for the choir. I know the earth is not flat, you don't have to tell me that in a three hour documentary.
Only exception is aliens. I refuse to have that debunked. That's more for my love of Sci-Fi again. Some of my most favourite films are about aliens and I'd just find it tediously boring if it turns out that Roswell and Area 51 are just random places with nothing special. :)
Probably the best show made in a very long time. Even if you dislike the sense of humour (I don't), I like the writing and the events. But what really gets me is the way they made the show. No annoying laughing tracks or background music, no over the top speedy action camera. The production really appreciates the dialogue. Nothing but actors performing their craft without extra nonsense. And it adds to the comedy. I love the fight in Matt's house without music or laugh track or wild camera poses.
Series three and four however I liked less. They've replaced a bunch of the main cast with new people and they didn't grow on me. But it still makes me laugh. :)
I like it. You get to learn so much more about them just by reading their backgrounds and relationships with people. :) I never knew that Bill Murray and Harold Ramis had an argument for nearly two decades until right before Ramis died. It kind of shed a new light when I watched Groundhog Day a couple of weeks ago.
If weird, I'll happily be morbid still. :)
I don't think it's the show that sucks, nor its actors. It's the screenwriting that went on too long, without much inspiration. Personally I really enjoyed [i]The Monks Trilogy[/i], but the end was just horrible. [spoiler]Thinking about your mommy[/spoiler] just doesn't get rid of hyperintelligent aliens. I miss the controversy. When Harriet Jones (Prime Minister!) ordered Torchwood to shoot down the Sycorax spaceship, that's how you get rid of aliens. Same in Empress of Mars. Bit of a chitchat and the horrible monsters trying to kill you, turned into sweeties in one minute time. Just stop it.
The screenwriting in season 10 was too much feel good. Capaldi could do so much more. I'd love to see him get angry or irrational, like with Clara's last episode. It would add some diversity in episodes that now look alike, and would leave a bigger impression than it does now.
The show is still good. It has potential to return to its roots without Moffat. I wouldn't mind seeing it change into a Sherlock-like format: one serie every one, two year. And three or four really good episodes, rather than twelve okay-episodes.