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LynAlden | 6 months ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Alright, after watching 5+ hours of Dune part one and two, I’m going to need someone to explain...
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990dd8e5 | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It is the same thing as GOT, Soprano’s, Sports and all the other MUST WATCH shows and movies; Never seen either & don’t want to waste my time.
Add to that the 100+ super hero movies and shows that are SO AWESOME. 
Yeah 100+ movies and shows of the same story line over & over.

None of it ever appealed to me though, I saw them as pretty stupid, But others told me that Counterpart & Black Sails, Inception, Tenet.  sucked. I enjoyed them. Three out of the four I just mentioned were original storylines that were not remakes or reboots of the same old crap. 

Dont get me started on the whole Star Wars & Star Trek universe; enough already.
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LynAlden | 7 months ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 What’s a better term for the MSNBC/Fox/NYT/whatever companies: “corporate media” or “lega...
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990dd8e5 | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 How out “Entertainment Media” god knows they don’t report actual factual news. 99% slant.  You get better info from watching KUWTK.
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990dd8e5 | 8 months ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 An apology is nothing more than a mutually agreed statement between two or more persons that an event should never have happened in the first place.