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Topic: Futurama back again! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 327
Views: 47918
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 16th Sep 2025 13:55 Subject: Futurama back again! |
Both S13 and S10 are correctly describing the new season, there's apparently two ways to list the episodes and each group does it differently. |
Topic: Futurama back again! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 327
Views: 47918
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 16th Sep 2025 13:26 Subject: Futurama back again! |
You were right
Futurama.S10.2160p.DSNP.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.265-FLUX |
Topic: Futurama back again! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 327
Views: 47918
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 15th Sep 2025 20:54 Subject: Futurama back again! |
Wasn't the new season supposed to release today? Can't find anything  |
Topic: I will be gone a while...soon. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 36
Views: 10201
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Forum: The Useless Void Posted: Sat, 13th Sep 2025 12:05 Subject: I will be gone a while...soon. |
Damn, I hope they will get it down to 3 months or as close as possible. Just keep your head down and be respectful towards the guards, subtly ingratiate yourself without becoming a bootlicker or a sni ... |
Topic: Dexter |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 2670
Views: 297186
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 8th Sep 2025 19:29 Subject: Dexter |
Both Original Sin and Resurrection Season 2 were great. Too bad Original Sin got cancelled. |
Topic: Twisted Metal (Series, Peacock, 2023–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 28
Views: 4804
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 8th Sep 2025 17:49 Subject: Twisted Metal (Series, Peacock, 2023–) |
Very good final batch of episodes. High viewership count, renewal is likely 👍 |
Topic: 007 First Light (IO Interactive) [March 27th, 2026] |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 60
Views: 8395
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 4th Sep 2025 10:16 Subject: 007 First Light (IO Interactive) [March 27th, 2026] |
I see in 2025 we still have stuttery 20-30fps and motion blur galore, otherwise it looks good, just as expected. |
Topic: 28 Years Later (Danny Boyle & Alex Garland) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 69
Views: 8684
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2025 23:41 Subject: 28 Years Later (Danny Boyle & Alex Garland) |
I was rather positively surprised with 28 Years Later. I watched a lot of movies of that kind but this one managed to somehow feel very fresh and intense.
Agree that the first one didn't age well, bu ... |
Topic: The last watched movie. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 44742
Views: 2930313
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2025 01:56 Subject: The last watched movie. |
Watched Asterix last week, rating 7/10.
Of course they had to force in female characters again even a black one but they're kept in small side roles. The artstyle is slightly off and lacking detail a ... |
Topic: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount, 2022–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 57
Views: 9800
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 28th Aug 2025 16:27 Subject: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount, 2022–) |
Some fun episodes, rich in variety, good production quality. But it's just too feminized and the writers aren't talented enough. |
Topic: Muhammad is the most popular name in England |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 59
Views: 4768
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sun, 24th Aug 2025 08:57 Subject: Muhammad is the most popular name in England |
You just argued yourselves back up to enlightenment liberalism again. It has some of the best dialectic but if the postmodern left hadn't deconstructed it in the 2010s it would now be the prevailing i ... |
Topic: Twisted Metal (Series, Peacock, 2023–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 28
Views: 4804
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2025 21:08 Subject: Twisted Metal (Series, Peacock, 2023–) |
They really went hard for the first 7 episodes, building up to the tournament first and then kicking it off. Production quality increased, writing and humor got sharper and they finally introduced a l ... |
Topic: Muhammad is the most popular name in England |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 59
Views: 4768
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2025 13:41 Subject: Muhammad is the most popular name in England |
The enlightenment liberal values would have worked, even though some of it was an illusion.
Equality of opportunity instead of equity in outcomes. It was based on color and race blindness indeed, but ... |
Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 906
Views: 81770
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 21st Aug 2025 10:48 Subject: The AI Thread |
I actually try to be polite most of the time, saying "please" and "thank you", but it is more like basic professional courtesy.
One does this mainly for oneself to not unlearn basic etiquette, and a ... |
Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 906
Views: 81770
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 21st Aug 2025 00:39 Subject: The AI Thread |
AI emulating humans or being a lickspittle is so stupid but it appears to be important to many people. I prefer AI to talk to me like Mr. Spock or a high functioning autist and will chide any AI that ... |
Topic: Activist leaves her home out of fear after taking in migrant |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 15
Views: 1325
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 6th Aug 2025 18:45 Subject: Activist leaves her home out of fear after taking in migrant |
Reminds me of this
https://i.imgur.com/pVt0BtQ.jpeg |
Topic: Elon Musk’s Schrödinger Twitter/X Purchase |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 706
Views: 64283
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 6th Aug 2025 17:40 Subject: Elon Musk’s Schrödinger Twitter/X Purchase |
late stages of enshittification I guess. Twitter's whole business model is ragebait posts that maximize "engagement". with LLM's in the mix now, that's 90%+ of its content.
I honestly dont know why ... |
Topic: Elon Musk’s Schrödinger Twitter/X Purchase |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 706
Views: 64283
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 6th Aug 2025 12:33 Subject: Elon Musk’s Schrödinger Twitter/X Purchase |
Bla bla bla
"Here is how" "Here are ten examples" "Here is 8 foods"
Where are these posts coming from, they turn up in every timeline.
Farming for clicks to earn money I guess. They are clogging ... |
Topic: Invasion (2021, TV Series, Apple TV+) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 52
Views: 30078
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 5th Aug 2025 21:45 Subject: Invasion (2021, TV Series, Apple TV+) |
Nah not gonna keep watching this one |
Topic: Game of Thrones |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 7417
Views: 517577
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 5th Aug 2025 10:53 Subject: Game of Thrones |
It's over for ASOIAF no doubt about it. We know the ending, I actually like the general outlines but the execution was terrible. People hated it so the guy lost all motivation even if it could be good ... |
Topic: Chief of War (Apple TV Series, 2025) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 4
Views: 805
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 1st Aug 2025 13:10 Subject: Chief of War (Apple TV Series, 2025) |
Sounds like one of those postcolonial projects, depicting the natives as some kind of noble savages. There's usually too much treading carefully involved in these kinds of shows and lots of screentime ... |
Topic: How to unlearn riding a bicycle & then learn it back |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 3
Views: 374
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 1st Aug 2025 13:05 Subject: How to unlearn riding a bicycle & then learn it back |
Its like inverted analog sticks, gamers should be able to quickly adapt. |
Topic: The Fantastic Four: First Steps |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 31
Views: 4295
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 26th Jul 2025 11:54 Subject: The Fantastic Four: First Steps |
Enjoy this transition period, it is the last breather you get. The short window between age of woke and age of (AI) slop. |
Topic: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023, TV Series, AMC) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 44
Views: 51510
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 26th Jul 2025 11:20 Subject: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023, TV Series, AMC) |
So they teased the UK but it becomes a Spain thing in the end |
Topic: Outlander (2014--, TV Series, STARZ) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 156
Views: 25876
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 26th Jul 2025 11:17 Subject: Outlander (2014--, TV Series, STARZ) |
It's time to end it, the writing of this show has begun to move in circles and the plot devices keep repeating. Every other episode a character goes missing for a while or almost dies then it is all b ... |
Topic: The official South Park Thread. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1285
Views: 110627
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Wed, 23rd Jul 2025 03:29 Subject: The official South Park Thread. |
There are like two dozen controverial episodes missing...what a great deal  |
Topic: Generally poorly or average rated games that YOU DO LIKE |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 34
Views: 4764
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 23rd Jul 2025 00:07 Subject: Generally poorly or average rated games that YOU DO LIKE |
Got two more:
Clive Barker's Jericho (2007)
Metascore 63
Good fps action, lots of shootin, control multiple characters, quite atmospheric (especially Rome levels), short and intense
https:// ... |
Topic: VRR Issues |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 7
Views: 1035
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Tue, 22nd Jul 2025 18:55 Subject: VRR Issues |
have you tried setting (exclusive) fullscreen ingame?
Yeah, both games I tried have exclusive fullscreen, I have the opposite problem with borderless fullscreen not working. AC Oranges forces me ba ... |
Topic: American comedies daily |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 48
Views: 5652
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Forum: The Useless Void Posted: Sun, 20th Jul 2025 11:22 Subject: American comedies daily |
"Coldplay hasn’t made a single in years.
Last night, they made two."
https://i.imgur.com/wziYTe8.jpeg |
Topic: VRR Issues |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 7
Views: 1035
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Sat, 19th Jul 2025 15:27 Subject: VRR Issues |
I know but it shows as G-Sync compatible,I thought that should be enough to get stutter free gaming at varying framerates, even with Nvidia GPU?
Native Refresh Rate
144 Hz
Variable Refresh Rat ... |
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