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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:06:30 +0200
Subject: feat: tidy up brain rots

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-title = "Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)"
-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
-date = 2024-03-03T16:52:00+01:00
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-Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem.
-
-_Colossus_ is a 1970 movie about a not-so-distant-future where Americans decide that it would be a great idea to give control of their military potential to a computer.
-On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stopped by petty things, like morality.
-Guess how well that turned out?
-Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP.
-
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0001.jpg" >}}
-The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes.
-Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0002.jpg" >}}
-Sexy!
-Rest of the movie is not as sexy.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0003.jpg" >}}
-Colossus in person.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-And then this SciFi thriller stops being so _crazy-computer_ focused, and analyzes _crazy-human_ reaction.
-Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented.
-It[^fn:1] starts _demanding_ to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate.
-And the scientist decide that it would be a great idea.
-The computers start exchanging data and developing language.
-Still - looks cool, let's see what happens.
-Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea.
-
-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0004.jpg" >}}
-At first Colossus communicates only via text.
-Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0005.jpg" >}}
-This one as well.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0006.jpg" >}}
-Because it has a printer!
-It took me half of the movie to get that.
-Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-The movie is often described as an evil-computer story.
-Colossus is never evil in the movie.
-It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy.
-The evil ones here are the humans who never stop and think that maybe we are on the verge of the end of humanity.
-
-So yeah, it's an movie about Altman.
-We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things.
-No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about.
-
-Story wise, _Colossus: The Forbin Project_ holds splendidly.
-Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin[^fn:2].
-But the actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today.
-The questions and subject are more relevant now that half a century ago.
-What was a huge _what-if_ scenario becomes a real _ok, but how do we stop it_.
-The Pentagon is already working on militarization of AI[^fn:3].
-We're pretty much screwed already.
-
-The best SciFi is not about giant battles or space travel for space travel sake.
-It's always about humans, a warning for us.
-And the _best_ SciFi is a warning for the next generations, as the threads become more real as years go by.
-
-There is a moment in the movie, where the entire day of Forbin is planned and monitored by an AI.
-What was a horror story, is now what a lot of us _expect_.
-
-_Colossus_ in a movie version of earlier book of same.
-There are 2 more in the series, and (as I've been told), Aliens make an appearance later on.
-Maybe someday!
-
-As for the movie, I give it a 4.25/5.
-
-[^fn:1]: There's an interesting discussion about what pronoum to use - He or It.
-[^fn:2]: It is a plot point!
-    A terrible one, but still.
-[^fn:3]: Vide: [Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI](https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/).
-    Note, it's from the official website of US Department of Defense.
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-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
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-Talk about a surprise!
-I was expecting a _schlock_, but I've seen a nice move.
-A dumb one, but still.
-
-The plot is the biggest problem: a serial killer has an MRI and due to electric storm gets his soul moved to computer network.
-With this, he becomes able to:
-
--   kill person by moving to a microwave and changing its settings,
--   kill a dog by arousing it with a TV program (using nothing by electric breakers), then hitting the dog with a VHS tape ejected from a VHS player which causes the animal to run towards the pool
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-{{< img-r "ghost-in-the-machine.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /img-r >}}
-
-It makes as little sense in the context of the movie as it does here.
-But the acting is (at the very least) acceptable and the FX are better than they should - and there is a lot of them.
-Moreover, the camera work is crazy!
-The movie _looks_ better than it should.
-It seems that this dumb, little movie got more passion in it than the entire MCU combined.
-
-The problem is that I have no idea what was going on.
-People were dying, cool computer interfaces were shown, but the plot barely connected those scenes together.
-
-It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution.
-I enjoyed it a lot.
-It is not a _good_ movie, but it is enjoyable.
-
-I give it a `3.0/5.`
-
-links:
-
--   [Ghost in the Machine on TVDB](https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine)
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-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
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-I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[^fn:1].
-I spent my formative years watching _Anime, art house_ and ignoring most of USA movies.
-This means I haven't watched a lot of the _cult_ movies out there.
-
-_Hardware_ is a 1990 movie about a killer robot in a post-nuclear world.
-Think of a mix of Terminator, Aliens and Short Circuit.
-
-I heard of this movie years ago, but it seemed to be noting more than a cash grab after the success of _Terminator_ - a movie which I  don't partially enjoy.
-After watching, I have to say that there was a of true in this assumption.
-But somehow I ended enjoying _Hardware_ much more.
-
-Not that the story is better - if anything, it is much simpler, or just plain _simplistic_.
-Say what you will about _Terminator_, but the basic premise was great.
-_Hardware_ on the other hand doesn't offer a great idea.
-This is a straight movie about a killer robot.
-
-However, I enjoyed it more, as it is much closer to what _Alien[^fn:2]_ achieved
-The entire action is encapsulated in only a few, closed locations.
-Half of the runtime is spent in a single apartment, where the _Mark-13_ robot shows up from to time a try to murder someone.
-Much like the _Nostromo_!
-
-This allowed the movie to be **stunning** visually.
-I loved every frame here!
-I know that most of the effect is based on fog and lighting, but I dig it!
-Just take a look at the gallery below.
-
-Another thing which reminded me of _Alien_ is how they handled the special effects of the _monster_.
-We see very little of _Mark-13_ - he is often hard to see, covered in darkness.
-From time to time we see his movements, and well.
-Hiding him was clearly a good idea... just like with the _Xenomorph_.
-
-All in all, I enjoyed the movie.
-I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed  every minute of its short runtime.
-
-I give it a `3.5/5`.
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0001.jpg" >}}
-Red sky of postnuclear... summer?
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0002.jpg" >}}
-The Nomad.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0003.jpg" >}}
-Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0004.jpg" >}}
-An ordinary store.
-Great vibes!
-Fun for the whole family.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0005.jpg" >}}
-Same store, different view.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0006.jpg" >}}
-The perfect glasses.
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0007.jpg" >}}
-Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0008.jpg" >}}
-What posses as art now.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0009.jpg" >}}
-Computer we want but don't deserve.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0010.jpg" >}}
-An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0011.jpg" >}}
-Remember when spirituality was cool?
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0012.jpg" >}}
-Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense.
-I'm sure no one will drop it.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0013.jpg" >}}
-UI we all want.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0014.jpg" >}}
-What lurks in the shadows.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0015.jpg" >}}
-Yup, Jin-Roh.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0016.jpg" >}}
-Yankee-Roh.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0017.jpg" >}}
-With some striking shadows.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0018.jpg" >}}
-I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0019.jpg" >}}
-Prelude...
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0020.jpg" >}}
-And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0021.jpg" >}}
-Yup, a hand.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0022.jpg" >}}
-Hold the presses!
-The glasses are back!
-I repeat: the glasses are back.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0023.jpg" >}}
-Mark-13 in all of its glory.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0024.jpg" >}}
-This is only a window, but what a window it is.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0025.jpg" >}}
-They have not used Wilhelm's scream.
-What a wasted opportunity.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0026.jpg" >}}
-In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0027.jpg" >}}
-I am a sucker for this type of fish eye.
-Always reminds me of _City of Lost Children._
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0028.jpg" >}}
-It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0029.jpg" >}}
-Ok, it does.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0030.jpg" >}}
-One of the few CGI moments here.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0031.jpg" >}}
-And one of _many_ lighting shots.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0032.jpg" >}}
-Look how black it is. Classy.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0033.jpg" >}}
-But does it run Quake?
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0034.jpg" >}}
-Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-And a few nice _gore_ sceenes which I won't show it.
-This is a family-friendly website!
-
-Links:
-
--   [Hardware on TVDB](https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware)
--   [Director's official website](https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/)
-
-[^fn:1]: I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element... or most of "cyber".
-    No one rebels against the system, no one enters the _cyberspace_.
-    But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than _Johny Menomic_ a _Cyberpunk_.
-    Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it.
-[^fn:2]: Aka "the clearly superior of the _Alien_ series"
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+title = "Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-03-03T16:52:00+01:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3004
+primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
+abstract = "A short review of SciFi classic"
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/colosus-1970", "/blog/2024/colossus-1970/"]
+[menu]
+  [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
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+    identifier = "colossus-the-forbin-project-1970"
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+
+Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem.
+
+_Colossus_ is a 1970 movie about a not-so-distant-future where Americans decide that it would be a great idea to give control of their military potential to a computer.
+On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stopped by petty things, like morality.
+Guess how well that turned out?
+Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP.
+
+{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0001.jpg" >}}
+The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes.
+Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0002.jpg" >}}
+Sexy!
+Rest of the movie is not as sexy.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0003.jpg" >}}
+Colossus in person.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+And then this SciFi thriller stops being so _crazy-computer_ focused, and analyzes _crazy-human_ reaction.
+Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented.
+It[^fn:1] starts _demanding_ to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate.
+And the scientist decide that it would be a great idea.
+The computers start exchanging data and developing language.
+Still - looks cool, let's see what happens.
+Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea.
+
+{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0004.jpg" >}}
+At first Colossus communicates only via text.
+Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0005.jpg" >}}
+This one as well.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "colossus-1970-0006.jpg" >}}
+Because it has a printer!
+It took me half of the movie to get that.
+Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+The movie is often described as an evil-computer story.
+Colossus is never evil in the movie.
+It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy.
+The evil ones here are the humans who never stop and think that maybe we are on the verge of the end of humanity.
+
+So yeah, it's an movie about Altman.
+We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things.
+No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about.
+
+Story wise, _Colossus: The Forbin Project_ holds splendidly.
+Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin[^fn:2].
+But the actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today.
+The questions and subject are more relevant now that half a century ago.
+What was a huge _what-if_ scenario becomes a real _ok, but how do we stop it_.
+The Pentagon is already working on militarization of AI[^fn:3].
+We're pretty much screwed already.
+
+The best SciFi is not about giant battles or space travel for space travel sake.
+It's always about humans, a warning for us.
+And the _best_ SciFi is a warning for the next generations, as the threads become more real as years go by.
+
+There is a moment in the movie, where the entire day of Forbin is planned and monitored by an AI.
+What was a horror story, is now what a lot of us _expect_.
+
+_Colossus_ in a movie version of earlier book of same.
+There are 2 more in the series, and (as I've been told), Aliens make an appearance later on.
+Maybe someday!
+
+As for the movie, I give it a 4.25/5.
+
+[^fn:1]: There's an interesting discussion about what pronoum to use - He or It.
+[^fn:2]: It is a plot point!
+    A terrible one, but still.
+[^fn:3]: Vide: [Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI](https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/).
+    Note, it's from the official website of US Department of Defense.
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+title = "Dune: Part One (2021)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-04-13T21:33:00+02:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3001
+primary_menu = "brain-rot-dune"
+abstract = "My review of an adaptation of the first part of an amazing book"
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+
+I'd like to call myself a Dune fan, but I am not.
+I have finished my Dune adventure on _Heretics_ and only now am I planning to finish the saga[^fn:1]
+Though, I think this still puts me well above most people calling themselves fans now.
+I loved eveything I've read, but I have never reached the end.
+
+_Dune: Part 1_ is the second movie based on the 1956 Frank Herbert's classic SciFi epic.
+Well, it is not.
+It is the third attempt to show the first half of the book.
+There was the David Lynch verion (which I adore) and there was a TV Series.
+There were also games, but only two of those have any resemblance to the plot of the book.
+So yeah, Dune was considered impossible to transfer to any other medium.
+Sadly, I still have to agree.
+
+I think everybody (and their dogs) know what _Dune_ is about but:
+_Dune_ is a story of distant future, where all powerful houses rule the known universe.
+The technological progress was halted thousands of years ago, after a thinking machines raged a war against humanity.
+After their defeat it was forbidden to create such machines.
+Arrakis (aka Dune) is a sand planet, the only known source of _Spice_ - a narcotic allowing humans to traverse time, and therefore spaceflight.
+Spaceships are operated by mutated humans, who after exposure to Spice can see into the future and steer the ships.
+Now, the Emperor orders the control of the planet to be shifted to th House of Atreides.
+The previous stewards, House of Harkonen will not make it any easier.
+
+Ignoring the mutants, this sounds like a run-of-the-mill SF series.
+But _Dune_ It is also story of social engineering spanning millennia, of false prophets, and a million other crazy things.
+The first book keeps it _almost_ sane, but there is a significant dictionary attached, and the first time reader will need to use it extensively.
+Later the saga goes completely off the rails.
+We'll get back to this.
+
+Note, that _Frank Herbert_ wrote only the first few books.
+After his death, his son - _Brian Herbet_ took over and wrote dozens of other ones.
+The quality differs significantly, as I've been told.
+I've read the _Houses_ trilogy, and it was quite nice.
+
+Now that we've got the introduction out of the way, let's go to the movie.
+Let me start with saying that I adore it.
+It's not what I'd want (as the young vloggers say "hear me out face value it's as close to perfect SF movie as they go.
+
+_Dune: Part 1_ is directed by Denis Vileneuve, who previously directed some of the greatest SF movies of this century - _Arrival_ and _Blade Runner 2049_.
+His other movies are also amazing (I can't recommend _Enemy_ enough), so I was pretty stoked when it was announced that he will direct _Dune_.
+I am no longer a movie buff[^fn:2], but he may very well be my favorite living director.
+
+Technically, I can not find any fault with the movie.
+The story makes sense (I'll return to Lynch in a second), which by itself is an achievement.
+The acting is superb, and works as a reminder that TV series are still not on the level of the greatest movies.
+The special effects are astounding[^fn:3].
+The music is, for the most part, at least great.
+I hated the main theme with screaming lady.
+Music is supposed to work with the movie, not to hide it with loud noises!
+But that's the only thing I disliked.
+
+{{< img-c "dune-part1-001.webp" "https://movie-screencaps.com/dune-2021/" >}}
+Jessicas portrayal is amazing.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "dune-part1-002.webp" "https://movie-screencaps.com/dune-2021/" >}}
+ALL costumes are amazing
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "dune-part1-003.webp"  "https://movie-screencaps.com/dune-2021/" >}}
+CGI is amazing.
+The movie looks amazing.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "dune-part1-004.webp"  "https://movie-screencaps.com/dune-2021/" >}}
+Have mentioned how amazing this movie looks?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+I loved the tempo of this movie, as I never enjoyed action-packed shoot fests of the _other franchise dominating cinema for decades_.
+Everything is slow - the actors speak slowly, the scene have time to breath, the camera is moving on a low gear.
+Even things fall down slowly!
+This adds an amazing dream-like feeling to most scenes.
+Sometimes I felt like I'm watching a _Tarkovsky_ movie and not a big budget Hollywood blockbuster.
+
+And this the greatest and worst thing here.
+It's meditative.
+You feel like yoy are in a trance.
+You fully buy accept you see here.
+
+But the world of Dune is weird.
+It is full of things that make you go "huh?".
+It has mutants who traverse time, but it also got mutants who are computers.
+There are reanimated corpses, living furniture, hollow planets, vision quests.
+Denis omitted everything that was not essential to the plot, and what he left, he grounded in reality by omitting the _wtf_.
+There are not even the crazy names!
+Some strange things he left, but they are shown without explanation.
+It's just there, without any context.
+But, to be fair - context would only add confusion.
+
+But this is where _Lynchs_ version shines.
+It makes little sense, it is rushed - sure.
+But it conveys how twisted the world is.
+It's not a trace, it's a full on narcotic trip straight out of some hippie story.
+
+And this is why I don't think that this movie is a _great_ adaptation of Dune.
+It is a _great_ movie on its own.
+It perfectly adapts the adaptable and pretends that there is nothing else.
+It makes _Dune: Part 1_ the hit that it is, and it allowed us to get _Part 2_.
+But since making this move appeal to mass audience is not my problem, I'd like to see the full picture.
+
+It'd also like to see the world less cold.
+The architecture is devoid of heart, it's brutalistic.
+It looks amazing (I think I mentioned that), but the crazy colors and abstract layouts we see in Lynch version is something else.
+It's a Vileneuve style.
+It looks exactly like his previous movies - it's controlled, clean, _cold_.
+As much as I loved it in his other works, I'm not sure if it fits the degenerate houses we meet.
+
+But that's just me.
+As it stands, this is a groundbreaking movie which makes me want more.
+Not only more of _Dune_ but more of serious, intelligent SciFi movies.
+We had those and may get more!
+
+It's better in any conceivable way compared to all previous attempts at adapting the source material, and I think all my nitpicks are kina moot.
+It fits 2024 esthetic and it's crazy intelligent.
+
+Highest recommendation from me.
+4.75/4
+
+And, hey!
+Sardukars no longer look like welders!
+
+[^fn:1]: Right after finishing the Witcher saga.
+[^fn:2]: not to brag, but I was a semiprofessional film critic during college years.
+    I had a press pass and all!
+[^fn:3]: Ornititopthers look just like in the _Dune_ game!
+    This strangely works with how believable everything is.
+    All flying ships have this strange physics, which I have hard time explaining.
+    They are not like you X-Wings, but they fit the world.
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+title = "Dune: Part Two (2024)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-04-16T16:44:00+02:00
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+draft = false
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+abstract = "My review of an adaptation of the second part of an amazing book"
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+
+It's here, it's finally here.
+_Dune_ joins the  very small club of SciFi books with amazing adaptations.
+When _Part One_ hit the screens, people were amazed that it was so good.
+Now, with _Part Two_, we hear that it's even better than the first one!
+
+But I was very skeptical.
+The trailers seemed to indicate a train wreck.
+They were full of explosions, angry screaming guys and the taglines about war.
+Dune was never _about_ war.
+War was in there, but it was never the point.
+But cinema, SciFi especially, loves special effects, and big-booms are amongst the most used.
+I dislike a lot of SciFi movies from the USA, as the (so called) spectacle is all there is[^fn:1].
+
+But what the hell, I chose an IMAX experience nevertheless.
+The first _Dune_ was breathtaking, so why not?
+
+And then the movie started, and my worries were replaced with anger.
+What the hell is this?
+Soldier banter?
+Puppy-eyes?
+Joking?
+It's a SciFi war movie.
+There are preparing for the _specle_
+_Dirty Fremen Dozen_!
+_Independence Day of Arrakis_!
+
+{{< img-c "dune-part2-001.jpg" >}}
+Arrakis 90210
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+But, just as the action moved to Giedi Prime, the movie completely transformed.
+What was mediocre, became absolutely marvelous!
+
+Now, after seeing and rethinking the movie, it makes sense.
+It's a not _sequel_ to _Dune_, but _part two_.
+It doesn't start in act 1, as that was in the last movie.
+The first chunk of this movie is a cool-down after the ending in of _Part One_.
+Both _Dune_ movies should be treated as one long movie.
+Much more than Kill Bill, as we have no clear _ending_ between the two.
+_Part One_ ends with finishing of the Harkonen attack plot, which only ignites events of this movie.
+And looking at it as one one big movie, I have to say: wow!
+
+They made some changes to Herbert's text, but I like them.
+Fremen are no longer a singular force that Paul uses.
+The movie version of them is divided, having different cultures.
+Maybe it's too black and white, but it's a nice change.
+
+Similarly, Chani become a multidimensional character.
+And while yes, Jessicas portrayal makes Chanis character shine much less, it's still a great change.
+But the way Rebecca Ferguson plays Jessica is nothing short of wonder.
+She starts scared, but loyal to both, Paul and Bene Gesserit.
+After becoming the reverent mother however she becomes menacing.
+With this comes another change - Alia is not born here.
+She is talking with her mother telepathically, but at the end of the movie she is still to be born[^fn:2].
+That's a dangerous change, but it works perfectly because the tone Jessica uses when talking with her - calm, silent, almost a whisper, yet still menacing.
+I can not stress it enough - Rebecca is perfect here.
+
+But the biggest change is the introduction of scenes from _Dune Messiah_.
+You see, _Dune_ was often seen as a savior story.
+Paul was to be the good guy, who comes and saves the day.
+This is as far from what Frank Herbert envisioned as possible, so he wrote a short sequel book.
+This movie vision introduces plot points and scenes taken directly from that book, so the meaning behing the story is much more obvious.
+I think it's a good change, as we already see folks arguing against _Dune_ due to this misconception.
+This way it defends itself.
+
+{{< img-c "dune-part2-002.jpg" >}}
+Jessica in all of her glory
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+Luckily, this movie is much weirder than _Part One_.
+While last time Dennis omitted a lot, here he shows more _things_[^fn:3], but still there is no context.
+We see the finger of the Baron, but we never learn what actually is there.
+It comes as an Easter Egg for old time fans, which is nice as it takes nothing from the story.
+But then there is Geidi Prime which is monochromatic, empty and cold - in the scariest way.
+I'd love to see more of this side the world, but we got it spot on.
+And Fayd?
+Where Lynch gave us half-naked Sting, Austin Butler is a psychopath.
+This is the Beast we all deserve!
+This is the stuff nightmares are made of.
+
+I am happy to report that this is not a war movie.
+It's _Dune_ full of plots within plots, mysticism and (lastly) war.
+
+Unfortunately, once again I am not happy with the music.
+While most of the tracks are good (or great), the main theme is even worse than last time.
+It's now layered over a lot more noise, making it this much more annoying.
+It decreased my enjoyment of many of the greatest scenes.
+Luckily, there is also new theme so this screaming woman may not follow us into the third movie.
+
+So, _Dune Part II_ is an excellent movie, but _Dune_ the complete story is a marvel.
+It's the greatest thing I've seen in American SciFi in a very long time.
+It's what it should be.
+While not flawless, it's as close to what I'd imagine as a _perfect_ _Dune_ as it comes.
+The movie gets a 4.75 from me (same as the first one), but looking at both _Dunes_ as a single movie?
+Then it goes to a 5.
+I don't think we will get anywhere close to this level of quality anytime soon.
+What _Baldurs Gate III_ made for cRPG, _Dune_ makes to _SciFi cinema_.
+
+And, I love that Christofer Walken is once again in the Dune universe.
+He warned us about the Worm years ago.
+
+{{< img-c "dune-part2-003.webp" >}}
+Fayd in all of his glory
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+\*\*
+
+[^fn:1]: I still remember how bored I was when I watched _Iron Man 3_.
+    The last decade of the movie runtime was filled with a non-stop battle.
+    The movie stopped and all was left was CGI.
+[^fn:2]: Kinda fitting.
+    _Arrival_ had a very similar take on what a human is.
+[^fn:3]: No chairdogs though
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+title = "Ghost in the Machine (1993)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-02-09T22:59:00+01:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3003
+primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
+abstract = "My mirco reviview of a computer thriller"
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine", "/blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine/"]
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+
+Talk about a surprise!
+I was expecting a _schlock_, but I've seen a nice move.
+A dumb one, but still.
+
+The plot is the biggest problem: a serial killer has an MRI and due to electric storm gets his soul moved to computer network.
+With this, he becomes able to:
+
+-   kill person by moving to a microwave and changing its settings,
+-   kill a dog by arousing it with a TV program (using nothing by electric breakers), then hitting the dog with a VHS tape ejected from a VHS player which causes the animal to run towards the pool
+
+{{< img-r "ghost-in-the-machine.jpg" >}}
+Cover
+{{< /img-r >}}
+
+It makes as little sense in the context of the movie as it does here.
+But the acting is (at the very least) acceptable and the FX are better than they should - and there is a lot of them.
+Moreover, the camera work is crazy!
+The movie _looks_ better than it should.
+It seems that this dumb, little movie got more passion in it than the entire MCU combined.
+
+The problem is that I have no idea what was going on.
+People were dying, cool computer interfaces were shown, but the plot barely connected those scenes together.
+
+It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution.
+I enjoyed it a lot.
+It is not a _good_ movie, but it is enjoyable.
+
+I give it a `3.0/5.`
+
+links:
+
+-   [Ghost in the Machine on TVDB](https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine)
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+title = "Hardware (1990)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-02-17T19:39:00+01:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3002
+primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
+abstract = "My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller"
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/hardware-1990", "/blog/2024/hardware-1990/"]
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+
+I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[^fn:1].
+I spent my formative years watching _Anime, art house_ and ignoring most of USA movies.
+This means I haven't watched a lot of the _cult_ movies out there.
+
+_Hardware_ is a 1990 movie about a killer robot in a post-nuclear world.
+Think of a mix of Terminator, Aliens and Short Circuit.
+
+I heard of this movie years ago, but it seemed to be noting more than a cash grab after the success of _Terminator_ - a movie which I  don't partially enjoy.
+After watching, I have to say that there was a of true in this assumption.
+But somehow I ended enjoying _Hardware_ much more.
+
+Not that the story is better - if anything, it is much simpler, or just plain _simplistic_.
+Say what you will about _Terminator_, but the basic premise was great.
+_Hardware_ on the other hand doesn't offer a great idea.
+This is a straight movie about a killer robot.
+
+However, I enjoyed it more, as it is much closer to what _Alien[^fn:2]_ achieved
+The entire action is encapsulated in only a few, closed locations.
+Half of the runtime is spent in a single apartment, where the _Mark-13_ robot shows up from to time a try to murder someone.
+Much like the _Nostromo_!
+
+This allowed the movie to be **stunning** visually.
+I loved every frame here!
+I know that most of the effect is based on fog and lighting, but I dig it!
+Just take a look at the gallery below.
+
+Another thing which reminded me of _Alien_ is how they handled the special effects of the _monster_.
+We see very little of _Mark-13_ - he is often hard to see, covered in darkness.
+From time to time we see his movements, and well.
+Hiding him was clearly a good idea... just like with the _Xenomorph_.
+
+All in all, I enjoyed the movie.
+I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed  every minute of its short runtime.
+
+I give it a `3.5/5`.
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0001.jpg" >}}
+Red sky of postnuclear... summer?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0002.jpg" >}}
+The Nomad.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0003.jpg" >}}
+Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0004.jpg" >}}
+An ordinary store.
+Great vibes!
+Fun for the whole family.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0005.jpg" >}}
+Same store, different view.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0006.jpg" >}}
+The perfect glasses.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0007.jpg" >}}
+Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0008.jpg" >}}
+What posses as art now.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0009.jpg" >}}
+Computer we want but don't deserve.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0010.jpg" >}}
+An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0011.jpg" >}}
+Remember when spirituality was cool?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0012.jpg" >}}
+Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense.
+I'm sure no one will drop it.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0013.jpg" >}}
+UI we all want.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0014.jpg" >}}
+What lurks in the shadows.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0015.jpg" >}}
+Yup, Jin-Roh.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0016.jpg" >}}
+Yankee-Roh.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0017.jpg" >}}
+With some striking shadows.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0018.jpg" >}}
+I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0019.jpg" >}}
+Prelude...
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0020.jpg" >}}
+And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0021.jpg" >}}
+Yup, a hand.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0022.jpg" >}}
+Hold the presses!
+The glasses are back!
+I repeat: the glasses are back.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0023.jpg" >}}
+Mark-13 in all of its glory.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0024.jpg" >}}
+This is only a window, but what a window it is.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0025.jpg" >}}
+They have not used Wilhelm's scream.
+What a wasted opportunity.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0026.jpg" >}}
+In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0027.jpg" >}}
+I am a sucker for this type of fish eye.
+Always reminds me of _City of Lost Children._
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0028.jpg" >}}
+It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0029.jpg" >}}
+Ok, it does.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0030.jpg" >}}
+One of the few CGI moments here.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0031.jpg" >}}
+And one of _many_ lighting shots.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0032.jpg" >}}
+Look how black it is. Classy.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0033.jpg" >}}
+But does it run Quake?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0034.jpg" >}}
+Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+And a few nice _gore_ sceenes which I won't show it.
+This is a family-friendly website!
+
+Links:
+
+-   [Hardware on TVDB](https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware)
+-   [Director's official website](https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/)
+
+[^fn:1]: I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element... or most of "cyber".
+    No one rebels against the system, no one enters the _cyberspace_.
+    But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than _Johny Menomic_ a _Cyberpunk_.
+    Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it.
+[^fn:2]: Aka "the clearly superior of the _Alien_ series"
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+title = "The Lawnmower Man (1992)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-02-19T23:03:00+01:00
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+
+Back in the glorious 90s, when kids still enjoyed linear TV, we had _Polsat_.
+In the post-communist Poland, this was the first _western_ TV station.
+Filled with western movies, and western series[^fn:1]
+Among those, there were constant replays of _The Lawnmower Man_[^fn:2]
+I watched it on every occasion and loved it.
+
+Now, 30 years later it is time for a rewatch.
+No cyberpunk deep dive can be considered a good one without _The Lawnmower Man_.
+
+_The Lawnmower Man_ is a movie about a disabled lawnmower man, Jobe, who, with the usage of virtual reality, becomes a genius.
+Soon after, an Evil Company, stars secretly giving him drugs contracted by the military.
+And as result, he starts exhibiting mind reading abilities and telekinesis (because, obviously, why not?).
+We've got the (popular at the time) subtext about the dangers of corporates who, without supervision, play God.
+Somehow we stopped doing that, and now we've got Altman killing humanity with the clap of happy crowd.
+_Lawmower Man_ is a movie about a great technology twisted by corporate overlords.
+Fitting.
+
+Jobe becomes a psychic, genius killer (like every mad genius), who decides to take over the cyberspace.
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-1992-0001.jpg" >}}
+Remember when huge companies were scary?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+The movie was initially released as a _Stephen King_ movie.
+King, however, sued the producers, as the movie has nothing to do the short story of the same name.
+And he won, because it was based on original script called _CyberGod_.
+Damn, I miss _cyber_ sounding cool.
+They should have the original name, instead of forcing King on everyone.
+And yes, I know King was the king back then.
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-1992-0002.jpg" >}}
+That's one way to save your neck from Apple Vision
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+The movie is we have here is a much dumbed down version of _Flowers for Algeron_, which I intend to finally read.
+I don't think anyone ever called it a _good_ movie, and for a good reason.
+It's cool, it's got great cyberspace CGI, it's got Pierce Brosnan.
+It also has an opening scene with a monkey using a gun, so yeah.
+
+Story-wise is as straight forward as it gets.
+The first half is full of sweet shots of grass and sexualization of a lawnmower.
+And the most awkward sex scene I've seen in ages... or two.
+Then, through a heavy-handed comment about religion and corporations we go the killing part.
+
+This movie fails as horror (there is not even blood or any scare here), and fails as morality play (it's not smart enough).
+But it is a testament to the glorious time, when _cyberspace_ was magical and full of potential.
+We sure deserve more of that.
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-1992-0006.jpg" >}}
+The cyberspace we all need.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+I give it a 3.0/5.
+
+I was **sure** the ending of this film was from the sequel.
+But nope - I don't remember anything from the second one.
+Therefore, see you on the other side, _Beyond Cyberspace_.
+
+If anything, it's a great movie to show everyone how amazing trackballs are.
+And we all know it is a fact.
+No one can tell me otherwise.
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-1992-0004.jpg" >}}
+The hidden star of the movie, right behind that hairy guy.
+Look at that keyboard!
+Look at how beige it is!
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-1992-0005.jpg" >}}
+Cyber God indeed.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+[^fn:1]: And Polish version of those.
+    We had a great copy of _The Honeymooners_ named _Miodowe Lata_.
+    The translation of the title is surprisingly spot-on.
+[^fn:2]: Under an amazingly translated title, which would translate back as _The Lawmower Man of Minds_.
+    Perfection.
+    We knew _Dirty Dancing_ as _Spinning Sex_ and _Die Hard_ as _Glass Trap_.
+    Those were simpler times.
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+title = "Lawmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-02-23T20:29:00+01:00
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+
+Fun fact: I remembered close to nothing about this movie back.
+When I was watching the first, everything seems familiar.
+Here?
+Not so much.
+Guess _Polsat_ consider the second one too expensive for regular broadcast.
+
+In _Lawnmawer Man[^fn:1]_ we meet Jobe, now a genius being living in the cyberspace.
+But not so much, because in the first few minutes of _Lawmnower Man 2_ we learn that he has not left his meatsuit for the cyberspace.
+The explosion at the lab left him an amputee.
+But his talents are now in use of the Evil Corporation designing the future of cyberspace.
+
+Of course, Jobe wants the cyberspace for himself.
+
+The general plot seems similar to the first one, but they are very much different.
+The plot is much more complex, there are many more explosions and I think it makes much less sense than the first one.
+I would rate it at 2/5.
+
+But the biggest difference is that this movie is target towards certain audience.
+_Lawmower Man_ was a kid-friendly horror.
+_Lawmower Man 2_ is a kids' movie.
+They completely removed the part which tried to be scary.
+
+We've got bunch od kids (and a dog) fighting and winning against a grown-up.
+Yes, they get the help from an adult - the creator of cyberspace.
+But the main heroes are the kids.
+And the main target are the kids.
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0002.jpg" >}}
+Kids flying in cyberspace
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0012.jpg" >}}
+And flying even more.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0003.jpg" >}}
+Dog preparing to save a day...
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0004.jpg" >}}
+And saving the day by inserting a CD in the drive.
+How can anyone consider this to be a movie for adoults?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+I've read that the director was locked out of the editing room as he was trying to make a different movie.
+The producers said a firm "no" and made _Lawmower Man 2_ close to the likes of _Goonies_, _Explorers_ or _Flight of the Navigator_.
+It never reaches the coolness of those, but it tries.
+A lot of people on the interweb bash the movie on logical problems or being goofy.
+Yes - occasionally the plot makes so little sense that they needed to add voice over explaining why the hell the _gang_ is going where they are going.
+Yes, it has a dog who saves the day.
+38 years old me was not amused, but the 10-year-old inside me screamed "yeah! Radical!".
+He was not doing well with being _modern_ back then as well.
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0005.jpg" >}}
+Her hair is the closest thing to a "scare" in the entire movie
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0006.jpg" >}}
+This hippie is the inventor of VR.
+Tech geniuses leaving all the tech behind to live in the wild is now more real than ever
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+Jobe is being played by Matt Frewer, who quite often acts like Jim Carey, which is fitting.
+He is not the magical-killer he used to be.
+He is goofy.
+
+Even the music sounds like something Spielberg would use.
+
+There is no Pierce Brosnan here, as only Austin O'Brien returns from the first one, once again reprising the role of Peter Parkette.
+
+My biggest gripe is the special effect here.
+The movie takes place in the future, so we're no longer seeing green grass.
+The real world vibe is close to _Blade Runner_ or _Dark City_.
+I dig it!
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0001.jpg" >}}
+Cyberpunk!
+I'm pretty sure that almost all those scenes happened on the same crossroad.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0011.jpg" >}}
+Almost Blade Runner.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+But then there is the _cyberspace_.
+In _Lawmower Man_ we had amazing, early CGI closer to an acid trip than anything else.
+Here, the cyberspace looks like ours.
+They just added CGI here and there.
+It looks like an episode of _The Next Generation_, but without most of the campiness.
+For the most part it is competent, but there is no spark.
+It's not _cool_.
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0010.jpg" >}}
+Our first meeting with new Jobe in the cyberspace.
+Yes, this is VR-forest.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0007.jpg" >}}
+Cyberspace here give more of FMV-game kind of vibe than I would have expected
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0008.jpg" >}}
+The VR here more social than what Apple showed.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-2-1996-0009.jpg" >}}
+Luckily, sometimes the VR almost delivers.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+But the 10-year-old me would not care.
+He would rate it as 3.75/5 or "that was cool!".
+But he he wasn't picky at all.
+
+[^fn:1]: Vide: [my review of Lawmower Man](/blog/2024/lawmower-man-1229/).
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+title = "Severance (Season 1)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-04-24T22:26:00+02:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3001
+primary_menu = "brain-rot"
+abstract = "A short review of SciFi classic"
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/tv/severance-season1//"]
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+
+Oh how I love SciFi without action scenes!
+Sevarance is a story based on a great premise: an all powerful company is able to sever a person into two.
+One gets to live outside the company clock; the other only in the office.
+Both share the same body, but are completely different and have their memories separated.
+
+{{< rating 4.0 "severance-s1.jpg" >}}
+Cover
+{{< /rating >}}
+
+Apple tried to position itself in a small niche of the wider streaming service pool.
+When Netflix and others produce one mediocre show after another, Apple is much slower and (seems to) focus on quality.
+It allows itself riskier productions.
+
+_Severance_ plays very much like an independent movie.
+It's minimal in presentation, I would even call it _cold_ as everything serves a goal.
+Most of the show happens either in a soulless office building, or in a few semi-empty locations.
+Somehow, for the first few episodes I had strong reminiscence of Shane Carruth's works.
+Those have close to nothing in common with _Severance_, but the feeling was there.
+And I love Curroths's works!
+
+The plot develops slowly and in an interesting way, everything points towards a great SciFi.
+I was heavily invested in the plot, wanting to know what was hidden underneath.
+
+Unfortunately, it's a typical modern TV series.
+Its runtime is expanded thin, we've got romance and unnecessary threads.
+Remember when they made three huge movies out of Hobbit?
+Yeah, it's the same here.
+What would have been an _amazing_ movie is a _good_ TV show.
+
+It's stretched _almost_ into a self-parody.
+They tried to have a mass appeal and with it, they lessen the story significantly.
+I think they had material for 2 hours movie, maybe a miniseries.
+But for multiple seasons?
+I sure hope to be wrong, but it seems that it will the same as it was with _Westworld_.
+Great start, but it's all downhill from here.
+
+The biggest offender here is the last episode which serves only the second season.
+Such high-addrenaline scene had no place in _this_ story.
+But hey, let's make people remember about that season 2 that we will make someday.
+
+For me _Severance_ is a perfect example of current TV drama state.
+You can clearly see that it was made with passion, it could have been great.
+But screw that, let's have it for four years.
+Fill her up, please.
+
+It's very good as a TV show nevertheless.
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-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
-date = 2024-04-11T21:01:00+02:00
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-
-There was a time when _Patlabor_ was an established name.
-
-It was huge, it had _Mamoru Oshii_.Now, sadly, it's mostly forgotten.
-_Patlabor: The Movie_ is the first from the universe.
-I'll cover the following two soon, as this is my rewatch after decades.
-
-The story takes place in the distant future of 1999.
-Manual labor is aided by Labors, huge exoskeletons.
-Tokyo is undergoing a huge project, where old suburbs are demolished and artificial island are created on the coast.
-Some Labors are going berserk, destroying everything on their paths despite being unmanned.
-
-{{< img-c "patlabor-movie-1-0001.jpg" >}}
-Sucide is painless...
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "patlabor-movie-1-0002.jpg" >}}
-...It brings on many changes
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-Let's start with the visual feast.
-The movie looks stunning!
-Yes, later movies from IG top what we see here, and sometimes the faces may look weird.
-It's not perfect.
-But if we would simply tell ourselves that this style of animations is the peak and let's just try to maintain the quality, I'd be more than happy.
-The way this 35-year-old movie looks is a testament to the power of manual drawings.
-The design, the camera work, the coloring - I loved every second.
-
-Another cute thing I've noticed: _The Movie_ is an Oshii-type of movie.
-It came in this short period, where _anime_ was treating western culture as something alien and cool.
-We're seeing this in Jin-Roh, Evangelion, GITS, and many others.
-Here we've got the Bible.
-
-{{< img-c "patlabor-movie-1-0003.jpg" >}}
-For a mecha anime, we've got a lot of people talking in different rooms
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-But this also shows the biggest problem of _Patlabor: The Movie_: it is shallow.
-On surface level, we've got everything one could ever want: Unabomber-style genius on a quest to stop progress at all cost.
-We're seeing how _old_ is discarded in the name of progress.
-We've also got a huge computer system which is maintained without deep understanding of how it works.
-Basically, 1999 is like 2024.
-But none of this is really developed.
-The main characters never stop and think, that maybe the world is not going the best route?
-Eiichi Hoba, the aforementioned Unabomber, is just a plot device: the viewer is also never confronted with his viewpoint.
-
-As it stands, _The Movie's_ story is disjointed:
-on one side we've got the real and interesting question.
-On the other, no one looks for answers and just accepts the risks of unconstrained growth.
-But maybe this was the point?
-We're seeing the same today: the world is ending, and most people are racing to be the last one to shut down the lights.
-It is scary how believable this is.
-Even the main threat is solved by a software rollback...
-
-_Patlabor: The Movie_ is good on its own, but it suffers from being the proto Ghost in the Shell.
-It's not near as good, nor is it as good as its sequel.
-But taking it at face value is really solid.
-I had huge fun rewatching it, but left unsatisfied for sophisticated sociopsychological treat Oshii is known for.
-
-My rating is 3.75/5
-
-{{< img-c "patlabor-movie-1-0004.jpg" >}}
-Hav I mentioned thast this movie looks stunning?
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "patlabor-movie-1-0005.jpg" >}}
-S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "patlabor-movie-1-0006.jpg" >}}
-It always amazes me how many anime shows older guys in their undergarments.
-I get, that Japan gets extremely hot during summer, but is it real that frequent?
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-{{< img-c "patlabor-movie-1-0008.jpg" >}}
-One of many GITS-style scenes.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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+{{< menu "brain-rot-patlabor" >}}
+Patlabor
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+title = "Patlabor: The Movie (1989)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-04-11T21:01:00+02:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3001
+primary_menu = "brain-rot-patlabor"
+abstract = "The proto-GITS is still very nice!"
+aliases = ["/blog/patlabor-the-movie", "//brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie", "//brain-rot/anime/patlabor-the-movie/"]
+[menu]
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+
+There was a time when _Patlabor_ was an established name.
+
+It was huge, it had _Mamoru Oshii_.Now, sadly, it's mostly forgotten.
+_Patlabor: The Movie_ is the first from the universe.
+I'll cover the following two soon, as thiis is my rewatch after decades.
+
+{{< rating 3.75 "patlabor-1-movie.jpg" >}}
+Cover
+{{< /rating >}}
+
+The story takes place in the distant future of 1999.
+Manual labor is aided by Labors, huge exoskeletons.
+Tokyo is undergoing a huge project, where old suburbs are demolished and artificial island are created on the coast.
+Some Labors are going berserk, destroying everything on their paths despite being unmanned.
+
+Let's start with the visual feast.
+The movie looks stunning!
+Yes, later movies from IG top what we see here, and sometimes the faces may look weird.
+It's not perfect.
+But if we would simply tell ourselves that this style of animations is the peak and let's just try to maintain the quality, I'd be more than happy.
+The way this 35-year-old movie looks is a testament to the power of manual drawings.
+The design, the camera work, the coloring - I loved every second.
+
+Another cute thing I've noticed: _The Movie_ is an Oshii-type of movie.
+It came in this short period, where _anime_ was treating western culture as something alien and cool.
+We're seeing this in Jin-Roh, Evangelion, GITS, and many others.
+Here we've got the Bible.
+
+But this also shows the biggest problem of _Patlabor: The Movie_: it is shallow.
+On surface level, we've got everything one could ever want: Unabomber-style genius on a quest to stop progress at all cost.
+We're seeing how _old_ is discarded in the name of progress.
+We've also got a huge computer system which is maintained without deep understanding of how it works.
+Basically, 1999 is like 2024.
+But none of this is really developed.
+The main characters never stop and think, that maybe the world is not going the best route?
+Eiichi Hoba, the aforementioned Unabomber, is just a plot device: the viewer is also never confronted with his viewpoint.
+
+As it stands, _The Movie's_ story is disjointed:
+on one side we've got the real and interesting question.
+On the other, no one looks for answers and just accepts the risks of unconstrained growth.
+But maybe this was the point?
+We're seeing the same today: the world is ending, and most people are racing to be the last one to shut down the lights.
+It is scary how believable this is.
+Even the main threat is solved by a software rollback...
+
+_Patlabor: The Movie_ is good on its own, but it suffers from being the proto Ghost in the Shell.
+It's not near as good, nor is it as good as its sequel.
+But taking it at face value is really solid.
+I had huge fun rewatching it, but left unsatisfied for sophisticated sociopsychological treat Oshii is known for.
+
+My rating is 3.75/5
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+...It brings on many changes
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+For a mecha anime, we've got a lot of people talking in different rooms
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+Hav I mentioned thast this movie looks stunning?
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+S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G
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+It always amazes me how many anime shows older guys in their undergarments.
+I get, that Japan gets extremely hot during summer, but is it real that frequent?
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-I'd like to call myself a Dune fan, but I am not.
-I have finished my Dune adventure on _Heretics_ and only now am I planning to finish the saga[^fn:1]
-Though, I think this still puts me well above most people calling themselves fans now.
-I loved eveything I've read, but I have never reached the end.
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-_Dune: Part 1_ is the second movie based on the 1956 Frank Herbert's classic SciFi epic.
-Well, it is not.
-It is the third attempt to show the first half of the book.
-There was the David Lynch verion (which I adore) and there was a TV Series.
-There were also games, but only two of those have any resemblance to the plot of the book.
-So yeah, Dune was considered impossible to transfer to any other medium.
-Sadly, I still have to agree.
-
-I think everybody (and their dogs) know what _Dune_ is about but:
-_Dune_ is a story of distant future, where all powerful houses rule the known universe.
-The technological progress was halted thousands of years ago, after a thinking machines raged a war against humanity.
-After their defeat it was forbidden to create such machines.
-Arrakis (aka Dune) is a sand planet, the only known source of _Spice_ - a narcotic allowing humans to traverse time, and therefore spaceflight.
-Spaceships are operated by mutated humans, who after exposure to Spice can see into the future and steer the ships.
-Now, the Emperor orders the control of the planet to be shifted to th House of Atreides.
-The previous stewards, House of Harkonen will not make it any easier.
-
-Ignoring the mutants, this sounds like a run-of-the-mill SF series.
-But _Dune_ It is also story of social engineering spanning millennia, of false prophets, and a million other crazy things.
-The first book keeps it _almost_ sane, but there is a significant dictionary attached, and the first time reader will need to use it extensively.
-Later the saga goes completely off the rails.
-We'll get back to this.
-
-Note, that _Frank Herbert_ wrote only the first few books.
-After his death, his son - _Brian Herbet_ took over and wrote dozens of other ones.
-The quality differs significantly, as I've been told.
-I've read the _Houses_ trilogy, and it was quite nice.
-
-Now that we've got the introduction out of the way, let's go to the movie.
-Let me start with saying that I adore it.
-It's not what I'd want (as the young vloggers say "hear me out face value it's as close to perfect SF movie as they go.
-
-_Dune: Part 1_ is directed by Denis Vileneuve, who previously directed some of the greatest SF movies of this century - _Arrival_ and _Blade Runner 2049_.
-His other movies are also amazing (I can't recommend _Enemy_ enough), so I was pretty stoked when it was announced that he will direct _Dune_.
-I am no longer a movie buff[^fn:2], but he may very well be my favorite living director.
-
-Technically, I can not find any fault with the movie.
-The story makes sense (I'll return to Lynch in a second), which by itself is an achievement.
-The acting is superb, and works as a reminder that TV series are still not on the level of the greatest movies.
-The special effects are astounding[^fn:3].
-The music is, for the most part, at least great.
-I hated the main theme with screaming lady.
-Music is supposed to work with the movie, not to hide it with loud noises!
-But that's the only thing I disliked.
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-Jessicas portrayal is amazing.
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-ALL costumes are amazing
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-CGI is amazing.
-The movie looks amazing.
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-
-I loved the tempo of this movie, as I never enjoyed action-packed shoot fests of the _other franchise dominating cinema for decades_.
-Everything is slow - the actors speak slowly, the scene have time to breath, the camera is moving on a low gear.
-Even things fall down slowly!
-This adds an amazing dream-like feeling to most scenes.
-Sometimes I felt like I'm watching a _Tarkovsky_ movie and not a big budget Hollywood blockbuster.
-
-And this the greatest and worst thing here.
-It's meditative.
-You feel like yoy are in a trance.
-You fully buy accept you see here.
-
-But the world of Dune is weird.
-It is full of things that make you go "huh?".
-It has mutants who traverse time, but it also got mutants who are computers.
-There are reanimated corpses, living furniture, hollow planets, vision quests.
-Denis omitted everything that was not essential to the plot, and what he left, he grounded in reality by omitting the _wtf_.
-There are not even the crazy names!
-Some strange things he left, but they are shown without explanation.
-It's just there, without any context.
-But, to be fair - context would only add confusion.
-
-But this is where _Lynchs_ version shines.
-It makes little sense, it is rushed - sure.
-But it conveys how twisted the world is.
-It's not a trace, it's a full on narcotic trip straight out of some hippie story.
-
-And this is why I don't think that this movie is a _great_ adaptation of Dune.
-It is a _great_ movie on its own.
-It perfectly adapts the adaptable and pretends that there is nothing else.
-It makes _Dune: Part 1_ the hit that it is, and it allowed us to get _Part 2_.
-But since making this move appeal to mass audience is not my problem, I'd like to see the full picture.
-
-It'd also like to see the world less cold.
-The architecture is devoid of heart, it's brutalistic.
-It looks amazing (I think I mentioned that), but the crazy colors and abstract layouts we see in Lynch version is something else.
-It's a Vileneuve style.
-It looks exactly like his previous movies - it's controlled, clean, _cold_.
-As much as I loved it in his other works, I'm not sure if it fits the degenerate houses we meet.
-
-But that's just me.
-As it stands, this is a groundbreaking movie which makes me want more.
-Not only more of _Dune_ but more of serious, intelligent SciFi movies.
-We had those and may get more!
-
-It's better in any conceivable way compared to all previous attempts at adapting the source material, and I think all my nitpicks are kina moot.
-It fits 2024 esthetic and it's crazy intelligent.
-
-Highest recommendation from me.
-4.75/4
-
-And, hey!
-Sardukars no longer look like welders!
-
-[^fn:1]: Right after finishing the Witcher saga.
-[^fn:2]: not to brag, but I was a semiprofessional film critic during college years.
-    I had a press pass and all!
-[^fn:3]: Ornititopthers look just like in the _Dune_ game!
-    This strangely works with how believable everything is.
-    All flying ships have this strange physics, which I have hard time explaining.
-    They are not like you X-Wings, but they fit the world.
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-It's here, it's finally here.
-_Dune_ joins the  very small club of SciFi books with amazing adaptations.
-When _Part One_ hit the screens, people were amazed that it was so good.
-Now, with _Part Two_, we hear that it's even better than the first one!
-
-But I was very skeptical.
-The trailers seemed to indicate a train wreck.
-They were full of explosions, angry screaming guys and the taglines about war.
-Dune was never _about_ war.
-War was in there, but it was never the point.
-But cinema, SciFi especially, loves special effects, and big-booms are amongst the most used.
-I dislike a lot of SciFi movies from the USA, as the (so called) spectacle is all there is[^fn:1].
-
-But what the hell, I chose an IMAX experience nevertheless.
-The first _Dune_ was breathtaking, so why not?
-
-And then the movie started, and my worries were replaced with anger.
-What the hell is this?
-Soldier banter?
-Puppy-eyes?
-Joking?
-It's a SciFi war movie.
-There are preparing for the _specle_
-_Dirty Fremen Dozen_!
-_Independence Day of Arrakis_!
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-But, just as the action moved to Giedi Prime, the movie completely transformed.
-What was mediocre, became absolutely marvelous!
-
-Now, after seeing and rethinking the movie, it makes sense.
-It's a not _sequel_ to _Dune_, but _part two_.
-It doesn't start in act 1, as that was in the last movie.
-The first chunk of this movie is a cool-down after the ending in of _Part One_.
-Both _Dune_ movies should be treated as one long movie.
-Much more than Kill Bill, as we have no clear _ending_ between the two.
-_Part One_ ends with finishing of the Harkonen attack plot, which only ignites events of this movie.
-And looking at it as one one big movie, I have to say: wow!
-
-They made some changes to Herbert's text, but I like them.
-Fremen are no longer a singular force that Paul uses.
-The movie version of them is divided, having different cultures.
-Maybe it's too black and white, but it's a nice change.
-
-Similarly, Chani become a multidimensional character.
-And while yes, Jessicas portrayal makes Chanis character shine much less, it's still a great change.
-But the way Rebecca Ferguson plays Jessica is nothing short of wonder.
-She starts scared, but loyal to both, Paul and Bene Gesserit.
-After becoming the reverent mother however she becomes menacing.
-With this comes another change - Alia is not born here.
-She is talking with her mother telepathically, but at the end of the movie she is still to be born[^fn:2].
-That's a dangerous change, but it works perfectly because the tone Jessica uses when talking with her - calm, silent, almost a whisper, yet still menacing.
-I can not stress it enough - Rebecca is perfect here.
-
-But the biggest change is the introduction of scenes from _Dune Messiah_.
-You see, _Dune_ was often seen as a savior story.
-Paul was to be the good guy, who comes and saves the day.
-This is as far from what Frank Herbert envisioned as possible, so he wrote a short sequel book.
-This movie vision introduces plot points and scenes taken directly from that book, so the meaning behing the story is much more obvious.
-I think it's a good change, as we already see folks arguing against _Dune_ due to this misconception.
-This way it defends itself.
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-Luckily, this movie is much weirder than _Part One_.
-While last time Dennis omitted a lot, here he shows more _things_[^fn:3], but still there is no context.
-We see the finger of the Baron, but we never learn what actually is there.
-It comes as an Easter Egg for old time fans, which is nice as it takes nothing from the story.
-But then there is Geidi Prime which is monochromatic, empty and cold - in the scariest way.
-I'd love to see more of this side the world, but we got it spot on.
-And Fayd?
-Where Lynch gave us half-naked Sting, Austin Butler is a psychopath.
-This is the Beast we all deserve!
-This is the stuff nightmares are made of.
-
-I am happy to report that this is not a war movie.
-It's _Dune_ full of plots within plots, mysticism and (lastly) war.
-
-Unfortunately, once again I am not happy with the music.
-While most of the tracks are good (or great), the main theme is even worse than last time.
-It's now layered over a lot more noise, making it this much more annoying.
-It decreased my enjoyment of many of the greatest scenes.
-Luckily, there is also new theme so this screaming woman may not follow us into the third movie.
-
-So, _Dune Part II_ is an excellent movie, but _Dune_ the complete story is a marvel.
-It's the greatest thing I've seen in American SciFi in a very long time.
-It's what it should be.
-While not flawless, it's as close to what I'd imagine as a _perfect_ _Dune_ as it comes.
-The movie gets a 4.75 from me (same as the first one), but looking at both _Dunes_ as a single movie?
-Then it goes to a 5.
-I don't think we will get anywhere close to this level of quality anytime soon.
-What _Baldurs Gate III_ made for cRPG, _Dune_ makes to _SciFi cinema_.
-
-And, I love that Christofer Walken is once again in the Dune universe.
-He warned us about the Worm years ago.
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-[^fn:1]: I still remember how bored I was when I watched _Iron Man 3_.
-    The last decade of the movie runtime was filled with a non-stop battle.
-    The movie stopped and all was left was CGI.
-[^fn:2]: Kinda fitting.
-    _Arrival_ had a very similar take on what a human is.
-[^fn:3]: No chairdogs though
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+_Baptism of Fire_ is the third novel in the _Witcher_ saga.
+While I had not that positive reaction to _Time of Contempt_[^fn:1], this time I loved every page.
+
+We start where we left last time: Ciri joins Rats in the middle of nowhere, while Geralt tries to find her.
+Reads like every novel in the series.
+Andrzej seems to have a template for a book at this point.
+
+But I **loved** this book.
+And it comes to who is it about.
+Yes, we've got Ciri.
+Yes, we've got Yennefer.
+They exist, but we spend almost the entirety of the book with Geralt, Jaskier and a band of mischiefs who form a fellowship.
+We've got Milva, an archer.
+We've also got Zoltanm, a dwarf.
+And we've also got Regis, a vampire.
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+Having spent quality time with an interesting, diverse crowd made it very enable ride.
+They even joke sitting by fire!
+I think lack of such interactions is why I disliked the last book.
+It was full of Ciri, Yennefer and other sorceresses while Geralt was ignored most of the time.
+And sorceresses are so up-tight and irritating, so it was not what I would call a nice time.
+Also, here, whenever the action moved to, either Rats or mages, my enjoyment went down significantly.
+
+I don't know why, as I generally don't read fantasy.
+Maybe they are written poorly?
+I don't know the standards.
+For sure the female characters here have nothing to show compared to _Game of Thrones_'s ones.
+It is very hard to write powerful characters who are also female.
+Most of the time, they are male characters in skanky clothes.
+R.R. Martin was able to create menacing woman, who were still woman.
+Sapkowski?
+Not so much.
+And they are not even funny!
+
+They look as a poor rendition of older hits.
+As an example, the sorceresses have a multi-generational plan to mix genomes from selected people in order to create a very specific being.
+It's _Dune_, but while Bene Gesrit  so much more involved, twisted and multidimensional, here it comes out of nowhere (I think?) and disappoints.
+
+But let's ignore the woman for a moment, and we've got ourselves an awesome little book.
+I loved how, in one introduction to a chapter, we see the same legend told from both sides - Humans and Elves.
+This is where _Witcher_ shines.
+It's a great commentary about racism and hatred.
+No wonder it comes from Poland, with our complex history.
+It's as subtle as a bulldozer, but it's not that type of story.
+It's obvious, blunt and takes no prisoners.
+History is never easy, there is never a clear split between the good and bad guys.
+Most likely everything you know is wrong, as it was written by victors.
+This is the overarching theme in the _Witcher_.
+Even a vampire may be a good person!
+
+So, for me Witcher is a moral series _dressed_ as fantasy.
+The magic system is barely there, no one explains _how_ Witchers work.
+And I think it's a plus.
+The meat of the story is not diluted by mechanics of the world.
+The fact that we've got that lovable bunch here is just icing on the cake.
+
+Also, the ending here is much better.
+I finished my review of _Time of Contempt_ assuming that I will get to know the Rats in the follow-up.
+I didn't know anything about them (nor I cared about them), but I assumed they will be the focus.
+I was wrong.
+I still have no idea who they are outside superfluous facts the short burst of their story the book has.
+I _know_ Regis and I want to spend more time with him.
+
+So, I left very satisfied.
+I found charm and a lot of substance.
+I hope that Ciri's plot will develop in interesting ways, as her teenage rebellion may be the end of me.
+
+[^fn:1]: vide [my review](/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt/)
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+It's a stain of my honor - I am a Pole, but I've never read The Saga.
+It's not that I've never read any of The Witcher, but somehow I always stopped after the short stories.
+Last year I've decided to finally fix this.
+I am a proud nerd for crying out loud!
+
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+
+_Time of Contempt_ is the second part of The Witcher Saga, but it's also the 4th book about Geralt and his world.
+Let's ignore the short stories for a second and let's talk about this book in context of The Saga.
+Here it suffers from being the middle child: Andrzej is developing the characters and story, but it lacks a impactful begging and an end.
+I haven't felt like that after finishing the _Blood of Elves,_ as it had a _begging_ and the ending was emotional.
+Geralt reunited with Ciri.
+The story is clearly not over, but we have a kind of closure.
+We know she is safe and ready for what's coming next.
+
+Here?
+Here we have no beginning as it follows the last book.
+It was to be expected.
+But I fail to notice anything new created here.
+Yes, we've got _amazing_ development of Ciri (I can't wait what how her blood heritage will screw over everyone), but nothing more.
+It just moves from scene to scene[^fn:1], not spending any meaningful time anywhere.
+After 300 pages of this, it ends with Ciri joining some random group.
+I guess I will get to know them in _Baptism of Fire_, but I am not yet there.
+Are they good?
+Are they cool?
+Who the hell they even are?
+For me it was a huge let down.
+
+But the biggest thing missing in The Saga is humour.
+Both, _Sword of Destiny_ and _Last Wish_ were hilarious.
+It was not on Pratchett's level of humor, but Geralt was amazing when it came to deadpan.
+Moreover, I have no idea how well it translated to other languages, as it was based on Polish humour, but:
+the books were written for Polish reader who was expected to know _Szewczyk Dratewka,_ and therefore the way Geralt dealt with dragon was a funny refernce.
+But this aspect is now completely missingm[^fn:2], but it was what made the short stories for me.
+
+The biggest problem for me however was the fact I saw two seasons of The Witcher TV Series[^fn:3].
+It was terrible and had nothing to do with the book (luckily for me!), but the TV versions of Ciri and Yennefer were irritating at best.
+Their book counterparts are not like that - Ciri is extremely cool and Yen is, well, not so bad - but the visual image is etched in my brain.
+I finally start to have a separate personnas for them, but it was difficult.
+Yes, to some extent Netflix ruined the books for me.
+
+I was never a fan of _fantasy_, as I always preferred _SciFi_.
+Give me a blaster or give me death[^fn:4]!
+If I found _Time of Contempt_ as a random book, I would not care for the rest of the series.
+It was ok, but nothing to write home about.
+Sapkowski has a great style and I very much want more, but he has not told anything interesting here.
+I will continue reading The Witcher, but mostly because it **is** The Witcher.
+
+I liked reading _Blood of Elves_ much more.
+
+I give it 3.5/5.
+
+[^fn:1]: ... _No one had a chance to interrupt_.
+    _It was really quite hypnotic_.
+[^fn:2]: We've got **huge** reference to _Enemy Mine_ in the single best part of the book, but it's not funny at all.
+    Sad, scary - sure; but not funny. Just like the movie.
+[^fn:3]: And not an episode more.
+    It was already too much.
+[^fn:4]: If you get the refence know, that I am no longer that type of a person.
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-Back in the glorious 90s, when kids still enjoyed linear TV, we had _Polsat_.
-In the post-communist Poland, this was the first _western_ TV station.
-Filled with western movies, and western series[^fn:1]
-Among those, there were constant replays of _The Lawnmower Man_[^fn:2]
-I watched it on every occasion and loved it.
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-Now, 30 years later it is time for a rewatch.
-No cyberpunk deep dive can be considered a good one without _The Lawnmower Man_.
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-_The Lawnmower Man_ is a movie about a disabled lawnmower man, Jobe, who, with the usage of virtual reality, becomes a genius.
-Soon after, an Evil Company, stars secretly giving him drugs contracted by the military.
-And as result, he starts exhibiting mind reading abilities and telekinesis (because, obviously, why not?).
-We've got the (popular at the time) subtext about the dangers of corporates who, without supervision, play God.
-Somehow we stopped doing that, and now we've got Altman killing humanity with the clap of happy crowd.
-_Lawmower Man_ is a movie about a great technology twisted by corporate overlords.
-Fitting.
-
-Jobe becomes a psychic, genius killer (like every mad genius), who decides to take over the cyberspace.
-
-{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-1992-0001.jpg" >}}
-Remember when huge companies were scary?
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-
-The movie was initially released as a _Stephen King_ movie.
-King, however, sued the producers, as the movie has nothing to do the short story of the same name.
-And he won, because it was based on original script called _CyberGod_.
-Damn, I miss _cyber_ sounding cool.
-They should have the original name, instead of forcing King on everyone.
-And yes, I know King was the king back then.
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-That's one way to save your neck from Apple Vision
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-
-The movie is we have here is a much dumbed down version of _Flowers for Algeron_, which I intend to finally read.
-I don't think anyone ever called it a _good_ movie, and for a good reason.
-It's cool, it's got great cyberspace CGI, it's got Pierce Brosnan.
-It also has an opening scene with a monkey using a gun, so yeah.
-
-Story-wise is as straight forward as it gets.
-The first half is full of sweet shots of grass and sexualization of a lawnmower.
-And the most awkward sex scene I've seen in ages... or two.
-Then, through a heavy-handed comment about religion and corporations we go the killing part.
-
-This movie fails as horror (there is not even blood or any scare here), and fails as morality play (it's not smart enough).
-But it is a testament to the glorious time, when _cyberspace_ was magical and full of potential.
-We sure deserve more of that.
-
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-The cyberspace we all need.
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-
-I give it a 3.0/5.
-
-I was **sure** the ending of this film was from the sequel.
-But nope - I don't remember anything from the second one.
-Therefore, see you on the other side, _Beyond Cyberspace_.
-
-If anything, it's a great movie to show everyone how amazing trackballs are.
-And we all know it is a fact.
-No one can tell me otherwise.
-
-{{< img-c "lawnmower-man-1992-0004.jpg" >}}
-The hidden star of the movie, right behind that hairy guy.
-Look at that keyboard!
-Look at how beige it is!
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-
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-Cyber God indeed.
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-
-[^fn:1]: And Polish version of those.
-    We had a great copy of _The Honeymooners_ named _Miodowe Lata_.
-    The translation of the title is surprisingly spot-on.
-[^fn:2]: Under an amazingly translated title, which would translate back as _The Lawmower Man of Minds_.
-    Perfection.
-    We knew _Dirty Dancing_ as _Spinning Sex_ and _Die Hard_ as _Glass Trap_.
-    Those were simpler times.
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-Fun fact: I remembered close to nothing about this movie back.
-When I was watching the first, everything seems familiar.
-Here?
-Not so much.
-Guess _Polsat_ consider the second one too expensive for regular broadcast.
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-In _Lawnmawer Man[^fn:1]_ we meet Jobe, now a genius being living in the cyberspace.
-But not so much, because in the first few minutes of _Lawmnower Man 2_ we learn that he has not left his meatsuit for the cyberspace.
-The explosion at the lab left him an amputee.
-But his talents are now in use of the Evil Corporation designing the future of cyberspace.
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-Of course, Jobe wants the cyberspace for himself.
-
-The general plot seems similar to the first one, but they are very much different.
-The plot is much more complex, there are many more explosions and I think it makes much less sense than the first one.
-I would rate it at 2/5.
-
-But the biggest difference is that this movie is target towards certain audience.
-_Lawmower Man_ was a kid-friendly horror.
-_Lawmower Man 2_ is a kids' movie.
-They completely removed the part which tried to be scary.
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-We've got bunch od kids (and a dog) fighting and winning against a grown-up.
-Yes, they get the help from an adult - the creator of cyberspace.
-But the main heroes are the kids.
-And the main target are the kids.
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-And flying even more.
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-Dog preparing to save a day...
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-And saving the day by inserting a CD in the drive.
-How can anyone consider this to be a movie for adoults?
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-I've read that the director was locked out of the editing room as he was trying to make a different movie.
-The producers said a firm "no" and made _Lawmower Man 2_ close to the likes of _Goonies_, _Explorers_ or _Flight of the Navigator_.
-It never reaches the coolness of those, but it tries.
-A lot of people on the interweb bash the movie on logical problems or being goofy.
-Yes - occasionally the plot makes so little sense that they needed to add voice over explaining why the hell the _gang_ is going where they are going.
-Yes, it has a dog who saves the day.
-38 years old me was not amused, but the 10-year-old inside me screamed "yeah! Radical!".
-He was not doing well with being _modern_ back then as well.
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-Her hair is the closest thing to a "scare" in the entire movie
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-
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-This hippie is the inventor of VR.
-Tech geniuses leaving all the tech behind to live in the wild is now more real than ever
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-
-Jobe is being played by Matt Frewer, who quite often acts like Jim Carey, which is fitting.
-He is not the magical-killer he used to be.
-He is goofy.
-
-Even the music sounds like something Spielberg would use.
-
-There is no Pierce Brosnan here, as only Austin O'Brien returns from the first one, once again reprising the role of Peter Parkette.
-
-My biggest gripe is the special effect here.
-The movie takes place in the future, so we're no longer seeing green grass.
-The real world vibe is close to _Blade Runner_ or _Dark City_.
-I dig it!
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-Cyberpunk!
-I'm pretty sure that almost all those scenes happened on the same crossroad.
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-Almost Blade Runner.
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-
-But then there is the _cyberspace_.
-In _Lawmower Man_ we had amazing, early CGI closer to an acid trip than anything else.
-Here, the cyberspace looks like ours.
-They just added CGI here and there.
-It looks like an episode of _The Next Generation_, but without most of the campiness.
-For the most part it is competent, but there is no spark.
-It's not _cool_.
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-Our first meeting with new Jobe in the cyberspace.
-Yes, this is VR-forest.
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-Cyberspace here give more of FMV-game kind of vibe than I would have expected
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-The VR here more social than what Apple showed.
-{{< /img-c >}}
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-Luckily, sometimes the VR almost delivers.
-{{< /img-c >}}
-
-But the 10-year-old me would not care.
-He would rate it as 3.75/5 or "that was cool!".
-But he he wasn't picky at all.
-
-[^fn:1]: Vide: [my review of Lawmower Man](/blog/2024/lawmower-man-1229/).
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-Oh how I love SciFi without action scenes!
-Sevarance is a story based on a great premise: an all powerful company is able to sever a person into two.
-One gets to live outside the company clock; the other only in the office.
-Both share the same body, but are completely different and have their memories separated.
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-Apple tried to position itself in a small niche of the wider streaming service pool.
-When Netflix and others produce one mediocre show after another, Apple is much slower and (seems to) focus on quality.
-It allows itself riskier productions.
-
-_Severance_ plays very much like an independent movie.
-It's minimal in presentation, I would even call it _cold_ as everything serves a goal.
-Most of the show happens either in a soulless office building, or in a few semi-empty locations.
-Somehow, for the first few episodes I had strong reminiscence of Shane Carruth's works.
-Those have close to nothing in common with _Severance_, but the feeling was there.
-And I love Curroths's works!
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-The plot develops slowly and in an interesting way, everything points towards a great SciFi.
-I was heavily invested in the plot, wanting to know what was hidden underneath.
-
-Unfortunately, it's a typical modern TV series.
-Its runtime is expanded thin, we've got romance and unnecessary threads.
-Remember when they made three huge movies out of Hobbit?
-Yeah, it's the same here.
-What would have been an _amazing_ movie is a _good_ TV show.
-
-It's stretched _almost_ into a self-parody.
-They tried to have a mass appeal and with it, they lessen the story significantly.
-I think they had material for 2 hours movie, maybe a miniseries.
-But for multiple seasons?
-I sure hope to be wrong, but it seems that it will the same as it was with _Westworld_.
-Great start, but it's all downhill from here.
-
-The biggest offender here is the last episode which serves only the second season.
-Such high-addrenaline scene had no place in _this_ story.
-But hey, let's make people remember about that season 2 that we will make someday.
-
-For me _Severance_ is a perfect example of current TV drama state.
-You can clearly see that it was made with passion, it could have been great.
-But screw that, let's have it for four years.
-Fill her up, please.
-
-It's very good as a TV show nevertheless.
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-_Baptism of Fire_ is the third novel in the _Witcher_ saga.
-While I had not that positive reaction to _Time of Contempt_[^fn:1], this time I loved every page.
-
-We start where we left last time: Ciri joins Rats in the middle of nowhere, while Geralt tries to find her.
-Reads like every novel in the series.
-Andrzej seems to have a template for a book at this point.
-
-But I **loved** this book.
-And it comes to who is it about.
-Yes, we've got Ciri.
-Yes, we've got Yennefer.
-They exist, but we spend almost the entirety of the book with Geralt, Jaskier and a band of mischiefs who form a fellowship.
-We've got Milva, an archer.
-We've also got Zoltanm, a dwarf.
-And we've also got Regis, a vampire.
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-Having spent quality time with an interesting, diverse crowd made it very enable ride.
-They even joke sitting by fire!
-I think lack of such interactions is why I disliked the last book.
-It was full of Ciri, Yennefer and other sorceresses while Geralt was ignored most of the time.
-And sorceresses are so up-tight and irritating, so it was not what I would call a nice time.
-Also, here, whenever the action moved to, either Rats or mages, my enjoyment went down significantly.
-
-I don't know why, as I generally don't read fantasy.
-Maybe they are written poorly?
-I don't know the standards.
-For sure the female characters here have nothing to show compared to _Game of Thrones_'s ones.
-It is very hard to write powerful characters who are also female.
-Most of the time, they are male characters in skanky clothes.
-R.R. Martin was able to create menacing woman, who were still woman.
-Sapkowski?
-Not so much.
-And they are not even funny!
-
-They look as a poor rendition of older hits.
-As an example, the sorceresses have a multi-generational plan to mix genomes from selected people in order to create a very specific being.
-It's _Dune_, but while Bene Gesrit  so much more involved, twisted and multidimensional, here it comes out of nowhere (I think?) and disappoints.
-
-But let's ignore the woman for a moment, and we've got ourselves an awesome little book.
-I loved how, in one introduction to a chapter, we see the same legend told from both sides - Humans and Elves.
-This is where _Witcher_ shines.
-It's a great commentary about racism and hatred.
-No wonder it comes from Poland, with our complex history.
-It's as subtle as a bulldozer, but it's not that type of story.
-It's obvious, blunt and takes no prisoners.
-History is never easy, there is never a clear split between the good and bad guys.
-Most likely everything you know is wrong, as it was written by victors.
-This is the overarching theme in the _Witcher_.
-Even a vampire may be a good person!
-
-So, for me Witcher is a moral series _dressed_ as fantasy.
-The magic system is barely there, no one explains _how_ Witchers work.
-And I think it's a plus.
-The meat of the story is not diluted by mechanics of the world.
-The fact that we've got that lovable bunch here is just icing on the cake.
-
-Also, the ending here is much better.
-I finished my review of _Time of Contempt_ assuming that I will get to know the Rats in the follow-up.
-I didn't know anything about them (nor I cared about them), but I assumed they will be the focus.
-I was wrong.
-I still have no idea who they are outside superfluous facts the short burst of their story the book has.
-I _know_ Regis and I want to spend more time with him.
-
-So, I left very satisfied.
-I found charm and a lot of substance.
-I hope that Ciri's plot will develop in interesting ways, as her teenage rebellion may be the end of me.
-
-[^fn:1]: vide [my review](/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt/)
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-It's a stain of my honor - I am a Pole, but I've never read The Saga.
-It's not that I've never read any of The Witcher, but somehow I always stopped after the short stories.
-Last year I've decided to finally fix this.
-I am a proud nerd for crying out loud!
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-_Time of Contempt_ is the second part of The Witcher Saga, but it's also the 4th book about Geralt and his world.
-Let's ignore the short stories for a second and let's talk about this book in context of The Saga.
-Here it suffers from being the middle child: Andrzej is developing the characters and story, but it lacks a impactful begging and an end.
-I haven't felt like that after finishing the _Blood of Elves,_ as it had a _begging_ and the ending was emotional.
-Geralt reunited with Ciri.
-The story is clearly not over, but we have a kind of closure.
-We know she is safe and ready for what's coming next.
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-Here?
-Here we have no beginning as it follows the last book.
-It was to be expected.
-But I fail to notice anything new created here.
-Yes, we've got _amazing_ development of Ciri (I can't wait what how her blood heritage will screw over everyone), but nothing more.
-It just moves from scene to scene[^fn:1], not spending any meaningful time anywhere.
-After 300 pages of this, it ends with Ciri joining some random group.
-I guess I will get to know them in _Baptism of Fire_, but I am not yet there.
-Are they good?
-Are they cool?
-Who the hell they even are?
-For me it was a huge let down.
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-But the biggest thing missing in The Saga is humour.
-Both, _Sword of Destiny_ and _Last Wish_ were hilarious.
-It was not on Pratchett's level of humor, but Geralt was amazing when it came to deadpan.
-Moreover, I have no idea how well it translated to other languages, as it was based on Polish humour, but:
-the books were written for Polish reader who was expected to know _Szewczyk Dratewka,_ and therefore the way Geralt dealt with dragon was a funny refernce.
-But this aspect is now completely missingm[^fn:2], but it was what made the short stories for me.
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-The biggest problem for me however was the fact I saw two seasons of The Witcher TV Series[^fn:3].
-It was terrible and had nothing to do with the book (luckily for me!), but the TV versions of Ciri and Yennefer were irritating at best.
-Their book counterparts are not like that - Ciri is extremely cool and Yen is, well, not so bad - but the visual image is etched in my brain.
-I finally start to have a separate personnas for them, but it was difficult.
-Yes, to some extent Netflix ruined the books for me.
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-I was never a fan of _fantasy_, as I always preferred _SciFi_.
-Give me a blaster or give me death[^fn:4]!
-If I found _Time of Contempt_ as a random book, I would not care for the rest of the series.
-It was ok, but nothing to write home about.
-Sapkowski has a great style and I very much want more, but he has not told anything interesting here.
-I will continue reading The Witcher, but mostly because it **is** The Witcher.
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-I liked reading _Blood of Elves_ much more.
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-I give it 3.5/5.
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-[^fn:1]: ... _No one had a chance to interrupt_.
-    _It was really quite hypnotic_.
-[^fn:2]: We've got **huge** reference to _Enemy Mine_ in the single best part of the book, but it's not funny at all.
-    Sad, scary - sure; but not funny. Just like the movie.
-[^fn:3]: And not an episode more.
-    It was already too much.
-[^fn:4]: If you get the refence know, that I am no longer that type of a person.
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