From 8c0c11716b20e1d19572d75269d17ff5885e559f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mms Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:28:02 +0200 Subject: brain-rot and severance --- content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/_index.md | 1 + .../american-scifi-movies/colossus-1970.md | 1 + .../ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md | 1 + .../american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md | 1 + content/brain-rot/anime/patlabor-the-movie.md | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++ content/brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times.md | 1 + content/brain-rot/dune/_index.md | 1 + content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md | 1 + content/brain-rot/dune/part-two-2024.md | 5 ++ .../brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md | 1 + .../brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md | 1 + content/brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie.md | 92 ---------------------- content/brain-rot/persona/persona-5-strikers.md | 1 + content/brain-rot/tv/severance-season1.md | 61 ++++++++++++++ .../witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt.md | 1 + content/bsd/_index.md | 2 +- 16 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/brain-rot/anime/patlabor-the-movie.md delete mode 100644 content/brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie.md create mode 100644 content/brain-rot/tv/severance-season1.md (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/_index.md index 1df42da..02c21e9 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/_index.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/_index.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-04-14T20:59:00+02:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3001 +primary_menu = "brain-rot" abstract = "Random SciFi from USA" [menu] [menu.brain-rot] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/colossus-1970.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/colossus-1970.md index 370af05..07a27f4 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/colossus-1970.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/colossus-1970.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ 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] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md index baa4c89..747a8c0 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ 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/"] [menu] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md index 739076b..a2f0737 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ 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/"] [menu] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/anime/patlabor-the-movie.md b/content/brain-rot/anime/patlabor-the-movie.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d72ec27 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/anime/patlabor-the-movie.md @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ ++++ +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" +abstract = "The proto-GITS is still very nice!" +aliases = ["/blog/patlabor-the-movie", "//brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie/"] +[menu] + [menu.brain-rot] + weight = 3001 + identifier = "patlabor-the-movie-1989" ++++ + +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 >}} diff --git a/content/brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times.md b/content/brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times.md index c812943..747a05d 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-02-13T21:06:00+01:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3001 +primary_menu = "brain-rot" abstract = "A very short review" aliases = ["/blog/2024/interesting-times/"] [menu] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/dune/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/dune/_index.md index 9e39f6d..91cefb8 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/dune/_index.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/dune/_index.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-04-14T18:10:00+02:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3001 +primary_menu = "brain-rot" abstract = "The Dune series" [menu] [menu.brain-rot] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md b/content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md index 81cbdad..435095b 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-04-13T21:33:00+02:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3002 +primary_menu = "brain-rot-dune" abstract = "My review of an adaptation of the first part of an amazing book" [menu] [menu.brain-rot-dune] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/dune/part-two-2024.md b/content/brain-rot/dune/part-two-2024.md index cb80904..6e44102 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/dune/part-two-2024.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/dune/part-two-2024.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-04-16T16:44:00+02:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3003 +primary_menu = "brain-rot-dune" abstract = "My review of an adaptation of the second part of an amazing book" [menu] [menu.brain-rot-dune] @@ -118,6 +119,10 @@ He warned us about the Worm years ago. Fayd in all of his glory {{< /img-c >}} +Patlabor + +:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/patlabor + [^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. diff --git a/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md b/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md index afb5d11..9e7c298 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-02-19T23:03:00+01:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3002 +primary_menu = "brain-rot" abstract = "My mirco reviview of a vr killer thriller" aliases = ["/blog/2024/lawmower-man-1992/"] [menu] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md b/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md index 08b7edd..a08551d 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-02-23T20:29:00+01:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3001 +primary_menu = "brain-rot" abstract = "My mirco reviview of the sequeo to a vr killer thriller" aliases = ["/blog/2024/lawmower-man-2-1996/"] [menu] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie.md b/content/brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie.md deleted file mode 100644 index bbda3f3..0000000 --- a/content/brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,92 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Patlabor The Movie (1989)" -author = ["Michał Sapka"] -date = 2024-04-11T21:01:00+02:00 -categories = ["brainrot"] -draft = false -weight = 3001 -abstract = "The proto-GITS is still very nice!" -aliases = ["/blog/patlabor-the-movie/"] -[menu] - [menu.brain-rot] - weight = 3001 - identifier = "patlabor-the-movie-1989" -+++ - -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 3.75/10 - -{{< 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 >}} diff --git a/content/brain-rot/persona/persona-5-strikers.md b/content/brain-rot/persona/persona-5-strikers.md index 259cf05..f16f46d 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/persona/persona-5-strikers.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/persona/persona-5-strikers.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-03-08T21:24:00+01:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3001 +primary_menu = "brain-rot" abstract = "A short review of SciFi classic" aliases = ["/blog/2024/persona-5-strikers/"] [menu] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/tv/severance-season1.md b/content/brain-rot/tv/severance-season1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..577254e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/tv/severance-season1.md @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ ++++ +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" +[menu] + [menu.brain-rot] + weight = 3001 + identifier = "severance-season-1" ++++ + +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. diff --git a/content/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt.md b/content/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt.md index 70c8126..3e49f9a 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ date = 2024-03-24T22:27:00+01:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false weight = 3001 +primary_menu = "brain-rot" abstract = "Saga continues" aliases = ["/blog/2024/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt/"] [menu] diff --git a/content/bsd/_index.md b/content/bsd/_index.md index 4e5d456..0090da5 100644 --- a/content/bsd/_index.md +++ b/content/bsd/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ +++ -title = "Berkeley Software Distribution" +title = "BSD" author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-06T14:45:00+01:00 draft = false -- cgit v1.2.3