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Hubby watching #TheElectricState. I'm in other room. All I can say is it's AWFUL so far!

One time I went into the Man Cave to see a part of it, male & female were fighting a robot in a cave & running like hell for the exit as the mountain & caves explode behind them. Both male & female were covered in dirt. Cut to next scene, female's makeup is perfect, hair is perfect. No dust/dirt. C'MON!!!

Also, way to copy from Indiana Jones! Everything but the water and the crocs! 🤬 @philsplace

Monday 12:26
Yeah, I didn't Toot / Post an updated life report this morning.
I wanted to get to work just after 06:00 in my #FoodBank office, and was running tight on time.
Worked just over 4 hours then came on home.

My next time of work shall be tonight probably around midnight, after the nightly data-sync has finished.
I shall be running my monthly snapshot reports, with a deadline of 06:00, but shall not be working that long!

I am on #PTO for the next 2 days, as I have a procedure on Wednesday afternoon, that I need to prep for. You know exactly what I mean! *grin*
So no eating of solid food after midnight tonight.
After that procedure Arianna will be taking me to my choice of establishment to EAT!!!

When I arrived home today I started sorting and washing laundry, made a late brunch, and poured myself a stout.
Yesterday I started watching the movie "The Electric State" on Netflix, and finishing it now.
Is it just me or does Chris Pratt basically play the same character in every movie?
#ChrisPratt #TheElectricState

Washing machine has chimed to say it is finished, and I need to change over into the dryer and start washing another load.
After the movie is finished I shall probably have a good long #NAP!!!

How is your day coming along?
Peter //O\

So sad to see The Amazing Dead Milkmen showcased in this shitty movie.

True story: When I couldn't find a shirt like this, I bought a white t-shirt and a fabric marker and I fucking made one.

Newer, sadder, true story: I've tried to watch this terrible movie twice, and haven't made it past the intro scenes. It's so incredibly bad. I only know about the t-shirt because of the honest trailer.

I'm trying to get through #TheElectricState but I'm dozing off all the time. How did they manage to make such an expensive VFX-heavy production so boooooring! I don't care about the Stranger Things girl. Who's that boy whose mind seems to have been transferred into a robot? I don't feel anything about any character. And I can't keep watching this just to marvel at the perfect integration of CG robots into the shots.

I don't get the hate #TheElectricState is getting. It's very good!

I mean, it's not award material and it's not a philosophical discourse on why AI is bad… or slavery… or child labor… or capitalism… or a number of other things the film touches on… or even the importance of human connection…

Is it predictable? LOL! That's 99% of movies nowadays.

But it is a good fun movie.

I do understand that some people do not like being told "that thing you adore? That thing you pay outrageous amounts of money for? It's bad, it's actually really really bad" but 🤷🏽

Reviews aside, I enjoyed #TheElectricState. Nice to embed oneself in a unique world for a couple of hours with a plot that was predictable but with many enjoyable moments and beautiful views.

Besides, ever since Star Wars, I’ve been a sucker for old, rusty robots. I have a particularly soft spot for the Gonk robot on the Jawa Sandcrawler in New Hope!

I watched #TheElectricState and it wasn't quite as terrible as all the reviews suggest, despite a clichéd plot and weak third act.

It looked beautiful, and they did a great job tying all the elements of the original illustrations together into a cohesive and compelling world, but it should definitely have been a television show that maintained some mystery for more time, letting the audience try to figure out things themselves. It could have been the next Westworld or Fallout.