steve mookie kong @mookie@fosstodon.org

here's my #introduction now that i've moved here to fosstodon!

hi. i'm mookie. i am a... dad, movie watcher, runner, guitarist in training, gamer, engineer of sorts and snarky troublemaker.

i love the movies. i watch lots of movies. i write a lot about movies. i talk a lot about movies. did i mention i love the movies?

#movies #running #guitar #gamer #gaming #troublemaker #tv #mookie

“I’ve been what?” he said in response. “That’s, uh, that’s wacky,” he continued. “Well, that’s positively great.”

https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/keanu-reeves-responds-to-the-internets-love-for-him.html

#keanureeves #movies

1) Watch less TV or 2) Watch more focused content or 3) piracy will rise again.

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/06/warnermedia-and-new-streaming-tv-era/591373/

#tv

You Need To Calm Down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWtfOHBF1_w

#TaylorSwift #music

The best thing about the show The First is the soundtrack by Colin Stetson. But, for the longest time, the title track has bugged me because it sounded so similar to something else. I finally figured it out.

The First (Colin Stetson):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t37j7SaMTWQ

The beginning bits of the track are so very similar to What Are You Going TO Do When You Are Not Saving The World? (Hans ZImmer):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrGNQpllhzI

#tv #music

I have been working my way through the Hulu series The First. It's really not that great because it is sold as a sci-fi show about going to Mar, but is really a melodrama about dealing with drug addiction and all sorts of other personal issues. The Mars part is a minor part of the whole show, which is highly disappointing.

#tv

Captain Marvel 4K UHD Blu-ray in a SteelBook.

#movies #marvel

“Not all innovation is progress.”

“Happiness is death by complacency.”

“The head of http://amazon.com Inc’s cloud computing division on Monday said the company would work with any government agency that followed the law, in contrast with rival Microsoft Corp, which has touted its rejection of controversial sales.”

https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/10/amazon-will-serve-any-government-agency-with-facial-recognition-technology-so-long-as-its-legal/

#amazon #privacy

Shut up and take my money!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ktN4bycj9s

#gaming #xbox

Ditch the GPS. It’s ruining your brain.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ditch-the-gps-its-ruining-your-brain/2019/06/05/29a3170e-87af-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html

Doers, not talkers.

Pink. It’s how I roll.

Computers in the hands of dinosaurs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTSwMwQMOuU

This explains exactly what is so distracting about The First: Sean Penn’s Old Man Fatfree Guns. He’s so ripped, but why?

The pilot was also tediously slow and boring. The pilot has no progression.

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-first-sean-penn-is-stacked

#tv #hulu

Well that was quick. DC Universe cancels Swamp Thing right after it premiered.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/7/18656322/dc-universe-swamp-thing-canceled-streaming-service

#dc #dcuniverse