The Mystical Man

A good film by Robert Eggers, director of "The Witch": The cinematography and the sound design are great. But what makes this movie worth watching are the phenomenal performances by Dafoe and Pattinson. This film is especially good for fans of Moby-Dick.

This month we have the power of Jesus on our side.

Would watch. That could work.

@UnbornTao I'll wait until the whole season has aired. Can't wait to see how they will adapt Part II. There's an Uncharted movie, but I don't feel inclined to watch it. I think TLoU can work well as a TV show, because it's already like a TV show, but Uncharted was meant to be played.

Semen retention and gym motivation: One more day of abstinence. One more rep.

More people need to know about Greg Haines. He's amazing.

Semen retention is absolutely necessary. Self-improvement has to happen in the context of abstaining from masturbation and going to the gym. Semen retention combined with the gym is a superpower.

Somebody needs to do this with The Sopranos.

"You can't stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting." -- Shmi Skywalker 20 years of storytelling to carve out this juggernaut of a character.

I love that motif at 5:35. Very subtle but beautiful: The world will never see anything like the combined genius of Lucas and Williams again.

What do we say to the dark lord of lust?

When I'm at my limits at the gym, I think of this scene:

Another good film by Robert Eggers: Visually stunning. Powerful soundtrack. Great cast. It's a more traditional Archplot with a clear inciting incident, progressive complications, and a satisfying climax. "The story of The Northman was based primarily on the legend of Amleth as written by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus, known as the direct inspiration for William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Eggers cited the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, Egil's Saga, Grettir's Saga, the Eyrbyggja saga and the Saga of Hrolfr Kraki as additional influences. Eggers also acknowledged Conan the Barbarian as a source of inspiration." - Wikipedia Eggers' other film, which is more a Miniplot/Antiplot: I can't wait to see what Eggers does next.

I think that's a Lighthouse reference ?

These alternatives are so much cooler than the originals: I wish we could actually produce these concepts.

I love this one:

Terence would have loved this: