Fixing up a place being like:
Spinoff of For All Mankind
Star City 
I’ve Just finished watching House of the Dragon Season 2.
Here’s what I consider Literally one of the most Glorious and Epic Soundtracks EVER:
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Dude is such a tool 
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don’t forget daredevil is back
Who watches The Boys, knows how much it relates to the American politics, it’s not even any subtle at all lately, lol.
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Hits in more ways than one.
Wow, interesting.
Breaking Bad ended with exactly 62 episodes.
Element 62 on the periodic table is Samarium an element used in treatments for lung c@ncer.
And the entire story of Walter White begins with a lung cancer diagnosis.
Maybe it’s just a coincidence… but with Vince Gilligan, fans know there’s usually meaning behind everything. The colors, the names, the camera shots, the chemistry references every detail in Breaking Bad felt deliberate.
That’s why this show is still unmatched years later.
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I haven’t done much tv or movie watching in the past few years… it’s just been a thing here or there, and I would have too much ongoing reading and research to watch anything on a regular basis.
I’ve been missing the 80’s… technically, that’s before my time. But movies and shows from that era were often on TV for me in the 90’s and 20-00’s. And there were also revivals when things were re-released on DVD and Blu-Ray. I’ve also been missing some of the older martial arts films since they don’t do stunts like they used to either.
Random Reminiscence
I have been missing the over-the-top action era. The east had more humorous martial arts movies, and the west had the crazy action inaugurated by Stallone and Schwarzenegger.
It’s interesting to see the contrast between eras. I think Saving Private Ryan was a groundbreaker for grisly detail. Things that weren’t specifically historic tended to be more fantastical—a bit like pulling in a cartoonish daydream from the astral and putting it in movie form. It seems like a lot of today’s action is less fun and more…it’s tough to say. It’s not realistic per-se, but it does seem to have amplified gore and carnage.
I’m still putting myself back together, after sacrificing a lot of time into getting better employment and figuring out things spiritually for myself. I think I might revisit some of the older movies. I used to do a day of work (either normal or school work), then either hit the gym or do martial arts, and then I’d chill out and watch a show or movie in the full lotus as preparation for meditation.
I am seeing now that I was getting a sort of vicarious reinforcement of different energy patterns just from watching the movies. The stars from the golden age of action and martial arts had immense patterns of training in their energy fields, and that radiates to the audience and can help reinforce patterns related to weight lifting or martial arts moves. i think I recall, in the past, where a study attributed some of those effects to mirror neurons.
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Anyways… I liked the older cheesy movies. The “Macho cheese” —inflated ideas about masculinity, but in a way that was more fun than serious. The martial arts movies that I like covered a wider span of time, but they were always similar in spirit.
(lol, the scorpion kick at 1:03 before The Matrix picked it up
–But I guess Cynthia Rothrock actually did it first:)
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Love love 70s 80s and 90s film. Especially 80s!
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Those were the times, in terms of action and fighting movies, as you’ve said: Stalone, Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, Bruce Lee (yes a little bit older), Jackie Chan, etc.
They provided unmatched aura lol, for me only some western movies and actors have that (and of course some more modern ones like Statham, Bale, in terms of fights, action, Aura, etc.), although with different eras and settings being explored, with legends like Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef, etc.
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Love them both!
Sometimes when I’m tired and i don’t know what to watch, i just put on one of their westerns and drift, with some good fields.
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“Is there no one else?”
10/10 Movie
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I rematched The Fifth Element yesterday. Gosh it’s an artistic masterpiece imo
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Warrior Nun – Deep Esoteric Analysis:
Full Spoilers for both Seasons
Gnosticism
The most deeply esoteric, hidden layer in Warrior Nun that casual viewers completely missed is that the show is an algorithmic, modern inversion of Gnosticism, transforming the traditional Catholic “Good vs. Evil” dynamic into an ancient, occult philosophy where “God” is the ultimate villain.
While mainstream audiences viewed the Netflix series as a fun, superhero-style romp about “ninja nuns” fighting demons, the narrative framework structurally mirrors Second-Century Gnostic cosmology.
The Adriel-Reya Dynamic as Gnostic Demiurge and Sophia
In traditional Gnosticism, the material world was not created by the true, supreme God. Instead, it was built by an ignorant, lesser entity known as the Demiurge (often named Yaldabaoth), who traps divine sparks of light inside material, fleshly bodies.
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Adriel as the Demiurge:
"The “angel” perfectly embodies this archetype. He is an extra-dimensional entity who uses advanced technology to masquerade as a divine savior. He feeds on human worship, controls material constructs, and attempts to build an earthly empire built on control and fear (“without fear, there is no power”). -
Reya as Sophia:
Across the portal lies, the supreme being of the Other-Realm. In Gnostic texts, is a high celestial aeon whose stolen light falls into the lower realms. The Halo itself is literally a piece of stolen, pure extra-dimensional light energy that Adriel took from Reya’s realm.
The Halo as “Gnosis” (Divine Spark)
In standard Catholic theology, salvation comes through faith, grace, and institutional ritual. In Warrior Nun, however, the institution (the Vatican) is entirely hollow, manipulated, and corrupt.
Instead, salvation in the show perfectly matches Gnosis—the Greek word for esoteric, experiential knowledge:
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Waking the Dead: The Halo does not give Ava power because she is holy; she is an atheist, cynical skeptic. It chooses her because she is an blank slate.
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The Spark of Light: The Halo behaves exactly like the Gnostic “Divine Spark.” It is an internal fragment of light trapped inside a material vessel (Ava’s body).
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Liberation, Not Worship: To defeat Adriel, Ava does not pray to an external God. She must internally master the physics of the Halo, passing through physical matter (intangibility) and breaking free from the illusions of the material world.
The Ultimate Inversion: Subverting Sacraments
The show’s esoteric undercurrent is cemented by how it quietly subverts sacred Christian relics into pieces of occult alien hardware:
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Divinium: The holy metal used by the Church is not divine. It is the harvested, biological byproduct of inter-dimensional beasts (Tarasks).
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The Ark: The ultimate relic hidden by the corporate-scientific complex is a quantum teleportation portal. It rewrites the concept of “Heaven” not as a spiritual paradise for the righteous, but as a literal parallel dimension governed by alternate laws of physics.
By shifting the narrative away from the comic’s traditional religious themes, the show creators hiddenly warned that what humanity historically worships as “miracles” are merely the manipulation of material constraints by higher-dimensional entities.
Evil Reya
Reya is functionally evil by human ethical standards, as her actions throughout Warrior Nun establish that she is not a benevolent deity, but a cold, transactional Cosmic Utilitarian.
While mainstream viewers saw her as a “God” or a savior figure because she opposed Adriel, a closer look at her actions reveals that she views human beings entirely as tools, weapons, and collateral damage.
The show heavily sets her up as the ultimate antagonist of the overarching “Holy War” through several deeply disturbing actions:
1. The Dispassionate Brainwashing of Michael
When Michael (Miguel) enters the portal as a sick child, Reya heals him—but at an extreme moral cost. She genetically and physically modifies his biology without true informed consent, lacing his circulatory system with volatile Divinium to turn him into a living bomb.
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The Emotional Erasure: When Michael returns to Earth, viewers note that he speaks about his impending suicide with a flat, chillingly robotic devotion. He describes “Reya’s way” as the only possible way, showing all the classic hallmarks of psychological programming.
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A Failed Gambit: Crucially, Reya’s “all-knowing” plan to blow up Adriel with Michael’s bomb fails entirely. Adriel survives it easily because he cannot be killed by earthly means. This proves Reya either knowingly sent Michael on a useless suicide mission, or she is entirely indifferent to throwing away human lives on high-risk military experiments.
2. Radical Bodily Violation (The Case of Lilith)
When Lilith accidentally slips into the alternate dimension, Reya does not show mercy or hospitality. Instead, Reya forcibly alters Lilith’s DNA, mutating her with Tarask traits (claws, scales, and teleportation) before discarding her back into the human world. This severe trauma leaves Lilith physically agonized, isolated, and politically compromised—leading directly to Lilith’s warning at the end of Season 2 that the Order of the Cruciform Sword (OCS) is fighting on the wrong side.
3. Cosmic Hypocrisy and the Tarasks
Reya routinely unleashes ravenous, terrifying Tarasks into the mortal world to hunt down Adriel and retrieve her stolen technology (the Halo).
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She shows absolutely zero regard for the heavy human casualties these apex predators cause whenever they materialize on Earth.
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To Reya, Earth is not a precious creation to protect; it is merely a messy battlefield where she tracks down her escaped property.
4. Adriel’s Final Warning
In his final moments, Adriel explicitly warns Ava that Reya is a “devourer of worlds” and a brutal tyrant who has enslaved an entire dimension. While Adriel is an established liar, the narrative corroborates his warning.
The moment Ava puts on the Crown of Thorns and communes with Reya, her fierce, life-loving personality instantly vanishes. She wakes up from the vision as a compliant zealot, suddenly convinced that her only option is to sacrifice herself!
It is only her love for Beatrice that tethers her back to her humanity and allows her to break out of Reya’s mental grasp.
The Esoteric Verdict
Returning to the Gnostic framework, if Adriel is the power-hungry Demiurge, Reya is not a loving God; she is the unyielding Cosmic Order. She represents an extreme, authoritative entity that demands the absolute erasure of human individuality and free will to maintain her dimension’s dominance. In the universe of Warrior Nun, institutional religion is a trap, and the entities on both sides of the portal view humanity as nothing more than cattle.
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A bit different than most of the recent stuff here but I randomly felt like sharing this one.
Kamen rider is a show thats been going on since the 80s? maybe earlier. we have been watching the current season which is getting clsoe to the end its been pretty great.
Not sure this is the series id start with to get into Kamen rider but its a really fun watch
Tldr: Kamen rider is a japanese super hero show, this season is super cool imo
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Hi there @Gradeius
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Ok I have to say Kamen Rider Zeztz has to be my favorite ever! I thought I wouldn’t find one that could match my love for Kamen Rider W, but this one has. Never a dull moment, never know what they are going to do next. How they pack so much into each 20 minute segment is amazing.
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Movie got banned in Germany 
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