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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · Nov 12

The beauty of cinema

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1. Barry Lyndon (1975)

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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 41m

Would that be the same French president who conspired with the far right to appoint a right leaning PM after the Democratic vote by the people saw the left wing party win?

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 42m

I say this as someone who plays 60 card formats and gave up on commander a long time ago.

I know I'm a minority among magic players now, and that's OK. I think it's possible to shift approach and cater better to everyone whilst acknowledging that commander is the main sales point.

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 44m

Given the fact that Magic is now the commander game with other formats being the outliers, I think WotC should embrace it.

Maybe we get three big sets a year specifically for 60 card formats, but everything else is just commander legal but not 60 card legal.

Commander sets still draft tho

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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 47m

Whenever someone says they don't have a political ideology, chances are they are the easiest mark for propaganda that you've ever seen and have a world view entirely based on slurping up stuff and calling it "common sense" or "sensible pragmatism

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 59m

Perfect Blue and Psycho are both on my top 100 of all time list. I may have forgotten them I posted this.

Will check out Onibaba tho

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 1h

Day of the dead, exorcist 3 and gremlins 2.

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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 1h

I have seen three of these, and they are great.

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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 1h

I may have let down my Indian heritage food wise last night, but today I'm embracing my Swiss heritage with some home made Rosti.

Some beautiful looking potato Rosti ona perfect golden brown colour

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 1h

Do we have a breakdown of day 2 decks for Eternal Weekend yet?

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 1h

"Let's give the Nazis all our biometric data"

Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · Aug 29

The EU-Commission wants to negotiate a very sensitive agreement that would allow US authorities direct (!) access to police-stored fingerprints & facial images in Europe.
Potentially, all travelers could be affected by this #EBSP – and people in need for protection.
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"Border Security" with USA: Brussels ready to give deep access to biometric data in EU states | Matthias Monroy

The European Commission wants to negotiate an agreement that would allow US authorities direct access to police-stored fingerprints and facial images in Europe. Potentially, all travelers could be…

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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 1h

Jaws for sure is up there.

I disagree with the others tho.

I think The Shining is one of the top 100 pieces of cinema of all time (also Jaws is on that list) and just wondered if people had other horror movies they believed should be on such a list so I can watch them :D

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 1h

Are there any horror films that are as high in quality as The Shining?

I certainly haven't found any (unless you class Cremator and Come and See as horror)

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 2h

The only reason you think this is the right strategy is because you are ideologically on the right and opposed to progressive policies.

Of course anything that says "punch left embrace the right" is going to resonate with you, even when the numbers show it's destroying Labour

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 3h

You aren't nationalizing the rolling stock, so this will not change ticket prices or stop the massive profits that exploitative private service providers are taking in.

The policy is useless and just a PR scam whilst nothing improves.

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 3h

Those same economists think they don't have an ideology either, which is also a sign of extremism

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely zero knowledge or opinion on it I'm afraid

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 13h

I am a disappointment to my Indian heritage.

I ate some chilli today and now I'm suffering from bad acid reflux and stuff.

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 13h

So Food Chain was the first thing I brewed in the format and managed to build a solid brand new archetype for the deck lol

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 13h

I'm going to a Premodern tournament next weekend and the organizers have put out a bonus prize for the best record with any brew featuring four copies of any one of a small list of cards.

On that list is Food Chain.....!

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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 14h

I just watched Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time.

Some wonderful imagery and stuff in there, but also some proper dog shit acting and things that really didn't work for me.

It's always strange watching such a big pop culture reference source a million years after the fact.

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 16h

Had a nice little meet up with a close friend of mine who is moving to Canada next week.

He was the first friend I made from playing Magic: The Gathering.

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 18h

I believe in the death penalty for the crime of being a billionaire

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 18h

The massive stop motion sequence is such a labour of love too.

Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 22h

I've got a lot of love for RoboCop 2 as well.

Not sure I've ever seen 3 though.

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Crucible Of Words @crucibleofwords.bsky.social · 23h

Economics without a grounding of sociology is useless at best, and catastrophically harmful at worst.

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