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Shot in Koli national park in Finnish North Karelia. The only one I've properly visited myself. I haven't seen the movie, though. The trailer made it look too generic to warrant a movie ticket.

Just in time for my summer holiday. In a twist of events the broadcast rights for matches are split evenly between our national broadcast company (YLE) and a commercial tv company (MTV, the M stands for the Finnish word for advertisement and it predates the other famous MTV by a couple of...

Got XBOX Unlimited for a month, so I started Clair Obscur Expedition 33. It's off to a decent start, but the main thing is that I am normally too stressed out to play video games with almost any commitment, so we'll just have to hope for the best.

The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act I am a good boy and won't spoil it, but... It's garbage. The memes are true and I brought this on myself. Fandom this or fandom that, but the last hour and a half of the show is mostly unfun and boring. The worst aspects of the earlier episodes i.e. just...

All of those are elaborated on in the book.

The Wire Pretty good. Did the "anyone can die" before GoT. Seasons 1-3 and 5 were good, 4 maybe not so much because it was all politics and school kids. Lol at Carcetti getting promoted from Baltimore to Westeros.

A surprise winner. I didn't watch the whole final, but I will check out the scores tomorrow.

I don't get how Albania did it again. Armenia was one meme song too many. Disappointed at the lackluster reception for the Latvian song.

Moldova and Greece got through anyway. Okay then. A meme song or two is allowed. 2nd semi. Bulgaria: crazy in a good way. Nice stage show with a cool escalation. The song isn't bad, but the hook is a bit too weird to catch on. Azerbaijan: cute break-up song. Doesn't leave and impression though...

We are back. First semi. Moldova: a bit of a mess. It would be a bigger mess but Moldova is a small country. Where is the J-Pop energy from a guy calling himself Satoshi? Not in Vienna. Sweden: formulaic but of course not bad. Have seen and heard this show many many times. Croatia: folksy and...

Precious taters, eh? (Reception in honor of this quip starts at my place at six)

The room had sound so he wouldn't need it pointing at the screens all the time. Astrophage is a sci-fi element, but it's not treated like magic in the book or the film even if the latter offers less explanation. And it takes a long time for the astrophage to infect stars, so there is time for...

That's clearly addressed in the movie. Rocky builds a light sensor attached to an echolocation-friendly "sand-screen". Overall there is much more science in the book, but the movie doesn't forget that particular detail.

Project Hail Mary Nice movie. Follows the book rather closely, and I've read the book so no surprises there. I enjoyed the stylized image at times, IMAX and all. It didn't leave much of a lasting impression, though I was ill while watching it, which must have stolen some of my focus.

The Pitt Up to ep 9 of season 2. For the most part it's still good entertainment. Lots of characters so it's easy to find a favorite. Mohan, McKay, Robbie, of course, all are solid. Langdon is on his redemption arc. Mel would be having a really interesting day even without the extra drama the...