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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by khazhoux on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:48PM (#24163072)
Morbid thought: Google Street View right now almost certainly has a 360 panorama of the location of your death. An intersection, a highway, a hospital, somewhere. That panorama will someday be filled with sadness for your loved ones. But you don't get to know its coordinates just yet.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by Balgair on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:39PM (#24165194)
2005's Lord of War, staring Nick Cage and Jared Leto, has a great quote similar to this. I'll bungle it, because I can't find the exact line but it goes like:

"Yuri, every single person has a bullet waiting for them; trying to find them. The trick to life, Yuri? Before that bullet finds you, find a way to die."

The opening sequence to that film is also superb film-making. A set-up, a mid point, and a twist ending, all in three minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LUEiKs2UAo&feature=emb_titl...

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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by andrew_ on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:42PM (#24165432)
Such an underrated film. And before the decline of Cage.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by Balgair on Saturday August 15, 2020 @12:55AM (#24166066)
Nick is Schrödinger's actor. He is both terrible and fantastic all at once. His roles are either garbage or masterclass, there seems to be no middle ground.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by tyingq on Saturday August 15, 2020 @07:39PM (#24173415)
Yes, it's confounding that movies like "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Raising Arizona" coexist with a ton of hot garbage he's been involved with.

No judgement for him, a guy has to make a living. I imagine he finds the situation amusing. His 2013 movie "Joe" is really good if you need something new to watch: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2382396/

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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by khazhoux on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:13PM (#24165585)
Tip: Announcing a twist ending ruins it.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by jdub on Saturday August 15, 2020 @03:42AM (#24166844)
It's a twist ending to the first five minutes of the film.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by khazhoux on Saturday August 15, 2020 @11:05PM (#24174599)
Still. I watched the 5-minute clip just expecting "the twist". Then when it happened, it had less impact because I was anticipating something different or "twistier". Had OP not announced the twist, that last shot might have actually surprised me.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by Balgair on Saturday August 15, 2020 @12:52AM (#24166055)
2005
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by KMag on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:13AM (#24166441)
We're living in the 2020 time warp. Entertainment-wise, everything from the beginning of film has been simultaneously smeared and crushed into this one year.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by tyingq on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:15PM (#24163372)
Statistically, it's usually a hospital, nursing home, or your own home. So you may already know the three most likely coordinates, if you're old enough that you aren't moving again.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by wombatpm on Saturday August 15, 2020 @12:27AM (#24165938)
That’s why I avoid hospitals. Guy is perfectly alive, taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by neka on Saturday August 15, 2020 @01:30PM (#24170556)
On the flipside, my father passed away this time last year and his favourite pub the month after. We looked it up on Google Streetview recently and there he was, immortalised stood out front of the pub with a pint in hand.
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Re:Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives by pfarnsworth on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:00PM (#24164666)
That doesn't apply to ML-370 unfortunately
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