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Seen the following?

Very Bad Things (1999)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

the Nice Guys (2016)

Miller's Crossing (1990) — I love this film.

Grosse Pointe Blank (1994)

Happiness (1998)

Hope you've seen the Animatrix, those shorts are worth it. Especially the first 6 of the 9.

Actually, I'm wondering now what you thought of the 2002 Solaris remake. I've not seen the Tarkovsky version, and I'm assuming you have. Of his other films, I've heard of Stalker. Recommend any others specifically?

I've seen it. I enjoyed it very much.

I picked Her for my A.I. entry because it was so much simpler, more understated, and close to our everyday experiences.

I also skipped Primer (2004) because I steered clear of time travel.

2001 is timeless.

Political intrigue, technological advancement, piercing the unknown, all drawn on the backdrop of an innocuous, normal exploration mission.

Until things go awry.

As directly inspired by 2001, I'd count a bunch of modern classics: Children of Men (2006), Sunshine (2007), Passengers (2016), the Expanse (TV series), and more.

What Kubrick did write the story with Arthur C. Clarke, slow the pace to reflect the long-haul nature of the mission — let alone the slow pace of human development — and focus on the sheer scale of progress needed to achieve such exploration. He also ensured that the conflict was truly tangible and high-stakes. Simple and human in its genesis, but devastating in its execution. Then, confronting ET intelligence as truly "other."

Perfect.

Sci Fi top 6 ‐ focusing a bit on the soft sci-fi

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir: Stanley Kubrick

2. Arrival (2016) dir: Denis Villeneuve

3. Her (2013) dir: Spike Jonze

4. BladeRunner (1982) dir: Ridley Scott

5. Children of Men (2006) dir: Alfonso Cuarón

6. GATTACA (1997) dir: Andrew Niccol

Going with MacBooks. Used to be you could upgrade RAM and other components. Now, you have to get a new machine.

Heliocentric model.

Cosmic distance and time. Light speed as a limit.

The geological age of the Earth.

Dinosaurs.

Evolutionary theory.

Continental drift.

The periodic table of the elements.

Quantum theory, including wave-particle duality.

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

Black holes.

Watch, wallet, keys, phone, BT headphones.

MEC sling bag containing: (nicest $1 store) notebook, (Sharpie and/or 0.38 mm Muji) pens. Prescription sunglasses.

Assuming right-hand side of road driving and right-hand (anti-clockwise) directionality of travel.

1. Look left. Clear? Proceed. Not clear? Yield.
2. When safe to do so, enter the roundabout. Locate your exit.
3. Exit the roundabout.

Corollary: never stop in a roundabout. Go around more than once if you have to, but don't stop.

I assume roundabouts in Australia and England and UK colonies that drive on the left, all instructions are direction-opposite.

Assuming left-hand side of road driving and left-hand (clockwise) directionality of travel.

1. Look right. Clear? Proceed. Not clear? Yield.
2. When safe to do so, enter the roundabout. Locate your exit.
3. Exit the roundabout.

Corollary: never stop in a roundabout. Go around more than once if you have to, but don't stop.

The combination of critical thinking and critical evaluation leads, inexorably, to critical theory. This is where critical race theory, critical psychology, critical sociology, and critical pedagogy arise.

In Korean, "Hahaha" sounds more like "kh- kh- kh-", represented by, "ㅋㅋㅋ"