u/bgorion17

I’m new to audiobooks in general. I was in a 99 cents per month for 3 months of standard plan, and today upgraded to $7.49 a month for three month premium plan with the hope to listen to a couple of books I had in mind. Maybe my expectations were ruined by Spotify having so many major titles readily available to listen to (with a 15 hour cap per month before having to buy more hours), but the titles included in premium in Audible is not that great and I couldn’t find any of the major titles I was looking for. I guess the main difference between standard and premium is you get to “own” the book by spending a credit. I was expecting a robust premium streaming selection to go with it without having to spend a credit.

I’m experimenting with Audiobooks to see if I’d like them, and during what activity am I able to focus without losing track. I’ll need to be selective on what I spend my credit on (and still have the books from the standard plan to stream) to figure out if this format of books works for me or not.

I know it works for titles I’ve already read before in a physical or ebook, as I don’t need to pay too much attention to every description/ detail, but I’ve been struggling to focus on the story while driving with the new to me books. I have extensive experience listening to podcasts, but this isn’t quite like that, it’s so easy to miss some detail of the story if the focus drifts a little. I’ll have try a different activity and see if that works better.

Primarily interested in fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction, thriller/ mystery). I’ve heard PHM is great, maybe that’s the first one to try.

After the recent release of Goblet of Fire from a new illustrator, I picked up all four (3 Mina Lima and the first by Karl James Mountford) of the interactive editions. Do we have a timeline for when the final three will be released?

Note: I am not referring to the illustrated editions by Jim Kay and Levi Pinfold.

My wife decided to call off the marriage, and we are trying to navigate in-house separation. It’s a case of finances and health insurance benefits lead us to stay legally married but she wants to move on otherwise. The conversation we’ve had hints at no time frame of how long this separation would last before divorce, for all we know it could be just a year, 2, years, or 5 years etc. Neither of us are able to live separately due to finances.

Is this crazy? Have people in-house separated for years before final divorce? I feel like it would be emotionally harder the longer this goes on, but I’m not sure.

And since this is the second time getting separated, is there no recovery because it’s the second time? First time we worked on it after a brief separation, things improved for a few years. So for right now, all I do is focus on improving myself for me.

Hello,

I'm new to TBB, still on the waiting list, but ordered my first one from the store, Dark Matter, and am happy with it. Are re-prints for their titles pretty normal? If so, when would it be and will The Three-Body Problem trilogy be reprinted?

Also, while I signed up for a subscription invite, once I get the invite is it possible to not accept the invite or am I already signed up by subscribing to get the invite?

I’m very excited for the film and want to see it succeed, but I can’t help but feel the IMAX (and PLF) heavy marketing may end up hurting it? Everyone who has had an early screening also mention the same thing, “Watch it in IMAX”, when there are limited options to do so. I prefer Dolby Cinema over IMAX, so that’ll be my preferred screen, but for the film to make big box office numbers, they need standard screens to sell. If everything people hear is it only worth it in IMAX, it may hurt it. I hope people go and see it in any format possible that they have access to.

I am on a quest to try and figure out if reading is a thing I’d enjoy. On top of that, I also want to figure out what genre I might like. So, I’m looking for STANDALONE book in the following genres. I’ve found plenty of “series” in all of these, but would prefer to start off without a large commitment.

Mystery/ Thriller

Science Fiction (currently considering Rendezvous with Rama)

Historical Fiction

Fantasy (currently considering Piranesi)

Classics (currently considering The Odyssey)

Young Adult

Contemporary

Dystopian (I know many here can overlap with science fiction)

Found this video interesting. There has never been one way to tell this story throughout history. Among other things, I also leaned that while the original text is from 800 BCE, the events depicted in the story are from 1100-1200 BCE. So the story we have written down by Homer and endlessly translated is already 300-400 years after it has already been told through oral history and morphed and changed. From what I understand, most historians and experts are just looking for the essence of the story to be preserved, but artistic liberties are not an issue. I’m very interested in Christopher Nolan’s take on this story.

Just wanted to share my excitement for this film. Despite all the drama out there about minor characters in The Odyssey that will barely have 5-10 mins of screen time, it does not change the fact that this will be a film to experience in the big screen from a visionary directory with a great track record. I am eagerly awaiting for tickets to go on sale to book them, hopefully it will open soon.

If you are equally as pumped for this, share your excitement in the comments.

Very interesting video. I learned something more about the text myself (about Achilles) that I didn’t know prior to this. His take is a bit different. Worth a watch, check it out.

Still very excited for this film! Less than two months to go!

I guess it’s the cool this to do now and jump on the hate bandwagon. Video titles are clickbait and ragebait, pre-judging a film as bad, horrible, worst ever and it’s not even out yet. Sure, most films have some videos like this, but the sheer volume of videos for The Odyssey is staggering.

Filmmakers get to make what they want to make with their artistic vision. They are not trying to make your vision of what it should look like or be. You are welcome to see it or not, and like it or not. At a bare minimum, drawing broad conclusions of the entire film should be reserved for after watching the film, not from a 2 min trailer.

There are probably way more people still excited to see this than not. The internet tends to amplify negativity.

I for one remain excited and trying to find ways to tune out the stupid culture wars.

I have not watched any of the prologues in the past either, and do not know if it's part of the actual film or to be consumed as a separate accompanying piece. I've heard it is the Trojan Horse siege sequence, and I'd love to see it in the film. Have a heard a lot of good things about it. And historically, have they released the prologues on YouTube prior to the film's release?

Edit - *accompanying. Cannot edit the subject line.

Re-discovered the podcast after a hiatus from cinema due to another hobby the last few years. It is my understanding that this community has a complicated relationship with Nolan. Now on to The Odyssey.

I for one by default assumed this version of The Odyssey would be a dark, gritty, and a more don to earth realistic take on it. That was my default expectation from when Nolan announced this. The trailer looks fine, in line with my expectations, but clearly there is a massive mis-match of expectations on the internet (a vocal minority perhaps? I don't know). I didn't expect a vibrant color palette to begin with.

I find the discussion about the "American accent" a bit silly, like as if a British accent is somehow more correct for this film. As an audience we have been conditioned to feel that British accents are the “correct” accent in fantasy, mythology, medieval, and ancient stories from past Hollywood films and TV shows.

I do not know the story of The Odyssey in detail, but the more I looked into it, it is abundantly clear that it is a fictional story (except a few details, like a war actually happened). So this is not a "historical" film, it is a fictional one filled with mythology.

Now the elephant in the room, the use of "dad." Just a brief google search revealed that the ancient greeks had multiple words for paternity, a lot of which sound closer to dad and daddy than anything else. Again, just as previously stated, we are conditioned to hear "father" as somehow the correct word to be used due to other fantasy, mythology, medieval, and ancient stories from past Hollywood films and TV shows. Father is just more formal, nothing more. Also, all the upheaval on a couple of words in a 2 minute trailer for what will be close to a 3 hour film?

I hope the film is good, but so far it is in line with what I expected. Either way, I am glad the trailer is re-setting expectations for many.

I for one by default assumed this version of The Odyssey would be a dark, gritty, and a more realistic take on it. That was my default expectation from when Nolan announced this. The trailer looks fine, in line with my expectations, but clearly there is a massive mis-match of expectations on the internet (a vocal minority perhaps? I don't know). I didn't expect a vibrant color palette.

Let's get one thing out of the way, I find the discussion about the "American accent" a bit silly, like as if a British accent is somehow more correct for this film. As an audience we have been conditioned to feel that British accents are the correct accent in fantasy, mythology, medieval, and ancient stories from past Hollywood films and TV shows.

I do not know the story of The Odyssey in detail, but the more I looked into it, it is vastly clear that is is fictional (except that a way happened and a few other details). So this is not a "historical" film, it is a fictional one filled with mythology.

Now the elephant in the room, the use of "dad." Just a brief google search revealed that the ancient greeks had multiple words for paternity, a lot of which sound closer like dad and daddy. Again, just as previously stated, we are conditioned to hear "father" as somehow the correct word to be used due to other fantasy, mythology, medieval, and ancient stories from past Hollywood films and TV shows. Father is just more formal, nothing more. Also, all the upheaval on a couple of words in a 2 minute trailer for what will be close to a 3 hour film?

I hope the film is good, but so far it is in line with what I expected. Either way, I am glad the trailer is re-setting expectations for many.