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So I was assigned Lesson 1 & 2 of AC 3 CML. 4 chapters of reading... Equates to 3 different CMLs... First one was 80 slides, second was 69 slides... loaded with review questions and circuit diagram questions... Second One sort of the same thing. Then a quiz with 40 questions.. Then a 6 part module on Inductance and Capacitance with 111 slides. I've read over 100 pages... Then did the slides practice questions and quizzes and I'm halfway through Lesson 2: Inductors, Inductance, XL, L, and RL which is 111 slides with a quiz... This was an assignment for 1 week.... Um I literally have abandoned all free time and I'm staying up until 10-12 trying to get as much done each night... I feel like I can't even take a break. I'm exhausted... I'm trying to get through it and I'm just wondering how much more of year 2 is like this? I didn't even get a week break before going into year 2...

I went and saw The Odyssey today at the 11:30 am show at the Bullock Theater and I know Christopher Nolan gets a lot of flack for the initial audio mixes of his movies, but man…it sounded bad… like there was damage to the speakers..the audio sounded somewhat muffled and I was curious if anyone else picked up on this or maybe my ears are just going bad? Any audiophiles have an idea of what’s going on?

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of "steamy" TV shows become way less sexual in later seasons?

It feels like the first season is often packed with sex scenes and nudity, but as the show goes on that stuff either becomes much rarer or disappears almost entirely.

Why do you think that is? Do audiences stop caring? Do actors get tired of doing those scenes? Do writers just shift focus to the story once they've hooked viewers?

Examples:

Game of Thrones Seasons 1-5 vs. 6-8

Euphoria Seasons 1 and 2 vs Season 3 - despite literally half the plot being about sex work

Outlander

Feel free to add more or argue why it's justified, not important, or if you believe that I'm flat out wrong.

I just watched Don't Look Now and it got me thinking about how much more common sex and nudity used to be in mainstream movies.

Compared to the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even the early-to-mid 2000s, it wasn't unusual to see full-frontal male nudity and, even more often, female nudity in theatrically released films. Now it feels pretty rare across the board, but especially in mainstream movies.

Why do you think that is?

Have audience tastes changed? Is it a ratings issue? Are studios avoiding it because of the global box office? Has adult-oriented storytelling largely moved to television and streaming? Are things like no-nudity clauses and intimacy coordinators making studios and filmmakers less interested in dealing with the hassle?

I'm not really asking whether that's good or bad—just curious why such a noticeable shift seems to have happened.

Edit: To clarify, I’m not just talking about sex scenes or sexualized nudity. It feels like nudity in general—sexual or non-sexual—has become a lot less common in mainstream movies. Older films seemed much more willing to show the human body in all kinds of contexts, whether for realism, vulnerability, discomfort, comedy, or simply because the story called for it, not just for erotic purposes.

TLDR: What’s a video game adaptation (movie, book, or comic) that flopped, or one that worked but deserves a do-over or sequel?

I feel like when the discussion of video game adaptations are concerned, the focus is almost exclusively on movie/tv adaptations of games and not so much the other way around. I’m curious, what video game adaptation that just didn’t work or one that did work, but you’d like to see get get a different approach or a sequel, much like how sometimes there are multiple great film adaptations of popular stories or books.

Adaptations can be movies, tv shows books, comics, etc. But I would ask that you stick to something with a story and not just a bad game that isn’t based on anything.

What would the gameplay be like? How would you like to see a new approach given.

My personal choice would be E.T.

Adapt the full movie in gameplay form. Have the first level be you alone in the dark trying to make it back to the mothership while men with flashlights chase after you.

Shift to playing as Elliot going outside to get the pizza. Maybe he doesn’t destroy the pizza.

Then have several scenes where you are trying to avoid mom discovering you in the house.

You would then have gameplay trying to keep ET acting normal during trick or treating.

You’d be able to heal your own wounds, Elliot’s, Michael’s, and Gertie.

The games final level you have to control Elliot on the bike while meeting up with Michael’s friends.

I think if you did a hybrid of The Last of Us and Telltale games it could be really cool as an interactive movie adaptation.