They did the thing

oh, that winter tale, that's what cinema was invented for

hell yeah, Eternal 2016

around early Obama years I feel overwhelmed with nostalgia produced not just by simple passage of time but rapid enshittification of every place that was a staple of being online even decade ago. To be brief, this sucks.

The other day I was looking for Czechoslovakian animated short based on a tale from Decameron I show to my students whenever I talk about Boccaccio but the YT account with it of course got shut and I feel like lately this happens more and more often. Now when I stumble upon any vid that was posted

All this embarassing wagon circling for a Nazi tattoo guy who upon entering senate will immediately turn into Fetterman 2.0.

It's a prequel that ends with him leaving to study at the university. It somehow has 3 and a half hours running time and costs as much as ten intercontinental missiles. It'd get three Golden Globes nominations and nothing else.