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  • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.comto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonelain rule
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    9 hours ago

    The “actual” story/plot (message?) only really came together after watching a long YouTube video (actually, I read the transcript / script as a blog post so it wasn’t as long for me to get through it).

    Can you link it? If you still remember what/where it was…


  • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.comto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonelain rule
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    9 hours ago

    it’s something that you’re actually supposed to think about while watching it

    Says who? IMO the strongest aspect of Lain is the vibe (style, sound, art, the whole world). The overall narrative is jarringly structured, a bit chaotic, with sudden introductions and resolutions of subplots, and especially on the first watch it’s futile to try to treat it as some sort of a (solvable) puzzle, or, even worse, a philosophical tractate. Not that it might not be treated that way on a rewatch sometime down the line (though honestly I wouldn’t expect that to be possible even then), but the first time around it has to draw you into the world and into Lain’s mind. Just relax, make yourself comfortable, and let it be an irrational, intimate experience that it’s probably meant to be. (Or, well, don’t, if you’ve already given up.)














  • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.comtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldMany such cases.
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    12 days ago

    I never said editing registry files is “common sense”, but in the grand scheme of things it’s very simple and, yes, quite idiot-proof (go here and here, create file this and that, set value to 1). That may count as pro to some but I’m pretty sure it’s not enough to actually work with Linux (which one of my family members uses so I see it in practice).

    Besides, considering this comment

    Most of those registry keys are not documented, and it’s very hard to be completely sure about what you are touching.

    Maybe it’s precisely the fact that I’m brazenly tinkering with registry files that renders me not-as-pro as some might think.