Thomas Arthur

I am tea that has been sat in a mug for two hours. Also, passionate about writing, digital marketing, and anything in between.

[Thomas Arthur @thomasarthur01]

I don’t know what I’m doing, but I know it’ll be funny

[stupid @ViagraPussy]

am I insane, why is everyone I see acting like $25k for a barebones electric truck with 200m of range, no radio, hand crank windows, etc is cheap or affordable. I got my 2018 Tacoma TRD Off Road for $16k with 80k miles, is everyone on drugs???

[Noah Kahan @NoahKahan]

Who?

[Axel🦇 @AxelTalksFilm]

i truly understand why a specific demographic hates these movies

one is about an illegal alien ruining the plans of a billionaire to colonize and wipe out another country

and the other is about a woman bringing down a child trafficking ring & sliming out pedo's

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

All four of JFK’s grandparents were the children of immigrants and he himself faced massive anti-Catholic bigotry when he ran for office.

Don’t let these these bigots of today gaslight you.

[Joe @electionsjoe]

I... Wow... Hunter Biden with a really good analysis of what happened last night.

[Noah Kahan @NoahKahan]

1 billion on great divide you guys are very disturbed

[Grinch @Uncatfishable]

Trump is so obviously racist, but he’s done so much wrong and evil that we just gloss over the fact that he doesn’t call Barack “President Obama”. He intentionally says Hussein as a dog whistle to all his racist followers.

This guy has done so much damage to this country and to the office of presidency. Truly a historic embarrassment.

[Negan @Roger_Negan]

This

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

>Give $14M no-bid contract to your friend to paint the pool blue
>Pool turns green anyway because algae grows in warm stagnant water
>Pour hydrogen peroxide into the pool to kill the algae
>The hydrogen peroxide peels off the blue paint

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I remember when there was a multi-day news cycle+outrage when Joe Biden mixed up the presidents of Mexico & Egypt.

But Trump can say dumb shit like this & it won’t even make a single headline today, let alone tomorrow. No discussions about his mental health (ignorance?) either.

[Chris 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @leboyneski]

"Aussie boys are on a bender. Donald Trump is a sex offender" generational chant btw. Always have said they're some of the best in international football 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇦🇺

[Noah Kahan @NoahKahan]

I’ll do anything for my fans I don’t feel disrespected I feel honored that you guys have such intense connections to certain songs. Don’t worry yall

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Hi, Donald. Midcoast Mainer here.

You did not, in fact, “have to go to Japan” to get a Maine lobster before you. We sold millions. Our lobster fishery is one of the most valuable in the U.S.

It’s a big reason why people come here, in case you didn’t know!

If anything is hurting our lobstermen, it’s inflation (which you apparently “love”).

Also, exactly *zero* Maine fishermen run their boats at three knots. More like 30 knots—and some go even faster. You should check out a lobster boat race sometime!

I think it might be time for one of your famous Oval Office naps, because you have ZERO idea what you’re talking about.

[Jake T. O'Donnell @jaketodonnell]

I have not used this forum to talk politics in a long time. If I lose followers for this, I don’t care.

I’ve been to Omaha Beach. To Point du Hoc. To the Normandy American Cemetery.

Our Defense Secretary using this occasion to score cheap political points is despicable.

[Song I Sung of the Mun, Mike @ThBoneOfMySword]

You know what, I'm glad Manny said this because it explains so much why the offense, and him in particular, sucks. Souza csm from yhe Rays and dodgers, he ran a Driveline-esqu company. He's giving them analytics but this team is too stupid to understand it.

[Polly Sigh @dcpoll]

I’m constantly amazed at how Republicans keep pretending that this isn’t the dumbest motherfucker who ever lived.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

It should break every Christian’s heart that our faith was used as a political tool to bring our country to where it is today.

[Adam Hlaváč @adamhlavac]

Keep seeing people post that IMAX 70mm is just 4:3 TV or that the extra top and bottom of the frame doesn't add anything. You just have a misunderstanding of IMAX photography.

To accomodate other formats, Chris Nolan and Hoyte Van Hoytema use ground glass (Pic 1) etched with guides to appropriately frame every shot. This ensures Nolan can mostly center punch for every deliverable.

That's also why IMAX tends to be center-framed (Pic 2). The filmmakers want you looking dead center at what's happening while the rest of the image melts away into your peripheral vision. The idea is that when you're watching IMAX 70mm on a massive 60-100' screen, all you see is the movie. No masking, no screen frame, nothing. It's meant to fully immerse the viewer.

The size of the film negative and use of wide open lenses supports this in intimate moments because of the shallow depth of field. The image is tack sharp exactly where your eyes should be.

For wider shots and action sequences, there will usually be an important object(s) close to center frame that helps guide your eyes to surrounding parts you need to focus on (Pic 3). This is also why Nolan's movies translate well to widescreen formats like 70mm, 35mm, and other 2.39:1 screens.

He's not thinking about the height or width of the image independently, but as one giant canvas.

There's negative space above peoples heads because if you pushed their heads to the top of the frame and the next shot had an important action in the lower third, you'd spend the majority of the movie pivoting your head up and down and across the massive screen (Pic 4). Exhausting.

This is also why Nolan and other filmmakers crop from 1.43 to 1.78 for Blu-ray. The idea with the IMAX sequences is that they expand and use every inch of screen real estate. Pillarboxing 1.43 footage when intercut with 2.39 scenes makes the IMAX images appear smaller since they don't take up the full width of your screen. Footage should expand vertically, just like in theaters.

I get that tons of people watch stuff on their phones and laptops these days, but you have to understand the original intention - the theatrical experience - and not you sitting at home watching the movie on your 15" Macbook, 6" phone screen, or TV that's probably 5 ft too far from your couch.

Apologies for the long rant. 🤘🎞️