Something that non-cinephiles don’t know about movies and TV: In most films and shows, especially if they have any actors with recognizable names in them, if the actor’s face is not actually in the shot there is a very good chance the actor “in” the scene was not on set when it was filmed.

The reason is that “named” actors are very expensive, and the more you can avoid having them work the less costly the production — and often, the less hassle.

So if you see the “actor’s” hand? Likely not them. The back of their head? Likely not them. Hear them talking but don’t actually see them? Probably dubbed in later.

If you don’t actually see an up-close shot of the actor’s face in a scene, there is a really good chance they were not present at all when the scene was filmed.

Something else that Windows 10 has disabled is pasting passwords into modal password dialog boxes.

This makes security worse. I just changed three of my passwords to be less secure since I can no longer paste them. I was forced to reduce their complexity greatly because previously they were all 16 characters or greater and used a full character set. Thus, they were nearly impossible to type.

Since Microsoft has implemented this “security feature” in Windows 10, I changed them to seven characters with nothing except alphanumeric components so I can type them in less than 10 minutes.

Much more secure, obviously.

Fucking idiots.

Unpopular Opinion – The Witch is the Best Horror Film of the Past 10 Years.

Not unpopular with me, because The Witch is incredible and marvelous and lovely in its own way.

Non-horror fans should definitely watch this movie, even if you think you won’t like it. It’s not all that scary, but it’s extremely unnerving.

Why, though, should non-horror fans watch it? Because it is utterly committed to existing in its chosen time period of the 17th century Puritan colonial North America. After you watch this film, you’ll realize how terrible most “historical” dramas are, and how lacking in nuance or commitment to their era or the way people approached problems cognitively in a completely different cultural context.

I re-watch very, very few films, but I will definitely view The Witch again one day soon.

Watch this movie. It’s just fantastic. After I did, all movies I attempted after seemed limp and pallid. God, what a great film.