klu9

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I noticed this post on Mastodon, wanted to open it in the threadiverse, which nowadays I usually do through Piefed.social.

  • Copied link
  • In Piefed, Search > Retrieve remote post
  • "Post not found". Me: what? Did the author or mod delete it already???
  • Clicked on the link to try, it opened on the native instance (lemmy.world) just fine! Neither author nor mod has deleted it. I read the article.
  • After, I investigate a bit more. On Piefed.social, I am subscribed to !fediverse@lemmy.world , I can open that /c & can see posts there. But not this post. It's missing.
  • Come to my Lemmy instance (lemmy.ca) with Alex front-end, confirm I can see the post from here. Twice even.

So why can't I see it on Piefed.social??? Can I not rely on Piefed.social? Censorship, or just an innocent federation issue?

There are quite a few. I've been putting together a list of Fediverse watch parties here, which can be sorted by time:

And there is the Watch Party Calendar:

Re UK time, on Saturdays at 16.00 GMT there's #KungFuSat with martial arts films, & at least one regular attendee is in the UK. (When do the clocks spring forward in the UK? In the US, they did last Sunday. Most go by US time changes.)

Here's a collection for #KungFuSat on NeoDB (fediverse alternative to Letterboxd, Goodreads, Ratemy Music etc)

The film tomorrow is Jackie Chan classic Half a Loaf of Kung Fu.

#KungFuSat, like the large majority of fediverse watch parties, is a "BYOM" (bring your own media) watch party

  • get a Mastodon account
  • access the film whichever way you can, e.g. DVD, mp4, Youtube https://youtu.be/GZxVsClrvQI
  • at the appointed time, host posts "Start film now" on Mastodon
  • comment about the film, using the watch party hashtag

More info

on Doctor Mordrid (1992) · c/bmoviebonanza · 5 pts · 292d

Just watched & enjoyed it. Definitely better than much of Full Moon's later Romanian output.

Stop-motion dino skeleton chomp!

Mordrid in his Cuban Pete outfit. Boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom!

Kabal will devastate the mortal world with the power of mullet!

Even Little Mullet Boy is awed by Kabal's mullet

on Eliminators (1986) · c/bmoviebonanza · 2 pts · 343d

Just watched it.

The plot, the acting, the effects, the pacing... none of them were anywhere near as bad as I was expecting. They were often downright good. Is this movie... kind of great???

Thanks so much for the recommendation!

As @perishthethought@piefed.social said

  • prepare to watch the movie itself whatever way you can/want (your own physical media, locally stored file, whichever streaming service offers it in your area)
  • everyone starts the movie when the 'host' posts "press play now" on Mastodon
  • participants proceed to post about it on Mastodon, including in their posts the hashtag #MondayActionMovie (and sometimes also a hashtag with the name of the movie)

For #MondayActionMovie, the rotating 'host' of the party (the person who chooses the movie) often includes a streaming link in their Mastodon announcement or in the event details in the watch party calendar (go down to the calendar, scroll calendar to the relevant date, then find and click on the event name; a popup will show more info on the event. E.g. a copy of the movie on YouTube https://youtu.be/xxeDmjgSS1I )