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Steven Hayes26 said:Formatting a partition shouldn't cause any headaches at all, even if there are multiple ones on the drive. If you get stuck, just shoot me a DM and I'll help you out.

Awesome, thanks so much!
I'm gonna tackle this tonight, and if things go sideways—I'll let you know.

Drew Ramos77 said:First things first—what kind of computer are you even using to try and wipe or mess with this iOS partition? Are we talking about a Mac, or are you on Windows or Linux?

I'm using a Mac, just trying to work through it with Disk Utility.

Edit: Just to clarify, there's no OS on this external drive. One partition is just a standard data drive, but the other one—the one giving me all this grief—is what I've been using for Time Machine.

Hey everyone, hope I'm not double-posting here (please point me in the right direction if there's already a thread for this).

So, I've got this 2TB external drive where I set up two partitions. One is just for my archives, and the other was being used for Time Machine on my Mac (and honestly, let's not even get into my choice of OS or hardware, thanks 😁).

The partition running Time Machine basically gave up the ghost almost immediately. It’s still readable, sure, but I can't delete anything, change things, or actually use it for anything useful anymore.

I'm definitely not some tech wizard, so here's my question: Is it safe to just format that one problematic partition and start fresh, or am I going to risk nuking my archive partition too?

It's a WD Elements drive.

Thanks a bunch!

quietdriver3 said:I'm really glad you enjoyed it 👍 I mean, I’m pretty happy with how everything went down yesterday too.

Anyway, since I actually helped put together Variety Issue 3—I wrote one article and a review, I guess—if anyone happens to have questions, or maybe some suggestions, or even just critiques of the critiques or whatever, feel free to drop them here. I'll try my best to give you the inside scoop 😉

At this point, it’s becoming a chronic habit for the movie subforum moderators—just constant self-promotion via stickied posts. 😁
Honestly, I skimmed through the first issue when it dropped, but I didn't even bother downloading the second one. Why? Because the interviews were incredibly dull (like, 70% of the magazine was just people talking about themselves) and then there was that childishness from certain H. Domazet writers. After reading her stuff, it became pretty clear that Variety doesn't even pretend to be serious or relevant. It feels like they're targeting teenagers or something. What a shame! I was actually excited for this—after years of nothing interesting happening (not that things were much better before), I thought we finally had a specialized magazine to look forward to.
But hey, since you actually contributed to the third issue, I guess I'll give them one more shot. I'll come back once I have some actual facts and solid arguments for my critique. 🙂

ps. The layout is totally lifeless, and the pages all look exactly the same. Seriously, someone tell the designers to inject a little creativity and life into their work.

One of my absolute favorites—just look at the themes, the aesthetic, the whole vibe 🙂
Why does she fall for her 'captor'? It’s basically Stockholm Syndrome. You know, that psychological thing where someone gets emotionally attached to their oppressor? Like a kidnapper, or in this case, an SS officer played by Dirk Bogarde. But hey, that’s just one layer of the story.

I honestly feel like if a movie is tackling any kind of mental illness, you need a little bit of shock value to make it land. It’s necessary! It would be super interesting to look at how directors have evolved the way they shock an audience over time, especially with recent films about psychological struggles—think about something like Antichrist, versus the much more pop-campy vibe of Black Swan.

The real beauty such a film lies in is that total freedom to explore these dark states. When you have a brilliant director working in that space, you get a masterpiece. Take The Night Porter, for example, and that legendary scene where Rampling sings "If I Could Wish For Something" to those SS officers 🙂

Ashley Kern said:I'm with you on that. From what I recall, the ending feels so unique, almost special 🙂

I was actually just thinking about making a post about my favorite settings when this thread popped up! I caught it on NBC yesterday and ended up Rewatching it on DVD immediately 😁 It would be so cool to know what kind of directing notes Nicholson got for that scene where she gets into the car and just completely loses it 😁 Seriously, one of the most iconic movie moments ever 🙂