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* Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary , based on Andy Weir's novel, has started filming. * Co-director Christopher Miller shared a behind-the-scenes photo of production beginning. * The movie, set for release in 2026, involves an amnesiac astronaut trying to save humanity. Ryan Gosling's upcoming sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary has begun filming, with co-director Christopher Miller posting a behind-the-scenes image of production starting. Based on a novel by Andy Weir (The Martian), the movie stars Gosling as Ryland Grace, an amnesiac astronaut in the deep reaches of space trying to find a way to save humanity from an approaching disaster. Project Hail Mary's story is being tackled by Miller and Phil Lord, best known for their work directing The Lego Movie and writing Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Now, Miller has confirmed Project Hail Mary has begun filming, posting a behind-the-scenes photo of a clapboard to show it has begun.
The Paramount+ show may have been bogged down by illogical plot twists and confusing storylines in recent seasons, but it also paved the way for creative approaches and new Star Trek shows.
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Kathleen Kennedy is aware that women in the "Star Wars" universe often get attacked because the fandom is mostly dominated by men.
* The Soylent Corporation * The Tyrell Corporation * Blue Sun * E Corp * Buy n Large Corporation * Omni Consumer Products * Cyberdyne Systems * Biosyn * Umbrella Corporations * Weyland-Yutani Corporation
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The ones who were there 47 years ago remember it clearly: Han shot first. But in nearly every version of 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope that you can find today, Harrison Ford’s charming smuggler was a little slow to the trigger in his face-off against Greedo — one of the many changes that director George Lucas made to the three original Star Wars movies in their home video releases over the past four decades. Lucas has been criticized for his tendency to fiddle with his original Star Wars trilogy in these re-releases; adding scenes, changing pivotal moments, and punching up the practical effects with new digital innovations. The new versions have become so controversial that fans have launched whole projects to restore the original theatrical versions. But if Lucas had his way, no one would see those versions again.
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Discover the timeless allure of dystopian fiction with our curated list of the best dystopian books. Immerse yourself in the top dark, thought-provoking tales.
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Lucas reflected on his life in work in a wide-ranging chat in Cannes, where he received and honorary Palm d'Or.
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If, like me, you also played the demo, you'll be pleased to know that Synergy's early access adds many more buildings, vegetation, exploration, and decorations. I was surprised to see just how big the research trees had become, with eight branches and around 60 different aspects to research, including new buildings, ways to irrigate and grow plants, and, of course, benches and lights to make your city look pretty. But more stuff doesn't mean everything's easier now. If anything, the increased amount of buildings and research makes looking after your citizens even more tricky, as you have to spin multiple plates at once to ensure everything works like clockwork. Starting off with a simple storage hut with some basic necessities like food, water, and building materials, the few refugees that are under your care are exhausted from fleeing from their collapsed civilization and are starting to bake under the desert sun. After setting up camp next to a pool of dirty water, you need to act quickly to extract and clean it as well as make some shelter for your population so they don't all die of heat stroke.
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The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser was a groundbreaking experience, unmatched in its immersive storytelling and technology. Misunderstanding led to the perception of the Starcruiser as just a hotel, while it offered a unique, interactive 48-hour movie-like adventure. Despite its closure, the legacy of the Starcruiser lives on through the community it created, impacting lives in a profound way.
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1982 was a blockbuster year for SF movies, but there's never been a movie quite like Tron—let's discuss!
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Just how long will we have to wait to meet the San-Ti? '3 Body Problem' is jumping to the future in Season 2 and maybe Season 3. But how long will that take in real life?
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Simple, audacious, exhilarating, with excellent lead performances. Steven Moffat, and Doctor Who, are back. SPOILERS
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Scientists have taken a significant step towards turning the sci-fi concept of "warp drives" into a feasible reality.
The Fantasy Review’s list of 7 Classic Science Fiction Books More People Need to Read, including some underrated sci-fi books...
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Francis Ford Coppola believes that "Megalopolis" detractors have conspired against him because the film "doesn't play by Hollywood's current rules."
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Years after George Costanza and Jerry Seinfeld sat at Monk's debating what Tony Stark wore underneath his armor, Marvel finally revealed the answer: boxers with Iron Man's face on them. Tony Stark's embarrassing moment in Unbeatable Squirrel Girl [#48](https://kbin.social/tag/48) settled Jerry and George's Seinfeld debate – with Jerry ultimately being proven right. Unbeatable Squirrel Girl [#48](https://kbin.social/tag/48) provided a satisfyingly hilarious answer to the long-debated question raised by the classic '90s sitcom, within the context of the humor that was characteristic of the comic during its run.
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George Lucas Won’t be Happy How Star Wars Fan Group is Illegally Saving the Original Trilogy
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The finders of the first model of the USS Enterprise have filed a lawsuit after working with Heritage Auctions to sell it to Rod Roddenberry.
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The company said it’s golden upvote system “missed the mark.” (Bwaahahahaha)
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By Ersatz Culture: (Note: All the following text extracts are machine translations from Chinese, using a mixture of Google and DeepL tools. Some minor manual edits have been made, but there a…
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The resignations and disciplinary actions come after it was revealed that certain authors and books—including R.F. Kuang's hit novel Babel—had been inexplicably deemed not eligible for the Hugo at Worldcon 2023 in Chengdu, China.
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Another mind-bending teaser trailer for Megalopolis.
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In the 1970s, science fiction writer JG Ballard was intrigued by the growing capabilities of computers – so used one to compose poems. They were a first step on the road to ChatGPT.
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The sci-fi series Farscape set out to be the anti-Star Trek, and it succeeded.
[Futurology – Dystopia of Utopia](https://inkican.com/futurology-dystopia-of-utopia-scifi/) New important futurology topic – the dystopia of utopia – a common scifi trope. We should remain aware of is the flawed logic and failure of utopia, especially in the context of Futurology. A utopia would be ‘an ideal commonwealth whose inhabitants exist under seemingly perfect conditions. Hence utopian and utopianism are words used to denote visionary reform that tends to be impossibly idealistic.’ Why is utopia impossible for humanity? Who wouldn’t want to live that way? Let’s take a few moments to talk about why utopia doesn’t work, and consider some historic examples of aborted utopias. First and foremost – utopias don’t work for people and here’s why: my idea of ‘perfect’ is different from yours. Billy Fleming makes an important point about utopia in this article. ‘Margaret Atwood reminds us in The Handmaid’s Tale, an ideal society is never ideal for everyone. The difference between utopia and dystopia is often little more than one’s vantage point.’ Humanity’s innate diversity means we’re constantly at odds with each other when it comes to what we want out of life, what makes us tick. The only way to solve that ‘problem’ is for everyone to live, think, and see things the same way. Know what you get when you do that? ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers.’ I’ll have more to say about that later. Another problem – balancing priorities, resources, and power. Power is corrosive and corrupting to humanity. We’d constantly be fighting the influence of bad actors tipping the balance of power in their favor. Those bad actors might be coming from inside or outside the community, forcing you to treat citizens and neighbors as both assets and liabilities. If you ever figure out how to do that correctly, let me know. How do I know that utopia won’t work? History. We’ve tried this before! New Harmony, Indiana thrived for a while on principles of equal rights and equality of duties only to fall apart due to competing ideologies, quarrels, and ‘ nature’s own inherent law of diversity.’ The Oneida Community pursued the idea of ‘individual spiritual perfection within a harmonious society‘ but declined over practices like ‘complex marriage’ and ‘community criticism’ sessions. (Fun fact – the Oneida community founded the company that makes your favorite forks and knives – they’re still in business today!) There are other examples, too. The Amana Colonies were founded by Inspirationists, and based their society on shared religious principles for over seventy years, only to fall victim to external economic pressure. Even the former Soviet Union, on paper, was an attempt to create a society based on Marxist-Leninst principles of socialism. We all know how that ended. Could utopia work under the right circumstances? Sure, maybe. AI-based governance could be a way for us to cede authority to an objective resource but even modern AIs have a serious problem – they’re learning from humans. When it comes to computers, it’s ‘garbage in – garbage out’ – and we’re the garbage. Could we fix that? Will advancements in quantum technology allow us to simulate future outcomes before assimilation into our universe? Again, maybe – but that brings up a new potential danger: Quantum annihilation. We’d be constructing and destroying other universes as a science experiment. What consequences would we face, if other citizens of the multiverse started coming back through the doors we’re opening? I talk about that in The Conquered. What are other possibilities? Virtual reality? Best case scenario – Ready Player One. Worst case scenario – Mark Zuckerberg. Either way, the odds are good but the goods are odd. No bueno. So yeah – utopia – it’s a third rail for humanity. If you take nothing else from this, remember: there’s a ‘dystopia’ that comes with ‘utopia.’ Scifi loves to pontificate about ‘here’s how utopia could work,’ but the reality is utopia is also dystopia, depending on who you talk to. Write on, and have a great weekend! 🙂 [\#scifi](https://kbin.social/tag/scifi)
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Science fiction movies often encourage audiences to dream up technologies beyond their wildest dreams, making them seem realistic enough to be plausible, only to be bitterly disappointed by the limitations of real-world science. The most ambitious science fiction movies have presented a wide variety of settings, from the spacefaring fantasy worlds of Star Wars to the grounded realism of films like Arrival. As a result, the cutting-edge inventions presented by these films run the gamut of plausibility, with many being closer to magic than science. The laws of physics are a definitive roadblock in the path of developing many of the most famous science fiction devices in the real world. Try though they might to explain away reality-defying objects with undiscovered materials, rare elements, or fictional applications of real-world physics, some of the most exciting ideas from the genre are doomed to never make it past the ideation stage, operating on assumptions about the natural world that simply can't be replicated in reality. No matter the technology level humans are able to one day achieve, some sci-fi gadgets will sadly manifest in the real world.
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It looks to be a case of legendary sci-fi movie star meets legendary sci-fi film franchise...
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Actor Ahmed Best wants a better canon ending for The Phantom Menace's Jar Jar Binks. For now, there's Darth Jar Jar in the next LEGO Star Wars animated special.
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Major movie film crews are again descending on London as a sci-fi horror comedy featuring a stellar Canadian cast is being filmed here
Shout-out to the professional SF community - LMK if you'd like to be hosted for an AMA here on /m/scifi - DM me with any questions, feedback [\#scifi](https://kbin.social/tag/scifi)
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Charlize Theron made Furiosa a great character. So why is she missing from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga? Director George Miller explains the reason.
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Without Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the home video market may have never experienced that '80s boom that changed movies forever.
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Must watch classic SciFi movies?
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Ooh, I have a list:
- Looker - directed by Michael "Jurassic Park" Chricton. The first ever film to create 3D shading with a computer that produced the first ever CGI human character was the model Cindy (Susan Dey).
- Westworld (1973) - also written by Michael Chricton
- Mac and Me - It's a movie that's SO UNBELIEVEABLY BAD IT MUST BE SEEN TO UNDERSTAND HOW BAD IT IS. After you watch it, you'll understand why Paul Rudd tortured Conan O'Brien with this famous clip.
- The Last Starfighter - another cheeseball 80s knock off of Star Wars. Also pioneered the use of CGI
- Enemy Mine - Dennis Quaid bonds with an alien enemy and eventually helps him bear children. Directed by Wolfgang 'Neverending Story' Petersen. You have been warned.
- The Quiet Earth - A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
- The Stuff - A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world. Co-stars Paul "Goodfellas" Sorvino
- Miracle Mile - What would you do if you accidentally found out that the world was ending in a little over an hour? Features Anthony "ER" Edwards
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The intuitive and emotional Deanna Troi and the logical Spock couldn't be more different, on paper, but that's not really the situation.
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After Thor, Chris Hemsworth says he relished throwing the superhero 'rules' out the window to play the villain in 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.' As for capes, "Hate 'em," he says. "So impractical."
The animation, which simulates the view of someone falling into a black hole, demonstrates how the bizarre objects warp light and space as you approach them.
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Let's all go to the movies.
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"First Look" Clip from Megalopolis.
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The Movies That Confronted the Scariest Challenges of Space Travel
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
It was much better than the critics at the time would admit.
Forget the critics, Asa Butterfield did what he could but they didn't fully explore the crushing loneliness that Ender felt as a third and ignored the emotional weight that he carried as a result of the Xenocide.
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The Movies That Confronted the Scariest Challenges of Space Travel
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
The movie torched the emotional arcs and beats of the book so badly, I don't see it happening now.
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Wil Wheaton Blames One Scene For Everyone Hating Wesley Crusher
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Don't tell my friend to shut up!
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Wil Wheaton Blames One Scene For Everyone Hating Wesley Crusher
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Thank you - Wesley needed to hear that.
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What's your Sci-Fi unpopular opinion? Part II
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
I think you're thinking of Atlas Shrugged - Neuromancer is literary acid-house and is quite literally one of the best novels ever written. You have to read it about 4 times before you actually get it.
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What's your Sci-Fi unpopular opinion? Part II
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Yup, agreed - that's what I'm doing in my novels ...
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Incredible Mark Hamill Cult Classic Lands On 4K Blu-Ray This Summer
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Rule 3: Mutual Learning and Collaboration
The federated internet community should serve as a platform for mutual learning and collaboration among its members. Encourage individuals to share their knowledge, insights, and experiences related to science fiction. Foster a culture of curiosity and intellectual growth, where members can engage in constructive dialogues and learn from each other. By embracing diverse perspectives and promoting collaboration, the community can become a vibrant hub for science fiction enthusiasts to expand their understanding of the genre.
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Incredible Mark Hamill Cult Classic Lands On 4K Blu-Ray This Summer
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
I get ya, I hadn’t even really noticed since the movie was named in the box below.
Exactly. Content creators gotta eat too, so there are levels of 'please click on this so I can eat' that I'm prepared to accept in the landscape of 2024 digital information exchanges.
Newsinkican 5 months ago • 100%
Can that man not live without attention for more than five minutes?
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How can water be so self-absorbed?
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Kinda like Black Lion going 'and I'll form the head.' Like, didn't anyone else on Voltron go 'hey, I wanna be the head today!'
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Incredible Mark Hamill Cult Classic Lands On 4K Blu-Ray This Summer
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Would that you contributed actual content to the community instead of only complaints about the content.
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Elliot Page to Produce The Darkness Within Us
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
My bad, fixing.
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Elliot Page to Produce The Darkness Within Us
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Y Tho?
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The Next Star Wars Movie Could Finally Explain the Galaxy's Most Mysterious Planet
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Content creators gotta eat too - don't complain about necessary evils.
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The Next Star Wars Movie Could Finally Explain the Galaxy's Most Mysterious Planet
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Has a 'Smokey and the Bandit' ring to it.
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Dune proved that fans are as excited about sci-fi adaptations as ever before, but several iconic books still haven't reached the silver screen.
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
Dude, Stainless Steel Rat was my jam, back in the day.
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20 sci-fi series that need a TV adaptation
inkican 5 months ago • 100%
And a special episode where Karl Urban executes special guest star Keith Urban
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Astrophysicist believes he's cracked the code for time travel
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
Signed, Dr. E.L. Brown
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3 Body Problem: Exec Sentenced to Death for Producer's Murder
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
What joke? I'm missing something
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Reddit CEO Defends His Absurdly High Pay While Not Paying Mods
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
"The intent is to provide mods with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different mod capabilities."
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The Acolyte Continues The Worst Star Wars Series Trend
inkican 6 months ago • 50%
By consistently contributing to the sub only 'to save people a click' rather than contributing interesting Links of your own, I find you in violation of rules one and three.
No one disagrees that internet news articles can do better in terms of quality and content. However by only contributing what you dislike as opposed to contributing what you do like, you're coming across as entitled and disrespectful to the spirit of the community.
I give you two hours to find and post a scifi article or item for us to talk about or face a one week ban.
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How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
I finally invent something that works!
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How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
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How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
Calvin? Why do you keep calling me Calvin?
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How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
There's that word again. 'Heavy.' Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?
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How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
Save the Clock Tower!
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Yay - we can talk on Kbin again!
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
@piotrsikora We can only hope ... ;)
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Walk without rhythm - you won't attract the worm! Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins - Weapon Of Choice
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
Fun fact: The music video was filmed in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel (now the L.A. Grand Hotel Downtown) in Los Angeles in December 2000. Directed by Spike Jonze
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SpaceX's Starship will create 'gravity' with centrifugal force
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
If Elon musk was in the Martian, he'd be Dr Evil
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So what did you think of Dune 2? Honest answers only.
inkican 6 months ago • 100%
@StillPaisleyCat That's your honest assessment of Dune 2 - "So the OP seems to be suggesting that people wouldn’t be posting honest answers.."? How odd.
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AI chatbots can get better at math because ... Star Trek
inkican 7 months ago • 100%
"LCARS understands meee!"
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40 Years Later, a Classic Cyberpunk Story Could Finally Be Brought to Television
inkican 7 months ago • 100%
Molly was born in the 'Johnny Mnemonic' short story.
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Dune: The History Of The Spacing Guild Navigators
inkican 7 months ago • 100%
@toasteecup owes chat GPT an apology
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Dune: The History Of The Spacing Guild Navigators
inkican 7 months ago • 100%
Of course it wasn't written by ai, this isn't sports illustrated
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Turns out (*gasp*) - People are over the MCU and Madame Web is the proof
inkican 7 months ago • 100%
A wonderful real-world example of Cunningham's Law - my pleasure.
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Turns out (*gasp*) - People are over the MCU and Madame Web is the proof
inkican 7 months ago • 100%
it degrades the quality of the platform as a whole and encourages reactions which aren't based on the actual content.
As the guy who posts content 2-4 times a day because others don't, I would absolutely welcome this level of passion to posting new, appropriate, original content as opposed to complaining because the posted content doesn't meet your standard of quality.
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Turns out (*gasp*) - People are over the MCU and Madame Web is the proof
inkican 7 months ago • 66%
Oh yes, of course, my bad. The last MCU movie made so much money - don't know what I was talking about ...
I don't want to polarize or argue. My basic conclusion, having watched the quality of the storytelling decline AND the moviegoing populace check out is: People are over the MCU. Whether it's the Sony-based characters that are also tangentially connected to the MCU or otherwise.
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Authors ‘excluded from Hugo awards over China concerns’
inkican 7 months ago • 100%
And here I was, sad that I wasn't nominated
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The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion
inkican 7 months ago • 100%
I advised calm before, I am advising calm now.