Gaiman did his best in Sandman.

He should get really ridiculous, then. Lots of archaic or obscure obscenities: quim, felch, goabshite…

Thanks, and a shake.

+1 for Sirens (which was a remake of a British TV show based on a book a mate of mine wrote).

Supper Club

Two this season; there was one in 201.

Fun Fact: when Fire Walk With Me was shown in the UK, there were no subtitles by distributor mistake. We all though that was deliberate.

You keep saying that Simulation Theory isn't science fiction… pretty sure that (unless Nick Bostrum et al have come up with anything stronger than wishful thinking and algorithms based on iffy assumptions, and until Roko's Basilisk comes clearly into play) that it really is.

Good summary of my worries and pleasures for this show.

…and now I'm wondering who has hacked the big printer they used.

And Philip Price.

Outlandish, but I like the parallel with the ECorp paper records and how The Machine in Person of Interest set up Thornhill Industries to make paper back-ups of Her memory files.

Still find it hilarious that the network fades out 'fuck' but happily leaves 'сunt' alone.

Mostly, still both a bit under the weather. Getting there, though - ta.

Been working my own version of PCM since before chaos magic was named - I started very early! Love what the new breed are bringing, and I've never been a big formalist so it doesn't trouble me at all. If anything, I find it an interesting contrast with the heavy historical revival - folk like Jake Stratton-Kent (who's…

"The righteous??"

I love the bit in God-Emperor where on the hydrated Arrakis, stillsuits are now a non-functional fashion item.

I can like two things!

Fun fact: Paul's speech in the "shout at the stone obelisk" scene, about "Some thoughts have a certain sound, that being the equivalent to a form"? Direct quote from the Sufi sage Jalaluddin Rumi: an interesting choice by Lynch, to deepen the Muslim aspects of the book while having to tweak things elsewhere. (OK, Rumi…

Know what I really need out of a Dune adaptation?