In theory yes, but in practice it still tends to end the same way.

It’s not a major difference. I wouldn't even say it's a meaningful difference

Based on the trailer, I suspect what he’s actually trying to say is that “this film’s vision of the future is closer to Neill Blomkamp than Joseph Kosinski”, but he’s waffling on about some imagined “tech war” because he thinks admitting that would make it sound derivative.

Don’t worry guys, media consolidation is actually a really great thing overall and is beneficial for consumers and creators. We swear! Please be excited about Microsoft consuming Activision, too! It’s for your our own good! I mean, your own good! Believe us!

Another part of the social contract is we throw people out on the streets if they can’t pay another person every month. Your social contract is shit, bootlicker.

And yup, dude is already responding to random comments on this article.

Oh cool, he’s here now.

Yup.

Yeach I'm with the moderator on this one. Turning the guy in was one thing, the self satisfied gloating is what makes it off-putting. 

Sounds like a problem for the giant corporation, not random internet narcs.

“I am now a pariah of that subreddit,” Adkins wrote in his initial email. “I get it, hype and excitement are at an all-time high. I’m just as excited as the next person, but I draw the line at theft. I was raised to believe that crime doesn’t pay. I had hoped our society, and so-called Bethesda fans could be held to…

Lowest ratings and attendance NOW. It would take some serious analysis, which NASCAR can afford, but I’d wonder if that demographic is aging out. Australian Supercup, which we were introduced to in Chicago, and German DTM do big numbers on courses with turns. With the newfound American interest in F1, the next…

The law has no teeth basically.

Apple can simply say, trade secret and not make iPhones repairable.

Essentially, Apple as it does business today fits within the law. In fact, the law benefits Apple because Apple Stores no longer carry the liability for a product they fuck up.

Also consoles don’t count as electronic…

“Apple’s support for California’s Right to Repair Act demonstrates the power of the movement that has been building for years and the ability for industries to partner with us to make good policy the industry’s lobbying efforts to water down a bill to benefit screw over the people of California,”

Pretty on board with Mann’s assessment of Blackhat. The core plot is great and it has a villain’s plan that makes more sense than 99% of hacker movies. But the pacing is all over the place, the characterisation forgettable, and the climactic action sequence only works because of all the great ancillary shots and…

OTOH I can totally picture those titles on the covers of old ‘80s sci-fi paperbacks and that actually makes me excited for this, somewhat. 

Wait, it’s August 2023 and we are having a presidential candidate debate NOW? Oh to have a European campaigning system that limits this stupidity to 6 or 8 weeks. As a Floridian, I can’t believe I have to pay for this fool’s perpetual electioneering.

Cynicism. The reason we care is because of cynicism. We all care about this is because the controversy is the only reason to care about it, and I suspect that Disney knows this all too well. They’re not getting anyone to talk about their remakes on the basis of quality; we all know they’re cheap, cynical cash-grabs.…

I don’t understand why i’m supposed to get worked up about “review bombing” for corporations that spend millions on reputation management to buy reviews

We had lots of skins, heroes, and maps in the last Overwatch game.