Bay, however, thought a crossover could “cheapen” the previous Transformers movies, of which he directed the first five.

I’d at least try it. The notion is off putting at first, but that’s mostly tired western conventions of strict food categories, where eggs are always savory. Yet when my overzealous maple syrup pour on my pancakes drizzles the scrambled eggs on my plate, that’s not only acceptable, but actually fantastic tasting.

The gimble and gofast footage, while not completely a slam dunk, is compelling. That’s physics defying. 

True, but these type of hearings with accredited people testifying on far lesser things of note tend to make the chamber gasp. Meanwhile, they were talking aliens and Star Wars sized vessels........ to just the sound of crickets.

Off topic, but Giz really should have a piece up about the bonkers House Committee Hearing on UAP’s that just happened. Testimony of non-human vehicles and their operators in the government’s possession. Discussions about cube sized objects the size of a football field pulling up mere feet from military bases and…

Unfortunately, the 45th president has proven you don’t need actual hard facts to “win” any argument as long as you debate like a toddler and refuse to recognize defeat. You just need to convince your base that you were right or “won”, even if you lost. They will do all the leg work for you from there. The repercussions…

Not only is it the superior Tron game of the era, but it’s still legit a fun game in 2023 that I’ll still play on an emulator. 

Battery life is the same as the older WF-1000XM4s: 12 hours on buds alone or up to 36 hours with the charging case and ANC turned off, or eight hours on buds alone or up to 24 hours with the charging case and ANC active. That’s slightly less than how long the AirPods Pro 2 can be used before you need to find a power…

I gladly didn’t even know there were other season, and kind of bummed thinking about it now. I wish more IP holders would let material stay ended. It’s in the fact they end, some with really short story lines, that adds to the sense of perfection in some series. No “bad seasons”. No filler arcs. No jumping the shark.…

That take cuts too deep, and I feel that might be because you’re 100% right. I wanted to argue a counterpoint, but I’m coming up a bit blank now that I really think about it in your framing.

Counterpoint: Both those movies are masterclasses in non-linear story telling and exploration of the notion of time, the likes of which the vast majority of writers, directors and producers out there would belly flop trying to pull off. To not like them, find them boring, or subjectively his “very worst” is fine, but…

They just want you to feel comfortable knowing that “Lucy Reed” has been fired after the AI inevitable spouts off something racist.

Maybe a controversial take, but SFV should be lower on the list. I’ve played this series since the first one in arcades, but lost all interest with SF after a few weeks of owning SFV. The game mechanics sucked, the art was terrible (why are everyone’s feet so large?), and the netcode was largely trash for a good…

The Maybach brand got a lot of name drops. 

If I were really into indoor urban agriculture enough to consider this, I’d just buy a 3x3" 100W full spectrum LED grow light from Amazon for under $70 instead and use regular pots. Hydroponics are nice and all, but seems like their advantages only start to matter when you scale them to sizes far greater than even a…

Depends on region. In my region, the typical electricity generation and supply cost is $0.25/kWh. So that would be $25/month, $300/year for 3-level. Not insignificant.

This would have been a hilarious corporate April Fools joke product commercial. 

He’s quoted elsewhere noting he wanted something “sporty and stylish”, but could still accomplish all the overland stuff. His initial plan was to put a Porsche Cabriolet on top of a Toyota Truck, but was suggested this Merc combo because it lined up much better in dimensions. Looks like he specifically wanted…

Color me shocked that their Fornite-like season monetization plan backfired.  

I found it in their Q/A section: