Cue the usual unimaginative alien memes. If this turns out to be a real thing, I would love to be a sociologist, following this story. I know the usual slow scientific method will be called a conspiracy. Rewatches of Contact will spike back up. Pundits and talking heads will report on it spinning this as something…

There was a story on Radiolab talking about how the Greeks were color-blind Tomthe color Blue because it wasn’t in the Homeric literature. The idea seemed ridiculous, considering how many blue things there are in the world. These statues would seem to agree.

The Brits lay pretty heavy claim to Herschel, though he was born in Hanover. We should give his sister Caroline credit too, as they worked as a team.

Building a shear wall prevents your building from flattening sideways. If you're looking for Earthquake prevention, move to a different state. 🤓

So sad. Reminds us here in California, with all our Italiante structures, how important prevention is.

So there will be a “gallery” of “rogues,” perhaps a “rogues’ gallery.” C’non, DCU, they've been called that since the 60s. Why be coy?

I realize you were 3 when the century flipped. Do you know who cared about December 31, 1999? Everyone on the goddamned planet. Do you know who cared about December 31, 2000? A couple thousand drunk people in Times Square and a bunch of persnickety librarians with their hair buns too tight. Everyone went to Kramer’s…

>sounds of me sitting in the corner, sobbing<

Before I saw the pictures, I was thinking that thin buff guys look good in anything, and out of shape dudes like me look like bags of potatoes.

As a rabid five-year-old fan of Speed Racer I made the mistake of watching a episode as an adult. I learned my lesson. Now I have a new problem of watching folks wax nostalgic for shows like He-Man and Power Rangers and Care Bears which were complete and utter crap. It was painful when Independence Day 2 was coming…

I love it, but all I can think about are poor janitors who have to wash the bird’s nests out of all the nooks and crannies.

I flashed on the idea that it might be easier to make a male AI, as they have have a much smaller emotional range. Add in a protocol that they want to screw everything, and you’ve got instant male. Add in another that cross-wires their thinking and drinking systems, and you’ve got a frat-bro-bot.

Some cameras generate frame by frame footage. But to run each hidef frame through a phone, output & crop seems nuts. I bet they contacted the company and ran it through their machines.

Already trying to think of a film script.

I’ve always had trouble with the story, yet loved the film and Roeg’s direction intensely. I’ve had to get over it being a psychological story more than a narrative one. As many times as I’ve seen it, though, I can’t pull up the music in my memory.

Are you familiar with Pinkham’s Law?

Absolutely. I loved it.

As someone who has never read the comic (and, modestly, someone who knows how to tell a story) I thought the last episode was a great tie-up. The series had some slow parts, but last night was pretty darn fun. The resolution for Quincannon, the mascots, and the church lady (Emily?) made sense. All the corruption &…

An extra twenty minutes of narration, with long shots of uninhabited fields and mountains, belying everything that went before.

Bailey will be a “Roblicant” hunter on the dystopian streets of a walled over LA. He meets a woman, Daneela, who may or may not be a roblicant. After a chase/fight with the noble roblicant leader, Bailey and Daneela escape together, and it’s possible that Bailey may be a roblicant too. Edward James Olmos plays a…