maegul
@maegul@lemmy.ml
A little bit of neuroscience and a little bit of computing
- Comment on Trams are expensive here 3 months ago:
Oh yea, I hear you.
What your point does though is open up the discussion about whether enforcement makes financial sense in isolation. And once you open that door, the whole becomes uncomfortable for a lot of people who are stuck in a simple black-and-white justice mentality, where “do what you’re supposed, pay what they charge, or be punished” is all there is to making the world work well. You know, “law and order” types.
You’re trying to talk about incentives. For many though that’s a very dangerous slippery slope. So I’m trying to get a head of that and wonder if the end of that slippery slop is actually a demonstrably good thing.
- Comment on Trams are expensive here 3 months ago:
I remember hearing rumours during the role out that tech employees were found asking for help on forums in ways that weren’t promising for the health and talent of the people building it.
But yea, it’s the embarrassment of this sort of stuff that must be masking the real financials of PT and how viable a free system would be.
- Comment on Trams are expensive here 3 months ago:
Yea I’ve kept track of how often I’ve encountered inspectors, and most of the time it’d be worth it to not get the ticket or not tap on. Sometimes though I’ve noticed an increase in the number of inspectors that would definitely shift the equation. Also train stations with gates complicate the matter.
I don’t know if it’s out there, but I’d personally like to know how the finances come out for making PT free. You obviously lose revenue, but also all the overhead of paying for inspectors and for all of the ticketing infrastructure. I also wonder if the part that makes the finances work is all the fines collected, which would be pretty fucking shithouse if true.
- Comment on Denis Villeneuve Says ‘Dune 3’ Is ‘Not Like a Trilogy’ and Will Be His Last ‘Dune’ Movie: Other Directors Could Take Over So ‘I’m Not Closing the Door’ on the Franchise 3 months ago:
Funny to only ask/report on Zendaya if she’d come back after Messiah.
- Comment on Lord of the Rings Characters: Screen Time vs. Mentions in the Books 3 months ago:
Similarly, heroes are emphasised in the film more and villains under emphasised. Sauron, Saruman and Denethor all having less screen time than mentions.
That Sam is relatively underplayed is interesting also.
- Comment on About THAT one obviously bad part in Alien Romulus [SPOILERS] 3 months ago:
Yea, let’s get the “puppet cut”!
It was clearly a fuck up, and the film is almost lucky to have been so good in almost every other aspect that we can forgive the ash synth CGI.
It would be really cool if someone just put the work in to clean it up for a blue ray release or something, just for the fans and the franchise, which is going on 45 yrs now, as old as Star Wars.
- Comment on Fedi Film Club Live Watch Thread - Sun, 7pm CT (Central Time, USA) - August 3 months ago:
Maybe, I’m not in the US, so I’m not sure. Time and date dot com C (see link in post) says CT is no different from CDT, so I figured it was convenient. But I’m going there’s a more commonly used Timezone that would be better?
- Comment on About THAT one obviously bad part in Alien Romulus [SPOILERS] 3 months ago:
Yea I agree, a simpler approach could have been taken. Though I don’t think any of the film’s fan service was intended to be subtle.
I personally liked the appearance of an Ash type synth. I think it adds weight to the sense of synchronicity of Romulus and Alien 1. Shame about the execution of it and the focus they put on it, of course.
- Comment on 😳😳😳 3 months ago:
So … you seen Romulus?
- Comment on 😳😳😳 3 months ago:
That is beautiful! Thank you, made my day.
- Comment on Results - Fedi Film Club - "Fringe Theatre" (August) 3 months ago:
Thank you!!
- Comment on Dredd (2012) - Fedi Film Club - "Popcorn Theatre" (August) 3 months ago:
Oh yea, that makes sense especially the slowmo scenes, which IMO work without 3D. For me the film was always about Karl Urban’s clenched-jaw dialogue.
- Comment on About THAT one obviously bad part in Alien Romulus [SPOILERS] 3 months ago:
There’s also no reason at all that it had to be Ian Holm, other than misguided continuity porn. Him being the same model as Ash has zero bearing whatsoever on either this story or the lore as a whole.
I don’t think this is true. It connects what’s happening on Romulus/Remus station with the Nostromo and heavily implies that Ash was always on the Nostromo because it was always intended to rendezvous with the planet/moon (LV-426) and that the Ash model was in some way ideal for or dedicated to the xeno/goo research program.
I can’t recall the exact details, but from Rook’s info-dump we know he is aware of the events in Prometheus to some extent, in which case it makes sense that WY were aware of something valuable being out there. It’s explicit in Alien that Ash was added to the crew last minute and so it’s clearly implied that his ulterior motives originated from before the launch of the Nostromo. That Rook is the same model adds weight to this.
It also kinda widens the range of things happening simultaneously in the alien universe in a relatively organic fashion. David (prometheus) could still be out there or his ship in some way, and Rain is now out there, and they both have the black-goo, plus the planet in Engineer planet in Covenant, the planet in Prometheus, the surviving Queen from Aliens (?) and maybe the ship from LV-426 survives the nuclear blast to some extent … all within decent time-proximity that some creative license could easily leverage.
- Comment on Dredd (2012) - Fedi Film Club - "Popcorn Theatre" (August) 3 months ago:
it leaned in on 3d at a time where people were getting tired of it.
I’d completely forgotten it was in 3D. I think I saw it in the cinema in 2D and I’ve definitely seen it since in 2D, so I guess the whole 3D thing didn’t quite register for me.
But yea, this makes a lot of sense. Shame really becuase the film does not need the 3D thing at all!
- Comment on First "Ever frame a painting" video in 8 years 3 months ago:
Yea even this one demonstrates this … the sheer density of cinematic references on visual display without any need for explicit description.
- Comment on First "Ever frame a painting" video in 8 years 3 months ago:
It’d be interesting to see how the stack up today and how the feel to someone watching them the first time now. My (obviously biased) prediction is that they’d maybe lack a certain kind of production polish but have a higher content quality and density that’d feel strange compared to a lot other YT content.
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- Comment on About THAT one obviously bad part in Alien Romulus [SPOILERS] 3 months ago:
Yea interesting. I’d bet the animatronic also landed somewhere in the uncanny valley. Which is why I feel like the problem is that they wanted to put a spot light on the character. The better option is to cleverly obscure it just enough. Broken mechanics/manerisms as I suggested would be one way … shadows another. Full on close ups were not the right choice. In the end it was probably a misstep by a director not experienced enough with that sort of effect.
- Comment on About THAT one obviously bad part in Alien Romulus [SPOILERS] 3 months ago:
Ha. I saw it coming I guess, and I figured why not have some fun. Apart from the line, the whole scene was pitched as very triumphant, so I’d say I didn’t like the whole scene that much and the particular bit was just part of it.
- Comment on About THAT one obviously bad part in Alien Romulus [SPOILERS] 3 months ago:
Yea I enjoyed it too. Just wish it was better, in part because it’s got good foundations.
- Comment on About THAT one obviously bad part in Alien Romulus [SPOILERS] 3 months ago:
Yea it’s definitely the sort of thing you can ignore I suppose, we’re kinda in that era now with CGI, which is fine.
What irked me is that when seeing it, I immediately thought everything in my rant. Presuming I know enough about how films are made (perhaps a big if), it was like watching an athlete needlessly trip over themselves … where to me it was obviously a mismanaged series of shots that could have been done much better.
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- Comment on Please stop making Alien movies 3 months ago:
and we still love them! It makes me think that originality is overrated.
Yea, kinda what I’m saying too. People like repetition and familiarity just as they like surprise and shock.
- Comment on Please stop making Alien movies 3 months ago:
Don’t disagree. Sometimes though a relatively straight cover of something people like but in a more modern style can work well too. Bond films are maybe an example of that.
- Comment on Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union 3 months ago:
The whole contractors thing is almost always a corporate grift. If someone is a contractor, everyone will know. If it’s unclear, it’s likely a grift.
- Comment on Please stop making Alien movies 3 months ago:
I mean yes, totally. I haven’t seen it, yet, but will likely be going to the cinema for this one.
But, to just through an idea out there … covers of and homages to songs are normal and sometimes awesome in music, and fundamental in live music.
So maybe the same isn’t so bad in film, especially if they’re not done badly, as it seems to be here.
Maybe “the problem” is more the lack of properly original works, the copious unashamed cinematic universe slop and faithless reboots?
In the same way that Bond films and Disney films find ways to manifest and apply to each new generation or era, why not other classic forms?
- Comment on Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? 3 months ago:
Something I’ve picked up on is the ability to just watch whatever you want whenever you want.
Now with streaming services dominating, depending on how you use it or how much you pirate, watching any arbitrary film can become a hastle.
With video rental shops, you could often just go in and get it (provided it was a decent place and the film wasn’t too fringe).
I’ve recently found an old local rental shop near me, still going, and have felt the convenience of it. They’ve got a good collection and everyone I’ve gone in with a particular film in mind, they’ve had it. Apart from the walk, it’s easily faster and more convenient than online services. And more fun too … browsing a large collection of DVD/bluerays is awesome.
- Comment on Directors Who've Gone Quiet 3 months ago:
Did the hobbit trilogy burn him out? I only saw some of the behind the scenes stuff about how the lack of planning and rushed production all caught up with him at some point, and it certainly seems like the sort of thing that could just irreparably burn someone out, especially with the general reception (and shall we say final quality) of the films.
- Comment on Beijing and Hollywood are decoupling as Chinese audiences favor domestic productions 3 months ago:
Oh yea, I wasn’t trying to present it in a negative light at all. The only possible negative is that parts of mainstream western culture could be both unaware and uncomfortable with the development. For people seriously into the “art” and happy to go “crate digging” etc, it should really open up new things, and as others have said, allow Hollywood to re-calibrate.
Just the other day a friend asked me if I’d like to see RRR (indian/bollywood film) with them … though it’s fairly popular and broke into the west, I don’t think that would have happened to me 5-10 years ago (where neither of us Bollywood fans or anything).
- Comment on Beijing and Hollywood are decoupling as Chinese audiences favor domestic productions 3 months ago:
Relatedly, something I know has been telling me that we are right now in a rather dramatic shift away from western cultural dominance and that most westerners aren’t even aware of it at all. Obviously it’s been building for a while, but they tell me they’re repeatedly seeing signs of it all about the place. This seems to be part of that picture.