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- Comment on ‘S.W.A.T.’ Spinoff Planned By Sony With Shemar Moore Set To Reprise His Role As Hondo 3 days ago:
I tried watching SWAT and found it tiring, since almost every episode ended in some kind of action set piece takedown. Done on a TV budget, those setpieces tended to be underwhelming. The show being in a theoretically realistic setting started to clash with the team getting in so many high profile gunfights.
I just don’t think the formula exactly works. There’s two directions it could go to be great. One, turn it into The Shield with some quality drama and running plots with heavy themes. Two, turn the city into a Robocop/Predator 2 type over the top hellscape with absurd overarmed gangs of cackling thugs roaming the streets.
I doubt the show runners are brave enough or interested enough to do either.
- Comment on Is andor still worth watching if I've never seen anything else Star Wars? 5 days ago:
Yes. It’s probably an even more interesting experience going in blind to the universe because you have no idea which characters are safe.
- Comment on What are some examples of series that only have a good first season, and should be dropped after that? 6 days ago:
The Vice President’s brother!
It gets comical how the characters say that phrase so much instead of using his name, for audience benefit.
I appreciate each season changing things up with a different central conceit. As absurd as the Central American super prison and spy craft seasons were at least the show kept changing instead of spinning its wheels.
- Comment on 'The Simpsons' announces new Milhouse voice actor following Pamela Hayden's exit 6 days ago:
I am asking, sincerely, what they see in it and how they don’t get distracted by the gravely, old sounding voices. It is difficult to find these people.
- Comment on 'The Simpsons' announces new Milhouse voice actor following Pamela Hayden's exit 6 days ago:
I suppose there is a business argument to be made, but I’m more curious about the audience perspective. Who are these 2 million viewers? What do they like about the show? Do many of them actually even care and rewatch new episodes or is it just background noise?
- Comment on 'The Simpsons' announces new Milhouse voice actor following Pamela Hayden's exit 6 days ago:
I don’t think this comic exactly applies; I’m not commenting about people not knowing some bit of trivia. Even if you didn’t grow up with the classic Simpsons, I don’t know how you can’t notice how old and stiff all the main cast sound. Marge sounds older than the voice acting for her mother in classic episodes.
- Comment on 'The Simpsons' announces new Milhouse voice actor following Pamela Hayden's exit 6 days ago:
I don’t know who is still watching new episodes. Obviously someone, because the show keeps going, but I just don’t get it. Occasionally I see some youtuber say “Actually the show is good again.” and I check it out and never even get to thinking about the plot because all the voice acting is like a punch in the face. All the characters either sound distractingly old with their original voice actors or they sound totally wrong with new ones.
- Comment on What are some examples of series that only have a good first season, and should be dropped after that? 6 days ago:
I actually think season 2 of Prison Break was a perfectly natural and well done (for the intended tone) continuation of the story. I know people snarkily point out the title doesn’t strictly apply anymore, but I think convicts on the run from a manhunt fits. The show was from the beginning always a political conspiracy thrilled baked inside of a prison story anyway.
The following seasons get increasingly absurd, but they are enjoyable in a silly way.
- Comment on What are some examples of series that only have a good first season, and should be dropped after that? 6 days ago:
Whole season 2 of The Mandalorian had the distinct flavor of introducing executive producer mandated spin-off hooks, I still found it quite good overall. The finale was the perfect ending to the Mando and child storyline.
The perfect ending. We didn’t need anymore after that ending.
Everything Mando related after that has gone totally off the rails by undoing that ending, and the show has become a parody of itself.
- Comment on First Look at the 'King of the Hill' Reboot Reunites Hank and the Gang 1 week ago:
With carter having been out of the WH for decades at that point, I didn’t consider him a “current” political figure. My point, the forest through the trees, is that KOTH tended to shy away from up to the minute real world political specifics, and instead went for wider cultural issues. Doing an episode revolving around a current hot issue is more South Park’s game.
- Comment on If my county passes a new tax for um lets say a new jail. They staff it and build it and everything with the tax money. How come it seems the tax is there forever? Why not get rid of it when built? 1 week ago:
People are giving answers to your specific hypothetical, but on a higher level, the answer is simple. The government likes having more money. Once a tax is in place, it becomes the new normal. It can be like pulling teeth to make a government roll back a tax. Groups in my local area have tried several times to roll back a specific tax where a government spokesperson has even said the tax is no longer funding the original purpose, but removing the tax would now affect the overall budget. That has become the reason they refuse to remove it, and because neither party cares much about removing it, there’s no leverage by the voters who care about it.
- Comment on First Look at the 'King of the Hill' Reboot Reunites Hank and the Gang 1 week ago:
In the same way the original show intentionally avoided addressing 9/11, Iraq, or the Bush presidency I hope the revival has the sense to focus on the local lives of the characters instead of Trump.
The closest the original ever got to specific high level politics was the episode with then Governor Bush where Hank was rattled by his handshake rather than any comment on policy by the show.
- Comment on Rick and Morty | Season 8 Official Trailer #2 | Adult Swim 1 week ago:
I think around season 3-4 the writing on the show got high on its own supply, as it were. The dramatic, maudlin moments that felt like the writers really thinking it was the peak of writing were just so overwrought to me. The show has gotten away from that, and by season 6 and 7 all the interpersonal drama and depressing tendencies of the main cast are pretty much gone. The show still has dark premises and lots of over the top moments, but it has stopped lingering on “deep” moments. I think it is much better for it. There is a new main cast character which works for the better, and the rest of the family integrates into the adventures more.
- Comment on First Look at the 'King of the Hill' Reboot Reunites Hank and the Gang 1 week ago:
Seeing all of that “2020s stuff” in the poster is giving me really bad vibes. It gives me the same feeling as the Futurama cryptocurrency episode, where the commentary was late to the punch and delivered by writers either out of step with the subject or with the original show. I know KOTH was a premise about an old fashioned guy dealing with encroaching modern times, but it was written genuinely. This worries me that will just be people trying to aggressively recreate that by slapping the most bleeding edge topics into it.
- Comment on What are some of the worst acted main or supporting characters in a TV series you've watched? 1 week ago:
I gotta go with my man Ice-T on Law & Order: SVU. While the writing does him no favors in making his character seem slow on the uptake, his acting usually consists of loudly talking in a monotone that feels like it was too loudly mixed in ADR even though it’s not.
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- Comment on If I cut up pictures to arrange things in a way that when traced over create something "new," is that a copyright violation? 1 week ago:
The OP is asking about using portions of copy written works.
- Comment on If I cut up pictures to arrange things in a way that when traced over create something "new," is that a copyright violation? 1 week ago:
From what I have gather of the Lemmy zeitgeist, intellectual property doesn’t exist except if AI uses it.
- Comment on If I cut up pictures to arrange things in a way that when traced over create something "new," is that a copyright violation? 1 week ago:
you can in some situations argue that the way you infringed on their copyright should be allowed
That would be an argument made in court, pursuant to the balancing test. Thats how fair use is determined.
- Comment on If I cut up pictures to arrange things in a way that when traced over create something "new," is that a copyright violation? 1 week ago:
People can give you their best guesses, but without a court case and a ruling it is impossible to say what the answer will be.
My guess, for US law, would be based of the four factor balancing test used in determining fair use. The four factors are the nature of the use, the nature of the copyrighted material, the amount of the copyrighted material used, and the effect of the use on the value of the material.
If you are using the copyrighted works for a non-profit purpose that helps, if you are remixing them that helps, if you are using works that are not violating right of first publishing that helps.
Importantly copyright does not have to be enforced by the holder for them to retain full legal protection. What that means is even if the holder somehow became aware (which honestly is pretty doubtful), they can simply choose not to pursue the matter. The resources that could go into pursuing a copyright case are probably going to be a lot more than any gain they’d get.
The TLDR is yeah sure, it’s probably fine. If you somehow got the evil eye on you, the first thing you’d get would be a C&D letter anyway.
- Comment on Anon is grateful for the Punisher 1 week ago:
Tom Jane in the lead. Okayish action movie, not really a proper Punisher movie. I reccomend instead watching Stander with Tom Jane which is a much more interesting movie.
- Comment on Whenever a beast is shown on screen 2 weeks ago:
In that scene the T-Rex is trying to flush out people which it knows are hiding somewhere as well.
- Comment on Does anyone know where or even IF I can purchase this scope mount part? 2 weeks ago:
I saw the button to fold yours but didn’t see a seam, so didn’t know if it was just fixed with some cosmetics. I really like bringing the stock in both for close quarters and even for being in the woods to very easily get behind the scope while wearing a mask.
I have a friend who got an MP5K and it is even better in close quarters.
- Comment on Does anyone know where or even IF I can purchase this scope mount part? 2 weeks ago:
It is a CYMA. In retrospect, I think a railed grip like yours would have been more practical than my SD, but I do like being able to fully collapse the stock.
If I can be a spoilsport, please, please don’t use lasers. Lasers introduce real world eye safety hazards, some more than others, but none of them are great. Especially cheapo lasers from aliexpress or wherever can sometimes be stronger than listed because neither the buyers or sellers tend to care. My laserbox is fake an is only an external battery compartment for the gun.
- Comment on Does anyone know where or even IF I can purchase this scope mount part? 2 weeks ago:
How is the scope working out? I assume it’s a 3x or 4x non-illuminated meant for a .22lr?
I’ve been doing well with a cheapo Monstrum 3x prism sight. It’s got an illuminated reticle making its usable enough at close quarters while being handy for primarily outdoor play.
- Comment on Does anyone know where or even IF I can purchase this scope mount part? 2 weeks ago:
I think the best solution would be to replace the scope rings with raised Picatinny compatible rings. That removes the need for the intermediate adaptors at all. With new rings you can attach straight to the claw mount. Something like this.
The other solution would be trying to hunt down a non-Picatinny riser which is probably going to be more of a hassle, and the new setup would be better anyway.
Locktite on the next set of rings.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 2 weeks ago:
Fallout 1: If you play it going in blind and don’t look up help, a first playthrough can be stressful early on if you don’t know how much progress you are making on the time limited main quest.
Kenshi: The game doesn’t have quests or main goals, so it is up to the player to figure out what they want and how to get it. Certain game areas are lethally dangerous, factions can be angered if you don’t figure out their customs, and even in less lethal areas being beaten and crippled by bandits is a real problem.
- Comment on Fishing games? 3 weeks ago:
Far Cry 5 strangely has very enjoyable fishing.
- Comment on What show are you surprise managed to finish, or get many seasons out of it at least, and avoid cancellation? 4 weeks ago:
And yet Inside a job only got one season. The world makes no sense.
- Comment on What show are you surprise managed to finish, or get many seasons out of it at least, and avoid cancellation? 4 weeks ago:
I do find it nuts that Babylon 5 got to run for five seasons. It was a new scifi franchise (meaning no pre-existing fandom) that was basically going head to head with Deep Space 9, and it had multiple actors in major parts drop out of the show.
