Steve
@Steve@communick.news
- Comment on What's a good feel good film I can watch next week? 2 days ago:
My go to movies when looking for that kind of thing, are Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Mr. Right.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
So you’re saying, since it’s their call, it makes sense to not have a weird conversion with them?
- Comment on Warner Bros. Confirms New 'Gremlins' Movie and 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Sequel 3 days ago:
Exactly true. But celebrating a new coat of paint, instead of cleaning the old paint, is kind of silly. That’s my point.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
What’s worse, being weird, or just letting this happen?
- Comment on Warner Bros. Confirms New 'Gremlins' Movie and 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Sequel 3 days ago:
There are no new stories. Haven’t been for millennia.
Stop asking for re-skinned old stories. - Comment on What TV series or seasons you've watched do you think needed a rewrite? Or any TV series taken a writing turn you didn't expect? 1 week ago:
If you mentally separate it into its own thing, it’s not all that bad.
But as an adaptation of Asimov’s Foundation Series? It may be the worst adaptation I’ve ever seen. Its more accurate to say it’s inspired by Foundation.
- Comment on 'Mickey 17' to hit streaming services after a disappointing month in theaters 1 week ago:
“Based on” wouldn’t be the right term. That would require some knowing intention to make a new version of an old story. I’m saying even if you try to make a new story, it’ll either suck, or be very much like another story written thousands of years ago.
- Comment on 'Mickey 17' to hit streaming services after a disappointing month in theaters 1 week ago:
That’s irrelevant to my actual argument.
- Comment on 'Mickey 17' to hit streaming services after a disappointing month in theaters 1 week ago:
If you’re going to oversimplify a story that much, remember there are only a dozen of so different stories, and they were all written thousands of years ago.
In this case, Mickey 17 would more accurately be Moses in Space, just like Snowpiecer is Moses on a Train. And since neither are original, neither are that great.
- Comment on I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? 2 weeks ago:
Carice is a cool option.
An old school, no frills sports car, that happens to be all electric.Sure, they’re hand built to order. But in that class, they’re surprising cheep. Less than $50K USD if I recall
- Comment on What are some of the most well-acted, engaging, complex or interesting antagonists or villains you've watched in TV? 2 weeks ago:
Scorpius, from Farscape
- Comment on Three original movies are being released in theaters today 2 weeks ago:
If A Working Man is based on a book, you can’t really call it original. It’s also another Statham action movie, which also can’t really be called original.
I am excited to see Death of a Unicorn.
- Comment on Max’s Big Bet on The Pitt Paid Off 2 weeks ago:
Absolutely the most accurate medical show I’ve ever seen. No question.
But XRay is always short changed on TV. Usually ignored entirely. On The PITT it took 7 hours to see the first XRay machine. They reduced a fractured ankle without taking images. Crazy
- Comment on Max’s Big Bet on The Pitt Paid Off 2 weeks ago:
It is very good, if you’re into medical dramas.
- Comment on What TV cancellation are you most upset by? 2 weeks ago:
It sucks that it was only two seasons, but it did have a clean ending. No cliffhangers, or anything begging to be finished. I was happy with that.
- Comment on What TV cancellation are you most upset by? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on ‘Mickey 17’ Projected to Lose $75 Million in Theatrical Run 3 weeks ago:
That’s why I liked it.
In several places it looked like I knew where it was going, then suddenly it surprised me with a different direction. - Comment on can you guess my favorite animal? 4 weeks ago:
Humans!
- Comment on Americans, How do you pour soda into a cup with ice without the soda going flat? 4 weeks ago:
For the best results, keep both the soda and empty drinking glass in the refrigerator.
Then start with an empty glass tipped 15-20deg toward open can or bottle of soda.
Pour slowly onto upper inner edge of tipped glass until half full.
Stop with enough room in the glass for additional ice volume. Place each cube into the surface of poured soda before releasing it.If you’re insisting on ice first, use the other techniques but with a preloaded glass instead of empty.
- Comment on Are Autocracies more powerful than Democracies? 5 weeks ago:
I think your questions are more complicated than you realize.
Are Autocracies more powerful than Democracies?
If you separate the from of government from the governing, yes autocracy is a superior form of government. A dictator can instantly marshal resources to face any threat, or completely shift an entire nation, if a direction becomes clearly wrong. The reason they don’t work, is because the leader is always human. Humans make shit leaders, almost always. So distribution of power across a large number of people mitigates the risks of putting it all in one.
Are all democracies are doomed to fail?
Yes. Obviously. Everything eventually fails. The Sun will fail and take the earth with it.
Is the future of humanity, autocracy? For the rest of humanity’s existence?
No. Obviously. Everything eventually fails. The Sun will fail and take the earth with it. I would hope humanity (or whatever species we evolve to) lives past that.
- Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 5 weeks ago:
Not at all! They’re amazing!
I enjoy the hell out of every frame of those movies. - Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 5 weeks ago:
Plot and story are overrated.
If that’s what really mattered, a synopsis be just as good as the movie. And way cheaper to make. - Comment on I'm looking to buy something like a reverse wheelbarrow, what do I call that? 5 weeks ago:
I just call it a “Pull Cart”.
Or “Cart” for short. - Comment on Is it a pattern for right-wing people to attack films, series and animations with protagonists from minority groups? Or is this an exaggeration? 5 weeks ago:
It’s a pattern.
I know it seems strange from the anti-cancel-culture contingent of society, but it’s a real thing. - Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 5 weeks ago:
People keep saying this kind of thing, without understanding there are only a couple dozen to so stories. Literally, every good story is a version of something else. Maybe at best, a mash up of a couple.
- Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 5 weeks ago:
People would pay a dozen times if it was good
- Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 5 weeks ago:
Cool, even more lack of… anything constructive.
- Comment on You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results 5 weeks ago:
Obligatory mention of Kagi
And my code link for 3 people to try it for 3 months.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
Now that’s a phone
- Comment on It’s Official: The DVD Business Died in 2024 1 month ago:
That’s not really got much to do with the article. Like you I keep a library of media. But I always try to source Blu-ray rips for max quality. If Blu-rays go away so does that top quality option, which would make me sad.