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I only clicked through most of it and mostly it was nobodies in Trek cosplay rather than AI.  Still horrible though (which is why I clicked past the vast majority of it)

1 minute ago, Big s said:

Don’t forget odd stage plays that nobody cares about that will fill in the gaps 

I purposely ignored that, which I'm sure the show writers will do too when push comes to shove.  

Milk is exactly the correct term for that show.  Maybe I'm a purist but if it is not a live action show I consider it nothing more than a money grab.  

(For books I expect more books, for movies more movies, TV, etc...)

18 hours ago, Big s said:

I have a tough time watching that one at home. It just doesn’t hold up. But if it had a 3D rerelease, I would consider it. 

The first movie (I have no desire to see the others so can't comment) was strictly a visual 3D feast best seen on as large a screen as possible.  On every other metric it was garbage.  

I'd watch Plus first. Mac2's animation was sketchy and stay away from the English dub at all costs.

Plus has one of the best dubs out there and the animation is far better overall.  

Only other item of note is that Plus has the most mature subject matter of any Macross show.

4 hours ago, jvmacross said:

To me it just said the story never ends.....just different characters....probably why they chose to use the song "Neverending Story" in S3....

I was going to add "and the next story begins" but the pessimist in me had me rewrite it.  Though I'm sure some kind of followup project will be coming.

I think they did a great job with the ending.  The fact people (not just here) are arguing about what it means is a good sign as well.

My favorite bit from the ending is the next batch of kids running down to play DnD.  That was a perfect way to say this story is over.

13 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

What is "Tronime"?

Well, there is a youtube channel by the name - but a quick look at it seems like it is simply every anime they could get their hands on.

40 minutes ago, Big s said:

Imagine if these people were around and watched that Gary Oldman Dracula movie. They’d have had a fit over his armor and style choices throughout that whole movie 

To be fair the armor is the least of the problems with that Dracula movie.

3 hours ago, Thom said:

And this movie is going to be three or four hours long..? Sounds like this should be the climax of a new trilogy.

Nah - this is the executives saying "OH NO - the new movies are not doing so well we need a BIG event" movie.

https://youtu.be/t039p6xqutU

Happy Holiday from Weird Al!

Loved the show, first season at any rate, and it is liking losing a piece of my childhood.

7 hours ago, Thom said:

It's so far been one, and the first, trailer. Let's give it another one before crapping on it.

I'm not crapping on it, I'm crapping on the crappy trailer.  The job of which is to get people interested in seeing more.

That trailer did zip, zilch, zero, nada for getting me to be even slightly interested.

1 hour ago, Thom said:

It's been a good ride!

Hopefully they stick the ending.  Looks good but...

As a non comic book guy what is the love for Green Lantern?  I mean a superpower of making green stuff is lame as all get out - even Aquaman's talking to fish is better.

21 hours ago, Big s said:

This might be worse than I thought. Now she’s not just a drunk party girl that neglects her dog, but a depressed mopey drunk party girl that neglects her dog.

 Get the feeling that they keep picking the worst versions of these characters possible rather than giving us the versions of them we all really want to see. Kinda also get the feeling that the side characters are gonna be the best part of the movie again 

Don't worry, they make it clear she cleans up her act by the end credits.

Looks like this one will be a streaming release for me, unless I miss it like most of the others I say that about.

On 12/9/2025 at 10:12 PM, Seto Kaiba said:

need a fantastically good explanation for why the Starfleet Academy Earth campus's first incoming class in over a century is being immediately thrown into harm's way on a poorly supervised training ship in the badlands instead of... y'know... attending classes at the titular academy.

To be fair, they don't really need a good explanation - The Motion Picture got away with the Enterprise being the ONLY vessel between the Klingon border and Earth for example.  With as many problems as ST: V had at least it had a better reason for why the Enterprise got sent on that particular mission.

Not that I plan on watching this, I've still not watched the last season or two of Discovery even though I had P+ to watch SNW.

As much as I love LotR I have no desire to see it in theaters again.  HOWEVER that is not why I am posting.  I am posting since it has been 25 years..........

For the other films - IF this one does well the others will be done as well, most likely on their 50ths.

You were lucky when you were younger, minus the phones I remember all that "stuff" happening at theaters.  The main difference now is the theater level picture and sound quality at home.

3 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

The Simpsons is like The Walking Dead; meaning... who still watches these series? lol

I remember when it was just shorts running on the Tracy Ulman show.  (I probably spelled her name all wrong).  I then remember it being protested as corrupting of family values, then I remember it being used as the "traditional" example versus Family Guy...  

That one looks interesting.  I never even watched the previous show but may do so now as well.

Too bad they didn't redo the opening animation for his current look (granted, just a few extra wrinkles)

AI bursting (or not) is a very interesting topic.  I have no bet on that either way.  AI is overhyped and what is currently called AI really is not.   It is not really capable of replacing computer programmers or doctors (hell, nowhere near replacing doctors, lawyers) but it can cut down the support staff and need to interns and entry level personnel (otherwise known as future programmers, doctors, lawyers) and that could have very serious complications for the future.

Will there be over investment in it or will it level off is really hard to say.  The costs associated with it are not being properly accounted for yet, when the cost to provide AI services are forced to pay for themselves instead of the current growth at a loss for market share period ends we will see the results.