Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-
videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu. But that's OK, I'm personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
On 9/19/25 2:48 PM, TT wrote:
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes- >>>>>>> videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen, >>>>>> senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu. But that's OK, I'm
personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some potential. The
alien eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen
(haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and the
potential is still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
I read the premise on wikipedia:
"The opening of the first episode introduces the premise of the series
as involving three separate destinies for the immortality of mankind.
These are:[4]
Cybernetically enhanced humans: Cyborgs
Artificially intelligent beings: Synthetics (Synths)
Synthetic beings with downloaded human consciousness: Hybrids"
Under which of these does mass 3rd world immigration to northern and
western Europe and the US and UK fall?
jdeluise <jdeluise@gmail.com> writes:
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time, except
when Wendy is ordering it around. THEN it can wipe out an entire
squad of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15 seconds
flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series. He retconned Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged
EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender could
luck his way into beating the buggers and taking all the credit for
himself. This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street urchin
wanted all along.. LOL!
And it's the same thing in this new "Superman".... Superman's fighting
with a godzilla sized fire-breathing monster stomping through town above throngs of people, and Superman says to some teenage metahuman fighting alongside him, "Oh gosh (no shit!), I'm trying to figure out how I can
get him out of here without killing him. you know, maybe so we could
study him". WTF!? Ultimately they kill him off while Superman's
standing around thinking. Superman's only purpose was to push people out
of the way and gently set down the monster before he falls on the crowd!?
AI says it was done intentionally, to show a vulnerable, relatable
Superman who's willing to show his emotional side to connect with the audience. And to address the perception that he's depicted as
overpowered and boring most of the time. I guess the answer was to make
him a prudish and indecisive karen?
jdeluise <jdeluise@gmail.com> writes:
TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu. But that's OK, I'm
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes- >>>>>>>> videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James
Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some potential. The
alien eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen
(haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and the
potential is still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
---SPOILER ALERT---
The atmosphere and nostalgia from the original movie are there. And
yes, it does try to look cool and all, but come on... 70s style CRT
displays, flashing lights, and buckling spring keyboards coexisting in
a world with interstellar travel and the technology to download
children's brains into superhuman "hybrids" (which never existed in
any of the movies)? Obviously when the movie was released this makes
sense, now it just looks like a gimmick.
And these "hybrids"...come on, Wendy is like 10 years old mentally but
fearlessly tears a Xenomorph limb from limb on her first encounter
with one. She can understand and "talk" to them in their own
"language" and can apparently sic them on her foes? This "Wendy"
single-handedly destroyed the mythos of the Xenomorph as the "perfect
organism" and ruthless killing machine. Why would the writers do
that? For girl power? Is she Buffy the Vampire Slayer or something?
On that note, it does feel more like a superhero series than "Alien".
The story is also full of glaring plot holes. In an early episode,
they made a point to show that Prodigy is monitoring all of the
hybrids' vision. Yet in later episodes this fact is conveniently
ignored... hell, one of them is busy scheming with the enemy and
arranging for humans to get the facehugger treatment. Nobody
heard/saw?!
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time, except
when Wendy is ordering it around. THEN it can wipe out an entire
squad of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15 seconds
flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series. He retconned Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged
EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender could
luck his way into beating the buggers and taking all the credit for
himself. This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street urchin
wanted all along.. LOL!
OK, I do like some things. I agree the "eyeball alien" is well done.
Timothy Olyphant is good in his role. A bit of an unusual role for
him but well done. I also like the actor who plays the caricature of
a billionaire young tech bro... good villain, over the top yet somehow
believable.
Anyway, it's kept me watching so far. Mostly to curse and throw
popcorn at the screen. This is some other kind of TV show wrapped in
"Alien" dressing. And it's pretty woke, I'd think an
arch-conservative like you would hate it!
I will add this, in some ways it was better than I expected. It's
extremely well made technically.... the special effects, the atmosphere,
the sets are great. Overall the acting is pretty good too, especially
for a tv series. Too bad the writing is total crap (in my opinion).
But I only really liked Alien and Aliens, the rest were utter shite. So
my expectations were really low for this.
TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:
Haven't watched the latest Superman... perhaps one shouldn't?
It was a tale of a powerless, down-trodden illegal alien being stomped
on by "the man" and deported to a hell dimension. Actually, he self- deported. Sound like current events? I read it was intentional.
I doubt you'd like it. I didn't, but I'm not a fan of Superman.
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