MimicJar

@ MimicJar @lemmy.world

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2w ago

Hi StarTrek.website, I'm Karim Diané aka Jay-Den Kraag from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, AMA! (Responding to questions Thursday @4pm!)
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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2w ago
Stealing from Colbert, what is the best sandwich? Both for you and for your character?

2w ago

Many consumer electronics manufacturers 'will go bankrupt' by the end of 2026 thanks to the RAMpocalypse, Phison CEO reportedly says

I doubt RAM manufacturers will feel any pain. From the article,

Pua Khein-Seng is further said to have highlighted that memory manufacturers are now "demanding three years' worth of prepayment (unprecedented in the electronics industry)"

If they're really being prepaid three years in advance that's a huge cushion. Of course this assumes that it's really money and not just a contract for more money.

2w ago

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2w ago

I know it's a meme, but I had to look it up, Leia being adopted should be public and well known information.

In the book "Leia, Princess of Alderaan" (2017) Leia goes through a ceremony wherein the words of that ceremony are different if you're adopted. Since this ceremony is a political one, all the big politicians of Alderaan as well as the political friends of the Organa's were in attendance.

There are better examples that obviously Bail, his wife and Leia all know that Leia is adopted, but I can't find anything about them keeping it a secret (the adoption itself, obviously the parentage would be a secret) or that the wider public actually knew.

2w ago

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2w ago

Andor season 2. But I'm not sure who Starbuck is. Top is Benjamin Bratt and bottom is Denise Gough, neither of whom play a character named "Starbuck" as best I can tell. On the off chance you're referring to Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica, then you're looking for Katee Sackhoff, who has both voiced and played in live action the character of "Bo-Katan" in multiple different pieces of Star Wars media.

2w ago

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 2w ago

So a hit piece is only effective when read by humans. This is a first of its kind example, and likely was at least prompted by a human, if not written by an actual human. Additionally while social media is full of bots, it's humans who are actually affected by such a response.

If I say you're "stupid", it matters. You can ignore me sure, but at face value it matters. As far as I know I've never commented on a post of yours, so you could write me off as a worthless troll, but in theory it matters. But a bot calling you "stupid"? That really doesn't matter. If you know you're talking to a bot, as they exist today, then that really doesn't matter.

Society may change on this issue, but as it stands now a bot publishing a hit piece... That's worthless.

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

Good catch. I could watch those for years to come and be happy.

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

The only one I thought of was Star Wars Clone Wars. It took a WHILE to become a successful series and even then animation is always in a different category.

3w ago

First look at Li Jun Li as Felicia ‘Cat’ Hardy and Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly in ‘Spider-Noir’

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

Huh, I thought this was going to stay animated, so I'm surprised to see that it's live action.

The choice to watch episodes in either black and white or color is interesting, but perhaps flawed. I'm no black and white film expert, but my understanding is that a film planned for black and white might use colors that could look odd if shown in color.

I'd prefer specific scenes, or going all in and giving it all a "Sin City" black and white vibe.

But... I'll judge it when I see it.

3w ago

Blake Garrett death: Former child actor in How to Eat Fried Worms, Barney, dies aged 33

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

It definitely is. Looking around online it seems there is some sort of relationship between having had COVID and developing shingles, but I'm not a doctor.

Doubly surprising is that I didn't know you could die from shingles directly. If you're older it can cause major issues and complications, but I didn't know death was possible.

Sad all around.

3w ago

What are some of the best films that do not yet have a sequel or remake

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

Silicon Valley is the sequel.

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

The Kelvin timeline has some moments, but I agree that overall they don't hold up. I gave them all a rewatch last year and apart from spectacle, there isn't much there.

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

I haven't seen the Pee-wee films since I was a kid, but it's the same character... But everything else is different. So it kinda counts, especially as a spin-off of the show.

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

It really is impressive that we can have a perfect ending to Breaking Bad, and then a second perfect ending with El Camino.

I also wonder if the streaming movie has a different audience expectation and is more likely to work. Does a theatrical film have too narrow of an audience to be successful? And as such whatever story gets told appeals to no one?

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

I definitely watched and enjoyed Dead Like Me the series. I definitely watched the film but have no memory of it, except that Mandy Patinkin wasn't in it. So yeah, it was probably terrible, but I've wiped it away.

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

Huh, apparently there are two series? I've never heard of either but now I'm intrigued. Is it a long ongoing story or more monster of the week with some connective moments?

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

I also think South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut and The Simpsons Movie are both excellent animated films that get to exist alongside their TV series.

South Park is a hilarious film, solid musical, and I'd say they should make more, but the series nowadays are often just films, and Matt & Trey are still making musicals in other media like Team America World Police and Book of Mormon, so they don't need to just use South Park.

The Simpsons, people love to shit on The Simpsons but the film was excellent and I'm glad we're getting another one. It was a grand adventure that we don't get to see the Simpsons family go on, and the adventure was a fun one.

3w ago

Favorite movie continuation of a TV series?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 3w ago

My vote has to be the Star Trek films as the best. Which Star Trek films? So many bad, so many good, but the winner has to be First Contact.

We get our full TNG crew together, fancy new ship, fighting the Borg, time travel, tons of lore, THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN HERE! Just brilliant.

4w ago

‘Baldur’s Gate’ TV Series Continuing Game’s Story In Works At HBO From ‘The Last Of Us’ Co-Creator Craig Mazin & Hasbro Entertainment

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 4w ago

Why does it have to continue the story of BG3?

Because that's how the show gets made. Based on my read of the article the intention definitely seems to be a new story set in Faerun. Sure we'll have some familiar characters pop in from time to time, but it definitely sounds like a new story.

I expect the first season will lean more heavily on the story of characters post BG3, but if it's successful I could see them traveling the world.

4w ago

‘Pluribus’ What Do You Think? What I would have Preferred,

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 4w ago

So it's difficult to discuss this show as you've only seen the first two episodes and I've watched all nine episodes twice.

However even from the first two episodes, I'm not sure you and I watched the same show.

I think it's fine to wish for a show to be something, but you can't fault a show for not being something it never tried to be. You can't watch Shakespeare and complain that it lacked a big car chase scene.

I think you've picked up on some of the themes of Pluribus, but you haven't caught them all, and you may be wrong about others.

4w ago

Why is Conan O'Brien such a shitty therapist?

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MimicJar @lemmy.world 4w ago

Another thing to consider is that we're seeing the film through the eyes of Rose Byrne's character. Major events of the film definitely happened, and characters acted generally the way they did, but she's not necessarily seeing the events as they actually are happening.

Conan's character is absolutely ignoring her in a moment of need, but her own anxiety may be making it appear worse than it actually was. That doesn't make it right, just a reminder of how we're viewing the events of the film.

Take for example the role of the husband. Throughout the film we view him as a jerk who is clearly not supporting the main character. He's always dismissive and unhelpful. Then late in the film we learn he is in the Navy and off on a ship. His actions of not being there for Rose Byrne are suddenly much more understandable. Should he have left his wife alone? Probably not. Was he likely doing it for the family and daughter specifically, probably yes. Once he arrived home he immediately got to solving the issue with the hole. He genuinely seemed like a nice guy. But importantly, this story isn't about the husband, it's about Rose Byrne's character. Her anxieties are real to her and valid, however they do consume her, which is where the problem comes from.