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  • What are tell-tale signs a series has jumped its shark?

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  • That's why I specifically mentioned Bart. Bart sounds absolutely terrible now.

    I'm well aware adult women are often cast to play boy children. That has less to do with longevity compared to casting men as it does their ability to better mimic the higher pitch of children. Over a significant time period though, the voice talent ages no matter the gender.

  • What's a joke or reference in a piece of media that you saw but didn't understand until years or even decades later?

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  • In the original Fallout I was quite proud of myself for picking up on the fact that Dogmeat was a Road Warrior reference.

    It took me years to realize that the leather jacket and (to a lesser extent) sawed off shotgun were also riffing directly on Road Warrior.

  • Fiat Model 7002 was a 1960s Italian general-purpose helicopter, with a tip jet driven rotor built by Fiat Aviazione. Only one was built.

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  • I probably made a really stupid noise.

  • [OC] Oxis playing live

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  • I can see you self summary but don't recall who you are to me.

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  • I always liked on 'Married With Children' the executive forced child character that was wedged in was gone the next season and the only acknowledgement he ever existed was his photo on a milk jug.

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  • Clipshows were a necessary evil on broadcast shows, especially scifi ones that cost a lot of money. Sometimes the show would have to do a clipshow or a noticeably cheap bottle episode to save up for an expensive episode. Also, in the pre-streaming era, people couldn't just watch all the episodes in order on demand so an occasional episode summarizing what was going on was actually useful.

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  • I'm sorry I don't recall who you are.

  • What are tell-tale signs a series has jumped its shark?

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  • That's not really what I'm talking about. I'm talking about actors that have already been cast who then play the same role for decades as if nothing about their voice has changed.

    Have you heard Bart Simpson's voice recently?

  • You must have a strong opinion on which of these is superior to post here.

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  • Fool.

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  • I think with long running superhero comics it is more like, if a specific run has jumped the shark and gotten too stupid.

    What is simultaneously good and bad about long running comics is that the continuity is so convoluted that the writers can reset it after an especially bad run, or they can go do stand alone stories; and readers can just ignore entire chunks of continuity they don't like.

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  • On older broadcast shows, sometimes that was just a necessary evil to save the budget up for an expensive episode.

  • [OC] Oxis playing live

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  • I̶ ̷l̷i̷k̸e̵ ̸'̵S̷q̵u̷i̵l̴l̷a̴'̸,̸ ̷i̷t̷ ̸w̴e̷i̴r̸d̵l̷y̴ ̶r̸e̷m̴i̵n̶d̶s̸ ̶m̸e̸ ̴o̵f̷ ̴m̵u̸s̵i̶c̵ ̷o̶f̸ ̵o̷l̴d̸ ̷w̶e̷s̴t̷e̸r̷n̶s̶.̵ ̸I̶'̶m̷ ̵n̶o̶t̸ ̸a̵n̷ ̸O̸x̷i̷s̸ ̸m̷e̴g̴a̵f̸a̴n̵,̵ ̵b̴u̸t̴ ̷f̵i̶g̴u̵r̸e̷d̴ ̴s̸i̶n̵c̶e̷ ̵s̴h̷e̷ ̵i̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̷s̸m̷a̴l̶l̵e̷r̸ ̷a̷r̵t̸i̴s̵t̶ ̴i̷t̴ ̸w̶o̴u̷l̵d̵ ̷b̵e̵ ̷r̴i̸g̸h̶t̷ ̷t̶o̸ ̸l̶i̸n̶k̶ ̸t̴o̵ ̵h̴e̸r̸ ̸s̸i̵t̵e̸ ̸i̸f̷ ̷I̶ ̴p̶o̴s̸t̶e̴d̴ ̶t̶h̴e̸ ̷p̴i̴c̶.̶

  • What are tell-tale signs a series has jumped its shark?

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  • Depending on the kind of show it is contextual, but here's some.

    If it is a tight self contained story that ends...and then more things happen. Stranger Things for example pretty much perfectly ended in season 1. There was a tiny dangling mystery regarding Eleven's fate. Such things do not need to be a sequel hook, they can simply exist to tantalize and never be expanded on. This is like if Inception 2 was made and it answered the questions about Cobb's spinning totem; it would utterly miss the point that the story was over and the ending was intentionally ambiguous.

    If the actors or voice actors are simply getting too old for the part. Personally I have a good ear for animation's voice acting. It drives me absolutely crazy when I hear noticeably aged actors reprising role or continuing them as if nothing has changed. Obviously some performers can last longer than others but for example modern Simpsons is unwatchable to me entirely on the basis of the voices. Even if somehow the writing turned around I simply can't get past the voices. Similarly I could barely sit through The Incredibles 2, which supposedly picks up right as the first movie ends but all the voices are aged 14 years and I can hear it.

  • You must have a strong opinion on which of these is superior to post here.

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  • A finger on the monkey paw curls. Your wish is granted.

  • Colorized photo of ground crew loading .50 cal ammunition into a P-47 Thunderbolt. 1944.

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  • Helpful salamander redirects drainpipe opening away from the Binnendieze canal. Netherlands. Sculpture by Joris Baudoin.

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  • And this one is relatively modern. The artist only started putting them up in 1994.

  • You must have a strong opinion on which of these is superior to post here.

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  • Your terms are acceptable.

  • Fiat Model 7002 was a 1960s Italian general-purpose helicopter, with a tip jet driven rotor built by Fiat Aviazione. Only one was built.

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  • Helpful salamander redirects drainpipe opening away from the Binnendieze canal. Netherlands. Sculpture by Joris Baudoin.

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  • If you are in a boat going down the canal the water from the drainpipe can spill onto your head and/or genitals.

  • Aerial view of San Francisco

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  • Fog machine operators were on strike.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What is the weirdest story from your high school?

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    What's your pitch for a new pizza?

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    What's your pitch for an X-Files 'monster of the week' premise?

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    Garbage's Shirley Manson

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    This is the worst case yet.

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    Marilyn Monroe tries archery. Photo by Anthony Beauchamp, 1951.

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    The weak should fear the strong

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    Ţ̴̭̪̥̒̽̋͋̿̄́͊̾̌̓̀̔͝͝͝͝ͅh̵̬̙̩̞̻̰͇̠̭̦̊̽̆̓̍͆̑̓͌̓̋͊e̶̢̡͍̪͕̥̤̬̋͂̑̈́̚̕ͅͅ ̵̛̛͖̌̀́̌̑̃̆͆̈́͒́̌̕̚͠ǵ̸͎̩̭͒̎̉̈́̌͂̇o̸͇̗̙͖͋̚v̵͖̫͕̔̽́̋̀̋̈́̉͌͋̽̈́̓͑̚͝͝e̵̙̦̬͇̭̍̏͊̃ř̸̭͈̼̱̤̻̏̎̚n̸͍̰̠̆͆́̓̚͘͝m̷̏͂̕ͅẹ̸̡̨͎͉̲͍̝̲̌̿̽̔͊ͅṉ̶̬̠̱̩̔̌̈́̒̋͘

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Cold

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    People in local apps not reading or ignoring the point of posts.

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    'How Resident Evil 2 For The N64 Kept Its FMV Cutscenes' - Hackaday

    hackaday.com /2026/02/03/how-resident-evil-2-for-the-n64-kept-its-fmv-cutscenes/
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    Soviet stratospheric parachutists Nina Pronyushkina and Elvira Fomicheva. Odessa, 1977.

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    French soldier using his Lebel rifle to fish

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    Behold, a duck

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    'Rogue Review' - MandaloreGaming

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    'Colony Ship is a Dark Christian Sci-fi RPG' - Warlockracy

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    'PETTY THIEF: DEADLY SHADOWS #1' - Civvie11

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What's your pitch for a brand new cryptid or local legend?

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    A guard is dwarfed by the giant stone statue of Ramses II in Memphis, Egypt. Photo by Jeremy Horner. 2005.

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    How it feels to shoot up one marijuana