GratefullyGodless

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Plus, it was a shared mythos. He created the main core of it, but others contributed as well. So, figuring out copyrights would be difficult, since some stories reference other stories. Remember, they thought they were just writing some horror stories, but that they would never be something anyone other than other horror story enthusiasts would see.

IP was not a thing yet, and they were just writing for fun. A modern version would be the shared SCP universe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

::Cheery whistling intensifies::

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You hallucinated something into his comment that wasn't even there. Are you an AI?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Y'know, I looked forward to Ncuti's run as the Doctor, because RTD was returning to run the show again, and I thought he might hit the heights he hit during his first time show running, but I forgot that RTD's arch-enemy would be returning with him, and sure enough, RTD with streaming money is his own worst enemy.

Torchwood: Miracle Day was a bloated mess, where he took a 1 or 2 episode plot and turned it into a way too long series for what little story was there. Now, he took over show running again, and the first thing he did was give us Tennant again as the Doctor, starting the run of self-indulgent writing that marked T:MD. He undoes one of the most iconic acts of Tennant's first run, by undoing the Donna memory issue, then giving us dieties as enemies, deciding that Doctor Who isn't a sci-fi show anymore, but rather a fantasy show now. And, then he decides the Doctor is an amoeba, and has the Doctor pop off another version of himself, and then uses cartoon logic to make the Tardis also bigenerate.

And that was just the beginning of his run, what followed was just as nonsensical, with Goblins, Dieties that can be defeated with Mr. Mxyzptlk like logic, one of the blandest companions ever, and the ever present old lady everywhere they went. So, I didn't expect anything to be better at the end of Ncuti's run either, and sure enough I wasn't disappointed. RTD did do some course correction, with making the 4th wall breaking lady turn out to be the Rani instead of whatever he had been planning for her. He also had the last of the Pantheon turn out to be a magic wish baby, so we didn't have another hammy performance.

But, it still didn't save things, and that last reveal with the Doctor's regeneration at the end, just smacked of desperation. He realized that he had screwed up, and tried to remind everyone of when he revitalized the show, and get everyone excited for another season and thus get it renewed, but it felt forced and desperate and really didn't undo all the harm he had done to the show during Ncuti's run.

So, the show will probably die here, as they won't make any new episodes, and then in 10 years or so, they'll announce a new re-imagined Doctor Who reboot by some popular showrunner at the time. And, it'll be ironic that the man who brought the show back from the dead, winds up being the man who winds up killing it. I hope I'm wrong, but after the mess that Chibnall and RTD made, I wouldn't be surprised.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But, then don't we have a loss of the loss, which means recursive losses of losses?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It was good, and while it didn't have snails, cherries, carrots or lobster, it did have some garlic usually, and sometimes cherry tomatoes, and sometimes shrimp. But, most importantly, since i was working only part time then, it was a great deal and fed me for a couple of days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It was usually the start of a night out. I was a young man in Chicago, and took advantage of it while i could.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Have you never had a garbage can pizza before? There was a place on the north side of Chicago, where if you wandered in shortly before closing, you could get a garbage can pizza, where they throw all the ingredients they're going to be tossing out at the end of the night onto your pizza. They only made it for regular customers, but it was a good deal since they charged regular price, but it was loaded with so much stuff.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Musk learned the hard way why other billionaires don't get directly involved in politics, and buy politicians instead. That way they get what they want, but let the politicians take the heat for pushing through the billionaires agendas.

The problem for Musk is that his ego wouldn't allow him to sit quietly on the sidelines calling the shots. He had to prove how smart he was, and how he was the only one who could fix the government. Now, he's pissed off almost everyone, has lost various large foreign contracts for his companies, drove sales of Tesla into the ground, and is watching Trump undo the "brilliant" governmental cost cutting that he did.

And, his ego still won't let it go, as now he's suggested he'll start his own political party. You just know the other billionaires are looking at him and going "What a dumbass!"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It clearly shows one of the supports for the glass partition that runs along the counter between the ladies and the ice cream. Admittedly, the artist could've made it clearer, but you try drawing something see through and get it perfect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, but you'll notice that he had to double check with you to be sure though. So, he had his doubts.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Im old enough to remember when "naked running" meant Streaking. There was even a hit song about it back in the 70s.

 
 

To help contribute, here's the only meme I've ever done, which I did in response to news that Abrams was working on a new ST movie. And after seeing how well the franchise is going with SNW and LD, I feel it's even more appropriate.

 

We all know that RTD considers Torchwood as his special property, and that he can't hire Barrowman again, since Barrowman's on the BBC "Do Not Hire" list, so it would make sense to bring The Doctor Donna in to be their alien expert. I mean obviously they'll come up with some reason why her being with the Doctor doesn't make her brain fry, so there's no reason to not bring her into Torchwood.

It may not even be Catherine Tate, as part of keeping her brain from becoming scrambled may involve making her regenerate, so it could be an all new face, and actress, for Donna on Torchwood.

What do you all think?

 

I couldn't attend this year, so what's the news from the expo? New Pin manufacturers? New Tables?

 

The game is supposed to be an ominous and foreboding ARPG, and instead I run across BgButzzzz6nine, or I start moving towards some creatures on the other side of my screen, and before I've taken two steps some Necromancer and undead horde come buzzsawing through the area like a scythe, and I have to try and find someplace where I can actually kill things. The isolated feel was a key point of the game, and added to the ambiance and feel of the game. Now, I can't go 2 minutes without getting that immersion ruined by some random intrusion by another player. Is there some way to not be surrounded by other people while playing the game?

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