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1 hour ago, Jason said:

lol the garbage one that has 30% efficacy and probably contributes to variants

The more effective Pfizer one has been approved as well! ^_^

F.D.A. Clears Pfizer’s Covid Pill for High-Risk Patients 12 and Older - The New York Times

WWW.NYTIMES.COM

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The first-of-its-kind treatment, Paxlovid, has been found to be highly protective against severe illness. It could be available within a few days.

37 minutes ago, legend said:

 

People who buy into pyramid schemes also are told how it works but are led to believe it will make them wealthy anyway; that they'll be the ones on the top, but we still call that a scam an sometimes make it illegal. NFTs are scam in the same way.

There's definitely a pyramid scheme and fad element that taps into the same whatever that causes pet rocks and coin collections to spike, though to a degree NTFs are also unprecedented... I have concern for what some of the long term impact might be. Aside from that I'm not sure I feel much else about it.  I personally don't see the value in buying them, and I can't say I feel too bad for anyone buying into it given how easy it is to google what they don't know first.  ^_^

On 12/16/2021 at 6:19 AM, crispy4000 said:

 

 

 

In a nutshell, if these big companies are not looking into new (nefarious) trends to increase their profits, they’re failing their shareholders by conceding ground to their competitors.

 

Or they do what Embracer did and say fuck that noise.

 

 

From a design standpoint alone I'm not here for it since collecting shit is antiquated and pointless to begin with imo. A leftover trope from a time when games tech wasn't advanced enough to curate more engaging experiences. 

It's been a stargate sequence of a mindfuck to see how in-demand NFTs are. How ethical or not that is I'm still not sure. Calling it a scam seems a bit inaccurate? Doubt false advertising claims have much merit - NFT shops seem pretty clear that you're paying for a JPG image and ownership of the license to use it, and when in doubt, googling it tells you this.  It's a dumb product, but I have to assume nobody in their right mind is being mislead into buying it. Where a precedent like that can lead, however,  IS concerning, but also I'm rooting for many digital artists who pay bills from this and I'm not sure I have much sympathy for anyone who feels scammed by them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On 12/22/2021 at 9:40 PM, Mercury33 said:

Perfecting deep fake stuff would probably still wow me. 
 

But who knows, maybe there’s some cool effect that hasn’t been invented yet that could still amaze people the way bullet time or the T1000 did. I put my trust in James Cameron to find a way haha

Convincingly aging and de-aging actors, brinking back those who have died to reprise roles (there's rightfully a debate on how ethical it is, but it will happen regardless) using their likeness for digital stunt doubles via deep fake technology or something like it, and bridging the uncanny valley for cgi creatures and animals is the next step.  Most cgi beasts in live action films and TV still don't look and move quite right, and this is obviously even more true of actors' digital stunt doubles. Your mind can still tell the difference, even w/ the most convincing examples like that Bear in The Revenant. Once this is no longer the case, the potential of cgi will more or less be realized. 

very high-effort trolling, Rids 

9 minutes ago, Komusha said:

 

The headline provides his job title.

This is true!

How did NFTs genuinely become such a popular trend? 

Who?

This record annoyed all the right people back in the day, still a blast now/10

A delicious four course meal of palatable doom/10  

possibly third best album from them/10

On 11/17/2021 at 12:37 PM, Brick said:

Prometheus is one or two more drafts away from being excellent, there's just too many instances of "why would you, a super smart scientist, do that?", and things that could have easily been explained away with a line or two, even if it was just lampshading. The caesarean section scene was great though. 

 

Covenant felt like Scott going, "oh you want to nitpick my movie, well fuck you I won't even bother trying to pretend this time! Fuck it, they don't even wear helmets at all this time and get infected from spores!" 

I thought it was funny how a few years ago he said he was considering doing multiple sequels to Covenant.  It almost had the tone of a threat when he said it, and based on online reactions a lot of fans of the series definitely took it as such.

On 11/17/2021 at 7:31 AM, Mercury33 said:

I watched Prometheus again this morning. IDGAF what anyone says. That movie is great. 

Visually, it's really good. I just can't stand how it kinda ruins some of the mystique of the first film (why did we ever need to know the origin of the space jockey and xenomorph?) and it's not scary. A big part of what makes the horror in Alien effective has to do with how relatable the character's decisions are in trying to prevent the horror, but mostly because of things beyond their control almost every attempt to stop it unexpectedly makes the situation worse.  In Prometheus it's like the characters go out of their way to make dumb decisions (instead of slipping and falling and accidentally getting attacked by the facehugger, crew members actively try to provoke the space cobra, etc), so I stopped caring pretty early on. Though tbf this series has been irrelevant since part 3 so I wasn't expecting much to begin with.  At least Marvel films still feel kinda relevant, even if the initial hype of experiencing the MCU is fading out a bit.

9 hours ago, Kal-El814 said:

 

Of course this is true.

 

I mean if I REALLY wanted to have a beef with people like Scott or Scorsese coming in hot about how today’s popular scripts are bad, I would say that they have both been the beneficiaries of being straight, white male auteurs who peaked at a time when straight, white men of their generation were the most vocal and influential critics, and I don’t think the extent to which their (and many people in similar positions) reputations have benefitted from this is ever going to be truly appreciated.

 

This is not to say that they are not great, or that their output is not quality, but you know… not everyone gets to make the 7th Alien movie, have it absolutely blow, then get a $140M check to cast Christian Bale as Moses and Joel Edgerton as motherfucking Ramesses II. So I dunno, maybe count your blessings, Ridley?

Based, though to be completely fair to Scorsese, he started peaking at a time when there was still lots of normalized discrimination towards Italians.

As for Ridley, I genuinely wonder how much he cares about being a serious director anymore lol.  Watching movies like Exodus and Prometheus just breaks your mind to think about what fuels him to choose some of the movies he ends up directing. Not that there arent some enjoyable ones too, but it's like he intentionally wants a hit and miss filmography or something lol

Scott's clearly goofing around and having some fun on his press day . Nothing he said in those excerpts is anything worth getting mad over, though I get why it might be considered provocative 

It's bonkers how contemporary Crysis 3 still feels, both w/ visuals and gameplay.

The dialogue in the trailers was concerning, especially for an IP like this where the whole experience can fall apart if it's not good. Wasn't expecting impressions to be beaming so much but here we are, hell yeah SE ^_^

While gathering the classics don't forget about the wonderfully weird and overlooked stuff like God Hand, Killer 7, Mister Mosquito, Raw Danger, Rule of Rose, Gungrave, Rez, Echo Night Beyond, Gitaroo Man, etc ^_^

Until this became a recent trend with younger generations the only people i knew who watched this genre were sad boomers.

That trailer makes it seem like a very faithful adaptation of the first two games! 1999 me would have been hyped for this.