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Comment on What actually happened to the Rudolph puppets? - The bizarre history behind the Animagic in ~tv
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What actually happened to the Rudolph puppets? - The bizarre history behind the Animagic
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Comment on What happened to the world's largest tube TV/CRT? in ~tech
EmperorPenguin LinkYoutuber attempts to track down down the white whale/holy grail of CRTs, a TV so impractical and expensive in its time that many cynics online believed it never entered production. Very fun video!...- Exemplary
The KX-45ED1, aka the PVM-4300, was rumored to be the largest CRT ever made. A mysterious picture of one has circled the internet for years. Join me as we uncover the mystery of this massive and mythical tube TV.
Youtuber attempts to track down down the white whale/holy grail of CRTs, a TV so impractical and expensive in its time that many cynics online believed it never entered production.
Very fun video! Even if you're not particularly interested in CRTs, it makes for a very good story with lots of twists and turns.
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What happened to the world's largest tube TV/CRT?
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Comment on Superman | Official teaser trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin Link ParentI wasn't aware of that since I didn't watch Titans. Well, I bet like >90% of people seeing this movie haven't seen Titans so I suspect they'll still need to introduce him.I wasn't aware of that since I didn't watch Titans. Well, I bet like >90% of people seeing this movie haven't seen Titans so I suspect they'll still need to introduce him.
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Comment on Superman | Official teaser trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin Link ParentWe see him hanging out with his human dad and having a romantic side plot with Lois (as expected), which both seem like they'd be more slow paced moments and will give us some info about this...We see him hanging out with his human dad and having a romantic side plot with Lois (as expected), which both seem like they'd be more slow paced moments and will give us some info about this Superman's backstory. This is also the first time Krypto's been in live action iirc so we'll likely get some kinda plotline to explain how Superman has a dog with superpowers. And as you said they'll obviously give some screentime to Lex. He's the villain and we need to learn what he's up to this time and what this actor brings to the character. There's the big kaiju so we're probably gonna get some lore about where that came from and Supes is gonna have to have a big action scene fighting it. We see a civilian throw a can at Supes, so there's gonna be the typical plotline about "Is he a GOOD guy? Can we trust him with all that power?" That doesn't leave a lot of room to flesh out all these other characters. Unless they're more quick gag characters, this ends up being a long movie, or the necessary scenes I mentioned are cut shorter than they should to let them work properly.
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Comment on Superman | Official teaser trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin LinkI've seen people online generally really hyped for this, but there's something I noticed people typically complain about, but aren't bringing up here: the other DC characters. People mention a lot...I've seen people online generally really hyped for this, but there's something I noticed people typically complain about, but aren't bringing up here: the other DC characters. People mention a lot how Spider-Man 3 had too many villains in it. Besides Supes, Lois, Krypto, and Lex, there's a pretty decent amount of other characters in this trailer, especially for this being the first movie in this new timeline. That could either leave those characters lacking in screentime or have the movie end up feeling bloated.
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Comment on Weird game "Catly" revealed at The Game Awards might be some kind of AI generated grift or scam in ~games
EmperorPenguin LinkIf any of you watched TGA last Friday, you might've noticed a trailer for this weird cat game called "Catly" that looked like something someone would've made with that SORA AI video generator....If any of you watched TGA last Friday, you might've noticed a trailer for this weird cat game called "Catly" that looked like something someone would've made with that SORA AI video generator. What's really weird is the platforms listed: Steam, Switch, and... Apple watch? And it's supposedly an MMO? For Apple Watch?
Youtuber Arlo looked into it, and the website and Steam page seem like complete nonsense. The Steam page description of the game looks like complete AI slop, as Arlo says he would expect even an AI to do a better job making something coherent. They have "reviews" supposedly written by the producer of League of Legends and the game director of Hearthstone, and claim the lead composer who worked on the music for Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is making the Catly soundtrack, but the "links" to those statements are actually blue text made to look like links. The website for the game talks about selling clothes that are clearly fake and AI generated images.
The developer and publisher's name is listed as "SuperAuthenti", which, while I know a lot of tech companies choose quirky names, sounds like someone literally naming a company "Super Legit Not a Scam Inc."
For such an obviously fake AI product, someone had to have spent a lot of money to get this trailer on TGA, where a lot of eyes would be on it. Something's definitely going on here...
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Weird game "Catly" revealed at The Game Awards might be some kind of AI generated grift or scam
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Comment on Astro Bot wins Game of the Year 2024 in ~games
EmperorPenguin Link ParentThe series honestly is pretty crap about naming things, they have it about as bad as the Xbox consoles. There's the PSVR1 games "The Playroom VR" and "Astro Bot: Rescue Mission", not to be...The series honestly is pretty crap about naming things, they have it about as bad as the Xbox consoles. There's the PSVR1 games "The Playroom VR" and "Astro Bot: Rescue Mission", not to be confused with "The Playroom", "Astro's Playroom" or "Astro Bot", which are not VR games.
I think the only consistency is that the "Playroom" games are pack-ins, while the Astro Bot games are separate purchases.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
EmperorPenguin LinkI just beat a run in Balatro for the first time. It's a very nice, small but simple and addicting game that deserves the attention it got. When you get a run with a set of jokers that synergize...I just beat a run in Balatro for the first time. It's a very nice, small but simple and addicting game that deserves the attention it got. When you get a run with a set of jokers that synergize very well, it's magical.
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Comment on Astro Bot wins Game of the Year 2024 in ~games
EmperorPenguin Link ParentThat's definitely true, but I'd say the series has always been a vehicle for whatever Sony wanted to show off. When they weren't pushing Sony's IP yet, they were pushing the PS4 camera and PSVR1....That's definitely true, but I'd say the series has always been a vehicle for whatever Sony wanted to show off. When they weren't pushing Sony's IP yet, they were pushing the PS4 camera and PSVR1. Astro Bot is the first one they've made that doesn't require an extra hardware purchase besides a PS console and isn't bundled in the console, but people bought specifically because they wanna play a platformer made by Asobi. The IP stuff in Astro Bot is really just collectibles and like 5 crossover levels that serve as a change of pace to the normal gameplay, the normal story levels and the boss fights (90% of the game) are largely the original Astro Bot IP.
Edit: Another aspect of it is that the crossover characters aren't really in the game, it's Astro Bot chracters wearing cute little costumes. It makes sense in-universe that a robot who lives in a Playstation controller and flies through space in a giant PS5 would wear a Kratos costume.
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Astro Bot wins Game of the Year 2024
Well, I guess that's an internet meltdown avoided by the DLC not winning this year. But it's interesting a 3D platformer just beat a Soulslike action game and two big JRPGs. I think Astro Bot...
Well, I guess that's an internet meltdown avoided by the DLC not winning this year. But it's interesting a 3D platformer just beat a Soulslike action game and two big JRPGs. I think Astro Bot definitely deserves it, it's such a fun and charming game! Of course, this is all just a marketing thing and doesn't really matter.
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Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin Link ParentYeah I know, I was just mentioning some places that recognized the on-screen title. Most places didn't.Yeah I know, I was just mentioning some places that recognized the on-screen title. Most places didn't.
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Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin Link ParentThis makes me think about this compared to other products. When you buy food, for example, they tell you the size, the ingredients, and usually they give you a little picture of what it looks like...If you're selling half a movie, it would be good to be upfront about that.
This makes me think about this compared to other products. When you buy food, for example, they tell you the size, the ingredients, and usually they give you a little picture of what it looks like or have some kinda transparent part so you can see it. If the picture is misleading or there's extra food also on the box, there's an astrisk with something like "enlarged to show texture" or "serving suggestion" or whatever. When you buy a toy, there's usually something on the box or in the ad about "batteries not included" if it needs batteries. Most people probably aren't gonna expect to do homework to buy most small purchases, especially not something like a movie. What these movies are doing would be deceptive, but similarly deceptive to everything else we buy in our lives, if the "part one" was small text with a semi-transparent font underneath the rest of the title. As it is, it's even worse than that.
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Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin Link ParentFunny you say that, since the filmmaker did call it part 1 inside of the movie when they show the title. If you check on IMDb, you'll see it listed as Dune: Part One presumably for that reason.... -
Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin Link ParentLike Khalos said, knowing that much info before going into a movie is not the norm. Also a big issue is people not expecting a movie to be two parts based on the source material, previous...Like Khalos said, knowing that much info before going into a movie is not the norm. Also a big issue is people not expecting a movie to be two parts based on the source material, previous adaptations, previous entries in the series not being two partners, or a movie that's a new IP not saying it's a two parter in the ads. Dune has sequel books, but the first book was previously made into only 1 movie. Wicked the play is 3 hours so in theory could be done in 3 hours in a movie.
Spider-Verse 2 was the second movie in a series, but still it ending on a cliffhanger shocked people that I watched it with since the first movie had a satisfying ending. They expected each part in that series to be more self contained.
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Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin Link ParentWhat the studios plan isn't the issue, multi partners can be really good and I enjoyed a lot of recent ones. The issue is how the first part is marketed.What the studios plan isn't the issue, multi partners can be really good and I enjoyed a lot of recent ones. The issue is how the first part is marketed.
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Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies
EmperorPenguin Link ParentOk, this is really starting to get out of hand... Is no movie safe from being split into two parts, deceiving the audience that it's only one part, and only telling them once they've purchased...back-to-back with its sequel 28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple
Ok, this is really starting to get out of hand...
Is no movie safe from being split into two parts, deceiving the audience that it's only one part, and only telling them once they've purchased their ticket or if they read entertainment news?
To clarify I don't just mean splitting a movie into two parts (like Harry Potter 7, which was abundantly clear about two parts in all the ads), I mean specifically lying about part 1 being a full movie.
To be fair, so far for each of these films that's pulled this stunt, I have found that stretching the movie into a 5 hour runtime made sense. I did end up seeing Wicked Part 1 after making this Tildes thread and I found that movie handled it about as well as I could hope. Part 1 did expand on the first act of the musical to make it feel like a good pace and not padded, and ending where it did felt satisfying like I had seen a complete film, not half a film. They also were clear in the movie itself that it was part 1 (similar to Dune part 1, it only deceived audiences on the poster, not after they were watching the movie in the theater, so no surprise cliffhangers).
But does every movie need to do this trick? It's just getting exhausting honestly.
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Favorite "A Christmas Carol" adaptation?
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
There's a million of these adaptations, both direct adaptations of Scrooge himself, and parodies featuring various other characters. Which one did you grow up seeing the most? Which one do you find yourself coming back to? I just rewatched the Patrick Stewart one myself, which is the one I've seen the most.
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I just watched one of these Rankin Bass holiday films last night, and was wondering what happened to the puppets. Luckily this video came out recently and showed up in my recommendations this morning!
More than the ultimate fate of the puppets, the video goes into the story of how the special was created, which I actually haven't heard before. There's definitely a lot of "lore" to these specials and the creators behind it that most people are unaware of, and as happens far too often, a lot of key talent was uncredited and/or underpaid.
If you're familiar with the story, it's worth checking out the video anyways, because apparently some new details have come to light in the past few years!