Like you, I loved this show as a kid - and I think I’d be too afraid of ruining my own memories of it by attempting to watch it again now!

I learned that lesson when I tried to watch a Blake’s 7 episode about ten years ago… 😬

Some things are best left to nostalgia.

I loved Arrival, and personally I found both the ideas and the characters compelling - but if the ‘language changing perception’ part didn’t land for you, I can see why you wouldn’t care for it.

If you haven’t already read it, it might be worth trying the short story that it’s based on (‘Story of Your Life’ by Ted Chiang, in the collection Stories of Your Life and Others), instead. I found the story a bit drier than the film, but perhaps you’ll prefer it.

(ETA: And in the time I was thinking about and typing this up, I see others have beaten me to suggesting the short story!)

That’s a great list. Have seen a good proportion of them, but there’s a couple (The Endless and Stalker) that I wasn’t aware of, so will have to watch out for.

I loved Looper.

Haven’t seen any mention of a new starter area (and given that we got Swanfleet/Cardolan in Before the Shadow as an alternative starter area, I think it’s probably unlikely we’d get another new one so soon) - but you never know!

They ARE teasing a new River Hobbits-themed housing area, though.

Mostly, I’m hoping those hairstyles might be available to Shire Hobbits at some point. They look awesome!

This is worth it for the universal toolkit alone!

I’d read it as a new race, just as with the stout-axe dwarves. But I could be wrong!

I’d read it as a new race, just as with the stout-axe dwarves. But I could be wrong!

Thank you, that’s very much appreciated. 🙂

Saw this earlier - have to admit I’d forgotten all about it, but was still sad to hear it won’t be happening now. I loved Mr. Robot, so would have been very interested to see what Sam Esmail did with this.

Heh, that’s a fair point! Unfortunately I’m no artist either.

Oh! Yes, that makes sense. So I’m the one who misunderstood 🤦🏻

Sorry, @inkican 😔

See, this (along with perpetual anxiety over whether I’ve worded something the best way) is why I normally just lurk online… but I want to see this group, and Kbin/Lemmy more generally, succeed… so I’m trying to participate more!

100% agree! And unfortunately even if some kind of oversight or legislation is brought in now, there’s no putting that genie back in the bottle 😕

I’m not

I think you might have misunderstood my comment - I didn’t think you were the one doing the downvoting, I was expressing my surprise that others were downvoting you. Sorry if that wasn’t clear!

I haven’t seen Silo yet (soon!), but Severance was amazing, and very unique. For All Mankind is great, too. And I know people have mixed feelings about Foundation, with all the changes from the source material, but I enjoyed that, as well.

One thing I like about Apple TV’s shows is that they don’t seem to be afraid to try new directions - Severance is a great example of this. As is Servant - I didn’t enjoy that one, but it was certainly different! While other streaming services appear to be primarily focussed on the next big media property they can adapt (The Witcher, Wheel of Time, Rings of Power), Apple seem to be a bit more willing to think outside the box.

You’re welcome!

I was genuinely surprised to see the downvotes, especially when I can see the effort you’re putting into trying to promote activity and discussions here.

I’m a little confused why people are downvoting this thread (and some of the others in this group). I’m guessing folks are using the downvote to mean ‘I disagree’, but if I’m not mistaken, the effect it actually has is to reduce the likelihood of the thread showing up in the ‘All’ front page of both the local and remote instances, and hence potentially harms the growth of this magazine/community.

Even if you don’t agree with the premise of the thread, that doesn’t mean the discussion itself isn’t worthwhile. And if you don’t agree, maybe post your comments as to why, rather than just downvoting?

Personally, I think downvoting should be a tool to say ‘this doesn’t belong here at all’ rather than just ‘I disagree with you’.

I’m 100% in agreement with just about ALL of this. Are we the same person? (I guess not, since I haven’t watched Lower Decks or Prodigy.)

I especially agree about much of the humour falling flat, but like you, I’m just not a fan generally of that brand of humour. But I do think The Orville shines brightest when it’s playing things straight, rather than for laughs.

I don’t know about causing extinction, but I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about how disappointing it is that, as kids, we were promised in fiction/movies/TV that in the future robots and AI would be doing all the menial work, freeing humans up to spend more time being creative…

And instead here we are, faced with the prospect of AI doing much of the creative work, while we’re left with the menial stuff.

The artwork is very cool, though personally I’m not sure using AI generated art is the way to go.