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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos- calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos- calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James
Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's comments.
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:> >> On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:>>> https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos->>> calling-101607522.html>>> The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.>>>> I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen,>> senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.> > True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's comments.The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can......if we can.-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:> >> On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:>>> https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos->>> calling-101607522.html>>> The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.>>>> I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen,>> senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.> > True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's comments.The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can......if we can.-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yes you can, lol
On 9/18/25 9:15 AM, *skriptis wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrot=e in message:r>> On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@g= mail.com> writes:> >> On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:>>> https://www.ya= hoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos->>> calling-101607= 522.html>>> The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.>>>> I agree and the=
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r
On 9/18/25 9:15 AM, *skriptis wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r>> On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:> >> On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:>>> https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos->>> calling-101607522.html>>> The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.>>>> I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen,>> senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.> > True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's comments.The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can......if we can.-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > Yes you can, lolI think it's a real interesting conversation, listing Trump's actions that indicate a strong push towards authoritarian order, and possibly a major shift in the way the US is governed.People here on RST should by now know that I tend to see things as an observer of major events, a non-actor. This means that I'm not ascribing good/bad, right/wrong, just evaluating the events for what this means to me--the quality of my life and that of my family. So I see X happening, check if I can exercise any control on it, and if not, how to adapt or avoid. It's like hearing about a hurricane: I can't affect it, but I can run away or stay.It's that simple because that's the way it is now in the US. It has not been socially cooperative since at least the 80s. I don't care what the causes of this destruction of social trust were/are (I have opinions, but that's simply finger-pointing after the fact) all I need to know is that I cannot unilaterally reverse it, realistically I have to live in it, so what the fuck is my best course toward continued survival and success?*That* shit I do indeed have some level of control over, and it's where I spend my time. Discussions here are a form of recreation and a bit of a reality check--pinging for a response to see what the signal contains.So far it looks to me that:1) Trump has used the military--or quasi-miltary--in dissenting urban centers on the pretext of lawlessness, including both criminal and immigration violations. He has gotten some pushback from local officials and courts, but he does not pull the forces until *he* say so.2) Behind the scenes he has pressured various institutions--educational, business--to reverse their policies on whatever it is he thinks provides the most cover. This has the twofold effect of pleasing his popular power-base, and more importantly to him, administering payback for real or perceived personal affronts.3) He has removed protection from various political opponents, so that they have to worry that either some nut case--of which there are plenty here, well-armed and willing--will take a shot at them, or perhaps something even more pernicious.4) Thusfar he does not seem to be courting traditional political support thru elected intermediaries, which indicates that he thinks that what he is doing, or intending, will not need their support or co-operation. It will be unilateral.5) Lastly and maybe most significantly, Trump does not "play nice". Every other major US political leader within my lifetime has attempted to portray that however radical he is, he has a heart and means well. Trump does not bother projecting this, at all. He projects that he's *right* and will do as he sees fit. Period.So what does all this tell someone observing and who has been around the block many many times before?We're going to get two independent indicators of where he intends to go. The first will be how he handles the 2026 mid-terms: will he try to win popular support thru the ballot? If he appears to give up on that, you can infer what this means.The second will be if he ignores the judicial system. So far he mostly appeals rulings against him to a higher court, and in the interim keeps doing what he did. While the supreme court is not beholden to him (he can't fire him), and they are not personal friends or loyalists, they are mostly conservative or traditionalist and their natural *tendency* is to back him so long as he seems to adhere to traditional socio-political precepts. But if they see where he arbitrarily removes secret service protection from his political enemies, this will give them pause, I think. But the ultimate test vis-a-vis the judicial branch will be if he de facto ignores SCOTUS rulings against him. I would suppose that if he does, it will be masked: he'll *say* he's adhering to their ruling to some degree, but will continue his policy all the while characterizing it as compliance.And ya know what? I think that a slim majority, or a very sizable plurality of the citizenry will actually support this. They are that tired of mealy-mouthed indecisive and weak national leadership.-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is all thanks to Townsend who can't appreciate turtle soup?
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-videos- >>>> calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James
Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-
videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-
videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-
videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm personally
offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some potential. The alien
eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen (haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and the potential is
still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
On 9/19/25 2:48 PM, TT wrote:
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes- >>>>>>> videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen, >>>>>> senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm
personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some potential. The
alien eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen
(haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and the
potential is still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
I read the premise on wikipedia:
"The opening of the first episode introduces the premise of the series
as involving three separate destinies for the immortality of mankind.
These are:[4]
Cybernetically enhanced humans: Cyborgs
Artificially intelligent beings: Synthetics (Synths)
Synthetic beings with downloaded human consciousness: Hybrids"
Under which of these does mass 3rd world immigration to northern and
western Europe-a and the US and UK fall?
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes-
videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James
Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
Kimmel's
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we
can...
...if we can.
personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth"
;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some
potential. The
alien eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen
(haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and
the
potential is still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes- >>>>>>> videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James
Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
Kimmel's
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we
can...
...if we can.
personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth"
;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some
potential. The
alien eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen
(haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and
the
potential is still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
---SPOILER ALERT---
The atmosphere and nostalgia from the original movie are
there. And
yes, it does try to look cool and all, but come on... 70s style
CRT
displays, flashing lights, and buckling spring keyboards
coexisting in
a world with interstellar travel and the technology to download
children's brains into superhuman "hybrids" (which never existed
in
any of the movies)? Obviously when the movie was released this
makes
sense, now it just looks like a gimmick.
And these "hybrids"...come on, Wendy is like 10 years old
mentally but
fearlessly tears a Xenomorph limb from limb on her first
encounter
with one. She can understand and "talk" to them in their own
"language" and can apparently sic them on her foes? This "Wendy" single-handedly destroyed the mythos of the Xenomorph as the
"perfect
organism" and ruthless killing machine. Why would the writers
do
that? For girl power? Is she Buffy the Vampire Slayer or
something?
On that note, it does feel more like a superhero series than
"Alien".
The story is also full of glaring plot holes. In an early
episode,
they made a point to show that Prodigy is monitoring all of the
hybrids' vision. Yet in later episodes this fact is
conveniently
ignored... hell, one of them is busy scheming with the enemy and
arranging for humans to get the facehugger treatment. Nobody
heard/saw?!
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their
way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time,
except
when Wendy is ordering it around. THEN it can wipe out an
entire
squad of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15
seconds
flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from
the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series. He retconned
Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged
EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender
could
luck his way into beating the buggers and taking all the credit
for
himself. This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street
urchin
wanted all along.. LOL!
OK, I do like some things. I agree the "eyeball alien" is well
done.
Timothy Olyphant is good in his role. A bit of an unusual role
for
him but well done. I also like the actor who plays the
caricature of
a billionaire young tech bro... good villain, over the top yet
somehow
believable.
Anyway, it's kept me watching so far. Mostly to curse and throw
popcorn at the screen. This is some other kind of TV show
wrapped in
"Alien" dressing. And it's pretty woke, I'd think an
arch-conservative like you would hate it!
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their
way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time,
except
when Wendy is ordering it around. THEN it can wipe out an
entire
squad of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15
seconds
flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from
the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series. He retconned
Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged
EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender
could
luck his way into beating the buggers and taking all the credit
for
himself. This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street
urchin
wanted all along.. LOL!
AI says it was done intentionally, to show a vulnerable,
relatable
Superman who's willing to show his emotional side to connect
with the
audience. And to address the perception that he's depicted as
overpowered and boring most of the time. I guess the answer was
to
make him a prudish and indecisive karen?
TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes- >>>>>>> videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James Hansen, >>>>>> senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some potential. The
alien eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen
(haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and the
potential is still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
---SPOILER ALERT---
The atmosphere and nostalgia from the original movie are there. And yes,
it does try to look cool and all, but come on... 70s style CRT displays, flashing lights, and buckling spring keyboards coexisting in a world
with interstellar travel and the technology to download children's
brains into superhuman "hybrids" (which never existed in any of the movies)?-a Obviously when the movie was released this makes sense, now it just looks like a gimmick.
And these "hybrids"...come on, Wendy is like 10 years old mentally but fearlessly tears a Xenomorph limb from limb on her first encounter with one.-a She can understand and "talk" to them in their own "language" and
can apparently sic them on her foes? This "Wendy" single-handedly
destroyed the mythos of the Xenomorph as the "perfect organism" and
ruthless killing machine.-a Why would the writers do that?-a For girl power?-a Is she Buffy the Vampire Slayer or something?-a On that note, it does feel more like a superhero series than "Alien".
The story is also full of glaring plot holes.-a In an early episode, they made a point to show that Prodigy is monitoring all of the hybrids' vision.-a Yet in later episodes this fact is conveniently ignored...
hell, one of them is busy scheming with the enemy and arranging for
humans to get the facehugger treatment.-a Nobody heard/saw?!
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time, except
when Wendy is ordering it around.-a THEN it can wipe out an entire squad
of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15 seconds flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series.-a He retconned Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender could luck his way
into beating the buggers and taking all the credit for himself.-a This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street urchin wanted all along.. LOL!
OK, I do like some things.-a I agree the "eyeball alien" is well done. Timothy Olyphant is good in his role.-a A bit of an unusual role for him
but well done.-a I also like the actor who plays the caricature of a billionaire young tech bro... good villain, over the top yet somehow believable.
Anyway, it's kept me watching so far.-a Mostly to curse and throw popcorn
at the screen.-a This is some other kind of TV show wrapped in "Alien"
dressing.-a And it's pretty woke, I'd think an arch-conservative like you would hate it!--
jdeluise <jdeluise@gmail.com> writes:
TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes- >>>>>>>> videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James
Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some potential. The
alien eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen
(haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and the
potential is still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
---SPOILER ALERT---
The atmosphere and nostalgia from the original movie are there. And
yes, it does try to look cool and all, but come on... 70s style CRT
displays, flashing lights, and buckling spring keyboards coexisting in
a world with interstellar travel and the technology to download
children's brains into superhuman "hybrids" (which never existed in
any of the movies)?-a Obviously when the movie was released this makes
sense, now it just looks like a gimmick.
And these "hybrids"...come on, Wendy is like 10 years old mentally but
fearlessly tears a Xenomorph limb from limb on her first encounter
with one.-a She can understand and "talk" to them in their own
"language" and can apparently sic them on her foes? This "Wendy"
single-handedly destroyed the mythos of the Xenomorph as the "perfect
organism" and ruthless killing machine.-a Why would the writers do
that?-a For girl power?-a Is she Buffy the Vampire Slayer or something?
On that note, it does feel more like a superhero series than "Alien".
The story is also full of glaring plot holes.-a In an early episode,
they made a point to show that Prodigy is monitoring all of the
hybrids' vision.-a Yet in later episodes this fact is conveniently
ignored... hell, one of them is busy scheming with the enemy and
arranging for humans to get the facehugger treatment.-a Nobody
heard/saw?!
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time, except
when Wendy is ordering it around.-a THEN it can wipe out an entire
squad of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15 seconds
flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series.-a He retconned Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged
EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender could
luck his way into beating the buggers and taking all the credit for
himself.-a This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street urchin
wanted all along.. LOL!
OK, I do like some things.-a I agree the "eyeball alien" is well done.
Timothy Olyphant is good in his role.-a A bit of an unusual role for
him but well done.-a I also like the actor who plays the caricature of
a billionaire young tech bro... good villain, over the top yet somehow
believable.
Anyway, it's kept me watching so far.-a Mostly to curse and throw
popcorn at the screen.-a This is some other kind of TV show wrapped in
"Alien" dressing.-a And it's pretty woke, I'd think an
arch-conservative like you would hate it!
I will add this, in some ways it was better than I expected.-a It's extremely well made technically.... the special effects, the atmosphere,
the sets are great.-a Overall the acting is pretty good too, especially
for a tv series.-a Too bad the writing is total crap (in my opinion).
But I only really liked Alien and Aliens, the rest were utter shite.
-a So--
my expectations were really low for this.
jdeluise <jdeluise@gmail.com> writes:
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time, except
when Wendy is ordering it around.-a THEN it can wipe out an entire
squad of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15 seconds
flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series.-a He retconned Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged
EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender could
luck his way into beating the buggers and taking all the credit for
himself.-a This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street urchin
wanted all along.. LOL!
And it's the same thing in this new "Superman"....-a Superman's fighting with a godzilla sized fire-breathing monster stomping through town above throngs of people, and Superman says to some teenage metahuman fighting alongside him, "Oh gosh (no shit!), I'm trying to figure out how I can
get him out of here without killing him.-a you know, maybe so we could
study him".-a WTF!?-a Ultimately they kill him off while Superman's
standing around thinking. Superman's only purpose was to push people out
of the way and gently set down the monster before he falls on the crowd!?
AI says it was done intentionally, to show a vulnerable, relatable
Superman who's willing to show his emotional side to connect with the audience.-a And to address the perception that he's depicted as
overpowered and boring most of the time.-a I guess the answer was to make him a prudish and indecisive karen?
jdeluise <jdeluise@gmail.com> writes:
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time, except
when Wendy is ordering it around.-a THEN it can wipe out an entire
squad of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15 seconds
flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series.-a He retconned Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged
EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender could
luck his way into beating the buggers and taking all the credit for
himself.-a This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street urchin
wanted all along.. LOL!
And it's the same thing in this new "Superman"....-a Superman's fighting with a godzilla sized fire-breathing monster stomping through town above throngs of people, and Superman says to some teenage metahuman fighting alongside him, "Oh gosh (no shit!), I'm trying to figure out how I can
get him out of here without killing him.-a you know, maybe so we could
study him".-a WTF!?-a Ultimately they kill him off while Superman's
standing around thinking. Superman's only purpose was to push people out
of the way and gently set down the monster before he falls on the crowd!?
AI says it was done intentionally, to show a vulnerable, relatable
Superman who's willing to show his emotional side to connect with the audience.-a And to address the perception that he's depicted as
overpowered and boring most of the time.-a I guess the answer was to make him a prudish and indecisive karen?
jdeluise <jdeluise@gmail.com> writes:
TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:
jdeluise kirjoitti 19.9.2025 klo 1.13:
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/18/25 8:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:The only thing I can do is cancel Hulu.-a But that's OK, I'm
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:
On 9/17/25 9:45 AM, jdeluise wrote:True, but not as woke as the people offended by Jimmy Kimmel's
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/taylor-townsend-apologizes- >>>>>>>> videos-
calling-101607522.html
The comments weren't worth an apology, imo.
I agree and the comment following the apology, from "James
Hansen,
senior tennis editor" show that he's a woke pussy.
comments.
The whole thing, 2nd Trump, is becoming very scary.
But, you know, we'll just have to lump thru it as best we can...
...if we can.
personally offended by this travesty of a show "Alien: Earth" ;)
I've so far liked Alien Earth, feeling it has some potential. The
alien eye is definitely neat character.
Then again there are only 2 episodes left which I haven't seen
(haven't watched EP 7 yet, but I think I'll watch it now) and the
potential is still waiting to be capitalized.
To be continued...
---SPOILER ALERT---
The atmosphere and nostalgia from the original movie are there. And
yes, it does try to look cool and all, but come on... 70s style CRT
displays, flashing lights, and buckling spring keyboards coexisting in
a world with interstellar travel and the technology to download
children's brains into superhuman "hybrids" (which never existed in
any of the movies)?-a Obviously when the movie was released this makes
sense, now it just looks like a gimmick.
And these "hybrids"...come on, Wendy is like 10 years old mentally but
fearlessly tears a Xenomorph limb from limb on her first encounter
with one.-a She can understand and "talk" to them in their own
"language" and can apparently sic them on her foes? This "Wendy"
single-handedly destroyed the mythos of the Xenomorph as the "perfect
organism" and ruthless killing machine.-a Why would the writers do
that?-a For girl power?-a Is she Buffy the Vampire Slayer or something?
On that note, it does feel more like a superhero series than "Alien".
The story is also full of glaring plot holes.-a In an early episode,
they made a point to show that Prodigy is monitoring all of the
hybrids' vision.-a Yet in later episodes this fact is conveniently
ignored... hell, one of them is busy scheming with the enemy and
arranging for humans to get the facehugger treatment.-a Nobody
heard/saw?!
I just can't forgive the writers for seeming to go out of their way to
make the xenomorph seems weak and powerless most of the time, except
when Wendy is ordering it around.-a THEN it can wipe out an entire
squad of highly trained soldiers with assault rifles in 15 seconds
flat.
It reminds me a bit of what Orson Scott Card did to Ender (from the
"Ender's Game" series) in the later "Bean" series.-a He retconned Bean
into a supergenius who single-handedly and perfectly arranged
EVERYTHING behind the scenes so that the hapless idiot Ender could
luck his way into beating the buggers and taking all the credit for
himself.-a This is apparently what Bean, the Black, ex-street urchin
wanted all along.. LOL!
OK, I do like some things.-a I agree the "eyeball alien" is well done.
Timothy Olyphant is good in his role.-a A bit of an unusual role for
him but well done.-a I also like the actor who plays the caricature of
a billionaire young tech bro... good villain, over the top yet somehow
believable.
Anyway, it's kept me watching so far.-a Mostly to curse and throw
popcorn at the screen.-a This is some other kind of TV show wrapped in
"Alien" dressing.-a And it's pretty woke, I'd think an
arch-conservative like you would hate it!
I will add this, in some ways it was better than I expected.-a It's extremely well made technically.... the special effects, the atmosphere,
the sets are great.-a Overall the acting is pretty good too, especially
for a tv series.-a Too bad the writing is total crap (in my opinion).
But I only really liked Alien and Aliens, the rest were utter shite.-a So
my expectations were really low for this.
Haven't watched the latest Superman... perhaps one shouldn't?
TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:
Haven't watched the latest Superman... perhaps one shouldn't?
It was a tale of a powerless, down-trodden illegal alien being stomped
on by "the man" and deported to a hell dimension. Actually, he self- deported.-a Sound like current events?-a I read it was intentional.
I doubt you'd like it.-a I didn't, but I'm not a fan of Superman.