"From the visionary minds behind Batman Begins and Man of Steel"? No thanks. If they wind up with something that is even more drained of human empathy than Asimov's original writing, it will be quite an accomplishment, but it looks like that is what they're aiming for.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
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Tom Scola - Jun 28, 2021 8:07:10 am PDT #1202 of 2216
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-t - Jun 28, 2021 8:09:41 am PDT #1203 of 2216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Heh. I was already not excited because I'm not into Foundation at all, but that does dial it down even further. Not sure if we are at negative 11 yet
Jessica - Jun 28, 2021 8:15:30 am PDT #1204 of 2216
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If they wind up with something that is even more drained of human empathy than Asimov's original writing, it will be quite an accomplishment, but it looks like that is what they're aiming for.
I like the cast and Jane E is one of the writers, but...that trailer does not fill me with eager anticipation. (I bounced hard off the books even during the peak of my embarrassing teen I Only Read Hard Sci-Fi phase so I only barely half remember the plot. Something something bunch of old white men arguing about how the government could be governmenting better?)
dcp - Jun 28, 2021 6:18:31 pm PDT #1205 of 2216
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things came up in my recommendations on Amazon Prime. I gave it a try.
I may be a sap, but I liked it very much. Much better than I liked Groundhog Day.
Consuela - Jun 28, 2021 10:04:15 pm PDT #1206 of 2216
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Eh. I don't know that I need to watch that. May rewatch Farscape instead.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2021 6:51:35 am PDT #1207 of 2216
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Well, get the FUCK out: there's going to be a second season of Good Omens!!! [link]
Jessica - Jun 29, 2021 7:47:29 am PDT #1208 of 2216
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have such mixed feelings about the Good Omens S2 announcement, but I'm already pretty good at compartmentalizing the bits of S1 I love from the bits that were crap, so...probably it will be okay?
May rewatch Farscape instead.
Obviously I recommend this strategy.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2021 7:59:35 am PDT #1209 of 2216
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I have such mixed feelings about the Good Omens S2 announcement, but I'm already pretty good at compartmentalizing the bits of S1 I love from the bits that were crap, so...probably it will be okay?
If Neil Gaiman weren't going to be a showrunner again (and obviously if he weren't going to write it), I'd have huge reservations about it. But he is, so I'm good with it.
-t - Jun 29, 2021 9:01:43 am PDT #1210 of 2216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It sounds like it's going to be focused on the angels so more love and less crap is what I'm hoping for. Amazed and cautiously very excited, is what I'm saying
-t - Jun 29, 2021 2:06:12 pm PDT #1211 of 2216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gaiman's blog post about it is charming and makes me feel pretty good about the whole thing: [link]