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That sounds horrible. That’s probably my biggest issue with modern media. It’s all too scared to stand on its own, so it has to reference, or tie into, existing media. “Nostalgia bait.”

It didn’t start with the MCU, but it was definitely made worse by it. They had the post-credit scene where it referenced something else, then they just start having references in the movie. Now all media it seems is 80% references, and we’re supposed to be excited about it. It drives me crazy.

Yeah, I was interested before it released, but everything I heard about it after made me not bother.

Better tools, as in rendering technology and hardware, not as in like AI or something that would modify it. If they do it they need to keep the original format and only re-render the CGI components.

Yeah, like I said, it’s the content that’s bad. You could have a phone without any of these issues. Mine mostly doesn’t, because I don’t use any of these media services or social media, besides Lemmy if you count that.

Is this a Rings of Power joke? I haven’t watched it, so I really don’t know.

LotR has been done a few times. The Peter Jackson one is just so good that no one wants to be compared to it though. I’d argue that even Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit felt so bad because the LotR trilogy was so good. (It was also just bad, but the comparison made it feel even worse.)

If it’s old and people still enjoy consuming it, it’s probably good. If it’s new and people consume it, it’s still unproven. The thing about “classics” isn’t that anything old is a classic. Anything that stands the test of time is. Old music wasn’t better we just stopped listening to the bad songs. Old books aren’t better, we just stopped reading the bad ones. Old movies aren’t better, we just stopped watching the bad ones.

It’s not about the screen, it’s about the content.

Every new technology has detractors saying it’s going to ruin the children. Books were bad, then radio, then TV, then phones. The medium isn’t the issue. There is an issue with the short form content that is predominantly watched on phones though, but it isn’t the fault of the phone.

Lol. Hopefully not that far. They should try to capture the intent of the original, just with much faster technology and better tools.

I feel like if you’re comparing it to modern movies, the MCU isn’t really fare. Compare it to Dune maybe. I’d guess the new Dune is still paced faster with more action, but I’m not really sure. They’re probably not that dissimilar. Probably the biggest difference is Dune (part 2 in particular) has a constant building of tension, with no release until the end. LotR builds and releases tension in cycles.

Arguably Dune should be even slower than LotR, as almost all the action in the Dune books is at best mentioned, but it isn’t focused on. Meanwhile the new Dune movies, especially the second, added a ton of fighting that wasn’t in the books and doesn’t really fit the story of the books. The LotR books are slow, but it does give quite a bit of detail on fights and battles.

Like the other comment says, the CGI doesn’t hold up that well. Luckily, the LotR trilogy doesn’t rely on it that much. I still hope they have the original unedited footage stored somewhere and we get a new version with modern CGI capabilities. That’d be amazing to see. It holds up mostly fine though, so it isn’t a huge issue.

Either it’s bullshit (most likely) or it’s because he surrounded himself with AI-cock sucking yes men. Probably a bit of both.

That’s true. They’re related genres, but fundamentally different. Still, all the architecture is already set up. If they can hire some of the C:S devs (they’re in the same country) then they could transition well. I don’t exactly expect them to, especially since C:S2 isn’t doing great even with the people who seemingly understood it, but it’s possible.

C:S2 (not to be confused with CS2) is not “mid development” in the usual sense either. It’s well post-launch. It is still being updated though, with new features added. The modern thing of launching games before they’re done has messed up how we speak about games.

But yeah, you’re right.

I’ve heard alright things about Surviving the Aftermath. Still, I agree. It looks bleak. It’s not dead, but this does seem to be it being put on life support.

It’s easier. It’s also different. Sure, it takes time and effort to learn it, which Windows users have already done with Windows. That doesn’t make it not easier. Windows also has ongoing costs of effort with all the shit they change, or the shit they push on you that advanced users try to fight off.

No one’s saying it’s easy. They’re saying it’s easier.

I had a brilliant moment where I thought: “You mean Outer Worlds? They said the name in their comment.” I totally forgot Starfield existed for a bit.

I don’t think it says that a company can’t put restrictions on you. It says The government can’t restrict how it’s used —notably supported by AI groups so they can’t regulate that. A company can still prevent you from doing whatever the hell they want if they have the power to.

Even better, don’t use detergent pods. They’re a scam. They don’t do anything better than the powder, except take money out of your pocket significantly faster.

I get it, but you’d be surprised how friendly people can be there. Especially solo, it’s like a 90+% chance people just work together.

I didn’t mention it to recommend it though, only to point out that it probably isn’t their AC that is (creating the illusion of) preventing cheaters.