LadyCrimson

Are you forgetting what the white haired old man said in the ... 2nd movie? That "our" Neo was the sixth iteration of the "anomaly" and what made him different is he had the specific love with Trinity vs. a general love of humanity (as emotional motivation). I think. That old man was nonsense trying to sound like sense. So seems to me this would be Neo/The One Version 7.0 (and Trinity), except this time around for some reason he has specific vestiges of past-life memory, reasons and instigators unknown. The mirror scene in the trailer is likely showing what he really looks like in this new/separate/rebooted Matrix this time around, while Keanu is how he sees himself. ...course, I'm just supposing. ...I'm glad this will be on HBO Max. I'm not super eager to see the film but I'm still curious what they'll do with it/explain some things. ...side note: the CGI of some scenes/bits this time around feel too --- clean, or something.

@Guard Dog I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of Sunny. I know how much you loved her. I was similarly lost when I lost my cat Misty and Mr. Black. Well, all of them really, but those two especially. Such moments in life can make one introspect about all kinds of things re: our lives and the paths we've walked. I hope your trip is a healing one for you. Cyber-hugs.

^ I'm still trying to figure out how to do a 75" TV in this room. For when I build that 8080ti 8k* gaming PC. It would fit, the question is more where do I put everything else. I think I've decided at this point I don't actually need a giant surface desk. Only my small portable keyboard/mouse/food/drink table. TV on a heavy steel floor stand, no desk, just some wall shelves or a server type shelf unit to put everything on. Hahaha... *or more likely, a 4k native 120fps rig. Just not sure 4k would be good enough at 75" tho...hehehe

A Piece of the Action. It had some amusing Spock/Kirk interactions and Vic Tayback was fun. Not one of the best TOS tho, yeah. I mean, as much as I love TOS, most episodes weren't "the best of TOS", so to speak, lets be honest. The main trio plus a few others, and some guest work is what I became attached to and it kept you watching/smiling.

Hence why I said "cinematically filmed TV series." It's 2021 ... just because it's going to be aired on a "TV channel" doesn't mean you have to frame/film/direct it like Days of Our Lives. You could even create a whole new "feature film series TV channel" in the sense that's where all such productions would first air/rent. But I'm also like Bartimaeus ... I think the last time I was in the theater was for Star Trek: Into Darkness. I do not value the giant screen experience more than I value not having to deal with theaters and annoying public. etc. Probably never did. It's just that when I was a kid, there was no choice - outside of hoping a network would air some cut-up, commercial ridden version - so to a theater we would go.

I'm pretty sure that's what the letterboxing/black bars are for. The only difference is size, really. Well, and sound, unless one has a mega theater audio home setup maybe. Actually, I'm pretty sure I've been in theaters where some of the picture edges were likely cut off/not visible on non-screen walls/curtains, because it played in the "smaller rooms", where the screens were not as mega-wide as the featured/larger rooms. Too many film ratio's directors like to use.

...Does TV Guide still exist? I had all four of their 30-year ST 4-captains covers but the other three were too water damaged. ...I don't even remember buying those comics. I do remember the chocolate bar. Of course I remember chocolate. It wasn't very good chocolate tho...

There are ants in my room! *follows trail to closet* Wait, why is this box of books water damaged? "HUBBBBBBY!!!" ...closet shares wall with bathroom. Doesn't seem wet right now and drywall isn't damaged (guess it was baseboard/carpet) but obviously got wet/was a leak at some point in the past few years. ...time to clean the closest in case we need to get in there. Toss a lot more things. ...meaning I found the box with all the old game paper boxes. MYST: 33MHz 386 or faster, 486 or faster for Win95, 4MB ram/8MB for Win 3.1 and Win95, SVGA monitor/display card (640x480, 256 colors) --- ah the good ol' days!

^ Didn't help It: Chapter Two any. For that matter, length in terms of Dune into a mini-series supposedly didn't help tons either - I think it has more to do with direction and writers who know what to leave out and what not, and how to condense and write for flow/consistency, etc. Edit: also, I'd rather have a 3 hr 15min movie than part 1 and part 2, most of the time. Guys, I've read the book, I know. I'm just saying, maybe visual arts based on certain books should just stop trying to be movies in the old definition. Make them cinematically filmed TV series. If a company isn't willing to say yes to multiple films right off the bat, you run the risk of part2 never being made. Or waiting for years and years, ala Avatar because you're too afraid of making the uber famous director mad or something. It's just irritating.

Wait, Dune is a "Part 1?" Guess I'll be waiting even longer to watch it then. Reviews for it seem to be half "best thing since sliced bread" and half neutral to "a bit disappointing." Although I'm sure the visuals will be eyeball candy regardless. I wish they'd stop with the part 1, part 2 etc. of theater movies tho. Or at least film them all at once like LotR (and release them 6 months apart maybe). Just give in and turn them into cinematic 6 part miniseries on HBO/Max/Disney/whatever instead. I know, I know ... big screen. Pffft. I just need to get a 120+ inch capable 4k projector. They're only $3k-$7k or something, right? No problem.

Confirmation bias - where we like reviews that confirm our hopes or not-hopes. Hahaha. *wink But yeah, I think Chris Stuckman, while more jaded than in the past, is not quite completely jaded yet. I fully expect it to still be a "Marvel" movie. I'm just hoping it'll be a slightly less Marvel, Marvel movie is all. Anyway, I think many of us are fed up with giant CGI battles. I mean, I personally don't mind some flashy light/weapon effects and to me Matrix-1 bits are still fun today, but too much obvious green screen combat is ... too much obvious green screen. It still looks fake, especially when over-relied on, even if at the same time it can look cool sometimes. I read Ian McKellen hated filming with nothing but greenscreen/no other actors so dominantly re: The Hobbit (vs LoTR). When I watched IP man a while back (and that's not even a super old movie), that was so much better than most CGI-fest action movies... I'm also tired of "folding city/horizon" shots, ever since Inception (ala Dr. Strange).

YT reviewer I like said he's one of those a little tired/no longer enthused by action in Marvel movies at this point, but he really liked it in this one. With some action wide shots even. Also said it's a movie that finally made him think "maybe they could make a live action Dragonball movie good." But of course, he's not us. And yeah, that worries me too. What I also want is one that isn't too jokey, and maybe, just maybe, it won't be. Starts around 2:50 (no story spoilers in review - he does use trailer footage)

Samurai Warriors 5 - Tagged with (historical) action/hack n slash, supposedly even with some story. They had a demo, so I did no research and just downloaded. Used a controller. ...well, it's action. Seems mission based, so you enter a map, do rapid multiple fight/kill objectives against huge swarms of enemies and a boss or three or whatever, in a linear fashion, all with a big kill count record. Graphically I like the look. Lots of combat combo buttons to push to do fancy moves, if only I had them memorized. I suppose "story" is in cutscenes and dialogue/text bits, but rpg this isn't. Just a fighting gauntlet type? I think I shall pass.

Per usual, never heard of this one until you mentioned it. Looking at trailers I heard ... "turning into a cat." Hmm... I actually like the overall look/graphic style of the game more than that other cyberpunk game. Seems maybe it'll have more story-depth too, if you get what I mean. Double hmm...well, I'll wishlist it and see what some reviews (and you) say.

Spider-Man - I feel like 3 minutes is very long for a "teaser trailer." Shang-Chi Legend of the Ten Rings is probably the first Marvel movie in a while that I'm somewhat interested in seeing - just not enough to go to a theater. But Tony Leung!

It's not really news yet, but Norman Reedus apparently blurted out that Death Stranding 2 is in negotiations and he's excited about that. So...please have those negotiations finalize/not fall through, and if it comes to pass, ofc please be as interesting/good as the first one. Also, please be released before I'm 60. Thanks.

@Gorth No, the MS sign-in hasn't always been there. I log in every single time, the white bar is very eye-catching and I only noticed it yesterday. Er...or maybe the day or two before....or last month. Um...anyway, it was pretty recent/not always there. @Gfted1 You could try hanging a couple of these or similar wasp traps in the vicinity of the feeder. Maybe they'd go for them instead. I tried one once. They actually work fairly well - at least, there were a lot of dead wasps in them later. @Bartimaeus I have Racing, Fighting, and Massively Multiplayer on my exclusions, too. Most of the rest of mine are Turn Based variations + Platformer. Don't have Sports excluded tho, they rarely recommend those to me and I just ignore the few that pop up. I semi-rely on the fact they're like Amazon/Netflix and will use your Games Library and Watch list categories as references too.

^ We have to knock down a few small new wasp nests from the house eaves every Spring. They don't swarm here or anything but there are plenty around. They like to cut the grass. Also...was trying to go through Steam filters/games etc. and I noticed this. ...to be fair, I play Offline so I probably had more like 10-15 hours played. Mostly tho ... jeez, has it been that long? ...also, today I spent four hours adjusting Steam search term exclusions (I wish they allowed more than 10) and manually "ignored" about 400 games and finally most of the front page recommended listings are at least much closer to the genres/games that I might actually be interested in.

Good thing I have the TOS on DVD then. The original ones, not the digitally enhanced ones. Nothing "wrong" with the enhanced backdrops/planets and all that but ... I like having the original versions. Edit: I didn't like the changes to the outside ship view and credits that much tho... Only have season 5, 6 and 7 of TNG on DVD tho (the rest were on VHS, which I probably still have some of but threw most away because too bulky). There's a few episodes here and there from the earlier seasons (Q episodes, Borg episodes, maybe some Data episodes) that I dearly love but I never felt like buying the entire season/s again on DVD just to have them. Note: to this day when I'm feeling kinda down I sometimes rewatch "Spock's Brain" - never fails to make me laugh hysterically.

Found this: Which led me to the original: I'm not sure which one I like better. Those kids are awesome tho, either way.

Hubby's sis and her husband were over yesterday. He's recently been able to walk without a walker/cane again and seems fairly well with few (visible) side effects (he had a massive stroke a while back, was pretty bad, they're in their early/mid 60's). Hopefully that continues. Myself, still doing well/feeling good. Just relaxing and keeping busy here and there. Find myself growing ever more greedy re: wanting to be with/do things with the hubster. Feels weirdly like when you first start a relationship and you spend all your time together, right - then after years together you're not doing that constantly ... now I'm back to wanting to be by his side all the time. Maybe it's driving him nuts for all I know. Like I said, greedy. Time could be short or long, never know. Don't want to miss any time.

I liked the weird animated-comic netflix version series, mostly because of Kenjiro Tsuda VA ... but live action mini-sodes with him? EVEN BETTER. The episodes are again very short (6 minutes?) so an easy watch. Just short bits of the character re: household tasks/advice. Like I'm sure for many of his legions of fans ... if one could marry a voice, I would marry his. Also, cat.

Re: air quality - "It's hot in the house this afternoon, I'll open the back/front doors." ---10 minutes later--- *wheeze, sneeze* "Never mind." ...I still have the air filter units I bought last major fires. Developed the habit of having the bigger one in living room and the little one in my PC room on 24/7 and while indoors I allergy sniffle/sneeze a lot less (even before all the recent fires I mean). Must be doing something re: float-y dust at least. So I tell myself. The filter sure gets dirty after 3-4 months, at any rate. >.>

Patron: mods/Workshop patched in. Auto-dock trading patched in. Increased warehouse/storage capacities. Other things. Only mod I tried (ppl are not making a lot of them) is one that increased storage and dock-trading capacity to ... absurd .... levels, so I could have just two docks instead of, oh, say, 10. All those small changes make the game more long-term fun to mess around with, but then I quickly ran into the issue where you start to see mild FPS drops (10 or so loss) after 500-600 total population. I expected such but not at that lowish point. I think by 2000-2500 it might fall into single digit fps and game would crawl long before you fill out the whole map (well, at least if you're buying a lot of resources vs. producing them yourself...) It's definitely CPU bound in this way. Changing resolution or graphic settings does not improve much or at all. Game is largely single-core bound (one always at 70%-99% with all others and threads being only lightly hit or occasionally very brief spikes on them, but all the heavy work is single-core. They should reduce some of the non-essential children/teen/adult walkers. There's a ton of them mindlessly walking the same paths around houses like ants on a highway, increasing with population hikes. Just show the ones traveling to/for an actual job.