people talking about who should be “running Star Wars” drive me insane. LET IT DIE. there is no fucking reason to keep making Star Wars shit. stories deserve better than to prop up fifty years of nostalgic inertia.

We can build a sustainable, exciting industry through original stories told inexpensively or we can continue to spin our wheel chasing billion dollar profits by endlessly milking franchises until they die. The choice is ours. (It's actually not -- the choice belongs to business idiots.)

The fact I'm barely seeing anyone talk about the *Star Wars* movie currently in theaters, and instead a pair of films directed by 20-somethings. ...There's a change in the winds, I can feel it.

A show where we drop a bunch of libertarians on an island and watch them build a community

I am extatic that Mando and Grogu didn't do well enough..... I hope to see the downfall and collapse of Star Wars in my lifetime.

Mina the Hollower is really really fun!!!!!

I want to be a Househusband for a workwife

Kojima should play MGS2

In Mexico Guac and Ball Torture

Because “Reduce your Carbon Footprint”, while still a worthwhile effort, was essentially an astroturfed advertising campaign by BP to have individuals reduce their personal emissions through lifestyle choices while the oil industry continued to expand fossil fuel extraction infinitives.

The great irony here is that miHoYo is one of the most litigious gaming companies on the planet right now, having filed hundreds of legal cases (some precedent setting) against companies and individuals that have infringed on its IP or even leaked game assets.

in 2001 Gollum was portrayed by an amazing digital serkis

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

“We demand to be taken seriously!” and their idea of animation as an art form is limited by national borders, budget, IP licensing, and fandom. A very uncurious crowd whose vigilant cause seems to be a smokescreen defending their godgiven right to watch things made for children well into adulthood.

I never see the “animation is cinema” crowd rallying for the artistic validity of something like Midori or showing a passing interest in Soviet or Hungarian animation, it’s all arguing that the same big-budget CG shit with only 2 animation styles and American “anime” be given the upmost respect.

The US started this war by assassinating Iran’s leadership and killing 150 school girls during a period of peaceful negotiation. Now it is attacking Iran again during another negotiation period. The US says it wants a peace deal, but clearly without a deal or peace.

Doing this in bed next time I'm with my girlfriends.

Genuinely, this concern about AI is one of the reasons why I think having friction in video games is good and why it's increasingly important to have games that simply exist instead of catering to our expectations. Reposting this message from Kojima about "pre-digested" art:

Not Like Us really is Generational Song.... I am at a Café for Breakfast and they are playing Not Like Us on the TV/Speaker.

The sheer social ineptitude of the Amazing Digital Circus fanbase is something I havent seen since Sonic.

Fan harassment of creators has existed for decades, but this time you can weaponize a performatively progressive veneer. Just looking for any reason to begin an oversized witch hunt.

I defy them to prove those damages. Go on, verify that if piracy were not possible, you would have made an additional 10 billion in revenue. Surely you can back up your claims.

Doesn't matter if this black hole sucker is from Mars, Venus, or Some Other Wacky Planet, Aliens can't stand up to some good ol’ human fisticuffs. Dodge his Black Holes and Rider Kicks, then show him that indomitable human spirit. Love and Peace!

Y'know I think what really makes pokemon generations 3-6 so special is how interactible/livable the worlds are with things like berry growing, contests, daily events etc but idk how many ppl who swear by gens 3-5 actually appreciate their superfluous stuff.

Furry cons will change your life tbh. Imagine 3-4 days of socialization where the vast majority of the content - instead of being tied to corporate franchises and pre-existing IPs - is just passionate people expressing themselves and sharing their interests. And also, SHITLOADS of free, warm hugs.

It's here. It's over. It's finally fucking happening and these companies have run out of money and have to actually start pricing their shit anywhere remotely close to the actual amount it costs

seeing people realize their '40 dollar' claude subscription would cost 5-10000 dollars a month if priced accurately

I saw a YouTuber say that Lum represents "purity & innocence", which just tells me they haven't actually watched the show

- ( The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya )

Finding out Charlie XcX is half Gujrati was not on my bingo list.

unscheduled reminder that piracy was found to not correlate to lower sales numbers, and then the EU tried to hide the study because they didn't like the result www.engadget.com/2017-09-22-e...

I am pro-analysis when it comes to art But I think sometimes people get so caught up in the analysis that I never really hear about the role art even plays in their lives Are you enjoying yourself? Is it a healthy part of your day? Has it improved your outlook on life? That sort of thing

People from Chad need to produce Olive Oil so that we can finally get Extra Chad Olive Oil

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

Someone very likely paid thousands of dollars to make sure you heard the phrase “Clavicular brutally framemogged by ASU frat leader” through a system of opaque ad networks where paid content is not being disclosed

“The Thucydides Trap, which I’m sure President Trump must know”

Some filler is good shit, actually aftermath.site/good-anime-fil...

When I was younger I used to think anime that had too much fan service or "ecchi" were intrinsically worse but now that I'm older I genuinely think unless its like really bad you should just grow a spine and look past the bouncing titties because it really aint that big a deal

Caught up Zeztz content for now so as bonus I did my take on a poster for the show. I took inspiration for OG on the show got before it started so no Nox or Lords. Hope you guys like it. Likes and reposts are appreciated. #KamenriderZEZTZ #ZEZTZ #仮面ライダーゼッツ

The funny thing about people that believe that arguing=praxis is that some of them spend so much bandwidth on arguing that they ignore coalition building Which is easier and accomplishes a similar intention anyway (getting new groups on your side)

There are Power Rangers I love and I enjoy but looking back it has been a force of Evil in this world.

Nihon Falcom's operating profit rose 1227.4% year-over-year. Much of this success was attributed to the simultaneous worldwide release (a first for the company) of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. The entire Trail series has surpassed 9 million copies sold. www.falcom.co.jp/ir

Toho's 1960 film THE HUMAN VAPOR is getting a brand new series reboot from Netflix. Premieres July 2. Features VFX from the Academy Award-winning team behind Godzilla Minus One.

Nintendo is once again the only company to go 'lol wait, even if we have to raise our prices cause of Donnie Deals we have lots of highly regarded games that already made their money back twice over, we can just throw in one of those'

We're at the point where nobody is going in on any of these mobile tie-ins to big franchises so I presume we're gonna stop seeing them pretty soon

people reacting to this are quote-reposting a headline of a resetera thread summarizing an article based on a reddit thread based on a twitter thread citing a source that they refuse to cite and claim unaffiliation with. not weighing in on its veracity but god the internet sucks now

i am really sick of the anti-sex attitude in fandom in general. "gooner art style", "this is for gooners", "the gooners will ruin this" PLEASE get off the internet and experience life, demonizing intimacy makes you sound sheltered at best and like a demented Baptist boomer at worst

More than 20,000 workers, mostly from the Global South, have been stranded on commercial ships since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Homesick, unpaid, and running out of food and water, they lack the visas to disembark in any of the Gulf countries near the ships.