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No Man's Sky on Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Janus says...

Quite.

At least they seem to have stepped back a bit from some of their earliest hype where they were talking up their use of procedural generation in a way that implied it was a completely groundbreaking new concept that no other game has used before.

artician said:

So much overhype. Kinda matches spore in that respect as well.

Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify - all without the Internet

Janus says...

I'm surprised how many of them were willing to show their faces. I doubt their government is as technology-deprived as the rest of the population.

"Tribble herds sheep" -- A Pekingese herding sheep.

Army Ant Death Spiral

Dan Deacon - Ohio

Superman Vs. Batman: Dawn of Justice Trailer #2

Janus says...

The whole "Batman vs. Superman" thing is pretty silly to begin with for several reasons. Superman being overpowered in general and Batman only being able to possibly deal with him using kryptonite being a major one, and the idea of the two of them being at odds enough to actually fight each other being another.

I never have really liked Superman as a hero due to all of the tacked on powers and the fairly ridiculous backstory (though it's better now since they've retconned in a bunch of more sensible details over the many years).

Then this trailer seems to pretty much boil down the conflict between them to being "he's reckless and endangering lives and can't be trusted with his amazing powers" vs. "he's a vigilante who's going too far outside the law". Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor (egging things on, and just in general) isn't working for me from what I see in this trailer either. Seems pretty silly. I guess mainly I was hoping for a better reason for them to end up fighting; the first teaser left that up in the air, and this one didn't personally give me compelling enough reasons.

Nice little teaser of Wonder Woman being in the movie as well, though, rather than just Batman and Superman.

SevenFingers said:

Give us the deetz

The Shannara Chronicles-First Look

Janus says...

Yeah, passable but not great series from what I remember (been probably 15-20 years since I read it). Kind of surprised to see it chosen for a TV series.

I also seem to recall it took a while for the series to really reveal the "it's actually in the far future on Earth even though it's a magical fantasy setting" bit, maybe towards the end of the first book at least, where it's immediately obvious from this teaser. That is one of the few things the series had going for it though, mostly it was pretty bog-standard fare. Again though, been quite a while since I read it.

Superman Vs. Batman: Dawn of Justice Trailer #2

Whose Line -- Unlikely Star Wars Scenes

A new way to make you puke up your corn dog

Janus says...

Looks like the kind of ride which is more entertaining to watch than to actually ride.

Jerry Seinfeld does not want to be on Seth Meyers Late Night

Janus says...

It always did seem like Seinfeld was a bit of a tool to me in the unscripted stuff I'd seen him in. This segment reinforces that perception.

KUNG FURY - Official Movie

"Someone is having a good time".

Janus says...

To be fair, the dog saw she'd been drinking some Bud Light, so he thought she'd removed "No" from her vocabulary for the night. #UpForWhatever

German orchestra flash mob plays Ode to Joy

Janus says...

I'm inclined to believe most of the audio is not of them actually playing, which is unfortunate. I'd have liked to hear their actual performance.

I was initially just surprised at the sound quality for that kind of outdoor setting with very little ambient and crowd noise. When the synchronized singing (from the crowd or "plants" in the crowd with their lip movement not matching up? um) became clearer, that's what really made me suspicious.
The acoustic quality sounds much more to me like a music hall than outdoors, as well.

Yaybahar by Görkem Şen

Janus says...

Did you make it to around 2:10 in? He starts actually playing it as an instrument at that point rather than just making ambient sounds.

Pretty cool, if a bit too echo-y by design, it sounds like multiple instruments playing simultaneously.

Sagemind said:

It makes noise, therefor it's an instrument?
Fuzzy logic.



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