JohnnyCanuck @ JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

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Sure, I'm not defending them, just making sure people are aware that they might be getting ripped off elsewhere too.

It's not just Loblaw though, it sounds from the article like it's across the board.

No that was a pi-.... Ooooooohh, right!

The consistency is impressive. What did you use for making this?

Thanks for getting it back and all the work to keep it running!

It's hard to compare the two (original series vs. JJ Abrams), being across such vast differences in time (relative to the progress of technology and style in filmmaking) but its impossible if you're just going to outright denounce all the qualities the original had for its time.

Star wars came like what... A couple of years after? And looked much better

Star Trek (1966-1969)

Star Wars (1977)

You do the math.

It was not great even for it's time. It was passable... With sci-fi, the special effects are a primordial part.

What are you comparing it to? The progress in filmmaking during that time was ridiculous. The steadicam hadn't even been invented yet so shots were much more static. For the time, people were blown away by the sets and effects.

Also I'm not just talking about effects. Old material was acted like a radio play or theatre... Not a fan.

All the acting and direction in every show and movie at that time was stilted and stiff and yes, very akin to a play. That was the time of Adam West Batman. You don't have to be a fan. But your statements about it not being good for its time are... Ignorant? At best.

JJ Abrams movies are "ST if it was actually on our world".

You're delusional is you think "actually in our world" is measured by the visual effects technology and the progress of film/TV acting and direction of the time. Connection with the real world is quite literally what set Star Trek apart and made it change the course of sci fi film and television. It took real world politics and social issues and made them part of a sci fi story.

But if epic CGI space battles and intrusive lens flare from non-existent lights is your definition of reality, there's not much else we can say.

Nice try :P

Are you talking about the Rapture expansion? Pretty sure that's just a myth perpetuated by some fanboys.

I still have RiF installed for the nostalgia.

Happy new year Jon Jonsson!

They'll write a law saying the college has to be government approved. They don't want any loopholes letting people out of the draft.

I'm not OP, but I would say it's not a well-written informational article, and the entire argument made by the author is to directly contradict the title.

The author seems to be trying to come off as an investigative journalist, but does so by trying to weave an entertaining story. In the parts where the author does make journalistic points (rather than creative writing) they often aren't clear about their points. They vaguely mention things without telling you what they think that means. For readers, that means you have to work to glean the actual points from their story, both by deciphering what isn't creative writing, and by unraveling their unexplained quotations and off-hand statements.

When they finally start getting away from creative writing, you're subject to a bunch of info and quotations pulled directly from the Repubblica article before finally getting to the meat of the author's argument (emphasis mine): "The report strongly implies that these sites exist to lure in unsuspecting customers, gather evidence of wrongdoing, then use self-provided names and addresses to issue fines." There are a couple of quotes that kind of back this up. However the author even agrees that the quotes aren't really supportive: "It doesn’t state that directly but most reasonable readers seem likely to draw that conclusion."

But most of the discussion/quotes in this area are just telling you random info from the Repubblica article that is unrelated to this argument anyway.

Then the article takes a left turn and starts randomly talking about sting operation legality in multiple jurisdictions, and some random statements about the (il)legality of IPTV. I think the implication here is that law enforcement wouldn't do this type of sting since it would be illegal, and what the targets are doing isn't likely to be deemed illegal anyway. This seems like a weak argument, at best, but it's the best I can come up with since the author didn't explicitly tell us their point here.

As a reminder, the title of the article is 'Bogus Pirate IPTV Portals Run By Law Enforcement “Entrap Hundreds”'. That means you're going into the article thinking you're going to get a story about Bogus Pirate IPTV sites. But then the author is basing that title off an article they spend their whole article debunking. That just makes it that extra little bit of difficult to quickly read the article. A more accurate title would have been "Italian Journal Claims Bogus Pirate IPTV Portals Run By Law Enforcement to Entrap Hundreds (But I Don't Think It's True) ”.

All in all, I think it's a difficult read, and most certainly a difficult scan.

I've seen it first hand. Repeated statements by the corp execs asking for one thing, studio directors trying to push something else.

I mean, I've also seen execs ask for ridiculous shit as well, I'm just saying sometimes it really does come from the studios themselves.

To be fair, I don't think all of the blame can be laid on execs. Game directors and Art directors are often the source of the issue.

I've seen execs come to a studio and say: "Make something AAA, a single player game with unique gameplay and a great 10 hour story, and get it done in a couple of years. Don't worry about the bottom line, we want a showcase experience."

Then the directors come back with: "Okay, showcase you say? How about a AAAA 20v20 open world multiplayer shooter (nobody is doing that!), SaaS (to keep'em coming back), with ultra realistic graphics (it'll be epically fun that way), a $100million budget (we'll outsource to save money), MTX so we can make tons of money (we get profit sharing right?), and we do it in 3 years (for work-life balance)?"

Devs are just sitting there shaking their heads and thinking... "Here we go again..."

I've always disliked how washed out BotW looks. It's like they could only process limited colours so they reduced the contrast and everything is light grey with a hint of colour.

I guess I don't get what your point is. Caribou are wild, reindeer is generally used for domesticated caribou (at least in North America)

The poem "A visit from St Nicholas" (aka "'Twas the Night Before Christmas") was written by an American.

Is it different outside of North America?

I don't think anyone has mentioned: being very competitive.

They're "Les Schtroumpfs" in French.

The Wikipedia article on Spice has some pretty good details on the subject:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice#%3A%7E%3Atext=Early+history