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Threatening Columbia with tariffs was not a very good idea.

In case anyone wants to know what happened in a nutshell. American tech giants have been working on AI in the hopes of monetizing it and dominating the market, generating monstrous amounts of money. I’m talking about Google (Gemini AI) , ChatGPT (OpenAI backed by Musk and others), plus several other major players and numerous minor ones. You can…[Read more]

I think Annihilation, which didn’t do well at the box office will go down in history as a landmark in cinematic history like Blade Runner, which also didn’t knock it out of the park in terms of box office on its initial release, but now is recognized as a one of a small handful of classics.

While the roots of cyberpunk easily go back at least as…[Read more]

I have been selling stocks and buying income generating bonds lately. My risk tolerance is inversely proportional to my age, LOL.

Is it just a little ironic that China is creating efficient AI that will eventually destroy employment as they know it.

Unseen wrote:

_Robert_ wrote:
Looks like it may be a good one. I like the genre to a point. Movies that are so relentless with dread, terror, violence, horror, _______, just desensitize me and I don’t care what happens at some point. This is typically what happens in sequels.

It has a couple jump scares but it’s more about weirdness than sca…

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_Robert_ wrote:
Looks like it may be a good one. I like the genre to a point. Movies that are so relentless with dread, terror, violence, horror, _______, just desensitize me and I don’t care what happens at some point. This is typically what happens in sequels.

It has a couple jump scares but it’s more about weirdness than scares and gore. W…[Read more]

Looks like it may be a good one. I like the genre to a point. Movies that are so relentless with dread, terror, violence, horror, _______, just desensitize me and I don’t care what happens at some point. This is typically what happens in sequels.

That therapist looks like she is going to need some therapy.

PopeBeanie wrote:
I think I watched the trailer before because of Natalie being in it, but didn’t follow through. The audio effects alone were “manipulative”, and I mean it sets people up for dread. Very effectively, IMO.

Fiction minus manipulation. Gee… I wonder how that would work(?).

Having written some fiction, I can tell you it’s all a…[Read more]

BTW, in case you’re clueless as to what Annihilation is all about, here is a trailer. It is based on a best-selling novel of the same name. It is sci fi, but it is very intelligent sci fi.

PopeBeanie wrote:
I was never into horror flicks, unless it had lots of boobs.

Well, Natalie Portman, one of my very favorite actresses (and for me, a sex symbol as well), doesn’t deliver in that department.