[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Sort of? But I think it's still a good idea worth exploring -- sort of.

I'm not really sure how posting comments there would work, but if you could essentially "hack" reddit as part of the lemmy-verse, it basically would mean that lemmy would be the better service at that point.

I'm not sure how technically viable it would be though.

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 26 points 4 days ago

Bad Bunny lives rent free in Republicans heads. I really don't get it, them making a big deal out of it is only making them look stupider tbqh. And they don't need that, they're already stupid enough. They might jump the stupid shark at this rate.

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 days ago

The two worst actors and actresses in the show too, tbqh. Chacotay couldn't act his way out of a paper bag.

At least Picardo is loudly and proudly anti trump and seems like a good person from what I've heard.

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 days ago

Right?

AI has basically created the perfect alibi machine for liars and frauds. Any bad photographs? Just say it's AI. If there aren't any direct witnesses, it will work every time sadly.

I can only hope the bubble pops soon so that most people can no longer afford to do free AI slop, which will change the discussion pretty radically (since it will increase scrutiny toward AI companies to provide paper trails for any image it generates)

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Upscaling can be ok but I honestly hate the way upscaled content looks. Faces end up looking mushy and motion is often awful (since some nerds think the frame rate needs to be interpolated, which makes it look awful.) So I still watch my DVD SD rip which is good enough for me.

I won't poo poo the idea of watching it upscaled if that's what you want, but I'd stress that you should keep good notes on your files (via filename) so that you know what modifications have been made. This is only because metadata of video files are too lacking in this new era where videos are often modified, and it's becoming really difficult to fine the original authentic files for anything these days. Assuming you care about that sort of thing.

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Between those two options, I'd go with the original. Know full well that the pacing of the original show is a little all over the place, ranging from way too slow to stupidly fast on a whim. However, the writing is better than the new show (imo), the direction is awesome and ultimately the journey of the story is complete and concise. You'll definitely feel like you want more by the end, which is how you want a show to be.

Stampede is new, but it suffers from some poor pacing decisions and bad writing. It takes the manga and condences the plot points majorly while adding some of their own. It's not terrible, but I'd argue the characters feel a bit like paper standee versions of themselves due to how little development they've given the characters and how quickly they went through critical story beats.

So I'd watch the original and then read the manga. Once you read the manga, you'll know what to expect from the characters and then the writing issues of stampede become a bit less of a problem (though still annoying imo)

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[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 121 points 3 weeks ago

I wish Europe would just embrace the fediverse. The techno oligarchs are not your friends and most of them are invested in the US.

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You'll never look at mountains the same way again.

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GG Aleste II: Home is where the hardware is (kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com)

I’ve enjoyed sandy pyramids, fluffy clouds, and grassy islands. Survived devastated cityscapes, starry skies, and screen-sized biomechanical horrors. GG Aleste II packs a lot of variety into …

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Not all paths lead to Popeye, despite what you may be thinking.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip to c/anime@ani.social

I went to see Lupin the IIIrd Immortal Bloodlines in theaters today, which is currently having a limited screening in the US before having a digital release sometime later this month IIRC. I believe this film has already been seen in theaters around Italy and Japan, but this is otherwise the first day for the film in France / US and Canada from what I can tell.

I'm going to be brief about the film, only to gather my thoughts more later and revisit this thread tomorrow with further comment.

Spoilers ahead. If you don't want to see them, back out.

spoilerBoy, I really wish this film was better. As a huge fan of most of Takeshi Koike's works, I was really bummed out that this movie didn't live up to his legacy as a director.

There are some redeeming qualities to the aesthetic and general art direction, but most of the dialog of this movie drove me nuts with how expository it was. A significant chunk of this movie is characters talking about Muom and how he is immortal, and since the characters are split up for most of the film, it becomes a telephone game where each character is responsible for telling the others that they're immortal. At a certain point, it was too silly to even take seriously.

There are various characters introduced (new villains or side characters) who are unnamed, and various named characters who return, but most of those character either vanish part way through the film with no explanation or otherwise serve no purpose to the plot other than just... existing. For returning character, I'm talking about Yuel and Hawk, who felt like they didn't need to be in the film at all. Hawk gets demolished within the first 5 minutes of him showing up, and that is immediately after showing a flashback where his head is cut off. There were a few new characters as well who show up and do effectively nothing, but I'm not even sure if these characters were given a name let alone a reason to be in the film.

There's also some major pacing issues with this movie. There are sequences in this movie with inexplicable time skips and reversals; This includes some ludicrous usage of flashback to serve as a deus-ex machina for how the gang wins by the end of the film. I could tell immediately that the movie was going to have pacing issues when the recaps were doing a pretty awful job of selling me on movies I had already seen before (that were a lot better than this one!)

Hmmm.. I don't know. There's probably more I could say, but I'll have to sleep on it. Overall, I'd say that I'm glad that Koike wrapped up the movie and that we finally got it, but I can't say I'm entirely impressed by the penultimate (? final?) film's overall plot. I've been seeing people on other communities talking about how this all leads up to the 1975 film Secrets of Mamo, but I still can't shake the feeling that there are major leaps of faith the movie takes with the plot that are simply hard to follow and not just part of some larger idea.

Want to keep this thread up for discussion about the film, if anyone else on the fediverse wants to talk about it or has seen the film previously in Japan and want to share their thoughts.

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 81 points 1 month ago

"In principle I like being a democracy. But the practice of it? Nah, I'd rather we do secretive bullshit."

Neat, I'll keep this in mind next time the liberals are in power lol.

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Power Dolls 3: RTwP can GTFO (kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com)

With this game, Power Dolls finally left the PC-98 behind and fully embraced a Windows-based future. There’s a fancy CG intro filled with explosions and mechs in cool poses. For the first tim…

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34716680

This was initially demoed at FediCon 2025, but CrowdBucks is an open source, self-hostable fundraising system that allows people to financially support one another. You use your existing Fediverse account to hold a fundraiser, and can also donate to other people's fundraisers as well. The form factor is kind of similar to Kickstarter or Patreon.

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Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) was a videogame magazine that started in 1989 and lasted (sporadically) until summer of 2014. This feature documentary involv...

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Check Out The Holiday Deal And Use this link to SAVE $5 on your first order at PCBWay: https://pcbway.com/g/A311e7Today we take a look at an all new LAMINAT...

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[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 341 points 2 months ago

Electron is the only cross platform gui toolkit...

If you ignore QT, GTK and everything else.

I'm so glad that Microsoft makes an awesome cross platfor--- wait, no, but they contribute code to--- hmmm ... Hey, what does Microsoft do to make apps more portable again?

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 80 points 3 months ago

This guy is so dumb, man.

As if "we'll just kill people" isn't just a declaration of war. 🙄

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 84 points 7 months ago

It's stupid as hell to share any personal information with a company that is interested in spying on you and feeding your data to the nearest advertiser they can find.

Like seriously -- are people using their brains or what?

[-] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 125 points 11 months ago

The term "unalive" is so cringey yet dystopian that I don't know whether to feel embarrassed or concerned when I hear it.

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