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#91

Entertainment / Re: New! Reading Anything Thre...

Last post by Rev. Powell - March 16, 2026, 09:55:54 AM

Finished "Njal's Saga." Difficult, but not as rough going as "The Tale of Genji." There's a pretty hilarious review of it here that I wish I'd written: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-book-review-njals-saga

Taking a break from the , now on to this one:



Robert Anton Wilson was a fascinating guy and one of the world's greatest bulls**tters.

#92

Off Topic Discussion / Re: How's the weather?

Last post by Rev. Powell - March 16, 2026, 09:43:49 AM

Winter putting up one last gasp before expiring. Snow flurries this morning, won't see any accumulation.

#93

Games / Re: Movie Title Chains

Last post by Rev. Powell - March 16, 2026, 09:29:26 AM

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

#94

Games / Re: Answer the question with a...

Last post by Rev. Powell - March 16, 2026, 09:10:21 AM

What do you think happens when we die?

#95

Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Rev. Powell - March 16, 2026, 09:04:26 AM

I love "Lady in Satin." 

#96

Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by claws - March 16, 2026, 08:56:25 AM

Still, I have moral objections to using Grok.

Understandable.

I wanted a hyper-realistic 8K poster. Gemini was willing to do it, but only as a painted poster, like from a comic book. Not what I had in mind.
Copilot had issues showing muscular physique hyper-realistic, because its too "realistic"?
chatGPT didn't give much of an explanaiton other than it violates their rules.

#97

Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by Rev. Powell - March 16, 2026, 08:11:45 AM

CoPilot ridiculously refuses to generate a poster for "Big Mother Hubbard in Her Stocking Feet" (which is a line from a vintage blues song) because of the word "stocking" which "implying fetishized or adult content."

Still, I have moral objections to using Grok. Maybe CHatGPT would be a happy medium but I don't want to sign up for any more accounts.

This one is OK though. It carried over the African-American/1930s theme, and even though that's not what I had in mind the result is kind of cool:



Not sure what he uses the arrows for!

#98

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...

Last post by Rev. Powell - March 16, 2026, 07:52:36 AM

I'll go back to Yancy Street.

#99

Good Movies / Re: Oscar predictions?

Last post by Trevor - March 16, 2026, 07:24:26 AM

Well, everyone I wanted to win, did.

BEST PICTURE: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
BEST DIRECTOR: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
BEST ACTOR: MICHAEL B JORDAN
BEST ACTRESS: JESSIE BUCKLEY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: SEAN PENN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: AMY MADIGAN


BEST PRESENTER JOKE: Robert Downey Jr giving Chris Evans Channing Tatum's sparkly underwear and Tatum saying "I'm gonna need that back, though" 😳😀😆🤣😅

#100

Television / Re: What TV Shows Are you Watc...

Last post by Sitting Duck - March 16, 2026, 07:22:17 AM

I didn't mind Eyes, although I don't care much for Infection, as I've seen that plot too many times before. TKO feels weak for a similar reason (I felt like I was watching an old Charles Band movie all through that episode).

Perhaps you're thinking of Arena from 1989, which is reminiscent of the fight tourney portions of the episode. Oddly enough, Claudia Christian was in that flick.