Anduin

Even new places have their perils. In the last three years I've had some issues. The biggest was the hot water system dying on me. And recently I discovered that in nine years, one corner has sunk by two cm. I know when it was built because of the oldest photo on streetview is 2016 and it's under construction.

I was watching the latest Jurassic World trailer when something hit me. Real predatory animals are generally stealthy until it's time to charge their prey. They charge and bring it down with as little fuss or wasted effort as possible. They don't stop to roar in the prey's face.

Yeah, I love the Offspring. Smash got a lot of airplay on the radio and I've been a fan ever since.

And abandon him to his demons? Whedon probably thought that keeping Brendan on would stop him going too far off the rails or hoped that ongoing work would encourage him to shape up. Some situations, there's no right answer.

Do they talk about the weather in Perth, by any chance?

Any other Aussies here? I heard it claimed yesterday, the rest of the country is talking about WA's lovely weather. I suspect the rest of you are too caught up in your own things to care about what's happening here. It would be nice to have confirmation one way or another.

Given Nick Brendan's substance abuse and problems stemming from that, they'd have to recast him. Given Nick Brendan's substance abuse and problems stemming from that, they'd have to recast him.

So the Baldoni/Lively thing drags on. If I read this correctly, Baldoni's legal team thinks Lively threatened to smear Taylor Swift if Swift didn't back her up. The judge shut that down. I imagine that Swift doesn't want to get involved. She has an empire to run and her own life to live. The whole thing is turning into a bit of a quagmire.

You know that upcoming Buffy continuation? We have a new Slayer. Ryan Kiera Armstrong, best known for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Which I should really get around to watching. Anyway, I'm both interested but kind of skeptical about this whole thing. Is there a better word for that?

This is a great trailer, but every time I see him bend that girl's head down I grit my teeth. Necks can stand up to that treatment, but it isn't great. Still, it beats her dying.

That's not a great angle.

In publishing news, and maybe a crossover with the Feels thread. I was in my favourite bookshop yesterday, and independent SF/F one, and got talking to the owner/manager. Apparently Peter Thiel is starting his own publishing company. He wants to lure all the right wing SF authors away from Baen. Larry Correia, Tom Kratman, etc. Why? What does he stand to gain by this? While I'm in favour of locking up all the crazies, we all know their ideas don't stay locked up. Will they write something so good it gets mainstream attention and thus help spread their views? I'm not sure that'll happen. What am I missing?

Some good news, YT is suspending ad revenue for channels that just show fake trailers. I've been caught a few times before. They're generally generated by AI these days, it's easier than pulling clips from other roles/existing trailers. I'd like them to delete the channels outright, but this is better than nothing.

Yes, exactly! The problem with those professions, they're a little too static. and part of a team. You need to break away from other people and go where you need to!

Pro wrestler Sabu passes away. He was 60 and had recently retired. I'm not that familiar with a lot of his stuff, but when I saw him in ECW it was fresh and crazy. It was a style that doesn't lend itself to a long and healthy career, and he injured himself many times. I gather he was in a lot of pain in his later years. But he's at peace now.