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Off the Record / Re: Scandinavian Thread

Last post by Jacob - Today at 09:11:34 AM

Pretty crazy. I wonder what caused the fire?

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Off the Record / Re: STAR TREK

Last post by Josquius - Today at 08:58:10 AM

Watched some DS9 last night. It struck me that the show started over 30 years ago.

It struck you....as in watching it you realise "Man the filming and stylistic decisions made here are really dated. You can tell how old it is." or it struck you as in you suddenly feel old and mortal?

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 08:56:49 AM

Super Eye Patch Wolf did an interesting video lately on fake games. Theres this thing called Vermis which seems very cool- essentially a guidebook for a messed up game that doesn't exist.
He also makes a point in the video when talking about a fake game out there... the actual video has far fewer views than it deserves with analysis videos having many more, which he reckons defeats the point of actually experiencing media.

I do sort of agree.
Though I'm guilty of it too.
Randomly clicked the other day onto a video about a Japanese horror film in the style of a crappy low budget NHK documentary for foreigners. After a few minutes in I realised I'd actually like to watch the original. Not done so yet.

And on Maya the bee- respect the originals. I'm a RWS purist on all things Thomas :p

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Syt - Today at 08:47:05 AM

 

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Off the Record / Re: STAR TREK

Last post by HVC - Today at 07:45:20 AM

Watched some DS9 last night. It struck me that the show started over 30 years ago.

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Gaming HQ / Re: Crusader Kings III

Last post by Syt - Today at 07:38:35 AM

RICE is working on another struggle, this time for Sicily: https://www.reddit.com/r/paradoxplaza/comments/1c4jl51/ck3_rice_mod_dev_diary_45_sicily_flavor_pack_part/

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Off the Record / Re: Scandinavian Thread

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 07:35:51 AM

Holy shit the Børsen in Copenhagen is burning down. 

#8

Off the Record / Re: STAR TREK

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 06:15:34 AM

It's being replace.

Discovery and Lower Decks are ending, Strange New Worlds will continue. A Paramount+ movie(District 31) and a new show(Starfleet Academy) will replace them in 2025.

There are also theatrical movies rumors.

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Off the Record / Re: STAR TREK

Last post by Josephus - Today at 05:42:34 AM

Is it?

#10

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Syt - Today at 03:42:37 AM

Yes, but:

The first American edition was published in 1922 by Thomas Seltzer and illustrated by Homer Boss. The latter's wife Adele Szold-Seltzer (1876-1940), the daughter of Benjamin Szold and younger sister of Henrietta Szold, was the translator.

Henrietta Szold (/zoʊld/ ZOHLD, Hungarian: [ˈsold]; December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was an American-born Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandatory Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.

I can tell you, nobody knows the books anymore, but everyone knows the TV show.

And as said in your quote:

After World War II, adaptations toned down the militarist element considerably, reduced the hornets' role. The 1975 anime added the character of Willy, a lazy and quite un-warlike drone bee. In the cartoon series, the briskly marching, but ridiculously incompetent ant armies provide a parody of militarism.

So unless you aim to read the original stories to your kid and extol the virtues of a tightly organized state under military control, you should be fine.