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MaryAnn Johanson on Raya and the Last Dragon movie review: warrior princess: SO: there are many many Disqus comments missing. I’m trying to figure out how to fix it — or even… Fri, Mar 24, 2023 6:17pm
on Raya and the Last Dragon movie review: warrior princess: What I’m seeing is that comments on significantly older posts (posted pre-Disqus) seem to remain, but comments made with Disqus… Fri, Mar 24, 2023 4:29pm
on Raya and the Last Dragon movie review: warrior princess: I’m just curious whether there’s a pattern to which comments were lost and which are still visible. I even wondered,… Fri, Mar 24, 2023 2:31pm- on Raya and the Last Dragon movie review: warrior princess: My guess is that the old Disqus comments were lost when MAJ transitioned to a new commenting system. Fri, Mar 24, 2023 1:14pm
- on Raya and the Last Dragon movie review: warrior princess: The comments on a number of the older posts here have vanished. It’s particularly obvious on the Captain Marvel review,… Thu, Mar 23, 2023 3:02pm
on Proxima movie review: the work of the world: According to this film, women are too emotional and unreliable to be treated equally to their male colleagues. I was… Wed, Mar 22, 2023 7:14pm
- on Raya and the Last Dragon movie review: warrior princess: What happened to the comments? Wed, Mar 22, 2023 4:29am
- on loaded question: would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?: I imagine that a movie pub would mostly show classics, ones that people know by heart. This would not be… Wed, Mar 22, 2023 1:38am
- on loaded question: would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?: Ugh, can’t stand tvs blaring sports (or, just as bad, tv news) in bars. Never the vibe I’m looking for.… Wed, Mar 22, 2023 12:34am
- on loaded question: would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?: do you mean like Alamo Drafthouse? the seats each have a “school desk” and you can get dinner and drinks… Tue, Mar 21, 2023 11:58pm
- on loaded question: would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?: If “bar or pub” means “tea room,” I’ll be there. Tue, Mar 21, 2023 10:30pm
- on loaded question: would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?: Yes’m, I would. I hardly ever go to bars anyway, and anything that might be a compelling reason to do… Tue, Mar 21, 2023 9:33pm
- on loaded question: what’s your favorite Irish-related film or movie tidbit?: I loved the films Once and Brooklyn. Also love the stuff Clannad has composed for TV and film. “I Will… Tue, Mar 14, 2023 7:30pm
- on loaded question: what casual video games can you recommend at the moment?: I started typing a comment recommending Fallen London, as it’s the only game I play, but the more I started… Fri, Mar 10, 2023 11:16pm
- on Full Time (À plein temps) movie review: mother of invention: this sounds intense and infuriating (at the late stage capitalism of it all that makes the tension so palpable) -… Thu, Mar 09, 2023 11:42pm
on loaded question: what casual video games can you recommend at the moment?: Hmm, I mostly play strategy games that are anything but casual, like Terra Invicta, which is a rather complex game… Mon, Mar 06, 2023 6:24pm
- on Blue Jean movie review: cowardice and bravery as matters of survival: This sounds tremendous; I’ll have to keep an eye out for it here in the US. we absolutely should not… Sun, Mar 05, 2023 2:34am
- on loaded question: if you could have a Lego set of anything, what would it be?: i think i would like a Lego set of Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Garden of Earthly Delights. just so many… Fri, Mar 03, 2023 1:35am
- on loaded question: if you could have a Lego set of anything, what would it be?: A decade or so back, Sydney Padua drew a series of comics about Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage and their… Wed, Mar 01, 2023 6:03pm
- on Knock at the Cabin movie review: there appears to be an apocalypse happening: It is probably unreasonable of me: I saw The Sixth Sense while very tired, and immediately worked out what the… Mon, Feb 27, 2023 12:36pm
on loaded question: what are some positive, definitely not evil, hopefully useful and creative uses for AI?: It is already used in positive ways, such as language translationImage recognition is used to recognize weeds so that herbicides… Wed, Feb 22, 2023 8:32pm
on behind the scenes: why I am such a huge honking disaster right now: Wow. Just wow. That suuuuuuucks. All of it. My aunt had hip replacement a couple years ago and it was… Wed, Feb 22, 2023 5:01pm- on loaded question: what are some positive, definitely not evil, hopefully useful and creative uses for AI?: I read an interesting argument the other day, about how our expectations for the quality of AI-generated works are unrealistic.… Mon, Feb 20, 2023 8:51pm
- on loaded question: what are some positive, definitely not evil, hopefully useful and creative uses for AI?: First off, have you all been following the saga of Microsoft’s Bing (a.k.a. Sydney)? It’s WILD. Latest updates here: https://wapo.st/3ICMizz… Mon, Feb 20, 2023 8:41pm
- on loaded question: what are some positive, definitely not evil, hopefully useful and creative uses for AI?: What’s currently being sold as “AI” is just reshuffle of existing material. I’ve joked often enough about the “Script-o-Matic 3000”;… Mon, Feb 20, 2023 4:57pm
- on Blended movie review: smug addiction: If Sandler went to his Boss that got the Africa Tickets and Vacation. How would Berrymoore, even of gotten hers.… Mon, Feb 20, 2023 11:51am
- on Blended movie review: smug addiction: Yeah, its a part of the story trope. To think its there for demeaning women. But really to show, the… Mon, Feb 20, 2023 11:40am
- on Blended movie review: smug addiction: Seems like a pretty apt review. I do think you missed on Shaq’s character as a Black male actor that… Mon, Feb 20, 2023 11:34am
- on how easily do you identify with opposite-sex protagonists in movies (or TV, or books)?: I struggle to identify with any character. I never thought „that is me!“, but rather „I want to be like… Sun, Feb 19, 2023 10:52pm
- on loaded question: what are some great anti–Valentine’s Day movies?: I vote for the horror comedy Ready or Not. On her wedding night, Grace is asked to play a game… Tue, Feb 14, 2023 4:44pm
- on loaded question: what are some great anti–Valentine’s Day movies?: Good call, Daniel (though I think GPB falls apart in its ending – in part because nobody could write an… Tue, Feb 14, 2023 1:03pm
