Jump to content

atomheartbevo

Legacy Members
  • Posts

    53595
  • Joined

  • Days Won

    147

Everything posted by atomheartbevo

  1. Hopefully it kept the hail away, but fuck if we didn't get some sideways rain in Central Austin.
  2. If Russians are starting to take prisoners in large numbers again, and hide them away, that probably means the offensive is stalling and/or they are weakened and want some leverage against Ukrainian counter-attacks (they wouldn't be hauling prisoners around on an actual offensive). Speaking of the missile strikes earlier
  3. My kids' friends in elementary will actually say "LOL" (pronounced "lawl") as in "that was funny lawl" or they will say "that was funny el-o-el" (saying the letters out loud)
  4. It gets better - the free in-car camera streams they've been offering are going to be on HBOMax next year. At least the Atlanta race in June is at night.
  5. GQP: Biden likes the Taliban so he’s evil Everybody else: Putin’s Russia is doing a $1 billion a year in business with the Taliban GQP:
  6. This bodes well for all of the kids who are playing Minecraft while having a YouTube video running in one window while running a browser and looking stuff up in another.
  7. Why are you posting pictures of Sofía Vergara and why did she die her hair pink?
  8. IANAL (I do anal, has nothing to do with this topic), but I'm assuming because otherwise people can claim they didn't get the notices (got lost in the mail).
  9. Security didn't cover his ass after shots rang out - you can see him rolling over a bench. I mean, at least they ran towards the guy with the gun, but somebody should have thrown themselves over him. He's going to survive apparently https://www.euronews.com/2024/05/15/slovak-prime-minister-fico-shot-in-life-threatening
  10. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/politics/arizona-officials-giuliani-indictment-2020/index.html Arizona prosecutors have tried for weeks – and so far failed – to serve Rudy Giuliani with notice of his indictment related to an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. Giuliani is among a group of former President Donald Trump’s allies indicted last month in Arizona alongside the 11 individuals who acted as fake GOP electors from the state in the last presidential election. But the former New York City mayor and one-time attorney for Trump is the only defendant prosecutors have been unable to serve with a summons, according to Richie Taylor, a spokesperson for the Arizona attorney general’s office. The summons is a formal notice that Giuliani has been criminally charged and must appear before a judge on May 21, and a team of prosecutors and investigators working for Arizona Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes has made multiple attempts to locate him, Taylor told CNN. Giuliani, multiple associates have told CNN, is in Palm Beach, Florida, at his residence. According to two sources familiar with Giuliani’s movements, the former mayor has been traveling back and forth between Palm Beach and New York City where he has been alternating between working on a planned appeal of the $148 million defamation judgment against him, which a district judge denied Tuesday, and the sale of his $5.7 million New York City apartment, where prosecutors have tried for weeks to serve him. According to Taylor, two agents for the attorney general’s office traveled to New York City with plans to hand-deliver the notice to Giuliani the day after the state-level grand jury handed up its indictment. The agents believed Giuliani was likely in his New York City apartment because he had recently video streamed from there – which they determined by matching the setting of the feed with pictures of the interior of the residence from an old real estate listing. But upon arriving at the building, a person at the front desk told the agents they were not allowed to accept service of the documents, according to Taylor, who added that the individual did not dispute Giuliani lived there. “We were not granted access,” Taylor added, confirming details previously reported by the Washington Post. While Trump is not among those charged in Arizona, the details in the indictment suggest he is “Unindicted Coconspirator 1.” “In Arizona, and the United States, the people elected Joseph Biden as President on November 3, 2020,” the indictment reads. “Unwilling to accept this fact, Defendants and unindicted coconspirators schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency to keep Unindicted Coconspirator 1 in office against the will of Arizona’s voters.” Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, his close adviser Boris Epshteyn, the Republican National Committee’s top lawyer for “election integrity” Christina Bobb and former Trump campaign aide Mike Roman are among those charged in Arizona alongside Giuliani. All of the defendants except Giuliani have been served.
  11. I bet it's farther (further) along in the script process than they are letting on (they didn't just come up with all of this out of nowhere), but I wonder if they are hedging their bets on the de-aging software in terms of bringing Legolas/Aragorn/Gandalf back.
  12. Especially when China is desperate to dump that production onto other markets, and willing to do so below cost, in order to try to get at least a little money back. They fucked up on their projections.
  13. Bunch of people blowing each other, but the gist of it is that they are still constrained to the LOTR/Hobbit books and their appendices, and they are going to try and not make this the "fourth" film in the LOTR trilogy. https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-peter-jackson-andy-serkis-philippa-boyens-explain-23-years-after-cannes-saved-original-trilogy-1235917510/ Since Warner Bros acquired the rights to make more Middle-earth films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s works and the canon established by New Line’s original trilogy, Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings cohorts Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens hovered over the proceedings for a long time, as they mulled how to return, and much to involve themselves into another deep dive into Tolkien mythology. As a business proposition, the allure is easy to understand: the two trilogies – the six LOTR and The Hobbit films — generated nearly $6 billion in worldwide grosses and enough Oscar gold to fill the lair of the dragon Smaug from 2012’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. .. Not only was Serkis eager to reprise his role as the malevolent, tragic creature, but he also sparked to step up to his biggest challenge, as the film’s director. While Gollum’s backstory was dished in small doses during LOTR, Peter Jackson told Deadline that there is much more ground to cover. Especially in the periods when Gollum was off the grid. “The Gollum/Sméagol character has always fascinated me because Gollum reflects the worst of human nature, whilst his Sméagol side is, arguably, quite sympathetic,” Jackson told Deadline. “I think he connects with readers and film audiences alike, because there’s a little bit of both of them in all of us. We really want to explore his backstory and delve into those parts of his journey we didn’t have time to cover in the earlier films. It’s too soon to know who will cross his path, but suffice to say we will take our lead from Professor Tolkien.” After Jackson undertook the arduous task of directing three LOTR rings in one big shoot, he tapped Guillermo del Toro to take the helm of The Hobbit trilogy. When that didn’t work out, Jackson stepped in and warmed to the challenge of the prequel story of Bilbo Baggins. It would have been a lot to ask him to direct another trio, and to him, the easiest part of the decision to dive back into Tolkien’s Middle-earth was to hand the baton to Serkis. Serkis has been steadily building toward a career move like this. After he distinguished himself as second unit director for Jackson’s The Hobbit films, Serkis has helmed increasingly ambitious films, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, after starting with the touching love story Breathe. He’s wrapped his first animated film, an adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Serkis has also continued to immerse himself in the technical aspects and performances of motion capture that made Gollum so breathtaking in the LOTR films. That included playing Caesar in the Matt Reeves-directed Planet of the Apes trilogy, and serving as Visual Effects Motion Capture EP on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. .. To Jackson and Philippa Boyens – who wrote the first six films with Fran Walsh – giving Serkis the job was the easiest decision they had to make. “Andy was a joy to work with directing Second Unit on The Hobbit,” Jackson said. “He has the energy and imagination and, most importantly, an inherent understanding of the world of the story that is needed to step back into Middle-earth. “We have collaborated on eight films together and each time it has been a fantastic experience. There’s no one in this earth better equipped to tackle Gollum’s story than Andy.” Walsh and Boyens will write the screenplay, along with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou (who scripted the upcoming animated film Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim about the origins of Helm’s Deep). Jackson, Walsh and Boyens will produce the film, and the executive producers are Ken Kamins, with Serkis and The Imaginarium’s Jonathan Cavendish. Naturally, they will shoot in New Zealand, where Jackson built his production, postproduction and VFX factories with LOTR profits. .. “There’s nobody else you can think of who knows what goes into that character and we know what he brings to it and brings to the whole world of Middle-earth. Andy is going to have a really interesting take. It’s going to be his own take, because what we don’t want this film to be is just the fourth film in the trilogy. This film has to work in its own way. And that’s our job. That’s what we are going to have to be able to do. I know there’s plenty of people out there who will be like, oh no, why are they doing this? Why are they going back in? Well, that’s our job, to prove why we think that it’s a good idea.” .. While it’s early going, Serkis sounded optimistic about working in appearances from some of the actors who brought LOTR and The Hobbit trilogies to life. “That’s a difficult question to answer right at this moment in time, because we’re really in the nascent stages of what it is exactly where we’re doing, and where the story’s going to take us,” he said. “So I don’t want to commit anything right now. I mean, because it’s so raw and so raw and wriggling, and we are just literally having very early state script discussions and ideas of exactly where and how we’re going to drop anchor with the character and his journey and how he is or comes into contact with other characters, and the characters that we know and don’t know. So still, I would hate to say anything that’s going to commit us at this point, because it’s literally all up for grabs.” Jackson, Serkis and cohorts also understand that Middle-earth has gotten crowded, what with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power completing its first strong season at a reported $450 million investment by Amazon. “There’s room enough for lots of people to exist within that space,” said Boyens, who didn’t watch the series. “We’ve never wanted to be the gatekeepers of Middle Earth. Sometimes other people put you in that position, but we don’t feel that. Honestly, I haven’t seen any of [the series]. I didn’t want to go watch because I genuinely didn’t want to be influenced. But I think it’s a fantastic era, as a choice. The making of the rings of power is a brilliant piece of storytelling. It’s a great era, full of fascinating characters. “We have the right to the Lord of the Rings and the appendices, and that’s it,” Boyens said. “I would love to see that expand if there was the opportunity to do so, but there is so much that is in those three books. I know that especially hardcore fans of Professor Tolkien, they always get nervous that there’s only so much story. But look at War of the Rohirrim. It’s a page and a half at first glance in the books. But there are lots of threads throughout the book. ‘War of the Rohirrim sits 200 years before the events of the ring, and it really is a standalone story,” Boyens said. “It was one of the reasons that I came to that story when we were looking to do something that would fit with anime. We wanted to do something that really had nothing to do with rings of power or Sauron or the Dark Tower or wizards, even. It’s a story about a people who are tearing themselves apart. So that felt like a really good fit, not only for anime, but to go into a new art form which anime is, and try and tell a story based in Middle-earth without touching really upon the live action films, if that makes sense. What it did do for us though was re-ignite that passion for the world and for the work of Professor Tolkien. It absolutely has done that, and I think it surprised us. We fell back into the world really easily and it just felt like a natural fit. It also showed us, it certainly showed me, how deep that mythology runs and how much story is left to be told. “This is something that Professor Tolkien did himself and it is what worked so well,” she said. “He drew upon existing mythologies to create this world.” Tolkien also gave permission for others to pivot. “He wrote a letter to Milton Waldman in 1951 that said, ‘I would draw some of the great tales in fullness and leave…scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama.”
  14. My first thought would be "that person is about to have sex whether they want to or not."
  15. So is everybody in a rush to rebrand everything to Scouting America? And hopefully your packs/troops are bouncing back and membership is increasing. We are already pretty set for the fall.
  16. The governor is getting millions in donations from a Pennsylvania billionaire to push vouchers. I have yet to hear someone explain why a Pennsylvania billionaire should have a say in the education of Texas kids, because Hot Wheels is keeping that info to himself.
  17. A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern TravisCounty through 1030 PM CDT... At 954 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lago Vista, or 14 miles north of Dripping Springs, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Cedar Park, Leander, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Bee Cave, Hudson Bend, The Hills, Mansfield Dam, Jonestown, Briarcliff, Point Venture, and Volente. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN; MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
  18. Or the nickname for a swingers club run out of a house on Tanglewood Trail in Tarrytown.
  19. My 5th grader would love to be picked up in a 1980s muscle car. He hates that we've only ever had minivans and SUVs. Ain't picking up anybody else's kids unless it's at UT, and I'm driving one of these. Or this
  20. PPSSPP, a popular emulator for PlayStation Portable games, and plays them in high-definition with extra features. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ppsspp-psp-emulator/id6496972903 Info on loading games here: https://www.ppsspp.org/getgames_ios/
  21. RetroArch was just added with dozens of platforms: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retroarch/id6499539433 * 2048 * Amstrad - CPC (CrocoDS) * Amstrad - CPC/GX4000 (Caprice32) * Arcade (FinalBurn Neo) * Atari - 2600 (Stella 2014) * Atari - 2600 (Stella) * Atari - 5200 (Atari800) * Atari - 5200 (a5200) * Atari - 7800 (ProSystem) * Atari - Lynx (Handy) * Bandai - WonderSwan/Color (Beetle Cygne) * Commodore - Amiga (PUAE) * Commodore - C128 (VICE x128) * Commodore - C64 (VICE x64, fast) * Commodore - C64 (VICE x64sc, accurate) * Commodore - C64 SuperCPU (VICE xscpu64) * Commodore - CBM-II 5x0 (VICE xcbm5x0) * Commodore - CBM-II 6x0/7x0 (VICE xcbm2) * Commodore - PET (VICE xpet) * Commodore - PLUS/4 (VICE xplus4) * Commodore - VIC-20 (VICE xvic) * Dinothawr * Fairchild ChannelF (FreeChaF) * GCE - Vectrex (vecx) * Game Music Emu * Handheld Electronic (GW) * MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 (blueMSX) * Mattel - Intellivision (FreeIntv) * NEC - PC Engine / CD (Beetle PCE FAST) * NEC - PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD (Beetle PCE) * NEC - PC Engine SuperGrafx (Beetle SuperGrafx) * NEC - PC-98 (Neko Project II Kai) * Nintendo - DS (DeSmuME) * Nintendo - DS (melonDS DS) * Nintendo - Game Boy / Color (Gambatte) * Nintendo - Game Boy / Color (Gearboy) * Nintendo - Game Boy / Color (SameBoy) * Nintendo - Game Boy / Color (TGB Dual) * Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (VBA Next) * Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (VBA-M) * Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (gpSP) * Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (mGBA) * Nintendo - NES / Famicom (FCEUmm) * Nintendo - NES / Famicom (Mesen) * Nintendo - NES / Famicom (Nestopia UE) * Nintendo - NES / Famicom (QuickNES) * Nintendo - Nintendo 64 (Mupen64Plus-Next) * Nintendo - SNES / SFC (Snes9x 2005) * Nintendo - SNES / SFC (Snes9x 2010) * Nintendo - SNES / SFC (Snes9x) * Nintendo - SNES / SFC (bsnes) * Nintendo - SNES / SFC (bsnes-hd beta) * Nintendo - SNES / SFC / Game Boy / Color (Mesen-S) * Nintendo - Virtual Boy (Beetle VB) * PocketCDG * Quake (TyrQuake) * Rick Dangerous (XRick) * SNK - Neo Geo AES/MVS (Geolith) * SNK - Neo Geo CD (NeoCD) * SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color (RACE) * ScummVM * Sega - MS/GG (SMS Plus GX) * Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD (Genesis Plus GX Wide) * Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD (Genesis Plus GX) * Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD/32X (PicoDrive) * Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000 (Gearsystem) * Sega - Saturn (Beetle Saturn) * Sharp - X68000 (PX68k) * Sinclair - ZX Spectrum (Fuse) * Sony - PlayStation (Beetle PSX HW) * Sony - PlayStation (Beetle PSX) * Sony - PlayStation (PCSX ReARMed) * Sony - PlayStation Portable (PPSSPP) * Texas Instruments TI-83 (Numero) * Thomson - MO/TO (Theodore) * Vircon32 * VirtualXT * WASM-4 * Watara - Supervision (Potator) RetroArch supports a broad range of features, including: * Netplay * Soft patching * RetroAchievements * Save states * MFi controller support * Key remapping per core or per game * Gyro * Cheats * Custom overlays * Shaders * Fast forward and rewind * Game artwork * AI translations * Advanced latency management
×
×
  • Create New...