Seems like it could be cool, or it could be just a bunch of cliches. hard to tell so far.

Your perfect date:

Oh. Uh… I thought it was supposed to be funny in the “me_irl” way…

idk about this version of Sinbad, but we recently watched “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad” on a mastodon watch party, and most of the free links to the movie should still be active. “Golden Voyage” has some killer stop-motion action.

iird when I was a kid, those booted off of floppies. First time I saw one booting off a hard drive I knew the future had arrived.

The watch party is TODAY! (sorry bout the late notice!) if you missed it, most of the “how to watch” links should still be active.

TODAY! (sorry bout the late notice!)

You mean… people don’t usually look like this to you?

Everyone has their first experience with enshittification. For a lot of people, Reddit was their first.

it’s OK we got a whole community, tho only 2-3 of us post there. Here’s the playlist of songs I recommend: https://lemmy.world/post/45478547

It’s the sort of thing you have to be ready for, lel. Gimme a sec, I’ll figure out a playlist.

i’m just a nerd.

Truly, the highest qualification and a position of pride. I aspire to that but I’m still just a dork.

Dark Carnival

Woah! that’s a central concept in the mythology of Insane Clown Posse! I gotta find out more about that. Actually I’ll probably take a look at some of those movies first.

woah… I never heard of them before, on a quick skim looks interesting, I gotta do a close reading later: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Browning

howcome you know so much about this? are you a film scholar or something?

“The film promoted itself as the Romeo and Juliet of the circus upon its release.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Flame

Maybe they will take us along as servants? Oh, no, they will build robots for that…

Let me know when the first colony is formed, then I can get excited.

It will only be open to billionaires. Or to people there to make money for billionaires. That’s why I’m not excited.

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” -Oscar Wilde

I don’t really like manga, but one of the best stories I’ve ever read in any format is the 7-volume Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. It’s post-apocalyptic fantasy about the nature of evil, the corruption of humanity, the extent to which individuals can fight against historical forces, and the fragility of civilization, for a start. Plus there’s a lot of action and world-building. There’s an anime movie which covers about one tenth of the story, if you want to get a feel for it.

Recently I’ve been thinking one of the best things Alan Moore has written is the original 12-issue series Top 10. It just has certain characters and events that stuck in my mind.