JackFarmer

Tricky but it depends on context. If the narrative states that the information "was" relayed to a listener then you treat everything that the narrator said with a past tense. If the narrator of the story is speaking directly to the listener, then "shown to be" or "proves to be" is probably best.

Thanks, nbohr, however, the question was meant more philosophically (even if I expressed it pointing to the grammar) in view of the fact that when you talk about science fiction books, you talk about the action in the past....although it will only happen in the distant future!

Costumes and some of the set designs look more interesting in the 80s film too.

Yes, absolutely, it was all much more atmospheric, whereas in the new film version it all seems so, I don't have the word for it, perhaps you can call it “anemic”. However, I haven't even seen the second part of the new adaption yet, but I hardly think that has changed.

Speaking of which, have you ever heard about "Jodorowsky's Dune"? 

  ha - just wanted to tell : sadly Jodorowsky´s Dune never mad it !
                                               But there exists a nice doko about it !
than i had a look in wikipedia - and - "Jodorowsky's Dune" is the titel of the doku 

Alright, I deleted all the conversations I had in there to make room. If you could send me the beta 2 that would be great JackFarmer!

Yeah, that's the last one. Did you check the attached video? It was for your information to see that it works as it should!

Sorry, yes, I watched it and it looked great! I like the look of that area. I'm looking forward to beta testing!

I just changed my notifications so that I'll get email more often when things like Status Updates happen. Otherwise I miss out important stuff.

Happy Christmas!

Very nice mission. I just finished it for the second time the other day.

@datiswous You are right, no doubt about that!

Whoever had the Schnapsidee to let A.I. write music should be crucified anyway.

The song was not written by AI. They simply separated piano and vocal in the Lennon's 1970s demo recording. The song is from the same demo tape as the two songs released in 1995.

They already used the same "AI" tool in the "Get back" documentary to isolate conversations.

Here's the original recording:

And here's a comparison of the two versions:

"Revolver" album was also remastered this way last year. Most Beatles records were made on a 4 track and thanks to machine learning instruments can be separated and remixed.

@cvlwThen you are miles ahead of me, I have never managed to create a real existing building in DR. That's quite an accomplishment and you're in good company, as many of our Mission Maker colleagues model their buildings this way as well.

For what it is worth, this is the church building:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9471922,-93.0991573,3a,75y,359.64h,106.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su1fFTQjg-h6otT-rj5vQ-g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

The nature of this type of church layout is left-right symmetry which settles into a fat grid quite nicely.

Now an interesting story to shoehorn into this thing... that is the challenge!

Some church building modules would be nice, so peeps can build variations easily

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While The Builders game mode is not an official part of the Dark Mod

Ehhh...

After seeing 2 different versions of the Builders blocks (the mission by Jesps and an asset made by @MirceaKitsune that I can't find anymore), I'm now intriguiged about a new in-game Builder game.

Btw. You should ask about maps. Because there are 2 types of maps in TDM (map file and in-game navigation map).

The chat bots that can Google/Bing and pull in info to answer might actually get it right.

@chakkman JackFarmer said he didn't like the ending of the predecessors, which I interpreted to mean he didn't like how Game of Thrones ended, a view I strongly agree with. In my case that doesn't mean I don't like Game of Thones, hell I was a big fan at the time... at least until the final season. The way the series ended just destroyed any sense of rewatchability given all the fan theories and drip-fed mysteries basically accounted to nothing and so much character development was ultimately wasted. That was my fear with House of the Dragon but it sounds like it's decent enough to give it a shot.

@Xolvix Ah, I overlooked the "ending". Ok, but, I don't think the last season was so much more violent and brutal than the rest of the series. Of course, there is some violent stuff in the series overall, but, hey, middle age fantasy and stuff. I even think it added to the series. Just "fits" the Game of Thrones theme somehow.

The last season was definitely bullshit, but not for the violence. Already in the first episode, I wonder WTH the makers smoked to bring such uninspired and absolutely not fitting the rest of the series stuff. I even stopped watching after eipsode 3, and skipped the rest, because I didn't want to spoilt the series as a whole. That's how bad I think it was. As if someone hired a high school kid as a story writer for the last season.

Game of Thrones fell off the rails because the two guys behind the show were excellent at adapting stories already written for them by George R.R. Martin. They weren't so good once they ran out of book material and had to come up with new stories though.

Interestingly the violence never put me off when watching Game of Thrones, but I can certainly understand when someone gets fed up with excessive violence being used in a lot of media and they just want something a bit less brutal. I feel the same way occasionally, it can get exhausting.

@datiswous Wow, heard that maybe 20 years ago in a German comedy show and thought it was a joke. So, with the informations from your link the gameshow participant back then was not so wrong with her answer.

@Daft Mugi

I have since watched the first four episodes of "Andor". I'm surprised several times -  I thought it would be an animated series or something similar and the Ewoks would also be there (but they are on Endor, I had confused "Endor" with "Andor" and "Andor", as I have now noticed, is not even a planet).

What I have seen so far, wow, cool! This is how Star Wars stuff should have (at least in my opinion) always been! No sentimentalities in story, dialogues and sound,  yet the scenario clearly recognizable in the Star Wars universe).

I'm curious how this will continue in episode 5, it's not really clear what it will end up, but I could well imagine, that does not end well.

Thanks for this great tip; without your hint (and the hint from a former LucasArts programmer I happen to be in contact with) I probably wouldn't have watched it.

Glad to hear it!

I'm shocked Disney allowed something good like Andor to be made.

If you haven't seen Rogue One yet, that would be good to watch next. Andor is somewhat of a prequel to Rogue One. Cassian Andor is a character in Rogue One, and some of the same show/movie creators are involved.

Nothing like 03/13/21 12:31 PM, when we apparently had 4230 members online simultaneously. Must've been a new TDM version release.

No, I did not read the comic before thus I cannot compare both works.

The show has high production values, but, as I have mentioned above, the xxl-supernatural fantasy setting (dreamland, eternals, demons, hell, etc.) is not my cup of tea... If I recall correctly, the TV show of American Gods had similar strange vibes.

However, still thinking whether I should give the comic a chance...

If you do, Start with The Sandman: Season of Mists . it's better as an introduction, Don't go with the first album. My personal favorite is (volume 2) The Dolls house

The sandman from the comics seems to match well with the actor they used, I like it.

American Gods and Sandman were both adapted from books/graphic novels written by Neil Gaiman so makes sense that they would feel similar.

Honestly would suggest you read his books if you haven't. Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, Coraline, Good Omens, Interworld, The Graveyard Book etc etc.  One thing to keep in mind, Neil Gaiman likes to write melancholy endings. They usually don't end with "And they all lived happily ever after", though they are not exactly sad endings. There's a finality to a lot of them that often leave me a little sad. There's real consequences at the ends. Especially Stardust and The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

But did you account for the fact that they would arrive upside down, fall on their heads and be dazed? Unless your invention is capable of both translation and rotation.

Better hope the kangaroos don't form an alliance with the emus, who have already won a war.

@Dragofer

That's the problem: In my boundless high spirits I gave my invention the spawnarg "Must_be_on_its_feet". If one of the kangaroos now comes up with the idea of using the value "1" (and since you can only use "0" or "1" the probability is 50%), this will be doom!

Thoughtlessness, your name is Jack Farmer!

You guys seem to somehow think in terms of praises and insults. That's just not how I think on a basic level. I think I'll give up trying to be understood around here.

It did admittedly take me longer than that - the current iteration of Iris was started in late 2019!  As far as the earlier attempts … well lets not talk about those.

What is absolutely true is that my mission would never have seen the light of day without a lot of help and patience from those very volunteer developers!

Special shout out to our VERY EXCLUSIVE discord server/cult - “The Esoteric Order of Dragofer” for all the support/human sacrifices over the years.

Sunburn at below freezing temperatures sounds like your average Finnish winter; maybe I missed my calling.

I absolutely love my air fryer. At first I was pretty skeptical about getting one, but once I started making wings in them, it just stole my heart

Oh yes, the best invention since Sony came up with the Playstation One.

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McCain Western Fries

Is that your current job?

For reasons unknown, Andros is not rechabable anymore.

@duzuenko: you don;t want to heart that. It would be like Taylor Swift pretending to be Tom waits!

Wintergotbackupagainyourenevergonnakeepmedown!

Good lad!

I couldn't read that without an accent. xD

I'd be interested, but I don't have my new mic bought yet. You can also try to contact some of the volunteers listed here: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Voice_actors

I'm pretty tight on time trying to wrap up modeling projects, else I would. But I'd be interested in hearing about the roles in any case.

Zero experience or skill, but I could try

Fitting.

Skeletons hanging in graveyards? I really doubt that.

Everything related to bones/skeletons is in graveyard.

"I prefer my payment in cash... not liquor"

jaxa +1

Good lad!

"I'm coming down with a fever

I'm really out to sea

This kettle is boiling over

I think I'm a banana tree"

Hahaha yep, great song favorite band

Good lad!