Neil Sheppard
@ultramanginger.bsky.social
Weaponised cyborg beard. Insane with genius. Matt Mercer says "fuck AI". Fascists can get tae fuck. Wizard main.
It did and they were, but I wanted like a Cronos/Hellboy Angel of Death Frankenstein and I got yet another standard, semi-faithful Hollywood adaptation. Poor Things was a much more interesting Frankenstein adaptation of the kind I expected from del Toro.
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It did and they were, but I wanted like a Cronos/Hellboy Angel of Death Frankenstein and I got yet another standard, semi-faithful Hollywood adaptation. Poor Things was a much more interesting Frankenstein adaptation of the kind I expected from del Toro.
They would have believed it at the time, though, so claiming now that it wasn't woke back then makes no sense.
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
They would have believed it at the time, though, so claiming now that it wasn't woke back then makes no sense.
I can't help but be disappointed del Toro played it so safe when he could have done something really fucking weird
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I can't help but be disappointed del Toro played it so safe when he could have done something really fucking weird
People love the original. Now they have kids old enough, but aren't movie people who show things to their kids, so they take them to the remake, then instantly forget it. Disney makes money and they get to pacify Trump by doing a MAGAfied version. No-one cares if it sucks ass.
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
People love the original. Now they have kids old enough, but aren't movie people who show things to their kids, so they take them to the remake, then instantly forget it. Disney makes money and they get to pacify Trump by doing a MAGAfied version. No-one cares if it sucks ass.
That's true, but anyone who missed the point that badly can't claim to be a fan. I know that's circular thinking, but I refuse to believe that anyone who listened to a Picard speech can agree with Trump.
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
That's true, but anyone who missed the point that badly can't claim to be a fan. I know that's circular thinking, but I refuse to believe that anyone who listened to a Picard speech can agree with Trump.
If someone has obsessively watched and understood all of Star Trek and Star Wars and didn't notice any anti-fascist messaging they are a fucking moron.
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If someone has obsessively watched and understood all of Star Trek and Star Wars and didn't notice any anti-fascist messaging they are a fucking moron.
I don't think they do. Like, I refuse to believe there are real Star Trek fans who think the show has "gotten woke", or pro-Nazi Star Wars fans. I insist it's racists who have never seen sci-fi manipulating casual fans.
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I don't think they do. Like, I refuse to believe there are real Star Trek fans who think the show has "gotten woke", or pro-Nazi Star Wars fans. I insist it's racists who have never seen sci-fi manipulating casual fans.
A franchise can absolutely have different facets for different people, but anyone claiming Acolyte is so wildly different from the movies that they can't enjoy them is talking nonsense. It's more in keeping with the prequels than the Rey trilogy. That was just flagrant racism driven by fake fans.
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A franchise can absolutely have different facets for different people, but anyone claiming Acolyte is so wildly different from the movies that they can't enjoy them is talking nonsense. It's more in keeping with the prequels than the Rey trilogy. That was just flagrant racism driven by fake fans.
On the other, I did see someone saying that the Republicans are largely techphobic Boomers who naively think releasing all the files will mean no-one will be able to filter through them and find anything incriminating as there's too much.
Or maybe it's just brinkmanship. Who knows?
Or maybe it's just brinkmanship. Who knows?
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On the other, I did see someone saying that the Republicans are largely techphobic Boomers who naively think releasing all the files will mean no-one will be able to filter through them and find anything incriminating as there's too much.
Or maybe it's just brinkmanship. Who knows?
Or maybe it's just brinkmanship. Who knows?
Totally agree. When Acolyte came out, I did make an effort to actually engage with the weird Star Wars haters and I found loads of them had never watched anything since the prequels, even Rey stuff, and were just lost, but they'd been weaponised into a "woke Star Wars sucks" mob.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Totally agree. When Acolyte came out, I did make an effort to actually engage with the weird Star Wars haters and I found loads of them had never watched anything since the prequels, even Rey stuff, and were just lost, but they'd been weaponised into a "woke Star Wars sucks" mob.
Also struggling with LoU2. I am certain the story will be tragic, but fuck me the gameplay is so railroaded, I might as well watch the TV show. I think I've just been spoiled by so many great sandbox games recently.
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Also struggling with LoU2. I am certain the story will be tragic, but fuck me the gameplay is so railroaded, I might as well watch the TV show. I think I've just been spoiled by so many great sandbox games recently.
They've ended plenty of shows that stopped on cliffhangers...
I think I've watched it three times over at this point and it's just great. Such a shame so many people who hadn't watched all of Clone Wars and any of Rebels didn't get it.
I think I've watched it three times over at this point and it's just great. Such a shame so many people who hadn't watched all of Clone Wars and any of Rebels didn't get it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They've ended plenty of shows that stopped on cliffhangers...
I think I've watched it three times over at this point and it's just great. Such a shame so many people who hadn't watched all of Clone Wars and any of Rebels didn't get it.
I think I've watched it three times over at this point and it's just great. Such a shame so many people who hadn't watched all of Clone Wars and any of Rebels didn't get it.
I still can't quite believe we're getting a second season. It really felt like a project Disney would abandon. I think Andor is clearly the best Star Wars property, possibly ever, but Ahsoka might be my favourite.
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I still can't quite believe we're getting a second season. It really felt like a project Disney would abandon. I think Andor is clearly the best Star Wars property, possibly ever, but Ahsoka might be my favourite.
It might clarify to say it felt to me like Matt Smith's Doctor meeting Rose, or Connery mourning the Contessa...
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It might clarify to say it felt to me like Matt Smith's Doctor meeting Rose, or Connery mourning the Contessa...
True. That wasn't a criticism of Ahsoka. I just thought that their interpretation of Anakin as a teacher who used his Vader persona to teach something to Ahsoka was great, but highlighted that the Anakin Ahsoka knew and the one Christensen played needed work to align.
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
True. That wasn't a criticism of Ahsoka. I just thought that their interpretation of Anakin as a teacher who used his Vader persona to teach something to Ahsoka was great, but highlighted that the Anakin Ahsoka knew and the one Christensen played needed work to align.
The CW Anakin story also makes sense. They are, however, different versions and you could see in Ahsoka how they don't mash together comfortably.
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The CW Anakin story also makes sense. They are, however, different versions and you could see in Ahsoka how they don't mash together comfortably.
It's exactly different tales. The movies tell one version of Anakin's fall, which admittedly offers us no reason Padme would want him at all and he becomes a radicalised, red pill inSith in about 30 seconds, but it does make some sense.
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's exactly different tales. The movies tell one version of Anakin's fall, which admittedly offers us no reason Padme would want him at all and he becomes a radicalised, red pill inSith in about 30 seconds, but it does make some sense.
That is an excellent summation of Lucas.
There's an aspect of Star Wars being about cycles from its inception - at least breaking cycles - but there's also an element of people not having the confidence to do Star Wars without repeating the plot.
There's an aspect of Star Wars being about cycles from its inception - at least breaking cycles - but there's also an element of people not having the confidence to do Star Wars without repeating the plot.
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
That is an excellent summation of Lucas.
There's an aspect of Star Wars being about cycles from its inception - at least breaking cycles - but there's also an element of people not having the confidence to do Star Wars without repeating the plot.
There's an aspect of Star Wars being about cycles from its inception - at least breaking cycles - but there's also an element of people not having the confidence to do Star Wars without repeating the plot.
That one scene tacked onto Rogue One is perhaps the best illustration of Vader, but I think Hayden's portrayal of him as a spoilt brat was good in hindsight. As much as Clone Wars made him a better character, CW Anakin is such a poor fit for Vader they had to give him multiple personalities since.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
That one scene tacked onto Rogue One is perhaps the best illustration of Vader, but I think Hayden's portrayal of him as a spoilt brat was good in hindsight. As much as Clone Wars made him a better character, CW Anakin is such a poor fit for Vader they had to give him multiple personalities since.
I've always thought it was weird, as Lucas is generally pretty awful in his behaviour and in interviews, and he's certainly come up with some guff in his time, but his philosophies are often surprisingly deep... stolen from other places, but usually well illustrated and prescient.
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I've always thought it was weird, as Lucas is generally pretty awful in his behaviour and in interviews, and he's certainly come up with some guff in his time, but his philosophies are often surprisingly deep... stolen from other places, but usually well illustrated and prescient.
I think the last few years have rather clearly proved that pathetic manbabies can be fucking terrifying when you give them power...
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I think the last few years have rather clearly proved that pathetic manbabies can be fucking terrifying when you give them power...
I don't think I read it, but it was clearly an influence for the Obi-wan show. There are a lot of comics that manage it, but I think they're scared to do internal narrative of Vader in case they make him not scary, but it's from impossible to do an internal villain monologue.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I don't think I read it, but it was clearly an influence for the Obi-wan show. There are a lot of comics that manage it, but I think they're scared to do internal narrative of Vader in case they make him not scary, but it's from impossible to do an internal villain monologue.