It’s more likely to be the WB, as both The Rock and Jason Momoa are portraying DC heroes (or anti-heroes ^_^) and The Hive is already an established DC villain organization.
It was OK, I thought. It def has its moments, but I kept finding myself reminded of the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies, and finding it lacking in the comparison.
What’s to fight? As she herself has said the purpose was to help their friends. Mission accomplished. If they want to be bosses around by Pavane after all that then that’s on them. Only reason to stick around and fight would be if Mind Control is threatened or proven. @_@
Agreed on all points, Towering Barbarian. It *appears* as if most of the non-human sapients are boarding the UFO of their own free will. Unless, as you say, it turns out they’re being mind-controlled, there’s nothing to fight here. Given that Sweetheart is choosing not to go, it looks unlikely that there is any mind control at play here.
Is Marcie suggesting that Chris should prevent sapient individuals from exercising their freedom of choice? That would be highly inappropriate. I suppose he is free to stand out there and peacefully try to convince NHSs not to board, without physically interfering with their ability to do so.
Free will cannot be exerced unless there is enough information to choose between alternatives.
What do people there know of Pavane and Lovetron?
It’s not free will at this point, it’s faith.
They’re not making an informed decision, and probably not a wise one, but unless someone is using mind control or some other means to force them, the decision is theirs. That is the very definition of “free will”.
People use their free will to make stupid and uninformed decisions every day in the real world.
It does look to me that the humans of the story, Tip, Dr. Lee, Jonah Yu and Nera, and now Chris and Marcie, are being shafted. They did their share of defeating the Forces of Evil, and now that the saucer is pulling out of the station, Pavane is pulling a Pete Best on them.
Well, as an avid Beatles fan, I would say that it’s more like the Beatles shafted Pete Best than the other way around. OTOH, Best apparently didn’t consistently turn up for shows during their club days, so the shafting may have been justified.
Oh, he was dumped because he wasn’t a very good drummer. Probably the others missed more shows than him.
It was the way they dumped him that caused the trouble. They didn’t tell him themselves, they never told him they’d replace him when they could get someone better, they let Brian Epstein do it. But what do kids in their late teens and early twenties know about how to handle people?
(They didn’t handle their breakup with each other much better, either.)
I actually had a Skin Horse dream last night.
Skin Horse was coming to an end, like it is in real life, except it seemed to be a novel series. I managed to attend the launch of the last book, where Shaenon read out excerpts, including the ending, before the book was available for sale. Except I didn’t hear any words, they were more like movie clips. I only remember two of the clips – Gavotte had several wigs on wigheads, and they were framed by a window in such a way that they looked like human silhouettes, and then there was a later clip where Tigerlily took one of the wigs to wear.
There was also a brief scene earlier in the dream from an earlier book, in which Gavotte was explaining to someone that she didn’t have a mother.
To be honest, the dream as a whole was about as sensible as Skin Horse, just less coherent.
I like it! Very on-brand, and big Langwidere energy! (Of course, Langwidere’s in-universe counterpart already did her canonical cameo a few years ago.)
Chris Sanders has made a decision. Since their efforts are met with derision, there’s no reason to stay, so he’s breaking away. There’s no hope of saucer admission.
Wait till the final end, when we all spend a few weeks pointing out everything and everyone that’s unaccounted for. I’ll bring up some of my favorites and I’d feel the loss if others didn’t bring up theirs.
You’re assuming, of course, that our fearsome leaders will leave anything unaccounted for. I suppose anything is possible, but they have been brewing this story for more than a few years, and have become outright masters at the long game.
The Dane’s lightsaber needs to go to UNITY, the Dork Knight needs more kicking around; AGI’s telepathic jerk needs to be locked up for a month with only UNITY to read… We need a Sunday Fan-Service Focus on Dr. Lee… string bikinis and rear shots of her in her body armor… Bubbles needs a happy ending, as does her Cuddle Cobra… And what about the man behind the curtain?
Give Disney time. There’s good money in making the Rock fight a UFO full of bees, and the Mouse will find a way.
It’s more likely to be the WB, as both The Rock and Jason Momoa are portraying DC heroes (or anti-heroes ^_^) and The Hive is already an established DC villain organization.
Presumably in the jungle, wearing a khaki shirt of some kind.
Unbuttoned to the navel. I think it’s in their contracts.
rrgh it’s so annoying
It wasn’t a UFO, but the Rock did fight a sapient bee swarm in Jungle Cruise. No further spoilers, but I did enjoy it.
I’d been avoiding that movie but now I want to see it!
It was OK, I thought. It def has its moments, but I kept finding myself reminded of the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies, and finding it lacking in the comparison.
and here I thought they were going for a Crocodile Dundee vibe
Really!?? I was thinking of Jungle Cruise when I posited Disney, but it was only a guess. I haven’t seen the movie.
Henry Cavill would cuss, take a bee sting potion and set the UFO on fire.
I like this guy’s no-nonsense, laid-back approach to flying objects. There’s no bees, but still…
What’s to fight? As she herself has said the purpose was to help their friends. Mission accomplished. If they want to be bosses around by Pavane after all that then that’s on them. Only reason to stick around and fight would be if Mind Control is threatened or proven. @_@
Agreed on all points, Towering Barbarian. It *appears* as if most of the non-human sapients are boarding the UFO of their own free will. Unless, as you say, it turns out they’re being mind-controlled, there’s nothing to fight here. Given that Sweetheart is choosing not to go, it looks unlikely that there is any mind control at play here.
Is Marcie suggesting that Chris should prevent sapient individuals from exercising their freedom of choice? That would be highly inappropriate. I suppose he is free to stand out there and peacefully try to convince NHSs not to board, without physically interfering with their ability to do so.
Free will cannot be exerced unless there is enough information to choose between alternatives.
What do people there know of Pavane and Lovetron?
It’s not free will at this point, it’s faith.
Choosing faith is completely a part of free will. š
They’re not making an informed decision, and probably not a wise one, but unless someone is using mind control or some other means to force them, the decision is theirs. That is the very definition of “free will”.
People use their free will to make stupid and uninformed decisions every day in the real world.
It does look to me that the humans of the story, Tip, Dr. Lee, Jonah Yu and Nera, and now Chris and Marcie, are being shafted. They did their share of defeating the Forces of Evil, and now that the saucer is pulling out of the station, Pavane is pulling a Pete Best on them.
Well, as an avid Beatles fan, I would say that it’s more like the Beatles shafted Pete Best than the other way around. OTOH, Best apparently didn’t consistently turn up for shows during their club days, so the shafting may have been justified.
Oh, he was dumped because he wasn’t a very good drummer. Probably the others missed more shows than him.
It was the way they dumped him that caused the trouble. They didn’t tell him themselves, they never told him they’d replace him when they could get someone better, they let Brian Epstein do it. But what do kids in their late teens and early twenties know about how to handle people?
(They didn’t handle their breakup with each other much better, either.)
And what _wasn’t_ Jason Momoa wearing in this dream?
Enquiring minds want to know!
I’d guess that he wasn’t wearing … out his welcome.
In fairness, Jason Momoa did fight human-shaped alien queens and drones in spaceships. For four seasons! (He wasn’t in the first season.)
He also fought a swarm of big bugs but, that was in a cave, not in a space ship. Those bugs were the progenitors of said queens, though. Close enough?
You gotta love the banter in these.
So just use the tactics Jason Momoa used in the dream.
(“Look! Behind you! Giant X-COM hornets!” *leg sweep*)
I actually had a Skin Horse dream last night.
Skin Horse was coming to an end, like it is in real life, except it seemed to be a novel series. I managed to attend the launch of the last book, where Shaenon read out excerpts, including the ending, before the book was available for sale. Except I didn’t hear any words, they were more like movie clips. I only remember two of the clips – Gavotte had several wigs on wigheads, and they were framed by a window in such a way that they looked like human silhouettes, and then there was a later clip where Tigerlily took one of the wigs to wear.
There was also a brief scene earlier in the dream from an earlier book, in which Gavotte was explaining to someone that she didn’t have a mother.
To be honest, the dream as a whole was about as sensible as Skin Horse, just less coherent.
I like it! Very on-brand, and big Langwidere energy! (Of course, Langwidere’s in-universe counterpart already did her canonical cameo a few years ago.)
So where will they go? What will they do? (Frankly, my dear, Pavane doesn’t give a damn.)
The entire ‘trip’ appears more bogus every moment. Are the ‘deluded’ ONLY being raptured, or?
Chris Sanders has made a decision. Since their efforts are met with derision, there’s no reason to stay, so he’s breaking away. There’s no hope of saucer admission.
Chris! Marcie! Wait!!! Think of all the things you could irradiate with a UFO engine!! Didn’t you see “Forbidden Planet”?
Iām still wondering whether Bisexual Afrofuturians have conversation pits and what will happen to HT
Wait till the final end, when we all spend a few weeks pointing out everything and everyone that’s unaccounted for. I’ll bring up some of my favorites and I’d feel the loss if others didn’t bring up theirs.
You’re assuming, of course, that our fearsome leaders will leave anything unaccounted for. I suppose anything is possible, but they have been brewing this story for more than a few years, and have become outright masters at the long game.
Oh, I think there will. There’s always Cousin Bidet and Sasquatch Jefferson.
Oh we all know Cousin Bidet ran off with Cousin Jeb the Abattoir. They’re a match made in robo-heaven.
The Dane’s lightsaber needs to go to UNITY, the Dork Knight needs more kicking around; AGI’s telepathic jerk needs to be locked up for a month with only UNITY to read… We need a Sunday Fan-Service Focus on Dr. Lee… string bikinis and rear shots of her in her body armor… Bubbles needs a happy ending, as does her Cuddle Cobra… And what about the man behind the curtain?
I think Eddie Redmayne is who you’re looking for here. It didn’t work out so well for his as I recall, tho, so maybe not š