Tip is noting he wants the tech in “Home Consoles” – not Arcades. The arcade machine he’s standing in front of is an Urban Myth / Legend, which also came up in the Disney+ Loki series recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(urban_legend)
Yeah, this makes perfect sense. The problem with convincing people you haven’t gone to the moon is that footage from the moon looks unreal. The lighting, the shadows, everything, it’s uncanny because it’s impossible on Earth. So, if you wanted to convince people it was fake, you’d need to flood the market with more of this footage that’s impossible to fake. Easiest way to do that is to set up a studio on the moon. Way cheaper than using practical effects.
Blame Kubrick, he was such a perfectionist that he insisted on *utterly accurate* fake footage. Of course, the only way to get it to his satisfaction was to build the set on the Moon. And then there was no budget left to bring all the equipment back, so there it remains to this day, recouping its costs by being rented out to sci-fi movies.
Oh my god Nolan is so ludicrous at this. He literally torpedoes himself. Everything must be real.
At least he didn’t build a wormhole to a supermassive black hole at the edge of the universe in _Interstellar_ — but he spends some time in the _Interstellar_ bluray extras talking about how the hardscrabble town in (IIRC) northern Canada where some of the film is set, where they are failing to grow some crop (maize? I can’t remember) because it’s so cold and northern Canada is a stupid place to grow crops but all the remaining habitable land on Earth is that bad or worse — well, obviously rather than using a set like normal people they had to actually go there and build the whole town, a season or two before filming started, and actually plant the crops so they can have fields of stunted crops for the first few scenes to happen in. Then filming started, and… disaster! The fields are empty because the crops didn’t germinate! Well, yes. It’s too cold to grow them. That’s the *whole point*.
(Details may be wrong. I watched _Interstellar_ once and exceeded my decadal allowance of pretentious humourlessness, so haven’t seen it in ages.)
They actually just use it to film breakfast cereal commercials nowadays. Union rules forbid actors from working anywhere on Earth on a TV program or advert that makes use of subliminal Jungian kill-switch programming (SJKP).
I dunno why – I’ve always thought it was one of the dumbest urban legends, and very much a product of those early years of the arcades and the sort of “Gee, Whiz!” thinking about technology that gave us the concept of “cyberspace”. It’s weird to me that it has this much traction in the modern day, even with nostalgia.
It’s 100% nostalgia. Boomers are finally losing their decades-long iron death-grip hegemony on popular culture, and Gen X – who grew up in the golden age of arcades – are having their brief moment of relevance before we too are hustled off the stage by those who come after.
Um … new theory: A-Sig have already identified Tip and know what he’s up to, but he’s doing such a good job in making them a better, more efficient Evil Conspiracy that they don’t care.
My current expectation is that Tip is heading right to extirpation because he’s rising in ranks way too quickly. What kind of self-respecting tyranny is going to just let someone gain power like that?
(And then Tip is going to meet Mr.Green who’s going to gloat about it – until it turns out that he really IS forgetful of people’s faces when he doesn’t see them often, which is why he needed to stick so close to Skin Horse to check on them)
Speedrunning the corporate ladder. Actually, thinking about it, Anasigma probably does have a room somewhere where, if you hit a specific brick at just the right angle, you glitch through it and become CEO.
And when I rave I’m in a bind that’s grave.
My hairy legs and whiskers take up too much time to shave.
I run and I can’t stop, stop, stop
I’m giving it a try.
Great danger if I let things drop in bureaus passing by.
And now I’m overdue
For time to mount a coup.
The first panel reminds me of an old joke: Yes, the government DID hire Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landing, but Kubrick was such a perfectionist that he insisted that he shoot on location.
Tip goes from one job to the next. It’s gotten him sort of perplexed. Tip’s gotten the power in a lovely half hour, but for now he is miffed and he’s vexed.
F.U.N. fact: Most flouride sources for tap water are effectively industrial waste. Even when stannis fluoride is used it typically comes from mining operations instead of being medical grade.
For those unaware, the fluoride your dentist uses is medical grade stannis fluoride.
16 new careers before lunch, with a new ensemble for each.
The hard part? Toning them down to “barely fabulous” so as to not blow his cover!
I’m not sure, is this a normal amount of silly for this comic that we don’t usually see that often or is this max silly?
This is definitely one of the sillier bits we’ve had. Probably approaching max silly.
But we probably need it as things likely get heavier with the End Game.
Probably the silliest thing about this is that Tip keeps producing new outfits
You say that like it’s something new.
But not his hairstyle. Thus, he maintains a low profile.
Hard to say when we reach max silly. People keep moving our silliness benchmark.
that second one is not going to come back to bite us in the butt not at all
Given how few arcades there are nowadays, putting the scramblers in them would reach a very limited population. You might actually be right.
Tip is noting he wants the tech in “Home Consoles” – not Arcades. The arcade machine he’s standing in front of is an Urban Myth / Legend, which also came up in the Disney+ Loki series recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(urban_legend)
I suppose if you need to film a fake moon landing, that’s the logical way to do it.
Yeah, this makes perfect sense. The problem with convincing people you haven’t gone to the moon is that footage from the moon looks unreal. The lighting, the shadows, everything, it’s uncanny because it’s impossible on Earth. So, if you wanted to convince people it was fake, you’d need to flood the market with more of this footage that’s impossible to fake. Easiest way to do that is to set up a studio on the moon. Way cheaper than using practical effects.
I thought they used the secret moon film studio to do C-SPAN. For reasons.
Blame Kubrick, he was such a perfectionist that he insisted on *utterly accurate* fake footage. Of course, the only way to get it to his satisfaction was to build the set on the Moon. And then there was no budget left to bring all the equipment back, so there it remains to this day, recouping its costs by being rented out to sci-fi movies.
That makes way too much sense.
That was the problem with Space: 1999, sooo expensive building a new moon after blowing up the previous one for the first episode and title sequence.
Oh my god Nolan is so ludicrous at this. He literally torpedoes himself. Everything must be real.
At least he didn’t build a wormhole to a supermassive black hole at the edge of the universe in _Interstellar_ — but he spends some time in the _Interstellar_ bluray extras talking about how the hardscrabble town in (IIRC) northern Canada where some of the film is set, where they are failing to grow some crop (maize? I can’t remember) because it’s so cold and northern Canada is a stupid place to grow crops but all the remaining habitable land on Earth is that bad or worse — well, obviously rather than using a set like normal people they had to actually go there and build the whole town, a season or two before filming started, and actually plant the crops so they can have fields of stunted crops for the first few scenes to happen in. Then filming started, and… disaster! The fields are empty because the crops didn’t germinate! Well, yes. It’s too cold to grow them. That’s the *whole point*.
(Details may be wrong. I watched _Interstellar_ once and exceeded my decadal allowance of pretentious humourlessness, so haven’t seen it in ages.)
They actually just use it to film breakfast cereal commercials nowadays. Union rules forbid actors from working anywhere on Earth on a TV program or advert that makes use of subliminal Jungian kill-switch programming (SJKP).
That polybius game is getting some top-tier guest appearances.
https://gamerant.com/loki-episode-5-polybius-arcade-video-game-urban-legend/
I dunno why – I’ve always thought it was one of the dumbest urban legends, and very much a product of those early years of the arcades and the sort of “Gee, Whiz!” thinking about technology that gave us the concept of “cyberspace”. It’s weird to me that it has this much traction in the modern day, even with nostalgia.
It’s 100% nostalgia. Boomers are finally losing their decades-long iron death-grip hegemony on popular culture, and Gen X – who grew up in the golden age of arcades – are having their brief moment of relevance before we too are hustled off the stage by those who come after.
The film studio on the moon was used to fake the Earth landings.
Well, I heard there has been a secret Earthbase since the ’50s.
Yeah, but I hear that funding’s about to drop off a cliff, since they’re about ready to give up on the possibility of finding intelligent life there.
“Fluoride, fluoride, fluoride!” Marcia, Marcia, Marcia?
Or “plagarise, plagarise, plagarise”. Or probably any one of scores of “word repeated three times” things.
Um … new theory: A-Sig have already identified Tip and know what he’s up to, but he’s doing such a good job in making them a better, more efficient Evil Conspiracy that they don’t care.
My current expectation is that Tip is heading right to extirpation because he’s rising in ranks way too quickly. What kind of self-respecting tyranny is going to just let someone gain power like that?
(And then Tip is going to meet Mr.Green who’s going to gloat about it – until it turns out that he really IS forgetful of people’s faces when he doesn’t see them often, which is why he needed to stick so close to Skin Horse to check on them)
I agree, Theris…the threat of extirpation is looming.
Mr. Green will be left wondering how Tip rose to the top of extirpation management and wound up in bed with its entity on a Monday morning.
Speedrunning the corporate ladder. Actually, thinking about it, Anasigma probably does have a room somewhere where, if you hit a specific brick at just the right angle, you glitch through it and become CEO.
I’m late!
I’m late!
I’m goshdarn important-great.
I’ll powerpoint “Hello, Goodbye!”
I’m late!
I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!
And when I rave I’m in a bind that’s grave.
My hairy legs and whiskers take up too much time to shave.
I run and I can’t stop, stop, stop
I’m giving it a try.
Great danger if I let things drop in bureaus passing by.
And now I’m overdue
For time to mount a coup.
Can’t answer them, “Goodbye, hello,”
I’m late I’m late, I’m late.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
I’m overdue!
It’s extirpation, too.
I’ll powerpoint “Goodbye, hello!”
I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!
—from “I’m Late,” music by Sammy Fain, lyrics by Bob Hilliard, sung by The White Rabbit.
Oh, well filked, sirrah.
The first panel reminds me of an old joke: Yes, the government DID hire Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landing, but Kubrick was such a perfectionist that he insisted that he shoot on location.
Nice
Tip goes from one job to the next. It’s gotten him sort of perplexed. Tip’s gotten the power in a lovely half hour, but for now he is miffed and he’s vexed.
“Flouride, flouride, flouride! Keep on contaminating those bodily fluids for victory!”
Yeah, fluoridated water is actually terrible for babies and can cause issues. There are a number of scientifically published studies backing that.
If you mix flour into them you’ll certainly do that.
F.U.N. fact: Most flouride sources for tap water are effectively industrial waste. Even when stannis fluoride is used it typically comes from mining operations instead of being medical grade.
For those unaware, the fluoride your dentist uses is medical grade stannis fluoride.
[F.U.N. as in the Munchkin acronym]