Perhaps EM just has too much on his plate now.
News & popular culture & observing various ideas & Sci-Fi concepts that become a technological reality. What is reality in general? Some say that it's all part of a cosmic simulation.
Monday, January 23, 2023
56 Beaver Street and 1 Wall Street Court in NYC
Sometimes two buildings might be used for the same setting. That has been the case in the John+Wick movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_Beaver_Street
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Wall_Street_Courthttps://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Continental_Hotel
"The gothic feel of the hotel scenes beautifully reinforces John Wick’s noir atmosphere and really made me curious about it so here it is: the exterior of the Continental Hotel in John Wick is The Beaver Building at 1 Wall Street Court in Manhattan. However, the interior scenes were filmed at Delmonico’s, a restaurant located on 2 South William Street (56 Beaver Street) in New York." https://www.legendarytrips.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-new-york-filming-locations
The two buildings in the same city that are a little similar, yet quite different.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/delmonicos-announces-contradictory-opening-announcements/
https://nypost.com/2022/04/12/185-year-old-nyc-eatery-delmonicos-faces-eviction/
https://www.legendarytrips.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-new-york-filming-locations/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick_(film)#Filming
The building was used as the setting for the exterior shots of the Continental Hotel in the 2014 film John Wick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Wall_Street_Court#Later_use
http://onthesetofnewyork.com/johnwicK2.html
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Spy Cams Reveal the Grim Reality of Slaughterhouse Gas Chambers
Eventually, slaughterhouse facilities will become more and more automated, so there will be fewer humans required to do the dirty work.
Then someday AI and robotics could be fully integrated into killing the animals. There is a big looming question. What if the robots see the earth as a farm and want to kill people as well as the farm animals?
Monday, January 16, 2023
Why Zack Snyder Would Be Perfect To Direct A RoboCop Reboot Movie
https://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/robocop
Could a 3rd version of the movie work? Essentially, it would be a retelling of the same story, but from another perspective.
https://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/robocop-rogue-city-peter-weller-is-back-in-new-robocop-game
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Cognitive AI
https://towardsdatascience.com/the-rise-of-cognitive-ai-a29d2b724ccc
Of course AI has various branches and will continue to branch out even further.
https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/cognitive-computing
https://www.csail.mit.edu/research/cognitive-ai
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Jeff Beck's style and influence
https://www.youtube.com/@JeffBeck/videos
the tragic news of Jeff Beck's passing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IWnGNF80I , https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato/videos
the UNIQUE style of British guitar legend JEFF BECK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9bnaqqfq8 , https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beck#Style_and_influence
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stevie-wonder-jeff-beck-tribute-1234661455
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Monday, January 09, 2023
The RoboCop intersection
https://www.joblo.com/robocop-1987-vs-robocop-2014-face-off
Both movies provide an interesting depiction on the man and machine theme.
https://the-take.com/watch/what-are-the-major-differences-between-arobocopa-and-its-2014-remake
A portion of the man is placed inside a robotic structure, so he would also be a cyborg.
https://screenrant.com/robocop-which-is-better-original-movie-reboot
https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/23/21530448/robocop-movie-1987-vs-robocop-2014-remake-differences
https://rustysoapbox.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/robocop-1987-vs-robocop-2014
Friday, January 06, 2023
Henry Cavill’s Exit As Superman
It's all like musical chairs, but for actors.
HC had a good run.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGjGIZL4rk/?hl=en , https://www.instagram.com/p/CmK7eLWJ0as/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/thedieselsystem/status/1603421052620505088
Tuesday, January 03, 2023
Kevin Smith's Reaction To Finding Out That's Sigourney Weaver In Avatar 2
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/kevin-smith-no-idea-sigourney-weaver-avatar-the-way-of-water/
"Sigourney Weaver as Kiri Sully, the daughter of Dr. Grace Augustine's Na'vi avatar who was adopted by Jake and Neytiri." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Way_of_Water#Cast
AVATAR: The Way of Water - Kevin Smith's & Marc Bernardin's Reviews! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ne9RRBdpaM , https://www.youtube.com/@KevinSmith/videos
There are always interesting ways as to how an actor can return to play another character in the same story.
"Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch, a human military officer who led the paramilitary security division of the RDA in their conflict with the Na'vi.[18] After being killed by Neytiri in 2154, he is revived as a Recombinant[18] and seeks revenge against Jake and his family." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Way_of_Water#Cast
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1257361-the-best-avatar-the-way-of-water-moments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_universe_of_Avatar#The_world_of_Pandora
Monday, January 02, 2023
More Debt and Fewer Credit Card Rewards
https://www.cnbc.com/select/credit-card-trends
As the cost of living keeps going up, more people have to use up more of their credit.
https://fortune.com/recommends/article/consumer-credit-debt-forecast-2023
Disturbing Things Credit Card Reps Want To Tell You, But Can't https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_4G-RpOt_c , https://www.youtube.com/@cracked/videos