Justice League: The Snyder Cut’s Biggest Differences From the 2017 Version

 https://screenrant.com/justice-league-zack-snyder-cut-2017-changes-explained

Whenever there is more than one director on a production, there are bound to be some key differences.

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/justice-league-zack-snyder-cut-joker-jared-leto-epilogue-knightmare

The Joker has become the quintessential clown and monster.

https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2021/3/18/22337848/zack-snyder-justice-league-batman-joker

Perhaps the IT character is even darker and more dangerous than the Joker.

https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/zack-snyders-justice-league-review-ben-affleck-gal-gadot-henry-cavill-1234928648

https://screenrant.com/justice-league-zack-snyder-cut-movie-better-good

Now people can see both versions.

https://screenrant.com/justice-league-snyder-cut-chapters-how-many 

Top 10 Biggest Changes in Zack Snyder's Justice League https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD7eHzAtL5M

Of course it was suppose to be a Zack_Snyder movie in the first place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_(film)#Production

The Joss_Whedon version became a different movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_(film)#Filming

Another famous movie had a few different directors and it still became very popular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#Victor_Fleming,_the_main_director The Wizard_of_Oz was quite a dazzling movie for its time, given the limits of special effects back then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#Richard_Thorpe_as_director

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/wizard-oz

https://screenrant.com/superman-justice-league-2-3-snyder-dceu-ending

Justice League Snyder Cut Ending - End Credit Scene Breakdown and Easter Eggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrlzebSbKR0 

Justice League Snyder Cut ENDING EXPLAINED! Joker Scene & DCEU Future? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUkzVr4TSV0 

https://screenrant.com/justice-league-2-snyder-cut-sequel-setup

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Justice+League+Snyder+Cut

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Wizard+of+Oz

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder's_Justice_League

This could have been a 2 part movie just as easily as a miniseries.

https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/zack-snyders-justice-league-review-ben-affleck-gal-gadot-henry-cavill-1234928648

It's about the data and the information of finally being able to release the Zack Snyder version to the pubic digital entertainment stream.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder's_Justice_League#Plot

https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/snyder-cut-how-does-it-differ-from-justice-league.html

Zack Snyder’s Justice League | Official Trailer #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrdQSAX2kyw , https://www.youtube.com/c/hbomax/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder's_Justice_League#Production_of_Justice_League

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder's_Justice_League#Streaming

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/zack-snyder-justice-league-positive-review-roundup-1234931198

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder's_Justice_League#Reception

Now people can enjoy this 4 hour visual extravaganza in the comfort of their home. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Justice+League+Snyder+Cut

Lord Huron - Mine Forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOz3VJD4L0o , https://www.lordhuron.com

This is such an amazing song and video by Lord-Huron. It's the type of song that could easily be used in a David Lynch or a Quentin_Tarantino movie. Lord+Huron really has quite a unique sound and style.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lord+Huron+Mine+Forever

The China Syndrome, Nuclear Power-plant Meltdown Scenario

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown#China_syndrome 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor_accidents_in_the_United_States#Three_Mile_Island_accident

The_China_Syndrome movie was in theaters less than two weeks before an actual power plant emergency occurred in March 1979. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0078966/?ref_=m_tttr_tt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Syndrome#Plot 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-china-syndrome-1979

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/03/11/archives/fallout-from-china-syndrome-has-already-begun-the-china-syndrome.html

"The March 1979 release was met with backlash from the nuclear power industry's claims of it being "sheer fiction" and a "character assassination of an entire industry".^[11] Twelve days later, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Syndrome#Response_of_nuclear_industry

"When the film was first released on 16 March 1979, nuclear power executives soon lambasted the picture as being "sheer fiction" and a "character assassination of an entire industry". Then twelve days after its launch, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania." https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0078966/trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_trv

The overall production of a movie can take 1 or 2 years, so the release of this movie might be considered to be an example of synchronicity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident#The_China_Syndrome For something like this to occur less than two weeks after the release of the movie, is an interesting coincidence at the very least.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_accidents_by_country#United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster 1986-4-26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries) 2019

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/?ref_=vp_vi_tt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_Chernobyl_disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_accidents_by_country#Ukraine

Fukushima was another nuclear disaster waiting to happen.

https://science.time.com/2011/05/16/was-fukushima-a-china-syndrome 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_accidents_by_country#Japan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=nuclear+power

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Pennsylvania

HALO WARS and NM Sky

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvr0sHY4idA , https://www.youtube.com/c/GameClipsHD/videos

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-wars-2 , https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_Wars_2

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-wars , https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_Wars

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_Franchise#Films , https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us

Who knows how big the Halo universe will get?

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Places

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/29568daf8cd14083bd1b70a810bf3581/topics/what-if-the-entire-halo-ring-was-playable-space/56567c93-e56f-485c-b49c-c04f7990709e/posts

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_Alpha

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/716424-halo-5-guardians/72662505

https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_-_AH(LNC)

https://mashable.com/ad/feature/no-mans-sky-beyond

https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/412448792357827092/?l=norwegian

https://www.businessinsider.com/14-incredible-spaceships-in-no-mans-sky-2016-8

At a certain point, people will really want to mix or merge various game aspects and elements. 

https://galacticatlas.nomanssky.com , https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Galaxy  

https://www.nomanssky.com 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Halo

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=NMS

This Island Earth and The Day The Earth Stood Still

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCT4xTywUEA , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047577

This_Island_Earth (1955) & the original version of TDTESS are both classics in their own ways.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Island_Earth#Production

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still (1951)

Both of these movies have several interesting things about them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gort_(The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still) 1951  

How Close Are We To A Quantum Future?

 https://medium.com/one-pale-blue-dot/how-close-are-we-to-a-quantum-future-6abb38f551f7

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantum-computing-explained (QC) 

https://medium.com/thrive-global/seven-ways-quantum-computing-can-change-the-world-ff5bfbe43e0f

https://futurism.com/quantum-computing-qa

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/07/10/6-practical-examples-of-how-quantum-computing-will-change-our-world/?sh=10721a6480c1

"Quantum computers are coming and experts say they are so superior to regular computers, they'll need just minutes rather than thousands of years to perform some tasks." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvaVhoRS-dw , https://www.youtube.com/c/Reuters/videos

"Quantum computing addresses possibilities that are incomprehensible with the most sophisticated supercomputers of today" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjTP33_O7qY , https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldGovSummit/videos

Quantum Computers Explained – Limits of Human Technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhHMJCUmq28 , https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell/videos

How Quantum Computing Will Change The World! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BKIJCTLy-s , https://www.youtube.com/c/Seeker/videos

UNBOXING A QUANTUM COMPUTER! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60OkanvToFI , https://www.youtube.com/c/LinusTechTips/videos

TOP 7 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Our World! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxRIdL2CDBk Tech Planet

This is where A.I. & especially A.G.I. is heading.

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/quantum-computers-used-hard-drives-made-dna/

DNA and Quantum Computers

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/2955239.2955419#:~:text=Through%20coherent%20superposition%20of%20states,evolvable%20through%20biotechnol%2D%20ogy%20techniques.&text=DNA%20computers%20could%20be%20used,gates%20attached%20to%20DNA%20strands.

https://interestingengineering.com/what-is-dna-computing-how-does-it-work-and-why-its-such-a-big-deal

Quantum Computing and DNA Computing: Beyond Conventional Approaches

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-37224-8_7

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=QC

THX 1138 movie 1971

 THX_1138 is a phenomenal Sci-Fi movie that is a cautionary story about a totalitarian system.

https://www.fusionanomaly.net/thx1138.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138#Reception

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138#2004_director's_cut

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster

There is no instant off switch for this tech, it just keeps burning until it can ever be dismantled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster#Background

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant#Warnings_and_design_critique

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant#Dismantling_of_reactors

RADIOACTIVITY by Kraftwerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EBTn_3DBYo

Kraftwerk: Radioactivity (No Nukes 2012, Tokio, Japan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWsQgmq-fNs 2012/07/07 

https://www.youtube.com/c/Kraftwerk/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Fukushima 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Fukushima+Daiichi

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Japan

Gary Numan

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan

This guy has been making music since the 1970s and his creativity keeps growing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan#2009-present

Intruder by Gary Numan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RxebQuFgJY (2021)

My Name Is Ruin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHomCiPFknY (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeSOZA5pBkw The song, "Rip".

 'Are Friends Electric?' AllSaints Basement Sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Z4Tv1zn-s  A cool fan made version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0WNbm1jz6A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWR8vitO6wQ We Are Glass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeucohIa5LQ "M.E."

Gary Numan "Metal" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rII2r7-U_9w (1979)

"Gary Numan makes a surprise appearance on stage with Nine Inch Nails for a performance of his song "Metal," live in London, UK, July 15th, 2009."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehMqEXUspfs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qlUFKFHNIU NIN & GN "Cars," live in London, UK, July 15th, 2009.

China's controversial anal swab tests for COVID-19 irks visitors

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUDgQKAibA8

So if you thought that there wasn't enough humiliation, now this.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-anal-factbox-idUSKBN2AV0Y4

It turns out that it wasn't simply a temporary test on a few people in early 2021.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56245404

Hopefully those people get a choice as to whether the test goes up their nose or up their A$$?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/02/01/anal-swab-covid-test-wont-make-you-waddle-like-a-penguin-china-says/?sh=f888eaf475eb

No one would have believed a decade ago that some day there would be an anal humiliation covid test.

https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/anal-swabs-coronavirus

Perhaps some people might want it done at both ends, just to make sure.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210128/china-using-anal-swabs-for-covid-testing

This is total A$$ submission and humiliation to the state.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/01/27/china-deploys-anal-swab-tests-to-detect-high-risk-covid-19-cases/?sh=66918ea6e818

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/anal-swab-china-coronavirus/2021/01/27/cc284f56-6054-11eb-a177-7765f29a9524_story.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=COVID-19

Tesla vs. Lucid...

 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/02/tesla-vs-lucid-heres-how-the-ev-rivals-are-and-arent-alike.html

Competition is a good thing, especially for technology.

Lucid Air vs. Tesla Model S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeS1eDPCC4I

Lucid To Become One Of The First REAL Rivals To Tesla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiN8ktc92ns

Sony, the major technology brand- yes the same ones bringing you the PS5! Have actually launched their own electric vehicle, and it's targeted directly to compete against Elon Musk's Tesla!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-vaJv_WF8Q , https://www.youtube.com/c/Therichest/videos

New Chinese Electric Sport Car Better Tesla Roadster? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_u4AW1yF1k

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tesla

Halo Infinite

 https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/inside-infinite-february-2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80eLC0lHc4 So many people would like to jump right into the Halo realm but unfortunately, the Holodeck like versions are still a ways off. 

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_Infinite

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-infinite-now-releasing-fall-2021/1100-6485257

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news?categoryName=Halo%20Infinite

#Ask343​ | Halo Infinite – Sandbox Team  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYlRabRA82U

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Holography , https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Holosuite

https://venturebeat.com/2015/06/17/halo-5s-hololens-experience-is-amazing-but-its-not-in-the-game

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3249605/the-future-of-3d-holograms-comes-into-focus.html

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_Recruit

Some day, a person could really become lost within a full immersion VR game. You might need an IV drip and a catheter if you are going to be a while.

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_Franchise#Video%20Games

https://www.youtube.com/c/GameClipsHD/videos

https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Halo_-_AH(LNC) WTF?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Halo

22 years after The Matrix, simulation hypothesis movies are booming again

 https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/simulation-movies-2021

Perhaps because a lot of people are interested in pondering the nature of reality.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/users/rizwan_virk

Rizwan+Virk really knows his stuff and that's by design, of course.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Matrix 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Nisqually_earthquake 

https://pnsn.org/education/pnw-earthquakes/notable/nisqually 

https://www.eeri.org/lfe/pdf/usa_nisqually_preliminary_report.pdf

Lord Huron - Not Dead Yet / Digital Copies / NIN: A Copy of a Copy

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b0Pt-k1hGo

Lord Huron really knows how to work the retro vibe in some of their videos. The cool thing is, that it's done with only a small amount of digital special effects. 

Digital ghosts. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkred/comments/jwhb6k/digital_ghosts/

https://medium.com/swlh/growing-up-online-digital-ghosts-105113dc51a3 

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VirtualGhost 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_(1995_film)#Plot

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A living person vs a digital entity.

From analogue twins to digital doubles.

How Hollywood Twins Scenes Have Evolved Over 100 Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEbHATMvgik , https://www.youtube.com/@Insider/videos  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_(2019_film)#Plot

https://spectrum.ieee.org/digital-doppelgngers-fool-advanced-antifraud-tech

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/bp2043/digital_doppelg%C3%A4ngers_fool_advanced_antifraud/ 

How To Live With Your Digital Doppelgängers https://daily.jstor.org/how-to-live-with-your-digital-doppelgangers Digital Doppelgängers may share your name, but you can still claim your own digital identity. 

https://aiforum.org.nz/2019/03/15/digital-doppelgangers-now-a-reality/ 

https://securelist.com/digital-doppelgangers/90378/ 

The Digital_Twin 

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-twin

https://www.ibm.com/think/news/ai-simulations-stanford-research 

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-digital-twin-technology  

Nine Inch Nails - Copy of a ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA281OuU3rk , https://www.youtube.com/@NIN/videos

The Tor Browser in the 2020s

 Of course various people like to use Tor for many reasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Tor_Browser , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Improved_security

https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/tor-browser-work-relate-using-vpn

https://www.torproject.org/download

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser&hl=en_CA&gl=US

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3287653/what-is-the-tor-browser-how-it-works-and-how-it-can-help-you-protect-your-identity-online.html

Its nice to see that this Tor article is active at, theguardian.com/international , 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/05/tor-beginners-guide-nsa-browser

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Tor+Browser

Paris in the Twentieth Century by Jules Verne (1863)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century

https://www.openculture.com/2016/01/jules-verne-accurately-predicts-what-the-20th-century-will-look-like.html

It was as if JV could see into the future or sense various future scenarios.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century#Predictions_for_1960

http://www.unmuseum.org/verne.htm

24 years after JV wrote that book, Gustave_Eiffel is able to start construction of a 300m tower.

https://www.restaurants-toureiffel.com/en/jules-verne-restaurant.html

Construction started	28 January 1887
Completed	15 March 1889
Opening	31 March 1889

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower 1889

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Construction 300m

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_the_Paris_region

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermitage_Plaza 320m

It was as if JV was writing about glass and steel towers such as these.

https://archinect.com/news/article/40609922/foster-partners-designed-hermitage-plaza-granted-building-permit

However, they end up being constructed in the early 21st century, not in the 20th.

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/complex/367

https://www.archilovers.com/projects/17528/hermitage-plaza.html

https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/alphaville 1965 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058898

"Alphaville combines the genres of dystopian science fiction and film noir. There are no special props or futuristic sets; instead, the film was shot in real locations in Paris, the night-time streets of the capital becoming the streets of Alphaville, while modernist glass and concrete buildings (that in 1965 were new and strange architectural designs) represent the city's interiors. The film is set in the future but the characters also refer to twentieth-century events; for example, the hero describes himself as a Guadalcanal veteran." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)#Legacy_and_influences 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Alphaville

"In New York you can forget, forget how to sit still
Tell yourself you will stay in
But it's down to Alphaville" https://www.u2.com/lyrics/92

https://www.u2songs.com/demos/alphaville , https://www.youtube.com/c/U2/videos

"The song debuted on 19 October 2000 at the ManRay club in Paris, as part of a promotional concert for the October 30 release of All That You Can't Leave Behind." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(U2_song)#Live_performances , https://www.u2gigs.com/show1145.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i78n3mhDwC8 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTPP6I-_xZ4

http://www.roomonethousand.com/eiffels-apartment-and-the-architecture-of-dreams

Jules_Verne wrote about a time when there would be 300m+ towers in Paris and Gustave_Eiffel was the one to start the first of those magnificent towers.

https://www.restaurants-toureiffel.com/en/jules-verne-restaurant/the-restaurant.html

No Man's Sky's very own Rapture is too big to visit

"The tricks used to create this base means visitors only see a fraction of its sprawl." 

 https://www.pcgamer.com/no-mans-skys-very-own-rapture-is-too-big-to-visit

The creators of NMS knew that they would need to have the biggest game environment possible.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/10/no-mans-sky-release-would-you-play-a-game-that-takes-584-billion-years-to-explore.html

It's the game that keeps growing into a vast scale and vision.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/11/video-game-no-mans-sky-is-so-huge-and-popular-players-have-discovered-more-virtual-species-than-animals-on-earth/

"There's a robot that lives inside No Man's Sky that nobody outside of the development team may ever see, because its entire purpose is to fly to each of the game's 18 quintillion worlds, take short videos and document its interstellar travels as a series of animated GIFs.

Developer Hello Games built this probe because, at its core, No Man's Sky is so massive that its statistically insignificant team of four human artists can't control or oversee its creation. At best, they can audit some of what already happened and adjust accordingly.

So, instead of pure human oversight, No Man's Sky is governed by what art director Grant Duncan calls a team of thousands of "mindless idiots" — the computer code and algorithms that take the structure that he and his team created and turned that into a universe." 

https://www.polygon.com/2015/3/3/8140343/no-mans-sky-space-probes-gdc-quintillion-worlds

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2020/09/29/no-mans-sky-doesnt-even-look-like-the-same-game-anymore/?sh=2320d4e24ebe

August 2021 marks the 5th anniversary since the release of No_Man's_Sky. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Sky#Gameplay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_No_Man's_Sky

https://www.kotaku.com.au/tags/no-mans-sky

Sci-Fi Ships and Shapes

 https://nerdist.com/article/fictional-watercraft-size-comparison-video

So many times what was once just in a Sci-Fi context eventually becomes reality.

https://nerdist.com/article/science-fiction-starships-size-comparison-video

Leonardo_da_Vinci was certainly one of the worlds great visionaries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_inventions_of_Leonardo_da_Vinci#Leonardo's_inventions_made_reality

https://www.livescience.com/49210-leonardo-da-vinci-futuristic-inventions.html

https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/leonardo-da-vincis-genius-visions-future-sketches

Leonardo da Vinci Created a Unique Map And Predicted the Future Technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVIMuGTuru0

How Leonardo da Vinci made a "satellite" map in 1502 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gEwEcYnewE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon , 

https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/vernorig.html , 

https://www.zmescience.com/other/science-abc/things-jules-verne-got-right-and-he-didnt-2008

https://interestingengineering.com/prophet-or-futurist-7-technologies-jules-verne-predicted-leagues-ahead-of-his-time

Cyberpunk 2077 is a Glitchy Buggy Mess...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGgkF7fh4MA

Now that 2020 is over it's time to really see what others think about CP 2077.

...Done Defending Cyberpunk 2077 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohARQ9kUCa4 

Cyberpunk 2077’s Problems Go Much Deeper Than Bugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bexA1Oolp0k

The general consensuses is that its over hyped and should have been a much better build or design.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/style/cyberpunk-2077-video-game-disaster.html

A game that's already in need of a reboot, or as some say, it would have to be totally rebuilt. Bit by bit with a much better arrangement of electrons and photons.

http://retrophaseshift.com/2020/12/18/cyberpunk-2077-struggles-of-a-genre

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk+2077

Is the Universe an algorithm? ‘Zoom-in enough and you can see the pixels’

 https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1375790/physics-thought-experiment-is-the-universe-an-algorithm-philosophy-evg

It seems that there has almost always been some people that are more curious about pondering, The Nature of Reality. (TNOR)

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/862361/simulation-theory-matrix-elon-musk-nick-bostrom-oxford-university

Of course some people have such fear of the unknown, they would rather humans be like content pet mice in a cage. Is the human herd nothing more than someones lab experiment?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1165219/simulation-theory-matrix-are-we-in-a-simulation-nick-bostrom-universe-news

If this world is part of a cosmic program or simulation, then it might be just as much of a school than a prison.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/863650/Elon-Musk-Rick-and-Morty-Twitter-Singularity-Tesla-California

Since ancient times several people have believed that this world & life are the products of a cosmic creator or an ET gamer. 

https://medium.com/predict/ready-player-two-and-the-upcoming-escape-to-the-virtual-world-should-we-or-shouldnt-we-ccf94da58680

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1015948/elon-musk-simulation-theory-spacex-tesla-joe-rogan-experience

The science approach isn't about looking for a creator, it's more about unraveling how everything works. As computer simulations become more advanced and realistic, more people will start to consider that this world is part of a cosmic simulation. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Cosmic+MATRIX

Fans React to The Mandalorian Chapter 16: "The Rescue"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QedbgpBe6kg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_16:_The_Rescue#Plot

The_Mandalorian just keeps getting better. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian#Episodes

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS

The Last Wave (1977)

On 13 December 1977 audiences first got to see The_Last_Wave movie. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076299

"Learning more about Aboriginal practices and the concept of Dreamtime as a parallel world of existence, Burton comes to believe the strange weather bodes of a coming apocalypse.

The film climaxes in a confrontation between the lawyer and the tribe's shaman in a subterranean sacred site. Overcoming the shaman, Burton escapes to the surface, but in the tunnel loses various tribal relics. After emerging from the sewer, he collapses on the beach and stares entranced at the horizon. The screen is filled by the shot of a towering ocean wave, though it remains unclear whether we are witnessing reality or sharing in Burton's final, apocalyptic premonition." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Wave#Plot

As Burton investigates, he learns the remains of an ancient civilisation still exist below the streets of Sydney, and that his dreaming is way of alerting him to an approaching apocalypse, the imminent destruction of the city by a giant wave.

Burton escapes from a subterranean sacred site, which seems to show South American Indians once made their way to Australia, and seeks to warn Sydney of its fate, but he's too late …

https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/last-wave

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Australia

Microsoft develops new system that can tell when employees are bored

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9003681/Microsoft-develops-new-tell-employees-bored.html

Yes indeed, whether working in an office or from home, the system wants people to be even more productive, efficient and obedient. Don't want to be part of the rat-race in the office, you can just be another mouse in a tech-maze of control at home.

Another mysterious monolith has been discovered in Romania

 https://www.cnet.com/news/another-mysterious-monolith-has-been-discovered-in-romania

Perhaps it just started out as an obscure prank in Utah, but now this one in Romania could be part of a series of pranks.

https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/11/30/21726590/utah-monolith-romania-photos

The Borg and Transhumanism in General

Transhumanism shouldn't mean that all of surviving humanity transcends into something like the Borg_Collective. Digitally augmented or upgraded people shouldn't be a Loss_of_human_identity.

Where as Borg-Assimilation is about humanoids without having any human identity. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg#Physiology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Origin The quest to engineer human_enhancement doesn't have to result into a Borg type scenario. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism#History

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Borg+and+Transhumanism+in+General

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+BORG

The Absurdity of, Things to Come...

 

wikipedia/en/b/ba/Things-to-Come-UK-poster.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_to_Come (1936) http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/AuthorSpecAlphaList.asp?BkNum=378

Of course protective equipment and clothing are important, but could things go over the top?

https://www.gizbot.com/gadgets/news/these-helmets-are-all-you-need-to-protect-yourself-from-coronavirus-071023.html

This just might be the epitome of personal-protective-equipment-(ppe)

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54916159 You might as well protect your self from something like The_Andromeda Strain. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028358/mediaviewer/rm2432427264

Why just wear a mask when you are the only one in a car? Now you can totally suit up wherever you go in any vehicle. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028358/mediaviewer/rm4155779328 Yes, the future global technocracy society is full of excitement and danger, so some might want to go into PPE overdrive. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028358/mediaviewer/rm1473261824 Fear has become the perfect vehicle to encourage humanity to become little bubbles of isolation. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028358/mediaviewer/rm2043687168 As a carbon-based life unit, the system will constantly encourage people about reducing_carbon_footprints. Eventually, the world will be obsessed with Carbon_footprint reduction. A global AI robotic technocracy might eventually decide to phase out humanity altogether. Why? Because humans-are-carbon-based-lifeforms. 

"The Daleks were conceived by science-fiction writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 Doctor Who serial The Daleks, in the shells designed by Raymond Cusick.

Drawing inspiration from the Nazis, Nation portrayed the Daleks as violent, merciless and pitiless cyborg aliens, who demand total conformity to their will^[1] and are bent on the conquest of the universe and the extermination of what they see as inferior races. Collectively they are the greatest enemies of Doctor Who's protagonist, the Time Lord known as "the Doctor." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek

Whether its something like the Daleks or the Borg, a Global A.I. System just might not eventually see a need for there to be that many people & other life forms on earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_general_intelligence 

Total AI cellphones can be a great tool for people, as long as it doesn't lead to AI run Totalitarianism.

https://medium.com/gobeyond-ai/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-mobile-phones-is-it-a-good-thing-fe044f20ea6c 

A human initiated global A.I. management system would eventually want to inject people with Nanoprobes for ID & general Biochip tracking purposes. Global A.I. would see the efficiency of tracking the human herd like cattle & other livestock. If global A.I. became obsessed with eliminating carbon, it might seek a Final_Solution for humanity. Perhaps some people and other life forms might still be permitted to live on a totally A.I. run planet, but they would likely be injected with Nanorobotics to facilitate Assimilation. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028358

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/shine-on-you-crazy-diamond-why-humans-are-carbon-based-lifeforms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_general_intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism#Artificial_intelligence_and_the_technological_singularity

AL & AI https://thegradient.pub/an-introduction-to-artificial-life-for-people-who-like-ai

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Borg+and+Transhumanism+in+General

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Artificial+Life

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cyborg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+BORG

neXt: Cancelled by FOX, No Season Two

 https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/next-cancelled-by-fox-no-season-two-thriller-tv-series

Next had some potential if the pace of the story had picked up. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9315054

So its just become a 10 part miniseries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_(2020_TV_series)#Episodes

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Next+TV+Series

‘Brave New World’ Canceled By Peacock After One Season

 https://deadline.com/2020/10/brave-new-world-canceled-peacock-one-season-1234603893

Well, that's it for the Brave_New_World_TV_series. It was a very good production overall. A.I. and the multilevel (digital) reality theme was cleverly depicted in this TV adaptation of the book.

Earlier in 2020, lots of people were delighted and fascinated with this TV adaptation. https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a34247909/brave-new-world-ending-explained-box 

Unfortunately, this version of BNW is just limited to a 9 episode run.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#Comparisons_with_George_Orwell's_Nineteen_Eighty-Four

BNW still serves as a warning about any totalitarian system. Do people just want to become like lab mice in someones maze, or continue to try to perpetuate a freer approach to thinking & living?

NEXT (A.I.)

 NEXT has the potential to be an interesting A.I. themed TV series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_(2020_TV_series)#Episodes

https://variety.com/2020/tv/reviews/next-review-fox-john-slattery-1234785541

Unfortunately, this new TV series didn't catch on and was cancelled.

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/next-cancelled-by-fox-no-season-two-thriller-tv-series

A.I. is rapidly becoming a digital force within high technology. A little like an A.I version of, The_Ghost_in_the_Machine.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/ai-robotics-potential-human-emotion A.I will eventually become ubiquitous all over the planet & beyond.

https://www.wired.com/story/alexa-own-questions-you

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9315054

https://www.wired.com/category/business/artificial-intelligence

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

Next: the A.I. TV series

 https://www.fox.com/next , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9315054 

I already liked the premise of NEXT right from the first episode, but some people just might see it as the same old runaway A.I. theme.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_(2020_TV_series)

A.I. can be a fantastic tool for humanity.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/next-tv-review

But what if someday A.I. no longer sees humanity as a useful tool for it?

https://www.wired.com/2000/04/joy-2 Bill Joy and Henry+Kissinger provide their own cautionary views.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2018/06/dr-henry-kissinger-ai-could-mean-end-of.html

https://www.wired.com/category/business/artificial-intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine#Gilbert_Ryle

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Next+TV+Series

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

Time Travel (TT)

Time Travel (TT) as a concept and as Sci-Fi entertainment has fascinated and enthralled so many people through the years. https://www.livescience.com/time-travel-origins.html , https://www.space.com/21675-time-travel.html , https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/according-to-current-phys , https://phys.org/news/2018-11-stephen-hawking-day.html

 Of course there are so many interesting TT movies. https://filmschoolrejects.com/best-time-travel-movies-ever

The list just keeps on growing. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls068617191

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/best-time-travel-movies-14354 ,

https://mashable.com/article/best-time-travel-movies

Primer is a very intelligent & speculative TT movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)#Plot , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUzy-xPf0MI , 

Predestination is based on the story, All_You_Zombies and can really take your mind for a ride. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination_(film)#Plot , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC5f57U-k6c

http://www.openculture.com/2020/01/how-time-travel-works-in-fiction.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Time+Travel

DONNIE DARKO (2001)

Donnie_Darko is quite the metaphysical movie about a portal, consciousness, information and Time Travel... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzLn8sYeM9o

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko#Plot , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM-o8Wm4s8Y , 

http://www.donniedarko.org.uk/explanation

"Donnie Darko was filmed in 28 days which, by coincidence, virtually matches the time that transpires in the film from October 2, 1988, to the weekend before Halloween on Monday, October 31, 1988." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko#Filming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko_(soundtrack)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko:_The_Director's_Cut , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrEpNBA6R3c

The_Bunny_Man Legend 

The_Killing_Moon by, Echo_and_the_Bunnymen , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0JC7afNQ

"Echo And The Bunnymen perform "The Killing Moon" live at the Bat Bar in Austin, TX during the 2007 SXSW music festival. "The Killing Moon" is a single which was released on their 1984 album "Ocean Rain"..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fge2oXVdOvQ

https://www.looper.com/117919/donnie-darkos-ending-explained , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZrPYryNhWs

https://wakeupdonnie.fandom.com/wiki/Tangent_Universe

http://www.mjyoung.net/time/darko.html , http://www.mjyoung.net/time/theory.html

Donnie Darko Extended and Deleted Scenes Part 1  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnOrb3KiL0

Time Travel in books, movies and TV series provide so many kinds of interesting scenarios.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Donnie+Darko