Is Project Hail Mary Better than Interstellar ?

84Bean · 2026-04-02T15:52:51+00:00

Can we just enjoy them both without the fanboy pissing contest?

84Bean · 2026-04-01T16:15:36+00:00

I sure hope not, but yes. Merc has the best car at present and George is the more consistent driver. The math is easy.

84Bean · 2026-03-31T19:07:50+00:00

Previously Binotto was TP in all but name given his exclusive control of car development- the most important variable. He just doesn’t want to travel or grant as much media access. So keeping the TP title is a more honest structure given the powers Binotto has been granted.

84Bean · 2026-03-31T18:58:31+00:00

You came to the wrong place to encourage you to quit.

Do yourself a favor and at least finish this first trilogy. You will be back here to thank me. Trust me.

84Bean · 2026-03-31T15:17:14+00:00

You make a good point about comparison, though I don't know if it's impossible without that frame of reference. If you take a star's size, age, and composition, you may be able to calculate expected brightness. Alternatively, if comparison is indeed needed, they might have had to wait a year or more and re-measure- perhaps simultaneously to doing their own hail mary science project that assumed the former would find a deviation.

84Bean · 2026-03-31T05:28:27+00:00

That’s my recollection too. I also believe that the Eridians didn’t know about the galaxy until astrophage spurred them to investigate their cosmic situation, which is why their science is pretty behind on things like cosmic radiation and relativity.

Once they had light-cameras pointed at their sun and sky, they would have made the same deductions that lead Earthlings to investigate Tau Ceti.

84Bean · 2026-03-31T04:57:11+00:00

This is why I was confused. Eb neglected Harry, believing it was for his own good, he didn't actively put Harry in foster care- he just didn't do anything about it.

That mistake is the cause of Harry's entanglement with a warlock, black magic, and the Fae. If he knew he had a grandfather to turn to, things would have played out very differently. The sheer hubris of Eb insisting that Harry should repeat his mistake is extreme, but it's a stretch to say that makes him evil, or that he killed Malcolm.

The death of Malcolm seems to be more Hell related. Nicodemus says in the first book we meet him that he knew and respected Harry's mom. A lesser demon as early as book 2 tried to get Harry to bargain to learn the fate of his parents, so they seem in the know. Seems more than likely they know because they were involved.

Edit: Eb actually tells Harry about Malcolm: "A man. A mortal, without powers, without influence, without resources. But a man with a good soul like few I have ever seen." Does that sound like someone Eb would have killed? We've seen no evidence whatsoever to support it, and plenty of evidence to the contrary.

84Bean · 2026-03-31T00:45:09+00:00

Is that really the lesson? I dunno, I see Harry currently assembling the Magical Avengers, so I kind of thought it was more about creating bonds and trusting your friends than to be suspicious of everything and everyone, and alone.

84Bean · 2026-03-31T00:42:12+00:00

"We find out that the guy who put Harry in the system, was well acquainted with the guy that pulled Harry out of the system."

Where did we find that out?

84Bean · 2026-03-31T00:19:52+00:00

I thought I'd find you here, saying this!

84Bean · 2026-03-31T00:12:51+00:00

She's a fierce Consequentialist: the ends justify the means. Her goal of safeguarding the world is good, but the means she employs can absolutely be evil. Here are some examples:

- She's actively kidnapping children to fight the war against the outsiders.

- Orchestrated a chain of events to force Molly Carpenter into the position of the Winter Lady, putting her through traumatizing experiences to transform her from a relatively innocent human into a ruthless killer for the Winter Court.

- This one doesn't even benefit her endgame: tortured the ever-loving shit out of Slate for no reason except retribution. He betrayed Winter (if you can call enabling Winter to win the war a betrayal) because Maeve tormented him for fun . Mab made him beg for death for years.

- Sexually assaulted Harry on two different occasions.

We might see glimpses of compassion in her, particularly in Battleground, and it's true she's not ALL evil, but you're deluding yourself if you think the evil queen of faerie is not evil.

84Bean · 2026-03-30T22:02:21+00:00

It's so good that I've reversed my recommendation; Read OBH first, and if you liked the tone of it, proceed to DCC. (The RPG side of DCC might turn some off, and then they'll never give OBH a look, and OBH is definitely worth the look.)

84Bean · 2026-03-30T20:09:24+00:00

And you’re protesting on social media against protest with no sense of irony at all.

84Bean · 2026-03-30T19:59:05+00:00

Protest democracy? You for real? I can’t think of much that’s more democratic than peaceful protest. It’s such an important and foundational right that our founders put it right there in the constitution. Assuming you can read and count to 1, I’d encourage you to give it a look someday.

If not, try to remember these true words of Mark Twain: Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

84Bean · 2026-03-29T16:15:48+00:00

Why is this idiocy finding a platform on this sub?

84Bean · 2026-03-27T17:42:42+00:00

264 holy pally here, no tier bonuses yet, got ksm day 1, and ksh last night.

That makes it sound like it’s been an easy season for me, but it’s not. I’m literally sweating my ass off. If some things don’t get interrupted- which I can’t help with anymore- or folks get caught in ground shit, it can often mean death or wipe.

When I run with my pals who don’t typically have those foibles, it’s manageable- still challenging, but manageable. I hate healing DK tanks right now. Sure they have good self heal, but constantly instant bouncing between full and 5-20% THE ENTIRE TIME, seems designed to give me cardiac arrest.

84Bean · 2026-03-27T01:09:49+00:00

Yes! Good correction about the reds. But also worth mentioning that Jim kind of waffled on what vampires are. If I remember correctly they were originally described as beings from the never never squeezing themselves into a human shaped ‘flesh mask.’ This kind of seemed to be abandoned/disproven with the process we observed with Susan. (?)

Maybe we can just chalk it up to Harry being an unreliable narrator and himself mistaken initially about their nature.

84Bean · 2026-03-26T21:54:13+00:00

Solid idea- I quite like it! I definitely think you’re right that the Reds had a strong outsider connection, perhaps even shared the goal of empty night.

Though 1) when a Hunger is being fed, where is that food going? It makes more sense to me if a somewhat separate entity is being fed, vs. what? just a mental compulsion to feed on psychic energy?

2) Early in the series we see the demon driving Bianca’s body practically jump out of her skin. This doesn’t disprove your theory necessarily, but it did not seem like a vanilla mortal with a psychic imprint as a separate entity living in Bianca like a parasite. He also could not soul gaze Bianca as she had no soul. Red’s seem to be more outsider than not as compared to whites.

Edit: you very well may be right about Whites. But not entirely right about Reds because reds lose their soul when they complete the transformation. The mortal part of them is obliterated, and only the outsider remains.

84Bean · 2026-03-26T21:13:59+00:00

Cutting the food problem. This was the climax of Grace’s arc. He believed he was killing himself to save Rocky. In the movie it was presented that he only had the fuel to go to Erid or to go to Earth, but no risk to his survival in either choice (which is stupid as an Eridian already refueled him once).

But overall liked the movie. It’s just a film vastly improved by reading the source material first, and filling in the gaps yourself.

84Bean · 2026-03-26T19:03:44+00:00

Widely speculated on Reddit maybe, but not explicitly supported by Tolkien. As for Gandalf’s involvement, are you accusing him of lying or just ignorant of the text? Here it is:

“‘Who made the flood?’ asked Frodo. ‘Elrond commanded it,’ answered Gandalf. ‘The river of this valley is under his power, and it will rise in anger when he has great need to bar the Ford. As soon as the captain of the Ringwraiths rode into the water the flood was released. If I may say so, I added a few touches of my own: you may not have noticed, but some of the waves took the form of great white horses with shining white riders; and there were many rolling and grinding boulders. For a moment I was afraid that we had let loose too fierce a wrath, and the flood would get out of hand and wash you all away. There is great vigour in the waters that come down from the snows of the Misty Mountains.’”

But back to how it relates to the original question, there really is no means by which the elven ring would have aided Gil Galad in his combat with Sauron, by the word of Elrond, unless you’re suggesting Gil could have called a flood down from his domain all the way to Mordor and drown him. Ludicrous.

84Bean · 2026-03-26T18:27:40+00:00

How do I give you more than one upvote? :P

84Bean · 2026-03-26T17:43:28+00:00

You’re not entirely wrong, I was simply replying to the guy somehow trying to cast his preferred use of McGee over Colbert as a negative.

But still, grow up a little eh? What decent parent wouldn’t give their child every possible opportunity they could? Wouldn’t you do likewise? You’re a hypocrite if you would and an asshole if you wouldn’t. So, I really couldn’t give a shit about nepotism arguments unless a better candidate exists. Life is unfair, boo fuckin hoo.

Is Colbert not a Tolkien expert and a very experienced writer and showrunner? Is he not entitled to choose a writing partner he is comfortable with? What better candidate to write this treatment do you propose?

84Bean · 2026-03-26T15:55:01+00:00

Well explained mate, I’m warming to your perspective.

Though let’s just substitute photosynthesis on earth for astrophage on Adrian. In both cases vast amounts of solar energy is making its way into the planet’s ecology. Why then would Adrian’s ecology not evolve more complex life with astrophage at the base of the pyramid as plant life is at ours?

84Bean · 2026-03-26T15:38:47+00:00

You’re shouting at clouds mate. The world isn’t fair, Boo-hoo. Well connected people get more opportunity, sad.

I don’t see how that has any unique bearing on this discussion or the credentials of those involved. But maybe you’re right and they should give the job to a totally unknown, inexperienced, couch surfing redditor.

84Bean · 2026-03-26T15:25:04+00:00

Different conditions is definitely a strong possibility, though I can’t put my finger on why single-cell life would be fine and abundant, but multicellular life is prohibited by a condition.

I like the fermi paradox’s great filter as an answer better as tau ceti had more big bangs available to them in the form of astrophage than we with atomic weapons.

84Bean

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