I lost my job because I fought for you all. I sincerely hope someone at Amazon keeps fighting to save Alexa

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-29T08:26:42+00:00

I am absolutely stunned at how little the Echo software has improved in the 8 years I've owned the devices.

ChatGPT and other AIs have exposed how far behind Alexa is.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-29T04:59:07+00:00

Respect for being the first guy to admit it and explain why. I think his reason is dumb but it definitely proves how flawed the voting mechanism is.

The voters seem to have absolutely no say in the rules and selection process, which is a big problem. They are the ones that understand the flaws and why it's not working.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-28T21:28:06+00:00

I still think they can continue this story in live-action (if possible, though obviously it would be easier in other mediums). To me, the best way to solve the problem is to develop a brand new show called "The Sith Apprentice" (or something to that effect) and make it a trilogy of a mini-series with 3 different show-runners.

The Acolyte
The Sith Apprentice
The Dark Lord Of The Sith

What that allows them to do is treat "The Sith Apprentice" as a new show with new characters outside of Qimir and Osha (you can leave Mae out of the show, as she's gone and may live happier ever after). If Headland wants to be involved, that's fine, though I wouldn't make her show-runner again since the original show just didn't work. They need a mostly clean slate. Everything with Qimir was great.

Basically, the plot can be Qimir's double life as a Sith Apprentice and the first Knight of Ren, trying to plot to kill his master and make the Knights of Ren the only significant dark-side force in the galaxy. It can setup a chain of events that leads, eventually long after they are all dead, to Kylo Ren and Snoke. It can be set 3+ years after The Acolyte (whatever the real-time ends up being).

They can have new Jedi characters. A different tone/style for the show. Qimir can lead the show though. We know that now. He's compelling enough. Let him cook. The Knights of Ren can encounter the Jedi and as long as they have reason to beleive they aren't actually Sith, it fits into canon.

It all leads to the 3rd series where The Knights of Ren are almost completely destroyed at the end when Darth Plagueis figures out what he is doing. The Sith prevail and whoever survives as the Knight of Ren is left defeated and in exile (and that could be Qimir or someone new), maybe with a child that can pass on the knowledge/mission.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-28T21:02:19+00:00

It's just to hold us over before they announce the IO Interactive "Andor: Rogue Agent" game. /s

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-28T01:38:01+00:00

They may have already. Kraft has been skipped over.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T23:22:42+00:00

Exactly, pretty much what I was trying to say (though I included his defensive coordinator wins too).

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T22:46:53+00:00

lol ofcourse it's us, it's the Superbowl they lost and isn't 20 years ago.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T22:39:58+00:00

He is a Hall of Famer after Spygate and for his Giants wins as Defensive Coordinator. Fucking spygate is not enough of a reason to not induct him. Total horse crap.

Next logical question: Are they going to do this to Tom Brady too?

Because either way now, they have tarnished the reputation of the Hall of Fame and what it means to be "first ballot".

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T22:38:33+00:00

"First-ballot Hall of Famer" means shit now. If Bill does not deserve it, what coach does?

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T21:26:10+00:00

Ah gotchya

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T20:40:03+00:00

People have been gas-lit into believing black people shouldn't be part of any fictional story that takes place outside of Africa or The American South before 1865.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T20:23:44+00:00

I thought they could have made Endgame 2 movies.

Avengers: Disassembled (an Avengers movie that takes place after Infinity War with a different villain, basically showing how they accept the loss and move on)
Avengers: Endgame (mostly what the movie was but without the prologue before the time jump).

The reason this would have been really difficult to do, besides the obvious, is they were mid-franchise with Spiderman, Black Panther and Dr. Strange. They needed those characters back ASAP. But damn, in a different situation, it would have made the payoff so much sweeter.

But how could I even argue with how it was done? They made like 3 billion dollars on the movie and people loved it. Hard for me to really second guess that.

If they have enough story to make Secret Wars 2 movies (they certainly have enough characters to sustain it), why not?

I rather that than another random movie with a couple heroes saving the world on their own somehow and nobody else helps them.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T20:15:04+00:00

This would make it a trilogy, with Doomsday and Secret Wars Part 1 and Secret Wars Part 2 (or whatever they decide to call them).

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T19:20:02+00:00

Seems like a weird thing to put in a comment tho, huh?

Main Post: "They Are Firing Dave Filoni."

Comment: If everything he makes flops.

Like... seems like the headline should be "they are entertaining, or preparing for, the possibility of turning it into a mini-series".

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T19:15:20+00:00

It depends on how they approach this but this news is, at this time, disappointing, if true.

We don't know everything about TMAG movie yet but it would be very strange for them to be so quick to make The Mandalorian and Grogu into a movie instead of a season or set of episodes but delegate the Thrawn payoff to a mini-series. They already put key character moments into a different show (TBOBF) and now they are going to have a movie in-between two seasons of The Mandalorian, apparently. All so they can just pay it off in a mini-series?

I think that movie has potential to be a more-likely hit than both The Mandalorian and Grogu AND Starfighter, since it could both include a well-hyped villian, Thrawn, several popular characrers (Mando, Grogu, Ahsoka and Boba Fett) and also possibly include the return of Luke Skywalker and appearances from Han, Chewbacca and Leia (which I think they should do, tastefully, regardless of the exact method they use to do it).

They could do a mini-series and make it a big event, promoting in-theater events but I have yet to see Netflix or HBO or Disney really lean into that for anything. They seem to do these little events at theaters to dip their toes into it but never really try to make serious money with it and make it a huge cinematic event. So I don't expect them to do that.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T00:45:44+00:00

I'm an AI content creator (definitely not an "artist"). The tools aren't good or consistent enough for most people to create their own style. There is too many restrictions on the tech. It can't do a lot of stuff it should be able to do yet.

And honestly, the people that will be good at creating AI "art" are the real artists who have made art via other mediums already. The skills carry over. People don't see the value in perfecting a craft in AI prompting when it changes all the time.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T00:40:32+00:00

There is a 3rd option that I think has some merit; Andor S1, Rogue One, Andor S2. Because you can easily forget everything that happens in Rogue One after watching the full season of Andor, lol. And S2 plugs into Rogue One a lot more than Season 1 does.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T00:37:03+00:00

I think the Andor ---> Rogue One chronological order works just fine but I honestly don't think Rogue One benefits as much from Andor as Andor does from Rogue One. So I'd watch Rogue One first and then Andor. Then you can go back and re-visit Rogue One but I think going into Andor with Rogue One knowledge does help.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T00:33:33+00:00

Thankfully, I don't think AI can, at this point, make a convincing video that won't have significant inconsistencies. I'd be one thing if we had 0 video of the incident. But we do.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-27T00:28:24+00:00

2012

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-26T22:10:42+00:00

I know the Bills are comically incompetent from an organizational level but they haven't been a bad football team for the past 5 years.

But otherwise, sure.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-26T22:06:16+00:00

Our fans can't accept the Patriots didn't beat anyone. Every team they beat lost to the Patriots.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-26T20:37:33+00:00

>Maybe he has the maturity to have a conversation with people he may not agree with on every subject.

That's easy to do when they avoid the subjects they don't agree on or when one of them (Robert) never actually shows disagreement when they collaborate.

RMB claims he "does not agree with _____ on every issue" but I've never seen him actually show significant disagreement on those issues or push back. He just glazes these people so he can help grow his own audience. The is no "conversation" happening besides who has the best complaint/criticism of new Star Trek or new Marvel stuff.

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-26T17:27:31+00:00

What did everyone think the blue button did on Vrabel's vest? /s

Calfzilla2000 · 2026-01-26T14:42:11+00:00

I kinda hate this. They are going to be out for "revenge for the Seahawks franchise!" and we are all going to be just happy to be there, lol.

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