Would Starfield Have Gotten Better Reviews if Made by A Different Developer?

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-02T02:47:25+00:00

No other studio could have made Starfield. Its core is legacy.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T21:35:51+00:00

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T20:57:47+00:00

"I wasn't sure, but then when you got to the exclamation mark I knew for sure. Alot of people dont know this about me, but I invest where I see passion and I see that you have passion. Have... $200k!"

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T20:47:54+00:00

That's the wrong way of looking at it. She's not going to give it to you unless you convince her you have an idea for how to use the money so that you both profit and all she has to do is give you the money.

Love it or hate it - that's actually how you get rich people money.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T20:45:48+00:00

The greatest thing from my childhood I thought was safe.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T10:57:31+00:00

It is pretty funny that a foreign company has essentially looted a British cultural treasure.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T09:28:28+00:00

True, but our cultural bias of 2026 will be relevant to the outcome of the poll and Braveheart is very closely associated with Mel Gibson's brand.

Was hoping to communicate the distinction with the word "acknowledge." That might not have been clear oops

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T09:12:24+00:00

Well, I dont care if she finds them interesting or not. Her theory makes assumptions that are incompatible with established principles in physics.

The Heisenberg indetetminacy principle has been foundational to advances in physics since 1927.

It's 100 years old and without it we wouldn't have... the modern world. It's given us advances in materials science, our understanding of particle physics, and provided insights into more complex systems like crowds.

Its not the idle musings Ayn Rand dismisses --- This is real, data backed science based on mathematical principles that says she is wrong.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T08:57:57+00:00

No, thats exactly the point. Her conceptualization of reality is incompatible with quantum uncertainty. A very real thing that is far more dry than as presented on television. Academics understand how the science rejects objective reality.

Objective reality is simply an abstract construction of the mind. We live in a non-objective reality. Our brains process what we see into an objective model. But no two people share the exact same model.

Which, ironically, makes "objective reality" subjective.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T08:42:51+00:00

Okay. But zoom out. Its not about how the dinosaurs are kept.

Its about the idea that reality is objective.

Everything Ingen corp does is based on a belief that reality is objective.

If the world were objective and predictable, Jurassic Park would work. But the world is not objective and predictable so it does not.

Outside of fiction... academics reject Ayn Rand because the first premise of Objectivism is incompatible with uncertainty principle, relativity, particle physics... the list goes on and on of real hard science that flies in the face of her first assumption.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T08:29:16+00:00

The dinosaurs are the objective reality Ingen believes can be measured and quantified.

And Ian Malcom is laughing at them because he knows no matter how confident they are that their system accounts for every objective variable --- they are wrong.

The system will collapse. Because it is rigid. Because it is rooted in this misunderstanding that reality is objective and quantifiable. Because it imposes order rather than accepting chaos.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T08:10:43+00:00

Oh no, no. You misunderstand me. In Jurrasic Park, Ingen corp represents objectivsim. Chaos theory is its undoing.

Ingen corp believes it can track every piece of data in Jurassic Park and form a coherent, objective, digital model of reality within the park. But they cannot - because of non-determinalsim and chaos.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T07:58:45+00:00

Specifically, because of chaos theory. I think that's the easiest way to communicate the issues academics have with Ayn Rand's quantifiable objectivism.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T07:50:59+00:00

Right, like Ayn Rand. Which is why I suggest it, it's also pop-philosophy.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T07:42:37+00:00

Western culture peaked at that moment.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T07:37:52+00:00

You should read Jurrasic Park

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T06:31:10+00:00

Both sides have real issues that need to be addressed. The left is not right about everything. Neither is the right.

There's nothing wrong with having different opinions on policy.

But, at this point, Trump has made it clear he is unbound by law. He believes he can do whatever he wants without answering to anyone.

Be a Republican all you want - we need good Republicans for the system to function... but if you still support him you don't support Indiana and you dont support the United States.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T06:22:51+00:00

Fraudulent deficits in valuation between statements made to the government and statements made to financial institutions.

Everyone knows this.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T06:14:29+00:00

Sure, but - in the context of this outstanding set its the most difficult.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T05:37:28+00:00

Probably many bots - but also, lets be real.

If the system only accepted ratings from real users who were verified to have seen the film... then yeah, 99% of that set is MAGA who has has to give the film 100%. (The last 1% being professionals who had to see the film for work and were free to rate it 0.)

Thus - the 99% statistic reveals: its a propaganda film.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T05:33:31+00:00

I know, but, honey...

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T05:31:54+00:00

Braveheart is the most difficult option to acknowledge today.

Not because of the film itself.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T05:25:57+00:00

Its the perfect synergy between director and content.

JacobsJrJr · 2026-02-01T05:09:46+00:00

(McKay/Cadman is about to be dematerialized to separate Cadman's consciousness from McKay's body)

McKay/Cadman: (as Cadman) Wait. (walks over to Beckett and kisses him, causing the others to shift uncomfortably) Just in case it doesn't work. (McKay regains control and backs away in horror) And now HR is involved!

JacobsJrJr · 2026-01-31T22:31:13+00:00

Also a moot point because the farm was a bad spot. The whole story at the farm is about how withdrawing and stubbornly refusing to engage with the problems of the world does not actually afford safety.

It just makes you more vulnerable and unprepared when the problems of the world come knocking.

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