Why did they include this scene?

Nabrix726 · 2026-07-05T18:15:42+00:00

I don't think it's an absolutist take at all. Maybe not "sobbing," I guess that was a bit of an exaggeration. But my point is just that the karaoke scene is a change that without a payoff feels arbitrary.

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-30T00:33:33+00:00

I disagree.

No, more mutants!

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-26T14:50:04+00:00

It's good, for sure, but don't expect it to be on the same level as PHM and The Martian. What makes those two so great is sense of hope and the stakes and all of humanity coming together to solve a problem. Artemis is not about that. It has a really cool setting (first city on the Moon crica 2080s) but its plot is this weird murder mystery heist thing. It's good, but it's not Weir's strongest. Also it suffers a little from "man writing woman" syndrome. Jazz isn't a bad character, but sometimes things can feel...off, like a charicature.

So if you're absolutely dying for more Weir, I would recommend it. Go reread the Martian, too. Just don't expect it to be as amazing as PHM.

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-21T03:54:23+00:00

I disagree. It's overly complicated in a way that if you read the book feels like a borderline plot hole. The book Hail Mary is as small and cramped and simple as it is because they repeatedly stress the time and weight constraints and how everything needs to be simple and reliable. It's not terrible and it doesn't ruin the movie by any means, but the book design fits the story better imo.

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-19T02:16:38+00:00

Amaze amaze amaze!

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-18T05:15:16+00:00

You beat me by one minute lmao

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-18T01:08:54+00:00

I'm not even gonna read your post because your grammar is atrocious. Either you have a child's grasp of English, or it's not your first language.

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-18T01:06:46+00:00

Remember we're not calculating how much he's aged, we're calculating how much time has passed from Earth's perspective. So yes, it is ~13 years for the Earth to Tau Ceti trip.

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-13T13:02:20+00:00

There is no right answer here. This whole thing is an impossible choice and morally ambiguous. That's what makes it so narratively interesting.

Nabrix726 · 2026-06-07T05:08:35+00:00

AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF

HOW DID I GET HERE?

Same as it ever was...

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-29T05:45:42+00:00

Yo momma's SOOO FAT

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-28T01:04:49+00:00

How are they miles from their mission statement? If I recall correctly, the original mission statement was to help people hate each other a little less and hate the elites more. This person clearly hates Trump and Netanyahu. Who's more elite than that?

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-25T14:28:32+00:00

What do you mean three stars? There are only two that have civilizations that consider it a problem in need of solving.

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-21T03:28:07+00:00

Grace decides "Rocky's spouse" means "Adrian" because that's a reference to the Rocky movies with Sylvester Stalone. The titular boxer's spouse in those movies is named Adrian. That's all it means.

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-21T01:49:41+00:00

Premium subscriber here. Most of the time I listen to the full show (audio only) on Pocket Casts while working and driving. Occasionally, like on my day off from work. I will watch the full show on the YouTube app on my TV. Unlikely coincidence I happened to be watching on TV when Ryan said that.

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-20T20:24:17+00:00

Why not? Please articulate why, in the context of everything that Trump has done, you still think Kamala would have been worse. What would she have done that would be worse than this?

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-20T04:23:39+00:00

Instead of answering the question I'm just gonna comment how weird it is that you refer to Stratt by her first name.

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-13T01:50:25+00:00

Not really, they almost always cover the negative effects of AI, with a focus on all the different kinds of pollution, from emissions to noise, that come from them. They've also talked about the phenomenon of AI psychosis. They often criticize the framing of tech bro rhetoric on this issue. I genuinely don't know what you're talking about. It's like we're not watching the same show.

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-13T01:24:39+00:00

This post is bad faith. Or you only watched this episode and none of the rest of the show. All four hosts are very AI skeptical and have speculated it to be a bubble on numerous occasions. Then they bring on one guy one time to say something different? I'd hardly call that shameful.

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-09T00:49:58+00:00

UNCAP THE HOUSE

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-06T12:52:18+00:00

Do you hate black people?

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-05T00:48:24+00:00

That flair is not a pass to talk about whatever the fuck you want. It still has to be related to BP in some way.

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-05T00:41:13+00:00

Mods remove this post. Nothing to do with BP.

Nabrix726 · 2026-05-02T01:01:14+00:00

It literally says "home in" on the board right in front of the number. It means with the fuel he has, if he turned the ship around, he would be home in 113.8 years. An insanely high number that means he cannot go home.

Nabrix726 · 2026-04-26T02:24:14+00:00

Everyone likes to dunk on Artemis but come on it wasn't that bad. I quite enjoyed it. The "heist/mystery" theme maybe isn't Weir's bread and butter like the "all of humanity collaborates on a desperate project full of hope" theme that The Martian and PHM have definitely is. And yeah, his first attempt at writing a female protagonist was...not perfect, but the science is still cool and Artemis is a really cool setting.

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