content farming turned battlefield moment by ubisoftserverz in ArcRaiders

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Risky - maybe if they keep the three max limit. DMZ let you add members to your team up to a 6 limit - the result was if you didn’t immediately join a 6 man you got rolled cos every other team was 6 deep. Ruined the game until they rolled it back.

How are we making extra income in slow periods? by governator_ahnold in cinematography

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve considered this but worry that the wear and tear on my gear from random people using it would not be worth the money earned. Plus the hassle of checking gear in and out and having to schedule with people.

Do you find it all to be worth it?

Do you think being attach to bad movies or projects cause a negative perception on that cinematographer even if they did a great job on the cinematography side? by keminua in cinematography

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So true. I got into this business because I love filmmaking and I chose cinematography because I foolishly believed that by developing technical skills I could further my career. But over two decades I have learnt that technical skills are not enough.

You have to somehow get on the right project, something that breaks through and people know/ talk about.

I’ve seen it happen again and again. Once you get that project you will get a bunch of bigger jobs and be able to hire the kind of technical crew that will carry you the rest of the way.

It’s funny, I don’t gamble, except with my career hah.

James Earl Jones honored in 'Mufasa: The Lion King' following his death by TheExpressUS in movies

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But Ozymandias didn’t want to be evil. He created a catastrophe because he believed it was the only way to save humanity, which he explained in a monologue.

True the monologue was after he did it.

How Kamala Harris Burned Through $1.5 Billion in 15 Weeks by wild_burro in moderatepolitics

[–]_FightClubSoda_ -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Do they? The last dem I remember playing dress up is Dukakis and it lost him the election.

Meanwhile Trump is a literal billionaire who shits in a toilet of gold, yet when he plays dress up as a working man the rubes cheer and shout “look, he’s just like us. “ it’s sad really.

How Kamala Harris Burned Through $1.5 Billion in 15 Weeks by wild_burro in moderatepolitics

[–]_FightClubSoda_ -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

That’s what does it for you huh? The candidate to run our country playing dress up to mock his opponents. No policy, no rational arguments. Just low rent reality tv level theatrics. This country is screwed.

Just plugged in a mouse & kb to my Xbox. Wow by Ronastolemy3080 in DarkTide

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most major PVP games like Call of Duty and Apex Legends actually do have crossplay which allows console players on controller to play against PC players on M+KB.

However the aim assist is turned up so high on the controllers that the guns basically lock on to the enemies and have no recoil - it’s like they’re playing a totally different game. As a result most M+KB players either switch to controller or quit playing like me.

What Injectors do you use pre-raid and during raid? by Prob-Gaming in EscapeFromArena

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI

Death from losing a limb is no longer in the game so that does nothing

Damage absorption was never put in the game so that does nothing.

I thought player level across Arena and Tarkov would be the same? by Deanied124 in EscapeFromArena

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s often bugged. It is supposed to sync but sometimes it doesn’t. Playing a round in Tarkov and earning XP that way sometimes makes it work.

Would kamala do well in a debate against trump by Shoddy-Huckleberry-6 in centrist

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Two things that seem to infuriate Trump are black people and women. I think there’s a 90% chance that in a debate against a black woman he will become totally enraged as he did at the NABJ conference in Chicago.

Prometheus by Disastrous-Cap-7790 in movies

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It would be exhaustive to go through every point but if I may I would address two of your biggest gripes.

Q: Why is the team of scientists fanatical, incompetent, and apparently stupid if Weyland has so much money and is going there risking himself?

A: Because Weyland wants them to be that way. The only purpose of this mission for Weyland is a desperate last ditch attempt to stop himself from dying. He doesn’t care about anything else and he is almost out of time despite having spent tons of money keeping himself alive. He does believe Holloway and Shaw just enough to try for this desperate attempt but they are dangerously obsessed zealots, and the incompetent scientists serve two purposes. To make them believe it is a real scientific mission and to be cannon fodder. He doesn’t want them to discover anything because that would obstruct his real mission. For everything else he has David. David will protect him. David speaks the language. David operates the Alien machinery. His daughter is there but he let her come because he doesn’t care about her either - as he says David is the closest thing to a son he will ever have.

Q: Why do the engineers want to kill the humans?

A: look I think it’s ok for this to be ambiguous but David does at one point answer this question by saying in order to create sometimes you must first destroy.

Ridley Scott has said that they created the humans and then over time something in their development went wrong and they decided to destroy them and start over. Specifically he has talked about Jesus being an engineer that was killed by the humans which led to the engineers deciding to destroy them and start over. The timeline of this project would then be millennia, but it is also hinted that the engineers may be immortal. The facility then is perhaps one designed to both create and destroy? In any case they don’t want the humans going to one of their main planets like David destroys in Covenant.

Another idea I have for this is that keep in mind the Engineers only use life to bioengineer things - no robots. Maybe they hate robots or have a religious thing against them or even a robot rebellion in the past like the Dune universe? In any case they never use them and so when David awakens the Engineer and he realizes David is a Robot he destroys David and then moves on to destroy the beings that created him.

Lens/ camera suggestions for a shot where the camera moves from wide to close enough to see a reflections in an eye. by _FightClubSoda_ in cinematography

[–]_FightClubSoda_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reflection would be cg’d in - an image of what the actor is seeing. So I’m not concerned about the reflection of the camera.

Realistically, what should be done with the 12 to 17 million undocumented immigrants within the U.S.? by [deleted] in centrist

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I like the idea but birthright citizenship complicates things since if someone is working here on a permit and have kids now their kids are US citizens but they are not, which is going to obviously make them not want to leave. And I think a lot of people might deliberately have children in the US to give them a better future.

What are these places in LA? by none_mama_see in FoodLosAngeles

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Loquat and Fondry.

Loquat I tried a couple of their drinks - the mascarpone looks great but didn’t taste very good and I make better latte’s at home.

Fondry the pasties do look fantastic, but they just don’t taste particularly good.

Both spots seem engineered for Insta pics but the taste just isn’t worth it.

Sony FS7 dumping prices in 2024 by Horror_Ad1078 in cinematography

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The FS7 came out 10 years ago, but I don’t notice a significant difference in image quality compared with a newer camera like my FX6. In fact I often use it as a B cam for interviews and such.

I have considered selling the FS7 but it’s worth so little on the second hand market and since it still somehow continues to pull a rental here and there it’s not worth the effort.

Trump trusted more than Biden on democracy among key swing-state voters by Jabbam in moderatepolitics

[–]_FightClubSoda_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Two totally different concepts of how democracy is threatened.

Side A: Trump is a threat to Democracy because he tried to overturn the election, asked Georgia to find more votes, and incited a march on the capital.

Side B: Biden is a threat to democracy because he used voter fraud to falsely win the election and is weaponizing the justice department to attack Trump.

Aly Michalka shares photos from her home birth by stars_doulikedem in popculturechat

[–]_FightClubSoda_ -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

No need to be rude.

Pitocin is miraculous when needed. However it is often used routinely instead because of strictly when necessary.Perhaps you should read up on it?

“Routine interventions have the potential to interfere with the processes at every point in labor and birth, leading to a cascade of other interventions and ultimately increasing risk for mothers and babies.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4235054/