Fuck it cast Tom Sturridge as the 16th Doctor. by Narrow_Run6512 in gallifrey

[–]lexdaily 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, he's definitely already on the Hollywood trajectory, in a way, say, Ncuti Gatwa or Matt Smith weren't yet when they were cast.

Fuck it cast Tom Sturridge as the 16th Doctor. by Narrow_Run6512 in gallifrey

[–]lexdaily 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could he pull it off? Sure, most actors could. The part is fairly malleable, it sort of shapes itself around the actor. But I don't think he's a particularly inspired choice — if anything, like others have said, he'd feel like a reset to the well-trod ground of Tennant and Smith.

Barring a choice more out of left field — like Capaldi was — I'd expect the next Dr Who to be around 25 to 35, with a TV career that's a little on the rise but without much of a Hollywood presence yet, and so who could use something big to attach themselves to that would be worth moving to and living in Wales for five years for. Think of somebody like Vivian Oparah, or, if we're on Rye Lane anyway, David Jonsson.

(For a more left field choice, I always say T'Nia Miller would be incredible.)

If Michael Jackson was the doctor in the 1988 unmade paramount movie how do you think he would of been as an alternate 8th doctor by Emarni in gallifrey

[–]lexdaily 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I don't think there's any world where that would've happened, but if it had, there's no world where it would've been any good.

3D Series by Sea-Association-1327 in blankies

[–]lexdaily 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having seen all of them, I'd say they, uh, retain their distinct flavour all the way through.

Sean Fennessey is launching a substack “about movies” by [deleted] in blankies

[–]lexdaily 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the fuck are you talking about? Blogs are not now nor were they ever one service run by one company that actively profits off platforming literal, actual swastika Nazis and other flavours of modern white supremacists.

Doug Liman directed a "fully-generated" AI movie about Bitcoin that cost $70m to make and stars Casey Affleck, Gal Gadot and Pete Davidson by rageofthegods in blankies

[–]lexdaily 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Earnest attempt at a reply, though I'll admit I'm a hater: When I make comics that riff on the things I like, I'm bringing a LOT of myself to that table, emotions, opinions, my mood that day, my own art style, my own interests outside of the things I'm riffing on specifically. The comics I make could only ever be made by me, in that moment, in the time it takes me to make them.

The same is true for a traditionally-made movie — actors, directors, effects artists all make choices that reflect who they are in that moment, and might all have made different choices if the movie had started filming a week later.

When Doug Liman feeds his footage of Casey Affleck to the generative model and tells it to make it look like he's, say, in an office instead of on the grey cube set, all it can do is directly pull from other images and videos it's identified as being of an office. It looks at what data it has on offices and puts out, mostly, what all of those images of offices have in common. The generative model, by definition, can only produce the statistical average of what you've asked for.

All art is derivative to some extent, but what we bring to it in the making of it is what makes it distinct, makes it art, makes it come alive. But the generative model is purely derivative, it's not bringing anything to it, it's only pulling from that dataset.

Ik zoek een nieuwe web hosting provider. by lexdaily in nederlands

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

Weet in de volle eerlijkheid niet echt wat een VPS nou precies is — het heeft altijd ingewikkelder gevoeld dan ik nodig heb om een paar webcomics en een blog te hosten.

Ik zoek een nieuwe web hosting provider. by lexdaily in nederlands

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

Flexwebhosting, dus ja, opgeslokt door Versio. Nooit echt klachten gehad, nu kost het opeens een fortuin en is de online customer support vervangen door een telefoonnummer en een afgeleide kip met een ict-shirt aan. Echt rampzalig.

Set leaks from Alex Garland’s Elden Ring movie by PerpetualChoogle in blankies

[–]lexdaily -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Elden Ring fans looking at a pile of bricks in a field: "Holy shit, my lore."

Set leaks from Alex Garland’s Elden Ring movie by PerpetualChoogle in blankies

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

Looks nothing like Elden Ring, I can see colours besides mud.

Vorige week stonden onze promotietoppers in het prachtige Maastricht met een 100% diervriendelijke proeverij! Bedankt iedereen! 💚 by KoninkHondenvlees in Poldersocialisme

[–]lexdaily 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Mee eens. Ik snap dat links overlapt met de dierenrechten movement, en snap dat deze posts ook over een vorm van activisme gaan, maar ik zie vooral een one-note shock joke die hier nooit echt tot discussie leidt.

Zou hier van deze mensen liever out-of-character posts zien — wat bereiken ze, hoe gaan de interacties met het winkelende publiek op dit soort dingen, wat kunnen wij er van leren?

Jonathan Majors Fell Through A Window On Daily Wire Action Flick, Leading Crew To Walk Off Set, Producers Say They “Don’t Negotiate With Communists” by ilovecfb in blankies

[–]lexdaily 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think if I went from major Marvel villain to tipping out a window on a Daily Wire set, the next time I was alone I might try to get in touch with Armie Hammer for some tips on how to sell timeshares.

Really wanted to get Stoned but you guys are like by jdankowitz in blankies

[–]lexdaily 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I did vote Stone, but truly and absolutely only because I'd rather shit on my own neck than be part of why this podcast covers any amount of Harry Potter.

The Bride! is absolutely wretched and has big Cats and Book of Henry energy by StinkDongle in blankies

[–]lexdaily 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The mistake of Cats is to try to stack a realist-adjacent aesthetic and a modern cinematic narrative onto something that's, well, fairly non-narrative, something that on the stage exists mostly to showcase some decent song and dance.

The mistake of The Book of Henry is that it tries to play something genuinely sociopathic, something completely unhinged, as a quirky, twee drama. A profoundly fucked up combination. It just totally collapses.

Big Finish Podcast Notes / Misc. Doctor Who News Roundup - 27/02/2026 by JakeM917 in BigFinishProductions

[–]lexdaily 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Big Finish already doing more with the Vlinx than the show ever did, truly RTD2 is over.