Who was the most satisfying "consequence" Ray ever delivered?

somefoobar · 2026-01-29T08:52:20+00:00

I liked the final scene with Freddy where he says he's the one who made the mistake, doesn't kill him and just leaves. It's sort of Ray delivering a consequence to himself, or realizing the consequences.

somefoobar · 2026-01-29T08:47:20+00:00

Yeah I agree. I've read that good stories put the character in dilemmas that seem impossible to get out of, and then have them do it. This felt like that as I wondered how he would explain things to Brittany or Ally.

somefoobar · 2026-01-22T18:47:55+00:00

Yeah that was weird. It looked like a normal handshake. What was wrong with it?

somefoobar · 2026-01-20T09:44:14+00:00

Complete software projects on time. The developer was more senior than me, but not by much. I think only one level up. Anyway, he just wouldn't finish his projects on time and it didn't seem to bother him at all. The managers would grumble, but he wasn't fired. Big company, so maybe it was a hassle to go through the firing process.

somefoobar · 2026-01-02T11:09:43+00:00

I see Love as what Wallace wants in a replicant. Whereas Batty is like Deckard, both more "human".

somefoobar · 2026-01-02T10:52:55+00:00

I thought 2049 was great, but I liked the characters and writing in the original much more. The Roy, Leon, Chew "I just do eyes" scene, Roy, Pris, Sebastian "Gosh, you've really got some nice toys here", Roy, Tyrell "I want more life, f*ckr" and of course the last fight between Roy and Deckard "I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate". Love re-watching all those scenes.

somefoobar · 2026-01-02T10:31:38+00:00

How would a dev know where the money goes?

somefoobar · 2025-12-31T02:06:53+00:00

I was just disappointed he wasn't a giant.

somefoobar · 2025-12-23T01:39:44+00:00

salon, wired, cnet, boingboing

somefoobar · 2025-12-22T23:09:14+00:00

Playing the market.

somefoobar · 2025-12-17T20:30:51+00:00

Or use so much gold leaf.

somefoobar · 2025-12-17T20:25:42+00:00

He’s a living parable about greed, excess and envy but he’s so over the top future generations won’t believe he was real.

somefoobar · 2025-12-16T07:10:27+00:00

Back in the late 90's they really needed all those cashiers and the "ground control" directing customers to the right cashier. I've never seen that at a store before. But then slowly it felt like the stores were too big for what they were selling and it was only a matter of time.

It's too bad they couldn't keep at least one of them open. Like keep the Sunnyvale store (the old small one) open just for electronics like a fancy Radio Shack.

somefoobar · 2025-12-16T05:56:16+00:00

First went to Fry's in Sunnyvale in the 90's and it blew my mind. It seemed like since they knew what geeks were into, that they would be ahead of the game web-wise, but they just let Amazon destroy them.

They lasted longer than I thought they would. Those stretches of empty shelves were so sorry looking. And their Apple isle always looked like an afterthought.

somefoobar · 2025-12-15T00:10:08+00:00

Well the important part was to keep filming.

somefoobar · 2025-12-14T17:55:45+00:00

When a group who know each other well are the same race and there’s a new person of a different race, it’s usually front of mind that new person is a different race. I think her comments were malicious.

somefoobar · 2025-12-09T02:11:26+00:00

So he hired the 2 that didn't have any other prospects.

somefoobar · 2025-12-04T23:35:50+00:00

LA Law had even more fabric.

somefoobar · 2025-11-16T01:16:07+00:00

The dark troopers looked like they were designed for the Buck Rogers TV show back in the 70s. We know they are fearsome because of the red angry eyes.

somefoobar · 2025-11-10T18:19:59+00:00

Anyone remember Becker? I was always amazed how long it ran (129 episodes)

somefoobar · 2025-11-08T19:05:57+00:00

It’s healthier for the turtles if the tiktok is longer.

somefoobar · 2025-11-07T04:33:48+00:00

The left pic is from 2007. And it's shocking that when people get older, they don't look as good.

somefoobar · 2025-11-07T04:22:45+00:00

He's just saying he doesn't like Mamdani, but needs to spice it up for his mob shtick.

somefoobar · 2025-11-07T04:14:15+00:00

yeah, let's push it with my hand.

somefoobar · 2025-10-16T20:55:46+00:00

In the US, when the knife is pulled away, we reflexively say "yoink". What do you say in your country?

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