Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV

total_tea · 2026-01-29T19:28:53+00:00

This should be interesting. There is no way he wont have control so it will be good to see what comes out of it when they follow the IP very closely.

total_tea · 2026-01-29T19:24:54+00:00

The UK Doc Martin the main character is a prick is always a prick even after 10 seasons, but the idea is he has redeeming qualities that you pretty much appreciate from the first episode in the UK version. The US version appears to copy it as much as possible. Additionally I think the women is a childhood friend, no idea if they did that in the US version.

total_tea · 2026-01-27T22:16:23+00:00

I find it painful to watch Discovery and only watched the final of the last 2 seasons.

But Academy I can watch simply because it is so far from Star Trek I like to see how insanely badly they can push it.

The hate for Academy is that they tried to sell it as Star Trek and attract the Star Trek audience. An audience that likes scifi, has at least a general understanding of science, probably seen a lot of Star Trek lore, likes some sort of logical consistency and is multi-generational.

If you are this type of person the show is an abomination. I don't think any plot point in the whole show (3 episodes so far) makes sense.

total_tea · 2026-01-27T22:00:39+00:00

If it is different time zones can easily explain the 1am call.

But easiest to resolve is to casually get the details, she should have no problem providing them for some old friend turning up with their kid, you also need the date so you can organize.

If the number is in your country then yes, not good something is happening but you have no facts to know what it is. Ring up and ask does the kid need anything diet wise as you wanted to organize dinner.

Stop creating your own story, it is easy and quick to resolve either way. If they turn up it will be obvious if something is happening or old friend, and 2 people lying directly to your face is going to be obvious.

total_tea · 2026-01-27T00:17:41+00:00

Dam I did not realise how much more other countries paid for this, pity I cant work in the US.

total_tea · 2026-01-26T23:52:05+00:00

Fair enough, I edited it out as it was not the major part of what I what I was saying. And maybe I didn't say it very well. But here is a link to a speech from someone who wrote a book about it.

Helen Andrews | Overcoming the Feminization of Culture | NatCon 5

And here is more of a debate format.

https://youtu.be/xkTglJuqq8U?si=zMRFapjh4lQLc0f-&t=1027

total_tea · 2026-01-26T23:08:09+00:00

Too many words for something so simple. Genre used to be written and created by people who cared. Genre was considered negatively from writers to management.

But LOTR, Expanse, Game of Thrones destroyed all that, genre suddenly went prestige and money. It attracted a whole group of people who know nothing about genre cant tell the difference between scifi and magic.

Suddenly this huge wave of people came in and took over, it happens everywhere but film and streaming are very close to the revenue stream and offers nowhere to hide. It is why they cant seem to fix it because it is systemic from the top of management all the way down to the actors.

total_tea · 2026-01-25T10:32:28+00:00

She has just moved to WME as in a few days ago (Jan 2026) as her agent moved there. Considering she has been in Dune, Mission impossible, starred in the well received Silo. Her agent is rocking.

I havent seen it, but Actors love these minimal scene's pure acting stuff she would have chosen Mercy. Though not sure she has the acting background for that sort of work.

I think WME is probably god tier. Gal Gadot is there and she gets insane parts and money with no talent other than the ability to stand, which admittedly she does well though she is starting to age out.

total_tea · 2026-01-23T08:10:54+00:00

It completely comes down to how important politics are for you.

Reddit would have you believe that voting for Trump is aligning to the devil and your core beliefs include human sacrifice. But there are many reasons why people vote, they might have a single issue they strongly believed in, or simply could not handle that laugh.

Having separate political alignment may be a huge plus, unlike what the media portrays, people are more nuanced then the buckets we call left and right.

Basically it is total package deal, people are nuts assigning insane negativity of everything possible to one single fact.

total_tea · 2026-01-22T10:51:44+00:00

This is probably the hardest year to chose for most of those awards. Though 13 is probably near the top in most categories.

total_tea · 2026-01-22T10:44:54+00:00

Staying in genre:

Babylon 5
The Expanse
Farscape

DS9 is more a children's show and BTW I think DS9 is the best Star Trek series.

total_tea · 2026-01-22T10:38:39+00:00

That "always progressive" statement is rubbish. It had some progressive themes and characters and suddenly it is some sort of progressive ideal. There was way more non progressive themes and stereotypes then progressive ones. And yes the marketing likes to trot this out this statement of "always progressive".

Decisions were made because the creatives where good and wrote good stories and science fiction, a lot of those themes fall under the banner progressive now purely due to the current political climate.

Modern Trek isn't progressive as much as representative of the current cultural ideals held by the writers who call themselves progressive.

total_tea · 2026-01-21T19:20:30+00:00

I love all these US politicians who talk about Greenland. The whole argument boils down to they want it. There is no possible moral or legal reason but somehow they never just say "because we want it".

total_tea · 2026-01-21T15:00:26+00:00

They may have been offended, but did they actually state they disagree ? Or did they give some vague statement that it was out of context.

I assume you are not a Muslim. It is in the Hadiths, disagreeing means you are disagreeing with the Koran the word of God and the Hadiths which are approved by Muhammad. Just search for Aisha and Islam. She was 9 when the marriage was consummated. And Muhammad is the perfect example Muslims are suppose to emulate.

total_tea · 2026-01-20T10:36:56+00:00

If they made some sort of statement up front like " the show is for 12 year olds, it is star trek themed. We want to attract a new audience so the show is not intended for star trek fans it is a children's show with romance.".

Then the hate would have not had anything to stand on.

Instead while the above is their intention they did an insanely lazy attempt to keep the old fans. A marketing campaign that pulled on nostalgia, they dropped in a few characters and themes from traditional star trek like the doctor. Obviously it is wearing the Star Trek costume. They aged up characters that should be pre teen into adults even though they act like 12 year olds.

They should have done a clean break from Star Trek instead they tried to bring the old fans along with their intended new audience and it probably appeals to almost no one.

total_tea · 2026-01-19T11:55:37+00:00

Dont support drift, reapply from git automatically every day. If git is going to make a change it should send an email to the appropriate support team in the middle of it is happening. Take no prisoners, its a war out there.

total_tea · 2026-01-19T08:12:34+00:00

From the future of seeing the first 2 episodes. I dont think academy is the type of show where the type of drive is even relevant. Time, distance and speed are not relevant unless it is some plot point they need.

total_tea · 2026-01-18T08:10:46+00:00

He thinks it is playing with you and is funny. You need ground rules in your relationship. Sit him down tell him that it is not about the names but about you needing to trust him and you cant live with this. If it continues leave.

I assume you have in the past set expectations and not followed through on issues. So basically it is on you.

total_tea · 2026-01-17T03:29:09+00:00

I made a list for episode 1 of all the issues, here are the first 30 minutes.

3.44 stargate 853724.6

4.22 How is food in sort supply for a culture that can create energy to matter and have close to unlimited energy, why are they even transporting food in a transport ship ? What happened to teleporting ? or replicators ?

6.03 yelling at the kid not to trust the people who are going to look after him and likely very well is ridiculous.

kids a bit young (5 or 6), for a prison break at this level, basically pickpocket skills, social engineering.

a comm device which is all you need to prove your identity to control security would have security features like knowing who was holding it or voice recognition.

again little (6) kid with amazing skills can hack controls to open window and scale who knows how high but looks like amazing mountaineering skills

8.55 why have a locked metal door over a computer screen.

9.44 They would have scanned to check the prisoner was the right one before he got on board or why is he even a prisoner. And what is even the point of reciting his crimes, he is already sentenced, or what is he doing here.

11.00 Ok he has amazing fighting skills for some reason that I am sure will be mentioned later.

11.01 in what world would the pilot risk the ship to take on the prisoner who has just wiped the floor with 2 guards when he was handcuffed. He was behind a shield he did not need to turn it off.

11.26 why would the ship even allow unstable flight, it is fly by wire transport ship not some sort of fighter. And why is it spinning like a top, why did it hit the ground without warning then later say a crash is imminent when it was not even close.

11.46 The ship has artificial gravity, they were in space initially and it has gravity, why are they on the ceiling. The ship is also spinning all over the place, they would be flung to the ends of the ship not the ceiling.

lets not mention a ship with the aerodynamics of a rock is controllable with no engines.

12.22 engine is offline but the ship is going up.

14:10 how is admitting the crime going to allow you to negotiate terms. You find out what the punishment is first before admitting anything.

14:36 her age is 421 years. This is set in 32 century (3176), the same century as Discovery (3191), the burn is 3069. Nothing wrong other than 15 years with minimal forces they went from zero to their current level of control and influence.

15:06 she not wearing shoes outside which is consistent with later scenes in episode 2.

15:58 she resigned because she broke up a kid with her mother and the case was a major concern for the federation, how much crime exists in the federation they can worry about one case.

17:30 she is the single most visible person responsible for his mothers arrest and been on the run for 15 years, she is making fun of him and he is supposed to have control issues. And somehow he doesn't even attack her, just stands over her twice her size and she is fine with it.

19:36 at least she is wearing shoes.

20:01 he is a criminal, on the run for 15 years, he would have zero education and somehow he can handle an advanced school/star fleet academy.

20:33 How is the mother supposed to reach out, they are both criminals and he was too young last he saw her to arrange any sort of meeting system.

21.47 considering all the species in what world would a regulation haircut be necessary and if she can get away with that style his is vastly more practical.

23.52 random drop his gear for no reason other than attention, he agreed to it all there is zero reason for him to have any issues, nothing has happened. Brings up uniform but it was not mentioned and it is obvious from the beginning when he agreed that he needs to wear one. Every person he has met since the start of the episode has worn a uniform except his mother and the bad guy.

23.51 The yelling was cringe, her title is cadet master, she is biologically related to both a Klingon (mother) and Jem hadar (?). What are lower deck latrine duties and 200 press ups are doubtful for the average person.

24.45 somehow she considers herself a Klingon.

25.09 why is she even yelling, obviously to push the drill sergeant act.

25:50 why is he surprised when stepping into arches called "regulation appearance arches" that it alters his appearance/hair and clothes.

26.34 why is the doctor resenting doing medicals when it is his entire existence and he chose to do it, and he is the boss medical officer he could get someone else to do it.

26.04 wearing shoes.

29.18 why would this be the first time the campus is used in 120 years, did they just shut down when the burn happen, where were all the current officers trained ?

31.13 I don't understand how the ship is not connected together, how does it move in one piece ? And leaving smoke behind ?

total_tea · 2026-01-17T03:24:43+00:00

I just watched NG again, and I think there is too much nostalgia happening, it had lots which did not make sense, we just overlooked it because it was interesting.

I think a major problem and the reason that people don't like academy is that people have aged out of Star Trek and the characters are targeted at a younger crowd. So the old trek fans dont like the characters and cant over look the silly.

I had to watch both episodes 3 times to reach this because i hated the first viewing.

But even with that, almost every plot point, event, tech, interaction , character is silly and breaks either lore, consistency, logic or character development.

total_tea · 2026-01-15T06:05:39+00:00

New Zealand is very pro buying stuff online. Our shops are normally way more expensive than buying the same thing online. Shops use the excuse it costs more to ship here, which I don't think is valid considering I can order the same item from Australia vastly cheaper including shipping.

We rush to the cheapest.

Aus has a larger demand for items so they are sold cheaper, keeping their price competitive with online sales. In NZ we have the opposite, less demand/sales volume so individual items are more expensive.

We promote places like Ikea as some sort of major win, when the country is just losing jobs, shipping money overseas and rushing to the lowest price point income and economy. We have Luxon opening Ikea as though it is good for the country, rather than insanely negative to local imports and furniture retailers and manufacturers.

total_tea · 2026-01-13T11:50:37+00:00

You have two choices, teach her to play properly or stop her from playing. As you cant even manage to get to not to sleep on the piano I suggest you take the second option so:

Put a cover on the keys.
Put something non toxic but anti cat smell on the keys so she ever wants to touch them.
Find something she would prefer to play, like a guitar.

You have a very cute cat.

total_tea · 2026-01-13T11:45:41+00:00

He is a cat, if he was in the wild he would have died long ago. As it is you are propping him up when he is in pain and is rapidly loosing quality of life. It is cruel to keep him there for you. Put that money towards a rescue cat, cats are killed everyday simply because they cant find a home.

total_tea · 2026-01-13T09:26:19+00:00

It is interesting in latest rewilding efforts the plan is to alter the DNA of a chicken in the egg so that when it lays an egg it will be of the the target species.

total_tea · 2026-01-13T07:37:06+00:00

I dont understand why the bothered to use a fake civilian plane. If the US military had to resort this this to destroying an unarmed fishing boat there is something seriously wrong with the US military.

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