When I ran a pirate game with the D6 system, one thing I had trouble with was coming up with a good price list for equipment/ships/cargoes.

I've since picked up the first volume of The Value of a Dollar which lists prices for items going back to 1610.

I took a quick look at Tubi today. It reminds me a lot of the early days of Hulu.

Thanks for the heads-up, GeekyBugle.

So, has anyone downloaded the 1.2 update, now that it's out?

Quote from: Jim in Oz on March 12, 2021, 09:25:04 AM

Of course it is pretty stupid. The nuclear powers only decide to shoot off just enough nukes to make the place "unpleasant" and not "ash". Of course this is using 1980s science so they didn't know back then that we'd still be royally fucked.

No, junior. Even using using 1980s science we knew that we'd be royally fucked. Go look up Carl Sagan and Nuclear Winter.

It's my understanding that Sagan's Nuclear Winter scenario has been largely discredited, due to observations of events such as volcanic eruptions and the burning of the Iraqi oil fields during the second Gulf War. Massive amounts of particulates were released into the atmosphere, but the chilling effects that Sagan predicted did not occur.

Makes me think of Star Trek, Into Darkness. A lot of that movies drama relies on having watched Wrath of Khan, and the characters established in that film.
But Into Darkness is a reboot, and that characterization hasn't been established for these characters.

Yes! Also, Ricardo Montalban in The Star Seed was bigger and more muscular than Shatner, he looked like he could kick Kirk's ass. Benedict Cumberbatch is a fine actor, but not nearly so physically intimidating.

I do kinda want to watch the Snyder cut, after watching the RLM review. Leads me to believe that if it's still not good, it's at least palatable with some interesting scenes.

If you want to watch it, watch it. Just don't pay a lot of money to watch it.

I'm about halfway through it. So far I think the Snyder Cut illustrates that Joss Whedon had the right idea. Comparing scenes, it is clear to me how much more effective Whedon's edits and dialog are.

Some of the stuff added for the Snyder cut is nice, but it is wildly uneven. There are some nice new effects, but also a lot of places where the effects look rushed and unconvincing. Four minutes in, there is a lovingly crafted shot of the new Steppenwolf, followed immediately by a poorly-photoshopped shot of Lex Luthor standing in a pool of water that wouldn't have passed muster on Hercules and Xena.

Story-wise, it's also hit and miss. There's a scene where Barry saves Iris West, but it's not that great, and then we see Barry crushing on Wonder Woman. There is a lot more interplay between Cyborg and his dad, and most of that is good, but overall the movie is still just way too damn long. And IMHO, the things that were weak in the theatrical cut are still weak in the Snyder cut, they're just drawn out twice as long.

Geisha are not prostitutes! They're formal hostesses and entertainers, in an honorable profession. They're not even a front for prostitution in a "wink, wink" sort of way.

Prostitution was legal in medieval Japan, with the proper credentials, and the Japanese were fairly open about it. But geisha were forbidden from working as prostitutes. A Japanese person would be expected to know the difference.

A high-end geisha-like prostitute would be called an oiran. There are many other Japanese terms for prostitutes of various types.

The airship is a staple of the Final Fantasy games.