Background CGI for ensuring consistency and immersion is what CGI excels at. Human-based CGI still has the uncanny valley. I loved Furiosa, but you can easily tell when they had CGI humans for stunts.
It's just another tool and directors need to choose the appropriate time to use it and when not to.
and in a stunning failure of corporate communication
This is my main takeaway from this situation. Seems like the casino knew it was getting a deal too good to be true and CF went straight to strong arm tactics instead of inviting the other side to the table to discuss the issue and find a way forward that's good for both parties.
The part I have a hard time wrapping my head around is the fact that we all saw this coming for the last 4 years, and yet here we are...
I hope/choose to believe that the reason we're here is that those leading the charge in our justice system knew they not only had to have an airtight case, but it also had to slowly tear him down and erode his support.
There are plenty of leaders throughout history who were exiled, deposed, or voted out only to come back stronger than ever. By taking an extremely methodical approach to all of the legal challenges against Trump, they've forced him to spend the majority of his time, energy, and money on those battles.
As always, time will tell...
You have some strangely in-depth shower thoughts.
But because of the huge amount of work to be done on the series, and the timeframe outlined by David Benioff, D.B Weiss, and Alexander Woo, 2027 is sounding like a safe bet for 3 Body Problem Season 2.
Saved everyone a click
It makes you wonder why he needs the payout. I just listened to a podcast about Michael Jackson (Timesuck if you're curious, highly recommend it) and he talked about how Jackson was in massive debt by the end and was prepping for a tour to make money to pay back his debts right before he died. The host pointed out it doesn't matter how rich you are, you can always overspend.
Obviously, at billionaire level the debt isn't going to be with luxuries and goods. Could it be debt to other billionaires or countries made under the table? He's shown in recent years that he's not the business genius he tried to pretend he was, so it wouldn't be that far fetched.
I'm ok with how Valve is doing things right now. If they followed the same path of EA, Blizzard, and every other big developer from the 90s/00s we'd be on HL5, L4D9 Left for Deadest, TF 3 but it's a live service on season 15 and constant price increases on the season passes.
Let them experiment and dip their toes into new game types.
It's the enshitification taking hold, which is essentially Wall Street pressing their thumbs on creators to squeeze out every bit of money they can.
There are diamonds out there though, and not a surprise they always come from private or indie companies. These are the games I've gravitated to.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19568753/
They do indeed have more protein. The conclusion that it's for them to fall slower seems to be just a hypothesis
Video game addiction ironically doesn't affect the teenager.
Alternative: respected captain is found out to be extremely anti-species joining
To the top with you! I see some opinions quoted, but yours is the right answer.