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lackadaisycats · 1 year

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It’s an article!

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#lackadaisy #lackadaisycats #animation #gizmodo #io9 #2danimation #comic #webcomic #cats #indieanimation #1920s

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shitplanetblog · 5 months

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On October 10, AI researcher Will DePue posted "How to legally pirate every font on earth in an afternoon" on his blog. Two days later, he obliterated the contents of his blog and closed out his Twitter. Thus he disappeared from the internet. Why?

As mentioned here, Mastodon is having a "small problem" with abusive users. Calling them "pedants" is too polite. Ken "Popehat" White bailed out, and people screamed at him. Not only that.....One of the most extreme examples of a Mastodon server I've ever seen is octodon.social, run by this deeply troubled person. And you can't just dismiss it as a minor freakshow, because this excellent post is on the same server. Upshot: Mastodon is not much different from X-shitter, just less centralized.

A Guy In Town is a noted expert on laser machining. If you can skip over his rants about vaxxing, Agenda 2030 conspiracies, etc.

YouTube Shit: did I complain about Matt Field and his stupid channel yet? Idiots seem to love watching "survival" videos. No matter how fake.

What about Tiktok stupid? There's so much.....but this bitch and a whole traffic jam of fellow idiots got lost on desert roads because I-15 out of Vegas was backed up. "GPS is MAGIC!" There's also Madison. A pimply white girl who will never EVER date a white man. Apparently she was kicked off Facebook and X-shitter.

Darktable is an open-source application for archiving and batch processing of photographs in the RAW file format. Unfortunately, one of its developers hated it so much, he went off and created a "fork". And ranted about it on his blog. At length.

Nothing says "Gizmodo level of stupid" like "This Sea Creature Could Fight Cancer, Looks Like A Turd".

Yeh, blah blah, we know.

#youtube #tiktok #stupidity #gizmodo #mastodon #fediverse #twitter #turd #AI

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londonspirit · 6 months

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Our Flag Means Death has just wrapped up its sophomore season, and it’s time to say goodbye to our favorite pirates for, well, at least another year. Streaming service MAX hasn’t renewed the workplace comedy/action-adventure show for a third season, but if the numbers are anything to go by, they would be foolish not to start talking about it.

David Jenkins, the writer/creator and sometime director of Our Flag Means Death, did a finale postmortem interview with io9, and we talk endings, piracy, and how comic actors and serious actors mesh. A quick warning, this interview is literally about the last episode of Our Flag Means Death, and contains spoilers. Proceed with caution.

So, here’s the thing; Jenkins and I have spoken a few times about Our Flag Means Death. He knows that I adore this show. He also knows that I adore Izzy Hands (Con O’Neill), the beleaguered first mate and jilted lover of the central couple of Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) and Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby). He has also been keeping a secret from me for months: In this last episode of season 2, Izzy Hands dies.

“Are you mad at me?” Jenkins asked, almost plaintive as we said our ‘Hello’s under the auspices of the designated MAX PR person. “Oh, well. I’m not really mad at you, but I am disappointed,” I responded. “I think I’m sad at you.” This, he said, is worse.

At the end of the season, Izzy Hands dies in Blackbeard’s arms, giving Blackbeard permission not only to “be himself” but to leave piracy behind for good. It happened in the kind of cruelly random way that people often die in this genre of action/adventure stories. That didn’t make it any easier though. And at the end of the season, Blackbeard’s inability to save Izzy meant that there was simply no more reason for him to be a pirate anymore. Who was he doing it for? What more did he have to prove?

Regardless of the narrative reasons why Izzy Hands died, I was devastated. Did it make sense in the context of the show? Yes. Was it a deeply moving and incredibly well-acted moment? Also yes. Was his death made all the more affective because of how Izzy had been ingratiated, accepted, trusted, and even, at points, loved by his crew? Absolutely. So, of course I teared up a little.

Jenkins looked slightly sad himself, saying that “Ghosts exist in this world.” I told him not to make promises he couldn’t keep. At this point such a comment feels like it was made to make me, personally, feel better. I’m not sure Izzy could make a return at some point, nothing is certain about Our Flag Means Death’s future right now. It almost feels like Jenkins feels bad that he made me sad. I don’t know if he realizes how sad he’s going to make a lot of people.

This isn’t going to be an interview entirely about Izzy Hands, but he’s a big part of it—after all, his death is arguably one of the show’s biggest shocks yet. Looking back at Izzy’s arc over the two seasons, Jenkins said that he doesn’t see Izzy as a pure antagonist in season one because on some level… Izzy was right in his hesitations about Stede. “His boss is falling for this manic pixie dream girl, and he’s got to keep his boss safe because that’s his job,” Jenkins explains. “And then he has to get this ship to operate like a normal ship would operate. And they’re all weirdos. So he’s got the worst middle management position. And on top of that, his boss is a lunatic.”

Towards the end of season one, Izzy does have a turn away from ‘reasonably upset at Blackbeard’ to ‘serious antagonistic force’. But when he gets what he wanted–Blackbeard back to legendary form–it doesn’t really work out. “Be careful what you ask your God for, because you just might get it,” Jenkins warned. “Izzy gets it and it turns on him. That toxic relationship that he wished were all his, becomes all his… he’s crushed by it, and both he and Blackbeard both have to rebuild themselves.”

In Izzy’s case, the rebuilding is quite literal–his leg is amputated and replaced with a wooden prosthetic, carved from the unicorn figurehead of the Revenge. After this, he has to go through a transformation, Jenkins said he has to ask himself “What am I going to do with myself? You know, who am I going to be? After [the crew] makes him the Unicorn leg, I think he kind of sees like, ‘oh, this crew cares for me’. And I don’t think he’s ever felt cared for in that way.”

This season also saw a lot of Izzy interacting with Stede, often in more fun situations than the snipes back and forth in the first season. When asked about how Con O’Neill and Rhys Darby got along on set, Jenkins just laughed. “I really love building a show with really funny actors and then really serious actors. And the funny people are usually scared of the real serious people. And the real serious people are scared of the funny people. They terrify each other.”

For those that might not know, Darby is a stand up comedian and has been in many of Waititi’s darkly comic films. O’Neill, on the other hand, has been taking dramatic roles since his twenties, and has recently appeared in productions like The Batman and Chernobyl. “I think from the beginning people saw Con and were like, ‘Oh, man, I got to be like, really have to be in my game’,” Jenkins said, imitating Taika Waititi’s lilting Kiwi accent. “And then Con was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know what he’s doing, he saying I should just follow along with the improvisations’—” again, imitating O’Neill’s raspy drawl. “And then they’re both so good that by the end of the season they’re not scaring each other as much. But that admiration remains, and I think that was very much true between Rhys and Con.”

The decision to have Izzy die wasn’t one that Jenkins took lightly. “It was hard. It was hard to kill off Izzy. It was hard to tell Con that he was going to die. And he was so lovely about it. But, at the same time, he took it hard,” Jenkins said. “Like this thing we built together is going to die. It’s one thing to write it, it’s another thing to produce it, and to see Con carry that knowledge through the episodes, knowing what was going to happen to that character. Con took it really seriously.”

Jenkins also thinks that Izzy was able to say exactly what he needed to at the end of the show. “I think he gives his own eulogy. It’s about belonging to something. And that we do this for each other, you know? He came to view piracy as a thing we do for one another. And being on a crew is something you do for each other… he gets to a place where he eventually sees that it works because everybody is helping each other. Everybody cares for each other, and there needs to be some structure, but for him, it became less about dominance and more about belonging to something.”

The final shot of the season is actually Izzy’s grave, outside of Ed and Stede’s cottage. “I think him being buried near them is a lovely image,” he said. “And there’s a reason that that happened. I think they both were sad to see their friend go. And I think they’re both thinking, ‘let’s make this work not just for us, but in memory of Izzy’.”

One of the prevalent rumors about Our Flag Means Death this season was that it was originally supposed to be 10 episodes rather than 8. But Jenkins says no; it was always going to be 8. They were looking for ways to cut budget, and moving the production to New Zealand and cutting down the episodes really helped with the bottom line, as well as being better for the cast and crew. “It takes so much to make one episode happen. Every department is strung out by the time you get to the end of the season,” he explained.

“The story of Stede and Blackbeard is a three-season story,” Jenkins said, looking ahead to where the show could go from here. When asked if the ending of season two–Frenchie taking over as Captain of the Revenge, Stede and Ed in a shack on the beach, preparing to open their inn, and Izzy Hands buried in front of their home–was a kind of “safeguard” in case the series didn’t get that third season, Jenkins shrugged. “In a way,” he said. “The first season ends on such a downer, so it made sense to end the second season in a kinder spot.”

But he says that he “still has questions” about what happens next. The Republic of Pirates has been destroyed, Izzy’s killer is still out there, and does Frenchie have what it takes to captain a pirate crew? Our Flag Means Death is not a complete story yet. “I think there’s plenty of story left for season three, but I think that it was important to end this as if it was the end of the show, and on upbeat note and avoid the kind of “kill your gays” trope. I don’t want to see Steve and Ed punished for giving it a go. I want to see them really say, ‘yeah, we’re going to we’re going to try to have a relationship’.”

When asked how he would approach the third season , Jenkins thought about it for a few seconds before answering. “I would very much like to see pirates come to America. Historically, they were in New York City and the Carolinas. And now, in the story, the Republic of Pirates is gone… I think that stories about piracy are a little bit like stories about the West. They’re stories about these things that are going to end inevitably,” he said this sadly, like the inevitability comes from looking back on the past and thinking the present couldn’t come out any other way. It’s a bit of a eulogy. “In some ways, I think then seeing them have to deal with some of these things in a country that’s coming together would be good. And I think it would be a good way to end the season, and see how they adjust to it.”

The final scene with Izzy and Blackbeard is incredibly, desperately sad, and clearly required a lot from both O’Neill and Waititi in the moment. “When Izzy died, I said, ‘Would you like to play music on set?’” Jenkins recalled. “ He went ‘Yeah’. And so I made an Izzy Death playlist and put it on during the takes.”

This is the second time I have been teased with an Our Flag Means Death playlist. The first time was from music supervisor Maggie Phillips after the first season had ended. I had to ask for this playlist, but Jenkins didn’t want to share. He mentioned Carole King, implying that “Bitter with the Sweet” was played. I was not doing well with this information, especially after I put my face in my hands. He tried, once again, to console me but I was lost in my Izzy Hands feelings. Maybe taking the good with the bad was personal advice. Or, more honestly, I just think he felt a little sad too.

#our flag means death season 2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #spoiler #our flag means death #ofmd #david jenkins #intérview #gizmodo

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sofscribbles · 6 months

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An interesting article I stumbled across discussing the different reaction fans had to Izzy's fate in s2.

What I find interesting is that the article itself discusses the fan reactions from all sides with equal seriousness and compassion. It even mentions how this sort of fan reaction would not have been news-worthy a few years ago, but fandom landscapes are changing. Anyway, a good read for those who love OFMD or are just interested in fandom culture at large.

Of course, warning for spoilers for season 2!

#ofmd #our flag means death #spoilers #ofmd spoilers #izzy hands #article #gizmodo #fandom #ofmd s2 #our flag means death s2

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game-levels · 6 days

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She has a link to the complete collection with descriptions. Whoa

#handheld #collection #gb #gbc #gba #ds #pocketstation #nomad #gizmodo #ngage #psp #ps vita #wonderswan #game gear

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meantforinfinitesadness · 7 months

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Tumblr I've been gatekeeping this picture of Gizmo and I'm so sorry

#gizmo #gizmodo #kalis cats

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richdadpoor · 8 months

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Ahsoka's Credits Music Is the Most Interesting Thing About It

Ever since Ahsoka Tano stepped out of the mists of Corvus and into live-action Star Wars history on The Mandalorian, I’ve had complicated feelings about the direction of one of my favorite Star Wars characters in contemporary canon. Those feelings haven’t changed much in the opening episodes of her new titular series so far—but watching them this past week I found one thing giving me a tiny…

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axolotlhuman · 2 years

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“Oh yeah, There are so many songs I listen to for each spot. For this show, I probably have a playlist of about 300 songs.” I literally gasped. I wanted to hear them all, immediately. “I was so inspired by this show, and we could only put in very few. Every spot you hear in the show I probably went through 100 songs to get to that spot. I watch every scene at least 100 times, testing different songs. The moment at the end of the pilot in Our Flag Means Death? I’ve probably watched 50 to 100 times, just to get it perfect.”

#ofmd #our flag means death #Maggie Phillips #our flag means death soundtrack #our flag means death music #gizmodo #linda codega #NEW INTERVIEW!#my posts

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ollovae3 · 2 years

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Hey y'all!! Any BIPOC Star Wars fans should definitely check this out and get in touch w these guys!! Sharing here since ik not everyone is on Twitter and io9 DEFINITELY isn't on here.

#star wars #racism #racism in star wars #io9 #news #interview #boosting for Tumblr #moses ingram #gizmodo

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raeonthearoace · 3 months

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"The final steps of the Crunchyroll and Funimation merger are in motion. This merger seems to be going the way of many other mergers, with fewer options for consumers and higher prices. Last month, another tech merger, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, resulted in the company laying off 1,900 employees right as the company reached a $3 trillion valuation. Tech mergers often have significant upside for corporations, with little benefit to fans and employees. Now, anime fans will have to shoulder the consequences."

#late stage capitalism #anime #crunchyroll #funimation #gizmodo

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jocia92 · 27 days

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Short video of Rebecca Hall talking about working with Dan Stevens on Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

#godzilla x kong: the new empire #godzilla x kong #monsterverse #dan stevens #rebecca hall #gizmodo #interview

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shegoesbyjoy · 2 years

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I consume every new piece of content coming out of the OFMD universe like a lone wanderer in the desert who just found water for the first time in 3 days because like,,,,, the cast & crew are just SO WHOLESOME?! and lovely?? and cute????? And so so positive about the fandom it's actually surreal?!?!?!

Today for me it's the Gizmodo article on David Jenkins, this section in particular (but there's so many other amazing tidbits, highly recommend reading it):

This absolutely heartwarming thread by an author & screenwriter about how OFMD allowed them to embrace the fanfic they've written, which included this cute shoutout for Father Teach's actor: