Oh it’s not just 80s shows, it’s like every show. Including The Wire.

It’s actually a pretty entertaining thing to read about.

Have you literally never heard of Sherpas?

Even Hillary’s team used sherpas to assist

Nothing says “fake accomplishment” like claiming to be the first to reach the top of a mountain by relying on the help (read: exploitation) of local people who had presumably been doing it for hundreds of years before you showed up.

Makes me think about how rich people apparently ruined Burning Man

I was more referring to the Tommy Westphall Universe theory where nearly all American TV shows exist in the same universe within the mind of the St. Elsewhere character Tommy Westphall.

In case you weren’t aware of this phenomenon:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/tv/tommy-westphall-theory-unified-tv-universe-explained

https://thetommywestphall.wordpress.com/the-master-list/

https://nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tommy-Westphall-Universe.pdf

I’ve never actually seen St. Elsewhere lol

Is that you, Tommy Westphall?

There is no real reason behind it

Money. The reason is always money.

BUT HE CAN’T SEE WITHOUT HIS GLASSES!

When all of the services are moving towards the same enshittification, it seems to almost become cartel-like

Gross

Are you though?

Oh no I’m judgmental whatever will I do.

Maybe it’s the person who’s a grown adult and still considers Sonic the Hedgehog to be their favorite media franchise is he one who needs to expand their perspective.

I want you to be honest, do you actually know what the plots of these games are like?

They said it was their favorite media franchise, not that they enjoyed it.

Have you ever seen the “plot” of a Sonic game? If you’re an adult, and that’s your favorite media franchise, then you should be embarrassed

It’s like referring to North Korea as Democratic

It’s really nothing like that

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Damn I didn’t see this comment and just said the same thing lol

Massive “trees” made of writhing human flesh. Definitely an image that sticks with you lol

My first thought was The Shrike from Hyperion

None of this suggests they haven’t tried or enjoyed better written stories.

It kind of does though. They said it’s their “favorite media franchise,” not just that they were a fan.

It’s for literal babies

And I have a problem with it, because it’s not a rare thing and it demonstrates a lack of curiosity that I find to be dangerous for a modern society.

If the video game for babies that you played when you were 10 is still your favorite media franchise, then you need to expose yourself to more media.

I think book 4 is the peak, quality-wise. 5 was alright.

It’s been so long since I’ve read them, but I remember the very end of the series being great (and really, the only possible way it could have ended). However, I remember the last two books, up to that part, being kind of dumb lol

Homework is ok, but Discovery is their masterpiece.

The Alive 2007 live album is also very good.