Author Archives: Damien Walter

Foundation season 2 : the hate-watch

00:00 An improvement?
03:16 4 shameful decisions
06:52 91% exposition
09:47 5 excuses DISMISSED
11:44 Asimov’s high concepts – The Mule, Foundation & Psychohistory

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0.0017% of the budget of Fake Tolkien

WOO-HOOOOO! Just started and the crowdfund for The Ocean of Story is already well on the way! This is a big challenge, to create EIGHT x 1 hour episodes, an ENTIRE season of this story, for $8000 That’s 0.0017% of the budget of Fake Tolkien!! Which is a little ironic, as The Worst Elf, seasonContinue reading “0.0017% of the budget of Fake Tolkien”

The Ocean of Story – MEMBER PREVIEW

The Ocean of Story combines the ancient traditions of oral storytelling with the hypermodern technologies of generative AI. But more on this when it launches for real. Today, members can get an early preview of The Worst Elf, season 1 of The Ocean of Story. In fact this is chapter 1, of episode 1, ofContinue reading “The Ocean of Story – MEMBER PREVIEW”

JJ Abrams – first horseman of the narrative apocalypse

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Why are Netflix pimping Carl Sagan in their 3 Body trailer?

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Is Star Wars science fiction?

The Science Fiction community on Facebook have been arguing for a week straight about the status of Star Wars as science fiction…or not. So here is my ultimate and final answer (almost) to the question.

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Even Plato is excited for Apple Vision Pro

It’s Plato’s Cave strapped to your face. At least you could look away from the cave wall. But now Apple will track your eyes and keep showing ads however hard you try to look away. But the irony is even Plato would be excited for the Apple Vision Pro. The duality of Apple in today’s video…

#apple #vision #technology #philosophy

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Bollywood Star Wars absolutely needs to be a thing

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Are you a Malthusian villain?

I’m always surprised how often people are willing to repeat Malthusian statements made by the villains in superhero movies like “human beings are a cancer on the planet” with stopping and thinking…

…wait, didn’t the villain say that?

Thanks to Ty Sowry and Allen Howell for comments and today’s most discussed thread in the Science Fiction community.

Further thoughts on the Malthusian villain and how to avoid sounding like one on the Science Fiction channel…

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The neo-religions of science fiction

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