The last couple of weeks I rewatched the Star Wars movies to get ready for The Rise of Skywalker. It was nice to see some old scenes again, re-read some of the backstories and catch the occassional goof every now and again. I somewhat agree with Dave about the sometimes shallow and empty characters. As he says “[it] feels like the Universe is built up and the torn down over and over again”. This is true and to me it doesn’t feel that much of a problem. Just as in real life we lose some of our favorite characters but we get new ones in return. We try to reminisce the “good old days” but at the same time we should not forget to be in the here and now.
Maybe The Force Awakens, Last Jedi and Rise are not meant for the generation that grew up with Luke, Leia and Yoda.
As Dave concludes, it’s time to “let go and let saving the Galaxy be the next generation’s problem”.
I watched The Last Jedi last night. I didn’t find it the best one in the serie but entertaining nonetheless. While watching the new cantina-scene on Canto Bight I thought to myself this would open up the Star Wars universe again for new characters, new build ups, new series, books, games and themeparks. But most of all, new stories. The end scene with broom boy showing his Rebel Alliance ring, it is the start of new stories in the franchise, for a new generation. And that’s fine. As a Star Wars fan I am content with the fact I will not see the complete universe and all the stories. I hope my son and his family will and pass the stories on. Hope is not lost, the fire is once again sparked. 😉
Archives for 26 October 2019
Bookmark: You can heal the internet
The internet is hurting. It’s been colonized and exploited by a small cabal of tech companies. It’s taken most of us a while catch up to the gravity of the situation, but grave it is. Yet we all si…
"You don’t have to go cold turkey on everything Big Tech. That’s almost impossible at the moment. Such is the stronghold. But every little bit helps."
Ware woorden. Start bijvoorbeeld met een andere zoekmachine. DuckDuckGo of Startpage. Als ervaringsdeskundige van plm 2 jaar durf ik wel te zeggen dat de verschillen in zoekresultaten met Google verwaarloosbaar zijn.
Bookmark: Hello. My name is Bix. – Nick Pickles, director of Twitter’s public …
Nick Pickles, director of Twitter’s public policy strategy, says that today’s speech by Mark Zuckerberg “will rightly be recognised as a landmark point in the debate”, which I suppose is true if we are building landmarks noting the obfuscation of that debate.
PIckles is concerned with “how…
"Zuckerberg’s conservative leadership team has made its design choice: disinformation is fine, because it serves their political interests."
Ik heb de volledige speech en ondervraging van Zuckerberg not niet gezien. Ik ben heel benieuwd welke lange termijn gevolgen het kruisverhoor gaat hebben in komende jaren en met de presidentsverkiezingen in aantocht.
Bookmark: Why you should worry if you have a Chinese smartphone | Technology | The Guardian
Er is zoveel gaande over Chinese technologie. Ik vind het lastig. Aan de ene kant is het gemak en de prijs een verleidelijke reden om te kiezen voor de hardware. Maar je weet dat er iets met je data gebeurt. In bovenstaand artikel staat uitgelegd hoe technologie in China wordt gebruikt.
There are QR codes on people’s doors for when the party goes in to check on who is in. Some researchers have found that if someone leaves through the back door instead of the front door, that can be considered suspicious behaviour.