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I loved Project Hail Mary (both the movie and the book), but have we noticed the overwhelming similarities to Arrival?
Lone scientist deciphers alien language to save Earth from future destruction ✅
Glass barriers ✅
Whiteboards are essential ✅
Odd number of legs ✅
Time has no meaning ✅
Current status
Project Hail Mary was a delight
did you know that Zohran Mamdani is an anagram for Damn I Am Zohran
I am so sick and tired and disgusted with “it’s not X, it’s Y” and all of its variations.
Getting ready #nokings
Ok, but I am still laughing about bird blindness
Time to root that old TiVo
doors and corners store
As it turns out, the actions of the President can affect prices of things.
I want a robot assistant that can do reliable math and set timers. This feels non-negotiable.
Presidential Lie Bury
How do we mobilize outreach groups to do voter registration for people stuck in super long TSA lines?
meetaverse, a virtual reality community where you can get together with other people and recite poetry
cloudy with a chance of meet balls
Thinking about it some more, Project Hail Mary in many ways feels more like a Ron Howard movie instead of a Lord & Miller movie, and now I wonder if they did that intentionally.
By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a savings.
I have never understood why people don’t like this movie. All of this was evident the first time I saw this, and it also has the single funniest line gag in the entire MCU.