The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

zabeus

18:07

@Gallifreyan im not a buff but the question looks sufficiently answered to me

Gallifreyan

Stjepan Sejic's Poison Ivy looks great:

https://t.co/wNYXaelAxn

Tweeted by stjepansejic on May 13, 2017 at 12:45 PM

zabeus

as a kid i had somewhat of a crush on poison ivy

Gallifreyan

@zabeus He's certainly not over her.

I need a volunteer from the audience to create the Watch2Gether room where we will do the film night. Anyone?

zabeus

18:24

oh create, i dont know how to do that

Gallifreyan

The volunteer will have the high honour of creating the playlist (just two links, no big deal), starting the playback, stopping the playback so that off-site users can catch up, and then resuming the playback. And then shutting down the room and turning off the lights. Oh, and moderating the chat over there.

@zabeus You just go to that site and press the yellow button in the centre of the screen.

zabeus

haha i thought you meant for testing now, im not sure if i'll be there for the film night or not

valorum isn't going to do it? even if he can't come here i thought he'd be running that room

Gallifreyan

Indeed, I asked him. I hope he'd be up to it, because he knows what to do and how to do it.

Ixrec

Alien: Covenant was ok

Gallifreyan

18:40

@Ixrec That was quick!

Ixrec

it has been three hours =P

so, best part is that it does NOT have Prometheus' problems of characters being implausibly dumb or plot not making sense, Covenant definitely makes sense and doesn't have any immersion-breaking stupidity

the worst part of Covenant is that it uses its connection to Prometheus primarily to shut down the possibility of exploring any of the interesting stuff Prometheus hinted at but failed to deliver on

I completely agree with the comparison to The Force Awakens I'm seeing online, Covenant does have a huge number of similarities to the original Alien to the point that you could accuse it of being a reboot/remake/whatever

except the cat, they forgot to put a cat in this one

SQB

19:06

So why again is Australia competing in the Euro vision Song Contest?

Ixrec

lol, Eurovision is extremely inclusive

SQB

Did someone get confused by Austria et al?

Ixrec

I think the first time they participated they were supposed to be a special guest

SQB

One of those guests that won't leave.

Ixrec

> Although Australia's participation in [2015] was set to be a one-off event ... it was confirmed in November 2015 by SVT that Australia would participate in the 2016 contest.

Mithrandir

19:10

Great, this room has continued the tradition of killing my phone *eyerollď

Ixrec

do any SE chatrooms not do that?

for me it loads fine, it's just so bad at incremental updates it ends up doing a full refresh more often than not

Mithrandir

All not SFF-rooms, apparently

SQB

Perhaps it's the styling?

Ixrec

supposedly we have custom styling

not sure if that applies to chat

SQB

Most other SE chat rooms are white.

Ixrec

19:12

well, yeah, I mean more than color and background image

SQB

@Mithrandir is that the mobile chat room, or the desktop version?

Mithrandir

All three

Desktop, old mobile, and new mobile

Ixrec

oh, I was talking about mobile (I assume new)

SQB

Well, first song with by Israel. You know, Israel. In Europe.

Mithrandir

II thithink itsit's tgthat SFFSFF usessusers popost wayway mmore imimages, eslespecially gifs

Ixrec

19:16

desktop's not great but never problematic unless my laptop is in a bad mood and bad at everything

ArtOfCode

is your phone playing up again, Mith

SQB

@Mithrandir that's quite a stutter.

Ixrec

if you said this after a gif spam I would've attributed it to that

Mithrandir

YesYes

Ixrec

but mobile backlog doesn't go back nearly far enough to get you more than maybe one or two images if you started from here

Mithrandir

19:17

*shrug* I don't know, except that it keeps crashing the browser and closing

SQB

If I do a reload, I see Poison Ivy and a tweet.

@Mithrandir which browser? And what phone?

Ixrec

for me SE is no worse than slack and gmail and every other website (since none of them seem to care about being lightweight)

SQB

Perhaps you should file a bug report on meta, but I'm reading this just fine on a phone I'm often annoyed with because of its sluggishness.

Mithrandir

Stock browser, Android 4.something I think

SQB

So perhaps it's your phone.

Mithrandir

19:21

Probably.

SQB

@Mithrandir Android 4.* is a bit old.

Mithrandir

It seems to be working slightly better now though

@SQB Yeah, I know. :(

Wow, you can actually reply on the new mobile interface!

SQB

Perhaps it's the starboard or something silly like that.

Ixrec

lol

Mithrandir

Starboard isn't shown on mobile view.

Ixrec

19:22

can confirm

part of what makes the new mobile chat better is you can actually see chat messages by default

SQB

I don't know; they might be loading the entire star board in the background.

Mithrandir

Now that that image is out of scroll, it's not imploding.

Ixrec

I don't know if the new mobile even has a star board in it, haven't seen it yet

Mithrandir

It doesn't, that I see

Ixrec

not that the starboard is the most useful feature ever

Mithrandir

19:23

But I'm not blue in the new view

Ixrec

lol

Mithrandir

And you guys aren't italicized

Ixrec

huh, you're right, I never noticed that

Mithrandir

*heads to meta*

SQB

@Ixrec in the hamburger menu, top left.

Ixrec

19:26

found it

Mithrandir

My browser also has trouble with https, so it's probably just me.

ArtOfCode

this is why you use mobile Chrome instead of stock browsers ;P

Mithrandir

No space :(

SQB

@Mithrandir ... you're more into fantasy?

@ArtOfCode Chrome is a brutal space hog. Use Opera.

Ixrec

Try all the browsers and make up your own mind.

Mithrandir

19:33

I actually enjoy good space opera stuff, like Trek

But yeah, I actually am :)

Ixrec

did you have a bad one in mind?

Mithrandir

Wars

I watched the first one (don't kill me, Rand!) and... bleh.

Also, I am never going to remember the room ID...

SQB

Oh dear. Eurovision fans.

Gallifreyan

@Mithrandir You weren't supposed to watch the first episode!

That's the whole point!

It's not Star Wars, it's more like Parenting SE.

Ixrec

wait, first episode as in The Phantom Menace or as in A New Hope?

Gallifreyan

19:37

Except for the Maul fight, which was ok.

Mithrandir

By the first one I mean Star Wars, aka A New Hope

Ixrec

ok

Gallifreyan

@Mithrandir If you don't like that, you have no soul.

Ixrec

@Gallifreyan the proper term is "You're dead to me."

Mithrandir

... *shrug*

Gallifreyan

19:38

Although I probably like the later two films better.

ArtOfCode

@Mithrandir hey, at least there are two of us dead to them

SQB

A New Hope is a bit cringy at points. Empire Strikes Back is the good one.

Mithrandir

I'm not a big movie person, anyway.

And bleh, the latest book order never arrived :(

SQB

The Hungarian entry was good.

Now it's Italy's turn, with the dancing gorilla.

Yes, Eurovision is silly.

Ixrec

Love, Love, Peace, Peace - How to create the perfect Eurovision Performance | Tutorial

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for those unfamiliar with Eurovision, just watch that and you'll know all you need to know

Jolenealaska

19:52

I'm frightened by the title

Gallifreyan

What did I just see?

Mithrandir

Reflected light.

ArtOfCode

:O

SQB

The Portuguese entry was a really beautiful song, and well sung.

The Croatian entry is sung by a young Pavarotti, who described the song as "a duet between Michael Jackson and Andrea." Sung by one man.

Mithrandir

20:08

o_o

SQB

Australia's turn. What would happen if they won? The next edition is supposed to be held in the winning country.

@Gallifreyan Keith Richards vs. Paul McCartney?

Gallifreyan

@SQB I'm imagining an ax fight between them right now

SQB

Cool.

Gallifreyan

Like this:

The Doctor's Guitar Entrance - The Magician's Apprentice - Doctor Who - BBC

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This one is a real tearjerker:

Vincent Van Gogh Visits the Gallery - Vincent And The Doctor - Doctor Who - BBC

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> Compensating?
> For what?
> Regeneration is a lottery.

Eleventh Doctor Meets The Tenth Doctor - Doctor Who - The Day of the Doctor - BBC

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Babelfish

20:33

1

Q: Story featuring spaceship Sleipnir

This story involves a female crew member who ends up outside the ship, dead, and is horribly distorted, possibly by a black hole. The name of the vessel is the Sleipnir.

story-identification

SQB

UK entry to Eurovision: "I will never give up on you". Hmm. Really?

2

Gallifreyan

:D

ArtOfCode

sigh

Gallifreyan

Wow - 2 Alan Wake games currently have a 90% discount on Steam!

Mithrandir

@SQB oh, that's ironic

SQB

20:40

Romanian entry features both yodelling and rapping.

@Mithrandir or possibly sarcastic. I don't know if they had already decided on their entry at the time of the exit vote.

Enigma Maitreya

What is the status if the BExit?

SQB

Maybe even cynical.

Ixrec

@EnigmaMaitreya I believe the details are being actively negotiated.

Enigma Maitreya

So was Aliens worth the price of admission?

Ixrec

@EnigmaMaitreya see chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/37378308#37378308 and the messages just after it

Enigma Maitreya

20:47

Ok I read it guess I will need to postpone till later Wife wants to go in to the city to her favorite Vegan Restaurant tomorrow

Babelfish

0

Q: What happens to all that flesh,that the Walking Dead eats?

Well,I was watching TWD S6,and during episode 1,when that walker bit-off Carter's face,I started to wonder!

the-walking-dead

Enigma Maitreya

Guess I will go look for Marvin some more, you with think a robot with a brain the size of planet would be easier to find.

Mithrandir

Anyway, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE...

Enigma Maitreya

@Babelfish Makes you wonder what he would ask, if he knew what the Kingdom did with the Walkers they kill

@Mithrandir What was the inconvenience I experienced?

Mithrandir

You mentioned Marvin, and this is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. We needed that line somewhere.

Enigma Maitreya

20:54

@Mithrandir OH I get it, some times it is hard to determine what is real and not real despite being told this is reality. I am not at all sure that ship got the right reality

Mithrandir

At least I still have my arms. And I'm not a penguin.

Enigma Maitreya

@Mithrandir And she does have a Heart of Gold but still I question her assurances.

I am going to assume the Movie is still on at the scheduled time.

Jose Antonio Dura Olmos

That is in one hour from now, right?

Mithrandir

Dunno. I never watch the movies :P

Gallifreyan

Buuuurn.

Enigma Maitreya

21:01

@JoseAntonioDuraOlmos Yes, it is supposed to be

Gallifreyan

@JoseAntonioDuraOlmos Yep :) The video room is set up ;)

Enigma Maitreya

Now if only they could get an animation overlay of the guy with the 2 bots making fun of a movie ..... but not this one

Gallifreyan

Our Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind film night starts in an hour, at 10PM UTC (11PM BST, 6PM EDT). Get ready, and meet in the video room ;)

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Mithrandir

^pinned

Enigma Maitreya

@Mithrandir Thanks and a good idea

Gallifreyan

21:06

@Mithrandir bows

Mithrandir

@EnigmaMaitreya you're welcome/thanks

@Gallifreyan I charge you with the obligation for unpinning it after the movie is over :P

Gallifreyan

@Mithrandir Are you mad? I'll be sleeping like a log :)

Mithrandir

@Gallifreyan don't, logs aren't alive

Perhaps @SQB or @Ixrec will then.

Gallifreyan

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (Live In Paris 1965)

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Ixrec

I'm already in charge of the viewing room so yeah I was gonna do the unpinning

not that that detail requires explicit scheduling beforehand

Mithrandir

21:13

:O

@Gallifreyan for me, or for you?

What did I miss?

Gallifreyan

> It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
> It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log

@Mithrandir ^ The lyrics.

Enigma Maitreya

@Mithrandir Reminds me of a Novella, were the Galactic Empire could not peacefully conquer a planet because its Currency was Obligations. They were scaled, could be traded and used to purchase. So all the Galactic Wealth could not bring the planet into the Empire.

Mithrandir

Oh. Never listened to the Beatles.

SQB

@EnigmaMaitreya it's an answer somewhere here. Great story.

Mithrandir

@EnigmaMaitreya that sounds interesting

Gallifreyan

21:16

@M&TVFeeds Die. Now.

Enigma Maitreya

@SQB I will need to look for it then.

@Mithrandir It is an interesting book .... a good read if you will

SQB

The main point of the story, though, was that they didn't recognise any authority. "No I won't" was said a lot.

Gallifreyan

→ 1 message moved to Trash

Ixrec

I was literally clicking on the Trash room right before you did that

Gallifreyan

@Ixrec brofist

Enigma Maitreya

21:19

You ever get that feeling something interesting just happened but some how you managed to miss it? :)

Gallifreyan

Enigma Maitreya

@Gallifreyan Another good movie

Ixrec

@EnigmaMaitreya the M&TV feed posted a new question that happened to contain a spoiler for a recent movie not hidden by spoiler markdown

Enigma Maitreya

@Ixrec Oh, that one .... yeah good call

SQB

@Gallifreyan I blinked. What happened?

Ixrec

21:26

@SQB that thing I just said

SQB

Ah, I see. Good job.

Enigma Maitreya

Ok, decided on a Burger, Fries and an Original Coke Cola with real sugar, for the show.

Mithrandir

@SQB your eyelids closed over your eyeballs, removing dirt and bacteria and moisturizing your eye, and then reopened.

(I don't hear you laughing)

:P

Something happens to my sense of humor when I'm sick, apparently...

SQB

@Mithrandir sorry, had my mic turned off.

Mithrandir

@SQB 'tis okay, I have my speakers off :P

Enigma Maitreya

21:41

@Mithrandir I don't have a mic or camera on this computer and the speakers are not connected to this VM

SQB

Story ID incoming; I think it might be a dupe, so easy rep for someone who wants it.

Enjoy the movie; I'm going catch some sleep.

Gallifreyan

@SQB Good night!

Enigma Maitreya

@SQB Night

Ixrec

perhaps we should schedule the next movie night a bit earlier

Enigma Maitreya

@Ixrec Perhaps it should be Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

I also wonder when the next set of episodes for Dirk Gently's Detective Agency is going to be released. I am looking forward to it.

Babelfish

21:47

0

Q: explorer lands on "deserted" planet, accidentally infects and kills local life forms

I think he's a human astronaut. His boots have germs he is not aware of, which prove fatal to the aliens. It might be by Arthur C. Clarke.

story-identification

Gallifreyan

I think undead and zombie are too close to exist separately.

Mithrandir

@Gallifreyan points to Science Fiction & Fantasy Meta

Gallifreyan

@Mithrandir Tomorrow. Or on Monday.

Ixrec

Thanks for coming everyone, I'll be starting the movie at 10 past the hour to give some people time to make it.

Gallifreyan

22:07

Good night folks! Enjoy the film ;)

Ixrec

20

10

5

GO

I really have forgotten everything about this movie.

I have no idea why that reset the video, not touching that again

hey @DaaaahWhoosh

DaaaahWhoosh

hello! Am I late?

Ixrec

we're at 6:30

DaaaahWhoosh

is there a link to a place I can start from the beginning?

Ixrec

that's not really how the shared video room works lol

Jose Antonio Dura Olmos

22:17

That was painful! Maybe my symphathies are on the wrong trak? :)

DaaaahWhoosh

or... have I missed anything?

Ixrec

watch2gether.com/rooms/1gg0st8z7l4jpfj4xd just go in there now so you stop missing stuff =P

DaaaahWhoosh

I can't tell if I've missed a lot, or if this is anime

I assume it's the latter

Jolenealaska

It's anime. I've never watched one.

DaaaahWhoosh

if it's anime, I accept the fact that nothing will make sense for a long time

Ixrec

22:21

you're not really expected to fully understand what's going on at this point in the movie anyway

Edlothiad

How's the film?

Ixrec

the main plot hasn't started yet

@Edlothiad enjoying it so far, just amazed at how little of this I remember

Edlothiad

That's cool. One of my mates is off to the A&E so I reckon I'd have preferred a night in watching nausicaä

Jolenealaska

Do I know that voice?

Ixrec

adorable fox-squirrel

DaaaahWhoosh

22:25

is that... Picard?

3

Ixrec

checks

whoa, it is!

DaaaahWhoosh

well... color me engaged

Ixrec

apparently Mark Hamill and Uma Thurman are also in this? that's it for the names I recognize anyway

Jolenealaska

I was thinking that, but didn't want to embarrass myself

Ixrec

but yeah back to the gorgeous post-apocalyptic jungle of doom backgrounds

only one baby all year? guess that gives us a good indication of their remaining population

@DaaaahWhoosh the opening bit you missed was mostly Yupa finding a kingdom that had been "consumed by the jungle"

DaaaahWhoosh

22:30

the jungle being a regular jungle + giant bugs?

Ixrec

post-apocalyptic poisonous giant insect jungle of doom

DaaaahWhoosh

ah. sounds pretty

Ixrec

it is

DaaaahWhoosh

I gotta say, all this facial hair is making me feel inadequate

Ixrec

rofl

Jose Antonio Dura Olmos

22:32

hahaha

Ixrec

I'd probably have shorter hair if I lived in a valley of wind

getting blown around everywhere is the only downside to long hair

is Nausicaa's flyer(?) the only aircraft they have?

DaaaahWhoosh

seems like it

Ixrec

those guys are terrible pilots

...unless they're all infested too

nope, they're just jerks

DaaaahWhoosh

oh man, this just turned into the absolute best movie

Ixrec

if you're here to talk why did you just assassinate their king!?

DaaaahWhoosh

22:46

apparently because that's what peace looks like

Ixrec

well that's convincing

yeah we're totally different from that other kingdom in your exposition

I guess if they have parts of a legendary giant that probably does make them a little different

DaaaahWhoosh

ooh, they have a Chekov's gunship

Ixrec

indeed they do

she left her mascot behind!

DaaaahWhoosh

23:05

note to self: don't call someone a fox-squirrel

Ixrec

at least they're not aggro'd yet

Babelfish

0

Q: Was it really just coincidence that Seven wound up on Voyager?

Seven of Nine's relationship with the Voyager crew began when she was selected to "speak for the Borg" during Voyager's temporary alliance with the Borg against Species 8472. The Borg have assimilated thousands of worlds and trillions of individuals, but relatively few humans. The probability tha...

star-trek star-trek-voyager seven-of-nine

0

Q: Do you guys know of a book that involves detectives, disembodied brains, and conspiracies?

heap novel, told first person, about a futuristic detective who searches for a missing person and finds out that the government uses disembodied brains to control weapons, specifically tanks.

story-identification

Ixrec

ok, the insects have limited telepathy

DaaaahWhoosh

and tentacles.

Ixrec

aaaand, does the playlist feature work...

yes!

the music for the action scenes is very video game-y

DaaaahWhoosh

23:12

yeah, seems kinda out of place

considering how there's like no music now

Ixrec

Teto's been really good at holding his breath this whole time

DaaaahWhoosh

I was thinking about that, but he's from the jungle, right?

Ixrec

now that you mention it I can't remember if Yupa made that clear or not

DaaaahWhoosh

so he can breathe the poison just fine

Ixrec

yeah let's go with that

DaaaahWhoosh

23:15

oh wait, she's got no mask either

Ixrec

this under-the-jungle place looks very non-poisonous

DaaaahWhoosh

well, I guess that answers it then

I like it when characters ask the same questions as the audience

Ixrec

yep

Jose Antonio Dura Olmos

¿Where does the light come from?

Ixrec

this pretty thoroughly confirms her theory about it being just the soil

it looks like there are simply enough holes at ground level to let light in

Jose Antonio Dura Olmos

23:17

oh, aye. Light rays.

DaaaahWhoosh

oh, so this guy is from the same place as the first ship, and he shot down the people in the later ships as revenge?

Ixrec

yeah, this guy and his sister were from Pejite (sp?) which is where the Tolmekians (sp?) invaded to get the giant warrior

awww look at Teto

DaaaahWhoosh

awwwwwww

Ixrec

this doesn't look at all like mankind playing with things it's not meant to

DaaaahWhoosh

ewwwwwwww

Ixrec

23:22

if anything, that's how you make an Evangelion

zabeus

hello all, i've been eating dinner and unable to participate in chat but have been watching :)

Ixrec

np, lurkers are very welcome

DaaaahWhoosh

hello!

Ixrec

you're making some very strong assumptions about how much control you're gonna have over this giant

zabeus

@Ixrec thanks for hosting

Ixrec

23:25

thank Gallifreyan and Valorum for doing all the setup

DaaaahWhoosh

this music really is all over the place

Ixrec

hm, why did the insects go after Pejite first?

...oh, that answers that

wow

DaaaahWhoosh

so, they destroyed their own city?

Ixrec

yeah

DaaaahWhoosh

huh

Ixrec

23:33

to kill the Tolmekians that had invaded their city

DaaaahWhoosh

oh, okay, that makes more sense

Ixrec

having sword-wielding knights, rifles and tanks in the same army seems a little odd

oh they have automatic machine guns too

DaaaahWhoosh

that's why I'm loving this so much. Knights in tanks. So impossible, but so badass

Ixrec

I'm cool with it since mixed tech levels is a common and plausible post-apocalypse thing

DaaaahWhoosh

unfortunately, I'm guessing none of their armor is bulletproof

Ixrec

23:38

probably not

DaaaahWhoosh

lol but look at that, they make it work somehow

Ixrec

I like that one guy who just tripped over himself in the middle of the charge

DaaaahWhoosh

well, they are on a plane.

zabeus

are the purple orbs just supposed to be bullets

Ixrec

pretty much

that is not the right reaction to have when a guy makes an entrance that badass

zabeus

23:42

especially not if it's patrick stewart

Ixrec

"just shut up" lol

zabeus

im sensing a pattern in miyazaki movies

(or several themes)

Ixrec

which one? (there's definitely some)

zabeus

good guys living in harmony with nature, giant creatures, ancient weaponized robots, young princess-type heroine, flying machines, old wise woman

and a cute animal sidekick

Jose Antonio Dura Olmos

What about the badass old warrior?

zabeus

23:49

could be i couldnt remember the others, havn't seen all his movies yet :)

also the characterization of the "bad guys" is way better than most hollywood movies

Ixrec

some of that is more common in anime in general, but yeah those are definitely common things

@JoseAntonioDuraOlmos Yupa? now that you mention it I can't remember where he is right now

not that he could take down an entire army, as badass as he is

@zabeus yeah, no one being truly evil is one of my favorite tropes in these Ghibli movies

Princess Mononoke had a very similar thing going on with the "anti-nature" humans being proper characters

wow, that was a hell of a gamble

zabeus

yeah i was just thinking the same thing about mononoke

and her in communication with the animals

Ixrec

lol that was not good for morale

I would not be standing that close to that thing even if it was on my side

DaaaahWhoosh

welp, that's straight up nightmare fuel there

Ixrec

now that's an anime superweapon

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