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diff --git a/assets/content_images/dune-1st-ed.jpg b/assets/content_images/dune-1st-ed.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6359dd7 --- /dev/null +++ b/assets/content_images/dune-1st-ed.jpg diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml deleted file mode 100644 index 5818e07..0000000 --- a/config.toml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,146 +0,0 @@ -baseURL = 'https://michal.sapka.me' -languageCode = 'en-us' -title = "Michał Sapka's website" -tagline = "Hello do Michał's weblog!" - -enableGitInfo = true - -[params] - defaultDescription = "Welcome to my blog!" - repoUrl = "https://michal.sapka.me/git/mms/site" - - [author] - name = "mms" - email = "webmaster@michal.sapka.me" - -[taxonomies] - category = 'category' - -[outputFormats.TXT] - mediaType = "text/plain" - sufix = "txt" - isPlainText = true - -[outputs] - home = [ "HTML", "RSS", "TXT" ] - term = [ "HTML" , "RSS", "TXT" ] - taxonomy = [ "HTML", "RSS" ] - -[markup] - defaultMarkdownHandler = "goldmark" - [goldmark] - [extensions] - footnote = true - - -[menus] - -[[menu.bsd-history]] - name = "Unix Wars" - weight = "10000000" - pageRef = "/" - [[menu.bsd-history.params]] - placeholder = "yes" - -[[menu.bsd-history]] - name = "Berkeley Software Distribution" - weight = "10000010" - pageRef = "/" - [[menu.bsd-history.params]] - placeholder = "yes" - -[[menu.bsd-history]] - name = "BSD schism" - weight = "10000020" - pageRef = "/" - [[menu.bsd-history.params]] - placeholder = "yes" - -[[menu.bsd]] - name = "FreeBSD" - weight = "10000020" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "freebsd" - [[menu.bsd.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - - -[[menu.bsd]] - name = "OpenBSD" - weight = "10000030" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "openbsd" - [[menu.bsd.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - -[[menu.bsd]] - name = "Varia" - weight = "10000030" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "varia" - [[menu.bsd.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - -# emacs menu -[[menu.emacs]] - name = "Guides" - weight = "10000000" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "guides" - [[menu.emacs.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - -[[menu.emacs]] - name = "Varia" - weight = "10000030" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "varia" - [[menu.emacs.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - -# star-trek menu - -[[menu.star-trek]] - name = "The Next Generation" - weight = "10000000" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "tng" - [[menu.star-trek.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - -[[menu.star-trek]] - name = "Voyager" - weight = "10000030" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "voy" - [[menu.star-trek.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - -[[menu.star-trek]] - name = "Episode reviews" - weight = "10000030" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "voy-r" - parent = "voy" - [[menu.star-trek.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - -[[menu.star-trek]] - name = "Season 5" - weight = "10000030" - pageRef = "/" - identifier = "voy-r-s5" - parent = "voy-r" - [[menu.star-trek.params]] - nonpage = "yes" - inlineChildren = "yes" - -# categories:P -# - emacs# - bsd -# - engineering -# - star-trek -# - jazz -# - varia -# - gaming -# - computer-history -# - anime diff --git a/config/_default/hugo.toml b/config/_default/hugo.toml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3994217 --- /dev/null +++ b/config/_default/hugo.toml @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +baseURL = 'https://michal.sapka.me' +languageCode = 'en-us' +title = "Michał Sapka's website" +tagline = "Hello do Michał's weblog!" + +enableGitInfo = true + +[params] + defaultDescription = "Welcome to my blog!" + repoUrl = "https://michal.sapka.me/git/mms/site" + + [author] + name = "mms" + email = "webmaster@michal.sapka.me" + +[taxonomies] + category = 'category' + +[outputFormats.TXT] + mediaType = "text/plain" + sufix = "txt" + isPlainText = true + +[outputs] + home = [ "HTML", "RSS", "TXT" ] + term = [ "HTML" , "RSS", "TXT" ] + taxonomy = [ "HTML", "RSS" ] + +[markup] + defaultMarkdownHandler = "goldmark" + [goldmark] + [extensions] + footnote = true + + diff --git a/config/_default/menus.en.toml b/config/_default/menus.en.toml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6dc9924 --- /dev/null +++ b/config/_default/menus.en.toml @@ -0,0 +1,226 @@ + + +[[bsd-history]] + name = "Unix Wars" + weight = "10000000" + pageRef = "/" + [[bsd-history.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[bsd-history]] + name = "Berkeley Software Distribution" + weight = "10000010" + pageRef = "/" + [[bsd-history.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[bsd-history]] + name = "BSD schism" + weight = "10000020" + pageRef = "/" + [[bsd-history.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[bsd]] + name = "FreeBSD" + weight = "10000020" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "freebsd" + [[bsd.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + + +[[bsd]] + name = "OpenBSD" + weight = "10000030" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "openbsd" + [[bsd.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +[[bsd]] + name = "Varia" + weight = "10000030" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "varia" + [[bsd.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +# emacs menu +[[emacs]] + name = "Guides" + weight = "10000000" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "guides" + [[emacs.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +[[emacs]] + name = "Varia" + weight = "10000030" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "varia" + [[emacs.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +# star-trek menu + +[[star-trek]] + name = "The Next Generation" + weight = "10000000" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "tng" + [[star-trek.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +[[star-trek]] + name = "Voyager" + weight = "10000030" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "voy" + [[star-trek.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +[[star-trek]] + name = "Episode reviews" + weight = "10000030" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "voy-r" + parent = "voy" + [[star-trek.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +[[star-trek]] + name = "Season 5" + weight = "10000030" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "voy-r-s5" + parent = "voy-r" + [[star-trek.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + inlineChildren = "yes" + +# brain rots + + +#brain-rot dune +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Frank Herbert novels" + weight = "10000000" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "frank" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Dune (1965)" + weight = "10000001" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "frank" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Dune Messiah (1969)" + weight = "10000002" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "frank" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Children of Dune (1976)" + weight = "10000003" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "frank" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "God Emperor of Dune (1965)" + weight = "10000004" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "frank" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Heretics of Dune (1984)" + weight = "10000005" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "frank" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)" + weight = "10000006" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "frank" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + + + + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Movies" + weight = "10000030" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "denis-movies" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Dune (1984)" + weight = "1" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "denis-movies" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Dune: Part Two (2024)" + weight = "10000030" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "denis-movies" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + + + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Computer games" + weight = "10000040" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "compgames" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + nonpage = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Dune (1992)" + weight = "10000040" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "compgames" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + +[[brain-rot-dune]] + name = "Dune II (1992)" + weight = "10000040" + pageRef = "/" + parent = "compgames" + [[brain-rot-dune.params]] + placeholder = "yes" + + + + + +[[brain-rot-ascifi]] + name = "Lawnmower Man" + weight = "10000040" + pageRef = "/" + identifier = "lawnmower-man" + [[brain-rot-ascifi.params]] + placeholder = "yes" diff --git a/content-org/brain-rot.html b/content-org/brain-rot.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b6ee1e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content-org/brain-rot.html @@ -0,0 +1,1802 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" +"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> +<head> +<!-- 2024-04-14 Sun 21:06 --> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> +<title>‎</title> +<meta name="author" content="Michał Sapka" /> +<meta name="generator" content="Org Mode" /> +<style> + #content { max-width: 60em; margin: auto; } + .title { text-align: center; + margin-bottom: .2em; } + .subtitle { text-align: center; + font-size: medium; + font-weight: bold; + margin-top:0; } + .todo { font-family: monospace; color: red; } + .done { font-family: monospace; color: green; } + .priority { font-family: monospace; color: orange; } + .tag { background-color: #eee; font-family: monospace; + padding: 2px; font-size: 80%; font-weight: normal; } + .timestamp { color: #bebebe; } + .timestamp-kwd { color: #5f9ea0; } + .org-right { margin-left: auto; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right; } + .org-left { margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; } + .org-center { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; } + .underline { text-decoration: underline; } + #postamble p, #preamble p { font-size: 90%; margin: .2em; } + p.verse { margin-left: 3%; } + pre { + border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; + border-radius: 3px; + background-color: #f2f2f2; + padding: 8pt; + font-family: monospace; + overflow: auto; + margin: 1.2em; + } + pre.src { + position: relative; + overflow: auto; + } + pre.src:before { + display: none; + position: absolute; + top: -8px; + right: 12px; + padding: 3px; + color: #555; + background-color: #f2f2f299; + } + pre.src:hover:before { display: inline; margin-top: 14px;} + /* Languages per Org manual */ + pre.src-asymptote:before { content: 'Asymptote'; } + pre.src-awk:before { content: 'Awk'; } + pre.src-authinfo::before { content: 'Authinfo'; } + pre.src-C:before { content: 'C'; } + /* pre.src-C++ doesn't work in CSS */ + pre.src-clojure:before { content: 'Clojure'; } + pre.src-css:before { content: 'CSS'; } + pre.src-D:before { content: 'D'; } + pre.src-ditaa:before { content: 'ditaa'; } + pre.src-dot:before { content: 'Graphviz'; } + pre.src-calc:before { content: 'Emacs Calc'; } + pre.src-emacs-lisp:before { content: 'Emacs Lisp'; } + pre.src-fortran:before { content: 'Fortran'; } + pre.src-gnuplot:before { content: 'gnuplot'; } + pre.src-haskell:before { content: 'Haskell'; } + pre.src-hledger:before { content: 'hledger'; } + pre.src-java:before { content: 'Java'; } + pre.src-js:before { content: 'Javascript'; } + pre.src-latex:before { content: 'LaTeX'; } + pre.src-ledger:before { content: 'Ledger'; } + pre.src-lisp:before { content: 'Lisp'; } + pre.src-lilypond:before { content: 'Lilypond'; } + pre.src-lua:before { content: 'Lua'; } + pre.src-matlab:before { content: 'MATLAB'; } + pre.src-mscgen:before { content: 'Mscgen'; } + pre.src-ocaml:before { content: 'Objective Caml'; } + pre.src-octave:before { content: 'Octave'; } + pre.src-org:before { content: 'Org mode'; } + pre.src-oz:before { content: 'OZ'; } + pre.src-plantuml:before { content: 'Plantuml'; } + pre.src-processing:before { content: 'Processing.js'; } + pre.src-python:before { content: 'Python'; } + pre.src-R:before { content: 'R'; } + pre.src-ruby:before { content: 'Ruby'; } + pre.src-sass:before { content: 'Sass'; } + pre.src-scheme:before { content: 'Scheme'; } + pre.src-screen:before { content: 'Gnu Screen'; } + pre.src-sed:before { content: 'Sed'; } + pre.src-sh:before { content: 'shell'; } + pre.src-sql:before { content: 'SQL'; } + pre.src-sqlite:before { content: 'SQLite'; } + /* additional languages in org.el's org-babel-load-languages alist */ + pre.src-forth:before { content: 'Forth'; } + pre.src-io:before { content: 'IO'; } + pre.src-J:before { content: 'J'; } + pre.src-makefile:before { content: 'Makefile'; } + pre.src-maxima:before { content: 'Maxima'; } + pre.src-perl:before { content: 'Perl'; } + pre.src-picolisp:before { content: 'Pico Lisp'; } + pre.src-scala:before { content: 'Scala'; } + pre.src-shell:before { content: 'Shell Script'; } + pre.src-ebnf2ps:before { content: 'ebfn2ps'; } + /* additional language identifiers per "defun org-babel-execute" + in ob-*.el */ + pre.src-cpp:before { content: 'C++'; } + pre.src-abc:before { content: 'ABC'; } + pre.src-coq:before { content: 'Coq'; } + pre.src-groovy:before { content: 'Groovy'; } + /* additional language identifiers from org-babel-shell-names in + ob-shell.el: ob-shell is the only babel language using a lambda to put + the execution function name together. */ + pre.src-bash:before { content: 'bash'; } + pre.src-csh:before { content: 'csh'; } + pre.src-ash:before { content: 'ash'; } + pre.src-dash:before { content: 'dash'; } + pre.src-ksh:before { content: 'ksh'; } + pre.src-mksh:before { content: 'mksh'; } + pre.src-posh:before { content: 'posh'; } + /* Additional Emacs modes also supported by the LaTeX listings package */ + pre.src-ada:before { content: 'Ada'; } + pre.src-asm:before { content: 'Assembler'; } + pre.src-caml:before { content: 'Caml'; } + pre.src-delphi:before { content: 'Delphi'; } + pre.src-html:before { content: 'HTML'; } + pre.src-idl:before { content: 'IDL'; } + pre.src-mercury:before { content: 'Mercury'; } + pre.src-metapost:before { content: 'MetaPost'; } + pre.src-modula-2:before { content: 'Modula-2'; } + pre.src-pascal:before { content: 'Pascal'; } + pre.src-ps:before { content: 'PostScript'; } + pre.src-prolog:before { content: 'Prolog'; } + pre.src-simula:before { content: 'Simula'; } + pre.src-tcl:before { content: 'tcl'; } + pre.src-tex:before { content: 'TeX'; } + pre.src-plain-tex:before { content: 'Plain TeX'; } + pre.src-verilog:before { content: 'Verilog'; } + pre.src-vhdl:before { content: 'VHDL'; } + pre.src-xml:before { content: 'XML'; } + pre.src-nxml:before { content: 'XML'; } + /* add a generic configuration mode; LaTeX export needs an additional + (add-to-list 'org-latex-listings-langs '(conf " ")) in .emacs */ + pre.src-conf:before { content: 'Configuration File'; } + + table { border-collapse:collapse; } + caption.t-above { caption-side: top; } + caption.t-bottom { caption-side: bottom; } + td, th { vertical-align:top; } + th.org-right { text-align: center; } + th.org-left { text-align: center; } + th.org-center { text-align: center; } + td.org-right { text-align: right; } + td.org-left { text-align: left; } + td.org-center { text-align: center; } + dt { font-weight: bold; } + .footpara { display: inline; } + .footdef { margin-bottom: 1em; } + .figure { padding: 1em; } + .figure p { text-align: center; } + .equation-container { + display: table; + text-align: center; + width: 100%; + } + .equation { + vertical-align: middle; + } + .equation-label { + display: table-cell; + text-align: right; + vertical-align: middle; + } + .inlinetask { + padding: 10px; + border: 2px solid gray; + margin: 10px; + background: #ffffcc; + } + #org-div-home-and-up + { text-align: right; font-size: 70%; white-space: nowrap; } + textarea { overflow-x: auto; } + .linenr { font-size: smaller } + .code-highlighted { background-color: #ffff00; } + .org-info-js_info-navigation { border-style: none; } + #org-info-js_console-label + { font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; } + .org-info-js_search-highlight + { background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; } + .org-svg { } +</style> +</head> +<body> +<div id="content" class="content"> +<div id="table-of-contents" role="doc-toc"> +<h2>Table of Contents</h2> +<div id="text-table-of-contents" role="doc-toc"> +<ul> +<li><a href="#org3433cb5">1. Brain rot   <span class="tag"><span class="_brainrot">@brainrot</span></span></a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#org81da251">1.1. Dune</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#orgd90b413">1.1.1. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Dune</a></li> +<li><a href="#org4cd5b9b">1.1.2. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Dune: Part One (2021)</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><a href="#org6f5aacf">1.2. Patlabor</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#org7fe4da6">1.2.1. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Patlabor The Movie (1989)</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><a href="#org4a0ffe7">1.3. Witcher</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#orgd68996c">1.3.1. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Time of Contempt (1995)</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><a href="#org5bbed13">1.4. Persona</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#org65cd152">1.4.1. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Persona 5: Strikers (2020)</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><a href="#orge3a483f">1.5. Lawnmower Man</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#orga97397c">1.5.1. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Lawmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)</a></li> +<li><a href="#org943d0ad">1.5.2. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> The Lawnmower Man (1992)</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><a href="#orgbed2902">1.6. Discworld</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#orge657205">1.6.1. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Interesting Times (1995)</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><a href="#orge6a8a26">1.7. Random American SciFi movies</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#org55f059f">1.7.1. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> American SciFi movies</a></li> +<li><a href="#orge51f760">1.7.2. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Hardware (1990)</a></li> +<li><a href="#org7830552">1.7.3. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Ghost in the Machine (1993)</a></li> +<li><a href="#org642611a">1.7.4. <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><a href="#org2b48426">2. REDIRECTS</a></li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> + +<div id="outline-container-org3433cb5" class="outline-2"> +<h2 id="org3433cb5"><span class="section-number-2">1.</span> Brain rot   <span class="tag"><span class="_brainrot">@brainrot</span></span></h2> +<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-1"> +</div> + +<div id="outline-container-org81da251" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="org81da251"><span class="section-number-3">1.1.</span> Dune</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-1"> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-orgd90b413" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="orgd90b413"><span class="section-number-4">1.1.1.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Dune</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-1-1"> +<div class="img-r" id="org808e361"> +<p> +Dune cover +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="menu" id="orgc315ce8"> +<p> +Dune +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="menu-info" id="org6da0d53"> +<p> +Dune +</p> + +</div> +</div> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-org4cd5b9b" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="org4cd5b9b"><span class="section-number-4">1.1.2.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Dune: Part One (2021)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-1-2"> +<p> +I'd like to call myself a Dune fan, but I am not. +I have finished my Dune adventure on <i>Heretics</i> and only now am I planning to finish the saga<sup><a id="fnr.1" class="footref" href="#fn.1" role="doc-backlink">1</a></sup> +Though, I think this still puts me well above most people calling themselves fans now. +I loved eveything I've read, but I have never reached the end. +</p> + +<p> +<i>Dune: Part 1</i> is the second movie based on the 1956 Frank Herbert's classic SciFi epic. +Well, it is not. +It is the third attempt to show the first half of the book. +There was the David Lynch verion (which I adore) and there was a TV Series. +There were also games, but only two of those have any resemblance to the plot of the book. +So yeah, Dune was considered impossible to transfer to any other medium. +Sadly, I still have to agree. +</p> + +<p> +I think everybody (and their dogs) know what <i>Dune</i> is about but: +<i>Dune</i> is a story of distant future, where all powerful houses rule the known universe. +The technological progress was halted thousands of years ago, after a thinking machines raged a war against humanity. +After their defeat it was forbidden to create such machines. +Arrakis (aka Dune) is a sand planet, the only known source of <i>Spice</i> - a narcotic allowing humans to traverse time, and therefore spaceflight. +Spaceships are operated by mutated humans, who after exposure to Spice can see into the future and steer the ships. +Now, the Emperor orders the control of the planet to be shifted to th House of Atreides. +The previous stewards, House of Harkonen will not make it any easier. +</p> + +<p> +Ignoring the mutants, this sounds like a run-of-the-mill SF series. +But <i>Dune</i> It is also story of social engineering spanning millennia, of false prophets, and a million other crazy things. +The first book keeps it <i>almost</i> sane, but there is a significant dictionary attached, and the first time reader will need to use it extensively. +Later the saga goes completely off the rails. +We'll get back to this. +</p> + +<p> +Note, that <i>Frank Herbert</i> wrote only the first few books. +After his death, his son - <i>Brian Herbet</i> took over and wrote dozens of other ones. +The quality differs significantly, as I've been told. +I've read the <i>Houses</i> trilogy, and it was quite nice. +</p> + +<p> +Now that we've got the introduction out of the way, let's go to the movie. +Let me start with saying that I adore it. +It's not what I'd want (as the young vloggers say "hear me out"), but at face value it's as close to perfect SF movie as they go. +</p> + +<p> +<i>Dune: Part 1</i> is directed by Denis Vileneuve, who previously directed some of the greatest SF movies of this century - <i>Arrival</i> and <i>Blade Runner 2049</i>. +His other movies are also amazing (I can't recommend <i>Enemy</i> enough), so I was pretty stoked when it was announced that he will direct <i>Dune</i>. +I am no longer a movie buff<sup><a id="fnr.2" class="footref" href="#fn.2" role="doc-backlink">2</a></sup>, but he may very well be my favorite living director. +</p> + +<p> +Technically, I can not find any fault with the movie. +The story makes sense (I'll return to Lynch in a second), which by itself is an achievement. +The acting is superb, and works as a reminder that TV series are still not on the level of the greatest movies. +The special effects are astounding<sup><a id="fnr.3" class="footref" href="#fn.3" role="doc-backlink">3</a></sup>. +The music is, for the most part, at least great. +I hated the main theme with screaming lady. +Music is supposed to work with the movie, not to hide it with loud noises! +But that's the only thing I disliked. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org4b4946e"> +<p> +Jessicas portrayal is amazing. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org4bd8c6e"> +<p> +ALL costumes are amazing +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org331c8e8"> +<p> +CGI is amazing. +The movie looks amazing. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgbd2cdf4"> +<p> +Have mentioned how amazing this movie looks? +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +I loved the tempo of this movie, as I never enjoyed action-packed shoot fests of the <i>other franchise dominating cinema for decades</i>. +Everything is slow - the actors speak slowly, the scene have time to breath, the camera is moving on a low gear. +Even things fall down slowly! +This adds an amazing dream-like feeling to most scenes. +Sometimes I felt like I'm watching a <i>Tarkovsky</i> movie and not a big budget Hollywood blockbuster. +</p> + +<p> +And this the greatest and worst thing here. +It's meditative. +You feel like yoy are in a trance. +You fully buy accept you see here. +</p> + +<p> +But the world of Dune is weird. +It is full of things that make you go "huh?". +It has mutants who traverse time, but it also got mutants who are computers. +There are reanimated corpses, living furniture, hollow planets, vision quests. +Denis omitted everything that was not essential to the plot, and what he left, he grounded in reality by omitting the <i>wtf</i>. +There are not even the crazy names! +Some strange things he left, but they are shown without explanation. +It's just there, without any context. +But, to be fair - context would only add confusion. +</p> + +<p> +But this is where <i>Lynchs</i> version shines. +It makes little sense, it is rushed - sure. +But it conveys how twisted the world is. +It's not a trace, it's a full on narcotic trip straight out of some hippie story. +</p> + +<p> +And this is why I don't think that this movie is a <i>great</i> adaptation of Dune. +It is a <i>great</i> movie on its own. +It perfectly adapts the adaptable and pretends that there is nothing else. +It makes <i>Dune: Part 1</i> the hit that it is, and it allowed us to get <i>Part 2</i>. +But since making this move appeal to mass audience is not my problem, I'd like to see the full picture. +</p> + +<p> +It'd also like to see the world less cold. +The architecture is devoid of heart, it's brutalistic. +It looks amazing (I think I mentioned that), but the crazy colors and abstract layouts we see in Lynch version is something else. +It's a Vileneuve style. +It looks exactly like his previous movies - it's controlled, clean, <i>cold</i>. +As much as I loved it in his other works, I'm not sure if it fits the degenerate houses we meet. +</p> + +<p> +But that's just me. +As it stands, this is a groundbreaking movie which makes me want more. +Not only more of <i>Dune</i> but more of serious, intelligent SciFi movies. +We had those and may get more! +</p> + +<p> +It's better in any conceivable way compared to all previous attempts at adapting the source material, and I think all my nitpicks are kina moot. +It fits 2024 esthetic and it's crazy intelligent. +</p> + +<p> +Highest recommendation from me. +4.75/4 +</p> + +<p> +And, hey! +Sardukars no longer look like welders! +</p> +</div> +</div> +</div> + +<div id="outline-container-org6f5aacf" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="org6f5aacf"><span class="section-number-3">1.2.</span> Patlabor</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-2"> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-org7fe4da6" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="org7fe4da6"><span class="section-number-4">1.2.1.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Patlabor The Movie (1989)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-2-1"> +<p> +There was a time when <i>Patlabor</i> was an established name. +It was huge, it had <i>Mamoru Oshii</i>. +Now, sadly, it's mostly forgotten. +</p> + +<p> +<i>Patlabor: The Movie</i> is the first from the universe. +I'll cover the following two soon, as this is my rewatch after decades. +</p> + +<p> +The story takes place in the distant future of 1999. +Manual labor is aided by Labors, huge exoskeletons. +Tokyo is undergoing a huge project, where old suburbs are demolished and artificial island are created on the coast. +Some Labors are going berserk, destroying everything on their paths despite being unmanned. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org67bb876"> +<p> +Sucide is painless… +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org9bf939c"> +<p> +…It brings on many changes +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +Let's start with the visual feast. +The movie looks stunning! +Yes, later movies from IG top what we see here, and sometimes the faces may look weird. +It's not perfect. +But if we would simply tell ourselves that this style of animations is the peak and let's just try to maintain the quality, I'd be more than happy. +The way this 35-year-old movie looks is a testament to the power of manual drawings. +The design, the camera work, the coloring - I loved every second. +</p> + +<p> +Another cute thing I've noticed: <i>The Movie</i> is an Oshii-type of movie. +It came in this short period, where <i>anime</i> was treating western culture as something alien and cool. +We're seeing this in Jin-Roh, Evangelion, GITS, and many others. +Here we've got the Bible. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org6cda558"> +<p> +For a mecha anime, we've got a lot of people talking in different rooms +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +But this also shows the biggest problem of <i>Patlabor: The Movie</i>: it is shallow. +On surface level, we've got everything one could ever want: Unabomber-style genius on a quest to stop progress at all cost. +We're seeing how <i>old</i> is discarded in the name of progress. +We've also got a huge computer system which is maintained without deep understanding of how it works. +Basically, 1999 is like 2024. +But none of this is really developed. +The main characters never stop and think, that maybe the world is not going the best route? +Eiichi Hoba, the aforementioned Unabomber, is just a plot device: the viewer is also never confronted with his viewpoint. +</p> + +<p> +As it stands, <i>The Movie's</i> story is disjointed: +on one side we've got the real and interesting question. +On the other, no one looks for answers and just accepts the risks of unconstrained growth. +But maybe this was the point? +We're seeing the same today: the world is ending, and most people are racing to be the last one to shut down the lights. +It is scary how believable this is. +Even the main threat is solved by a software rollback… +</p> + +<p> +<i>Patlabor: The Movie</i> is good on its own, but it suffers from being the proto Ghost in the Shell. +It's not near as good, nor is it as good as its sequel. +But taking it at face value is really solid. +I had huge fun rewatching it, but left unsatisfied for sophisticated sociopsychological treat Oshii is known for. +</p> + +<p> +My rating is 3.75/10 +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org5939a10"> +<p> +Hav I mentioned thast this movie looks stunning? +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org701e384"> +<p> +S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgafc7d83"> +<p> +It always amazes me how many anime shows older guys in their undergarments. +I get, that Japan gets extremely hot during summer, but is it real that frequent? +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org58bf72c"> +<p> +One of many GITS-style scenes. +</p> + +</div> +</div> +</div> +</div> + + +<div id="outline-container-org4a0ffe7" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="org4a0ffe7"><span class="section-number-3">1.3.</span> Witcher</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-3"> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-orgd68996c" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="orgd68996c"><span class="section-number-4">1.3.1.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Time of Contempt (1995)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-3-1"> +<p> +It's a stain of my honor - I am a Pole, but I've never read The Saga. +It's not that I've never read any of The Witcher, but somehow I always stopped after the short stories. +Last year I've decided to finally fix this. +I am a proud nerd for crying out loud! +</p> + +<div class="img-r" id="orgd0af9f1"> +<p> +The classic cover +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +<i>Time of Contempt</i> is the second part of The Witcher Saga, but it's also the 4th book about Geralt and his world. +Let's ignore the short stories for a second and let's talk about this book in context of The Saga. +Here it suffers from being the middle child: Andrzej is developing the characters and story, but it lacks a impactful begging and an end. +I haven't felt like that after finishing the <i>Blood of Elves,</i> as it had a <i>begging</i> and the ending was emotional. +Geralt reunited with Ciri. +The story is clearly not over, but we have a kind of closure. +We know she is safe and ready for what's coming next. +</p> + +<p> +Here? +Here we have no beginning as it follows the last book. +It was to be expected. +But I fail to notice anything new created here. +Yes, we've got <i>amazing</i> development of Ciri (I can't wait what how her blood heritage will screw over everyone), but nothing more. +It just moves from scene to scene<sup><a id="fnr.4" class="footref" href="#fn.4" role="doc-backlink">4</a></sup>, not spending any meaningful time anywhere. +After 300 pages of this, it ends with Ciri joining some random group. +I guess I will get to know them in <i>Baptism of Fire</i>, but I am not yet there. +Are they good? +Are they cool? +Who the hell they even are? +For me it was a huge let down. +</p> + +<p> +But the biggest thing missing in The Saga is humour. +Both, <i>Sword of Destiny</i> and <i>Last Wish</i> were hilarious. +It was not on Pratchett's level of humor, but Geralt was amazing when it came to deadpan. +Moreover, I have no idea how well it translated to other languages, as it was based on Polish humour, but: +the books were written for Polish reader who was expected to know <i>Szewczyk Dratewka,</i> and therefore the way Geralt dealt with dragon was a funny refernce. +But this aspect is now completely missingm<sup><a id="fnr.5" class="footref" href="#fn.5" role="doc-backlink">5</a></sup>, but it was what made the short stories for me. +</p> + +<p> +The biggest problem for me however was the fact I saw two seasons of The Witcher TV Series<sup><a id="fnr.6" class="footref" href="#fn.6" role="doc-backlink">6</a></sup>. +It was terrible and had nothing to do with the book (luckily for me!), but the TV versions of Ciri and Yennefer were irritating at best. +Their book counterparts are not like that - Ciri is extremely cool and Yen is, well, not so bad - but the visual image is etched in my brain. +I finally start to have a separate personnas for them, but it was difficult. +Yes, to some extent Netflix ruined the books for me. +</p> + +<p> +I was never a fan of <i>fantasy</i>, as I always preferred <i>SciFi</i>. +Give me a blaster or give me death<sup><a id="fnr.7" class="footref" href="#fn.7" role="doc-backlink">7</a></sup>! +If I found <i>Time of Contempt</i> as a random book, I would not care for the rest of the series. +It was ok, but nothing to write home about. +Sapkowski has a great style and I very much want more, but he has not told anything interesting here. +I will continue reading The Witcher, but mostly because it <b>is</b> The Witcher. +</p> + +<p> +I liked reading <i>Blood of Elves</i> much more. +</p> + +<p> +I give it 3.5/5. +</p> +</div> +</div> +</div> + + + +<div id="outline-container-org5bbed13" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="org5bbed13"><span class="section-number-3">1.4.</span> Persona</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-4"> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-org65cd152" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="org65cd152"><span class="section-number-4">1.4.1.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Persona 5: Strikers (2020)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-4-1"> +<p> +<i>Persona 5</i> took me close to a year… I think. +It was a gigantic game with unbelievable amount of dialogue. +It was also game I deeply enjoyed, despite not particularly liking anything about. +The story was ok, the gameplay was ok, the RPG element was ok, the dating was ok. +But, somehow, authors managed to join that into one freaking nice experience. +</p> + +<p> +<i>Persona 5: Strikers</i> is none of those things. +It's a linear button masher with characters I like. +But it has <i>none</i> of the good elements of <i>P5</i>. +</p> + +<p> +First, it's not an jRPG anymore. +When fight starts, you are presented with dozens of enemies you need to fight in real time. +Half of the time, I had no idea what was going on. +Fights, for me, are terrible. +Enemies were everywhere, and I had no <i>chance</i> to control the battlefield. +Lots of annoyances and finger pain, but no enjoyment. +Just running into random spots, bashing melee attacks and checking for weakness from time to time. +I play on easy and was tired of that very quickly, I can't imagine having any actual problems with this system you have no enjoyment with. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org2c8b4d1"> +<p> +Guess the only way here is to shut my brain down, as it's useless in all this chaos. +</p> + +</div> +<p> +The real-world activities are almost none-existent. +I loved how the Phantom Thieves bonded and became friends. +None of this here. +You've got some dialogue, but no payoff. +There is some stat related to bonding, but we all know each other. +In P5 the single best part was learning about each other and seeing how their lives improve. +None of that is here. +</p> + +<p> +Dating? +None. +And my chosen love interest from <i>P5</i> doesn't even show up! +</p> + +<p> +Extracurricular activities are limited to finding stuff on maps. +</p> + +<p> +Getting to know Tokyo? +Nope. Every few hours we move to a new city. +</p> + +<p> +Story? Well, I gave up before it started. +After 10 hours, midway through the third jail I gave up. +I had to guard Futaba <i>again</i> and after a moment became so frustrated and bored, that I stopped playing. +</p> + +<p> +I give 2/5 for those 10 hours. +Maybe it gets better later on, but I don't care enough. +I dropped the game and will never return. +</p> +</div> +</div> +</div> + + + +<div id="outline-container-orge3a483f" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="orge3a483f"><span class="section-number-3">1.5.</span> Lawnmower Man</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-5"> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-orga97397c" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="orga97397c"><span class="section-number-4">1.5.1.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Lawmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-5-1"> +<p> +Fun fact: I remembered close to nothing about this movie back. +When I was watching the first, everything seems familiar. +Here? +Not so much. +Guess <i>Polsat</i> consider the second one too expensive for regular broadcast. +</p> + + +<p> +In <i>Lawnmawer Man<sup><a id="fnr.8" class="footref" href="#fn.8" role="doc-backlink">8</a></sup></i> we meet Jobe, now a genius being living in the cyberspace. +But not so much, because in the first few minutes of <i>Lawmnower Man 2</i> we learn that he has not left his meatsuit for the cyberspace. +The explosion at the lab left him an amputee. +But his talents are now in use of the Evil Corporation designing the future of cyberspace. +</p> + +<p> +Of course, Jobe wants the cyberspace for himself. +</p> + +<p> +The general plot seems similar to the first one, but they are very much different. +The plot is much more complex, there are many more explosions and I think it makes much less sense than the first one. +I would rate it at 2/5. +</p> + +<p> +But the biggest difference is that this movie is target towards certain audience. +<i>Lawmower Man</i> was a kid-friendly horror. +<i>Lawmower Man 2</i> is a kids' movie. +They completely removed the part which tried to be scary. +</p> + +<p> +We've got bunch od kids (and a dog) fighting and winning against a grown-up. +Yes, they get the help from an adult - the creator of cyberspace. +But the main heroes are the kids. +And the main target are the kids. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org1373943"> +<p> +Kids flying in cyberspace +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org8fb5e0c"> +<p> +And flying even more. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgae0723e"> +<p> +Dog preparing to save a day… +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org3600579"> +<p> +And saving the day by inserting a CD in the drive. +How can anyone consider this to be a movie for adoults? +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +I've read that the director was locked out of the editing room as he was trying to make a different movie. +The producers said a firm "no" and made <i>Lawmower Man 2</i> close to the likes of <i>Goonies</i>, <i>Explorers</i> or <i>Flight of the Navigator</i>. +It never reaches the coolness of those, but it tries. +A lot of people on the interweb bash the movie on logical problems or being goofy. +Yes - occasionally the plot makes so little sense that they needed to add voice over explaining why the hell the <i>gang</i> is going where they are going. +Yes, it has a dog who saves the day. +38 years old me was not amused, but the 10-year-old inside me screamed "yeah! Radical!". +He was not doing well with being <i>modern</i> back then as well. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgf7558ee"> +<p> +Her hair is the closest thing to a "scare" in the entire movie +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgbfe6688"> +<p> +This hippie is the inventor of VR. +Tech geniuses leaving all the tech behind to live in the wild is now more real than ever +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +Jobe is being played by Matt Frewer, who quite often acts like Jim Carey, which is fitting. +He is not the magical-killer he used to be. +He is goofy. +</p> + +<p> +Even the music sounds like something Spielberg would use. +</p> + +<p> +There is no Pierce Brosnan here, as only Austin O'Brien returns from the first one, once again reprising the role of Peter Parkette. +</p> + +<p> +My biggest gripe is the special effect here. +The movie takes place in the future, so we're no longer seeing green grass. +The real world vibe is close to <i>Blade Runner</i> or <i>Dark City</i>. +I dig it! +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org7b8e1e1"> +<p> +Cyberpunk! +I'm pretty sure that almost all those scenes happened on the same crossroad. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgd3ef70b"> +<p> +Almost Blade Runner. +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +But then there is the <i>cyberspace</i>. +In <i>Lawmower Man</i> we had amazing, early CGI closer to an acid trip than anything else. +Here, the cyberspace looks like ours. +They just added CGI here and there. +It looks like an episode of <i>The Next Generation</i>, but without most of the campiness. +For the most part it is competent, but there is no spark. +It's not <i>cool</i>. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgc0d1365"> +<p> +Our first meeting with new Jobe in the cyberspace. +Yes, this is VR-forest. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org5d4268e"> +<p> +Cyberspace here give more of FMV-game kind of vibe than I would have expected +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org662889a"> +<p> +The VR here more social than what Apple showed. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orge9c78f6"> +<p> +Luckily, sometimes the VR almost delivers. +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +But the 10-year-old me would not care. +He would rate it as 3.75/5 or "that was cool!". +But he he wasn't picky at all. +</p> +</div> +</div> + +<div id="outline-container-org943d0ad" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="org943d0ad"><span class="section-number-4">1.5.2.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> The Lawnmower Man (1992)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-5-2"> +<p> +Back in the glorious 90s, when kids still enjoyed linear TV, we had <i>Polsat</i>. +In the post-communist Poland, this was the first <i>western</i> TV station. +Filled with western movies, and western series<sup><a id="fnr.9" class="footref" href="#fn.9" role="doc-backlink">9</a></sup> +Among those, there were constant replays of <i>The Lawnmower Man</i><sup><a id="fnr.10" class="footref" href="#fn.10" role="doc-backlink">10</a></sup> +I watched it on every occasion and loved it. +</p> + +<p> +Now, 30 years later it is time for a rewatch. +No cyberpunk deep dive can be considered a good one without <i>The Lawnmower Man</i>. +</p> + +<p> +<i>The Lawnmower Man</i> is a movie about a disabled lawnmower man, Jobe, who, with the usage of virtual reality, becomes a genius. +Soon after, an Evil Company, stars secretly giving him drugs contracted by the military. +And as result, he starts exhibiting mind reading abilities and telekinesis (because, obviously, why not?). +We've got the (popular at the time) subtext about the dangers of corporates who, without supervision, play God. +Somehow we stopped doing that, and now we've got Altman killing humanity with the clap of happy crowd. +<i>Lawmower Man</i> is a movie about a great technology twisted by corporate overlords. +Fitting. +</p> + +<p> +Jobe becomes a psychic, genius killer (like every mad genius), who decides to take over the cyberspace. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org437b000"> +<p> +Remember when huge companies were scary? +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +The movie was initially released as a <i>Stephen King</i> movie. +King, however, sued the producers, as the movie has nothing to do the short story of the same name. +And he won, because it was based on original script called <i>CyberGod</i>. +Damn, I miss <i>cyber</i> sounding cool. +They should have the original name, instead of forcing King on everyone. +And yes, I know King was the king back then. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgfd07778"> +<p> +That's one way to save your neck from Apple Vision +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +The movie is we have here is a much dumbed down version of <i>Flowers for Algeron</i>, which I intend to finally read. +I don't think anyone ever called it a <i>good</i> movie, and for a good reason. +It's cool, it's got great cyberspace CGI, it's got Pierce Brosnan. +It also has an opening scene with a monkey using a gun, so yeah. +</p> + +<p> +Story-wise is as straight forward as it gets. +The first half is full of sweet shots of grass and sexualization of a lawnmower. +And the most awkward sex scene I've seen in ages… or two. +Then, through a heavy-handed comment about religion and corporations we go the killing part. +</p> + +<p> +This movie fails as horror (there is not even blood or any scare here), and fails as morality play (it's not smart enough). +But it is a testament to the glorious time, when <i>cyberspace</i> was magical and full of potential. +We sure deserve more of that. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org3cb386f"> +<p> +The cyberspace we all need. +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +I give it a 3.0/5. +</p> + +<p> +I was <b>sure</b> the ending of this film was from the sequel. +But nope - I don't remember anything from the second one. +Therefore, see you on the other side, <i>Beyond Cyberspace</i>. +</p> + +<p> +If anything, it's a great movie to show everyone how amazing trackballs are. +And we all know it is a fact. +No one can tell me otherwise. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org98b920d"> +<p> +The hidden star of the movie, right behind that hairy guy. +Look at that keyboard! +Look at how beige it is! +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org2019a15"> +<p> +Cyber God indeed. +</p> + +</div> +</div> +</div> +</div> + + +<div id="outline-container-orgbed2902" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="orgbed2902"><span class="section-number-3">1.6.</span> Discworld</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-6"> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-orge657205" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="orge657205"><span class="section-number-4">1.6.1.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Interesting Times (1995)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-6-1"> +<p> +Cover blurp: +</p> +<blockquote> +<p> +Mighty Battles! Revolution! Death! War! (and his sons Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy). +</p> + +<p> +The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise What I Did On My Holidays. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. Warlords are struggling for power. War (and Clancy) are spreading through the ancient cities. +</p> + +<p> +And all that stands in the way of terrible doom for eveyone is: +</p> + +<p> +Rincewind the Wizard, who can't even spell the word 'wizard' … +</p> + +<p> +Cohen the barbarian hero, five foot tall in his surgical sandals, who has had a lifetime's experience of not dying … +</p> + +<p> +…and a very special butterfly. +</p> +</blockquote> + +<div class="img-r" id="org443e47d"> +<p> +Cover +</p> + +</div> +<p> +I am, what one could call, an old school <i>nerd</i>. +All I care about are old operating systems, ancient editors and old SCIFI<sup><a id="fnr.11" class="footref" href="#fn.11" role="doc-backlink">11</a></sup> +Ah, and some text based game where you are a cute "@". +<i>Of course</i> I like Pratchett. +</p> + +<p> +I started reading him <i>years</i> ago in the only way acceptable - chronological<sup><a id="fnr.12" class="footref" href="#fn.12" role="doc-backlink">12</a></sup>. +And I had a few years long pause. +Now, after a series of reading <i>only</i> technical books I am returning to fiction. +</p> + +<p> +<i><a href="https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/books/interesting-times/">Interesting Times</a></i> is an ok-level Pratchett book. +It's not close to his best, it's not close to his worst<sup><a id="fnr.13" class="footref" href="#fn.13" role="doc-backlink">13</a></sup>. +</p> + +<p> +This time Rincewind has to travel to Counterweight Continent and help a rebellion. +There he reconnects with old acquaintances - Twoflower, and Cohen to Barbarian. +</p> + +<p> +The problem is that there is not much more. +We've got a lot of Chinese things, which is new. +But the story itself is extremely straight-forward. +Nothing memorable happens. +I finished it 2 days ago, and already I would have a problem recollecting any standing out moment. +I still remember moments from other <i>Discworld</i> books a decade after I read them! +</p> + +<p> +But Terry's writing makes me not care and just enjoy the journey. +He is able to make a boring story interesting, and his characters are always great. +I was reading the book while putting my son to sleep, and I almost gave him a heart attack with a laughter attack. +This alone makes it worth it! +</p> + +<p> +Not the best place to start with <i><i>Discworld</i></i> (the best is, of course, <i>Colour of Magic</i>) but as n-th book in the series it's very enjoyable. +</p> + +<p> +I give it a <code>3.75/5</code>. +</p> +</div> + +<ol class="org-ol"> +<li><a id="orgd5506b4"></a>Meta<br /> +<div class="outline-text-5" id="text-1-6-1-1"> +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>Read as EPUB on Onyx Boox Note Air 2.</li> +<li>Read in Polish translation</li> +<li>Next up: back to Andrzej Sapkowski's with "Time of Contempt". I am not a good pole, having not read the entire saga. I promise to do it before my 40th birthday<sup><a id="fnr.14" class="footref" href="#fn.14" role="doc-backlink">14</a></sup></li> +</ul> +</div> +</li> +</ol> +</div> +</div> + + + + + +<div id="outline-container-orge6a8a26" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="orge6a8a26"><span class="section-number-3">1.7.</span> Random American SciFi movies</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-7"> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-org55f059f" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="org55f059f"><span class="section-number-4">1.7.1.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> American SciFi movies</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-7-1"> +<div class="menu" id="orgb2d4e43"> +<p> +Dune +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +#+begin<sub>menu</sub>-info +</p> +</div> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-orge51f760" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="orge51f760"><span class="section-number-4">1.7.2.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Hardware (1990)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-7-2"> +<p> +I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema<sup><a id="fnr.15" class="footref" href="#fn.15" role="doc-backlink">15</a></sup>. +I spent my formative years watching <i>Anime, art house</i> and ignoring most of USA movies. +This means I haven't watched a lot of the <i>cult</i> movies out there. +</p> + +<p> +<i>Hardware</i> is a 1990 movie about a killer robot in a post-nuclear world. +Think of a mix of Terminator, Aliens and Short Circuit. +</p> + +<p> +I heard of this movie years ago, but it seemed to be noting more than a cash grab after the success of <i>Terminator</i> - a movie which I don't partially enjoy. +After watching, I have to say that there was a of true in this assumption. +But somehow I ended enjoying <i>Hardware</i> much more. +</p> + +<p> +Not that the story is better - if anything, it is much simpler, or just plain <i>simplistic</i>. +Say what you will about <i>Terminator</i>, but the basic premise was great. +<i>Hardware</i> on the other hand doesn't offer a great idea. +This is a straight movie about a killer robot. +</p> + +<p> +However, I enjoyed it more, as it is much closer to what <i>Alien<sup><a id="fnr.16" class="footref" href="#fn.16" role="doc-backlink">16</a></sup></i> achieved +The entire action is encapsulated in only a few, closed locations. +Half of the runtime is spent in a single apartment, where the <i>Mark-13</i> robot shows up from to time a try to murder someone. +Much like the <i>Nostromo</i>! +</p> + +<p> +This allowed the movie to be <b>stunning</b> visually. +I loved every frame here! +I know that most of the effect is based on fog and lighting, but I dig it! +Just take a look at the gallery below. +</p> + +<p> +Another thing which reminded me of <i>Alien</i> is how they handled the special effects of the <i>monster</i>. +We see very little of <i>Mark-13</i> - he is often hard to see, covered in darkness. +From time to time we see his movements, and well. +Hiding him was clearly a good idea… just like with the <i>Xenomorph</i>. +</p> + +<p> +All in all, I enjoyed the movie. +I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed every minute of its short runtime. +</p> + +<p> +I give it a <code>3.5/5</code>. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgdf74715"> +<p> +Red sky of postnuclear… summer? +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org2c89596"> +<p> +The Nomad. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org9d587a1"> +<p> +Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgfb788bf"> +<p> +An ordinary store. +Great vibes! +Fun for the whole family. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orga84e880"> +<p> +Same store, different view. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orge82600c"> +<p> +The perfect glasses. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org0899be2"> +<p> +Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org1291f9d"> +<p> +What posses as art now. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgc2591b7"> +<p> +Computer we want but don't deserve. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgd7d527f"> +<p> +An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org90ad5cd"> +<p> +Remember when spirituality was cool? +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org2d4a95c"> +<p> +Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense. +I'm sure no one will drop it. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgfeda9f2"> +<p> +UI we all want. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org3c882f2"> +<p> +What lurks in the shadows. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgc72a5fa"> +<p> +Yup, Jin-Roh. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgeea84ba"> +<p> +Yankee-Roh. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org007f427"> +<p> +With some striking shadows. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgd731055"> +<p> +I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgdd968ea"> +<p> +Prelude… +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgcd9825f"> +<p> +And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgc411859"> +<p> +Yup, a hand. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgaecaa63"> +<p> +Hold the presses! +The glasses are back! +I repeat: the glasses are back. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgacd4c63"> +<p> +Mark-13 in all of its glory. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orge173459"> +<p> +This is only a window, but what a window it is. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org98bdd5c"> +<p> +They have not used Wilhelm's scream. +What a wasted opportunity. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orge31f16c"> +<p> +In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgf88fa0b"> +<p> +I am a sucker for this type of fish eye. +Always reminds me of <i>City of Lost Children.</i> +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org68f139f"> +<p> +It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org8ad7a3e"> +<p> +Ok, it does. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgbc430ed"> +<p> +One of the few CGI moments here. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org13910db"> +<p> +And one of <i>many</i> lighting shots. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org46c99b3"> +<p> +Look how black it is. Classy. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgedaced9"> +<p> +But does it run Quake? +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="org8b0a9d0"> +<p> +Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich. +</p> + +</div> + +<p> +And a few nice <i>gore</i> sceenes which I won't show it. +This is a family-friendly website! +</p> + +<p> +Links: +</p> +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li><a href="https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware">Hardware on TVDB</a></li> +<li><a href="https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/">Director's official website</a></li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> + +<div id="outline-container-org7830552" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="org7830552"><span class="section-number-4">1.7.3.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Ghost in the Machine (1993)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-7-3"> +<p> +Talk about a surprise! +I was expecting a <i>schlock</i>, but I've seen a nice move. +A dumb one, but still. +</p> + +<p> +The plot is the biggest problem: a serial killer has an MRI and due to electric storm gets his soul moved to computer network. +With this, he becomes able to: +</p> +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>kill person by moving to a microwave and changing its settings,</li> +<li>kill a dog by arousing it with a TV program (using nothing by electric breakers), then hitting the dog with a VHS tape ejected from a VHS player which causes the animal to run towards the pool</li> +</ul> + +<div class="img-r" id="org7216f2c"> +<p> +Cover +</p> + +</div> +<p> +It makes as little sense in the context of the movie as it does here. +But the acting is (at the very least) acceptable and the FX are better than they should - and there is a lot of them. +Moreover, the camera work is crazy! +The movie <i>looks</i> better than it should. +It seems that this dumb, little movie got more passion in it than the entire MCU combined. +</p> + +<p> +The problem is that I have no idea what was going on. +People were dying, cool computer interfaces were shown, but the plot barely connected those scenes together. +</p> + +<p> +It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution. +I enjoyed it a lot. +It is not a <i>good</i> movie, but it is enjoyable. +</p> + +<p> +I give it a <code>3.0/5.</code> +</p> + +<p> +links: +</p> +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li><a href="https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine">Ghost in the Machine on TVDB</a></li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> + +<div id="outline-container-org642611a" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="org642611a"><span class="section-number-4">1.7.4.</span> <span class="done DONE">DONE</span> Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-1-7-4"> +<p> +Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem. +</p> + +<p> +<i>Colossus</i> is a 1970 movie about a not-so-distant-future where Americans decide that it would be a great idea to give control of their military potential to a computer. +On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stopped by petty things, like morality. +Guess how well that turned out? +Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org9cad79c"> +<p> +The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes. +Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orga90d063"> +<p> +Sexy! +Rest of the movie is not as sexy. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgdca0d6f"> +<p> +Colossus in person. +</p> + +</div> +<p> +And then this SciFi thriller stops being so <i>crazy-computer</i> focused, and analyzes <i>crazy-human</i> reaction. +Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented. +It<sup><a id="fnr.17" class="footref" href="#fn.17" role="doc-backlink">17</a></sup> starts <i>demanding</i> to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate. +And the scientist decide that it would be a great idea. +The computers start exchanging data and developing language. +Still - looks cool, let's see what happens. +Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea. +</p> + +<div class="img-c" id="org8be9690"> +<p> +At first Colossus communicates only via text. +Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orgfbc3ef6"> +<p> +This one as well. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="img-c" id="orge3bcf43"> +<p> +Because it has a printer! +It took me half of the movie to get that. +Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious. +</p> + +</div> +<p> +The movie is often described as an evil-computer story. +Colossus is never evil in the movie. +It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy. +The evil ones here are the humans who never stop and think that maybe we are on the verge of the end of humanity. +</p> + +<p> +So yeah, it's an movie about Altman. +We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things. +No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about. +</p> + + +<p> +Story wise, <i>Colossus: The Forbin Project</i> holds splendidly. +Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin<sup><a id="fnr.18" class="footref" href="#fn.18" role="doc-backlink">18</a></sup>. +But the actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today. +The questions and subject are more relevant now that half a century ago. +What was a huge <i>what-if</i> scenario becomes a real <i>ok, but how do we stop it</i>. +The Pentagon is already working on militarization of AI<sup><a id="fnr.19" class="footref" href="#fn.19" role="doc-backlink">19</a></sup>. +We're pretty much screwed already. +</p> + +<p> +The best SciFi is not about giant battles or space travel for space travel sake. +It's always about humans, a warning for us. +And the <i>best</i> SciFi is a warning for the next generations, as the threads become more real as years go by. +</p> + +<p> +There is a moment in the movie, where the entire day of Forbin is planned and monitored by an AI. +What was a horror story, is now what a lot of us <i>expect</i>. +</p> + +<p> +<i>Colossus</i> in a movie version of earlier book of same. +There are 2 more in the series, and (as I've been told), Aliens make an appearance later on. +Maybe someday! +</p> + +<p> +As for the movie, I give it a 4.25/5. +</p> +</div> +</div> +</div> +</div> + + + + + + +<div id="outline-container-org2b48426" class="outline-2"> +<h2 id="org2b48426"><span class="section-number-2">2.</span> REDIRECTS</h2> +<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-2"> +<p> +location "<i><i>blog/patlabor-the-movie</i></i>" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie</i> } +location "<i>blog/2024/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt/</i>" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt</i> } +location "<i>blog/2024/persona-5-strikers/</i>" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/persona/persona-5-strikers</i> } +location "<i>blog/2024/colossus-1970/</i>" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/colossus-1970</i> } +location "<i>blog/2024/lawmower-man-2-1996/</i>" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996</i> } +location "<i>blog/2024/lawmower-man-1992/</i>" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt</i> } +location "<i>blog/2024/hardware-1990/</i>" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/hardware-1990</i> } +location "<i>blog/2024/interesting-times/</i>" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times</i> } +location "blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine/" { block return 301 "<i>brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine</i> } +</p> +</div> +</div> +<div id="footnotes"> +<h2 class="footnotes">Footnotes: </h2> +<div id="text-footnotes"> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.1" class="footnum" href="#fnr.1" role="doc-backlink">1</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +Right after finishing the Witcher saga. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.2" class="footnum" href="#fnr.2" role="doc-backlink">2</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +not to brag, but I was a semiprofessional film critic during college years. +I had a press pass and all! +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.3" class="footnum" href="#fnr.3" role="doc-backlink">3</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +Ornititopthers look just like in the <i>Dune</i> game! +This strangely works with how believable everything is. +All flying ships have this strange physics, which I have hard time explaining. +They are not like you X-Wings, but they fit the world. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.4" class="footnum" href="#fnr.4" role="doc-backlink">4</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +… <i>No one had a chance to interrupt</i>. +<i>It was really quite hypnotic</i>. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.5" class="footnum" href="#fnr.5" role="doc-backlink">5</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +We've got <b>huge</b> reference to <i>Enemy Mine</i> in the single best part of the book, but it's not funny at all. +Sad, scary - sure; but not funny. Just like the movie. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.6" class="footnum" href="#fnr.6" role="doc-backlink">6</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +And not an episode more. +It was already too much. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.7" class="footnum" href="#fnr.7" role="doc-backlink">7</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +If you get the refence know, that I am no longer that type of a person. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.8" class="footnum" href="#fnr.8" role="doc-backlink">8</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +Vide: <a href="file:///blog/2024/lawmower-man-1229/">my review of Lawmower Man</a>. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.9" class="footnum" href="#fnr.9" role="doc-backlink">9</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +And Polish version of those. +We had a great copy of <i>The Honeymooners</i> named <i>Miodowe Lata</i>. +The translation of the title is surprisingly spot-on. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.10" class="footnum" href="#fnr.10" role="doc-backlink">10</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +Under an amazingly translated title, which would translate back as <i>The Lawmower Man of Minds</i>. +Perfection. +We knew <i>Dirty Dancing</i> as <i>Spinning Sex</i> and <i>Die Hard</i> as <i>Glass Trap</i>. +Those were simpler times. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.11" class="footnum" href="#fnr.11" role="doc-backlink">11</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +And manga&anime, but that's beside the point. +Not American comics though. +Never cared about those, and it seems I never will. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.12" class="footnum" href="#fnr.12" role="doc-backlink">12</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +It's ok to disagree, just like it's ok to be wrong. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.13" class="footnum" href="#fnr.13" role="doc-backlink">13</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +Being a bad Pratchett's book still means being a very good one. +Most authors would love to reach the level of one of those at least once. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.14" class="footnum" href="#fnr.14" role="doc-backlink">14</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +Which is closer that I expected +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.15" class="footnum" href="#fnr.15" role="doc-backlink">15</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element… or most of "cyber". +No one rebels against the system, no one enters the <i>cyberspace</i>. +But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than <i>Johny Menomic</i> a <i>Cyberpunk</i>. +Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.16" class="footnum" href="#fnr.16" role="doc-backlink">16</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +Aka "the clearly superior of the <i>Alien</i> series" +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.17" class="footnum" href="#fnr.17" role="doc-backlink">17</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +There's an interesting discussion about what pronoum to use - He or It. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.18" class="footnum" href="#fnr.18" role="doc-backlink">18</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +It is a plot point! +A terrible one, but still. +</p></div></div> + +<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.19" class="footnum" href="#fnr.19" role="doc-backlink">19</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara"> +Vide: <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/">Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI</a>. +Note, it's from the official website of US Department of Defense. +</p></div></div> + + +</div> +</div></div> +<div id="postamble" class="status"> +<p class="author">Author: Michał Sapka</p> +<p class="date">Created: 2024-04-14 Sun 21:06</p> +<p class="validation"><a href="https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer">Validate</a></p> +</div> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/content-org/brain-rot.org b/content-org/brain-rot.org index 50a28ce..3ebcdcd 100644 --- a/content-org/brain-rot.org +++ b/content-org/brain-rot.org @@ -15,13 +15,35 @@ :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/dune :END: +*** DONE Dune +CLOSED: [2024-04-14 Sun 18:10] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract The Dune series +:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-r menu menu-info +:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot" +:END: + +#+attr_shortcode: "dune-1st-ed.jpg" +#+begin_img-r +Dune cover +#+end_img-r + +#+attr_shortcode: "brain-rot-dune" +#+begin_menu +Dune +#+end_menu + +#+begin_menu-info +Dune +#+end_menu-info *** DONE Dune: Part One (2021) CLOSED: [2024-04-13 Sat 21:33] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: part-one-2021 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract My review of an adaptation of the first part of an amazing book :EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c -:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot" +:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot-dune" :parent "denis-movies" :END: I'd like to call myself a Dune fan, but I am not. @@ -397,6 +419,7 @@ I dropped the game and will never return. ** Lawnmower Man :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/lawnmower-man +:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot-ascifi" :parent "lawnmower-man" :END: *** DONE Lawmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996) CLOSED: [2024-02-23 Fri 20:29] @@ -404,7 +427,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-02-23 Fri 20:29] :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: lawmower-man-2-1996 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract My mirco reviview of the sequeo to a vr killer thriller :EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c -:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot" :END: Fun fact: I remembered close to nothing about this movie back. When I was watching the first, everything seems familiar. @@ -540,7 +562,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-02-19 Mon 23:03] :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: lawmower-man-1992 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract My mirco reviview of a vr killer thriller :EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c -:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot" :END: Back in the glorious 90s, when kids still enjoyed linear TV, we had /Polsat/. @@ -713,16 +734,33 @@ Never cared about those, and it seems I never will. ** Random American SciFi movies :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/american-scifi-movies +:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot-ascifi" :END: -** DONE Hardware (1990) +*** DONE American SciFi movies +CLOSED: [2024-04-14 Sun 20:59] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract Random SciFi from USA +:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-r menu menu-info +:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot" +:END: + +#+attr_shortcode: "brain-rot-ascifi" +#+begin_menu +Dune +#+end_menu + +#+begin_menu-info +*** DONE Hardware (1990) CLOSED: [2024-02-17 Sat 19:39] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: hardware-1990 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller :EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: alias '(/brain-rot/hardware-1990) :END: -I continue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[fn:cp]. +I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[fn:cp]. I spent my formative years watching /Anime, art house/ and ignoring most of USA movies. This means I haven't watched a lot of the /cult/ movies out there. @@ -948,12 +986,13 @@ But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it. [fn:alien] Aka "the clearly superior of the /Alien/ series" -** DONE Ghost in the Machine (1993) +*** DONE Ghost in the Machine (1993) CLOSED: [2024-02-09 Fri 22:59] :PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ghost-in-the-machine +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ghost-in-the-machine-1993 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract My mirco reviview of a computer thriller :EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-r +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: alias '(/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine) :END: Talk about a surprise! I was expecting a /schlock/, but I've seen a nice move. @@ -986,12 +1025,13 @@ I give it a =3.0/5.= links: - [[https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine][Ghost in the Machine on TVDB]] -** DONE Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) +*** DONE Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) CLOSED: [2024-03-03 Sun 16:52] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: colossus-1970 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract A short review of SciFi classic :EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: alias '(/brain-rot/colosus-1970) :END: Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem. @@ -1077,6 +1117,11 @@ A terrible one, but still. [fn:pent] Vide: [[https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/][Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI]]. Note, it's from the official website of US Department of Defense. + + + + + * REDIRECTS diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ae9fb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ ++++ +title = "American SciFi movies" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-04-14T20:59:00+02:00 +categories = ["brainrot"] +draft = false +weight = 3001 +abstract = "Random SciFi from USA" +[menu] + [menu.brain-rot] + weight = 3001 + identifier = "american-scifi-movies" ++++ + +{{< menu "brain-rot-ascifi" >}} +Dune +{{< /menu >}} + +{{< menu-info >}} +Dune +{{< /menu-info >}} diff --git a/content/brain-rot/colossus-1970.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/colossus-1970.md index 0024ea5..078eee7 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/colossus-1970.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/colossus-1970.md @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-03T16:52:00+01:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false -weight = 2003 -abstract = "A short review of SciFi classic" +weight = 3004 +alias = ["/brain-rot/colosus-1970"] [menu] - [menu.brain-rot] - weight = 2003 + [menu.brain-rot-ascifi] + weight = 3004 identifier = "colossus-the-forbin-project-1970" +++ diff --git a/content/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md index 5670172..710ee31 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-02-09T22:59:00+01:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false -weight = 2002 -abstract = "My mirco reviview of a computer thriller" +weight = 3003 +alias = ["/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine"] [menu] - [menu.brain-rot] - weight = 2002 + [menu.brain-rot-ascifi] + weight = 3003 identifier = "ghost-in-the-machine-1993" +++ diff --git a/content/brain-rot/hardware-1990.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md index e8916b6..37a56f3 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/hardware-1990.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md @@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-02-17T19:39:00+01:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false -weight = 2001 -abstract = "My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller" +weight = 3002 +alias = ["/brain-rot/hardware-1990"] [menu] - [menu.brain-rot] - weight = 2001 + [menu.brain-rot-ascifi] + weight = 3002 identifier = "hardware-1990" +++ -I continue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[^fn:1]. +I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[^fn:1]. I spent my formative years watching _Anime, art house_ and ignoring most of USA movies. This means I haven't watched a lot of the _cult_ movies out there. diff --git a/content/brain-rot/dune/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/dune/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9e39f6d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/dune/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ ++++ +title = "Dune" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-04-14T18:10:00+02:00 +categories = ["brainrot"] +draft = false +weight = 3001 +abstract = "The Dune series" +[menu] + [menu.brain-rot] + weight = 3001 + identifier = "dune" ++++ + +{{< img-r "dune-1st-ed.jpg" >}} +Dune cover +{{< /img-r >}} + +{{< menu "brain-rot-dune" >}} +Dune +{{< /menu >}} + +{{< menu-info >}} +Dune +{{< /menu-info >}} diff --git a/content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md b/content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md index 5f9bae8..81cbdad 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/dune/part-one-2021.md @@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-04-13T21:33:00+02:00 categories = ["brainrot"] draft = false -weight = 3001 +weight = 3002 abstract = "My review of an adaptation of the first part of an amazing book" [menu] - [menu.brain-rot] - weight = 3001 + [menu.brain-rot-dune] + weight = 3002 identifier = "dune-part-one-2021" + parent = "denis-movies" +++ I'd like to call myself a Dune fan, but I am not. diff --git a/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md b/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md index a116eca..b3c9921 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-1992.md @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ draft = false weight = 3002 abstract = "My mirco reviview of a vr killer thriller" [menu] - [menu.brain-rot] + [menu.brain-rot-ascifi] weight = 3002 identifier = "the-lawnmower-man-1992" + parent = "lawnmower-man" +++ Back in the glorious 90s, when kids still enjoyed linear TV, we had _Polsat_. diff --git a/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md b/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md index a6b1eb4..533a655 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/lawnmower-man/lawmower-man-2-1996.md @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ draft = false weight = 3001 abstract = "My mirco reviview of the sequeo to a vr killer thriller" [menu] - [menu.brain-rot] + [menu.brain-rot-ascifi] weight = 3001 identifier = "lawmower-man-2-beyond-cyberspace-1996" + parent = "lawnmower-man" +++ Fun fact: I remembered close to nothing about this movie back. diff --git a/content/bsd/home.md b/content/bsd/home.md deleted file mode 100644 index d008a7a..0000000 --- a/content/bsd/home.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Daemonic BSD Site" -author = ["Michał Sapka"] -date = 2024-03-06T14:45:00+01:00 -categories = ["bsd"] -draft = false -weight = 1001 -abstract = "A site dedicated to BSD family of systems" -+++ - -BSDs are a family of operating systems derivative from Berkley Standard Distribution. -While not a popular as GNU/Linux, they are the defect descendants of the Unix Operating System. -This site is dedicated to two of those systems: FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. -Those are the systems I daily run on my personal computers and servers. -And, while they come with significant problems, it's very easy to fall in love them. - - -## History of BSD {#history-of-bsd} - -Short history of how came to be. - -- [BSD history](/bsd/history/) - - -## FreeBSD {#freebsd} - -{{< img-r "freebsd-beastie.png" >}} -Beastie, the BSD mascott -{{< /img-r >}} - -FreeBSD is the oldest living BSD system. -It's full of features which I found essential to my happy computer usage. -It's hard to live without ZFS or Jail system. - -Here are my guides to those features: - -{{< menu "bsd-freebsd" >}} -FreeBSD -{{< /menu >}} - - -### FreeBSD on a Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen2 {#freebsd-on-a-thinkpad-x1-extreme-gen2} - -I run FreeBSD on my personal laptop. -This comes with significant problems: battery life is bad and WiFi is a hit miss. -You can find some of my wins bellow: - -{{< menu "bsd-thinkpad" >}} -FreeBSD -{{< /menu >}} - - -## OpenBSD {#openbsd} - -{{< img-r "openbsd.png" >}} -OpenBSD Logo -{{< /img-r >}} - -The sites you are browsing is running on OpenBSD. -The idea behind this idea is to make it security-first. -And this is what the system achieved: the most secure OS I know of. -It comes with a lot of interesting (and strange) things, so it's also an interesting experiense. - -Here you can find some of my guides: - -{{< menu "bsd-openbsd" >}} -FreeBSD -{{< /menu >}} - - -## Varia {#varia} - -Sometimes I write non-technical articles on technical subjects: - -{{< menu "bsd-varia" >}} -FreeBSD -{{< /menu >}} diff --git a/content/emacs/home.md b/content/emacs/home.md deleted file mode 100644 index 7dac9fd..0000000 --- a/content/emacs/home.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,105 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "C-X Emacs" -author = ["Michał Sapka"] -date = 2023-12-24T20:00:00+01:00 -categories = ["emacs"] -draft = false -weight = 1001 -abstract = "My little website about Emacs" -hardback = true -type = "special" -+++ - -## What is Emacs? {#what-is-emacs} - -Emacs is one of the oldest text editors out there. -Together with Vim, they are the best ways to manipulate text. - -However, Emacs is so much more. -Under the hood it rocks the amazing Emacs Lisp language, which can be easily used to adjust virtually any aspect of Emacs to your liking. -This also allowed Emacs to evolve into the _de facto_ shell we use. -You can use it as file manager (_dired_), as music player (_emms_), internet browser (_eww_), email client (_mu4e_), RSS reader (_elfeed_), terminal client (_eshell_), and so much more. -It also is the place where _org-mode_ lives, the single best way to organize your life. - -{{< img-c "emacs.png" "https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/" "small" >}} -Emacs -{{< /img-c >}} - - -## GNU Emacs {#gnu-emacs} - -Emacs is am _old_ program, which was rewritten multiple times. -Currently, the most popular version is _GNU Emacs_ available under _GPL License_. - -It is _free_ program - which means that only you don't need to pay for it, but you are free to modify and redistiribute it. -In fact, you are encouraged to. - -Current emacs version: **[29.2](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.29.2)** (2024-01-18). New version is released every few months. - - -## Getting Emacs {#getting-emacs} - -Emacs is available on most platforms - Linux, BSD, Mac, even Windows. -Simply download the version for your OS from [the official website](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) or, even better, compile it from source. - -It is also available in all good package managers (pacman, pkg, apt, brew, and so on) - - -## Evil Mode {#evil-mode} - -There is a joke, that Emacs is a great operating system, but it lacks a decent text editor. -If you are afraid of using keyboard shortcuts like "ctrl-x ctrl-s" just to save file, you can install the best Vim mode out there - Evil Mode. -It supports all the keys and most of the ex-commands. - - -## My Guides [[rss](/emacs/rss.xml)] {#my-guides-rss} - -I wrote a few guides you may find interesting - -{{< menu "emacs-guides" >}} -Guides -{{< /menu >}} - - -## My Varia [[rss](/emacs/rss.xml)] {#my-varia-rss} - -Emacs is also a way of life. -You can read my general emacs-related ramblings here: - -{{< menu "emacs-varia" >}} -Varia -{{< /menu >}} - - -## Emacs on the Web {#emacs-on-the-web} - -- [Official website](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) -- [GNU Emacs Manuals](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/) - GNU provides all the documentation one might need -- [Planet Emacslife](https://planet.emacslife.com/) - news about Emacs from all around the web, -- [Reddit group](https://reddit.com/r/emacs) - if you still use Reddit, you will find vibrant community here -- [Emacs.ch](https://emacs.ch) - Mastodon server for Emacs crowd -- [Protesilaos Stavrou website](https://protesilaos.com/) - a very prolific Emacs educator -- [Emacs Elements [YouTube]](https://www.youtube.com/@emacselements) - a YouTube channel with great Emacs tutorials -- [Xah Emacs Tutorial](https://xahlee.info/emacs) - a great reference and companion - - -## EmacsConf {#emacsconf} - -Every year there is a conference for Emacs users: - -- [EmacsConf 2023](https://emacsconf.org/2023/) -- [EmacsConf 2022](https://emacsconf.org/2022/) -- [EmacsConf 2021](https://emacsconf.org/2021/) -- [EmacsConf 2020](https://emacsconf.org/2020/) -- [EmacsConf 2019](https://emacsconf.org/2019/) -- [EmacsConf 2015](https://emacsconf.org/2015) -- [EmacsConf 2013](https://emacsconf.org/2013/) - -Date of the next EmacsConf: **TBD.** - - -## Other distributions {#other-distributions} - -\*While _Gnu Emacs_ is wonderful, it requires significant time and effort to make it friendly. -A lot of people are not fans of the default configurations. -If you are one of them, you may instead try some ready Emacs distributions, like _[Doom Emacs](https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs)_ or _[Spacemacs](https://www.spacemacs.org/)_. diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/menu-info.html b/layouts/shortcodes/menu-info.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4573ede --- /dev/null +++ b/layouts/shortcodes/menu-info.html @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +{{ $content := .Inner }} +<div> + Grayed out items are placeholder I plan to add in the future. + It may take years or decades. +</div> + diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/menu-inline.md b/layouts/shortcodes/menu-inline.md index 356c675..0ff567d 100644 --- a/layouts/shortcodes/menu-inline.md +++ b/layouts/shortcodes/menu-inline.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ {{- $menuID := .Get 0 }} -{{- $caption := .Inner }} +{{- $caption := .Inner }} <nav> <ol> {{- range index site.Menus $menuID }} diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/menu.html b/layouts/shortcodes/menu.html index 3f6cc2f..766cfe9 100644 --- a/layouts/shortcodes/menu.html +++ b/layouts/shortcodes/menu.html @@ -1,27 +1,4 @@ {{- $menuID := .Get 0 }} {{- $caption := .Inner }} +{{ partial "menu.html" (dict "menuID" $menuID "page" $.Page ) }} -<nav> - <ol> - {{- range index site.Menus $menuID }} - {{if .Params.placeholder }} - <li class="placeholder">{{.Name}} - {{else}} - <li><a href="{{ .URL }}">{{ .Name }}</a> - {{end}} - - {{ if .HasChildren }} - <ul> - {{ range .Children }} - <li> - - <a href="{{ .URL }}"> - {{ .Name }} - </a> - {{ end }} - </ul> - - {{ end }} - {{- end }} -</ol> -</nav> diff --git a/resources/_gen/images/content_images/dune-1st-ed_huceae4f46e56dc6a68603cda0feb4aba9_109202_150x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp b/resources/_gen/images/content_images/dune-1st-ed_huceae4f46e56dc6a68603cda0feb4aba9_109202_150x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..0de7c74 --- /dev/null +++ b/resources/_gen/images/content_images/dune-1st-ed_huceae4f46e56dc6a68603cda0feb4aba9_109202_150x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp diff --git a/resources/_gen/images/content_images/dune-1st-ed_huceae4f46e56dc6a68603cda0feb4aba9_109202_300x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp b/resources/_gen/images/content_images/dune-1st-ed_huceae4f46e56dc6a68603cda0feb4aba9_109202_300x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..def9ebd --- /dev/null +++ b/resources/_gen/images/content_images/dune-1st-ed_huceae4f46e56dc6a68603cda0feb4aba9_109202_300x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp |
