At some point, a lessor just eyes the lessee and wonders if they just want to buy the property. You can exact a better price that way, since the lessee is entrenched and subject to economic inertia.
Come on, people, Asian people are wise; that's why they let Disney essentially borrow their IP for a bit. Meanwhile, white people are dumb; that's why Fox gave up their IP without letting Disney attach their cash-cow to it first.
@The-Sands said in Good or New Movies Review:
Disney isn't going to force Sony to do anything they don't want to do (and that includes selling the IP that Sony owns).
More to the point, Sony was not into the idea of sharing profits. If Disney wants Sony's IP, they will need to pony up the money for it, as they did for Fox.
I used to think that staff victimized players. Now I realize we just victimize ourselves.
@Rinel said in RL things I love:
Mongolian nationalism doesn't bother me. Biker gangs with iron cross and swastika imagery has me HMMMing pretty hard tho.
Word is that many of the more famous actors came on board after the project was announced to fill in "additional" voices. Chances are they came in on the cheap, just like many stars did filling in for "additional" roles in the new Star Wards trilogy.
I'm looking at you, Simon Pegg.
Respectfully, those are all fairly big actors and actresses. Let's just look at the Skekses:
Andy Samberg: The boy from The Lonely Island? He'll be fine.
Jason Isaacs: I'll take Captain Lorca from Star Trek: Discovery any day.
Warrick Brownlow-Pike: He's a puppeteer for other Henson productions.
Ralph Ineson: Brits are, by and large, trained for this sort of performance. Also, he's the Demonicist from Star vs. The Forces of Evil.
Olafur Darri Olafson: Voice credits include The BFG and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Sigourney Weaver: Plenty of voice work.
Benedict Wong: The voice of Alex Yu from Prey can do no wrong. Also, he's Wong from Doctor Strange.
Simon Pegg: Another actor whose talent I cannot question.
Toby Jones: Hail Hydra. Also, Owl from Christopher Robin.
Keegan Michael-Key: More voice credits than most.
Harvey Fierstein: The one and only.
Mark Hamill: Duh.
I have no worries for the voices; I'm a little hesitant for the writing. The Dark Crystal was wonderful to look at, but painful to watch at times.
I dissent your dissent
That's not how this works.
Just saw the list of voice actors for the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and nearly wet myself.
Not with urine, mind.
I don't think I've seen a finer cast assembled ever.
WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THE EXPANSE WAS THIS GOOD
I think I might drop What We Do In The Shadows for The Expanse.
I mean, I like dry comedy, but it is painfully slow.
I'm not going to lie. I honestly have $1,000+ lying around doing nothing right now.
@Admiral said in RL things I love:
They're Mongolian. Let them be nationalist. Their nation is basically a puppet of China and most Mongolians don't even -live- in Mongolia anymore.
That's because everyone is bent on building walls these days.
Finished the fourth season of Lucifer. While it misses the campy humor of the seasons on Fox, Netflix's season shows better preparation and writing.
Can't wait for the fifth and final season.
@Auspice said in The Crafting Thread:
I began trying to grid my aida last night since the first pattern drops this weekend.
I read this as:
I began trying to grind on Aida last night since the first pattern drops this weekend.
I need to watch less Lucifer and sleep more.
@Ghost said in How to pronounce FYI?:
Then, yes, I'm really really really stupid.
My rhymes stab you in the heart like I'm Cupid.
I bet you concluded,
When I dream its so lucid
My attacks are concluded
And NEVER diluted.
That's not a house flipper; that's a hobbyist.
I represent plenty of very, very successful house flippers. Inspections and title examinations are all standard steps before investing thousands of dollars into any property. Cutting corners lead to the problem you've cited, among others.
Good house flippers are common, but usually unheard of because they are good.
@Ghost said in How to pronounce FYI?:
F.Y.I.
B.T.W.
O.M.G.
C.I.A.
W.O.D....
For your information --
By the way --
Oh my God --
Central Intelligence Agency --
World of Darkness --
