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[bbgun]

Finished Project Hail Mary. Biggest flaw was Grace, a biologist, being able to concoct a translator on the fly so as to communicate with an alien life form. Totally implausible.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Finished Project Hail Mary. Biggest flaw was Grace, a biologist, being able to concoct a translator on the fly so as to communicate with an alien life form. Totally implausible.

Misogynist alert

 

[bbgun]

Misogynist alert

Er, Grace was a dude. Or maybe you were being sarcastic. I can’t tell anymore.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Er, Grace was a dude. Or maybe you were being sarcastic. I can’t tell anymore.

If you aren't sure, then yes I was..

Kinda ruins it when it wasn't a chick, though.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Finished Project Hail Mary. Biggest flaw was Grace, a biologist, being able to concoct a translator on the fly so as to communicate with an alien life form. Totally implausible.

Yeah I thought that was weird but eh. Suspension of disbelief.

 

[Cotton]

Yeah I thought that was weird but eh. Suspension of disbelief.

You have to either imagine that biologist is smart enough to do that, or you have to imagine the lead lady has a wiener.

 

[Genghis Khan]

or you have to imagine the lead lady has a wiener.

 

[Cotton]

Just a stupid woke joke.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Yeah I thought that was weird but eh. Suspension of disbelief.

Imagine AI got superpowerful. That's what I imagined. A computer that can basically do that all on it's own by picking up on a few things.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Imagine AI got superpowerful. That's what I imagined. A computer that can basically do that all on it's own by picking up on a few things.

That's a good point. There was advanced AI on the ship.

 

[Cujo]

Imagine AI got superpowerful. That's what I imagined. A computer that can basically do that all on it's own by picking up on a few things.

After the Singularity, problems like this are going to be like 1st grade math for AI.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

After the Singularity, problems like this are going to be like 1st grade math for AI.

Yeah the thought that the AI system in the future could create a translation program doesn't seem far fetched to me at all.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Uncanny how similar he looks/sounds like Stallone

 

[Cotton]

Gotta be Full Metal Jacket for me.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I would too, but Predator is really close.

 

[Cotton]

but Predator is really close.

It's the only other movie on that list that even makes the conversation for me.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

FMJ FTW

 

[Chocolate Lab]

It's the only other movie on that list that even makes the conversation for me.

Robocop was really good, but more of a watch at home kind of show. Lost Boys is a distant fourth.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Gotta be Full Metal Jacket for me.

Yep and it's not even close.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Robocop was really good, but more of a watch at home kind of show. Lost Boys is a distant fourth.

Lost Boys is special in a different kind of way. It also speaks to everything 80s.