Post by Dorothy J HeydtPost by Jibini Kula Tumbili KujisalimishaIn article
On Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 2:00:03 PM UTC-4, Dorothy J
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Post by -dsr-On the other hand, Amazon says the first three episodes
of
FOUNDATION will be
Post by -dsr-available on September 24th this year.
An odd thing for them to do, considering they have fuck all
to do with the project.
Already people are complaining because the trailers show
women doing things other than fetching coffee, and nobody
is smoking.
Asimov would probably be happy with that.
Whaaat? The stories were *written* in the 1940s, but they
take place in a future so distant that the origin of the
human species is a matter of fruitless debate. (Just ask
Lord Dorwin.)
And let's not forget Bayta Darrell, and her daughter Arkady.
In the category of women in the series who do a lot behind the scenes but don't show up
much in the text, there's the second foundation agent on
Kalgan who poses as a ditzy courtesan but is anything but, and
Preem Palver's wife (enough in the background
that I can't recall her name) who is also second foundation.
Both could have expanded
roles in a movie.
So they well might.
It's on Apple+, isn't it? I don't think my daughter
subscribes to that. I'll have to wait for reviews after it
launches, to see if I want to save my nickels and dimes and
get the DVDs.
Does Apple release DVDs of their original productions?
Damfino. I've described the time I had a secretarial job where
everyone in the lab used Macs, and I had to too. If by any
chance Apple did release DVDs, they'd likely be some format I
couldn't play.
If they *callI it a DVD, it will play. Otherwise, they'd be in
violation of the licensing agreement on the trademarks, and Apple
has very deep pockets.
On the other hand, they're far more likely to release is in Blue
Ray. A lot of stuff doesn't actually get DVD releases any more.
Post by Dorothy J HeydtThat, if you please, was me distrusting Apple.
And not without reasons. They're very protective of their walled
garden. But they still have to abide by contractual obligations.
Post by Dorothy J HeydtPost by Jibini Kula Tumbili KujisalimishaAmazon has a
habit of not always doing so (because then you won't subscribe
to Prime).
Well, I do subscribe to Prime, because I consider (for example)
getting cat food delivered on time worth it. YM almost
certainly will V.
I live across the street from a grocery store. :) (There's nothing
I need from Amazon that I need that quickly without paying extra
for fast delivery. Plus, where I live, normal delivery is very,
very quick anyway. And in a real pinch, I could order through the
work account, which doesn't have Prime but has the same benefits
regarding fast, free delivery. Just makes payment a bit more
complicated.)
Amazon, BTW, is every bit as much an evil empire as as Apple, if
not more so. Their latest bad PR is because they won't do business
with small supplies unless you sell them shares of your company at
below market rates.
--
Terry Austin
Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
(May 2019 total for people arrested for entering the United States
illegally is over 132,000 for just the southwest border.)
Vacation photos from Iceland:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB