Selling tickets doesn’t make it a good movie.

‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster

Emily Wilson, the classicist whose 2017 translation of Homer’s Odyssey was cited by Christopher Nolan in early publicity for his hugely successful adaptation of the poem, has roundly criticised the film, saying “it has nothing convincing to say” and that it “lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth”.

As an adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s movie is a disaster.  As a movie, it doesn’t seem to be very good.  As a money maker, it’s on track to break-even by the end of this week.

The Nolan fan club rave about all of his movies, hoping it makes them look smart.

My Tacoma is trying to piss me off.

My Tacoma is a doctrinaire prick.  Or it’s being maliciously complaint because it harbors a grudge for some reason.

On our drive to Elyria, I wanted to switch to a different audiobook.  The audiobook app on my phone responded with:

“The library function cannot be accessed while…”

I didn’t try to display the rest of that sentence because some attention should be given to driving, but it probably ended with “driving”.

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Ride or Die

I was looking for new TV shows, and Ride or Die came up.  I do some research on IMDB before trying a new show.

Here’s the premise:

Debbie discovers that her friend of 20 years, Judith, is secretly an assassin.

That seems awfully unlikely.  If the premise is too outlandish, it’s difficult to suspend disbelief.

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Fembots aren’t going to fix education.

New York school deploys AI teaching robot from company linked to sex bots

The first potential steps toward another profession being wiped out by AI are being taken in New York. When students in the Salamanca City Central School District in Western New York return to school in the fall, they will find a new teaching assistant: a robotic one powered by artificial intelligence.

People who don’t understand technology or learning, have always predicted that the new technology will make teachers obsolete.

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