John 🎬 A Film Nerd 🍿
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Hello, I'm a self-confessed #film nerd who likes to watch, read about and review movies.
These reviews can be found at my blog, of which the address can be found […]
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@Sobtanian That's gone straight into my Calibre library, thanks.
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@Sobtanian That's gone straight into my Calibre library, thanks.
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@UKFilmNerd same! My R-Type also and it’s a stunning conversion I agree.
I never got past that level either (4 not 5)
I finished it eventually via emulation and infinite lives also.
Beautiful game.
The creator of the Speccy version (Bob Pape) is a friend of a friend (my friend is Jas Austin […]
I never got past that level either (4 not 5)
I finished it eventually via emulation and infinite lives also.
Beautiful game.
The creator of the Speccy version (Bob Pape) is a friend of a friend (my friend is Jas Austin […]
Original post on mstdn.games
mstdn.games
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@UKFilmNerd same! My R-Type also and it’s a stunning conversion I agree.
I never got past that level either (4 not 5)
I finished it eventually via emulation and infinite lives also.
Beautiful game.
The creator of the Speccy version (Bob Pape) is a friend of a friend (my friend is Jas Austin […]
I never got past that level either (4 not 5)
I finished it eventually via emulation and infinite lives also.
Beautiful game.
The creator of the Speccy version (Bob Pape) is a friend of a friend (my friend is Jas Austin […]
@Sobtanian Back in the 80s, this was my R-Type. It may not look it, but it was such a great conversion. Large colourful sprites and it's very near the arcade version as well (to a degree).
I always made it to level 5(?) where the aliens leave a trail of dots behind and fill up the screen. I […]
I always made it to level 5(?) where the aliens leave a trail of dots behind and fill up the screen. I […]
Original post on mastodon.me.uk
mastodon.me.uk
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@Sobtanian Back in the 80s, this was my R-Type. It may not look it, but it was such a great conversion. Large colourful sprites and it's very near the arcade version as well (to a degree).
I always made it to level 5(?) where the aliens leave a trail of dots behind and fill up the screen. I […]
I always made it to level 5(?) where the aliens leave a trail of dots behind and fill up the screen. I […]
@TenebrisNox I picked up the entire series of The Prisoner for £1 ages ago. I will watch it at some point. I haven't seen it since I was a teenager watching it on Channel 4.
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
@TenebrisNox I picked up the entire series of The Prisoner for £1 ages ago. I will watch it at some point. I haven't seen it since I was a teenager watching it on Channel 4.
@TenebrisNox Interesting. All I know about that show is that a lot of people regard The Prisoner as an almost sequel.
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
@TenebrisNox Interesting. All I know about that show is that a lot of people regard The Prisoner as an almost sequel.
@theaardvark That's a wonderful piece of music. A whole album worth, please! I love stuff like this when I'm trying to write. Stop me from firing up the browser and start surfing. 😊
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
@theaardvark That's a wonderful piece of music. A whole album worth, please! I love stuff like this when I'm trying to write. Stop me from firing up the browser and start surfing. 😊
@Floppy To be honest, the whole situation was overblown, in my opinion.
See my two toots from yesterday.
https://mastodon.me.uk/@UKFilmNerd/115678508751317218
See my two toots from yesterday.
https://mastodon.me.uk/@UKFilmNerd/115678508751317218
John 🎬 A Film Nerd 🍿 (@UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk)
It looks like the developer of Calibre has taken the best path for including AI (apart from not introducing it in the first place). He posted on the Calibre forums, where there is an anti-AI thread. He states, "There are no AI features in calibre unless you explicitly enable them. You don't even need to disable the plugins, they do nothing (even their code is not loaded) until and unless they are configured. The worst you get is a few menu entries. Simply ignore them."
mastodon.me.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
@Floppy To be honest, the whole situation was overblown, in my opinion.
See my two toots from yesterday.
https://mastodon.me.uk/@UKFilmNerd/115678508751317218
See my two toots from yesterday.
https://mastodon.me.uk/@UKFilmNerd/115678508751317218
I've got these two books on my shelf. I might give them a quick re read but these are made to help promote the film and don't usually say anything negative for obvious reasons.
The art book is literally only good for pictures as all the text is the shooting […]
[Original post on mastodon.me.uk]
The art book is literally only good for pictures as all the text is the shooting […]
[Original post on mastodon.me.uk]
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I've got these two books on my shelf. I might give them a quick re read but these are made to help promote the film and don't usually say anything negative for obvious reasons.
The art book is literally only good for pictures as all the text is the shooting […]
[Original post on mastodon.me.uk]
The art book is literally only good for pictures as all the text is the shooting […]
[Original post on mastodon.me.uk]
The film was too violent when originally submitted to the MPAA and it was trimmed and resubmitted several times before they obtained the studio required PG-13.
Sadly, none of this material seems to have been seen since but old message forums speak of the ABC robot pulling someone apart.
There […]
Sadly, none of this material seems to have been seen since but old message forums speak of the ABC robot pulling someone apart.
There […]
Original post on mastodon.me.uk
mastodon.me.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The film was too violent when originally submitted to the MPAA and it was trimmed and resubmitted several times before they obtained the studio required PG-13.
Sadly, none of this material seems to have been seen since but old message forums speak of the ABC robot pulling someone apart.
There […]
Sadly, none of this material seems to have been seen since but old message forums speak of the ABC robot pulling someone apart.
There […]
@TenebrisNox Oh god, please stop, nooooooooooo! 😄
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
@TenebrisNox Oh god, please stop, nooooooooooo! 😄