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Amazon is dramatically ramping up its production for next year, moving forward with three new high-concept series, Variety has learned. These new efforts represent a significant production investment from the studio, which is currently in preproduction, production or post on 67 TV series and 20 movies around the world.
The streaming service is developing the following:
• “Lazarus,” based on a comic book by Greg Rucka (“Marvel’s Jessica Jones”), is set in an alternative near future, where the world has been divided among 16 rival families, who run their territories in a feudal system. Each family has allies and enemies among the other families. To crush uprisings and fight wars, most families have a Lazarus: a one-person kill squad.
Rucka serves as writer and executive producer on “Lazarus,” along with Michael Lark (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) and Angela Cheng Caplan.
• “Snow Crash,” which is based on Neal Stephenson’s cult novel, is a one-hour science fiction drama set in futuristic America. In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that’s striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain.
A co-production with Paramount Television, “Snow Crash” is executive produced by Joe Cornish (“Ant-Man”) and Frank Marshall (“Back to the Future”).
• “Ringworld,” a co-production with MGM, is based on Larry Niven’s sci-fi book series from the 70’s. It tells the story of Louis Gridley Wu, a bored man celebrating his 200th birthday in a technologically-advanced, future Earth. Upon being offered one of the open positions on a voyage, Louis joins a young woman and two aliens to explore Ringworld, the remote artificial ring beyond “Known Space.”
Not bad, but maybe we're all better off going outside to play.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @02:30PM (18 children)
The other day, I watched a period piece in which the youth of merry ol' England got together to party by dancing, trying to out-do each other's poetry, and engaging in choral singing. In the old days, entertainment was as much production as it was consumption, and it was a bonding experience.
Ironically, while sitting on the couch watching this movie, I found myself pining for those more "primitive" times; there's something so hollow about existence today—instead of learning to play a real guitar, children are left alone in poorly decorated, beige-carpeted rooms to practice their button mashing on a crude rendition of that same instrument, and then told that they are "heroes" for their "efforts".
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday October 01 2017, @02:36PM (1 child)
*cough* Rocksmith 2014 *cough*
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Monday October 02 2017, @12:03AM
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Rocksmith 2014 is deaf (and partially tone deaf) as far as I can tell. The original game hears my guitar just fine and agrees on the tuning with my pitch meter (and my untrained ear). RS2014 on the other hand imitates gramps from Simpsons - "turn it up, TURN IT UUUUP", and wants me to tune way low. I just don't understand *why* the two "games" behave so differently on the same console/cable.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @04:12PM (6 children)
I found myself pining for those more "primitive" times
That is selection bias. For every 'good' movie or bit of artwork there are 10k or more of total trash. You get to look backwards and see the good stuff because the crap usually does not survive. For every full metal jacket there is a least a set of bad movies (in that case leonard part 6).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @04:17PM (5 children)
I cannot fathom why you thought your comment would be a good fit as a reply to my point.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @04:25PM (3 children)
because you are a ding-a-ling? You do not understand selection bias? http://bfy.tw/Bojf [bfy.tw]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @06:18PM (2 children)
I don't think you understand reading comprehension. At no point did the GP mention anything that had anything to do with your tangent about selection bias, unless your selective quote was a pathetic attempt at intentional trolling.
(Different AC)
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Sunday October 01 2017, @06:56PM (1 child)
Somebody's testing their bot.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 02 2017, @01:00PM
How do you feel about somebody's testing their bot?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday October 01 2017, @08:51PM
(Score: 4, Insightful) by zocalo on Sunday October 01 2017, @04:25PM (6 children)
The web has made it very easy to find all this kind of stuff - you just need to look, make some contacts, and build up a social network. Provided that you are prepared to get into the spirit of things, it's surprisingly good fun too - the more you put in, the more you'll get out - and it's a damn sight more rewarding than pretending to play a crude plastic imitation of a guitar so you can be called a "hero", and who knows, it might even turn into a bonding experience with some new friends.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @05:03PM (5 children)
Congratulations for being able to repeat what the OP was saying.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @06:07PM (1 child)
There's a few people that take AC postings and repost under their own id. That way they get upmods from people that only read at +1 and never saw the original post.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 02 2017, @12:44AM
Really? Why would they bother? Karma in this community doesn't give you much. Or is this happening because Slashdot is still having troubles and its trolls are foraging further afield?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Sunday October 01 2017, @06:11PM
Ohhh I get it now, you're a bot! How do you do?
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @06:23PM (1 child)
No, dumbass.
OP said the "good old days" were better because participation entertainment is better than spectator entertainment, and in the old days there was less spectator entertainment available, and thus people were forced to engage in participation entertainment. (Or walk the path of the bookworm, but whatever...)
GP pointed out you don't need all the downsides of the "good old days" because you can choose participation entertainment today -- just because there's a shitton of TV doesn't mean you have to sit on the couch and watch it.
Rebutting part of a post (good old days = better) while agreeing with another part (participation vs. spectator) is not the same as repeating it.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @06:40PM
The OP never said anything about being forced to do anything.
Suck a cock, SoylentNews, you programmers' garbage.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 02 2017, @12:45AM
Filksinging should definitely enjoy a resurgence.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday October 02 2017, @11:55AM
Downton Abbey? My wife watches that drama series. I find the woodwork in the sets amazing so I also watch a bit. Aside from the very exotic setting its just a soap opera. I would imagine before we had broadcast soap operas, people into gossip turned the whole world into a soap opera which might have been annoying.