c0nc0rdanceAug 30, 2023

Fun reminder that Lucille Ball is the only reason that Star Trek exists.

As the head of Desilu Productions, she green-lighted a pilot; then when it was deemed "too cerebral" by the networks, funded a financially-risky SECOND pilot that got the series picked up by NBC.

Show threadMichael PorterAug 30, 2023
@c0nc0rdance @BrownKnowser That “too cerebral” judgement still kills me.
“How are we going to sell toilet paper and cars with *this*?!”
Show threadImpersonalAug 31, 2023

@MichaelPorter @c0nc0rdance @BrownKnowser same reason Matrix has the silly "humans are batteries" premise.

Originally, the machines used human brains, their neural networks, for computation.

Show threadMichael PorterAug 31, 2023

@impersonal @c0nc0rdance @BrownKnowser Ugh. You just hit on my biggest beef, by far, about the whole series. When I heard the “batteries” premise I thought, “Seriously??” If you need energy, feeding animals isn’t the way to do it…

I had never heard the original premise. That would have been *so* much better, and opened up really interesting avenues to explore. What happens when one of your nodes is schizophrenic? 🤔

Show threadImpersonal
@MichaelPorter @c0nc0rdance @BrownKnowser i guess there's an error correction algorithm. Probably named Agent Smith, or The Oracle or something ;)
Aug 31, 2023 at 3:58pmMegalodon
Show threadMichael PorterAug 31, 2023
@impersonal @c0nc0rdance @BrownKnowser As long as it’s not this guy 😄
Show threadImpersonalAug 31, 2023
@MichaelPorter @c0nc0rdance @BrownKnowser No, that's our simulation's Architect, unfortunately.
Show threadMichael PorterAug 31, 2023
@impersonal @c0nc0rdance @BrownKnowser 😱
Show threadMichael PorterAug 31, 2023
@impersonal @c0nc0rdance @BrownKnowser “How’s that working out for you?” 😄