Deborah PickettFeb 20
I know we’ve got a shitton of corporations naming themselves after the dystopian things in Lord of the Rings, but has anyone cut right to the chase and called their product “Omelas” yet?
Show threadDeborah PickettFeb 20
Techbros read Tolkien but they do not read Le Guin.
Show threadElizabeth M, stationerFeb 20
@futzle I think they watch Tolkien and Le Guin hasn't been translated to film 🙄
Show threadcalcifer Feb 20

@elzbethmrgn @futzle uh… Lathe of Heaven has been a movie twice, and Wizard of Earthsea was done by Studio Ghibli and then (very very badly) by SciFi.

Le Guin is one of my all time favorites, and it’s a travesty her work never got A-list adaptation, but there is still film. And opera. And plays and musicals.

Show threadElizabeth M, stationer
@calcifer Fair enough. I did know about the Ghibli version but also don't remember any of it! @futzle
Feb 20 at 11:25pmWeb
Show threadLichoFeb 21

@elzbethmrgn vaguely inspired and still at the end the solution was to overpower the bad guy. No techbro would learn a thing by watching this animation

@calcifer @futzle