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Avoid crowded places or events.

Scottish contingent meet-ups were well ahead of the curve there.

Series 6 and 7 have been commissioned.

https://blog.manmademovies.co.uk/2020/03/08/artistically-congested-duncan-jones-begins-to-feel-some-relief/

Cheers, there are a few things planned, but no idea on timescales yet.

Great, I'm glad to see we're in the final stretch of these.

I'd asked Dan to e-mail out with estimates for the remaining orders, as people were asking on facebook and I don't have access to orders, as I just handle facebook as a favour while Dan's in the workshop.

Apologies for them taking longer than expected.

I just think it's a little unfair on them - still a terrible name though, most people would be unaware of Kangaroo, so just think they're being reactive and late to the game.

It wasn't their fault that someone but the mockers on it before it had a chance to fly.

Whether it would have made any difference/slowed the rise of Netflix is debatable - and the same for Netflix's long-term survival too.

Amazon's service is more of a bonus, whether people think of that as a recurring streaming cost like Netflix or Disney+, I don't know.

The Kid Who Would be King wasn't Netflix, it was Fox.

Re:Britbox being 'late to the party' - the BBC/C4/ITV tried to develop a similar VOD service in 2008, back when Netflix were posting DVDs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_(video_on_demand)

Competition regulators said they couldn't and the rest is history.

Just because something's been announced, it doesn't mean it's imminent or ever likely to happen.

There's a theme park in Kent that's been trying to get off the ground for 8 years - Paramount pulled out of the consortium, then were sort of back in allowing use of their IP...

Now currently scheduled to start construction next year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Resort


As for the content.

Physical media has peaked, we're in the middle of a fight over streaming services, with companies booking out studio space to produce content, and new film/tv studios built to fill that shortage.

I think the bigger worry is what happens if one company 'wins' or there is a major crash/bubble bursts and we're left with lots of sheds that no-one wants to (or can afford to) use.

I don't watch much sci-fi/fantasy stuff these days, even though I have Netflix and Amazon Prime there's too much to wade through.

Obviously there's a market for it, but how long that can be sustained, who knows.

Assuming planning permission goes as planned...



There's also a proposed studio near Bicester - not sure what stage that's at.

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/two-major-tv-and-film-studios-to-open-in-oxfordshire/5135055.article

[spoiler]I'm not sure what's going on with Rios - whether there ever was a physical Rios, or the different Holograms are just aspects of the original's personality.

That 'I fucking hate that hologram' seemed a bit OTT if there's not something going on.

Has anyone in the show commented on why they all look like him yet?

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I know what you mean.

I got a little more used to it over time, but the combination of lack of peripheral vision and things getting up in your face is pretty unnerving even with relatively crude graphics.

There's a Face Your Fears which is pretty much the Birds with zombie crows attacking you in a phone box, that's pretty intense.

Sorry to hear you're moving on from the art comp, Owen.

Best of luck with whatever's next!

Cheers

Steve

I've often wondered if anyone has ever made a list of every named Mega City block in the Dredd strip. It seems to me that they don't appear as often as they used to.

Someone did a book of all the locations, but it's out of print, and a few years old now.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/City-Dredd-John-Caliber/dp/1447661354?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duc08-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1447661354

Really?

The hardback of the original series was going cheap when they were clearing stocks of old stuff a few years ago.