“What genre is your film?”

“All of them!”

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This could be awesome or it could fall flat on its face.

Yeah, if you are looking for a big science fantasy film that largely flew under the radar in the West then that’s the one. A few people here have seen it and they all spoke favourably about it.

As well as J-Bone’s recommendations:

• Kalki 2898 AD - like an Indian Star Wars that is set in a dystopian future but mixes in mythology. It’s long and I was initially unimpressed but it keeps ramping up to wild levels and completely won me round. It’s India’s most expensive film and only part 1.
• A Quiet Place: Day One - I thought the first two were great and was unsure if a prequel would work as well, but it does.
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - a return to New York should have delivered a film on oar with the original but it didn’t hit the spot (perhaps because of the rather poor quality baddie). However, it is worth a watch.
• Poor Things - very odd, fantastical film. Could have done being trimmed down but like nothing else you’ll see in the cinema.
• Godzilla: Minus One - just watched the Minus Color version in the cinema on Godzilla Day and it still stands on, the B&W suiting the more melodramatic plot.
• Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - if you love the series you’ll likely enjoy the prequel. If you aren’t a fan you can skip it.
• The Creator - I was increasingly unconvinced by the plot as the film progressed but it doesn’t half look good.
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - after Crystal Skull anything would be an improvement but this exceeded my, admittedly, low expectations and was a fun romp. Fourth, perhaps third, best Indy film depending on how well you think Temple of Doom has aged.
• Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse - it would be difficult to beat the first film but I think this one might do.
• Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - wasn’t as big a fan of 2 than one but the series finished really strong.
• Shazam! Fury of the Gods - didn’t get a great reception but I enjoyed it for what it was, dumb fun.

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No you are wrong about that.

That’s the trick.

You could, for example, have a bot running a text-based RPG in a Mastodon thread, where you get to see others in your group take their turns, then you have yours.

I think the best of both worlds would be if I could make an account on both and have one account essentially repost anything from the main account, unless I’m replying to someone specifically where it wouldn’t make sense to reply on both accounts.

That’s what I’d want from a bridge - something to connect an account at each end. If/when Bluesky suffers enshittification, it would mean that folks on Bluesky could just switch the direction of the bridge and start posting in the Fediverse. No sunk cost leaving you hanging on, no high barrier to moving.

It is odd when I see people compare Bluesky unfavourably with Mastodon when a lot of the features they want are on *key forks.

I haven’t tried it but I’ve seen various comments that suggest it works well. Time to do some research…

You can bridge the two now.

What is the incentive for people to host an instance at the moment?

I liked the community that had built up and wanted to help that continue.

Because people will choose convenience over their vey own survival.

See Cory Doctorow’s Bluesky and enshittification.

I just use Threadiverse and Threads can go piss up a rope.

Now there’s an argument to be had. I ave tried Mastodon and Firefish and found the latter to be far superior, feature-wise. I think Iceshrimp will be the *key fork that will finally the big breakout hit, especially with the Iceshrimp.net rewrite.

The best thing for on-boarding are topic-specific instances, it makes picking one much easier.

Mastodon isn’t even the best micro-blogging service on the Fediverse.