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  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mldeleted ツ
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    1 day ago

    Not really. The creation of a lot of early monarchies were based on the military taking control of an area, then distributing portions of the area to key military members as a way to buy loyalty.

    In contrast, fascism usually requires a corruption of a democracy and has different reasons for forming.


  • The reason I’ve seen is that Lucas’s flaws were on display in the prequels since he had the kind of power to make decisions with little pushback, while production of the original trilogy shows that Lucas worked best with people around him to help refiine his vision.

    Outside of Ian McDiarmid and Ewan McGregor, the acting is bland and sterile. Hayden Christensen had a far better idea that would lead to the fall of Skywalker without changing much of the films. Major sequences are far busier than anything which came before, making the sequences pretty but less resonant and hard to follow. The four separate storylines in the climax of I was too much, especially as most people were there for the best lightsaber duel ever. The camera work for talking scenes is shockingly basic for someone as talented as Lucas was with film.

    I like the prequels well enough, but I can see why some don’t like them.



  • They would be if they were good.

    Disney should have known to create an overall writer/producer for the sequels; they had done it Marvel and the thing that set Star Wars above other sci-fi was Lucas creating a deep universe for the stories to exist in.

    Abrams was a shitty choice to control writing of VII; he basically made a Star Wars fan film and reset a lot of VI to keep the same kind of conflict as the original series. Johnson had some interesting ideas, but he broke a lot of previous world building for VIII, like the Resistance militia leaders keeping their plan a secret and the kamekaze ship. Then, somehow, Abrams returned.

    It says something that, while the prequels aren’t seen as good as the original series, they still resonate in a way that the sequels haven’t. A lot of that can be attributed to why Lucas was a great producer.









  • I assume you are looking for passive methods that aren’t air conditioning.

    As others have said, thick walls that have a thermal mass. It helps if you open the building at night to help cool the walls.

    The structure should be as light as possible, both the walls and roof, to reflect back light.

    Windows should have large awnings so direct light doesn’t enter during summer. Everything should be in the shade.

    If you can, you can create a solar chimney by having a large and dark chimney on the south side of your building. Set your building up so that there is a natural air intake which comes from below ground, so you naturally pull in cool air.





  • Not really, but I didn’t have unrealistic goals.

    I had extended family help fiance my education. Part of that help was tied to the idea that I could take over the loans after college with my own pay, which turned out to be true. If I didn’t get family help, my education options were a lot more limited.

    I later had a conversation with one of my parents that my career choice was limited on being able to fund my education after graduation. Extended family members were able to pursue degrees with less earning potential, including a degree in the arts, because their parents were willing to subsidize their expenses during and after college, while I didn’t have that luxury.

    I don’t know how achievable your goals are without family monetary support. If you need other peoples’ money to achieve your goals, you need a financial plan to make sure you can do it. If you don’t need anyone else’s money to do what you want, fuck the haters.