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#1694360
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Share your good news!
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rocknroll41 said:

Amazon just announced that they’ve created AI audiobooks for any book enrolled in kindle unlimited, which includes a few of mine. So if you want audiobook versions of Next Star Over or Sunrise Order, you can get that now if you’re a member of Kindle Unlimited (or Kindle+ is what it’s called now, actually)

EDIT: Actually I just logged into my author account and enrolled all my books into that program, so now audiobook versions exist for all 8 of my books now.

That’s not good news, that’s evil ai slop. And ai steals content and cannot create.

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#1693806
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Star Wars 50th Anniversary "Box Set" - wishful thinking
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ThiefCobbler4ever said:

Regarding on a box set, I came up with something on the Disney Fanon Wiki that I think everyone will love:
https://disneyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Skywalker_Saga_Ultimate_Edition

Tell me what you think (disregard the cover, someone added that for some reason).

I’ve seen that quite a few times; great job, btw. Really appreciate the work you put into it. Personally, I’d rather just get the OT and nothing else.

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#1691682
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Do you think the special editions will get the same remastering as the 50th anniversary?
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JadedSkywalker said:

I hope it makes the Maclunky editions from 2020 and the Lowry mess look like amateur hour. Then instead of the Original is locked to a bad GOUT laserdisc. Its going to be in reverse. The Lucas approved cut is going to look awful. The original is the restored version. it’s a reversal.

Why didn’t get Lucas approved cuts in the same quality as the originals all the way back when they did the Special Edition in the 1990s. dare I say ego and one man’s choice and stubbornness.

In the Era of late DVD and Blu-Ray there really wasn’t an excuse. When everything you can think of was coming to home media. The its too expensive sounds not truthful.

Now we are in late stage 4K UHD. Maybe even the long-prophesized death of physical media. But I hope the OOT arrives on 4K before Sony pulls the plug.

Is it gloating to love that Han will not shoot second in the 50th Anniversary edition. To want to see Lapti Nek and Yub Yub and not the garbage replacements if a ROTJ remaster comes to theaters. or even to see TESB and have Vader say Bring my shuttle, and to have the original Emperor back in terms of his voice over or Jason Wingreen as Fett.

To me it feels like a wrong has been righted. For the OOT devotee, the GEN X fan. Much rejoicing if the entire original trilogy comes back to cinemas and we get physical home releases.

A true gift to the fans. Not another the deal is getting worse all the time. Or another disturbance in the force over deliberate creative decisions. DNR and oxymorons.

As someone who has long awaited this, I don’t think it gloating to revel in a long-overdue victory.

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#1691430
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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The film IT with Tim Curry is a masterpiece full of amazing dad jokes and unintentionally funny moments. A cult classic but also somewhat of a long haul. A must see but I would recommend having three hours and eight minutes to kill. This review is dedicated to the memory of Tim Curry whose recent passing has left this reviewer with a heavy heart.

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#1691429
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Last movie seen
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The film IT with Tim Curry is a masterpiece full of amazing dad jokes and unintentionally funny moments. A cult classic but also somewhat of a long haul. A must see but I would recommend having three hours and eight minutes to kill. This review is dedicated to the memory of Tim Curry whose recent passing has left this reviewer with a heavy heart.