Thaddeus Howze is an award-winning writer, editor, podcaster and activist creating speculative fiction, scientific, political and cultural commentary from his office in Hayward, California.
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Brand Necromancy | It’s Not Hero Fatigue
Thaddeus Howze | May 21, 2025
Media makers everywhere are blaming "hero fatigue" for flagging interest in their products.
Heroes are fine.
Your product need a refresh: new writers, new ideas, new blood.
SCIFI.RADIO: The highly anticipated Creature Commandos animated series is nearly here! Produced by DC Studios, it brings together a black-ops team of monstrous antiheroes under Amanda Waller’s command.
With characters like Erick Frankenstein, The Bride, and G.I. Robot, it’s set to deliver monster-filled action!
Series premieres on Max Dec. 5, 2024.
Read more here:
https://scifi.radio/2024/10/21/creature-commandos-debuts-gunns-new-dc-universe/
Disney’s ‘The Acolyte’ will not be renewed for a second season. Quality control and toxic fandom led the way in its unfortunate demise.
Thaddeus Howze. “OP-ED: The End of the Acolyte Is Undesirable but Deserved.” SCIFI.radio, 22 Aug. 2024
https://scifi.radio/2024/08/22/op-ed-the-end-of-the-acolyte-is-undesirable-but-deserved/
Amazon MGM Studios and Blur Studios (of Love, Death and Robots fame) collaborate on an animated, video game-themed anthology: Secret Level.
As Prime Video continues its foray into speculative fiction, their latest installment will feature familiar videogame characters and their associated worlds in fifteen animated features.
MEGALOPOLIS | TRAILER AND CONTROVERSY
by David Raiklen | @scifi4wifi
Hurray and ouch: the magnificent trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s new sci-fi alternate history film, Megalopolis is marred by fake reviews, but no one knows who's responsible for providing them. Liongate recalls its trailers.
David Raiklen, “Megalopolis | Trailer and Controversy.” SCIFI.radio, 22 Aug. 2024,
https://scifi.radio/2024/08/22/megalopolis-trailer-and-controversy/
GAMING: FROSTY FIGHT CLUB CREATES A NEW RETRO-GAMING COMMUNITY
by James G. Kennedy | @scifi4wifi
The Frosty Fight Club is a inclusive, yet primarily retro, gaming community that loves old games being played in new ways using social media.
We host weekly Discord events: ‘Tatsu’ and ‘Tetraminos’ (our Fighting and Puzzle game weekly) and ‘Friday Night Friendlies’ where we play random games of all kinds, live.
https://scifi.radio/2024/08/21/frosty-fight-club-creates-a-new-retro-gaming-community/
Retro Revivals: An Interview with Ren, Creator of Arkadyzja
by James G. Kennedy | @scifi4wifi
Arkadyzja is a launcher for the Duckstation and Flycast Dojo, emulators for the PlayStation and Dreamcast game console systems respectively. We recently sat down for an interview with Ren, its creator.
https://scifi.radio/2024/08/21/retro-revivals-an-interview-with-ren-creator-of-arkadyzja/
#retrogaming #programming #Arkadyzja #Duckstation #FlycastDojo
The LSST is the Largest Digital Camera Ever
by David Raiklen | @scifi4wifi
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera is bigger than an SUV, has more pixels than 300 iPhones and will map the entire visible Universe.
The camera was built at DOE's (Department of Energy) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. After two decades of work, its completion was announced in April.
https://scifi.radio/2024/08/19/the-lsst-is-the-largest-digital-camera-ever/
KIM KAHANA — CELEBRATED VETERAN
@scifi4wifi
Legendary #stuntman, Kim Kahana has died at 94.
He served his country during the Korean War before transforming the stunt industry during the Classic Age of television in the 70s and 80s.
https://scifi.radio/2024/08/16/kim-kahana-legendary-stuntman-war-hero-dead-at-94/
REVIEW — ALIEN: ROMULUS
@scifi4wifi
The Answer-Man declares: Romulus is a visually-appealing addition which apes the previous films, but fails to expand the venerable franchise significantly or hire many American film industry workers.
https://scifi.radio/2024/08/17/alien-romulus-a-beautiful-but-uninspired-addition-to-the-franchise/
THE SUPERMAN 100 PROJECT
@scifi4wifi
DC Comics and the Hero Initiative celebrate their latest installment, the Superman 100 Project Trade Paperback, which offers the opportunity to help comic artists and writers in a time of need.
https://scifi.radio/2024/08/17/the-hero-initiative-presents-the-superman-100-project/
Is Success Luck or Hard Work?
@veritasium
In a competitive world, tiny advantages can make all the difference.
Watch the video on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I
It’s BRONZE for boxer Cindy Ngamba - the Refugee Olympic Team’s FIRST EVER Olympic medal 🥉🤩
Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba (born 7 September 1998) is a Cameroonian boxer who competed for the EOC Refugee Team at the 2023 European Games.
She is the first-ever medalist for the Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympics, having won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
COVID cases spike as new variant strain spreads in U.S.
It's amazing how many of the scams that have devastated our economy and everyday people owe their success to the fact that we assume that rich people know what they're doing, so if they're doing something, it must be real.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/08/sucker-at-the-table/#clucks-definance
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String of record hot months came to an end in July
July had the two hottest days recorded but fell 0.04° Celsius short of last year.
This is insanely good. Anime girl becomes self aware and uses Blender.
Source: https://twitter.com/kensyouen_Y/status/1820748563338637581
In 2021, VP Kamala Harris launched the "Central America Forward" initiative to address the root causes of Central Americans' migration to the southern U.S. border: crime, poverty, and unemployment.
Since then, $5.2 billion in private-public partnerships have been secured to tackle these issues, which are key.
#HarrisWalz2024 #ReasonsToVoteHarris2024
Vice President Kamala Harris’s Real-World School of Foreign Policy | Council on Foreign Relations:
https://www.cfr.org/blog/vice-president-kamala-harriss-real-world-school-foreign-policy
Another death in nationwide outbreak that spurred massive meat recall
The outbreak tally has increased to 43 amid recall of 7 million pounds of meat.
5 GOLD MEDALIST OLYMPIC CHAMPION RETIRES
Cuba's Mijaín López made Olympic history, becoming the first Olympian ever to win the same event during five Olympics in a row.
The greco-roman wrestling champion defeated Chilean Yasmani Acosta 6-0.
After López's victory, he took off his shoes and lay them at the center of the mat, indicating that he is retiring after this match.
nbcnews.app.link/MUuewccGQLb
