Sidney Sime (who signed his works S.H. Sime) was an English artist, and this was an illustration for “Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean” in Lord Dunsany’s A Dreamer’s Tales, published in 1910.

A Dreamer’s Tales is the fourth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others.

Sidney Sime’s artwork is amazing, thanks for sharing!

I love little Etsy sellers like this! We have several puzzle boards made by a kind hobbyist grandfather.

I can find no evidence that this was designed by Sanyo at all. It’s likely a modern rendering of a fake vintage product.

I was pretty hooked on Babylon 5 from the start, and I can’t say the same for series like Star Trek: TNG! To me the world felt pretty fleshed-out and cohesive really early.

I actually need to pick Babylon 5 back up, I can struggle with watching series consistently, even ones I like.

I might be in the minority but I watched The Day the Earth Stood Still twice in my twenties and thirties and I found it almost impossibly slow. I’m not used to the pacing of old movies, so that might be part of it.

But I also was expecting more of a science fiction movie than a social drama. It has a robot on the cover. Haha!

I watched it the second time to understand what I didn’t see the first time, and realized it’s just not for me. I can’t remember my particular complaints other than the pacing, which might be fine if the kid is used to it.

People who are downvoting: why?

Is the David Lynch Dune that good? I doubt it. Should a kid be forced to sit through a cult classic? Probably not.

I feel like Dune fanatics leave logic at the door sometimes.

Contact is such a good movie! I watched it when I was a kid too and I watched it more than once.

I will say, as someone who used rTorrent some time ago to automate torrent downloading and whatnot, it was awesome. I’m glad to see it still going and gaining popularity.

Stable software doing its job out of the way is what I want.

I think it’s easy to forget that paintings have texture and it can change your experience of one when you see them in person!

This is a really interesting conversation! This is actually my favorite kind of art so I might also be able to help explain. Sorry if this is boring, I love modern art and have spent a decent amount of time in a modern art museum as a visitor!

It’s not about asking yourself how it makes you feel, but more recognizing that art makes you feel something whether you want it to or not.

The moment you see it and think “I don’t get it.” Or “that’s just smears on a wall,” you are already experiencing the art and feeling something. Even if it’s derision! Or disinterest! It may not be for you, but the trick is realizing you are still feeling something. I think it’s fun to wonder about what I feel or think about an artist’s intent. It adds depth to the art for me.

One of the main reasons I love art like this is that the artist is often really intentional and, in an unintuitive way, it’s reward looking at them more than once and in 3D. They have texture and oftentimes you can see very clear intent on the artist’s part. The size of the painting makes a difference, what’s around it, etc.

I also love art that requires more than surface level to understand it. If I’m like “why would someone like this?” it almost attracts me more. I learn what the artist is putting into the art, often emotionally and/or with a lot of thought, and that can make it more meaningful than people who are really good painters painting the Virgin Mary again, you know?

I could keep going, with examples, but I’ve written a lot. I love art, man.

It’s also a really gross substance! Gross all around. Apparently very important and expensive, but gross.

Ooooh, I feel dumb that I didn’t pick up on this before.

I knew about movies (Top Gun and all) but not other things, for whatever reason.

I just want to say, I don’t think you’re the village idiot. The fediverse is honestly pretty confusing right now and I would have expected what you used to work too.

This list is so comprehensive, I’ve been looking at it for quite a while and found lots of communities I hadn’t seen before. Thanks for posting it!

Damn, this is next-level cool.

I love how the keyboard fits into the cutouts.

I feel like I don’t usually like imaginary tech for whatever reason, but something about this one blows my mind.

You may like BroForce, a run-and-gun game where you unlock different characters as you go. I had a really good time with coop!

Plus, the TV used to display the photo may also be helping it look better since old TVs had thin black lines alternating between the display lines (scan lines).

This has the effect of smoothing out a lot of the more jarring edges of pixelation in old video games, for example.