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The triple threat (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Light Music.

A futuristic self-aware city which stores data in its very structure is attacked by terrorists. In an act of self preservation, after a section is cut off with no redundant backup, the city downloads a couple library categories into the brain of an unwitting resident. His whole identity is replaced by the entire human category of Wild West movies, comics and books, along with some scientific data on radio communications. His memory erased, his entire personality is now Radio Cowboy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Galaxy Rangers or Saber Rider come to mind, when I think about a setting like this. But both are nearly 40 years old now and were a bit obscure even back then.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Muse's Knights of Sidonia is what springs to mind

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Most scifi westerns are also neo-noir(since many of the good western revivals they were cribbing off were noir-westerns in the first place) and being inspirational is the opposite of noir.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Hmm…

Dune? Nope

Westwood: Double Nope

Cowboy Bebop: Not even close

Dark Tower: negative inspiration actually

I’m sensing a pattern here. Sand + sci-fi equals a lithium prescription.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

are you kidding? westworld ABSOLUTELY fits!

I was inspired by cowboy bebop and dune! not to, you know, become the chosen one or a space bounty hunter, but, like, you know, in other ways.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Firefly!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

There it is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

This is the only correct answer

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Westworld

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Westworld was inspirational?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Inspirational? You doing okay, buddy?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I’ve only watched the first season. So I’m only as far as the hosts’ emancipation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I really admire Dorothy's journey of self actualization and her drive to kill all humans.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

...Why is there Dunkin Donuts inside a hospital?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Because the resident practicing their first ever medical procedure on you has been awake 38 hours.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Until alarmingly recently there was a Burger King in my nearest general hospital.

I never could make sense of that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it is because, at any given time, there are hundreds, to thousands, of family, and friends, or patients in the hospital. Hospitals are large places, hard to navigate when you don't know them, and even then take a long time to get in and out of. Also they have a similar amount of various employees. People got tired of the cafeteria food, and began voicing complaints about how big of a pain in the ass getting food that doesn't suck in. Also, a lot, even most, of the people in the hospital are not there due to dietary stemming problems. When you are sick and/or injured, you want comfort foods. People want to bring you comfort food.

So, over time, they started making space for commercial food service to rent from them. So you will see fast food, and sometimes whole on chain restaurants. This also can be a source of income.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

honestly i really kinda like big hospitals for this reason, they just end up feeling like an entire ultradense town, i have to imagine something like this is what it would feel like to be onboard a big star trek spaceship.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I used to work at a hospital that was so large, the city it was in had it designated as a sub-city entity, for considerations of emergency management.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm so glad I'm not the only one to assume this arrow points to the "Trigun" and "Cowboy Bebop" aisle.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Outlaw Star: "Am I a joke to you?"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Good point!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

literally the dark tower

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Blaine is a pain and that's the truth.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

The dark tower series is my favorite post-apocalyptic fantasy sci-fi western series.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I've been running a tabletop campaign for Scum & Villainy which is very much in the Space Opera/Western category. It's been a really fun and evocative setting to game in.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The Adventures of Brisco County Junior!!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Holds up!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ah, yes. The Spike Spiegel wing.

Edit: Where are my manners? Let's throw Vash the Stampede in there too. Not enough love for Trigun these days.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Let's throw Vash the Stampede in there too.

The humanoid typhoon?! The six million double dollar man?!

I kid. You're absolutely right.

"Love and peace!"

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