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TJ_Fox OP t1_jef9afr wrote

Reply to comment by meowskywalker in Seriously enjoyed the first episode of "The Power" on Amazon Prime. The series is based on a 2017 novel about how the world radically changes when millions of teenage girls suddenly develop electrical superpowers. Notably, none of them put on costumes and start fighting crime. by TJ_Fox

In the novel and what we've seen so far of the series, some of the newly-empowered characters do basically become criminals, others think of the powers as a curse, some use them for political gain, at least one major character effectively starts her own religion ... there's a wide variety of responses.

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TJ_Fox OP t1_jef39yq wrote

Reply to comment by ElectricPeterTork in Seriously enjoyed the first episode of "The Power" on Amazon Prime. The series is based on a 2017 novel about how the world radically changes when millions of teenage girls suddenly develop electrical superpowers. Notably, none of them put on costumes and start fighting crime. by TJ_Fox

The novel does feature "girl gang" vigilantes who go around exacting street justice, but I don't think they go to the trouble of masking up.

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TJ_Fox OP t1_jd9tsyx wrote

Reply to comment by metaldinner in TIL that on April 1st, 1906, American newspapers ran prank articles reporting that Chicago had been "invaded by hordes of prehistoric monsters dealing death and destruction", illustrated with doctored photos showing dinosaurs attacking the Windy City. by TJ_Fox

It's also true that people sometimes casually imagine that people of the past didn't have senses of mischief, or just senses of humor, as in this case.

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TJ_Fox OP t1_jd9j0a3 wrote

Reply to comment by Chillchinchila1 in TIL that on April 1st, 1906, American newspapers ran prank articles reporting that Chicago had been "invaded by hordes of prehistoric monsters dealing death and destruction", illustrated with doctored photos showing dinosaurs attacking the Windy City. by TJ_Fox

I was wondering the same thing. I mean, I guess the idea of dinosaurs attacking a city is inherently dramatic so it makes sense as a story trope, but as far as I know this article was the first major visual representation of that idea. When Doyle came out with The Lost World (novel) in 1912, the only creature that gets transported to London is a pterodactyl. Then by the time the movie's produced in the '20s, it's a brontosaur, and the rest is history.

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TJ_Fox OP t1_jd853yr wrote

Reply to comment by No-Owl9201 in TIL that on April 1st, 1906, American newspapers ran prank articles reporting that Chicago had been "invaded by hordes of prehistoric monsters dealing death and destruction", illustrated with doctored photos showing dinosaurs attacking the Windy City. by TJ_Fox

If we're going to have fake news, I'd prefer dinosaur invasion hoaxes to culture war propaganda. On the other hand, I guess it was a good lesson in "don't believe everything you read" for the people of 1906.

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TJ_Fox OP t1_jd83tjv wrote

Reply to comment by UpTownKong in TIL that on April 1st, 1906, American newspapers ran prank articles reporting that Chicago had been "invaded by hordes of prehistoric monsters dealing death and destruction", illustrated with doctored photos showing dinosaurs attacking the Windy City. by TJ_Fox

You're welcome. This has to be one of the first "giant prehistoric monsters attacking a city" stories of the 20th century - King Kong didn't come along until the 1930s.

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TJ_Fox t1_j91ytc7 wrote

Reply to comment by NitroLotus in Carnival Row S2 Now Streaming! by spickerson

It's a decent steampunk/fantasy concept; basically, "the Fae" - beings that are mythological in our reality, like fauns and faeries - are living creatures in this world, but there's a lot of prejudice against them from the human majority. Intrigue and some action ensues when a bunch of Fae refugees end up living in Carnival Row, a slum district in a majority-human city.

The problem is that the two protagonists (a faerie radical played by Cara Delivingne and a human cop played by Orlando Bloom) are kind of boring. The glimpses of life in Carnival Row often suggest events and characters who are more interesting than the leads, which gets frustrating.

Production design is good, though.

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