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Bruce Sterling
Feb 18, 2019 4:41 AM

The film would have made half the money if the shark worked

*That's probably a true assertion.

*An analog media world described here that's as lost as magic-lantern slides.

Giant spider is a Volkswagen with eight FX guys rowing the legs inside

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