Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on September 28, 2025, 12:21:14 PMWould it be possible for me to share this on Fora Talossa? Fora Talossa is the nation's largest repository of cultural videos. We'd love to include for our viewers.

It's OK by me ;)

Our Secretar d'Estat, Sir Lüc da Schir, commented me that my oath of alliegance was a bit unusual and encourage me to share it with my fellow. So here it is...

Quote from: King Txec on September 22, 2025, 06:12:15 AMWelcome to Talossa S:reu Masquiarán-Díaz!

-Txec R

Thy Majesty King TXEC, I address you with deep respect to express my sincere gratitude for having received me as a citizen of this glorious kingdom.

Quote from: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on August 13, 2025, 07:05:47 PMI work in a Uni tv/radio station as well, there's a couple of people trying to get a show like yours, but your enthusiasm is fascinating. I'd be very glad to have you as a fellow Talossan as well (:

Oh, thanks!


Soon comes the best time of the season: We dedicate October to horror and each year I'm in charge of choosing the films. _{(Because I'm the only one on the panel who enjoys watching them :v)}

Quote from: Sir Lüc on September 05, 2025, 02:18:05 AMNo, and he hasn't logged back in since August 11.

Sorry, I had to format my laptop and then recover lots of work. I was kidnapped by my obligations .__.u

Quote from: King Txec on August 09, 2025, 10:53:02 PMAs your province would be Maricopa, and as a very proud Maricopan, perhaps your apartment could be declared an official landmark or something!

-Txec R

I will be pleased to accept whatever the will of Talossan People decides and our King ratifies.

Quote from: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on July 17, 2025, 12:12:05 PMHey Nicolás, I've been listening to your podcast De Película, the episode of The Substance, it's real good!
How does a podcast becomes a reality in the structure of a University? It's there a Communication departament or a Radio station of some sort?

Wow... thanks...

(I think that the episode of "The Commune" —Dec. 28th, 2024— is quite good too.)

It's actually a pretty long story, but I'll try to stick to the essentials to keep it short.

Radio UdeC is open to program proposals from anyone in the community, as long as they fit its editorial line and offer content that isn't already covered by another existing show. Once a program is accepted, it can keep going indefinitely as long as it's confirmed for renewal each year.

De Película started as a project by a friend of mine —Felipe— who asked a journalist from the station, a fellow member of the university choir, to help him put it together. With some changes in the panel over time, it's been on the air for 25 years now. I joined about 23 years ago, I think... I was still a student. Interestingly, the three of us who make up the current panel all met in the choir back then. Now Felipe is a Sound Engineer, Sara is an Audiovisual Communicator, and I'm a Musicologist. A pretty good mix.

Over the years, the station has had to adapt to changes in the media, so while it still broadcasts on air, it also has an online stream (www.radioudec.cl). Some years ago, it started hosting shows on its website as standard practice, but it hasn't yet fully adopted the podcast format as the norm.

I think it was just before the pandemic that I started insisting the online stream wasn't enough and that we could reach more people through other platforms. So, we adapted the format to work as a hybrid between a live broadcast and a podcast (there is a rule in the radio about the minimum % of music we have to play during an episode), and we've been uploading it ourselves to those platforms.

So, the program exists officially for the institution through the station, and as a podcast thanks to our own initiative. There's no conflict 'cause after so many years on the air, we've earned a few privileges... and we can keep them as long as we don't get nuts.

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on August 09, 2025, 01:42:28 PMI'm not a native English speaker as well and there are other Talossans whose native language isn't English, so you're not alone with that.

Nán alassea ú-alta :)

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on July 16, 2025, 11:45:14 PMAzul @glindae! In what micronations do you have prior experience?

I only know a few of them, like Sealand, the Island of the Roses (there's a movie about it), Liberland, or Wallachia, among others. At one point, I even thought about getting a Sealand passport. I never did, but instead I have my title of Sir for the rights over 1 m² of land in Scotland.

I've got some interesting local cases too, like the Republic of Hualqui, known as the "One-Day-Republic," a real story that happened about 200 years ago in a town just a few miles from here. There's also the Royaume d'Araucanie et de Patagonie, often presented as the whim of a madman, but it actually had real political implications in the 19th century, and even today there's still a claim over that territory.

As an anecdote, several years ago a friend of mine published a paper critically revisiting the official Chilean history about the Reign of Araucania and Patagonia. Some time later, he received a medal from the descendants of King Antoine Orélie I.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 16, 2025, 08:20:22 PMWelcome to the Kingdom @glindae Nicolás

I like to think all nations are creations of human imagination but some are nurtured by more imaginations than others. What is the first thing you want to do after gaining citizenship?

Certainly, no national border came included with the planet.

My first action will be to offer my apartment as an exclave for the Kingdom.

Quote from: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on July 16, 2025, 06:19:13 PMHola Nicolás, bienvenido al reino de Talossa. Estoy seguro de que encontrarás muchas actividades, personas, intereses y conflictos intelectuales que te mantendrán entretenido y ocupado por muchos años.

About science fiction and horror movies, which are your favorites?

It's hard to pick just one, or even just a few. I could try to put together a list of some essentials that quickly come to mind and are among my favorites.

• Der Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (Wiene, 1920). If you watch it you are watching almost every horror film made after it.
• Alien (Scott, 1979). Its unprecedented blend of horror and sci-fi, its production design, and its tense atmosphere heightened by the narrative pacing are paradigmatic.
• The Changeling (Medak, 1980). Its elegant cinematic craftsmanship, sound design, atmosphere, and the way it addresses the story's dramatic dimension make it one of the finest haunted house films you can watch.
• The Thing (Carpenter, 1982). Another brilliant blend of horror and sci-fi, with amazing creature design and practical effects. That one leaves you with a lingering sense of paranoia when it's over.
• Jacob's Ladder (Lyne, 1990). The disturbing way it blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction is part of the history of film and video games.
• The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991). Memorable performances that perfectly sustain the fusion of psychological horror and crime thriller. If there were films before that raised the quality of horror, this is the one that definitively expanded its horizons.
• The Sixth Sense (Shyamalan, 1999). It manages to craft a deep emotional study within the framework of supernatural horror. It doesn't matter if you already know the plot twist, because the magic lies in its storytelling as a whole.
• El orfanato (Bayona, 2007). Its screenplay achieves a perfect balance between gothic horror and emotional drama, to the point that you can show this film even to those who don't like horror. ("1, 2, 3... toca la pared...")
• The Wailing (Na Hong-jin, 2016). Its narrative ambiguity draws you in and keeps you tense even when you already know where its disturbing ending is leading you...
• Nosferatu (Eggers, 2024). Its update of the myth is a work of craftsmanship. A lyrical horror proposal, with impeccable visual and sound work, it's a feast for the senses.

Well... there is a lot more. But just to mention a couple more in sci-fi...

• District 9 (Blomkampf, 2009). Sci-Fi here is just the excuse to show an assertive and sharp social allegory. And the fact they pulled off those visual effects on that budget is just insane.
• Her (Jonze, 2013). For its intimate reflection on loneliness in the digital era from a broad human perspective that doesn't limit itself to showing a depressing scenario... as usual.
• The Arrival (Villeneuve, 2016). Simply, an impeccable and moving work...

I'd better stop right here, or you're gonna have to stop me... ^^u

First of all, I would like to apologize for my long absence —and my terrible grammar, as I am not a native English speaker—. I submitted my application at a very bad time: right as I was finishing my doctoral thesis —I'm still on it— and had just taken on a new position at work that has kept me extremely busy.

I tried to reply earlier, but here where I live the second semester of classes has just begun, and the number of requests I have received in the past few weeks has been overwhelming.

Now I'm here, ready to answer all the questions I've had to leave pending. Here I go...