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This is only an issue because covid is causing the transition to a new generation to drag out forever. The games are $70. It makes sense if you buy the PS4 version that the upgrade cost $10. The other choice is that PS4 games now all cost $70 or they simply don’t release all these games on PS4 at all. 

On 9/7/2021 at 4:33 PM, Bloodporne said:

Some re-watches here:

 

Jackie Brown - 10/10

One of my favorite movies of all time. There's something about the chemistry between Pam Grier and Robert Forster that is so believable and ultimately sweetly melancholic.

 

Rear Window - 7/10

I know it's a mega-classic and I like a lot about it but some of it never fully clicked with me despite multiple viewings since I was a kid. I'm more into Vertigo and The Birds myself. 

Dial M for Murder was always my favorite 

Yep that looks fantastic. Also at what point does Leo become the male Meryl Streep and just start winning shit every single year.

Lol it’s been so long I can’t even remember what average/good/great opening weekend numbers were and what is considered those levels in a “post covid” theatrical world. 
 

If American Nightmare is included im 100% in

Vacation Friends - 7.5/10

I really enjoyed it. It’s not really that laugh out loud funny. But the story is much better than I assumed. Def tropey but done really well. Cena is really coming into his own and hits not only the comedic notes but also a few nice dramatic ones as well. I def recommend it for anyone looking for a fun, feel good story. 

PlayStation da Goat

31 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

 

And there's the main sticking point: the production of Part 2 is entirely dependent on the commercial performance of Part 1.

Oh it is?? I was under the impression he only agreed to do it if he was allowed to do it in two parts and that was a done deal. Not that part 1 had to do well for part 2 to be greenlit

Without actually reading any of the reviews and only looking at headlines. Still super psyched. Sounds like he doesn’t contain the story as well as he should but once both movies can be viewed together itll be a full on epic. 
 

For people like my wife who haven’t read the book gonna be a frustrating experience though. 

I don’t watch much of the video content but I’m absolutely loving the new Bombcast lineup. They all play off each other extremely well. Hopefully Danny comes back to it soon. The two Jeff’s plus Danny and Jan is my favorite lineup. 

23 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

 

I don’t think young adult as a label is indicative of quality at all, any more than “fantasy” or “sci fi” is; it just indicates the target market. I suppose the WoT series isn’t STRICTLY young adult, but the characters fall within the tail end of the age range typically found in YA books, the main characters spend an awful lot of time reflecting on relationships and romance, there are strong coming of age vibes throughout the first half of the series at least, etc.

 

Maybe I’m biased because I started reading the books when I was 13, who knows.

Oh agreed. There’s some really high quality YA stuff out there. Honestly when actually trying to think about it I’m not sure what really defines YA at this point. It seems like anything fantasy has been dumped into that category at this point. Like 90% of fantasy features a young protagonist haha. I guess I define it more

as the style and complexity of the writing? To me YA are kind of meant to be easy pick up and reads that cap out closer to that 3/400 range with relatively easy vocabulary. When you get into stuff that’s 800 pages and you gotta look up words from time to time that isn’t YA. As far as content most fantasy tropes(like the ones you mentioned) are also YA tropes so yeah. In the end it doesn’t matter. YA shouldn’t have the stigma for lower quality that it does. so something looking YA simply because the main characters are teenagers and thus inherently means it’s not good doesn’t make sense to me. 
 

I feel like that was a rambling nonsensical post but whatever haha

3 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

This looked fine. I’m glad that it’s colorful.

 

As far as it having a young adult vibe… uh the whole series does, so that’s kind of to be expected, no?

Sorta, I don’t think I’d classify the books as Young Adult simply because the writing is a better quality. But for a teaser that’s purpose is to show off the main cast(who are basically all teenagers) with no dialogue. Yeah I think that vibe is to be a bit expected. I just don’t don’t get the visuals comment. I don’t think it looked any better or worse than any other top tier fantasy show that’s come out. Especially since they didn’t really show of some of the more fantastical scenes/locations/characters. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yep, I’ll watch the hell outta that

I dunno I think it looked fine for a teaser. Seemed like most of what they showed is from the beginning of book 1 which makes sense. I think when you cast young unknowns it’s always gonna give a bit of a “young adult” vibe until you really get into the show and can see the performances. The locations itself I thought fit. I mean it’s a teaser so it’s meant to appeal to a pretty broad audience. So showing some sweeping landscape shots a la LotR makes sense. And honestly the world itself isn’t really that remarkable until you get deeper into the story/things you wouldn’t show in a teaser. 
 

I know they said they’re going to adapt the whole story and not just go linear through the books. As someone who hasn’t read all the books plus I’m curious how far into the story they’re going to pull, what’s the furthest into the story you saw from that? I def saw some stuff from close to the middle of book 2. Anyone see anything from further on?

On 8/29/2021 at 11:58 AM, Kal-El814 said:

 

I appreciate that the show leans into kindness and compassion, and I get that a Christmas episode is supposed to be campy bu design. But it's weird that they had a whole episode about Sam pushing back on Richmond's main sponsor that so far as had zero repercussions at all, for example. Revisiting the situation with Ted's family / his panic attacks is a good direction for the show to go if they want it to be anything other than saccharine especially if most of the interpersonal conflicts on the team are largely resolved at this moment.

What repercussions did you want? That would have been such a cliche path for them to take. They drop a sponsor and find a new one. It’s well established how wealthy Rebecca is so finances in the short term doesn’t need to be a story. Maybe they will be in the long run. There was that line early in the season about a Champion team paying Premier salaries. But personally I’m glad that sponsor thing didn’t drag out. Sponsor sucks. They took a stand and dropped them. End of story. 

Lol this board cracks me up

Sportscenter

Food Network

Nature Shows

Couldn’t even finish the trailer. 

I’m just hear to remind everyone that Lords of Shadow was a great fucking game and was an infinitely better God of War than God of War. 
 

carry on. 

I was just at Disney a couple weeks ago. Ride is still super fun and you don’t even really notice the changes. I know some purists will get all bent outta shape when they inevitably add stuff from the movie but I like when they do stuff like that. Better to alter the rides slightly to keep them fresh than remove them completely like Universal does. I actually really like the Jack Sparrow and Barbosa stuff in Pirates 🤷🏻‍♂️

13 hours ago, Fizzzzle said:

I thought the movie was alright. It's a rehash of Pirates of the Caribbean in a lot of ways, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The one thing I found weird is that I realized I subconsciously don't buy it when Dwayne Johnson has a love interest in a movie. It's weird.

I thought it was way more of a Mummy rehash than Pirates but yeah basically. And agreed on the love interest thing. I think he and Emily Blunt has fantastic chemistry as far as bickering with each other. But none of that translated to any kind of sexual tension. Only movie I remember Rock having a natural feeling love interest was Walking Tall. 

On 8/17/2021 at 12:32 PM, sblfilms said:

 

I think it is worth remembering that most of the dudes who make it on to SNL were absolute losers in high school, which is one of the worst recipes for turning into a real POS when you become famous in your 20s and 30s.

That exact situation is why I think the video game/tech industry is as toxic as it is 

Jungle Cruise - 8/10 - It’s exactly what you think it is. But I love the  “Adventure Movie with Strong, Smart, Guarded Female+Handsome, Brash, Troubled Past Guy+Diminutive, Scene Stealing, Funny Third Wheel+Sexy Foreign Villian Who Speaks Little to No English” Genre

I feel like it’s only recently I’ve heard a very small group of people go “yikes” over the Tropic Thunder thing, and as far as I know they’ve all been white. I don’t ever remember any kind of outrage or offense over that character. I think because it was so well done and accurate. 
 

To me it’s in the same class as Mel Brooks films. Everyone agrees that Blazing Saddles probably couldn’t be made today. But at the same time I’ve never heard anyone trying to call out Brooks for being tasteless or racist. 

I’m actually pretty excited for this Call of Duty. See what you want about the game but it’s campaigns are always entertaining in a fantastic Prime Michael Bay kinda way.