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Anyone check it out?

Watched it tonight and really enjoyed it. The combat never quite reaches the heights of Castlevania and it doesn’t have much of the charm present in Geralts stories. But it’s still a lot of fun and it’s cool to kinda see how Vesimir came to be the teacher that he is and how the Witcher’s came to be in the state of decline they’re in during Geralts rise. 

9 hours ago, Brick said:

 

Do you irrationally hate ScarJo or something?

That is 100% accurate. 

3 hours ago, Fizzzzle said:

You misunderstand the concept. An airplane movie is like... any movie with Jason Statham in it. Not aggressively bad, but you see the poster for it and go "huh, that looks like it could be fun," then 30 minutes into wathching it you realize you've already seen it.

 

Not a bad movie, but so forgettable you can't remember the plot 30 minutes after you watched it. Just something to pass the time.

 

THAT is an airplane movie. This is not that.

I literally just watched Wrath of Man on the plane two days ago 😂😂😂

I hope they crush her and she never works again 

My wife loved the first season so she’s rewatching it with me. First episode was great. 

Right. The GameCube routinely had better graphics on multiplats than the PS2 but lagged behind the Xbox. The discs weren’t the issue. 
 

Do people consider the N64 a failure? That was a little before I started following games online so I don’t know how it was received overall but it’s the system me and all of my friends owned and it’s hands down my favorite console of all time. I knew it lagged behind the PlayStation in sales but I didn’t think it was regarded as a failure. 

Huh I had it completely backwards haha. Granted I’m only halfway through book 2. I pictured Moraine as tall and ethereal kinda like Galadriel. And I guess I pictured Lan like Aragorn. Rand I knew was very tall and athletically built. Matt smaller and more slender and Perrin normal tall and built like a linebacker. So at least I got the three boys right lol. 
 

although I guess based on the cover of the first book I should have guessed I was way off on Moraine 😂

Really? I certainly didn’t picture him the way they cast him but I didn’t picture him as some mountain of a man. Just kinda a standard Knight type character. Built like a less pretty Jamie Lannister or something 

1 hour ago, Ominous said:

Nostalgia. 

Which explains why they keep grabbing every new generation as well. Pure nostalgia machine. 

Because they’re the GOATs and they figured out several generations ago how to carve out a niche so they don’t have to compete directly with Sony and MS. They make amazingly fun games that are generally always bug free and have little to no competition in the space they’re in. I also believe they don’t sell their hardware at a loss. Although that maybe have changed with the Switch. I’m not sure. 

I’m probably in the minority in thinking Val would have been great as Morpheus. 

30 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

Aren't the Eternals like secret alien gods who live on Earth in secret? Sounds like fantastical, weird stuff to me?

Correct. But this is the Capt America 4 thread haha

Did they fix they embarrassingly awful gameplay? No? Cool I’m still good then. 

7 hours ago, johnny said:

either this movie is going to suck or whoever is cutting the promotional stuff for this movie should be fired. 

how bout neither!

I’m in the boat of “just let the older characters go” for the most part I have ZERO desire in any stories around new characters taking on the mantle of an older hero. With the exception of Miles Morales and Spider-Man. 

7 hours ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

But this is the fantastical, weird stuff?

No, it isn’t. 

4 hours ago, Komusha said:

I much prefer the cosmic/mutltiverse over the super spy, and this looks appropriately weird so I’m on board. Looks dope.

this is also me 100%

At this point I only really find the fantastical weird Marvel stuff interesting so I’ll probably skip this. But cool that they’re doing it. 

Certainly sounds good. Awesome that it got a good budget right off the bat. Everything from the photos looks great. I will say I pictured Moraine looking a bit more ethereal than she does in that cover photo but that’s probably just on me haha

On 8/16/2021 at 7:36 PM, Kal-El814 said:

 

Ryan Reynolds' career in a nutshell.

Not really

Great, now this has me thinking of how a John Wick/Highlander crossover would be the unquestioned GOAT

1 hour ago, gamer.tv said:

Late to the party (stock response for bumping a thread).

 

Spoilers for those who haven’t touched the game.

 

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Did anyone find the opening part of the village and the castle took quite some time, but then the Dollhouse and the Mine took maybe an hour and a bit each? 
 

I'm about to amble off the the factory now, so I’m interested to see if this is the area that slows the game down/draws it out - my sneaking suspicion is yea, it is.

 

your suspicion is correct

That looks fantastic!

11 hours ago, Zeluge said:

A real blast. Gunn was given the opportunity by the competition to do a hedonistic victory lap, and within the first ten minutes, he announces his intent to go on an anarchic rampage. And with some inspired direction, no less. Half a fight scene is shot in the reflection of a helmet. Wonderful!

 

Amused to see all the Harley hate, because she was one of my favorite aspects here. Liked Birds of Prey well enough, and haven’t seen Suicide Squad, but think they struck a good balance here between bonkers, capable and — in a standout scene for me — the lines she’s drawn for herself and the pain behind the mania.

 

Also, great unexpected use of the Pixies.

 

 

Also also, I guess we've done away with covering spoilers, so perhaps someone could change the title?

 

 

To what degree do you think the movie wants us to be invested in the revolution? The guerrillas are established with a joke, and it concludes in an overtly gory way. It's a means to an end.

 

And they turn back to stop Starro from his rampage. 

 

I'm not following your stance here at all.

 

 

You're right, the Guardians don't and wouldn't do that -- because they're completely different characters operating on a completely different spectrum of morality in a completely different movie. It would be wildly out of place, and it's why Yondu's exit treatment leaves one uneasy. They don't fully reconcile his past actions, and he's embraced/mourned by generally good people who are aiming to do the right thing. It doesn't jive.

 

By contrast, the Suicide Squad are a bunch of unrepentant criminals ranging from a man-eating shark to a young woman who doesn't seem too bothered about forcing a rat down a person's throat. The reveal of who they killed isn't to garner sympathy. It's a joke. Flag is the only one who seems to care, and he's presented as the anomaly.

 

Essentially, I think what was a weakness in GotG2 is actually a strength here. The amorality of the roster of characters lends itself much better to Gunn's transgressive tendencies.

I agree with all of this 

2 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

Do you have to keep the stick so far up your ass that diarrhea pours out of your fingers and constantly makes it way into all of your posts? 

The irony of you posting this is wonderfully spectacular