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I don't have much of an opinion on Streep either way, I rarely see her in movies and as a result I don't really follow her in the news much.

I did like her Golden Globe speech from 2017 though.
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Worse than Mel Gibson?

(note: I don't hate Mel Gibson, not even as a person)
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The only movie I've seen her in over the past two years was The Post, which I thought she was good in.

I don't watch many movies involving big-name actresses.
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KOTOR vs. Mass Effect 2 who wins?

Also Portal 2 vs. Red Dead Redemption who wins?
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Best thing about the Subspace Emissary was The Runaway Guys playing through it.

As for Brawl itself, I played it a ton for a year following its release, and then I just lost interest and struggled to enjoy the game later on. Part of it is probably just Smash fatigue, but otherwise...I'm not one of those people who hates the game, but yeah in the end I turned out to have fonder memories of Melee.
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Demon's Souls
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Earthbound
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Metroid Prime
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Fallout: New Vegas
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Is it okay to ask movie-related questions?

Leon what's your favorite superhero film?
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You're not the first person I have come across to vastly prefer Skyrim with mods.

Uncharted 2
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The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
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Super Mario RPG
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I didn't see the video, but I'm not particularly worried by this. Just seems like Trump being his usual clueless self.

I'm honestly amazed it took this long for video games to start getting the blame for mass shootings again.
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Where would Super Mario RPG have ranked?
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Shadow of the Colossus vs. BioShock who wins?
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To me it seems like any time a woman holds a position of power and/or tries to assert herself, she is subject to a lot of vitriol over anything remotely "wrong" she does.

It would explain so many things. It would explain how Harvey Weinstein has been able to get away with his predatory behavior for decades. It would explain why Hillary Clinton is so hated (mostly undeservedly IMO). It would even explain why Anita Sarkeesian refuses to acknowledge her critics as anything other than harassers. She knows this tends to happen to any woman who speaks out, making it hard for her and her supporters to avoid tarring actual criticism in the same brush. It would also explain the scapegoating people like Amy Pascal and Kathleen Kennedy are getting for certain controversial decisions.

I'm not saying that men in society inherently have a problem with strong women. That ship has largely sailed. But whenever women try to speak out against men or wield power over them, they are subject to a particular seething hatred that I will never understand. While I think Anita now deserves every ounce of online harassment she gets, that's only due to some godawful stunts she pulled last year which angered me more than anything Trump has pulled off, such as publicly defaming someone at a convention and comparing herself to a Harvey Weinstein victim. Until 2016, she just seemed to be some uptight moral guardian, no different from Jack Thompson. Watching Troy Leavitt's videos debunking Anita's analyses and reading Liana Kerzner's five part essay titled "Why Feminist Frequency Almost Made Me Quit Writing About Games" recently after having not monitored Anita after so long just made me wonder to some extent why I was ever so angry with her until last year. Yes, for as much as I've made it plain that I hate Anita, I never really started keeping watch on her shenanigans until 2016, and she never truly got on my nerves until last year. While lots of people have been working hard to debunk her analyses from the very beginning.

There are two sides to this conversation. The first is that a lot of moral guardians simply do not know much about the video games they're attacking. They think that video games are primarily a kids' thing, a more and more laughable assertion as time passes. They also think of video games primarily as arcade or linear experiences, like Pac-Man or Super Mario Bros. So they completely lose it when it comes to stuff like Grand Theft Auto (yes I watched an LP of GTAIII and got into it quite a bit, got me thinking about this) where the player can go on a murderous rampage and kill tons of innocent people in cold blood. Because they don't know any better, they assume this is the point of the game!

The second side is that reactions like this help me to understand how Trump's rise happened. I only really starting paying attention to social justice movements when James Rolfe, of AVGN fame, got attacked by feminists just for not wanting to see the Ghostbusters reboot (fortunately James himself seemed to take it in stride, only addressing it at a convention in September 2016 and briefly at that). I was never surprised that the initial trailer got so many dislikes, but then the whole "you're a misogynist if you don't see this movie". I would not be the least bit surprised if tons of Americans have had to deal with this BS for years. It took me until only about a month before the election to connect the dots between social justice backlash and Trump's popularity. In hindsight I'm more surprised he didn't win more easily, which goes to show that at least much of America still has sense.

Yes I felt like ranting and letting off some steam. Thank you for hearing me out on this.

Just wanted to share this.
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AxemRedRanger posted...

Would anyone take Sonic > Sephiroth in a fair 1-on-1?

Hell no, not SONIC.
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Inviso posted...

Eh. As much as I hated Hillary's role in the Hot Coffee incident, I would NEVER expect a Democrat to scapegoat video games as a distraction from gun control the way Republicans obviously would.

Yeah, I doubt she would have been as fervent as Jack Thompson.
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Trump apparently tried to blame the FBI as well.
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I'm amazed it took this long for someone to bring up the violent video games debate again, considering all the mass shootings recently. This is likely Trump being completely out-of-touch and having no idea what he's doing, as usual.

Remind me why we elected this nutcase over someone with decades of political experience?
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No but it was just average IMO. Only looks like a stinking pile of garbage next to the first two.
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Huh I thought Gyllenhaal and Eckhart were very good.
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Honestly the film feels very character-driven, which is probably one of its greatest strengths.
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ClyTheCool posted...

In your opinion, if you had to pick one, which character makes this such a high quality movie?

Favorite character from the film? If I had to pick one I'd go with The Joker, but I personally didn't think Heath Ledger's acting was a whole lot better than anyone else's. That is in part a testament to how strong the performances from the rest of the cast were, but all the same, I've seen four movies that won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars over the past year and I felt Ledger was the weakest of the four (the other three were Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies, Sean Connery in The Untouchables, and Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds).
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Film's 10th anniversary is this year! If anyone wants to know my thoughts feel free to ask.
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Favourite game is Resident Evil 4, then Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time round out my top three. After that things get hazy.
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Favorite MGS game is the first one, but IMO 1/2/3 are all around the same level of quality. 3 might be my favorite but I need to finish it again before I confirm.
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Favorite 3D platformer is Super Mario 64 easily. Nothing comes close.
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Avatar isn't one of Jim's better films, but it's still very enjoyable. Though yes I saw it in the theater when it came out.

Seen Inception and Gravity, good films but I wasn't really able to get into them.
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Bospsychopaat posted...

For those I've seen:

Moonlight > Birdman > 12 Years A Slave > Slumdog Millionaire >>> The King's Speech

The first four are genuinely great movies, and it's hard to compare them as they have such a different theme and atmosphere. I never really got the hype around the King's Speech. I thought it was alright, but nothing special. Looking back, it didn't really have a lot of competition, unless there was a notable snub from the nominees.

2010 had Inception and Toy Story 3! And oh, yeah, The Social Network.
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Amazed Birdman is in first, I hear a lot of bad things about that movie. It's often in "most undeserving Best Picture winners" lists.
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Paratroopa1 posted...

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

Wow. I've been considering getting around to this game.

You have Mario in your name and never played the original Mario RPG? Its a must play. Although unfortunately I feel it wont be as fresh since numerous games since then have reused some of its best ideas its still great.

He also has Link and Samus in his name and hasn't played Super Mario RPG. Think on that one.

Yeah I really wanted to point out the irony that LinkMarioSamus hasn't played one of the only non-Smash video games I can think of that has Link, Mario, AND Samus in it

I actually have played Super Mario RPG, just never beaten it.
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Wow. I've been considering getting around to this game.
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I acknowledge I probably missed something. I was playing very sporadically anyway (took me two and a half years to get to the halfway mark).

I think I found some item and needed to place it somewhere, but I don't remember.
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I got about halfway through FFVII before quitting because I didn't know what to do after the submarine section and I didn't want to look it up right then and there.
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HaRRicH posted...

It also gave Waluigi a win. Fuck the Rivalry Rumble.

You're lousy!
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I agree with Fire Temple being the weakest of the Adult Link dungeons.
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Maybe the occasional moment? I can't really remember any particular instance.
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Favorite Mario game is likely 64.
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

I think next time I play (probably tomorrow or Sunday), I am going to keep going until I beat the game. Unless Ganon's Castle is a gigantic dungeon or something.

It isn't, in case you want to know.
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Weird to think the PS3 and Xbox 360 are no longer current-gen.
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Those dungeons probably pack more of a punch than any dungeons in later Zeldas...

I'm not 100% sure which is my favorite Zelda between Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker. I typically go with the latter because 1) I've played it more recently, 2) I've had two playthroughs of the game where I felt absolutely elated at times vs. one playthrough of Ocarina where I felt the game was a bit of a letdown (the other two I enjoyed the game a ton), 3) to go with the less popular pick, and 4) because Wind Waker has aged quite a bit better.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Braveheart

Rating: 91/100

I'm a sucker for British history, and the quality of filming and acting (not to mention the setting) makes this film essentially a proto-Game of Thrones. Just a riveting movie.

Hey cool, someone who isn't lambasting Mel Gibson's directorial work for once.

I really liked the film too. I'd probably score it ten points lower but still. I love me a good Hollywood epic.

Schindler's List
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For some reason I couldn't get into Super Mario Galaxy 1/2 and Twilight Princess when I tried replaying them a few years back. Probably played them too much when I was younger.
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Add in some aspects of later Zeldas?
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Yes, Shadow of the Colossus.
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Awwwwwwwww
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Uncharted is one of the game series I'm most interested in, due to all the comparisons with Indiana Jones.
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I'm more interested in KH2 compared to the first game, but from what I gather I should start with the original.
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