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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Grosse_Pointe_Blank_poster.jpg

I recently rewatched this movie and also recently finished Barry season 4, and it never even occurred to me the similarities between the 2.

Grosse Pointe Blank is about a former army man turned professional assassin who feels something is missing, and also has a confidant played by a chubby funny man, this time Dan Akroyd. Barry fans, this sounding a little familiar?

It's also a great movie, John Cusack is likable in it and Minnie Driver is adorable as usual.

Doom_Art posted...

They even had an out with him getting stabbed in the ear by Maeve.

At the very least having his eardrum punctured enough to bleed out his head like that should throw his balance off REAL bad. Like you could've done something like he can't fly anymore or w.e.

Was watching some behind the scenes and the show creator Kripke basically said they're making it up as they go along which worries me, I would have preferred a clear vision and at least a loose outline of the entire story. I get that it was Amazon Prime's most popular show, probably the only one before they hit it big with Invincible and even bigger with Fallout, but that's still no reason to drag it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4IS7XgJxOM

Necronmon posted...

All the more reason to see him get owned in the show I guess...at this rate not sure how long they can keep him around without it feeling contrived.

The way season 3 ended felt the most egregious with this, just ridiculously contrived to make everything return to the status quo and have nothing really happen of importance to the overall story.

I don't understand, did THQ get shut down or just folded into something called THQ Nordic?

At any rate I really only played one game from them, de blob on the wii and you know what, I actually liked it.

But I remember that company was mostly known for shovelware right? Games based on nickelodeon cartoons and video game tie-in for animated movies?

I must have watched that video like 10 times, kept cracking up at real life Hughie getting utterly destroyed it was so hilarious.

https://youtu.be/M1ahS9RjBiU

I still like season 9 better, where they had the fatwa dude interviewing all the characters Larry had interacted with and seeing it from Larry's point of view. That was a much more hilarious take on the Seinfeld finale. Navid Negabahn is a fantastic actor and I loved seeing him in Curb and on Legion.

I still rewatch Michael J Fox's scene to crack up every now and again. Love him so much.

Season 12 Episode 10: No Lessons Learned

No they fucking didn't.

They really redid the Seinfeld finale. And the worst part is, I ended up liking it. That ending was everything. Went from rolling my eyes to grinning and going "okay, that's kind of a nice twist"

"umm fahad" implies she's married. I've seen enough American TV to learn "it's always the spouse"

Would also imply she left behind kids which just adds to this sad situation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlhP50WflTU

As someone who really likes that gotye song, this was cute

I... I don't know why I expected to see a video of turtles being filmed looking at the sky in a post sex cuddling session

And what are the typical monitor sizes if someone wants a pretty large one?

https://i.redd.it/lsyceg40q8l81.gif

Also trying to see extent of gamefaqs embedding abilities

I used to confuse Earthworm Jim with The Tick, just like how I thought Bonkers was Roger Rabbit-related... somehow

WarfireX posted...

He generally writes bad dialogue. Had nothing to do with her level of eloquence. He flat out would write lines that the original actors refused to read they were so bad.

People and especially producers should have been on to George Lucas from the start though, didn't the first Star Wars movie have the line "well of course I know him, he's me"

https://youtu.be/Lv2qf4WeuHo

George Lucas: gives her dialogue to work with that even a kid would facepalm at

https://youtu.be/juFzdkg4Rvw

andel posted...

they are still releasing it but it got pushed back. guessing sometime this year but idk, doesn't look like a concrete release date has been announced yet

I see. I remember they announced it right around the time I was debating whether to buy the ps1 games on ps3 before the psn store gets shut down.

What happened to that announcement where they said they were remastering 1 and 2. Run out of money or something, did they cancel their plans

https://youtu.be/7hzDfDZisd0

This explains a lot of things in later seasons Community.

Southernfatman posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjHYcd8B-50

I remember her, she's from the Paulie movie about a talking parrot, would watch that movie all the time as a kid. She also played Hellen Keller in a movie.

Also holy shoot I just googled her and she's Jesse Eisenburg's little sister. I was not expecting this small world connection.

So...

Did anyone have Pepsi Max in their area?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNFnmq9dHig

What's also interesting is that all 3 continued to be relatively successful singers, Beyonce and Pink moreso, staying consistent without all the trouble that Britney unfortunately went through. Beyonce in particular become exponentially more successful, she's still releasing catchy tunes to this day.

This was 20 years ago:

https://youtu.be/oD3wHHXTsOQ

Back when pop stars were put into everything, even pepsi commercials.

El_Marsh posted...

Megavolt from Darkwing Duck

I'm dead XD

Leave it to Larry willing to be uncomfortable doing sex on the floor if it meant not actually interacting with another person

Season 12 Episode 9: Ken-Kendra

Larry used to hook up with a person who became trans. They revealed that Larry had a trick to avoid cuddling which gets him in hot water with his ex-wife who left him like 15 years ago.

This episode struck a chord with me when Larry got covid and said "I avoided it for so long I thought I was special, now I'm just like everybody else boohoo" because I felt that exact same way lol.

Zootopia didn't miss.

Anyway there's Redwall.

Friend of mine never saw a goofy movie. Had to send him this:

https://youtu.be/cmo9p4R3UuU

I finished the 6 issues for Batman 89 and... overall I don't think I liked it much.

Pros:

- Initial presentation of Harvey Dent and African American struggle

- Idea behind "Drake Winston" as Robin

Cons:

Literally everything else. Story is contrived, weak. They start with a supposed turf war between gangs dressed up as Batman and gangs dressed up as Joker but go nowhere with that plotline. Batman being nothing like Michael Keaton's Batman or Tim Burton Batman is fine, if he weren't so incompetent and weirdly written. Return of Catwoman is not as exciting, despite brimming with potential.

The whole comic idea was full of potential but they really didn't do it justice to be honest.

Season 12 Episode 8: The Colostomy Bag

Conan Obrien was in this episode! Was hoping to see more of him, I like the guy's show.

The lawyer resisting the "I like it/I want it" gambit was the highlight of the episode. It's a joke that was even on Seinfeld 30 years ago (Jerry and that "space pen" which I just googled to see if still exists/still a thing)

Heh one of the many reasons why I'd never buy a used car is exactly what happened in this episode, if the former owner being a smoker who completely stunk up the car. In real life the smell is unbearable.

A mock trial though makes me think the show might really end the way I joked about... not that they haven't been foreshadowing it and throwing jokes about the Seinfeld finale every chance they can (which are always hilarious especially Larry's reaction to the subtle diss)

I'm reading the comic now and it does have some interesting ideas with Harvey Dent, and tying it to themes we've been seeing a lot in media (knowing where you came from, helping community, etc) but the way they did the Harvey Dent to Two-Face turn was just... incredibly contrived.

And this Batman was incredibly incompetent, like what were they even going for here. Literally got a kid killed

Season 12 Episode 7: The Dream Scheme

The idea of Susie being nice enough to not bring Jeff with her on a plane just because of a nightmare is surprising in and of itself.

I guess last minute planes don't have business class seats? These people are millionaires, if not even millionaires can avoid being stuck in economy what chance do the rest of us have

I remember that actress who's with Larry! She's from Smart Guy!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJG78_wWQAAfC6-.jpg

Always liked her, Smart Guy was a show I used to watch a lot as a kid. Total blast from the past.

Season 12 Episode 6: The Gettysburg Address

Larry parodies the Lincoln speech to get Lori Loughlin into the golfing club after she became a social pariah. This episode made me google to see if Lori Loughlin was in jail/ever sent to jail. Dark but funny episode, she was great in it and very self-aware. The college admissions bribery scandal was so huge that even others like Felicity Huffman got outed.

The rest of the episode was alright too. The Sienna Miller eating food while acting in every scene thing reminded me of a decades old Cracked article I once read about how Brad Pitt always seems to be eating something in his movies like Ocean's eleven or even Fight Club, and a joke about how this was done to make him seem "approachable" since he's otherwise so handsome he's off-putting.

rexcrk posted...

Its amazing to me that so many people saw it as some kind of punishment instead of using the opportunity to learn how to entertain themselves in other ways besides going out. Talk about a squandered opportunity.

Heck, it's not even just about entertaining themselves, since I know some people will simply never like video games regardless if it makes sense or not. It's also about finally having the freedom to work on yourself, admittedly if you're lucky enough to have the means and opportunity.

Like I finally learned to cook, really cook. I'm embarrassed that I've just been ordering food or had it already prepared in easy containers all my life, and the pandemic got me to cook. And I discovered that not only did I love it, I was good at it. Felt like a missing piece I found.

So between exercise and preparing meals and cooking meals and playing games and chatting with people, there was never a single second where I was bored.

But yeah I sometimes wonder how these people who were supposedly so bored still hadn't deigned to try video games, despite games being way more ubiquitous than they were even just 20 years ago. The interactive and engaging nature of video games could make hours seemingly pass by in the blink of an eye.

Season 12 Episode 5: Fish stuck.

Lol I know it's a running theme that Larry is always wrong (except for maybe 2 cases/scenarios) but obsessed about a fish? It's such a weird thing to harp on, but perhaps it makes sense for a super old, retired, rich dude with literally nothing to do all day to focus on even the most minute weird things.

Anyway took half the season but they finally got rid of Irma. Doesn't seem like Larry to stick with a relationship because he feels bad, I had to reskim season 11 to see if maybe she was blackmailing him to stay (which would make more sense in character and in universe) but I couldn't find anything

It both ruined my plans and yet also came up at the most opportune moment. Had just finished a major project at work and was finally negotiating with the boss to use up all my accumulated vacation days... and then bam March hit.

Used that time to get some exercise and basically played Breath of the Wild day and night. While so many around me and on social media were posting about how bored they were and how there's nothing to do, I was laughing in video games. It's funny just how immersive video games could be, you could be playing for 6 hours and barely feel more than 30 minutes had gone by. So many people don't realize this or just have no interest in video games. All things considered I had a nice staycation.

Can't believe it's been 4 years. Everyone else has long since moved on though, covid is little more than a blip on their radar or memory. Life goes on.

Season 12 Episode 4: Disgruntled.

Spartacus endings always make me chuckle. How many times is the Country Club owner Takahashi gonna threaten to kick Larry out, and didn't he already not kick him out because Larry saw that he was having an affair with a married woman who had a baby with him and was pretending to her husband that it's his?

I mostly liked this episode. I don't know how I feel about them showing that the therapist is being unethical and disclosing patient's information to others even her own husband. But more importantly isn't that... didn't that actress already guest star in another episode? I'll need to find it but wasn't she the wife of an inventor of a car periscope that Larry and Jeff were gonna invest in?

Week 3 Day 5: Ok so my theory was a bit off but I knew that blond high school looking Reaper Tsugumi was Shiki related... somehow. As soon as I saw the stuffed animal and fought her back in week 2 I was theorizing something like maybe that's Shiki who's been mind controlled. In the original TWEWY it was revealed that the Shiki we spent time with was not what she looked like, that was her best friend who she always wanted to be, and the actual Shiki looked more like... well, Nagi I guess, with the glasses but that's all I remember about her design. So I just thought once again someone transformed her into some blond and put her under a spell to be a mindless soldier, probably Shiba. We'll see.

Also I laughed so hard at the reveal of the "fairy princess" reaper and finally getting to interact with her, that entire sequence just cracked me up loved it. Rindo, Fret and Nagi being like "um what" and then the whole Neku and Beat banter. But they're describing events which took place that we the player don't know about either right? Because I don't remember this character shooting Neku at all from the original game so it's a new event that Neku and Beat are reminiscing about.

Week 3 Day 6 Preview: Wait holy shit this is the penultimate day, we're already here??!

TheSavageDragon posted...

That's only in TAS and in the comics about 15 years IRL after he became Robin. TAS Robin's look along with using a staff and computer skills were all lifted straight from Tim. And Jason's origin along with some of his attitude were transplanted onto TAS Tim.
He started wearing this as his first costume in '89. Jason's looked identical to Dick's old costume.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c4e719df.jpg

That's pretty damn cool. So it was Tim this whole time who started with the best design for Robin...

Tim had Staff, Dick has Batons right? Was that added in after-the-fact too

I think it's great from the beginning although it's interesting to see what season 1 was like. From the ancient references, to working out JD's fantasies and comedy, to the extreme abrasiveness of Jordan, to the Janitor initially being a figment of JD's imagination... just lots of things they were workshopping.

One of the first sitcoms of the 21st century to not have a laugh track, not to mention the single camera format that's better for viewers but much more difficult for the actual people behind the show to do, makes this a landmark show imo. It and Malcolm in the Middle are the first shows I think of that started the no laughtrack/better shot comedy show.

One of my favorite shows of all time. For a while was my comfort show, every other year would watch just a bunch of episodes throughout a season.

gamepimp12 posted...

carrot top pulled up in an episode and it just dated this whole show for me

You realize 2001 was not even 20 years ago, it's more? It makes sense to see a ton of references that are gonna feel ancient. It's the equivalent of watching Happy Days when scrubs first came out, which felt beyond ancient for our young selves.

TheSavageDragon posted...

That's literally just Robin (Tim Drake)'s costume in the comics at the time. Which everybody agreed to be a major upgrade to the OG speedos and pixie boots.
Batman Returns has jack to do with that being TAS Robin's design.

Huh. I know Tim Drake is Red Robin which is a red themed design where they removed the green (basically the best part) but I didn't know about that. I thought it was jason todd who first started wearing green pants instead of speedo. It took them that long...

Gonna see it once it releases on streaming, can't wait.

I for one like the human actors they've had in these movies, and in godzilla vs kong 1 I was really happy to see rebecca hall and alexander skarsgard. However, I don't care for the stranger things girl I don't really see why the critics or even audience love her. Hope she's not in godzilla vs kong 2.

Unironically thought Kong: Skull Island was good. Godzilla 2019 was kinda disappointing in that felt like they blew their load too soon introducing King Ghidorah the 3-headed dragon when I thought he was basically Godzilla's ultimate nemesis. Still fun popcorn movie.

godzilla vs kong 1 was just so dumb that throughout it I was like "yeah sure, that may as well happen" and I was fine with it.

Hayame_Zero posted...

Yeah, they even got as far as making a prototype figure of Wayans. The character was painted as white later, but...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/55eb7527.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/12a9d32f.jpg

It's interesting how similar the design is to BTAS Robin. Just another thing Batman Returns influenced. Always loved that design, a perfect blend of the red, green, yellow and black. Still the best one to date.

PeteyParker posted...

There's two sequel comics. Batman '89 and the currently running Batman '89: Echoes.

Not only that but later this year in October there's a novel coming out that takes place between Batman and Batman Returns called Batman Resurrection written by John Jackson Miller

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7e9942a0.jpg

What did you think of the comic overall?

_____Cait posted...

Not to mention, Andys character assassination

Lol this line always makes me laugh. Andy was always an ass. It's interesting how the show flipflopped between making him the ass we hate or the idiot we root for, like a mixture of Dwight and Michael.

Anyway I love Robert California, James Spader > Steve Carrel any day of the week.

Funny thing about the bus episode, they were apparently close to death in that episode, narrowly avoiding a tragic accident that could have caused an explosion. They talk about it on the podcast.

ArmieBuff posted...

and Hooktail is scared of frogs not crickets. You know what that means...

Hooktail is the dragon right? Why is that significant?

Wonder how many new players this port will snag. If more people knew about Paper Mario (the real Paper Mario) the better.

TheLiarParadox posted...

I would take any of those over cheese any day.

This