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Raka_Putra posted...

Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich. Malkovich, Malkovich. Malkovich Malkovich?

Malkovich!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm4JVkH0T-E

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Honestly yeah that's a real head-scratcher, Samus idolizing a glorified Hate Sink so much. But from what I gather half the accusations of sexism aimed at Other M are more aimed at seeming desecration of a feminist icon than they are at actually making women look bad...not that Other M is free of that though.

Honestly I feel like you can rationalize a lot of the weird aspects of the game's plot but it amounts to doing the director's homework for him. No thanks. For those of you wondering how I did a complete 180 with Other M...look, sometimes you get excited for the hot new thing and it takes you a while for your hype to die down and realize it isn't that good. Plus I've seen a lot more movies since and I have a better grasp of good and bad storytelling. And Other M's plot is one of the few cases where I'd say calls of "character assassination" and "plot holes" are fully warranted since people bandy about those terms so much nowadays they have basically lost all meaning.

Part of it is also I feel like the game was never THAT hated, only marginally more than something like Jurassic Park III or Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and certainly nowhere near as intensely as something like The Last Jedi. It's just Nintendo rarely makes such a big misfire that continues to fascinate me somewhat, but even then they took Metroid back to the drawing board and it wound up paying off for many. And even then, I wound up watching Batman & Robin for a lot of the reasons I'm seemingly obsessed with Other M and didn't remotely regret it.

When I played Other M and completed all of it and experienced all of it's story, I never once felt it was "desecrating a feminist icon". I just looked at the story in this way: Samus didn't have a normal family growing up. Her family was Adam (who she viewed as a father, despite him not being a biological father, the guy is just her commanding officer) and the rest of the soldiers in her platoon as her brothers.
Now...
With that said...
Is Adam a good father figure? Oh, hell no. LMAO. I'd say he makes a very poor father figure. He's a commanding officer and makes it known he's a commanding officer. Samus is so eager to have a father figure she just latches on to this guy who she views as an unofficial father because he's really the closest thing she has to that. But in reality, he sucks as a father figure.
Hell...
He sucks as a commanding officer (several of his orders throughout the game are straight up incompetent as all hell. Especially during the infamous volcano scene where he orders Samus to go into the Volcanic area WITHOUT any sort of special heat covering to keep her from overheating and dying and she's in that volcanic area for at least a good 20 minutes (I almost overheated and DIED several times playing as Samus in that area) and when she's about to leave the area and fight the boss, that's when the asshole decides.... "oh... oh, yeah... hey Samus... you have this special thing that will protect you from the heat and keep you cool. Look for that and turn that on". Like what the flying fuck?!? The asshole couldn't have told Samus that 20 minutes ago?!? What the fuck!!! That right there is just ONE example of his incompetence as a commander AND as a father since a good father would have noticed she was near death several times and would have told her about the special shield that protects her from the extreme heat.

The story of of Other M isn't about feminist / sexism stuff... the story of Other M is about extremely shitty fathers and shitty mothers and the daughters that have to put up with their bullshit. It's a deconstruction of Samus as well as a huge deconstruction for Madeline Bergman Jr, A.K.A: Mother Brain, who gets resurrected but in the form of a young female human and in a way she is the unofficial child of the male and female scientists who resurrected her and see her as a new entity known as the young Madeline Bergman (NOT Madeline Bergman Senior who is held captive, but Madeline Bergman Junior). They see her as naive and figure they can take advantage of that. However...
The IDIOT scientists who resurrected her into the form of a young woman...
The fucking IDIOTS don't realize that Madeline Bergman Jr, despite being a human now, is still the evil MOTHER BRAIN!!! Her form may have been changed to a human and she was made young again and they raised her... but The IDIOTS don't take into account that she still has the same brain and is still Mother Brain and they all get fucked up, most straight up MURDERED, when Madeline / Mother Brain decides to take everything over for herself. Then, in a weird way, Madeline Bergman Jr / Mother Brain, is a HORRIBLE mother to all the other creatures with her... she is a shitty mother herself. Hell, they even have NIGHTMARE (one of the later bosses) screaming like a satanic BABY during the boss battle. In a weird way, Madeline (Mother Brain) is his mother, but she doesn't assist him and leaves him to die at the hands of Samus.

and I won't even get started on Samus and her entire "The baby... the baby... blah, blah, blah" endless monologues. That's another can of worms that adds another layer to the overall concept of dealing with shitty mothers and shitty fathers in this game.

It's as if the writer of this game has issues with his parents and added in multiple layers of bad parenting into Other M (which not only stands for "Other Metroid", but also "Other Mother Brain"). Other M isn't about feminist / sexist stuff and sexism was never the intentions of the writer. However, a weird.. very weird .... pseudo commentary of shitty mothers / shitty fathers / and their daughters is pretty much the center theme of the game. It's not a good Metroid story, even though some of it is pretty interesting from a psychological stand point.

LinkMarioSamus posted...

This is probably going to be the most LMS topic ever, but here goes.

-If Adam Malkovich barking orders at Samus in Other M is supposed to be sexist towards women, then why is Vice Admiral Holdo viewing Poe similarly contemptuously in The Last Jedi supposed to be sexist towards men? Then logically shouldn't neither be sexist, or are people just not allowed to bark orders at others of the opposite sex?

-It seems like Wanda's character arc in the new Doctor Strange movie is accused of being woke for covering similar territory that got Other M labelled sexist. Is it really a difference that Wanda's maternal instincts empower her vs. hindering Samus?

I've played ALL of Other M.
Adam barking orders at Samus is NOT sexist.
To explain, Samus viewed Adam as a FATHER figure. She is agreeing to follow Adam's orders due to her viewing him as a father. Under other circumstances she would NOT be following his orders, but because she knows him and considers him a father figure, she will listen to him.
So no, it's not sexist.
Other M focuses a lot on daddy issues and mommy issues (EX # 1 of many of the mommy issues in Other M: Samus blabbing about: "The Baby!! The baby! blah, blah, blah, the BABY, blah, blah blah, etc, etc, etc)", not feminist / sexist issues.
Now, is Adam highly incompetent at his job? Oh, hell yes. He is the most incompetent commanding officer I have ever seen in a video game. He sucks as his job. He does not give out orders out of being sexist. But he does give out highly incompetent orders because he is highly incompetent at his job.
The orders he gave out in the Volcano scene in Other M is a damn good example of Adam being an idiot at his job.

I have the same ranking for the entire Die Hard series as I have for the entire Highlander series:

1 > 3 > 4 > 2 >>>>> 5.

I hated the fifth movie entries in the Die Hard and Highlander series. Die Hard 5 (A Good Day to Die Hard) and Highlander 5 (Highlander: The Source) were NOT good films.
On a side note, I do feel that Highlander: Endgame (Highlander 4) is a better film than Highlander: The Final Dimension (Highlander 3: The Sorcerer), but I'm slightly ranking Highlander 3 higher because I thought it had more entertaining action (it's more ridiculous action, but I love the spectacle of it all) and I greatly prefer the "happier outcome" of certain things in Highlander 3, despite Highlander: Endgame (Highlander 4) having the better story and in reality being the better film.

Don't do it.
This is why:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcafzHL8iBQ

Highlander > Highlander 3: The Sorcerer (A.K.A: Highlander: The Final Dimension) > Highlander 2: The Quickening.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/8/6/AAaYD_AADN7e.jpg
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Also...

Highlander 1 trailer:

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

Highlander 2: The Quickening trailer:

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

Highlander 3: The Sorcerer (A.K.A: Highlander: The Final Dimension)..... not as good as part 1.... but a hell of a lot better than the abomination that was the second film:

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

SavageGlum100 posted...

58-42 against a $15 minimum wage
Seriously....
58-42 against a $15 minimum wage
Meanwhile...

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DCinGA posted...

So TC...yeah you might have dodged a bullet, but you very well could've let that special one slip away.

By cancelling the date, he might have also opened up a door to meet another girl who ends up being that special someone sometime in the future. If he had gone on that date and ended up in a relationship with the girl this topic is about, he would have gotten so much involved in her drama that he may have missed an opportunity to meet another girl in the future who ends up being his special one. In other words, the possibilities can go in many multiple ways, it's not a linear path.

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Rather than attacking multiple people, can you answer my original question? Allow me to ask you AGAIN: Do YOU personally have ANY purely good experiences dating someone with BPD? Because Hoodroar made a damn great point with what they posted earlier in this topic. And you insulted Hoodroar rather than giving a proper answer. Then you insulted many others and dodged my question.

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Nope, I'm not.
And I now recognize you as a troll from other boards on this site.
Anyway, I'm very happy that TC made the right decision and cancelled the date.
They saved themselves hundreds of hours of extreme torture (as well as saving themselves hours of creating different topics on this board related to their date / new girlfriend and asking advice on how to handle such a volatile relationship).
I hope TC finds someone else who will treat them well.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

My ex with BPD cheated on me several times, screamed at me like 40% of the time no matter how hard I tried to keep her happy, and broke up with me at least once a month.

It was the most disastrous relationship I've ever had, and it's not even close.

The weird thing is, if not for for abusive bullshit, she was very cool. Very sweet. Made me happy 60% of the time, but that 40% of the time she was in disaster mode, my life was essentially unlivable.

zzeennoolloo posted...

Honestly, the best you are going to get is people like myself and others (I think Gobs said this earlier in the topic) where 60% of the time she was the most wonderful thing ever, but the other 40% she was Satan. I would put my personal experience at a slightly different percentage. 75% of the time she was the greatest and most kindest person I have ever known. However, 25% of the time she was the damn Devil and did some truly horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE things. While 25% of the time might not sound like a lot, it is when that 25% makes you feel like a lobster being dipped into 300 degree boiling water. It's bad. REALLY bad.

To put this in video game terms (since this is primarily a video game website), pick your favorite game or one of your favorite games of all time (Elden Ring, Mario 64, Final Fantasy 7, whatever). Imagine if 75% of the time you were allowed to play your favorite game... you are going to be in a great mood and be very happy, obviously. But imagine if the other 25% of the time your console / PC / portable / whatever decides to NOT let you play your game and instead decides to threaten to erase your save file, proceeds to ELECTROCUTE you, starts shooting feces at you, starts cursing you the fuck out while it threatens to smoother you with a pillow over your face while you sleep, and pull a bunch of other shit that makes the computer from 2001 Space Odyssey look like a Care Bear in comparison. Yeah, it's only happening 25 times out of 100, but it's still pretty fucking severe.

Now, is what I'm saying anecdotal? Yes, I don't have hard statistics that I threw together using hard data and a statistics computer program to back up what I'm saying. However, to paraphrase an old story, if someone asks 10 people if they should go into a town and almost all those people start screaming warnings while telling their personal experiences with that town and saying there is some horrible shit that they personally experienced in that town, it would be very wise to NOT ignore those stories and take them into very strong consideration on whether one should be entering that town or turning the car around and trying to go somewhere else.

This is the general story I have always heard from others who have dated someone with BPD. It wasn't 100% horrible, but when it got bad, it got fucking very severely fucking terrible in the worst ways possible. It definitely explains why people like Johnny Depp stuck around for so long before things got infinitely worse beyond comprehension. And that's one other thing I've noticed in general: the behavior that is bad tends to get much, much worse over time.

Hoodroar posted...

Does literally anyone have a good experience dating someone with BPD to counter the negative anecdotes?

Like we have people saying, "this was terrible" and other people saying, "well you don't know if it's always terrible" and it's just a meaningless point. People refuse to date others over much less severe red flags.

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Rather than directly insulting someone, do YOU personally have ANY purely good experiences dating someone with BPD? Because Hoodroar makes a damn great point with what they said. The closest thing we have in this topic is a FEW people saying that they had a good experience only a certain percentage of the time but the other times when things got bad, they got REALLY fucking terrible as all hell on a "ninth circle of Satan's personal lair" levels of bad with pretty fucking SEVERE warnings attached to the entire message.

SavageGlum100 posted...

Oh, what the fuck... Frosk wants to do WHAT to Megan Fox's blood?!?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/4/AAdZtZAADLoG.jpg

....????
Frosk wants to drink Megan Fox's blood from any end? Any end??
That's enough internet for me for today. LOL. I'm going outside for some fresh air. LOL.

Baha05 posted...

I support the idea but like a lot of movements I think the more crazy aspects will still exist in it that will pit people against them.

^THIS above.
And THIS below...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/4/2/AAaYD_AADKQa.png

and also THIS:

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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/4/4/AAaYD_AADKQc.png

Happening right now...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/2/2/AAaYD_AADAjy.jpg

Wow...
Everyone driving up to the pump and looking at the prices right now be like...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/2/3/AAaYD_AADAjz.jpg

Josephine sounds like an automated bot. I don't think it's a real person.
I'm NOT a fan of 3G towers getting shut off (especially since I'm hearing that some 4G phones won't be working either for whatever strange reasons).
Also, from what I've read, iphones 5s and earlier will no longer work. Some android phones won't work either. Not everyone likes to upgrade to a new phone. I feel like they are doing this so it forces people to upgrade and pay for new phones.
On a side note, I'm not thrilled the shutdowns are happening at the same time when there is a possibility of a third world war breaking out (NOT saying it's going to happen. The war might stay put in Ukraine only, but in recent days there have been signs that it could break beyond Ukraine).

SavageGlum100 posted...

PORN STARS born in 2001: All of these women are between ages 20 to 21.

Porn star Dixie Lynn, born 2001:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/6/AAdZtZAAC_rw.jpg

and another one...

Porn star Kylie Rocket, born 2001:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/7/AAdZtZAAC_rx.jpg

Another one...

Porn star Hazel Moore, born 2001. NOTE: she actually DIED about 4 months ago.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/8/AAdZtZAAC_ry.jpg

Another one...

Porn star Alicia Williams, born 2001:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/9/AAdZtZAAC_rz.jpg

and one more...

Porn Star Ashley Red, born 2001:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/0/AAdZtZAAC_r0.jpg

Don't forget,
Pornstar Natalie Hadek (born 2001)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/8/AAaYD_AAC_sa.jpg

Porn star Mila Monet (born 2001)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/9/AAaYD_AAC_sb.jpg

Porn star Samantha Reigns (born 2001)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/8/0/AAaYD_AAC_sc.jpg

I am not impressed with their writing skills.
Did they hire the CW's Batwoman creative team to write all these recent story arcs that have been happening since 2020?!? They need to take more writing classes. This is not how you handle multiple story arcs.

gaminggamer13 posted...

I'd complain that the virus outbreak storyline was too short and ended abruptly, all of a sudden writers are shoving in a WW3 arc?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/0/AAaYD_AAC_KO.jpg

SavageGlum100 posted...

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1) That first one is only a threat to cats... but barely because I remember one episode of ALF where he had a chance at eating the cat but guilt got to him and he didn't do it.

2) That second one is only a threat to Reeses Pieces peanut butter candies...

3) That third one is only a threat to frogs and Storm Troopers...

4) That fourth one... well... he did threaten to blow up Earth once or twice... maybe three times... but the weapon he was using was more of the equivalent of a dud of a single stick of dynamite... and later on he started making friends with everyone...

5) That fifth one... that fifth one is fucking dangerous and scary looking. No wonder Aliens don't want to visit this planet... they probably have Earth under intergalactic Quarantine in the event Earthlings ever create spaceships powerful enough to travel to other inhabited worlds at warp speed. They know full damn well that Earthlings would just end up fucking up every other planet they come across.

wwinterj25 posted...

2/5 just for the hot people....

^THIS. 2 out of 5.
Hot women are still nice to look at (and I at least enjoy most of the entertainment like video games, movies, etc)...

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PugilisticDev posted...

Easily. My top choices would be the UK, Spain, Italy, Japan, or a Scandinavian country.

^THIS.

MaxEffingBemis posted...

This is incredibly stupid. Why punish people that are not involved in Russias politics

^THIS.
A lot of people in Russia are actually against what Putin is doing. 1,400 + people in Russia were recently arrested because they were protesting against the war. There would be more protests in Russia if it weren't for the fear of being thrown into prison.
The majority of people who are ethnically Russian who live in other countries, most of which have never set foot on Russian soil, are against what Putin is doing.
It makes no damn sense to punish everyone who is Russian because of the actions of Mad Man Putin.