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Metalsonic66 posted...

Then again, I never thought Doctor Strange or Ant-Man would be made either.

Doctor Strange always seemed like something that could work as a solo thing. I might have considered Ant-Man more of a question mark, but they wound using him almost exactly like he needed to be used (ie, comedy more than anything else).

And Ant-Man is also nice given the diversity of themes in the MCU, where it feels very different compared to the other series. However, he's the kind of character that would go over well with kids so the idea never really struck me as crazy even if he had been a far less popular hero these days. (And I'm still waiting for those solo Jubilee film that some random YTer teased in a skit >_>)

The Wave Master posted...

Whose turn is it to pick a topic name?

This is pretty much why we need to start doing stuff like that sooner. I think I'm the only one who even suggested any names this time around (and I think the only thing I suggested was in #484), although we went with mine for the topic before this.

I can't remember if Geekacea was your idea or not.

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I watched Wonder Woman tonight. I really, really wanted to love this film -- it had a solid cast, great set design, etc -- and, up to a certain point, I did. However it really fucking fell apart in every possible way near the end. Good fucking god. That was the shits.

It basically turns to crap right around Steve's sacrifice. When they made it look like Diana couldn't hear Steve's final message, that was great... but then they revealed (or maybe even retconned because you don't see *any* of that) there was this whole conversation. And Ares's dialoguing near the end at that point was hokey as hell. And Diana going full-power looked like shit, especially compared too everything else we saw.

Granted, out of the *three* DCEU films I've seen so far (MoS, BvS, and WW), it's still the best. And it's probably better than a lot of MCU films, although that's very faint praise.

Oh, and I *almost* managed to make it all the way through the movie without reading a spoiler (which I accidentally saw while reading something else). Granted, the thing that was revealed was something I suspected all along... and was to be revealed just a little after that.

I'll probably watch WW84 tomorrow, then maybe Aquaman on Monday. These movies are too fucking long to do more than one in a day. Of course, that means I probably won't get around to JL until Thursday because I'll have AEW Dark & Elevation. Then again, I just realized that Shazam is on Hulu so I might do that instead of WW84 tomorrow. I'll have to see how I feel.

Lokarin posted...

But there hasn't even been a standalone Martian Manhunter movie yet

Was he ever slated to have a standalone? Because that kinda seems like that wouldn't be a thing.

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I kinda liked BvS, but there was so much shit that didn't make any sense even before getting into that scene (which I guess foreshadows some future time travel?). idk, the DCEU really needs to get its shit together. The other problem is that their plans change at the drop of a hat. Right now it looks like there won't even be a JL2.

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So... I'm guessing the scene with Flash and everything is exclusive to the ultimate version of BvS >_> That shit is just really abrupt, although I guess it ties into the other films?

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Wave is apparently AWOL and this topic is on the cusp of purging. If he doesn't come back by the time the topic 500s, we'll need to make a placeholder anyway. I first noticed he was missing when I posted the news about New Jack dying in the kayfabe topic, since I knew he had some thoughts about the guy himself. Apparently he hasn't been to the site since 5/11 (so he probably wasn't secretly New Jack, in case anybody was wondering about that coincidence).

At any rate, I was going to finally watch WW so I could watch WW84... but then it starts with some Wayne stuff so I figured I might as well do it right and watch BvS first since that's where WW was introduced. As much as I (sometimes) like comic movies, there's just waaaaaay too much homework at times. I used to dream of an interconnected comic movie universe, now I grown at it.

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Next topic needs a new name. I nominate "The New Adventures of They-Geeks" in honor of the He-Man reboot (I guess we could just do He-Geek or He-Geeks). And speaking of the He-Man reboot, new images are out

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/masters-of-the-universe-revelation-first-look-1234971883/

Thoughts below, from pionear's topic:

Given that Kevin Smith is at the helm, I've set my expectations accordingly. In fact, I've set them so low that I'll be indifferent if/when it tanks.

The art mostly looks okay (in some cases it's very in-line with previous versions), although the butch Teela and jawa Orko both look terrible. I like that they're going with a puny Prince Adam because it gives a nicer contrast against his alter-ego.

I like that it's effectively a continuation of the original series rather than a full reboot, since we've already had a reboot (which I never watched).

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The Wave Master posted...

I do love this Friendly Neighbor comparison.

idk, it's going more Angry Back-Alley than Friendly Neighborhood.

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I somewhat disliked the first Venom (they took something that could have been cool and turned it into a painfully generic superhero movie, while fucking up the backstory and characters), although it had some neat effects. This doesn't look like it's going to be much better, but I'm interested in seeing it for the special effects.

In fact, I might take Wave's Godzilla vs King Kong advice and apply it here. The first movie certainly had enough painfully stupid moments (like the lobster tank) to justify it.


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shadowsword87 posted...

Oh, I graduated a few days ago with a bachelors in electrical engineering.

Oh, right, I always assume you're older because of that 87 in your username but you explained that wasn't the year you were born >_<

shadowsword87 posted...

Now is the fun part of figuring out if my fiancee and I want to move to the job, or get one that's closer to home. Any advice or experience anyone has with getting out of college would be greatly appreciated.

That's a very personal question. I have no idea how attached you are to your current area, what relatives you have, where this other job may be located, how confident you are in getting other offers, etc.

Honestly, if you have a great offer in hand, it's probably worth moving rather than waiting on the off-chance you might find something better unless you're really attached to your current area. But I don't know all of your circumstances so it's hard to really judge, although I'm assuming you're still young and you aren't a chronic hoarder so moving is less of an issue now what it might be down the road.

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Eh, fuck, Laptop I'm using ran out of battery and when I restarted it I couldn't recover my browser tabs. Had a whole bunch of stuff there I'd meant to get back to. Been quite a while since this happened.

The kicker is that not even five minutes earlier I had thought about plugging it in... and if I hadn't thought I'd head out to do some stuff (and then changed my mind) it wouldn't have been an issue at all.

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Kind of a whatever ending for Godzilla vs Kong, although everything near the end was a mess because there's a lot of rushed shit all at once. It's also kinda garbage because there wasn't much foreshadowing for Mecha-Godzilla just going berserk, and a pretty limited explanation... and then the whole confrontation is rushed.

Oh, and it looks like while HBO Max has Skull Island and King of Monsters, it's missing the the Godzilla remake so... idk what I feel like doing. I already own Skull Island so it's not time sensitive and I can't see any point in watching KoM before the first remake. (And didn't like watching GvK before those other films.)

The Wave Master posted...

Kong vs Godzilla wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. I got roasted on Twitter and Book Face because I said the humans were the worst part of the film, and they are.

idk, perhaps the best moment of the film involved the humans, when Bernie complained that he didn't get to the hear of the end of the CEO's speech

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Hate watching movies out of order, but I'm down to the wire on Kong vs Godzilla. Meh. (Granted, MAYBE I have enough time to watch one of the other films first (since it's only 10 now and it'll probably get removed at 3am-5am, but not all of them and it would have been a risk.)

At any rate, the CGI is pretty fucking baller from the early going.

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I need to watch Kong vs Godzilla tonight since I think it's going off HBO Max tomorrow =x

The Wave Master posted...

My problem with this isn't that the move is nerfed, but the fact that Strive's whole existence is to make the game easier for new players but seemingly at the cost of fun.

What about new players' fun? >_>

The Wave Master posted...

Shouldn't fighting games be fun?

That's my problem with Street Fighter V, it's just not crazy enough and fun.

On a similar note, GTA4's loss of fun (in favor of realism) is what killed me the franchise for me. Luckily I got into the Saints Row games which, unlike GTA, get wackier with time.

The Wave Master posted...

I guess that's why Smash is so popular, even though I don't consider it a fighting game, sorry EVO.

I consider it a fighting game, but I just don't think it's a good fit for EVO.


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Oh, I guess that series I've been watching might be called Ancient Mysteries, which I imagine I thought came out earlier because I was thinking of In Search Of which was also hosted by Nimoy. Was watching an episode about Mexican pyramids earlier in an area I can't fucking pronounce; was pretty fun. I guess the perk here is that this series is probably at least moderately factual, unlike some of that shit I've been watching where I have to fact-check half of the claims (or they admit that it's just a theory)


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I'm sure most of our queues dwarf yours >_>

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The Wave Master posted...

I got roasted on Twitter and Book Face because I said the humans were the worst part of the film, and they are.

That's true of like every giant monster movie, or movie featuring the clash of non-humans where human characters are added because the creators think it won't work otherwise (which, when you have non-speaking monsters fighting it out, is a valid concern)

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Certainly doesn't sound like a game that would be worth $70.

Oh, apparently I only have a few days to watch Kong vs Zilla before it goes off HBO Max? Meh.

Trying to think of the last time I watched a movie. Can't remember. Lately it's just episodes of shit on YT, between those documentaries and AEW (Skye Blue is quickly becoming my favorite job girl, although she can be hilariously sloppy at times; I watched Abadon sell a pump kick that wasn't even close and the announcers called it like it was legit. And speaking of Legit, teaming Hirsh with Ryo oddly works... and Nyla with Madi was kinda neat.)

The most recent documentary I watched was a Black Death one from... well, Leonard Nimoy was narrating it, so at least 20 years ago. In it they were talking about the possibility of future outbreaks and bringing up ebola. Oh, they they only knew about COVID >_>

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I_Abibde posted...

There might be no wrestling topics here because there are whole separate (... and very toxic) boards for the stuff.

Yeah, I started using the other promotions board a while back. Actually saw a few PotDers and other people I knew there. Place moves a bit fast for my liking.

I_Abibde posted...

EDIT -- While I am thinking about, a reply to Zeus: While I do recall you mentioning series like Hero? I Quit That A Long Time Ago here and there, I generally have little to say about manga because most of what people read (q.v. the anime / manga topic series) is online stuff. I read 99% of my manga in print.

Unfortunately it's one of those series that probably won't ever be in print since it's a Chinese webtoon iirc (although I guess it could also be seen as a manhua, but more relevantly it's not even in print in its home country (which is why the whole series has color) so it's extremely unlikely to show up in print elsewhere). It is finally getting an anime, though.

It's also kinda funny that like every Asian series about superheroes tends to have a hero's association or something similar. I'm not sure it was also strictly done to copy (or parody) one title that got over big there or whether it just reflects how Asian cultures tend to skew towards regulation and collectivisim over individualism. It was also amusing because -- specifically in the case of Tiger & Bunny -- you had a lot of anime fans who talked about the idea being more realistic and original. They apparently didn't realize that the whole sponsored hero thing had already been done-to-death in the west, where some of the ideas were covered in just the previous decade alone with Marvel's Civil War (which also partly demonstrated why Tiger & Bunny's idea sucked, because ) and the Incredibles.


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The Wave Master posted...

That's the fun part of calling it Kayfabe.

Secondly, my only option is to end the Geek topics after going on 16 years, or to try to soldier on during the down times.

Honestly, I've gone through too much to just give up on these topics, but I guess All good things. What do you all think?

The kinda problem is that there's never enough consistent all-around activity where the discussion won't sometimes be dominated by one subject that half the group doesn't care about, particularly since nobody cares about everything.

shadowsword87 posted...

I mean, if you want, I can talk about my own stuff I'm getting into, it's just that I don't expect anyone to be into BattleTech.

Although people could get into it if a discussion got them interested >_>

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The Wave Master posted...

I'm going to create a wtesing topic called "Kayfabe"

Which would be ironic, since nobody practices it any more >_>

The Wave Master posted...

Unless POTD already has a wrestling topic. Then we can keep wrestling put of this topic and focus on gaming and other Geek stuff. So, does POTD has a wrestling topic?

Two dead topics instead of one! =p

Granted, I guess it could attract some of the other marks and smarks on the board who don't visit the geek topic (And actually, calling it a Mark/Smark topic could be in keeping with this series' theme.)


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Oh, I *think* I might have seen an episode of that and not liked it.

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This year I couldn't even name one of the best picture nominees >_>

Oh wait, News of the World is probably one... but, after checking the list, it's not (although it's on there for other shit). The ONLY best picture film whose name I recognize is Nomadland, since I saw some commercials for it (which is often how I know the nominees)... wait, scratch that, I also just heard the name Judas and the Black Messiah on NPR today so technically that's two names I recognize as being a thing.

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Revelation34 posted...

I liked The Haunting or whatever it was called with the real stories too. The one that had the original people in interviews while actors played the parts.

If you mean Haunted on NF, yeah, that's a pretty neat show. The only kinda ridiculous thing about it is that a few of the stories -- like the serial killer one -- should be pretty easy to verify and when you can't find any details about that happening, the whole thing seems bogus.

Just realized it's listed as having a third season now? ...but apparently NF doesn't get it until May 14th. Fuck.

When trying to look that up, I learned that there's a Latin American version as well (which I might try, but the fact it's likely in Spanish will make it a bit less fun) and that the second season of Two Second Horror Stories is on NF. (Season 1 had a few good episodes, and some other not-good ones.)

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On the subject of speaking for the trees, I was momentarily excited recently (and had meant to post this) to learn that DC was starting a horror imprint... and I was then horrified to learn it was tied into the fucking Conjuring shit

https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2021/04/23/the-conjuring-the-lover-limited-series-launches-dc-horror

Granted, The Lover story sounds a little interesting, but Ed and Lorraine Warren are jackass con people who bilked a fortune out of people with their insultingly false claims of the supernatural and I would never purchase anything connected to them since I don't want a penny getting back to their estate because I'm sure whoever would associate with them is a piece of shit, too. And it's a weird place for me to draw a line, but that's where I put a line. The really obvious, stupid fakery always annoys me. Same reason why I could never get into Ghost Hunters, despite enjoying a few other paranormal investigation series (including Destination Truth, although even there I think I started to tune out when the show got more into ghosts).

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I_Abibde posted...

Zeus, I recommend the six-man tag match at the end of Elevation. Takeshita (from the DDT promotion) is great in the ring.

Haven't got around to finishing this week's Elevation because I was still working on last week's Dark and Elevation. However, if it's the match with MT Nakazawa and Kenny Omega, ugh. I've seen 3 Nakazawa matches so I never need to see another one because it's all the same shit each time and he's a shitty comedy wrestler like Kenny. Then Kenny is on my no-watch list. I might watch a minute or two, but I'll stick to seeing Takeshita in singles. Honestly, 6-man tag matches generally suck anyway because you don't get to see much of anybody.

shadowsword87 posted...

Y'all post about stuff I'm not interested in, sorry.
Wrestling isn't my jam.

I'm starting to burn out on a bit again. Watching Dark once a week was fine when Dark was 60-90 minutes, but now I've been doing Dark + Elevate which can be 4-5 hours at times.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It also didn't help that some people would complain that no one ever talks about the things they care about here, but they also never really went out of their way to try and start those conversations either

If the trees won't talk for themselves, they need to find a Lorax.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

(though admittedly, it can be understandable that if no one engages with your topic the first few times you bring it up, you may feel increasing reluctance to bring it up again).

Never stops me. (Particularly in the anime topic where I've brought up Hero? I Quit a Long Time Ago maybe ten to fifteen posts in each of those topics and I doubt anybody there has even read it. (Not that I blame them, either, because it takes a while to get good and the series has some really weird decisions.)

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Though personally I've mostly just been gone for a while because I've been kind of busy on and off in real life so I haven't had much time for PotD at all, let alone in-depth discussions or debates about anything here.

And here I thought Fakesaw had done away with you and had been impersonating you to fool the PotD detective squad!

But the other kinda general issue with the topics kinda defaulting to wrassling is simply because there's very little else happening right now. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on most forms of entertainment, but wrassling is largely unaffected because it's continually run on a weekly basis and owners always find ways to make it work.

Other than wrassling, I'm still binging those weird speculative History Channel documentaries (the nut job from Missing in Alaska has appeared on an episode or two of Monster Quest) including America Unearthed and Monster Quest. There's some amusing fantasy at times, as well as some weird science (I learned about paleomagnetism, for instance, and how it can be applied to see if something is man-made or natural). And then I'm still occasionally watching Sanderson lectures.

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The Wave Master posted...

The topic is dying.

I think we hotshotted it too much with all of the wrestling talk >_>

Speaking of, I watched Piper vs Hollywood Hogan at Starrcade '96, which was a stark reminder how shitty most wrestling is nowadays. They were doing a lot of pretty basic shit but it looked better than most things today. You have guys today who can do handless flips to get up to their feet yet they can't throw a believable-looking punch. Other than blatant cheating in front of the ref at times -- which the commentators both acknowledged and tried to excuse -- that was a fucking impressive match... relative to what I see nowadays.

Otherwise, I realized I haven't finished a few episodes of AEW Elevation... and I just noticed why. Some of these are fucking 2.5 hours long >_< Wtf! And there's often not as much that I'm skipping because it's featuring fewer wrestlers I refuse to watch (especially since I'll sometimes watch the Dork Order when they're in singles).

I'm also gradually coming around on the Acclaim's shitty diss tracks now that I realized the gimmick is that they're supposed to be terrible (like rhyming "hangman" with "hang, man" -_-). I had originally thought they were intended more tongue-in-cheek or light-hearted rather than designed to be bad, although they're not quite lousy enough to put these guys over as heels.

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I_Abibde posted...

As for The Hybrid 2, they are among the most technically proficient wrestlers in the AEW roster, especially Angelico, but it is rare for them to get Dynamite time because, according to them, they are not good at self-promotion, cutting a promo, etc.

Lucky for me then, since I just watch Dark & Elevate and them not being on Dynamite means more time on those other shows =p

Of course, "self-promotion" at AEW probably just means walking into Tony Khan's office and asking for something XD

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Well, good news and bad news today.

The bad news is that I learned Missing in Alaska only ever had that one season, which is why I stopped seeing shit in my feed months ago. It was a delightfully stupid show with some fun lore. Unfortunately, the only cast member to go on to do much was the crank so... not bothering there.

The much happier news -- and something I wish I knew about sooner -- is that somebody managed to make a minotaur gimmick kinda work in wrestling (so you can go to hell, Mantaur! And that nonsense of taking a mask off before wrestling, how fucking stupid was that?!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_hIV7XEruE

Granted, because it's lucha (and thus most people are costumed), the whole gimmick doesn't stand out nearly as much and kinda naturally fits within that genre. I first saw a clip of the guy doing a badass power move where he slams somebody from a turnbuckle onto a rope, but unfortunately the guy doesn't seem to work that much of a big man style which is what I'd rather see with a minotaur gimmick (although he does at least *some* big man shit, with occasional no-selling and exaggerated power moves)

In some ways it's the best of both worlds in that I like the look and, at the same time, it doesn't come off overly goofy in context because most luchadores wear masks and some exaggerated outfits. But I also just like seeing monsters completely kick the crap out of people, because then they seem more fearsome.

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I had been holding off on getting the vaccine because I didn't want to do a lot of extra driving, etc, but apparently that's backfired because CT and its follower-governor has pulled the J&J vaccine. Once again, I lament the day CT's voters were stupid enough to put that jackass Lamont into office.

Otherwise I guess WM was over the weekend and it had a few title changes, including a few overdue ones... although that includes a lot of newer talent I haven't followed closely. I've barely seen Rhea Ripley wrestle, but she seems talented even if her look is kinda indie. Bianca Belair I've seen a little of, and she seems gimmick-y but otherwise is alright.

The Reigns triple threat sounded great, and the ending sounded like something I'd probably want to watch at some point.

On the AEW side, I've seen a few TH2 matches (singles and tag) on Dark & Elevate, including the one against Bear Country. Kinda liking the goofy gimmick and theme. Some of their stunts look pretty cool while still being credible (even if it's arguably too much of a flourish when they could have gone practical). Granted, when they start doing "suicidas" several times a match (just because they can), I'll probably get pissed at them.

Otherwise I still haven't got around to watching anything (well, besides wrassling, obviously, and then the occasional biography, etc, on YT), partly because I still need to get my good laptop fixed.


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I added to the above, but I guess one of my points you seemed to have stumbled on organically because you went with "self-help guru" rather than saying "self-help author". Regardless, because of who is writing the character, the idea isn't creative or original, it's just an extension of his existing political propaganda. Because you bring up Ayn Rand up, I'll use her as an example -- It would be like if Rand had been asked to write Captain America and she turned the Red Skull into a pro-government, anti-capitalist. Yes, it's a different direction for the character and you could argue that the premise could be seen as topically relevant, but really it's just giving her a platform to espouse her ideologies, which is pretty much what's happened here.


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Lokarin posted...

I don't know the writer,

He's a SJW who got mostly got famous for being a SJW. Because Marvel was trying to attract the SJW crowd -- which broadly won't read comics anyway -- they hired him to write for Black Panther (I don't know what his credentials, if any, were like at that point, although I'm reasonably sure he hadn't written any fiction at that point). I'm not sure how well his BP run was, although I think the first issue sold well on his name alone (as one would expect).

Lokarin posted...

but this take on Red Skull is very interesting; His tactics are to influence the young impressionable men with a lack of self-identity... the kind of people who he'd be Nazi/Hydra youthing back in the day. So... why not look towards authors and influencers who also target young impressionable men with a lack of self-identity....... self-help authors.

It's not "interesting," it's literal propaganda. He was making those claims prior to writing those comics and just found another way to vilify the people he was already vilifying. And while once upon a time you might have been able to argue that it was "interesting" that Marvel was attacking its audience, they've been doing that for decades now, whether it's mocking fans (like Joe Quesada's remark that fans couldn't relate to the idea of being married, and their reality was more in line with a relative walking in on them while hypnoxing) or engaging in more overt criticisms like that. And then Marvel wonders why their comics have been selling less and less over the years. (Although, broadly speaking, one could reasonably argue that the comics side of thing exists mostly to test out ideas for the more profitable side of the business -- movies, tv shows, and merch.)

Lokarin posted... So... why not look towards authors and influencers who also target young impressionable men with a lack of self-identity....... self-help authors.

And if that's the case, Coates would be a great place to start with those criticisms, considering he's a propagandist who tries to sway youngsters while lining his own pockets. Actually, given his role right now, he's a great case-in-point.

Lokarin posted... self-help authors.

Well... no, kinda. I wouldn't say "self-help authors" since the real predators sometimes don't even have a book. They sell online courses, seminars, and personalized coaching, all of which helps them make a lot more money than they ever could by selling a book. Even if you overcharge on a book, you're only looking at maybe $50 or $100. A lot of their courses are in the thousands of dollars.

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Lokarin posted...

I don't usually participate in the geek.... but I've been laughing quite a bit at Jordan Peterson being Red Skull

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/07/jordan-peterson-shocked-by-captain-america-villain-espousing-10-rules-for-life

Ta-Nehisi Coatess new comic sees Red Skull mobilising young men against the feminist trap and other Petersonian targets

Well, that explains that. This is exactly the kind of nonsense you get when you put a far-left idealogue (and a hack) in charge of a comic.

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I_Abibde posted...

And New Jack is legit crazy. Not mentally ill. Crazy. There is a difference.

You know, maybe it's because the business is a lot smaller nowadays or there's less tolerance for this kind of crap (and a lot more drug testing), but it seems like there aren't nearly as many unhinged wrestlers in the business any more. Alberto el Patron has had his share of legal issues, but he seems like an exception whereas years ago he was kinda the rule.

You hear these outrageous stories about wrestlers as recent as 20 or 30 years ago, whereas modern wrestlers seem kinda tame by comparison. (Or maybe there's also a statute of limitations in effect, where the good stories only come out decades after the fact.)

I_Abibde posted...

My knowledge of posting images has not been updated since the days of Photobucket. Embarrassing. I need to learn how to use Imgur.

You don't really need to learn anything now. You can just drag & drop directly into Gamefaqs (or use the upload image button). The site used to force you to embed, but now it just hosts images.

I_Abibde posted...

That being said, I gave the shelf a thorough go-over before I lugged it up the stairs. No evidence of bugs (and I made a point of looking up what to watch for where bedbugs are concerned), only a bit of misapplied wood stain -- hardly a deal-breaker. *shrugs* It now houses my NES collection, plus a bunch of tabletop gaming books, with plenty of room to spare.

I wouldn't be terribly concerned with bugs when it comes to wood. Somebody would be doing a lot more than throwing out a bookshelf when it comes to termites and a lot of other bugs prefer fabrics, etc.


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Revelation34 posted...

Or the wrestler that got away with murdering another wrestler in the showers because they refused to prosecute him correctly.

I was counting him and the wrestler who murdered his girlfriend who the cops didn't bother prosecuting at all until years down the road. (The latter of which people might better know as WWE Legend Jimmy "Super Fly" Snuka.)

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Yeah, just about every shoot I've heard where wrestlers, etc, talk about him he's sounded absolutely fucking nuts. Granted, there are a lot of psychos in wrestling. Sycho Sid, for example, was fired after he stabbed Arn Anderson 20 times with a pair of scissors. The Steiner brothers were absolutely insane as well, between Rick Steiner's hi-jinks with a loaded gun and crawling out of windows in a moving car to grab people (as well as their hobby of ducttaping people to things).

Then there were other wrestlers who were literal murderers who kept getting work afterward. But it's that kind of business.


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Revelation34 posted...

I'd just assume the wood has termites.

I would just be concerned about molds. Termites aren't a terribly likely outcome.


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I_Abibde posted...

Random: One of my neighbors left a perfectly good book shelf by the dumpster. Solid wood, a little aged, but undamaged. Had a booger of a time getting it up the stairs, but ... a good find. Not the first time this has happened around this neighborhood, either.

Pics?!

And I'll sometimes see things on the street in front of peoples' property, but usually it hasn't been anything to tempt me, particularly since I'm not sure how long it's been there or the conditions within the home. However, I like the concept as a very practical form of recycling.

I_Abibde posted...

I watched it, too, and I agree. Not as good as King of the Monsters, but good enough to keep the series going, and the last fight was great.

At some point I need to make a list of all the shit I need to watch and figure out an order to watch it in. I'm kinda assuming all of the new Kong and Godzilla stuff is up on HBO Max, so maybe I'll start there.

In general, I find that I get sidetracked by a lot of nothing.

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You kinda need humans. For starters, if it doesn't involve cities, the chaos and destruction feels weak. And if it does involve cities, you need some human involvement.

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Revelation34 posted...

That's bullshit. Game codes should never expire.

Yeah, and certainly not a Sony-owned property like GoW. I'm probably going to try to contact customer service, see if I can't get them to do something.

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If I buy the vanilla, I usually don't bother with any DLC. However, for a lot of things with DLC, I tend to wait for the GOTY or other complete edition. The one major exception was Skyrim, since I bought the vanilla for the 360 for $6 then bought the Legendary for the ps3 for like $30 and got the ES box set for... I can't remember.

But that's why I have the vanilla versions for Uncharted 1 & 3, then the GOTY for Uncharted 2. It was also why I was debating holding off on Pokemon SwSh, but I finally figured if they do release a GOTY I'll get that for my second version.

Most games outside a Nintendo system I'll try to pay $10 or less for.

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Yeah, I generally don't buy much "modern" stuff and try to get games on the cheap (with the exception of Nintendo titles where it's impossible to get great deals on, so I've paid a bit more than I'd like for Switch games). In the case of the ps4, I bought it in Nov 2019 and for a long time didn't have a ton of dedicated free time or, for that matter, immediate interest in using it.

TheNobleWoodApe posted...

I'll live with my low spec gaming on a laptop before I pay for a game 2 or 3 times over like my console is a glorified tablet.

I don't understand the comment as phrased.

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I finally did it, guys! I unboxed my ps4! ...only to learn that GoW4 and Horizon are digital downloads and their codes expired last year. FUCK FUCK FUCK!!! DOUBLE FUCK SINCE I HAD THE CHANCE TO GET HORIZON GOTY FOR $10 LAST YEAR!

Ugh. Not actually playing it tonight, just trying to get that one free game before the offer expires (which it probably already did).


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I_Abibde posted...

First, Leva Bates only wrestles occasionally for AEW; she spends most of her time there behind the scenes as Brandi Rhodes' personal assistant and the brand's social media manager.

Ah. I saw her in a tag match with Madi Wrenkowski on either Dark or Elevate, then she was on commentary during Madi's match on the most recent Dark, so by context I assumed she had to be active (and considering that AEW probably has 300 wrestlers on its roster, only so many can be shown at once). I only watch Dark & Elevate (and sometimes random YT clips from Dynamite, etc) so I'm never sure what else might be going on.

I_Abibde posted...

Second, Kong only wins in the U.S. release of the original King Kong VS. Godzilla; Godzilla wins in the Japanese release.

Weird. I remember seeing Kong swimming back after being beaten in the original and could have swore he lost. Checking the wiki right now, I guess they both fell in the ocean and only he emerged, at which point he swam back.

I_Abibde posted...

I suspect that the new movie will have the two bury the hatchet and face a bigger, badder third party. Tried and true method, really.

tbh, I think the only "vs" in recent history where they haven't worked that angle was Freddy vs Jason, but they did team up before going after each other.

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The Wave Master posted...

Anyway, I'm sure Kong will win in the new movie, but we all know that Godzilla is the king of all monsters.

Considering that Kong lost in the original, I doubt he'll win here. Granted, the original was produced by a Japanese studio so having him job made sense, whereas the US studio doesn't necessarily have to do that. But whoever is portrayed as the face will win, or they'll take up to fight some other threat (because, in the words of Jim Cornette, "LAZY BOOKING!")

From a technical standpoint, Godzilla should generally be more powerful given his ranged attacks. That said, I haven't seen any of the new movies so I can't really judge one way or the other.

Given that it's on HBO Max, though...

https://i.imgur.com/BVbv7ZY.mp4

Lotta shit I need to watch, though.

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Can somebody in the know clear something up from me -- I've seen both Coorslight (who I had once thought was Chewy) and TheNobleWoodApe ID'd as Whiskey. However, I've also seen both accounts post in topics where the context had them addressing the original point in detail like they were separate people. Who is actually who? And why are both kinda sketchy about saying who they actually are? Is one of them somebody I have ignored/blocked?

In other news, I was watching either AEW Elevate (or Dark?) last week and it looks like Leva "Blue Pants" Bates has put on some weight? She was tagging with Madi, and when I saw her I just kinda recognized her and then I put it together when I heard the name. Honestly, AEW seems like the perfect promotion for her, although I guess she's still a job gal here, too. Speaking of perfect promotions, I'm more than a little disappointed that Maki Itoh already returned to Japan. She also oddly seemed a decent fit for the AEW roster, considering how green and/or sloppy a lot of the active roster looks. Granted, I imagine she'd probably wear thin pretty quickly considering that her gimmick was a little shallow and she can't really cut a promo because her English is still very limited. Hopefully her wrestling and English improve by the time they bring her back.

Speaking of mixed feelings, last night I was thinking about the fact that I never got back to watching Black Lightning. I had started season 2 but just dropped off early. (I *think* I started s2. I more remember s1's finale pretty well, but not much about s2.) Granted, it also came to mind because a few weeks back I saw an Into the Dark episode where Tobias Whale's actor played a supporting character. So-so, kinda shitty ItD episode, but most of them kinda are so-so and shitty. The only one I really loved was the Christmas episode where the boss wants his employees to fight over a promotion.

Metalsonic66 posted...

The Snydercut contradicts those movies anyway

Oh joy -_-

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AEW: Nobody can out-stupid our exploding barbed wire deathmatch!

WWE: Hold my beer.

https://wrestlingnews.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/blissorton.png

The WWE does a lot of great stuff that I wouldn't mind following, but good fucking god EVERYTHING involving Bray Wyatt seems to out-gimmick Broken Matt. I checked out on Bray Wyatt years ago, but when I hear him come up on Cornette's channel I often wonder if what I'm hearing can possible be real (like the cinematic swamp match where Braun Strowman was ambushed by... Braun Strowman?!).

I'm struck not just by the sheer insanity of learning that the WWE booked a match between RKO & Alexa Bliss, but all of the nonsense in that match (compounded with all of the nonsense before it). And it's kinda annoying because I like Alexa Bliss, I thought Randy was talented, and Bray... well, he's good on the mic, but he's always sucked in-ring. (And in general if you had told me just three years ago that I wouldn't want to see something Alexa Bliss, RKO, and Bray were involved in but I'd be interested in seeing Roman Reigns v Daniel Bryan, I would have thought you crazy.)

A lot of this comes back to the larger discussion of what's appropriate when it comes to wrestling gimmicks. The Undertaker very frequently pushed the envelope and was occasionally involved in some stupid shit, but he kinda made it work. Bray Wyatt has gone even further out there and he really hasn't made it work. Partly because he doesn't have Taker's natural intimidation factor, partly because he's a kinda lousy wrestler, and largely because the WWE's creative team forgot that they were writing a wrestling show instead of a movie.

Not that anything excuses an exploding barbed wire deathmatch. That's just seven flavors of stupid. However, it's ridiculous that the two largest promotions are focused on seeing who can make a worse product rather than who make a better one.

The Wave Master posted...

Still haven't watched The Snyder Cut. I should do that,

It's on my to-do list, but I still need to watch BvS and I think Wonder Woman (and also Aquaman?) first. That's kinda the thing I hate about superhero movies nowadays, everything feels like you've got to do some homework. At least DC has fewer films tied together (for their live-action universe, anyway)

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Any of you guys play instruments?

I tried to learn the guitar once and got bored. In general, I kinda expect the fact that I was generally indifferent towards music for so much of my life is why I never really got into an instrument. Really the same deal with sports.

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TheNobleWoodApe posted...

After all the anal probing from the Grey's, I'm pretty OK with torturing a few of theirs. Doesn't matter since the Grey's are just drones anyway.

As to your constant string of injuries and misfortunes...I'm starting to see you as Mr Glass from the Unbreakable trilogy...

...then that means somewhere out there is a man with an unbreakable body (and a strange weakness).

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The Wave Master posted...

I wrote this long post about how I broker a rib and hurt my spine, but Gamefaqs wouldn't me post the Message and then froze, and I couldn't copy it either.

Oof.

The Wave Master posted...

Also, are we not going to talk about how the United States Government is like,

"Yeah, Aliens and UFO's are real. We've basically been lying about this **** since the beginning. Remember in 2017 when people at Harvard said a UFO was flying around and past Earth at 196,000 MPH? Yup, that happened."

Personally I would just like to talk to the Aliens and ask a lot of questions. It would be cool to just pick their brains, not physically though, that's evil.

If this is about the declassified documents, UFO =/= aliens. There's still no credible evidence for the existence of aliens.

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Judgmenl posted...

I moved to using different passwords for a lot of sites I visit, so I'm good for MangaDex.
I also use a different email for that stuff now too.

tbh, I've started to run into issues lately in keeping track of all of my emails, passwords, etc. I kinda need a better system. Plus the auto-fill has caused me to start to forget some shit

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