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Dead and Loving It was still better than Dracula Untold lol

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I was the unicorn kid that was in theater and on the football team in high school. So I'm well acquainted with doing musicals.

I actually bought a 20 DVD collection of musicals, because I realized there are quite a few "classics" I've never seen. I'm going to try and tackle some while quarantine persists.

And Book of Mormon is absolute gold. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is also a great time. Still, Avenue Q may always be my diamond in the crown of musical experiences.

I basically saw it without almost zero idea what I was walking into, aside from the fact that there were puppets akin to Sesame Street. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in a theater, film or otherwise.And knowing almost nothing about it absolutely made it so much better. Most theater nerds tend to listen to the soundtrack and really get to know a show before finally seeing it. To me it's kinda strange, because it feels like looking up a movie or script leak before seeing it. But I get that the unique experience of theater makes it a little different, and unlike film releases, new shows come out only in a handful of cities, are expensive, often sold out, and take a long time to travel.

But I've made a concrete choice to not listen to the music or look up too much about a show if it sounds like it'll interest me. Because I know for me, it absolutely makes it that much better. I intentionally avoided finding out too much about Book of Mormon, and it was that much more enjoyable.

Hamilton I know way too much about, mostly because too many of my friends basically forced it on me. But it's supposed to come here next year, and I'll see it anyways.

Also: The first time I saw Book of Mormon, I was in London. Which might have made it even better in some ways, because I enjoyed explaining to a few Brits sitting next to me that, yes, Mormonism was a real thing (a few of them didn't know that, and I had to check myself that it was a uniquely American thing).

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Dead and Loving It was still better than Dracula Untold lol

I still want to see Untold, tbh.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

I actually bought a 20 DVD collection of musicals, because I realized there are quite a few "classics" I've never seen. I'm going to try and tackle some while quarantine persists.

I'm a little surprised they have 20 DVD collections of musicals >_>

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is also a great time. Still, Avenue Q may always be my diamond in the crown of musical experiences.

Never seen either, but liked the cast recording for Gentleman's Guide and enjoyed some of the songs from Avenue Q despite not liking the concept. The fact that they have somebody playing Gary Coleman -- when they probably could just hired the real Gary for less -- is the icing on the cake.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

But I've made a concrete choice to not listen to the music or look up too much about a show if it sounds like it'll interest me. Because I know for me, it absolutely makes it that much better. I intentionally avoided finding out too much about Book of Mormon, and it was that much more enjoyable.

I had zero interest in Book of Mormon before seeing "Hello" and "I Believe" performed. And in general I find it difficult to avoid spoilers for anything. But in the case of musicals, I'll often learn about the musical from finding a cast recording or some of the songs on YT. Granted, if it's something I'm already familiar with and can reasonably expect to see at some point, I will sometimes hold off on it. (Like I have a copy of... well, either the movie soundtrack or the cast recording for Hairspray, but I'm holding off until I just see the movie.)


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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

and I had to check myself that it was a uniquely American thing).

It is?
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Revelation34 posted...

It is?

Yep. Invented and founded in America. There's only like 16 million those that belong worldiwde, and like 90% of them live in America. I think the Philippines has the second most with like 600K. So it's pretty common for non-Americans to not really know Mormons are a real thing. And since they are (rightfully) almost always portrayed as a joke in American media, even foreigners heavily exposed to American media might not know much more of the subject matter than that.

That's kinda what 1 or 2 of the Brits thought, that Mormonism was just a strawman that the musical had invented as an allegory to all religion being silly in general.

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I bought the CD for Book of Mormon on a whim, and loved it. Then a few years later, I got to see it live in Atlanta and I loved it even more. Seeing some of the story stuff in between the songs gave better context for some of the lyrics, and running jokes like Elder Cunningham constantly messing up Nabanungi's name were totally left out of the soundtrack.

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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Yep. Invented and founded in America. There's only like 16 million those that belong worldiwde, and like 90% of them live in America. I think the Philippines has the second most with like 600K. So it's pretty common for non-Americans to not really know Mormons are a real thing. And since they are (rightfully) almost always portrayed as a joke in American media, even foreigners heavily exposed to American media might not know much more of the subject matter than that.

That's kinda what 1 or 2 of the Brits thought, that Mormonism was just a strawman that the musical had invented as an allegory to all religion being silly in general.

tbh, even in the US, Mormons are rare and poorly understood. Back when Romney ran for president, stations had to run programming explaining what Mormons are >_>


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Even in the Salt Lake City area, there are less people who identify as Mormon or even practice the religion than we are led to believe. To further the disparity, however, there is a whole legal process people have to go through to have their names removed from Mormon records, or else they're counted as one when clearly not one. The legal process is a nightmare too.

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Zeus posted...

I'm pretty sure Dracula: D&LI was Mel Brooks's real-life attempt at a Producers-style scam.

I feel like it was just the natural outcome of getting older.

His creative peak was basically about a decade long (give or take a few years), where it seems like everything he did was more or less perfect. From about Blazing Saddles to Spaceballs, it's hard to point to a weak movie. Even the ones that aren't as generally popular are extremely well-crafted (and have their fans).

But then he did Robin Hood: Men in Tights, which, while still good, was kind of uneven. The cracks were starting to show. Then, with Dracula: Dead and Loving It, those cracks basically overwhelmed the movie (I don't consider it a coincidence that it was also his last film). I usually sum it up as "Robin Hood: Men in Tights was a great movie with a few weak spots dragging it down, while Dracula: Dead and Loving It was a weak movie with a few great spots pulling it up."

That movie (and everything George Lucas did post-1989) was a large part of my thesis years ago that all creative types tend to calcify post-success, and as they age their creative genius tends to dry up, so they're left producing lesser and lesser works that never compare to their original successes. At the time I mostly attributed it to a slow and inevitable decay of creativity as age sort of slows down the brain, but since then I've also sort of accepted that the initial success itself might be the cause of the collapse - essentially, when you succeed, you get too used to praise and financial security, become more risk-adverse and less open to criticism, and slowly lose your original spark.

Since I came up with that theory, I've seen a few exceptions to it, but most of the time it seems to bear out pretty well. Age and success are the bane of art.
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I don't think I've seen either of those movies.
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Well, for starters, I'm pretty sure Salt Lake City isn't a real place, it's a metaphor...

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Zeus posted...

Well, for starters, I'm pretty sure Salt Lake City isn't a real place, it's a metaphor...

They sale salt and salt accessories there.
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Watched Hail, Caesar tonight, which is probably my new favorite Coen Brothers film (beating out Lebowski which beat out Fargo). While there was a lot to love (including Hobie & Laurentz trying to shoot a scene, which we see afterward scaled Hobie's response down to "It's... complicated), my immediate attention was on Josh Brolin simply because I finished Avengers IW and EG recently (and yes, the movie also features ScarJo who played Black Widow but ScarJo is in so many films).

When Brolin was cast as Thanos, my first thought was that he's a bigger name star that tends to be associated with classier films. However, as I was watching this and barely recognizing the guy, I struggled to think what he's actually done that I've seen. Going through the list of films, I was surprised to see he was actually in films I greatly enjoyed (like Mimic).

At any rate, I finally just skipped 7-7 in SMB3 because the timing was too tough and I didn't want to restart things. I guess I could have just used the 3DS's save state for infinite lives to keep redoing it until I got it right... but meh, hindsight. After finishing w7, I got to replay 8-1 (the tank level) which was one of my favorites. Of course, trying to 100% the game meant that I played a lot of stages I usually skipped and realized how cool many of them are.


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That's why the "Starving Artist" is a real thing because success and money and adulation create laziness and complacency. Plus age and distraction play a huge role in the quality of work as well. (You could work on your next project, or go to an island with your wife, girlfriend, or mistress.)

I saw a documentary (my wife was watching Reelz on television) and there was one on RDJ, and some former friend of his, from the Less Than Zero coke and near death years, and he said that RDJ was a better actor when he was lingering between life and death.(think Chaplin) Crazy guy blamed his wife keeping him sober for his decline in quality acting.

If anyone has seen Doolittle they can decide for themselves if this theory is true.

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Going to try to finally watch the last season of GoT this weekend, which will be the first season I watch in its entirety (whereas I had watched full storylines for characters, meaning I probably missed some stuff). All things considered, I had managed to avoid *many* spoilers, although:
-Some asshole on NPR spoiled that Arya kills the Night King or whatever the Whitewalker leader is called. Very pissed about that, although it's also a direction that sounds lousy.
-I think I somehow managed to spoil via a wiki or something that Brendan winds up king
-Because I was on the TOR site for that book giveaway earlier in the week -- or maybe it was when I was looking up something regarding scifi... or something about GoT -- I wound up finding an article that I clicked on which, in its defense, mentioned spoilers but I thought the last season was 9 instead of 8 and learned that Eulon kills one of the dragons.

By watching now, I'll avoid any more spoilers >_>

Speaking of spoilers, I also watched the Frozen movies last night (#1 was incredible, #2 had a cringe-y Pocahontas feel but a neat sense of lore). I had been meaning to watch the first movie forever and had somehow avoided most spoilers up until the other month when I learned that Prince Hans was a villain, although the movie did such a great job with that angle that I was starting to doubt that I had heard correctly (instead assuming it'd be a nice guy finishing second trope). Of course, while watching it, I realized a few songs sounded familiar and then realized that I heard amateurs sing them without the context of it being in Frozen.

And finally, I'm tempted for perhaps the first time to buy something on Steam rather than on a console (although technically I already did that with the Gauntlet reboot) since I see that UMvC3 is on Steam for $7.50 atm and I haven't ever seen it all that cheap for the ps3 (as a hardcopy). While I don't like gaming on a pc in general, I also realize I haven't touched any of my consoles in the longest time (except for the 3DS) and there's just something of a convenience factor there. The thing that really kinda skews it in PC's favor is just the fact that eventually the servers won't be available if I ever did want to online PvP (which I think also has a separate fee for the ps4) whereas I understand Steam always has that connectivity and doesn't charge for it.

The Wave Master posted...

If anyone has seen Doolittle they can decide for themselves if this theory is true.

That's probably not even the worst thing RDJ has done for money >_>

Although he's a talented actor, he's done enough low-brow work that I didn't bat that much of an eye when I see him in stuff. Interestingly, I realize that prior to Iron Man I hadn't seen even *one* film he'd been in, which is just kinda weird. It's also possible I knew him more for his substance use than his acting at that point.

And, as a final weird sidenote, apparently RDJ was in an unrelated film titled Hail Caesar (no comma) in 1994.


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Zeus posted...

That's probably not even the worst thing RDJ has done for money >_>

Considering his drug issues, the worst thing he's ever done for money probably involved a dark alley somewhere.
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Zeus posted...

When Brolin was cast as Thanos, my first thought was that he's a bigger name star that tends to be associated with classier films.

And it all started with Goonies, though his best villain / creep role was the doctor in Planet Terror, IMO.


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I_Abibde posted...

And it all started with Goonies, though his best villain / creep role was the doctor in Planet Terror, IMO.

Kinda weird seeing him in Oldboy drilling Scarlet Witch though...

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Nothing big to report. Just enjoying the Final Fantasy VII Remake. They took a lot of care with this portion of the game, and it's alll very well done.

Watched The Cowboys draft Cee Dee Lamb in the first round of the NFL Draft. We needed a third wide receiver, but maybe a safety or a cernter more, but I'm not a scout or a team official.

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The Wave Master posted...

They took a lot of care with this portion of the game, and it's alll very well done.

Except for the Whispers. The "Remake" could have done without them or the twist they come with. The Whispers and their twist are why I call it "Nomura Fantasy VII."

I'm interested to see where the next installments go, but also I have so little faith because it'll be like following the plot of Kingdom Hearts all over again . . . when fans wanted a VII Remake that stayed true to the core plot. I like the additions to characters and world building, but that ||changing destiny and somehow Sephiroth was already trying it for himself|| stuff gives me a headache about on par with half of the Special Edition changes George made to the original SW trilogy.

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Entity13 posted...

Except for the Whispers. The "Remake" could have done without them or the twist they come with. The Whispers and their twist are why I call it "Nomura Fantasy VII."

I'm interested to see where the next installments go, but also I have so little faith because it'll be like following the plot of Kingdom Hearts all over again . . . when fans wanted a VII Remake that stayed true to the core plot. I like the additions to characters and world building, but that ||changing destiny and somehow Sephiroth was already trying it for himself|| stuff gives me a headache about on par with half of the Special Edition changes George made to the original SW trilogy.

Han shot first.
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Greedo shot never.

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Entity13 posted...

Greedo shot never.

Yeah I don't buy the bullshit excuse Lucas gave.
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So buttonmashed my way to victor in my first go at UMvC3's arcade mode with Magneto, Sentinel, and Mike Haggar. I think I only lost one round (time-out) and then I might not have beaten Galactus on my first attempt. I should have called it quits for the night there -- since I tend to callous and strain muscles when I first start playing fighting games again (taking some combat damage, as it were) -- but I kinda wanted to try out X-23, who I wound up teaming with Jill (which was one of the characters who gave me a harder time during my initial play) and She-Hulk (because She-Hulk).

After having some close wins, I lost 4-6 times in a row on one match, so I traded out She-Hulk for Sentz and played the rest of the way through (taking 2 attempts on Galactus since the first time I didn't just use Sentz to take care of the first part).

Long story short, left thumb is aching a bit and I pulled something in my right forearm. Part of the problem might also be that I don't have a fightpad for the PC and I couldn't get my ps3 controller working so I used my 360 one and the 360's controller has never struck me as all that comfortable, although I like that it at least has a floating d-pad because normal direction buttons can be a pain for fighters. I'll probably just try to resist playing it again for the rest of the weekend and then moderate myself a bit more until I get used to playing fighters again.


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Let's file this case under, "What the fuck did I just watch?"

So, I randomly stumble across The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.

I think to myself, "Self, I like Rob Zombie, Tom Papa, and John Kricfalusi cartoons".

You know what else I like? Coffee, Garlic, and Pineapple.

You know what doesn't go well together?

Either of these 3 things.

I just...*sigh*

Only an 80s level of cocaine on a table can explain how this cartoon actually ended up greenlit and produced.

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Got to a late start on GoT s8 tonight, but I realized it's only 6 episodes so I should be okay (even "Longest Night" or whatever is 80 minutes rather than 60). First two episodes were pretty fanservice-y with a lot of character reunions. Episode 3 just fucking drags plus it has a lot of fast-paced shit in a dark setting so you can't see half of what is going on, which drives me crazy. It might be better if I wasn't watching it on a laptop screen, but I can't imagine some of this shit would make much more sense even if it wasn't so dark. It's pretty choppily edited together.

Not to mention the carelessness and stupidity in this episode, such as Dany not thinking to get right back in the air after landing or, I suppose *more* defensible, the decision to take refuge in a crypt (since I just assumed there'd be a spell radius or the dead would be too well-secured to attack)

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Zeus posted...

or, I suppose *more* defensible, the decision to take refuge in a crypt (since I just assumed there'd be a spell radius or the dead would be too well-secured to attack)

hiding the women, the weak, and infirm in a crypt while under assault by a Lich King that can raise the dead at will to do his bidding? What could possibly go wrong with that plan? That's a mistake Tyrion would only make in the final season due to IDGAF writing.

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WhiskeyDisk posted...

Let's file this case under, "What the fuck did I just watch?"

So, I randomly stumble across The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.

I remember the name, but I honestly can't remember a single thing about it.



WhiskeyDisk posted...

I think to myself, "Self, I like Rob Zombie, Tom Papa, and John Kricfalusi cartoons".

Only an 80s level of cocaine on a table can explain how this cartoon actually ended up greenlit and produced.

Only tangentially related, but just reading your post made this pop back into my brain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I_9B4-JcKw
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Zeus posted...

start on GoT s8

I'm sorry.
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

hiding the women, the weak, and infirm in a crypt while under assault by a Lich King that can raise the dead at will to do his bidding? What could possibly go wrong with that plan? That's a mistake Tyrion would only make in the final season due to IDGAF writing.

Alright, maybe I underestimated the effect because it does sound ridiculous when you put it like that. I expected that the bodies would be too far gone, though

Revelation34 posted...

I'm sorry.

Yeah, it's had its problems so far. Granted, I kinda like the direction things are going, which makes it interesting... although I guess I already know too much. I will say that the s8e4 spoiler I saw totally killed that moment for me.

EDIT: Eh, it's taking what I suspect is an even darker turn -- Tyrion is freeing Jaime and I'm guessing he'll falsely signal, leading the forces into an ambush

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My brother in law died today in a motorcycle accident. Some lady wasn't paying attention, and straight up T boned him as he was waiting to make a left turn to go into the auto parts store to pick up a part for said motorcycle. My sister and her two kids are devastated, and this crap comes a month after my mom died.

It's just not been a great year. He worked in Casino investigations at the same casino as my wife. They even worked on a few cases together. We just saw him a week ago for his daughter's (My niece) 18th birthday. He was 44.

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That's literally how my brother died as well.

Condolences.
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Wow, I'm sorry P.O. How long ago was it, if you don't mind me asking?

My wife tells me that me that not understanding how it all happened because I wasn't there is just my process.

My brother died from septic shock, that I understand. My mom had a stroke and died in her sleep, again I understand. But Marc (that was his name. My mom when she was alive called him Honky Boy because he's mixed.) He died less than 2 miles from my house making a left turn i
I made thousands of times in my life, myself.

It's just hard to put it all together because I physically saw him a week ago, and spoke to him.on book face earlier that day before his bike ride. Now he's just gone forever. Another person I don't have in my life.

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Finished GoT s8. Given that it left nobody happy, I guess the show's end must have been a good compromise? >_>

Other than maybe Clegane, I'm not sure I saw one plot thread that ended in a way I liked. (Well, I guess Gendry's was okay... and I liked Bronn's conclusion even if the steps to get there this season were crap, considering we only see him in like 3 scenes.) And the resolution to Clegane's storyline made up for a lot this season.

Dany's decimation of King's Landing was absurdly pointless and it seemed like she was going out of her way to execute civilians, making the heel turn that much more forced. The fact that the revelation about Jon's parentage had little direct impact on the plot -- other than Varys's death and driving a wedge in his relationship with Dany -- made it feel a bit pointless as well.

And the confrontation with the Night King in the Godswood would have been really cool if not for Arya somehow just running or flying past the White Walker guard to attack the Night King in a completely anticlimatic battle. Honestly, just shooting him with an arrow would have looked less ridiculous. And, from a logical standpoint, they should have had some people hiding with dragonglass-headed or Valyrian steel-headed arrows to pull off that ambush.

The Wave Master posted...

My brother in law died today in a motorcycle accident. Some lady wasn't paying attention, and straight up T boned him as he was waiting to make a left turn to go into the auto parts store to pick up a part for said motorcycle. My sister and her two kids are devastated, and this crap comes a month after my mom died.

Sorry to hear that. Also it's a crazy way to go given everything else happening.

It's also why I've never taken up motorcycling. I'm less worried about my handling of the vehicle than the fact that countless people on the road can't handle theirs.

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Condolences to both of you.

One of my earliest memories is of my father breaking his leg in a motorcycle accident, and, though he survived it, the sight of him in a wheelchair stayed with me. He never rode again after that.

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While I had lost my father back in late 98, it was due to melanoma. Y'all have my condolences and sympathies.

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Blargh, started watching Punisher s2 and when trying to learn a little about the villain in the comics, wound up potentially spoiling stuff for the show instead because it was the top results. Of course, won't know the extent of what's spoiled until later.

Had been very cautious about the other two searches when I was curious about two of the actresses from this season, since one looked a bit like Kristina Kreuk (but wasn't) and the other one looks really familiar as well but I didn't want to go too deep into it at risk of seeing a major spoiler.

At any rate, s2 started off a lot better than s1. (Although the end to s1e1 was great.)

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Might have spoiled something else because I went to look up that actress again >_>

Otherwise it's silly how they spend all of this time covering up Russo's face -- the MCU Jigsaw -- and then when we finally see him without the mask, the damage isn't that bad; it's just a few deep cuts. I'm not sure if they wanted to go cheap on make-up or just show a bit more of the actor's real face, but it's stupid and kinda distracting.

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The Wave Master posted...

Wow, I'm sorry P.O. How long ago was it, if you don't mind me asking?

About 16 years ago, now. His wife was like six months pregnant with his daughter at the time, and she's in high school now. In ironic restrospect, it was probably right around the time I started posting pretty regularly on PotD.

He was on his motorcycle at an intersection, and he wasn't even actually moving at the time. But a bitch who was on her phone just plowed into him.

He was in the hospital for a while, but eventually his leg went septic, and they had to put him in an induced coma, and then he died.

At the time I was almost more worried about my niece, because I was afraid that all the stress on my sister-in-law might cause problems with her pregnancy. But me and my parents basically tried to do whatever we could to help her out, and to try and take care of my nephew (who was about 5 at the time).

Things have generally worked out for them since then, but it was definitely tough for everyone at the time.

Though it didn't help that I was basically in a pretty major car accident like a week after he died (in which I totaled my truck), because as if my mother wasn't already halfway to having a complete nervous breakdown, that was just more weight on her shoulders. Fortunately, I wasn't injured at all so it wasn't as big a deal as it could have been.
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Punisher s2 had a bit of casting that surprised me -- Annette O'Toole (Smallville's Martha Kent) and the dude who played Shawn Spencer's dad on Psych. I was thinking that Annette had really aged -- apparently she's 68 now (although she could have been 66 when the season was filmed?).

And I think the chick who played Rachel (Giorgia Whigham) looks familiar because she resembles Katharine Isabelle... or actually maybe Maggie Larson. idk, but it's driving me a little crazy. Maybe it's a matter of the voice or attitude reminding me of Isabelle, but the look might be more Larson?

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Just want to say, I'm oddly happy to live in a world where things like this exist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZjsEI1yU
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That is odd P.O. because I saw the video of Marc dying, and he was sitting in the street, stationary as well, and this B**** looked like she was on her phone too, and just smoked him. He died from chest trauma and brain trauma, but his face just hada broken nose and he looked so intact.

I always joked that I would never become a motorcycle rider until the ground was made of marshmallow fluff. It was just something I said as a joke motto, but I always liked motorcycles, but will never ride one myself. It's just not something I'm interested in at all as I don't think it's very safe. I'm sure statistics say otherwise, but I'm almost 40, and I'm way past my cool 20 motorcycle rising days.

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Getting closer to the end of Final Fantasy VII Remake, and I've enjoyed all the changes made to the story. I'm not sure where it's all going yet, but I think I know where they're heading. Either way considering the crap year, month, and week my family has had having this game be a pleasant surprise makes me feel a lot better about my place i. The world.

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Finished Punisher season 2 yesterday. I'm not sure whether I like s1 or s2 better, although I definitely preferred s2's supporting cast.

On the downside, Punisher had the same second-season syndrome that all of the NF "MCU" series had -- overly bloated storylines featuring multiple antagonists. Daredevil s2 was the worst offender since it basically had two separate storylines and 3-4 major villains (including Kingpin). As a result, neither Jigsaw or Pilgrim gets a massive amount of attention... and Pilgrim is also kinda underwhelming given his backstory. Meanwhile Jigsaw's motivations are all over the place.

I loved the elevator fight, especially since it's just so out of left field.

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I know I'm late to the party on this one, but I finally got around to Bloodstained.

My God, it's... gorgeous. It almost brings a tear to my eye.

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In fun news, not really, some employee leaked the entire game of, "The Last of Us: Part 2." I guess he or she was upset that Sony and Naughty Dog delayed the game until the pandemic is over, and they weren't going to get bonuses for a while because they're linked to game sales. Therefore, they leaked the game forcing the powers that be to release the already finished product, and get the bonuses sales promised in the contracts immediately when they really need the money.

I see both sides of the argument, but it still seems like a bit of a heel move. Anyway, 51 more days until released now. June 20.

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Do they know who did it? And wouldn't doing that likely at least void their bonus?

idk, is releasing now really that much worse than releasing later? A lot of people have time on their hands, although there's also that matter of economic insecurity which might keep some from buying (and some retailers could be hurt because players would just get it delivered)

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The Wave Master posted...

In fun news, not really, some employee leaked the entire game of, "The Last of Us: Part 2." I guess he or she was upset that Sony and Naughty Dog delayed the game until the pandemic is over, and they weren't going to get bonuses for a while because they're linked to game sales. Therefore, they leaked the game forcing the powers that be to release the already finished product, and get the bonuses sales promised in the contracts immediately when they really need the money.

That could easily backfire. With a story-heavy game like that, leaking the plot means there may be a lot of people who won't buy it, which in turn would hurt profits, which in turn would hurt bonuses.

From what I'm reading the general reaction to the spoilers is overwhelming negative. I could see that easily discouraging a lot of people from buying the game.



Zeus posted...

Do they know who did it? And wouldn't doing that likely at least void their bonus?

If nothing else, it probably breaks NDA and voids their contract as a whole, if not open them up to punitive lawsuits. They could easily come out of it having less money than when they started, if Sony decided to be vindictive about it (and I don't see why they wouldn't be). Assuming they can track the leak, which should theoretically be possible.

Though it's also possible we're dealing with someone who wasn't going to get bonuses anyway (ie, someone who was just recently fired or released and who are pissed about it), so the leak wasn't "I want to force Sony to give me what they owe me" and more "Fuck Sony, I'm going to try and ruin this game so they suffer, because I hate them now."
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

That could easily backfire. With a story-heavy game like that, leaking the plot means there may be a lot of people who won't buy it, which in turn would hurt profits, which in turn would hurt bonuses.

From what I'm reading the general reaction to the spoilers is overwhelming negative. I could see that easily discouraging a lot of people from buying the game.

The general reaction to Nomura Fantasy VII's ending was overwhelmingly negative among FFVII's fanbase, and yet the game is still doing well as far as I know.

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Rumor floating around today that VKM may sell WWE

https://www.givemesport.com/1565717-wwe-news-vince-mcmahon-reportedly-negotiating-deal-to-sell-wwe-to-espn-and-fox


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