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21 hours ago, alive she cried said:

I don't know, I really think they should have just Gamora'd her. Get a talented, tall actor to play her and slap on some green makeup. Also, would it be so awful to ask a female actor to bulk up a little like all the male actors do? At the end of the day, if we can have a 6' 3" Wolverine, surely we can have a 6' 0" She-Hulk.

I mean, we've come a bit of a ways from Lou Ferigno right? Laverne Cox would be a suitable match though if you really wanted a CGI-Free option, but I'm only familiar with Dan Slott's incredible run(I'm hoping for an appearance from Awesome Andy, myself).

Lawd if this were a thing down under I'd do it in a heartbeat. I miss having unlimited access to those meats and veggies.

Then again, fat men peddling Subway are the ones who should be careful...

3 hours ago, Visitant said:

I was obsessed with the old show alongside the addams family as a kid. This...this could go either way. Its Rob Zombie

As a kid who watched both as well I gotta ask: Did you also refer to the Addams Family as 'the thinking man's Munsters'?

The entire season 3 of this show was bloody stressful to watch. Such a gripping show that I can't help but think makes Dexter look like the 'emo Barry' by comparison. It's probably unfair but I recall Dexter trying to balance whimsy and intense drama in a similar way that always ends in an internal monologue.

Landing where the set pieces did at the end of S03, I'd be happy if they left it there but apparently it's coming back for S04 so I'm curious what you guys are expecting.

What interests me most is you can hear Sherri Moon-Zombie physically straining not to sound like Baby Firefly. That's the generous take. The less kind observation is that she's doing 'spooky voice' so badly that Demi Lovato(paranormal advocacy queer***) is going to take exception.

***Hear me out. I wrote 'queen' but they're NB so queer is an acceptable term when playing on words Y/N?

Either way the punchline is on Sherri Moon-Zombie for doing 'ghost voice', and maybe Demi is taking it a bit far with the singing to ghosts. But that's IT.

Oof. Such polite discourse until you brought up the show.

Yeah, it's closure. And similar to how I feel about Clerks, I'll follow these guys into a clumsy cash in(and at this point Bendis would either have been at DC or where he is now: Dark Horse, so it's probably published by Jinxworld or something.

Did anyone finish this? It had a stupid schedule and frustratingly stopped on an #7 in the middle of finally providing vital context of Walker and the Wolfe's relationship. 

Queue two-odd years later and we get a 20th anniversary special that wraps up the last issue and tells a new story set 20 years after the Retro Girl murder. 

And the Brat pack arc weas cool but really didn't fit with the characters so I'd probably tell new readers to quit at 25 coolest dead superheroes of all time. 

Can't sleep on Patti Harrison y'all. She's a bloody treasure.

To this day, I hate bald boys.

I laughed, I cried, in turn for about two and a quarter hours. Visually spectacular and Gorr was equal parts sympathetic and terrifying. Outside of those overrated Nolan flicks I forget what a brilliant actor Bale is.

I read recently that getting Immigrant Song for Ragnarok cost an undisclosed seven-figure sum, so I hope Guns & Roses Greatest hits was had for a shite's sight cheaper. 

Post Credits were okay, but if they're not somehow mentioning the X-men I lose interest quick.

On 6/26/2022 at 7:57 AM, alive she cried said:

I need to pick this up soon. Looks fucking amazing!

If you're still an Xbox guy it can be had for the cost of a gamepass sub.

I love that it includes soundbites and sequences from the OG arcade game too.

I recall grizzling about Clerks 2 like sequels were still an intrinsically bad thing, but I figured out that it's too late because I'm emotionally invested in these characters and will watch Smith ride the franchise off the rails if he decides to, especially after getting moist eye at the revisited Chasing Amy characters in the Jay & Silent Bob reboot. 

Lawsy, the difference on the thumbnails between regular and HD for this trailer is unforgiving though. 

On 8/27/2018 at 11:37 PM, Bindusara said:

Yeah so the new show is new heroes in a modern time, with some people dropping in from the old crew from time to time. 

 

Still on board?

Considering Moore wrote that book like there wasn't going to be a country left at the end, I'm bloody fascinated at what a post-event America looks like with it's no term limits and weird relationship with fiction. Do we know how modern though? Because there's thirty years between Issue 12 and now.

I always get lost in the meta-complaints but I feel like any environment populated by humans, dealing with the event at the end of IW(ya never know who you're spoiling for), not only would the Catholic Church be calling it the Rapture but they would be financing the rebuild I guarantee. When we see Scott again it would have been cool to see a bunch of death cults and whatnow(kinda like Y: The Last Man).

Great balance of levity, action and feels though. Feels great to pretend I share my physique with a Hemsworth.

On 12/19/2018 at 1:03 AM, alive she cried said:

What about V for Vendetta, Miracleman and Swamp Thing?

I stuck through V & From Hell because there was a cinematic frame of reference but don't pretend to fully appreciate them as intended.

Miracle Man and Swamp thing are on a list of must reads along with titles like Arkham Asylum, the Invisibles, Doom Patrol, etc. Indecision and lack of time are to blame.

UA2 left a bad taste in my mouth because of it's lazy Civil War bait and switch. This I'm pretty pumped for though. Look at that cell shading!

@The NZA Supergod was an Ellis trilogy of trades published through Black Avatar I wanna say? I just know they were a pain in the arse to get and two of mine are gone.

Basically another brutal take on Kingdom Come.

I've been wanting to read the Morrison Supergod for a while for the way he explains magic in the conjuring sense and how it interacts with his writing. I mean they're both Maniacs but I've read more of Morrison because the dude writes for the big guys. Aside from Watchmen, Top 10 and Tom Strong, anything else Moore has done has lost me part way in. 

It's his material,  the donglover thing?  It wouldn't be the awkward you're expecting but it would get in the way of my gushing.  

Obvious reason for San Fran is that some of Eddie Brock's most important moments happened there, at least a couple of the mini series and certainly the games!  

Two outliers tethered to big franchises: Venom & Solo.

Both were charming to me for weirdly the same reason: They both reeked of the 90's. 

Venom had to be set in San Fran for obvious reasons but the scenery and backdrop took me straight back to the Vs Spiderman & Separation Anxiety SNES games, and certainly the buddy-cop tone and additional characters support this feel. That cameo at the end was great, but so damned arbitrarily inserted.

Solo pulled in hallmarks of 90's expanded universe lore. There's reference to Teras Kasi, Sabacc and probably plenty more that I didn't notice because I'm not that knowledgeable. Donglover needs a Lando movie ASAP, which has probably been said a bunch. 

There's a lot to be said for going into movies with low expectations...

Great response in thread.  Am I supposed to follow you to social media for your response? 

I haven't seen the venom movie yet so can't comment on how it stacks against the X men movies(which I've loved).  

23 hours ago, Mr. Hakujin said:

I'm a bit torn on this PG-13 re-release. On one hand I think it's a hilarious idea, and the Fred Savage/Princess Bride parody worked really well in the trailer. On the other hand, it's a blatant money grab by Fox, and I'm irked because they already got my money for the super-duper cut BR. DP2 already grossed as much at the box office as the original film (something in the neighborhood of $780 million worldwide), so this really should've been a DVD/BR special feature.

Apologies if this has come up but here's another alarming headline for you.

The message is PG brings in a significantly wider audience and therefore more $$ regardless of quality. The demand has clearly been there since the influx of underaged attendees to Logan and DP1 screenings, and with that being said I love the idea of being able to take my godson to see this(little dude loves his Marvel).

It's a blatant cashgrab with a reacharound, at least.

23 hours ago, Axels said:

I wasn't expecting this one to be as good as it is. I haven't been this addicted since the og red and blue games, so it's fitting that they hook me back in with that original 150. And yeah, I love that wild pokemon just roam around and you only catch and not battle, while trainer battles still being integral to the game. Imma have to get someone to trade a Haunter to, and back, so I can get my precious Gengar.

 

I'm also giving nicknames to my pokemon for the first time ever. Really stretching my pun muscles here. 

We're gonna need a showcase of these names plz.

It can wait until the sketches are done though because I'm more excited for those!.

On the other end of the spectrum, I can't tell you how much I love saving time by not being hassled to name everything I catch!

Fun story re; Go- I made the mistake of whipping out my switch on the bus the other day and had like an entire class of school aged kids converge on me and asking about the switch and the pokemon I'd caught and trying to trade me stuff with Go. It was hilarious and terrifying all at once.

Another fun story: The game is so accessible my kid can catch stuff. She also evolved one of my Ekans and woke up this morning talking about she dreamt of pokemon catching. Proud dad of a future Pokemaster right here.

I dug season 4 but agree with your complaints re pacing @haku.

There's already a very tangible connection between the two shows and and it's Nacho. I went back and rewatched BB a while ago and refer you to one of the first conversations the fellas have with one Saul Goodman Esq. 

Admin- any chance of putting a 'Lets' in the title to carry momentum?

Also why the fuck is no-one talking about Pokemon Let's Go? It's far-and-away the best remake of the original games to date!

Original 150

no stupid touch screen gimmicks(mixing potions and bullshit i mean)

there are tweaks that just make it better IMO. 

Biggest & best change for my money is that you can now level up your party while catching to your heart's content. I'm not really experienced with Pokemon Go but am told this is the mechanic from that game. 

Also I reckon Nintendo sets a high standard with the Switch peripherals, the Pokeball plus is my favourite to date. Just a well made little piece of kit.

Awf that's sad and inexcusable. Sony's not exactly hurting for money and while I'm not sure of the comparison pricepoint there in the US, for reference the NES & SNES minis are AU$100 and the Classic is $AU150. For that considerable mark-up I'd expect at minimum the same care in presentation as Nintendo's offerings.

Current season of House of Cards contains the following(spoiler free)

* rawdogging Kevin Spacey/Frank Underwood at every chance(cut him out of the recap as much as editorially possible too)

*The most meaningful dialogue I've seen post #metoo, about the expectation moving forward- the whole season is very meta and aware of it's precarious position as a popular work with a very troubled protagonist

*Honestly it borders on a Tarantino--style revenge pic for #metoo and is fantastic.

Best part is, the show has followed a trajectory laid out from ep 1 with minimal interruption from the Spacey revelation.