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coffeetable posted:finished the new brandon sanderson book i don't remember anything at all of the first one, is it worth re-reading it or do you reckon i can work things out?
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has anyone else read "the name of the wind"? i just finished it the other day and i have to say, for a blatant i'm-the-smartest-and-best-at-everything mary sue wankfest it's actually pretty damned entertaining
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Mar 5, 2014 18:51
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ol qwerty bastard posted:has anyone else read "the name of the wind"? i just finished it the other day and i have to say, for a blatant i'm-the-smartest-and-best-at-everything mary sue wankfest it's actually pretty damned entertaining yeah i really liked it even though it's not at all subtle about "he is literally the best at everything he tries". the sequel is p bad though, he out martial arts all the people in no-sexual-taboos asia and out marital arts a sex goddess fae thing. as much as i like the Denna romance being unorthodox it doesn't make up for every other thing in the book. the only cool idea in the second book is that there's a tree that can see all possible futures so whenever it talks to somebody it says the exact thing that'll cause a butterfly effect and it can basically shape the world just from having the odd conversation with somebody that then inevitably goes on to do world-changing things.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:01
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ah drat, i had high hopes for the second one; i'm only about 20% of the way through it at the moment i was encouraged when one of elodin's lessons was secretly about godel's incompleteness theorem; i never expected to see that in a fantasy novel oh well i'll finish reading it anyway
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Mar 5, 2014 19:03
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apprentice-san, you seem to have a boner watching me do these sword forms in my short robe and can't concentrate. can i suck your dick quickly so we can get back to training?
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Mar 5, 2014 19:06
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AlsoD posted:yeah i really liked it even though it's not at all subtle about "he is literally the best at everything he tries". the sequel is p bad though, he out martial arts all the people in no-sexual-taboos asia and out marital arts a sex goddess fae thing. as much as i like the Denna romance being unorthodox it doesn't make up for every other thing in the book. Except for the way too long Kung Fu wank-fest in the middle of the book, it wasn't AWFUL. I mean, at least the prose is well written and flows well. The world is consistent and the characters aren't complete cardboard cut-outs. But yeah, it gets pretty tedious watching Kvothe be awesome at everything, plus an expert sex machine, etc etc etc. The Felurian bits are actually FAIRLY interesting despite being almost total wish fulfillment on the author's part. Maybe he's taking so long with the third because he's somehow going to fix all of this, but it seems like a downward spiral in progress.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:11
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is true detective actually any good there are nerds going all apeshit over the fact that it apparently has a king in yellow theme going (and the king in yellow is admittedly a really loving cool thing that had enormous potential for storytelling) but is the show itself any good outside of that?
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Mar 5, 2014 19:15
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Heresiarch posted:is true detective actually any good Its the best tv show ever made.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:17
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It and breaking bad are apples and oranges but they're on the same level
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Mar 5, 2014 19:19
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Best anything ever is dumb to say but it's amazingly good..
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Mar 5, 2014 19:26
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mad_muppet posted:Except for the way too long Kung Fu wank-fest in the middle of the book, it wasn't AWFUL. I mean, at least the prose is well written and flows well. The world is consistent and the characters aren't complete cardboard cut-outs. 
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Mar 5, 2014 19:50
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evidently if they get more seasons they're gonna do anthology stories and have different characters but keep the same cast, which is cool also woody harrelson is cool as heck
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Mar 5, 2014 19:53
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Gus Hobbleton posted:i swear i was the only one who liked sgu SGU seems like it would have been a serviceable sci-fi show but somewhere during the development Sci-Fi decided to milk the franchise and slap the Stargate theme over it like a new coat of paint.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:56
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sgu was awful
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Mar 5, 2014 20:08
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FMguru posted:guest stars included scott "dilbert" adams and penn & teller adams was 4th season i think and a really quick cameo. penn & teller was 5th season.
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Mar 5, 2014 20:14
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re: a new trek series i just wanna see some goddamn romulans being shady is that too much to ask
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Mar 5, 2014 21:48
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Beeftweeter posted:re: a new trek series hmm sounds like star trek: insurrection might be what you're looking for???
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Mar 5, 2014 21:54
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i mean star trek nemesis
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Mar 5, 2014 21:54
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Sham bam bamina! posted:l@@k at this fuckin noob with his shift key except you need a shift key to make the at symbol. it looks like the noob here... is u
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Mar 5, 2014 22:25
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I feel like you could probably do a neat TV show in the Berserker universe, like Humanity isn't exactly top dog but you've got an enemy that is pretty alien without involving forehead ridges
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Mar 5, 2014 22:41
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and/or do Homeworld in the style of Battlestar Galactica and don't gently caress up the ending
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Mar 5, 2014 22:42
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angry_keebler posted:evidently if they get more seasons they're gonna do anthology stories and have different characters but keep the same cast, which is cool fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yesssssssssssss
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Mar 5, 2014 22:43
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Elder Postsman posted:i mean star trek nemesis there were like 3 romulans in that the rest were remans also lovely poop bad movie
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Mar 5, 2014 22:45
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Heresiarch posted:is true detective actually any good matthew mcconaughey is fuckin incredible in it, he somehow manages to pull off 'jaded noir detective' without seeming cliche at all. the show fuckin owns. the lovecraftian elements are only really suggested, there's nothing overtly supernatural at all (although i haven't seen the last ep)
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raruler posted:and/or do Homeworld in the style of Battlestar Galactica and don't gently caress up the ending karan s'jet t&a shot e: turrets and aft vOv fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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Mar 5, 2014 22:47
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raruler posted:and/or do Homeworld in the style of Battlestar Galactica and don't gently caress up the ending i feel like the homeworld asthetic is really particular to video games and couldn't really be pulled off in live action. maybe comic books or animation. it would actually probably make a good anime if it weren't for the fact that such a thing does not and cannot exist for reasons unrelated to the medium per se. ----------------
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Mar 5, 2014 22:48
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legend of galactic heroes is the homeworld anime
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Mar 5, 2014 22:49
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Jonad posted:matthew mcconaughey is fuckin incredible in it, he somehow manages to pull off 'jaded noir detective' without seeming cliche at all. the show fuckin owns. Ive always hated Matthew McConaughey because of all the dumb surfer heartthrob tabloid stuff but he's so good in it im going to have to go watch all of his movies Also he's in my 2014 death pool
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Mar 5, 2014 22:54
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USSMICHELLEBACHMAN posted:Ive always hated Matthew McConaughey because of all the dumb surfer heartthrob tabloid stuff but he's so good in it im going to have to go watch all of his movies I can't blame anyone for having this opinion of him because its the only opinion possible to have until 2011 when he suddenly pulled a 180 and did Killer Joe. Watch Killer Joe. Also watch Mud.
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europa report report: good
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i started the man in the high castle, a couple chapters in now is this what worldbuilding is supposed to look like?
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last nights poi was pretty good
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Mar 6, 2014 03:12
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haveblue posted:europa report report: good One of the better 'found footage' movies.
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raruler posted:I feel like you could probably do a neat TV show in the Berserker universe, like Humanity isn't exactly top dog but you've got an enemy that is pretty alien without involving forehead ridges have the opening title theme be that song from Clerks
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Mar 6, 2014 04:24
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FMguru posted:they were called "lurkers" (srsly) ahah yeah
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Mar 6, 2014 05:10
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Hell yeah this looks awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubGpDoyJvmI
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Mar 6, 2014 05:41
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Transformers w/ marky mark + frasier
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Mar 6, 2014 05:42
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micheal bay is severely underrated pain and gain was hilarious/horrifying.
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 (i secretly love all the transformers movies)
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