|
eNeMeE posted:Allanon isn't in the books all that frequently. He's a big deal, but he's basically a deus ex so he can't show up too often. I think. It's been a while since I read those and they really didn't hold up. Isn't basically everything a deus ex machina in the Shannara books? The Elfstones, the Elfsword, the Elfsong, etc?
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 19:02
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 29, 2024 03:40 |
|
|
Eddain posted:Isn't basically everything a deus ex machina in the Shannara books? The Elfstones, the Elfsword, the Elfsong, etc? Elfsong is the sound of a dial-up modem Seriously, though, I never read those books (I remember I brought the first one to school once and the teacher took it aay and never gave it back  ), are they worth reading?
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 19:19
|
|
|
Bruceski posted:So CLEARLY I cannot choose the photoshop in front of me. But only an idiot would believe the Olicity won't last so, so I must choose the photoshop in front of you.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 19:30
|
|
|
WarLocke posted:Elfsong is the sound of a dial-up modem They aren't terrible, but Brooks has written better books (The Word and The Void series). Elfstones was the first one I read and there were some legitimately scary parts (I was a kid at the time). Brooks is pretty good at writing terrible, evil poo poo without descending into gore-porn like some other authors tend to do. The Shannara books are pretty standard fantasy and competently written. Also pretty much devoid of the weird sex poo poo that seems to go hand and hand with fantasy novels these days. Speaking of Wishsong, I'm shocked that Manu Bennett isn't playing Garret Jax. I guess that might be a little too close to Slade. On the Arrow front, I really hope they don't have Ollie defeat Ras in combat. They went to great lengths to show just how easily Ras could clown him, and he works so much better as a behind the scenes force. There's no way Merlyn didn't know what would happen, so that set up had to be part of a long game plan. It's amazing how smugly Ollie went to his doom, you'd think he'd realize that he was totally outmatched.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 19:40
|
|
|
Mooseontheloose posted:But only an idiot would believe the Olicity won't last so, so I must choose the photoshop in front of you. 
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 20:07
|
|
|
WarLocke posted:Seriously, though, I never read those books (I remember I brought the first one to school once and the teacher took it aay and never gave it back
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 20:20
|
|
|
David Ramsey, our favorite black driver, still regularly pops in to Blue Bloods a few times a year as the mayor.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 22:02
|
|
|
WarLocke posted:Seriously, though, I never read those books (I remember I brought the first one to school once and the teacher took it aay and never gave it back God no.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 22:04
|
|
|
AbsolutelySane posted:On the Arrow front, I really hope they don't have Ollie defeat Ras in combat. They went to great lengths to show just how easily Ras could clown him, and he works so much better as a behind the scenes force. There's no way Merlyn didn't know what would happen, so that set up had to be part of a long game plan. It's amazing how smugly Ollie went to his doom, you'd think he'd realize that he was totally outmatched. I definitely don't want him to beat Ra's and I don't think they need to have a rematch. Ollie died so that fight is done. If he comes back that seems like a technicality, not a failed job. Ra's beef should be with whoever resurrected Ollie, not Ollie himself. And if Ollie comes back and says "look, this is all a plot by Merlyn to brainwash my sister into killing Sara so you and I would be at odds" his willingness to die for it should be enough to convince Ra's that its the truth. That seems like the sort of thing that would sell Ra's and Nyssa and buy Oliver time to prove it/save Thea/catch Merlyn/whatever. Then Ra's can blend back into his role as the scary force in the world that Ollie has to worry about but not directly address.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 22:28
|
|
|
If they do bring the pits into it I wonder if they'll tie it to Mirakuru at all. Like it's based on a sample or something.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 22:52
|
|
|
That would make sense if Mirikuru was based off some Japanese WW2 experiment on a Lazarus Pit, since mirikuru has super healing powers and makes you nuts like a PIt does.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 23:10
|
|
|
That would make sense only if the pits also made you super strong.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 23:28
|
|
|
The Japanese could have sampled the liquid in the pits and tinkered with it in such a way that technobabble produces increased strength?
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 23:32
|
|
|
Some Numbers posted:The Japanese could have sampled the liquid in the pits and tinkered with it in such a way that technobabble produces increased strength? This was the running theory when it first started showing up in Season 2.
|
|
#
?
Dec 20, 2014 23:38
|
|
|
Warmachine posted:This was the running theory when it first started showing up in Season 2. Hell I'm pretty sure it was the running theory when the bag of medicinal herbs first showed up
|
|
#
?
Dec 21, 2014 00:20
|
|
|
enraged_camel posted:That would make sense only if the pits also made you super strong. I think they actually do, temporarily.
|
|
#
?
Dec 21, 2014 00:51
|
|
|
WarLocke posted:Seriously, though, I never read those books (I remember I brought the first one to school once and the teacher took it aay and never gave it back Why did your teacher take away your book?
|
|
#
?
Dec 21, 2014 17:47
|
|
|
http://dctvuniverse.com/2014/12/sara-lance-and-slade-wilson-confirmed-to-return-in-episodes-13-and-14-canaries-and-the-return/ We already knew Slade was coming back, but not as early as episode 14. Also Sara's coming back in episode 13 as well, alongside Peter Stormare's Vertigo.
|
|
#
?
Dec 21, 2014 19:20
|
|
|
So I'm watching Arrow on Netflix and I just got to the end of "Seeing Red."
|
|
#
?
Dec 21, 2014 20:03
|
|
|
hangedman1984 posted:Why did your teacher take away your book? The teacher was trying to protect him by keeping him uninformed. "He will never become a nerd if i deprive him of his bad fantasy novels." But alas, the deception only drove him to seek out
|
|
#
?
Dec 21, 2014 20:38
|
|
|
See the teacher should have explained. There should be some kind of school outreach program for at risk kids who delve into fantasy too early. Help coach them back out into the social circles and assure them they can have nerdy hobbies when they develop the ability to balance them in their lives. We could save so many social lives.
|
|
#
?
Dec 21, 2014 21:46
|
|
|
AllTerrineVehicle posted:The teacher was trying to protect him by keeping him uninformed. "He will never become a nerd if i deprive him of his bad fantasy novels." But alas, the deception only drove him to seek out 
|
|
#
?
Dec 21, 2014 22:09
|
|
|
I think I like this show too much as I've written the next, next spinoff in my head.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 02:04
|
|
|
Binged through thus show the past couple of weeks. The characters are dumber then your average brick on a regular basis but the action is goddamn amazing and the main character is pretty great - I love how the actor can pull off like three different personalities convincingly. And the Ra's fight was just beautiful. This show can really surprise you too. But holy gently caress enough with the goddamn mind control fakeouts. And they killed off the wrong Lance.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 03:08
|
|
|
Yeah, it should have been the mother.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 03:35
|
|
|
DarkCrawler posted:Binged through thus show the past couple of weeks. The characters are dumber then your average brick on a regular basis but the action is goddamn amazing and the main character is pretty great - I love how the actor can pull off like three different personalities convincingly. And the Ra's fight was just beautiful. This show can really surprise you too. I assume you've also watched the Flash, if you're caught up?
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 03:42
|
|
|
Ra's al-Ghul's co-creator Dennis O'Neill approves of Matt Nable's portrayal of the character Did Neeson ever get the same form of approval (not wanting to start a shitshow, just legitimately curious). E: Guess there's a minor spoiler in there the bit about the writers not including the Lazarus Pits, so read it at risk. Synthwave Crusader fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Dec 22, 2014 |
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 04:47
|
|
|
post it in BSS, heat some popcorn.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 04:49
|
|
|
Scyantific posted:Ra's al-Ghul's co-creator Dennis O'Neill approves of Matt Nable's portrayal of the character It's not a spoiler. Dennis O'Neill doesn't work on the show. He is not saying whether or not they are going to use the Lazarus pits, he is just noting that adaptations of Ra's al Ghul frequently drop that part of the character. He finds that funny since he thinks the image of Ra's rising from the boiling green pit is the most iconic image of the character.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 05:07
|
|
|
While large chunks of the League of Assassins' arc was botched this year (basically leaving it in hiatus for five episodes to tell other stories was not a smart play), Matt Nable drat near makes it work. Largely because it isn't just a rehash of other portrayals. David Warner's version always played up the manic insanity at the heart of the character - slightly more grounded than a Bond villain. Liam Neeson's portrayal is seeped in foreign arrogance, boasting whenever he can. Various comic writers have pushed into a whole host of modes: overblown supervillain, doddering old fool, antihero and father figure to Bruce Wayne. But Arrow's version of the demon's head? He's weary. Not old or weak, just tired of the same cycles playing out again and again. Matt Nable could have played "you're just a boy" as an insult, swinging a metaphorical dick around. Instead, Nable says the line like a literal truth - Oliver's only been a vigilante for a hair past thirty months. He is just a boy, not in his mental state but in his actual learned experience.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 11:36
|
|
|
Narcissus1916 posted:While large chunks of the League of Assassins' arc was botched this year (basically leaving it in hiatus for five episodes to tell other stories was not a smart play), Matt Nable drat near makes it work. As he said in the Flash, he's been doing it for about 8 years.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 12:10
|
|
|
Some Numbers posted:I assume you've also watched the Flash, if you're caught up? Yes. I like it more, actually.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 15:23
|
|
|
Rocksicles posted:As he said in the Flash, he's been doing it for about 8 years. Still a boy compared to R'as thought 
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 20:07
|
|
|
Narcissus1916 posted:But Arrow's version of the demon's head? He's weary. Not old or weak, just tired of the same cycles playing out again and again. Matt Nable could have played "you're just a boy" as an insult, swinging a metaphorical dick around. Instead, Nable says the line like a literal truth - Oliver's only been a vigilante for a hair past thirty months. He is just a boy, not in his mental state but in his actual learned experience. I loved the delivery, like Ra's knew exactly how it was going to end from the moment Ollie walked into the room and how he almost felt bad about having to kill someone with so much left to live for because of Merlyn.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2014 21:51
|
|
|
Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I loved the delivery, like Ra's knew exactly how it was going to end from the moment Ollie walked into the room and how he almost felt bad about having to kill someone with so much left to live for because of Merlyn. "You seem a decent fellow, I hate to kill you." "You seem a decent fellow, I hate to die."
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2014 00:45
|
|
|
I'd give a lot for a Mandy Patinkin episode. Please, somehow, let him be the next mayor  with a dark past!
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2014 05:25
|
|
|
Bozart posted:I'd give a lot for a Mandy Patinkin episode. Please, somehow, let him be the next mayor He could play Mayor Mike McMurder, taking over after Mayor Blood. After beating Lance Disembowel in the primaries, and Steve Rape the Third in a runoff election. thrakkorzog fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Dec 23, 2014 |
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2014 10:05
|
|
|
You're going the wrong route - think bodily fluids. He could be Mayor Semen (IT'S TOTALLY A RUSSIAN NAME GUYS)
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2014 10:31
|
|
|
Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I loved the delivery, like Ra's knew exactly how it was going to end from the moment Ollie walked into the room and how he almost felt bad about having to kill someone with so much left to live for because of Merlyn.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2014 15:15
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 29, 2024 03:40 |
|
|
ookiimarukochan posted:You're going the wrong route - think bodily fluids. He could be Mayor Semen (IT'S TOTALLY A RUSSIAN NAME GUYS) His ancestors were sailors, clearly
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2014 17:27
|
|