TFF Chat 2022: Hoping 2022 isn't 2020 part 3

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Ornery and Hornery: Oct 22, 2020

I�ll pet every dog itt.

Hell I�ll pet every dog ott.

My will is indomitable.

Ornery and Hornery fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Jan 19, 2022

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fartknocker: Oct 28, 2012; Damn it, this always happens. I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score. It's not fair.; Wedge Regret

Ornery and Hornery posted:

I�ll pet every dog itt.

Hell I�ll let every dog ott.

My will is indomitable.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 18:37

pmchem: Jan 22, 2010

https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1483856870498467841?s=20

checks out

# ? Jan 19, 2022 18:53

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

a neat cape posted:

Kasumi! I was told Kasumi was fine in the vents!

Kasumi is fine in the vents, but if you make the wrong person lead the fire team she'll still die. it has to be Miranda, Jacob or Garrus.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 19:00

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

Ornery and Hornery posted:

I�ll pet every dog itt.

Hell I�ll pet every dog ott.

My will is indomitable.

Want to help me form a rescue team to liberate my dog from my ex-wife?

# ? Jan 19, 2022 19:05

shirts and skins: Jun 25, 2007; Good morning!

Even if you're joking, that's not something I'd joke about in writing.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 19:44

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Timby posted:

Want to help me form a rescue team to liberate my dog from my ex-wife?

I know a guy

# ? Jan 19, 2022 20:48

really queer Christmas: Apr 22, 2014

a neat cape posted:

Kasumi! I was told Kasumi was fine in the vents!

She's fine in the vents, your squad leader must have been bad or not loyal.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 20:54

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

.... huh

https://twitter.com/consequence/status/1482827511058911233

quote:

...
According to The Mirror, the �I�m Too Sexy� singers, who are noted anti-vaxxers in their native UK, posted the link on the cross-platform messaging app Telegram. While the duo didn�t include their own caption, the post brought their more than 5,600 followers to a webcast hosted by Mark Collett, leader of UK white nationalist group Patriotic Alternative.

The well-known neo-Nazi, who has openly praised Hitler and denied the Holocaust in the past, was joined in his discussion by white supremacist blogger Jason K�hne (also known to his readers as No White Guilt) and David Duke, former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
...

# ? Jan 19, 2022 21:54

Thaddius the Large: Jul 5, 2006; It's in the five-hole!

Kalli posted:

.... huh

https://twitter.com/consequence/status/1482827511058911233

Great, sexy rhymes with Nazi enough that �I�m too Nazi for my job� is gonna be stuck in my head all day

# ? Jan 19, 2022 21:56

BlindSite: Feb 8, 2009

Thank you for the kind words about my pie. It was cherry and it was delicious.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 21:56

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003; I got a taste for blown saves

Ornery and Hornery posted:

I�ll pet every dog itt.

Hell I�ll pet every dog ott.

My will is indomitable.

To steal from your flag joke:

I'll pet every dog I see

From shar pei to shar pzee

e: and, you know, the simpsons too obviously :v:

Intruder fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Jan 19, 2022

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General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Don�t Look Up wasn�t very good, but the bit where America (probably) blows up the Russian/China mission to destroy the comet got a little fist pump from me. As I see it, the civilization can survive or it can end, but the important thing for me is it survives or ends on America�s terms.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 22:12

really queer Christmas: Apr 22, 2014

General Dog posted:

Don’t Look Up wasn’t very good, but the bit where America (probably) blows up the Russian/China mission to destroy the comet got a little fist pump from me. As I see it, the civilization can survive or it can end, but the important thing for me is it survives or ends on America’s terms.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 22:14

Pops Mgee: Aug 20, 2009; People all over the world,
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I watched Eternals the other night. Pretty boring.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 22:27

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

So uh Moon Knight season 2 is gonna be awkward

# ? Jan 19, 2022 22:34

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Its Rinaldo posted:

So uh Moon Knight season 2 is gonna be awkward

Just run down to the multiverse and get another of the guy that died

# ? Jan 19, 2022 22:36

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Its Rinaldo posted:

So uh Moon Knight season 2 is gonna be awkward

I did a quick "Oscar Isaac" search to see if he is any hot water & so far the worst is people making fun of his British accent?

:ninja:

edit: Oh another actor in the series just died.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 22:38

Joey Freshwater: Jun 20, 2004; Always playing with my meat; Grimey Drawer

There�s a Moon Knight series??

# ? Jan 19, 2022 22:48

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
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Joey Freshwater posted:

There�s a Moon Knight series??

They just announced it, then a day later one of the actors died. Season 1 is complete from a principal photography standpoint.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:07

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

Pops Mgee posted:

I watched Eternals the other night. Pretty boring.

That was my takeaway. It's not bad, just boring and aggressively mediocre.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:15

BlindSite: Feb 8, 2009

Yeah Gaspard Ulliel a french actor died in a skiing incident.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:15

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

i thougth eternals was literally one of the worst movies ive ever seen. and I'm not the kind of snob that hates all marvel stuff or whatever

i used to think the legend of the five rings or whatever it's called was bad, but jesus, eternals just goes to a whole new level

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:20

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
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Eternals seemed fine to me. Probably a little too long and they could have taken out some of the back story, but it's by no means the worst Marvel movie. The fact that it has a worse Rotten Tomatoes score than Iron Man 2 or Thor 2 which were aggressively boring is a little weird. Either people's standards for movies got higher or they hate it for other reasons I'm not seeing. It has Chloe Zhao's signature grandiose cinematography, which had some cool scenes, and I thought Gemma Chan did pretty good as a main character, though other characters were meh. Angelina Jolie is misused horribly.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:26

Amy Pole Her: Jun 17, 2002

Eternals felt super rushed. Just didn�t enjoy it much.

Nothing is as bad as the Disney marvel TV shows, though. Every one of them has ranged from �decent� to �insultingly bad� with Loki and Scarlett Witch being the two best by far, which doesn�t say much

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:31

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

Lol Angelina Jolie was in a marvel movie? And nobody knows or cares? Yikeroos for her career

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:32

The Puppy Bowl: Jan 31, 2013; A dog, in the house.

*woof*

Timby posted:

That was my takeaway. It's not bad, just boring and aggressively mediocre.

To me, this is worse than bad.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:33

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

I doubt any modern movie will ever be able to touch the 2000 Dungeons and Dragons for just being poo poo in every conceivable way and not even in a amusingly poo poo way like movies that get the MST3K treatment.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:34

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

Its Rinaldo posted:

Lol Angelina Jolie was in a marvel movie? And nobody knows or cares? Yikeroos for her career

she was one of the worst ones in a cast full of famous people giving what I thought were terrible, uninspired performances

it really seemed like nobody in that movie actually wanted to be there or thought it would turn out to be a good movie. and i can't blame them for the second one

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:35

a sexual elk: May 16, 2007

BigPaddy posted:

I doubt any modern movie will ever be able to touch the 2000 Dungeons and Dragons for just being poo poo in every conceivable way and not even in a amusingly poo poo way like movies that get the MST3K treatment.

The only movie I�ve ever walked out on.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:38

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

BigPaddy posted:

I doubt any modern movie will ever be able to touch the 2000 Dungeons and Dragons for just being poo poo in every conceivable way and not even in a amusingly poo poo way like movies that get the MST3K treatment.

As someone who definitely played some D&D in the year 2000, I've never heard of this movie. Also stunned it isn't a Uwe Boll joint somehow.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:40

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

Amy Pole Her posted:

Eternals felt super rushed. Just didn�t enjoy it much.

Nothing is as bad as the Disney marvel TV shows, though. Every one of them has ranged from �decent� to �insultingly bad� with Loki and Scarlett Witch being the two best by far, which doesn�t say much

Hawkeye was good. WandaVision was awful, and I can't recall a single thing about Loki outside of Richard E. Grant showing up in pajamas.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:41

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

the Dungeons and Dragons movie was made by the same production company as Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring a year before that movie came out and from a production standpoint it looks like it was made 20 years before.

the backstory behind it is pretty amazing

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In 1990, Solomon contacted staff from Dungeons & Dragons's publisher, TSR, Inc., under the guise of working on a school economics project; they informed him about studios in the past failing to produce a film based on the game due to having too little of an understanding of the RPG's X-factor.[6] It took him 18 months to convince TSR to set up negotiations,[6] but TSR finally agreed to it because of his upfront royalty being better than other studios the company worked with, according to vice president Ryan Dancey.[7] Solomon obtained an option from TSR after writing a 30-page proposal showing how he would adapt the game and going through three months of "intense" broker dealing with the game publisher.[8]

Solomon went on an 18-month-long trip across the world funding the film once a draft of the screenplay was completed,[9] and most of the financing depended on foreign distribution rights.[10] During the trip, he met a leading businessman in Asia named Allan Zeman, who viewed the 24-year-old as a "young, ambitious, artistic person" as well as a "convincing salesman" of a project based on an enterprise with a huge fanbase.[11] In early 1992,[12] Zeman and Solomon formed Sweetpea Entertainment to fund Dungeons & Dragons and sell it to other investors.[11]

Originally, Solomon planned to have Dungeons & Dragons be a $100 million studio project with a big name in the director's chair; during development, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Renny Harlin, and Stan Winston were attached for directing the film at one point but dropped out.[11] In addition to the script receiving positive coverage from the magazine Movieline,[12] Premiere also announced the project in a 1995 issue when Winston was still signed on, revealing plot details such as a rogue lead, a magical dragon-controlling device, 14 creatures from the original game, and an effects-heavy final battle.[5]

A majority of studios and directors loved the screenplay, but turned away due to a recent history of big-budget box office failures in the fantasy genre, such as Willow (1988), Krull (1983), and Dragonheart (1996),[13] and Justin Whalin's lack of star power.[14] Solomon and the studios he encountered constantly conflicted with TSR, which wanted a direct-to-video release instead of the big-budget theatrical film the Canadian dreamed of.[13] Cameron considered the project just before he did Titanic (1997), but the deal did not suffice due to TSR's failure to come up with a merchandising deal that appealed to 20th Century Fox, where Cameron worked.[13] Potential deals with Paramount Pictures and Lightstorm Entertainment were also destroyed due to strong disagreements on how to finance the film.[5] Solomon's amount of focus on getting the film green-lit caused the relationship with his girlfriend to break apart.[13]

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Joel Silver, an executive producer most notable for action films such as the Die Hard movies, joined the Dungeon & Dragons project in April 1997, and the screenplay was finalized in June 1997.[5] Silver came in with the vision to make it a television series instead of a film.[13] Solomon thus tried to incorporate that plan in his project; however, TSR sold the rights of the original game property to Wizards of the Coast, and despite TSR leader Lorraine Williams telling Solomon Wizards would allow a TV series, that ultimately was not the case.[13]

The plan changed to a $3.5 million direct-to-video film, as the $100 million budget appeared too risky and TSR's set filming deadline was nearing; what allowed for the change was technological advancements decreasing required effects money, and the availability of Prague as a shooting location, which had several medieval-era-looking places and thus lessened the need of costly studio sets.[13] Solomon became director and started test shooting a three-minute scene battle in Los Angeles in August 1997.[11][5][15] Silver was so roused by it that he stayed on the project as executive producer and thus increased the project's credibility to the point where investors raised up to $30 million.[11][13] This now made the production a theatrical one and also saved the producers from legal action by Wizards of the Coast, who argued it was not a "real" film.[13] Zeman put the money up for the project,[11] in addition to Solomon and his grandfather Joe Smuckler co-signing a $25,000 bank loan,[16][17] to begin pre-production on February 9, 1998.[5]

Due to filming in a Czech Republic location, Dungeons & Dragons' props and sets cost five times less than if shot in the United States.[18] Although the final budget totaled to $35 million, the film was made with $21 million in cash during production, as there were several deferments in effects crew and actors' pay to meet its intended large scale.[16][19] To maximize the quality of the film's effects with a limited budget, Solomon made equity deals between the effects houses involved so that less money was paid.[18] At the time of its release, Dungeons & Dragons was the biggest-budget independent film ever produced.[11]

Courtney Solomon was 19 when he bought the rights.

Alaois fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Jan 19, 2022

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There's things I like about the Marvel TV shows but then again I've relegated almost all MCU stuff to being "B-tier" entertainment, so if it's boring/bad I'll just forget about it in a week. If I find it entertaining I'll remember it for 2 weeks. :v:

That said my interest in The Book of Boba Fett is flagging. I haven't seen last week's and I know the new episode dropped this morning, but I'm already feeling indifferent on if I think it's worth catching up on.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:44

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Android Apocalypse posted:

That said my interest in The Book of Boba Fett is flagging. I haven't seen last week's and I know the new episode dropped this morning, but I'm already feeling indifferent on if I think it's worth catching up on.

It's boring. Hey Star Wars, just in general, give Tatooine a loving rest! Tatooine canonically sucks poo poo, every character who's spent time there hates it, and the franchise spends literally 50% of the time there.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:47

Qwijib0: Apr 10, 2007; Who needs on-field skills when you can dance like this?; Fun Shoe

BigPaddy posted:

I doubt any modern movie will ever be able to touch the 2000 Dungeons and Dragons for just being poo poo in every conceivable way and not even in a amusingly poo poo way like movies that get the MST3K treatment.

you can't handle the power of the rod

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:52

Neil Armbong: Jan 16, 2004; If anybody wants to see, there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.; Pillbug

a sexual elk posted:

The only movie I�ve ever walked out on.

the only movie i've walked out on was the omega code -- some fundie movie. we decided to walk over to a screening of the bachelor starring chris o'donnell, which was fine.

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:53

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Qwijib0 posted:

you can't handle the power of the rod

# ? Jan 19, 2022 23:57

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

the anime star wars thing was p cool. i enjoyed most of them and appreciated how they actually tried to do different things

# ? Jan 20, 2022 00:03

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Android Apocalypse: Apr 28, 2009; The future is
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I know Braksgirl mentioned making king cakes recently and I shouldn't be surprised there's an OG French version, so go figure I saw this on my YouTube feed and felt like it belongs here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlAuZYGsqPE

# ? Jan 20, 2022 00:11

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