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Nic Cage is a great actor, he just spent a lot of time working in poo poo movies cause he had a ton of debts and it killed his starpower
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I appreciate the Caines and Cages of the world who just like working and will take on almost anything if the price is right (or at least did before their careers turned around again). If I ever became a famous actor that's exactly what I'd do.
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Jul 27, 2022 07:40
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You're just describing every British actor
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Jul 27, 2022 07:40
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Agents of Shield was genuinely fun for most of its run, hamstrung by a misleading direction from the MCU on how canon it was. Had a good tie in to Winter Soldier, but I felt the most fun the series had was when they did their own thing and said gently caress it, here's ghost rider.
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Jul 27, 2022 08:43
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The last Marvel movie I saw was black panther, and I couldn't even finish it. About halfway through I looked at how much was left of the movie and realized I did not care at all about any of the characters or anything that happened. I had increasingly felt the same way about the previous marvel slop, but that was the moment I really felt that I did not have to watch these movies any more, they weren't "leading up to anything" that I would suddenly care about. I honestly thought they would take a break or try something new after Endgame, but from what I've seen that has not been the case.
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Jul 27, 2022 10:06
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re: superhero stuff is "the boys" good
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Jul 27, 2022 10:08
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Help Im Alive posted:re: superhero stuff is "the boys" good Yeah
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One thing I don't miss from the PS1/PS2 era: mandatory side activities that are nothing like the main game and often hard as balls Help Im Alive posted:re: superhero stuff is "the boys" good Yeah, but it's dark, cynical and often gross. I think it's quite skippable if that's not what you're in the mood for. I don't consider it incredible television like some people.
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having caught up on it I think the boys is pretty fun but a lot of the show is carried on antony starr's facial expressions
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Rinkles posted:One thing I don't miss from the PS1/PS2 era: mandatory side activities that are nothing like the main game and often hard as balls It’s funny you use that specific screenshot because Insomniac actually made a rule after Going Commando saying “if it’s not what the player signed up for don’t make it that hard” so I guess they learned their lesson at least. 
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Jul 27, 2022 12:08
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Help Im Alive posted:re: superhero stuff is "the boys" good Quite
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Jul 27, 2022 12:45
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Gaius Marius posted:You're just describing every British actor David Warner (  ) described himself as a "letterbox actor" - if a script came through his letterbox, he'd do it.
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Jul 27, 2022 12:46
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exquisite tea posted:I appreciate the Caines and Cages of the world who just like working and will take on almost anything if the price is right (or at least did before their careers turned around again). If I ever became a famous actor that's exactly what I'd do. James Spader posted:Acting, for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-labourist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money.
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Jul 27, 2022 12:52
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Cage is alright, but he's no Cameron Mitchell
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I love James Spader. His voice is extremely powerful and he has this charm that makes me melt. His Ultron was fabulous and one of the best parts of Avengers 2. I dig all the MCU stuff. I do not get exhausted on it and have slowly been absorbing everything over the years. Knowing I am a short few weeks away from She-Hulk is very exciting and the new trailer was AWESOME. I am so stoked, especially after how absolutely grand Ms. Marvel was. I never really read Marvel comics until the last five or so years, so I have not had the time to get overwhelmed by how much stuff is out there. This is actually the reason why it seems I like everything. I have such a dearth of experience in things that I am playing the cream of the crop constantly. Speaking of which, been thinking about Majora's Mask all day at work and man. That game I feel confident in saying I like a little more than Ocarina of Time. The music has been better, the weirdness of everything, the story gimmick, the way it is shooting for the stars as a sequel to a critically lauded game. I dig it. A LOT. 
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Jul 27, 2022 13:31
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After reading Marvel comics chronologically for 18 months now I am just a few days away from Fantastic Four #1 
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A post so good it was worth posting twice 
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I saw Nicolas Cage's tomb in New Orleans
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I like the MCU. Life is hard enough, give me a fun couple hours every few months, I'm into it. I also like how extremely Comic Books they are getting because that poo poo is bananas. Looking forward to every MCU show being in the Age Of Apocalypse in like 10 years.
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https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1552281321128476672?s=20&t=xMSYJdB9K4YY1H6GbLctCw GTA6 is gonna be a service game, I guess. I don't know how else to take the evolving over time thing.
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Waffleman_ posted:https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1552281321128476672?s=20&t=xMSYJdB9K4YY1H6GbLctCw Perhaps they'll purchase the rights to Oof.
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I think with the success of GTA Online, 6 was always destined to be a service game.
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Good to know GTA is dead and gone forever so I can free up space in my brain for Monster Hunter.
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More interior locations then previous GTA games? So like, 10?
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Happy for the devs if its a less lovely place to work. But also lets be real, they're never topping this vibe ever again (RIP Ray Liotta) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdzja8VLtx0
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Gaius Marius posted:I was listening to the Big Picture, and they aren't totally Marvel hostile, but even they think that the Marvel TV shows are doing lasting damage to the brand. They're all bad to mediocre and all the shows and movies don't actually seem to be building to anything anymore The TV shows rule. Here is my official opinion on all the Phase 4 stuff: Black Widow: Bit disappointing. Widow deserved much better, and deserved it a decade ago. Shang-Chi: Rules Eternals: Probs the worst other than Hulk but I still enjoyed it Spider-Man: No Way Home: rules. For me it's similar to End Game in that it's pretty fun, but if you've seen the things leading up to it, there's so much fan service, and it rules. Dr Strange: Yeah I liked it I guess. Some of the things that happened to certain characters kinda annoyed me. Thor: Love and Thunder: Liked it. Second best Thor movie. WandaVision: Outstanding, quite possibly the best MCU thing that has happened The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: pleasantly surprised, thought it would just be superpowered dudes punching each other, but dug into some interesting stuff like racial politics and mental health. Loki: Excellent, again, really cool that they're looking at interesting themes, like fate and free will. What if...? Kinda fun, bit surprising how it tied together too. Hawkeye: Just a good time. Love a good Christmas themed action thing, and Kate Bishop and Yelena's dynamic was excellent. Moon Knight: Also rules, Oscar Isaac is fantastic and the reveal near the end was great. Ms. Marvel: Took a little bit to get started, but once it got going I really dug it, and taught me some history I didn't know. I like the MCU. I will watch every MCU thing that comes out, forever. I like media that is determined to entertain me and the MCU stuff is that. If I'm on my death bed and the MCU stuff is still coming out, I want them to put it on the screen in front of me while I flatline.
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I like Cheers. I will watch every Cheers thing that comes out, forever. I like media that is determined to entertain me and the Cheers stuff is that. If I'm on my death bed and the Cheers stuff is still coming out, I want them to put it on the screen in front of me while I flatline.
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Goth Odell Beckham posted:I like Cheers. I will watch every Cheers thing that comes out, forever. I like media that is determined to entertain me and the Cheers stuff is that. If I'm on my death bed and the Cheers stuff is still coming out, I want them to put it on the screen in front of me while I flatline. I got some good news for you about the afterlife
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Goth Odell Beckham posted:I like Cheers. I will watch every Cheers thing that comes out, forever. I like media that is determined to entertain me and the Cheers stuff is that. If I'm on my death bed and the Cheers stuff is still coming out, I want them to put it on the screen in front of me while I flatline. i've been saying this about ryukishi07 visual novels
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does anyone have strong opinions about metal slug anthology vs the individual arcade archive releases?
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I think I bought the anthology on PS4 and it had some noticeable input lag
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hmm ps4 is what i was looking at for anthology... probably switch if i go for the arcade archives
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Yeah the Archives are better than the PS4 anthology which iirc is just emulating the PS2 anthology so it’s a copy of a copy and has some input lag problems.
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The last MCU thing I enjoyed was mad max Fury road
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i'm not surprised there's mcu burnout because a decades-long superhero cinematic universe is like the story equivalent of capitalism, only instead of expected infinite growth it's expected infinite stakes it's not actually possible to raise the stakes beyond a certain ceiling so once you hit it, you've pretty much peaked and the only thing to do is wipe the slate clean or else you're just going to get diminishing returns on people caring this is not me advocating for, like, crisis on infinite earths or whatever, but if your only plan is to always build to the next BIG EVENT then it's foolish i think. it's also possible that there's only so much you can do with one franchise especially if you oversaturate it. like, if there were 5 james bond movies a year and 10 different james bond tv shows people would be sick of that guy!! (not really equivalent because it's one character vs a mountain of properties, but you know what i mean) but 24 had this issue where it peaked with season 5 with the president of the US being the villain, and then in season 6 they had a nuke go off in LA, and it's like. well, you can't really go beyond that, because that's always been the kind of thing Jack was trying to stop and now it's happened. so even if you're like, Jack there's uhh ANOTHER nuke we have to stop, the emotional investment in that level of suspense has already been spent and can't be purchased again. and predictably the rest of that season meandered, and then they spent the rest of the series trying to 'reinvent' 24 because people had lost interest and it was spinning its wheels regurgitating the same plot points and story beats The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Jul 27, 2022 |
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i dont think it's a very good form of storytelling whether it be in the comics or the attempt to bring it to films
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like the nature of franchises and intellectual property mean things have to remain static while the stakes write bigger and bigger checks they can't cash because long term consequences or god forbid an ending is verboten when you need to keep the franchise stable
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I was going to repeat my wish that either the MCU or DCU just do a comedy show about a bunch of loser supervillains (i.e. Kite Man et al) bumbling their way through robbing a bank when I suddenly realized The Suicide Squad and the Harley Quinn cartoon already so that quite well. Maybe they should bring back that proposed Damage Control workplace sitcom they mothballed.
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