Posts made by Thenomain

@Sparks

Nerds. Nerds allya.

Funny nerds, at that.

Okay, so I finally watched Infinity War, because of Going to See Endgame Tomorrow reasons, and here's what I thought:

It was like going on an Epcot ride, the Tour of Marvel Movies, some of which I haven't seen and felt completely lost as to the impact. Some of the vignettes were good, some were okay, some I just wanted over with. Pretty much every one with Thanos in it, save for one. You know the one. It's the only one where he's not being a snob.

Sure, Stark's a snob, and Strange is a snob, and Rocket's a snob, and Starlord's a snob, even Rogers can be a snob, but these are things that they overcome. For Thanos, it's his entire personality, and unlike our heroes it doesn't get in his way for one second. Not one.

And believe me, that isn't a spoiler. Thanos' personality has nothing to empathize with, though I feel like the movie wanted me to empathize with him, to sympathize with where he's coming from, but that never happened. He got out-villained by his own henchmen. I don't even think Thanos was a villain. Thanos was a plot-point.

It did not help that I already pretty much knew what happened at the end, though if I wasn't already looking for the hook to a movie that I'm just about to see I might've been upset. End Of The Second Matrix Movie upset, but except for the last five minutes, even Matrix Reloaded finished its story.

All in all, Infinity War was a decent, but not outstanding, couple of events strung together under one umbrella. If I wasn't ga-ga over it, it's because they missed the beats that would've put more impact on the story, and I'm left feeling nonplussed.

@Ganymede

You thought my mom was good?

@Cupcake said in RL things I love:

(Does this make me a Stark or a Targaryen or both?)

This makes you a nerd.

And you know what he would say about that.

"Hello, fellow nerd!"

@Ganymede said in Good TV:

@Thenomain said in Good TV:

Have you forgotten Dragon Age 2 so soon?

You played that game on my recommendation?

I replayed it because you said it was ssssooOOOOOO goooooood.

Answer: It's not.

@Ganymede said in Good TV:

@Thenomain

Dude, I've misled you ever?

Have you forgotten Dragon Age 2 so soon?

@Auspice said in Good or New Movies Review:

@Thenomain said in Good or New Movies Review:

@Lotherio

Wait, doesn't Spider Man die in Infinity War? I haven't seen it.

***=THAR BE SPOILERS***

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I mean, in case Theno wants to actually know and clicks behind the tag:

It was a half a joke that the existence of a new SpiderMan movie spoils Infinity War.

No picture of Starbucks' Westeros branch yet? Shame on y'all.

@Lotherio

Wait, doesn't Spider Man die in Infinity War? I haven't seen it.

@Ganymede said in Good TV:

@Thenomain

Dude, Unikitty is awesome.

You have yet to steer me wrong. Except that once.

@Ganymede

As long as it’s also GOOD.

@Ghost

What is that first movie, and how did it get a better animation budget than Sonic the Hedgehog?

Teen Titans Go!

Season One: All of the funny tropes you’d expect a show like this to cover. Fairly meta.

Season Two: Reaching further afield, less about superhero life and more about funny cartoon stuff, a bit more series relationship stuff. Very meta.

Season Three: Writers seem to be fumbling for things to cover, so it gets more meta. Five episodes of “stuck on a desert island” trope was good, but I think the writers were getting bored. Outrageously meta.

Season Four: So meta that it comes around again. The pinnacle of the evolution of the Chibi Starfire character.

Teen Titans Go! to the Movies: Apparently HBO has digital distribution rights on this right now, so I don’t know, but Movie Bob loved it so I’m looking forward to it.

@Cupcake said in RL things I love:

@Thenomain In my head she looks like Aubrey Plaza

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@Cupcake said in RL things I love:

ugh now I have an idea for a Lost who gets her Glamour juice by inciting angry fanboys and reaping their distress.

Stop encouraging me to finish new Changeling code, dammit.

@Bad-at-Lurking

Just one?

@Tinuviel

“No plot but players made their own” describes almost every WoD Mush ever made, too.

@SerenityMush said in SerenityMUSH - Discussion:

We (Zoe and River, the newest admins on Serenity) have been following this discussion with great interest.

As a friendly warning: Don't take Soapbox too seriously. Listen and nod and stroke your chin, but if you give anyone here half a reason they will critique you to the ground if you so much as enjoy the same breakfast cereal as Inara's player.

We could just put this entire thread behind a spoiler tag. This and "Good/New Movies".

@tek

>:|

Do you have military coverage?