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Post by TG Barighm on May 15, 2018 18:09:58 GMT -5
NOW saw Avengers.
Ended up being a bridge plot movie, so not the most satisfying. Lots of action. Fairly depressing outcome. Kind of like Revenge of the Sith.
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Post by acathala on May 27, 2018 18:04:22 GMT -5
Continuity announcer spoiled tonight's Agents of Shield episode, by mentioning evil Fritz was back. Completely ruined the reveal for me. Not sure about the twist of that episode.
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Post by TG Barighm on May 27, 2018 22:22:30 GMT -5
Eh. He's not really back.
Thought you were finished with Shield?
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Post by acathala on May 28, 2018 4:03:23 GMT -5
I never stopped watching it. I don't know where you got that from.
The him not really being there was the twist I was talking about. Undecided whether it was a good one, or just something to inject drama.
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Post by TG Barighm on May 28, 2018 9:38:22 GMT -5
Sounded like you really hated the show.
I think it's some kind of guilt manifestation for what he does during the episode.
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Post by acathala on May 29, 2018 18:45:21 GMT -5
I hated it's inconsistency. It's next season may be it's last on a network. Disney is making a streaming service, and once it's up, the smart money is on them moving all their shows onto it.
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Post by TG Barighm on May 29, 2018 19:22:50 GMT -5
Not sure about that. They've been saying that sort of thing for years and yet most shows are still on regular TV. The new Star Trek was supposed to be a streaming exclusive show and yet I watched it just fine on Showcase. Granted, that's an advanced sub channel and Disney does have its own TV network.
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Post by TG Barighm on Jul 29, 2018 19:01:06 GMT -5
With the buy out of Fox going through, we should see a proper handling of the X-Men franchise. It would actually be a good idea to let the Avengers rest and start a whole X-Men persistent universe thing, although I say it would work better as a TV series.
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Post by acathala on Jul 29, 2018 21:51:56 GMT -5
Honestly I think it's been mostly average material elevated by decent to good actors. That couldn't save some of them though. I'm looking at you Last Stand and Wolverine Origins.
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Post by TG Barighm on Jan 30, 2019 23:15:15 GMT -5
Got the new Spider Man game. Haven't played it yet. Enjoyed Prototype and Infamous. Hoping it will be just as fun, although I don't like the sound of Mary Jane's stealth sections.
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Post by acathala on Feb 2, 2019 8:33:32 GMT -5
I just don't like forced stealth sections in games where stealth isn't the primary focus.
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Post by TG Barighm on Feb 6, 2019 6:34:20 GMT -5
So got around to the Spider-Man game. Because Spider-Man is more about finesse and gadgets it leans more towards the Arkham series rather than Infamous, so skill is more meaningful. It's a little harder than those games, and there have been a few occasions where certain options suddenly became unavailable for inexplicable reasons, and the RPG mechanics are far stronger than they should be in this kind of game...
...but in some ways that's a good thing. Earning your victories feels better than just "press button to win...Spider Man style!", and there are quite a few gadgets and suit mods to collect to customize your play style. I guess I'm just a little annoyed at how quickly a few levels and suit mods made the game much easier. Makes me feel like I just sucked at that first section.
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Post by TG Barighm on Feb 8, 2019 17:55:02 GMT -5
Okay, so Spider-Man got a lot easier as you level up, so it's definitely not harder than games like Prototype and Infamous. I'm also not digging the pacing. Game starts out with a bang against major villains like Fisk and Shocker and then...a whole lot of investigative stuff and brawls against common mooks mixed with drama and MJ/Miles stealth sections. I don't mind the story stuff because it's really well done and the stealth sections are actually really easy (one section where you have MJ call out stealth take downs for Spider-Man was actually pretty cool because you get to see all the stuff Spidey does from another perspective), but it took me two entire 3 hour gaming sessions to get through this stuff before the next supervillain battle. It's pretty obvious the game's exciting start was meant to tide you over while the writers tried to be all emotional and deep. It's a cheap trick and it sucks.
The game has amazing production values though. Going from fisticuffs atop a truck to jumping from car to car to buildings and then climbing beneath the truck in a single uncut, no loading necessary sequence was very impressive (and really frickin' cool). I'd say they're probably the best production values this gen, right up there with Uncharted 4.
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Post by TG Barighm on Feb 10, 2019 5:48:18 GMT -5
Holy hell the pacing in Spider-Man is jacked up. The final chapter features battles against six supervillains, two of which are against two villains at once. I wanted to fight supervillains but not all at once!
Oh, well. At least it looked cool. The game is well worth playing, even if some aspects of it make me scratch my head.
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Post by TG Barighm on Feb 15, 2019 21:04:31 GMT -5
Er...wow. Black Cat is a total Catgirl rip-off. It's like they weren't even trying to hide it.
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Post by TG Barighm on Jun 11, 2019 16:08:50 GMT -5
Finally got around to seeing Endgame. Also saw Dark Phoenix.
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Post by TG Barighm on Jul 25, 2019 13:57:36 GMT -5
Looks like Disney is refusing to speak with Deadpool director Lietch. He claims to have repeatedly contacted them so he can get an idea of what his happening with the Deadpool property, but he isn't getting any kind of response.
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Post by acathala on Jul 25, 2019 14:25:07 GMT -5
Looks like Disney is refusing to speak with Deadpool director Lietch. He claims to have repeatedly contacted them so he can get an idea of what his happening with the Deadpool property, but he isn't getting any kind of response. Disappointing. It's probably related to the X-Men because they're trying to figure out how to introduce them to the MCU. |
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Post by TG Barighm on Jul 25, 2019 15:48:21 GMT -5
Maybe so, but Disney has already stated on record Deadpool will not be released under the Disney banner, so it won't be part of the MCU.
I already have an idea of how the X-Men will show up. Likely in Captain Marvel 2 when Rogue steal's her powers. I'd prefer the X-Men didn't join the MCU, though. Their universe is already pretty darn large.
Speaking of which...I'm all hot and bothered MUA3 is a Switch exclusive and always will be.
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Post by acathala on Jul 25, 2019 16:14:26 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if Disney buy Nintendo.
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Post by TG Barighm on Jul 25, 2019 16:30:22 GMT -5
I would. It's illegal in Japan for Japanese corporations to be bought out by foreign organizations. Not without government consent anyway.
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Post by TG Barighm on Oct 7, 2019 5:35:59 GMT -5
Just saw the new Spider-Man movie. It's pretty cool but there is a lot of sloppy writing. I thought we had moved beyond the whole "villain explains every aspect of his plot in one big exposition dump" thing.
Oh, and it's pretty much confirmed at this point that Disney plans to add mutants to the MCU. I really, really hope they don't. X-Men is just way too big a universe to share with the Avengers. And how would it line up, anyway? Generations are actually a thing in X-Men. How can mutants just "appear" in the MCU when so many of the later X-Men are actually sons and daughters of older heroes? Are they going to magically age faster or something?
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Post by acathala on Oct 7, 2019 23:02:31 GMT -5
Whilst still a good movie it was honestly predictable. I think the biggest problem with the MCU is there isn't really any stakes.
The smart money is Doctor Strange does something that brings mutants in. Personally I hope they don't. The MCU is large and unwieldy as it is.
Good news Brie Larson might not be getting another Captain Marvel movie. Bad news Disney is keen to cast her in Star Wars.
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Post by acathala on Jan 23, 2020 19:56:50 GMT -5
The tv series nobody asked for! WandaVision. Basically the Scarlet Witch and the Vision get their own tv series. I mention it because one of the staff writers is in the running to write Captain Marvel 2. Good news for Brie Larson fans, bad news for normal people!
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Post by TG Barighm on Jan 24, 2020 0:18:54 GMT -5
Kinda old news. It's part of a series of new shows coming to Disney+.
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Post by acathala on Jan 26, 2020 20:54:07 GMT -5
I only mentioned it because of the Captain Marvel news. Speaking of which, every interview I see of Brie Larson makes me wonder how she got hired. She's just such an unpleasant person.
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Post by acathala on Jan 30, 2020 22:34:36 GMT -5
WandaVision actually seems interesting. Paul Bethany describes it as fucking bonkers.
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Post by acathala on Mar 23, 2020 20:26:20 GMT -5
Marvel comics continue to slowly suicide itself. They have a new line up for their new Warriors comic, which include the black twins Snowflake and Safe place. I wish this was me joking. Everyone hates it.
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Post by TG Barighm on Mar 23, 2020 21:07:51 GMT -5
Yep. I've seen the videos about it on YouTube. I'm just surprised there are heroes actually called Snowflake and Safe Place. Originally I thought these were joke characters parodying the current climate.
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Post by acathala on Mar 23, 2020 22:39:24 GMT -5
The artwork is crappy too. The twins looked more like lovers than siblings.
The thing is, Disney is in a bad position financially, and Marvel comics haven't been making serious money in years, and I think the writers just don't give a shit about making money as long as their woke agenda gets pushed. I think at the very least Disney will be forced to take a closer look at Marvel.
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