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Yeah, I think batman is a good comparison. I like the story and character (otherwise I wouldn't have made it this far), it's just been somewhat CW-ified. I keep waiting for the Dawson's Creek theme to play. Or the dog from 7th Heaven to show up. All their shows have that "feel" to them. We'll see. Everyone says good things.
Thanks for making me google 7th Heaven because I couldn't remember what that fucking dog's name was.

 
Yeah, I think batman is a good comparison. I like the story and character (otherwise I wouldn't have made it this far), it's just been somewhat CW-ified. I keep waiting for the Dawson's Creek theme to play. Or the dog from 7th Heaven to show up. All their shows have that "feel" to them. We'll see. Everyone says good things.
I hated 7th heaven, I think I was one of the only girls in my school that did too.

 
Michael Shannon is amazing. He made that movie.
Though I also liked the hot Kryptonian chick, Antje Traue.

Too bad the movie itself wasn't that great otherwise. The ending was unexpected and a great twist that absolutely made sense, but the mechanics of the genetic profiling and its effect on the Kryptonians should have been explored more, and the stupid fight scenes cut down by about half. I don't know who really wants to see movie after movie of super-powered people being thrown through walls but not getting hurt. It gets old fast and just kills any narrative pacing a movie generates otherwise. :wall:
There was a lot wrong with that movie, the opening prologue was pointless eye candy and should have never been filmed, that was like George Lucas levels of pointless bullshit. Every opportunity to give the villain any dimension was squandered. Zod went out of his way to be needlessly belligerent when something simple [customspoiler="like][B]terraforming the moon or a billion other planets instead of wrecking Earth[/B][/customspoiler] would have avoided the entire conflict. Not to mention how their final battle probably [customspoiler="spoiler"]killed thousands of people at the rate they were knocking down buildings[/customspoiler] and Clark didn't seem to care a bit at the time. It's only when he has to look one in the eye at the end that suddenly he is bothered by it. It's why the final "twist"
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Yeah, I hate having to block, but I'm a big baby. Not a fan of horror films. I watched some as a kid and had tons of nightmares. I loved Scream but that was more of a comedy. Cabin in the Woods was fine too, but again, comedic. I prefer thrillers.
How about Return of the Living Dead?

Advice: don't introduce yourself as a virgin that likes being fart on.
It's time to overcome all this darkness with the power of FLATULENCE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB7edSc3T-8

 
How about Return of the Living Dead?
As a kid I saw parts of Night of the Living Dead, Poltergeist, Carrie, The Blob, The Fog, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Hellraiser, Leprechaun and I'm sure others I've forgotten. I have no idea why I bothered considering all the nightmares. Guess I was being a dumb kid and it scarred me for life.

Even though I'm a scaredy cat I try to stay open to some horror or scary movies since my film buff side outweighs my chicken side.
 
Yeah, I think batman is a good comparison. I like the story and character (otherwise I wouldn't have made it this far), it's just been somewhat CW-ified. I keep waiting for the Dawson's Creek theme to play. Or the dog from 7th Heaven to show up. All their shows have that "feel" to them. We'll see. Everyone says good things.
I just recently tried to watch Arrow on Netflix but abandoned ship after 9 episodes (which is more than fair). That CW feel is exactly why. The dialogue and characters are just so annoying. And am I supposed to take that hot chick seriously as some sort of super lawyer? Or that ditsy looking blonde who is able to dig up information on everybody?

If you really are on the mood for some DC goodness, check out some the animated movies they've put out. The absolute best option would be to watch the whole animated continuity they did awhile back: Batman The Animated Series, Superman The Animated Series. Batman Beyond, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. There is some real quality stuff in there. I think a lot of them were on Netflix at some point, but I don't know about now.
 
Dumped Lost Planet for $9 shipped. Only about 2 more games I want to sell, but probably won't be worth trying. (Duke Nukem and Bionic Commando)

 
I just recently tried to watch Arrow on Netflix but abandoned ship after 9 episodes (which is more than fair). That CW feel is exactly why. The dialogue and characters are just so annoying. And am I supposed to take that hot chick seriously as some sort of super lawyer? Or that ditsy looking blonde who is able to dig up information on everybody?
I like Arrow, but you have to take it for what it is. LL is of course annoying... she's an LL character. But I can't believe you don't like Felicity.

I've said this a bunch before, but the most annoying part of the show by far to me is how the writers treat the audience like complete idiots. That's the big CW factor for me, because it creeps into all their shows. The dialog becomes ridiculously unnatural, because half the time people are talking they're just summarizing plot. The example I'll always remember is when the gang is breaking into some compound, and Felicity uses some device to disable a door. Her dialog is like, "Hey, remember that universal key contraption we took off that bad guy a few weeks ago? Good thing I brought it!"

But it's still entertaining enough. And Captain Jack, River Tam and Crixus are in it, so there's that, too.

 
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Watched all of season 1 and 2. Wife and I both really liked it.

Helps that I really like the arrow character and started to buy up Arrow comics.

They actually throw in a lot of stuff that if you didnt read the comics you wouldnt know about. Like they name a hotel in one episode after a writer from the comics. 

 
I like Arrow, but you have to take it for what it is. LL is of course annoying... she's an LL character. But I can't believe you don't like Felicity.

I've said this a bunch before, but the most annoying part of the show by far to me is how the writers treat the audience like complete idiots. That's the big CW factor for me, because it creeps into all their shows. The dialog becomes ridiculously unnatural, because half the time people are talking they're just summarizing plot. The example I'll always remember is when the gang is breaking into some compound, and Felicity uses some device to disable a door. Her dialog is like, "Hey, remember that universal key contraption we took off that bad guy a few weeks ago? Good thing I brought it!"

But it's still entertaining enough. And Captain Jack, River Tam and Crixus are in it, so there's that, too.
I'm interested in finding out who will play Ra's al Ghul in season 3.

 
Sony's game division had an operating profit of about $41.7 million. Right on par with Nintendo.

Oh no, that's right, Nintendo lost almost 1.5 times that amount. Stupid me.
 
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Sony:

The company announced a Q1 net profit of 26.8 billion yen (around $265 million),

Samsung:

The company announced it had made a net profit of 6.25 trillion won ($6.1 billion)

Sony's numbers are still putrid compared to other tech companies. 

 
Sony:

The company announced a Q1 net profit of 26.8 billion yen (around $265 million),

Samsung:

The company announced it had made a net profit of 6.25 trillion won ($6.1 billion)

Sony's numbers are still putrid compared to other tech companies.
Most of that must be from Samsung's phones and tablets.

I wonder how MS's XB1 division has done this quarter.

 
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Samsung:
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Sony's numbers are still putrid compared to other tech companies.
Ok Breakfuss. Again, we're comparing game divisions. Everyone knows Sony sucks at making TVs and computers and shit.
 
Ok Breakfuss. Again, we're comparing game divisions. Everyone knows Sony sucks at making TVs and computers and shit.
WTF does one division have to do with anything?

The company as a whole matters. So what, the gaming division is doing great but they are losing money on everything else. Still not good for Sony as a company. You think that just because Sony gaming makes money and the company as a whole is shit and loses money they will stay in business?

They should just sell all the crap, the tv business, phone business, etc and keep the gaming and the movie business (if they still own the movie business?)

 
Platinum popped sometime last night. I'm leaning towards it being a PSN issue? Maybe the servers didn't recognize all the other trophies were there or something. Glad the "wait and hope" thing worked, I'd tried pretty much everything else. 

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Platinum popped sometime last night. I'm leaning towards it being a PSN issue? Maybe the servers didn't recognize all the other trophies were there or something. Glad the "wait and hope" thing worked, I'd tried pretty much everything else.

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Congrats! I still recommend notifying the developers if you haven't already, though, in case this isn't an isolated issue and it could be fixable with a patch.

 
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Platinum popped sometime last night. I'm leaning towards it being a PSN issue? Maybe the servers didn't recognize all the other trophies were there or something. Glad the "wait and hope" thing worked, I'd tried pretty much everything else.

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Did you set your all time best 40 yard dash speed between your bed and your Playstation this morning? :)

 
Glad it finally popped.
That's what she said.

Does PoP: Sands of Time get any better, and are the other two games better than SoT? I never played these during their original release days, but I started the PS3 collection. I really like the platforming, but the combat is really boring so far. The dialogue is also too fucking muffled. It sucks even more since you can't turn on subtitles.

 
As a kid I saw parts of Night of the Living Dead, Poltergeist, Carrie, The Blob, The Fog, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Hellraiser, Leprechaun and I'm sure others I've forgotten. I have no idea why I bothered considering all the nightmares. Guess I was being a dumb kid and it scarred me for life.

Even though I'm a scaredy cat I try to stay open to some horror or scary movies since my film buff side outweighs my chicken side.
As in, it's another horror comedy.

 
guys. I really, really don't like playing the walking dead. I'm surprised at how loathesome it is for me. if you don't want to read further negativity about the game, skip the spoiler. also, it probably will contain spoilers.

1. runs like ass. might be a vita version problem. so fuck ing janky.

2. looks like ass. I know there's an art style thing going here, but it really looks terrible. I thought it would be used to give the characters more visual emotion/character, but it just looks bad and it should feel bad and the characters act lifeless.

3. all the joylessness of searching for shit in adventure games without the fun. I've played most of the older lucasarts/sierra catalog, I'm not a complete stranger to adventure games. but so far (and I am still on the first chapter) it feels like the 'game' part of it was forced on a group of developers who just wanted to tell a story.

4. too many characters. yeah, I said it. and too much dialog. if I wanted to yammer with npcs I'd be playing a jrpg. I don't know who is who or why I should care. except for clementine. I know who that is.

5. sometimes the dialog choices don't reflect my intentions, like at one point on the farm I selected something I thought was honest and it came out all subversive. or there wasn't an option to be more caring about clementine going to the bathroom in the pharmacy for no good reason.

the story seems fine so far and I'm going to stick with it since so many folks love it, but I don't have high hopes for the base mechanisms of the game shaping up after chapter 1.
 
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That's what she said.

Does PoP: Sands of Time get any better, and are the other two games better than SoT? I never played these during their original release days, but I started the PS3 collection. I really like the platforming, but the combat is really boring so far. The dialogue is also too fucking muffled. It sucks even more since you can't turn on subtitles.
Combat sucks, but if you can look past that it's a great game. I loved it, Warrior Within was ok, and I thought The Two Thrones combined the best parts of the first two. I think Two Thrones was my favorite overall, with Sands of Time running a very close second.

 
guys. I really, really don't like playing the walking dead. I'm surprised at how loathesome it is for me. if you don't want to read further negativity about the game, skip the spoiler. also, it probably will contain spoilers.

1. runs like ass. might be a vita version problem. so fuck ing janky.

2. looks like ass. I know there's an art style thing going here, but it really looks terrible. I thought it would be used to give the characters more visual emotion/character, but it just looks bad and it should feel bad and the characters act lifeless.

3. all the joylessness of searching for shit in adventure games without the fun. I've played most of the older lucasarts/sierra catalog, I'm not a complete stranger to adventure games. but so far (and I am still on the first chapter) it feels like the 'game' part of it was forced on a group of developers who just wanted to tell a story.

4. too many characters. yeah, I said it. and too much dialog. if I wanted to yammer with npcs I'd be playing a jrpg. I don't know who is who or why I should care. except for clementine. I know who that is.

5. sometimes the dialog choices don't reflect my intentions, like at one point on the farm I selected something I thought was honest and it came out all subversive. or there wasn't an option to be more caring about clementine going to the bathroom in the pharmacy for no good reason.

the story seems fine so far and I'm going to stick with it since so many folks love it, but I don't have high hopes for the base mechanisms of the game shaping up after chapter 1.
Hipster confirmed.

(In all seriousness, I recommend trying the PS3 version to see if your first two complains are Vita-version problems. I feel like the game only gets better after Ch. 1, so stick with it to the end.)

 
Dumped Lost Planet for $9 shipped. Only about 2 more games I want to sell, but probably won't be worth trying. (Duke Nukem and Bionic Commando)
Bionic Commando is flawed but fun, when it clicks the swing mechanic is an absolute joy. In the early game some of the artificial boundaries (radioactive walls of death in parts of the city) are annoying because you can wander into them and die pretty easily before you get back out and some of the decisions they made like disabling ability to get trophies when replaying a level from stage select (which means you have to get all the collectables the first time through) are pretty boneheaded. I beat normal and traded it away years ago, but decided to pick it up again when I found one copy at gamestop for $3 last week. It's also a disc only game (not available on PSN) so if you ever wanted to play it someday it might be harder to find a copy.

Speaking of TV, I forgot to tell you guys that I'm actually beginning to enjoy Doctor Who now.
Which season you at now?

 
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That's what she said.

Does PoP: Sands of Time get any better, and are the other two games better than SoT? I never played these during their original release days, but I started the PS3 collection. I really like the platforming, but the combat is really boring so far. The dialogue is also too fucking muffled. It sucks even more since you can't turn on subtitles.
I personally liked Sands of Time the best of the 3. The metacritic (both pro and user review) averages seem to agree with that as well.

I actually liked the remake one without a subtitle the best, but I think I might be the only one. The scores for it were lower than all 3 of the others. I thought it had the most interesting combat style, and I was not as bothered by Nolan North using his normal accent for the Prince character as others seemed to be.

 
That's what she said.

Does PoP: Sands of Time get any better, and are the other two games better than SoT? I never played these during their original release days, but I started the PS3 collection. I really like the platforming, but the combat is really boring so far. The dialogue is also too fucking muffled. It sucks even more since you can't turn on subtitles.
Some of the set pieces will get better, so the platforming will be even better, but the combat remains the same. Back when it released, it was a brilliant game, but it hasn't aged as well. I think I will still try to get through the HD version one day, but for me, it was a game best left to my memory.

 
guys. I really, really don't like playing the walking dead. I'm surprised at how loathesome it is for me. if you don't want to read further negativity about the game, skip the spoiler. also, it probably will contain spoilers.

1. runs like ass. might be a vita version problem. so fuck ing janky.

2. looks like ass. I know there's an art style thing going here, but it really looks terrible. I thought it would be used to give the characters more visual emotion/character, but it just looks bad and it should feel bad and the characters act lifeless.

3. all the joylessness of searching for shit in adventure games without the fun. I've played most of the older lucasarts/sierra catalog, I'm not a complete stranger to adventure games. but so far (and I am still on the first chapter) it feels like the 'game' part of it was forced on a group of developers who just wanted to tell a story.

4. too many characters. yeah, I said it. and too much dialog. if I wanted to yammer with npcs I'd be playing a jrpg. I don't know who is who or why I should care. except for clementine. I know who that is.

5. sometimes the dialog choices don't reflect my intentions, like at one point on the farm I selected something I thought was honest and it came out all subversive. or there wasn't an option to be more caring about clementine going to the bathroom in the pharmacy for no good reason.

the story seems fine so far and I'm going to stick with it since so many folks love it, but I don't have high hopes for the base mechanisms of the game shaping up after chapter 1.
Your third point is even more prominent in Season 2.
Found there's much less to do, especially in episode 3.

Story keeps bring me back, though I've lost track of all the names of the people too.
 
I personally liked Sands of Time the best of the 3. The metacritic (both pro and user review) averages seem to agree with that as well.

I actually liked the remake one without a subtitle the best, but I think I might be the only one. The scores for it were lower than all 3 of the others. I thought it had the most interesting combat style, and I was not as bothered by Nolan North using his normal accent for the Prince character as others seemed to be.
You're not the only one who liked Prince of Persia with Nolan North most. Sands of Time is a close second, and I haven't played the other two in the HD trilogy set.

 
guys. I really, really don't like playing the walking dead. I'm surprised at how loathesome it is for me. if you don't want to read further negativity about the game, skip the spoiler. also, it probably will contain spoilers.

1. runs like ass. might be a vita version problem. so fuck ing janky.

2. looks like ass. I know there's an art style thing going here, but it really looks terrible. I thought it would be used to give the characters more visual emotion/character, but it just looks bad and it should feel bad and the characters act lifeless.

3. all the joylessness of searching for shit in adventure games without the fun. I've played most of the older lucasarts/sierra catalog, I'm not a complete stranger to adventure games. but so far (and I am still on the first chapter) it feels like the 'game' part of it was forced on a group of developers who just wanted to tell a story.

4. too many characters. yeah, I said it. and too much dialog. if I wanted to yammer with npcs I'd be playing a jrpg. I don't know who is who or why I should care. except for clementine. I know who that is.

5. sometimes the dialog choices don't reflect my intentions, like at one point on the farm I selected something I thought was honest and it came out all subversive. or there wasn't an option to be more caring about clementine going to the bathroom in the pharmacy for no good reason.

the story seems fine so far and I'm going to stick with it since so many folks love it, but I don't have high hopes for the base mechanisms of the game shaping up after chapter 1.
It's a great interactive read, but a terrible game.

 
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