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    Heroes Reborn

    The cheesiness of the EverNow stuff aside, it's a pretty clever way for them to get around Standards and Practices. They can have people being decapitated, split down the middle, etc. - they get to ratchet up the violence in the show - but it's okay because it's just videogames!
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    The Muppets (new Muppet Show for 2015)

    Exactly this. People act like the Muppets are children's entertainment. They're not and never have been. The whole reason Jim Henson created them was because he wanted to elevate puppetry to something adults could appreciate and enjoy. Henson spent much of his early career fighting the...
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    Mr. Robot

    She's Danish (or, at least, speaks Danish), and I can't really see the previous pregnancy being dropped in there without it coming up again - Chekhov's gun and all. I don't know if we'll see her kid show up, but it could be something that is providing motivation for whatever she's trying to...
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    Heroes Reborn

    Season 4 was at least a little better than the 2 and 3, largely because of Robert Knepper. The carnie stuff might've been ridiculous, but Knepper was a decent bad guy.
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    They have. Attunement will only be four steps, the most difficult of which is playing through each dungeon once (medal doesn't matter). Two of the raid bosses also drop a completed attunement key, so guilds can have members skip the attunement process completely. And, like I said, there's now...
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    That's where I'm sort of wary about this. I think they'll do a good job drawing people in. They've streamlined much of the early game, dumbed down some parts, moved around content so you don't have to do the quest grind if you don't want to (especially since faction is no longer needed for...
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    I think he did a decent job straddling the line between being the typical late night host and the Colbert Report, though the late night parts were definitely the weakest of the night. It's odd seeing Colbert do stand-up, for instance. He isn't a stand-up and seemed awkward there (could've just...
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    Mr. Robot

    I don't know. I've known some people that areincrediblysmart in one area but completely lack common sense everywhere else. But I see fsociety as being more idealistic than naive. Their belief in the plan is absolute. They are convinced what they are doing is "saving the world". We don't...
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    What did you just read?

    I mean it worked well within the context of the story. RPO was about a game creator who is obsessed with the '80s and uses that knowledge to hide his fortune. The pop culture references serve a purpose and are intrinsic to moving the story forward. Cline attempts to do the same thing with...
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    Mr. Robot

    The only thing that intrigues me about Elliot being Tyrell is seeing how Tyrell's wife's manipulation fits into things, otherwise I'm sort of hopeful they don't go that route. Wasn't Mr. Robot alone when he went to Romero's pot house to get him to rejoin fsociety?
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    What did you just read?

    Yeah, just finished this one myself. Story is sort of predictable since it's basically an extended version of the "Raiders of the Lost Arcade" episode of Futurama with a few additional (and unsurprising) twists thrown in (which he seems to even acknowledge since the main character's mix-tap is...
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    It's basically a training dungeon which explains things like telegraphs, stunning, etc., which will be essential for new players since you used to just get thrown into dungeons with little knowledge of how they work. You do unlock your first Expedition (formally Shiphands) at level 6 which...
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    Halt and Catch Fire

    It hasn't been cancelled yet... but given its ratings, I don't really see a lot of hope of AMC continuing it sadly. Too bad the show didn't start as strong as the second season.
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    Marvel's Daredevil

    Netflix has released Orange is the New Black and House of Cards on DVD and Blu-Ray, so I don't see why Daredevil wouldn't eventually release the same. Or, what Jorren said.
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    Guild Wars 2

    The thing that always frustrated me is I could create a support build for my class, but it was almost always more helpful for my group if I went full DPS instead. Arenanet worked so hard to ensure you don't have to rely on certain roles to complete group content that it erased the need for...
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    Falling Skies season 4 starts June 22

    Not only that, but if the queen's death turns every existing Espheni into fireworks, why just leave her completely unprotected?
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    Falling Skies season 4 starts June 22

    This season has felt like the writers forgot it was the final season until this episode. There were so many detours this season - Tom on the farm, Pope kidnapping Hal, the psycho military captain, Cochise's heart surgery or whatever that was, etc. So, what was a slow season in getting anywhere...
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    Unless I've missed other mods that do this, the system Carbine is implementing is going to be a little more complex. It allows you to automatically turn on and off mouselook depending on what you're doing (eg entering combat turns it on). It also makes it so you can have three separate sets of...
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    They squashed the teleporting harvest bots ages ago thankfully. I started a new character recently, and I've had no issues finding nodes to harvest. I also haven't encountered any bots in PvP that I'm aware of. Challenges haven't really changed much (on live). They are a little less in...
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    Mr. Robot

    Considering Tyrell and Lady Macbeth's scheming, it's possible Tyrell's desire to rise within the ranks is more than just pure ambition and a blind desire for power. Of course, it could also just come down to Tyrell trying to work all angles so he has something to fall back on. If Evil Corp...
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    Fantastic Four

    Why wouldn't Ultimate universe count? The MCU uses the Ultimate universe as source material (eg the Chitauri). If the point of that image is to show how far FOX has strayed from the comics, then the same can't be said for Nick Fury. The comicswerehis source material and the MCU has stayed...
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    Fantastic Four

    Technically, Furywasclose to the IP since his character was made to look like Samuel L. Jackson in 2002 (in the Ultimate universe), long before the MCU.
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    Fantastic Four

    The story really doesn't have anything to do with why Trank was hired though. Max Landis wrote the screenplay with Trank's input. If you look at Chronicle purely in terms of directing, you can see where Trank had a lot of promise as an up-and-comer. He was able to put a new spin on the "found...
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    Mr. Robot

    Well, I wasn't too far off. It's still just a question of whether Mr. Robot is real or not. Given what he's been up to, I could him having faked his death to fly under the radar.
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    The Strain

    "It'll grow back."
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    Fantastic Four

    I think it's also how the two movies were advertised. Marvel does a great job at injecting humor into their movies and trailers. The Ant-Man trailer ending with a Thomas the Tank Engine train being derailed is a great example of this. Compare that to how dark and dour the Fantastic Four...
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    Fantastic Four

    While both Sony and FOX want to build cinematic universes, the big difference between the two is that Sonyonlyhas Spider-Man. If they can't get people to go see Spider-Man movies, then the whole thing is a nonstarter. Going back to Marvel gives the potential for groundwork to be laid to give...
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    Fantastic Four

    Yeah, I don't see FOX letting go of the rights. I think the best case scenario is FOX sees what Sony is able to do with Spider-Man after letting Marvel bring him into their universe and FOX deciding to do the same with the Fantastic Four.
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    Fantastic Four

    FOX was smart in holding the movie until the end of summer when there really isn't a lot of competition. That's about the only thing that'll give them a decent opening weekend.
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    Fantastic Four

    From the sounds of it, just about everything is being panned aside from the acting, which is good since they did pick a great cast with a lot of potential. It'd be shame to Miles Tellers' career end before it's even really begun. Michael B. Jordon is going to be starring in the upcomingRocky...
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    Fantastic Four

    Hopefully the cast doesn't suffer too much from this when it bombs. For as shitty as this movie looks to be shaping up to be, they did a good job at gathering a talented group of young actors that have been looking to be on their way up.
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    Conan O'Brien sued for lifting jokes from Twitter

    Ironically, I think that's the thing that would hurt his case more than anything. The less percentage of jokes Conan shares with this twitter feed, the easier it is to argue coincidence, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see TNT settle "for an undisclosed amount" since that is...
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    Fantastic Four

    Online reviews are embargoeduntil 4pm the day before release, print reviews can't go up until the day of. That doesn't show a lot of confidence on Fox's part.
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    The Good Dinosaur (Pixar)

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    2015 Emmy Awards

    It's a shame Nick Offerman never got nominated for Parks and Rec. Also, The Americans should've gotten a nomination over House of Cards. I don't mind Spacey, Wright, and Kelly getting nominations for acting since that was top notch as always, but the season overall didn't live up to...
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    Suicide Squad (2016)

    While I prefer Harley being lured by Joker's personality as her origin, I can understand why they'd choose to go with torture in the movie. That's a much faster way of explaining how Dr. Harleen Quinzel becomes Harley Quinn. And it doesn't completely eliminate the possibility that we'll see...
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    Suicide Squad (2016)

    This was their chance to reveal Leto's Joker and quell people's fears about his appearance, and they have him end the trailer with the line, "I'm just going to hurt you really, really bad?" They couldn't come up with something less cliche and more Joker-ish than that? It certainly doesn't have...
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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

    If this movie is meant to serve as a way of bringing Batman into the Man of Steel universe, I think TDKR is one of the best ways of doing it without resorting to yet another origin movie. I'm just amused that Snyder was insisting a couple years ago that thiswouldn't be an adaptation of TDKRwhen...
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    Ghostbusters (2016)

    Those stripes make it look like they were all run over by a street painter.
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    Mr. Robot

    If Mr. Robot turns out to be imaginary, I predict the reveal will come when we see a picture of Elliot as a child with his dad - who looks exactly like Christian Slater.