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  1. Runnen

    Thunderbolts* (2025)

    I think they may have meant "not super" as in, not doing super, considering just about everyone in this movie is bordering on suicidal or at the very least has a huge chip on their shoulder and is depressed.
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    Star Wars Unlimited

    Unlimited is almost a dirty word for an old SWCCG collector like me because back then the unlimited cards with the white border were considered cheap and too common as they were reprints of the original limited black border cards. I still have the full collection somewhere in two thick binders...
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    Thunderbolts* (2025)

    Went and saw it today with the family. We liked it better than most of the last few years MCU stuff except for Deadpool & Wolverine (though I recognize it for what it was, a huge nothing story filled with fanservice and jokes, but that's what I wanted from it). The pacing was good, the 2 hours...
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    Predator: Badlands

    From what I read, they actually did just that for this movie, they hired the guy who created the Na'vi language for Avatar, so they could develop a Yautja language that could be used for further lore / future films. I think the soundtrack of the trailer is actually some kind of Yautja chanting...
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    Predator: Badlands

    You're saying exactly what I'm saying, the best way is practical/prosthetics with CGI touch-ups. Full practical is quite restrictive for some outlandish designs in most cases (though there is some superb work out there by talented make-up artists and prop designers), and full CGI tends to fall...
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    Predator: Badlands

    I wasn't pointing to anyone in this thread, just saying what I've seen online about how "that's not a predator at all". I'm ambivalent on full CGI versus full practical effects. On the one hand I love the original Stan Winston Predator effects and tend to prefer practical effects in general...
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    I think I would notice the difference, you're probably just desensitized to it. Though to be fair if it's cleverly inserted in the films and the costumes are done well, I'd probably give it a shot just for funsies.
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Add a lil' tyke Snoke to Anakin's group of friends in Mos Espa, then he gets hit in the face by one of Sebulba's torn reactors at the end of the pod race, setting him up as the villain seven films later.
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    Predator: Badlands

    I haven't seen it mentioned in the thread though it's explained in a lot of places, but this Predator is supposed to look a bit different because he's the runt of the litter, and was exiled by his clan. The plot of the film is him choosing to reclaim his honor and the acceptance of his clan by...
  10. Runnen

    Wheel of Time

    My bad, completely forgot about those portal stones, I've not read the early books in many years. Thanks for the reminder! As for demand on the books, apparently they've been flying off the shelves in many libraries, and I've seen a lot of people on forums or socials saying they picked up the...
  11. Runnen

    Wheel of Time

    - Portal Stones (I assume you mean the sculpted stone leaves on the archways) weren't removed from the show, we see Loial use them a few times, but the show does not mention the possibility of sealing a waygate permanently so yes it was dumb that he sacrificed himself to destroy a waygate's exit...
  12. Runnen

    Wheel of Time

    While I was surprised at first by the deaths of some of the characters this season, I can understand what they are trying to do because both of those characters after this point in the books go on the bench for literally more than half of the book series, doing very little in the background...
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    Wheel of Time

    While the showrunner's stance on having ugly people in his show is known, it's funny because a lot of the men and women in the show look ugly but when you see pictures of them online they're decent for the most part, but Aviendha is just downright ugly, there's no redeeming quality whatsoever...
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    Daredevil: Born Again

    Watched all eight episodes in two evenings, what a shitshow. While I approve of the performances for the most part, the whole story is a complete mess, it's so disjointed it feels like the showrunner was told they'd have 20 episodes and then woops you only get 8 sorry so they panicked. I'm not...
  15. Runnen

    What are you playing?

    Been playing a lot of Two Point Museum, love all those Two Point Studios games, goddamn do they make hours fly by.
  16. Runnen

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Couldn't agree more, they've made Undermine extremely tedious and boring to grind/farm. I've never been a huge fan of goblin themes but Undermine as a zone has been in the pipes for so many years it was at least interesting to see it finally, but fuck me it's just one huge grind of literally...
  17. Runnen

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    I got a MK bundle pre-ordered for 499.99€, which is $566. Anyway, it's always going to be too expensive / not powerful enough / not revolutionary enough for someone not interested in it, and it's going to be fine for anyone very interested in it, or for Nintendo fans. If you have the money for...
  18. Runnen

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    To be precise, that's the price in Europe for the Switch 2 + Mario Kart 9 bundle, not just the console.
  19. Runnen

    The Acolyte

    I know it's the obvious joke but I can't get over the fact they picked the name Osha for a girl that lives in a citadel made of flammable stone with rickety metal catways and no railings anywhere.
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    The Acolyte

    Qimir doesn't even have a story or reason to be there (beside the obvious eye candy for young women and some decent lightsaber fights). Like, at some point before the story begins he picks up Mae and decides to train her to become a Sith acolyte. So he gives her a quest to go kill the 4 Jedi...
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    The Acolyte

    I guess it really was Plagueis after all... look how they massacred my boy. The true tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise was having a cameo in this bullshit.
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    The Acolyte

    I expected it to be Mother Koryl, whom we never saw again after she dissipated into dark mist 16 years ago. Qimir never felt like a Sith Master, he's too nice so he must have a Sith Master or at least a dark side user master, which Koryl could have been since she had a motive for revenge and we...
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    The Acolyte

    I expected nothing from the finale and was still disapppointed. They showed the bleeding of a kyber crystal which is a cool concept from the expanded universe but then the blade slowly becoming red from blue was a dumb visual, would have been better if it was just red from the get-go. Yoda cameo...
  24. Runnen

    The Boys

    Their next episode is about an assassination attempt and there's an ongoing presidential election in the show, so I'd be really quiet too if I were them, even if it wasn't written by TDS-afflicted writers.
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    The Boys

    Also, is it me or does Starlight look better last couple episodes? Face-wise that is. I'm guessing the backside nudity wasn't really Erin Moriarty and was probably a clever replacement but it was good to get some female nudity in this season after the deluge of dicks, male buttholes and webholes.
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    The Boys

    While I agree the politics stuff is heavy-handed, it's not like we needed Ryan having a woke moment to realize he's been nothing like Homelander from the beginning. Homelander is the way he is because he was raised like a weapon by uncaring scientists, that's been made even more clear in episode...
  27. Runnen

    The Acolyte

    That's what I gathered too, thanks.
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    The Acolyte

    You can often tell if something is going to be to your liking or not based on just a teaser or a trailer. Good or bad is subjective. This show is most definitely in the bad category as far as I'm concerned, but as I've said before there's generally a few things or details that could be gleaned...
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    The Acolyte

    Is that the green bald jedi master chick? She's really awful yeah.
  30. Runnen

    The Acolyte

    Pretty sure I read that a few times in this thread, did you learn it from your favorite SW review youtuber?
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    The Acolyte

    Because unlike some here, I prefer to see something before giving my opinion on it. As I said there were some cool things in the episode, but it was mostly episode 3 all over again with bonus features. My main issue was that the whole plot point of revealing these events to Mae made no sense to...
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    The Acolyte

    I thought it was one of the least bad episodes, though it was mostly a big flashback but seen from other points of view. I thought it was pretty good that the witch cult looked a lot more sinister when seen from the Jedi's point of view, when they'd looked more friendly and family-like when seen...
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    The Boys

    The Supes Virus is precisely a plot point from Gen V that has become a major plot point in Season 4...
  34. Runnen

    Deadpool & Wolverine

    Tyler Mane's Sabertooth wasn't all that great, he was basically just a dumb big grunt with maybe one line in the entire film and Liev Shrieber's was probably a highlight of that terrible terrible X-Men Origins movie, but if you're going to play on nostalgia feels, bringing back Tyler Mane is the...
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    The Boys

    The real question is, would that man have been in condition to fuck a chicken?
  36. Runnen

    The Boys

    It was implied that what's happening to the rabbit is similar to what's happening to Butcher, yeah. Some sort of worm/tentacle cancer growing inside and breaking out. I figured that was also why Butcher stomped the rabbit dead with such a rage, because he may be unconsciously knowing this is...
  37. Runnen

    The Boys

    It looked like Neuman was causing it. We've mostly seen Starlight using her powers by clenching her fists, the movements of her hands definitely have a part in using her abilities, so Neuman could have used her powers to control/alter Starlight's blood flow to her hands to mess with her...
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    The Boys

    1. They didn't get infected from eating infected meat, they drank contaminated water after the lab hampster wrecked the lab and smashed some vials of virus above the drain. Their powers weren't necessarily identical, most human Supes gain superstrength as a base power, and we never saw the...
  39. Runnen

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    75% of Dread isn't EMMI phases, and even if they do catch you, you can -always- parry their one-shot attack which stuns them for several seconds so you can safely get away. Timing is tricky but not any harder than a Dark Souls parry or a Sekiro perfect deflection. I really encourage you to push...
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    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    I'm sure Metroid Prime 2 and 3 HD remasters are already in the pipeline, I'd be surprised if 2 doesn't get released before Metroid Prime 4 to keep the Metroid hype train going until release. As for Metroids themselves, I'm sure they'll return. Metroid Dread confirmed that Samus Aran herself is...