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Beamed posted:ghosts that only certain characters get to see is one i forgot about, but an asteroid breaks physics to move in one scene, and then electricity, momentum, etc. are shut down in the Magic Aether Zone when they first enter the Magic Stargate ghosts are easy to explain -- its the protomolocule interfacing with peoples brains , same as the zombie poo poo but different. Miller never actually saw Julie when he was dying, that was just protomocoule melting his brain. To a limited extent that's what was going on with Holden seeing miller -- except it was limited. But yeah, I'll give you the fact that the alien poo poo doesnt abide by known physics at all times pulls it out of hard sci-fi territory at times. As long as they keep it consistent that humanity doesn't start doing that poo poo I'll be happy with it as a storytelling device though.
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Sep 13, 2020 05:46
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:all based on a d20 modern campaign Truth. I've advised a few people getting started on it to view it through that lens and its helped a ton.
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Sep 13, 2020 05:47
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Beamed posted:children of dune didnt quite do it for me. it's when the endless Duncan Idaho begins and why does anyone care about him it felt weaker than dune and dune messiah. was that the one with the most monologues/internal monologues? i felt like once that started creeping in it felt like it dragged more the old thread adage that 'its never too soon to stop reading the dune novels' is true. i suppose the first three make a decent story arc, but it gets too goofy when leto II does the worm
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Sep 13, 2020 06:14
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last time i re-read the dune books i actually found i liked god-emperor more than children of dune.
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Sep 13, 2020 07:30
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TOOT BOOT posted:I doubt your average viewer understands the reference enough to care sure. i just hate it when it’s obvious that absolutely nobody involved with the series gives the slightest poo poo about the material like even put the comics aside, why have it be lucifer if you’re not even interested in playing off the mythos at all. it’s just name-dropping for shock value basically (i know that some older sources unify the characters of lucifer and beelzebub)
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Sep 13, 2020 07:36
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rjmccall posted:sure. i just hate it when it’s obvious that absolutely nobody involved with the series gives the slightest poo poo about the material i watched a couple episodes and it's a horny supernatural crime show with funny book elements. the horny parts were often pretty gross when they were supposed to be funny.
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Sep 13, 2020 14:46
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:last time i re-read the dune books i actually found i liked god-emperor more than children of dune. maybe i should give it a go. the audiobooks are also decent and im at a dearth of science fiction in my audio list right now i tried starting yiddish policemens union (had snagged it a year ago) but it seems either too hard boiled for me or, as discussed in the earlier thread, too much like the culture is not written from a place of authenticity. im not a noir reader normally and also am out of my element here. i would probably be better served going with some classics
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Sep 13, 2020 15:23
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last night i finally watched rise of skywalker. I liked it, they tied up loose ends, it wasnt actively bad like prequels then i put attack of the clones on today to nostalgize, made it ten minutes and turned it off in favor of RLM's review of it. better in every way
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Sep 13, 2020 23:44
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the disney sequels seem way more cynical and designed around fanservice than the prequels, but the prequels are incompetently made. which of these bothers you more is a matter of taste
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Sep 14, 2020 01:03
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say what you will about the execution of the prequels dude at least its an ethos
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Sep 14, 2020 01:15
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PCjr sidecar posted:say what you will about the execution of the prequels dude at least its an ethos
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Sep 14, 2020 01:15
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Jenny Agutter posted:read a bunch of stanisław Lem this year and as a result I recommend reading stanisław Lem  the classic SF i've been reading is the Book of the New Sun which is great. it's a mindfuck, some really haunting lines in there.
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Sep 14, 2020 01:22
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the brave new world tv show sucks loving poo poo, surprising no one
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Sep 14, 2020 02:23
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Improbable Lobster posted:the brave new world tv show sucks loving poo poo, surprising no one yah i mentioned that in the last thread. it’s bad
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Sep 14, 2020 02:41
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im looking for something new to watch and my favorite fantasy thing ive seen lately is shrike screaming in the geralts's face can anyone recommend another show with badass and pissed off women in it? or give me a spell to move to an alternate reality where shrike won and she's the witcher now
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Sep 14, 2020 03:16
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I watched fury road again last night and it was a very good decision. furiosa doesn't scream much but fury road is always worth watching
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Sep 14, 2020 03:36
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so holy poo poo i'm watching Atomic Blonde (2017) and its not scifi but is one hell of a cold war artistic color balance cold war nutshot asskicker movie and i literally never heard of it 4 hours ago
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Sep 14, 2020 03:53
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Achmed Jones posted:I watched fury road again last night and it was a very good decision. furiosa doesn't scream much but fury road is always worth watching i jerked off a bit on the nzb site and got the super high res color and b&w versions and ngl the black+chrome edit is really, really, really good
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Sep 14, 2020 03:53
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Jonny 290 posted:so holy poo poo i'm watching Atomic Blonde (2017) and its not scifi but is one hell of a cold war artistic color balance cold war nutshot asskicker movie and i literally never heard of it 4 hours ago charlize theron gets her rear end kicked, a lot there are so, so, so, so many fights in that movie.
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Sep 14, 2020 03:57
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this movie is 97% Severe Bangs and Makarovs and i love it
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Sep 14, 2020 03:58
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infernal machines posted:
im actually 39 minutes in to this film in real time and i feel like ive watched seven hours of straight up no holds barred rear end beating so far
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Sep 14, 2020 03:59
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it doesn't slow down any, right up to the credits
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Sep 14, 2020 04:00
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Jonny 290 posted:this movie is 97% Severe Bangs and Makarovs and i love it try anna for more of the same. it was deece.
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Sep 14, 2020 05:17
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ok its over and holy poo poo what a loving good god drat action spy movie. wowwwwFuzzy Mammal posted:try anna for more of the same. it was deece. i will!
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Sep 14, 2020 05:22
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Jonny 290 posted:ok its over and holy poo poo what a loving good god drat action spy movie. wowwww settle down beavis
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Sep 14, 2020 05:25
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:try anna for more of the same. it was deece. why did besson remake la femme nikita?
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Sep 14, 2020 05:50
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also watch the old guard on netflix if charlize theron is the new liam neeson I’m ok with that
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Sep 14, 2020 06:07
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star bad didn't want to see any more but I've seen enough clips of that garbage over the years to know the prequels here's to another whatever years of piecing together how loving awful this is
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Sep 14, 2020 06:15
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Jonny 290 posted:last night i finally watched rise of skywalker. I liked it, they tied up loose ends, it wasnt actively bad like prequels i liked the bit where they went to the Planet of the McGuffins to get the McGuffin to open the secret McGuffin Room that would let them get the McGuffin that would lead them to the final McGuffin.
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Sep 14, 2020 11:44
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I liked how seemingly half the movie is spent retconning the last jedi and only then can the real plot begin
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Sep 14, 2020 13:12
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haveblue posted:I liked how seemingly half the movie is spent retconning the last jedi and only then can the real plot begin yeah i would have liked it a lot more if it had just been its own movie instead of letting reddit write it
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Sep 14, 2020 13:36
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:all based on a d20 modern campaign
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Sep 14, 2020 14:29
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Uptime Sinclair posted:is this real because if so lol they were going to make an mmo, but it turns out that was a lot of work, so it became a tabletop rpg. later it became other things, including a tv show
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Sep 14, 2020 14:49
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:all based on a d20 modern campaign I strongly approve your use of the "Snipe pages with a depiction of horrible violence" meme from the Pictures thread.
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Sep 14, 2020 15:02
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Jonny 290 posted:last night i finally watched rise of skywalker. I liked it, they tied up loose ends, it wasnt actively bad like prequels everything with palpy was so much fun, but its all a mess trying to wrap things up cause they didnt plan anything at all for the trilogy
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Sep 14, 2020 15:06
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infernal machines posted:they were going to make an mmo, but it turns out that was a lot of work, so it became a tabletop rpg. later it became other things, including a tv show d20 modern is a gently caress
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Sep 14, 2020 15:16
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youd better go and catch them, op
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atomic blonde is one of my favorite recent action movies, it has that non-stop feeling like john wick but without all the gun porn and harry potter secret assassin world poo poo plus shitloads of yamaha DX7 on the soundtrackDoom Mathematic posted:I miss Iain M. Banks. qirex fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Sep 14, 2020 |
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consider phlebas perhaps as an anthology adaptation would be the most viable for general appeal, but thats not really the culture material i want to see happen. pretty sure in a few years player of games could work as some sort of esports political intrigue show
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