I think Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the most overrated games ever made. The only reason it got traction is because of the appeals to everyone's fetish. Its ruleset, combat pacing, and area design are all mediocre, sometimes okay. Original Sin 2 did everything better.

Oh man. This is absolutely perfect.

I don't like sports but I like it when the Patriots lose and I say this as someone whose belong to the region the Patriots play for. All I know about sports is from Jon Bois videos.

I don't post on here often and it seems like it's the "Zachariah Snider" discusser account. Truthfully, it's kinda what I like talking about on here since I find the subject matter fascinating. Not even George Lucas get this level of... presumptuousness.

Piece of filth zionist pigs.

For some reason I just thought about the Mass Effect 3 ending crapshoot. The amount of folks irritated at that junk ending and the endless pundits bending over backwards to defend that horrible trash on the grounds of "artistic integrity". A lot of those people really were dupes.

Folks who advocate for 90-minute runtimes are not serious people. It reduces a film to content you consume before you doctor's appointment or something. "Films really shouldn't be more than 90 minutes" *proceeds to binge watch 4 hours of a show*

So it has been long enough and I thought I'd do a silliness. I searched "James Gunn Superman Objectivist" and "Zack Snyder Superman Objectivist" and the start contrast is really staggering. Many six digit (100k+) views slamming Man of Steel, the usually regurgitated trite of failed media literacy.

I can think of one thing... Putting in the disc and having to download the entire game and/or a massive day one patch that may as well be the entire game.

I saw that trash crossover panel with Captain America and Wonder Woman. This is what we've come to. I'm going to be bold and say this is the natural conclusion to everyone pooping their pants and frothing at the mouth over Superman killing Zod in Man of Steel. You wanted this. You deserve this.

I saw Superman again, and my opinion on it really hasn't changed. If I were to sum up my thoughts in one wisp, is that it's a mediocre film with the most boring version of the character.

No way! A sham "agency" started by (in my opinion) con artist wasted (stole) money from tax-payers?!

What on earth? This is terrible. It's over, it's all over. Movies had a good run, it's time to stop.

The first 20 minutes of Speed Racer is perfect filmmaking. It goes through a lot of exposition and character building in such a visually interesting way, and perfectly editing, that you get up to speed (heh) immediately.

Why is the conversation around this Superman film centered around the reactionary response and box office and not the actual contents of the film? That's all I see. Glad people enjoyed it, truly, but no need to bat for a multi-billion dollar production company making money. Or culture war nonsense.

Internet snark is good fun but the replies thinking it's serious media criticism is saddening.

I did not like the new Superman movie. I really do wish I saw the film the way the people who love it do but I couldn't get invested in anything that was going on due to how flat the characters are, the tonal whiplash and the blazing pace of it. Wasn't for me. As for the discourse:

I love Jesse's posts but Superman being forced to kill someone in a film adaptation was the most earth shattering pop-culture event that changed their lives forever. Adult equivalent of finding out Santa Clause isn't real.

I'm going to say it because every bit of footage I see just reminds me of it: This upcoming Superman film is the Thomas Kinkade painting of CBMs. The level of over-exposure in those shots lines right up with that guy's muck.

All this Superman talk is just putting me in the mood to watch Snyder's films again. Its been a hot minute. They're peak Superman and everything will be compared against them. They get better with each viewing, which isn't something I can say about other Superman films.

I hope all the "it'll bring great value to game pass!" people are happy. Even if you don't care about the people laid off, just know that game pass doesn't amount to anything if there isn't anyone making games for Microsoft to put on it. And if that's how you see it then you have no empathy.

The DHS is running out of material so they're digging deep.

Why spend mere millions, if that, on wages when you can just dump billions into worthless tech for the smallest returns humanly possible. Keep digging that AI hole!

This single-handedly got me really interested in Death Stranding 2. We need more vtubers in games because this is fantastic. (This is an unironic statement)

Jesus Christ they swallowed the whole shaft and the balls

This ended up being a whole lot of nothing that I have to wonder why the director of the upcoming film had to comment on it. Oh no, one loser made a bad post on a subreddit, time to get the dogs riled up. Welcome to the internet? This is terminally online nonsense.

I'm sure. I liked the first plenty but this movie is such in a weird, limbo state that I'm going to be skeptical of its release until I see candid pictures of location shots and actors in costume.

Watching Andor then immediately following it with A New Hope is the perfect Star Wars experience. I wasn't a fan of Rogue One, and the series didn't change that, but add that in there if you did like it. The victory in ANH hits a lot harder. Show's worthy in the pantheon with the OT and Prequels.

That Superman trailer was the most visually unappealing thing from any CBM made to date. Fantastic Four looks like a film Roger Deakins worked on. I want to believe but that trailer was awful and the footage itself was worse. I can't believe we gave this man Superman if this is the best he can do.

TIL that Diego Luna was a Zapatista??? BRO

"Grace Ashcroft makes a compelling new hero, whose vulnerability in particular already helps her stand out." I'm not a fan of this. No one likes this in these games. You know which parts I hate replaying? Sherry and Ashley's sections in their respective games. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

It should tell you all you need to know about the state of things when the guy who left office in absolute disgrace, having assaulted several women, polls at 51 points while the socialist, while impressive, polls at 49. New York City is so cooked.

As a huge Star Wars fan, I absolutely love Andor seasons 1 and 2. Anyway, here's my ranking of all the Star Wars things: Andor seasons 1 and 2 (they're tied) Skip the rest, they're trash.

John Woo and Chow Yun-fat on the set of A BETTER TOMORROW (1986) Chow was BOTD in 1955. He looks like the coolest guy ever to walk the face of the earth in this photo.

It can be frustrating when you give them a name as simple as "David", but they still misspell it.

All the snark and silliness about the trailer and making fun of colossal losers fishing for turds aside, the trailer didn't do much for me but I'm excited that people who like this version of the character are getting a film they want. I truly hope it's as good as you hope it will be!

I'd probably be on Superman reddit gushing about how much I loved the trailer, if I thought it was amazing. Or simply just talk about that on social media. No one of amount of fame did this for Superman Returns when the MoS trailer dropped. I dunno, I'm someone who just posted snark so who knows.

This guy spent time on reddit, in a subforum for a film series he probably hates, from a director who he probably hates, inhabited by a fandom he definitely hates, fishing for the bottom of the barrel posts, snark or no, to call out on social media. A normal, not unhinged, thing to do.

They turned into Superman a domestic abuser and Objectivist! They see themselves above everyone else and their experiences are paramount, so him getting really angry at someone questioning him is really telling. Can't believe we let this happen! Give an objectivist a humanist's tools...

Time and time again the Republican party shows how much they hate poor people and actively work towards murdering them. I don't hold out any hope the democrats will push back against this in any meaningful way.

Here's to the martyrs killed on May 4th while demonstrating with labor unions and anarchists to get 8 hour and five day work weeks. May the proletariat struggle continue until capitalism is abolished. Remember the Haymarket massacre.

Star Wars is good. That's the whisp. Thank you for your time.

I think the prequels are great but I rarely push back against popular (and incorrect) talking points about George Lucas but seeing them getting critical re-evalutation is nice. A shame it took Disney flushing the IP down the toilet for this to happen. RLM did a lot of damage.

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The stock market ticker that is usually on the bottom of the screen is missing, too. This screen belongs in a museum.

If the market wasn't going to tank into the earth, I'd start investing in adult diapers, CEOs and executives seem to be going through them at record amounts.

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY