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Bioshock Infinite’s gonna take me a good, long while to beat
I’m two hours in, and I haven’t actually seen Elizabeth, because I keep looking at everything and taking screenshots
BY THE WAY WHO WANTS SOME SCREENSHOTS
Okay, since it’s on my mind, a (not so) brief thing about “the” Tomb Raider scene:
Maybe that’s why I find DmC so interesting just at its core level, because its story and its characters are often on two very different paths and facilitate very different messages that do collide at specific events
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Conceptually this is probably one of the coolest boss battles I’ve ever played. Like a lot of things about the story it beats you over the head with how topical it is (and how shallowly it addresses said topics), but let us all thank Ninja Theory for allowing us to beat in the smug face of a Fox News anchor allegory.
And just look at how rich, layered and varied the effects are. Amazing.
The best part is, when you look through some of those floating panels that showcase the warmer color scheme — you can see his whole upper body with arms folded and everything. You’re literally fighting two or three different in-game models larger than a warehouse. It’s tricky to see, but it’s definitely there, and it freaked me the fuck out when I saw it.
Seriously, DmC is, like, on a gameplay level, legitimately extremely fun, if a bit frustrating at times once you get to enemies with a specific area weakness as opposed to just a weakness toward specific weapons, but…
tacosquid replied to your post: We saw Wreck-It Ralph today. It was really good. …
what is this one aspect that you disliked if you don’t mind sharing?
nihilnovisubsole replied to your post: We saw Wreck-It Ralph today. It was really good. …
agreed @ tacosquid, I find your analyses of these things interestingAlright, well, my opinion may change over time the further I get away from it and the more I watch it, but upon first viewing…
(Spoilers about the general plot ahead.)
Man ilu you summed up my thoughts so much better than I could :(
I’m glad it came out coherently! Also, when you posted this, it came up on my dash like this:
I’ve now got to draw Read More Man, the hero Tumblr deserves but doesn’t need
tacosquid replied to your post: We saw Wreck-It Ralph today. It was really good. …
what is this one aspect that you disliked if you don’t mind sharing?
nihilnovisubsole replied to your post: We saw Wreck-It Ralph today. It was really good. …
agreed @ tacosquid, I find your analyses of these things interesting
Alright, well, my opinion may change over time the further I get away from it and the more I watch it, but upon first viewing…
(Spoilers about the general plot ahead.)
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#i hate what they did to velma in this series #PINK BOW #BOYS #!!!!! #but the other character is v cute
I really need to get caught up on this show, since I’ve only seen a few episodes and I really liked what I saw. From what I’ve seen, though, Velma wasn’t being any more boy crazy than she is in some of the movies (the main one coming to mind is Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island). Granted, I have only seen a few episodes, but in those the only guy she seemed to have eyes for was Shaggy, which is kind of adorable.
But, yeah, Hotdog Water (I don’t know her real name as that’s what the gang kept referring to her as) is pretty cool.
That part was a bit off putting, but they actually dealt with it, sealed it shut, and Velma moved on. She was a bit muttery about it for an episode, but no more than your usual teenager. Also, I’m at least half certain it was an homage to the original premise of the Scooby Doo series, where it was two couples competing to see who could solve the mystery first, with who would become Velma and Shaggy obviously being opposite Daphne and Freddy.
Honestly, seeing Hot Dog Water and Velma in super-tactical sneaking gear in the first episode of Season 2 sealed the deal for me. It’s kind of awesome.
(Also, HDW’s real name is like Marla or Marie or Mary or something. I forget.)
I confess that since that one live-action movie (I think it’s Curse of the Lake Monster is what I have in my head), where there was almost something that went on between them, even if it was caused by magic, that I’ve kind of shipped them, so when I found out that they actually dated in this show I was pretty happy.
Then I found out what happened and called Scooby a cock-block, but still.
But, yeah, the ones I’ve seen are all Season 1, I think, so I have no idea where things have gone from here. (I saw Shaggy trying to get back with Velma and her turning him down, for example.) Now I’m super stoked at the thought that these two teaming up. Gotta get caught up!
(Looked it up, and HDW’s name is Marcy.)
Marcy! Okay.
Yeah, there’ve been a few movies and episodes of various series that tried to put Shaggy and Velma together, and they were usually contained to JUST those instances/episodes, and Scoobs can be counted on to cock-block. (He nearly does it in Curse of the Lake Monster, but I think other factors got in the way in that movie.) Typically, though, they do it because it’s sort of expected; Mysteries, Inc. is the first setup where I see an honest try at developing it and breaking it up, and having long-term consequences.
This is also the show that killed off Scrappy Doo off screen, so it’s worth looking into on those grounds alone.
(Source: legendofjustice)
Brave. (Less a review and more an analysis. For those who’ve already seen it.)
Let me start by saying that I had a lot of difficulty in writing this.
This is largely because Brave is a pretty darn fun movie and is worth watching.
It’s also because I have no idea how I really feel about it in terms of the quality of its storytelling.
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idginator replied to your post: kyannebirdley replied to your post:…
Yeah, wondered about that, too. I agree he probs wasn’t a bad dude initially, or at least not all TOTES EVIL like legend made him out to be. Probs had his dad putting a shitton of pressure on him to be the strongest & best for the people or something
yeah i know what you mean! like people can make that conclusion but if its hard for them to get there unless theyre REALLY REALLY thinking about it then it wasnt pulled off that well
The only thing I can think of is that it was either originally intended to be a bigger part of the story or was never there in the first place. Like, I think if it were more prevalent, it could have dramatically hurt the pacing of the movie, but they weren’t really willing to cut it! They were already trying to juggle the mythology with the will-o-the-wisps, the witch, the legend of the four brothers, the bethrothal games, Meridah’s love of archery, and her relationship with her mother, and nothing really hit the way it needed to.
It was one of Pixar’s first real problematic productions for their movies, so that might have something to do with it, but it was kind of a bloated movie! Their answer seemed to have been to cut everything down to a basic level in order to make sure everything was in its place, to make sure everything had a reasonable explanation, but it did more harm than good in terms of the messages it tried to portray.
aintasuperhero replied to your post: Brave. (Less a review and more an analysis. For those who’ve already seen it.)
oh man i totally just realized that it never shows her getting her bow back after it was thrown in the fire. is the bow she uses in the later half of the movie a different one??
I want to say yes, but I could be totally wrong. They honestly don’t really touch on that, no coming back to the bow and having feels for how damaged it is or anything.
Man, the more I think about this movie, the more confused I get.
Brave. (Less a review and more an analysis. For those who’ve already seen it.)
Let me start by saying that I had a lot of difficulty in writing this.
This is largely because Brave is a pretty darn fun movie and is worth watching.
It’s also because I have no idea how I really feel about it in terms of the quality of its storytelling.
12 notes (via ittygittydiddynator & anderjak)
kyannebirdley replied to your post: misterfuzzyrainbow replied to your post: Brave….
i dont know about the evil bear guy thing i took his happy resolution as the mom always said he was a bad guy because he destroyed the kingdom but he probably just wanted the same things as merdia and they got twisted idk
See, that’s sort of what I was thinking to a very small extent, considering they touch on the idea that legends have an element of truth to them — which generally means many things get muddled along the way for better storytelling purposes.
Maybe he was a good guy, and just wanted the strength he needed to run his kingdom, to protect his loved ones! Yet, because he really didn’t have much screen time at all save for an allegorical vehicle (is that the correct phrase for this? I feel like I misuse “allegory” more often than I want to admit), it never really seems to come off that way. It’s one thing to be vague, but it really comes off as being entirely too open-ended with it, as if they just didn’t think it through enough to figure out what exactly they wanted to say with him.
I mean, I agree with you, you’re probably very right in that intention! It’s also something I hadn’t considered much. I just felt like they pulled their punches with that and didn’t bother committing to it.
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