Honour Over Glory
Fire Sully
- Jan 30, 2012
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Untitled Goose Game is fun for a bit, but even I have a limit to how long I can be an asshole for.
I get that feeling. I had a similar feeling when I first started and walked away early, but came back because I couldn't just give up on a Vaughn comic so easily. It really whips you around with the insanity and pace, but I find the little arcs and moments more enjoyable than the story as a whole.
yeah that's a game I might pick up if it gets really cheap. Despite probably really enjoying it for a bit, I can't see it holding my attention all that long.Untitled Goose Game is fun for a bit, but even I have a limit to how long I can be an asshole for.
I tried to get into Saga as well and just found it too odd to really get my hooks into. I've sort of been going through short runs of stories on DC and Marvel and the odd Indie series here and there.It feels a bit too monkey cheese in parts for me, then it gets super serious, and then it's back to being weird monkey cheese and I just never really felt connected enough to the characters or the setting to want to go back to it (I stopped around issue 12 or so).
I'll probably give it a re-read if and when it finishes, but I'm in no hurry to do so.
Likewise. I enjoyed it exponentially more when I came back to it. I agree with @HandshakeLine , though. It is goofy as hell at times which makes it a little uneven.
You mentioned Rat Queens, any other recs?
This is probably the quarantine talking, but part of me wants to go back and re-read some wretched/incredible early 90's Image Comics.
Would I regret buying a single speed bike for just joyriding city streets? It is a relatively flat area. I haven’t rode a bike in forever.
I think a Unicycle would probably be better. More economical.Would I regret buying a single speed bike for just joyriding city streets? It is a relatively flat area. I haven’t rode a bike in forever.
That's your call, but you'll probably regret it the first hill you have to use it for.
That first speed bump is game over mate.Hill? Hell, a driveway is too much.
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Stepping away from bike chat for a second, I got into a big noir kick a few weeks ago, and so, after I finished most of what the Criterion and Netflix had, I turned to Amazon. And there I discovered how absolutely absurd the world of Peter Gunn is. It's surprisingly good, in a ludicrous kind of way. Everything is jazz scored, nothing is shot in the day time only neon lit night-time scenes allowed, and the world is full of weird beatniks and other members of the underworld like dwarf pool sharks, drugged out clarinet players, dope fiend sculptors, and inscrutable piranha breeders. The crazy thing is, I think I'm actually underselling it.
It's so weird, that I'm actually sad they only made 3 seasons of it.
A noir fan eh?
I too am a fan of noir... if you didn't already see it - and if they still do it... check out TCM's the 'Summer of Darkness' all they play is really good under the radar classic noir films. Not sure they really do that anymore ... but you still have the years they did do it...
Whats your favorite noir piece of all time? Can't use 'Maltese Falcon' either... too easy an answer =P
Oh the Big Sleep, both versions of the 1946 film. I watch that about once a year, plus I love reading Chandler. A close second would be Tokyo Drifter, which is a weird hallucinatory Japanese noir about a yakuza hitman who whistles his own theme song. It's amazing. It's also totally bonkers.
I want to get TCM but their app doesn't work with my VPN, so we're kinda out of luck here. That said, Criterion has a great collection of noirs, so I'm not too badly off. And like I said, Peter Gunn was kind of a revelation about how good it actually was-- it's very funny, its got great set design, and the first season is just wild. The second and third lose a bit of their steam as they become more by-the-numbers, but man, that first season should be in the discussion for really influential television series.
it was me, and I agree. Though keep in mind I haven't seen any of them since the last one came out. My opinions are based on some old memories at this point@Ogrezilla
It was you which we spoke about harry potter, yes?
I just watched the 4th film... Harry Potter: The gobbler of privates....
It wasssssss.......... entertaining. The reveal left me pissed I didn't see it coming. All the clues were there.... damn... damn damn damn.. I'm angry at myself cause I'll never have that chance again... it's my fault for loosely paying attention at times answering wifey's dumb arsed questions... NO MORE!... SILENCE!... So far it goes 3, 4, 1, 2 in order of liking.
Actually... you can switch 3 and 4 with depending on what I'm looking for, action wise or story.... general direction.... 4 was kind of 2 hours just for one reveal.... so yeah... nevermind. 3 is definitely much better --- 4 they really manage to make nothing into a near 3 hour film and that is impressive.
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So yeah, if I go hard on 4 (being a giant preview film) then it's 3, 1, 2, 4. Ehh.. not a locked in order though... depending on my mood I can switch them all around. The 'best' in form of visuals / direction / story - all in one though, are 3 and 4.
What's the name of that book series about wizards and the wizard school? Where the kid leaves his magic-hating family to go to the wizard school near a menacing, enchanted forest and meets a rich asshole that becomes his rival? You know, the one where the boy gets a scar on his face in his first encounter with a malevolent entity to which he has an intimate connection?
Oh yeah, Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin! Great books.