Sci-Fi and Fantasy Thread - SPOILERS

[trostol]

LETS f***ING GOOOOOOO


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whats it like? last series i started and tried to get into was The Kingkiller Chronicle and was like..nope can't do it

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Captain Dave Poulin

This is a Lego Star Wars Holiday Special thread now, amirite?

I don't know - is that happening? You know with Lego stuff, it is a million times funnier when they mutter, like in the videogames, than when they have voiceovers.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I don't know - is that happening? You know with Lego stuff, it is a million times funnier when they mutter, like in the videogames, than when they have voiceovers.

It’s on Disney+.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

whats it like? last series i started and tried to get into was The Kingkiller Chronicle and was like..nope can't do it

That Rothfuss series is dog shit.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

It’s on Disney+.

I only get a strong enough signal to watch Disney during daytime, so I'll look tomorrow.

 

[trostol]

That Rothfuss series is dog shit.

 

[ajgoal]

I still have two books and 18,546 pages of WoT to go before I can start that series.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

whats it like? last series i started and tried to get into was The Kingkiller Chronicle and was like..nope can't do it

I burned through the Kingkiller books a few years back when Hurricane Matthew knocked out power down here for a while. Did not care for them. Way too much fairy tree sex goddess shit in the second one.

But that wasn't your question. Stormlight is something I find difficult to describe without spoiling large parts of the overall world and story. But I'll try.

Basically, most of Sanderson's books are part of a larger shared universe called the Cosmere. That being said, it's 1000% not necessary to have read anything else if you don't want to. The Stormlight Archive is perfectly approachable on it's own.

It starts with The Way of Kings, which is a name of the book in the setting. Each book has several POV characters that you follow around, similar to A Song of Ice and Fire, but with 90% less food porn and descriptions of clothes. Gradually, more and more is revealed about the world, why it is the way it is, as well as the characters, and why they are the way they are. One in particular, Dalinar, is one of my favorite characters in all of fiction.

They all start fairly slow and feel sort of like they're meandering, but the climaxes are like using speed then taking a ride on space mountain.

It's a big undertaking, each book is huge and the hardbacks could legitimately be used a doorstop. See below pic.

All that being said, I can't recommend them highly enough. Rhythm of War released at midnight last night, and I'm already. almost a quarter of the way though already, and this one is the longest of them all at around 470,000 words. For reference, the entirety of The Lord of the Rings is about 575,000.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Hollywood Couturier I was reminded how irritated I was that "Rebels" never brought back the B-wing after that initial episode.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@Hollywood Couturier I was reminded how irritated I was that "Rebels" never brought back the B-wing after that initial episode.

Star Wars: Squadrons (new video game) is adding them soon.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Star Wars: Squadrons (new video game) is adding them soon.

Ja, I saw that. I need to Venmo myself a system for Christmas, and also an internet signal for New Year's.

 

[ajgoal]

@Hollywood Couturier I was reminded how irritated I was that "Rebels" never brought back the B-wing after that initial episode.

I had one of the original toys. So awesome.

 

[Chinatown88]

Spoiler: Rhythm of War

On Chapter 7 and I forgot how crazy Sanderson went on this Shallan multiple personality bit. I think I kind of got annoyed at it in Oathbringer. Now I'm getting a full dose of it and it's kind of getting me annoyed.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Spoiler: Rhythm of War

On Chapter 7 and I forgot how crazy Sanderson went on this Shallan multiple personality bit. I think I kind of got annoyed at it in Oathbringer. Now I'm getting a full dose of it and it's kind of getting me annoyed.

Spoiler: Also RoW, post part one

Hes building it up as a way to cope for something she did as a child that’s somehow worse than killing her parents.

I’m curious to see what it is.

 

[ajgoal]

meh, not really a spoiler, I guess.

This time lag between Perrin's story and everything else in book 13 is actually pretty distracting.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Spoiler

I noticed that there were mongooses in that lava sewer in the season one finale. Which is f***ing awesome, obviously. But now Cara Dune has saved a mongoose. F***ing hell, that's the way you tell a motherf***ing story. Apparently there is some controversy about her, but I'll look that up later after I finish this ep. I wouldn't be surprised if it's something extremely stupid.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Spoiler

I noticed that there were mongooses in that lava sewer in the season one finale. Which is f***ing awesome, obviously. But now Cara Dune has saved a mongoose. F***ing hell, that's the way you tell a motherf***ing story. Apparently there is some controversy about her, but I'll look that up later after I finish this ep. I wouldn't be surprised if it's something extremely stupid.

It’s a political thing. Save yourself from looking into it.

 

[trostol]

good to see Appa...again

 

[Lord Defect]

The opening scene of this weeks mandalorian.... if you have had a young kid, lol. So damn true.

 

[trostol]

The opening scene of this weeks mandalorian.... if you have had a young kid, lol. So damn true.

this was a fun episode

also rewatching Red Dwarf..love this show...really need to get myself to sit down and put in the time for Black Adder

 

[sigma six]

Favreau/ Filoni 2024.

Also,

Spoiler

What do you suppose the Moff was looking at at the end of the episode? They looked like droids so my first thought was that they are Dark Troopers, from the 1995 PC game Dark Forces.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Favreau/ Filoni 2024.

Also,

Spoiler

What do you suppose the Moff was looking at at the end of the episode? They looked like droids so my first thought was that they are Dark Troopers, from the 1995 PC game Dark Forces.

Spoiler

The likeliest scenario and from what I saw in passing audio description labeled them as such, I haven’t fact checked.

 

[Lord Defect]

this was a fun episode

also rewatching Red Dwarf..love this show...really need to get myself to sit down and put in the time for Black Adder

My wife hates anything sci-fi but I made her watch that scene. She was laughing her ass off. They did a damn good job on that scene.

 

[Chinatown88]

My wife hates anything sci-fi but I made her watch that scene. She was laughing her ass off. They did a damn good job on that scene.

This knocks a couple down on my HF Flyers Couples Power Rankings.

 

[Rebels57]

Favreau/ Filoni 2024.

Also,

Spoiler

What do you suppose the Moff was looking at at the end of the episode? They looked like droids so my first thought was that they are Dark Troopers, from the 1995 PC game Dark Forces.

That game was awesome!