nature is healing

these opinions are unexpectedly sharp! and i totally agree with them. not all of his films are great. and even his good ones have fundamental problems—especially regarding a lack of substance. but yeah pan’s labyrinth is clearly an all-timer of cinema. 

i dunno man, the way you described it makes it sounds like he’s a perfect fit for making a faithful adaptation. and we do know that he can add touches of heart to his stories, in spite of the cold and brutalist ambience.

you did write some good stuff. 

i had the same issue with Odyssey. I loved that game, played the entire regular campaign—putting well north of a hundred hours in it. then i started in on the Atlantis DLC and was just like, so exhausted that i gave up. the gameplay loop of Odyssey is truly addictive but with the core story over i realized i was over…

regarding halle berry, her appearance in this clip is loaded with cgi makeup. many actors include make-up visfx as part of their terms for being hired on a productions. cgi makeup is used for softening their appearance in order to disguise wrinkles, filling out bald spots, as well as slimming their profiles. not every…

he’s an archetypical charismatic leader. powerful for creating social movements, but self-worshiping and narcissistic to the core. these two things are linked, because this type of person models their own behavior so strongly that people who aren’t self-aware end up being pulled into their thrall. very typical of…

...and Total Rekall, and Spencer Confidential... always the same character who buddies up to the protagonist then tries to fuck them over in the end. 

looks like travis fimmel turns into that bubbly charred body mid-way through the trailer, judging by how bubbly his hand looks at the end of the trailer. i’m guessing it’s some kind of metamorphosis. 

this is so disrespectful of the impression black culture has made on asian-american culture. it’s not mockery, it’s assimilation. for many first and even second generation asian-americans, black culture was how america was introduced to them—living in many of the same low income housing areas as black americans. asian…

so this film is just an allegory for how Bryan Singer creeped on Nicholas Hoult, right?

the home video release date is wholly determined by the length of time transpired from the theatrical release window. i imagine that they probably wanted it out at a different time, but these are the cards they’ve been dealt, due to whatever contractual obligations they have with theatres. 

fortunately jurassic park was playing in theatres for more than a year (much more commonplace at that time) 

“The Grand Theft Auto series — and the games that make up this iconic trilogy — are as special to us as we know they are to fans around the world,” explained Rockstar.

people just do not give a shit anymore. good. time for something new.

they’re the kind of games you have to condition yourself to enjoying. few people just straight up love them right off the bat. you have to want to feel challenged and be ready to deal with defeat. 

i’ve beaten both DD and the DS games! love them all. just flat out some of my favorite games of all time. so, i understand they’re different, and that Elden Ring will also be distinct. but i do detect an homage to Dragon’s Dogma in Elden Ring, regardless of differences.

since dark souls, every fromsoftware game has sold multiple millions of copies during their opening weeks. these are not niche titles. they’re just more special on account of being good. 

BOTW’s combat is good, but it does a poor job of making tactics feel necessary, or teaching them when they are necessary. there’s almost always a way to just cheese enemies to death. and when there isn’t, the learning curve skyrockets.

a counter-opinion—i loved red dead redemption and, *at the time*, most open world games. but by the time the sequel came out i was pretty much over them. i need something a bit more engaging, and not just an ambient “virtual cinema” experience. FromSoftware makes *games* that feel like *games* and that’s exactly what…