I've found myself making references when I write that I didn't realize were references while I was writing them. It may be a coincidence.

> It keeps horribly clunky gameplay mechanics from 15 years ago out of some misplaced sense of nostalgia and/or as an artificial way of creating a feeling of hopelessness against the odds.

>Lost was exactly what I was thinking about as I wrote that. Obtuse nothingness masquerading as mystery.

it looks much more hi-tech than Asylum's/City's 2009 batsuit

It's pretty clear that, like humans, some Transformers just like to look a certain way.

I never really understood the point of having important humans in these films to begin with out side of the military and such of course. Are we s'pose to relate to them and if so is that really important in a movie whose main focus is less on story and more on giant robots causing explosions?

Which implies they're much better in the cartoons or comics.

Or "loose women". And we all know Harley is very loose, very limber. She's also a fugitive from justice, so it would work on both levels.

Hang on, hang on. Okay, spoilers for Gran Torino.

In case you were wondering, the cape has weights in the scallops. Which is why it's used as a stun; imagine getting hit in the face with a role of pennies.

Wow, that's amazing. Can you give me your address, so I can come to your house and discuss the matter with you?

Honestly, I have no problem with people kvetching about stuff. It's when they're dicks about it that I break out the verbal artillery. Especially if they start insulting folks just for having different opinions.

4/10. Had me going.

You basically want them to increase their time and money budget by a orders of magnitude.

"Wow, this looks like a standard indie beat-em-up from the screenshot. What's so good abou -"

Nazi = Fascism.

Oh, okay, we'll just get off your lawn.

So all those randomly selected actresses don't count because of the criteria you just made up to excuse them. Got it.

You: It's the standard Hollywood body!
Me: [find a bunch of randomly selected pics of high-profile starlets that show that it isn't]
You: These Hollywood starlets don't really count as examples because of this criteria I made up 5 seconds ago!

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