Agreed. However (and I am aware that many people will differ with me here) I always felt that the implementation of turn-based combat in FF and other classic JRPGs was a compromise with the limitations of the technology. So, as I said, I favor a pause-and-give-orders FFXII-type system for the FFVII remake. However,…

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I can understand the impulse, but FFIX's graphics have aged a lot better than FFVII's. You could update the combat system and certainly add more camera angles and resolution, but the characters and environments were pretty detailed and the game mechanics were tightened up to pretty much modern standards. I'd certainly…

I'll be surprised if they don't punch up the chocobo breeding and streamline it.

I'm not surprised they're changing it. I think it would be odd to have random battles with static characters in a game in this day-and-age, even a remake. Seems pretty archaic at this point.

XII is the only Final Fantasy I've played since IX, and I'm not familiar with Kindom Hearts. I did feel that XII's battle system was the right way to bring Final Fantasy style combat into the modern era, and I think something along those lines would translate well to FFVII.

I'd like to see a combat system modeled after Final Fantasy XII.

I would've had them split the difference: give us a couple of typical cases at the beginning while keeping the Kilgrave plot simmering in the background for an episode or two longer. That would've better established Jessica's current status quo (something I could have used more of) while at the same time building up…

What really struck me was the sheer choreography between the rumors and accounts we get of Laura's last night in the pilot (and the whole first season) and the actual depiction of that night in the movie. The events add up to a coherent whole and you never get the feeling that they're stretching to fit a careless line…

When I was in high school, media was telling me that STP and Pearl Jam were indistinguishable. All my friends loved STP and hated Pearl Jam. My parents liked Pearl Jam and kind of wrote off STP. I found the whole thing very confusing.

Seconded. The low ebb of season two is painful, but you have to power through. The finale makes it all worth it. And of course now there's the added incentive of being up to speed for the new season.

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I'd argue that the show confirms his innocence. I don't get that we're supposed to read deception in his final scenes, and dialogue from BOB backs up his story. However, I was unaware that Lynch didn't approve that characterization, so that answers my question. Thanks.

I wonder if they'll favor one continuity or the other regarding Leland Palmer in the new season. The nature of his relationship with BOB is distinctly different between the show and the movie, and that difference has major ramifications for his character. That's the only real break in continuity in FWWM as far as I…

Ugh, Jackson hit Gollum's split personality thing much too hard. Yes, Tolkien suggested the tendency, but Jackson made it so literal that it just got stupid. That big weepy-eyed Smeagol look is the worst. And now he's doubling down on it.

They have rich inner lives, dammit!

I was born in 84 and I always saw myself as firmly between Gen X and Millennial. I was shocked to discover recently that people as old as 35 are considered Millennials. But I also find what Middle Schoolers are doing confusing and vaguely horrifying!

Is anyone doing shows in the, say, 16-episode range? Seems that might split the difference and allow some more breathing room and character development time while still sustaining an arc. There probably still wouldn't be time for pure "hang out" episodes like on older shows, but perhaps there should be some rethinking…

Yes. It was an off-the-cuff response that I quickly realized didn't come off as intended.