Don't worry, I'm pretty sure Dagenham is still a shithole. I'm basing that entirely on various estate agents' desire to let me know that I can buy a three bedroom house there for less than 300k.
Afghamistam
avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f--disqus
I often give the sideeye to some folks' protestations that they cannot fully enjoy a gaming experience if it is not in some way reflective of their skin colour or gender or sexuality. But Captain Internet reminded me that there is something to it, as being an east Londoner myself - I got a LOT of enjoyment out of all…
This is me puzzled that the reviewer appears to be taking the things Rodrigo's wife says entirely seriously… while eliding over the fact that she is batshit insane. This would seem to me to be a fundamental aspect of any interpretation of her character.
That show really was the original Game of Thrones…
As if the orchestra nerds on the show itself aren't insufferable enough, now we've got to deal with you people here as well? Give it a fucking rest.
That is exactly why this episode doesn't work at all. The idea of future technology implanted into people's eyes that enables you to block people that piss you off: Suspension of disbelief. Fine.
What is it about you that needs every show you watch to fill some prejudged quota of a group for it to be worthy of you?
It is a bad thing when the conceit is based on bullshit rather than truth.
"Honestly not trying to be a contrarian asshole here, but … So…is there something I'm missing? What makes the Wire so great?"
It literally reveals the huge twist that the entire first 45 minutes or so relies upon for dramatic tension.
"Who is Dave Grohl?"
Scotland Yard is the Metropolitan police's headquarters in London - which is to say, it's a building not a department.
You know, I was just thinking "What if there was a version of the X Files that was really boring?"
"They just did their jobs and that was enough."
As you mentioned, we do have the National Crime Agency, but no-one ever talks about them - I would think just to avoid having an elephant-in-the-room Spinal Tap-like conversation:
"Remember when we burnt down the orphanage? Ohhh hohohohoho!!"
To be fair, in any other game, I would have been exhausted with that Tolkein nonsense inside of five minutes (as I often am with fantasy genre in every other form of media), but the fact is, wading into a group of 50 orcs and just fucking them all up is just so damn satisfying.
As the only brand new game I played this year Shadow of Mordor wins my coveted Game of the Year award! Huzzuh!
Let's get real: Have you ever seen kung fu done right on a western tv show? It took Marco Polo for me to remember what that actually looked like.