Realistic in the way that (Especially the manga) it portrays combat as something where someone is killed, and usually quite quickly. Most anime are completely over-blown trash, with absurdly extended combat sequences, and flashy visuals at the expense of any real drama or stakes. In Berserk, when two characters fight,…

Berserk really does need to get mentioned here as much as possible. It may be one of the only anime I have seen that takes a far more realistic (for anime) approach to dark fantasy. Plus, it has one of the most appealing female characters of all time, and that isn't limited to just anime. Casca is wonderfully…

Ralph Fiennes not nabbing a best actor nomination is the true snub of this. I take issue with Selma diluting the image of the president to make him an antagonist in the movie. Still, it did get a best picture nomination which is hardly a snubbing.

Hello Liu Cixin and Ken Liu! I recently wrote my second review for the Buffalo News for your book, The Three Body Problem, and found it a compelling and deeply satisfying read. My question pertains to the use of a video game in the story. Where did the idea originate? What made you decide to use this concept to…

And I09 continues to make me question if ending my refusal to eat meat was the right choice...

All I know is I hope to Christ the guy wielding the cross-guard sword absolutely destroys someone using a regular weapon at some point in the film to shut up all the people complaining about the design.

Wait. What? WHAT? The complaints were over a lightsaber. It's already a fucking sword in a world with laser blasters, grenades, and giant warships flying through space. As this video demonstrated, the cross-guard saber is a more effective version. Period. They didn't "Stop half-assed," they gave us a better, more…

All of them are beautiful, absolutely beautiful. They remind me of some of the old Disney posters for their rides. There's a Space Mountain one in particular that is very similar.

Far Cry 2 told a harsher, more realistic story and gave us a bleak world to explore. 3 and then 4 became much more "video gamey", which can be argued as both a good or bad thing. IMO, I preferred the tone and style of 2, but that's like, my opinion man.

Oh God, do I hope so. Leaving aside the sexist/weirdness of costumes as they (mostly) are currently, it's well past time for a return to more realistic materials and accessories. I understand nitpicking costumes is somewhat pointless given the absurd bullshit on display in most superhero comics, but this move would at…

If the issue is more with the poor messaging on the parts of the show runners, then that's something I can get behind going "wtf" over.

I don't think there is an issue with the rape scene between Jamie and his sister. It's a fucked up relationship, and they are both terrible people. It's also a medieval show based upon a fake world.

That's probably what I loved most about the story. Pullman was willing to tell a completely different tale in part two. I often tell people to rush through the first book, because of how radically different the next two stories are.

To be sure, the story was extremely influential on my writing, and a major reason I even became interested in the idea of wanting to be a writer in the first place. Not to mention, armored bears are and always shall be; bad-ass.

To be sure, the story was extremely influential on me at the time, and a major motivator for my becoming interested in writing.

After previously being exposed to the POS film adaption, I had little interest in reading through an entire 3-book trilogy. However, after multiple recommendations, I finally bit the bullet and began. I was rewarded with one of the greatest fantasy stories of all time, and an incredible literary masterpiece. Its…