way to open up a rift in the space-time continuum and destroy our entire reality, Chazelle

as somebody who is generally allergic to action franchises, I can say that this one is actually a lot of fun. Well worth checking out (at least the first two).

Filming was finished in April 2019, the first trailer was released in July 2019, the second trailer in September 2019, was supposed to released November 2019, got pushed back several times and now its release date is over two years after it was originally supposed to come out. Due to 20th Century’s deal with HBO, they…

In the Covid time-dilation genre of “I could have sworn this movie was already released”

Didn't Ralph Fiennes already play John Steed?

Linday Ellis went into why that pretty much actually happened after the LotR films and with the filming of The Hobbit trilogy. So, you can scoff about how much America is run by money (it is) but that’s not an exclusively American thing, even with New Zealand:

“Really, would Frodo and Sam have made it to Mount Doom if it weren’t for that orc lieutenant forcing them to march when they were already exhausted? The way I see, he’s the unsung hero of the story.”

Hard to portray Bezos as a family man after the biggest divorce settlement in history.

NZ folded and changed workplace labour laws for the original LotR movies. The Hobbit Law meant anyone working in the film industry can only be considered a contractor, not an employee. No union, none of many of the benefits that a regular employee gets.

“We make sure every hobbit gets second breakfast.” But in reality, this just means the hobbits have to get something from a vending machine during their 15-minute break.

“And none of our hobbits ever have to pee in bottles either, we assure you!”

I now imagine Bezos at the end of the day in a Mr. Rogers cardigan, putting aside an iPad displaying schematics for an orbital death ray, so he can can go wash some dishes at the sink like a regular guy who doesn’t have billions of dollars, household help, or a dishwasher...

Just read a nice puff piece on Bezos about how he always takes time to have breakfast with his family, and always leaves a few minutes at the end of the day so that he can wash dishes. He sounds like a great guy, one who definitely wouldn’t have his company embroiled in any scandals involving terrible working…

As a top priority, the production team continues to be in full compliance with the mandated WorkSafe NZ Safety and Security government regulations.

By the end of Yakuza 6 Kiryu was in his 50's.

If you’re going to start on Yakuza, I would recommend Yakuza 0. Mostly so you can get a sense of how things are chronologically because it’s the first in the series, even though it was not released first. It also reaps the benefits of several years of graphic and gameplay improvements for the Yakuza series. A lot of…

As somebody who has played a few Yakuza games, I’ll say you’re in no risk of this game ending anytime soon. I think this game probably has the longest intro for the entire series, and at 20 hours in and barely into Chapter 5, the game is still throwing new stuff at me. I’m getting strong 100 hour vibes from this so…

I am having a really bad moment. Not even talking about the lockdowns / pandemic, but of course they add to my bad moment. I find little comfort in games. I like to play them when I feel good. But this game just feels so positive. I like it so much, I don’t have the guts to finish it, because it will be over. 

Sort of. Yakuza 0-6 stars Kiryu Kazuma, who ages as the games progress (though he doesn’t change much in appearance). He’s 37 in Yakuza 1, and the ripe young age of 20 in Yakuza 0. Apart from Kiryu, there are multiple other playable characters of varying ages, all the way down to a 15 year old girl. But generally…

Pretty much every Yakuza game other than 0 and 5 have you playing middle-aged men. 5 has a few chapters where you play a teenager and 0 you play as early-mid 20s men.