For me, the key is to a) realize that losing souls doesn’t matter that much and more importantly, b) to find an approach that works. I initially used to play these games sword and shield and cautiously biting at enemies, which was neither very satisfying nor felt particularly right, but the memetic amount of tough…

No, Flamelurker is just a cunt. I’d suggest grabbing the Thief Ring and farting at him with Poison Mist or just leaving him for now and moving on to Dark Souls 1 if you have interest in the genre.

The saddest thing about the difficulty discourse regarding From games is that it inevitably buries everything beautiful about them. They are some of the most melancholic, beautiful, intricately designed and yes, hopeful games out there. Fuck the fandom and the “git gud” crowd for turning the challenge into a shitty…

That’s a REAL good way to get a job.

“Quick Change” is just a great, great movie. Have never understood why it is not more popular. Everyone in it is at the top of their game. A truly underrated gem.

Oh yeah, those suck. At least they used to be lights-on slideshows before the trailers started.

I will watch 30 minutes of trailers with a song in my heart. It’s the non-trailer commercials that bum me out. Look, I’ve been mad about it for 20 years!

Counterpoint, I like the rotoscoping. It gives a dreamlike quality to everything, like the filtration of memory.

You know he lords it over all the other AVC staffers.

I don’t see how rotoscoping looks dated, it never really enjoyed mainstream trend status, it just pops up from time to time when a director feels like putting in the time to do it. Scanner Darkly ages really well in my opinion.

Only after watching the whole season did I realize the title “Russian Doll” applied to Nadia herself 

Yeah, the amount of hate against D&D from toxic ‘fans’ is pathetic and shameful. These people made GOT into what it is today. And the fact of the matter is, GOT S8 is one of the most complex and ambitious seasons in television history. Even IF you think it was a failure, it was still leagues beyond the ‘success’ of…

Not just ads for House of the Dragon, but ads for any product could only benefit from this disclaimer. “Benioff and Weiss were not involved in any way, shape or form in the making of the Shinehardt Wig Company’s summer catelog.” It’s the new “gluten-free”.

Bill Murray should’ve played The Joker then.

Montana native chiming in here. I was actually surprised to learn that the movie wasn’t filmed in eastern Montana, the landscape looked so familiar to me. My father, who has lived there his entire life, said the same thing. New Zealand was an effective stand-in IMO, so even that aspect of Elliot’s criticism makes…

Classy statement on Benedict Cumberbatch’s part. I wish all rebukes could be this eloquent.

“hey Vazquez have you ever been mistaken for a man?”

At this point these comments are more annoying than whatever they were complaining about 

Nice he found a home, but I find it really hard to keep track & stay engaged when a writer moves to a site with no commenting. It’s VanDerWerff all over again.

So I’m not conceited enough to think people really care, I’ve just been here in the Club for long enough that I wanted to make it official in some way: with the departure of Dowd, Rife and others, I’m giving up reading and commenting here. I’ve enjoyed being part of the community all this time, but all good things…