A movie about a smart billionaire using boobs to trick a dumb nerd is fine. Okay. Sure. But, the adulation for it, announcing that it was “cerebral” or “intelligent” or “good” really feels like Orwellian doublethink.
Gonne
gonne
As a fan(boy?) of JMS and a near constant critic of the Wachowskis, this entire project has the potential (in my mind) of being all the way awesome or down-right awful. This review, however, has put my equilibrium into the positive.
Twas shite.
Did we know that Valyrian steel can do that? Sure, it was suspected and is treated as a magical weapon, though without other magic against which to test the hypothesis. As I’ve said before, the changes (big and small) from the books may give more of a hint of what is to come from the books. The Valyrian steel sword is…
1) Who is this “We” in the lessons “we’ve” learnt? Lucifier is pretty much a white washing of Gaiman’s book, Global Frequency didn’t make it to air (again, because of script issues) and the Legends of Tomorrow are, well, a hogdepodge. As for Supergirl... well, the complaints about it thus far would set point #4 back…
Also playing PnPs. Actions that the players take to maximise their agency, their presence, and their chance of success. The idea of picking up the gun from a dead guard, for example. Simple, simple things ignoring which makes the ultra-smart characters seem altogether dumb. A writer knows that a Deus Ex Machina will…
I’ve always said SF and fantasy writers should experience all aspects of PnP gaming; from creating their own RPGs to GMing and playing. It’s an education... and fun too.
A perhaps more accurate statistical approach would be to see how many attacks happen per chapter/episode. Bunching them like this tends to exaggerate the claim, when the claim on face value is strong enough. ASOIAF is far longer and far more detailed than the GOT show. Considering them equals (with the “4x more”…
I had hoped after the episode last week, which gave some nice backstory, that this week would be some nice forward motion. Unfortunately, I got the sense that the budgets had been cut and that they were trying to push the story forward by inches, stogging through treacle.
I’m enjoying the departures from the books, though I have begun to suspect that they may have more to do with the books than one may suspect. Martin will likely be consulted on the changes. They may not be as he intends to write the books, but given (the assumption) that books and series will end roughly at a similar…
From the trailer, I got a sort of “Atlas shrugged for kids” vibe from it... so, I decided to give it a miss.
It was a somewhat obvious and expected result once they introduced a different actor to play the Reverse Flash. The dynamic between Wells and Barry was too central to the show.
As with any story which delves into time travel, they setup their rules and then they break them. If the Reverse Flash never was, then nothing happened. Barry’s decision not to interfere in his mother death didn’t happen because Barry’s mother’s death didn’t happen.
He’s right, at least in subtext. The “truth” to his suggests really gets hammered home by the strength and vitriol of the replies. The number of people attacking Pegg rather than addressing his comments (or misrepresenting his comments) is representative of a community which is happy with a uncomfortable level of…
That completely depends on the maker of the version. Bitten, supposedly, is very much a departure from the books. The Dresden Files was not at all what the fans of the books wanted. Ask the people who like Lucifer if the new Fox show is like the original. Indeed, there are more examples of TV or movie versions done…
My issue.... exactly. So many shows and movies consider “special systems” to be completely situation. In Harry Potter, for example, they must have wands to do magic. But, then they don’t. They can’t use another person’s wand. But, then they can.
I did specify the show, not the books. How on-point the ideas will be applied, will depend on the writers of the show, not the books.
Will this be yet another show with impossibly bad world building? I think it will be.
They’re even rarer than you describe. Who in Mr. & Mrs. Smith got the “McClane treatment”? Did the heroine get anything more than anything more than a standard cut over the eye and a gash across the upper arm? Same with Kick Ass? The violence in that, especially considering Hit girl, was decidedly comic book in design…