I’m sorry I don’t believe for one hot second that a younger writer wanting to prove themselves wouldn’t jump at the chance of showrunning Doctor Who.

Gatiss would have been a total disaster imho. He is a writer no self-control whatsoever, and utter self-regard. He also can’t act for toffee, yet has been cast in loads of things because he’s mates with a lot of people (I presume he is a cool dude IRL), and I strongly suspect he’d feel the need to make himself a…

Re: Secret Invasion, I get that but I just don’t get why they tried to pull it at the same time as messing with all the multiverse stuff. It’s already so complicated they’re losing some of the general audience to “who cares” (which is bad, because the same audience followed along just fine previously), and this is a…

It’s particularly fucked-up because it seems like a female lead is considered more of something to talk about now than, say, 10 or 15 years ago, which is I think entirely due to the right wing successfully shifting the discussion.

“This time around, we keep hearing about the multiverse, incursions, and Kang, and it’s exactly the kind of shit no one wants to explain to their grandparents on the ride home.”

“What the fuck even happened in TF&TWS?”

I don’t think anyone is arguing Phase 4 didn’t establish anything, though, are they? If so you’re showing how wrong they are.

“Miracle Day was literally unwatchable, though. It just featured character after character making decisions that no human being would ever make under the circumstances.”

Agree completely on all points pretty much!

I love this.

“Doctor Who ran into this problem under RTD’s bloated tenure (seriously, why is anyone excited he’s coming back?)“

“I’m seeing the franchise in a transitional space between Cultural Event and theater-filler for those weekends without anything else interesting showing.”

Re: Neon palette shooter, Far Cry: Blood Dragon 2 is what we need. Also just generally. I honestly have no idea why Ubisoft haven’t just gone for it.

You’ll be fine. I know I was. The plot isn’t super-important (as with most Souls games) and it plays really well, it’s in that upper tier of Soulslike which are actually good games in their own right. I often get tempted to reinstall it - in fact I might do that shortly - it’s a lot smaller than I remember if Steam is…

No, it’s going about the right distance. Or do you want to have some kind kind of competition where only the most-worthy people get considered victims.

What I’m talking about is that D4 (like D3 but more extremely) has a ton of effects which don’t just mindlessly buff a skill by +1 or whatever, but actually make it do different, additional things. In some cases turning bad or barely-usable skills into powerful ones. And whilst I think that’s okay with true Uniques,…

“I don’t think you’ve ever actually like ... drank-drank.”

Thank for the additional information re: the timeline. The article - and your posts, and those of others, all gave the impression this was already signed and ready to go for 2026. But the detail you’ve provided is very helpful and shows that is not at all the case.

Oh I think there will be change - the legislation will get revoked and whoever does (probably DeSantis, that slimy piece of shit) will be hugely popular.

Yeah - and it will fail. Current breathalyzers tend to last 1-2 years before needing replacement (either entirely or parts). Delivery drivers are going to get absolutely turbo-fucked by this, because they’re going to see regular failures - probably more outright devices stopping working than false positives - and if…