I'm enjoying this series, but TBH, so far the episodes have been serviceable and not that good at conclusions (too rushed in general). I found series 8 & 9 more… memorable? Or at least more willing to play with format.

And the Argentinian and Brazil meltdowns are the result of electing right wing jerks (or right wing jerks creating political circuses to depose the previous government, in Brazil's case, PT's corruption notwithstanding), not picking left wing ones.

They have an European publisher, actually. I honestly don't think there's enough of a market for any publisher to take that chance.

I'm pretty sure they know! But think of it this way - we're a relatively small market (growing fast, though, particularly for consoles). Some people DO like the English voicetracks - so you'd need to make FOUR subtitles tracks (one for Japanese, one for English - and twice because Spain vs. Latin America).

Yes, I would. I mean, yes, I think in this case it's likely too stilted - I've only played a few hours so I haven't seen anything terrible yet, but it seems to be the case - , but in general? Yep. I don't like the idea of localization. Of course a good translation sounds natural and fluid in the target language, but…

Well, in general, I don't entirely agree on the stance of what counts as 'good translation' for American fans - because it tends to be too favourable to localization -, but yes, I'm totally discussing reality and this particular case.

What I'm saying is that for a large number of players, the American translation is still stilted, because they're not actually American but they won't be getting their own version. And the concessions made to make it feel 'natural' to Americans leave us with an innacurate translation that's still not natural at all,…

Okay, let me give you an alternate view on the localization issue: I'm a Spanish native speaker and US Localizations are all I can get and really, really not neutral.

IM3 is my second most favourite RDJ + Shane Black collaboration!

It's one of my favourite MCU movies, mostly because Shane Black.

Sorry, it's just that I'm always boggling at the Mystery of IM3. I mean, a lot of people think Iron Man 3 flopped when it's still one of the MCU's most succesful movies. It's not remembered to the extent of its success, at least in geek spaces.

Four MCU movies have made a billion. All four starred RDJ. That's why the MCU has a lot of RDJ.

Probably because IM3 made an actual billion bucks.

The fancy hospital is also closed, actually, so the junk makes sense there.

I know! For me, he's the first actor that managed to embody every side of the Doctor.

Honestly, yes, I'd rather you have the self-image of Rome than the self-image of a moral exemplar. It's more honest. And no, I don't believe hegemony is necessary - hard to avoid, obviously, but not 'necessary'. And definitely not something where I had 'a choice'.

I haven't because I've bounced hard of every Millar I've tried to read, but I might try.

Actually, no. When I described my country's character I described that as a lot of bullshit, remember? My country has been arrogant and destructive and hypocritical - I can't say we haven't lost, geopolitically, but I can't say our past is full of moral victories either. I am critical of my country's founding myths.

… Hate.

I'm talking about how they framed the Strike as the beginning of something, instead as the product of international collaboration. And in most of the US press coverage, it seemed as if the international movements that organized the strike didn't even exist. And that was a constant in US coverage of that - see this…