Oh man, I heard about this in EGM back when I was a kid. I wanted to play it sooo bad, but it never came to my hometown.

I’m pretty much sold now, but thanks. I feel bad that I didn’t contribute to the ratings before it got the ax.

You sold me. Arty, unsettling and slow sounds good. I’m the guy that went to film screenings in college to watch weird and atmospheric indie films in languages I don’t know.

Thanks. I really feel like I was missing a good thing. Now I’m reluctant to watch it because I don’t want to get disappointed to know the story will get cut off. Conflict. Do I watch a good show and deal with the disappointment that it got killed before its time, or do I avoid it altogether and save myself the pain.

Thi…

Holy shit I said something stupid. Of course it got cancelled, but is it good?

You know what I’m saying, right?

Bless you.

As I understand it, Hannibal is great and it just got cancelled. I haven’t watched it, so is that correct?

Time has been very kind to the stars. I would still drink Gillian Anderson’s bathwater.

I don’t think he’s a wuss. He doesn’t like violence. That’s a good thing.

Most people will only judge it on a superficial level.

You’ve been the fairest and most open minded person I have spoken with on this subject lately. Others have not been so kind. I’ve been on the receiving end of a bit of hostility and snark for my point of view.

I think I have pointed this out, but the violence bothers me. I don’t revel in gore. A few people have called…

The beauty of our exchange is you are so caught up in defending your point that you are trying to turn this into an argument over semantics.

Simple question time. If you shoot someone, is it an act of violence? If you shoot someone to defend another person, is that not an act of violence? When you shoot someone, do you…

When did you became the arbiter of what MMA is at its core? That’s a nice opinion, but my opinion differs.

I see it a bit different. yes I am involving myself in violence, no debate there, but the ends of what I am pursuing is not violence in and of itself. But please understand me, I am not doing this as a moral inquiry, as you put it.

Condescension noted.

What if you intend to hurt someone to protect someone else? If someone attacked you, would you intentionally hurt them to protect yourself?

I know you REALLY want to defend your initial point, but I am right. Take a deep breath and read more critically.

Self defense can involve violence. Sorry if you…

Do you mean bdrlgion? How did you come to that interpretation?

Don’t speak for him. Speak for yourself.

Quote you:

The funny thing is GRRM started writing ASOIAF because he was tired of restraints imposed by censorship and budgets, and the Throne itself end up being smaller to accommodate the production.

Irony.

Hodor. HOdor. HoDor. Hodor.

That’s very kind and open minded of you to imply I’m not honest about why I watch MMA, especially since you know nothing about me.

Since you pretend to know what my motivations are, perhaps you could tell me what my favorite color is? Maybe you could tell me what my favorite food is, since you are an authority on me.

It is possible to separate it from the violence. It’s also not possible to separate it from the violence. That sounds contradictory, but a lot of the exploration I spoke of involved the exploration of violence. One can understand it better if they can confront it head on. It’s like looking at the Devil. It’s one thing…