Quote from: Verbatim on July 16, 2019, 09:20:53 AM

you never look like a human being

It's because he isn't real

oh yeah i almost forgot

what if we collectively decided to raid our concentration camps instead

you look as extraterrestrial as ever

Quote from: Genghis Khan on July 11, 2019, 11:44:01 AM

Quote from: Onion on July 10, 2019, 01:31:34 PM

How does being banned on YouTube violate your rights

you have no rights on their platform lmao

Youtube and google should be considered a public utility.

I didn't know you were also retarded

you DIDN'T KNOW that genghis khan is retarded

So I just finished the show. The final season definitely gets another 8/10.

What can I really say about the finale? It's basically perfect—almost too perfect, considering how it all kinda plays out very smoothly and almost exactly how the audience would've wanted. Walt finally insured his family and killed everyone he needed to kill, and Jesse is free now (even though he has nothing, no one to return to anymore, the poor guy).

If the other 61 episodes were set in stone, this was the happiest possible ending that could realistically be written, and that's kinda what makes it feel a little jarring to me. One of the big themes of the show has always been that revenge, especially revenge killing, is messy, and it doesn't ever work out exactly the way you want it to, which is true to life, and a big part of what makes the show cool and appealing.

The finale, however, betrays this notion somewhat by giving us some satisfying poetry, when nothing is ever that satisfying or poetic in the real world. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, or that the finale outright sucked because of it—I'm just saying that it was a little transparent, and enough to take me out of an otherwise impressively immersive show.

On the whole, based on my ratings for the individual seasons (a 6/10, two 7/10s, and two 8/10s) I'd have to give the entire show a high 7/10 to a low 8/10. By far, the best thing about the show is how three-dimensional the characters are, and how well the actors were able to portray them. Each and every character lives and breathes like a real person, and the absence of any clear-cut "good guys" or "bad guys" adds to this realism. I'll love a character for one episode, and despise them in the next. Then I'll like them again, then hate them again, over and over until I don't know what to think anymore. That was definitely the most fun part.

I think my favorite episode has to be "Crawl Space." That's the one where Gus threatens to kill Walt's family, and Walt has a mental breakdown after he finds out about his missing drug money. Cranston's acting is fucking amazing, and the bird's eye shot of him going insane in his crawl space as the camera slowly zooms out is gonna be stuck with me forever.

If someone were to tell me that this show was their personal favorite, I wouldn't blame them. It's certainly one of mine. However, I still can't help but feel that the amount of praise this show has gotten is a little overblown. While it's an undeniably good show, I still think it takes way too long for it to become REALLY good for me to be able to understand why this is touted as the best show ever.

To me, it's just a good story told very well. It never really does anything exceptional, and that's why I can't budge my score higher.

In fact, knowing that this show is considered to be the best by so many kinda discourages me from ever wanting to watch any other show. If I consider Breaking Bad, the greatest show of all time, to be "good but not exceptional," that doesn't exactly bode well for any other show in existence, does it?

I might try Better Call Saul, and I'm definitely interested in this "Greenbrier" film that's being made about Jesse later, but I don't know. In general, my overall opinion of TV shows as a medium hasn't really changed. I'd still rather just stick to movies, with their three-act structures and their ability to be finished in 2 hours.

Gotta say, that was such a shitty master plan. So many variables that could have gone awry but didn't because the plot demanded it.

Pedestrian level writing tbh.

i'm still trying to figure out how jessi put together that he actually did it in the end

like it's fair to be suspicious, but

Quote from: rC on July 09, 2019, 04:12:19 PM

Quote from: Aether on July 09, 2019, 01:44:22 PM

It's not "the left" that's the issue. It's collectivist ideology and tribalism that is driving the balkanization of society. Most people on the left aren't much different from how they were a decade ago. It's just that the fringes are the ones who speak the loudest and in this era of social media dominance, their message is amplified to an extreme degree compared to the past.

there's no such thing as a leftist who is too extreme

Ana Kasparian

she's basically a far right conservative relative to where a baseline intelligent person should be

Me and you were never cool and I don't know where you came up with this fantasy of me being your friend as I would be embarrassed to be affiliated with anything associated with you.

I don't even know how you found me on discord since I'm not a part of any server with you. Also, saying "happy bungie day" to someone completely out of the blue like that is not a good way to start a conversation.

it's like he actually thinks it's a real holiday that everyone celebrates

- It's not the most creative design, but Alcremie is still adorable, and I'd use one over Slurpuff any day.
- We've known about Yamper since E3, and my opinion on it has decreased a bit on the basis that I don't really like dogs, let alone meme dogs like corgis. I don't hate him, but he's not doing anything for me, and definitely won't be finding a spot on my team. Ball Fetch is a pretty cute Ability, though.
- Rolycoly is literally just a pile of coal, so it's not terribly interesting, but its Steam Engine Ability seems cool, and I'm sure whatever it evolves into is gonna be sick.
- Duraludon looks pretty dumb to me, but I can't hate on it too much. It's definitely creative, and it appears to have interesting animations, so maybe it'll grow on me.

If I had to rank them right now, here's how it'd go:

1. Corviknight
2. Drednaw
3. Alcremie
4. Eldegoss
5. Wooloo
6. Scorbunny
7. Gossifleur
8. Duraludon
9. Rolycoly
10. Grookey
11. Sobble
12. Yamper
13. Zacian
14. Zamazenta

Those "high quality" animations are on full display in this trailer. Honestly, I'm finding it easier and easier to accept Dexit every day to the point where I really just couldn't give a fuck at all anymore, but at the same time, I'm also growing less and less convinced that it needed to happen in the first place.

Gym leader music sounds awesome.

Chairman Rose/Oleana look pretty obviously evil to me, but I guess we'll have to see.

I strongly dislike the idea of exclusive gym leaders, but whatever. Bea and Allister look just as cool as each other, so it doesn't exactly help me pick between the two games.

Gigantamaxing confirms a 4chan leak, so that's interesting in and of itself, but the mechanic is a welcome one. Alcremie's looked the best; the other two looked kinda dumb. We'll see where this one goes.

You're a fucking moron.

so i finished the first half of season 5, which is split into two parts for some reason

i'll hold off on my opinions until i finish, but for now i'll just say that i'm enjoying it

Street Fighter III 3rd Impact

3rd

STRIKE

Quote from: Verbatim on May 31, 2019, 01:52:29 AM

Falcon's knee is almost like it was in Melee now

sweet

Been playing Falcon a bit casually and I just don't have a conceptual idea how to play him.
My game is so special oriented (Zelda, Samus) that any other playstyle feels super weird.

honestly, i just juggle with short hop up air all day and win

Picked up a few good ones today:

Banjo-Kazooie
Jet Force Gemini
Dr. Mario 64
Spider-Man
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.
NBA Hangtime

Delighted about getting Banjo. Jet Force Gemini is apparently quite good, too.

102/296

haven't been playing shit really, let alone anything on steam

botw2's announcement has me wanting to revisit every zelda game i haven't beaten yet though