Quote from: maverick on January 03, 2020, 01:34:34 AM

hmmmmmmmmmm

That impeachment can't come soon enough. Just kick him out already, please.

we have to tendency to reelect incumbent presidents during times of war

this is quite ungood

oh my god it's fucking over

since i'm not really happy with my answers, i thought it might be more interesting to go over each year individually

Video games (take most of this with a grain of salt):
2010 - I still need to play a ton of shit from this year, like New Vegas, Mass Effect 2, Mario Galaxy 2, Red Dead Redemption, and a bunch of other shit. I barely played anything at all, really, but I've been trying to get into Nier lately. I guess my tentative answer would be Donkey Kong Country Returns, but that's barely a 7/10 game.
2011 - Dark Souls.
2012 - Spec Ops: The Line.
2013 - I haven't played The Last of Us yet, which feels like a requirement before I could propose anything else, but nothing else that came out this year really caught my eye. Pokémon X and Y were pretty neat, I guess. Not my favorites, though.
2014 - It would still have to be Smash 4, I guess, even though that game has obsolesced something terrible.
2015 - Undertale. Still need to play The Witcher and Bloodborne, but I highly doubt it'll matter.
2016 - I don't fucking know. Superhot? Hardly played anything. I genuinely liked No Man's Sky, so I'll probably lock that one in just because it has the highest potential to trigger somebody. Don't give a fuck about Doom or Overwatch. I've heard Dark Souls III is basically just the first game again, which doesn't have me too excited over it. The Witness looks cool.
2017- Breath of the Wild.
2018 - Smash Ultimate. I feel like a bit of an asshole having Smash here twice, but I can't lie to myself. There was nothing in 2014 that I had a better time with than Smash 4, and there was certainly nothing in 2018 that was better than Smash Ultimate. I wish I could put something different here, but I can't.
2019 - Haven't played anything but Pokémon Shield, and that sure as fuck isn't my choice. I got Death Stranding for Christmas, and I can already tell it's going to be something I really enjoy, but whether I'll consider it GotY material has yet to be seen.

So yeah, I'm firmly set on Dark Souls for GotD, with Breath of the Wild as a close runner-up, followed by Undertale.

Movies:
2010 - Black Swan or The Social Network. Can't decide right now, but I'm leaning on Black Swan. At the time, I would've said something like Kick-Ass or Scott Pilgrim, which I still love, but my tastes have matured a lot since then.
2011 - If I don't double up on my David Fincher, my favorite director, and say The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I'm gonna have to put Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and I don't really wanna do that.
2012 - I think I'll go with Wreck-It Ralph here. I recently rewatched it, because I'm trying to watch every film in Disney's animated canon, and I actually liked it even more than when I was 16 or 17.
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street. Otherwise, I also loved Prisoners and 12 Years a Slave.
2014 - Gone Girl. This year was fucking stacked, though. Whiplash, Birdman, The Lego Movie, Nightcrawler, etc... Holy shit.
2015 - The Revenant or Mad Max: Fury Road. I could go either way depending on my mood. The Hateful Eight rocked, too.
2016 - Barely saw anything this year. I can default to Scorsese with Silence, I guess, but I don't feel too strongly about that one. I'd like to see Arrival, just because you can't go wrong with Villeneuve.
2017 - Blade Runner 2049, speaking of. I don't even like the original movie that much.
2018 - Infinity War gave me the most fun theater experience I've had since Fury Road. It's not the best movie of that year, but it's what I'm putting for now just because.
2019 - There's a lot of stuff I need to catch up on (story of my life) but The Irishman was unsurprisingly very good.

Out of all these, my top 3 would have to be Gone Girl, The Revenant, and Black Swan.

Not gonna bother with albums. Most of the shit I've heard from this decade has been filtered through Anthony Fantano, and I don't want to just regurgitate his year-end lists. The Powers That B is still my favorite, but that's super subject to change. I've really come to appreciate just how much ass that new Daughters album kicks, though.

casper tries to be a little milo yiannopoulos

I know and sort of agree with what you're getting at, but I don't think cartoon is the right word. I think "campy" is a better term. Star Wars is very cliche and campy but I think when it is done well, it can be endearing and fun.

i guess i just don't understand where the newer movies failed to do that well

there's certainly a difference in tone--later in that stuckmann review, he used the term "Marvel-y" to describe certain scenes in TRoS, which is something i actually agree with a lot

but at the same time, i don't dislike that the three trilogies do not all feel the same, because this is a new era, and if i want to watch the OT, i'll watch the OT (although i never want to watch the OT)

the biggest criticism of the new trilogy that i can accept right now is that the three films do not cohere as well as the previous two trilogies did

Quote from: Verbatim on December 20, 2019, 04:17:26 PM

TLJ is the only good star wars movie

cringe

i choose to say soda even though everyone in my region calls it pop

Jet force Gemini is a fantastic game, you get around to playing it?

i've had my hands full lately, so nah, but i'll be sure to check it out eventually

Interesting, I assumed people mostly sleep on a side, and least on a stomach. Since you mentioned that all positions have downsides, can you tell me what do you think they are? Asking because I'm trying to figure what is best for me.

sleeping on your side is all right i guess, i just personally don't find it very comfortable

sleeping on your stomach can (apparently) lead to back/neck pain, since your head has to be turned, so your spine won't be in a neutral position--i've slept this way for my whole life, though, and i've never had an issue

if this position is impossible, or if i just wanna mix it up (or going through a depressive episode), the fetal position has proven to be remarkably comfortable as well, but if your joints aren't perfectly relaxed, it can lead to soreness

sleeping on your back is EXTREMELY uncomfortable, makes snoring worse, exacerbates sleep apnea if you have it, and is more likely to induce sleep paralysis, which i happen to suffer from regularly, so it's an absolute 100% no-go for me

if we could just float in a bubble or a puffy cloud while suspended in midair or something, that would be ideal

beds suck

because god designed humans very intelligently, there is no optimal sleeping position

they all have their downsides, so you get to pick your poison

personally, i sleep on my stomach because it's the most comfortable for me--it's probably the most unhealthy position, but i don't give a singular fuck

sleeping on your back has to be some dumb christian shit because that doesn't work for me at all

crown shy tree species are tsundere

did you change your avatar or am i just now realizing what it is

Yours allows you access to the internet? Lucky.

come to think of it, none of them probably should

that's unfortunate

even from an artistic standpoint, TLJ is multiple cuts above any of the others


which of the other movies dared to have weird and unique scenes like this? not one of them

there's only one perfectly legitimate reason anyone could dislike this film, and that's if you're not a star wars fan

TLJ is the only good star wars movie