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« on: October 08, 2016, 06:06:21 PM »
I was a big Bane fan before the memes. I have the full Knightfall collection in paperback and I love it. It's so 90s. I always hated the Knightsend cover though. Looks so dumb.
3872
« on: October 08, 2016, 05:41:11 PM »
Except DragonBall z thats p cool
That was basically the go-to answer when I was in school.
3873
« on: October 08, 2016, 05:38:30 PM »
Ever since I set Mercy's beam to toggle I've been doing a lot better with her
3874
« on: October 08, 2016, 05:37:53 PM »
Well I'm all for more customization options anyway, to make your own hero stand out more, make the match more colourful.
3875
« on: October 08, 2016, 05:27:32 PM »
I should also add that the upstairs smelled fucking awful
3876
« on: October 08, 2016, 05:27:11 PM »
I really really really like this image.
I didn't even notice that the first time I went there. The first, smaller building had more interesting stuff like that but the main building just had the wow factor. The organ was awesome and sad to see, all smashed up... 
3877
« on: October 08, 2016, 05:25:15 PM »
Hey, you're not a bad photographer.
Thanks. Unfortunately I'm limited with just my phone atm but my grandad said he'd let me borrow his camera. One of my school friend's Dad is a professional photographer and he came along too because he wanted to see what was in there. He took a few pics but these are the only one's he's uploaded so far. Probably does the place more justice than my pics do heh. Spoiler That's me posing  
3878
« on: October 08, 2016, 05:13:56 PM »
I just saw a Mercy get a fucking potg with her blaster
3879
« on: October 08, 2016, 04:54:08 PM »
Got a few more pics too. There is more stuff to come but here's my pics.
3880
« on: October 08, 2016, 01:18:12 PM »
Got Zarya's Power Overwhelming trophy on Lijang Tower. Got both of her sprays now 
3881
« on: October 08, 2016, 09:47:34 AM »
I went again today, I filmed it this time!
3882
« on: October 07, 2016, 04:46:51 PM »
Oricoro (Sensu Style)
Salandit
Lurantis
Zygarde
Robinroot
Vikavolt
3883
« on: October 07, 2016, 04:24:57 PM »
I like some pop music.
Backstreet Boys and S Club have some good shit
3884
« on: October 07, 2016, 04:15:40 PM »
The leadup to a new Pokemon Gen always feels incredible.
3885
« on: October 07, 2016, 08:28:33 AM »
Famke Janssen is F-I-N-E
3886
« on: October 06, 2016, 07:37:04 PM »
The movies are pretty black and white but there's more complex cases of it in the expanded universe
Depends if you take Star Wars at just the movies or want to dig deeper into it
3887
« on: October 06, 2016, 07:35:08 PM »
BB, why do you want to know if we want to make other men's penises erect?
Because you could ruin someone's day and it would be hilarious
3888
« on: October 06, 2016, 07:31:19 PM »
Do any of the bad guys apart from Kylo Ren ever actually refer to themselves as 'The Dark Side?' Well, let's take a famous line from the most famous scene from the most famous character in the franchise:
"If you only knew the power of the Dark Side..."
And my take from it was that it's not like their choosing to be evil, rather the actions they take begin to lead them down a path that eventually results to them falling. And then being evil. Which is not how morality works--it's just an over-simplified bastardization of morality to make shit easier to follow as an audience member.
It's seductive because it's the easy path, as Yoda said. Easy path to what? Power? Why is it bad to take the easy route? It's never explained. We're just supposed to see a red lightsaber and think "ooh, bad guy."
If you are just after power and power alone you're more likely to just take the quick and easy path.
Right, but what I don't understand is why that = Dark Side. Why is that considered evil?
It's so black and white, and they expect us not to question it. It's insulting.
Right I'm shit at post formatting so I'll just try and answer in bullet points. - Do any of the bad guys apart from Kylo Ren ever actually refer to themselves as 'The Dark Side?'
Well, let's take a famous line from the most famous scene from the most famous character in the franchise:
"If you only knew the power of the Dark Side..." Okay you got me there, I completely forgot about that line. Maybe the whole 'Dark Side' name was propaganda started by the Republic to make the Sith seem more like the bad guys, and the name just kind of stuck around and they eventually adopted it. Why willingly label yourself as 'TEAM EVIL'? I dunno. And my take from it was that it's not like their choosing to be evil, rather the actions they take begin to lead them down a path that eventually results to them falling.
And then being evil. Which is not how morality works--it's just an over-simplified bastardization of morality to make shit easier to follow as an audience member. As Yoda said, fear leads to anger, yadda yadda. Starting on the easy path usually just leads on into even worse evil-doing situations. It's pretty silly to assume that is always automatically leads into becoming a baddie but that was usually the case. It seemed pretty clear that Luke was feeling a bit frustrated while training with Yoda and just wanted to save his friends, he wasn't ready to continue the full Jedi training. It took Vader and Palpatine a few attempts to try and coax him over to their side after that. They knew he'd need coaxing to be led down the dark path so they tried to kick start it by luring him away from the Jedi training, unable to complete his Jedi training at the time. He did take the easy way out by giving into his anger and lopping Vader's hand off in ROTJ. Not to say he would have immediately turned bad after that but the emotions were definetely there. It's seductive because it's the easy path, as Yoda said.
Easy path to what? Power? Why is it bad to take the easy route? It's never explained. We're just supposed to see a red lightsaber and think "ooh, bad guy."
If you are just after power and power alone you're more likely to just take the quick and easy path.
Right, but what I don't understand is why that = Dark Side. Why is that considered evil?
It's so black and white, and they expect us not to question it. It's insulting. Yeah it's simpler to follow because Star Wars started out as a simple good guy vs bad guy story, a direct homage to the old classic serials. Good guys are good, bad guys are super evil. The heroes follow the righetous path of hard work and dedicated study and training, while the villains just lust after power and being all around dicks. I'm hoping they go further with Kylo Ren in the next episodes because he seems like he could be a really cool character who walks the line between the two. He even admitted he was being torn. Idk I'm probably waffling.
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« on: October 06, 2016, 07:07:22 PM »
tbh I'm not even sure how to respond to this. In ANH there's a scene devoted to the apparent leadership of the Empire arguing the utility and necessity of the Death Star. Which had about as much plot justification as a fighting game. At no point does the audience think for even a second that the Empire is anything but evil. There's no point where you think to yourself, "Huh, they kind of have a point here."
Vader's motivations and character are fleshed out thoroughly in Empire Yeah, as the generic scary bad guy he is.
Or was, until the prequels came along and saved his character.
No effort is made to explain the "seduction"? The entirety of the events in Dagobah explains it, and is then presented to the audience practically through Cloud City. Does it, though?
Yoda: Yes, run! Yes, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice.
Luke: Vader... Is the dark side stronger?
Yoda: No, no, no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.
Luke: But how am I to know the good side from the bad?
Yoda: You will know... when you are calm, at peace, passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, NEVER for attack.
Luke: But tell my why I can't...
Yoda: No, no! There is no "why".
Thanks Yoda.
So, the Dark Side is bad because it's easier and more aggressive, which is bad because it's bad. Got it.
Anything else?
Luke fleeing Dagobah out of fear of losing his friends, and the entire fight with Vader are a strong metaphor for the struggle. He's afraid of losing, afraid of dying, afraid of being too weak, unwilling to accept Vader as his father -- all of it is an expression of how "the dark side" relates to common fairytale themes and concepts. I'm questioning the relevance of this. None of this explains how the Dark Side of the Force is remotely seductive in any way, which is all I care about. No believably intelligent character would allow themselves to be seduced by the Dark Side.
I mean, it's called the Dark Side for fuck's sake. That's about as subtle and nuanced as "THE BAD GUYS." There's no excuse.
Do any of the bad guys apart from Kylo Ren ever actually refer to themselves as 'The Dark Side?' And my take from it was that it's not like their choosing to be evil, rather the actions they take begin to lead them down a path that eventually results to them falling. It's seductive because it's the easy path, as Yoda said. I guess the 'light path' the one that the Jedi follow, involves really taking your time to understand the Force and meditating and all that. The Dark Side was all about harnessing and bending the Force to your will, something way easier and simpler than the Jedi way of doing it. Some people want the easier, more straightfoward route. If you are just after power and power alone you're more likely to just take the quick and easy path.
3890
« on: October 06, 2016, 06:47:34 PM »
Y'know, when I watched the prequel trilogy again recently, I surprisingly hated Attack of the Clones the least. I mean, it had some pretty good stuff.
We got to see what Coruscant's night life was like, Jango Fett was pretty awesome, I really liked the Kamino scenes and Christopher Lee is always awesome. It actually felt like it's own complete story with a beginning, middle and end that didn't get overly bogged down trying to set things up perfectly. It has its problems but I find it the most watchable out of the prequels.
Phantom Menace is pretty much entirely skippable because nothing happens. You could argue that the Darth Maul fight is cool (yeah it's well coreographed and looks pretty but what's the point in watching a movie for one scene?)
Revenge of the Sith is so boring holy shit. Obi Wan and Anakin's banter is awful and the one liners and slapstick humor are downright atrocious. The final battle drags on for way too long and they shoved in too much shit at the end to set up ANH.
The worst thing is, the team behind the teams tried their damned hardest to put in as much detail as possible. Star Wars is a really interesting universe and the stuff happening in the prequels was entertaining at least, but the way the films portrayed it was sooooo booooring.
I'm going against what I said about The Phantom Menace just now, but I fully believe the scenes on the Death Star in Jedi fully make up for the rest of the film's shortcomings. The final battle with Luke vs Vader in the Emperor's throne room is the best lightsaber fight in the entire series, hands down.
So I guess my overall order would be....
6>5>7>4>2>3>1
Huh, never seen it go like that before.
3891
« on: October 06, 2016, 06:45:46 PM »
I honestly feel like grabbing your head and hitting it
3892
« on: October 06, 2016, 06:40:17 PM »
I like most people here tbh, I care more for some than others. Hearing a person's voice is usually what endears them to me.
It's my sweet Welsh tones
Yessir. It's also why I don't rip into prehistoric at every opportunity.
Prehistoric's a bro tho
3893
« on: October 06, 2016, 06:37:24 PM »
I wish the PWT would return. Gen 5 was released just before I learned the competetive basics and I think I could actually do it quite well now.
Yeah, and any mons I had in White 2 that were somewhat competitively viable are now on Omega Ruby, so I can't really do it anymore
If only it was as easy to breed and raise Pokemon back then as it was now.
3894
« on: October 06, 2016, 06:35:05 PM »
I like most people here tbh, I care more for some than others. Hearing a person's voice is usually what endears them to me.
It's my sweet Welsh tones
3895
« on: October 06, 2016, 06:20:31 PM »
I still die though.
Your original body dies but you are able to carry on your conscious existence within the host's body.
3896
« on: October 06, 2016, 06:17:29 PM »
The catch is, you can only inhabit a specific part of their body, along with being able to communicate with the host telepathically. For instance if there's someone you really hate you can inhabit their dick and force them to get erections at the worst possible times. Or you could inhabit their nose and force them to keep sneezing. If you eventually get bored you can just body hop.
What fun would you have with this power?
3897
« on: October 06, 2016, 05:56:08 PM »
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« on: October 06, 2016, 05:53:37 PM »
I wish the PWT would return. Gen 5 was released just before I learned the competetive basics and I think I could actually do it quite well now.
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« on: October 06, 2016, 05:44:05 PM »
I have good friends here, people I get along with despite not knowing much about them personally and other people that while I'm not friends with, I still have a certain fondness for even if they don't personally like me or something. And a handful of people that I really don't care what happens to them.
I'm pretty sure it's like that for everyone.
Yeah, but even the people I don't like make the place what it is.
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« on: October 06, 2016, 05:21:53 PM »
Days later I find Mewtwo is shiny locked in Gen 6
...FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUK
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