YM! Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I gave a lot of Expand Dongs for August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 August might be the month of the year so far 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 One thing I’ve noticed: my films this year have progressively gotten better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said: One thing I’ve noticed: my films this year have progressively gotten better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 @The Shape of Pasta Watched the first two episodes of Bounty Hamster. Funny stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 @Rorschach. The Oddysey. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 16 minutes ago, The Shape of Pasta said: @Rorschach. The Oddysey. Speaking of films, I should probably get to reading September. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, Rorschach said: Speaking of films, I should probably get to reading September. You should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Damn, that Voltron shade @Xillix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xillix Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Rorschach said: Damn, that Voltron shade @Xillix It's not shade, it's still a damn positive review. If you want me to enumerate my issues with major spoilers... Spoiler -Obviously copying the ending of GotG2. I know that movie "didn't happen" in this universe but IMO that's no excuse. -To me, it felt odd to basically kill Keith, then have him come back to life because he got super lucky in a really unlikely way, then kill him again in a mostly-unseen mech battle that doesn't need to be there at all. Just let him die in the chasm if you're gonna kill him, it makes a lot more sense and doesn't disrupt the flow. -Speaking of which, killing Keith in the climax had a LOT less emotional impact when the Black Paladin died at the end of the last one too. It felt "been there done that" which is never something you should be able to say about a major character death. -We finally have a movie where, for most of the runtime, they can theoretically form Voltron, but we only get two real full-size Voltron fight scenes, both of which are on some level jokes. I appreciate the artistic decision to barely show the last one as Keith makes his sacrifice, but again, there's no reason for that battle to happen. We've never even heard of Cybeasts until the battle with Lotor's, and then suddenly Hagar shows up a minute later and happens to have one? A better one? The logical climax would have been in the chasm. The last battle feels like padding. -I didn't buy Pidge being so selfish she flew off in the middle of a VERY IMPORTANT mission instead of sneaking out on her own some other time that's less critical. To me, that entire subplot with her and Lance felt a bit too long anyway. -I would've liked to see a little more of a buildup/process to Lance and Allura being accepted by their new lions. It's been a year and they haven't had any indication they're supposed to have new assignments, and then suddenly it just happens all at once? -Lotor didn't do much rising, really. I felt like Hagar took up a bit too much focus and screen time. I know she was very much the secondary villain plot-wise, but she's also still the biggest in-universe threat, which felt kind of awkward. Especially when the last movie ended with the dramatic "Summon Prince Lotor" thing and then in this one, a year later he's just... fighting in some arena somewhere with no apparent authority whatsoever? -Some of the comic relief felt ill-placed - some of Lance's quips, the sudden flamethrower, etc. -Lotor's posse... at no point did I remember who any of them were. They felt like they blended together which I suspect is a symptom of too many named characters and time that could've been spent on them going to Haggar and/or the Pidge/Lance subplot instead. And again, it was still very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Just now, Xillix said: It's not shade, it's still a damn positive review. If you want me to enumerate my issues with major spoilers... Reveal hidden contents -Obviously copying the ending of GotG2. I know that movie "didn't happen" in this universe but IMO that's no excuse. -To me, it felt odd to basically kill Keith, then have him come back to life because he got super lucky in a really unlikely way, then kill him again in a mostly-unseen mech battle that doesn't need to be there at all. Just let him die in the chasm if you're gonna kill him, it makes a lot more sense and doesn't disrupt the flow. -Speaking of which, killing Keith in the climax had a LOT less emotional impact when the Black Paladin died at the end of the last one too. It felt "been there done that" which is never something you should be able to say about a major character death. -We finally have a movie where, for most of the runtime, they can theoretically form Voltron, but we only get two real full-size Voltron fight scenes, both of which are on some level jokes. I appreciate the artistic decision to barely show the last one as Keith makes his sacrifice, but again, there's no reason for that battle to happen. We've never even heard of Cybeasts until the battle with Lotor's, and then suddenly Hagar shows up a minute later and happens to have one? A better one? The logical climax would have been in the chasm. The last battle feels like padding. -I didn't buy Pidge being so selfish she flew off in the middle of a VERY IMPORTANT mission instead of sneaking out on her own some other time that's less critical. To me, that entire subplot with her and Lance felt a bit too long anyway. -I would've liked to see a little more of a buildup/process to Lance and Allura being accepted by their new lions. It's been a year and they haven't had any indication they're supposed to have new assignments, and then suddenly it just happens all at once? -Lotor didn't do much rising, really. I felt like Hagar took up a bit too much focus and screen time. I know she was very much the secondary villain plot-wise, but she's also still the biggest in-universe threat, which felt kind of awkward. Especially when the last movie ended with the dramatic "Summon Prince Lotor" thing and then in this one, a year later he's just... fighting in some arena somewhere with no apparent authority whatsoever? -Some of the comic relief felt ill-placed - some of Lance's quips, the sudden flamethrower, etc. -Lotor's posse... at no point did I remember who any of them were. They felt like they blended together which I suspect is a symptom of too many named characters and time that could've been spent on them going to Haggar and/or the Pidge/Lance subplot instead. And again, it was still very good. Spoiler I was talking about TTAFfBH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xillix Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Just now, Rorschach said: Hide contents I was talking about TTAFfBH ...oh. Well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 11 minutes ago, Xillix said: It's not shade, it's still a damn positive review. If you want me to enumerate my issues with major spoilers... Hide contents -Obviously copying the ending of GotG2. I know that movie "didn't happen" in this universe but IMO that's no excuse. -To me, it felt odd to basically kill Keith, then have him come back to life because he got super lucky in a really unlikely way, then kill him again in a mostly-unseen mech battle that doesn't need to be there at all. Just let him die in the chasm if you're gonna kill him, it makes a lot more sense and doesn't disrupt the flow. -Speaking of which, killing Keith in the climax had a LOT less emotional impact when the Black Paladin died at the end of the last one too. It felt "been there done that" which is never something you should be able to say about a major character death. -We finally have a movie where, for most of the runtime, they can theoretically form Voltron, but we only get two real full-size Voltron fight scenes, both of which are on some level jokes. I appreciate the artistic decision to barely show the last one as Keith makes his sacrifice, but again, there's no reason for that battle to happen. We've never even heard of Cybeasts until the battle with Lotor's, and then suddenly Hagar shows up a minute later and happens to have one? A better one? The logical climax would have been in the chasm. The last battle feels like padding. -I didn't buy Pidge being so selfish she flew off in the middle of a VERY IMPORTANT mission instead of sneaking out on her own some other time that's less critical. To me, that entire subplot with her and Lance felt a bit too long anyway. -I would've liked to see a little more of a buildup/process to Lance and Allura being accepted by their new lions. It's been a year and they haven't had any indication they're supposed to have new assignments, and then suddenly it just happens all at once? -Lotor didn't do much rising, really. I felt like Hagar took up a bit too much focus and screen time. I know she was very much the secondary villain plot-wise, but she's also still the biggest in-universe threat, which felt kind of awkward. Especially when the last movie ended with the dramatic "Summon Prince Lotor" thing and then in this one, a year later he's just... fighting in some arena somewhere with no apparent authority whatsoever? -Some of the comic relief felt ill-placed - some of Lance's quips, the sudden flamethrower, etc. -Lotor's posse... at no point did I remember who any of them were. They felt like they blended together which I suspect is a symptom of too many named characters and time that could've been spent on them going to Haggar and/or the Pidge/Lance subplot instead. And again, it was still very good. I can answer some of these. - Keith didn't die when Lotor threw the spear at him. I don't know where you got that from. He only really died at the very end. - Lotor's "rising" is supposed to be a bit ironic. He does "rise" as rather smooth-talking and postured at the beginning of the film but more and more he loses his shit and his respect for his generals and by the time the Balmera fight happens he's basically turned into a wrestling announcer plus a violent sociopath, only to realize too late that him fucking up Balmera and killing one of his generals is far removed from where he started. The complete title would be more "The Rise and Subsequent Fall of Lotor". - The "Summon Lotor" from the original is resulting from the fact that the show plays out very similarly and the one year time skip kinda messes a few things up. I probably should've made it more clear that Haggar attempted to make him join her cause but Lotor decided not to. - Pidge being selfish is kind of the point, and supposed to make the payoff to her subplot all the more devastating as she abandoned her friends for nothing. Plus I tried to setting up as much as possible that Coran's refusal to let her search for her brother only added to her desperation. - I can concur that killing Keith after "killing" Shiro is a bit repetitive but A) I wanted to end the film on a darker note and B ) (MAJOR VOLTRON 3 SPOILER) a very minor scene in the first film is going to pay off in a massive way in the third film. - Part of the idea with Voltron is that I don't want to overuse him, so that it's a special thing whenever he's on screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xillix Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 @cookie I know that Spoiler Keith didn't really die when he was speared. That's why I said "basically." The point stands that it makes a lot more sense for him to just die there instead of having another Cybeast battle for no reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) For anyone wondering I would totally support a moment for the Best Supprtong Actor category to be filled entirely with people from The Band Played On Edited January 17, 2018 by Ethan Hunt 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said: For anyone wondering I would totally support a moment for the Best Supprtong Actor category to be filled entirely with people from The Band Played On Give one spot to Jonah Hill and I can be okay with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 12 minutes ago, Xillix said: @cookie I know that Hide contents Keith didn't really die when he was speared. That's why I said "basically." The point stands that it makes a lot more sense for him to just die there instead of having another Cybeast battle for no reason. I will have to disagree on this part, at least in the way it was set up. But it's your opinion and I'm fine with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 minute ago, The Shape of Pasta said: Give one spot to Jonah Hill and I can be okay with this. Also Tom Hiddleston pls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, The Shape of Pasta said: Give one spot to Jonah Hill and I can be okay with this. 6 minutes ago, cookie said: Also Tom Hiddleston pls These are strong arguments 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Time to start reading Blank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
