Recent content by rhinohelix

I am not saying he didn't, nor I am I saying Dune was intended as a standalone, etc. You can go back and read how shocked/disappointed he was people didn't get how people didn't see the "warning signs" with Paul in the first book, and it changed/prompted how he wrote Dune Messiah. From...

Part of what kills the Dune mythos for me is that in Herbert's eyes, Paul was almost exactly a JFK analogue. His glorious rise to power in the first book is supposed to be unvarnished and complete Campbell's Hero's Journey, except with the dash that charisma and messiahs turns friends into...

That is the first thing I thought of as well. We just got finished watching Totoro again Sat. night. My kids love it.

Star Wars came out when I was six; I got to see all of these as they were released. ROTJ was a great half of a movie, with Luke/Vader/the Emperor. The other half, with the Ewoks, was Lucas trying to sell toys. Originally IIRC correctly it was going to be Wookies but now I can't recall if that...

Your statement about DC movies and tards reminds me about a quote I heard in a documentary about indy/"shlock" films in the section about Russ Meyer, who made such fare as "Faster Pussycat!! Kill Kill!!" and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", who was famous for his use of busty actresses. One...

I had premature post-itis, its there now. I curbed my worst TLDR instincts though. Edit: NOW it should be there for those posts. I will post my reaction to other posts later, your long post in particular.

Note: I posted this waaay before I was done, so multiple edits have been ongoing, my apologies for the changing in-development nature of the writing. Folks are making a lot of great points now in this thread and I want to comment on a bunch of them: I think people who like The Batman tend to...

When the useless CGI dog literally pissed on Superman, I was out. She is super hot but Gunn's Superman movie sucked where Superman was the least interesting character in it by design. He's the absolutely wrong person with the wrong take on ALL DC heroes, much less the Big Blue Boy Scout symbol...

Fake Edit: I figured it out.

I had such a good time in the .3 league I am going again. D4's Paladin drop gave me pause but there's plenty of time to go back to the lesser ARPG at this point, and I don't think that Blizzard will nerf their new baby yet. Started with Bear Shaman Druid, let's see how that goes. Most...

I watched this movie at least 200 times on Showtime/The Movie Channel/HBO/Cinemax in 1983/84. THINK IN RUSSIAN. I didn't know until today that it was loosely based on the 1976 defection of Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko and the "mysterious, advanced MiG-25 Foxbat" which while not better than...

Is it Mass Effect One Casey Hudson or is it Mass Effect 3 Color Endings/Anthem Casey Hudson? Female Jedi in Trailer makes me press X for doubt right out of the gate. Otherwise, we will see in 2030.

They update at least once a month, optimize for various games, etc. For most games without an issue, you probably wouldn't notice at all. I was super looking forward to it prior to launch; it was only after it launched did we realize Todd and Bethesda shit the bed on numerous levels. And to...