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  1. Wombat

    2019 NFL Offseason: Chargers Started Early

    On one hand, everyone hates four preseason games, and more real games equals more money for everyone. On the other hand, players point out few players get out of even 16 game seasons healthy, so 18 is just a recipe for backup QBs in playoffs. Hence this Frankenstein proposal. Leaving aside the...
  2. Wombat

    Legion

    Bill Irwin is a fine physical comedian. And I'll let the redhead abduct me anyday.
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    Cyberpunk 2077

    1080P gaming myself, and no joke, the biggest news bit from E3 is I now have a firm deadline to toss out my i5-4690 (which other than extreme particle effect situations, has been just fine). My Nvidia 1070 might get tossed as well; it's this weird situation where your display device (4K 60 HZ...
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    Star Trek: Discovery

    Yes, this is the Kelvin timeline Picard, who joined Star Fleet, reached the rank of Admiral, quit, and also retired to a vineyard, and who we know nothing about otherwise. This is a CBS All Access Star Trek show. That should have been the assumption all along.
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    Star Trek: Discovery

    Again, this isn't that timeline. Frankly, we have no idea who this Picard is. Edit: Which I suppose is a handy way to wipe any inconsistencies away.
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    Cyberpunk 2077

    Cyberlink to porn seems inefficient and messy in the pants. Real nerds go with direct electrical impulses to pleasure centers like Niven, aka Wirehead (science fiction) - Wikipedia
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    E3 2019

    See, I thought E3 sucked (entirely understandable for a generational transition), but the next 10 months has one hell of a release schedule, with Outer Worlds / Doom / Cyberpunk / Wolfenstein Youngblood (the actual game tonally is just the party scene and not what is in the trailers) / Jedi...
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    E3 2019

    Honest question: was the word Mario said in that presentation? Did I miss it in the blur of second/third rate Japanese releases? Also, MOTHERFUCKING Seiken Densetsu 3 is getting a US release! (Cue comments about Mother 3.)
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    E3 2019

    What a barren ass E3. I'd like to think that's a good thing, and core developers are busy working on next gen games. But... 1) It's unclear how many of those will really be crossgen (e.g. Halo Infinite). 2) We've been down this road before. Remember when the end of last gen was barren as hell...
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    Jedi Fallen Order (By Respawn Entertainment)

    Titanfall 2 is legitimately one of the best campaigns this gen no played. I'm glad Respawn gets to make something beyond Battle Royale cosmetics, though I suspect I'll play through it in an afternoon and forget it exists afterward. Titanfall 2 died off near instantly, and that had actual...
  11. Wombat

    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Well, 1:07 is raw nightmare fuel. Red Letter Media essentially making an Adult Swim bit as sponsored content to hawk an Adult Swim-related product is a development. Is this their first (actually) sponsored bit (unlike Fandango? Edit: I suppose we now know why they had been so light contentwise...
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    E3 2019

    I am hoping for something that flat out isn't doable on current gen hardware. I don't give a shit if Batman's face has twice as many scowl wrinkles now, I want engines or graphics rendering techniques that just aren't possible currently. I am settling for Outer Worlds and Fallen Order not being...
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Max Landis got Culkin to film a bit for the episode Landis was on - (if you haven't watched Rich try to explain Double Down, then you haven't lived). Culkin then appeared on any number of Youtube channels to promote his Youtube channel/ podcast? (hell if I know), of which Red Letter Media was...
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    John Wick: Chapter 3 (2019)

    Finally got around to seeing this and I thought it was way better than 2. It's John Wick. Vs Ninjas. Comprised of castmembers from The Raid. What more do you want? Sure, it has flaws, which is why it is not anywhere near the neighborhood of 1 - people get their jugulars cut literally 10 feet...
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Alternate timeline.
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    Why'd those bastards have to drag poor Jay into this? (I was kinda hoping they wouldn't cover Season 2, so they could save up the proper level of hate for Picard*.) *P.S. I'm not taking crazy pills, they did announce Picard is abramsverse, and thus we have no clue who the character actually...
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    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    That would be Trinh Tran - IMDb, who started out as an assistant on Iron Man and now somehow gets an Executive Producer credit. If there's some Kathleen Kennedy-esque woke off, it'll be her. Sure, Victoria Alonso - IMDb is there too, but she's too old and was already getting Exec credits as of...
  18. Wombat

    2019 NFL Offseason: Chargers Started Early

    Apparently realizing a few months too late that if you spend that much money on a RB per season nowadays, you deserve to be fired.
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    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    Given what Rian did to 8 and B&B are doing to GoT, dear God yes. Just make it an all-encompassing black hole of shit, that not even hope can escape from. Then Kennedy, Bob Iger, and everyone else can be shitcanned and written in the history books as Hollywood's greatest monsters (non-murderer /...
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    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    I don't know Spidey (the IP's) current situation. But thinking back on endgame, Marvel arguably pushes Spidey, Ant-Man, and Strange more than even Black Panther. That's a lot of wasted promo for Spidey if the contract is over in one or two more crossovers.
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    I wouldn't assume GotG makes it out in 2022. Gunn isn't starting it until The Suicide Squad is finished, and that has a 2021 (probably Summerish) release date. Yeah, he can start on his next movie before the press tour for Squad is over, but even a November 2022 date seems ambitious...
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    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Updated Disney schedule has Avatars and then a single Star Wars trilogy alternating Christmases starting in 2021 (first Star Wars would be 2022). Give that Johnson has said he won't even start until Knives Out is done, that makes it virtually certain the trilogy is the GOT guys' KOTOR movies...
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    Updated MCU calendar for 2020 only has two slots: almost certainly Black Widow in May and very likely Eternals in November. New Mutants pushed to April of 2020 for the ex-Fox films.
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    Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

    "Bitch, you've been to space." Funny line, and rather Jacksony, but it's not really _Fury_like, is it? Are Fury and Hill fake here? Is Peter pulling the sunglasses off after his They Live moment?
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    Except that the first films will likely be the Black Widow prequel, and then Eternals which is minorly if not at all related to anything so far. I kinda get the impression everyone took vacations after Endgame was plotted and they'll figure it out once the building block movies are out.
  26. Wombat

    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    I believe the official statement was that The Avengers (as a team, and as a movie franchise) are over. I haven't read comics in a couple decades to know what the next teamup name would be, especially when The Defenders is taken. I'm not sure it matters, people will see Marvel Studios The...
  27. Wombat

    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    The short answer is Cap's timeline isn't internally consistent. The No-Prize answers are "He always went back and lived normally until Tony's funeral", "The Ancient One sent him back in time for some number of decades that don't contradict the existing movies, then before Strange took over she...
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    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    Admittedly, the visuals will only be appreciated pausing the 4k version, but we don't even know who Wong is at this point. It's been five years since Strange got dusted, Wong could easily be the Sorcerer Supreme now. (T'Challa has been dead for five years, he sure as hell isn't King of Wakanda...
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    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

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    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    If we're dropping out of spoiler mode: It's not anywhere near as good as Infinity War; the couple of scenes (almost all Cap based) push it above Ultron, but I don't even rank it above the original Avengers. I _think_ we are supposed to assume Alt-Thanos' timeline in 2014 falls apart, but other...
  31. Wombat

    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

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    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    This is a frankenstein's monster of a script, as it has to serve as sequel, 10 year summary, and End of Contract rewrite, and I guess I admired it more than enjoyed it:
  33. Wombat

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I'm still subscribed, but as far as current expansion stuff goes, I now only hit the daily emissary just because I can't break my completionism and do the lfrs once just for the storyline. I'm not sure how to construct a more damning scenario than that.
  34. Wombat

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    I mean, probably everyone assumes 9 will have a nonending so Disney can continue smashing their Rebellion and Empire action figures together for eternity (slightly change the names every generation), but wasn't "people telling Luke Skywalker's story" literally how 8 ended? Have we all blocked...
  35. Wombat

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    I'm not sure literally even one person on earth thinks any of this was intended from the start, but as far as retcons go, bringing Palpy back (in whatever form) is pretty damn elegant: You can retcon Snoke from Rian shitting on everything to a parallel of Palps tossing Dooku as soon as a better...
  36. Wombat

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Wasn't super sold on the trailer (that intro was way too slow, just to mirror TFA's first trailer), but Dark Side Force Ghosts are legitimately interesting. Thrawn + theoretically unlimited reconnaissance (via Ghost Palpy) is a powerful combo. I'm not sure how I would enjoy Rey vs. Kylo in the...
  37. Wombat

    2019 Alliance of American Football - Regular Season

    There are statements they are already $70 Mil in the hole. Like, how? How could their costs spiral that far away from their income? Did their TV deals only promise a pittance and a chunk of ad spots, and no one bought the ad spots at meaningful values? Did they expect far more in stadium ticket...
  38. Wombat

    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    Promotion for an Asian market focuses on the white people? Never. Weird that Rudd gets lumped in with the lesser races though.
  39. Wombat

    2019 NFL Offseason: Chargers Started Early

    AFAIK, for Kaepernick's legal team to have proven collusion, they would have to have evidence that the majority if not the entirety of owners said "If you hire him I will enact retribution on you." Merely saying "That won't be a good look" wouldn't be enough. $10 Mil between two players given...
  40. Wombat

    2019 NFL Offseason: Chargers Started Early

    Tenn paying $2 Mil and a 4th round pick for 1 year of Tannehill seems like a bad deal, unless they have to make the playoffs for them to keep their jobs.