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    Yeah I caught Wakanda Forever on Disney+ and same feeling, just meh overall. There were certainly some parts I liked, but for the most part it was a bit all over the place. And yes, the CG seems to be getting worse, it's distracting at this point, I felt the same way about Multiverse of Madness. It's just like watching live action cartoons, which yeah, pretty much, but I just don't think these newer films feel as grounded with the CG looking like a PS5 game most of the time. Look back at Captain America the Winter Soldier, still considered my top MCU film by far, just as much CG and money thrown at the special effects but I didn't feel as removed from the setting as I have these newer MCU films. As I'm watching I know I'm just staring at a really glammed up green screen, I get Wakanda isn't real, neither is Atlantis, and CG is necessary for both, but it's just too much, it just doesn't look good in and out of motion. Also, I felt the ending was a bit of a cop-out. I'm looking forward to Quantumania, I've loved both Ant-Man films, Rudd is fantastic, I just don't think the general audience gets how big Kang is, and that he's the new Thanos moving forward, we'll see.
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    It's streaming on Peacock. I believe there's two seasons on there, I'm eagerly awaiting season 3. I'd also recommend the Chucky/Child's Play series, also a SyFy original. I'm not a fan of those movies and honestly don't even remember the last three or so, but the series is actually quite a lot of fun, it's the right kind of cheesy, it's violent, funny, it's really well done and surprisingly entertaining for a series based around a long strung out voodoo murder doll.
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    Agreed, it kind of stomps all over every other adaptation ever, with ease. Not a hard task I admit, but damn, it's glaringly obvious, the show is just damn good. Episode 3 was fantastic, Emmy material for sure, it wasn't what I expected, but I loved what they did. The backlash is swift it appears though, there's already a very vocal minority claiming the show is ruined and went, huuuuuurrrrrr durrrrrrrr woke! This is why we can't have nice things, zombies and murderporn disappear for one episode to focus on an exceptionally well told love story amid chaos and darkness, and all the children lose their minds.
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    I could care less about Roiland, he'll probably be charged, and if not good for him I guess. There's also the multitude of texts floating around, admittedly not confirmed, that he was grooming minors, I think some people just need to accept that sooner rather then later we'll be getting confirmation he is in fact a creep. Adult Swim put their message out pretty quick, and it's to the point, I assume they know more then the public and the truth on events is probably not in Roiland's favor. I didn't think they'd kill the show, it makes too much money, but I can't see it going beyond another season or two without him, either way, Adult Swim has to protect their IP that's worth a billion, and once again, I'm sure they know more then the public on all these matters. He also resigned from Squanch Games, which has it's own settled suits dealing with harassment, it's just not a good look all around for everything Roiland was involved with, I'm gonna lean on my intuition that he's a creep, that's my opinion, and he's probably receiving everything he deserves. I'm also over his "humor". Last season of R&M was meh, I got two hours into High on Life and had to bail, his schtick has run its course for me. Stuttering continuously, over explaining jokes, it's gotten old, I'm actually interested in what new writers might do, and the voices are beyond easy to replicate, I can do both myself. Oh well, R&M is probably dying, but I just read Aqua Teen Hunger force is coming back! Balance, as Thanos said.
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    Just got to watch Violent Night now that it's on Peacock, what a damn fun R rated Christmas movie! I really enjoyed it start to finish, Harbour is great as Santa, there's laughs, there's violence, there's Christmas spirit, definitely a fun watch, highly recommended.
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    I love and grew up with the older PSP and DS titles, but there's no denying a lot of the mechanics and systems were antiquated and out of date, even back then, it was nonsense you just dealt with because the rest of the game was so good. World and Rise introduced tons of quality of life adjustments and changes, too many to count, the gameplay is as smooth and welcoming as its ever been. The main thing, the combat, is still as good as ever, faster then ever in Rise, but the tedious nonsense has been cut down tremendously. It's a night and day difference between the old games and these new ones, Capcom listened, they knew too much of the background stuff was tedious and annoying, item management, limited resources for basic things like mining resources and capturing indigenous species, it's all vastly improved now. I'd highly recommend jumping in on Rise, especially on Series X, I looked online and there's quite a few performance options, almost PC-lite, foliage and shadow detail sliders, multiple performance options, Capcom seems to have gone all out on this new PS5/Series console port.
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    Monster Hunter: Rise is out today on Xbox and Playstation, very hyped to get home and play at 4K 60fps. I put about 560 hours in on Switch, killer game, great entry in the franchise, a bit too easy at times for me, but it's a good entry point for new players. I'd normally play this on Series X since I have Gamepass and play all my multiplats on Xbox, but I've got a co-worker and her boyfriend trying this out as their first Monster Hunter so I'll be "showing them the way", so to speak, on PS5. Gunlance all the way, it's the true professionals weapon, for all twelve of us that use it...
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    Two or three times over the years I've legit forgotten about One:12 89 Bats, that's terrible. They've had my money for years now, what a bummer, they better crap or get off the pot, or start issuing refunds, this is beyond ridiculous at this point.
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    I'm hoping for some better storytelling this season, while season 2 was fun, it felt like a lot of fan-service and setup for other series.
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    If you have a Playstation 3 or up I'd highly recommend it, definitely one of Sony's best first party exclusive titles, YMMV on Last of Us Part II. I'm kind of glad we got a longer episode for this first one, there was a lot to cover and establish, and overall, I feel they did a solid job. Overall it's a really killer first episode, fan of the game or not, it's really well done. There's enough changes and additions here and there to keep the avid gamers attention, it's not a 1:1 adaptation, and I like that. It's close enough, the main story beats are there, the major parts are happening we're just getting there in slightly different, expanded ways. Comparing this to, say, Halo, this is how you do an adaptation, don't alienate the fans by making something nearly unrelated to the source, ahem Velma on HBO, expand upon the source, don't alter it entirely. I'm still surprised how many people didn't know Last of Us was a game, I thought it was a household name by now like Halo. I'm seeing people on social media freaking out like they just discovered fire, Last of Us the game?!?!?! Yup, and it's pretty great, especially on PS5.
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    MP Trailbreaker looks good, but I'm not liking that shade of grey, I get it, animation accurate, but it's ugly. Once again, like with Hound, it looks good overall but not good enough to justify bumping my perfectly fine third party stand-in. Jetfire too I guess, if I didn't have Phoenix I'd be all over him, but I do so I'm not. The minfig stuff looks cool, but I'll literally never display him like that.
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    No TV Kaki 1A announced yet?! C'mon Bandai, make it happen so I can bow out.
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    I grabbed a PS5 God of War Ragnarok bundle yesterday at Target, why not? They're available all over the place in the US this week, seems as good a time as any to get rid of my old jet-engine sounding PS4 Pro. Yikes, this console is MASSIVE, and quite ugly, I'm spoiled by the sleek, compact Series X. Gotta have the newest Playstation for those exclusives though right? Grabbed Ragnarok, upgraded my Miles Morales and bought Spidey Remastered for PS5, Last of us Part 1 on PS5, Demons Souls Remake, upgraded Forbidden West and upgraded my FFVIII Remake. Lots of stuff to play now, Last of Us is something I've played at least 15 or so times all the way through, I've got no problem playing it again far prettier on PS5 though, that's after Ragnarok for sure. Ragnarok is amazing, no surprises there, it's a beast of a game on PS5, truly something special. I get the issues people are having with it being cross-gen, but, like, damn, it's still so good, it's still more polished then a solid 90% of the AAA games on the market these days. Story is great, game is gorgeous and offers a 120fps mode on PS5, it's pretty awesome. I'm thinking Game of the Year will be between Ragnarok and Elden Ring, both fantastic games.
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    As stated above, Conroy was my Batman, period. We all have our live action favorites, but he was the definitive for me. There's not a single piece of Batman media I've read since TAS that I didn't read Bruce and Batman in his voice, just like Hamill for Joker, their roles were character defining, beyond timeless. There's a reason Rocksteady brought them both back for the excellent Arkham games, except Origins which was WB, they were those characters, bringing them back added clout and an immediate level of authenticity to those games. I'm forever grateful I got to chat with him and grab a pic at Comic-Con back in 2010, the dude was a legend, sweet as can be, and completely humble, he loved his fans and he loved his roll. A true legend died today, Batman died today. Never forget he did in fact get to play Bruce/Batman in live action, on CW, that voice made things just click, he was wonderful.
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    It took quite a while but I wrapped up Star Trek TAS, it was fun enough I suppose, and I see why it was essential viewing for wrapping up the original TOS five year story arc. That said, I'm officially ready for TNG, I really took my time with TAS because it was just a bit too cheesy and yes, old looking, a lot of the time, I need to get back into live action territory.
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    Caught up on Andor last night and I'm really enjoying the series overall, bit of a slow burn, but it's fairly competent and well written, it looks better then Obi-Wan, which is insane he's a major legacy character, and it's got heart. We're being given reasons to feel for these people, and hate the Empire, they're doing a solid job of pushing why the Rebellion was so important, and why so many were willing to sacrifice so much for it.
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    Woke up early just to catch the new She-Hulk before work, very excited to see Charlie back in a DD suit and he didn't disappoint, he's still got it! Also, I'm liking this MCU DD, he's got some quips like he should, and he's far more acrobatic, beyond what most normal humans can do, like in the actual comics. Don't get me wrong, I loved the Netflix series, but the extreme acrobatics and athleticism were missing, the grounded fighting and what-not worked for me, but I can't help but feel it was also due to budget constraints, he eventually got his splitting club that he uses to swing around the city and keep up with heroes like Spider-Man, we just never saw it, now we are seeing it, and will for DD Reborn. I feel we'll be getting a more comic-accurate DD in the MCU, Matt is supposed to be a beyond-human level combatant and acrobat, I'm happy we'll be seeing more of that going forward, and we still get Charlie Cox in the roll, win-win in my book. As for She-Hulk itself? One more episode, it's been fun enough, nothing spectacular, and nowhere near as bad as the man-children whining about it online, but hyperbole makes for easy clicks so yeah.
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    There seems to be a few people getting a hold of it as of this week. I'd hold off though, early reviews are a bit rough, most folks are saying it feels cheap, light, and hollow. Odd hip joints, overly tight ratchets in several areas, odd design choices, the main thing most people are saying is it just isn't worth the money, too high an asking price for what you get. I have the Chogokin for the separate zords and the Legacy combined with Titanus and Dragonzord into the Ultrazord, that works for me. I was pretty interested too but I definitely wanted to wait for reviews before dropped that kind of money, box looks nice I guess.
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    I have the D+. Hulu no ads, ESPN+ bundle, that's only going up $1, I'm fine with that.
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    Yeah I switched to the English CC about 10 minutes in, things were definitely rough. Same exact situation with Squid Game on Netflix, the English translation was awful, English CC was the only way to go.
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    The AVP franchise had so much potential, two of the greatest movie monsters in cinema history battling, seemed a no-brainer. And yet both AVP films were crap, each in their own special way. My main issue is having those films take place in the modern day, jump into the future, AVP needs to take place in the time of the Colonial Marines. I watched Prey last night and really enjoyed it! Easily my favorite Predator film since the first, not a high bar, my previous favorite beside the original was Predators with Adrien Brody, but it was a solid entry in the franchise. The Predator itself looked good, pretty damn brutal, there was some questionable CG with some animals and a few other scenes, but overall it was really good. I watched it with the Comanche dub on, things didn't line up perfectly of course, but it was still pretty cool and definitely upped the immersion factor. Lots of good action, and IMO, a really good new heroine. The film doesn't overemphasize or conflate how badass she is, she doesn't put down the men in her tribe and the film doesn't go out of its way to make every man she comes across incompetent or a psycho rapist, she was capable, all the men in her tribe were capable, the film shows how her strength was her clever thinking. One thing I really liked that I didn't expect was... It was a solid film, like someone mentioned above it checked all the boxes, it was far more intelligent and better written then any other film in the franchise since the OG with Arnold.
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    I think I read it's a regular release in the US, we've just gotta wait. I'm waiting on BBTS to put him up, I want some more official pics of Andrew Spidey too.
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    After reading all the hot takes about Terminal List I finally checked it out myself and wrapped it up last night, I really liked it! There's almost nothing political about it, it doesn't really lean either direction, I don't understand how it's being labeled as an alt-right conservative wet dream, it's just a really good military thriller with a conspiracy background and an unreliable narrator. Pratt was great, it was nice to see him do something other then the ah schucks funny guy he literally always plays, he really nailed the roll, pretty brutal stuff, and his weapon handling was pretty on point. Pratt clearly put the time in to proper firearms training and I really appreciate that, Keanu did the same for John Wick and it shows, those films are great because of the clear knowledge and dedication he put in. Good on Chris Pratt, and Amazon for putting this out, too many people these days get all up in their feelings and just want everything homogenized, sometimes a spade is a spade, and sometimes a gritty action thriller is just that, and that's fine.
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    Completely wrapped up TOS, onto TAS, and I really enjoyed it! It was campy, there was tons of overacting, some really bad episodes, but overall it was a lot of fun, I'm glad I got to watch it all for myself. After TAS I'm onto TNG, then probably DS9, it's been a fun ride so far!
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    Holy crap Tobey Spidey looks fantastic! Absolutely purchased! Those early shots were rough, and not in a great pose, I know these are just Bandai promo shots but damn, he looks great.
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