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I found the first one to be pretty meh after all the hoopla it got. Maybe it's the fact I just don't emphasize with an autistic schizophrenic nut job that somehow starts a cult by whacking pseudo-Johnny Carson/Jay Leno on live tv, or maybe it's the fact I just don't like the comic character to begin with given how Batman or any DC superhero won't just kill him after he has a body count in the hundreds of thousands.
I just couldn't care less about this sequel.
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3 hours ago, sh9000 said:
April Fools.
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24 minutes ago, Duke Togo said:
I'm debating going to see this, or waiting for it to hit streaming. I'll watch it at some point, just a question of where.
As the resident lifelong Godzilla fan I would recommend seeing it in the theater, not because the film is good, but for the spectacle of it. Giant monsters fighting tends to loose a sense of scale on the small screen.
Just don't go into this expecting Godzilla Minus One or even the original in tone and expect something more along the lines of Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla, Gigan, or Megalon and you will be all set.
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3 hours ago, Wolf-1 said:
To my knowledge 30MM is Bandai's way of attempting to mix models with gaming similar to that of Warcraft 40K. Since I've never actually played the table-top, turn based systems I can't speak for how well the system works or doesn't. I have seen these kits sold at Gaming stores typically dedicated to the miniature table games. I have purchased a couple of the weapon packs and integrated them into my HG Gundam set-ups and one of their winged transports. Lately, I have found that I'm gathering up their Bridge & Building sets to go along with my Tomitec buildings as well.
30mm is a reference to the socket hole on the kits that makes most accessories and add ons universal across Bandai's model kit brands as well as some other company's like Kotobukiya and Max Factory as well as the kits being relatively quick and easy to build hence the name 30 Minute Missions.
It absolutely 100% has nothing to do with the 30mm scale wargaming hobby.
That being said there is a relatively new game called MechaTop that integrates 1/144, 1/72, and 1/100 kits into a table top game that was inspired by Gundam Build Fighters a little while back.
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22 hours ago, sh9000 said:
https://www.target.com/pl/365688920
Spend $50 and get a $10 Target gift card on select Lego sets.
My local Target really screwed up last time they ran this deal and put the gift card notice on all the lego sets, not just the select ones. Ended up with almost $200 worth of gift cards before they finally took down the promotion.😆
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4 hours ago, jvmacross said:
Any indication whether Spiderman will make an appearance?
The last one seemed to imply that the 2 would meet...
Long story short, thanks to Dr. Strange and Peter Parker messing with realities in No Way Home, Venom got transported to the main MCU universe where all he did was sit in a hotel room and visit the hotel's bar before promptly being sent back to his own universe at the end and not doing much of anything.
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6 hours ago, MKT said:
More than that though, I'm pretty shocked by how B-grade the visuals appear to be... Yeah in the 80's there are worst looking productions out there, and perhaps I'm unfairly comparing with the most memorable productions of its era like SW, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner, Aliens etc. But it struck me how much of a gulf in the looks department between 2024 Dune and 1984 Dune, when Blade Runner 2049 does not necessarily look much better than Blade Runner 1982.
The 1984 Dune movie deserves to be crapped on for it's effects when you take into account it cost $42 million to make while Empire Strikes Back cost $30 million, Blade Runner $28 million, Raiders of the Lost Ark $20 million, and Aliens only $18 million.
David Lynch's Dune is an ugly incoherent mess made by someone that didn't understand the source material that was in way over his head who never should have been given the job in the first place.
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1 hour ago, mikeszekely said:
Then the movie comes to an end, and I'm again left asking, "but then what happens?" I guess the difference is that what happens is another book, and I'm starting to get the impression that I might not care for the story's actual conclusion.
I wish I could explain what comes next, but the director who also co-wrote this, utterly botched the ending by forgetting the one simple tenet that is the cause of and end to why anything happens on Arrakis matters to anything.
The. Spice. Must. Flow.
SpoilerThe entire reason Paul is even able to seize power and become Emperor in the books is due to his control of the spice fields with the Fremen and the threat to destroy the pre-spice masses by introducing water to them and making the worms that create spice go extinct. Not nuking them.
Without the worms there is no spice. Without the spice the spacing guild navigators can't plot courses. Without navigators there is no interstellar travel. Without interstellar travel entire planets and systems collapse due to lack of resources and trade.
The spacing guild understands this and as such would never let the other great houses of the Lansraad openly rebel against Paul and transport them to Arrakis lest he destroy the spice.
Due to this inability to overtly strike back at Paul the next two novels Dune: Messiah and Children of Dune revolve around covert plots to assassinate Paul and his family by various factions, while Paul tightens his grip on the galaxy, consolidates power by starving out enemies, and debates the righteousness of "the golden path" that his presience gives him glimpses of and wether his conscience can allow him to take that path given the bloodshed and death it entails, meanwhile the Fremen are systematically hoping from planet to planet going full on SS concentration camp ethnic cleansing on anyone that does not accept that Paul is god. It's not so much a holy war but mass executions on a galactic scale.
The movie on the other hand has Paul threaten the great houses by nuking the spice fields unless they accept him as Emperor, they refuse, and he gives the order to attack the other great houses warships likely armed with their houses nukes already in orbit with the Fremen boarding troop ships with the spacing guild and the leverage they bring non-existent.
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It's happening!
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17 hours ago, Big s said:
It would be a tie because the Ideon would just destroy the universe along with both of them
Ideon would destroy the universe, then start a new one. Ideon surivives, Ideon wins.
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On 1/27/2024 at 10:58 AM, 505thAirborne said:
There's a couple of scenes in that are both based on real events and at least for me, feel like a nod to the film Memphis Belle.
That's the thing about the Memphis Belle film from the 90s, it is arguably the most accurate yet inaccurate historical film ever made, in that almost everything in it happened to some crew at some point, but not just the Memphis Belle crew on their last mission.
Early in the film's production the decision was made to not depict the Belle's final mission with any accuracy, but show the hell a typical mission could be at it's worst during the worst point in time of the daylight bombing campaign for the 8th Airforce.
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Well... I did it. I bought another big damn castle to go along with the other big damn Lion Knight's Castle.
This one is the Black Falcon's Mountain Fortress from Bricklink's Designer program. Only 30,000 are being made on a one time run and preorders started about an hour ago with it nearly being sold out already.
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16 hours ago, TangledThorns said:
Thought the same before seeing Napoleon, ugh. I use IGN for movie reviews and they're mostly spot on.
My friend I just got back from watching Argylle, and far and away there are much worse films out there that you could take your wife to for date night. This is miles ahead of Ridley Scott's Napoleon.
Honestly my only complaint is it may be overly long, but it is enjoyable and fun. If you liked Mathew Vaughn's other films like the King's Man series you'll definitely have a blast with this.
My best advice is to go into this blind. Do not look at spoilers or any other reviews as there is a chance it will ruin the film.
That said enjoy date night with the wifey! 😉
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On 1/31/2024 at 1:54 PM, TangledThorns said:
OMFG... this could be a repeat of our last date night where we watched Napoleon. Can't we ever get a good f'ing film?!?! 😡
I'll be your guinea pig. I'm going to see it in a few minutes.
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2 hours ago, Bobby said:
That's a standard issue LEGO speargun [LINK]
These were first issued with many of the sets from the City Diver sub theme. I miss those sets badly. I had the stingray cove submarine and shark attack mini sub.
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21 minutes ago, kalvasflam said:
put Top Gun on hiatus for another 20 years, and then come back, sure, he'll be 80, but this way he won't screw up the legacy that he has built up with some of his more iconic movies.
Like that thinking worked for Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
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Just think, all that destruction is happening because Master Cheeks wanted to play grab ass with the covenant hoe.
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1 hour ago, TangledThorns said:
Looks tasty tho!
I guess the US equivalent is a pop tart and kool aid.😆
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So about those new Lego Space sets....
Mission Accomplished.🫡
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15 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:
Doona Bae's two-dimensional cyborg Jedi with a witch's hat
She is literally a carbon copy of one of the sisters from the animated film Kubo Two Strings.
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10 minutes ago, Big s said:
I thought Stray was an exclusive
Nope. Xbox, PS5, and PC.
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These guys need to make Starcom toys.
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On 12/8/2023 at 11:56 AM, sh9000 said:
Gung-Ho.
Man they messed with that original USMC tattoo so much it looks like he's got skinhead ink now.
G.I. Joe Classified Series 6” figures, Retro 3.75” line, and Ultimates 7” figures
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This thing is actually based on a real life experimental design called the Garrett STAMP.