western-series

[near echo]

It's been a rough week medically I'm picking something low effort

[young compass]

mickey 17 is unironically very low effort

[near echo]

Think I'm gonna roll with ET I haven't seen it since I was like 4

[young compass]

but it's bad so

rango on your ptr...

[near echo]

Most iconic Nickelodeon movie

[cunning tulip]

the biggest fumble was them not doing a Batman Beyond movie like the Spider-Verse films

[near echo]

Why's DC so afraid to use Batman Beyond that shits had staying power

We should have had an Arkham style game about it 10 years ago

[near echo]

These puppets are such weird little freaks I already dig this movie

[white smelt]

Very good bit that the only thing I’ve seen you praise for the last few years is arcane

[modern lichen]

And that fumbled in the second season with its politics

[young compass]

i did not praise arcane's politics lol

also i feel like people have confirmation bias with my negativity lol i really do like a lot of stuff

[sage remnant]

??? Lies

[young compass]

i watched all we imagine as light recently and liked it a lot

i liked 28 years later

i wrote very positively about lady bird in here

yeah that was basically it this year in #western-series but i wrote negatively about the same amount of titles

[foggy mirage]

Ngl I've never seen you like anything

😭

[young compass]

not my fault you guys talk about superhero stuff in here 90% of the time

and if not that it's fantasy novels

[foggy mirage]

We mentioned pta stuff

You dint say anything really

[young compass]

i didnt see it, scrolled up a bit and saw harsh send something

[foggy mirage]

Ngl I don't have much hype for anemone

[young compass]

is it out yet anywhere?

there's reviews already

[foggy mirage]

Also yeah dceu exists

[foggy mirage]

Its out now for me and everyone

I think

Idk if its out in the uk

They like 3 weeks behind

[young compass]

im not in the uk LMAO

[foggy mirage]

UK people get everything late

[young compass]

ok looks like it's out oct 3rd? if you're not in nyc

[white smelt]

I didn’t say you praised its politics. You had some criticisms but seemingly enjoyed it over all? The way you wrote about it, I could see some genuine excitement over it which I rarely see from you over in other series for example. I just think it’s cute that you had some glee and wonder over a franchise you enjoy while always going meh to things harsh likes hahahaha

[white smelt]

Don’t even get me started

[young compass]

to be sure i would rate arcane like the same thing i rated this film

[modern lichen]

It’s crazy that I didn’t even like Arcane season 2 much

That’s why I didn’t even discuss it because I just didn’t care

[young compass]

i dont blame you

it was very inconsistent

[modern lichen]

I’ve had my fair share of good discussions about One Battle in another server, so I’m good off discussing that here as well, 90% this channel is just Sanderson and superhero shit

[white smelt]

I think I read the good absolutes so I’m over it. I don’t think I’ll bother with flash and green arrow

[foggy mirage]

Pretty much

[foggy mirage]

Thats up to you I enjoy those too

[modern lichen]

Green Lantern? Yeah those are the worse books in the line compared to the stellar Big 3 and Manhunter books

[foggy mirage]

Everyone always dead set on a good absolute

They are all good

Specially since absolute evil kinda bitch smacked everyone

Absolute evil 1 ||need to see what mirror master and brainiac are cooking up with the info.||

[white smelt]

The wager ||Its so crazy that back in the day they could just force you to work on a shift if they found you walking around the pier. You could just be ending a 2 year voyage ready to see your family and then get scooped up. The British have been truly evil since the dawn of time||

[white smelt]

Already checked out with Giuseppe on art. I am a hater. I might have enjoyed superior spider-man if not for the art

[foggy mirage]

This is the only issue coming out

Lmao

😭

Fucking absolute hater

Its a one shot

"I'm not gonna read this is don't like the art"

[white smelt]

Is that not the big crossover

[foggy mirage]

Complain later when this is important

No dingus

This is for absolute

Holy shit

😭

[modern lichen]

Why are you being hostile

Chill out

He can read it later

[foggy mirage]

He shat on it

Immediately

I can react accordingly

But absolute evil is important

[modern lichen]

Ok? He doesn’t know, if he doesn’t like the art then just ignore him and continue enjoying, it’s not a personal slight towards you that he doesn’t want to read it lol

[foggy mirage]

Who said it was

Why does everyone assume I take this shit personally

React in any energetic way and I get told I'm being aggressive

Like settle down with the analysis

[modern lichen]

No one is analysing you lol

[near echo]

ET the Extraterrestrial ||This ugly lil bastard wandering around the kitchen drunk in a children's bath robe is fucking awesome||

[foggy mirage]

Et the extraterrestrial || i love the little bastard but I'll always be salty he ruined how aliens were depicted for a couple of years. I remember when I found out the thing dint do as well and got slammed for showing scary aliens after ET happened. But this is a classic still.||

[near echo]

Every studio chasing the popularity of Star wars definitely caused a huge burnout on sci-fi films in the early 80s among audiences the same way we're seeing a lull in superhero interest rn

ET kinda reignited it by being so different, down to earth and family friendly

[foggy mirage]

Like I said I enjoy it

Just a little annoyed at how they dog piled the thing

[near echo]

You had it, Blade Runner, Wrath of Khan and The Thing all simultaneously release in theaters the same month

[foggy mirage]

And the switch up was nasty

[near echo]

All some of the best films ever made

It was so unfair but I get it lol

[foggy mirage]

They nominated the soundtrack for a razzy

Which is insane

https://youtu.be/meU2gAU7Xss?si=R8l7gPZMhn_TPpWt

Giving this a razzy is legit demented

[foggy mirage]

That was all the same month ?

😭

Tf was that month

[near echo]

Just a lot of studios pumping out their attempts to cash in on the wave and directors who made hit 70s films following up with their next project at the same time

[foggy mirage]

I only found our recently big trouble in little china was a flop

Which I found so interesting

[near echo]

I think with all the competition, and with The Thing being scrutinized heavily as a remake of a classic, and by critics who were generally against the gorey slasher film transition that hotto was going through, it totally fell through the cracks

[foggy mirage]

It has so much that makes it a classic

[near echo]

I have a scifi film encyclopedia from the time calling it carpenters worst film

[foggy mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-try-not-to-laugh-gif-7682731162751353849

[near echo]

Yeah I think in general film critics were behind the curve at the time cuz film was changing so much in the early 80s

[foggy mirage]

Bon what do you think of big trouble in little china

[near echo]

And audiences were overloaded with options since shit ran in theaters for ages

[foggy mirage]

Just curious

[near echo]

Never seen actually

On the ptw

[foggy mirage]

Suprising

[near echo]

It's been there for a while I just don't wanna give Amazon 3 bucks for the rental

[foggy mirage]

But its a great movie

[foggy mirage]

Ngl

Thats a steal

For how great of a time it is

[near echo]

It is I'm just flakey 😔

I'll get to it soon

[foggy mirage]

Like 3 bucks for that is worth more than a ticket to most films these days

[near echo]

Making an effort to finally knock out that oldest page of my letterboxd watch list and it's on there

[foggy mirage]

But I do agree that 70s,80s and 90s people were spoiled

Ngl

In hindsight idk if most knew how much gold there was

It feels like a lot of they time they din't rewatch later when they were on vhs or dvd

[foggy mirage]

I got to watch come and see

Thats on my list for a while

Besides that this is on the list

[near echo]

I like wizards

It's weird and messy but interesting

But also I'm a bakshi apologist and like most of his films

[foggy mirage]

I mean i feel they really tried to go apeshit back in the day

We still get that nowadays ar times

But it feels more like they dont want to let them off the reserve

Also I gotta rewatch solaris

[foggy mirage]

Also idk if anyone has been looking at set photos of doomsday

But them posting green screens

Gotta be the most atrocious thing I've seen

[magic bloom]

I hate green screens

[worthy crypt]

Something like golum or the apes seems OK. Basically Andy serkis

[foggy mirage]

Its just not very conducive

"Here you go green screens. You guys ever see these ?"

[mild seal]

It's now blue

Get rekt

[near echo]

ET was a very good movie which I guess is the least surprising takeaway for one of the most iconic movies ever made

[main lion]

haters exist..

[near echo]

Yeah I've seen Juba's score

Honestly it's a perfect movie at what it's the trying to achieve and Spielberg's the king of writing family dynamics (and the animatronic work holds up)

But I think both Lilo & Stitch and The Iron Giant are able to take everything ET achieved and raised the bar a bit higher

Saying something isn't 5 stars because knock offs released a decade later are more polished feels mean but also the strength of ET is being a children's fairy tale and I think both those films would retain the attention of a child in 2025 way fuckin better and also speak a little more to the modern childhood experience, parts of ET feel a little too antiquated to still be relatable. The ravages of time are beginning to affect it

[young compass]

what did i rate et lmao

[near echo]

2 stars

[young compass]

yeah that's about right

[near echo]

Man with no whimsy 😔

[foggy mirage]

Yeah that seems about right for a juba review

[modern lichen]

Even thinking of the score can make me emotional there’s some magic in it

[foggy mirage]

😭

Also rewatched raiders of the lost ark

Really do end up enjoying it more than ET personally

[near echo]

ET ||tfw a single divorced mother working a part time job with a toddler and two young boys can afford a home like this in 1982||

This is what I mean by aspects of the film feeling like a fuckin time capsule lol

[main lion]

damn

I respect the honesty

I have some childhood movies people love that I dislike

so I get it

[near echo]

Trying to think of a childhood iconic film I have disdain for

Matilda but that's cuz my sister had me watch it a dozen times on family car trips its not the films fault

I got back by playing the Sonic OVA

[foggy mirage]

Ngl I think you and me disagree on most things

Outside of the reeves batman movie i think, Nolan and maybe supes

Most of everyone here got wildly different tastes

[sage remnant]

True and that's fun

But even more fun is joking that Juba hates everything

[near echo]

I respect Juba

He and I look for completely different things in film and art in general but I trust him on everything that's not videogames

Bro talks about League too much it's alarming

[sage remnant]

I have accepted I wouldn't ever dig deep in media in areas that Juba would

I am happy that way

[foggy mirage]

This is true

[main lion]

this is real

[pearl quest]

Idk man there's nolan's tdk and it's not close

[main lion]

8/10 movie

The Batman 10/10 movie

there are 0 mediocre or bad elements of The Batman

there are a plethora in TDK

don't let the joker's performance carrying it blind you

[pearl quest]

Theres a w conclusion too

And the dynamic bw joker n batman was insane so im not sure

[main lion]

there was no dynamic

[white smelt]

There is some dumb stuff in the Batman

[main lion]

the joker carried their "dynamic"

[main lion]

The Batman || what? Maybe the romance? I thought it got the right amount of focus for what it was, and how quick it is felt purposeful. But I see that complaint a lot||

[pearl quest]

Played a strong antag

Another w

Also the highs in tdk are way higher than in the batman

I don't disagree it to be 8/10
But the batman isn't 10/10 either

[near echo]

The Dark Knight ||I'll never care about Rachel and I think the decision Gordon and Bruce make in the final scene, while a memorable quote, is also fuckin stupid

Also just not a fan of "one man militarized police" Batman||

[main lion]

this is a negative

[foggy mirage]

The best on screen joker dynamic is btas and arkham tbh

[main lion]

real...

[pearl quest]

How is that stupid 😭

Well nvm

[near echo]

The Dark Knight Rises ||this film literally confirms all the concerns about that decision||

[foggy mirage]

I'm happy that Gunn is not using that type of batman

He already told us what his batman will be like

[pearl quest]

||just checking if this works||

Oh it does

[main lion]

TDK ||for how much batman as an entity focuses on the relentless nature of gotham's underworld, it sure did conveniently solve every problem just because of some plot device bill being passed as a result of harvey's death. ||

[near echo]

I think Gunn might lean into the more supernatural aspects of Batman that have kinda gone away

[foggy mirage]

He literally told us what

[near echo]

The kinda version of him who can just fight Manbat or Mad Monk without justification

Oh did he

I don't keep up with his daily trivia

Or maybe I forgot

[foggy mirage]

Denny o'neil

So Gothic fantastic type beat

[near echo]

Sick

That better fits the wider DC universe and I'm down for something different

[foggy mirage]

His run is peak batman its what inspired btas

[white smelt]

The Batman ||the whole Spanish thing was kinda silly. I’d have to rewatch it since covid has kinda destroyed my memory retention but I remember feeling like he didn’t solve anything really, he was always trailing behind and late to stuff. He didn’t seem like the world greatest detective. Again I haven’t seen it in a few years and I did like it a lot but I remember saying that to myself lol||

[foggy mirage]

We havent had fantastic Gothic batman ever

Idk if 1989 even counts

Or returns

[near echo]

Returns is its own weird little thing

I love it

[foggy mirage]

Ngl I dont think dcu batman gonna be campy

😭

Its gonna be closer to actual batman

[modern lichen]

‘89 and Returns absolutely counts as Gothic Batman

[young compass]

the dark knight rises has a bunch of weird defenders because of zizek lol

[near echo]

They're definitely gothic

[main lion]

The Batman ||this was the only thing he didn't solve. And it was simply because he was a sheltered lad unfamiliar with spanish, which was fitting.

He solved the carpet cutter as an example. He was definitely a step behind, but that is because the riddler trusted in batman's capability and planned for him to be a step ahead. So he kept his plans up to speed with those expectations. This is literally the only live action batman that actually deduces literally anything without being carried by some tech bullshit||

[near echo]

Idk about fantastical

[white smelt]

I better see robin in his silly little outfit and Batman calling him chum

[near echo]

Returns is but in a way that's kinda separate from how the comics are since it's so Tim Burton coded

89 is pretending to be grounded in the rules of reality

[modern lichen]

https://fixvx.com/neonrated/status/1973417645321101593?s=46

NEON (@neonrated)

SHELBY OAKS is the highest-funded horror film in the history of Kickstarter. To commemorate this achievement, the names of all 14,720 contributors have been integrated into the design of this new poster.

In theaters 10.24. https://t.co/g77I7sxE9U

vxTwitter / fixvx · Oct 1, 2025, 4:00 PM

[foggy mirage]

Not fantastic enough for me

[near echo]

I want like 8 shots of Nightwings ass filling the camera

[foggy mirage]

Played it pretty safe in that regard

[white smelt]

I think Mike Flanagan was in death stranding 2 as an npc

[modern lichen]

Kojima collecting directors like the avengers

[near echo]

I almost watched the '04 Catwoman movie instead of ET tonight

[white smelt]

Meow

[foggy mirage]

The directors initiative

[foggy mirage]

Bullet dodged

[foggy mirage]

Might be good

[foggy mirage]

Robin is confirmed to be damian

So not likely

😭

[near echo]

Gonna run headfirst into that bullet

[sonic tree]

damn you missed out

[near echo]

Gonna watch that and the Lego Batman movie before ever seeing Begins

I don't think I've seen Batman Forever either

Seems like the most forgotten theatrical batman

Batman & Robins at least an ironic meme machine

[pearl quest]

Do u guys like dune

[near echo]

The movies yes

Need to read the book

[white smelt]

Batman better be Dick

[pearl quest]

And Timothee's performance

[white smelt]

With Bruce in the chair

[near echo]

Imagine if they had the fuckin balls to do Dickbats and Stephanie Brown batgirl

[white smelt]

Dick and Damian was actually so good

[sage remnant]

Movies yes
Books, the first 4

[white smelt]

Dude if we get Batman inc

A man can dream

[foggy mirage]

Batman is gonna be bruce

We getting nightwing and red hood

[near echo]

Tim erasure

[white smelt]

Who cares about Bruce give us el gaucho and knight and squire

[fresh umbra]

I’m actually very confident Tim will be in BATB

[frank rivet]

Marvel News - ||https://vxtwitter.com/MCUFilmNews/status/1973381564730920980 ||
@foggy mirage ten days

MCU Film News (@MCUFilmNews)

In 10 days, the Marvel Animation & Television panel will take place at NYCC.

We can expect updates for:

• X-Men ’97 Season 2
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 2
• Vision Quest
• Wonder Man
• Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 https://t.co/1wn7pQ4FED

vxTwitter / fixvx · Oct 1, 2025, 1:36 PM

[foggy mirage]

Finally something

[white smelt]

https://x.com/Max_Fisher/status/1973492765414793524

Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher)

legendary film director paul schrader is posting AI slop (?) of himself welcoming the dead japanese fascist yukio mishima (??) to minneapolis-st paul airport (???)

X · Oct 1, 2025, 8:58 PM

Boomers legit just love ai images lmfao

[modern lichen]

Fully washed

Shameful

[burnt lake]

Well shoot

$3 comics

[valid thunder]

started reapers gale finally but damn this shit is boring tf out of me

[sage remnant]

Malazan bad bad fr fr

[valid thunder]

I honestly think i shouldnt have picked it up

But now i am in too deep

I need to see it finish

[limber urchin]

ooh i like this concept

[worthy crypt]

malazan is good

youre almost at the peak

the end of toll the hounds is so fuckin good

and the cripplied god is nonstop gas

[valid thunder]

yea i mean i will finish it. spent too much time not to plus like if i finished wot i can probably slog towards the end in malazan as well

i shouldve probably done elderlings instead tbh, it seems more my jam.

[worthy crypt]

i started reading the poppy war which kinda reminds me of mistborn but i like it more

[sage remnant]

Entirely different type of story, characters, themes, and world

I don't understand how poppy War is reminiscent of era 1

[worthy crypt]

young outcast protag learns magical powers that enables her to fight back against oppression?

[valid thunder]

ooh sounds interesting

[modern lichen]

I cannot stop thinking about the two films I watched yesterday and today, One Battle After Another (yesterday) and an Indian film (today)

[main lion]

thats a cool movie name

"An Indian Film"

[modern lichen]

It’s called Kantara: Chapter 1

[valid thunder]

mistborn || kind of abandons the whole revolution theme after book 1 which is unfortuenate. i would have liked to see that explored more instead of the dictatorship vs democracy shit ||

[versed pilot]

@modern lichen Absolute DC Universe current ||JEFFERY EPSTEIN||

BITCH, WHAT?!

[modern lichen]

LMFAO

Are you current on all titles

[versed pilot]

I’m not current on WW or Supes

[modern lichen]

WW and Manhunter are my favs from all the titles

Batman is second

[sage remnant]

Fair

[versed pilot]

WW >= Bats > MM >> Flash for me atm

I’ve really enjoyed the GA run so far

[sage remnant]

I think the approach and execution differs so much and its a very common trope that it didn't serve as being remunscuent od the other

[modern lichen]

WW = MM > Bats > Supes > Flash > Green Lantern

[worthy crypt]

yeah i guess thats what im getting at the differences in where that they take that concept is what has me preferring it over mistborn

[versed pilot]

Absolute Green Arrow latest ||This feels like a 100% setup for Roy to become the actual Absolute Green Arrow to me. Darkseid probably doesn’t give a shit about Roy at all, like he initially didn’t with Oliver. Oliver just started fucking with the EPSTEIN ISLAND LEAGUE OF VILLIANS 😭||

[worthy crypt]

mistborn 1 || none of the high society ballroom type scenes worked for me at all ||

[modern lichen]

Also, Cam check out Batman: Dark Patterns

Same artist as Absolute WW

[sage remnant]

Ah that's a bummer

[worthy crypt]

i liked the rest

[sage remnant]

But well, RAFO

[versed pilot]

I’ll give it a shot for sure

[worthy crypt]

but it just felt.. ingenuine? I guess? It felt like a middle aged man writing a teenage girl I could see sanderson behind the curtain

[modern lichen]

[sage remnant]

I have big issues with this book in my reread that it went from like my top series to "Do I even want to continue this reread"

[sage remnant]

TFE || I found them very genuine. But I did have issue of Valette and Vin part being very disjoint in the story ||

[sage remnant]

But still I look at this series fondly cuz latter of her books have become a medium to write her academia opinion pieces

[valid thunder]

same

[sage remnant]

Which could be fun at start, but when half of her career and her last 3 continuous works have been that, it got super stale for me

[valid thunder]

anytime he writes anything with a lil spice, his mormonism becomes apparent

[young compass]

Very true lol

I can’t shake it with any of his characters now

[valid thunder]

this is why dalinar is his best character work

[worthy crypt]

not saying i dislike him as a whole i think he did such a good job in the end of wheel of time.

[young compass]

He just needs to write an author self-insert power fantasy

[worthy crypt]

and era 1 is pretty solid as a whole for me probably like a B

its just not like.. peak excellence

[sage remnant]

Same for me ig

I like TFE and WoA decent bit

HoA has good story beats but I had a lot of issues with writing

And is my least fav reading experience in a long while

[valid thunder]

Its just surprising to me that u can dislike a book because of the epigraphs lol

[sage remnant]

More than that

I ranted way less about other stuff here lol

Didn't want to convert this channel into my Mistborn rant spam

WoA however went from one of my fav books to just okay with just one decision tho

[valid thunder]

Yea i remember. Even that is a critique i dont think i have heard before lol

The reason why most ppl including me dislike the book, u seem to think is a good plotpoint

[sage remnant]

I didn't even discuss that book before finishing or knew anything so it lol. Idk what the popular criticisms and etc are

[peak pilot]

Two heretics in the channel

For shame

[sage remnant]

WoA is flawless to me up until that point

[sage remnant]

You were needed above in the convo Muk

[peak pilot]

What convo

[sage remnant]

Just scroll some dozens of messages up

[peak pilot]

I see it now

[sage remnant]

Gonna take a break before era 2 and read

• Space Opera by a longass name author
• Tchaikovsky's what looks like Dr Who fanfic
• first entry in Elric

[peak pilot]

I will see about this

[sage remnant]

I would ageee but I also disagree with those takes about Mistborn

😎

[peak pilot]

Agree with what

[sage remnant]

The message you replied to

[peak pilot]

I’m gonna get my head out my ass with Stormlight very soon

I’ve had a chaotic schedule

[foggy mirage]

Absolute evil ||it's bait the omega symbol in the back and the hair. Brainiac wanted this guy to join their squad. So very likely just a rich guy living in the country side. And he's gonna end up being a menace.||

[valid thunder]

where are u at

[sage remnant]

Wor

[valid thunder]

oh ok

[peak pilot]

Words of radiance ||dalinar is very good so far for sure. Kaladin was my favorite character progression in the series so far.||

[sage remnant]

Good

[peak pilot]

Words of radiance ||shallan is dope too. Adolin has potential he just has to have it realized.||

[sage remnant]

|| Szeth, Shallan, Kaladin were my 3 favs by that point || WoR

[peak pilot]

Words of radiance ||szeth as a character I’m not completely sold on yet given how little we’ve seen of him but as an entity or story telling device or whatever he’s really good||

[valid thunder]

row spoilers|| in theory i should love kaladin but the way his character arc is structured is just odd. his character revelations always having to coincide with sanderlanches is a detriment and ends up feeling contrived imo. feels like sanderson keeps him in his cycle of misery and drags it on until the end of the book. Wok doesnt do this at all which is why i think its the 2nd best entry in tsa ||

[peak pilot]

Weird thing is that words of radiance has already hooked me. My work schedule has just been so hellish

[sage remnant]

Row || Its more so that his character realization causes Sanderlanche tho in this one ||

[valid thunder]

i am speaking generally

not particular to row

[sage remnant]

Even in TWOK || Its cuz of Kaladin's decision, that the sannderlanche begins ||

[peak pilot]

Words of radiance part 2 end ||still don’t think jasnah is dead. There’s simply no way||

[sage remnant]

Closest might be WoR end || but even in here, its the circumstances created for Kaladin to have the opposite effect and its due to who he is and the support he has had, he reaches that point ||

OB || and in this, he fails to take that decision ||

[valid thunder]

twok || wouldnt u consider the scene at the chasm the revelation ? even than i think that kaladin's progress in that book is pretty natural imo||

[sage remnant]

|| but its not that the realization occurred due to Sanderlanche, but the events of it started cuz of his realization.

He got the story to go to that direction ||

Twok

I have a early flight tomorrow morning. Can't be up discussing lol.
Later 👋

[valid thunder]

bye

cya

[worthy crypt]

ima have a lot of travel time over holidays ima try to pick up stomlight then

but i think i can fit in the poppy war trilogy and maybe one other before that

[tawny parcel]

How far are u

Pt 2 still?

Its okay I’ve taken a tiny break from OB

But I’m finally starting to get back to reading

[modern lichen]

Holy shit fellas @mild seal @unkempt agate it’s C4 day

[leaden depot]

1960s/1970s clickbait covers remain undefeated (this one drawn by Neal Adams lol)

[mild seal]

Ah fuck i'll be in class lmao

Have fun man!

[unkempt agate]

ITS THURSDAY NIGHT

[modern lichen]

I’ll be going out of town tomorrow but I’ll be able to catch the first 3 hours of the broadcast tomorrow

Should be fun

[mild seal]

I'm gonna be a VOD watcher this campaign

[earnest plover]

AIB S3 all ep ||I don't get why people hate this season, (just because Chisiya isn't in it the whole time? Lol). I like the new characters and they even gave us a good ending. 🖤.||

[foggy mirage]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nerdist.com/article/mattson-tomlin-wants-to-bring-back-tobey-maguire-for-spider-man-4/%3Famp

Nah this is cracked

And he wants to work with raimi

[mild seal]

How old is Tobey? Like 50 something

[foggy mirage]

Yeah 50

Doesn't really mean much

Old man Spiderman still works

[mild seal]

Teenage/college Spidey is better though

[foggy mirage]

Nah

[mild seal]

Ya

[foggy mirage]

Fuck that

If i can get a great 4th raimi movie

I'm taking it

Even raimi is interested

I say let them do it

No shot amazing 3 happens tho ngl thats cooked

[main lion]

still looks the same as he did with a few extra wrinkles tbh lol

[foggy mirage]

Unless he ages drastically

But he seems to have taken care of himself

More suprised the batman writer is interested

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage @south hatch
Batman - || https://vxtwitter.com/IzzybnArt/status/1973373939410686161this ||
edit is crazy 🔥

IzzyBn Art (@IzzybnArt)

Another #batman animation 🦇🐛

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Oct 1, 2025, 1:06 PM

[arctic flax]

The reeves batman writer is writing sm 4 too?

[sage remnant]

Have you read 3 Body Problem?

It'd prose is clunky, cuz of maybe being serialized Chinese physical novel and then being translated but the scifi stuff is amazing

[worthy crypt]

yeah i did

first 3 pretty good, 4th is literally a fan fiction and reads like it. Its that kind of thing that answers questions that would have better been left as mysteries

[sage remnant]

Yea

If you want a longer series but of shorter fun character oriented scifi stories, try Murderbot

[worthy crypt]

ill add it to my wishlist. Im mostly done poppy war gona finish the other 2. The other thing on my radar is like jade city or something like that. Some trilogy with names like jade

[sage remnant]

Ah green bone saga

Enjoy. I dropped it cuz I cannot do Urban fantasy

[worthy crypt]

like you dont like things set in cities? Or im not sure exactly what that means

[sage remnant]

Poppy War || Liked the tonal shift and pacing in second half? ||

[worthy crypt]

i think im only at the beginning of that, || war just broke out || maybe almsot done was an overstatement

[sage remnant]

Magic set in urban times never reflect the world's tech/magic+tech progression thau should have existed if the magic existed since like 1600s

[worthy crypt]

oh like it doesnt feel true like its not realy grappling with all the implications/results of the availability of hte magic?

[sage remnant]

Most deal with it in like surface level

Which is still immersion breaking

Some do a cop out. Like Dresden || saying "Magic doesn't mesh well with tech" ||

[worthy crypt]

havent read feel like i shouldnt click

but thats one ive heard high praise for, would you not reccomend?

[sage remnant]

I wouldn't recommend 99% of urban fantasy in general

But even then, it suffers from mc being so misogynistic and sexist

[worthy crypt]

i guess thats not inherently a dealbreaker for me in that mcs can be flawed. As long as its not like.. glorifying those flaws

[sage remnant]

Till the point I read, the book doesn't addresses it

Makes sense cuz his older book series literally had || Women crying any time they were faced with a intense battle or scene/etc and it wasn't that bad for men || Codex Alera

GBS is dubbed as best Urban fantasy so maybe it excelled at that

The vibe of the setting is 80s gangster movies

[foggy mirage]

He really wants to it seems

[foggy mirage]

Soon in the dcu

[frank rivet]

did you see this by the way
https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1973782247766663306

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

A Superman and Spider-Man crossover will happen in Spring 2026.

2 one-shot comics will be released, one from Marvel & one from DC.

X · Oct 2, 2025, 4:08 PM

we COOKING 🧑‍🍳

[mild seal]

oh no, that means metropolis will be canon in the marvel comics

[near echo]

Watching The Corpse Bride
This feels like I'm watching a playlist of all the cutscenes in a Tim Schafer game

[foggy mirage]

Finally

Been a while

[frank rivet]

bruh Gunn and Feige about to bring out of the greatest collab events ever

[foggy mirage]

Everyone liked that announcement

[frank rivet]

hbo site done crashed or what 😭

[mild seal]

discord is also being weird

could be some internet fuckery going on

[frank rivet]

cloudflare 😡

Peacemaker S02E07 - || 32 Minute Episode LOL You gotta be fucking kidding me James ! 😭 ||

[leaden depot]

The GOATs

[near echo]

Corpse Bride is such a visually imaginative movie and the story is genuinely kinda novel but I kinda think it doesn't work at all?

The whole movie is stiff

Pacing isn't tight, characters feel shallow, songs suck, humor isn't landing

Bad directing really brought this down

[sage remnant]

Is this like a horror version of Princess Bride

[naive socket]

This was the best peacemaker episode omg

[frank rivet]

Pacemaker S02E07 - || holy shit WTF was that episode ||

[naive socket]

Peacemaker S02E07 ||that was so hype!! I lowkey was scared Harcourt was going to kill other Adrien, or that Lee was going to die.||

[near echo]

Tim Burton post-90s

I think there's a nostalgia wave for it now but im not vibing

[frank rivet]

Peacemaker S02E07 - || lol he wasn't a nazi this entire time 😭 , i legit thought Vig was about to die this episode||

[naive socket]

Peacemaker S02EO7 ||no fr! Also wtf I guess the brother was the problem in this universe. I really would of liked to see how the Blue Dragon was, he def seemed normal but it does seem the Chris hate is universal||

[frank rivet]

Peacemaker S02E07 - || lol the start of the episode felt like a skit fr 😭 when they showed the office mural, i was like oh we moving fast then all the sudden so much shit happened in like 15 mins. From the trailer it seemed like they were about to fight their family. Now i have no idea wtf about to happen||

[naive socket]

Is there any news about Peacemaker season 3?

[naive socket]

Peacemaker So2 Ep7 ||no fr!!! I got caught up this morning so I was excited and that episode went from a 0 to a 10 in seconds||

[frank rivet]

Peacemaker S02E07 - || i feel like after what happened, chris about to be locked up and they gonna move the 11th street kids into the Waller show||

[naive socket]

Peacemaker S02 Ep7 ||oh is that a confirmed thing?||

[frank rivet]

its on the roadmap

[naive socket]

Oh we have one of those? Sweet

[frank rivet]

its changed a bit but my guess is as good as yours on whats next

[naive socket]

I’m very new to DC lol had never seen anything dc besides Suicide Squad 2016 but went and saw Superman got me hooked lol watched the new Suicide Squad and now Peacemaker

[frank rivet]

you should check out creature commandos too

its 🔥

[naive socket]

Is that the animated one?

[frank rivet]

yep

[naive socket]

I’ll write it down for sure

[frank rivet]

its technically a prequel to Superman, being the first DCU project

[naive socket]

Huh interesting

Oh yeah I’ve also seen the Superman cartoon show

[frank rivet]

what about Batman the animated series

[naive socket]

Nope not that

I am actively reading the Tom Taylor Nightwing tho

[frank rivet]

Peacemaker S02E07 - || this shit had me rolling ||

[south hatch]

I thought it was that happy happy happy song when it began ngl

[valid thunder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQZPXgWcxgs

this man is finally slowing down thankfully

[fresh umbra]

Peacemaker s2 ep7 ||Auggie Smith not being a racist is by far the most surprising twist of this show so far||

This episode was way better than the last one idk why Gunn was hyping 6 more

Apparently the last episode is almost an hour long thankfully

The trailer looks crazy

Peacemaker s2 ep7 ||I bursted out laughing when Vigilante came in and started stabbing him while he was giving his not a nazi speech||

[frank rivet]

Peacemaker Season 1 - || he remembered 😭 ||

[foggy mirage]

10/10 episode

[foggy mirage]

Peacemaker s2 ep 7 ||auggie being good legit hurt me ngl.||

[frank rivet]

Peacemaker S2E07 - || i remember watching an interview where the actor said he had a big speech in Ep 7, but this is not what i was expecting 😭 ||

[foggy mirage]

Peacemaker s2ep7 ||he just cant catch a break in any world at this point.||

[thorny veldt]

is someone gonna play erika now or smth

[frank rivet]

Peacemaker S2E07 - || not to get too philosophical, but i thought the scene with AD / Judomaster playing scrobble was actually really interesting social commentary from Gunn. How its not much different than the world they are from ||

[unkempt agate]

we just had Stephen Sommers at my work

[sonic quail]

Thats an interesting take

I like it

[broken fossil]

https://youtu.be/v4Ze7Yo9jgY?si=BwjHDLLT7NzMGiXT

[spiral quest]

Set up a pull list at my comic shop, feels cool

[foggy mirage]

Finally set up

I already know imma be there for absolute supes 13

I need to see what indie folk are cooking

[spiral quest]

Niceeeeee

[foggy mirage]

Holy fuck

[foggy mirage]

Absolute green lantern 7 ||the goat, the nemesis the 1 green lantern opp is finally here !!!!! Raaaaaaaaaaaaagh.||

[foggy mirage]

Also

Just lit runs all around ngl

[outer pollen]

uh idk how i never have seen the acid trip of genius that is xavier renegade angel

this is hilarious

[near echo]

Xavier's funny as hell

[worthy crypt]

this seems like it could be a good meme template

[spiral quest]

This is like 90% of Batman/Spiderman fans I know

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1974290760259547494?s=46

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Cillian Murphy says the ‘PEAKY BLINDERS’ movie will release in 2026.

X · Oct 4, 2025, 1:49 AM

[modern lichen]

One Battle After Another || https://x.com/ryan_casselman/status/1974245301364855181?s=46 ||

Ryan Casselman 🔜TIFF25 (@ryan_casselman)

Forgive me father for I have sinned. I encouraged my dad to watch One Battle After Another knowing full well that he likely wouldn’t enjoy a movie about revolutionaries with names like ‘Junglepussy’. He saw it yesterday and I haven’t heard from him since. I hope you’re okay, Pops

X · Oct 3, 2025, 10:48 PM

[unkempt agate]

you've influenced me to go and see this movie

perhaps monday

[main lion]

I was gonna see it tomorrow but now my friend can't cause of DnD obligations

smfh fuck DnD

[modern lichen]

You should, its my favorite film of the year

[frank rivet]

patiently waiting for Welcome to Derry

[south hatch]

waiting for Blade, kang dynasty, doomsday, brand new day

[valid thunder]

Damn i thought this was like related to derry girls and got excited

Its the stupid fucking clown

[mild seal]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[south hatch]

I know

[valid thunder]

Kang dynasty ??

[modern lichen]

He knows

[mild seal]

That was the plan before it turned out that Jonathan majors is a piece of shit human being

[valid thunder]

Yea ik i am just confused whys he waiting for something thats not coming

[crimson bane]

Well, it kinda seems like Hollywood is doing the same for Majors. Since he avoided jail time for the criminal charges and has only civil court cases pending, it appears they're waiting to see if public perception will change for any new announcements. His shelved movie Magazine Dreams released earlier this year and it hit decent reception given the scope of the project before and public backlash hit after. He's an actor with a past, and how many have those similar situations played out to success later in Hollywood

[south hatch]

Blade may yet come out ..

and doomsday, brand new day are def coming out

[south hatch]

NOOOOOOOO

[crimson bane]

I mean, they pulled out from the official release schedule/date, went through multiple directors/scripts with no publicly named one atm, and only have the Ali actor for Blade still as official. Hell this group is so dated that Jared Leto is still being in talks about being involved

[modern lichen]

@unkempt agate @mild seal incredible first episode for Campaign 4

[unkempt agate]

im waiting for the youtube drop

[modern lichen]

You can get one month beacon free with a coupon code OVERTURE

[unkempt agate]

schedule wise it works better for me too

cant wait till im unemployed and that shit dont matter anymore

[modern lichen]

I’m not unemployed anymore I’ve founded a startup company with my dad so this works better because there’s not much work in the weekend

[leaden depot]

Batman never beating the alegations

Top Bat 💀

Also another chance to mention how much I love Batgirl's OG fit

[south hatch]

Kevin Fiege had the announcement for Blade with Ali, Writers that we know of - Gene Colan Michael Green Stacy Osei-Kuffour Stars Mia Goth and obviously Ali that were announced. Maybe it's slated for good who knows.

[near echo]

Third October creature feature is Beetlejuice

[crimson lance]

whats gene the dean colan doing writing a blade movie

his ass needs to get back to drawing daredevil

[near echo]

I know I've seen this movie before but I literally don't remember a fuckin second of any of it so far and I'm an hour in lmao

I think I saw more of the cartoon

[near echo]

Beetlejuice ||Can't believe this ends with a dance party like it's an Illumination movie||

[crimson lance]

did this for fun

was surpsiringly hard i didnt see jack shit from the 2000s

[main lion]

Are these your fav of each year

[crimson lance]

yeah

since i was born

[spiral quest]

This looks fun

I'll give it a whirl

[near echo]

Was gonna do this but almost the entire 90s ended up being anime movies or Disney movies and I was like yeah nevermind I'm feeling too basic

Watch so much old shit I've barely broadened my horizons from the years I was alive as a kid lol

[spiral quest]

Eh who cares it's for fun

[frank rivet]

Isn't Batman #2 out next week

[worthy crypt]

poppy war like 70% || Interesting effect where the reader knows how serious the trouble the people are in when invaders doing gas attack. Cause even a handful of magic people isnt gonna stand up to the tech based weps||

|| another interesting thing is i been with the mc so I wanna be on her side but I also know this is an army and armies dont really work by every single person putting their 2c in and deciding if they want to follow the orders or pursue their own plans ||

[spiral quest]

I think so. Mad tho my comic shop apparently had a messed up order so I aint getting it until next week

Sorry not next week

The week after

Same for Absolute Batman 13

[foggy mirage]

Batman 2

Is out already

Lmao

😭

Favorite dc issue was absolute evil issue

Had me talking like this to people that doubted al ewing would cook

[spiral quest]

Thats what it was. Gdi

[foggy mirage]

It was great btw

If you're wondering

So definitely worth picking up

[spiral quest]

I imagine it will be

Once I get it

[foggy mirage]

Idk why some people got theirs late

Mail guys too busy reading

[spiral quest]

Pull list not starting hot

[foggy mirage]

Worst for me

Is still the hiatus for martian

[near echo]

Muppets Haunted Mansion kinda sucks ass

Please free these guys from Disney

[foggy mirage]

No

You will enjoy them producing mid slop

And no peak

[near echo]

Love them walking through a Disney Land ride promotion with none of the earnestness or wit that makes em work

And Matt Vogel as the worst Kermit I've ever heard

[frank rivet]

oh batman #2 is already out

FUCK

guess ill check it out next week

[frank rivet]

not going to watch but im gonna guess #1 is "The only thing he knows about is Snacks"

😭

😭 wow not even top 5

[foggy mirage]

Better get to it

[foggy mirage]

Im suprised ngl

[near echo]

Disney keeps doing power of friendship shit with the Muppets when the premise of the whole franchise is that these guys are coworkers who barely tolerate each other

Smh

[frank rivet]

LOL

with the muppets

wait i thought bert and ernie were gay

they are definitely more than friends

[near echo]

Was on the fence between a 1.5 and 2 for this but then remembered Geoff Keighley was in it and settled on 1.5

[main lion]

LOL

[young compass]

it's infuriating lol

only way to justify it is to say the movies are part of the keyfabe

[arctic flax]

Not a comic person so batman 2 had me thinking bout the movie for a sec lol

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage @south hatch
Peacemaker S02E07

[white smelt]

[rich meadow]

So is final peacemaker s2 episode next week? I’ve been waiting for it to end so I can binge

[fresh umbra]

Yes

[grizzled briar]

Think so

[sage sleet]

bouta mute peacemaker words ion wanna get spoiled

opened twitter like 50 times while at work on thursday after telling myself not to

luckily none of the tweets were spoilery

[valid thunder]

finally done with book 1 @tawny parcel

[tawny parcel]

thoughts?

[valid thunder]

agot ending || i got spoiled that ned was gonna die 💔 . i thought he would refuse to submit to joffery and then would be killed tho. so it was still kinda surprising. the danerys chapters were also really crazy towards the end. its kinda sad that she trusted that maegi and than that ended up getting her husband and child killed. i feel like daenerys should be a bit older tho lol. shes like 13 which is kinda crazy. jon snow's story was ok ig. i like his development but plotwise he didnt do much yet. tyrion remains my favorite tho . his last chapter where he says hes gonna take the prostitute to kings landing made me laugh. the chapter where bran and rickon discover ned is dead was really well written. like its etched in my brain. ||

|| sorry for the stream of thoughts. i legit just binged the last hundred pages ||

[tawny parcel]

Nah you good

[tawny parcel]

Agot ||yeah, for being so isolated, I actually really enjoyed Dany’s chapters in tbis book, especially in the second half. Was interesting getting to learn about the culture even if its extremely brutal lol. Jon in book 1 just kinda getting accustomed to the wall, I get that. Its crazy that 99% people going in know ned dies but his story is still just that good anyways, like it really shines in the book ||

You have lots of good stuff coming

This was everything i wrote when i finished it lol

U plan to continue on?

[valid thunder]

Yea fosho tho idk when

It was rlly difficult reading this book during my sparse moments of free time from assignments and quizzes

Maybe during winter break

Oh interesting agot || i agree about dany,arya, ned tyrion and disagree about sansa, bran and jon even though i think all 3 are really well realised characters and i didnt find their povs boring at all, just less interesting. I think its a testament to his characterisation that all main povs are so well realised . Execpt caitelyn. She's definitely the odd one out||

[tawny parcel]

agot ||catelyns scene tho where shes comforting bran and jon comes in is still one of the most brutal character moments in the book 😭 and tbh the whole series||

[valid thunder]

agot || oh i hated her so much for that||

[tawny parcel]

Ago||t I think maybe on reread i might put Jons lower, but I really like Sansa, I know shes irritating but shes like supposed to be and i think its interesting getting to watch her world view shatter. She thinks shes living in little red riding hood or something but its so much worse lol||

[valid thunder]

agot|| yea her last chapter is really good||

[copper phoenix]

is this your first time with got? book or tv show?

[tawny parcel]

ya hes readinb books

[valid thunder]

yea first time

[copper phoenix]

craxy I thought everyone watched the show

[tawny parcel]

I’ve also never watched it

I have no real urge to

[copper phoenix]

especially since ur big on fantasy already

[tawny parcel]

The books are great and hearing plot points about the show just makes me laugh

[valid thunder]

i got into fantasy during covid. i think GOT popularity was alr on the decline by that point

[copper phoenix]

well on hindsight sure but not when the show was the biggest shit ever

[tawny parcel]

Yeah but i was just young at that time

So i wasnt watching it anyways

[valid thunder]

i was hesitant to pick up the series because of no ending

[tawny parcel]

Agot show end ||for who has a better story then bran the broken, top 5 things tyrion would never ever say||

Georgie is at comic con this year

Surely

This week we will see winds of winter eelase date

[copper phoenix]

nobody but the biggest nerds knew about the book before

not that it was bad but it was simply hard to make fantasy mainstream again after lotr movies

now everybody hates that piece of shit show and praises the book

crazy arc

[tawny parcel]

Don’t people still like s1-4/6 depending who you ask

[copper phoenix]

one of the biggest case of cultural rise and fall I've ever seen

in pop culture I mean

[tawny parcel]

That’s what I always hear

Too bad i was a dumb baby bitch when it was going on

[copper phoenix]

it's good television up to 4th season

[tawny parcel]

Or maybe its a good thing

Because i went in blind to the books

And had a blast

And it got me to start reading again so

[valid thunder]

i dont think its getting finished tbh

[tawny parcel]

I may be getting hopeful because I just caught up at the beginning of this year but like

[valid thunder]

atleast by martin

[tawny parcel]

Hes nearlu headlining comic con this year

[valid thunder]

i can see his assistants or some other author picking it up

[tawny parcel]

At nyc

I believe book sox

Six

Will come out at least

7 most likely no

[valid thunder]

i think its just been too long atp.

[tawny parcel]

Did you see that clip of that person asking who he would give the books to if he died 😭

Who asks that to the actual author

[copper phoenix]

yea but it's an insane hard task

[valid thunder]

he actually said they should make brandon saderson finish it

which is crazy

[tawny parcel]

Hes said he doesnt want anyone continuing it if he passes

That is diabolical

[valid thunder]

and makes me think the person hasnt read either author

[copper phoenix]

grrm just can't finishe not because he doesn't want to

[tawny parcel]

Do not let brandon get his grubby little hands on tbis

[copper phoenix]

he wrote him self into a corner

[tawny parcel]

Its because his football team is bad

The real reason

I don’t think the “corner” is as bad as people make it out to be

[copper phoenix]

doubt any other author could do any better

it's gonna disappoint no matter what

[valid thunder]

i think his assistants wrote the expanse ? seems like pretty good writers. i imagine if the publishing company offers a good amount of money, alot of writers would show interest

[copper phoenix]

the expanse is much simpler tbh

[valid thunder]

best case scenario he left behind enough notes that a competent editor can piece the ending together

[tawny parcel]

Man I’m excited for you to read the later books

[valid thunder]

wait 2nd best

best case is he gets out of writers block

[tawny parcel]

2 is real good but 3 is like crazy

[valid thunder]

yea i have heard

[tawny parcel]

4 is underrated and 5 is great too 🙏

[valid thunder]

my library has this crazy hard back edition with illustrations of storm of swords too

[copper phoenix]

seeing the hate d&d got I can see other authors being scared of the fanbase it's gonna take a real crazy mf to take that task lol

[valid thunder]

btw wombat if u loved this, you would LOVE first law

[copper phoenix]

it would be career suicide for some

[valid thunder]

abercrombie is i think the closest to martins style

[lost forum]

hey

anyone from Brazil?

[tawny parcel]

I think my dad likes abercrombie

I’ll put it down on my list

[copper phoenix]

I think imma read first law soon

[tawny parcel]

Harsh just read it

I think

[copper phoenix]

my pc went to shit I need something else to do in my phone

[tawny parcel]

Dude i still can’t believe some of the passages in got sometimes that dude locks the fuck in on his prose

George is a real good writer when he wants to write

[valid thunder]

abercrombie is martin with less worldbuilding, a bit less politics, better ability to conclude storylines, also much better battles and action. also less long winded though i dont think martin is too bad in that regard

[valid thunder]

the dialogue is really great as well

he was a screen writer apparently, which shows

[tawny parcel]

There are some scenes that are vivid as can be to me in those later books

[copper phoenix]

asoiaf || he truly describes explosive diarrhoea like no other || 🐐

[tawny parcel]

Is there a scene of that???? 😭

Asoiaf ||Am i blanking? Or are you referring to tywin or smth 😭 ||

[valid thunder]

damn took me far too long

[tawny parcel]

Good work boss

A book done is a book done

[pearl quest]

What book

[valid thunder]

true

[valid thunder]

a game of thrones

[pearl quest]

Oh

[tawny parcel]

I’m gonna be on a mini vacation this week so I hope to make big progress in ob

Not to mention a 16 hour car drive

[valid thunder]

which part u on

[pearl quest]

What's ob

Happy vacations

[copper phoenix]

reread dance

[modern lichen]

Oathbringer, Stormlight Archive book 3

[tawny parcel]

Still 1 lol

[valid thunder]

You in for a treat. this is peak tsa

[tawny parcel]

“Just reread dance bro”

[valid thunder]

the three peat he hit with wok, wor and OB is wild

[tawny parcel]

I have like 9 chapters till end of pt 1

I just took a bit of a long break cause the prose was starting to wear me down

I dont think it was a good idea to hop instantlg from wor to ob

[modern lichen]

Hello #fantasy-novels

[valid thunder]

u should check out piranesi if u want something very different and very well written

or a discworld book

[tawny parcel]

U just rrad first law right

[valid thunder]

i think they are great palate cleansers and often end up being better than the book afterwards lol

[modern lichen]

Read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, the better Susanna Clarke book

[copper phoenix]

asoiaf || what if said it's dany would that motivate you? ||

[modern lichen]

Yeah I did, Wombat

Piranesi is great tho

[valid thunder]

thousand pages

[copper phoenix]

if you missed that peak you nedd a full reread

who knows that else you missed

[modern lichen]

First Law trilogy end || fuck Bayaz, justice for Jezal ||

[tawny parcel]

Alright

[valid thunder]

wait u finished ?

[tawny parcel]

I looked it up

Lmfao

I do not remember this

[modern lichen]

Yes I did

[valid thunder]

damn

u fast as hell

what did u think

[modern lichen]

I read 43 books this year

It’s really good

Some of the best action in fantasy

[tawny parcel]

Adwd end|| “Sunset found her squatting in the grass, groaning. Every stool was looser than the one before, and smelled fouler. By the time the moon came up she was shitting brown water. The more she drank, the more she shat, but the more she shat, the thirstier she grew, and her thirst sent her crawling to the stream to suck up more water. When she closed her eyes at last, Dany did not know whether she would be strong enough to open them again”||

Martin does it again

[modern lichen]

Flows like a river rapid when it gets going

[tawny parcel]

Bravo

[valid thunder]

yup yup, last arguement of kings || did u predict the big twist||

[modern lichen]

Gonna check out some Robin Hobb for next year’s list

[valid thunder]

alot of ppl tell me they did and i feel dumb

[modern lichen]

Not really lol

I had an inkling

But I didn’t really justify it in my mind and read it as it went

[valid thunder]

same

u gonna continue with first law ?

i think the series gets even better

[modern lichen]

I’m gonna read some other novels

I’m rereading Between Two Fires which is a medieval horror fantasy set during the time of the Plague and reading Hamnet which is about Shakespeare and how he and his wife dealt with their son’s death

[valid thunder]

i am reading jade war rn and the prose is so terrible, its actively taking me out of the story.

[modern lichen]

Gonna check out RF Kuang’s Katabasis

[tawny parcel]

I hear that name a lot too

[valid thunder]

oh i have this on my list

[tawny parcel]

Rf kuang

[valid thunder]

shes very popular

[modern lichen]

Poppy War

Have you heard of that?

Or Babel?

[tawny parcel]

Yeah poppy war

Poopy war

My sisters friend read it

[modern lichen]

Did you read it

[tawny parcel]

But shes a little annoying

So maybe i shoulsnt

[modern lichen]

Maybe just read it without her knowing or something

Idk

[tawny parcel]

My coworker was talking about fourth wing

[modern lichen]

Do you do the “performative male” routine

[tawny parcel]

I aoways forget smut readers are real people

What does that mean

Im reading brandon sandserson

That is as unperformative as it gets

[modern lichen]

You can get performative with Brandon Sanderson books too

[tawny parcel]

“I read it but skipped the male povs”

[modern lichen]

Yes

[valid thunder]

brandon's readerbase is probably mostly women tbh

just given how heavily reading skews towards women

[modern lichen]

Meh

[tawny parcel]

I wonder what the graph is on fantasy

But that obviously becomes woman heavy if its romantasy/smut and stuff

[modern lichen]

More men read it (get it? Sanderson is Mormon haha, get it?)

[tawny parcel]

Ur pushing it

[modern lichen]

I’m not ashamed

[valid thunder]

good one pal

[valid thunder]

i am interested too

[tawny parcel]

I would guess probably like 60/40 for like

Non romantasy

For men/woman

[valid thunder]

perhaps

[modern lichen]

One Battle After Another || https://fixvx.com/alejandroxpadi/status/1974567251778167008?s=46 ||

van watches movies (@alejandroxpadi)

Dude’s about to have the most stressful day of his life

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[sage remnant]

@modern lichen man Kinokuniya has so many great stuff

[modern lichen]

Crazy

[sage remnant]

Got latest WSJ issue

😎

[leaden depot]

Goated movie

[worthy crypt]

one of the last chapters hell ever release probably

[tawny parcel]

I have hope

[worthy crypt]

I was a big believer for a while, started losing faith around 2016, and have had less and less faith since then

poppy war 80% || oof not pulling any punches on Japanese ww2 atrocity inspiration ||

[white smelt]

What are you doing with the Wall Street journal

[crimson lance]

swamp thing

moores swamp thing is so insane man

Its crazy we lived in a world once where moore would do runs on characters like swamp thing or fill in for a comic like vigilante

[limber urchin]

Stormlight Archive, TWOK - need help finding very specific fan art of ||the warcamps. i can't seem to find it through a simple google search. it was mildly eye level in perspective (not a worm's eye view or bird's eye view), with a somewhat prominent white building in the fan art, i think. maybe some mild purple in the overall color scheme too. been a while since I've seen it so it's super vague in my mind and I may even be describing it wrong. ||

[sage remnant]

Twok

[limber urchin]

sadly no. that's one I also saw via google.

it has a greater sense of dynamic lighting, almost as if in a film

or rather greater contrast in its lighting.

and don't worry too much if you can't find it, my memory could also be describing it wrong

[limber urchin]

@copper phoenix

AH NEVERMIND. I finally found it.

TWOK - yeah i probably could've described it better/more accurately lol

[sage remnant]

Where's purple!!!

[south hatch]

watching wandavision this week

[tawny parcel]

This is sick

[jolly ruin]

@south hatch dexter ending || holy shit bruh i am rewatching dexter and this shit is intense bruh||

[south hatch]

Hmmm never even watched ta

*ts

Is it any good

[jolly ruin]

dexter ending || i can guarantee you the first 4 seasons are excellent, i think it falls off a bit after that ||

[worthy crypt]

Dexter || The John lithgow season is pretty peak ||

[jolly ruin]

agreed but you gotta spoiler tag this i think

[south hatch]

I see so just like Prison Break huh

[jolly ruin]

ngl on a second thought i am not sure if you gotta spoiler tag, but i would just in case

[jolly ruin]

i think its as good as prison break, if not better imo

[south hatch]

Gonna watch it at some point then ..

Rn I am planning on wandavision

[jolly ruin]

word, let me know if you get to it, curious to see how you like it

[jolly ruin]

good show!!

[south hatch]

Will tag u for it

[south hatch]

Hopefully

[arctic flax]

Maybe i should start pm s2 en before some accident spoilers that will he unavoidable once the finale airs

[dusty valley]

Hello

[pearl quest]

What is that top 5 of yours 😭

Aot in between allat is crazy

[pearl quest]

I feel pb got downgraded after s2 itself not only the ending

[arctic flax]

nothing wrong with my top 5. aot is a masterpiece.

[arctic flax]

sup

[dusty valley]

Good wbu?

[arctic flax]

mutlitasking watching anime and coding lol

[dusty valley]

Same bruhh eating dinner and coding

[limber urchin]

||There's bits of purple in the bottom half of the mountains in the background. I overstated how much purple there actually was though, I'll admit. My memory was quite fuzzy.||

[median nova]

family guy recent seasons idk

[brittle sigil]

true

[near echo]

The Bloody Lady (1980) ||Film was more of a dark spin on Disney fairy tales INSPIRED by the legend of Elizabeth Bathory than anything to do with the real life woman but I liked this.

Felt oddly restrained though, like once it starts to fully dip into the horror that's been slowly bubbling under the surface we shift perspectives AWAY from Bathory herself and the heights of her insanity are mostly left implied. Kinda walked away wanting more from the final act, because while I appreciate the poetic ending it was more horror tinged than straight up horror. Almost like it was still hoping to be approachable for children even though it's extremely NSFW

The fuckin Adventure Time ass artstyle used for something ""DARK AND TWISTED"" feels decades ahead of its time if I didn't know better I'd have assumed from the screenshots it was posted to Newgrounds||

[fallow saffron]

@sturdy kayak what did you think of the new smiling friends

[sturdy kayak]

It's out?

[fallow saffron]

Yeah I watched it on Twitter

[leaden depot]

It's time

[sturdy kayak]

The animation was really really good!

[tawny parcel]

Finished pt 1 of OB

Gonna read interludes and some of pt 2 tomorrow

[near echo]

The Elvira movie is crap

I'm digging it

Flipped a coin for it vs the evil dead 1 tho and I can tell I made a bad call

[valid thunder]

Have been considering reading sun eater but apparently the author cited jordan peterson as one of his influences

[worthy crypt]

hey i mean if the book is good, the book is good. dont let jordan peterson prevent you from reading a good story

i havent read it though so i cant speak to whether or not its good, but im sure there are plenty of good books written by people or people who were influenced by those who have ideas you strongly disagree with

[valid thunder]

I have just heard so many things which raise major red flags for me

About the series

And given how long the series is, i just dont really want to waste my time to end up disliking it

[worthy crypt]

thats fine i just dont think dislike of the author as a person or their influences is a good reason. Youre not really making any difference. It might be conforting and empowering to think you can strike a blow against those you disagree with by withholding your 10 dollars but lets be real its making no difference

[tawny parcel]

Why not just read book one

[modern lichen]

What does this have to do with him finding qualms in the morality of the story

[worthy crypt]

nothing. But he didnt mention the morality of the story, he mentioned the author's influences

[modern lichen]

He’s saying there’s things about the story that raised red flags for him

[worthy crypt]

he hasnt read the story how could he have qualms with its morality

[modern lichen]

What

You dont have to read something to know that that piece of art raises some flags that personally don’t appeal to you or spell wrong

That’s the process of screening what appeals or not to you

[worthy crypt]

i never said you do you have to read it

i just said a story can still be good even if its written by people you dislike or people who were influenced by people you dislike

[modern lichen]

Yeah it can be good or bad to the perceived recipient of that piece of art, but the fact that the author is influenced by a piece of shit like Jordan Peterson does send off some signals

[valid thunder]

Eh i dont reslly care enough to do that. I would pirate it anyways. Its moreso me not wanting to waste my time than anything. Its a 7 book series and would likely take me months to finish. I dont want to end up regret reading it. Plus some minor sun eater spoilers i have heard || they literally have a statue of jordan peterson in the empire from where the protagonist is. In addition apparently the author became a practicing christian during writing the series and the far right regime he was earlier criticizing, he than proceeds to show isnt that bad and actually better than the commie empire. It just sounds really ridiculous at that point tbh ||

It just killed my interest is all

[worthy crypt]

hey man you do you i was just saying my opinion that i dont think the morality of the author or their influences has much to do with the quality of a book

very moral people write very shit books and vice versa

[modern lichen]

Terry Goodkind begs to differ

[valid thunder]

Quality is subjective.

[modern lichen]

A piece of shit and a bad writer

[worthy crypt]

yes that can happen too. Im saying these things are uncorrelated

being a good person doesnt make you a better writer

[modern lichen]

Ayn Rand - piece of shit and a shit writer

[valid thunder]

I dont think i said the author was a bad person. I just think the ideologies hes parroting in the series, make it unappealing to me

[worthy crypt]

you do understand that spouting off individual examples of bad people who were bad writers has nothing to do with my point right?

[tawny parcel]

Idk what ayn rand did but i read anthem in school and that shit was boring asf

Holy snooze fest

[valid thunder]

She wrote about objectivism

[modern lichen]

She founded objectivism

[sage remnant]

It's a bit interesting point Mirio in the book

Sun eater general || MC of the past from the current narration does give off the pseudo intellectual stuff of the likes of Peterson's grift, but its supposed to be the flawed, young one whose actions are termed as mistakes or failures or shortcomings immediately in the narration (as the narration style is kinda like present MC giving insights to his Past while narrating his past)

So if he's indeed a Peterson fan, then its very surprising lol ||

[modern lichen]

A failed philosophy hinging on self interest

[valid thunder]

I have friends who are caught up and say he leans more into that if anything as the series goes on.

[sage remnant]

Then it's a bummer

[valid thunder]

But idk i havent read it and probably wont

[modern lichen]

What other genres of fiction do you all enjoy

[sage remnant]

I am only 3 books in and it seemed to go in opposite direction lol

[valid thunder]

Hey man dont let me ruin your enjoyement i might be wrong and my friends might have misinterpreted the series

[sage remnant]

It won't dw lol

I ain't gonna continue anytime soon either

[tawny parcel]

None I only consume fantasy slop

[modern lichen]

It shows

[valid thunder]

Btw i started clash of kings despite what i said

[tawny parcel]

[modern lichen]

What did you say

[sage remnant]

Sab has also read suneater so let's ask what he thinks of it

[valid thunder]

I wouldnt continue asoaif for a while

[modern lichen]

Well that’s nice

[worthy crypt]

id only do asoiaf if youre ok with a partial story, have no exepectation of twow

[sage remnant]

@spiral quest

[tawny parcel]

Prob my least favorite book in the series but still good

[worthy crypt]

it is ok as a partial story, pretty good even

[tawny parcel]

Idk

[modern lichen]

You liked the first book mirio

Or

[valid thunder]

I went to the library picked up a classic to read between asoaif books, read a few pages, put it back and picked my fantasy slop back up

[modern lichen]

Storm of Swords might be the best entry in the series

[valid thunder]

Yea i liked it alot

[worthy crypt]

probably yeah storm and dance are both pretty good. storm better on the first go, dance better on reread

[modern lichen]

Dance is too unwieldy to me, I felt the narrative losing a bit of control

[tawny parcel]

I kinda get that tbh

[modern lichen]

It juggles many things and not all pan out and contributes to the sum total that I would consider satisfactory

[tawny parcel]

I like affc a lot, probably number 3 for me

[worthy crypt]

i think the east stuff being difficult to grasp is supposed to mirror the difficulty faced by the relevant characters

[modern lichen]

Dance || the east stuff intrigues me the most ||

[tawny parcel]

I don’t think I’ll ever understand the hate on this book i see

[valid thunder]

I dont mind at all tbh.

[tawny parcel]

Dance|| I think the windblown stuff, I’m blanking on his name but the dude that gets capped by a dragon, quentyn i rembered it while writing, he did not need that many chapters||

More of a small thing tho

[valid thunder]

Reading contemporary fantasy lowkey fried my brain.

[modern lichen]

You should read “The Bright Sword”

Arthurian epic fantasy

Best book I read this year

[worthy crypt]

i know a lot of people hate that idea but i love that || quentyn thread so much. The first line is "The adventure stank", its so perfect. His quest was so dumb all along and he thought because hes the main character in his own mind its all guaranteed to work out ||

[valid thunder]

I will add it to the list 🫡

[modern lichen]

I also enjoyed the First Law trilogy