Over the course of three games, the gameplay just kept getting better. For the last one, it is very good. The movement is so much better. The aiming system is fair improved than any previous one and that makes the weapons more fun to play with. The movement has more options, but it's clunky.
I thought the show was incredible, with a gripping mystery, rich character arcs, and a fantastic cast. Rebecca Ferguson was outstanding, and Steve Zahn delivered an underappreciated, award-worthy performance. My wife and I were completely invested, and it was well worth the time.
It doesn't start well. I cannot imagine the amount of handcuffs they had on the creation of this show, and you can see it as they work through how to handle it. The actual event themselves is terrible in my opinion, but how they iterate through it really is one of my favorite parts of the show.
I remember reading this book the first time and just being pulled into the additional story of Bean vs. Achilles. Also, the idea of "What comes next" is much more prevalent in this book. You have a significant stream of thoughts about what happens after the war. Who will the kids belong to.
For context, the German experiences described in Operation Paperclip, were things that allowed the world to have air and space travel. I know that the experiments by the Japanese gave us a lot of Information about frostbite, but it is only alluded to and passively dropped rather than explained.
This is where Sucker Punch excels. Their sound design for the weapons, the attacks, the music, the sound of the wind. Outstanding. I want to take a second to talk about the music and the Shamisen. Listening to it and how it is displayed in the game is very well done.
He does a great job of explaining the events that are happening, and what the hurdles he faced were. I can only imagine trying to deal with the cops from dozens if not hundreds of different precincts. The hoops to jump through, and the temperaments must have made it more than a headache.
This tells a very good story. A very classic story about greed, actions and consequences. It really provides you with a good understanding of those that leave active service. That confusion, loss, lack of funds, and then attempting to find something that would set things right.
it is a good way to show the post-war actions and how they affected people. I think that might be the better bit of deep lore here is how the morals of those in charge/owned things, played such a large part of where bases were built after WWII. Unrelated to the movie, but still sits there.
This movie both really good and terrible. From a highly predictable plot points and pacing, to great chemistry from Scarlett Johansson. She is probably the best part of this movie and the rest of the cast for the most part just along for the ride.
There is a lot of this campy, slap stick comedy to it. The thing that really highlights that issue is near the end when Bond returns to his hotel and is walking around the inside of the lobby on the walls while the people looking for him are on the inside.
What pull you out of reality sometimes is the complete buffoonery of the CIA Special Activities Director played by Holt McCallany. There are so many things wrong with his actions and about how he was hide his location such as making changes to the software that showed what CCTV cameras
Books
Using some incredible imagery and graphic horror, this story of the a Knight surviving during the Black Plague and protecting a young girl who is more than she appears. Whether demon or angel, the girl seems to know more and has a plan for the Knight Thomas and protecting the people of France.
Movies
No language, no sex, no violence... other than a food fight. There is nothing about this movie to not like and I think the 6.4 that IMDB gave it is outrageously wrong. We obviously didn't see the same movie and I think my mom would agree.
2025
It has been in and out for all of us for the past few months, so we took some time to review what we have seen and played.
Movies
They probably enjoyed me and my brothers watching it as kids, but not now without the grandkids. There is a decent amount of intended language with other words thrown in to replace them. I say it that way because when I was little the "What the Freak" statement was popular and I said it one time...
Movies
It is here that my dad pointed out to continuity errors in the movie. The first is when Mel is shooting from the flank and there are paintball marks hitting the tree and then when they go back to the tree they are missing. The second is when he is running in the final battle...
Video Game
There is a lot of different things you can and cannot do that change the aspect of the game especially the last mission. The fact that choices throughout the game, choices right before that mission, and finally choices you make about who leads each part of the mission make massive changes
Movies
Now, I know that there is a growing theory that Daniel is the bad guy and he won using an illegal move, I am not sure that I can agree with that. Much like First Blood where Rambo isn't really the good guy, Daniel isn't the bad guy. Everyone is wrong, including the girl.
TV
Specifically, there is this lawyer that I just couldn't stand. I will say that my wife liked a character that I felt was a waste of time so take that into the mindset of if you like people or not. Overall, I thought they did a good job, just a lot of it felt like it was over the top.
Video Game
There is a huge grind portion of this game for materials. However, the end result, building your base is the best part. The hosts and our friends had a pretty decent base. The issue with the base, taxes. Oh and power. If you don't log in for a couple of days, the power goes out, the shields go down
Movies
I have to say that acting is incredible. I don't think there is a person who doesn't miss, minus Anthony Ramos, who also missed in Ironheart. There is one scene relatively late that caught me so off guard that I had to back the movie up and catch it again.
Video Game
For turn based games, having that kind of control makes this more action really allows you to feel that you have more control over the game rather than relying on having the "meta" stats build for the character to survive. I mean it might take a long time, but technically you could win most fights
Books
I’ve loved Ender’s Game for decades, rereading it many times. Card’s writing, Ender’s brilliance and empathy, and the deeper themes still inspire me. The series outshines his other work, and this book especially pushes me to work harder. It’s an easy 9/10 for me.