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am s'posing am wondering where to draw the line on identifying the mawkish fare, particular when animated. films such as iron giant and grave of the fireflies has already been mentioned and is more than a little justification for declaring 'em maudlin. two o' our favorite animated movies both came out in 2012: paranorman and frankenweenie. were those films indulging in excessive sentimentality? arguably, but we liked 'em even so. even steinbeck got into the act with the red pony. not movie per se but a great american author when creating children's fare had a goal o' reducing his pint-sized audience to tears, which isn't that hard btw. kinda makes you wonder wtf is wrong with these people. if is animated and/or made for a younger audience and not meant sole for laughs, then there is a better than fair chance the dolphin, deer, robot, racoon, dog, best friend, imaginary friend, etc. is gonna die. arguable the greatest animated movie o' all time, albeit not in the way most reflect on the term, king kong (1933) were maudlin, which is why when dino de laurentiis (sp?) remade in 76, he observed in a pre-release interview that, "no one cries when jaws die, but when the monkey die, people gonna cry." (am apologizing if we didn't get the quote exact correct, but we didn't bother to check.) red-blooded american men can't cry when watching romantic movies, but is ok with kong, brian's song, and a small list o' similar maudlin fare. am not disagreeing with your point 'bout pixar movies btw, but am reflecting a bit and concluding that if the flick is indulging tear-jerker sentimentality and we like, then is good, but if we do not like so much, then is maudlin. as an aside, we mentioned some time past how the thirteenth warrior is a locked-in addition to our guilty pleasures list. am not gonna try and convince anybody 13th warrior is fantastic cinema, and liberties were taken in the adaptation, but we watch every year or so and never regret doing so. is still our favorite "beowulf" inspired movie, which is admitted not setting high the bar. HA! Good Fun!

My favorite movies are these, unless I really forgot something: 2001: A Space Odyssey Arrival Back to the Future Blade Runner City of God Interstellar Pulp Fiction Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back The Lord of the Rings (all three) The Matrix The Shawshank Redemption The Silence of the Lambs

I've brought it up to Maxquest, who will be implementing it in the newest version of the Community Patch

I should take Office Space off mine. I didn't heed the warnings so it's too depressing now.

I can get that, but the parking lot freak out was just too much for me not to laugh at. I probably should have put (2018) in there.

That is where I did it, when I finished the house. I wanted that lvl 20 paladin and to actually have some fights with him.

If you double XP gain in Kingmaker you'll hit the last level right around the house at the edge of time.

Jeff Bezos is looking for new hires at Amazon?

Yeah I had to look it up.

+1 engagement while >50% health is such a goofy thing. Wonder how that made it into the game. "Haha, I'll hold the line for my mates! You shall not pass!" *gets hit* "Ouch! Ouch! Okay that's it - I'm going home..."

Oh don’t get me wrong I’m not terribly put off by that. And given her history it’s understandable. That’s why long-distance relationships suck. I have always been a completely open book to both of my ex’s and everyone else I’ve been in relationships with. She has asked me numerous times about ex’s. That seems to be in her head and all I can do is tell her everything and tell it truthfully. Good and bad. She does not physically resemble either of my ex’s in any way. My first wife’s parents were both from Cuba. She was dark haired, dark eyed, fiery personality, an absolute stunner to look at. Way out of my league I thought. But I wasn’t letting THAT stop me from trying! I still miss her sometimes. She was the love of my life. But she was cold in the end. Stephanie is short, just a little on the plump side but in a way that’s endearing. Short red hair, freckles, very cute and very smart. I’m 6’4” just a shade under 2 meters tall so there was big height difference between us. We used to laugh about that. G is tall, just a little shorter than me. Blonde hair and sky blue eyes. She is lean and athletic and loves outdoor activities like hiking and horseback riding.. I think she is very pretty but I suspect she would disagree for reasons I can’t guess. These are the only three women I’ve loved in this life and they are all so different in every conceivable way it’s safe to say I don’t have a “type”.

This looks awesome.

I don't mind, for all I care the entire show could be Saykura happily hopping up and down town singing to herself and being embarrassed by people hearing her.

@Keyrock @KP the meanie zucchini @Amentep If you are really interested, it's

The Black Hole was the first movie I can actually remember watching (on a flight from New Zealand to the UK, I must have been 5 or something and from what I remembered it was not really aimed at 5 year olds and seemed an odd pick for an in flight movie given they were shown on the old central projectors). I had no idea what it was called up until a few years ago though. No top ten from me, as I hate making movie top tens. Games, sure, why not. TV shows, yeah, ok. Movies... do I pick the ones that are technically best, that I liked the most or which were most memorable? Maybe the ones I'd take with me to watch if marooned for a year? Whatever I do and whichever order I pick I'm instantly unhappy with it for some reason.

And since Masters of the Universe came up in the CInema Thread.. Let's see the return of this to the funny things thread:

After 1600+ hours this is the first time I've done a combination of: - turning on Hylea's challenge (requiring you to escort and protect Vela) - having Rekke in my party as a primary companion Eventually Rekke learns common, as anyone who's used Rekke might know. What you might not know is that at one point Vela and Rekke interact and it becomes clear that Rekke is teaching Vela Seki. (in German because of my mod/I'm learning, but roughly translated: Vela: Hello Rekke: Have you returned for more Seki lessons? Vela: Do we really have to? Rekke: [something something in Seki] Vela Vela: [something something in Seki]) Just never fails to impress me how Obsidian adds these little bits of reactivity (with voice actors, no less) in extremely obscure situations that ~1% of the player base may ever encounter. (e.g. how many people have ever turned on hylea's challenge? and then played long enough with rekke for rekke to learn common?)

Was working on a guide update and had this very small note that I felt is worth sharing. It's kind of common knowledge that the stag form gets a really lame-seeming "carnage" ability that actually is nothing like barbarian carnage; instead of like in poe1 lasting for a while and actually functioning like a barbarian's carnage, it's a single attack that does miniscule aoe damage. a lot of people (including myself) wrote it off completely. in my current shifter run, i noticed that the stag's carnage actually interrupts on hit. so it actually is useful, if not necessarily super powerful. this extra tidbit is enough that i actually think stag is better than a wolf (who gets a single-target prone knockdown, but a potentially less-useful passive IMO). on a shifter especially, being able to rapidly switch between wolf and stag to do both knockdown and stag carnage on an annoying caster is quite handy.

I just wanted to say big thank you Obsidian for making one of best games I ever played in my 20+ year gaming experience. I was very surprised when I heard that sales did not come as well as scores from reviewers and users, which really made me sad and I understand why PoE 3 may not happen in similar gameplay style. I would like to point what exactly made this game my personal ultimate turn based tactical rpg for now, but surely not everyone will agree with some of them due to different preferences. Similar games I already played (sorted by most liked): Divine Divinity Original Sin 2, Jagged Alliance 2, Temple Of Elemental Evil, Wizardry 8, Planescape Torment, Baldurs Gate 1-2, Dragon Age 1, Wasteland 2, and many less popular/liked indie/older TB/RPG games. * Real-Time With Pause / Turn-Based (choice). I am fine with RTWP, but definitely a big fan of turn based. What made PoE 2 so special, is fact that it gives you a choice between these two modes, so both preference sides might be happy. Some gamers will reject right away even a great game, just because of this one thing, they do not like RTWP or TB. This is first game that I found with such feature (not counting Fallout Tactics or later update of Pathfinder series) and doing it so well. Yes, I saw that this update was nothing special for many players, but this was mainly voice from RTWP people or PoE 1 familiar (used to it). From point of view by turn based fan who played PoE 2 in TB mode as first playthrough and compared it to many other TB games, even if PoE 2 was not originally made for TB foundations, it was converted very well (I am not comparing it directly to RTWP mode, it is just like I see it as TB only). PoE 2 has great potential in their detailed combat gameplay mechanics, so TB update was great move, but I guess too late. Most important was first impression before and during release. You see, I heard about Deadfire, but after PoE 1, it was not on my priority list. Then I heard about TB update somewhere just by accident (what? PoE 2 TB? it can not be true! I must check it!) a few months ago (about 3+ years after release and 2+ years after update). I will not comment here if TB is better than RTWP, it is all about giving a choice, well done in both modes (I assume from reviews that RTWP is good for RTWP players). It is just preference, each mode has its advantages and disadvantages, each gamer will have their own. * Level Scaling (choice). I am fine with fixed difficulty, but definitely a big fan of level scaling. What made PoE 2 so special, is again fact that it gives you a choice between these two modes, so both preference sides might be happy. I did not notice such feature in other games (did I miss something? maybe hidden deeply in game options?). I know that probably most players hate level scaling (infamous Oblivion and similar - personally it was advantage for me), but I am the one from that other side. I like when game keeps challenge (no matter if I am too late for the party due to my higher level progressed in other quests) and I am not wasting time on not intersting too easy encounters, even if loot or experience reward is not worth it. I also like exploration freedom, so if game is "non linear" (in fact, semi non linear) open world, then I can truly go almost everywhere in my own order of adventure, not just where game forces me linearly in (semi) "open world", but sure, it is still limited by some other quests (for example you can not leave first island right away). Is level scaling better than fixed difficulty, depends on preference. What matters here, is again a choice. * Ready and custom companions (choice). I am fine with ready companions, but definitely a big fan of possibility to make fully customized ones. What made PoE 2 so special, is again fact that it gives you a choice between these two concepts (including mixing), so both preference sides might be happy. Most games offer ready or custom companions only (there are some exceptions, where you start custom party and get additional ready companions later, sometimes temporary). I personally prefer own custom party that fits my vision (and possibly can be extented by later ready members), even in a cost of losing some content of the game. Additionally, players who want only story related companions with rich personality, might be interested in second play with experimental custom party. What is better, depends on preference, but what matters here, is again a choice. * Full control and auto AI (choice). I am completely not a fan of auto play, and I always want full control over all party members. What made PoE 2 so special, is again fact that it gives you a choice between these two concepts (including mixing), so both preference sides might be happy. Some games give only full control, some give only auto AI (as far as I remember, Fallout 1-2? yeah, some of you probably "love" when companions break your tactical plan, some maybe count it as rpg personality), and some gives you few default AI behaviors that can be modified with your control in cases when needed. What is better, depends on preference, but what matters here, is again a choice. * Own, interesting, thoughtful, detailed, useful, mechanics system. What can I say here, to not go with too much information that would look like whole wiki for the game? Earlier, Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 was my best bet as foundaments for interesting/thoughtful/detailed mechanics system (yes, I know 5.0 is most loved right now, but it borrowed what was most important in 3.5 and simplified the rest - definitely better for pen and paper easier play improvement, but for games it depends on preference). DnD 2.0 was too simple (not many useful choices during level up, not many abilities during combat except spells limited by resting). Other custom systems were usually heavy inspired by DnD or badly balanced (many useless things) or not much detailed (just hit, damage, no flanking, no disengaging attacks, very few statuses, very few useful abilities, not much meaning damage types, completely dump stats for classes, no multi-classes, item type limits per class, and similar things). PoE 2 seems to be inspired by DnD like other rpg games, but has a lot of own, interesting, thoughtful, detailed, and useful ideas in whole system. I guess not everyone will enjoy complexity (due to not much time, only story focused, only want to relax, only like to just hit things, or other reasons) with many aspects and usable abilitity choices during combat, which of course has a meaning mainly on highest difficulty or when someone like to plan best possible strategy/tactics/puzzle (even for simple encounter, additional challenge, how to do it without losing any health or in less turns as possible). Now, other advantages. * Weapon alternative modes (modals) and 2-4 possible sets. This brings nice variety into weapons (and also shields) and more options during combat. * Enemy weaknesses and strengths. Most enemies seem to have 1-2 damage type vulnerabilities and resistances (this also brings some variety into armors). * "Choose Your Own Adventure" books inspired events. Cool addition to gameplay, extended with atmospheric sounds and illustrations. * Ship management. Another cool addition to gameplay, giving extra place to manage. * 5 switchable difficulty modes. I am not sure if anyone tried first two easy modes (maybe for RTWP pace it makes sense), since normal seems to be already easy mode and veteran like normal, when compared to other games, but well, 5 possibilities to get your best fit is better than usual 2 or 3 (where normal is sometimes too easy and hard might be too hard), including option to change it during play, so you do not have to start from the beginning. * Graphic style. I am not a target of all this fashion for colorful/flashy/cartoonish/caricature/childish graphic styles (it rejects me from the start, no matter how good game mechanics are), so I prefer look that is closer (can be slightly mixed, since it is about magic and creatures) to natural/realistic and thankfully PoE 2 does it well enough. * Voiced dialogues. For comfort reason and PoE 2 english voice acting is well enough. Now, some disadvantages. * Difficulty. Not sure about RTWP, but for TB, game seems to be definitely too easy, making actually highest difficulty the only reasonable choice, even for first time PoE player (maybe Veteran if someone never played TB games before). Seriously, I do not feel like I am hardcore gamer, but when I compare other TB games, normal feels like easy enough for all easy modes, veteran maybe like very forgiving normal, and highest like some challenge, but thankfully, it can be changed. * Description details. While description interface is nicely done, descriptions itself in 1 per about 4 times, are lack in details like numbers (for example, "better accuracy", but how much exactly? +5? +10? sometimes it is mentioned, sometimes not), explanation (for example, what are some key differences between summons) or additional effects (sometimes some effects are not mentioned or their work not precised, so you realize it with surprise after use). It often forced me to minimize game and use wiki or sometimes even precise google search, to know more. And you, what makes this game so special for you or what things are made better, when compared to other similar games (I guess there were already many posts about it, but I would appreciate some discussion here)?

I got the gist of it.

I think you mean Baki. I picked up on that,

The actual Bruno would watch JoJo's for the hot muscle dudes.

Hmmm, it wasn't until this moment that I realized you're probably talking about the 2018 Jim Cummings THUNDER ROAD and not the 1958 Robert Mitchum THUNDER ROAD...

I go to CostCo once a month or so, because they have more low-carb convenience food options that are maybe, oh, I dunno, 50%-75% less "bad" than most convenience foods, and I'm lazy re: cooking as I'm sure I've said before. Last time I went I noticed these things: Hmm, I thought, I'll try a couple packages. When you take them out of the box they're a little spongy/oily feeling, but I tossed a couple into the toaster oven. Take them out, put a slice or two of medium "white" cheddar in the middle, let sit a few minutes and ... GOOD. I was never a huge fan of grilled-cheese sandwiches but for some reason these are better. Not nirvana or anything but yeah ... they became my staple for a quick meal side. eg, one of those as a "cheese sandwich" and a giant bowl of rabbit greens and a little meat of some kind can be lunch. I went back to CostCo and bought 10 boxes (they freeze well).

Yeah, that was a cute k-drama, I mostly liked it as well. There are some very good K-dramas. A lot of them are somewhat fluffy/comedic or melodrama romances - which I definitely enjoy from time to time and K-dramas do it so much better than the US - but there are also the more drama or thriller/crime types that are very good. Misaeng (slice of life) would be one and last I looked it was still on Netflix. If you want to stay with lighter relationship or general fantasy fare: Because This Is My First Life is sweet (but not very slapsticky). Anyway, there's some good ones, from wacky to serious, from the past 8 years or so ... but most aren't on Netflix. =============== Speaking of k-drama's, I watched the first two episodes of Squid Game (Netflix) last night. About half-way through the first, I sat up and went "GONG YOO!" ... I had no idea he was in it. But then sadly he went away and from reading, sounds like his role is just a guest/brief. ::sad panda:: But the first two episodes of the series seem fairly interesting/good. I'll try a couple more episodes.

We had the Conservative Party Conference a short while back, and there was some American political professor visiting and he got interviewed on his views as a visiting "dignitary" as part of it. He was absolutely amazed by how it all worked. The fact that common citizens could engage elected officials in that manner, that key members of the government were getting lectured by the public and responding was something he said you would almost never see in the US. He made some comment that at the US political rallies you generally expected the senators and congressmen to maybe speak for 10-15 minutes before sitting back down but that you'd never see them speaking and discussing a matter for over 45-50 minutes in an open, public forum. He was all "I hope to god you never lose this element of your democracy." It's all kind of quirky. Edit: Also, on more US specifics (at least gambling wise): Donald Trump favourite to win 2024 presidential election (msn.com)

And here I thought someone got stabbed while undergoing a medical procedure.

I think Bruno would end up more towards bad shonen or harem. But if he did watch Kill la Kill, he'd probably say Ryuko was the real villain and then support the crazy mom and her space threads. Luckily this is all hypothetical.

Constituency surgery is something I've never heard of before. I get what it is but that name is terribly British and not in a good way.

Honestly, I'd peg Bruno more as a Naruto fanboy or tentacle aficionado but ecchi makes sense too. I had a dream where the regular posters here turned into a mashup of an adventuring party and an anime gang, except Amentep who was a narrator. We fought a ghoul named Skooper and escaped from a tomb. I should stop trying to fight insomnia with videogames and anime.

This study pegs it at over half Article about the study for those like me who don't speak medical journal

Agreed. At first I didn't want to edit conversation files at all, mainly because of the risk of conflicts with other mods. lax01_00_bs_guard_memory_pool_welcome seems like the perfect candidate though, it only contains a few barks and I can't imagine any (other) mod that would edit this convo. One of its barks will autotrigger when the door to the pool of memories is opened, and then will never play again. I put the lv-up script in it and it works well. Putting the DisplayLegacyHistoryWindow script there as well works, but the window pops up a bit abrupt.

THERE'S A SECOND ENTRANCE?!

Steins;Gate 0 all the episodes. Hououin Kyouma returns and a ton of weird **** happens. But the moment that got me to laugh was in the Valentine's special where Daru talks to his dating simulator.

For whatever reason, I felt more emotional connection to those two stupid robots than all of the rest of Pixar's characters combined, I think. Don't ask me, it's overwhelmingly the reason the film works for me where so many don't. Anyways, it's thanks to Frozen that I started getting more interested in animation again, which eventually lead to me trying out a few Cartoon Network shows like Gravity Falls (STINKS), Adventure Time (SORT OF STINKS BUT HAS SOME GOOD PARTS), and Steven Universe (DOESN'T STINK OUTSIDE OF A RELATIVELY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF EPISODES), which then eventually lead to me checking out various other animated movies and shows, which eventually lead to me incidentally coming across that one Nausicaa poster that inspired me to me actually give it and the other Ghibli movies a chance, which eventually lead to me trying out more random stuff like Perfect Blue and Sailor Moon, which finally leads us to having resurrected the anime thread and where we are today. All's well that ends well, aye?

I'm having a hard time coming up with a top 10 list. I've seen a lot of films, and a good deal of them are either of a genre I enjoy or do something well enough to not be considered bad, but as someone once asked me after the umpteenth time we watched something at the theater and my reaction was "It was fine, really": Do you like movies at all? Why yes, I do, why else would I spend money on watching them. Do I define this based on my greatest appreciation for whatever reason, then that list suddenly includes films that based on any objective criteria shouldn't even have been made. Like the Masters of the Universe live action film. Should I focus on watershed movies in film history that I happened to like? If so, there's a place for For a Fistful of Dollars, even though I very much prefer Once Upon A Time In The West. Ultimately, throwing out any non-subjective reasons to appreciate something beyond pure enjoyment to make this manageable, but it will also mean that a lot of films that normally are on these lists aren't in it (like Termintor, Alien, Indiana Jones movies that aren't Crystal Skull, etc.). I'm also going to include animation, because I can. It's also something based on my current mood and place in life, sprinkled with a couple of all time classics. Tomorrow it might be different, but here goes nothing: Indien (1993) or Wanted (1999) - good idea to include year of release, because writing Wanted would otherwise leave people dumbfounded. Wanted - the one with James McAvoy - is terrible. It's so bad it crosses from so bad it's good back to just awful. Wanted on the other hand is a great, both funny and thought provoking film about someone escaping from reality, and Indien is a tragicomedy road movie. Who knows, since I'm not exactly planning this post this might not even be an "or" but a both - depends on how many films I really loved I can come up with. Masters of the Universe (1987) - the obvious guilty pleasure. This is just bloody fantastic, and I was sort of surprised that nobody else seems to be of my opinion. Has an absolutely great Skeletor philosophizing about the loneliness of heroes and villains, cheesy special effects and soundtrack, totally ridiculous plot elements, an early role by Robert Duncan McNeill. I will never say good bye to this, only good journey. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) - not only the best of Sergio Leone, but the best Western. Keep your John Wayne, and yes, it wins out over The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Period. Fantastic soundtrack too (but what else would you expect from Morricone), great use of the actors and even a great performance of Charles Bronson. The only way to make this better would be to have Clint Eastwood play Harmonica (the role, not the instrument). Violet Evergarden (2020) - so now everyone who is a regular at the obviously best thread on this board will wonder why this is here after I've spent hours writing what amounts to a 25 page essay on how much I hated the ending, but that's five minutes out of it's two hours and twenty minutes runtime. Has the obvious disadvantage of being a film based on a series. It might still work as a standalone film, but won't be as effective. I'm honestly not sure if this should be here, or not, but it sure left a mark that barely any other film can claim to have. Could be substituted for Marriage Story. Dark Star (1974) - this film does have a cult following that enjoys it in spite of its flaws, while I like it for its flaws. Honestly, the absurdity of it all makes this so much worthwhile - or utterly boring, depending on how much you appreciate when really nothing happens for an hour in the most absurd of ways, followed by the 20 minutes that everyone else likes. Cardcaptor Sakura - The Sealed Card (2000) - Where Violet Evergarden might work as a standalone film for fans of romantic drama (and B-plots involving terminally ill children) there's no way this works at all without having seen the series, as it is the capstone that ends it. Or should have ended it, because just like so many things these days, it got an unnecessary and terrible sequel series. This film is probably as close to a 10 out of 10 you can get, but it does that simply also because there are 70 episodes establishing these characters. In a way, that's close to cheating. Movies based on a series more often than not end up being an overly long standalone episode never utilizing the strength of the series to create a worthwhile film. Not so this one. Paid with having no appeal for non-fans. Star Wars, original trilogy (1977 to 1983) - no real need to separate these. I could, but then I would have to say that Empire is the best of the three, but Return is the one I like the most - very much in spite of its many flaws. Also the film I saw the most. Easily. Not just a couple of times, more like hundreds. I killed a bunch of VHS tapes watching and rewatching this, like daily. Whisper of the Heart (1995) - I'm just going to agree with @Bartimaeus and say that this has become my favorite Studio Ghibli film. Iron Sky (2012) - if it weren't for Iron Sky, Starship Troopers would be here. Expected nothing going to the theater, found absolutely biting satire that got way too real back in 2016. Charming performance by Udo Kier, as always. Has a really bad sequel. Stay clear of that. Has an extraordinary amount of negative votes in IMDB by people who simply didn't get it. I bet a whole bunch of them would bite their own butts today for saying it's way too unrealistic to have a Sarah Palin stand-in as president. *snort* The Big Lebowsky (1998) - @Gromnir might say that films should have a plot, and he likes to cite this one as proof, but I'll just disagree even if I in principle agree with the argument. This is the best film about nothing ever made, and it's all down to three perfect performances where you can't quite shake the feeling that everyone is just playing themselves, not roles. Well, that's ten films (13 if we count Star Wars as three separate films and both Indien and Wanted). I could add more, I guess, but a top ten it was supposed to be. A fair amount of new additions removed some others from what I normally would have. The list also leaves out a few films that I really enjoyed but are all on a similar level with nothing to elevate them in a subjective way. There's the fantastic Terminator, for instance. Alien. Nightmare on Elm Street 3, which is my favorite slasher film (actually, the Nightmare on Elm Street series is the only slasher series I have any sort of appreciation for, and that's 100% down to Robert Englund - the third movie also has the kookiest premise and is just overall good fun to boot). It's leaving out the fantastic works of Luc Besson and Roman Polanski (both of which are very problematic filmmakers for obvious reasons) which probably deserve a mention too. These are all films I would watch to the end if I happened across them, as would obviously be The Thing, or Escape from New York. There are more local films (Muttertag, an absurd black humor satire with the five actors of the main cast playing well over 20 roles). Many french films starring Jean Reno or Alain Delon. Any of the older Asterix films. Various Disney films, several Pixar ones. The dour but impressive works of Michael Haneke, like The White Ribbon or Amour. Shortbus, that @KP the meanie zucchini mentioned, certainly was a great little film, although this is so far out of mainstream (and @Bartimaeus in case you don't know what it is about but got curious after us mentioning it, I don't know if there's a censored version, perhaps. An uncut version is, I think, out of the question - it has several scenes of unsimulated intercourse, but even a cut for TV version is not really... compatible, I think). Bunch of guilty pleasures that are missing too. Like the third Starship Troopers film. Other cult films like Cube, or classics Casablanca. I have probably forgotten to mention a whole bunch of films. I've just seen way too many to count. Most of them were... not good. Still, with the sheer volume, there are too many that I liked for whatever reason to not make an overblown post here, even with being picky. Because for as many films that I seem to have really liked based on this post, the ones I hate are legion. The lot of the American Pie films. @Hurlshot's favorite The Hangover is so offensive based purely on its premise that I don't need to watch it at all to know I'd hate it. Anything that has Adam Sandler in it. And lastly, because as if this post wasn't offensive enough, there's a huge amount of absolutely overrated films and people. Like virtually everything by Quentin Tarantino. Natural Born Killers. From Dusk 'Til Dawn. What did KP say? Have at me.

You also get a great bunch of supporting actors - Rebecca Hall, Piper Perabo, W. Morgan Sheppard, Andy Serkis, Roger Rees and even a bit for the late magician Ricky Jay.

The Prestige gets the nod from me as favourite Nolan. Combination of multiple factors. The story, the way it's told, the balance of Jackman and Bale. Early Scarlett Johanssen, and above all else... Bowie as Tesla.

I'd probably give The Prestige the nod for favorite Nolan. Kurosawa is a filmmaker who I really I need to watch more of his work. I have some of his films I haven't seen in my watch queue I haven't gotten to. EDIT: Porco Rosso is more on Miyazaki's whimsical side; Mononoke was more on his serious, if that matters.

Mine would be in no particular order: The Man from Earth (2007) The Fifth Element (1997) Inception (2010) The Matrix (1999) All of them The Lord of the Rings (2001) All of them Warrior (2011) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Princess Mononoke (1997) Ghost in the Shell (1995) About Time (2013) Dredd (2012) It's 11, so sue me. These are the movies I come back to and rewatch.

Reported.

It's not really an 80's "action" movie... That was part of the intended comedy, or rather, that the viewpoint is from Jack Burton's perspective where he thinks he's the big brash American hero. When in fact he's actually just the comedy sidekick completely in over his head...

More than a third of Covid patients diagnosed with at least one long-term symptom up to six months, study says (msn.com)

there's no steam achievement related. they had them for poe1, but there was a bit of an outrage for achievement hunters for tying steam achievements to such an insane challenge. (disclaimer: i was one of the outraged voices. but i'm a sucker for punishment so i did them anyway.) your satisfaction is that in the magran's fire menu, those options are now checked as completed.

I don't mind the change, but they HAVE to allow proximity repairing so you can use nearby chests. AFAIK they are planning to hot fix that. I think my 2 cents would be Increase all durability by 20%-40% Have a repair station that can repair weapons and armor and just uses a lot of Quartzite. That way it's a pro-con where you don't have to worry about random ingredients, but you can't do it out in the wild and you need to make sure your Quartzite is well stocked. Maybe also it only uses a percentage of the quartzite needed? If full repair is 5Q, and weapon is only 20% damaged, then it just requires 1Q (?). Edit: Some of the repair requirements are a pain.. the Mint Mace comes to mind.