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Looks like a very heavy-handed and generic horror flick, really.

That's shoegaze. Yeah, possibly. Maybe that's why I like it.

Also I love this Sunn O))) - Trane mashup:

Actually, I'm not too big into metal myself. I'll try to share some of the stuff I do like though...

To be clear, I don't think slow films are a quality issue. Slow pace isn't bad. A lot of slow films are really good. But I have issues with the act of watching slow films due to my brain-no-worky-good which just makes it more difficult for me to watch them. Sure, I was just adding my own experience to the matter. Since others were asking I was hoping to not dissuade them for watching the original. For what it's worth I also have ADD and I was okay with the film's pace, if you ever decide to give it another go.

I would say some familiarity with the first film is required for Blade Runner 2049, particularly because some of the mysteries/questions regarding two of the central characters of the former are at the heart of the plot for the latter. At the same time, however, it isn't *mandatory* to do so. Also I would say that it's curious that it's Blade Runner's premise that stuck with anyone over the sheer aesthetic design, considering how nebulous the former is and how it's the latter where much of the film's brilliance and innovation comes from. For anyone asking, I'd say the final cut (2007 I think) is the version to watch, but the 1992 director's cut is essentially the same albeit with some continuity errors and the likes that got resolved in the final cut (probably the biggest one being the number of escaped replicants). All the same, these should by and large provide a similar experience. The theatrical cut should by this time be avoided. It's certainly a 'slow' film (as is the new one), but I don't see why you ought to have much trouble with it if you are into the films of, say, Stanley Kubrick and the likes. The newest actually does seem to take things even slower, but I loved the way it allowed one to immerse themselves in the atmosphere instead. As for the Last Jedi trailer, I think it's being cryptic enough about the plot but I can see a world where it could be quite spoilery in hindsight. Also...

This itself presumably no longer applies though, since it is no longer possible to choose a second class when levelling up. I suppose that means that if you multiclass him one of his classes will have to be a mage. I could kinda see him multiclassing as either wizard/priest or wizard/rogue depending on the ending (head of the Leaden Key or enemy of the same respectively), but I would reckon he'll most likely stay a single-class wizard.

And then some! Ive also never seen: Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, Its a Wonderful Life, Citizen Cane, etc. *runs* They made me sit through those in film class when i was a kid. They're all terrible. You don't know terrible until you're forced to sit through all 111 minutes of Blowup. No way, Blow-Up is superb. Probably my favorite Antonioni after Red Desert and L'avventura.

That would be a funny crossover, but if there IS a crossover like that, it's going to be pretty subtle. I don't think it'll happen. Just making a joke as some people still wonder if both worlds are the same.

Was the Watershaper's Guild founded centuries back by a certain woman of incredible innate powers, who went by the name Occulted Jade? Terratus is Eora confirmed?!

Fessina as a name does sound Vailian to me, and her portrait does look the part as well. I doubt she has any family ties with Pallegina but if she is Vailian I wouldn't be surprised that they somehow know eachother.

I don't think we necessarily have to look at a direct real-life correlation with these drugs, suffice to say that svef is bad, m'kay? Whiteleaf doesn't really sound like tobacco either, but... I'm wondering if there simply isn't any tobacco in Eora in the first place. It's hardly like there aren't other plants and produces from a real-life setting (e.g. cocoa) so as to assume tobacco or any other real-life smokable herb wouldn't be around.

Alright, thanks for the heads up. I haven't played it yet but it's good to know, I'll have to look at it and see how I find it.

Sixth thread?

Same as I said to ShadySands applies to Tetris, and as I said I was looking for games that could be played on a Mac (via emulator too if need be). If you have a way of playing Breath of the Wild on Mac, I'd love to hear it (also because I would love to give it a go).

I wouldn't be surprised if the kid at some point gets a gaming PC for himself. The Mac is his mother's after all and was likely either used for a different purpose, or simply bought because of brand reputation and whatnot (I've seen a bunch of people gettting Macs simply because "they're better" and not for any actual understanding of what makes them a superior alternative and in what cases). I'll have a look at the ones you mention.

I'll try showing her this, but what I meant with the above that I didn't want to show her many purely ludic games was more because I wanted to avoid this kind of game, as I'm quite certain a good story is bound to interest her more. Also partly because it's more interesting for me to discuss with her afterwards. But if these more narrative games fail I'll try these out.

Hey guys! I'm looking for videogame recs that might work for the next two cases... So, first, I have an 88-year-old grandmother who's been on her own since my grandfather died eight years ago. Since then she's taken up to using the computer and handles herself quite well with Netflix, DramaFever and so on, and I also visit her and take her to the movies whenever there's something we're interested in watching. Unfortunately she's undergoing surgery this month on her leg, which likely means that she won't be able to move for the next two or three months - and so I thought I could find some games that she could be interested in, to provide her with some more alternatives with how to pass the time. For her I'm thinking of games that can fulfill the following criteria: they shouldn't be particularly complicated rules-wise and should be pretty easy from a skill/mechanics perspective (as of course her fingers won't have the kind of response a young person's would); I think she'd probably be more interested in the story that is told through the game as well as a depiction of a particular theme or setting than a sheer ludic experience, but they should also relate to fairly realistic settings as she isn't much into fantasy/sci-fi; and while she has no problem reading, it'd probably be best to avoid Obsidian-size text dumps as her eyes aren't what they used to be. With these points in mind, two games that come to mind are Valiant Hearts: the Great War and Papers Please, though I haven't played either just yet. Any others you would recommend? The other case is the flip-side of the above: a friend of mine has a 7-year-old kid that is really into gaming, and being a former-M:tG-now-poker-pro he sees his son finding a vocation in gaming and eSports a good thing. At his young age he is already playing League of Legends to some degree of competence (of course he's still got a way to actually start ranking), which is pretty crazy considering how mechanically demanding a game it is, especially as a PvP. His dad is fine with him playing League but would want him to also broaden his scope over to other games at this age, and so I've been coming up with some games to show him so as to continue developing as a player; and we also both agree that League aside it'd be best for him to be playing games which aren't very violent either - more appropriate to his age overall. So I was looking at games like the Zeldas, Pokémon, Rayman, and Ori and the Blind Forest as examples for him to play - thing about this last one is that he's on a Mac, which further limits what games he's able to play. Anyhow, any recommendations for either case would be very welcome!

I had one on my backyard once, they seem pretty chill. They are. We're just talking appearances. On-topic too...

We get the latter kind of possum in Argentina too. They're like the kind of rats you'd expect a lvl 1 adventurer to be fighting in a basement.

That actually happened to me.

Kinda neither? Definitely more of the former, but the films it resembles the most in my opinion are Stalker and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence. It's very moody and contemplative, quite slow, with the action by and large respecting the pace and ideas-over-noise approach of the Batty/Deckard chase - but the greater chunk of the film is much more about indulging in a Zone-like aura than it is anything else.

Blade Runner 2049 was very good indeed. Not great, but at this point I'm debating whether I prefer it or not to Scott's film which is something of an accomplishment in and of itself. Also gotta love that Tarkovskian dog.