njm1314
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- Comment on What TV series would you call some of the earliest examples of 'prestige' TV? 4 days ago:
Oh that’s a great answer. I might have to change mine now
- Comment on What TV series would you call some of the earliest examples of 'prestige' TV? 4 days ago:
I’m not entirely clear on the term. By my understanding it just indicates superior quality right? It’s pretty hard to quantify though. I guess personally I would say it can’t be really be prestige if it’s episodic. A show that keeps going on just to keep going on is by definition not the highest quality right? So I guess the earliest show I can think of right now that fits my admittedly arbitrary definition is Band of Brothers.
- Comment on John Lithgow Says He Was Surprised by Backlash Over Joining ‘Harry Potter’ Series 4 days ago:
After reading this I’m starting to think Jonathan Lithgow might be a wee bit senile.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 6 days ago:
Probably die
- Comment on Trump slams Zelenskyy for rejecting Ukraine-Russia negotiations, saying a deal was 'very close' 1 week ago:
Deal? It’s not a deal if you give the other side everything they want. It’s a surrender
- Comment on What's a highly-rated, critically acclaimed TV series that you couldn't get into, or have no interest in? 1 week ago:
There is just not a single AMC show I can get into. I don’t know if it’s the style or what but I just none of them work for me.
- Comment on Amazon is Canceling Orders After Tariffs Destroy Profits 1 week ago:
He’s still the executive chairman of the board and the largest shareholder. As for dying a billionaire, hopefully sooner rather than later.
- Comment on ‘Bridgerton’ Nicola Coughlan Slams HBO ‘Harry Potter’ Project: “Wouldn’t Touch It With A Pole” 1 week ago:
Not like Alan Rickman was even close to the character in the books anyway.
- Comment on I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device gatekeeps my gender 1 week ago:
Absolutely no offense intended here, but like is your balance bad? I’m curious how this affects you.
- Comment on Amazon is Canceling Orders After Tariffs Destroy Profits 1 week ago:
Still he’s a greedy billionaire, I don’t think he’s in the habit of saying oh I make more money over there anyway so who cares about the money I’m losing here. They tend to want all the money everywhere all the time. That’s why they’re a disease.
- Comment on Anon has regrets 2 weeks ago:
Sometimes hearing y’all talk about health Ed classes that actually taught y’all stuff is wild to me. I live in a red state. Sex education for me was basically a two-day seminar where they showed us pictures of the gnarliest venereal diseases they could find. Like that’s it. We didn’t see a condom at all. Learning about condoms for us was first hand. In a Motel 6 that took cash with my girl after we bought a few different brands to try them out.
- Comment on 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know 2 weeks ago:
Well not how much you’ve spent, how much it values your collection. But what’s that number based on? I’ve only bought one full price game in my entire life on Steam. And it was one of my biggest regrets so I’m not doing that again. So right there all the sale prices I’m paying aren’t being calculated right? Then there’s the case of free games and humble bundles, back when they were awesome. Hell probably a third to half of the games I have in my Steam account either came from Humble bundles or free giveaways.
- Comment on 'Parks and Rec' actor to take over voicing 'The Simpsons' bully Jimbo Jones 3 weeks ago:
Joan Callamezzo
There, what should have been in the title and in the first line of the story.
- Comment on Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version 3 weeks ago:
Ubisoft you can’t complain if I pirate your games, because I never actually bought them and you weren’t deceived by a lack of purchase.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know if you even need the magnetism. Vance has shown he can lie just as bald-facedly As Trump does. For god sakes there was a time where the Republican hordes were carry ground cups of JD Vance cum or something. Does no one remember that? I wouldn’t be so sure they wouldn’t just transfer right to him.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 3 weeks ago:
Well my PC can’t do windows 11, and upgrading is now impossible thanks to a certain someone. So yeah…
- Comment on Antony Starr is glad ‘The Boys’ is ending: “I don’t like seeing things outstay their welcome” 4 weeks ago:
You keep saying that it’s beside the point. It’s not. I get your point. It’s not an overly novel argument. I’ve made the exact same argument multiple times. It’s a very commonly made argument. I get it. 100%. Nothing about what you’re saying is a mystery to me whatsoever.
What I’m saying is it doesn’t apply to this scenario. This is not people taking an IP and pushing Their Own Story into it. This is people taking an IP and expanding it to degree to which the incompetent original author wasn’t capable of. It’s in no way like live action Disney at all. Not even remotely. They put so much more effort and Care into this story then the original author ever did. Than he’s ever capable of. This is creative people taking a concept and fulfilling it. They’re not scrubbing the work they’re finishing it. Do you see what I’m saying?
To put it in comic terms, all Garth Ennis did was the rough sketch. Not even the draft before it’s colored, but the very first roughest sketch available. The show did everything else. The story the show tells for the most part is there in his book, almost all of the story elements the show tells originate in the book, he just never bothered to fulfill it or expand upon it. Or even considered it at all really. Because he’s a cringe-worthy loser who didn’t actually want to write anything meaningful or impactful.
- Comment on Antony Starr is glad ‘The Boys’ is ending: “I don’t like seeing things outstay their welcome” 4 weeks ago:
Yeah there’s a lot of times that sentiment is true. This is not one of those times. This isn’t someone taking a story and bastardizing it to make a different story. This is people with creative ability taking a story that’s like an inch deep and adding everything to it. It’s not that they’re telling a different story, it’s that they’re telling the story that Garth Ennis should have told if he wasn’t as shit writer.
- Comment on Antony Starr is glad ‘The Boys’ is ending: “I don’t like seeing things outstay their welcome” 4 weeks ago:
But there was nothing interesting about the characters of the comic is my point. Depth is what makes characters interesting. The show adds literally everything you think is interesting about that store in those characters. I mean really I don’t know if you’ve never read it but those comics are absurd. Butcher and his boys are basically Garth Ennis projecting how much he hates superheroes on to comic book pages. It’s just him thinking how awesome it is to murder Comic Book Heroes. That’s it there’s there’s no depth of character there’s nothing interesting there. It’s a bad comic.
- Comment on Antony Starr is glad ‘The Boys’ is ending: “I don’t like seeing things outstay their welcome” 4 weeks ago:
Man I read those Comics they were garbage. Even pretending that the characters had depth to them in the comics is absurd. The show added so much more depth and interesting aspects to the characters than those stupid Comics did. They were legit bad. The only good part in the comic was the overall world. The show added everything that’s special about the concept.
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 4 weeks ago:
I think everything you quoted there would accurately describe influencers being hey to play a game. As to whether you believe me or not, don’t really care. Why you keep digging this hole for no reason whatsoever seems rather odd to me. Have a good one.
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 4 weeks ago:
Shill verb
:to act as a spokesperson or promoter
Shill noun
:one who makes a sales pitch or serves as a promoter
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 4 weeks ago:
Well I’ve certainly never heard that before and that’s not what the definition of the word is from what I’m seeing but I guess I can understand using that as a distinction.
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 4 weeks ago:
Isn’t it though? They’re being paid to promote a game right? That seems like a shill to me. I’m not sure I understand the difference to you.
- Comment on You, no matter what. 4 weeks ago:
Thanks asshole now my nose is bleeding
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 5 weeks ago:
Mount and Blade. Warband is just the better version all around. It works in reverse too cause Warband is better than Bannerlord.
- Comment on Paradox date Stellaris 4.0, a "phoenix update" to attract new players and improve performance 5 weeks ago:
I’ve heard them say before they’re fixing performance issues but I never seems to actually get better. Hell I can barely run this game anymore. I have to always use small galaxies and even then by the end game it gets slow.
I’m a little concerned about that part about limiting information though. Limiting anomaly pop ups? That’s like probably the best part of the game really. That sense of discovery.
- Comment on The Humble Heroines Bundle returns with some great games for Women's History Month 1 month ago:
Really bruh? This was a step too far for you? Women? Half the population being recognized was just too much inclusivity?
- Comment on Virtual History Ancient Egypt, anyone have a way to play it? 1 month ago:
This might help
- Comment on The Humble Heroines Bundle returns with some great games for Women's History Month 1 month ago:
www.humblebundle.com/games/humble-heroines-2025
The actual bundle