OT: Consolidated Entertainment Thread (TV, movies, books, games) part VI - use spoiler tags!
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I love Righteous Gemstones, I'm glad they are wrapping the story up under their own terms but I'm gonna miss the show.
Completed the Bobiverse series (for now anyways - feels like there could be another book 6 coming).
Looking for suggestions on next audiobook. Sci fi always fun but could be swayed to something else. Had my fill of Clancy stuff for a while. Was thinking of doing the Martian by Andy Weir since it's so highly rated.
Looking for suggestions on next audiobook. Sci fi always fun but could be swayed to something else. Had my fill of Clancy stuff for a while. Was thinking of doing the Martian by Andy Weir since it's so highly rated.
Darkauron
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The Martain is great. I recommend The Mistborn series by brandon sanderson and anything by him. I think we've talked about it before too.
I might try to pick up Bobiverse after I finish up Red Rising series. Which is also VERY good
Book 4 and half of book 5 in Bobiverse felt repetitive and recycled plot points BUT it did get good with more of a mystery element towards the end of 5 and the humor is nicely speckled all along the way and I'd rather feel slightly bored every few chapters than lost from overly complicated world building that you have to listen to 3 times to get the connections.
I'll check out your suggestions. I have 2 credits and used 1 on Expeditionary Force by Alanson which got nominated for audiobook of the year 2018 so it felt like a safe bet.
Mistborn has impressive ratings
The Stormlight Archive from Sanderson is pretty good too if you enjoy his Mistborn series.
Devils731
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Mistborn is pretty great. Someone will eventually produce it in a visual medium and it will have the chance to look awesome while providing a story people would want to discuss.
I’d be interested how they do the blurbs before each chapter in audiobook form.
Some people don’t like Elantris from Sanderson that much but it still may be my favorite book of his. There is so much world building and a conflict that I dug stuffed into 1 stand alone novel that is a reasonable length.
I’d be interested how they do the blurbs before each chapter in audiobook form.
Some people don’t like Elantris from Sanderson that much but it still may be my favorite book of his. There is so much world building and a conflict that I dug stuffed into 1 stand alone novel that is a reasonable length.
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My favorite audiobook series right now is “Dungeon Crawler Carl”.
It’s technically science fiction but each book ends up lampooning a different genre of something. Book 1 feels silly, and it’s always a little silly, but it does a surprisingly good job of building a world and characters that I’m interested about.
I also enjoyed “Oh Great! I was Reincarnated as a Farmer” but that’s more fantasy and litrpg.
On a break..working on Bobiverse #5 and the Red Knight by miles cameron. and stretch goal of Winter King by Cromwell.
Darkauron
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Elantris is such a unqiue book. Also he is making another book in the series so that is exciting!
I still think I love mistborn out of all of his series.. Im also reading the secret project books right now and they are a real fun change of pace. I just finshed Yumi and the nightmare painter
But yeah Brandon Sanderson is the best fantasy author in the world and I'd say probably one of the best of this generation AND he puts out so much good quality books and you don't have to wait 10 years.
Everyone should read his stuff and start with Mistborn
devilsblood
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McBride is smart to get in and out of these shows relatively quick. I mean he is basically the same character, but it allows him to change up the stories and the surrounding characters. Keeps things fresh.
devilsblood
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Oh, not only do you have a literate significant other now you enjoy high brow artistic cinema? Aren't you just hoity toity.
I've waited my whole life for this movie. I am a huge horror buff and think the original Nosferatu is one of the all time classics and still holds up quite well today. It's a must watch for any real fan of horror movies. The 1979 Herzog/Kinski remake was ok but they have a scene were Orlock is running around and it just takes me out of the movie making the character seem nerdy and not threatening. This latest version was great with one exception. I missed the carriage driver cameo that I would have liked Eggers to keep from the original. I think that is an iconic moment and he passed on it. Not a big deal.
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Haven't watched the original. Wanted to watch it prior to watching the new one, but never got around to it. I have it on the list to watch it now. Should be an interesting comparison.
The new one is influenced by both the original and the 1979 remake. The nice thing about watching the original one is that your girlfriend can read the dialogue cards to you.
My friend's mom worked triage in the ER and she couldn't get through the first episode because of how real it was. I think I'm going to need to include my mom in our Max plan so she can watch it and other stuff. She was an ER doctor and was the head of the ER at two different NJ hospitals, so she'll especially relate to the parts where Noah Wyle's character clashes with the administration. In fact, she was fired from St. Joe's in Paterson for telling an administrator to "go f*** yourself."
Personally, I like it a lot, but there's a distinct lack of background busy noises, your machine beeps and background chatter and the like. That's what would add more realism to the whole affair.
When I think of modern JRPGs I think of Persona and the other stuff that Atlus makes. I'll have to look into this. Idk, call me old school but the Atlus school of JRPG doesn't appeal to me. When I have time for Steam Deck, I'll have to play the PS1 ones that I have downloaded to it. SNES and that console were the peak of the genre.
I haven't watched past the first episode of season three. I gotta admit, I'm not a fan of the whole season-long story arc thing that shows do, so the second season felt less good than the first. But damn, that cast of characters. And it's highly accurate to megachurch culture. If anything, the stuff that happens during the actual sermons is undersold a little bit.
They're not exaggerating the personalities and backroom politics of those horrible institutions, though.
