OT: HFPens Community Lounge: Or Ogrezilla and LOGiK's Nerd Thread ;)

[Pens1566]

Loved the Weird Al movie. It's great.

I watched Civil War and I Used to be Funny recently. Both are good, neither is great. Probably 6.5 or 7 out of 10.

Started playing Vampire Survivors. It's fun and pretty addicting. Good time-killer type game with progression but not a story to keep up with, so easy to pop in and out of. Same sort of niche as Hades in that way.

I read The Covenant of Steel series from Andrew Ryan recently. I liked all three books though probably progressively a bit less each one. They all had parts where I couldn't put them down, but they also all had some bits that sort of dragged I think. Well written and never bad certainly. Probably in the 7/10 range overall.

Saw "Civil War" last weekend as well. Had the same thoughts. If anything, it was a tad underwhelming based on the reviews I'd seen. Just seemed ... small(?) considering the background topic.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Saw "Civil War" last weekend as well. Had the same thoughts. If anything, it was a tad underwhelming based on the reviews I'd seen. Just seemed ... small(?) considering the background topic.

yeah agreed. I don't have any real complaints; nothing was bad about it. It was well made and had some really good scenes, but the overall story never really grabbed me.

I think I've put 80+ hours in to it which is definitely my most played game in recent years. There's a multiplayer mode which I haven't tried out yet. But maybe we will tonight.

oh I have like 4 or 5 I think. Glad to hear it stays fun for a while.

edit: Just lost with 20 seconds left ugh

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Saw "Civil War" last weekend as well. Had the same thoughts. If anything, it was a tad underwhelming based on the reviews I'd seen. Just seemed ... small(?) considering the background topic.

Is this a movie/series? Haven't heard of this.

 

[Pens1566]

Is this a movie/series? Haven't heard of this.

Movie that came out earlier this year. Just hit HBO Max like 2/3 weeks ago. Follows a crew of journalists as they cover a US civil war in an alternate present day. Kirsten Dunst and the dude that played Pablo Escobar in Narcos are in it.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Did they? Lighting on it is weird like most posters but did they ai it?

The bloke on the far left has 6 fingers.

 

[Gurglesons]

Watched Bodies Bodies Bodies recently. That was pretty good.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

yeah agreed. I don't have any real complaints; nothing was bad about it. It was well made and had some really good scenes, but the overall story never really grabbed me.


oh I have like 4 or 5 I think. Glad to hear it stays fun for a while.

edit: Just lost with 20 seconds left ugh

So many unlockables. And DLC.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Saw "Civil War" last weekend as well. Had the same thoughts. If anything, it was a tad underwhelming based on the reviews I'd seen. Just seemed ... small(?) considering the background topic.

The movie was f***ing dumb. It felt like the same movie as the one on Netflix that was also a civil war plot when the families finally leave and see all the Teslas crashing into each other. Leave the world behind I think it was called.

Americans love this plot for some reason. Civil dissent, factions, it's like some keep wondering what if it happened again like it's a fun thought lol.

 

[Gurglesons]

I thought Civil War was okay. Seemed to be more a commentary on media than anything about America IMO.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I thought Civil War was okay. Seemed to be more a commentary on media than anything about America IMO.

Could you imagine if a country killed journalists trying to tell the truth of what's going on so narratives aren't spun when the truth is hidden, etc. That'd be wild huh?

Imagine if a country did tha....oh wait.

 

[Ogrezilla]

The bloke on the far left has 6 fingers.

oh, right I did see that. no he doesn't. The pinky just goes off screen and back on overlapping the ring finger in the shot.

Watched Bodies Bodies Bodies recently. That was pretty good.

I liked that one a lot. I haven't been let down by a Rachel Sennott movie yet. Bottoms and Shiva Baby are both great too. Though "I Used to be Funny" is just good overall, she's still really good in it.

 

[Ogrezilla]

So many unlockables. And DLC.

oh yeah I keep getting more. It's got big "one more run" energy for sure.

I thought Civil War was okay. Seemed to be more a commentary on media than anything about America IMO.

yeah for sure. They made sure to keep politics pretty much out of it aside from a few "obviously that's bad" viewpoints like the president not giving up his power and blatant murderous racism.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Could you imagine if a country killed journalists trying to tell the truth of what's going on so narratives aren't spun when the truth is hidden, etc. That'd be wild huh?

Imagine if a country did tha....oh wait.

I'd say that would have been a better point than it actually made. I feel like the movie had almost everybody try to treat the media folks well and openly accept their presence; it felt more about the media being cold and heartless or something I guess?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

oh yeah I keep getting more. It's got big "one more run" energy for sure.


yeah for sure. They made sure to keep politics pretty much out of it aside from a few "obviously that's bad" viewpoints like the president not giving up his power and blatant murderous racism.

I only played one round by myself last night. Maybe the wife will have interest in the VS co-op tonight. Gotta start with zero upgrades!

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I'd say that would have been a better point than it actually made. I feel like the movie had almost everybody try to treat the media folks well and openly accept their presence; it felt more about the media being cold and heartless or something I guess?

I sort of got that from the movie, their intrusive behaviour with wanting to cover the news, etc, but in a war zone, its not uncommon to have reporters and press wanting to show the truth of what is going on, like when they roll up to the mass graves, etc. At times, it went both ways, showing how cold war is even when it's domestic against its own people and then it was about how desperate some were to make their mark in the press, like the young girl that even after Danes gets capped, just continues on anyway.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

oh, right I did see that. no he doesn't. The pinky just goes off screen and back on overlapping the ring finger in the shot.

Lol you can't be for real mate, that must be the fattest index finger known to man. You can see the shift in the image on the finger as if it was manipulated or AI was used to create the image.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

RIP Taggart and Whistler aka - John Ashton of Beverly Hills Cop fame and Kris Kristofferson aka the bloke that got your Nan all hot and bothered back in the day.