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More Thracia + Avengers
Jun. 16th, 2012 10:20 amChapter 2X has met my expectations. By which I means, things were going great and then they went horribly and I had to restart and OMG if I weren't trying so hard to capture mooks instead of slaughtering them this would never have happened--
*SOB*
( In which I whine about the capture mechanic )
My favorite text-based Let's Play of Thracia 776 just wrapped up, so you can experience its joy and pain vicariously at your leisure. Cake Attack goes through everything-- optional routes, worse-case scenarios, and all of the dialogue. This LP convinced me to use Marty. It also won my heart thanks to the "tribute" to Dorias and Rinehart Betrayal Contigency Plan sequence, starring Salem. <3
[I will say that the "poo-poo" and "gentle caress" brand of forum bowdlerization really gets on my nerves. Just use @#$%! if you must, people.]
There's also a poster on here who sounds frighteningly like I do when discussing Thracian political meta and the essential jerk nature of Cuan and his subordinates. @_@
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Saw The Avengers last night. On the one hand, I loved it-- good script, brilliant casting, well-done characters. By comparison, The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer had good actors miscast, a cheesy script, and half-baked characterization. But I think that Avengers, like F4, has a certain moral cowardice under its surface-- watch as Manhattan is totally trashed, but all we'll show you is people being rescued and not the horrific civilian casualties that undoubtedly resulted from this super-powered street brawl. Don't even think about that part of it. That did bother me, more than a little. But in terms of sheer enjoyment, The Avengers was A++ and Hawkeye is totally hot.
And I think I finally "get" the appeal of Bruce Banner now. And how.
*SOB*
( In which I whine about the capture mechanic )
My favorite text-based Let's Play of Thracia 776 just wrapped up, so you can experience its joy and pain vicariously at your leisure. Cake Attack goes through everything-- optional routes, worse-case scenarios, and all of the dialogue. This LP convinced me to use Marty. It also won my heart thanks to the "tribute" to Dorias and Rinehart Betrayal Contigency Plan sequence, starring Salem. <3
[I will say that the "poo-poo" and "gentle caress" brand of forum bowdlerization really gets on my nerves. Just use @#$%! if you must, people.]
There's also a poster on here who sounds frighteningly like I do when discussing Thracian political meta and the essential jerk nature of Cuan and his subordinates. @_@
-x-
Saw The Avengers last night. On the one hand, I loved it-- good script, brilliant casting, well-done characters. By comparison, The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer had good actors miscast, a cheesy script, and half-baked characterization. But I think that Avengers, like F4, has a certain moral cowardice under its surface-- watch as Manhattan is totally trashed, but all we'll show you is people being rescued and not the horrific civilian casualties that undoubtedly resulted from this super-powered street brawl. Don't even think about that part of it. That did bother me, more than a little. But in terms of sheer enjoyment, The Avengers was A++ and Hawkeye is totally hot.
And I think I finally "get" the appeal of Bruce Banner now. And how.
