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9 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said:

That I still don’t totally understand.  

So basically Insight works like this. The more you get it, (which represents forbidden knowledge) the more you can see the things that crawl in the dark shadows of the world...it unlocks special dialogue...and other things which I won't spoil. You get insight by seeing things you shouldn't see (all the beasts, unsettling things, ect ect)

3 minutes ago, TheCzarsHussar said:

Seriously Balrog what's this context of More red, is it the Arthurian one?

I forgot because the Dark Tower at this point got so bad, but I think it's the same one...

3 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said:

Having played Bloodborne religiously these last few weeks, I think it’s a little worse to spoil than Dark Souls because of how the Lovecraftian stuff is so much less prevalent early on. It starts out as a fairly mundane monster hunting story, and gradually gets crazier and weirder the deeper you delve. It’s awesome how the deeper shit sneaks up on you and then suddenly starts to overtake the game. It comes as something of a surprise. And imo the game is overall a lot less predictable than Dark Souls 3.

You’ll love Bloodborne, man. You’re an Aldrich fan and this game strikes so many of the same chords. It’s wild. 

Aldritch is basically a love letter to Bloodborne, as our the Abyss Watchers (Who are references to the Hunters) Colonel's going to adore it, I think.

I utterly agree, but the way it's handled is the best part. It makes you feel like your gradually learning about something you really shoudln't, and the more you learn, the more your perspective on reality and everything around starts twist. There's even a sanity mechanic!

4 minutes ago, ColonelKillaBee said:

And yes I did a bit lol, these games aren’t really the kind of games I worry about spoiling except for how to win the fights. Understanding the lore though helps me care about them more.

Like with Aldrich the Devourer of Gods (gotta say the whole thang lol), the fight before I understood what the fuck he was was ok. 

After that though, 200 percent more thrilling.

Don't want to spoil for Doc (he's playing through right now,

1 minute ago, ColonelKillaBee said:

I don’t recall him dying.

Its not a perfect comparison obviously. But with all the many faces he takes, sorcerers, scientists, pharaohs, the Moon Presence in Bloodborne, a drug dealer, lol...

It doesn’t really need to be.

He's killed by Mordred in a really gruesome way.

Oh fuck man you already spoiled Bloodborne lore for yourself  Bad Colonel! 

On the topic of Flagg...eh. I really adored him in The Stand  but as the Dark Tower series progressed (which was taken even further in Eyes of the Dragon) he lost so much of mysticism, and went from this dark shadowy abomination to something much more human, which I didn't like. Meh 

1 minute ago, ColonelKillaBee said:

You gonna have to show me that because I never saw him outright state it wasn’t Nyar.

Let me dig it up, I might be wrong. If I recall he goes by that alias, but it's later revealed he's a semi-deity with a human origin (was a boy who learned magical powers) and dies like a fucking idiot (which Lovecraft Narly would never happen.) in the Dark Tower series right?

4 minutes ago, ColonelKillaBee said:

That’s cool and all but there’s not much else to talk about. I love Azathoth as a concept in the background but Nyar is in the trenches.

Plus, how cool is it that he canonically can literally be any character from any universe that fits the bill?

Slenderman

The Stranger Things Hive Mind

Gaunter O’Dimm

Randall Flagg

 

Stephen King said, after endless questions from his fans, Randall Flagg was heavily inspired by Narly, but he wasn't him himself 

I like the interpretation of Slenderman being him though. Acts like him too (fucking with his preys mind, driving them to near madness, before going in and bringing them to a fate worse then death) 

But yeah, besides the Big C, Narly is easily Lovecrat's most iconic character, and he's the one people seem to take so much inspiration from.

Just now, The Good Doctor said:

Refusing to acknowledge American superiority AND siding with the junkie Russians? Communist detected.

I don't care about the Russians at all. All I care is that the true north got the medal it deserved 

Weren't the Russian athletes allowed to go the games, but only as free lance athletes? I thought they weren't allowed to represent the motherland?

Just now, ColonelKillaBee said:

Also I don’t agree, Nyarlathotep is pretty much the only deity recognizable as a person rather than just a monster or concept.

What I liked about Azathoth in Dreams in the Witch House, was really all Nyar.

But you can sum his entire character as "dick".  Beyond his air of power and superiority, that's all he is, someone who just lives for messing with other people. He has no reason too, he just does it because he can. He's a child using a magnify glass to burn ants. Just seems so...petty.

I like the Daemon Sultan more because he is a personification of what the Cthulhu Mythos universe is. Just a mindless, senseless place, with no spark of light. And Azathoth is is the God of that. And for all it's power, it's a mindless "blind idiot god."

3 minutes ago, BTCollins said:

Yeah he was really good. And he said his family sent him a Snapchat this morning of them shotgunning beers before the event lol. Definitely Americans lol

Well they just beat us at the team figure skating event which is infuriating. And they’re dressed like the villains in a skating movie which makes it worse. Also I know next to nothing about skating except I could not in a thousand years do it. 

One of the American men got robbed even though the Russian who beat him FELL. Flat on his fucking ass. Also, the Russians are calling themselves the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) after the doping thing which is ridiculous, and they got silver. We got bronze. Fucking Russians and Canadians

Just now, ColonelKillaBee said:

This. We’ll sort of. I practically could qualify for domestic terrorist with the mindset I have most of the year.

But you let me hear some commie ass Canadian talking shit, I’ll be out in a onesie ready to get ALL the gold medals.

Heh don't call us commies because of our very good health care. Canada adopts some socialist values, but I still believe better dead then red!

2 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said:

I don’t know if it was intended to be Azathoth, but whatever it was, we could’ve used more of him and less of the astronauts yelling at each other and rewatching the same damn clips of their families a million damn times.  

 What a save!

That's the problem with adapting Lovecraft, if it was Azathoth (or whatever), then as soon as he appeared, the entire galaxy would basically implode. It''s basically the most OP thing in existence (alot of people think the universe, and us, are just Azathoth dreaming, and as soon as he wakes up, everything ends) He's way cooler then Nyarly  So instead we got a watered down version, and the Astronauts yelling at each other  

Just now, ColonelKillaBee said:

Azathoth  

Lovecraft has stated that people have referred to these deities in limitless different names throughout time, so it's technically not a misspelling 

Just now, The Good Doctor said:

 

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I also don’t get the timelines. The original was set in 2008. This one was in 2028. Did they accidentally fuck up Earth across all dimensions and even throughout time?

If so, the crew of the Shepherd might be some of the biggest screwups of the human race in movie history.

I will say...the ending was pretty great. It gave me a smile, to finally see it after so long.

5 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said:

 I hadn’t seen any reviews or anything so I had high expectations as a fan of the other two. Especially 10 CF Lane, which was one of my favorite movies that year. Makes sense now why this one went straight to Netflix instead of theaters.

 

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After reading up on it online to see if I could make sense of what I just watched, I’m even more convinced that the movie just didn’t even try to make any damn sense. Maybe that was the point, but “interdimensional chaos” is a cheap way to handwave all the inconsistencies. Like, why did all the “chaos” shit just stop happening 3/4 into the movie with no acknowledgement? What the hell was going on with the Russian guy? How did that bitch end up on their station when the one in her universe was on the other side of the Solar System?

It's a reference to Azanoth the Daemon Sultan from the Cthulhu Mythos, the most powerful entity in existence, who is often referred as that or "ultimate chaos"

I feel it tried way hard to be Lovecraftian horror...and fell flat on it's head. The acting was subpar, the plot a confusing mess, the atmosphere was bad. Yuck...

3 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said:

I watched the new Cloverfield movie on Netflix. Meh. I know that the idea behind these is to basically make each movie completely unique from the others, but I liked what was done with the first two better. 

That's a bloody light way of putting it. It was god damn awful! Especially compared to the first two...should have watched the ritual 

BTW Kindom Come Delievance (I think Czar mentioned it a few weeks ago) looks...neat. LOl it's caused the SJW's to scream, which is every day business. I've heard some...things about the lead dev, but I feel there's no problem with separating a creator and their work. (Like with ole Lovecraft) 

Worried about a few things, but I think I might buy it when it comes out. Very unique anyway, being a historical RPG (With no monsters....) but it seems there's a little euro jank...

18 minutes ago, ColonelKillaBee said:

‘Specially because CGI Azog was Crixus the motherfucking undefeated Gaul.

They could have given him a suit to work with.  Like with Sauron. I think this was supposed to be him

Bolg was supposed to be the big bad...but no they had to go with Azog (whose supposed to be dead)

For example, Bolg used to be played by an actor

But they changed it to a CGI model later on in production. Why?! CGI is nothing compared to practical effects. The studio nearly ruined the movies.

The Hobbit isn't the fault of Jackson. Essentially the studio BULLIED him into doing alot of shit he didn't want to do. The over extensive use of CGI? The studio. The romance? The studio. All the padding? The Studio.

When asked how excited he was to see the finished movie, Peter said, something along the lines, "I'm very worried I wont recongise it."

I'm a fan of the trilogy...as a popcorn flick. I love high production value fantasy movies. It's just way too fucking bloated. 

Hell if Gulimero Del Toro couldn't save it, nobody could save it.

Just now, ColonelKillaBee said:

Dude where’d all that come from?

 

Sorry. I'm in a foul mood today and I don't like when book fans diss the movies. Just pisses me off. Especially since they have a tendency to demean people who like the movies as lesser Tolkien fans.

17 minutes ago, Celan said:

Elves are the elder race, they call humans the Children (of Iluvitar).

I can 100% say there are no homoerotic undertones intended in Tolkien's work, whatever those non-canonical and heavily silly movies say about it. It's kind of sad that you can't depict a close male friendship without all the "shipping" nonsense.

Like how people imagine Ciri's bisexual okay Celan 

Oh and those "silly" movies are essentially my childhood so you can sod off right back to the Tolkien plaza with that elitism.

OH and of course,

7 hours ago, ColonelKillaBee said:

Still better than Lord of the homoerotic undertones  

Wow colonel that's pretty homophobic 

There's alot of homoerotic undertones in the Hobbit. Richard Artmtiage described Thorin as "seducing Bilbo" with his song to join the company, and there's alot of tender moments with him and Bilbo ("He was...he was...he was-my friend....")