TheCzarsHussar Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Happy Thanksgiving lads! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celan Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Happy T day all Got the pumpkin and apple pies and turkey breast done, ham is in the oven, stuffing and mac and cheese next 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 Happy Thanksgiving! * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 It’s a day that ends in "Y", so naturally, there is more bad Tomb Raider news! -The Amazon series has recruited Megan McDonell for the project, who wrote the screenplay for The Marvels. Biggest failure of a superhero film of all time. So now the leading "creative" forces behind it are her and the lady from the last Indiana Jones, which was also a terrible flop. This industry makes no sense to me. -They are planning for Tomb Raider to be part of a wider "cinematic universe"… Why? * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celan Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 1 hour ago, The Good Doctor said: It’s a day that ends in "Y", so naturally, there is more bad Tomb Raider news! -The Amazon series has recruited Megan McDonell for the project, who wrote the screenplay for The Marvels. Biggest failure of a superhero film of all time. So now the leading "creative" forces behind it are her and the lady from the last Indiana Jones, which was also a terrible flop. This industry makes no sense to me. -They are planning for Tomb Raider to be part of a wider "cinematic universe"… Why? The "this flopped because of misogyny" headlines write themselves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 1 hour ago, The Good Doctor said: It’s a day that ends in "Y", so naturally, there is more bad Tomb Raider news! -The Amazon series has recruited Megan McDonell for the project, who wrote the screenplay for The Marvels. Biggest failure of a superhero film of all time. So now the leading "creative" forces behind it are her and the lady from the last Indiana Jones, which was also a terrible flop. This industry makes no sense to me. -They are planning for Tomb Raider to be part of a wider "cinematic universe"… Why? Amazon buying the IP rights should have rung alarm bells; not just because they suck harder then Netflix in content production, but there Video Game division is woefully horrible (and they've done shit like waste 500 hundred million on making a cancelled LOTR MMO). And I don't even know how a Tomb Raider Cinematic Universe would work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 On some good news; Nosferatu is looking fantastic. Showed off the first images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 52 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: Amazon buying the IP rights should have rung alarm bells; It did. I’ve never met someone who had any good expectations for this show. 54 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: And I don't even know how a Tomb Raider Cinematic Universe would work My guess is it’ll be like Universal’s failed and aborted "monsterverse", where they’ll try to tie together a bunch of unrelated properties for no good reason at all. So instead of a TR cinematic universe, it’ll be something bigger, and Lara Croft will just be like the Tony Stark character who kicks it off. Which is still dumb as hell. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: It did. I’ve never met someone who had any good expectations for this show. My guess is it’ll be like Universal’s failed and aborted "monsterverse", where they’ll try to tie together a bunch of unrelated properties for no good reason at all. So instead of a TR cinematic universe, it’ll be something bigger, and Lara Croft will just be like the Tony Stark character who kicks it off. Which is still dumb as hell. You got it wrong; that was the Darkverse. The Monsterverse is the highly successful Godzilla/Kong universe, which is co-owned by Warner Brothers and Toho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 1 minute ago, BigBossBalrog said: You got it wrong; that was the Darkverse. The Monsterverse is the highly successful Godzilla/Kong universe, which is co-owned by Warner Brothers and Toho How could I mistake such distinct properties? 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: How could I mistake such distinct properties? Excuse me; I didn't know how how easy it was to mistake Dracula for a GIANT gorilla and atom-breathing Dinosaur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 14 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: So instead of a TR cinematic universe, it’ll be something bigger, and Lara Croft will just be like the Tony Stark character who kicks it off. Which is still dumb as hell. I still can't even see what IP's you could tie together; the amoral asshole archeologists who steal stuff from third world countries IP's Maybe some of Ubisoft's IP's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/godzillas-524-97-million-triumph-to-godzilla-vs-kongs-impressive-success-take-a-look-at-how-monsterverse-fared-at-the-worldwide-box-office/ Kind of funny (but 100 HUNDRED PERCENT understandable) how capeshit is boring people, while audiences are clamoring to watch giant monsters slug it out in death matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 3 hours ago, BigBossBalrog said: I still can't even see what IP's you could tie together; the amoral asshole archeologists who steal stuff from third world countries IP's Has to be stuff Amazon’s got the rights to. So… Reacher? Fallout? Or maybe it’ll be a bunch of video game properties, though they don’t really have a lot of those far as I’m aware. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Has to be stuff Amazon’s got the rights to. So… Reacher? Fallout? Or maybe it’ll be a bunch of video game properties, though they don’t really have a lot of those far as I’m aware. "Tom Clancy's: Lara Croft" What does she work for the CIA now And yeah it's a pretty weird list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 1 minute ago, BigBossBalrog said: "Tom Clancy's: Lara Croft" Unironically, I’d prefer to let Clancy take a shot at it than anyone else who has in the last ten years. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Unironically, I’d prefer to let Clancy take a shot at it than anyone else who has in the last ten years. Eh, agree to disagree It'd probably just be as edgy as the reboots but take place in Afghanistan, and Laura has to deal with Middle-Eastern militants who are using an archeological site as a base to attack the western world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: Eh, agree to disagree It'd probably just be as edgy as the reboots but take place in Afghanistan, and Laura has to deal with Middle-Eastern militants who are using an archeological site as a base to attack the western world Afghanistan would actually be a pretty good region for a TR game. And what you’re describing is literally the plot of 2/3 of the modern games anyway, except instead of middle eastern militants, it’s evil "Christian" fundamentalists. At least Lara wouldn’t be an apologetic pansy who regresses back to the exact same "arc" every game. Modern Lara isn’t even edgy; she’s whiny and lame. Clancy might actually portray her as a badass, at least. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 I'm having to consciously resist plastering the page in quotes from Spec Ops right now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 20 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: I'm having to consciously resist plastering the page in quotes from Spec Ops right now Hey, the non-meta writing was good at least. Better than any modern TR. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 I think a line was just crossed; holy fuck, how is Ubisoft so competent at finding ways to fuck gamers over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 18 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: I think a line was just crossed; holy fuck, how is Ubisoft so competent at finding ways to fuck gamers over Ubisoft is like the cable television of gaming; they have been spamming ads for years. Playing Mirage, they are constantly trying to get me to buy Valhalla. Never had it happen to me during gameplay, though. Always been the title screen or a page on the pause menu. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Okay so remember how I started playing Morrowind again with a (nearly) pure martial build Nord? Weeeeeell, I decided I wanted to try something completely new. I restarted as an Altmer "Paladin of Julianos." Heavy armor, shield, long blade (I mostly didn't go blunt because my first 'complete' playthrough used them. But I can justify Knights Mentors using long blades instead of classical maces), restoration and destruction. I went full on glass canon mage setup, with Apprentice sign. My Altmer can get obliterated by the right type of damage, but that's if they can make it through my substantial Magicka pool I'm definitely roleplaying as "I'm not the Nerevarine, it's a clever employ. I merely satisfy the vagueness" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 27 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Ubisoft is like the cable television of gaming; they have been spamming ads for years. Playing Mirage, they are constantly trying to get me to buy Valhalla. Never had it happen to me during gameplay, though. Always been the title screen or a page on the pause menu. Apparently theres mass reports happening and Ubisoft is doing a test of it on older AC games. So fucking scummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 12 hours ago, BigBossBalrog said: Apparently theres mass reports happening and Ubisoft is doing a test of it on older AC games. So fucking scummy So now the backlash has gotten so bad Ubisoft is claiming it was a technical error Sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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