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I've been hesitant to post in this topic on account of this all being so deeply upsetting to me, I don't exactly trust myself to speak rationally about it.

All I want is the Bat-Family to be fully realized in live action, but at this point I feel there's no hope left of that ever happening in my lifetime...

I'll give you a weird hint about how to spot mimic chests: think of Fleetwood Mac's most popular song (it was in GotG2).

And now that you found out about Lautrec, it's pretty funny when going into a new game with that knowledge. You can kill him immediately after releasing him, though he's a bit tough for early level. I always cheese him, after he travels to Firelink Shrine you can just nonchalantly kick him off the cliff he's standing right next to. Easy starting ring and you don't have to suffer losing access to your bonfire.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

Met a fire wizzrobe. I might be able to kill it but got lazy so I just ran.

There is a way to one shot elemental enemies, well at least the fire/ice ones.

Also you can light regular arrows with fire if there's any nearby sources (like a campfire). I often use this trick to ignite torches or cooking pots. You don't even have to release the arrow in most cases. Using this trick saves on inventory space as well since you practically will never need to use a regular torch.

I thought that was why you said this LMS

LinkMarioSamus posted...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (which funnily enough is now owned by Disney).

Since it was originally a DC product and because of movie license shenanigans it's owned by Disney now. Which is indeed hilarious!

You can always count on LMS to deliver

Mr_Lasastryke posted...

uh

scarletspeed7 posted...

Maybe not all of them - if you're, say, a diehard DC guy, maybe not.

Here's the problem with me personally, I'm way more of a DC nut and have read much less Marvel comics. I'm still quite familiar with their history and characters though, and I have spent a lot of time talking/observing conversations about Marvel stories. I was plenty aware of who Ant-Man was before even heavily getting into comics. And yet with all of that, I still had never heard of Shang-Chi before his movie. And I still don't know a whole lot about him since he's basically just Iron Fist with cultural sensitivity (this is not a bad thing do not mistake what I'm saying plz).

I didn't say ALL comic book readers were unaware of him, but proportionally you'd still get many of them saying they didn't know who Shang-Chi was while naturally they would know Ant-Man.

I'm getting really bored of this argument now though since it seems to be going around in circles as is typical for the internet. I'm out.

Okay, Iron Man was indeed more well known than Ant-Man, but neither were obscure. Shang-Chi was. Your experiences may have been different and that's great, but it doesn't change that in general Ant-Man still had more exposure than Shang-Chi ever did. Calling those two the same level of obscure is just as bad as saying Iron Man and Ant-Man were the same level of prominence, both are wrong.

If Iron Man was B-List, Ant-Man was C-List, and Shang-Chi was still nothing.

I mean, that wouldn't help your argument though. Iron Man and Ant-Man were about the same level of prominence before the MCU began. Shang-Chi was not. Why can Ulti admit when he was wrong and apologize when you can't?

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Heck look at how the MCU is basically the only shared universe still functioning all that well to see how hard it is to maintain something like it.

It shouldn't be that difficult to maintain, at least from my perspective. MCU has a smart person who's familiar with the source material (Fiege) to keep everything together and mostly coherent. This is something created by people with good minds and knowledge of the characters they're portraying.

Everyone else sees the success of the MCU and thinks "oh we can have a shared universe too!" and then they don't consider that it takes more than brand recognition and multiple characters to make something good. They consistently ignore creativity and imagination which renders their products bland and uninteresting, regardless of whether they use a popular character or not. Their policy is money first and only money, they couldn't care less about making movies that people would actually cherish. They're only interested in taking any shortcut they can find to make something that will at least perform well enough to justify the already low budget the film was provided.

Not to say Disney's main concern isn't money as well, but they at least care enough to hire creative people. They got in over their heads with Star Wars and they've been scrambling with what to do there, but the problem is they have nothing to really go on, as the MCU does with the century of comic stories that they can easily draw inspiration from. Which is why DC movies have no excuse to be as bad as they are, since there's just as many comics to pull from their history as well. But no one among WB apparently has ever even read a comic book before (I know this is exaggeration but not too far off from the truth).

Wow never expected I'd be responding to an LMS post in earnest but here we are

Preach, who needs the Sun when we have Tarkus

Lopen posted...

1. Ant-Man wasn't mainstream relevant before the MCU to any remotely notable degree.
2. Among comic book nerds, which are a huge minority in and of themselves, he isn't vastly better known than Shang Chi.

Nobody was arguing he was mainstream relevant, we were proving that Ant-Man was a more well known name than Shang-Chi. Even among comic book nerds, most of us didn't know who the hell he was before the movie. Whereas we sure as hell were plenty familiar with Ant-Man considering he has been a mainstay Avenger for most of the team's history.

Note that "more well known" does not equal "everyone in the world" as you seem to be taking it. He was a C-List hero, Shang-Chi was E-List.

It's forever annoying to me how society continues to underestimate the intelligence of children. And in their formative years, wouldn't you WANT shows to challenge a kid's patience and ability to pay attention? ...I might start getting into conspiracy theories if I continue this train of thought so I'll just end this now by saying Ultimate Spider-Man was a disgrace.

Josh Keaton has and always will be the voice of Spider-Man whenever I read his comics.

I refuse to let my mind replace him with Yuri Lowenthal!

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Avengers EMH was very popular and only got canceled to put out a show that aligned with the MCU feel and characters, like they did with the rest of their cartoon properties.

Like Spectacular Spider-Man. That and EMH were our greatest losses, a deep cut that still pains me.

The MCU had to make sacrifices I guess ;_;

Acknowledging when you're wrong is the first step to better connecting with your fellow humans.

And yes I watched all of EMH before the Ant-Man movie was announced, it's an incredible show. I also read a ton of comics which, sure, may not count, and I have been friends/acquaintances with several nerds throughout my life. So I was well aware of Ant-Man before the MCU was even a thing.

That was incredible, I never knew just how much of a legend Tarkus was. He's the hero we all need.

And that leads me to believe his soul must have been reincarnated into let me solo her

you're adorable

Where is LMS. I'd rather talk to him, at least he's nice.

Yes and you've clearly demonstrated that if you've never heard of something then neither has anyone else

Also that's still one thing you've heard of that had Ant-Man, still making him more known than Shang-Chi, who is in nothing.

Lopen posted...

you got me guys.

at least he finally admits it

Things that Ant-Man appeared in before the MCU:

The Marvel Super Heroes animated series
Avengers: United They Stand where he's a main character
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes also a main character and Scott Lang also shows up (two Ant-Men in one show)
Ultimate Spider-Man although this did overlap with the movie

Things that Shang-Chi appeared in before his movie:

Oh yeah my bad, Shang-Chi was in a few different Avengers teams, though I doubt it adds much to the issue count. I would guess he's appeared in no more than a hundred issues (and this is probably high balling it) since his movie debut.

MoogleKupo141 posted...

i assume hes been appearing a whole lot more in recent years

He's had his own ongoing for a few years now (as expected), and maybe some one-shots, but that only accounts for about 20ish issues.

You don't have to agree, it doesn't make your opinion a fact.

You are wrong though. Ant-Man was somewhat known about before his movie. Shang-Chi was completely unheard of by anyone, even comic book readers. Guardians of the Galaxy were also more obscure than Ant-Man.

And before the movies, if you asked someone who Ant-Man was and they didn't know, they could still likely infer what their power is at least. If you asked anybody about Shang-Chi or the Guardians they would only say "who?"

Hey I'd be all for a Jay Garrick Flash at this point. They should just make a JSA movie to kick everything off... then again we're talking about WBDiscovery now and my faith in their ability to make a good DC movie has decreased from very slightly to virtually none.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

Found a shrine but wasnt able to complete it. Either I didnt see the solution or I need the ability to dive and/or iron boots. Gonna wait to see if those pop up later. Its some weird puzzle where you scoop orbs with a bowl

Sadly there is no going underwater in this game (my one disappointment but I understand why). As mentioned every shrine/puzzle can be solved solely by using runes. So you have the solution to beat any shrine right off the bat.

Scarlet is absolutely in the right here.

And I will echo biscuit as well about Earths Mightiest Heroes. Great show, highly recommended, and Ant-Man is indeed a main character. He was definitely known about before his entrance into the MCU, whereas Shang-Chi was not. He has never shown up in any outside media before and his presence in comics is practically nonexistent.

Iron Fist was always the master martial artist, if it wasn't for that failure of a show we probably would have gotten him instead of Shang-Chi. I had never even heard of the latter before the movie and there doesn't seem to be any must read comics for him.

Iron Fist on the other hand has at least one masterpiece by Fraction and Aja.

Well he's on the road leading from Kakariko to Hateno, so if you followed Impa's advice (as I assume most people would their first time playing) then Hestu is hard to miss. Of course, there definitely had to be some poor souls that didn't spot him until much later one way or another.

I actually prefer playing with limited inventory space now. I found that with too many slots I would just hoard some weapons and never use them, which bothered me. The limited space forces me to use everything. Except shields, they rarely break on me since I exclusively use them for parrying and well... because I visit Hyrule Castle right after leaving the plateau >_>

Definition of kick by google:

1. strike or propel forcibly with the foot.

shoe =/= foot

That's one of the reasons I got rid of facebook years ago. Also would try to prevent people from knowing about my birthday at work. Some of them still inadvertently found out, but I also don't give away my phone number freely so at least they had to wait til they saw me.

But their weaponry will also level up, giving you ample opportunity to replace the weapons you use to defeat them.

Oooh I was thinking of a different shrine, sorry.

You can also just burn the thorns away.

Good advice not to forget about Cryonis though, it's embarrassing the amount of times I didn't think about using that rune to make life a lot easier.

Beedle might have been in Minish Cap too, can't recall, but he originally appeared in Wind Waker.

Horses do have hp btw, it's just a lot. They can indeed die though, so be a bit more careful with your equine friend!

andylt posted...

There's also, very handily, a regular chest and a mimic chest next to each other in the same room, so I can see the differences. It appears that the mimic chest is more fanciful and decorative, and if you rotate the camera it has a base below the chest that the regular wooden one doesn't. I suppose it's that standard 'ignore extravagance' trope in action, pretty cool.

It appears you are still missing one specific detail that easily singles the mimics out. I don't think what you're noticing was intended by the developers lol

Cavedweller2000 posted...

Couldn't think of anything worse. I'm a winter kind of guy

This. In fact I wish the exact opposite. Somewhere that's never hot or too sunny.

So Alaska is my ultimate destination.

Saitama would destroy Goku. He wouldn't be taken out by a simple laser gun shot.

Don't forget TVtropes, you get a lot of wonderful and useful information from that place.

I've literally never been on that site

Jakyl25 posted...

I disagree, at least until you access inventory expansion and the compendium

Fair enough, for a first playthrough that is certainly true.

Every time I've started a new game since though, it takes me a very long time to get to Kakariko. I'm pretty sure one of my playthroughs didn't even see me approaching the town until near the end of my journey.

In fact I usually start by going directly to Hyrule Castle. It's super fun exploring there when you have nothing, then when you're done you have some of the best equipment to continue your adventure. It was especially enjoyable the first time I did this because I had yet to explore the castle in full, since in my initial playthrough I just skipped everything and went straight for Ganon.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

But the JRPG player in me is telling to stop wasting time and get to Kakariko already.

This game is all about exploring and getting lost in the beautiful world, so don't feel too bad about wasting time.

I don't recall anyone outright hating on the movie, most reactions I've seen are all pretty much along the lines of "it was good but could have been better in certain ways."

Haven't seen it myself yet, but I predict I will feel about the same. Mostly just want to see Lady Thor in action. I was already slightly tired of the nonstop jokes of Ragnarok, and goofy Thor disappoints me. He was perfect in Infinity War, I wanted that characterization to stick.

Season 2 was awesome. Garou especially entertained me, so I'm hype for season 3.

FT having his own board is possibly the coolest redemption arc on this site. I do wish he could still post his topics here though.

I used to do this more frequently in the past. Especially when I worked at movie theaters, once I walked into a showing of Dark Knight Rises just so I could take a nap.

Disregarding free movies though, I watched a few MCU films more than once in theaters (Infinity War being the most recent). Revenge of the Sith was probably the movie I saw most, I was only 15 when it was released so it was my favorite back then. Saw it five times. I feel some shame about that now. Oh but I did see the Last Jedi two or three times as well, no shame there.

Peace___Frog posted...

Dark souls 1 is by far the most accepting of a pure tank build

This is true. There's even a boss in this game where the cheese strategy is tanking all its attacks.

But the following games gradually get less lenient. To the point where being over encumbered for sure is a huge hindrance. Learning to effectively dodge roll or even just using a shield are generally the better tactics. That said, I always go with medium load since fashion souls is most important and rolling is still plenty fast enough.

I was wondering the same earlier when I saw it was already on Netflix. Always wanted to read the comic but never got around to it, maybe watching the show first will motivate me.

KamikazePotato posted...

You (mostly) stop caring about losing souls on death eventually. It still kinda sucks but you'll come to realize that an extra point in Dexterity or whatever means nothing compared to personal improvement.

Also weapon upgrades. If you feel you aren't doing enough damage, it isn't because of your stats, but your weapon level.

Patience is definitely most important though, I will agree. 90% of my deaths are from getting too careless or impulsive -- can't tell you how many times I've fallen to a boss when only one attack away from defeating it -- don't get greedy. The other 10% are from not minding my footing.

Stupid gravity.

Leonhart4 posted...

I'm pretty sure Halo's question is more along the lines of "why did you feel the need to tell us about it"

This. You didn't actually answer my question, LMS. Why did you truly make this topic? What were you seeking to gain or learn here?

dilateDChemist posted...

Can we just all agree that Episode 3 is the best?

Hell no. Not even top 3.

Why did you make this topic, LMS? Give me a real, deep reason. Search inside yourself and figure out what it is within that pushes you to drone on and on about a movie that no one else cares to talk about anymore.

Maybe try this over on the star wars board instead, you'll get more interesting results at least.

Oh true, Jedi are a cult of superheroes and the Sith are evil supervillains bent on world (well universe) domination. That tracks