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TopicAbout to watch The Walking Dead for the first time. Watchthrough topic(Spoilers)
Proto_Spark
03/01/21 12:58:35 AM
#455
UnfairRepresent posted...
I feel like everytime something dumb in this show happens someone says "It was in the comics."

Speaking as someone who never read the comics, that's not a defense. It's still dumb. Just don't bother adapting that part of the comic if you can't do it right

Usually when the defense is used, it wasn't well done in the comics either.

Although I'm kind of lost whereabouts in the story this is.
TopicAbout to watch The Walking Dead for the first time. Watchthrough topic(Spoilers)
Proto_Spark
02/27/21 12:35:10 AM
#450
yusiko posted...
andrea adopted them and this happened
basically any decent story a female character gets in walking dead was probably an andrea story in the comic

Except in the comic andrea didn't kill the boy, Carl did
TopicAbout to watch The Walking Dead for the first time. Watchthrough topic(Spoilers)
Proto_Spark
02/21/21 5:53:35 PM
#223
FigureOfSpeech posted...
I don't even remember an anime chick lol

I'm not quite sure who it is, and haven't watched some of these older episodes in a really long time, but from the other posts I'm guessing Its Michonne
TopicAbout to watch The Walking Dead for the first time. Watchthrough topic(Spoilers)
Proto_Spark
02/18/21 8:19:51 PM
#106
UnfairRepresent posted...
I call BS

It's piss easy to replace an actress and Sophia did jack shit in Season 1. No one would have noticed if it was a different dumb kid

They killed her off for dramatic effect, just because of the pilot.

"OMG Sohpia is dead" was to add drama to the (rather weak) moment to try to make the viewer feel what Hershel is feeling as they all get shot.

I think it was just for attention, given in the comics Sophia is kind of a super important character and lives through the whole story.

Its kind of a shame you played the Telltale games first, because they are kind of the best TWD media. I still like the show and comics, but the games are my favourite.
TopicAOC tweet gets 400,000 retweets Trump was never that popular on Twitter
Proto_Spark
02/18/21 1:48:37 AM
#8
ZMythos posted...
The Green New Deal is primarily a jobs program. Y'know, like the og New Deal. That thing that also got us out of the Great Depression and gave us social security, a minimum wage, stronger labor laws and unions, a national redistribution of wealth, economic reform especially with the banks.

Do you think the GOP are actually interested in helping people?
TopicAre you alright on a skateboard?
Proto_Spark
02/17/21 8:31:01 PM
#21
I used to skate a bit when I was in like, middle school, but was never any good. Then I broke my board and never bothered getting another one.

I did actually order another one earlier in the year so I could pick it back up, but due to Covid I had to order one, and it was like November by the time it finally showed up so I never bothered.
TopicAbout to watch The Walking Dead for the first time. Watchthrough topic(Spoilers)
Proto_Spark
02/17/21 7:28:36 PM
#56
Gobstoppers12 posted...
Yeah, she's not one of the stronger characters. Carol and someone you might not have met yet are two of the good women on the show.

This. Changing Carol so drastically from the comics is one of the best decisions the show ever made.
TopicNo BOTW2 news and literally porting the worst 3D Zelda game
Proto_Spark
02/17/21 7:12:27 PM
#30
Skyward Sword is basically the only Zelda that you can't play on the Switch, WiiU, or 3DS, so I can totally see why they're porting this one.

I've never played Skyward Sword, so I can't actually say anything since its any good.
TopicHBO Max's animated Aquaman series has an interesting art style
Proto_Spark
02/17/21 4:55:23 PM
#53
oof I hate it. It looks like one of the terrible "adult comedy" cartoons places like Netflix are trying to crap out since Rick and Morty got popular.
TopicAbout to watch The Walking Dead for the first time. Watchthrough topic(Spoilers)
Proto_Spark
02/17/21 4:35:36 PM
#28
UnfairRepresent posted...
It's dark but I'm totally with Daryl

You get bit, you die. Why the hell would you keep them alive when you know they will turn?

Not totally sure what episode your on, but do they actually know the bites do it yet? Cuz I don't think they actually know that at the very beginning. Or is it That other thing that comes later on in S2-3 that is the big revelation?

Also agree with everyone else's explanations of TWD. Its a good show thats anchored down by stretching everything out too thin to fit a TV season.
TopicWhy won't reddit ban cop hate subreddits?
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 11:31:03 PM
#5
Police aren't a protected class so its not the same as what any reasonable person would consider "hate speech"
TopicThe former President, on Mitch McConnell
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 6:15:08 PM
#18
"McConnell has no credibility on China because of his family's substantial Chinese business holdings"

*Has a secret Chinese Bank Account*
Topicshould i get Story of Seasons: FOMT on PC or Switch? its on sale on steam
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 3:31:36 PM
#13
ArianaGrandSlam posted...
well I didnt MEAN to, thats why I feel so bad about it

didnt know about offering Cliff the job when I was a kid

There's an event where Cliff comes back to town and just starts working at the winery completely irrelevent of you aside from triggering the event.

Its awkward to trigger, but IIRC it was in the original FOMT too.
TopicEpic Games is behind North Dakota bill to ban Apple/Google app sale fees
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 3:29:06 PM
#24
If Epic just makes their own app store, won't they not be able to take a percentage either?

I don't get Epic's endgame here, banning sales on their storefront is hurting an Epic app store too.
TopicX-Men Origins: Wolverine is so bad
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 12:45:24 PM
#6
SpaceBear_ posted...
I liked it.

This. Like, it wasn't great, but its perfectly fine, deadpool aside.

Its the worst Wolverine movie though.
TopicThere's a Nintendo direct tomorrow Smash bros is the headliner
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 12:16:29 PM
#40
I still want Crash Bandicoot in Smash, I might actually buy the DLC for that.

ktownslayer16 posted...
how are they not doing one for Zelda's 35 though

Also one for Pokemon 25 this year, although Pokemon tends to do their own announcements.
soulunison2 posted...
Give us battle network collection you cowards

This
TopicStar Wars and MCU are garbage
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 11:55:18 AM
#29
I mean, depending on who you ask, the average Star Wars fan will tell you that like, 3-4/10 movies are actually good, so that's hard to argue with.

The MCU has basically completely replaced the generic big summer action movie, which kind of bums me out, since the MCU movies are always fairly similar. They are great as the "basic blockbuster action movie 90% of fans will forget about when they leave the theatre" movies.

I'd say its more an issue of "Hollywood bigwigs are afraid to try new things" than just blaming Star Wars or the MCU.
TopicI'm glad Rian Johnson is going to direct more Star Wars movies.
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 11:50:47 AM
#74
s0nicfan posted...


https://screenrant.com/star-wars-8-9-jj-abrams-script/
Heres what I think I know. J. J. wrote Episode VII, as well as drafts for VIII & IX. Then Rian Johnson arrived and wrote The Last Jedi entirely. I believe there was some sort of general consensus on the main lines of the trilogy, but apart from that, every director writes and realizes his film in his own way. Rian Johnson and J. J. Abrams met to discuss all of this, although Episode VIII is still his very own work. I believe Rian didnt keep anything from the first draft of Episode VIII.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2481988/surprise-jj-abrams-was-actually-involved-with-star-wars-the-last-jedi

TopicI'm glad Rian Johnson is going to direct more Star Wars movies.
Proto_Spark
02/16/21 11:45:26 AM
#71
Cool, I really liked TLJ. I'd love to see what he does if he can like, leave the Skywalker stuff and tell his own full Star Wars story.

Although I think most of the fanbase has way too toxic association with the name Rian Johnson to ever give him another chance. Which is weird because JJ Abrams definitely deserves more of the hate there.
TopicList good things about Star Wars Phantom Menace.
Proto_Spark
02/15/21 6:45:55 PM
#14
AlisLandale posted...
Podracing

Like the scene is grotesquely overlong for what it contributes to the story, but damn if it isn't cool af.

TopicLittle Caesars is the best fast food pizza chain
Proto_Spark
02/15/21 6:42:53 PM
#10
The "available immediately" is the only justification for Little Caesars.

Its a great reason though, but if you're willing to just wait 20 minutes to order it its much better.
TopicHow do people choose a new windows laptop?
Proto_Spark
02/14/21 8:25:39 PM
#19
Naysaspace posted...
i made a value chart and assigned rankings to features based on how much they mean to me.

macbook, dollar-for-performance, is about double the cost of a windows laptop.

Keep in mind that the sweet spot for value is in the 700-1200 range (CAD, adjust appropriately for USD). Buying one of the budget laptops may be the cheapest option, but the value is ridiculously low because they really are pieces of shit.

I think double is a little much. You can get a solid windows laptop with the same specs for a few hundred cheaper than an Apple one, but 1/2 price is cutting into cheap crap territory. The M1 (new) MacBooks are also supposed to be crazy good, although I haven't kept up with how good they actually are.

But I agree with the 700 price at a minimum for a decent laptop. I'd personally say the bare minimum to look for is an SSD over an HDD.

Also need to be worried a bit about "high-end" versions of cheap laptops might reach the lower end of this price range, but are still **** laptops.
TopicChoose a letter: (M) (P) (R) (O) (S) (T)
Proto_Spark
02/14/21 8:08:44 PM
#3
O... What does the Soul Stone do again?
TopicITT: We act like Republicans
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 7:54:40 PM
#3
As long as we're the ones doing it, its the right decision
Topicwhy do all the open world sandbox games have to be zombie games.
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 7:42:30 PM
#5
I guess if you really stretch it you can use stuff like sections when TLOU1/2 really opens up but I think thats kind of cheating
TopicC/D "Type 1" Zombies Won't attack aliens who look similar to humans.
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 7:40:29 PM
#35
Kimbos_Egg posted...
Is that the one with the idiot army guys? They steal all the stuff that those kids have in the other shitty one that was "found footage"? Urgh. I hated both those movies.

I liked the first one, but I'm a real sucker for found footage.

It was the one with the army guys, and it was very much... not a good movie. I don't know who thought making a spin off about army guys who ****ed over some kids in a previous movie was a good idea, but someone clearly did.
TopicC/D "Type 1" Zombies Won't attack aliens who look similar to humans.
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 7:34:41 PM
#29
Kimbos_Egg posted...
https://youtu.be/9yvTZNpfcfk?t=231

You#re probably remembering the remake of night of the living dead.

In Survival of the Dead (Romero's last zombie movie) the big ending is basically "zombies eating animals, they just don't really want to" so it can happen... I guess.

There aren't a ton of stories where zombies actively ignore attacking animals, so much as it just never really comes up if they don't.
TopicMost streaming services are owned by far left companies.
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 5:16:21 PM
#47
Yazarogi posted...
is that brought up specifically in the episode?

The fact that its dangerously close to blackface is literally the joke. And they even kick him out of the game for that, don't they?, because its way too close to being blackface.

which is basically exactly what removing the episode from streaming services is doing.
TopicMitt Romney is one of the few Republics I can stomach
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 4:57:48 PM
#28
On_The_Edge posted...
In 4 years you'll say you can stomach Trump but the new guy is Hitler

I mean, The only reason Trump didn't literally become Hitler is that he's pretty bad at the actual political stuff. Someone to do the same Trump stuff but actually know how to politician will probably end the world as we know it.

Someone who is actually good at the stuff Trump was trying to pull would probably make people be able to stomach Trump, since he was at least too crap to be able to do it.
TopicHot take: Link sucks.
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 3:14:55 PM
#18
Do any other Links beyond Minish Cap have effectively a vacuum item? I think he's the only one that really ever sucks things
TopicHow many James Bond movies have you seen, CE?
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 3:07:48 PM
#14
This topic made me notice I really haven't seen many of the older ones. Like the Daniel Craig ones... maybe one or two Pierce Brosnan ones.
TopicDid you watch Degrassi?
Proto_Spark
02/11/21 12:42:45 PM
#28
Kami_no_Kami posted...
No. Seems like a chick show.

This, so I was way too insecure to watch it often when I was younger.

I did though happen to be in the room when my sisters were watching somewhat often though.
TopicLet's see what Tucker Carlson is up to tonight
Proto_Spark
02/10/21 9:32:03 PM
#3
Remember when the news was like... news?

I like how Tucker says there's plenty of evidence for what he's saying, but doesn't provide any, which he would if he was like, providing news.

wait... wasn't George Floyd being murdered by a cop literally filmed?

Infowars bull**** might be being generous here
TopicBella Ramsey to Star as Ellie in the The Last Of Us HBO series.
Proto_Spark
02/10/21 9:02:55 PM
#22
DarthAragorn posted...
The bigger issue is he looks like he's fuckin fifty

This. He's like 15 years too old to be Ellie and like 15 years too young to be Joel.
TopicLAST OF US 2 is a game I need to shower after playing
Proto_Spark
02/10/21 7:18:01 PM
#41
Yazarogi posted...
Actually, yeah they do.

https://youtu.be/WeG9MuzUppM

https://youtu.be/p-ryhcJ1Csw <--- minus heads exploding, bodies fall exactly like this if you've ever seen any cartel hit video or head shot video on the internet.

This next one is an actual VR experience to REALLY make you feel like you're the one doing the killing.

https://youtu.be/PtU9bAPm8eg

BUT YEAH, THE LAST OF US IS THE GRIMEY ONE.

Can't they all be a little much? I don't really want the people I shoot to scream in pain for another 10 seconds until they finally die.
TopicMahershala Ali offered role of Joel in HBO's TLOU series
Proto_Spark
02/10/21 5:43:36 PM
#61
Ivynn posted...
I thought TLOU tv show wasn't going to follow Joel and Ellie.

I don't think it should. TLOU is in a lot of ways just a Long movie anyways. Its not a game I think would be improved by making it a movie.

maybe it could be during the four year gap between TLOU1 and 2?
TopicDid Joel make the right choice at the end of TLOU? *spoilers*
Proto_Spark
02/09/21 9:29:11 PM
#88
Darmik posted...
Literally never said or claimed this wasn't the case. My claim is that both were bad and both were justified from their own perspectives.

This. The whole end of the game isn't supposed to be an easy choice. You aren't supposed to say "well one of these was obviously the only acceptable option"
TopicDid Joel make the right choice at the end of TLOU? *spoilers*
Proto_Spark
02/09/21 9:03:29 PM
#82
When did Ellie ever establish she would die if she had to for the cure? because I don't remember that. She certainly didn't think she was going to have to die from it, given she and Joel make plans for immediately after they finish.

Its a big part of her character that she wants her whole experience to be "for something" but that doesn't mean she'd willingly die for it.

UnfairRepresent posted...
No one honest can deny Joel's actions are evil. Joel can't even deny it.

Well yeah. Joel isn't a good character. Its made abundantly clear that Joel makes a selfish and dangerous decision, that he makes a terrible one by lying to Ellie, and possibly destroys his relationship with her when she sees straight through his shit.

But its also not as basic a choice being made as "kill Ellie or save everyone" its "kill Ellie and let these bumbling idiots maybe have a chance at saving everyone (when there's no proof they have any idea what they're doing), but even if it works its also well too late since civilization has already collapsed" making Ellie have effectively died for nothing.
TopicLAST OF US 2 is a game I need to shower after playing
Proto_Spark
02/09/21 8:47:09 PM
#23
I'm only like 4 hours into TLOU2, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Haven't gotten to super dark places yet, but I hope most of the complaints I've heard about are actually just butthurt people using TLOU2 as an excuse to be like, misogynistic.
TopicDid Joel make the right choice at the end of TLOU? *spoilers*
Proto_Spark
02/09/21 8:41:37 PM
#72
UnfairRepresent posted...
They are confident they have the vaccine and there's nothing in the story to suggest they don't. "A scientist got bit by a zombie" doesn't demonstrate that the vaccine doesn't exist, it's just more fuel to the fire of how determined such a resource limited group is.

But the scientist didn't get bit by a zombie. He got himself infected by a monkey that he infected because he was too negligent to follow his own procedure.

If you want another story reason the fireflies are garbage, after Joel gets Ellie to the base, The Fireflies completely reneg on their deal and treat not murdering the man who brought over the miracle child as a gift.
Darmik posted...
Ellie absolutely did not know she was supposed to die when she got to the Fireflies. They never once told her. They lied to her just as much as Joel did. It's easy to say you would do the right thing in that scenario but at the end of the day Ellie has not had the chance or choice to step up and do that because of the people around her.

This. There's a reason she talks about what to do with Joel after they finish. She definitely didn't know the circumstances of anything going in, and was taken from the cusp of drowning straight into surgery so she couldn't consent to anything even if she wanted to. Not to mention the Fireflies were clearly not interested in her actually consenting either.
TopicDid Joel make the right choice at the end of TLOU? *spoilers*
Proto_Spark
02/09/21 8:18:31 PM
#65
UnfairRepresent posted...
I disagree (note I only watched the video from the timestamp)

It's bending over backwards to make dumb excuses for Joel while avoiding the entire plot of the game. It's a Zombie apocolypse, decades into it. What soceities are left are small and unsustainable, large swabs of land are inhabitable.

The Fireflies are a terrorist group with minimal resources. The fact they are able to exist and (successfully) research a Zombie vaccine is an incredible testament to their ability. The game never puts any doubt into the story that the vaccine would work and if it did then that would utterly destroy the point of the finale and Joel's character arc.

Going "Well the milita's with 40 times the manpower and resources keep pushing them back and one researcher got infected. Therefore they are incompetent" seems to be intentionally ignoring the plot and backdrop of the game. He's treating the Fireflies like they are a Big Pharma in the present day and not a terrorist organization inside literal hell being attacked at all sides by nature itself, a lack of supplies and a far superior enemy militarized force.

The Fireflies are clearly demonstrated to be determined and f***ing miracle workers.

But it isn't just the militia is taking them down, but its stuff like the researcher is stupid enough to let the monkey out so it can bite him and destroy the entire lab. It wasn't an accident, it was negligence. The fact that the doctors are immediately jumping to vivisecting Ellie instead of running more tests to try to save what they consider the one thing that matters in the world in a non-lethal way.

Theres also nothing to say that they actually have any research into a vaccine. Just that with Ellie they maybe could. There's nothing concrete that there's even hope for a vaccine, just that the fireflies may have deluded themselves into this last hope, and Ellie may have bought into it so everything that's happened can be for something. Neither of these say that a vaccine is actually possible.

UnfairRepresent posted...
In TLOU1 the idea was that the zombies are getting worse. There are no sustainable supplies. There is no large scale government. What socieities are left are restricting all human rights just to function at the bare minimum standard and more and more and more of the country is becoming impossible to traverse.

The plot of the game seems to suggest that the future of the world isn't with a vaccine like the Fireflies are so desperate to get, but settlements like Tommy's dam community and that one in the sewers you go through. Because the apocalypse has effectively happened already. outside of very specific circumstances, the zombies aren't the biggest threat anymore, contrasting with the difficulties of actually rebuilding against other people.

I thought the point of TLOU1 wasn't the zombies are getting worse, its just we haven't made moves to get better yet. Quarantine zones are failing because they are effectively little militia states who can't handle anything because there isn't a centralized system, meaning everything just had to fend for themselves (which is directly why there are groups like the fireflies).

Because 90% of the zombie encounters in TLOU1 are more like "wait, hold up, lets take this slow" because zombies aren't that big of a threat. they are a threat, but they are also basic and something you can handle. The bigger problem is other people.
TopicDo you like Chris Jericho's *Fozzy*?
Proto_Spark
02/09/21 7:55:54 PM
#3
I mean, they're okay. Not gonna complain when its on but its far from my favourite. There's one or two bangers in there too.
TopicDid Joel make the right choice at the end of TLOU? *spoilers*
Proto_Spark
02/09/21 7:32:21 PM
#55
Garioshi posted...
https://youtu.be/ma4DJbvO84I?t=11200
Timestamped, so you don't have to watch the entire video.

This is a great video. TLOU is really heavy handed about how **** the Fireflies were at their jobs that makes it really hard to disagree with Joel.

Joel still made an awful, sympathetic, and selfish decision, but also kind of the obvious one. The thing that makes everything so much worse is that Ellie sees right through the BS Joel gives her so she never gets the real story presumably until well after Joel's death (IDK I haven't finished TLOU2 yet)
Topici give you a karen named karen karening
Proto_Spark
02/09/21 12:01:22 PM
#29
I love how the cashier is audibly upset at this woman making an issue, and still was being polite when the woman couldn't get the camera running to make a scene.

Also there's absolutely no chance that that woman actually has a disability.
TopicOne night: Mary Kate and Ashley in their prime or Elizabeth?
Proto_Spark
02/08/21 11:36:32 PM
#7
Wii_Shaker posted...
In the prime of their career or their sexual prime (of legal age)?

Let's be clear here, I've shaken a ton of Wiis but I'm no diddler.

I sincerely hope its not the prime of their careers. Because you can make a real argument the prime of Mary Kate and Ashley's careers (at least their movie careers) were as children.
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