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Weezing has a good shot in this one since he's not up against any standout Pokemon. Poison types are the best.

Good game, but a pretty disappointing Halo game. Both campaign and multiplayer was massive letdowns compared to every Halo game before. And even the games after were better in certain regards. Halo 5 had much better multiplayer, and Halo Infinite was just better all-around.

I think my unpopular opinion about the game though is that the story didn't do a whole lot for me. I was actually much more intrigued by the story set up in Spartan Ops strangely enough. The gameplay for it was alright, but I liked the direction that I thought Halo 5's story was going to be headed in. Of course, as we all know, they utterly screwed that up.

The only thing I fully agree on is the Joker being the killer of Bruce's parents. Obviously that was incredibly stupid. I enjoyed it otherwise though.

RIP

No doubt that him as Theoden in LOTR is the most standout performance in the entire trilogy.

Hambo posted...

It really is a close one, huh? I'm surprised Tentacruel is doing so well. I would have expected the Tentas to be written off as the Zubats of the sea. Also didn't expect Slowbro or Victreebel to do so well, but it's nice to see they have fans.

The Zubat and Tentacool lines have that negative reputation almost entirely because of how common they are. They're all really well-designed Pokemon I think. Any Pokemon that appears that frequently isn't going to be all that exotic or interesting. Though Zubat is a little bit different in that once it got to become Crobat, it became an easy to get Pokemon that also happened to be really good all the way through to the end of the game. Tentacruel is also pretty solid, but it has a million other Water types to compete with.

Some good ones here, but Tentacruel is the best.

All of these are pretty solid. Kind of surprised Ninetales got so many votes though. I figured Nidoking would run away with this one. Not the biggest fan of Ninetales myself, but it's decent.

I assume it must have been Pokemon Gold. I only ever beat the E4 though, and never progressed much through Kanto. But that's considered postgame anyway.

I was pretty bad at actually completing games when I was a kid. I'm pretty certain I beat Super Mario 64 as well, but not with 120 stars. I came back years later to do that.

Fearow

Always liked Spearow and Fearow more than the Pidgey line.

Angel Hernandez was the first to come to mind.

mario2000 posted...

Making their power levels match equally would be stupid and missing the point. Kong is supposed to represent nature and its inherent gentleness, while Godzilla is supposed to represent humanity and its penchant for destruction.

Also, Kong doesn't need a high power level because he's clever. Godzilla, on the other hand, doesn't need to be clever because he's literally a walking nuke.

Godzilla is shown to be extremely intelligent and clever in the Monsterverse though. Especially when it comes to combat intelligence. I think it might be more fair to say that Godzilla doesn't really need to rely on tools like Kong does.

Also, I'm not sure for this particular version of Godzilla that I agree with your first point either. This is a version of Godzilla that mostly goes out of his way to avoid causing destruction towards humans. Monsterverse Godzilla is driven by preserving some kind of natural balance between humanity, the Titans, and the rest of nature. But he still has the will to dominate to achieve that goal.

FortuneCookie posted...

Because Kong lacks his aggression, agility, and fighting ability that he has in other films. And because they changed Godzilla's origin without changing Kong's to match.

Godzilla is a mutated dinosaur. Without the atomic bomb, he's the kind of carnivorous beast that would get its jaw and neck broken by Kong. They should drop a bomb on Kong and give him super powers to level the playing field.

Oh, but wait! The Monsterverse changed Godzilla's origin. He's millions of years old and he's always been a radioactive giant. Cool. Then they can change Kong's origin and powers too. He doesn't need to be "just an ape" matched against an enhanced radioactive lizard.

Keep in mind, I'm more a fan of Godzilla than of Kong. But I still believe in a power balance when it fits the characters. If you're going to have Batman vs Spider-Man, have Batman get bitten by a radioactive bat and make the fight fair.

Also, Godzilla being demoted is a point of contention. Why are we following the lesser monster around when there's a stronger monster we should be following? Why is it the Adventure of Robin with special guest star Batman?

Kong doesn't need to match Godzilla in ability because that's not the point. Even with Godzilla vs. Kong, everyone knew well before the movie was even out that they'd team up. These movies are about Kong and Godzilla being Earth's (and by extension, humanity's) defenders.

Should Kong be buffed to be clearly physically stronger than Godzilla is? I think that'd be fair. But again, I don't think it really matters all that much.

I never really understood the Wartortle appeal. Squirtle and Blastoise are both great, just never really been a fan of him. I think he's my least favorite of first 9. Hell, I'd probably pick Caterpie over him too.

Anyway, the Bulbasaur family has always been the best. All three of them. Venusaur is my pick though.

saspa posted...

Gonna see it once it releases on streaming, can't wait.

I for one like the human actors they've had in these movies, and in godzilla vs kong 1 I was really happy to see rebecca hall and alexander skarsgard. However, I don't care for the stranger things girl I don't really see why the critics or even audience love her. Hope she's not in godzilla vs kong 2.

Unironically thought Kong: Skull Island was good. Godzilla 2019 was kinda disappointing in that felt like they blew their load too soon introducing King Ghidorah the 3-headed dragon when I thought he was basically Godzilla's ultimate nemesis. Still fun popcorn movie.

godzilla vs kong 1 was just so dumb that throughout it I was like "yeah sure, that may as well happen" and I was fine with it.

I thought Godzilla x Kong was better than Godzilla vs. Kong in almost every way. Also, Millie Bobby Brown didn't return, so you don't have to worry about her.

masterpug53 posted...

I really wanted to love Galaxy, and parts of it I do (especially the soundtrack). But if I'm being perfectly honest, I played Galaxy twice all the way through and Odyssey only once, and Odyssey was still infinitely more memorable.

I think trying to look at it as objectively as possible, Odyssey is a way better game than Galaxy. I would say Odyssey is probably one of the most finely-tuned games ever made. For me though, Galaxy is by far the more memorable experience and is one of my favorite games of all time. A lot of that is because of nostalgia perhaps. I did return to play through it as an adult and still loved it as much as I did as a kid though. The music is also a major factor as well, since it adds a lot to the whole overall feel of the game.

You could pretty much say that about most Godzilla films. Or even just kaiju films in general. I like the Monsterverse because it recaptures that feeling but also structures and organizes it.

I'm fine with the controls in all the 3D Mario games, and while the camera is never perfect, it's mostly tolerable in all of them as well.

Odyssey is just another level. It is the best controlling Mario game by far. I have not played any of the 3D Marios since playing Odyssey, but I could see going back to the old ones being jarring. Odyssey is just that smooth.

https://twitter.com/BryanHoch/status/1782513778770268344

Typical egotistical umpire doesn't want to admit he was wrong. It's too bad that the few times umpires actually get disciplined, it's never made public due to a clause in the CBA. Nothing brings baseball fans together more than shitting on the umpires.

Are people genuinely that outraged about this though? Games Workshop does something that draws criticism like every other day. The people making youtube videos about it are going to make videos about all of those things because that's what get them views.

I do get that there might be some valid criticism about this specifically, but I honestly just don't see why anyone would care. 40k is such an old and bloated franchise that you can pick out millions of things to be bothered by.

I've watched it a number of times at work. In the cafe area where I usually eat, there's a small kids section with a TV that is almost always playing Bluey. It really does seem like a phenomenal show, but not one I'd watch alone on my own time.

FL81 posted...

it's covered in the video
tl;dw a bit flip can recreate the glitch, but it probably wasn't a cosmic ray that did it

I just watched that video recently. Very interesting of course. But I was surprised that people apparently took the cosmic ray thing seriously. I remember back when pannen first posted the bounty for that, and I always thought the cosmic ray thing was basically just a joke. I never knew there were so many articles and videos running with that seriously.

divot1338 posted...

So he likes to call inside pitches strikes? What am I missing here?

No, this is from the umpire's perspective. So those would be outside pitches to righty batters, like all the ones in the video.

ShaneMcComez posted...

He's 62 years old. That's retirement age. He should retire now and or be pushed by outside forces to retire soon. He's a black mark on baseball and the faster he's gone from the sport the better.

I'd also prefer not to replace these umps who are on their way out, so that someday MLB can roll out robots to fill the positions of calling balls and strikes.

The umps aren't going to be replaced though. They just won't be actually calling balls and strikes. You'd still need one behind home plate to actually relay that information.

And most umpires are pretty decent. They're just rarely perfect. I wouldn't want them to lose their jobs just because they're human and bound to make errors. Just take the human factor out as much as possible.

Man Fan and Black Pope Iseem were probably the most memorable topics I remember. Maybe various CYOAs over the years too.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Angel is absolutely both the type to actually be this incompetent, and also the type to do this on purpose just because his over-inflated ego dictates that he has to dunk on the rookie to put him in his place.

He's incompetent for sure, but this is a pretty special kind of incompetent. None of those were even close. And as the tweet says, that last one was the largest miss on a called strikeout ever measured by Umpire Auditor.

AsucaHayashi posted...

Baseball noob here. So the ump called strike on 3 pitches that were clearly balls, correct?

and the last one was such an obvious ball that its evidence hes either corrupt or incompetent, right?

Angel also has a reputation for having a massively overinflated ego. There have been tons of umps over the years that seem to think they're god. Angel is just the most infamous.

When I saw that, my first assumption was that it was deliberate, because how could someone be this incompetent? Either way, Angel should have been fired ages ago.
Euripides posted...

He has threatened to sue them if they fire him (over "racial discrimination")

He has sued MLB for racial discrimination for not placing him on World Series crews. And he lost.

I was going to watch this yesterday, but I assumed it was only gonna be like a 40 minute video. So I will eventually, just not right now.

Yankees look nearly unstoppable.

ED-E is the best obviously.

Charon is the best in Fallout 3 though.

luigi33 posted...

This. They already have a proven record of making high quality Zelda games. OoA/S and Minish Cap are all amazing.

Gonna laugh when some idiot who doesn't understand the philosophy behind why people love Zelda say "FromSoft"

I'm pretty sure FromSoft would be able to make a good Zelda game. Sure, it would probably just be a Souls game with a Zelda skin, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Either them or Capcom would be fine in my opinion.

Good trailer for sure. Lots of guns. I haven't played Warhammer 3 in a long time and haven't even done Immortal Empires yet. But this definitely looks nice.

Landorus singlehandedly drags down all of Gen 5. Just kidding, that's still my pick for this one.

Smashingpmkns posted...

I dont know shit about baseball but I grew up in adjacent circles as Bryce Harper and from what I've heard the shit they put that kid through growing up was straight up child abuse. Dunno if he ever had this injury tho.

He also had Tommy John surgery a couple years ago. And now his time as an outfielder is pretty much over and he will likely spend the rest of his career playing 1B or DH. But he's already got his massive payday and isn't a pitcher anyway, so he's fine. Most of the kids who are playing baseball even a fraction as rigorously as Harper did are never going to have professional success.

We need bionic arms.

She was also one of the more interesting characters in the show too.

The Argenta/Night Sentinels are what confused me initially, because in Doom 2016 information about them is pretty vague. Or I just wasn't paying attention well enough. I just didn't quite understand how they fit into the whole thing until Eternal.

Yeah I loved Castle in the Sky too. I also felt like I wanted more, probably moreso than any of the other Ghibli films I watched. It's nice that most of the Ghibli films have pretty long runtimes for animated films.

AuthenticZac posted...

Good to know. I started off with amazon, but if HBO max has them, it might be worth a one-month sub - it'd be cheaper in the long run

Castle in the Sky is next. I wanted to do the Grave of the Fireflies/Totoro double-header first, but from here on out, it will be chronological.

If you're doing chronological order, then make sure you don't skip Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, as mentioned above. A lot of themes in that one are frequently repeated in subsequent Ghibli movies. And it's also my personal favorite.

Phantom_Nook posted...

didn't do Castle in the Sky first?
also Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind skirts the line of being a Ghibli movie, but most people consider it one.

I think Ghibli basically adopted Nausicaa as their first film even though they technically didn't exist yet.

I never watched any of them either till the past few months. Haven't seen all yet, but basically all of the most well-known ones. Except for Grave of the Fireflies, haven't done that yet.

The Shining for sure. The Stand is a pretty close second though.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Watching people cheer and call for robots/A.I to replace jobs will never not be weird to me

It's like sheep cheering for letting the wolves in.

But the umpire would still be there. He'd still be standing behind home plate. He would just be relaying the actual ball or strike call instead of judging it for himself.

I think robo umps are inevitable because the umpire mistakes are just too noticeable and too egregious on modern broadcasts to be tolerated. I definitely would miss the entertainment value of arguing balls and strikes though. And it's pretty hilarious how angry some fans get at the umpires.

Juan Soto fits the Yankees like a glove.

Yankees almost blew it, but Soto saved the day with his defense of all things.

Blaziken
Rayquaza
Zigzagoon
Pelipper

Gardevoir and Mudkip along with the first two are probably the four most notable. But I thought Zigzagoon and Pelipper would make for more interesting picks. And they're still pretty notable too.

Yankees already grounding into two inning ending double plays. Gross.

I watched Muppet Babies, but I'm not sure how much because I hardly remember any of it. I remember almost everything about Rugrats to this day.

I like this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE0HPAi0cU0

You can really see when Ghost started to become more interesting of a type. The past 4 gens have all been really great for Ghost types, both the quantity and quality. Gotta vote for 5 though.

Interestingly, Misdreavus is my overall favorite Ghost type Pokemon. But of course it's hard to obtain in GSC compared to the Gastly line. So glad they fixed that with HGSS.