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They really should have joined HotDQ to Phandelver and started people out at 5. That takes the Greenest fight from "suicidal" back down to "challenging"
GAME REVIEW: Dungeons And Dragons 5e: Hoard Of The Dragon Queen
(The Ecstacy Of Gold - Ennio Morricone) "In an audacious bid for power, the Cult of the Dragon, along with its dragon allies and the Red Wizards of Thay, seek to bring Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells to Faerûn. To this end, they are sweeping from town to town, laying waste to all ...
So, here's what we didn't have time to get into....
Ares was a poorly written villain. His death didn't stop war, it didn't even pause war for an entire generation.
Instead of yet another CGI fight where people fly in a standing position and throw things at each other, Diana vs Ares should have been a battle of the mind. Diana's love for all mankind vs Ares' desire to forment hatred and dissent between peoples. Ares should have bombarded her with images of savagery and violence that people do unto each other, while Diana fights back with her ideals and the (admittedly few) examples of humanity's decency that she's been exposed to.
While she ends up winning this fight, Steve's sacrifice sends her into a deep depression, causing her to withdraw from the world. During her time of isolation, of course, the events leading up to WWII occur. It is the outbreak of another global war that makes Diana realize that she cannot slack again.
(Of course, I would have had her working for UNICEF instead of the frickin Louve, but that's just me...)
MOVIE REVIEW: Wonder Woman
(Wonder Woman Theme - Hans Zimmer) What an absolutely insane day! A big first for the blog, we leveraged split audio and video streams for the finished product and did quite a bit of work in Post in order to produce the final product. That said, it was absolutely worth the effort, and a great ...
My confusion about Deadshot and Harley is, he pretends to miss shooting her, then 5 minutes later he says that he never shoots women or kids. Why didn't he just say that instead of aiming and missing?
For the DCU to set up the Joker as one of their ultimate bad guys, making him a secondary supporting character seemed odd. It seems they could have used the Joker as a background presence, dropping hints that he knows Harley is out and might show up, without spoiling his DCU entrance by FAILING AT EVERYTHING.
That, and someone that suicidally crazy and chaotic couldn't run a gas station, let alone run a criminal empire. No one would work for him, no one would work with him, he'd be ratted out or stabbed in the back at the first opportunity... but that's just sayin.
MOVIE REVIEW: Suicide Squad
(No Way Out - Grammatik) Let's not sugar-coat the situation: DC needs a win. They need a win badly. Superman Returns saw an excellent Brandon Routh fall prey to a too-long movie with too-little action and too-poor story. Man Of Steel wasn't horrible, but it failed almost utterly to capture the...
A great documentary about the rise of the sport and some of the challenges they face. I should have a screening.
http://www.derbybabythefilm.com/
ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW: Kansas City Roller Warriors
(In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins) Ask someone, anyone, if they know what Roller Derby is, and most folks will say something about a bunch of girls on roller skates, but most people won't be able to tell you anything more than that. This is usually for one of two reasons: 1. Roller Derby isn't...
Ummm.. What category of movies includes "Saving Private Ryan", "Fury", and "Schindler's List"?
TRAILER REVIEWS!!!
(Leaving Earth - Clint Mansell) I'm serious, Zupon. I could have spent the time that I wasted today writing trailer reviews. As it stands, our little jaunt through Advanced Calling sucked out my will to live, so there'll be no full reviews. Sort of. There's a lot to discuss, so let's get to it...
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If Thor doesn't say, "ULTRON! We would have words with thee!", I riot....
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TRAILER REVIEW: Avengers - Age Of Ultron (Final)
(The Eggs Of Satan - Tool) All credit to my Internet-dwelling nephew for this one, kids. I'd like to think that I would have stumbled onto this sucker on my own, but ye GODS! Oh, if you haven't actually seen the final trailer yet, get it here 0:10 - OH MY GOD, James Spader is monologuing again!...
We made grilled gourda on sourdough with deli ham and bacon tonight. Seeing as it all came from Costco, it was probably a $3 meal each....
Comfort food is all very well, but I'm not paying prime rib prices for hamburgers.
FOOD REVIEW: Tom+Chee
(The Fleets Arrive - Sam Hulick) So, my friend Christi sent me a link to this Tom + Chee place the other day while we were at the office, and when I started to explore the place, the first words out of my mouth were, "Are you kidding me??" Actually, there was an F-bomb in there too. This is a re...
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