Tobar

Luckily my screening was free from any technical difficulties.

The story was solid. Patrick Troughton has always been my favorite Doctor since my first run through of the series.

I’m a little disappointed in the animation studios efforts here. You could tell they were working with a very small budget and during the little featurette after the show they mentioned how they were working under extreme time constraints to get it done by the deadline.

I wish they had brought back the studio that did The Tenth Planet. Their character designs were a little too anime-y but their layouts, use of lighting and animation was pretty great at times.

In contrast, the effort here for Power left a lot wanting. Their backgrounds and the Daleks were great though.

But it’s serviceable and the story can now be watched in at least some form now.

Tyrphanax said:

That’s a great texture pack because it keeps the original feel of the game. I’d definitely play with that one.

That’s my biggest issue with texture mods and remasters in general.

The original Star Wars has a shot of Artoo descending a flight of stairs.

That’s crazy! What kind of budget will those first two episodes have if they’re going to IMAX…

pittrek said:

Does it mean that this is the last season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Possibly, but I doubt it. Ghost Rider has really shaken things up on the show. I’d hate to see it end right after being reinvigorated.

Speaking as a Latino myself, we generally don’t take slurs against us seriously. They’re something to laugh at.

In other news:

But we’ll also get to see a Klingon captain, a female admiral, a male admiral, a male adviser and a British male doctor.
(Source)

The Captain a Klingon?!?!

You should see if it’s playing in your area. I just finished a rewatch of The Tenth Planet in preparation for tonight.

Don’t we have a copy of the original mono mix that disproves that?

I can’t believe that franchise is 15 years old. That’s NUTS.

ZkinandBonez said:

I’m still curious about what that thing hovering in the middle is supposed to be?

ZkinandBonez said:

I’m also curious as to what is Vader doing here;

Loving it.

It’s going to be Baze Malbus, calling it right now.

MalàStrana said:

Worst episode so far. Already a filler episode

A filler episode is one where nothing happens that is important to the main plot. This episode was setup for Sabine’s character arc and the start of a new ally.

Rebels Recon #3.06: Inside “Imperial Super Commandos”

darthrush said:

But something has always bugged me…which is the letter at the end. The entire scene cheapens everything that went down between Tony and Steve, and made me feel like they had already made up.

At the end of Civil War, characters are split and there’s a whole new generation of superheros being trained up. What is the state of the Avengers at the start of Infinity War?

There’s a writing adage that says “write yourself into a corner.” My brother and I have always loved that adage. That was one of our favourite things about Civil War – that it ended in a difficult place where it’s hard to imagine what the road forward exactly is for both Tony Stark, Steve Rodgers and these two sides that have suffered the consequences of this division. On a storytelling level, it is a very difficult place and yes, that is very much the condition of the world as we move forward after Civil War. This very much sets the stage for where Infinity War begins – it’s a place of a strong divide.

Will some of the tensions have been resolved when we next meet those characters?

We believe things that are important and complex for a character to go through should be seen on camera. The divisions that happened at the end of Civil War were so deep they’re not the kind of things you can resolve or move through off camera; they’re the kind of things you have to directly deal with in the storytelling.That’s our philosophical approach to how we handle those things.

At the risk of delaying the project, a possible solution to the Emperor’s “Luke Skywalker” line may have surfaced.

darthrush said:

I would still stick with the more saturated and contrasty version in my opinion.

I second this, though the compromise looks great. It’s gotta be pretty frustrating for you Dre to hear all of these conflicting opinions. Ultimately, it’ll be up to your best judgement.

dahmage said:

Tobar said:

TV’s Frink said:

Tobar said:

TV’s Frink said:

The amount of references to male Mary Sues are about 0.005% of female Mary Sues. That’s precisely why it is sexist.

What a ridiculous argument. Is “Benedict Arnold” as a term sexist toward men?

What a ridiculous response. I didn’t say Mary Sue is a sexist term because it is a female name.

The number of male Mary Sues far exceeds female Mary Sues, yet female Mary Sues are labelled as such much more often, that is why it is sexist.

Yeah and I’m saying the majority of people being called a Benedict Arnold are probably men. Does that make it sexist?

Perhaps. but i don’t get why this idea that you can point out a separate issue (even if possibly related) and think that it negates the current issue. Just stop calling Rey a Mary Sue, and start saying “i don’t like woman leads”

How lazy is that. Someone says something you don’t like and so you just immediately jump to labeling them an “-ist” to try and shut them down.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed but we’re in a Rogue One thread. A film I happen to be quite psyched about. I have no opinion on Jyn as I haven’t seen the film yet. Could she enter the hallowed halls of awesome female protagonists like Ellen Ripley or Sarah Connor? Quite possibly. Or she could fall into Rey territory. No one knows yet.

And that’s not a knock Daisy’s performance. She was failed by the writing. Which is painful to say about a Lawrence Kasdan script but then Abrams is credited as co-writer. It wouldn’t be a shock to me to learn that Abrams had written most of it with Kasdan brought in to punch it up and to use his name for fan cred.

TV’s Frink said:

Tobar said:

TV’s Frink said:

The amount of references to male Mary Sues are about 0.005% of female Mary Sues. That’s precisely why it is sexist.

What a ridiculous argument. Is “Benedict Arnold” as a term sexist toward men?

What a ridiculous response. I didn’t say Mary Sue is a sexist term because it is a female name.

The number of male Mary Sues far exceeds female Mary Sues, yet female Mary Sues are labelled as such much more often, that is why it is sexist.

Yeah and I’m saying the majority of people being called a Benedict Arnold are probably men. Does that make it sexist?

TV’s Frink said:

The amount of references to male Mary Sues are about 0.005% of female Mary Sues. That’s precisely why it is sexist.

What a ridiculous argument. Is “Benedict Arnold” as a term sexist toward men?

That seems likely to be the case. Doctor Strange tickets went on sale about a month out from release. Seems like they don’t do the two to three months out pre-sales anymore.