Recent Posts

1

NWR Forums ID Verification / Womens From Your City - No Verify - Anonymous Sex Dating

« Last post by tombrady1980 on Today at 08:20:37 PM »

Private Girls From Your Town - No Verify - Anonymous Adult Dating
https://PrivateLadyEscorts.com
 
Private Lady In Your City - Anonymous Adult Dating - No Selfie
 
NEW GIRLS
Alica
Eva Sky
Hillary is WET
Courtney
Eva Sky
Jessie
Anika Uwunikaav

2

Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« Last post by broodwars on Today at 07:19:08 PM »

Well, I'm halfway through my latest attempt to watch The Libarians, having finished Seasons 1 & 2 via an old DVD collection. These are the 2 seasons I vaguely remembered from my original watch.

Man, I miss shows like this, where there is an overall story to a given season but it's still mostly episodic.

So far, it's been a fun watch and the show mostly holds up from a writing and acting perspective. The main cast doesn't particularly stand out, often feeling like early CW Arrowverse characters, but they work well together and generally put out solid performances. Definitely the most solid actor from the main cast Christian Kane as rugged art historian Jake Stone, though Noah Wyle does well as returning character (from the original Librarian TV movies) as Head Librarian Flynn Carson. Rebecca Romijn is pretty standard "tough girl" as Colonel Eve Baird. John Kim can get a little annoying as the thief Ezekiel Jones, to the extent that he would in the middle of one of his egotistical rants and I'd just be thinking "shut up, Dax!". Unfortunately, I think Lindy Booth is somewhat weak as Magic Mathematician Cassandra Cillian. I don't envy her role as the character in the show that has to motor-mouth exposition and constantly having to do her best Tony Stark Iron Man virtual visualization impression, but she often feels like the character with the least to do and the most annoyance to convey.

I'm not sure how this incredibly low-budget TNT show managed to get some of these guest stars, though. The 1st season alone has Tricia Helfer; Bruce Campbell; Rene Auberjonois; Bob Newhart; and Matt Frewer playing fairly substantial roles. And of course John DeLancie would come on in the 2nd season playing a trickster devil. That's just a casting directing layup.

The real heart of the show is definitely John Larroquette as Jenkins, the curmudgeonly library caretaker who alternates between sage advise; frustration; and withering sarcasm. If this show is a shameless lower-budget Warehouse 13, he's definitely the "Artie".

If you go into this show, prepare the wine because the showrunners are definitely going to provide plenty of cheese. This is a silly show about a motley crew of intellectuals (and 1 thief) going around trying to stop would-be magicians; magical creatures; and fictional characters come to life, and the show isn't the least bit ashamed to ham it up. And the effects are only barely convincing, being both quite cheap and very scarce. Still, where I think a show like this succeeds compared to a lot of modern shows is that for all the silliness there's still a solid core of sincerity. The Librarians isn't afraid to be stupid, but does want its audience to care.

Of course, watching this now makes me want to pull out my Warehouse 13 BluRays again and rewatch that show all over again.

3

Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« Last post by broodwars on Today at 07:02:00 PM »

Was in the mood for something different last night, so threw in my 4K BluRay remaster of The Last Unicorn I recently picked up on sale.

To the shock of no one the movie still holds up quite well, though it's kinda funny how much this feels like one of Disney's 70s compilation animated films like Robin Hood. There isn't so much a coherent narrative so much as a string of episodic events the characters just move between, and you can definitely tell where scenes got cut. There are some abrupt starts to scenes and jump cuts where clearly something violent got sliced. It lends to the movie having a certain "roughness" characteristic of films of its era.

The voice cast in general is excellent, though Mia Farrow is a bit weak as the Unicorn and Jeff Bridges is pretty bad as Prince Lir. Thankfully, the cast surrounding them picks up the slack, including Angela Lansbury; Tammy Grimes; Paul Frees; and Rene Auberjonois. I went back and forth on Alan Arkin as Schmendrick, as he had some good line deliveries but some really wooden ones, too. But Christopher Lee BY FAR kills it as King Haggard. I don't know how this is 1 of only a few animated voice roles he ever took on during his career, because he is an absolute natural at it with a certain softness and nuance that I don't usually hear from him. Apparently, he was something of a fan of the book, and it shows.

I was surprised at how much I dug the soundtrack...with one notable exception. The title theme is incredibly catchy, and it gets instrumental reprises throughout the film. I don't know who thought it was a great idea to give Mia Farrow and Jeff Bridges, 2 actors that clearly CAN'T sing, a duet, though. Farrow is constantly off-key and Bridges mumbles his lyrics.

Regarding the 4K transfer, it's absolutely stunning. This movie always had fantastic animation from the team that would eventually become Studio Ghibli, but in my experience transfers from 80s animated movies always look like **** and this very, VERY much does not.

Overall, a very enjoyable rewatch with some bumps in the road. Some minor pacing issues and jarring editing decisions.

Screenshots from BluRay.com.

4

TalkBack / Re: Pokemon Fire Red And Leaf Green To Release On Switch February 27, Pokemon Presents Announced

« Last post by broodwars on Today at 03:54:20 PM »

Dunno how to feel about this, really. On the one hand, this is my era of Pokemon: Gen 1. I can always go for a game of that.

On the other hand, these feel really overpriced at $20, especially with no online trade ability or a feature to allow you to trade with a separate save file from the other version. I feel like for that price, you should at least get both versions.

*shrug*

5

TalkBack / Re: Pokemon Fire Red And Leaf Green To Release On Switch February 27, Pokemon Presents Announced

« Last post by Mop it up on Today at 02:51:58 PM »

Coulda been woise, I was expecting $30 each.

6

TalkBack / Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Gets Surprise Switch 2 Edition Today

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on Today at 02:43:29 PM »

I was going to buy 2 and 3 but will hold off in hopes of switch 2 physical versions.

7

TalkBack / Re: Pokemon Fire Red And Leaf Green To Release On Switch February 27, Pokemon Presents Announced

« Last post by Ian Sane on Today at 12:03:52 PM »

On one hand it's really odd that this isn't part of the Nintendo Only GBA titles.  But on the other hand it is rather stupid that Nintendo's retro titles are exclusive to a subscription service with no way to purchase something permanently.  So in that sense this is preferable.

There is segment of the Switch userbase that wants a Virtual Console store to buy the classic titles.  An ideal situation would be to make all the games available in both.  Sign up for Nintendo Online and you get free access to these games but if you want to buy any individual title you can.

8

General Gaming / Re: I for one welcome the glorious return of overconfident E3 2006 Sony.

« Last post by Luigi Dude on Yesterday at 05:04:03 PM »

I guess Sony feels since Microsoft is a non-factor in hardware sales, they don't need to rely on exclusive titles to sell Playstation anymore.  So any studio that isn't putting out massive hits is getting the axe since they're no longer considered necessary anymore.

Of course this is a rather short sighted strategy when PC gaming has been on the rise in recent years, especially with Sony themselves even porting many of their games to PC.  I mean the PS5 has recently started to fall behind the PS4's sales at this point in its life, and with Xbox sales literally hitting Wii U levels, the data is pointing very heavily to Microsofts former audience jumping more to PC then to Playstation.

Plus even Nintendo has been gaining more major third party support where we're seeing more day one releases on Switch 2 along side the Playstation version.  With the rumors of Sony trying to get a hybrid of their own, that's going to be a harder sell if the Switch 2 has many of the same third party titles combined with Nintendo's exclusives.

9

General Gaming / Re: I for one welcome the glorious return of overconfident E3 2006 Sony.

« Last post by broodwars on Yesterday at 03:29:35 PM »

Sony shut down Bluepoint Games out of nowhere and I am fucking pissed. There. That's your post. Sony had more Concords to make, so they shut down one of their most reliable studios.

And game companies wonder why their audience is increasingly hostile or apathetic about the overpriced slop they put out now.

10

Nintendo Gaming / Re: Will you be willing to buy Virtual Game Cards, or would go all digital instead?

« Last post by Mop it up on Yesterday at 01:32:47 PM »

Since I have an Xbox, then I don't plan to buy third-party games on the Switch 2, which means I likely won't have to get any of those keycard dealies. The only way I would consider it is if there's somehow a third-party Switch exclusive that I really wanted.