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3 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

I imagine it doesn't, but in a holistic sense it's lame that it ends with Far From Home and not Endgame. But I'm with you, it merits a shrug overall. 

 

My guess is that you are right that Phases don't really matter much.  Also this being Spiderman I am guessing Disney has less control over it's content.

In the eyes of the people who make these decisions maybe the next phase starts with the introduction of the next big bad.  Do we know for sure what the first Phase 4 movie is?  Maybe there will be an intro to Galactus... or Dr Doom, or whoever the big bad is for the next phase.

4 minutes ago, Mercury33 said:

Cool, I can’t wait to play their stellar lineup of exclusives....oh wait

With the acquisition of all the new studios over the past couple of years I would think that by the end of 2020 there will be a good number of exclusives coming to the xbox brand.

Also anyone coming over from the PS family can get signed up with game pass and instantly have a huge library of games to wade through.  

4 minutes ago, Mercury33 said:

 

Yeah same. If I went off this board or twitter I’d think that unruly kids screaming at the top of their lungs was a rampant problem in theaters. It’s not. In fact I’ve found the opposite. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve heard a kid during a movie. And I believe all of them were during kids movies. On the other hand, I’ve had 100’s of incidents with adults who won’t stfu. Now I’m not saying that screaming kids don’t happen. They do, but not at the rate that this board would have you believe.  Entitled adults are a way bigger problem. 

I think this can change depending on where you go.  I used to go to a theater where this was a problem but moving across town and going to a different theater I haven't ever seen the crying kid thing happen again.  

I have no idea if this is a demographics thing or something the theater management takes care of and keeps from happening... but my suggestion is that if it happens at your theater then try going somewhere else.  Obviously sometimes you can't if you live in a small town etc.

8 hours ago, sblfilms said:

 

The MCU is not produced the way you seem to think it is. Ant-man for example exists in the MCU almost solely because Edgar Wright wanted to make an Ant-man flick. KF and Marvel didn’t have Doctor Strange in mind when they made the first handful of MCU entries. The series evolved over time.

 

The MCU is a perfect example of a series written as they went along.

Just want to say I respect you and your opinions.  

I think the Marvel version of planning is what is ideal to pull off a successful multi-part universe.  What Marvel has is some end goals in mind, and a set of rules that they follow.  That obviously does not mean that things don't change over time, new ideas are introduced, things are retconed etc.  That is going to happen over time.  But there is a consistent vision.  

My problem with this current Star Wars trilogy which maybe I have not articulated clearly enough is that they gave it to two directors who have very different visions for what the core story should be.  That is what I see as not being planned out well enough.  I like both directors for what they do.  JJ is more fan service and fun, Rian is deeper and more challenging.  I think either take on Star Wars could produce great results, but I think a mixture of the two where each director is changing the flow the previous director put in place is a long ways from an ideal setup.

3 hours ago, sblfilms said:

That is neither what I said, nor was it inferred. Planning ahead or not planning ahead simply have no bearing on whether a story is good or not. Great story telling happens both ways, and really awful storytelling happens both ways.

 

The thing here though is that it’s hard enough to get one story made into a movie in Hollywood that the notion of planning out in any detail the plot of a multi-movie series ahead of time was nearly non-existent for the vast majority of the history of Hollywood.

So your story now is that when they made ep 7 they weren't sure they would make enough money to make another one so they didn't plan for it?

Hollywood history does not matter at all here.  I'm not interested in the thought process for Smurfs 1.  We are talking about Star Wars.  They knew they were doing a trilogy and they screwed up by having multiple directors with different visions and no one doing a good job of keeping the story coherent.  That isn't a poke at either Rian or JJ.  I think the story would have been better if either of them had had full control of the trilogy rather than passing it back and forth.  That has been my point the whole time that you seem to disagree with.  Disney seems to think I'm right since that is exactly what they are doing now.

It will be interesting when we hear the next-gen plan from all the major players.  I think we are getting close to the end of regular console cycles.  It was already blurred this gen with the Pro and the X.  

On 4/13/2019 at 12:49 PM, sblfilms said:

 

Most of the best narrative series you’ve enjoyed didn’t, so, overrated indeed.

13 hours ago, Remarkableriots said:

http://collider.com/upcoming-star-wars-movies-rian-johnson/#images

“We’re not just looking at what the next three movies might be, or talking about this in terms of a trilogy. We’re looking at: What is the next decade of storytelling?”

 

Kennedy said the creative braintrust will be mapping out a strategy, and central to that strategy are new film series from Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson and Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. We previously learned that Johnson was creating a new trilogy of Star Wars films focusing on new characters in a new setting, and Benioff and Weiss were separately hired to create their own new series of films. But Kennedy tells EW that Benioff and Weiss are actually working together with Johnson to plan out the future of the franchise:

“As they finish Game of Thrones, they’re going to segue into Star Wars,” Kennedy said. “They’re working very closely with Rian.”

 

However, when it comes to the timeline, that “a long time ago” part could be altered either way—a longer time ago, or a shorter time ago—with this next phase of Star Wars filmmaking, says Kennedy:

 

“Yes, absolutely. I think that that’s absolutely on the horizon,” she said. “We’re looking at whether we can move massively in one direction of the other. It’s still Star Wars, and holding on to the DNA of what George Lucas created is still very important to us. I think this is a huge opportunity to step into the galaxy in a little bit different part of the timeline.”

Uh oh.  I guess star wars is going to suck now.  They are thinking ahead and planning.  Maybe even letting a single director be in charge of en entire trilogy.  These movies are doomed.  Only by blindly throwing random shit at the screen can greatness be achieved.  

The person least surprised that Palpatine is alive has got to be Maul.  Getting thrown down a shaft ain't nothin.  Hell Maul was cut in half first.

On 4/13/2019 at 9:35 PM, Bacon said:

I mean, it is better than at least half of the MCU, if not more. 

 

Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Thor (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Avengers (2012)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Black Panther (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
 

It is, without a doubt, better than everything that is crossed out, and is at least equal to the rest of the movies. 

'without a doubt' is a stretch.  Everyone has their own preferences.  You would get a lot of arguments saying it is better than Civil War.  Civil War is considered by some to be Marvels high water mark.

1 hour ago, EternallDarkness said:

good, if they plan to do another trilogy perhaps they could use that time to scratch out an actual coherent story arc 

Sorry, I was informed in the other sw thread that planning a coherent story arc is over rated. 

I like that the new droid is named D-0.  I hope he gets back together with black sabbath.

The way they did these movies reminds me of an elementary school game where everyone sits in a circle then one person starts a story, the next person continues it etc all the way around the circle.  No planning or continuity.  If you don't like what was in the previous movie just disregard or change it.  These would have been better if they would have had either JJ or Rian just do all 3.

22 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

Right now, I don't see a need for this service, though I'll wait and see how their original content turns out. 

 

I need to start rotating my streaming services to cut on costs. Finish what I'm watching on Hulu then cancel it for a little while. 

With Jon Favreau and Taika Waititi involved I am expecting good things from the Mandalorian.  

So if you play Celeste and you slow the game down, turn on infinite stamina, increase your air dashes, and turn on invincibility... you are not playing Celeste.  

I mean for a disabled person I guess you can watch the story.  But whether you are disabled or not you are not going to get the Celeste experience playing that way.  I have not beat Celeste - but I played about the first half of the game and it was good.  The whole point of that game is dying on a level lots and lots of times - and figuring out exactly what you are supposed to do - then even after you know what to do dying lots more times trying to accomplish it - the the best part when you finally nail it and get through to the next screen you get a big rush and sense of accomplishment.  No one is going to get that feeling with all the cheats turned on.  With those cheats on you could probably walk through the game and maybe die a handful of times (if you are invincible then probably only dying when you encounter a hole to fall down).  Its cool if you want or need to play that way but you are not experiencing the real game.

Also every game on Xbox has accessibility options.  The Xbox adaptive controller works with any game because it is an xbox controller, and there are a ton of options to make games playable on that thing for a wide variety of individuals.

50 minutes ago, NeoJoe said:

They'd better! They've been teasing it forever now.

 

Will it be weird to eat a tub of popcorn at 8am on a Sunday while watching this?  

It will be kinda weird if you don't. 

I think the two sides that are having this argument in this thread have different views of video games.

Some people view games like children's toys.  They are there to amuse you and to have fun with.  And that is certainly true with many video games.

The other viewpoint is that video games can be elevated to an art form.  If this is your point of view then as a developer you would want your art to be experienced as you intended and not have other modes forced into your art by outside forces. 

1 hour ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

Hmmm, who is our little android companion? 

I hope he calls everyone 'meatbag'

This guy looks TERRIBLE for 47.  Just to compare Mark Wahlberg, Elon Musk, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Jered Leto are all his same age.

36 minutes ago, RedSoxFan9 said:

Captain Marvel is better than most of the MCU movies so you might as well see it in the theater

Nah.  It's middle of the road.  It rates about the same as Thor 1.  Much better than Hulk, or Thor 2... but not 'better than most'.

If the purpose of your game is to be hard then being forced to have an easy mode is dumb.  What would the purpose of Super Meat Boy be if it wasn't hard?  

I don't personally play games that are super hard - but I do understand that there are people who enjoy them.  Not every game is meant to be enjoyed by everyone.

32 minutes ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

 

 

Prey - 4/11

Golf Club 2 - 4/11

Monster Hunter World - 4/18

The Walking Dead - 4/18

Life Is Strange 2 - 4/24

Resident Evil 5 - 4/25

Game Pass is so good.

30 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said:

The aftermath of Endgame seems like the perfect place to bring mutants in, but not necessarily X-Men. If you imagine they use the stones to undust everyone and a small percentage of those brought back wind up with mutations that cause powers. Something along those lines could be made to work. If not that, then you can start with anyone that was pregnant and then undusted.

 

Sure, you don't get a Wolverine that's been around for ages it a Magneto that went through the Holocaust, but eh. There's no clean way to introduce those characters with world altering powers and just play it off like they've always just sort of been there in the background. Dealing with alternate dimensions and stuff is just as messy.

Wolverine has always been a loner and not wanted to be found.  Plus he doesn't get his metal skeleton until weapon X.  

We are getting to a time period where a lot of the backstory of the characters will need to be updated.  A functioning Magneto of today probably could not have been a kid in the Holocaust.  The age is just getting too much.  The good thing (bad thing?) is that humans do terrible things to each other in war all the time, so it would not be that hard to pick another time period and war for Magneto to come from.

1 hour ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

Depends on the Scarlet Witch story they do. 

MCU version of Scarlet Witch got her powers from the mind stone that was in Loki's scepter.  Not sure how they could change that now, they showed and talked about it happening.  

No X-men in phase 4 but that does not mean no mutants.

It would be the least surprising thing ever if they start off with a standalone Wolverine.  

5 hours ago, Bloodporne said:

I tried ASII when it came out and thought it was an incredibly boring and janky game so I never touched the series again. 

AC 2 has very little in common with the last two games.