Re: General Chat 12: It's 2016 with games aplenty

by zulux21 Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:52 am

california doing something right for once.
gotta happen from time to time I suppose Razz

california gonna raise minimum wage to $15 over the next few years.

by **-Mazer** Sun Mar 27, 2016 1:01 am

TensePsychopath wrote:I have to commend Zack Snyder for taking fucking Batman versus Superman and managing to make it so interminably dull.

1. The studio forced him to remove 30 minutes of footage.
2. The movie was not dull. How the hell can a 30+ minute war be dull?
3. It was primarily about supes morality, bats anger and paranoia after losing Jason, and Lex Jrs manipulation of the two.

by Koenig Sun Mar 27, 2016 1:04 am

$15? Dayum. Would be nice if New Mexico raised its minimum wage.

by TensePsychopath Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:22 am

-Mazer wrote:
TensePsychopath wrote:I have to commend Zack Snyder for taking fucking Batman versus Superman and managing to make it so interminably dull.

1. The studio forced him to remove 30 minutes of footage.
2. The movie was not dull. How the hell can a 30+ minute war be dull?
3. It was primarily about supes morality, bats anger and paranoia after losing Jason, and Lex Jrs manipulation of the two.

1. Thank god. The movie already felt like one of the longest things I've ever sat through.
2. The movie is an over serious bore. The first hour and a half or so is filled with nothing but stone faced people giving overwritten monologues about power, god, and morality. No one talks like a human being, and there's no levity or likeable characters anywhere. I couldn't care less about the action by the time it comes because I don't care about any of the characters involved. Superman is a mopey asshole, Batman is a ruthless asshole. They're basically the same character in this movie.
3. And this story was told with the sublety of a fucking sledgehammer. Of course it was a film about Superman's morality, no one ever talked about anything else. Batman's story was the only thing even approaching good, but it's smothered in awful editing and far too much shit going all at once. Lex is probably the most confusing element of the movie. We have no motivation other than "He's arrogant and crazy". The way he's played and written just makes him irritating rather threatening.

And all this without even going into the horrendous shoehorning in of expanded DC universe elements. The movie somehow manages to be even more clunky than the Thor pool scene in Age of Ultron with its references and setups for future movies. Why is Wonder Woman even in this movie? WB thinks it can have its Avengers without doing any it the proper leg work, which is pathetic.

by TensePsychopath Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:59 am

by LegendX48 Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:17 am

zulux21 wrote:california doing something right for once.
gotta happen from time to time I suppose

california gonna raise minimum wage to $15 over the next few years.

they're also going to nullify it by also raising the cost of everything else, cause you know...

by TensePsychopath Sun Mar 27, 2016 1:36 pm

Gotta be one of their funniest reviews in a while.

by LegendX48 Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:55 pm

*reads Tense's post*

to be fair, Batman should be a ruthless asshole, but not a murderous one. The more I think about it the more it clicks that he's hypocrite in the movie.

by TensePsychopath Sun Mar 27, 2016 3:00 pm

Both him and Superman are massive hypocrites.

Spoiler:

All the characters motivations in the movie are piss poor.

by Cybersix Sun Mar 27, 2016 3:06 pm

Mazer! I saw a black station wagon and I thought of you. :3

by LegendX48 Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:19 pm

TensePsychopath wrote:Both him and Superman are massive hypocrites.

Spoiler:

All the characters motivations in the movie are piss poor.

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Just... ugh. And then Jessie Eisenberg... fucking WB is in such a mad rush, chasing that Marvel money, it's kinda depressing. Fuck quality, fuck source material, fuck the current canon, GET TAHT MAHVEL MONIES GUISE!!!!!! ugh Really?

by TensePsychopath Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:38 pm

LegendX48 wrote:
TensePsychopath wrote:Both him and Superman are massive hypocrites.

Spoiler:

All the characters motivations in the movie are piss poor.

Spoiler:

Just... ugh. And then Jessie Eisenberg... fucking WB is in such a mad rush, chasing that Marvel money, it's kinda depressing. Fuck quality, fuck source material, fuck the current canon, GET TAHT MAHVEL MONIES GUISE!!!!!! ugh

Spoiler:

It doesn't bode well for the DCU that Zack Snyder is a hack who completely misunderstands the characters he's working with.

by LegendX48 Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:58 pm

I think someone on Neogaf said it best when they mentioned that Zack Snyder knows that certain events occur but does not know why.

by Hugh Mungus Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:32 pm

smirkytrick wrote:
Musou Tensei wrote:I never owned an apple product and I don't plan to.
You're a liar. I saw you eating Apple Jacks. I know you drank Apple Juice. And you know what? You know those Sour Apple Flavored candies that you had? Guess what... APPLE!!!

by Justin Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:24 pm

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2016/03/27/leak-claims-nintendo-nx-is-more-powerful-than-ps4-but-be-careful/#54dd2f5c360f

Rumors, rumors, rumors...

by **-Mazer** Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:52 pm

LegendX48 wrote:I think someone on Neogaf said it best when they mentioned that Zack Snyder knows that certain events occur but does not know why.

Why the hell does everyone blame Zack? He didn't write these movies. It's like blaming Bay for the TMNT movies...

by **-Mazer** Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:59 pm

And i think you both missed a pivotal part about why Batman is the way he is...

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by LegendX48 Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:07 pm

-Mazer wrote:
LegendX48 wrote:I think someone on Neogaf said it best when they mentioned that Zack Snyder knows that certain events occur but does not know why.

Why the hell does everyone blame Zack? He didn't write these movies. It's like blaming Bay for the TMNT movies...

... I do blame Bay for the TMNT movies, his touch can be seen and smelled throughout it >.>

It's on par with, if not worse than, the last airbender.

But anywho, Zack Snyder DID have a decent hand in the script. He wanted Superman completely out of the way and even admitted this in an interview. Would explain why Superman was so shafted for most part.

-Mazer wrote:And i think you both missed a pivotal part about why Batman is the way he is...

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

As far as the reasoning as to why Batman is the way he is... I get it but I still don't like it.

Spoiler:

Ben Affleck has completely changed my mind and I want to see him as Bruce/Batman but not like this.

by zulux21 Mon Mar 28, 2016 12:49 am

Koenig wrote:$15? Dayum. Would be nice if New Mexico raised its minimum wage.

to be fair $15 an hour in california is still like $7.25 pretty much anywhere else Razz

LegendX48 wrote:
zulux21 wrote:california doing something right for once.
gotta happen from time to time I suppose

california gonna raise minimum wage to $15 over the next few years.
they're also going to nullify it by also raising the cost of everything else, cause you know...

*sigh* no matter how much republican propaganda wants to make people believe that it just isn't the case. The cost of labor wages towards making a product are minimal compared to unit cost and marketing. There will be an increase in cost of items, but it will be a tiny fraction of the percent increase of wages. The most likely things to be effected will be stuff like food, but as for most other things they out right can't increase the cost. Amazon isn't going to start selling games at $65 because California raised min wage.
The main reason for this is because it's a free market and places need to stay competitive. The odds of any significant price increase is next to nothing and thus is a completely pointless thing to worry about with a min wage increase. (I mean to be fair if min wage had been set up correctly in the first place it would be up over $23 an hour at this point)

Now if you want to worry about something worry about it becoming harder to find a job. Companies won't pass on the price increase to the customer due to competition, but they may reduce the work force to cover the increased wages. There is legitimate concern over business cutting work force to leave the overall payment to employees around the same, BUT!!!! on the other hand most companies try to maximize everything already and thus are unlikely to have more workers than they need as it is. Plus with more people having more money, sales will likely increase and balance things out anyways, if not allow them to hire more people due to extra sales.

there is a nice breakdown here showing how states that raised their minimum wage actually saw job growth, increase sales, and less people living in poverty

by Koenig Mon Mar 28, 2016 1:18 am

Is it sad that I wish the Republican party would split into 2 or more groups? I am a Republican and I believe in many of their core values, however I don't ever want to be associated with Trump or the tea party.

by **-Mazer** Mon Mar 28, 2016 1:30 am

LegendX48 wrote:
-Mazer wrote:
LegendX48 wrote:I think someone on Neogaf said it best when they mentioned that Zack Snyder knows that certain events occur but does not know why.

Why the hell does everyone blame Zack? He didn't write these movies. It's like blaming Bay for the TMNT movies...
... I do blame Bay for the TMNT movies, his touch can be seen and smelled throughout it >.>

It's on par with, if not worse than, the last airbender.

But anywho, Zack Snyder DID have a decent hand in the script. He wanted Superman completely out of the way and even admitted this in an interview. Would explain why Superman was so shafted for most part.

-Mazer wrote:And i think you both missed a pivotal part about why Batman is the way he is...

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

As far as the reasoning as to why Batman is the way he is... I get it but I still don't like it.
Spoiler:
Ben Affleck has completely changed my mind and I want to see him as Bruce/Batman but not like this.

Spoiler:

by Ochi Mon Mar 28, 2016 1:41 am

LegendX48 wrote:got my first ranked mode rage quitter on SF5 o.o

Congrats? I thought you had already done that a few weeks ago?

also regarding Batman v Superman, I'd say that it really is Man of steel two, with all the faults and highlights of the previous entry.

Slow, plodding and brooding for the first half, CGI EXPLOSIONS AND FIGHTING FOR ACT 3, BOOM KASHHEEEEW BLAM WHOOSH!

by zulux21 Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:28 am

Koenig wrote:Is it sad that I wish the Republican party would split into 2 or more groups? I am a Republican and I believe in many of their core values, however I don't ever want to be associated with Trump or the tea party.

out of curiosity I must ask, what are these core values you believe in?

At this point it's gotten hard for me to see any core republican positions I couldn't easily find by reading the Dos and Don'ts of the bible. And I really just started following politics this last year so I am not sure what Republicans used to run on.

I know pro life has always been part of the republican platform though.
beyond that from this go around their platform seems to be based around being racist(we only get the rapists and drug people from mexico according to most of them >.<:) and keeping anyone not american from america, Tax breaks for everyone but mostly the rich, increasing government spending on our military, and going to war with more places. Thus I am curious what platforms I am missing.

For the record while I would lean towards voting democratic I believe I would be considered a socialist. Where I talk it's very pro democratic though, so I am curious what other things make up the republican party.

as for the whole break up thing... I really wish that both democrats and republicans would break up in general. Have people just run on their beliefs without people blindly voting towards a party, and merely voting for who they think are best.

For example my aunt is a republican. Hates all the republican candidates, likes Bernie, dislikes Hillary but less than the republicans, but still will likely just vote for the republican because they are republican.

I've never understood not voting for who you think will do the job the best *shrugs*

by Koenig Mon Mar 28, 2016 1:12 pm

Conservative values, certain supposed morals, stances on immigration, and the like; however of all the current candidates I can vote for, none of them represent any of those from the position I want to see. I would much rather vote for Bernie than ANY of the current representatives of my own party.

Also in other news:

This really makes me wish the New 3DS had been the default hardware design from the beginning of the system.

by LegendX48 Mon Mar 28, 2016 1:43 pm

Ochi wrote:
LegendX48 wrote:got my first ranked mode rage quitter on SF5 o.o

Congrats? I thought you had already done that a few weeks ago?

also regarding Batman v Superman, I'd say that it really is Man of steel two, with all the faults and highlights of the previous entry.

Slow, plodding and brooding for the first half, CGI EXPLOSIONS AND FIGHTING FOR ACT 3, BOOM KASHHEEEEW BLAM WHOOSH!

I had a rage quitter in casuals. Hadn't encountered any in ranked until yesterday.

-Mazer wrote:
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