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Leifur
So this will go on until Wednesday with no-one really wanting to do anything because there is nothing to do.

author=Dudesoft
My comic nerd friends are all saying Man of Steel is terrible.

That's a good sign. Since we all know that superhero comics are terrible.

author=Trihan
Not as bad as Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, though.

I really liked Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters. I thought I had posted about it in this thread already but apparently not.

To me it was exactly the movie I imagined when I was a kid. Sure that means certain things that are weird (and I'm not saying it's not weird) but before I saw it I heard a lot of "who is this movie for?" and "it's tonally inconsistent."

And yes it is tonally inconsistent and yes there's probably not a lot of people it is for. Mostly because it's a fairly light pg-13 movie with all that lovely extra stuff that unfortunately made it R-rated in the Americas.

I have griped about the rating system before in that there is such a gigantic line between pg-13 and R that there isn't room for movies that are barely R. They're always pg-13 or full-on R. There's no room for "light R" in the hollywood system.

Of course this mightn't be one of those cases but it also kinda is. But back to the movie. I agree that it wasn't the best thing in the world but I really enjoyed it because, again, it felt a lot like those things I imagined as a kid and it had that fairy-tale streak to it that felt so right while being a continuation of it.

Like the opening retelling of Hansel and Gretel. Everything in that scene was right.

And I also liked that Hansel had to take insulin shots, that was such a cute detail. :D


So this was my long-winded way of saying that Snow White and the Huntsman was a lot worse because holy shit what an unengaging take on Snow White. (Mirror, Mirror on the other hand. I loved that one)

Name: Leifur the Loaf
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Very Brief Biography: Leifur fell into dough but used it to his advantage when, disguised as a loaf of bread, he murdered all the people at a wedding reception.

Later he disguised himself as a bun loaf and murdered all the people at the funerals of the people at the wedding reception. After that he ate a hot dog and was caught by the police when he used his credit card to pay for said hot dog.

As a PC gamer I've given up my my right to sell my games a long time ago. Though I'll be honest I don't really care so much about the used games market. Though I agree that it should exist.

However these schemes affect a bunch of other things too. It's only in recent times that libraries finally have made an effort to add games to their libraries (hurr hurr) and now that possibility seems to be taken away from them.

Also the sharing of games is hurt. It is always a bit annoying when I've played a game on steam and I'd love some buddy to try it but I can't really lend it to them because it's tied to my account and now the xbone also has that.

Of course on the other hand it's also terribly convenient to be able to log in anywhere and have your games right there. Of course it's less likely that you have multiple xbones lying around where you want to download your games but... well... Maybe you won't need discs anymore at least.

author=Addit
You're right; it's going to take some time before that happens. All of my friends are in the same boat as me: "Why does Console gaming still exists when we have our smartphones to play games with?" And sure, a lot of them still play around with their Xbox's and PS3's, but even they admit that the day is coming. I wouldn't be too surprised if that happens. Until then, enjoy your brand new consoles! Muahahahahaha!!!

I doubt it will happen. What will happen is that stationary consoles will become slightly less popular and maybe even more standardized. Also the way the Xbone is going into the media center that the PC never became might also be the way these things go. Where essentially a console is all the TV in one box and it can also play games.

Gaming on a TV is such a different experience from handheld gaming (which is what mobile gaming is. What I do think is going away is dedicated handheld gaming systems, there is virtually no room for those anymore). Theater did not go away when the cinema was introduced, cinema did not go away when home video was introduced and home video did not go away when video gaming was introduced.

Though sure. Eventually things will go away completely. There's not a lot of vaudeville going on these days. Or vinyl records for that matter. And there's not really porn on the silver screen anymore either. Certain niches will go away when what was once the main (and only) attraction become one of many attractions.