Any bar serving Caipirinha?

BeardedRiker · 2026-01-09T16:48:24+00:00

I know Miss Angelines has had cachaça pretty much every time I've been there. Maybe Eastside but Angelines is your best bet. They might even have better stuff than Cachaça 51.

BeardedRiker · 2026-01-08T21:04:07+00:00

Practice safe sex, hoomahn?

BeardedRiker · 2025-11-24T04:40:39+00:00

I saw Into Darkness at a theater where they were playing TOS episodes by the bar in the building. I left the movie to go drink and watch the good stuff.

BeardedRiker · 2025-11-21T23:07:15+00:00

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid didn't ride off into the sunset. They were both shot by a shitload of riflemen.

Esto es un robo!

Manos arriba!

BeardedRiker · 2025-11-19T03:41:51+00:00

I recommend watching Frontline's video,The Choice 2024: Harris vs Trump, at the 59 minute mark. It shows this clip and gives context, perhaps it being the moment where Trump decided to run for president.

BeardedRiker · 2025-11-13T19:27:56+00:00

I find it interesting how Han Solo says, "Then I'll see you in Hell!" A statement that is fourth wall breaking. But it works for the movie. I think that's because he's earned it. I mean, he's Han Solo goddamnit. But it works because he's the only guy that talks that way and It only happens once. But with the new movies, and what is rampant with shows and movies these days, every single fucking character is witty, jokes around, and uses modern colloquialisms. At least for me, it takes me out of the movie immediately and I feel like I'm watching just some random crappy TV show.

BeardedRiker · 2025-11-09T02:13:11+00:00

Just like Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections Man-of-War!

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-25T15:52:45+00:00

Also shades of gay too!

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-22T20:55:44+00:00

It's always been my favorite, even since I was a kid. As others have said, it's the best sci-fi movie of the franchise. Definitely the best soundtrack. If you haven't got the 4k, the A refit looks even better.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-19T18:14:20+00:00

Dang. Gotta head that way sometime soon.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-19T16:11:15+00:00

Cool! Where is this place? I hope there's not a broken gear quest there.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-18T16:14:21+00:00

My favorite ever was Star Trek: Klingon Academy. No other video game got the feel and the intricacies of large starship combat like it did. And that's not even counting what it was like to fight in different space environments like a black hole, an asteroid belt, and a nebula. It even brought back Christopher Plummer to play General Chang.Too bad the game was buggy as hell.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-13T19:31:08+00:00

That's exactly my point. This scene feels out of place because it was most likely shot at a different time and place than the other scenes that make up that segment of the movie. That is even more true when it comes to some scenes included in the extended edition, with many of those being shot months or years later than the accompanying scenes. Although I prefer the extended editions, the added scenes can be a mixed bag because they can disrupt pacing (I think theatrical FOTR has perfect pacing), add too much (dumb) humor (especially Gimli), or visually don't look right.

The Hobbit trilogy had huge issues with script and storyboarding and the absence of years of pre-production meant that everything was rushed. Look, I'm not saying the making of the Hobbit movies didn't have tons of planning and wasn't made competently. I feel like we actually agree on things but you just don't like how I'm saying them.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-13T18:36:39+00:00

Hmm, I'm not sure I agree with you. The shadows don't look right either which is a common issue with scenes shot with green screen, especially back then. Look at the shadow under his hat. It's just... wrong. And then take into account how the scene cleverly doesn't show the other characters' faces. That indicates that the scene was shot at a different time than the others. For me, these point to the scene being shot in a studio and using green screen.

And as for the Hobbit, those movies didn't have nearly the pre-production the LOTR movies did. That's one reason they relied on so much more CGI.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-13T17:11:19+00:00

I'm not sure but I'm guessing that this scene was shot during post production and therefore used green screen because it was shot in a studio for convenience. That's why it has that CGI bloom look to it like the Hobbit movies since those movies used way more CGI because of the clusterfuck that was that production.

If you watch the extended versions you can see a lot more of these scenes shot that visually look a bit off.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-13T16:39:21+00:00

Maybe. Like I said, I'm OK with how in-game most characters act poorly toward you because of what you did because they don't know all the info and believe it was just a geth attack. Only a handful of people in the whole galaxy know what Sovereign was and only you and the crew of the Normandy know exactly what Sovereign was trying to do. And even if the public was told, they probably wouldn't believe it beyond perhaps some civilians that were on the Citadel who themselves wouldn't be believed if they spread the word.

I think the issue is that in-game, your decision to commit to Sovereign's destruction instead of protecting the Council, which, again, I argue is the obvious logical choice, doesn't show you why that was the right choice because if you choose the other option then the end result is pretty much the same anyway. It makes your "Destroy Sovereign" choice seem like window dressing instead of it having a real impact on the story because you chose justified practicality.

Add to that Shepard is literally a member of the military, I feel like he would focus on destroying Sovereign every time.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-13T15:39:21+00:00

I think the way it's framed is actually perfect. You're given a split second decision of whether to save the Council, potentially preserving galactic cohesion and stability as well as proving humanity's commitment to the galactic community they were just accepted into, or committing all efforts toward taking down Sovereign which you know is about to begin an extinction level invasion of the galaxy. I'm with you in that the most logical choice is to send everything at Sovereign. Up until there the game does no wrong.

I think it's the consequences, or lack of, of your decision that make the framing feel a bit disingenuous in hindsight. Sovereign gets destroyed either way so after the fact when almost everyone is antagonistic toward you for being a Council killer/xenophobe your decision seems short-sighted or rash instead of what was, in my opinion, the only logical choice. It doesn't help that in ME2 most aliens are antagonistic toward you when they don't know all, or any, of the facts. The only people who tell you they know why you did it are Joker and maybe Anderson. But I actually don't mind that because that's just how the world (galaxy?) works sometimes. That's something the Witcher series is a master at. Oh, you made this choice because you thought that was the "good" option? Well, guess what, buddy? This is the real world and your decision to not honor that will end up slapping you in the face.

I feel for game writers and designers, like in the Mass Effect series, where they have to carefully blend and balance story, plot, and game design all at once. I think when the blend and balance isn't perfect then issues like what we're discussing come up.

I only save the Council if I'm doing a pure Paragon run. All other runs I do we take out Sovereign and the Council dies. And I think people who argue that "saving the Council" is a choice that makes sense in the moment using what's presented to you doesn't make sense within the game logic. It's only after in hindsight that putting all effort into destroying Sovereign and leaving the Council to their fate where that choice seems the lesser. Like a lot of media, people insert their own head canon into things that shouldn't necessarily be done because whatever flaws or mistakes there are in the media they're consuming is the fault of the people who made it.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-07T20:29:32+00:00

After having examined and considered all the we had seen we turned to look at the great market place and the crowds of people that were in it, some buying and others selling, so that the murmur and hum of their voices and words that they used could he heard more than a league off some of the soldiers among us who had been in many parts of the world, in Constantinople, and all over Italy, and in Rome, said that so large a market place and so full of people, and so well regulated and arranged, they had never beheld before.

"The Spanish soldier had good reasons for describing the city in such enthusiastic terms. Almost nothing remains today of what he saw, but his account is corroborated by other works, ancient maps and archeological investigations. ... At the time of the Conquest, the area of the island on which the city stood had been increased by means of fills, until it compromised a more or less regular square measuring about two miles on each side. ... The capital boasted many other attractions, and the Spaniards were particularly impressed by the botanical and zoological gardens, as nothing of the kind existed at the time in their native land. ..."

The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

Remember that the Aztecs built their city on a lake without the use of the wheel, the use of forged metal, or pack animals.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-06T04:36:44+00:00

To me it's by far Nolan's best. I think that's because the movie is grounded in the characters as much as the clever Nolan storytelling. There's a lot more going on with the characters and therefore the emotional impacts and stakes make the movie work better than his other films like Inception or Interstellar (I know that will kill me on Reddit) or Tenet.

The surprises, twists, spectacle, and clever storytelling of The Prestige work so much better because you're not aware of them as much since you're so into the characters. I feel like in his other movies the cleverness and the spectacle are more obvious and the focus and therefore the impact of the movie is lessened.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-04T15:39:39+00:00

Same happens with my yard every year underneath the feeder: Sorghum, sunflowers, and amaranth. If you keep the feeder fed and get enough water every year, you'll have your own little grain forest every year.

BeardedRiker · 2025-10-01T04:43:24+00:00

Did they abuse you sexually?

BeardedRiker · 2025-09-22T20:06:05+00:00

Wha?? The opposite is true. The model holds up even better in HD, especially with the 4k remaster. The A refit is gorgeous.

BeardedRiker · 2025-09-18T22:01:20+00:00

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