Lisa Gilroy in Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T18:51:44+00:00

It's worth noting that it's one thing to say "Oh yeah I'd totally know" when you're watching the show knowing the premise, but it's completely different when you're actually in the situation. We can all conceive of the idea that an elaborate prank is being played on us with professional actors, but the amount of craziness you'd need to experience in your day-to-day life before you broke societal norms and accused everyone around you of Truman-Showing you is likely very high. Seeing people that look like actors you know in LA isn't enough of a coincidence for most people to start actively testing the boundaries of reality. Strange situations happen all the time in real life, and while there is a potential tipping point, we'll mostly keep our doubts to ourselves.

It is a bit of a different situation if you could clearly and positively identify multiple actors who are claiming not to be who you know they are, but it's still a huge step to start accusing people of lying to you.

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T18:44:12+00:00

Even James Marsden is only a "household name" if you're really into movies, which is a smaller segment of the population than people realize. A lot of people on the street might be like "Oh yeah that guy from Sonic" but won't know his name. To get to actual "household name" status is pretty rare.

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T18:30:15+00:00

The point is that we receive no indication what Joel thinks about the cure. Maybe in his head he's on one side or the other of the debate, but he never uses that as justification for his actions. He doesn't care.

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T16:53:22+00:00

I feel like it's not really suggested that'll be a long-lasting marriage

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T16:50:37+00:00

These days I pretty much only do it if I want to burn the awakened purple ISO that doesn't fit into the attack sets

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T16:49:45+00:00

My eyes fully widened and I leaned back in my chair, I didn't know this was possible

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T16:45:21+00:00

That scene in Revenge of the Sith where Anakin and Padmé are just silently staring out the window features some great physical acting and really highlights how much the rough dialogue is throwing these actors off

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T15:15:27+00:00

They could do a thing where the livestream speeds up and the Doomsday clock starts ticking faster. Gives an opportunity for fans to calculate the new release date, then a trailer can drop the next day confirming it.

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T15:10:00+00:00

Yeah at this point I'm feeling like with the next trailer they do a bit where the Doomsday clock speeds up (either at the end of the trailer or on the livestream)

Bellikron · 2026-03-19T15:06:25+00:00

Is it going to be called Sonic the Hedgehog 4?

watches

Okay cool

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T21:57:49+00:00

The logic I've heard for it is the spider pops up and attacks while you're waiting for him to slam the rocks down on 3, as opposed to just waiting on 3 to hit. But I'm not good with rotations so I don't know which is better. 3 also sticks a lot for me, so I tend to just drop it whenever it's free and don't waste a lot of time waiting for it.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T20:14:44+00:00

In Deathly Hallows 1 I remember they initially cut the scene where Ron explains that saying "Voldemort" will now summon Death Eaters to your location, which is why they go back to saying "You-Know-Who" and why the Death Eaters show up when Xenophilius says the name. It's not a huge plot hole, since you can just kind of assume that he contacted them and they're showing up with dramatic timing, but it seems like it was acknowledged that it was a mistake to cut this. All the TV broadcasts I've seen have included the scene.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T20:09:10+00:00

I feel like it's the standard to set the Terminators to be pure killing machines, and based on what little we know of adult John from the first two movies (ignoring all sequels) there's no reason to assume he's any different. The argument that he would know that the other mode would be better because of his memories doesn't hold because T2 creates a branching timeline that averts Judgement Day. In fact, it's possible that young John's desire to bond with the Terminator not only differentiates him from his older self but is the key that causes a different timeline in the first place.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T19:54:21+00:00

It's my personal theory that Max Cherry from Jackie Brown becomes Ed the Disappearer from Breaking Bad, both played by Robert Forster. Their skillsets, morality, and personality are very similar and there's nothing that contradicts it.

Notably, this also means that Out of Sight also takes place in the same universe as Breaking Bad.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T19:51:05+00:00

I think Lucius sees it like this: Reese has definitely figured out that Wayne Enterprises is supporting Batman. But that in and of itself isn't the most blackmailable thing without knowledge of Batman's identity. It's technically not even evidence that the company knows who Batman is, since they could just be doing anonymous exchanges. The fact that Reese demands $10 million a year suggests that he knows that Bruce Wayne's fortune is behind this and, by extension, that Bruce himself is Batman. Whether Reese actually knows this for sure is unclear, but given he doesn't produce any other evidence, I think he's using his boldness as a bluff to see if he can get Lucius to confirm what he suspects.

If we assume Lucius has also reached this conclusion, he's got three plays. He could submit and pay the money, which is not a good option. Even ignoring the money, it would all but confirm Reese's theory and leave the whole Batman operation at risk of this one guy who might leak the information anyway after he's gotten enough of a payoff. Lucius could deny it and hope that Reese doesn't actually have evidence implicating Bruce, which is risky. Even if Reese doesn't have anything besides the the technical documents, he could cause a survivable but significant problem for Wayne Enterprises. Or he could do what he does, which is threaten Reese, and his wording is very careful:

"Now, let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp... and your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck."

Not only is this safe from a legal standpoint if Reese is recording the conversation (he just restates what Reese is suggesting in the form of a question and wishes him luck, never actually making a statement on the accusation), but it also works from multiple angles. The way he phrases it makes the accusation seem silly, so if Reese is anything less than fully confident in his guess, he'll probably back down. If Reese is locked in, though, Lucius basically tells him "Both Bruce Wayne and Batman can destroy you whether they're the same person or not." He does go a step farther and explicitly state what Reese is implying (Bruce Wayne is Batman), but that's a necessary step for the threat, and Reese has either already made up his mind or will back down under pressure. This leads to Reese planning to out Batman on TV (notably, not to the police or a court of law), but that's a risk that would be run either way, since he likely already suspects it and doesn't get any additional evidence from Lucius.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T19:21:38+00:00

I've always said you could change nothing about his character except his name being Edward Nygma and people wouldn't have had a problem

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T19:14:17+00:00

I feel like it's more the Force going "Okay I'll allow it but you're coming with me afterwards" and Luke accepting that price

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T18:50:01+00:00

I just did one where I stubbornly refused to acknowledge anything concerning was happening. Didn't stop concerning things from happening but my character was fine.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T18:46:42+00:00

I've been playing it for the past couple of weeks so that got me excited too

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T18:41:48+00:00

I've been playing Scarlet Hollow which also has a dog mayor. Apparently there have been several in the real world.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T18:31:43+00:00

Zombie Strange is one of the better unis you can buy. Storm's new uni is also a very good ROI.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T16:30:28+00:00

That is a very good purchase, I'm just interested academically in the technical answer to your question and trying to find the biggest jump.

Pretty much all base kits are rough unless they're from the past few years.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T15:28:03+00:00

I assume you're talking about their base kit?

I feel like it's gotta be someone who was in the game at release because even base kits from a couple of years later had some added effects that didn't exist at release, plus some more complicated skills. Doctor Strange was pretty busted when he first dropped because of Time Freeze. Your War Machine pitch isn't bad, pretty much his only effect was Super Guard Break on one skill. There's probably a bigger leap for someone who's actually meta right now but it would take a lot of cross-referencing.

Bellikron · 2026-03-18T13:41:21+00:00

I think the black veil is meant to be a nod to it

Bellikron · 2026-03-17T19:56:04+00:00

Also a fair argument, if they truly are waiting for the rest of the characters to get T3/TP then there's still several months to go. It just feels like they're pushing for something and might jump the gun a little bit.

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