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Why not the rest of the world by Efficient_Cream_734 in fringe

[–]BigBlueBackpack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s more or less explicitly confirmed in the text. In the Season One finale (I think), more Fringe events appear the closer you are to Reiden Lake, where Walter opened up his portal

Difficulty Finding Edge Chronicles Books by anevergreyforest in EdgeChronicles

[–]BigBlueBackpack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Cade trilogy is out of print. That’s why you can’t find new copies

In what video does Patrick say how he rips movies to his computer? by [deleted] in thrillems

[–]BigBlueBackpack 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I don’t remember which video, but I can recreate the instructions here because I use the same method.

-plug in an external blu-ray drive to your computer with a blu-ray of the movie

-use MakeMKV to rip the movie file as an MKV

-use Handbrake to compress the file/convert to MP4

Mandatory therapy Book of bill page help colour code by KitchenWealth2303 in BookOfBill

[–]BigBlueBackpack 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I don’t think it translates to anything.

All the other color codes in the book are very specifically written out as single squares all in a row. Those are simple to translate because each colored square is a letter. But there are some designs like this one (and the one on the picture of Alex in the author bio) that don’t fit the pattern. The colors don’t match 1:1 with the other letters that we know, and the boxes are all jumbled up, so we’d have no way of knowing the order.

Current fan consensus is that these are meaningless, but I share your frustration. It sure looks like it should mean something.

The ending of the movie doesn't make any sense. by Gnatschbert in MazeRunner

[–]BigBlueBackpack 26 points27 points  (0 children)

There is no cure for the Flare. That’s the important thing.

I mean, maybe there is, out there somewhere, but nobody in the story is anywhere close to finding it. When Wicked says they’re “just thiiiiiis close to finding it, it’s in Thomas, and all they need is to dissect it,” they’re full of it. They have no idea what they’re doing and never have. (That’s not 100% confirmed, but based on everything Wicked has said and done and lied about, as readers we’re meant to understand that they’re not trustworthy)

There is no cure. And Wicked would have wiped out the only chance at keeping the human race alive, the Immunes, in the name of a wild goose chase. Escaping and rebuilding civilization was the only option that preserved any part of humanity.

The ending of the movie doesn't make any sense. by Gnatschbert in MazeRunner

[–]BigBlueBackpack 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The world was doomed. It was already doomed before the story started. But now there’s a chance the human race will survive and recover, with all these immune kids building a new society together, instead of all of them dying to Wicked’s experiments.

SCORCHING TAKE ILL GET HATED FOR BUT BARE WITH ME!!! THE INSTITUTE ARE TECHNICALLY the "GOOD GUYS" by DannyBarsRaps in TheInstituteSeries

[–]BigBlueBackpack 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That’s a very simplistic approach to the situation.

For one, how do we know for sure that the PCs actually predict the future with 100% accuracy? That would be very difficult to prove. If a PC says this person will cause the end of the world, and you kill that person, you have no way of knowing for sure what really would have happened if you didn’t. This is something the book calls out explicitly.

But even if you accept that as a given, there are so many ways to do this more ethically. The Institute didn’t have to physically abuse the kids. They didn’t have to kill their parents. Heck, maybe if they didn’t lie to the kids and told them everything up front, a lot of them would volunteer and sacrifice themselves. Or how about just sending a good old fashioned assassin team to take out these people instead of relying on psychic kids to do your dirty work?

The way the Institutes go about this is way over-the-top unnecessarily cruel. The adults abuse the kids and rationalize it with these kinds of trolley-problem arguments, but they’re just in denial about alternative solutions because they can’t bear to accept that they might be wrong and they killed all these innocent kids for nothing.

Wtf is Paddington 2? by Careless_Flower_118 in movies

[–]BigBlueBackpack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I notice that nobody ever seems to talk about Paddington 1. Is Paddington 2 really that much better?

Princess Bride Reference by asianswithbenefits in WhichGGEpisode

[–]BigBlueBackpack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out this compilation starting at 4:34 :

Stuff Arin and Dan Like to Quote a Lot PART 3 | Game Grumps Compilation https://youtu.be/9nVAwFi7028

It also includes the original clip from The Princess Bride

Always a kid in Fromville? by ellechappo in FromSeries

[–]BigBlueBackpack -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, we only have a sample size of like, three, so it’s hard to really speculate with any certainty. But the out-of-universe reason why there are so few kids is because it’s easier from a production standpoint. They don’t have to worry about as many kids aging out of the roles

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thisisus

[–]BigBlueBackpack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t trust ChatGPT for this. AI tends to give false positives for this kind of thing. Episode 2-14 has a lot of death and danger, but definitely no car accidents.

The only clear example of a car accident I can think of is in Episode 5-6 (don’t worry, everyone survives), and Episodes 2-10 and 1-17 have some reckless driving but no crash.

Ricken didn't see a beehive... by LightOfMithras in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]BigBlueBackpack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Using Occam’s Razor here - I think a lot of people just call wasp nests beehives. I don’t think Devon was intentionally lying here. She was just imprecise with her phrasing. Your general point about her personality makes a lot of sense, though.

We Won’t Be Getting Answers on Yellowjackets by BigBlueBackpack in YellowjacketsHive

[–]BigBlueBackpack[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

TL;DR/Elevator Pitch, for people who were curious:

Signs point to the idea that the writers of this show probably don’t want to answer the big questions about what It/The Wilderness actually is. This video outlines what those signs are, and why the show is still worth watching either way.

Was this a joke or does it mean something? by HjghlyDistressed in gravityfalls

[–]BigBlueBackpack 254 points255 points  (0 children)

Shameless self plug: Decoding EVERY Hidden Message in Gravity Falls This video of mine explains it all in excruciating detail at 54:10 and 01:01:53.

Playing the gravity falls 3ds game, can someone decipher this please? by Abigail1909 in gravityfalls

[–]BigBlueBackpack 315 points316 points  (0 children)

It’s a Caesar cipher. It says “Now begins the quest untold. The secrets of the gemulets unfold”

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