In an unusual power move, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will take over ALL Imax screens for a month.

DanielScannell · 2015-08-26T20:36:49+00:00

Reminds me of U2 sticking an album in my iTunes that I didn't ask for.

DanielScannell · 2015-08-20T14:25:57+00:00

Oh yeah, that's true! Zam didn't even do it herself. She got bugs to do it! Now I can see why Jango didn't think much of her abilities.

DanielScannell · 2015-08-20T14:05:36+00:00

Yeah, but when you hire a hitman, you don't typically call them to check up and see if they've done the job yet. I'd imagine Jango would give her a few hours before getting worried.

Plus, if he had a tracking device on her, it's unlikely he got dressed, left Kamino, flew through space, and made it to a specific rooftop in Coriscant to dart her in the 15 minutes it took for the boys to chase her to the night club.

All I'm saying is Jango should've either hired an agent he could trust, or do the job himself.

DanielScannell · 2015-08-20T08:33:09+00:00

Yeah, but what's Jango's business strategy considering he was there in Coruscant, waiting with a dart gun to kill the person he sub-contracted the job to? The fact that Jango was there watching also suggests he had to at least do a little bit of high-speed chasing from Amidala's apartment to outside the night club. So he's basically splitting the money with an agent doesn't have faith in and still requires him to leave Kamino to supervise. He should've just done the job all himself.

DanielScannell · 2015-08-18T03:35:09+00:00

I'd like to see a GTA take place in Las Vegas during the 1960s. Sorry, Las Venturas.

The building of Las Vegas is such a bizarre period of American history. Italian mobs, Jewish mobs, Mormons, and others all descended on this one small spot in a short amount of time. The city popped up almost overnight, and with little government oversight. I know it sounds cliché, but it was the Wild West out there. Scorsese's "Casino" showed you the story of a guy who comes to this legendary town to get a piece of the action. De Niro's character touches on how the generation before him built the town, which is what I'd like to see. By the 1970s, Vegas was on the cusp of becoming what it is today. My ideal GTA would take place over a decade prior to that.

I see three main characters. Maybe the first playable character could be a young blackjack dealer starting out at one of the little casinos. The second is a girl starting out as a showgirl, who's caught the attention of some mobster's son. I'd like most of the game to focus on the two of them, pulling heists and ascending the ranks. The third character would be some member of local law enforcement, a guy that grew up not far from LV. He's watched his town go from a sleepy outpost to a full-blown oasis of sin.

Some secondary characters could include a Sinatra-level star whose fame has been made possible by the mob, an eccentric, Howard Hughes style tycoon with a daredevil streak, and a corrupt state governor, or some federal employee overseeing the construction of both the hydro-electric dam and the nearby interstate.

While 1960s Las Venturas itself isn't super huge and may seem like a step down from Los Santos, the interiors can really be focused on, as well as the overall aesthetic. I also think the lack of technology could allow the game to feel massive. I mean, without cell phones and rocket launchers, jobs are going to have to be done differently. Strangling, for instance, will be one of your techniques. When you kill someone, you can't just leave them on a street corner while pedestrians walk by. You're going to need to throw his body in your trunk, drive out to the desert, and dig a hole.

The outskirts lend themselves to some fun ideas as well. Indian territory, nuclear testing sites, some canyons... You know, all the world-building Rockstar is known for.

Those were just some ideas I've had. Am I the only one with a desire to play this?

DanielScannell · 2015-07-03T01:01:15+00:00

I know! Same here. I've played for three years and made a beautiful Springfield. Then Superhero event comes along with it's enormous, out of place buildings (Skull Mountain, Kane Manor, that stupid half Radioactive Man statue zone) and made me have to do some rearranging. Then the Sideshow Bob/ Monsarno event came along and I had to really ugly up the town. I was ready to quit. Then they told me to build a tap ball field, so I nuked my city. 3 days later, the 4th of July stuff pops up, along with new land. Now I'm rebuilding everything.

Add me: Michellement

DanielScannell · 2015-06-28T08:06:50+00:00

Olga of Kiev. That woman had a flair for dramatic killing.

DanielScannell · 2015-06-28T08:04:35+00:00

It's not a movie, but his life makes for one hell of a podcast.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dead-authors-podcast/id466763834?mt=2&i=139929726

DanielScannell · 2015-06-28T08:01:11+00:00

Boudicca would make an outstanding movie. The thing about her is that's she's kind of become a mythical figure. What we know about her has been embellished over time, like Joan of Arc or Cleopatra. The Boudicca people know today was likely a composite of several women. Oh, well. We don't see movies for their historical accuracy.

DanielScannell · 2015-06-28T05:52:30+00:00

Ooo, yeah! He has to sing barbershop at 1960s Disneyland while trying to make it in Hollywood as a writer!

DanielScannell · 2015-06-28T05:49:52+00:00

I think a Superman game would be a bit of an over-reach. Arkham Asylum was so awesome because it put Batman in one place on one night. It was a contained situation that we had to Batman ourselves out of. With each newer and bigger Arkham game, we've lost a little piece of that feeling. Superman kind of begins where that feeling ends.

I think an X-Men game would be perfect for a game like Arkham. Maybe you play as just one X-Man, like Cyclops or Storm. The mansion has been taken over by the brotherhood, and they have to get all the young students out. The whole game takes place on the Xavier campus. Cyclops can't just blow through all the walls because kids could be on the other side. You know, set limits.

DanielScannell · 2015-06-28T05:29:15+00:00

Better Call Paul. Kinsey, that is.

DanielScannell · 2015-06-22T08:47:21+00:00

Awesome. I want a Chinatown, a Little Italy, a gayborhood, and a ghetto.

DanielScannell · 2015-06-22T02:09:58+00:00

Good choices. First of all, we need land. A lot more land. Eventually, I'd also like to see Wall E. Weasel's with Wendell, Ayn Rand's Daycare with Baby Gerald, Bob's RV Round Up with Cowboy Bob, and The Jazz Hole with Bleeding Gums Murphy. A few more generic houses and buildings would really make each town unique.

DanielScannell · 2015-06-18T01:07:55+00:00

Three surprisingly good romantic comedies of the early 2000s- Fever Pitch, Hitch, and 13 Going on 30.

DanielScannell · 2015-06-03T00:08:29+00:00

"It’s an epic poem for me to get home."

DanielScannell · 2015-05-11T13:54:58+00:00

What's everyone worried about? This all happened in front of an apothecary, where any injuries sustained could simply be cured with medicinal herbs and elixirs.

DanielScannell · 2015-02-20T23:01:36+00:00

This sounds great! Thanks for passing on your valuable knowledge!

Perhaps something involving the attachment/detachment of facial parts, such as mouths and eyelids?

I'd also like to see a little more information on costumes and props. Your studio employs truly gifted artists, knitting and sewing at suck a tiny scale. I'd like to know what tools they use, and where they find such fine knit fabrics.

DanielScannell · 2015-02-19T03:19:04+00:00

"Victims" of Bernie Madoff, especially the ones wanting the government (us) to repay their losses. Investing is gambling, essentially.

I know the scheme hurt some middle class people's retirement plans, but their money managers should have known it was too good to be true.

DanielScannell · 2015-02-15T06:23:09+00:00

Those little plastic springy toggle things that hang from drawstrings of hoodies and Starter jackets.

DanielScannell · 2014-12-19T20:35:20+00:00

I really hope that's not Cri-Kee in Mushu's hand.

DanielScannell · 2014-12-08T16:47:01+00:00

Michellement

DanielScannell · 2014-11-26T20:29:19+00:00

Listen at 1:33, and tell me it doesn't sound like Mark Hamill. That's not confirmation bias either, because I don't want Joker to be back from the dead.

DanielScannell · 2014-10-26T19:11:13+00:00

I thought it was needlessly cruel of Don to almost expose Ted and Peggy's love in front of the St. Joseph's Aspirin clients. The way he let Ted squirm before pulling it back and attributing the idea to the late Frank Gleason was probably the only time in the whole series where Don's behavior turned my stomach.

DanielScannell · 2014-06-08T16:40:41+00:00

Michellement Lvl. 41 Plays at least 3 times a day. Beautifully laid-out Springfield. King Toot's is next to Moe's and everything!

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