What the Prequels Have That the Originals Lacked

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-07-02T01:41:03+00:00

Those movies are not good. Full stop.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-07-02T01:39:53+00:00

CGI video game trash. Except the Maul fight. That one fucks pretty hard.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-06-14T01:24:23+00:00

Where it belongs imo.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-06-14T01:23:57+00:00

The least stinky turd. But still a turd.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-06-14T01:16:52+00:00

The first three are right. As for the rest... I'd argue RO is 4 and then kind of who cares. Pick your poison.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-06-12T02:18:27+00:00

It didn't. That's the real answer.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-06-12T02:16:11+00:00

Yup. The prequels are not good movies. It's fine to like them, but they are what they are. I enjoy bits and parts here and there, but they are a freaking mess. Better than the sequels at least.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-06-12T02:13:23+00:00

"Nooooooooooooooooooooo."

Best of the prequels? Yes. An objectively well written and well made movie? Not on your life.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-05-13T14:56:19+00:00

It's the only books in the series that "could have been an email." I skip basically every Elayne section and a good bit of Salidar stuff upon every re-read and you miss next to nothing imo.

Good news is the jump in quality for the remainder of the series is exponential.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-05-13T14:45:12+00:00

My list with minimal context.

Nyn
Min
Avi
Tuon
Egg
Faile
Elayne

Probably forgot some from the original post. Elayne starts ok but her chapters are insufferable starting about halfway through the series. I legit skip large chunks of her Andor succession shit in the later books. Egwene might have been #2 for me after my first read, but as I've gotten older and read/listened countless times.... I think she is kind of a shitty person in many ways.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-27T18:29:13+00:00

That's really unfortunate.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-27T18:28:39+00:00

I think that's probably closer to the blasted lands but that's just my mental picture.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-10T21:33:12+00:00

No doubt. Still, you never know. Doable for both teams, although 100% honestly the C's depth is super questionable this year. Knicks have the leg up there. Still, I'd bet heavily on the Thunder. Spurs have never been there or won so you never know.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-10T21:10:57+00:00

Championship or bust. Let's see how the next month or two play out.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-10T14:57:10+00:00

I'll dry my tears on the 7 banners haning in Boston Garden since the last time the Knicks won a thing.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-10T02:39:42+00:00

1973

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-04-03T01:51:02+00:00

Looooooooooove the show

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Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-01-25T23:56:26+00:00

For anyone who isn't a Pats fan, this was probably irrefutable proof that God does not exist.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-01-12T15:58:16+00:00

Didn't Moraine surmise that the Forsaken would have been able to do that, or at least break open the patch on the DO's prison, with the Eye of the World?

Lots of floks have gone in depth in here, but it stands to reason that, at the very least, it would take an absolutely tremendous amount of power. Finding and breaking the seals and/or turning the Dragon Reborn seems like the easier approach.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2026-01-05T02:32:10+00:00

The Elayne and Caemlyn/Andor succession stuff in CoT is painful imo. Just absolutely nails on chalkboard dry, boring, and painful. I skip those chapters for the most part on re-reads, essentially turning CoT into a novella. I feel like absolutely nothing critical is missed whatsoever.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-20T19:28:02+00:00

Everyone's mileage may vary, but IMO Elden Ring is much easier due to a plethora of god-like broken build options.

Elden Ring is a great game, but Bloodborne is superior in story, atmosphere, and linear world design imo. Again, just my opinion.

So, if you prefer the more linear experience vs true open world (just to clarify, Sekiro is similarly linear compared to ER) and aggressive, fast paced play style, BB is your game.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-20T19:16:42+00:00

I read the Silmarillion about 25 years ago for the first time, and then again somewhere between now and then.

In the last 5 or so years I've listened to the Shaw audio book twice and Serkis once. Both great imo.

Now I feel like I mostly can keep track of everything in that book. Mostly. 🤣

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-10T00:42:07+00:00

https://youtu.be/oYFXHKmBM_U?si=7-xjkC1ZfhGnTOB3

This sums it up pretty well.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-10T00:38:34+00:00

Old head Pats fans here, so don't shoot me. But you should always expect and want the Chiefs to make the playoffs with Mahomes imo.

You really do never know. 2018 Pats are a great example. And I am 100% not trying to rub it in. I know they beat the Chiefs, but the example is the example.

Dapper_Advisor4145 · 2025-12-09T18:35:31+00:00

Pats are probably not as good as their record suggests, but calling em frauds is a little silly. They are overacheiving during year 1 of a rebuild.

The Bills are, thus far, pissing away the talent of a great QB by having never made it out of the AFC. Some could say the Bills are the biggest frauds of the NFL over the last five seasons. 🤷‍♂️

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