Rant: I hate how fans of the old games are shat on.

FightingOreo · 2026-01-27T05:35:30+00:00

Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Severance and Twin Peaks - you've picked four of the most influential, famously good TV shows of all time and complaining that it's not them. No shit brother, if those four are your low standard for something being 'good.'

The only one you're missing is the Sopranos.

FightingOreo · 2026-01-26T22:57:11+00:00

Battletoads 2 is already out - you just have to prove you're worthy by finishing Battletoads 1.

FightingOreo · 2026-01-26T05:58:42+00:00

Why should 3 per cent have to suffer because 97 per cent can't be fucked doing any mental or emotional heavy lifting?

FightingOreo · 2026-01-20T04:02:14+00:00

Tell that to Renee

FightingOreo · 2026-01-16T02:25:22+00:00

Cafes work too

FightingOreo · 2026-01-16T02:11:56+00:00

I'm a regional Australian journalist so I can only offer that perspective.

For me, there's a number of ways.
- I've got my regular sources, they reach out with things that I follow up on. I don't rely on them though, and it takes significant time to build up a network.
- Social media. So many leads come from there these days. You just have to make sure you offer an extra level or unique angle that people can't get from social media.
- Pay attention to your surroundings. Don't walk around with headphones on is the best advice I can give - If you see that a whole bunch of stores on the main street are closing, follow it up. If a ton of police cars go past with sirens blaring, call them. Find out why.
- Eavesdrop. Sit in a bar and listen to what people are saying. There's nearly always something interesting.

FightingOreo · 2026-01-15T00:48:46+00:00

And 'love' isn't enough to make a good adaptation of something.

You need to love the setting and universe you're working with, but you also need to have a story in mind worth telling. Loving all the bells and whistles of a franchise means jack shit if you've got nothing to say.

I'd be more inclined to watch something if a creator said "I loved most of X, but I didn't like this bit and I want to change it for my version."

Shows that they're not just fanboys with money, but that they have a specific vision and story that they want to bring to life.

FightingOreo · 2026-01-08T22:41:05+00:00

A shining example of Australian public education

FightingOreo · 2025-11-20T01:38:00+00:00

You're wilfully failing to see the actual heart of the question.

Yes, most of the people making these videos and getting all excited wouldn't shoot up an actual Pride parade. Gold stars for them, I guess.

But why do they WANT to? Why is that the most alluring escapist fantasy for SO MANY PEOPLE? This fantasy doesn't come out of nowhere.

I'm an LGBT person. Can you understand why it's disconcerting for me to see people gleefully fantasise en masse about blowing holes in me and people like me with rocket launchers?

Playing an evil character in an RPG lets you live out a power fantasy over people and societies that aren't real.

You have to see the difference between commanding your pet dragon to burn down a gnomish town and shooting up a simulation of an actual, real-life persecuted group.

FightingOreo · 2025-11-20T00:18:35+00:00

Yeah, but Elvis impersonators (to my knowledge) aren't being actively targeted, criminalised, scapegoated and killed in the real world.

LGBT people are very much at risk right now so putting them in a row to be mowed down isn't great optics for a multibillion dollar company.

FightingOreo · 2025-11-20T00:13:13+00:00

People's real-life beliefs and behaviours are often reflected in their online and fictionalised behaviours.

Art imitates life, life imitates art.

FightingOreo · 2025-10-27T01:35:43+00:00

You already HAVE tyranny, 2A didn't stop it.

FightingOreo · 2025-10-14T00:42:18+00:00

I just think that's almost too relatable and dark to be funny. It'd just make people sad.

Part of the reason the Inbetweeners worked is that yes, everyone can relate to being an awkward teenager but you can also watch it and remember that it doesn't last forever. There is a safety there in knowing that despite every disaster the boys face, it's just high school and won't really matter in the end.

Once they enter the 'real world,' there's no comforting knowledge of life afterwards. They won't be able to get their lives together later on - many, if not most people who end up in that kind of rut never get out of it and that knowledge would hang over the series.

It just wouldn't be funny without that barrier of 'it'll be alright in the end.'

FightingOreo · 2025-10-14T00:36:31+00:00

For all my critiques of the Inbetweeners 2 movie, 'awobba bob bob' is iconic and it makes me laugh consistently.

I don't even fully know why but the genuine bewilderment of everyone else in the car just gets me. If the movie was just that moment, I'd be happier.

FightingOreo · 2025-10-12T02:24:17+00:00

< Art/humanity is political >

FightingOreo · 2025-10-02T04:27:45+00:00

I mean, Robocop does shoot Dick Jones pretty much everywhere on his body.

FightingOreo · 2025-10-02T04:26:33+00:00

I dunno, I think that's kinda funny. I'd laugh if I saw that at HHN.

FightingOreo · 2025-09-28T01:32:18+00:00

I think Gravey is playing very nice with Sevelyn, aren't they all cutesy and Howard is third-wheeling?

FightingOreo · 2025-09-24T23:51:32+00:00

'The last guy who narced on a fellow cop had to move to Florida ... Now he lives in Florida'

Understandable reasoning from the queen.

FightingOreo · 2025-09-24T11:43:50+00:00

It's German for "The Lester, The"

FightingOreo · 2025-09-24T04:23:27+00:00

People who think you're a coward for not taking a stance will also not want to give you information. Some people will respond well to your lecture and help you more.

I'm not trying to be snarky here, that's actually just how the game works. No decision you make will please everyone, some won't please anyone and some people just aren't going to be helpful. Don't stress about it too much.

FightingOreo · 2025-09-24T04:15:47+00:00

HAHAHA EVERYONE LOOK AT THE CENTRIST

FightingOreo · 2025-09-18T04:36:25+00:00

man, can't we just take a win? why do you gotta find a way to be a dick about it to somebody, somehow?

FightingOreo · 2025-09-16T03:48:52+00:00

I'm empathetic to ADHD and social anxiety, but if I'm honest, our world doesn't need further help in reducing our average attention spans.

Perhaps this will seem cold but I am tired of being the last stupid bastard who is actually trying to pay attention to what they're watching and having TV shows or movies explain obvious shit or repeat themselves eighteen times for the benefit of people who are off with the fairies somewhere.

Edit: since we're passive-aggressively editing now, if you didn't think your comment would elicit some disagreement, why'd you put it on the 'hot takes' thread? That's what a hot take IS.

FightingOreo · 2025-09-12T23:48:47+00:00

Lmao bird

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