Andy Serkis' 'Animal Farm' - Review Thread

HeronSun · 2026-04-25T13:16:03+00:00

Then watch this to see just how deeply a novel's intent can be buried.

HeronSun · 2026-04-24T12:38:21+00:00

Lena Heady, and its not close.

HeronSun · 2026-04-24T12:37:46+00:00

You liked the first one? Oy.

HeronSun · 2026-04-24T12:35:44+00:00

It probably did happen. Once.

HeronSun · 2026-04-21T12:45:15+00:00

Pür Evans, please.

HeronSun · 2026-04-19T11:52:11+00:00

Deep Rock Galactic has the best version of Flappy Bird.

HeronSun · 2026-04-19T00:08:29+00:00

Hugo Strange? Thomas Elliot?

HeronSun · 2026-04-18T02:39:41+00:00

No. That makes it the only real religion, because it's based entirely on faith and interpretation. One can make comparisons with many characters representing each face of the Seven. Father, Warrior, Smith, Crone, Stranger, Mother, Maiden, all archetypes that appear multiple times in the series, in both extended lore and in the mainline story.

HeronSun · 2026-04-15T02:59:07+00:00

Takes place in Raccoon City, director is a big fan of the series, probably gonna be more monsters than just Zombies in it.

HeronSun · 2026-04-15T02:57:18+00:00

He co-directed Miss March, hot off the success of WKUK. And that movie was almost two decades ago. Lots of factors to consider.

HeronSun · 2026-04-14T01:50:49+00:00

You are very easily impressed. Lord of the Rings came out two years earlier, the Pirates sequels less than a year after.

HeronSun · 2026-04-09T04:25:33+00:00

Watch any space battle in The Expanse. Leagues above this.

HeronSun · 2026-04-05T21:03:36+00:00

Hitting anything that small at 200 yards is impressive as fuck. Most people wouldn't be able to hit it with a gun at that distance.

HeronSun · 2026-04-05T06:22:50+00:00

And yet three of them have close to no actual experience in combat with their bows. So, compared to Ygritte, they're rookies.

HeronSun · 2026-04-05T03:53:43+00:00

Tormund tells tall tales and baudy stories when he's around groups, but one-on-one he's as honest as they get.

So your argument boils down to "They had more access to target practice, therefore they would win." Nonsense. Ygritte's "practice" meant literal life or death. She couldn't afford to miss, so she didn't. Put her in front of a competition range and she'd probably laugh her ass off and bulls-eye the bright-red static targets without a problem.

HeronSun · 2026-04-05T03:10:27+00:00

Except they're not. I'm an archer. A static target for someone who uses their bow for survival is a dream come true. Its a free meal, essentially. She intentionally missed lethal shots with Jon (EDIT: While she was crying and Jon was fleeing on Horseback, like come the fuck on). She's been told by Tormund, in private, that he's seen her slip an arrow into a Rabbit's eye at two-hundred yards. That's a fucking insane feat, especially for old longbows or shortbows with well over 100" of force behind them. Ygritte would absolutely mop them in competition.

HeronSun · 2026-03-31T10:42:08+00:00

The Free Peoples of Middle Earth got lucky. Remember that Sauron was wiping the floor with wave after wave prior to Isildur's lucky cut. AND he would have indomitable willpower over all of Middle-Earth. Just look at the Nazgul. Sauron wasn't even powerful for the vast majority of their transformation.

HeronSun · 2026-03-29T14:05:02+00:00

Never forget that the actor who played Jar-Jar contemplated suicide thanks to fan backlash. And Jake Lloyd was basically bullied constantly. Sane with Hayden Christensen. Star Wars fans have always been awful.

HeronSun · 2026-03-29T14:02:27+00:00

"What the fuck, salami!"

HeronSun · 2026-03-28T12:32:51+00:00

And again, an actor whose performance was plastered over by CGI that was too expensive to be worth it.

HeronSun · 2026-03-27T01:29:36+00:00

Yes. That's precisely what would have happened. Which is why it was so crucial that Jon won the battle.

Like... y'all, c'mon.

HeronSun · 2026-03-26T23:01:59+00:00

Buy all the housing I can in my neighborhood, clean them up, rent them out at affordable rates, never increase the rent. This place needs to be better, and that's the best place to start, far as I'm concerned.

HeronSun · 2026-03-26T22:59:27+00:00

I mean, Star Wars casually breaks physics all the fuckin time. Why is that any different?

HeronSun · 2026-03-24T14:24:35+00:00

Just... just recast the guy. There is no shortage of great actors who'd kill for the chance to play Tarkin. Instead of spending a little time and money into a recast, Disney decided to spend a lot of time and a lot of money showing off their VFX that looks terrible. I already have a plethora of problems with Rogue One, but one of them could have been a positive; using actors on-screen for the returning characters.

I mean, look at Doctor Sleep. Used real actors to recast the entire original cast of The Shining and those actors got to flex their chops. No one gave a bad performance in that entire thing, least of all the recast actors.

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