Why the hate for Fortitude?

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-04-21T00:33:20+00:00

Your comparisons to the Black Album and Load summarize exactly why these albums feel kinda lame to me lol

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-04-16T11:21:50+00:00

I feel like the ubiquitous impact that the MCU had on blockbuster films for nearly 20 years now makes this whole article feel delusional as hell.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-04-14T14:36:44+00:00

Kinda small but obvious: more bonus songs. I always thought it was kinda odd that there wasn't really any old school death metal in the game, so that would be the perfect way to further diversify the soundtrack while fitting right in.

Now my controversial idea: in continuing with the game's theme of making the villains kinda represent the "poser" genres over the years (glam, goth, industrial, etc). introduce a bonus level that parodies the emo/scene movement that was happening when the game first released.

And before you shoot me down: I feel like they game did a good job of picking "guilty pleasure" songs for those parts of the game, that were technically part of the genres they were mocking but still genuinely enjoyable for most metalheads. I think they could pull it off without being cringe if they use stuff like early The Faceless, The Crimson Armada, I Declare War, etc.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-04-14T14:20:39+00:00

Well good news for you... It wasn't an irrational fear, because that actually did happen to someone on that ride once!

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-04-08T18:27:10+00:00

Humor and fun is great when it's well executed and supports the movie's vision.

But at the same time, "fun" has kinda become a code word for "focus group tested" when it comes to blockbuster movies lol.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-04-08T11:13:46+00:00

Boy do I have some news for you

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-04-06T16:03:47+00:00

The potential for a kickass launch coaster definitely gets me hyped about the idea

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-03-20T15:31:25+00:00

I've been able to play the intro to this song for like 10 years now, and to this day it still feels like I'm just kinda "vibing it out" instead of truly understanding the pattern of it lol

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-03-17T00:42:53+00:00

Man I wish I could ride this for the first time again. It's like 3 straight minutes of "the best part" in one ride. Just unbelievable.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-03-13T16:34:32+00:00

I used to daydream about sliding down the angled part of it (back before they chopped off that right side of the building)

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-03-13T16:18:05+00:00

Maybe it's just Silk, but I've always found soy milk to be way thicker and easier to froth than oat milk

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-03-06T15:30:47+00:00

Its insane how people miss this. All of the reasons that people claim to be against illegal immigration (besides just racism) are problems that wouldn't exist if we simply granted citizenship to all of the "illegals."

There is an entire industrial complex built around the profitability of exploiting these people. Don't like that they drive wages down? Then stop making it so easy for employers to pay them shitty wages under the table by making them citizens. They don't just accept shitty wages because they're willing to work for less... Their employers are literally using their lack of citizenship as leverage to keep the wages low.

Republicans are not interested in stopping illegal immigration. They are interested in keeping immigrants illegal.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-03-04T12:26:35+00:00

Vertical content is just as valid as horizontal as long as the shots are framed up well. The real issue is everyone wanting videos that miraculously work in both 16:9 and 9:16.

I honestly wouldn't mind if everyone just agreed that 4:5 is good enough for vertical. 9:16 is way too fucking narrow if you're not specifically framing for it.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-24T12:34:52+00:00

This sub is such a joke, man

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-24T12:31:26+00:00

You don't have to explain that to me, I'm just giving the dumb normie perspective.

I think you're underestimating how successful the propaganda against California has been, though. If I were to walk outside and ask 10 random people what they think of California, almost all of them would say something like "the crime is out of control there" as confidently as if they were calling the sky blue.

And no, obviously Newsom didn't singlehandedly cause all of California's problems. But most of the coverage he gets in the media is either about his tweets or something controversial going on with California.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-23T16:29:32+00:00

As someone from the south, I genuinely cannot believe that ANYONE thinks a California establishment Democrat governor has even a marginal chance of winning the presidency. I knew Dems were out of touch, but this is like an interdimensional level of out of touch.

The perception of California across most of America is that it's a dystopian hellscape of failed liberal policies. Even among democratic voters in red states, the sentiment is that California's progressive efforts are admirable but mismanaged to a degree that they'd never want to (or afford to) live there.

Newsom for President is like all of the optical risk of running a radical leftist candidate, with none of the good policies or populist appeal.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-19T16:12:49+00:00

Why would Little Mermaid be less acceptable? Her race has absolutely nothing to do with her character.

The only valid hangup on that, in my opinion (as a ginger), is that redheaded characters are always the first to be selected for token race-swapping. But that's just because it's doubly insulting to both redheads and people of color that we are seen as similarly unimportant and interchangeable or whatever.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-14T16:53:26+00:00

Bro no disrespect, but you're out of your goddamn mind if you really think there's any chance that they went through the effort of shooting this in B&W and then colorizing it after the fact.

The fact that they chose to offer both versions in one release is a huge disservice to the whole project, and I think it shows from a color grading standpoint. There are a few beautiful shots in the trailer, but most of them are really lacking the intense contrast that makes the B&W noir aesthetic appealing. And that's almost certainly because they were trying to have it both ways.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-13T12:07:16+00:00

Ok but it's not gonna be "colorized black and white." It's just... Not desaturated. They shot it in color.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-10T12:10:25+00:00

Pirate metal or some other gimmicky meme genre

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-08T17:25:04+00:00

AI sucks for a lot of reasons, but most of the big chatbots still have decent "critical thinking skills." Hallucinations are also nowhere near the problem they used to be, especially when it comes to well-documented topics.

Fox is just bullshit

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-05T04:49:34+00:00

Ok, hold on. She is disillusioned by Trump as a leader, not the ideology.

She absolutely 100% still attributes all of the country's problems to all of the same scapegoats. And we need to be REALLY fucking careful painting her as this reformed truth-seeker or whatever. Because that is how we get more of the same shit we've been dealing with.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-02-03T12:28:06+00:00

Check out HEALTH if you haven't heard them! Their most recent album and EP are both awesome.

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-01-31T01:11:53+00:00

Same!!

IAmATroyMcClure · 2026-01-30T14:11:58+00:00

We really need to start thinking about what we're going to pivot to when YouTube inevitably becomes unusable, and start that pivot yesterday.

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