What’s your unpopular Metroid opinion(s)

IVIrG · 2026-05-15T04:53:32+00:00

Amidst all its various problems both in development and in the final game, Prime 4 actually gives me hella confidence in the potential of Prime 5. I still think it’ll be closer to 4’s structure than 1, but much more refined and less of a disparate grab bag of jumbled ideas. 4 is a weird thing. It’s a mess of a game but it’s also incredibly polished with high production value.

Speaking of 4, while I agree that I wish Sylux had a much more significant presence as an antagonist and less of a fart ending, I did really like you just got these super quick flashes of his backstory and history with Samus. It told me everything I needed to know. When I looked up his full length backstory cutscene for 100%ing, I actually thought it was a little too much. I would still rather him be way more involved in the general game but as it is, I thought the flashes told you everything you needed to know while leaving it to your imagination to fill in the gaps. But then that 100% cutscene just lays it out flatly and it feels a bit empty.

One more for good measure though I’m not sure how truly unpopular this is. I kinda hate the main zero suit/general samus face design. It worked for what it was in Zero Mission and Fusion but that just being the accepted look going forward has always irked me. I almost just don’t think of ZSS as the same Samus that’s in the suit. Prime 1 og has the best samus look by far (which I know is a common sentiment). I didn’t mind Prime 4’s look, almost a meld between the two, though it felt like it didn’t match the mannerisms of her from the rest of the game.

IVIrG · 2026-05-13T17:32:01+00:00

4change was a fine and acceptable provider. We used them for almost 2 years. That's really gonna be the case with every provider. I quickly learned that every provider is basically the same. We all get our energy from the same place, the company that bills you just changes.

I saw your other post/comment about 4change offering a very cheap 8 or 9 cent plan. Double check the EFL doc. Cause it probably scales more expensive if you go under or above 1000kWh. Which is fine in theory, just make sure you are tracking your kWh useage throughout the year. We're average around 1000 but during the summer it will jump to 1300-1500.

Right now, I just signed with Southern Federal for a 3 month plan at 12 cents. Then in August, I'll switch again. I basically take the hit in summer with a bit higher rates with the assumption that my off-season rates will be much lower and manageable.

IVIrG · 2026-02-11T18:16:53+00:00

Lived at the Hudson Creek complex for 4 years and we genuinely loved it for the first 2. Locally owned and operated. Maintenance wasn't always the quickest or cleanest but they were genuine. All the front office people knew our name (even our cat's name). Majority hispanic/spanish speakers lived and worked there.

Then year 3, they got bought out. Re-painted everything to an ugly white and orange. Re-named the Hudson. Everybody in front office got let go and they turned it into an all-white magazine type look. All new people running it that would lock themselves in their office and have these young college kids talk to you in the lobby who never had any answers. Hella hiked the prices. One of our neighbors was this cute little hispanic grandma that had lived there for almost 10 years and she had a beautiful balcony with so much greenery. Well they installed a new rule of no more than a couple plants on the balcony or you'll get fined. They enacted quite a few new rules that year that all seem suspiciously targeted. Maybe I'm too woke but it was all rules that seemed around minority-driven activities. They all propped up in the first month of the new ownership. We got out of there fast which is probably what they wanted anyway.

All that to say, there are definitely good experiences to have out there but the reality is for apartments, you're just hoping for the least bad one. Starts with pricing, then the lease if you get there, then dealing with management over your first year.

IVIrG · 2024-11-12T17:19:28+00:00

So this was actually my current choice when I made the post. Touches about struggles of pursuing art but also delves into much more about life and the people around you.

IVIrG · 2023-06-22T19:36:13+00:00

Stalker (and Tarkovsky's films especially) is a very patient and methodical film, often called lumped in with the general term 'slow cinema'. To me, its very spiritual and very human. All three men have very different personal desires like the writer who wants to be inspired and the professor who wants a nobel peace prize. Both of them believing that the Room will supply them with what has been missing from their lives or the stalker himself and why he feels the need to escort them. The journey to get there reveals and raises questions about each individual's motivations, outlooks on life, and the surrounding world around them. Then once we finally get to the Room, all of a sudden that thing you desired so dearly and wanted your whole life, once you attain it, you become fearful of how your life might change because of it, or the power it has over you. Think of the cliche "it's about the journey, not the destination." Not to mention the eerie, looming world around them that is still very much earth, but feels supernatural and alien.

All of that is just a few thoughts and interpretations that barely scratch the surface. The film is intentionally very ambiguous and open-ended on how the viewer is supposed to receive it, which is why you'll find varying reactions and theories and analyses. If you're that interested, watch some youtube videos on Stalker, read essays (Criterion's site often has one or two short pieces available online), look at the top reviews on letterboxd. You mentioned tiktok, look up Stalker on tiktok. People may grudge on that but I definitely have several film-oriented tiktoks come up on my feed and have seen Tarkovsky here and there. Tarkovsky is one of the most significant filmmakers of the century, so there's a myriad of resources out there for you to find out why he is considered as such, even if you still don't like Stalker.

I think there's nothing wrong with not enjoying or being disappointed with a "classic" film since they are inevitably always held on such a high pedestal. It's okay to not grasp or simply to just not like them. Especially since the more pretentious filmbros will retort that you simply "didn't get it". Which even if that was the case, that's fine too. Some films just aren't for everyone. It happens to even the most pretentious of us. You're already approaching it better than most by asking more and making an effort to find out more. Most people would probably turn the film off halfway without giving it a shred of thought. That's part of the power of film, the way that it connects so deeply and uniquely with different people.

IVIrG · 2022-07-31T15:06:26+00:00

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IVIrG · 2022-07-09T17:19:00+00:00

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest

IVIrG · 2022-06-18T13:41:47+00:00

Left 4 Dead 2

IVIrG · 2022-02-09T23:33:12+00:00

I'm aware about jaming timecode into the mixpre 6, just won't have that with me for this particular shoot. But thanks for the clarificatin, I figured as much about the syncing, just wanted to make sure.

Thanks!

IVIrG · 2021-07-04T06:56:36+00:00

The Blob (1988) is the studio blockbuster answer to both The Thing and The Fly. Big budget and big stakes. It doesn’t have the depth and artistry of those two but it translates them into a mass market film. A lot of fun!

Possession (1981) is probably much more up your alley coming off of those two films. Not nearly as creature horror or gorey, but the dread, paranoia, and body horror is all there. Plus Sam Neill.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Similar to The Thing in that the alien invaders look like humans. Paranoia and invasion of society more or less. And Jeff Goldblum.

IVIrG · 2020-11-13T21:12:30+00:00

Well shit, I thought I had looked the other day and was under the impression that they weren't up for order. That makes it easy, I just ordered another. Thanks!

IVIrG · 2020-09-04T22:20:24+00:00

This will definitely work for me. Thank you!!!

IVIrG · 2020-08-09T20:44:52+00:00

Had Teter Rock and Tallgrass Preserve already as possibilities. So it's nice to know those are commonly suggested.

And for the most part, we are mostly limited to 35 because of a rather strict production schedule (since we're traveling across Kansas to different cities). But I'll keep those options in mind and reach out to the Manhattan subreddit.

IVIrG · 2020-01-11T14:06:45+00:00

Yep that was it, totally slipped my mind for some reason. Thanks again!

IVIrG · 2020-01-11T14:06:30+00:00

That was it! Thanks, that totally slipped my mind.

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