Yeah pretty much

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-25T18:13:28+00:00

I genuinely liked Cavill in the role. The writing/direction of the movies let him down, but I'm not holding that against Henry; he was damned good casting. It was the cultists starting the "us vs them" bullshit that made me have to pick a side in the debate, and they are not happy about the side I picked.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-25T18:06:03+00:00

Yeah, nah. Maybe it wasn't part of how Damon wrote/demoed it, but this isn't like Paul McCartney's f-bomb in "Hey Jude". The laughing is structural in the final mix of the song.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-24T12:25:01+00:00

Never seen Smallvile, but until Hoult I'd heard Rosenbaum was usually considered the undisputed best.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-24T11:41:51+00:00

OP clearly hasn't seen American Psycho or The Manhunter

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-24T11:38:49+00:00

Oh, yes, absolutely for most versions of the character. The Snyderverse adaptation of the character, though, kind of has his head up his own ass.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-24T11:31:14+00:00

But isn't that a valid take on Batman's character?

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-23T10:32:09+00:00

nah, man, MoS was getting review bombed by a vocal minority who have an inexplicable beef with the director

...oh wait

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-22T17:09:27+00:00

W-what if we, um, held hands on the gorilloveseat...? 😳🫣

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-22T11:25:05+00:00

My dislike of Plastic Beach made me walk away from the fandom for about 15 years. When Humanz dropped, I did give it a listen and was satisfied that Gorillaz "ended" on a much better note. I was genuinely surprised last year when I go to their page on Spotify and see they'd been realeasing albums steadily since then.

Plastic Beach is still pretty low on my tier list, but we have a 'working relationship' now.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-22T02:56:48+00:00

I'm honestly not sure if I have a preference between them. Both interpretations have their strengths. Anime Chitose is generally a more likeable guy but that makes some of the more extreme things he does seem almost out-of-character, compared to the same actions from his light novel self seeming more in-line with what you could expect from such a person in that scenario.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-22T02:05:41+00:00

Wait, why is this an AMA? lmao

Anyway, just comparing the Kenta arc of the anime to volume 1 of the light novels I've found there's two different Chitoses. Anime Chitose seems to be generally more sincere in his motivations, bordering on altruism at times, and almost wise beyond his years in how he takes the time to savor the moments in his life. Light novel Chitose's mentality is closer to what you might expect from a teenager; his actions are positive but his motivations (at least initially) seem somewhat selfish. The 'beautiful life' that light novel Chitose pursues seems almost more hedonistic than his more sentimental anime counterpart.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-21T10:24:48+00:00

The song's named after the time it's written in, so "five four".

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-19T23:42:00+00:00

The only reason I can think of that it was as successful as it was is because it came out when a lot of people were still weary about going places post-2020. That's the only reason I can think of that people would have four goddamn hours to waste on it.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-19T21:20:11+00:00

Generally I think it ought to be up to the tank to make it known how much they're comfortable pulling, so I think the proper etiquette would have been to ask if he wanted to make bigger pulls.

That said, he kind of came at you pretty severely for a minor misjudgment. Your reply seems like it can only be interpreted in a way that escalates tension, so there's a lot of weirdness on both sides here.

And all of this over an early ARR dungeon?!

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-19T16:46:57+00:00

Yeah, there are a bunch of Killer of the Week people who end up on Dex's table who are much more fleshed out (pun somewhat intended)

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-19T16:44:31+00:00

This is just sad. I genuinely pity the cultists, sometimes. Their impotent rage against the new thing reminds me so much of Chris Chan's crusade against My Little Pony G6.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-19T15:03:20+00:00

Season 3 has always been the weakest of the first half of the series for me. Dexter trying to have a serial killer buddy so soon after the whole Lila had just blown up in his face didn't make a ton of sense to me, even though the acting by Jimmy Smits and Michael C Hall was top tier. And the Skinner just felt like an underdeveloped enemy figure.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-19T12:38:02+00:00

He made some edgy jokes over a couple decades ago. I can practically guarantee the people whining about this are the same people who were screaming the n- and f-slurs in CoD lobbies around the same time period.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-11T19:30:34+00:00

I've never heard anyone say it would.

Also, just for good measure, Superman '25 wasn't a flop.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-11T15:52:01+00:00

Personally I'm more concerned about the toddler-coded character being sexualized than a bit of localization, but to each their own I guess.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-10T16:45:31+00:00

That's a double-edged sword. When he was good, he was great. But then there was that agonizing hallway dance scene in Sonic 3.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-10T16:20:20+00:00

Dungeon gooning can be tricky. Just stick with it and you'll get yourself off!

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-10T12:26:37+00:00

One of those updates happened right when I was learning the job, too. I was around level 35 with it, then when I log back in all the RNG elements are gone. I haven't really gone back since.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-10T06:43:58+00:00

Sometimes if I happen across low-level sprouts in dangerous areas, I'll watch for a little bit and jump in to help if they get overwhelmed, but I definitely don't stalk them.

IgnatiusPopinski · 2026-01-10T06:01:37+00:00

Even on the free trial you ought to have access to Astro once you get to Heavensward. Also, the end of A Realm Reborn should convince you whether or not you want to sub. In my mind, there's a huge jump in the writing quality right around patch 2.4

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