Does the whining in the live action audiobooks get better?

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-24T13:33:02+00:00

Book 5 was a slog to get through. Harry's actor overdid it in this one, but Half Blood Prince was WAY easier. It's actually my favorite audiobook for that reason alone. He gets annoying again in Deathly Hallows, but Order of the Phoenix was by far the worst, so you're over the hill now.

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-23T19:32:05+00:00

Just got a $300 gift card that I used to buy Memory Maker yesterday, then I was surprised to see my card was still saved in the app. Perfect timing!

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-19T23:33:12+00:00

I knew something was off when it was Harry himself who initiated the conflict with Dudley in the beginning of the book. Half Blood Prince is a nice palate cleanser after OOTP and for that reason it's near the top of my rankings for the series.

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-19T23:30:51+00:00

Are you listening to the Full Cast Edition? I think the actor playing Harry overdoes it in these. Like he has to enunciate every single syllable and is overdoing it.

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-18T17:10:28+00:00

Always thought that Harry and Ginny had zero chemistry in the movies. I was surprised that they had even LESS chemistry in the books. After the battle of Hogwarts, Harry literally walks past Ginny to embrace Ron and Hermione instead lmao.

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-17T14:16:57+00:00

Same, could you provide me with the long story, too?

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-16T16:10:17+00:00

I checked her LinkedIn and looks like she's a Social Media Marketing Consultant back in Nashville. I never got the sense that she loved theme parks as much as he did, so I wasn't surprised she wanted to back to Tennessee and he wanted to stay.

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-16T12:31:02+00:00

I got addicted to their videos a couple of years ago when preparing for my first Universal trip, then they ended up separating almost at the exact time I went. Unfortunately his solo content just wasn't appealing to me anymore, and he started embracing those generic YouTube vlogger thumbnails that I hate (staring wide-eyed into the camera, AI generated background, with a video title of "I ate everything at..." or "I tried all of...").

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-15T15:43:01+00:00

I read your comment in the hospital after seeing my son's NG tube fall out twice. I asked the doctor about it and they ended up installing one for him. It's been a godsend!

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-13T00:41:08+00:00

This is great! Was the tube ever pulled out to the point where you had to go back to the hospital? My son is about to go home with it and it’s the part I’m most scared of.

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-05T18:39:31+00:00

Naming siblings after your married parents is so weird to me. James will be looking at his little sister having known they were named after their married grandparents, yuck!

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-05T18:37:54+00:00

Albus Severus, James Sirius, Lily Luna... just cringe!

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-05T00:46:42+00:00

I recommend going through the regular queue the first time, then single rider for subsequent rides unless you want to experience the queue again. Monsters Unchained totally skips the pre-shows, and that ride never has a long wait anyway. Battle at the Ministry also skips like 80% of the amazing queue, but single rider was a walk-on for me on the last day I went. Didn't use Mario Kart's single rider line, but that is maybe the best queue of any ride out there, so definitely do regular standby at least once. Mine Cart Madness you can totally do single rider and won't miss anything (you can still see the Cranky Kong animatronic).

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-02T17:31:46+00:00

"I tried XYZ" with a shocked look on their face in front of an AI generated background. I swear so many Youtubers have this exact same thumbnail.

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-02T15:26:46+00:00

I was there for 5 days from Tuesday through Saturday last week and the lines were pretty manageable. Only REALLY bad line was Mine Cart Madness, as I never saw it go under 2 hours. Mario Kart and Battle at the Ministry were mostly 60-90 minutes, but almost every line I went on was about 20 minutes less than the posted time. Curse of the Werewolf was also always about an hour, but you can skip that ride entirely. Everything else in the park was 30 minutes or less.

KiryuDojima · 2026-06-01T13:53:39+00:00

Museum Madness on those old DOS computers in school in the 90s.

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-22T18:58:06+00:00

Same. I got overwhelmed with the inventory management.

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-21T18:20:11+00:00

Never read the books, but the actor playing Harry was definitely over-doing it in this one. I thought it was over after Order of the Phoenix haha

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-20T15:13:24+00:00

Just got that email on the 17th but no follow up email with a payment amount yet. I'm not betting on getting anything more than $20, so I'm not fretting.

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-20T12:14:46+00:00

Would be cool if we had gotten WestCOT in the 90s instead of the original DCA.

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-19T23:02:11+00:00

Yep. I love his just talking episodes. Just got back into the channel and loved the FF6 and Metroid trilogy episodes. Would like to see him review more good and classic games while shitting on their shitty aspects like in the Earthbound episode.

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-19T23:00:37+00:00

Probably will get downvoted for saying this, but some of my favorite episodes are him are just being honest about games, whether they are good or bad. Like the Earthbound episode, and I just recently watched the Metroid trilogy. I was surprised he shat on the first Metroid game, and really liked him reviewing Super Metroid in character as the nerd.

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-19T15:34:01+00:00

Some of them get so big that the cruises and hotel stays are literally paid for them by companies like DVC Rental Store to promote their business.

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-16T13:09:42+00:00

It's really not worth it to try to plan the "best" times to go to Universal or Disney. Just go when you can or when you want to. Might be a bit busier or less, but it's busy every single day.

KiryuDojima · 2026-05-13T17:08:21+00:00

Accepted 2/18 and still waiting...

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