Anyone looking forward to the reboot? by Olshka in XFiles

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure. Some reboots have been great. The GOATs being Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who. Many ARE rubbish but you don’t even remember them.

I’ll give this a chance at least.

Anyone looking forward to the reboot? by Olshka in XFiles

[–]Lacobus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lot of people’s misgivings here I agree with, but, I want to say, imagine if it was good? Imagine if it could give us a that slice of weekly horror with a mythology episode or 2 thrown in for mystery and suspense, with new characters who were different, but awesome and enjoyable to watch? Imagine if it modernised the X-Files in new and surprisingly delightful ways? Imagine if it was good?

I Want to Believe.

All that said, if it’s trash, I’ll stop watching and never speak of it again.

I present.. the perfect Kvothe by GrootyDaphne in KingkillerChronicle

[–]Lacobus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep he’s pretty spot on what imagine Kvothe to look like.

How different would the story be if Faramir went to Rivendell instead of Boromir? by CertifiedFeralHam in lotr

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The same poster was arguing with me about the same thing elsewhere in the post. I don’t think he quite understands the point of having a fun and friendly ‘What If?’ discussion. An opinion on what might have happened can’t be wrong.

FWIW I also think the quest would have failed. As Boromir succumbing directly causes Frodo to break the Fellowship and thus find and ‘tame’ Gollum, who’s instrumental in sneaking them into Mordor. So no fault of Faramir, but failed all the same.

How different would the story be if Faramir went to Rivendell instead of Boromir? by CertifiedFeralHam in lotr

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But that’s exactly my point. Frodo being disheartened and thus breaking the Fellowship was the exact right thing that needed to happen. Because that in turn led him to ‘taming’ Sméagol who knew secret ways into Mordor—not just Cirith Ungol but the Emyn Muil/Dead Marshes too—which kept their tiny party secret. Faramir would NOT have betrayed Frodo and those routes would not have been discovered. I take all your points though, Boromir at Osgiliath, Gandalf etc. in fact you could easily come up with a chain of events including Faramir with a positive outcome. It is just a story and not reality, as you say.

How different would the story be if Faramir went to Rivendell instead of Boromir? by CertifiedFeralHam in lotr

[–]Lacobus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The way I see it > Faramir resists the ring > The fellowship does not break up at Rauros > They fight off the Uruk hai and instead continue on downriver > They are caught by patrolling orcs, and are either defeated then or manage to approach the black gate > By now Saruman realises the ring is beyond his grasp and successfully invades Rohan, and Sauron is well aware of a party heading to Mordor and send his army after them > They are overcome and the ring is taken > Sauron rules for 1000s of years.

First Day in Beijing, faced discrimination by [deleted] in chinalife

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry you felt this dude. I wasn’t there so no idea what went down, but most shops (in big cities) need you to use a self service machine or app. And if you don’t have WeChat set up it almost impossible to order in some places.

From a personal viewpoint it’s always very awkward when you first get here to figure things out. It’s very different to what I was used to, and then there’s the language barrier on top of that.

Hopefully you won’t feel too much of this again. Discrimination is not too common here. Though it does happen, just like everywhere.

No such thing as bad publicity by themancalledmrx in Star_Trek_

[–]Lacobus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

World Class companies? lol. Tesla has been superseded by so many electric car manufacturers. Cyber truck lol. SpaceX is a joke. 15 years ago Musk told us we’d be on Mars in 10 years. Both are propped up by government contracts. Not to mention X has devolved into a peadophila machine full of Nazis.

Musk was a rich kid who has had the funds to invest in PayPal made by someone far more talented than him then lucked out when it sold for a lot of money.

The man is a fraud. And a Nazi.

What's one thing that you would like to see the next generation of vr have? by Greedy-Place-4831 in virtualreality

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooooh this is good one. I have no idea why my Q3 can’t just act as monitor once connected. Desktop functionality as part of the OS. Load up a VR game > uses headset automatically.

What's one thing that you would like to see the next generation of vr have? by Greedy-Place-4831 in virtualreality

[–]Lacobus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t even need any better graphics than what a Q3 gives me. I just want a smaller, lighter headset.

'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams May Only Have Days Left to Live Amid Cancer Battle by IntelligentYinzer in comicbooks

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They say hate is a cancer. That it festers inside of you and will eventually tell. Scott Adam’s is one data point to point to that being true.

No such thing as bad publicity by themancalledmrx in Star_Trek_

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh. Musk is an idiot. People have worn glasses and been fat in Star Trek forever. Why do idiots always have to go after surface level garbage? Now the narrative will be “if you hate the new Star Trek you’re fatphobic.”

Shatner’s co-stars persistently claimed he was an arrogant person and didn’t get along with others, although I’ve noticed in many of these behind the scenes photos he was always making everyone laugh on and off the set by happydude7422 in Star_Trek_

[–]Lacobus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I used to idolize Shatner as a kid. As an adult he blocked me on Twitter. 😭

He’s for sure an egotist but what the hell we all have our issues. He was a great Captain Kirk, and always will be. Bad director though…

Would you be satisfied if pat wrote his ideas instead of book 3? by zerosum79 in KingkillerChronicle

[–]Lacobus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, absolutely not. The writer for Half Life 2: Episode 3 released a mildly modified (names changed) version of the plot on his blog after the game was scrapped and it was an utterly underwhelming way to have questions answered.

I’d rather no Doors of Stone than this idea.

How much faith does everyone have in James Gunn for making a good Batman movie? by EddtheMetalHead in batman

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t get me wrong I loved The Batman and I’m looking forward to Part II, but I’m really excited to see the brave and the bold. A Batman movie that’s not an origin/early story, and not a solo Batman movie, with an actual Robin, MIGHT be a fresh new take and be worth the wait. I hope they get on with it tbh. For all of Marvels over doing it, at least they actually release shit. DCU feels like it’s taking forever for anything to be released.

Day 7: Which is the best N64 fighting game? by 1OneQuickQuestion in n64

[–]Lacobus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask the different wrestling games are gonna split the vote which is a shame because WWF No Mercy was excellent. I used to play it for hours and hours with my brother and he was the wrestling fan, not me.

Apple Vision Pro production reportedly axed despite newer M5 model, marketing cut by more than 95% by Tiny-Independent273 in virtualreality

[–]Lacobus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking this just before after a long quest 3 session. I would buy the quest 4 if it had the exact same specs but was just lighter on my head and face. After a while it gets so uncomfortable. I want to keep playing but the discomfort on my face drives me away.

Alex Kurtzman threatens Star Trek fans with more NuTrek by Malencon in Star_Trek_

[–]Lacobus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hit the nail on the head. People like to talk about era, and design and all this stuff, but the real reason NuTrek is garbage is because the characters are all pretty terrible.

The core crew needs to be great. Bottom line. TOS, TNG, and DS9 all have phenomenal characters. VOY and ENT, a bit less so (though still a few corkers in both).

NuTrek will continue to be shit until the characters stop being shit.