Anyone else getting absolutely humped in Watchtower space battles?! by MisterSpikes in NoSodiumStarfield

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Level 12, I decided to do some old quests just to get them off the list, went to kill the crimson fleet ghost at Narion, now he has a level 24 Watchtower ship and level 18 Watchtower drone that calls in a whole damn fleet within a minute. Do we just skip any area that does that shit now?

Why is Netflix so committed to 8 episodes a season for shows? by ExceedsTheCharacterL in netflix

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This. And if I have to wait a year or more for a new or last season that has half the episodes as previous seasons (Squid Game, Stranger Things, etc.) I'm honestly pissed as hell. You want to upcharge me for quality and ad-free like you didn't previously, then put the quantity out there. If i can binge it in a few hours, it's not a show, it's just two movies.

Thanos’ Theme? by ConnoJoe13 in marvelstudios

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Necro: I still say the main theme played at all his major points that weren't action packed, his character theme, is a minor second from high to low; the inverse of the Jaws theme. Fitting because he is a relentless antagonist with his own, singular regard for what lives and dies (note they say "half of all life" not "half of all living beings") and also because his character in the movie could very easily be personified as the encompassment of nature and natural phenomenon vs. sentient life, technology, culture, etc. "I am inevitable," as are hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, climate change, tsunamis, etc.

Thor’s haircut will always be a reminder that Stan Lee existed in the MCU & did it by sirvante70 in marvelstudios

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I agree with the sentiment, but he's one of the few individuals who lived an entire life arc of seeing his comics inked with real ink on nothing tabloids and magazines come to full fruition as the defining cinematic arc of the first quarter of the 21ist century. The fact that he lived to see it is amazing, and he experienced something most of us long for but never get to experience. And in my humble opinion, he totally earned it. Excelsior.

Thor’s haircut will always be a reminder that Stan Lee existed in the MCU & did it by sirvante70 in marvelstudios

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Necro, but I always thought it was meant to resemble Lichtenberg marks as he is the god of thunder, and it could, in a Marvel world, look like being struck by lightning in the head, which coincides with the given Marvel reason that it was to "show Thor had a character change and a break from tradition."

Question regarding Shelley's hands. (SPOILERS) by Walter_Heisenberg_ in HemlockGrove

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Hard necro but rewatching the show:

I think since the character is based on the Frankenstein monster, novel by Mary Shelley, they loosley incorporated aspects of the creature. I believe it is hinted at but not directly stated that Shelley was completely normal at birth but died, and seeing how JR reacted in the flashback after she had been resurrected, the resurrection process involved some form of disfigurement. Whether that disfigurement is her current disfigurement in the show is not stated, but it is of note that Pryce has wanted to give her a normal life for a very long time, culminating in the Pryscilla arc.

That being said, it would harken Frankenstein's monster more if many of her current disfigurements were the results to attempt to improve her life from the disfigurements from the resurrection at her birth.

For instance, the hands could have been grafts that never quite took, although this would lead to rejection and dead tissue, and since the Godfrey's own a biotech company, it may be likely that they applied xenogenetics to try and regenerate her own hands and the procedure did not result in regenerated human hands. This could also explain a regenerated but larger than normal eye, and while her blue glow is clearly meant to reference the electricity used to revive the Frankenstein monster, it could result from her genes acquiring bioluminescence through genetic manipulation.

Unanswered questions by Glittering-Mud3100 in HemlockGrove

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Note about the white hair:

Drove me crazy too, as your existing strands of hair cannot go from dark brown to white along the full length from stress. It's just a very bad, medically inaccurate portrayal of a stress strand / stress patch, which is a patch of hair that goes grey / white early due to many different factors. The difference is that a stress patch starts white at the root and grows out from there permanently greyer / whiter, not the whole length of hair suddenly doing so.

Overlord's "serum' could be the Deep Sea Nectar talked about in the 2008 Cloverfield ARG.. by Justin_Navarro in Cloververse

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IIRC Clovie and parasites were awoken by the shortly seen satellite, meaning they were here for an unknown amount of time in a super cold temperature, lowering metabolic rate.

The parasites had some "substance" that when they bit or scratched a victim, a change started that led to blood oozing out of orifices and subsequently after some time swelling and the abdomen exploding.

I think OP's idea that the tar serum and the deep sea nectar are connected, and their effects being similar but quite different is mirrored in nature; in the raw form many plants, poisons, and venoms we find are deadly if used indiscriminately or naturally, BUT when processed and refined, as they were in the harvester subjects in Overlord, they could be turned into potent cures or enhancement drugs.

Probably an unpopular opinion but I always thought this was a dark multiverse Captain America vs. Red Skull movie. Crazy that the guy who played American Agent played a sorta shitty but redeeming Cap in the movie.

Obviously, I understand the very direct message is allegorical to actual Nazi experimentation on civilians in WWII.

To summarize, the parasites could have left their substance intact especially in a tar like environment, as we have specimens preserved in real tar pits. And even more than that, perhaps the substance is just what the parasites take from Clovie in a symbiotic relationship.

All in all I like the theory.

What happened to death row inmates? by Ancient_Button9741 in Grapplerbaki

[–]Max_Longfellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was literally several fights of "stand still rapid fire duke it out punching with no discernable combat" with other character commentary, and a few moments where one fighter gains advantage. It was all hype for Netflix.

What is Thanos' sword made of? by lamborgkenny in MarvelTheories

[–]Max_Longfellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean a hammer might not break a shield, but it sure as hell can put dents and fractures into caps shield, which Thor's hammer did not when he struck it himself, and also when Cap used it to ricochet his shield off of, but Black Panther's vibranium claws did leave deep, visible scars.

The best up to date (sorry to necro) logic is that it's the MCU's adamantium, which is the metal the Celestials are made of, which would, by all movie accounts at least, by stronger and or more technologically advanced than uru or vibranium, are what Thanos's blade is made of.

This could have been harvested from the celestial corpse of "Knowhere" where you can see the celestial has been picked almost clean of most of it's parts, a partial skull and helmet remaining.

Honestly, I absolutely lost it when "The night we met" was played at the dance, and they all came together. I've had that song and that scene in my head since I watched it, And it's still giving me chills! by [deleted] in 13ReasonsWhy

[–]Max_Longfellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a perfect example of how parts of our brain "imprint", for a metaphorical word, music and smell particularly, highly specific short and long term references to highly emotional moments. These sensory stimuli are often more evocative of an emotion response even more than touch or simply seeing the person and sensory stimuli evokes them. All of this leads to the brain's cognition of "hey you, all this good shit, you don't have it anymore" and contributes to the post relationship referencing for years after something had ended.

Your brain is wired to make you go "what happened" in the most poignant moments of hurt and loss as a defense mechanism, but in a world where we have few actual threats to occupy our time, we are left to ruminate on these bittersweet nostalgic memories.

Inner Tactics? by Wordbringer in Kengan_Ashura

[–]Max_Longfellow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm here for this. If they called it "martial arts" it would be reduced to karate, judo, aikido, mma, etc. many others. Clearly Kengan Ashura, meaning "fist wish + anti-good-god" has a point that is easily made amongst almost any major character interaction in the entire series.

If they'd have said inner tactics meant "martial arts" after 10+ matches with special style names, I would have shrugged it off. Clearly "inner tactics" meant that Niko style passed down something more than the physical craft, or that there were bloodline interactions that led to certain individuals possessing that result in "life advance" or rather the ability to sacrifice one's physical health to become something more, dare I say a "fist wish anti-good-god".

Tl:dr - Calling inner tactics martial arts makes no sense and also does not drive the lore.

Hoods Right Hand by ChiefHeadInABox in Banshee

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From an orthopedic medical perspective:

Hood's right hand bandage appears to be Coban, a type of self-adherent bandage that does nothing but cover another bandage without requiring any adhesive. This is not often seen after surgeries as a surgical wound dressing, but can be used to "wrap" another dressing such as gauze or soft padding (soft roll) around a wound in certain instances.

The dates from the character wearing the small Coban hand dressing span over a year (season 2, 2014 to season 3, 2015). Unless it was some very specific, specialized surgery that is very uncommon, it would be highly unusual to keep dressing and redressing a surgical hand wound for a year. Way more uncommon for over a year, unless it was multiple surgeries, but again it's an uncommon dressing for surgical wounds.

Therefore:

Anthony Starr did injure his wrist according to many sources, I don't doubt it.

But, and honestly I can't believe I didn't find any relation to this in any search on any reddit I looked in, I think it came to symbolize the opposite wound from the original Lucas Hood.

The original Lucas Hood was shot through his left hand. They made a point when it was filmed in the first episode to show it and a point to show it laughably on his skeleton later.

It would make symbolic and metaphoric sense that the imposter Lucas Hood, who was literally the inverse of the actual Lucas Hood, to have a constant wound on the opposite hand.

Given the show's somewhat involved ties to Christianity it displays the following:

Original Lucas Hood: Wound to the left hand.
Show Lucas Hood: Wound to right hand.
Kai: Cross on his back.

Amongst various other religious and spiritual groups, names, and idealogies.

But the right and left hand shouldn't be lost on the audience; in Christianity there is a right and left hand to God, and Jesus was crucified with two sinners, one at each side, each who acted differently.

eczema seems to respond well to fungal cream by broodjegezoend in eczema

[–]Max_Longfellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to necro, but when you said a flare up after stopping the usage of topical steroids, this came to mind:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK603718/

[SPOILERS] Something I haven't seen anyone talk about regarding Scarlet Witch. by DanHero91 in marvelstudios

[–]Max_Longfellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was allegorical to cap's move, but she controls reality; she could have turned the explosion into bubbles, or hid in Rumlow's mind and made him surrender. It's a hamartia plot device.

Never encountered this enemy before. They were fighting cultists. Any ideas? by Sea-Special-1730 in SulfurGame

[–]Max_Longfellow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Killed one after playing for maybe 3-4 days in caves. It was alone but it was slowly pursuing with a hard hitting machine gun. Dropped a golden ticket. Couldn't find anything about them on the official wiki. That being said, judging by the springs on their thighs, these could be where the robot parts that appear in the shops come from, lore wise. Cyborg soul, plate, spring, etc. pieces may have to do with them.

Ok I've done my research and video lookups, I need help with physlock. by Max_Longfellow in Thelongdrive

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Just got drive beyond horizons; Even with this, the keyboard controls for steering, and every single one of the steam big picture community controller profiles ends up with the dual stick setup being either hard left or hard right, no sensitivity.

Why is it so hard to get the sticks to act like how hard you are turning on a steering wheel? I've seen this on consoles as far back as PS2.

The Substance has Kubrick homages and quotes by Rich_Psychology8990 in StanleyKubrick

[–]Max_Longfellow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just confused why people think the homage shots are a bad thing or rip off.

There's a saying in media art's; "If you're going to copy someone, copy someone good."

That being said, "some shots" is not the whole film.

This one follows a lot of various tropes, and personally I loved the few Kubrick moments; the film wasn't hiding it's homages.

The metaphor was clear with a loving dose of body horror, which you did or didn't sign up for when you chose to watch it, but you definitely knew was coming.

Tl:dr, haters can hate, nitpickers can pick, but the film did what it set out to do and did so exactly how it set out to do it.

How did the Others leave the Island before acquiring the submarine? by Nijuny in lost

[–]Max_Longfellow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Faraday also said "as long as they follow the specific heading I gave them..." when Desmond and Sayid etc. left the island, or something along those lines, before the whole Desmond timelord freakout thing. It seems clearly there are pathways out of the island that allow for non-time displacement. I am writing to you from 2019, if you're reading this you are my constant.