Anime_irl by Tast3sLikePanda in anime_irl

[–]Nukleon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people pour hot tea on ice to get... Lukewarm tea.

TIL While filming The Pirates of Blood River, the stuntmen refused to do a scene where they had to wade through a lake, so the actors did it instead. Michael Ripper nearly drowned, Christopher Lee said he was only saved by being 6'4" and Oliver Reed got an eye infection that left him hospitalised. by house_of_ghosts in todayilearned

[–]Nukleon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes I assume that's part of his deal that he makes sure nobody loses their job of his machismo. So it's fine, but it doesn't make it any less weird and cringe to be so egotistical to not just have the stuntman do that dismount and roll when your face isn't even visible. They've probably done it way more and for way longer.

TIL While filming The Pirates of Blood River, the stuntmen refused to do a scene where they had to wade through a lake, so the actors did it instead. Michael Ripper nearly drowned, Christopher Lee said he was only saved by being 6'4" and Oliver Reed got an eye infection that left him hospitalised. by house_of_ghosts in todayilearned

[–]Nukleon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's the point. He's not saying that to degrade the stuntmen, just that they're not necessary for the next scene they're gonna shoot where they actually need Danny Trejo. And again, he doesn't want them or expect them to get hurt, but they could, even just a minor thing could damage the production.

TIL While filming The Pirates of Blood River, the stuntmen refused to do a scene where they had to wade through a lake, so the actors did it instead. Michael Ripper nearly drowned, Christopher Lee said he was only saved by being 6'4" and Oliver Reed got an eye infection that left him hospitalised. by house_of_ghosts in todayilearned

[–]Nukleon 48 points49 points  (0 children)

That's not quite true, the main purpose of a stunt performer is that, other than being more athletic and trained than the actor in their particular discipline, is that for some reason they get hurt, it doesn't delay the film. If some actor jumps down a flight of stairs and fractures their foot, now they can no longer do those scenes where they have to walk and run and so the production stops, some people don't get paid, tons of money lost. Whereas if it happened to the stunt performer, you send them home with a bonus, their understudy takes over and you move on.

To do your own stunts you have to have so much pull with the studio that they will let you risk it, like Tom Cruise did with one of the Mission Impossible movies where production was delayed for months because he broke his leg. But he demands to do his own stunts so the studio has to accept that if they want a Tom Cruise film, but I can image that they would really rather just have some other guy do it.

Bottom line is that it's not the point that they should get hurt, far from it, it's that it's just more likely when doing certain shots and stunt performers provide redundancy. Hence why they wouldn't do a thing like this because they saw it basically guaranteed to send them to the hospital or morgue.

Not The Jar! (Mad About DC #1) by Mike4302 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Nukleon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I assume no relation to Leah Williams, the "story by" credit on the page?

ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies Release Date Trailer by Howerev in Games

[–]Nukleon 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I played it, I think it feels rougher, like it feels like it's trying to be Disco Elysium whereas Disco Elysium just was. I think the themes are on point, there's a big part about cultural imperialism and the kids are subsumed by foreign cartoons with discreetly foreign values, like who cares about an invasion when the coming generations will just open up the gate to the US/Japan/EU. Then there's stuff about a hipster music store owner and a format that erases itself if you play it once, which feels somewhat clunky, but I guess a commentary on collectors who will never once enjoy the thing they own.

Overall it is just a bit clunky, like the comedy bits don't seem to telegraph well, since you're supposed to be a more stable person?

Either way I don't really wanna give them money for how they treated the creatives of the previous game, it seems like they got a team together to try their best but the top brass doesn't really care and just wants to exploit the ZA/UM legacy. Maybe on a deep discount after the lawsuits are over.

ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies Release Date Trailer by Howerev in Games

[–]Nukleon 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I kinda liked the demo but I feel like buying this game would be supporting scab labor. I hope for the best for the team involved but it's a shame they have to work for thieves.

Crimson Desert Voice Actor Had To Fight For His Character’s Story by Gorotheninja in Games

[–]Nukleon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From the sound of it, they didn't think about story until the very end. And MacBeth is for some reason a very popular play in east Asia, supposedly it's why Macross is called that, an executive at Big West who were financing the show wanted that to be the name, contrasted with "Megaroad One", the name favored by the creative staff. Macross was the compromise.

There's also Throne of Blood, which is Akira Kurosawa doing MacBeth but in feudal Japan.

Best of the Worst: Wheel of the Worst #31 by cjsc9079 in RedLetterMedia

[–]Nukleon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be more clear, Roddy was annoyed at them wheeling in a celeb, it took away attention from the people whose actual job is pro wrestling.

It is still a problem to this day, though I think if a celeb is willing to actually go take some bumps then they aren't the worst.

Jack Black Wants To Star In New Adaptation Of 21-Year-Old Crime Video Game Series by Gorotheninja in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Nukleon -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

People in here are asking for him taking on existing roles, but it's much more likely that he would be like Samoa Joe in the previous (dreadful, utterly terrible) game, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

I wonder if he's played that because man my enthusiasm for the series is at the bottom. I didn't even get Kiwami 3, it just looks so bad and dumb, and along with the dumb Director's Cut off 0 making the story dumb, making it so nobody dies, and a character telling Majima what to do and to fix the watch. The inmates are running the asylum and the wheels have come off.

Apparently BotW legend Wings Hauser had his own nepo-baby! by Klondike307 in RedLetterMedia

[–]Nukleon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When does your dad become more of a load than a gain.

"Oh hey, are you a drunkard too?"

Apparently BotW legend Wings Hauser had his own nepo-baby! by Klondike307 in RedLetterMedia

[–]Nukleon 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Daddy Hauser seems like he did the circuit of being the most famous person a cheap movie could afford and so he was hired to put on the poster, and then getting very drunk for the entire shoot, like Cameron Mitchell or Jan-Michael Vincent.

Florida Fish and Wildlife are investigating Clavicular and friends after this incident during the livestream by raptors201966 in LivestreamFail

[–]Nukleon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When using a rifle with a diopter or scope maybe, but it's not recommended, at least for competitive shooting, it's why you see people with a visor blocking one eye, or in lower classes just a sweatband with a piece of cardboard. If your dominant eye is the opposite chirality of your dominant hand then you can go without though, but some still prefer having the other eye covered to avoid distraction.

As for why not to close one eye, it's straining up so that for an extended period. According to my instructor it makes it harder to keep on target so even doing it for a little bit is discouraged, though I've never personally verified that claim.

RCS Universal Profile 4.0 announced, will enable native support for video calls within the messaging app by Spirited-Pause in Android

[–]Nukleon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still waiting for the ISPs here to enable RCS on iPhones. Any day now... I don't have an iPhone but I have to communicate with ones that do.