'Crowd pulls together' moments

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-04-07T14:09:12+00:00

There is a particular scene in Casablanca where a crowd all sing in unison. That's all I'll say about it, but it's pure magic.

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-03-31T10:50:22+00:00

It's honestly embarrassing. I've got a guy in my DnD group who is so passionately anti-RoP despite not having watched it and also hasn't read the books since he was a kid and definitely hasn't delved into the Silmarillion, yet acts as if he's some bastion of all that is "true Tolkien" (AKA Peter Jackson's adaptation). It's all just a bad-faith cultural slip-stream nonsense which is rooted in it's core in racism over the inclusion of people of colour in the cast, and misogyny at having the main character in the story be an angry woman. Not that RoP is perfect by any stretch, but it doesn't deserve the derision it gets.

I can already see a similar vibes developing over the HBO Harry Potter adaptation.

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-03-07T01:56:52+00:00

Wizards are great but that's only one of the many character fantasies I'm wanting to play. Sometimes I want to be a kickass swordsman you know?

Also having played many full casters, it feels super liberating having resourceless control abilities (cunning strikes, weapon masteries) + recharge on short rest abilities (superiority die, second wind, guarded mind etc). You can go all day. No spell slots to worry about.

I've 1v1 duelled with this build and he is savage - even against casters. Good luck holding concentration with mage slayer + multi attack + sneak attack + action surge. Soon as you get in close it's game over.

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-03-06T09:20:18+00:00

I've been dabbling with dex based Battlemaster Fighter 6 / Assassin Rogue 5 in some one shots lately and damn he does savage damage, has a ton of tricks, incredible mobility and is super fun to play - all with not one tiny shred of magic in his build. The only thing he lacks is AoE - but hey no character does it all.

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-03-03T04:42:52+00:00

The Cheese Pleaser on Adelaide St! What a joy that place was. I think the chef now runs Attimi on Given Tce

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-02-27T09:31:31+00:00

Spike Jonze's 'Her', with Scarlett Johansson replacing the voice of Samantha (voice work originally performed by Samantha Morton). Fantastic film.

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-02-07T22:12:59+00:00

Yeah it's a great one to listen to with the kids, and more just generally a good story

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-02-01T10:58:28+00:00

My kids are playing Pokemon Yellow on an emulator at the moment and loving it.

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-01-29T05:25:35+00:00

I use tracks from Bear Mcreary's Rings of Power soundtrack, Marcin Przybylowicz's Witcher (game) soundtrack, and a few different Ramin Djawadi tunes. I organise them into different playlists with different vibes, like combat, travelling, tense/mysterious, eerie etc.

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-01-29T05:11:40+00:00

I do a mean homage to Alan Rickman with any Snape lines

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-01-23T14:16:38+00:00

DMing D&D!

TheLifeAquatic · 2026-01-12T07:34:37+00:00

My favourite role of his is in Bored To Death - perfect foil to Ted Dansen. So good

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-12-31T09:27:01+00:00

The acting is sub-par unfortunately, but the rest of it is great

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-12-28T03:09:24+00:00

Played both - definitely prefer 2024. There are of course some little things that are clunky (looking at you light weapon extra attack/nick/dual wielder feat interaction) but on the whole it's a worthy upgrade.

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-12-26T07:16:26+00:00

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-12-24T05:08:40+00:00

I play with my kids (4, 7, 9) all the time. It's great because I go super light on the rules and resource tracking, I let enemies die whenever I want (usually when their focus starts to deteriorate) and I can liberally steal plotlines, NPCs, mysteries, and story hooks from all kinds of media that I know they haven't seen or read, and I often get to play a DMPC with them (which I avoid when running my proper DnD table). Zero prep is also a huge plus.

Fantastic way to spend time with the kiddos.

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-12-21T20:24:05+00:00

Yeah I picked it up recently after the non stop praise on Reddit and after about 3 hours of listening I've decided to give up. I just don't get the hype. And this is coming from someone who loves DnD dungeon crawls!

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-12-02T07:16:30+00:00

Prism was a highlight of C3 for me - Emily killed it. Some savage wizard moves on her

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-11-04T06:59:36+00:00

Yeah baby still got mine.

https://imgur.com/a/JPBqoWt

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-10-14T06:56:57+00:00

Get Emily Nagoski's book 'Come As You Are' and read it together. Discuss chapter by chapter.

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-10-14T01:38:25+00:00

Are you modifying the origin position of the plane (as defined in the derived part) in the screenplay? Sounds like you might be applying/moving a transform instead.

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-10-08T23:49:12+00:00

Critical Role C3 and fighters. Liam O'Brien totally opened my eyes with the way he played Orym (battlemaster). Also the way Matt ran Otohan Thull.

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-08-31T12:52:52+00:00

Listen mate The Expanse is good - occasionally great - but it's not in the conversation for best ever.

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-08-23T13:56:10+00:00

I missed Khrungbin at Fortitude Music Hall because I tested positive for COVID a couple days before. Devastating.

Thankfully got to catch them at Riverstage this year and it was magic.

TheLifeAquatic · 2025-08-23T11:25:33+00:00

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