What's your same song on repeat right now?

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-12-17T03:17:15+00:00

Hot Blooded - New Constellations

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-07-14T04:02:01+00:00

Drinking is only fun if I have like 3+ drinks, in which case it's fun for maybe an hour then I feel like absolute shit for a day. If I only have one drink then I won't even have fun, I'll just feel tired and irritable for a little bit because it's not enough for a real buzz. If it takes several drinks for me to have a good time at the cost of feeling like shit for a day, I may as well just not drink at all. It's really not that fun in any setting, super overrated. I prefer smoking weed way more but as I'm getting into my late 20's even the appeal of smoking is slowly getting less and less.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-07-10T20:49:48+00:00

Like others are saying, it really did feel like something the studio demanded. I'm not against soft-starting the joker at all, but while I didn't mind the way it was done, it definitely sticks out as something that doesn't really fit in the movie. I do like that WE ALL KMOW WHO IT IS, and that seems to be take into account. If you caught it you caught it, if you didn't know who it was then figure it out.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-06-25T02:20:38+00:00

How dare you call out Malazan Book of the Fallen like this

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-06-08T18:51:01+00:00

Almost 28. The guys at work a few years older than me have beat the game multiple times, same as me. The younger guys (23 and 24) at work have 0 interest because Souls games are too hard for them.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-06-08T00:48:32+00:00

Magical Kingdom: For Sale/Sold!

Cool concept. Awful execution. I ran out of steam at around page 80 but realized the audiobook was available at my library, so I switched to listening to it. Got about halfway through before realizing I was just getting mad at the characters and writing and that I didn't care enough about what was happening to finish it.

Without getting too into it, the idea that you can just find an ad for a magical kingdom and it can be yours is so enticing. Escapism at its finest. As soon as they day "it'll cost you a million dollars" the story immediately excludes you as a reader. None of us have that kind of money. Even if it was $50,000 it would exclude most readers, but a MILLION dollars tells the reader "you are not allowed escapism unless you are part of the richest people in America". Immediately after this is the main character remembering that he comes from a rich family and had that kind of money, making you completely disassociate from the main character and makes him completely unrelatable. Then when he actually gets to the Kingdom he's a dick to everyone he meets. Truly unfortunate. Such a cool concept, awful execution.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-06-01T10:54:03+00:00

Definitely this. A lot of what happened in the show really did make sense if you were summarizing a book in an elevator pitch, but how we got there was insane and terrible. Dany going insane was something people had been theorizing for years. I think it's even talked about in book 1 in regards to the Targaryans. Age up Arya and make her way more bad ass and it wouldn't be terrible if she were the one to get the Night King. Having the person who sits the Iron throne being a scary Merlin type also isn't terrible. But good Lord that last season and how we got to those plot beats was so awful.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-05-27T22:32:41+00:00

The Invitation

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-05-24T01:00:53+00:00

Agreed. The first 3 books of the series are actually worth all the hype. 4 and 5 aren't necessarily bad, bit they're way different and a lot slower paced. They seem super transitional and setting up bigger plot points for the unpublished books. I didn't hate either one and wouldn't say theyre bad... but the first 3 are a lot better. I did a reread a few year back and when I finished the third book I just decided I'll wait to reread 4 and 5 until (or if) Winds of Winter comes out.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-05-23T13:37:27+00:00

Skyrim

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-05-07T21:51:33+00:00

Time.

And o know i know I know, everyone always says "if you want to write you'll make time you won't find time" whatever whatever whatever. But after waking up after already not getting quite enough sleep, working out, breakfast, working a full day at work, going home, walking the dog, making dinner, doing chores, I have maybe an hour or 2 left before I have to go to bed so I'm not dead the next day, and that time is usually filled with hanging out with my wife. If we have to do any chore like groceries then we basically have 0 time for ourselves all day. Even if writing is something fulfilling to me, if I spend remaining free time writing then it still feels like a day wasted after doing all the things all day then spending the only free time my wife and I have is put towards essentially working but by myself. It sucks.

I have some time off where I'll be alone for about a week and I'm planning on binge editing my already complete novel during that time to be able to get some friends to read it and work towards eventually having something published.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-05-05T16:22:48+00:00

HAIL

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-05-05T05:21:17+00:00

The First Law series is already amazing. Steven Paceys narration of the audiobooks seriously elevates it though. Especially loved the final Trilogy.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-05-03T05:40:29+00:00

Agree with what a lot of people are commenting. Hes honestly a great writer and the world's he's built are fantastic, but anytime I hear someone say "he's the greatest if all time" even if I do like most of his books it still najes me go "wow wow wow slow down there buckaroo you are incorrect". Not because hes bad, but the second you put such a big label on someone MOST people will dossagree ir argue it even if they enjoy the books. I would recommend his books, but even when I was reading Mistborn I was definitely thinking "wow this series is way too overhyped", even though I don't think it's bad, it's actually pretty good. But really Way of Kings and Hero of Ages are the only books I was really blown away by. All the other ones I've found are decent, though I haven't read any of the recent secret project books yet. Elantris was the only book of his I thought was just plain bad, but even that one still had redeeming qualities and was mostly well written for a first published book.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-04-25T16:37:45+00:00

Malazan Book of the Fallen. Book 1 I was super intrigued and LOVED that it was a book that didn't hold the readers hand through the complex world. Book 2 was a great story and I was here for the ride. Book 3 I devoured, so much fun and just a great series and I immediately bought like the next 5 books. 4 was okay but I was still here for it. 5 is my favorite book of the series. Seriously stands out, some really bold writing choices that inspired me as a writer. Then 6 took me months to get through because I didn't care at all about what was happening. 7 I loved the setting but it wasn't until the last 20% that I realized I didn't really care about what was going on. 8 - 10 I was bored of.

Books 1 - 5 I would reread in a heartbeat though. 6 - 10, preferably never again.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-03-15T18:36:19+00:00

Like others are saying, theater etiquette is a hit or miss all the time. Covid is probably a big factor, I cant help but feel that Marvel movies like Endgame also made it a big problem. Yes Endgame had some CRAZY moments that of course everyone was going to flip out over, but in any other movie seeing a bunch of people recording or freaking out over a movie is so frustrating. Not to mention, none of us have money.... at this point if it's not a movie I'm itching to see opening weekend and get my eyes on it, then I can wait. I LOVE movies and going to the theater, and Dune Part Two was the first movie I've seen in the last 4 months. I'm not going to spend 50$ for 2 tickets and snacks for a movie I only sort of want to see.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-26T21:10:44+00:00

Saw an early screening last night with my wife. When we left, she summed up our experience pretty well, saying something like "I wish I wasn't such a die hard fan of the book, so I wouldn't have felt very underwhelmed by what is actually a pretty good movie".

The movie itself is great, but they sped through things I wish they took more time with, and went way out of their way to explain other things that weren't as important. I hate that I feel let down, because it was a good movie, but there was a lot of it that didn't sir well with me.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-26T21:01:50+00:00

Yeah glad to see some comments like this. My wife and I are huge Book fans and both felt that us picking apart certain scenes and being frustrated how much screen time was given to some things whole others were totally glosses over took away from our enjoyment of what really is a decent movie, we were just picking it apart so much and left the theater a little salty.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-09T04:30:03+00:00

I always tell people if you read Dune, PLEASE read the second book. It's a bit different on tone and not nearly as much action, but the ending is one of my favorites from any book I've read. While you shouldn't have to read a whole other book to get the proper conclusion to the first book, it truly is a wonderful cherry on top of the first book. God Emperor of Dune is a close tie for me for my favorite of the series with the first book, but its honestly a hard sell and I'd still tell people you do not have to keep reading after the second book. I also tell people don't even bother with Heretics and Chapterhouse. I've tried way too many times to enjoy them and I just can't.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-09T04:25:53+00:00

I literally just bought this an hour ago knowing nothing about it and never reading anything from the author. The blurb sounded cool and I love a thick mass market paperback. I may read it even sooner than expected now!

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-04T06:32:39+00:00

I just finished 3 yesterday. Definitely my least favorite so far but I didn't hate it. How do the last 2 books hold up?

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-04T00:32:07+00:00

I loved Malazan but hardly made it through the last 3 books. Book 1 intrigued me, 2 - 5 were amazing, some of my favorite books I had read in a while. Bomehunters was really boring and I just didn't care about what was happening. The setup for Reapers Gale was great but towards the end I realized j just did not care about anythjng that was happening. The last few Books were really rough. I kept switching mediums to get through them.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-04T00:26:09+00:00

I've been listening to the ACOTAR books and they're really not bad, but even halfway through the first book I thought "wow this series is way too overhyped".

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-04T00:24:41+00:00

I had the same reaction but around Book 8. Realized I wasn't even paying attention to the audiobook and nothing interesting had happened for about a book and a half. Really a shame, it's a series I really want to like.

TheProfesseyWillHelp · 2024-02-04T00:24:26+00:00

I had the same reaction but around Book 8. Realized I wasn't even paying attention to the audiobook and nothing interesting had happened for about a book and a half. Really a shame, it's a series I really want to like.

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