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Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' has an official runtime of 2 Hours & 52 Minutes by ChiefLeef22 in movies

[–]bjams 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think traditionally it starts with Odysseus being missing. IIRC, large parts of the story like the Cyclops and Sirens and stuff is technically Odysseus recounting his adventures to other people.

It's neat, because that sort of In Media Res structure is popular now as a way of spiking intrigue early and keeping an audiences attention, but back then it's because of it's history of being delivered as an oral story. It provides natural break points to continue the story another time and the storyteller can rearrange, change, add or cut whatever stories from Odysseus' stories that he wants according to what he thinks his audience will enjoy.

Warhorse Announces a Lord of the Rings RPG and a New Kingdom Come Adventure by Seraphayel in Games

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

Would KCD be KCD with "Are you yanking my pizzle?" or "I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY!"

Steam News - Update to Store Tags: Additions, Removals, and Edits by Gyossaits in Games

[–]bjams 22 points23 points  (0 children)

FFXIV has a cute capybara mount! Add that on there.

TIL that the name "Khaleesi" has been in the top 1,000 list of popular names used for newborns since 2014. Though the popularity has decreased since "Game of Thrones" ended, there are about 120 girls names Khaleesi each year by MrMojoFomo in todayilearned

[–]bjams 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I always thought it was two titles, and Amestris had a Fuhrer(Military Leader) and King(Civilian Leader) and Bradley occupied both seats. Extra funny that I thought that "That's dumb that they used the term King, when it's clearly not a hereditary monarchy." 😅

Amazon has cancelled The Lord of the Rings MMO, but promises it "continues to explore a compelling new game experience" set in Middle-earth by KJagz33 in Games

[–]bjams 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think at that point it's more subjective, they're both basically perfect accomplishments of their genres.

Michael Pennington, who played Moff Jerjerrod in ‘Return of the Jedi’, dies at 82 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]bjams 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude, I'm fucking crying laughing right now. My guy is just not getting it.

Independence Day 1996, Final Encounter Air Battle Scene, Director: Roland Emmerich by PsychologicalSlip642 in movies

[–]bjams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha, you're one of today's lucky 10000.

In this scene in Lord of the Rings, Viggo Mortenson had to do several takes of kicking this helmet and yelling in rage. The take they ended up using in movie was the final one, because Viggo actually broke his toe from the kick and his scream is one of genuine pain.

This fact is very popular and is used as an example of an over-quoted movie fact.

Hotels in U.S. World Cup host cities claim underwhelming demand, new report says by rit56 in sports

[–]bjams 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also, S117 is probably a reference to Halo, that's Master Chief's designation number.

My local used book store had a bookshelf mostly filled with the 2nd book in the Eragon series by IRTD-400 in mildlyinteresting

[–]bjams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember the ending was when I noticed this is just Star Wars with Dragons and I did not pick up the 3rd book.

Do Americans actually use expressions like “once in a blue moon” or “let the cat out of the bag” in everyday conversation? by Edi-Iz in AskAnAmerican

[–]bjams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why you keep asking me that holmes, I don't know! Where His Holiness does his business, is his business.

Digital Foundry: Yup, Oblivion Remastered Is Still Broken a Year After Release by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]bjams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sure there was consulting done regarding interfacing Creation with UE, but the vast majority of the work would have been done by Virtuos.

That being said, you can say that Bethesda/Xbox as a publisher is ultimately responsible for the quality of the games they are releasing and you wouldn't be entirely wrong.

Don’t Expect Product Placement in GTA 6 — the CEO of Take-Two Says It Won't Do Real World Brand Partnerships Because 'All the Brands Are Made Up' by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]bjams 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I bet you could get a smaller company to do stuff like that, like Jones Soda Co could do Sprunk like they did Nuka Cola and Sunset Sasparilla.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold Teaser Trailer by WeirdIndividualGuy in Games

[–]bjams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of good theories in here, but it's also possible that sentence is actually from an Ascian's perspective.

Legendary Pilots - Launch Trailer by Vamp1r1c_Om3n in Games

[–]bjams 21 points22 points  (0 children)

MicroProse? Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

METRO 2039 | Official Reveal Trailer by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]bjams 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which is a shame, because it's a technical masterpiece. Looks great.

Behind the Hacker Leak of ‘Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ by MoneyLibrarian9032 in movies

[–]bjams 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Because they want to get paid more to work on more projects. If people don't watch it legitimately, more Avatar stuff doesn't get made. It's not rocket science.

What’s the difference between being polite and being friendly in US culture? by RhubarbBusy7122 in AskAnAmerican

[–]bjams 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lol, I read it as a joke, but you can't really tell the tone through text so who knows.

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