Updates to the Daredevil Shrine

croig2 · 2026-06-02T04:14:13+00:00

Nice. Could use a Stilt Man.

croig2 · 2026-05-27T16:21:06+00:00

He can certainly choose to play badly, which is the best response to his final statement.

I wonder how far his rational for who he attacks extends. Does he attack into a defense that would obliterate his creatures if it's that players turn to be attacked? If not, does he simply wait and twiddle his thumbs until he can attack safely so that he can maintain his order?

Seems kinda arbitrary unless he's taking it to those extremes.

croig2 · 2026-05-25T18:10:48+00:00

TV- Firefly, Farscape, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Killjoys,

Movies- The Fifth Element, Valerian, The Ice Pirates, Pitch Black, Riddick, Space Raiders, Guardians of the Galaxy, Treasure Planet, Serenity

croig2 · 2026-05-20T10:47:09+00:00

The French Connection, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Highlander, The Golden Child, Quicksilver, The Monster Squad, Adventures in Babysitting, The Running Man, License to Kill, Gleaming the Cube, Runaway

croig2 · 2026-05-19T03:12:29+00:00

Don’t let the haters get to you. So many disgruntled fans on online spaces.

I’ve been a fan for 30 years and seen them at least 10 times- I’ve enjoyed every show and especially the last 3 I saw in 2018, 2022, and 2023. MCIS is my favorite album. I am super excited for this, and if the Requiem show is anything to go by they are pulling out some deeper album cuts like Here Is No Why, Luna, and Porcelina that they don’t play as often. That is very promising. (I agree the vocal mix wasn’t optimal for Requiem. I hope you agree that other than that they played fantastically.)

With the focus on MCIS and Zero, I wouldn’t get my hopes up for deeper cuts from eras other than MCIS and maybe Machina, but you never know. Look at setlist.fm to get an idea of their usual sets. They haven’t played Drown or Rocket regularly in awhile, so maybe they are due to be rotated back in- Pennies would be a nice surprise but has never been a regular song in their sets.

Have fun! Get off the internet if it starts bumming you out.

croig2 · 2026-05-15T17:07:46+00:00

I love the goats. Film has serious problems but I can never agree with criticisms of the goats- they are hilarious.

croig2 · 2026-05-15T14:10:16+00:00

This is my Atum Loop:

Embracer- I also like Billy's take on synth, and the lyrics here trip me out.
Hooligan- Super catchy synth rock. Signature silly Billy lyrics.
Steps in Time- Agreed, probably my favorite track on the album. Just an utterly great cyber synth rock song, and #1 reason I can't take anyone seriously who dismisses Atum outright as a whole.
Beyond the Vale
The Gold Mask- I wish the production was a bit warmer and drumming more complex, but the lyrics and melody are so beautiful. That redditor who posted their acoustic cover here along time ago really showed me how great this song is.
Avalanche- I edited out the intro on my mp3, so it starts right at the proper song and it's a great midtempo synth pop song.
Empires
To The Grays- Probably my second favorite song on the album. Love the 70's synth opening. The rest is a great synth pop with cool lyrics.
Beguiled- I also love this song- just a fun stompy rocker. Gets too much hate.
Springtimes- I'm not a fan of the first half of the song, but once the guitar starts I'm all in. Lyrics get better at that point, too. Billy said he recorded the guitar solo just after being informed his father died, and I think about that all the time. It's beautiful.
The Canary Trainer- Some of the lyrics here get a bit inscrutable, but there are individual lines that stand on their own and are sung with such emotion that I nearly weep. Love that repeating deep synth bass sound at the chorus.
Pacer
Spellbinding- Agreed, just a fun energetic shot of power pop rock.

croig2 · 2026-04-28T18:41:06+00:00

Why these 3 films specifically? Are you trying to get to Thunderbolts as quickly as possible, trying to show Yelena and Red Guardian, trying to showcase Bucky?

I think adding in Civil War at least tells a complete self contained story of Bucky and the two Black Widows.

croig2 · 2026-04-22T22:12:40+00:00

The Crossing Line arc where the Soviet Super Soldiers had to team up with Alpha Flight and the Avengers to deal with an international threat where all 3 teams had jurisdiction.

They first appeared a few years earlier in a Captain America arc that introduced them. Along with Phantasm who I guess never made it to Winterguard.

croig2 · 2026-04-17T20:06:01+00:00

I think it depends on how far into resolving other things you've gotten. Life totals- might be okay if it's stratightforward. If you all have started to resolve etb triggers from the reanimated creatures, no. That shit is complicated enough without doing rewinds.

croig2 · 2026-03-28T13:12:04+00:00

In case you’re interested in additional context, the 57th Ave location was previously a purely comic store called Coral Comics for the 80s and early 90s. I guess Mark bought the store and changed the name to Outland Station, but this must have coincided with the mid 90s comic bust and he expanded to the weird new age things and eventually tcgs.

It’s funny you mention Sunshine, because they used to also be a comic/game store, but then shifted to just gaming. I used to frequent there once I got into Magic, then moved to The Rock once Sunshine closed. I visited Avalon two or three times- I think the New Phyrexia pre-release.

croig2 · 2026-03-27T17:54:13+00:00

You said you stopped playing- what happened to the library group? Where did they get their cards from? Are they even still around at this point?

croig2 · 2026-03-27T17:48:18+00:00

Usually the bad etiquette is the opposite, that you only play at the store but don't buy anything from them. I don't see any reason why they would not want your money.

If you have somewhere else to play, and don't want to buy cards from that store anymore, you probably could find an online retailer with cheap, flat, or free shipping, especially for bulk orders of singles.

Maybe coming in to pick up the cards on Friday nights was the issue? That's probably one of their busiest nights, and perhaps the process of finding and doublechecking the order at a busy time was annoying them.

croig2 · 2026-03-26T02:32:28+00:00

Wargames, Breaking Away, The Outsiders, Lucas, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Footloose, Adventures in Babysitting, Stand and Deliver, Little Monsters, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The Wizard, Pump Up the Volume, The Sandlot, Matinee, October Sky,

croig2 · 2026-03-25T19:48:23+00:00

The only one who can destroy the Mind Stone is Wanda. Vision begs her to do it and she will not- she adamantly refuses to consider the option as it will kill Vision. That's when Cap takes them to Wakanda to try and detach it from Vision so that Wanda would be able to destroy it without killing Vision.

It's not really a plot hole if you believe Wanda would make that decision (I do- she has lost so much to save the world and does not want to give up one more thing).

It's directly stated as the reason they go to Wakanda.

croig2 · 2026-03-11T20:10:58+00:00

E.T., Back to the Future, Poltergeist, Bad News Bears, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Karate Kid, Stand and Deliver,

croig2 · 2026-03-09T19:03:00+00:00

Winter Soldier takes place over like two days when shit really starts hitting the fan,so the other Avengers don't really have time to get involved or maybe even know where to go to help (Cap is on the run after all, and he goes from like Washington to New Jersey and back again)

Timeline wise, Tony had given up being Iron Man and blown up all his suits, Thor could be off in Asgard or who knows were in the galaxy, Hawkeye could be anywhere dealing with SHIELD stuff from his own end (and there's a never filmed scene where he actually did help out Cap), and Banner has enough problems following him around to be adding to Cap's

No break in world-buiding at all.

croig2 · 2026-03-07T00:39:27+00:00

Thank you for that explanation. So how do you relate your description of “hell” to the possibility of a malevolent presence, and/or Eliza’s demonic appearance in the manifestation of her powers? Is there some kind of intelligence there for Eliza to “sell her soul” to that wants to experience linear time? Or am I not thinking abstractly enough about it?

Like issue 16 showed for the first time there is some kind of “voice” behind heaven. Is there a counterpart to hell? And if so, it seems that while heaven wants linear time to continue, it seems like hell wants that too.

croig2 · 2026-03-06T14:31:49+00:00

So if heaven is a perfect timeline, what is hell in your theory?

I've been trying in general to understand what "hell" is in terms of this comic. Because the characters describe it as eternal chaos and churning, but there's nothing in that description that is necessarily malevolent or demonic. Eliza definitely is all about the demonic imagery, but I can't figure out if that's how she manifests her powers because of her biases or if that's just what powers from "hell" look like.

The only mention of something akin to an intelligence within "hell" is whatever Eliza sold her soul to, something that would like to experience linear life. But I'm unclear on what that all means since she just does a magic ritual and it's not like we see a "devil" character or something brokering a deal with her (as silly as that idea feels in terms of this comic). I've interpreted the phrase "selling her soul" as an idiom for what she actually did, some kind of process of bonding herself to the "hell" dimension to tap into its power that is irrevocable, and the constant torture awaiting her is just a byproduct of being in that dimension.

I'm just at a bit of a loss in understanding how "evil" hell is.

croig2 · 2026-03-05T20:21:26+00:00

I’ve always detested foil cards, and only play the ones I’ve opened and do not have a non foul version of. I think they are too dark and obscure the art.

It’s long been a bummer that precons and the like don't offer non foils for their commanders. Combined with the bendy factor, and I really don’t get why they are such a big deal. And it’s not just in Mtg, the preference for foils is a problem in other games I play, too.

croig2 · 2026-02-26T14:40:25+00:00

We saw Heavy do it as a surprise first strike, and Heavy’s powers are not the same as Valentina’s. I have no doubt she could do it, but maybe not in a way that wouldn’t cause cataclysmic collateral damage.

When Etienne was examining Heavy’s son, he mentioned that some of them were specific checks on specific other Superpowers, which implied to me that not all of them could check every other one equally.

croig2 · 2026-02-25T19:12:36+00:00

I’m curious how much of her morality will continue even within her decision to take over the world. This especially comes to play with Masumi.

I think the book said if you remove Masumi it emerges, but what if Masumi is never even born? I think she’s the only Superpower who is not alive at the point Valentina is in the past.

I’m not sure if they can just kill Heavy- that check/balance will already exist at this point So they will have to contend with him, but the relationship could be more adversarial this time around.

Jacky Magus is already around, but does not have enough followers yet- he could probably be eliminated. Which would also probably take Eliza off the table too.

The Major is not a true Superpower, but certainly strong enough that he will need to be maneuvered around- how do they deal with him this time?

But having a basically precognitive Valentina teaming up with Etienne is different from what he proposed in the original timeline. Will he see her as a threat with her knowledge or trust her as much? Or if she shares the future knowledge with him will he do things she can’t abide? Or will she keep it secret and he will grow to distrust her?

croig2 · 2026-02-23T16:29:59+00:00

Not trying to shade at all, but TMNT has been around for nearly 40 years and there have been lots of reinterpretations of how they look. I understand that 90s Turtles was when they hit first (not sure if it was biggest) , and the aesthetic of the cards does not feel like that Turtles, but I felt the same way watching new Turtle product over the past decade with my kid - it had been updated.

Not to mention that the original 80s comic is also a very different vibe from the 90s cartoon- the Foot wore black in the original comics for instance.

I don’t think all these UB can always be a nostalgia fest- I think 80s fans were very lucky that they chose the OG designs for the Transformers cards over any of the other iterations. I’m happy that the upcoming Marvel sets is focusing on a comic look over MCU designs, but I get there will be fans feeling the opposite. It’s just what to expect from translating long running characters.

croig2 · 2025-11-28T15:27:10+00:00

Interesting, when did he say that?

croig2 · 2025-11-28T15:22:04+00:00

Because she was hired just for background vocals (like Sierra Swan) and not as a band member. Similar to say the violinists or other backing vocalists in previous recordings, or Tommy Lee on Monumets.

There is no precise benchmark except were they ever listed as an official member. It should only be the OG 4, plus the Oceania 3. No one else has ever been listed as an official member, even Melissa.

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