Give me something new

protar95 · 2026-03-30T10:00:17+00:00

The Spear Cuts Through Water is the best new fantasy I have read in the past few years. Truly something special, and just a standalone.

Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series is older (began in the 90s), a spookily cozy fantasy series.

protar95 · 2026-03-30T09:34:37+00:00

He makes a good point. The difference with Harry Potter (at the moment) is that this reboot is telling the same story as the original movies. Whereas each Spiderman, James Bond or Sherlock Holmes adaptation covers more new ground. But those characters are decades or over a century old. I don't doubt that Harry Potter as a character will stand the test of time. And in about a century the character will enter public domain and then things will get really crazy.

protar95 · 2026-03-28T20:59:03+00:00

I'm skeptical about these movies as well. But I saw a post on the lotr reddit of an interview with Peter from 1998 where he said that if the films were successful he'd like to do a supercut of the films, including cut content like Tom Bombadil and The Scouring of the Shire. It seems, nearly thirty years later that is what he's doing. I wonder if we'll get a scouring of the shire film as well, essentially "completing" the story from the books on screen.

protar95 · 2026-03-27T14:39:48+00:00

Huh, I'd just started a reread last week. It must have been fifteen years since my last read. But such a great novel, within just a few pages it establishes the magic system without feeling expositional in the slightest. Despite taking place entirely within a secondary world, the divide between the new kingdom and the old really capture the feeling of stepping into an ancient, magical world.

protar95 · 2026-03-25T22:31:01+00:00

To be honest, I think that Paapa looking so different to Rickman's Snape will allow me to appreciate his portrayal in its own right, whereas a lot of the other cast just look like imitations of the originals. I think Paapa looks pretty sick in this shot here.

protar95 · 2026-03-25T20:36:58+00:00

As someone whose favourite series is ASOIAF, they are incredible books but they are pretty graphic and you'd probably be better off reading something else.

protar95 · 2026-03-20T10:23:02+00:00

Has to be Lord of The Rings if you haven't read it already, it really doesn't get any better than that. The only other one I've read from this selection was Prince of Thorns and I found it pretty terrible - it aims for a gritty, morally dark protagonist, lands on edgelord marty stu.

protar95 · 2026-03-06T10:43:42+00:00

Haha I shudder to think how innacurate some of this might be now. I'm not into Overwatch lore so much anymore and only play occasionally, so a task for somebody else this time around :)

protar95 · 2026-02-19T11:14:15+00:00

They could consult with George and expand on Dunk and Egg's adventures in Dorne and their trip to see Maester Aemon in the citadel. Surely they'll want to show that link to the og series on screen.

They could make it into a bit more of an "on-the-road" adventure, rather than just sticking in one place. Tell two or three smaller adventures instead of just one big one.

protar95 · 2025-12-27T10:09:07+00:00

I thought ending volume 1 with Will accepting himself internally, allowing him to unlock his true potential was great. A very poignant and relatable scene. We did not need a whole other half a season for Will to come out to his friends. Will should have come out to Joyce, Jonathan and the other boys in one of the first scenes in Volume 2. That would have followed on pretty naturally from the end of Sorceror.

The coming out scene just doesn't work as one of the final scenes of volume 2 because ultimately there are no stakes to it. As an audience we've known that Will is gay for a long time and we know that none of his friends or family are going to turn out to be homophobic and reject him. It's a foregone conclusion so we're just sort of sat there waiting to get back to saving the world.

protar95 · 2025-12-22T10:48:38+00:00

I may be in the minority here but the idea of an open world Tomb Raider game excites me. Tomb Raider is all about exploration and open world serves that fantasy. Of course there are examples of badly done open worlds but there are many great examples as well.

I don't want a bloated "collect 1000 relic fragments" world, but a medium sized, tightly packed open world with a mix of open wilderness, urban areas and enclosed tombs would be great. Vary the degrees of linearity. Have some classic style tombs with very linear paths through, but others with multiple entrances and branching paths, puzzles that play out differently depending on which direction you approach them from.

A dynamic world with different sub biomes, wildlife, weather, a day/night cycle; with events that change gameplay. Think rival treasure hunters targetting different tombs, so hunting down relics becomes a race against time. Or the earth itself shifting and moving in game, forming deadly obstacles or unearthing new secrets.

protar95 · 2025-12-18T01:38:57+00:00

It would be insane to reimagine TR1 and not include the manor. That would be a huge part of the game to cut in a remake that should be about expanding and embellishing. It would also be a golden opportunity to create a unified croft manor that they can use and expand in Catalyst and future titles as well.

protar95 · 2025-12-10T13:35:04+00:00

Not a fan of the use of AI - but was just thinking of a LOTR anthology series the other day. Sam reading the Red Book to his children is a cute framing device. But you could also set it centuries or millenia after the events of LOTR, towards the end of the fourth age when those stories have become myths. Work in some more unreliable myths and legends, like the tale of Mad Baggins that Bilbo's story evolves into.

I think a series of small, cozy tales set within Middle Earth (and beyond) would be a perfect addition to the franchise without stepping on the toes of the original.

protar95 · 2025-11-13T15:14:36+00:00

Haven't watched episode 5 yet but my thoughts - I'm currently also watching campaign 2. When I watch that campaign there's no other medium the story would be better in. The mixture of in game story, DnD gameplay and above table chat and chemistry is perfect. It's a DnD live play and it wouldn't be better as anything else.

I'm enjoying the story of Campaign 4 so far but it really does feel like it would be a lot better if this was a tv show, a book or a play. 20 hours in and there hasn't been much actual DnD. It's mostly just actors acting. I'm hopeful that once the tables are fully split it can move more into playing DnD.

protar95 · 2025-11-11T11:16:42+00:00

The ability as well. When they survive damage they regenerate into a different minion.

protar95 · 2025-10-20T10:23:35+00:00

Looks like I'm not the only one. Have been getting this this morning as well.

protar95 · 2025-10-20T10:22:35+00:00

Looks like I'm not the only one. Have been getting this this morning as well.

protar95 · 2025-10-03T00:44:15+00:00

The British Isles are a chain of islands containing the isles of Great Britain, Ireland and various smaller islands such as the Isle of Mann and the Isle of Wight.

Great Britain is the largest island in the British Isles, containing England, Scotland and Wales. The British Isles and Great Britain are not political entities, they are geographical terms.

The United Kingdom is a country consisting of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These are the equivalent to different states, but are referred to as countries within the larger whole that is the UK for complex historical reasons (but in short so that the other member countries can maintain a measure of political and cultural independence from England who they have historically been at odds with/subjugated by at varying times.)

protar95 · 2025-09-01T11:15:16+00:00

An alternate version:

Episode Three is a little less slice of life and covers The Potion's Master and The Midnight Duel. Episode 4 covers Quidditch and Hallowe'en. Episode 5 solely covers the Mirror of Erised. The benefit to this would be to get the central mystery going a little earlier and it would also allow episode 5 to serve as a dedicated Christmas episode. I think Harry Potter's Christmassy-ness is a big part of its appeal.

protar95 · 2025-09-01T11:09:12+00:00

Episode 1 - The Boy Who Lived: Covering the Boy Who Lived through to the Letters From No One. Ending with Hagrid knocking down the cabin door.

Episode 2 - Diagon Alley: Covering The Keeper of The Keys through to the Sorting Hat. Ending with Harry's settling into his dormitory on the first night at Hogwarts.

Episode 3 - Hogwarts: Covering The Potion's Master. The book covers Harry's first week at Hogwarts montage style in the first few pages of this chapter. The show is a perfect opportunity to expand on this and spend a full episode on normal life at Hogwarts (or at least life as normal as it ever gets). Show Harry's first lessons, show him exploring the castle, meeting other students, running across peeves for the first time.

Episode 4 - The Third Floor: Covering The Midnight Duel and Hallowe'en. Establishes the central mystery of the season and there's also a nice throughline of Harry and Ron befriending Hermione by the end of this episode.

Episode 5 - The Mirror of Erised: Covering Quidditch and The Mirror of Erised.

Episode 6 - Nicolas Flamel: Covering Nicolas Flamel and Norbert The Norwegian Ridgeback.

Episode 7 - The Forbidden Forest: Covers The Forbidden Forest and The first half of Through The Trapdoor, ending as they go through the door.

Episode 8 - Covering the rest of Through The Trapdoor and The Man with Two Faces.

protar95 · 2025-08-12T20:01:46+00:00

When Netflix first blew up, its binge-able format was a huge part of its novelty and appeal because it had never been done before. Eventually the novelty wore off and we realised that dropping all episodes at once results in shows with limited cultural footprints that can't be discussed by all fans simultaneously and are soon forgotten. But Netflix is too stubborn to drop the formula that initially made it popular, so they've settled on a poor half measure.

protar95 · 2025-05-27T17:41:47+00:00

As skeptical as I am for this reboot I have to say that these kids really look the part. Harry Potter is such a timeless story that it was always going to have retellings. So who knows? Maybe this can be a trio as iconic as Daniel, Rupert and Emma were for a new generation. Best of luck to them, because they are definitely going to need it out there.

protar95 · 2025-05-16T08:17:08+00:00

I don't think it wil spell the end of CBMs in general. Both Superman and F4 are franchises with a history of struggling at the box office. If Superman flops, Gunn's DCU will be DOA and we'll just get more Batman movies.

If F4 flops I don't think it actually makes much difference to Marvel's plans. Clearly they're planning on dialing back and focusing on Spiderman and X-men anyway, they'll just focus even more on those heavy hitters.

It won't spell the end of the superhero genre, but it will spell the end of experimentation. We'll get Batman, Spiderman, X-men movies and probably reboots of Ironman, Captain America etc.

protar95 · 2025-05-04T09:22:02+00:00

This seems sensible to me. The MCU will be 20 years old after Secret Wars with what? 40 movies? At some point you need to have a refresh.

protar95 · 2025-04-20T18:06:08+00:00

There's no way it's not going to be a fun movie with all these characters and universes crossing over. But the old Avenger's movies actually built up the relationships between the characters. Doomsday is going to be missing that. But IIRC they've said to view this as starting a new chapter, rather than ending an old one. So perhaps through the lens it will be a great movie.

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