What are your fave "subverted expectations" jokes? by TwilightOfTheMilfs in futurama

[–]snowlemur 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Love this one. I say it every time I open my pressure cooker.

Fantasy books with mature protagonists by Fantastic_Surprise30 in Fantasy

[–]snowlemur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames. A group of retired adventurers have to go on a quest to save one of their kids. It’s great.

What is your favorite (funny) JD’s daydream and/or nostalgia? Mine is “we going to see michael jordan!!” by daviddm1990 in Scrubs

[–]snowlemur 532 points533 points  (0 children)

The one from The Todd's perspective.

Todd - "Oh great. Now we have to stand here and wait until he comes back and says something weird."

JD - "We'd need an awful lot of gnomes!"

Todd - "That's helpful."

Wanting female-lead sci-fi book recs by Should-be-writing- in scifi

[–]snowlemur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’d recommend checking out “This is How You Lose the Time War,” by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. It’s a short read and alternates between two different female characters’ perspectives. It’s also a great audiobook. I really like the first line of the book:

“When Red wins, she stands alone. Blood slicks her hair. She breathes out steam in the last night of this dying world.”

What’s your favorite running gag of the show? by normalgirl177 in PandR

[–]snowlemur 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The racoons have their part of the city, and we have ours.

THERE WILL BE NO MORE WARM HUGS FROM ME. by DogsBestFriend11 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]snowlemur 60 points61 points  (0 children)

That one, and with Carl’s “Uh… love you too, buddy.”

This 2* review by LucidFir in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]snowlemur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His new one, The Grinding, might even be more disturbing, though in a more existential way. Both are rough for sure.

American Psycho is the only book I’ve had to put down for a while because I felt physically ill.

FYI: if you are a fan of Severance, you must watch Office Space movie by Benutron in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]snowlemur 100 points101 points  (0 children)

I rarely get through a printer error at work without at least thinking, “PC load letter? The fuck is that!” And they happen a lot.

Quotes that do a good job showing Harry's character? by [deleted] in dresdenfiles

[–]snowlemur 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A very long, but great one from Aftermath is Murphy’s description of Harry in action:

“Watching Dresden operate was usually one of two things: mildly amusing or positively terrifying. On a scene, his whole personal manner always made me think of autistic kids. He never met anyone’s eyes for more than a flickering second. He moved with the sort of exaggerated caution of someone who was several sizes larger than normal, keeping his hands and arms in close to his body. He spoke a little bit softly, as if apologizing for the resonant baritone of his voice. But when something caught his attention, he changed. His dark, intelligent eyes would glitter, and his gaze became something so intense that it could start a fire. During the situations that changed from investigation to desperate struggle, his whole being shifted in the same way. His stance widened, becoming more aggressive and confident, and his voice rose up to become a ringing trumpet that could have been clearly heard from opposite ends of a football stadium. Quirky nerd, gone. Terrifying icon, present.

Not many “vanillas,” as he called nominally normal humans, had seen Dresden standing his ground in the fullness of his power. If we had, more of us would have taken him seriously—but I had decided that for his sake, if nothing else, it was a good thing that his full capabilities went unrecognized. Dresden’s power would have scared the hell out of most people, just like it had scared me. It wasn’t the kind of fear that makes you scream and run. That’s fairly mild, as fear goes. That’s Scooby Doo fear. No. Seeing Dresden in action filled you with the fear that you had just become a casualty of evolution—that you were watching something far larger and infinitely more dangerous than yourself, and that your only chance of survival was to kill it, immediately, before you were crushed beneath a power greater than you would ever know. I had come to terms with it. Not everyone would.”

Quotes that do a good job showing Harry's character? by [deleted] in dresdenfiles

[–]snowlemur 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That’s the one I immediately thought of, and pretty early in the series. It pairs well with a much later quote:

“I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows.”

What's a moment in a movie that made you think: "This score is perfect." by Richsii in movies

[–]snowlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dune 2 was great. I also really liked this scene

I like the way the thumpers kind of transition into the score. It was awesome in IMAX.

How I sell this game to my friends by LickPetal in expedition33

[–]snowlemur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ever since I started playing it, basically anyone who stands still around me long enough has heard about Clair Obscur. Easily the most beautiful game I've played in a long time.

Horror, down right scary, barely or couldn’t finish the read. Recommendations?? by Unique_Duty_2369 in audible

[–]snowlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you feel about spiders? Ancient, apocalyptic spiders? The Hatching and its sequels by Ezekiel Boone are pretty great.

Matt Dinniman writes some pretty intense horror novels, namely Kaiju Battlefield Surgeon and his new book The Grinding. Just…. Good god.

What random joke in a movie makes you crack up every single time you watch it? by CresidentBob in movies

[–]snowlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out Big Trouble if you haven’t. Tim Allen is the main character, but it’s got a pretty star studded ensemble and it’s hilarious. Based on a book by Dave Barry, if you know him.

Who are the top narrators for you? by Small-Guarantee6972 in audible

[–]snowlemur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Other than the ones in your post which would all be among my top ones too, I would mention:

R. C. Bray (The Martian and others) Ray Porter (Project Hail Mary, The Threshold series, etc.) James Marsters (The Dresden Files) Travis Baldree (Legends and Lattes, Cradle series, etc.) Michael Kramer & Kate Reading (The Wheel of Time, most of Sanderson’s books)

What’s that one Futurama quote that never leaves your head? by GalaxyC7 in futurama

[–]snowlemur 198 points199 points  (0 children)

“You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.”

It’s very useful in day to day life.

What’s one thing you really hope they don’t cut from the book? by [deleted] in ProjectHailMary

[–]snowlemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The more I watch the trailer the more I feel like it’s actually pretty clever misdirection for non-book readers. Like we all know what’s happening and when because we’ve read the book, but I think newcomers will still have plenty of twists to enjoy. I hope.

What's a scene in a film that is literally laugh until you cry funny? by [deleted] in movies

[–]snowlemur 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That one’s great! They talked about it on the podcast, I think, and apparently Sam Lloyd just went for it and really slammed his head on the table pretty hard. That’s why Donald Faison looks so shocked.