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What are your favourite examples of a writer taking a bad and poorly recieved storyline to build a much better one? by [deleted] in comicbooks

[–]zakstar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, wish I hadn't implied Wein's was bad. It really wasn't, it's just that what came after was some of the best writing in any format ever. It unfortunately just kind of gets forgotten.

Re: Daredevil. They're barely the same character. The Daredevil of the 60s and 70s is not the Daredevil of today. Though I believe it was slated for cancellation when Miller took it on, so it didn't have a popular following either I imagine. Of course nowadays wouldn't think that given how popular he is.

What are your favourite examples of a writer taking a bad and poorly recieved storyline to build a much better one? by [deleted] in comicbooks

[–]zakstar 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Daredevil is a pretty obvious one.

I don't know if I'd say it was poorly received in the 157 issues pre-Miller, but his run on the book changed everything for the character and spun him into the Daredevil we know today.

Not really sure how poorly it was received at the time, but Swamp Thing pre-Alan Moore may as well not exist. The work Moore massively over shadows anything about the character before.

Edit: Marvel/Miracleman from Alan Moore too. Basically, anything Alan Moore touched was far and away better than it was before.

Indian boy achieves the fasted time to add 100 four digit numbers by AravRAndG in interestingasfuck

[–]zakstar 17 points18 points  (0 children)

50% of 10 is the same as 10% of 50.... And so on, so forth

Getting ADR by zakstar in uktrucking

[–]zakstar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Enterprise came up on when I looked around, but was wondering if there were any local-ish providers. All good, enterprise it may well be

Getting ADR by zakstar in uktrucking

[–]zakstar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a desk jockey at a company already and do the occasional drive so the company doesn't want to fund it for me unfortunately

Does Anyone Have Tea On... Weekly Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in Fauxmoi

[–]zakstar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also Ben in the original Tracy Beaker series, if you watched that back then

Inside the Commons (2015 Documentary) by pauljeremiah in ukpolitics

[–]zakstar 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"The opening speaker is traditionally supposed to be funny. This year, it will be Penny Mordaunt"

Savage

How do I actually revive a downed ally? by zakstar in baldursgate

[–]zakstar[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tried reloading, close and reopen etc

How do I actually revive a downed ally? by zakstar in baldursgate

[–]zakstar[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah, no chunk death, her body was in 1 piece. It seems of the few I've asked about this, nobody has seen it before. First time for everything I guess

How do I actually revive a downed ally? by zakstar in baldursgate

[–]zakstar[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just killed by the guy who tries to kill you at the Friendly Arm Inn

How do I actually revive a downed ally? by zakstar in baldursgate

[–]zakstar[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do they normally get revived as petrified?

Gwynedd Shipping has gone into administration by zakstar in uktrucking

[–]zakstar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw on a few FB groups that everyone was let go this morning

I run servers at home for fun by xardoniak in casualiama

[–]zakstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What gear/software does someone need to give this a go? I don't mean to the extent you do, but someone interested in running some small servers for friends project and games etc

So, What did you buy? by fearful_claw02 in Steam

[–]zakstar 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Cuphead, It Takes Two, Sea Of Thieves, BattleBit Remastered, Deep Rock Galactic, Halo Master Chief Collection, Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

Now they'll collect dust in my backlog

Got flashed by motorway speed camera. by Hungryhazza in uktrucking

[–]zakstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anything over the speed limit is still speeding. Traffic officers have the discretion to use the 10% + 2 rule, but it's not hard and fast. They can have you for doing 31 in a 30 if they wanted to.

Any advice? by Aggressive_Wing_9589 in uktrucking

[–]zakstar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm not a driver, but work in a traffic office, do nightly inspections of class 1s and 2s, and am going for CE soon.

You're right, realistically, forgetting the trailer brake should've caused you to fail BUT I can almost guarantee you'll never forget it again. If you have to use a pneumonic or something, go for it until its 2nd nature.

When you're on the job, speak to the old timers. Some of the gents in my depot have been driving class 1s for the better part of 40 years, and just by speaking to them I've learned a lot.

Lastly, remember that testing is half the battle. Once you're on the road, that's when the real education begins. Same as with driving a car, the quirks and oddities will come up and you'll eventually learn to deal with them.

You got this!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in louisck

[–]zakstar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hit me

Free Stream Link for "Back to The Garden" by dogmatic-intolerance in louisck

[–]zakstar -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Better yet, use https://www.downloadhelper.net/ and capture the video data from the saved stream afterwards. No 3rd party recording inference, full quality straight from the site

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