Recent content by Ogoid

As far as Faramir is concerned... that was always my single biggest gripe with the films. I mean, at that point we have already seen Gandalf himself horrified at being offered the Ring, Saruman turned, Galadriel, one of the most powerful Elves left in Middle-earth at the time, seriously tempted...

My guess would be either Bonkheads [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRFx8Pn0aAI], or possibly one of the Sierra Lode Runner [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSHZM-jEBH0] games (The Legend Returns, or The Mad Monks' Revenge).

Cool. I really enjoyed the first.

Nonono, see, you misunderstand. When Bob says he wants diversity, he means in cash-grabbing corporate rehashes of every last bit of pop culture from the last 30 or so years. You know, the stuff that matters. Besides, who the hell cares about people from places that don't even speak English...

And probably cost a whole bunch more than a gallon of orange paint and some green contacts. Truly a win/win situation.

Word. You'd think it wouldn't be too much to ask of professional makeup and costume artists to put as much effort into it as some random person on the internet with Photoshop and 10 minutes to spare [https://i.redd.it/lcsjlfjnmhr01.jpg], but instead, here we are.

Since my last post, I've read Dictionary of the Khazars, Milorad Pavic - 8/10 As I've said elsewhere, one of the weirdest books I've ever read - and coming from me, that's always the highest form of compliment. Although it's a novel, it's presented as a compilation from three sources...

Particularly when ethnicity was a factor in Roland's relation with other characters, i.e. Detta Walker... not that I think there was a snowball's chance in hell they'd include her in a Hollywood film these days.

Right, but less obviously so. Superman obviously, from the comics, passes as a light-skinned Western human being. ...Yeah, no, I'm pretty sure I'm just saying this as if a given actor (in the least) physically resembling the character they're portraying was a reasonable expectation. Which I...

Eh, Starfire's an alien; I don't think anyone would mind whichever skin color the actress happened to have if they'd slathered said actress in orange paint and gave her green contacts so that she would actually resemble the character she's portraying. But I guess that's not how we do things...

Well, ok, I'll be that guy; The Simpsons. It's all the proof I'd ever need for my belief that all good things must eventually end, or become increasingly depressing mockeries of their former selves.

I can heartily recommend Carmilla, if you're into vampire fiction. Definitely the best pre-Stoker vampire novel I've read.

Several. Some are a constant in my life (books, comics, video games, beer) some come and go (pinball, board games).

My guess would be Get Medieval [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d7ZWswkCOk].

La casa de papel - 8/10 I remember thinking, going into this one, "surely something else is going to happen... they can't possibly stretch a single heist into a 20+ hour series". As it turned out, not only they could, I'd be hooked from start to finish. That's not to say it was without...