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    Is "c***" just a replacement for "f*****?"

    I like to think of "Cuck" as the less complicated permutation of "******": It implies a measurable lack of masculinity and confidence, and unlike homosexuality it doesn't carry with it any of the religious or historical baggage. The fact that "Cuck" sounds like a mix of 'cock' and 'fuck' makes...
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    Do you remember Haydee? [NSFW....I guess?]

    Thicc jokes aside, serious question for anyone who's been paying more attention than I have:
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    Don't Breathe - Okay, Movie, Whatever You Want

    First I'm hearing of The Shallows - how the heck did this fly under my radar? Thanks Marter!
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    Don't Breathe - Okay, Movie, Whatever You Want

    Hey Marty Does The Witch count as 2016? Can't remember when the festival run ended and the theatrical push started. Only other "horror" film I can think of from 2016 was The Neon Demon and... that's the first NWR movie I just straight up didn't like. Pity, it's such a pretty film. As for...
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    Report: Ghostbusters to See a $70 Million Loss, Sequel Likely Shelved

    Not really, no. Should Michael Bay defend himself from accusations of being a childhood-sodomizer, just because fans of the Transformers cartoon hate his live action movies? I doubt Feig and pals have gotten a quarter as much spite and bile as Bay's been wading through for over a decade. Even...
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    Senator calls for gambling legistaion against CS:GO

    There's a few major differences I can think of: Konami doesn't run the program that allows you to resell the cards you don't want. They sell you a product and that's the end of it - if anything they'd probably discourage third party sales as they don't see a dime from them. Valve allows you...
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    Warner Bros. Hit with FTC Settlement Over Paid Shadow of Mordor Videos

    Y'know, while I stand by what I wrote about why critics being honest is important... I actually agree with you on this. I didn't mean to say that PewDiePie was a serious critic, only that he - along with more traditionally grounded, critical voices like TB - have become the sort of marketing...
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    Warner Bros. Hit with FTC Settlement Over Paid Shadow of Mordor Videos

    Critics aren't journalists, much as this particular cottage industry blurs that line. Even so, Critics are people who are paid by their employer to look at a product and - as objectively and honestly as possible - tell the reader if said product is worth spending their time and money on. They...
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    Ghostbusters reviews are...positive!

    Couldn't agree more! ...what. While the Alexandre Aja remake has a few issues, the original Wes Craven movie is a dull TV movie by comparison. Craven is a great writer, but a mediocre director, which makes how bad the Nightmare on Elm Street remake turned out to be that much worse in the...
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    Ghost in the Shell is "international" story

    Let's remove the subtlety, then: Is it acceptable to change a character's race, so long as it's not being changed to white? I intentionally brought up ethnicity - rather than race - to only further the point that the genetics any given actors has very little to do with whether or not...
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    Ghost in the Shell is "international" story

    Sarcasm isn't always obvious in prose, so let me make this clear; you're taking what I've said too literally. My point isn't literally that most people actually give a shit about Optimus Prime, it's that they care about big honkin' robots beating the crap out of each other in a 145 minute...
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    Ghost in the Shell is "international" story

    Not sure why this irks me as much as it did, but you know Transformers HAS name stars, right? They're Optimus Prime, Bumble Bee, Megatron and Starscream. The fact that Marky "Mark" Whalberg, Shia "DO IT!!" LaBeouf and Megan "..." Fox have been the 'names' attached to it are about as important to...
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    Keiji Inafune is Already Considering a Mighty No. 9 Sequel

    Mighty Number 9-2? Inafune's optimistic, I'll give him that. Is anyone really expecting this game to sell well? Most of the people who care about Mega Man retro platform-action games already backed this thing three years ago, and by the looks of the Red Ash campaign, even they're not willing...
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    Ghostbusters Director Calls Out "Assholes in Geek Culture"

    Quoted since it summed up the point so well and so early. Honest question to everyone: What is "geek culture"? If we strip away the fact that part of it was an attempt to market traditionally 'uncool' stuff together in a more specialized demographic. I'll ignore the conspiracy theory level...
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    Blizzard to Remove "Sexy" Tracer Pose in Overwatch - Update

    On the one hand, it's clear Blizzard is still tweaking the game and likely used some copy-pasted poses. If the plan was always "Oh yeah, pose #75 is temporary anyway", I'd say no harm, no foul. They've already removed a far raunchier (but still "T" rated) gag from the game's outhouse, so they...