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Post by impulse on Apr 23, 2024 7:59:19 GMT -5
I'm largely indifferent to slabbing on its own. My gripe is the (perceived) unfortunate side effect of driving up prices on shit-quality ungraded key issues. I can't be sure that grading directly causes this, but by driving up prices on some copies and reducing the supply of ungraded copies in the wild, it seems to.
It could just be that I'm really out of touch with the back-issue market though.
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Post by impulse on Apr 22, 2024 17:43:52 GMT -5
It feels gauche to say it, but I agree that the show end is likely the only one that will be published for all of the reasons stated.
I also agree the first three novels are great.
ASOIAF is also the reason I usually don’t start multipart stories that aren’t completed yet.
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Post by impulse on Apr 21, 2024 14:21:53 GMT -5
A 6.5 must go for what, $100,000? Seeing what 2.5s go for I can only imagine.
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Post by impulse on Apr 21, 2024 14:21:05 GMT -5
Cholesterol
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Post by impulse on Apr 21, 2024 8:02:20 GMT -5
Funny how that happened at the exact spot where they moved beyond the source material. Coincidence? I think not! However, I'm a bit worried that the general outline was based on George R.R. Martin's own, and the mess that was made of it forced him to reconsider his own planned ending, adding even more years to the writing of the final two books. Yes, the show creators supposedly had Martin's general notes and outlines, but we don't know how closely they adhered to his notes since the books aren't out, so are the most undesirable parts Martin's ideas or from the show creators? Also, while I do think Martin could get to many of the same plot points in a more believable and less obnoxious way, will the show's presentation ruin them before they even arrive? I'm no longer optimistic the books will receive an ending at all, though, let alone worrying about whether it will be good or not. I'm not knocking the author. I can't imagine the pressure he's under, but just looking at the increasing # of years between volumes and increasing complexity of the plot, it's difficult to see how it can be brought together short of a random plague or something taking out 75% of the characters.
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Post by impulse on Apr 21, 2024 7:52:26 GMT -5
Listerine
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Post by impulse on Apr 20, 2024 11:52:57 GMT -5
Agreed, which is why I said getting harder and not impossible. The ends do not justify any means.
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Post by impulse on Apr 20, 2024 10:06:17 GMT -5
I like thrash and some death metal, but never vibed with black metal personally. I think Trivium's most recent album was heavily influenced by his recent interest in black metal. That's about all I can add to the topic lol.
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Post by impulse on Apr 20, 2024 10:05:17 GMT -5
I'd like to see Star Wars content that is far away in time from anyone that even know a Skywalker. The story in the Knights of the Old Republic games was fascinating and had nothing to do with this 60 year period of time.
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Post by impulse on Apr 20, 2024 10:04:03 GMT -5
The more time that passes in real life, the harder it is to view Magneto as a villain. At the very least, it's grown clear that he has a point. There, I said it.
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Post by impulse on Apr 20, 2024 10:01:10 GMT -5
Beauty
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Post by impulse on Apr 20, 2024 9:59:39 GMT -5
Not to get into details, but venting a bit. We've made a fairly considerable life change in the last two years. It's a move we believe is in the longterm best interest for our family, but it comes with a lot of change and is a huge effort. As with anything, regardless of planning, certain aspects are more convoluted and taking longer than expected. Still don't regret the decision, but it's just been a lot, with resultant additional stress on myself and my wife. The kids are doing very well with it which is the most important part, and longterm we'll be all right, but it's just tough.
Not helping things, after a long visit from my family which comes with a disruption to our normal routine and lots of cleaning/restoring after, we all picked up COVID again, too, so after over a week we don't have our house fully restored. All you can do is laugh sometimes.
Thankfully, this current round is much milder than the first time I got it, so much so that I almost missed it. A friend got sick and tested positive, so I took one just in case, and lo and behold. Even mild COVID sapped my energy for a few days. I thought it was just exhaustion from restoring the house after company and a cold.
Anyway, rambling. It's been a lot lately, but we're moving in the right direction.
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Post by impulse on Apr 20, 2024 9:49:32 GMT -5
Most. It's hard to bring any show that you love to a satisfying conclusion. People still whine about Sienfeld and The Sopranos. I mean, most shows get unceremoniously cancelled, so if you're actually lucky enough to get to a final episode, there's a good chance the show has already lost much of the magic that originally made it special. Even if that's not the case, finding a satisfying ending is tough as all heck. This is largely my experience, too. I generally don't enjoy endings because usually, a) I'm enjoying it and don't want it to stop, or b), it's already declined/declining and I'm already not enjoying it. Sometimes it's C) it's time to wrap it up, but the ending just isn't satisfying. Occasionally, I'm satisfied, but most of the time, I'm not. I agree on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Perfect ending. To the point I'm still putting off watching Picard because why reopen something closed that well? I enjoyed the ending to Breaking Bad. It was bleak and depressing as hell, but it was an entertaining story. Game of Thrones - this is so easy it almost feels unfair to pick on it, but what a dumpster fire of an ending. I don't know if we will ever again see such a Stark decline in quality and that much goodwill casually tossed in the garbage. 4 seasons of arguably some of the best TV created, a season or two of obviously declining but "maybe passable if they stick the landing??" TV, followed by two of the biggest turds ever to air on HBO. I don't recall ever before seeing an ending so bad it took something that was a mainstay of popular culture and basically erased it from the general discourse. Let's see... Lost. Terrible ending. It became clear that none of the mysteries had well thought out answers all along but that the show was made up on the spot. In hindsight, this is now obvious as it's a JJ Abrams production, but the first two seasons were nail-biting water cooler TV. The Fresh Prince of Belair had a good ending. Sad but heartfelt in a good way, but this brings me back to my original feelings. Even when it's a well-done ending, it's hard to be happy because now it's over. If and when The Simpsons finally ends, I'm not sure how I will feel. It hasn't been the show I grew up watching longer than it was, but it's been a mainstay most of my life. I read an online short writeup someone made of a potential last episode, and it was perfect. So perfect I doubt the writers will come up with something similar, but to paraphrase: After a long time, Krusty announces his retirement culminating in a final show. This rocks the residents of Springfield because they can't imagine the world without Krusty. He's been a cultural mainstay for so long. Most of the episode is the residents discussing their feelings on it and coming to terms with it. It ends with the Simpson family rushing home from their individual activities in a way that mirrors the show opening, they rush to the couch together and Homer turns on the Krusty finale, and the credits roll.
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Post by impulse on Apr 20, 2024 9:28:59 GMT -5
I stopped reading the X-Books around the Wolverne teaching a team by Jason Aaron time, around 10 ish years ago? The character assassination in Bendis' AvX was the straw that broke the camel's back. That said, X-MEN was my first comics north star, so I periodically check in on what the general goings-on and current meta arc are offering up.
...the more I find out, the more I feel they should have kept Claremont on in 91 and let him do his original thing. I will concede that I haven't read the Krakoa arc, but nothing I've read about it makes me regret that.
It sounds like the X-lore is a complete mess at this point and that the story is a shambles. I mean, I guess at least it wasn't just the perpetual "freeze everything like it's 1991" again, but this doesn't sound much better. It still sounds like Marvel has a lot of the same problems that soured me on Big Two ongoing books to begin with. Endlessly convoluted, too many overlapping books, incessant events one after the other, one-upsmanship for ever higher stakes, reboot and repeat.
I think I've just moved past where Big Two franchise comics have gone, personally.
X-MEN 97 is fire, though.
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Post by impulse on Apr 18, 2024 18:01:38 GMT -5
Mosey
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