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64 and TTYD are two of my favorite games of all time. I strongly dislike everything about Super Paper Mario and haven't played a Paper Mario since except TTYD remastered. I've been sitting on OK for a few years and finally beat it after starting last week.

It felt too short. The story had tonal whiplash... it was a very fun and funny game but things like the Bobby subplot were strangely dark and out of place in Paper Mario especially so early in the game. The battle system started off fun and interesting but quickly revealed its shortcomings. It's best used in boss battles and Shy Guys Finish Last.

Did anyone else have 60k coins by the end? I kept waiting for a reason to use them... no? Okay I'll just buy a stupid amount of legendary iron boots and hammers I guess.

Absolutely beautiful game with some really clever paper gimmicks and designs. But almost every aspect of the game feels like the definition of untapped potential. The game only just felt like Toad Town was opening up when the game ended. It felt so small because of the lack of characters and things to do and such little side content. After the 4th streamer I started wondering if they lacked content because they spent too much time on designing the aesthetics of this paper world. How do 64 and TTYD manage to have more variety in the battle system and towns than a game that's almost 20 years newer?

I want to love OK but it's just kind of given me no reason to ever play it again. There's so much good here but it's just not fully realized. Just give me the classic team of misfit companions I pick up along the way and tweak the classic battle system just enough to add some freshness. And make me turn into a paper plane again and stuff like that too.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I played it, but I'm also glad I finally understand the complaints about the game. I still find it leagues more enjoyable than Super.

I'm not an action movie guy or a car guy. I wanted to watch big stupid movies that were hilarious (intentional or otherwise) and got exactly what I wanted.

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At first I was laughing at the movies. By Fast Five I was all in, still laughing at the absurdity and some of the dialogue and action, but 5-7 I was actually caring about the characters. After 7 it really started to fall apart and become a parody of itself, there's tonal whiplash that gets worse with each movie, awful story and character choices etc but the action still stays entertaining even as it gets more and more stupid.

At first I was hard on Tokyo Drift because I didn't like the main character and missed the old crew. In hindsight it's way better than I initially gave it credit for. Fast & Furious is a bit forgettable but it isn't bad or anything. I think it's better than anything after 7 for sure even if it's my least favorite of the early films. 5-7 is peak action cinema and I genuinely love those insane films. Hobbs feels most like Hobbs in 5, he just becomes The Rock afterwards.

Ranking:

5, 6, 7 > 1, 2 > 3 > 4 > 8 >>> H&S, 9, 10

Jason Momoa was great in 10 but it felt like he came too late to save the franchise. The funniest line of the franchise is in 8 (sumBITCH) but 2 is the most quotable and funniest of them all. And I still liked the action in 8 a lot but absolutely hate the story. I don't like Cipher as a character and I get bored with all this cyberterrorism D tier James Bond stuff. H&S was painfully long to get through.

I'll be there to see Fast Forever in IMAX. Still learning about family

Context: 35 year old male, grew up watching a bunch of 80s cartoons in the 90s, but never got into He-Man. Saw the trailer for this a couple months ago and was all in on seeing it.

Nothing about this movie should have worked. There's so much different stuff going on that should all clash. There's spaceships and laser guns and jetpacks, but also high magic and swords and jacked dudes destroying things and bodies. There's the heavy metal/synthpop mix on top of it, and you have a talking skeleton who's somehow both diabolical and cartoonish. You even see him in Office Space getup.

AND IT ALL WORKS. My god, IT ALL works PERFECTLY. Even the super cartoonish looking villains like Trapjaw (I think that's his name) looked AWESOME.

I was pumping my fist to the fights, bobbing my head to the music, I almost shouted with joy at how we got to see Skeletor go all out against He-Man and then how He-Man Dragon Ball Z'd his ass into the shadow realm. I was invested in Adam, and I loved how they made him believable and sympathetic.

I just can't believe the giant mishmash of styles and tone worked so well. I think regardless of one's feelings on him personally, Jared Leto deserves all the praise in the world for his Skeletor. He stole every scene he was in.

Can't wait to see this again, now I desperately wish it was doing better at the box office.

I'm 35 and my entire life I've learned so much about this franchise through cultural osmosis. After the last couple years of watching every RedLetterMedia video on Star Trek, they've managed to capture my interest. I'm watching The Original Series slowly on Pluto, one or two episodes every other day. Had no idea these episodes would be so long for an old show! That's a nice surprise.

I'm learning even at the start of this journey to approach this show differently, especially TOS. I'm actively leaving any preconceived notions or expectations at the door and I'm really, really liking this show just 5 episodes in, when I thought I would be bored to tears because it's a 60s sci-fi show. Even the first episode and Charlie X had me captivated.

I'm going in order of release, including the films. I just found out my girlfriend loves Star Trek so that's made this even more fun.

Just wanted to blab here because I've wanted to appreciate Star Trek for so long and it's finally working.

I found it in her old closet at my parents' place and it hasn't been opened in 25 years. I'm going to take it to the local music shop to get it looked at and taken care of in case anything is off but I would like to know what all I need, what kinda reed, how to clean and take care of it after playing etc?

If it helps, I'm not a novice musician, I have a degree in piano and can play flute and several other things but as a kid I never quite got how to play reed and brass instruments. But I love the sound of the clarinet and want to finally learn.