Even if you skip MM2 now, you can wait for more updates or until the community starts weeding out the good courses from the bad. The game will probably be an evergreen title.
Plus as you said, this second half of the year is insane. You have Fire Emblem, Astral Chain, Luigi’s Mansion, Zelda, Pokemon....
@bimmy-lee Yes, I have read Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing. Alan Moore is one of my all-time favorite comic authors. I also own his Watchmen graphic novel.
As for Evil Ernie: he's originally from Chaos Comics, and he's basically the representative of that universe's Lady Death on Earth, preparing our busy little mud ball for her pending return.
He may be an undead, and the story is WAY over the top, but the underlying story is actually quite human, and something that's sadly still actual: kids being bullied. Unfortunately for the bullies, and the rest of the Earth, Ernie finds the means to fight back and take revenge...
I've recently found they've revamped/rebooted the series, but in all honesty, I prefer the original art style and origin story over this new one, even though in and of itself, it isn't really that bad or anything. But Chaos Comics is no more, so all the various characters (and they had lots of cool ones), are unfortunately all spread out across various other publishers, and "reinvented" for a new audience. I liked the various original series far more, when they were still published by a small, independent comics label.
I don't know if you're much of a comics man, but I can easily recommend the entire range of the Chaos Comics classic stories to you. You can find either the entire bundle, or any of the separate series here: https://getcomics.info/other-comics/chaos-comics-collection-1...
You'll need this nifty little program, to be able to read/view those files on a PC, laptop or tablet: http://www.cdisplayex.com/
If you scroll down the page, I'm pretty sure that you'll also find a series concerning a couple of characters, that you as a wrestling fan may be all too familiar with...
But as for that reboot: to me, it feels a bit like they took an art house movie, and they made a Hollywood blockbuster from it, to be able to address a bigger, newer audience, in the process of which, the story and ambiance of it all kinda lost what made it so special in the first place.
Speaking of art house movies: have you ever had one of these days, when you had nothing to watch on TV, or any other service you use, and you kinda just stumble upon an obscure movie being broadcasted by your local network, and decided to stick around for a bit, to see if it's up your street, and then end up watching the entire movie?
Well, that's what happened to me last Friday. After having watched the evening match of the Women's World Cup, there wasn't anything interesting on any of the other channels, and I didn't feel like playing video games, so I just kept the TV on the same channel that it already was on, and after the match and the subsequent commercial break, a movie called "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" started. It's a semi-autobiographic set piece taking place in the 70's, about a girl who (weirdly on-topic with our current discussion) wants to be a comic book artist, but who also wants to find love (edit: or rather, wants to BE loved).
And without giving away any spoilers, I'll just say that, probably also because it takes place in the 70's, there's lots of drugs, free love and other time period-appropriate things happening. I found it to be a weird, sometimes quite hallucinatory (probably because of the drugs and the girl's wild imagination) but still kind of engrossing little movie.
Very art housey, independent, quaint or whatever other label you might want to give it, depending on your personal view. Might be an interesting watch for you as well. It got a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so that oughta tell you something. They're like the Metacritic of movies and series.
If I've intrigued you enough, then you'll probably be able to find the movie on Netflix, Hulu, Google Movies, or any other on demand service that you might use.
@Joeynator3000 Eh, you know what I mean. Had some stuff to do around the house, came back to the site, and saw at least 5 forum threads that you have closed, most of them involving some new wannabe member with an apparent learning disability...
@Joeynator3000 Mission Accomplished, then.
So weird, though. Of late, a lot of these new members are apparently too lazy to read the rules before they sign up. Could have saved them a heck of a lot of trouble.
@Joeynator3000 I am under the impression that it's happening more often, nowadays. I've been a member since 2012, and I haven't seen so many friend code beggars and what not before, so maybe it's the same overall, or maybe I wasn't noticing before, but it's at least my personal perception that it's happening more often.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
I've only been a member for a year or so now but always lurking for a few years and I'll admit the odd threads being created are happening alot more. Same with users creating accounts
Yeah. It was already happening back when I was more active (2016 I think) but since I’ve started visiting these forums again I’ve seen it’s more than back then.
Post-E3 combined with (at least USA) summer time means kids have alooot of free time.
Yep. Pretty much this. XD
@ThanosReXXX Right. By one-shot, I was referring to The Killing Joke, which slipped my mind in an earlier post when thinking through recent DC reading.
I used to not care for Bane (and, as much as I liked the Dark Knight movie trilogy, didn't feel like the character shined there) but changed my tune a bit when digging into the comic lore. The guy is definitely an interesting character!
That said, my favorite interpretation of the DC universe as a whole is still currently the DCAU and its characterizations.
@Tyranexx Haha, you'd be more than welcome. Maybe we can have an NLife drinking party on an Amsterdam canal boat with @bimmy-lee. We'd certainly have more than enough to talk about.
Agreed on the DCAU, by the way. Lots of great cartoons, and some truly stellar voice acting as well.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@HobbitGamer Hush? Don't know that one, so he/she must have appeared in the comics after my self-imposed abstinence.
On a side note: didn't know you also had a taste for visiting Amsterdam, otherwise I would definitely have included you, so consider yourself retroactively added to the list...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
You know what, go ahead and order beers for Hobbit anyways, and I’ll make sure they see a fitting end.
@ThanosReXXX - Ernie sounds cool. I’ll take a look, thanks for the resources. While I haven’t seen the particular movie you mentioned (though I believe it is streaming and I’ll keep it in mind), I can definitely relate to that feeling of getting sucked into something unexpected in the post sports blasé. When I was young, there would always be some kind of action or western movie on after an NFL game. I’d just phase out of football and into something like The Dirty Dozen or Death Wish. My dad didn’t watch much NFL, but he’d sometimes watch the post game movie with me, especially if it was a Clint Eastwood flick. Once in a while it would be a Bruce Lee movie. Good times.
@bimmy-lee Haha, yeah, those are all classics, far as I'm concerned. However, if it wasn't clear already, I specifically meant getting sucked into movies that you'd otherwise never watch. That's why I also used the label art house. Normally, that's SO far from what I'm usually looking for, that I wouldn't even give most of these movies a second glance, let alone watch them from start to finish.
So, the experience is almost what I'd call alien to my general/normal self, if that makes any sense. Almost like getting to know another aspect of myself, as in "hey, I never knew this stuff could actually be interesting as well".
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX Hush came about I think around 10-12 years ago. Tommy Elliot. He has a lot of interaction with some other villain backstories since he grew up with Bruce. I think you’d like it. Apparently there’s an animated movie of it this year. I kinda fall off and on comics and only really dig the Batman and Alien series anyway. Oh and of course the Robotech comics. I was even given the Batman Reborn graphic novel for Christmas. Haven’t cracked into it yet.
@bimmy-lee Yes, see that they’re put to good use on my behalf 😂
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