Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Maxenmus Definitely, I could imagine someone having their own opinion and getting thumb downed just because their opinion isn't what everyone else is saying. At the end of the day, it's all entertainment and subjective. People are going to have different opinions regardless. Just some are so big that it feels like their word is final say, when it's not the only viewpoint out there.

Try a movie or a game review from someone who understands said series, vs. someone who is just reviewing it and has no interest in it to begin with. Both will have differing opinions, one will have an understanding of the characters and world because they follow it, while the other person may not.

Not to mention there are some who just do it for easy views too. That does happen.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, later on that cousin did get a PS2, and that was it for him and gaming. I still continued to play video games because I love them. Oh cool, I didn't know it had a re-release on Switch.

Yeah, I usually put Trolls World Tour on in my room because the DVD loops, so does the Holiday In Harmony DVD. There's lots to watch with Trolls, it's more than just two movies at this point.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. It feels rude to me, even though it's the algorithm. All I want is to see my favorite scene from Trolls and then a thumbnail with the word "TERRIBLE" and one of the characters is there. Easy clickbait. I remember years ago seeing a thumbnail that said "Sonic Heroes is HOT GARBAGE" which was changed to "Sonic Heroes is the Ultimate Disappointment (to me)" with "to me" in small letters. Man, clickbait on stuff you like is annoying. I guess whatever it takes to get them views. For the record, I never clicked on either.

Oh cool, so you know the meme I'm talking about.

I like gameplay videos that show me what the game is like, or listening to someone who specializes in specific games. Like LGR for classic DOS games. Even if I don't always agree, he never clickbaits and has some knowledge on said subject.

Greetings guys, I write to you from base camp at 3300m. Hiked six hours to get here, and my feet are absolutely dead thanks to the path being all rocks uphill. I believe I caught altitude sickness a little, my breathing’s terrible and my heart feels like it’s choking me. Even normally standing it was clocking 140bpm. It’s no joke.

But I’m here, happy to be alive… may be tough submitting though. There’s a lot of rope work and steep slopes, and my knees are injured.

Enjoy the pics.

Certainly looks scenic, @TheJGG .... Hope you successfully complete the climb

@TheJGG
140 BPM was like dancing to common Eurodance songs in the club.

@TheJGG First time with altitude like that? Yeah, I felt pretty crappy the first day or two when I went to Colorado for skiing. (3300m is almost 10,000 feet (for any US people reading). That's up there, alright!)

Regarding your video essay, your voice kind of sounds similar to mine. So, I think you sound normal. Good writing, too, by the way.

I haven't been in this thread the last couple of days.
What did I miss? 🤪

@seaboyluca
My sorrow about corrupted save data of Youtubers Life 2 PS4.
I have to rebuild again my Youtuber career from scratch on that game.

@Anti-Matter
Oh no, that sucks.
I've never had a corrupted save file happen to me, thank goodness.

Did you report your corrupted save data? The bug-fix team could help you.

@Anti-Matter Yeah, that sucks. It's usually enough to put me off from playing even my favorite games for a while since I hate redoing the same thing over again.

@BruceCM It’s just started to rain… we’re supposed to push for the top in an hour. That could jeopardise it! But I’ve made it very far with an injured knee so anything’s am achievement!

@WoomyNNYes Actually this ain’t my first mountain. I did Mt Kenya twice a few years ago. Both times I got sick and once I actually got to the top. Second time round I was happy to turn back. It’s a little lazy for not having the sheer bloody mindedness of other better climbers but I like living.

Glad you enjoyed my video though, I put a lot of effort into it. Good the audio was good too, and that you liked the writing! I hadn’t done this properly for a while so recording voiceover took lots of takes… it paid off since you and others enjoyed it!

Hey random question guys, have any of you ever sent in your joycons to Nintendo for repairs? If so how was the process and how long did it take? I've had 2 joycons that have been drifting for a long time and I've been thinking about sending them in.

Welp finally bit the bullet and bought two digital taiko (for actual play not the video game series). Can’t wait for them to show up, especially since they can take the place of two taiko types (in addition to the type I already play primarily) I want to get better at but would get shot by my neighbors if I did so.

@TheJGG Beautiful pictures!

@seaboyluca Let's see, I answered Kermit1 on how I became a big Trolls fan, and MarioLover92 and I were talking about people who clickbait on YouTube. I posted it in the movie thread, but watched Monsters University for the first time.

@Sunsy
Ah yes, I saw you mentioned you liked University more than Monsters Inc.
I don't agree, I think you might be turning into a troll yourself. 😉😘

lol As a Pixar fan myself, I tried not to engage with Sunsy's post about Monsters University because I didn't want to spoil their fun of talking about the film. But now that that's out in the air, yeaaah, Monster's University... not really one of my highest ranking Pixar films.

Then again, I thought Cars was underrated, so what do I know? 😉

@Maxenmus
All in good fun. Movies are subjective and no one should tell you what to like and what not to like.

@seaboyluca @Maxenmus That's fine, if you didn't like the movie. They are subjective after all. I enjoyed both Monsters movies.

As long as it's the good kind of troll with the hair in the air that sing, dance, and hug, lol.

@seaboyluca True. But I don't know what it is about Pixar. Maybe it's nostalgia, but around 2012, after I saw Brave, I've stopped liking Pixar films as much as I used to.

To put it into perspective: I went to see The Incredibles 50 times in theater (admittedly, it's because of Violet, whom I really liked). I bought the first three Toy Story on blu-ray through Amazon (which includes expensive shipping fee) because it's hard to acquire old movies on blu-ray in Singapore. I was indeed a big Pixar fan, and my favorite remains to be Toy Story 2.

But I guess something changed around 2011. I skipped Cars 2 because of negative reviews, didn't love Brave but didn't hate it, got really bored watching Monster's University, no offense , didn't watch The Good Dinosaur because of negative reviews again, didn't find Finding Dory to be special, didn't find Cars 3 to have lived up to the hype of "revitalizing the Cars franchise," really didn't like The Incredibles 2, found Toy Story 4 disappointing and unnecessary, skipped Onward because it looked boring, didn't love Soul as much as I was initially prepared to when I saw the unique concept of the story in the trailer, and just straight up gave up on Pixar after that (didn't watch Luca, Turning Red, or Lightyear), unfortunately.

To be fair, it's not all negative from 2011 onwards. I thought Inside Out was great, if not perfect, and I cried so, so hard when I finally watched Coco years later (wasn't prepared for it, didn't go into the film expecting anything special). God, Coco was so good, easily bringing Pixar back to the time when Pixar was at its peak with Finding Nemo and Monster's Inc. Lee Unkrich is the man. His Toy Story 3 was a perfect conclusion for the Andy arc.

But yeah, I don't know what it is, why I lost passion for Pixar over the years. It's a shame because, you have to remember how big of a deal Pixar was in terms of animation studios. They literally brought intelligent stories to the animation medium in the mainstream market. Dreamworks did it with The Prince of Egypt and Warner Brothers did it with The Iron Giant, but Pixar was the one who was at the frontier releasing hit after hit after hit. For a time, it seemed like they could do no wrong. They were like the Blizzard and Bethesda of the animated movie world.

I guess some of that admiration for the company might have made me biased, and my expectations might have become unrealistic. But it is what it is. Hopefully, my feelings will someday change. I loved Pixar with all my heart, and I hope to again someday.

@Sunsy
Don't get me wrong, I still liked Monsters University, I just think Inc is better.
Oh, and you're definitely one of the lovely kind of trolls. 🤗

@Maxenmus
You're not the only one who feels that way about Pixar. I talk a lot about movies on other forums and plenty of people have been disappointed with Pixar's output throughout the years. Though, the general consensus seems to improve these last couple of years with movies like Soul, Luca and Turning Red. Lightyear was another misstep from Pixar unfortunately.

In fact, Lightyear is only the second Pixar film I didn't like, after Cars 2. I like all their other movies and still believe they're the best animation studio out there.