Moments when a piece of entertainment completely rocked you.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed May 29, 2013 6:13 pm

Too true.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri May 31, 2013 2:40 am

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Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri May 31, 2013 3:51 am

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Tumbling Down · Post by **Tumbling Down** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:01 am

The new Venture Bros. episode. It was fucking great.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:24 am

Orphan Black* in general has been rocking me. Every single time you see two of them talking to each other, and then remember that they're both the same person, doing a very convincing job of talking to someone who isn't actually there. And the whole "This character didn't appear this time, I guess the actor had a day o- wait, no, that can't be right".

But the moment that really rocked me was Alison ditching her "soccer mum" lifestyle, kicking ass with the intervention that was thrown and really standing up for herself.

*British show about clones. No, they're not all clones of this one person who existed long before they did, they're just a human cloning experiment in the sense of cloning a fertilised egg.

Post by **fbmf** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:20 pm

Finally saw the new Star Trek flick. I know I'm in the minority, but I enjoyed it.

I had a nerdgasm when Khan passed his Vulcan neck pinch Fort Save.

Game On,
fbmf

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:08 pm

I thought the movie was pretty fun. The review I read beforehand said that it was basically a retread of Wrath of Khan, and I was like, "Hey, cool! I haven't seen Wrath of Khan, so this should be pretty enjoyable, and it might have interesting ideas I haven't seen before."

And the guy who'd seen some old Star Trek stuff liked it too, so nostalgia factor wasn't a negative in our case.

EDIT: why did I use the word "cool" 3 times in one paragraph? I don't know. When I reread my post a while later, thesaurus mode was irresistible.

Guyr Adamantine · Post by **Guyr Adamantine** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:26 pm

I loved it. Sue me.

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:49 pm

I don't know if minority is the right way to put it. The new Star Trek movie isn't Rob Schneider level terrible by any means, but the performances and lineage is good enough that people feel comfortable holding it to a standard the movie can't quite live up to. This article does an admirable job of describing the position of people like myself.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:42 am

I was checking out Chris Avellone's twitter for something unrelated, and I saw him recommend a mini-comic that won some award. I thought it was really cool.
http://imgur.com/gallery/h2my0

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:42 pm

Common Grounds had a lot of great stories.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:49 pm

I don't watch Games of Thrones. I've never even read the books. But I know full well of George R. R. Martin's propensities that everyone dies and cakes and delicious, and I have been experiencing the most awesome schadenfreude reading the responses of the many viewers.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:34 pm

Moment when a piece of entertainment rocked me: Mephasm from the Neverwinter Nights 2 OC was a fun character, but the dialogue where you try and sell him your soul for no apparent reason was pretty hilarious.

Especially when you realize what the "blind sacrifice" actually entailed. The stakes are just so low, I don't know if its funnier assuming Mephasm deals with everyone like this or just PCs.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:36 am

The Digger Omnibus Kickstarter

In the words of Ursula Vernon: "I am not sure, but I think this is the first Kickstarter offering commemorative hand-forged pickaxes for sponsors."

This is, however, the first kickstarter I'll contribute too.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:05 am

I haven't even read Digger yet, but I wish I had $1500 to give Ursula. Hell, I wish I had a spare $250 just to get a hyena name.

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:06 am

Avoraciopoctules wrote:I thought the movie was pretty fun. The review I read beforehand said that it was basically a retread of Wrath of Khan, and I was like, "Hey, cool! I haven't seen Wrath of Khan, so this should be pretty enjoyable, and it might have interesting ideas I haven't seen before."

You've never seen The Wrath of Khan? Seriously?

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Star_ ... cale=en-US

You must. It's possibly the best of the even numbered TOS movies, and the even numbered TOS movies are awesome.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:03 am

Prak_Anima wrote:I haven't even read Digger yet, but I wish I had $1500 to give Ursula. Hell, I wish I had a spare $250 just to get a hyena name.

Prak, in all honesty, I recommend it. Get crackin'. Like, now.

And the hyenas have names like Shadebones, Skull Ridges, Blood Eyes, Owl Caller, and Boneclaw Mother (BCM is freakin' righteous). Their top two gods are named He-Is and She-Is. And one of their major demons, a temptor, is named Sweetgrass Voice.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:13 am

I very much like Ursula's work, I just haven't gotten around to reading digger yet. I would love to be able to help her with the project and get a pick and have dinner with her at a con just to have the opportunity to talk with her.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:08 pm

Avoraciopoctules wrote:Moment when a piece of entertainment rocked me: Mephasm from the Neverwinter Nights 2 OC was a fun character, but the dialogue where you try and sell him your soul for no apparent reason was pretty hilarious.

Especially when you realize what the "blind sacrifice" actually entailed. The stakes are just so low, I don't know if its funnier assuming Mephasm deals with everyone like this or just PCs.

I liked that one on a meta level. You assume that the "blind sacrifice" is going to be some sort of thing where in the distant future terrible stuff happens as discussed in the epilogue or you gain a pile of evil points, and then your favorite sword is missing.

Voss · Post by **Voss** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:12 pm

Tumbling Down wrote:The new Venture Bros. episode. It was fucking great.

I thought the ending was a little weak, particularly in light of the show's premise.

Not only was the Doc successful, but he was successful in a largely consequence-free fashion, barring the loss of a few Tommies, which frankly no one apparently cared about anyway.

Even creepier, this week has Hank successfully being a badass.

I am curious to see where thing are going. Personally I'm hoping it is just giving them some minor victories so they have further to fall when everything inevitably goes to shit later.

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:09 pm

I watched Cabin in the Woods with a couple friends last night. I was thoroughly amused whenever Josh Lyman got screen time.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:14 pm

...who? I just checked IMDB to see who that was, but that name is no where on the cast list

angelfromanotherpin · Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:33 pm

Josh Lyman was Bradley Whitford's role on The West Wing.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:37 pm

Ah gotcha, never watched WW.

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:27 pm

Heh, it felt apt to use a meta-reference for that movie.

Besides more people probably know him by his WW character's name than his proper name.