LoneWolf&Subs

I actually enjoy the linear style of the game on initial play throughs, but to pick it up again is a slog. It’s the same with both RDR’s. There isn’t a sense of pick up, and play after going through the game once. But a game being linear isn’t what tends to hurt it for me because I can pick up a game like Max Payne 3(Or even the rest of the series to be honest), and never grow tired of the gameplay. Actually I would say my favorite bits of these Rockstar open world games is the action parts. The real problem lies in Rockstars insistence to introduce new elements into the game through tutorials for hours into the game itself, and slows the game to a crawl every single time when trying to replay the story. I wish a new game plus would omit these missions when replaying it, and replace them with missions that keep the narrative going without having to do hunting, or fishing tutorials twice. Also while the story itself is quite excellent, it isn’t implemented into the game to blend itself perfectly for replay value. It’s just a little too rich now with these games. A looser Breath of The Wild structure could be a way to solving the issues. But I don’t want them to lose everything, I just want it more streamlined. Also more visual storytelling. I was just replaying an early mission where the gang attacks an O’Driscoll’s hideout, and the bit where he finds the double barrel shotgun, and cleans it, still works on me. They should do more similar stuff like that throughout their games, and their stories. Like what if we got more Tangerine Dream, while discovering more world details, and less dialogue during GTA V. That actually would’ve improved it, and nail the Mann style they were taking from.

Ehhhhhhh… maybe? Did the Arsenio interview happen around this time? I just have this thought that they were thinking the jealous Hogan friend thing would get over no matter what.

Watching that recent redletter video I came away thinking he had an illness, and it’s not just laziness.

One episode in, and its like a Justified light. Nowhere near as good as that program. It’s Funny, I felt the same way about the films. But I do like it even with its short comings. It’s my kind of junk food TV. Reminds me that I need to watch Jack Ryan for even more junk food TV.

He had a few. Pearl River Plunging a dude onto a car, Plunging D’Lo through a table, and the Goldust feud.

Wasn’t it more that he hurt himself more often than he hurt his opponents. Remember he’s the only person to wear knee pads on his thighs.

I’m actually with you on this. Because of 4K remasters their has been a jump in appreciation of gritty crime films from the 70’s, and 80’s. Although it’s funny cuz it can be argued that RDR2 is just modeled after American revisionist westerns from the 70’s. So it’s already dabbled in it. But it’d still be fun to try it in the actual 70’s. I think the best place to put it would be the early 80’s. So you can have a little from both times. Model it after Thief. Yes I know they did it somewhat with the last one, but it’s hard not to try it again in that era. I’d even try to do a character like Caan’s from that film. A total anti-social psychopath that thinks he can organize his life into the perfect retirement, but as soon as the other shoe drops it’s time to burn it all quickly. On the whole openness, I agree too. Maybe a character similar to Tommy. A two bit criminal who was just released from prison restarting in another city slowly going up the chain of crime through discovery. You’ll make choices along the way that’ll set yourself up either as a a kingpin of drugs, guns, prostitution, money laundering, or gambling.

I would really like to see Keith Lee in Team Taz. They’ve kinda lost something since they spun-off Hook into his own thing. Also I really liked the dynamic they had with Cage, and Team Taz being uneasy bed fellows. Trying to re-create that for a lot longer, and keeping Lee busy until they are ready to put him in a singles program would be ideal.

If Lone Wolf & Cub is the big inspiration for Mandalorian, and that’s their only real success, why not get inspiration from the other Koike & Kojima chambara book, Samurai Executioner? Or maybe Zatoichi, who’s team were the ones that produced the Lone Wolf films. I guess we’ll see how Obi-Wan handles its Jedi protagonist. I just don’t have much hope for it after seeing the way they handled Boba Fett’s arc, and hearing that Obi-Wan’s plot bears a resemblance to Unforgiven. Again Lucasfilm has been really good with episodic stories, but tends to fumble the lore heavy overarching plots.

Watched Nightmare Alley last night. Bradly Cooper might end up being my favorite actor this generation. I feel people will look back on him like the previous generation looked back on Paul Newman’s career. An extremely versatile charming actor who can choose leading man parts that balance acting confident, while hiding a much darker side.

I hope season 2 of Raised By Wolves has an audience. This season looks even better than the last. I’m even more in love with the science fiction book cover setting here.

Just watched the first episode with the Mandalorian in it. It’s success, and enthusiastic response of it is basically what I’ve been saying about the galactic bounty Hunter thing. That being that it’s always had the best potential for a new franchise ever since this stuff was being knocked around the time the special editions were released. Boba Fett’s long awaited spin-off failing isn’t the fault of the character or concept. The fault was having to forfeit the bounty hunting elements because of the Mando series. Also probably Lucasfilm’s fault for giving Boba an unnecessary backstory to begin with. But whatever, we’re where we are with these Star Wars TV series. The one with the bounty hunters will have a greater success with an audience. It’s an easy storytelling device that appeals to a majority of the audience that has always loved characters going on frontier explorations, and fleshed out the world in such simple ways. Like the best way this episode fleshed out this world wasn’t to introduce a space mobster, and it’s lame attempt to connect to modern American society politics. No the best way they did it was to show the intergalactic space travel by way of Mando’s journey. With the added benefit that he’s a faceless character, with minimal dialogue, instead of the shitty Disney Channel level acting we got in the previous episodes. I honestly don’t see the same level success with the other Star Wars spin-offs after seeing how much the other stuff has either been rejected, or received mixed reactions. I’m talking about the films too.

Nah, it’ll be some hack that did one shitty Sundance film who will do a more dramatic telling of the origin story of the three titted hooker.

I wonder if anybody came out, and admitted they stole that idea from Fresh Prince. Lets face it both episodes are the pinnacle of each program.

That movie is a total miss, and honestly I have no idea how they decided to get the rights to this property, and make a 1991 American version of it. Power Rangers hadn’t hit the states yet, and I don’t remember anything about people getting into Japanese mangas like this in the first place.

Michael Nakazawa Vs. Shane McMahon in a one-off comedy match would be amazing. They would need Kimona Wanalaya to buy time for the show time while they clean up the ring after the match.

Will we get a dramatic serious version of the Carlton dance? Will the Jazz gag now be an attempted rape, and now Hillary’s dad Phil throws him out of the house to beat him half to death? Will we get a dramatic version of Hillary’s fiancé falling to his death? I wonder how they will handle Will, and Carlton getting stuck in a snowstorm.

Some people here are throwing out Punk & Danielson, but I actually would love a MJF & Punk pairing. The both of them are so similar. Both of them doing chicken shit, and overselling body parts together as a tag team would be pure gold.

That main event was fantastic. Was there an obvious match they were clearly cribbing from? Maybe a Memphis match? The 20 punches in the corner was very familiar.

Now that he’s gone again. I think it’s safe to say Shane’s probably a coke addict.

So of the two, who made who the weird alt-history weirdo? I feel like London was doing this act first, but then I remember Spanky looking like a Phish Phanatic in his early run.

Austin Theory has the sleaziest butthole face ever.

I wonder if those cameras that document everything for legal reasons caught all the crazy shit that happened behind the scenes at the Rumble.

Yeah, and Patsy Kensit.

Cena’s gonna need another hair transplant. Cena is too fucking weird looking honestly. It works for Peacemaker, and other weird quasi-villain military parts, but not He-Man, or even a superhero like Superman.