Techwright

Was so busy working on my base I failed to see this for two days. Thanks for the notification. Jazz is definitely one of my interests, though I love older stuff like the Vince Guaraldi Trio or the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

They joined Monday, yes? How goes it?

I'd always assumed that, along with the yodeling, the chalet audio was merely a reference to Switzerland.

I sat up and took note in the last film that May was working at FEAST. It's where they first encountered Osborne. To me, it practically screamed that they were setting the groundwork for Mr. Negative, or at least Martin Li. I don't know Stephen Oyoung's physical presence onscreen, unless he did mo-cap on that Playstation game, but I very much liked his voice performance. Seems to me he really gave a good resume for doing the live-action version.

Not to get into the minefield of politics, but the current political/economical climate might very well play a large role in the bombing of this film in China.

Gwen Stacy, MJ, Felicia Hardy...sounds like Spidey is in for a love quadrangle. Gwen and Felicia are interesting characters to me. MCU MJ...meh. Not so much Zendaya, its the character I've never warmed up to, possibly because they deliberately chose to make MJ as "Michelle Jones" and not "Mary Jane Watson". I realize it is a multi-verse, but I still feel that was an underhanded move. Martin Li/Mr. Negative would be fantastic. I've only known the character from the excellent Spider-man video game, but I think he's one of the best villains for Spidey in years. Too bad Randall Park is already playing a popular MCU character. I realize he's good at comedy, but something about him makes me think he'd be great in this role. Hmm...at first I was a little put out by the idea of Harry being in yet another movie when the Spider-verse is so rich in characters. But then it occurred to me that there are two avenues to explore: 1. Harry meets Peter on the street, forms a friendship, and acts as patron to Peter's training and paying for an apartment. 2. This Peter may have a natural curiosity of who his universe's Norman Osborne is, since the other Norman was responsible for May's death. If he goes looking, he might meet Harry as a side effect. He might also find his universe's Norman beginning down the path that will lead to the Green Goblin, something he would intend to disrupt. 3. Simmons has been doing JJJ for almost a quarter-century now. The man's a trooper, but this cannot last. 4. I'll go out on a limb to say that this is not a handover movie. There's been plenty of chatter that this is the first in a new trilogy of movies (one speculation is that they'll all have "Day" in the title, like the first trilogy has "Home" in the title. It might, however, be the first in a trilogy of mentoring movies if Miles and possibly Spider-Gwen are onboard. That would dovetail nicely with Stark mentoring Spidey in his appearances through Endgame.

We get some text to the idea. I don't recall specifics, but Paragon City is a hotspot for a reason: there's some sort of supernatural force acting on it. Something like an attractant for power. It's why the CoT built their underground city in P.C. I point this out because, by implication, even other large cities will not have incredible numbers of super-powered types, more like 1 team or even 1 person as the protecting hero. Side note: This info was partial fuel for a challenge I issued back during COVID, to have players create the lore for the large Prime world. (It was a largely ignored challenge, but that's okay.) My own submission stuck with this concept of large, fictional city but only supported by one small team. I believe we also have lore suggesting the world at large was hit by the Rikti invasion, but that it was the various countries militaries that fought back, and the lion's share of the onslaught and destruction was focused on Paragon City. Lastly, I think we have some missions implying we're working with a foreign hero or villain on foreign soil, but we still use the same instance maps.

Or...it could just deal with the problem itself.

Your description sounds a lot like my experiences with the paid version of Bitdefender 15 years ago. At the time I was paying for it, the review sites were touting it as the top dog. When I finally started seeing reports that freeware anti-malware was worth having, I tried to drop the paid version at time of renewal, to switch to the free version. The mess of fighting over removal, and the cleanup of residuals where its "roots" weren't removed with it, was extensive and soured my opinion on Bitdefender. I switched, first to free AVG, then later to free Avast, and have been satisfied every since. (Though admittedly, recently, free Avast has become a bit annoying flagging "major problems" that actually are irrelevant to the anti-malware core, then pitching paid solutions to fix these.) I can't speak for elsewhere, but in my region for many years, IT departments and individuals touted Malwarebytes as the backup anti-malware. Anytime a malware question came up, they'd run the main anti-malware program, then, just to be certain it wasn't compromised and giving false readings, they'd pop in Malwarebytes and run it as well. Contracting in several of those IT departments, I followed suit, and although I've not heard this tactic in many years now, probably due to changes in corporate A/V design, I personally still maintain a free copy of MB ready to audit Avast's results, should I feel it necessary.

That and the "I want to stop and heal every scratch" witch that we have to rescue on the Katie Hannon TF.

I think it would be based on two things: 1.) Whatever was in the agreement between the Homecoming leaders and NCSoft. If there are limits on how the game can be developed, this might not even be a possibility. 2.) If the first hurdle is crossed, then it falls to volunteer development team's interest in pursuing that direction, and having the time and resources to develop it. I suspect the level of A.I. you describe would ultimately prove a distraction to the core game, though some of the Role Players might like it. If it were to ever happen, it likely would be the use of A.I. to improve the combat "skills" of the NPC opponents. That would maintain the core game while providing an interesting new challenge. Of course, if that were to happen, probably every NPC that can travel an elevator would be summoned at the first attack, and we'd be up against an "intelligent" flood of doom rushing the ground floor entrance.

Are they calling Hester Frump "Grandmama"? Hester was the role inhabited by the iconic Margaret Hamilton in the 1960s version. There, she was referred to as "Granny Frump". In that series, "Grandmama" was played by Marie Blake, and, though I'm not sure they ever stated it, was presumed to be Gomez's mum. That role was played by Judith Malina, then Carol Kane in the two early 1990s movies, where the character was simply called "Granny".

Freedom Corp Jetpack does show a flame graphic, as does Rogers Rocket Pack (also RRP with Rings), the AB7 Afterburn, and the Cosmic Rocket Pack. Major Ray Gunn demonstrating the Rogers Rocket Pack with Rings:

This is unfortunately the case. You'd think with both a Vanguard backpack and a Vanguard backpack with Jetpack, that the latter, specifically named with "jetpack" would have a working one. Demo with Brass Dragon:

This one sounds like it, potentially. That is, the Addams family has always had 2 types of darkness in their lives: What everyone else shuns and calls dark, but the Addams embrace, and then what everyone else sees as light and bright, but which the Addams find horrifying. As I've not seen season 1 yet, tell me, have they shown or spoken about Morticia's sister, Ophelia Frump yet? Ophelia, though possessing that oddness that the Addams family, the Frumps, and all their friends and cousins possess, is bright and cheerful, basically the black white sheep of the family. If they've not revealed her in this series, she may be the relative no one talks about. Or perhaps they buried her in the lawn. She does grow daisies from her scalp after all.

There's another thing they should consider as well: Live-action F4 films do not have a good track record. The 1990s one was done strictly for legal reasons, and was on half a shoestring budget. Most have never seen it. The early 2000s ones are generally considered tepid, and the last one has generally been labeled utter rubbish. It's vital they hit this one out of the park, or the audience will begin passing on seeing any future F4 works, feeling that Marvel simply has no idea how to bring the team to live action in a manner the audience craves. We've already got potential viewers in a "wait and see" mode. IMHO, the best way to fix this is to not mess with the comic formula this time around. Once a few films have been established as "good" by the audience, experimentation might be possible. But first they must convince the audience that things are on track this time.

I think Snarky's asking about SG name length, is he not? 'Cause I just checked with the Super Group Registrar and there's some SG with names significantly longer than 20 characters. In fact, some of the top 100 exceed 30 characters, based on their unfinished title. (The registrar's display cuts off at 30 characters)

I won't ask you to elucidate. I appreciate that you were willing to post your concern. There are character revisions I've enjoyed (Nick Fury) and character revisions I've hated (Karlie Morgenthau, the Flag-Smasher). The latter for the overbearing pathos surrounding the MCU character, rather than the gender-swap. There's also character re-interpretations I'm concerned about (MCU Sharon Carter, aka Agent 13), because it appears they're going morally polar opposite of their comic counterpart. I was initially opposed to all of it at the start of the MCU, until I got the word that Marvel was not so much tampering with the comics as they were creating a new universe within their multiverse. As the very definition of a Marvel multiverse is infinite variation, I was more accepting of any "variation" going forward, no longer seeing it as "change". In specific regard to this film, one revision that comes up in discussions elsewhere of late is the Silver Surfer. In my opinion, having a female Silver Surfer fits the situation named in the first paragraph, but I'm told that this isn't a gender swap like Karl/Karli Morgenthau. This is a "What If...?" situation where Norrin Radd doesn't become the Surfer but Shala-Bal, Norrin's love interest does. Apparently, in the comics, she actually is a second Silver Surfer, and at least for a time, both Surfers were active. So in that sense, they've not strayed too far from the comics. (This also gives me the thought that perhaps they might yet have Norrin Radd appear as a second Surfer.)

Too soon, too soon. 🙃

NPCs do this occasionally. Something about the mechanics of the player transition leaves the door open, so to speak, for an extended moment, and a locked-on NPC, or more, will follow. I see it most often in City Hall, though that still leaves questions about how they got up the steps without the police bots transporting them to the Zig. I do wonder at times if the effect might be related to the planned effect of certain NPCs traveling the mission elevators to continue harassing players.

Give me an example of that, if you would please. I know Gatiss only via his work with Dr. Who and Sherlock. I'm aquainted with the episodes he wrote of course, most of which are bogeyman-type works, but I'm not aquainted with Shearsmith or Pemberton, at least, not that I know.

Actor/writer/producer Mark Gatiss in the TV show host Ted Gilbert role. 1:58 - looks like there might be a notable amount of time playing out in this film. While here it looks like the team is looking up at either Silver Surfer or Galactus, if you look at Sue, she's got a trim waistline, while with her conversation with Silver Surfer she's already showing signs of carrying their child. So at least a few months are involved in this tale. 1:51 - SUSPECTED SPOILER - I'm guessing someone goofed and revealed a key moment in this MCU-alternate world's story. Unless the F4 found a way to warp travel to another world the Surfer found.

Why do I feel like I'm going to be seeing a lethal Vulcan wedding fight with lirpas and ahn-woons?