Techwright

Now that I actually focus on it, does that thing count for both shoulders and cape?

I've not worked in AE since the original game. Would the third-column power "Combat Teleport" at least help for a homage to this character?

Not to derail the OP, but I'd also be for some color and pattern possibilities for the "squid" and "lobster" forms as well as the powers. One of the things I find somewhat annoying is that the characters, of necessity, remain in these forms for long times without displaying the efforts the player made to craft the human form. Having a bit of creativity with these forms, instead of just blue-gray would be appreciated.

That's okay. There's another movie theater on the north side of the town. They can go watch it with the other two viewers, so long as they get in before March 6, which the theater has announced is the last showing.

I may not care for a person occupying a specific role, but I cannot argue with the foresight for a succession plan, especially with a multi-billion franchise. That's just good business. I've seen first hand the chaos that happens when a person dies in office or suddenly leaves, and there's no notes or person trained to replace them.

What a tragic turn of events. Hackman was one of those I'd have wished to see live beyond 100. There's two iconic Hackman films I've long been meaning to see: The French Connection, and Hoosiers. The latter is ironic as I lived in Indianapolis for 3 years in the 1990s, heard about the film constantly from friends and neighbors, yet to this day, I've never seen it. I guess I should set up a watching schedule. His wife, Betsy Arakawa passed away as well. The reports say she was a classical pianist. I went to YouTube to see if there was anything of her works, but I've yet to find any.

I'm good with the "as is" status, although...I'd be very much for receiving either a stuffed plesiosaur or a plesiosaur hide as a reward decor for my base. Entirely for proving Sally was real, of course. And by the way, no, no, no... spell check, "plesiosaur" is not "apatosaurus", nor is it "apple sauce"! (Seriously?) In what back alley was this spell check acquired?

Looks like they might be mothballing their Nemesis system as well. I've never played a game it was utilized in, but it sounds great. I'd love something similar added to our game (fully realizing it will never happen).

I'm game for more variety in AE

So...you type a full sentence instead? That's just...ridiculous, girl.

The idea of having something there has merit, but I should think that would require a review of the leveling first, specifically at what point the player can opt to exit gold side. Gold side is really there for the stories, and even without any bonuses, it levels too quickly, out-leveling those golden stories. In the meantime, Gold side does have an event or two, though these seem largely forgotten.

I suspect people who feel the 600,000 legitimately-good words in the Oxford dictionary are insufficient and possibly a waste of time to look up.

I would not be for Kevin Feige getting involved. The MCU post-Endgame has not been resume-worthy material for such a role. Additionally, I found his handling of the TV "MCU" projects to be underhanded, and at times downright rude. Admittedly, there's been a bit of a make up for that, by reintroducing characters and actors from the Daredevil TV show. While I love Dave Filoni's devotion to Star Wars, I have to wonder if placing him in the executive seat would necessitate curtailing what he contributes best: story writing. In equal measure, he's the go-to resource, admitted by the other directors, for lore knowledge. That admittedly would serve him well in the executive seat. Dave is also untapped in regards to the other Lucasfilms works, especially the Indiana Jones franchise. While I realize Harrison Ford's days are done, and Spielberg believes in not recasting, I think there can be a future for the franchise even if it is in something like animated works for a while, or a reboot of the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. I'm fine if it turns out to be Dave, I only hope his writing doesn't suffer, and that he's up to the challenge of the full Lucasfilms. Admittedly, I don't think that mark was met with the previous leadership. I find it curious that another name wasn't bandied around: Jon Favreau. The man has been on-target with most things he's done since the original Iron-Man. His name is right up there beside Dave Filoni in regards to Star Wars, and he's gold in the MCU, which to me means he could handle the rest of Lucasfilms well. Additionally, I've seen evidence that Favreau has a heart for giving people a chance to develop their directorial skills, and for freely giving guidance. That speaks to me of one who will see beyond their own position and towards the future generation.

☝️ This far more than the lore, and that is what I find disappointing. He's basically creating a sci-fi story that could be told in any universe just by renaming a few concepts, like the Empire and the Rebellion. It needs a tweak using the formula set up by George Lucas. Consider the original six movies. Aliens are everywhere, except on Imperial properties (with very few exceptions, such as Thrawn). Imps are very racis species-ist, to probably coin a phrase, but that's part of their fascist "charm". But in common folk areas, even in core worlds (recall the Coruscant diner scene from the Prequel Trilogy) , you'll still find aliens milling about. There were, eventually, a few background aliens in Andor season 1, but even then, they were all new inventions for the show. Previous Star Wars works had the pattern of introducing a few new alien types, but largely using those types introduced in the Original Trilogy. Even other modern Star Wars works are doing that, such as the Shistavanen pirate captain Brutus in the very recent Skeleton Crew. If I recall correctly, the wolf-like model for that first appeared in the famous cantina scene in A New Hope. It would be one thing to tell a human-centric story on a single world colonized only by humans and their droids, say something on the edge of Wild Space where tens of thousands of years of settlement has yet to take place. It's another to use many, many worlds and blatantly refuse the Star Wars design. Please don't get me wrong. Andor season 1 was nothing short of amazing, it's just that it left me actually desiring Lucas to come do a special edition and put a lot of aliens (or even a few) into the background shots to act as balance for the SW formula. Just that. The foregrounds can remain that human-centric story.

"I is a ninja blade/super reflexes stalker"

Saw all that and... ....and...not an alien in sight. I even freeze framed all the group scenes: no aliens. This, I think, is the one disingenuous bit. Humans are the dominant species, yes, but Star Wars is chock full of alien species, many of them, like the Twi'lek, are quite common. It's one point that makes me feel at times like Andor isn't really Star Wars, but a really great sci-fi story nonetheless.

I would point out that @JKCarrier begins his Bond description with the phrase "book-accurate". Now I've not read the books, but I gather there's a difference. It sounds like everything JKC is describing comes from that viewpoint, and JKC was hoping they'd bring that to the screen. Your perspective seems completely centered on the movies, which appear to have a different interpretation of the character.

So, apparently, RDJ and Chris Evans are not the only original MCU Avengers to stay in the game. I'm not familiar with the comic book character Blonde Phantom, but apparently ScarJo has been tied to a future MCU project associated with it. For now, it is reported that she's in the production team. No word on whether she'll star or not. Though I linked just one report on this connection, there are others dating back a year or so. As I said, I've no knowledge of the character. The basic description sounds similar, at least on the surface, to the Agent Carter TV series, which I believe is the one ABC Marvel series Kevin Feige has permitted to remain an MCU property. Regardless, it sounds like 1940s Noir, and I'd be down for that. Does anyone else think the Wikipedia picture of Blonde Phantom looks similar to Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?

While I realize this is a bind issue, it seems to be failing due to the unique nature of the Kheldians. Perhaps you can get help by posting this over in the Peacebringer & Warshade forum? That, or you might try calling @Laucianna's name three times. 🙃

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What's your take on the Green Lantern Corp, then? Not trying to dig at you, just genuinely curious.

I was cleaning out some old bookmarks, and one was a link to @Jimmy's State of the Project - August 2020. Within it, Jimmy states the team had created "several social media channels", which at the time were to sit dormant. I assume this was in anticipation of successful talks with NCSoft. The social media named were: Twitter (X) Twitch Facebook YouTube Now that those talks are successful, I see these are still in existence but remain dormant. (Well, I assume X-Twitter is. I don't have an account for that.) Any chance these will be activated? Ever? I could see potential for Twitch and YouTube at least, highlighting special events or dev play via video, or perhaps showcasing particularly interesting missions, task forces, even the costume contests. I suppose X and Facebook can be utilized to spread awareness of the game. Perhaps someone can come up with other, better reasons.

The descriptions sound promising, though it feels like Bond is a lot more present than I was suggesting. I was thinking more along the lines of a comment or perhaps, as I mentioned, a shadow on the wall. There's also the question in my mind as to how permanent these 00s are? If the writer is unwilling to kill any of them, seeing them as a cash cow, it kind of defeats the purpose. Not that they should be quick kills, though. 00s are supposed to be hard to kill. One other thought occurred to me when reading this: It would be interesting to see how a 00 rises to the role. We saw a tiny bit of this in Casino Royale when Craig's interpretation made the two kills that got him the 007. But what happens before that? What moves a candidate from naval commander into the preparation program for 00, and then prepares them? And would it be reasonable to assume there's an entire replacement team trained in the wings and just waiting for the call to the big leagues?

First, I'll add my two nickles to the pot (not the pennies. I'm saving them now that they're about to be extincted), and say that I, too, have great misgivings about Amazon taking the reins. To what you said, @ThaOGDreamWeaver: I laughed because this is exactly what a dear and slightly kooky friend has confused himself into believing for years: that "James Bond" is a title bequeathed and that a variety of men have bourne it. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) I've told him until I'm blue in the face that different actors portrayed the same man to the end of Pierce Brosnan's era, and that Daniel Craig's was a reboot of the same character. Love my brotherly buddy, but he's stubbornly persisted. Now I'm seeing the idea as a possibility going forward. 🤣 Okay, with a major change, here's what I'd like to see: the other 8 Double Oh's. (There's not a 000 is there?) Let James Bond take a rest for a while, while they figure out how to handle the character going forward. Refer to him throughout this new production, maybe even as the shadow on the wall at times, but have the spotlight specifically target the rest of the 00 class of fighters. This does a couple of things: Gives us opportunities for ensemble stories: two or three 00s for big missions (not all of them at once), and a rotation of characters, movie to movie Allows for multiple movie shoots at the same time (Movie 1 gets 002, 005, and 008. Movie 2 gets 003, 004, and 009) so the release dates become closer, more like an MCU lineup. Allows for male or female agents, any ethnicity within the British Commonwealth, and any mix thereof on the team. Should allow for cooperation with allied, foreign agencies more often. Think "Felix Leighter" but in other countries besides the USA (though that's fine, too). Some of the 00s have specialized connections to key individuals or agencies where their teammates may not. And most especially: allows for sudden death. No 00 will be immune. That raises the stakes significantly, if you don't know they'll make it to the end credits. And the cold truth is, no matter how emotionally attached the audience gets, there will be another person stepping into that 00 number and role, maybe even in the same movie.

Ah, so "bleeding edge" tech, then. I'm assuming we're talking the 32GB GDDR7 variety. Passmark lists it as the top mark in current benchmarks, but doesn't yet list a price. Amazon doesn't have it yet, of course. Do you do pro competitive gaming or something? 'Cause that's just...wow...both cost and anticipated performance.