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As others have noted, the Mamoa recasting was absolutely a matter of correcting a massive casting mistake in the first place for...

I wouldn't mind him playing murder victims...

While I basically think Johnny Depp should never get work again, I thought Branagh casting him as the @$$hole victim in Murder on the...

I generally don’t like games with critical failures unless you get something for them (like a Plot Point). Critical successes depend on...

As Gadot has amply demonstrated to me in other roles (notably Death on the Nile, where you’d have thought her wooden style would work...

She’s Israeli, did her mandatory military service, and has some opinions about related matters. Others have opinions about such things...

Oh, I read that one! Not often something I'm familiar with gets mentioned in this thread!

It’s that or leave them exposed for any passer-by to whack, I guess. PCs could sell them a metal bag cage, sounds like a good line of...

I think I’ve only read Sacnoth? I should read some others. I realise that one of my favourite Kage Baker books, The Bird of the River...

I haven't forgotten about this thread. Just feeling drained. Not much TTRPG posting as of late here and elsewhere.

Ah, thanks for the clarification. Durst has written quite a few different types of book - the ones I'd count as similar to Leong would...

I hope she likes it. I liked it well enough to preorder her next book (The Keeper of Magical Things). What The Teller of Small Fortunes...

My wife has enjoyed those books immensely. I'll forward your recs to her. Thanks!

Finished The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong, which was a very pleasant cosy fantasy book. Recommended to those who enjoy such...

I'm adding The Good Place to my list of shows with a good ending. It was sad which I thought very fitting for a show about what happens...