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Numenoreans brought potatoes and tomatoes to the mainland of Middle Earth. Any phule kno.

Especially since the play style of D&D is actually very much United States Manifest Destiny. A "Europe Only" D&D would be a lot of...

Most of the wild variance in SWSE's math isn't down to the base d20 rolls, it's down to the weird differences in bonus progressions...

Yeah, Andor is just very different. Tony Gilroy basically said, "they're going to let me make a prequel to Rogue One so it's going to be...

Your choice, but you are missing out. If Boba Fett and Kenobi were the karmic price we had to pay for Andor, I’d happily pay it again...

Finished Magic Knight Rayearth season 1 now and yup, it’s one hell of a tear-jerker. Plunging right into season 2, which I haven’t seen...

Ya know, this is a great read on the movie. I now want to go back and give it a re-watch.

I think the fact that you can have multiple takes - and all of them some basis in what you see and what they communicate - is why I...

Even the JLU version mentioned having trained as an architect IIRC, as well as being an ex-Marine. John really is a complete package.

We should probably stop talking about Thor, sadly. I'm interested in this trailer and series. I totally get the Hard Travelin' Heroes...

I'd kind of disagree with both, but that's probably not surprising. There are definitely clues that Thor is worried about taking the...

Err, sibling rivalry! I know plenty of siblings for whom that is a major motivation. And he isn’t wrong, Thor is too dumb to be king of...

No, I think Thor had a pretty solid arc. He’s initially the golden boy, leader of the gang, heir to the throne, who both feels the...

Captain America did a great job of making me care about that skinny little kid from Brooklyn who kept his values even after he 'grew up'...

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