Recent content by TiQuinn

Ehhh, don’t know about that. Within reason, directors have a lot of ability to force script changes if they are big enough directors. If it’s an outright bad script, they typically don’t sign on to begin with. Also, my issues with Spectre come down to pacing, which is not just the script.

I’ve noticed a difference in overall acceptance, not necessarily willingness to want to participate, i.e. I’m don’t hear much overall mocking of how I like to spend my free time. Now that could also be a function of age too. Kids and young adults can just be meaner than adults, but there were...

I don’t have a problem with Villeneuve but I’m likewise not beside myself with joy over it. He’s a good director, but so was Sam Mendes who gave us one exceptional Bond movie (Skyfall) and one terrible one (Spectre).

But what is bad about that scene, or others that it inspired? It’s a wonderful scene. And as a trope, it’s no different from say “Silence of the Lambs”, or “A Few Good Men.” Maybe I’m missing the original post, but even if a verbal confrontation or clashing of worldviews between protagonist and...

I’m just gonna hope these two sides (AI use of copyrighted material versus the endless copyright holding company) just keep knifing each other in court.

He can clearly refute the second part of my statement if he has a mind to, but asking someone to state plainly about what they quote is not out of pocket.

I think whether it’s Monty’s quote or not, that’s a dodge. He reposted it, he’s bringing it greater attention. Call them out is all I’m saying. If it were WotC, they’d be named already.

I hate call outs that aren’t call outs. You’re talking about Darrington Press, right?

I think it’s a net positive for Darrington Press. Perkins and Crawford’s name recognition is not insignificant, but it’s also not quite the black eye that some may think it is for D&D either. Honestly, it still comes down to execution for both companies.

I do not see how Fat Bottomed Girls has anything to do with this. 😐

I kind of feel the opposite. There was so much that was campy or low budget or silly in the 80s that something actually intended as camp could slip through the cracks. My appreciation for BB has grown over the years (though I’ve always loved those end credits)

We just finished Gradient Descent for Mothership, and I think it took us about three months - maybe 9 sessions total. Great short campaign that ranks now as one of my favorite megadungeons.

It… …wait for it… …depends. 😁 Like, if the game is supposed to be a gritty dungeon crawl full of traps and monsters where the location is more important in name than any single character or NPC, I think that speaks to a game where the PC has to earn their hero status if they get it at all...

I’ve done the reset thing a few times too but inevitably it’s the same people who end up back on it almost immediately.

I definitely remember this - as kids who didn't always have regular D&D games, that fiction was a connection that we still had to it. A lot of kids who never even played the actual game still read the stories. I still recall going into my local Crown Books and just seeing an entire section...