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It's kind of mind-boggling how Tolkien's fantasy Nazis (orcs) have somehow become a race that people willingly identify with and become offended on behalf of. It's probably Warcraft's influence but still.

Answered already in post #215. 'I honestly was not interested in Guardians of the Galaxy after seeing Trailer 1, but I remember Trailer 2 made me immediately sit up and go, "actually, I want to see that movie."'

(A) I mean that it didn't feel like a comic book movie. There weren't any superpowered heroes; normal dudes like prison guards were a significant obstacle that required thinking to get around; no knocking people through brick walls; etc. (B) I thought I answered the question, but clearly you're...

I'm not a fan of comics. I liked Guardians of the Galaxy because it DIDN'T feel like a comic book movie. No superpowers, no punching people through brick walls. Does that answer your question? Okay, so you were exaggerating/strawmanning. You're saying now that it's a reaction to Disney's...

I think we're basically on the same page about what makes a good trailer now. Yes, the short, specific information in trailer 1 adds context and sets the tone. I honestly was not interested in Guardians of the Galaxy after seeing Trailer 1, but I remember Trailer 2 made me immediately sit up and...

Agreed. The guy who said it's probably "continuity lock" was spot-on. That trailer is already designed to appeal to people who are already familiar with the source material.

Not solely to do with its quality, but The Last Jedi got more hate than Rogue One why? Because it was a worse movie. And The Rise of Skywalker was so bad that even people who wanted to like it found they... didn't. Make something good and it'll be tough to criticize. Make something awful and it...

I went back and rewatched it after reading up a little bit about the movie, and at least now I can spot some things that are intended to be funny, like the "I can show you"/"Don't!" bit. This trailer would be better for a movie titled "The Marvels: Quantum Entanglement", or if it had some...

What I saw in the trailer was: There's some kind of a space station. There's some kind of explosion I think, and a person in a space suit is now yammering excitedly through the windows of the space station at the guy. Captain Marvel is in a place, looking around. Something something...

Nope. But I do think that a good trailer wouldn't have attracted nearly so much negative attention.

Yeah. Even as a viewer it was pretty obvious that Kang wanted to stop someone even worse than him, and that talking things out was in everyone's best interest. But they didn't. Not "objectionable" but "incomprehensible and dull." Someone upthread mentioned "continuity lock" and I assume that's...

Dungeon Fantasy not only has point values for everything, which makes it sensible to purchase traits like Extra Attack 2 that you can't get via feats in 5E, but it also has FP (fatigue) as a universal resource that all characters have to fuel special abilities such as e.g. dragonborn breath...

Apropos of nothing: Back when I was a girle, before I became a guy, "girle" meant "a young person of either gender" and "guy" meant "a person of grotesque or unusual appearance." :)

Hmmm. That makes sense and matches what I remember of the movie. You're probably right.

There's definitely some anti-Thayan prejudice though, and Forge's dialogue suggests that Soufina would be subject to stares and different treatment if she didn't hide the fact that she is Thayan.

It's the other way around in fact. Narrativism is mainstream; but if you happen to mention that you might like a bit of simulationism in your games in the form of e.g. giving Str +1 or whatever to human men, Con +1 or whatever to human women and all dwarves, and Dex +1 Con -1 Int +1 to elves...

I think it's to point out that there may not BE any sexism, or whateverism. If I were playing in a game based on The Power (TV series), there would be nothing sexist about the GM refusing to give The Power to me unless I play as a female. It's just part of the worldbuilding conceit. If I play a...

You picked the Berries of Power. You picked the blessing from a God of Strength. Then you complained that they shouldn't be needed. As for the rest, you're assuming your own conclusion: "the only possible reason for Strength caps to exist is sexism, so everyone who likes them must obviously be...

(A) You're the one who came up with those magic items--now you're complaining about your own examples? (B) How rude.

I really liked Black Widow, but I still wish they had gone with Dave Harbour's stated desire to do all of his dialogue in Russian with English subtitles. (Except for the beginning when he's still undercover.) They are all perfectly capable of speaking unaccented English as well as Russian so...