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Technology & Information / Re: Most common passwords...

« on: January 17, 2017, 04:15:03 AM »

Hey let's all see how our passwords stack up. Everyone post your passwords for your most frequented sites. :]

FES blocks your password if you post it!!! ****************** See!!!

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Sherlock

« on: January 16, 2017, 08:25:20 PM »

I find myself pining for the early seasons when Sherlock solved a clever murder cleverly with some dry humour and witty dialogue to string it all together instead of the bloated 'too-clever-by-half' plots, superspy characters, and ridiculous villains.

It's interesting that you say that, because I'm not sure that I'd call those elements new additions to the series. Sherlock was tangling with spies and assassins in "The Blind Banker," and "A Scandal in Belgravia," the main villain in the first two seasons was Moriarty, and they had their fair share of overly-convoluted plots.

Holy shit, "The Final Problem" was fucking horrendous. I've excused weaker episodes in the past on the grounds of the cast being good enough to make it enjoyable, but even they couldn't save this one. This was painful. This was agonizing. Nothing about it had anything to do with the Sherlock we know and love, and none of it made any sense. Where to even fucking begin with this?

Why would Sherlock think that the best way to trick Mycroft into revealing Eurus's existence was with staging a weird horror movie-like scene?
Why would Mycroft fall for that? He knew that Eurus was an adult and supposedly imprisoned.
Wouldn't it have been so much simpler for Sherlock to talk to his own non-secretive, down-to-earth parents first? They didn't know everything, admittedly, but they could have at least confirmed Eurus's existence.
How could Eurus be controlling or programming people with her pseudo-nihilistic gibberish?
Even if we allow that her nonsense was particularly compelling or persuasive (it wasn't), how could she have control over the entire Sherrinford staff, to the degree that nobody tried to stop her during this weird scheme of hers? Did everyone there have to spend some time with her?
Why did Eurus even bother with that whole impersonation stunt in the last episode, anyway? None of it had anything to do with the plot in this one.
How did Eurus get to and from Sherrinford? Did the staff provide her with helicopter rides or something?
How did Eurus get ahold of the governor's wife?
How did Eurus get ahold of the three brothers and discover the details of their alleged crime?
How did Eurus get ahold of all her props and equipment for her scheme? The rifle, the coffin, the multiple TVs, etc.
How did Eurus bring Sherlock and John back to Sherlock's old home?
How could Eurus simply have been impersonating the girl on the plane the whole time? Even if Sherlock couldn't tell that Eurus was simply disguising her voice, wouldn't the lack of background noise (like the roar of the engines) give it away?
How does it make sense for Sherlock to replace the memories of his friend with the memories of a dog? That's just stupid.
What was the point of bringing Moriarty back for this, from an in-universe perspective? The video clips of him didn't really add anything to the intensity of Eurus's dilemmas.
How did Moriarty somehow manage to be the most sane and rational part of this episode?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Superhero Movies & Comics General

« on: January 13, 2017, 04:05:17 AM »

I suppose I might as well talk about Batman video games here. Arkham Knight is fun - when it actually works. I've had to reinstall it three times so far because of the game suddenly declaring that it's corrupted and refusing to work. And this is on PS4, too, so they don't even have the excuse of it being a bad port. Unbelievable.

I can offer more complete thoughts on Telltale's new Batman game. It's good! It's my first Telltale game, but from what I've read online, it is more or less the same as any other Telltale game from a technical perspective, and it does have its own share of annoying bugs and glitches, although I can't bring myself to complain about that, given my current struggles with Arkham Knight. My favorite part is actually how it puts the focus on Bruce Wayne rather than Batman. It makes a lot of sense when you consider that the action scenes, although cool-looking, are of course just QTEs. There's no point in trying to compete with the Arkham series with that, so they don't. The real meat of the game is how you handle your personal and professional life as Bruce, and to that end, there's plenty of sharp dialogue, difficult decision-making, and rich character development. The one thing I will criticize it for, beyond the aforementioned technical issues, is that there are quite a few moments in the story that don't really make sense or aren't properly explained. But that's just a minor issue. I enjoyed this a lot, and I'd be delighted to see a second season.

http://deadline.com/2017/01/green-lantern-corps-warner-bros-david-goyer-justin-rhodes-dc-1201884133/

David Goyer to write the script

For fuck's sake, WB.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 12, 2017, 05:10:40 PM »

There was applause, from the Trump staffers in the back of the room. You can see in the video that it's definitely not the other journalists cheering him on. I would say that Trump doesn't understand the difference between a rally and a press conference, but it's more likely that he just doesn't care.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Sherlock

« on: January 12, 2017, 04:35:22 AM »

"The Lying Detective" was dumb. The best part was Toby Jones hamming it up.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 12, 2017, 02:46:26 AM »

^^^ If anyone wants to see what happened without narration from a lunatic like Mark Dice.

3. Say everything on Trump's twitter feed is shitposting nonsense. Even if everything there is 100% bullcrap, he is still posting it for a reason, yes? I can't believe SexWarrior would be naïve enough to think Trump is posting "for the lulz". It is pretty obvious that he tweets to control media narratives or misdirect attention away from other things, and as such it is important to pay attention to his tweets even when they are shitposts.

4. And finally, let's say everything Trump posts is inane shitposts for literally no reason. You still shouldn't ignore it, because he's the goddamn president, and his words have consequences on the global stage. Trump tweets about Boeing building Air Force One, and Boeing's stock falls $2 per share. And that's not even the most effective thing he could do. Trump's twitter feed literally has the power to cause a diplomatic incident. Other trolls do not have this power. So it is still important to pay attention to what he tweets.

That sounds like all the more reason why Trump's shitposting on Twitter should be ignored.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Chicago racists torture disabled man

« on: January 11, 2017, 11:59:49 PM »

I'm not suggesting that it should be illegal to be a member of BLM. I'm suggesting that BLM should be declared "literally a criminal organisation". It's a negligible distinction legally, but an important one from a social standpoint.

How would that help socially? It'd just end up triggering millions of BLM'ers all across the country, and be taken as proof that black lives don't matter to the government.