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Well now I need to find that Bana Hannah that I never knew existed to complete it.

Wait a minute. You're telling me there's 2 different versions of Hannah? One with a British lead and one with a Swedish lead? Then there's Anna with a Russian lead that has nothing to do with the others?? Hannah=/=Anna=/=Hannah A palindromilogy?!?

Perhaps, but Hannah on Amazon Prime is great and you should definitely watch! Joel Kinnaman (of Altered Carbon fame--been a fan of his for a while) and his super-soldier adopted daughter kicking ass and taking names. And they're all out of... name taking down... materials...and THUS, have no choice but to kick an extra amount of asses.

I added a new entry to my "list of movie making tropes that once you're aware of, you can't help but focus on": -when a shootout occurs in a contained public area like a club or restaurant, there are terrified patrons running around in the background. None ever appear to be trying to escape, just running from cover to cover. Watched Anna today and it struck me during an extended fight sequence in a restaurant that the place didn't clear out until about minute 4. John Wick, Collateral, you can't unsee it. My other favorite example is tire squeal. It doesn't matter if they're driving on sand, leaf litter, or wet grass. If they need to convey a sense of urgency in the scene, tires be squealin'.

I wonder if Neil DeGrasse Tyson has replaced the word "sometimes" with "somespacetimes" when he talks...

Girl Interrupted!

It's my first week back at work, and I need to take the edge off. A little isopropyl alcohol in the coffee...

That reminds me of a joke I just made up. How come Jewish vampires don't rise from their coffins? They use unleavened dead!

Though, hopefully not a garlic bread!

Finally got around to American Ultra (2015) If you're the type of person that can stomach Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, keep reading. If not, best avoid this one, because the neuroticism of the former and the glassy-eyed vapidness of the latter are cranked up in this flick. That said, they both turn in good performances and are, in fact, perfectly cast because the whole thing is a very self-aware ultra-violent romp. Pretty fun time if you don't take it too seriously. It's not a must watch, but if ever there's a random reason you're stuck at home for hour after endless hour, there's worse ways to carve a tally and a half out. 6/10

Having asthma makes you feel like the call is coming from inside the house.

I need just enough alone time to reflect, not enough to dwell.

Thank you! You huffed, puffed, and blew us all away! (In a good way)

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See, this is how I know people aren't ready for the end times What are you tightwads gonna do with 500 lbs of chicken when the grid goes down? Me? I'm cashing out my 401k and eating only the choicest cuts. I only need enough meat to get me to cannibalism season, anyway.

I went on my weekly shopping trip for a week's supply of groceries the other day and couldn't help but notice larger crowds and a more picked over store than usual. Toilet paper and canned goods, I get. But why is all the chicken gone??? Not all the meat, ONLY CHICKEN. Is chicken the best meat for the end times? The best theory I've got is while the panicked masses are surveying the meat section and deciding what to heard, they think back to the last virus scare--swine flu. "Dirty, dirty swine. I can't risk it, gotta avoid swine." But then further back in their minds, another thought, "which animal is a swine again...? Dammit, think! Your family's lives depend on this.....I know it's a red meat beast....ah [big bad swear word] it, I'm just buying chicken." And then, much later, a third thought: "Wait....what does 'avian' mean again?"

Sorry, you're out of luck. Guitars are not allowed near private ponds. Strictly enforced.

There is always the option of waiting a couple days after release and just using Battlescribe. All of the rules you need are updated in there. Just scout around the internet for rumors and leaked images so you know what to look for, and then watch it get updated on a free app. I used to feel the compulsion to buy everything just to feel I'm up to date, but I totally forgot that I never bought Chapter Approved 2019. The only thing I care about are points adjustments, and I don't think I'll ever have an opponent ask me to whip out CA 20xx and confirm a points adjustment because they could swear they remember fusion pistols being 10 points. If they do, I'll do everything in my power to will myself into a terminal brain occlusion. I carry just the codices I'm souping, and with point costs written erased and re-written in pencil. I have Psychic Awakening on me too, but that's only because there aren't good reference sheets and I don't know it all well enough. It's not strictly necessary to compile and play an army. The amount of sources you have to draw from is absolutely ridiculous for this edition and it could use an 8.1 to clean up FAQ and errata bloat. The actual cost impact of so many sources still largely comes down to the collector/pragmatist question.

Thank you! Yes. I knew there was a more obvious example that were more recent than a crop of 10+ year old movies. It is the Neeson crutch, but I'll allow it. No fence is going to convince me he isn't a badass.

Hmmm...interesting. I haven't seen it myself and now I'm more tempted. While Michael Bay definitely has a signature style, I don't associate him so much with the shaky cam/quick cut gimmick. Over-saturated colors, and a lot of low angle/rotating shots. As much as I hate the shaky cam/quick cut stuff, it's usually a movie maker's way of getting around choreography obstacles. The Christopher Nolan batman movies (though they improved this as they went on) had a heavy rubber suit that just won't look good in a choreographed fight. In fact, the original TMNT movie is the only example I can think of with good looking fights with actors in bulky rubber suits. Usually it just comes down to budget or timeframe. Don't want to hire a quality choreographer or good stuntmen? You get the Bourne Supremacy and Ultamatum. Or the movie is just a hack job across the board like Quantum of Solace (the 2nd Daniel Craig James Bond movie). The action sequences in that [big bad swear word]show are just incomprehensible.

There should be a men's grooming device called a lawn bro-er.

Okay. After playing in a tournament tonight, Butcher's Bill is not as bad as I thought. You can score it once per player turn. So you can theoretically score it during your opponent's turn if you manage to kill 2 units in CC or have some whacky timing interaction. Still not great, but doable.

I can't keep them straight. They all look the same on the inside.

Yeah, the real issue with it is the fixed attacker/defender roles. With how much LoS blocking there is in ITC, hiding an army is certainly doable. Particularly with defensive stratagems employed liberally on the first turn on whatever elements can't hide (flyers, monsters, etc). I personally think it should be "2+ units killed per phase" which would allow it to be scored multiple times a turn by a well-rounded army. Because, as an MSU player, neutering BB and removing the +1 to go first, the only remaining check to MSU tactics is the Counter-Offensive stratagem (the close combat interrupt). I charge 1 unit with 5 units, swing with only 1, he interrupts and swings at my 4 who haven't gone yet. But that risk has been there since day 1 of 8th Ed, so I'm pretty used to planning for it and playing around it as best as I can. This rule set looks like a good time to be a soul-sucking pointy-eared space jerk!

Some finely drilled Mordian Ironguard there 😉