[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Future Rider Prism

Well, an update to my computer made it unable to use wifi anymore, but otherwise, I'm doing pretty good. I don't have The Virus anymore, which is nice. Other than that, I don't really have anything going on right now. Besides college, I guess.

I feel like Defeated Covid is, you know, plenty! Congratulations!

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

YO! I wanna hear your opinion on the Snyder Cut! You have a lot of comic experience and I feel like it'd be really insightful

So, when someone asks us at the store how a book is, we never like to say something's bad. Art's subjective, and something not working is often just as subjective. (Good things just get praised straight up, OH MY GOD YOU'VE GOT TO READ THIS, that sort of thing. It's maybe a double-standard!) Maybe a book is in a genre you don't like. Maybe you didn't get a heads-up about some important element ahead of time and it threw you for a loop. Maybe you just read it in a bad mood. Whatever. So we don't like saying something's bad; instead, we say It Wasn't For Me.

The Snyder Cut isn't for me.

I've only done the first part so far, and I'm sure I'll get to the rest soon enough, but I needed to stop watching it for tonight. It's just about zero percent what I like about movies, comics, comic movies, DC characters, these actors, etc. The design document is just the word Mythic in a 72-point font. It's unrelentingly somber; every color desaturated, every musical cue mournful, grey skies as far as the eye can see. Everyone's sad, all the time.

But, like, working as intended. It's a movie that opens with Superman dying painfully for about five straight minutes, so it is not being coy about its intentions. I feel like everyone in the world who's seen Batman Vs Superman already knows if they're going to like the Snyder Cut, since it's just that but more. Same tone, same cast, same thesis statement (The Gods Suffer For Our Sins, same thesis statement as every Snyder movie), just for four hours.

Much like Darkseid, it transcends ideas like Good or Bad. It exists. That's all you need to know about its qualities. The Snyder Cut Is.

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

To be honest, I'm only taking one class right now because doing anything more would be really hard for me. I'm still hoping that if I keep trying I'll be able to do two or three by this time next year ish.

It's okay to take it slow! Better to keep things achievable than risk burning yourself out. There's always more time for school.

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

What you read? Did that scholastic book that was a big kamen rider reference ever come out?

I was mostly just reading news stories (the Washington Post) and random blog posts (some guy on Kotaku does not like the snipers in Outriders). Nothing of substance.

Fearless, that Rider-inspired graphic novel, is due out the first week of May. It's getting mostly positive reviews so far!

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

Also somewhat randomly, what you order for dinner?

Fettuccine Alfredo with grilled chicken from The Pasta Bowl. It was pretty delicious!

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

Nothing much, catching up to all of the shows that have been pouring out, like Anime, and the Kamen Rider episodes they've been putting up on YouTube, some more digital art practice, brainstorming ideas, and playing Final Fantasy XIV and Monster Hunter Rise. All while trying to deal with return of allergy season, and roasting in the night. All in all, just an ordinary day.

Hey, I just started playing regular Monster Hunter! Everyone was talking about Rise, and I've got the regular version for free on PlayStation, so I thought I'd fire it up. The combat is a blast, super-addictive, but I don't feel like I've got a grasp on the non-combat parts of the gameplay loop. Still, enjoyable so far.