Chyll

Again - your opinion.

Others find the whole cobbled-together drawn out mess a completely disengaging failure that has slowly pushed them away from playing.

I think the point remains, that no matter how much we imagine motivations and conflict from a non-human point of view it is only realistically possible for us to view such from our human perspective so it is always 'human vs.' no matter how much we imagine it differently.

I am not sure I entirely subscribe to such a limited theory, but it has a point worth considering.

All this.

And because variety is fun.

That's a bit of a stretch. Plenty of female dominated programming and films out there.

Castle lost me a bit into this last season. And I can't figure out why.

If that's true.....

Which I appreciate in terms of the elaboration and discussion, but reading them and considering the thought behind them only reinforces my own current opinions...

Broken and scarred by loss... it is completely believable and relatable. In the same vein as the more fantastic (as in fantasy) 'The Crow', which gives the story/character a deep well of emotion and connection as it's base to draw upon.
Which slathers a saccharine layer of frosting on top of the over powered basis of improbability for who / what he is.

edit: which ties back to the comment Lothic made (probably better) 3 posts up (which I read after I typed this up).

True, no argument there, but they still always feel forced and flat to me... sort of an angst-y feel similar to famous media/entertainment people complaining that the papparazzi are following them.
That may be unfair...
I don't doubt that it probably is. But it is one of the elements at the core of my dislike of Superman.

It isn't the species... it is the emotional connection to what drives him.

I admit that I gave up on reading comics before this period, particularly DC, so I have no reference to what they have done.
(As an aside: except Batman Beyond's re-introduction got me back into comic stores just in time to have DC rudely yank the rug out from under me and send me out of them again.)

And for this reader it never worked. There was never real dramatic tension or emotional tension. It was always reading about Mr. Perfect... which is more unbelievable to me than unicorns and dragons, for whatever reason.


I appreciate the discussion.

I agree with you. Any further attempt would be... disheartening unless it very carefully approached it as something completely different but related.

I... my personal interpretations and experiences with both materials is categorically the opposite of this very interesting analysis - to which I cannot subscribe (but have placed into the hopper for later consideration).

I know! Shocking, ain't it?

As far as I remember, respec'ing after the added slots caused level 50s with purples to lose the purples - as in *poof* the enhancers were gone.

There may have been other nasty effects, but that is the particular one I seem to recall.

Yep, releases this week.

I stand firmly behind this concept.

I personally was never able to develop any fandom of DC comics as a kid - it eventually turned into a general disdain of DC that kept me from buying Batman, who I did like. There was nothing to work as a relatable or engaging character. I pesonally blame Superman - the over the top too powerful character left zero drama, and I feel that too much of the atmosphere/feel bled over into the rest of DC's material. I've felt this way easily for... at least 20 years or more.

I have felt the same distance with the movies.

This may be one of the best/simplest summations of this topic I've seen.

It is the responsibility of the organization - irrespective of specific individuals - to encourage and enforce solid professional practices such as documenting, knowledge transfer, etc. so one's business is not left in position such as this later. This applies to programming, manufacturing, engineering, and all professions. Sure, there are gaps and difficulties in this practice, as with all processes, but for a sgnificant feature to fall by the wayside is an issue of the attention and management of the organization as much as the actions of an individual that moved on. It is simple finger pointing and a weak argument to hang a hat on, IMO.

As a counter, there has been turn over in other key activities and no disruption.

No... I can't see the two match up at all...

I'm not sure how "digging around in 8 year old Fossil Code" is any different than "time and manpower"...

(And if it is fossil code, they've got no one to blame but themselves.)

Or there's just Dany (the dragon), with three dragons (the heads)...

Though her struggles to control/influence three at once does seem to indicate the need to have more helping her. Or she just hasn't learned how yet, since she hasn't been particularly active in trying, beyond treating them like large, fire-breathing, flesh eating dogs.

Malaise certainly affected the examples listed... but I'd counter that bad movies are bad.

It may be pretty close, given how well Dark Knight did... but it had Heath's impact lifting it, too... so, yeah, I expect Avengers to remain king for quite a while (unless Spiderman really surprises).

edit: non-supers, I still doubt Prometheus will top it either.

Yeah, "Battleship" looks like a great big pile of left over footage from Transformers, "now AT SEA!", and "OH, CLASSIC Childhood game!" (which had nothing to do with aliens...)


...completely uninteresting.

Yep, that's what I'd hope for, but I'd have greater expectations on the movie front.

The idea of a TV series, with the issues of budget and it being disconnected from the continuum with which the average audience would connect makes me leery.

(edit: related to series budget, while I could see an exec thinking that the Hulk change would be pretty cheap to repeat, the computer effects in new scenes for the Hulk himself, and the special effects of things going SMASH would get pretty high on a week in and week out basis. And we all know that if they try to go character driven and not let the Hulk out fairly regularly there would be... issues... with ratings unless what they did do was done very, very well.)