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#1 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 282 weeks ago

I never really believed into that whole "Russian collusion" thing about Trump, but I've recently run into this article, according to which the USA have become an extremely interesting place for Russians to invest in real estate in, because of tax policies.

And this happened shortly after Trump got into office.
What do you guys think about it?

#2 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 282 weeks ago

Considering buying a PS4 after over a decade since the last time I bought a console. The reason?
Ace Combat 7. The PS2 trilogy is among the best games I've ever played (with Il-2 Sturmovik, Hearts of Iron IV and the STALKER trilogy) and I couldn't miss that, especially since I could get my hands on Valkyria Chronicles 4 as well. Plus, some other titles I'm interested in have been announced for the platform, such as Metro Exodus.
Of course, the two last games have been announced on PC as well, but my dinosaur is unlikely to run them, and I don't see myself building a static gaming PC or sinking money into a gaming laptop, so PS4 it is.

I'll give RDR2 a try if I can play it at a riend's house or something like this, because I'm not that much into Wild West stuff and prefer not throwing money away for a game I'm not sure to like.

#3 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Super Hero Movie Epidemic » 282 weeks ago

Well, the actors who did the first American Pie movies are in their 40s now, aren't they? It's just the same people doing the same jokes, nothing surprising 14
But to come back to the topic of superhero movies, I've stopped watching them a couple years ago, and now just feel like there's a steady flow of superhero related memes in my social network feeds, without starting or stopping point. I don't know what are the movies called, what are most superheroes called (I recognise Superman, Batman, Spiderman and a couple X-Men, but that's the full extent of my knowledge) or what universe they're from, but there's a set of superheroes I've seen non-stop for the last 6-7 years, and at this point I'm afraid to ask where they're from!
It's like fantasy themed anime or battle royale video games these days. You just get a steady flow of knights with huge swords and witches with impressive hairstyles, or a flow of guys running in the woods of an ever shrinking battlefield with weapons they found laying around, and don't really find what's the difference between them.

In fact, I think that there's a huge loss of originality in all media these days, but here's a little question : has it always been this way? Hasn't there always been trends in media, leading to a wave of very similar things (remember the avalanche of teen fantasy novels after the success of Harry Potter? The strategy video games after Total Annihilation and Command and Conquer?), and we just get a feeling of diversity from the fact that most of these less original titles were quickly forgotten, and only the trope creators and truly original creations are remembered after a couple years.

#4 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses tour to continue through 2017(and beyond) » 282 weeks ago

You could do a terrible joke with Shadow and the hedgehog cocks, but I'll leave it out for our collective sake lol

To come back to a serious tone, of course, Axl sounds worse than he did in his 20s/30s; he's getting old, and has to deal with things like nature getting in his way.
It will never be as awesome as it was in the late 80s/early 90s, but come on, they still manage to put on one hell of a show after all of these years and it is a feat that shouldn't be underestimated. The "pure" performances aren't the same, but the efforts and skill put to work are still very present.

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