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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 21, 2019 11:43:32 GMT
I find the idea that the physical location a game is set in means it has to involve politics a bit weird. If it was set in London would it have to include politics? What about Paris or Berlin? simple logic, observe any American movie that deals with Apocalyptic subjects and you can be pretty sure that it will be set in Europe or the UK or some out of the way place in the middle of the desert - not in the heart of the US. In fact I believe 'Xander Cage' and type/genre would be the only area of industry that they would allow it. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 21, 2019 11:50:13 GMT
Its Sekiro day! I may stay up all night playing Sekiro but in reality I'll probably feel tired and go to bed at about 10. The old place would have been luminescent with Sekiro pump by this point, I think at least a few would have been lost to overpump. Different times. The last pump here was RDR2, no one came out of that well |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 21, 2019 11:56:23 GMT
I find the idea that the physical location a game is set in means it has to involve politics a bit weird. If it was set in London would it have to include politics? What about Paris or Berlin? simple logic, observe any American movie that deals with Apocalyptic subjects and you can be pretty sure that it will be set in Europe or the UK or some out of the way place in the middle of the desert - not in the heart of the US. In fact I believe 'Xander Cage' and type/genre would be the only area of industry that they would allow it. The Sum Of All Fears includes the nuking of Baltimore. Pretty sure Independence Day has large parts of Washington destroyed. |
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Post by amipal on Mar 21, 2019 11:57:23 GMT
simple logic, observe any American movie that deals with Apocalyptic subjects and you can be pretty sure that it will be set in Europe or the UK or some out of the way place in the middle of the desert - not in the heart of the US. In fact I believe 'Xander Cage' and type/genre would be the only area of industry that they would allow it. The Sum Of All Fears includes the nuking of Boston. Pretty sure Independence Day has large parts of Washington destroyed. The Sum of All Fears also features the worst Jack Ryan. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 11:58:52 GMT
The Sum of All Fears also features the worst Jack Ryan. Really? Tim from The Office isn’t that great either. |
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Post by Conchord on Mar 21, 2019 12:00:01 GMT
Its Sekiro day! I may stay up all night playing Sekiro but in reality I'll probably feel tired and go to bed at about 10. The old place would have been luminescent with Sekiro pump by this point, I think at least a few would have been lost to overpump. Different times. The last pump here was RDR2, no one came out of that well I don't know, I got a lot of good naps out of it. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 21, 2019 12:03:17 GMT
It's Baltimore not Boston what gets nuked.
What sort of idiot made that mistake?
Standards round here have never been lower.
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Post by Faceless on Mar 21, 2019 12:07:20 GMT
RDR2 was the best. I miss it.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 21, 2019 12:15:47 GMT
simple logic, observe any American movie that deals with Apocalyptic subjects and you can be pretty sure that it will be set in Europe or the UK or some out of the way place in the middle of the desert - not in the heart of the US. In fact I believe 'Xander Cage' and type/genre would be the only area of industry that they would allow it. The Sum Of All Fears includes the nuking of Baltimore. Pretty sure Independence Day has large parts of Washington destroyed. truly, but Indep. is more an 'all in' rather than just Washington. Baltimore is outside Washington and not a direct attack on the US state Capitol, movie wise. maybe they weren't allowed to have Apocalyptic movies based there post 9/11 without the US winning??! Edit: noted Boston not Baltimore, still outside |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 21, 2019 12:18:26 GMT
The Sum of All Fears also features the worst Jack Ryan. Really? Tim from The Office isn’t that great either. why do everyone hate on Ben Affleck, I thought he was rather good in Dogma and the Accountant. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 21, 2019 12:19:26 GMT
No no no
It's Baltimore. Your correction has included my error.
In my defence it is 17 years since I saw The Sum Of All Fears and I didn't enjoy it much
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Post by Faceless on Mar 21, 2019 12:22:48 GMT
Does anyone know if The Sum of All Fears is set in Boston or Baltimore?
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 21, 2019 12:25:22 GMT
The Sum Of All Fears includes the nuking of Baltimore. Pretty sure Independence Day has large parts of Washington destroyed. truly, but Indep. is more an 'all in' rather than just Washington. Baltimore is outside Washington and not a direct attack on the US state Capitol, movie wise. maybe they weren't allowed to have Apocalyptic movies based there post 9/11 without the US winning??! Edit: noted Boston not Baltimore, still outside Sum of'- Quote: "After the Neo-Nazi's scientists build a secret nuclear weapon that destroys Baltimore " wiki I was wrong in backing down so soon without remembering what i read less than 5 MINUTES AGO! Bad Kane, Bad Kane..Good Kane (honest). |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 21, 2019 12:25:28 GMT
I've wanted Boston nuked ever since I saw Good Will Hunting.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 21, 2019 12:26:46 GMT
Does anyone know if The Sum of All Fears is set in Boston or Baltimore? Sum of all fears, wikipedia, Baltimore, Ben Affleck... |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 21, 2019 12:36:46 GMT
I've wanted Boston nuked ever since I saw Good Will Hunting. oh dear! I have to break the golden rule and apologise to the blog for my shambles of a series of posts. The joy of my brain in the morning is that I tend to multi-think - LBC + blog + YouTube + Coffee pint + typo's = me in the morning. I did indeed use wiki for the info even though I have seen the film, so i should have known the answer having read it, but my morning head took precedence over rationale. No i don't apologise, no absolutely not, unforgivable to do so, such a disgrace. I'm done.. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 21, 2019 12:42:40 GMT
Dogma is one of my favourite films.
I hesitated about posting this.
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Post by amipal on Mar 21, 2019 12:44:45 GMT
Really? Tim from The Office isn’t that great either. why do everyone hate on Ben Affleck, I thought he was rather good in Dogma and the Accountant. "Hate on"? Come along, old chap... I think people dislike him because Ben Afleck tends to play Ben Afleck. Dogma was very good though. |
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Post by Shenguin on Mar 21, 2019 12:44:55 GMT
Wanker Edit: I'm dreadfully sorry amipal. My apologies. That was aimed at Felice Landry not you. Edit 2: I'm dreadfully sorry Felice Landry. My apologies. I somehow got confused between a shit comedy film I'm not really aware of, and Lars Von Trier's artistic/cinematic manifesto. Clearly if you liked that, my comment would have been fully justified. As it is, I guess I look like a bit of a berk. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 21, 2019 12:44:56 GMT
It's (Good Will Hunting that is) a terrible film.
Utterly rancid and schmaltzy at the same time.
Sugared shit
The only way to be safe is to nuke Boston from space.
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Post by amipal on Mar 21, 2019 12:50:24 GMT
The Sum of All Fears also features the worst Jack Ryan. Really? Tim from The Office isn’t that great either. Best to worst: Alec Baldwin Harrison Ford Chris Pine John Krasinski Ben Afleck |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 21, 2019 12:55:10 GMT
Wanker Edit: I'm dreadfully sorry amipal . My apologies. That was aimed at Felice Landry not you. Edit 2: I'm dreadfully sorry Felice Landry . My apologies. I somehow got confused between a shit comedy film I'm not really aware of, and Lars Von Trier's artistic/cinematic manifesto. Clearly if you liked that, my comment would have been fully justified. As it is, I guess I look like a bit of a berk. Shenguin's account has been hacked. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 21, 2019 12:56:11 GMT
The result is still the same
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Post by Faceless on Mar 21, 2019 12:58:54 GMT
Once, when ordering pancakes in Boston, I asked the waitress if anyone ever made 'Boston pancake' jokes. She asked what I meant, which put me in the slightly uncomfortable position of having to explain it.
Cool story etc.
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Post by Conchord on Mar 21, 2019 13:02:47 GMT
Is a Boston Pancake a depraved sex person thing? Either way, I'm not googling it.
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