Yuanrang

Mask of the Betrayer was damn good. Never played Storm of Zehir, weirdly enough.

Somehow, Covid-19 managed to reach the furthest corner away in the world. No work today or tomorrow, at least. ...back to building Neverwinter Knights.

You do know that you are begging us to see what happens when you snap, right?

An unconvincing victory, for sure.

Now you made me curious..! Can you give me a compelling argument as to why I should give Jackie Brown another chance? What makes it your favourite one? Plenty of people say they like it a lot, but I always forget to ask them about what makes it so good, so... hi.

I mean.. they are not your average popcorn action flick like The Expendables for groups of people, but bouts of philosophy and morality aside, they are entertaining enough to see with people, yeah. In fact, if you consider Kill Bill or Inglorious Basterds something that you can see in a group, then yeah, both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction will be more than fine. Bear in mind that, at this point, they are movies from the early 90ies though, so... I am not sure if that will turn people away (and if it does, might I suggest you unfriend those noobs? ).

Reservoir Dogs (It was the first Tarantino movie I saw, and I love the premise of it.) Pulp Fiction (It is just great.) Kill Bill volume 1 (Very confusing and disjointed way of telling a story, but the mix of genres and pushing a general narrative through volumes 1 and 2, makes both 1 and 2 solid movies. Volume 1 was clearly the better one, however. Inglorius Basterds (Perhaps this is ranked as number 3, not sure. I like it, but Kill Bill played with so many genres and made a really good, though thoroughly confusing, movie). Kill Bill volume 2 Very large gap down from the above 5 that I consider to be solid movies, to the bottom two which I did not like too much. Jackie Brown (People usually love this, but I do not, and I do not know why. I ought to give this a second chance.). Death Proof (Not a fan of the genre, so I very much did not seriously watch this, but more with half an interest. I should perhaps give it a more honest chance, but genuinely...? I do not like the genre, and I do not care to give it another go. ) I have not seen Django Unchained nor the Hateful Eight (or Once Upon A Time..), so I cannot say. I think both of those would be movies I would greatly like, however, so..

It is probably best to point out that Tarrantino's style, if he has one, is to incorporate and mix-mash a lot of different genres, narrative aspects and general methods of creating action, suspense and drama. You can love one of his movies, and feel entirely different about another one. Tarrantino is the prime example of someone who just wants to tell a story and be artistic in the way he pays homage to the stories/genres he found inspiration from.

You know, I thought about that earlier, how you would die of a heatstroke as you donned armor and ran around in scorching hot 30+ Celsius. I am glad you are not gambling your health on attending Conquest, because... damn... Perhaps in hot areas, but not in Scandinavia. It is a waste of money since Summer for me is generally 1-3 weeks of sunny weather, and usually we are talking 25 degrees or so. Problem is, last year and this year have been utterly unbearable, having the sunny days stay at around 30-35 degrees. Yesterday, our national heat record was passed, and today it is insufferable. 6 months ago, it was -29 Celsius, now it is easily well over 35 degrees indoors. In fact, that is the danger. Norway tends to be very cold during the WInter, so we isolate our houses thoroughly, so they retain heat. Then Summers like this come, and it is just a nightmare. I actually have a heat pump that can function somewhat as an AC unit, but it only creates temperatures to about 17 degrees Celsius. It is mainly intended to heat the house, not cool it.

Have fun! ....and not the fun I saw when I noticed it was 33 Celsius outside at 09.00. Either the measurements are all out of wack, or things are going to get horrid today.

Vote: Fake

Can I interest you in an appointment with an optician?

I do not see you winning, no.

....okay, you got me. I have no retort for that one.

Ye of little faith.