DangerousJ

sheeeeit, currently watching Thor Ragnarok on netflix.... Cate Blanchett dressed up as Hela....holy SHIT that is some PRIME TIME Cougar hotness right there.  She could dominate me anytime, any place 😳

Superman's Greatest Moments:
 
Is it considered trolling if it's the truth?
 
 

Currently watching the latest video Tev did on what's going on with Dsp lately... someone actually tipped Phil $300 during a stream...  I don't really get the point of donating/tipping these people in the first place (*because what are you getting out of it?  Sure there's some online "personalities" I enjoy watching...normally of the hot girl variety...but what would I gain from donating even 1 penny to them?  Not a damn thing.) --- but once again I'm thinking--of all people....THAT GUY?  And.... 300 fucking dollars?  As Seinfield might say--WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?!  What is wrong with them?  I keep wondering what their "story" is, y'know..?  Perhaps they are kids that are dipping into Mommy or Daddy's credit card..?  (*or a working person that is so well off he/she can afford to throw 300 bucks out there like it's nothing; which is still stupid, imo even if you can afford it... I keep thinking about all the other things one could do with 300 dollars; that's a new game system, that could be your bills, perhaps a car payment, some good times at a strip club, etc. etc.) If that's the case, it would be hilarious to see Mommy/Daddy's reaction once they found out about it.
 
*edit--also, it keeps cracking me up whenever he refers to what he does as "work" 😆

Doctor Strange (2016)

>Fede Alvarez, Nikolaj Arcel, Dean Israelite, Jonathan Levine and Mark Andrews were approached to direct before Scott Derrickson was hired.

>Benedict Cumberbatch initially declined the role of Stephen Strange due to scheduling conflicts with his theater commitments. Mads Mikkelsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhall, Tom Hardy, Colin Farrell, Ethan Hawke, Jack Huston, Oscar Isaac, Keanu Reeves, Matthew McConaughey, Ewan McGregor and Justin Theroux were approached to play the role before filming was delayed to accomodate Cumberbatch's schedule.

>Ken Watanabe, Morgan Freeman and Bill Nighy were approached for the Ancient One before Tilda Swinton was cast.

>Tony Todd was approached to voice Dormammu, but was ultimately replaced by Cumberbatch himself.

>In early drafts, the Ancient One was a Asian man and Wong was not featured. When the Ancient One was made into a Celtic woman, Wong was added to the story as one of Strange's mentors.

>Early drafts revealed that Strange went through the loop thousands of times before Dormammu decided to accept his bargain, and that he remembers each and every time he died.

>Early cuts featured a subplot about Strange's sister, Donna, who falls into a river while they're playing together and drowns despite his attempts to save her, motivating Strange to study medicine. Lulu Wilson played Donna, but all of her scenes were cut.

>Early cuts featured more parallels between science and magic that were cut from the movie so magic would remain shrouded in mystery.

>Early cuts had a slightly darker tone that didn't ressonate very well with test-audiences. Dan Harmon was then hired to revise the script and more lighthearted beats were added in reshoots.
 
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

>Director James Gunn added Ego as Star-Lord's father before learning that the characters rights belonged to 20th Century Fox. The studio eventually traded Ego to Marvel Studios in exchange for changing Negasonic Teenage Warhead's powers in DEADPOOL.

>Gunn was advised against including a particular alien race, the Sneeps, because their name resembles the Icelandic slang for female genitalia. The studio eventually relented to their appearance.

>Early drafts included the Nova Empire. John C. Reilly and Glenn Close were approached to return as Daenerian Rhoman Dey and Nova Prime Irani Rael, but Reilly was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts, and was ultimately written out alongside Rael.

>Early drafts included the Collector, but Benicio Del Toro couldn't return to scheduling conflicts.

>Early drafts featured Adam Warlock as the Sovereigns' secret weapon, but the character was ultimately cut as he was superfluous to the narrative.

>Early cuts featured a longer segment on Earth including cameo appearances from Nathan Fillion as fictional actor Simon Williams and Gregg Henry as Grandpa Quill, but both were ultimately cut from the movie.

>Early cuts featured a sixth post-credits scene in which Gamora and Mantis hearing the screams of one of the Ravagers who were pierced by Yondu's arrow and has presumably been forgotten and screaming in agony throughout the third act of the movie. This was deleted as test-audiences didn't get the joke.

>Early cuts featured a minor scene of Drax loudly slurping soup to his teammates' annoyance which was cut for time.

>Matthew McConaughey was approached to play Ego, but ultimately declined, and Kurt Russell was cast at Chris Pratt's suggestion. Liam Neeson and Gary Oldman were also considered.

>David Bowie was slated for a cameo as one of the Ravager commanders before his death in 2016.
 
Once again time for what could have been in the MCU:
 
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

>Ted Melfi was in talks to direct the movie, but dropped out to direct HIDDEN FIGURES and was replaced by Jon Watts. Drew Goddard and John M. Daley & Jonathan Goldstein were also approached.

>Michael Keaton initially declined the role of Adrian Toomes due to scheduling conflicts, but Marvel Studios was able to accomodate to his schedule. Michael Shannon was briefly approached for the role, but declined. Mark Hamill was also interested.

>Watts originally envisioned Nick Fury as Peter's mentor.

>In early drafts, Zendaya's character Michelle was also Peter's apartment neighbor. Further revisions made them just classmates.

>In early drafts, Tony Revolori's character was named "Manuel". Further revisions made him into Flash Thompson.

>In early drafts, Toomes would've been one of Peter's teachers and not Liz's father.

>In early drafts, War Machine and Vision would make appearances, helping Iron Man save the collapsing Staten Island ferry. 

>In early drafts, Happy would tell Peter that Tony told him to tell Peter something about how "with great powers comes great... Whatever" when they meet in the bathroom.

>In early drafts, Peter would accept Stark's offer and reveal his secret identity to the world.

>Early cuts featured an extended sequence of Aunt May rescuing a young girl in peril while secretly being observed by Peter.
 

Fist of the North Star game from Yakuza developers coming October 2 2018!!
 
It seems PS4 only.
 
Will have English and Japanese audio
 

Early reviews of the Wave 3 POTP figures.the remaining 3 Terrorcons
 
Sinnertwin
 
 
 
Blot
 
 
 
Cutthroat
 

Transformers Music Thursdays:
 
My second favorite battle theme of the pre-movie era
 
 

ROFL.  I didn't really see this one coming, but yeah.

wooooooo yes one of my old favorite Foxes Martha MacCallum is on FoxNews right now... girl is absolutely legendary....the salad would get SO tossed, no question.  She is one of the best blondes I've ever seen.
 
sheeeit, speaking of that... I haven't really analyzed my rankings according to that category...just off the top of my head..
Blondes (*whether or not they are genuine blonde doesn't matter to me):
Allison Mack, Martha MacCallum, Trish Goddamn Stratus, Tomi Lahren, Stacey Keibler (Legend status), The Classic Legend Jenny McCarthy, and my honey Elisabeth Banks....very underrated.  Also---from back in the day--Elisabeth Shue, and Christina Applegate, Nicole Eggert (her ass was the real star of Baywatch!)....and 90s-era Pamela Goddamn Anderson....and Shannon Tweed.
 
Generally speaking, when it comes to the white meat I tend to prefer the redheads though; I may drop a quick list of those later, but the current champion of that category is my baby Emily Beecham, who plays "Widow" on Into the Badlands. The other major one that comes to mind right away is Jessica Chastain, then Holland Roden (RIDICULOUS redhead from the MTV Teen Wolf show)
 
damn I want to play some more Vampyr at the moment... but I'm probably about 10 minutes away from slipping into Dreamland....this is despite having a decent amount of sleep last night.

Wasn't DOA5 the first DOA without Itagaki? Ninja Gaiden 3 lacked gore until the Wii U version. They only put it back after fans complained about the 360/PS3 version. I think Team Ninja wants to get away from Itagaki's style but they are hamstrung by fan expectations. Japanese developer's seem to not give a fuck about "SJW"s. That seems to be a western dev thing.  Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a Nintendo game. The character designs are provactive and the game has boob physics out of DOA2.
 
 
 

I actually came away a little excited but I went in with really low expectations. 
 
DMC5 hit all the right notes for me so I'm cautiously very excited for that. I was cool on Last of Us 2 despite really liking the first one, but this trailer did a lot more to sell me on it and I'm way back on board. Also due to nothing but nostalgia and it being deliciously dumb I am looking forward to what the hell ever that Battletoads game ends up being. And like I said earlier I'm surprisingly into the idea of AC Odyssey but I'm not sure if I'll actually bite on that one (I bounce off of all those games after about 6 hours). And I have a pre-boner for Cyberpunk 2077.
 
Thing is, the way companies announce and promote games has shifted so much that E3 is just another press conference for me (not a new idea by any stretch but I agree with it). Anyone can do a livestream or throw up some YT vids to promote their games nowadays and most companies are doing just that (seems to be much easier, relatively cheaper, and gives them a lot more control over messaging). 
 
Like with Doom Eternal. I'm excited for that of course after playing through the last one, but E3 was just "hey this thing exists and we're gonna talk about it later at a time that benefits us more". Trailer looked great and I'm glad its confirmed but I'm one of those old farts that doesn't really get excited about a game unless I really like the idea (Cyberpunk 2077) or I see something that is at least a proof of concept of gameplay (what was in some of the trailers). Which also limits how much some of this stuff moves the needle for me.

Funny Restaurant Names
 
Tiger Woods favorite spot?
 

 
 
SRK1 official restaurant
 

 

 

 
and finally..
 
Daboog's Favorite Florida restaurant
(this is in Pinellas Park . - 1 hr from me. Ive' never been there though)
 

Someone said this elsewhere, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is more of a Bioware game than Anthem.
 

Ass Creed Odyssey gameplay
 
 

Hitman 2 - Nov 13,2018. 
Gameplay trailer
 
 

Shadow of the Tomb Raider gameplay
 
 

Wolfenstein Youngbood Trailer
2019
 
 
 

Sure, a part of it is esports and tourneys, but what they are really trying to overcome is reputation.
 
Over the years people have given DOA the short end of the stick because the stereotype is that it's the game that weirdos and pervs play.  More than anything else this is about trying to rebrand.
 
They want the game to succeed, and in order to do that they need to grow.  Part of that involves making the game appeal to more people than it has in the past, and one of the first steps is moving away from shit like DOA Xtreme.  Some hardcore fans will cry about it, but I can totally understand why they might want to do this.

DOOM Eternal Trailer (sequel to Doom 2016)
 
 

@DangerousJ  Shenmue 3 got pushed to 2019 a few month's back. I believe they updated their Kickstarter with the info. IIRC it was along with a video showing updated facial animations.