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    The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread

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    Just now, MillionX said:

    I'm wondering how long it can last though

    They are kind of an anomaly.  They got away with dropping the N Bomb and came out unscathed.  I think it's because everyone recognizes they are extreme satire and social commentary, and nobody is safe from being made fun of.  I hope the keep it going as long as possible, but it looks like it will be just a few more specials from now on.  I believe they are under contract for another year or two.

    Video Game Discussion Thread: Now Featuring Animated Avatars

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    13 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said:

    Am I the only one that can't pull myself away from Octopath Traveler?

    That game is definitely on my radar. I'm glad to see you like it. Reviews seem to be praising everything but the story, but I'm wondering if that's because there isn't any real plotline that connects the eight characters? That might not necessarily be so terrible if you're not expecting a FFVI campaign. I'll definitely be picking it up soon.

     

    I just started Hollow Knight last night and it's amaze balls. 

    Westworld

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    Man, I kinda want to binge the whole Season 2 before the finale. Episode 9 was fucking crazy! I seriously think I like this show better than GoT, especially better than the last couple seasons of GoT. Westworld is up there as one of my favorite shows of all time.

    The Star Wars Thread: Where we discuss ALL of Star Wars

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    I don't think people really put as much emphasis on just how incredible Luke projecting himself at the end of TLJ actually is. Kylo asked Rey if she was the one connecting them the first time their minds were bridged- and that was when they could only just see each other and not their surroundings. Then he said no, the effort would kill her. Luke completely and physically manifested himself onto Crait from the Jedi Temple. I've never seen anything so incredible done with the force before. It was an awesome send off for the character I thought.

    Westworld

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    I agree that the William we see is human. What I'm wondering is if another version of William was printed on the ball.  He seems to have some sort of reckoning with the last conversation with Delos, and decides no one should live forever.  So maybe he doesn't know about it? What if that's part of the game Ford made for him. Ford has years and years of William's presence in the park recorded. And he sent Bernard to take the last ball and kill everyone in the lab.

     

    Ford obviously has something specific in store for William- that's been the MacGuffin of William's story arc in Season 2 so far.  Ford developed a narrative directly for William. I bet it has something to do with the ball, and I'm thinking some form of William is on it. This is all just fun thinking, though.  It definitely makes sense for it to be Ford, but it's definitely possible for it to be William and that's where I'm kinda leaning right now just because it would be totally fucked up but awesome for William to come face to face with another version of himself (young version?).

     

    Westworld

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    36 minutes ago, misterBee said:

    Well:

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    I'm pretty sure the ball is Ford.  It MIGHT be William, but that theory might be a bit of a stretch.  I don't think there's anything that hints that William isn't who he says he is.

     

    That being said, did you notice when William is flashing back to the death of his wife, the bathtub has blood in it?  He said she killed herself with pills...wonder if there is a reason for that disconnect.

     

    Yeah dude! I did notice that.

    In regards to William:

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    I don't think he isn't who he says he is, I'm just wondering if the ball has his consciousness coded in it.  Like he was trying to get it right with Delos to perfect it for himself for later or something.  And why did Ford have Bernard shut the lab down and kill everyone and take the ball? My first thought when watching last night was that well, it's obviously Ford's consciousness.  I just don't fully trust it to be that simple. But who knows? I'd like to know more about the process of printing a consciousness, and whether or not the subject has to be deceased or not.  If that's the case... could it be Arnold? How much of Arnold is actually in Bernard?

     

    I'm interested in seeing how stealing the guests' DNA and monitoring and recording their behavior patterns within the park is going to play into all of this.  It's fascinating from an anthropological point of view.  Like some kind of fucked up ethnography.

     

    Westworld

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    6 hours ago, misterBee said:

    @Chadouken ARE YOU SEEING THIS SHIT?!

    Yeah, holy shit, man. It answered a couple questions I had- specifically who Grace (I mistakenly called her Gale in an earlier post above) is and when the events took place in the Safari/Jungle/India Park.  Do we need to use spoiler tags since the episode aired? If so,

     

    Spoiler

    So Grace's resemblance to Theresa was coincidental and it takes place along the same timeline in the two-week period leading up to the beginning of Episode 1.  She is William's daughter Emily.  You were right about that not being in the past, and the tiger really did put that theory to rest.  I kinda figured, but this show has trained me to question everything, lol.

     

    Seems like the big mystery now is who's mind is printed on the ball? I'm thinking it was either William or Ford, or even possibly Arnold (that's a long shot). Could MiB William be a host and he doesn't know it? That wouldn't really make sense because we've seen him get shot in Season 1 and, unless Ford coded something to make him immune to the bullets, he definitely didn't get wounded like the other hosts.  But we've also never seen MiB William outside of the park. In this episode Ford (as Lawrence's daughter) told William the game involves looking backwards.  What if the Mind Ball is William's consciousness printed and put into a Young William's host body, and MiB William and Young William will have to face off at the end of the game?

     

    William's final conversation with host Delos was interesting, seeing William come to the realization that nobody should live forever, and that he's not so sure anymore if it's a good thing to keep trying to perfect immortality.  I'm wondering if William had those test runs on Delos done for himself in preparation for his own immortality?

     

    If the Mind Ball was printed for Ford, was the Ford who Delores shot at the Season 1 finale really human, or was it a host stand-in?  Will we see Anthony Hopkins return later this season, either as human or as a perfected conscious in a host body? I guess a big question is when did the Mind Ball get printed.  And what does it have to do with the DNA collected and all the hosts behaviors' recorded?

     

    Also, Elsie was all, "Can I trust you not to hurt me?"

    And Bernard was like, "Yeah (but also I murdered the fuck out of everyone in this room and stomped this dude's head in).

     God damn, there are so many layers in this show.  I'm still processing what I saw last night, and I'm thinking I might go back and rewatch them all at the halfway point in the season.

     

    Also:

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    Fuck yes, Samurais next week!

     

    How Often Do You Go To The Theater?

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    I go on average about 3 times a month. My wife and I like to watch movies in the theater, especially since I can order tix online and pick our seats, which are big recliners. Since I quit drinking I found I have a little more disposable income, and going to check out movies is a fun night out for me these days.

     

    We always hit up Walgreens on the way there for some snacks, but will get popcorn sometimes.

     

    Last week we watched A Quiet Place. There were probably five other couples in the theater and right during a silent part (which was pretty much the entire movie) a dude in the front row ripped a giant fart that echoed throughout the theater. We spent the next 10 minutes crying we were laughing so hard. But it was the kind of laugh where you have to hold it in because you don't want to make any more noise, especially for that particular movie. You know, the kind of laugh like when you're in class cracking up with a friend but you don't want the teacher to see you laughing or you'll get kicked out of class. 

    Westworld

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    12 hours ago, misterBee said:

    Well I think:

     

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    The girl who floated over from Indiaworld is just a normal person -- reminds me of Theresa, but I don't think she's related in any way.  She and the tiger wash up on shore, and it makes no sense that there would have been a huge robotic uprising in the past/the tiger has been lying on this beach for years and years until it is found at the beginning of S2.

     

    I don't expect time shenanigans like in the last season.  It's clearly known that different time periods are in play, and I think the real mysteries are what William built, the purpose of the park, and why all the hosts are floating dead in the water.

     

    That's what gave me pause-

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    When Gale was first introduced I could have sworn that it was young Theresa, and I'm almost convinced that was done on purpose. Everyone I was watching with thought the same. But then the tiger- there has never been any known instance of animals crossing parks (that was mentioned in episode 1) so it pretty much had to be the same tiger Bernard sees.

     

    The way the guns interact with humans still throws me off though- when Gale shoots the guy in the room. The bullets supposedly don't impact humans that violently anymore- but they did 30 years ago. That was established in Season 1. I dunno, maybe Safari World didn't get that update. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. Still kinda suspect, though.

     

    I'm also wondering if Delores is still in script, being what Ford programmed her and Maive to be. I wouldn't put it past Ford to write this whole uprising and execute it from the grave.  Well, that's pretty much what happened, but I'm saying it's possible he could have written these paths and there is no self consciousness in the hosts. That it's all part of his plan to get back at Delos or some shit.

     

    Westworld

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    Season 2 is starting to ramp up. Episode 3 is definitely the strongest so far and it offers some good mysteries.

     

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    So... Did anyone else catch that the woman in the Jungle Safari park at the beginning of the episode had the same mannerisms as Theresa? At first I thought it was a flashback to her when she was younger, but some things didn't add up. For instance, the hosts becoming violent towards the guests- I didn't think that had ever happened until the current timeline. And the tiger washing up on the shore indicates that it is the same one that Bernard and Co see at the end of Episode 1. However, there are a few things that make me think that the events in the Safari park are from an earlier timeline. Most notably when the woman (credited as Gale) shoots the guy she's seducing. The impact from the bullet shot at a human is a lot more severe- like it was when young William first visits Westworld 30 years ago. Somewhere in Season 1 it's mentioned, or at least indicated, that there had been an upgrade in the bullets and how they impact the guests, becoming much less painful to get shot. Remember young William getting shot in the street and it knocks him on his ass, kinda like the guy when Gale shoots him in last nights episode. Seems to indicate an earlier timeline.  Is the tiger a red hearing, or is it indeed the same one Bernard saw? I don't know, but that young Gale woman looks and acts and holds her cigarette a lot like Theresa did. 

     

    Video Game Discussion Thread: Now Featuring Animated Avatars

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    1 hour ago, misterBee said:

    Not really interested in one.

     

    Most of the games on Switch that I'd be really interested in are usually multi-plats that run better elsewhere, and if I got a Switch it would be hooked up to my TV practically all the time.

     

    I have a 2 gaming PCs, PS4, and Xbox One.  I work from home and don't have to commute.  When I do get on the subway, gaming isn't a priority for me.  I don't enjoy Nintendo titles as much as some other people do.  I'm the exact type of person the Switch ISN'T tailored to. =/

    My Switch is petty much tethered to my TV, too. The only time I take it off the dock is when I go on a trip. However, I am a huge Nintendo fan and love their exclusives. Zelda, Mario, Mari Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Metroid, Smash Bros, and now Bayonetta more than justify a purchase for me.

     

    You're right about the multi platform games though. I have DOOM for PS4 and even though it would be cool to have on the go for the times I use the Switch undocked, it's just better for PlayStation. In fact, when I do take my Switch on a trip I usually play indie games. Like right now I'm about to take a flight home and having Celeste on the plane is going to be dope. 

     

    But yeah, if you're not into Nintendo games then there's probably not any reason to own a Switch.

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