Lit MACLUNKY -- The Lit Forum Maclunky Thread, v3

I strongly approve of the otter thing. Speaking of, my Internet experience has been greatly improved by this free Chrome plugin that replaces every instance of the word "other" with "otter":
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/others-to-otters/ondpmmfoomodhhlpgibmmjfmbolgngmf

 

I mean, I'd buy his middle name being Rostek.

Anyway, I finally finished Assassin's Creed: Origins. Best AC since Black Flag. It's incredibly gorgeous, massive, fun, and really well-written. Bayek is one of the best protagonists of the series. I have quibbles, as always, but they pale in the face of how much fun I had. I absolutely cannot wait for the story DLC, and I really, really hope we get the rumored Mediterranean trilogy of sequels.

 

Basically agreed. And every real quibble I had came in the last twenty minutes, anyway, and wasn't that big of a deal.

 

The last 3 episodes of this half-season of Star Trek: Disco were pretty good Star Trek stories. Time travel, landing parties, non-corporeal aliens and crazy mushroom stuff.

Can't wait for January.

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Well, that's going to be hard to not think about from now on.

 

Brad Bird apparently has a little arthouse film next year ... :

I'm cautiously hopeful for this one. Pixar keeps firing on all cylinders, but I'm hoping this'll be more than just nostalgia ...

 

The fact they chose to avoid a timeskip actually makes me hopeful on that front. It instantly sets Incredibles 2 apart from the "Hey, we're revisiting this beloved universe years later" thing.

 

I just watched the movie "A United Kingdom" that came out last year. At the end, I was shocked to see Rick McCallum listed as one of the producers. I think this is the first I've heard of him in any way since Disney fired him as one of their first post-purchase moves. Also not really the sort of movie I would imagine him producing.

 

He's producing that upcoming Britannia show with Ian McDiarmid in, as well.

 

Rick McCallum has to eat, too.

 

I hadn't heard of this at all. It'll definitely be something I'll check out, it's right up my alley (even though I can't imagine the thought process that goes into giving a character set in Roman Britain the name "Sawyer").

It's disappointing that McDiarmid hasn't gotten more screen roles, although I'm guessing it's at least partly because he prefers the stage. I think the first time I've seen him in anything since ROTS was The Lost City of Z this year, although I know he's done a few episodes of various BBC prestige shows, and I remember hearing him in one of the BBC Radio adaptations of John Le Carre's oeuvre a few years ago.

 

Was on a lecture about The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck today, followed by a signing by Don Rosa himself. I can now cross out that on my bucket list

 

Can I see your bucket list, please? I bet it's amazing.

 

I don't really have a bucket list, more like a mental one of stuff I really would like to do. Ad it's in practice rather boring stuff like visiting places I have not been to, meeting people I'm a big fan of, getting something created that will inspire other, etc.

 

My tweet was featured on The Star Wars Show! I am weeping manly tears.

 

Did you get a prize?

 

My bucket list is to become a Jedi master on this website, strike it rich, and to invent a lightsaber (if possible)

 

Lit at its most welcoming

 

Anthony Carboni and Andi Gutierrez kinda said my name, and one of my usernames appeared in (another!) official Star Wars thingie. I am really tempted to put this and appearing in the acknowledgements of the Essential Guide to Warfare in my CV.

 

So Stellaris is finally adding new ships and new Humanoid portraits:

Spoiler

 

A bit old, but I think people will like it*:
According to Cultural Analysis of the First Galactic Empire, Palpatine was insistent on spreading Nabooean culture across the galaxy. Is this accurate?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/30x6dy/according_to_cultural_analysis_of_the_first/


* and yes I know there is a locked thread here on lit about this reddit thread

 

I always thought The Incredibles was an underrated movie. It just may be my favorite of the Pixar films..... I am not entirely happy regarding the rumors that I have heard about the sequel, but it is still way too early to panic about rumors......