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I went back to your dad's Far Cry. Playing Far Cry 2 again reminds me of the things I miss in Far Cry 2. The fantastic map, which doesn't pull you out of the world. How much better the diamond economy is compared to the fiddly and grindy economy of Far Cry 3. Excellent music and much better sound design. It's odd -- Far Cry 2 has less wildlife and what it does have isn't nearly as well made as in Far Cry 3, but when you're making your way through a rain forest, the sound design makes it feel more alive. I miss the tigers and such that keep you on your toes a bit in Far Cry 3, but the atmosphere and sense of threat is still a lot stronger in FC2. I like that in FC2 I need to pick my route, while in FC3 you can just go toward the waypoint until you reach it. FC3 starts out pretty safe, and once you've mopped up an island it's sterile. In FC2 I always have to plan my route in order to avoid the most dangerous locations. Most importantly, no corridor runs. I just saved myself from an ambush by jumping off that bridge in one of the photos. I feel like FC3 has smoothed out all the corners in FC2 and avoids all the complaints people had of FC2. However, I learned to avoid those frustrations a long time ago, but the new ones FC3 brings along don't seem avoidable.

Probably. Too lazy to check it, but I think 3D generally shoots both frames at the same time. You still get 24fps. The film's frame rate shouldn't be tied to how it's projected.

From here: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2035592960/tt1631867

Where's the confusion? Or do you have some kind of sprinkler peripheral that covers you in water if there's rain in a game?

Hey, if it doesn't get me wet or cold, I'd much prefer some occasional clouds or a rainstorm to constant sunshine.

That's a damn rude kangaroo.

Here's one: http://online.wsj.co...3270637790.html Maybe. Think negatively!

Yeah, what is it lack of variation in weather? I think I've had one thunderstorm, one shower of rain and the rest is blue skies and sunshine.

I suppose if I had big problems with sleep, I would use anything that could help. I don't, so I'm not willing to sacrifice seeing colours clearly.

Now my monitor looks really murky and orange. I don't think I get it.

Jesus christ, the checkpointing is so bad in this. If you leave the game (in frustration) in the middle of a mission, you have to play it through again. Okay. I'm on the second island and there's this mission where you have to go pick up some papers, but there are guys all around trying to kill you. The game decided that whenever I spawn at the last checkpoint before I reach the papers, I have zero health. None. I originally reached it with full health. Okay, when I reach the papers, suddenly guys turn up from both sides of the bridge I'm on. They have jeeps that cannot explode. I have the papers, but I can't just leave, which would be easy. I have to reach "the getaway vehicle". It's on the other side of the bridge from where I ran to cover. The game decides to start spawning rocket soldiers from a tiny hut I was just in. This is exactly in the direction I'm supposed to head, and when I finally do I reach the getaway vehicle, it "Needs a repair tool" and I die. Turns out I only ever liked clearing out camps and the Wanted Dead missions in this game, the rest is either filler or just incredibly frustrating. I uninstalled it, I don't have it in me to play through that mission again.

The Wanted Dead missions are impossible if you can't find out who's the boss dude with that icon.

I can't believe they called Cliffy B. an alcoholic on television.

I just realized that Smaug is The Hobbit's Kurtz.

It doesn't matter where it was from!

That's because all movies have been 24 fps forever.

Sorry, man, your post began So I thought it would be about technical stuff and skimmed it. I didn't notice that line. Thanks for the support!

I guess nobody walks in South Carolina? I'll keep to two syllables from now on.

I only detailed some of the reasons I think the LotR movies are bad adaptations after I was specifically asked to. No one directly commented on a single one, instead I've been mocked and had a cartoon drawn of myself. So this has been excellent.

Poorly paced, too long, overly focused on huge battle scenes and bombast. Gimli. Kung fu fighting wizards. Surfing down stairs on a shield. Some characters lose a lot of what dimensionality they might have had (did I mention Gimli?). There's no sense of mystery to anything. For example, in Fellowship of the Ring it actually takes some time before it's clear that Strider is a Good Guy, but the movie is directed in such a straight way that there's never any question about it. All the towns and such are CGI'd to look pretty, but don't feel like places. There are many side plots that are so poorly integrated they should have been cut from the production at an early stage. Aragorn's romance, for instance. Some stuff works well, like Frodo & Sam's relationship, Gandalf and a few of the other characters. In Hobbit, we really don't need to be shown what Gandalf is doing when he's away. We only need some hint that there are bigger, mysterious things at work than Bilbo or even the dwarves can suspect. It's a lot simpler tale of adventure and should be easier to adapt. I was really hopeful when Guillermo Del Toro was attached to the project, as he has more vision and imagination than Peter Jackson. I doubt he would have seen the need to film every word Tolkien ever wrote and force it into a linear narrative.

The Hobbit doesn't need four hours. Maybe two and a half, presuming someone actually spent some time figuring out how to best adapt it into a movie. Peter Jackson is completely incapable of doing any actual adaptation, which is why the LotR movies are so pedestrian. Unfortunately, it seems that the idea of quantity over quality from gaming culture has infected cinema and now people think they are getting more for their money if they have to sit in the theater for longer.

It's like a photo taken with a very wide angle lens and very close up, except the perspective fails to affect her breasts or butt.

No, just kill all the guys.

Thank god for this tool. I'm so tired of manually typing out my Facebook death threats.

"Holy cat, my pleasure!"