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What's a poorly received movie that you liked?
  • Two movies come to mind:

    Alita Battle Angel (2019) might be the best Anime adaptation to date. It has become one of my favorite movies of all time. I guess it wasn't received badly, it has been barely received at all. This should have been a blockbuster, but most people aren't even aware the movie exists! It's such a shame, I really hope we get the follow up movies, because this one was great!

    John Carter (2012) wasn't great, I have to admit. I can't argue with it's 6.6 rating on IMDb. It's a flawed movie, but it is so much fun! It's an epic pulp adventure! If you go in expecting just that, turn off your brain and just enjoy the ride, you will have a great time! People were really too hard on it, when it came out!

  • Deck Help/Show off: Be Basic - Nonbasic land removal is ~~not~~ effective
  • Oh, I see the case for the Necromancers! That makes total sense. Also I didn't see Beacon of Unrest, that's a better cut for sure. I always want to play it, but the mana cost is just too damn high.

    Anyway, cool stuff! Let me know how it goes!

  • Deck Help/Show off: Be Basic - Nonbasic land removal is ~~not~~ effective
  • Got it! In that case I'd recommend adding Demolition Field. I run it in almost all of my decks. (On second thought you have enough non-basic hate, so this is too clunky in comparison)

    I'd probably cut Tsabo's Web for a basic, because its use is even more restricted than "Non-basic" and your land count is pretty low.

    I'm also not convinced Bola's Citadel really fits here. It's a busted card for sure, but your average cmc is a bit too high to really go off once it hits the board. I'd probably run another basic instead ;)

    Then I think you could use more draw. Something simple and unconditional like Night's Whisper. I quite like Hostile Negotiation, Moonlight Bargain and Stargaze in decks that also want to fill the graveyard. Skeletal Scrying is also nice, when you have enough cards in your graveyard, it's especially nice, because it's an instant. Also great for your type of deck are Twilight Prophet and Keen Duelist, because of your high cmc creatures.

    If you're looking for cuts I'd suggest Dark Ritual (not enough value), Dread Return, Apprentice Necromancer, Doomed Necromancer (you have enough recursion), Invader Parasite (doesn't quite fit the theme).

    Other cards I'd recommend: Coiling Rebirth (doubles creature etb), Final Parting (tutor creature to grave and Ruination to hand) and maybe some of the other tutors (like Insatiable Avarice) to allow you to wreck havoc on the non-basics more consistently!

  • Deck Help/Show off: Be Basic - Nonbasic land removal is ~~not~~ effective
  • Not effektive in what sense? I usually run non-basic spot removal to deal with especially strong lands. Are you talking about mass land denial? Because then you'd obviously run into decks with lots of basics. So, yeah, not sure what you are trying to prove.

    For what it's worth I like Wave of Vitriol to basically shut down artefact and 4+ color decks that don't run enough basics, while triggering Landfall on my side. It's green, though.

  • Women and the Men Who Write Them (Door Monster)

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31911837

    > Interesting analysis of the depictions of various fictional women and the writers behind them

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    Women and the Men Who Write Them (Door Monster)

    Interesting analysis of the depictions of various fictional women and the writers behind them

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    Is ignoring your anxiety unhealthy?
  • I feel like your title, text and spoiler are talking about three different things. There are many types of anxiety that can be tackled differently.

    You already got good tips for most, so I'm going to concentrate on your spoiler text: When you are too high, I recommend chewing coffee beans. They act calming on those cases.

    As for your existential anxiety: You might want to continue that train of thought to it's conclusion: Eventually everything ceases to exist. Nothing is permanent. Everything is in flow. All that is, all that matters, is now. This moment. And all you need to do is live it.

  • Convince my brother to watch Attack On Titan
  • I don't think you can say anything to him that will convince him. The more you will try to convince him the more resistance you'll get. That's just how it is with media. You can't make people like it, if they aren't up for it. Maybe try again in a year or two

  • DnD is for EVERYONE

    Hey guys, I told one of my mates this story, they mentioned you might like to hear it here.

    Before this pandemic, I was running a home brew adventure with some friends, and a couple of strangers and we were having a a blast. It was me, 5 adventurers and our Rogue's Gf (who we'll call Silent) who wanted to watch and learn but didn't feel she could play.

    Now Silent had a really bad stutter, and I don't mean bad like she stuttered on every few words but you could understand her, I mean it took her 3 minutes to say 2 words. Because of this, she felt she couldn't really play which is a shame. She would normally watch and then text her boyfriends or me some questions.

    But hey we gotta make sure she is involved, so I gave her a character sheet and some spare paper and Silent ended up designing a bard name Baroness Hammer lute with a +10 to Performance (You'll never guess what her instrument was). Now as our sessions continue, I found out that while Silent cannot speak clearly, when she sings, she is essentially clear as day. She could sing entire songs with maybe a slight falter if she has to say 'Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious' and she can 'sing speak' (if that's the right term)

    The group are more than happy to have her join in the game so myself and her bf suggest that she plays as the Baroness, but that her character has a curse that makes it she can only sing, she cannot speak normally also we had to nerf that +10 bonus). We ended up calling it 'The Divorce Curse' after her character divorced her husband.

    She's happy as a clam and two sessions later, she's literally playing a drum solo on the BBEG with a pair of dragon bones while singing the opening verse from 'Psycho Killer' (which was a little scary).

    To see this quite, reserved person turn into a Bardic maniac singing 'C'mere you little goblin bastards! I haven't eaten all day...' was amazing, and it's why I love this game.

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    Voodoo Puppets of Hell and Doom - CSP1 (Psychedelic/Stoner Rock)

    VoPuHeDo is a psychedelic rock band from Leipzig and has become one of my absolute favorites!

    They're currently trying to gather funding for their debut album. The funding deadline is in 3 days and they are at 83% of the funding target. So if you want to help upcoming artists you can support them on Start Next.

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    magic.wizards.com Introducing Commander Brackets Beta

    Gavin and the Commander Format Panel (CFP) are here with a new way to matchmake your Commander games!

    Introducing Commander Brackets Beta

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25449480

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    What are your EDH / Commander confessions?

    Do you have any EDH / Commander related confessions? Have you ever cheated in the game, maybe by accident? Do you always keep Sol Ring in your hand on T1 so you don't get targeted? Do you hate full art cards?

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    Free Games @lemmy.ml janonymous @lemmy.world
    Fallout Classic Collection (containing Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics) free on Epic until Sept. 5th
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    You play as Kevin, the most handsome wizard in school — until your face gets stolen! Learn gesture-based spellcasting as you beat challenging enemies through mind-boggling mazes in this turn-based tactics game. Can you catch the thief and save face?

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    Edit: I'm not actually opposed to watching movies with directors cuts. Just realized I love watching ridiculously long video essays about movies, but almost never watch directors commentaries. Not sure why, probably availability.

    Also I heightened the phrasing for comedic purposes ;)

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    Need help with casual Kess, Dissident Mage Reanimator deck

    I'm trying to build a fun, casual Reanimator deck using Kess, Dissident Mage, but I'm having a little trouble: Moxfield Decklist

    Basically the deck is pretty inconsistent and susceptible and also not very interactive. Meaning I might be lucky and reanimate a big threat turn 3-4, but it's a single threat that can be easily dealt with. And because it is a big threat, it usually is the immediate focus. While others build their board, I filter cards until I can reanimate another big threat, leaving my board pretty empty. This could be compensated with interactions, but because the deck needs enough big threats, filter/loot cards and reanimate spells, there is little space.

    I run a couple of tutors to help with the consistency, but they are kind of inappropriate for the power level of the deck. So sometimes I replace them with less good draws/threats/reanimates.

    I feel like my only course is to play even more impactful threats, which are expensive to get, but also increase the power level inconsistency, while making me the target, because there could be something very bad incoming at any time.

    So, is there a way to keep this a casual deck, but also make it more consistent and interactive? Maybe focusing a little more on spellslinging?

    Edit: In the end I came to turns with the fact that a reanimator strategy alone does not work in a 4-player game (except maybe with much stronger targets). So I build the deck a little more into the spellslinger direction, cut the Demonic Tutor and accepted that it will be a power level 6 like my other decks.

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    Listen to This @lemmy.world janonymous @lemmy.world
    Rainbow Kitten Surprise - It's Called: Freefall [Indie Rock]
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