Yeah it's a real shame what BioWare has done to themselves. They made some great games and then lost touch with what their fanbase loved in an attempt to pander.
But while it's sad to see a once great game industry fall, I see it as an opportunity for great developers to rise in its place. There's always a bright side.
@DivineJustinia I absolutely loved this Trilogy. I played it back on ps3. The only downside was they added the 1st game as an afterthought for that console and so nothing you did in the first game carried over to the second. aside from that, it was amazing to me.
@DivineJustinia This is part of why people develop an absolute hatred for AI. Cuz some fool with no respect for artists is willing to abuse AI to do shit like this.
but he throws something new in the mix on top of using old tropes. he refreshes it, gives it new life. He does it with love and passion and it shows. I'm not sure how to explain it. it's not like movie studios who're doing it for profit and have no love for what they're making. And again, it shows.
American Studios have one massive issue: they focus on the surface level and replicate it, milking it hard for everything it has without pouring anything of worth into it. Instead, they, like AI, take and recycle old tropes and inject whatever messaging they can in an attempt to make you think the way that they do.
The only way we get anything worthwhile here anymore is when an independant creator pushes to make something they feel passionate about. Bear in mind, this does not include those independant creators who also seek to use fiction to do the same thing big western studios are. Being a little guy these days just means we're rolling a D20 to see what quality we're going to get, at least in America or the UK.
When I say passion driven people, I mean people like @mattrhodesart. People like this are not driven by greed, but by a need to tell stories they feel a real soulfull connection with. For the few of those who pay attention to the crap I post here, check out this man's work.
We need more of this in my country. https://t.co/PFtrZ1BCGh
[Spoilers ahead] I just saw #GodzillaMinusZero and I have to say, I have never been moved to tears by a kaiju film like I was last night. The way I see it, American studios fail to reach anywhere near close to the quality of this film.
I dissect films with my friends a lot. Every time I go to the movie, I spy cliches, I nitpick for believability - not to be confused with realism - and I analyze contradictions and acting quality. Japanese studios know how to make a monster of this scale inspire true awe and fear. They both supply a majestic presentation and yet focus down on the devastating impact they make on the characters involved.
Unlike The American Monsterverse films, the Japanese studios build characters that make you hope for their success on a personal level. They play with themes such as loyalty and loss, by showing more than telling. While we in America can build great fictional worlds and occasionally make great stories - of which the latter has lately become fewer and farther apart - these eastern studios take shit and turn it into gold.
Yes, I am glazing the crap out of this. I will die on this hill. Western Studios need to really look at this film and take some notes, as well as learn the right lessons from it. Does it have some flaws? Yeah. It does. Their plan for how to defeat Ghidorah makes very little sense and is executed over a seemingly short period of time.
Two other possible flaws - though I expect there is good reason for them, which leads me to believe there may be a third film later down the line - is when they stop the plan after Ghidorah's seeming defeat to attempt killing Godzilla again and opting for preservation of him. The why and who gave these orders is omitted.
Furthermore, the aftermath of Ghidorah is also omitted. Once Godzilla blasts the living hell out of Ghidorah, we do not see the body. He is blasted off screen and the camera doesn't return to him for the remainder of the film.
But hey, these might just be cliffhangers. In which case I am more than looking forward to the next installment of this series.
@nikamoon__ have you gone to apply this texture pattern to other wood types as well? I'd like to see it on birch and acacia... as well as the other color changes that could be applied to those.
@halalboozee this would logically mean that a mother cannot live away from the father with the child, as this would force the father to abandon the mother and child.