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My Top 10 Movies of the 2023. Past Lives Monster The Iron Claw Killers of the Flower Moon Anatomy of a Fall Saltburn The Killer Oppenheimer Barbie American Fiction Thought it was a very good year for movies.

So our regular group hadn't played in about 70 days. We left on a cliffhanger of going to the home of one our characters. He had left when he was young and hadn't returned, hoping to find out what happened to his parents. We get there and he Dimension Doors him and 1 other party member into his childhood bedroom. The other three of us go around the back and end up in a fight with the evil druids who have overtaken his home. We ended the game with someone making death saving throws on the roof while the manor was on fire. Oops. I love D&D.

Pine says he's pretty sure there will be another.

I feel like it's a great time for movies right now. There's so much to see and sort of something for everyone. Godzilla Minus One, Renaissance, Poor Things, The Holdovers, Dream Scenario, Thanksgiving, The Boy and the Heron, Napoleon, Wish, Hunger Games, The Marvels, Five Nights at Freddy's, Next Goal Wins. That's not even to mention all the stuff that comes out shortly... Wonka, American Fiction, Anyone But You, All of Us Strangers, The Iron Claw, Aquaman, The Color Purple. It's a good time for movies, I think.

I heard they'll have him play short.

Been intrigued to watch this. Will add it to my list.

FanGraphs has Biggio, Martinez, Palmegiana and Espinal all having about 100 PA should the team remain as is (with Schneider and Espinal splitting some time at 2B. My gut says that Barger could get a decent amount of time there though. Excited to see him in Spring Training. Even if they signed Votto (which they shouldn't, he's been pretty bad), he'd just fill in the role that Belt had this year. No reason to move him to third, especially at his age.

I don't think it looks awful but yeah, it doesn't look as good as some of the effects of the first one. That being said, I loved Mad Max and saw it multiple times in theatres. Then I watched it on Netflix a few months back and thought it didn't look great. I think mostly because the movie was made with 3D in mind and it didn't translate well when watching at home.

Super interesting interview if folks are interested. They chat about finding the right tone for Alex and Greg, how they feel about tasks "failing" and a bunch more sort of "behind the scenes" thought processes on the show.

Episode 1 was incredible.

I let Ruki play around with my Foundry login at one point. DM me if you want to test it out and I'll build you your own world to play around in.

Dr. Cox was the thing that made me not able to go back and watch it, especially the way he'd call JD a girl's name all the time. I've only really been able to go back and watch certain episodes or clips.

I didn't really know much about Poe either and really enjoyed it. It was fun going back afterwards and seeing what the references were that went over my head. I'd recommend it.

This show is wild. I would love for someone to watch the first episode and the last episode and see their reaction.

Fast X spoilers

I think a fair amount of people prefer the first one. I think there's really only one knock on the movie imo

Yeah, I covered this for the podcast network and thought it'd be fun with Tennant and Tucci but it's just pretty bad. There's some interesting themes and ideas but it's just not executed well.

Not a Mets fan but this feels like best case scenario for a bad season. Trade away Scherzer and Verlander for great prospects on the verge of a really strong starting pitcher free agent class.

Correct, the expansions are different settings of the usual game (Europe, Nordic Countries, London, etc.).

It's only worth it if you're interested in both films. I loved doing it but unless you actually want to see both movies, why spend all that time seeing a movie you don't want to see? I loved Oppenheimer but it's not for everyone - a 3 hour long historical character drama.

You absolutely should not compare a show that is trying to put on the most entertaining show for an audience to what your home game will look like. Each table balances itself to what the players (and the DM) most enjoy. A lot of YouTube D&D shows veer into the acting and roleplay of it all because that works best for a show but I can say that my personal home games look very different to those.

I like the ghost runner. *hides in a corner*

From what I remember, the Donner cut (the one released later) is much more serious than the original cut. The original cut is also more polished because they actually finished some of the effects and such that they didn't for some of the Donner scenes that were re-inserted. I'd probably watch the one that was initially released as the Donner cut wasn't released until 2006.