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New additions
2000s 10-Film Bundle (The Departed 4K, I Am Legend 4K, Pan's Labyrinth 4K, The Hangover 4K, A History of Violence HD, Best in Show HD, A.I. Artificial Intelligence HD, Mystic River HD, Ocean's Eleven HD, Letters from Iwo Jima HD) HD/MA $30
24 Hours to Live HD/VU $3.5
355 HD/MA $4.5
48 Hrs HD/VU $6
65 HD/MA $4.5 or SD/MA $2.5
80 for Brady HD/VU $5
976-Evil HD/MA $5.5
A League of Their Own 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
A Most Violent Year HD/VU $4.5
A24 Horror 5-Film Collection (X, Green Room, It Comes at Night, Hereditary, Witch) HD/VU $13.5
Addams Family '19 4K/IT $4.5
Addams Family '91 4K/VU $5.5
Aeon Flux 4K/IT $5
Afflicted HD/MA $4
Aliens 4K/MA $6.5
Almost Famous 4K/VU $5
American Psycho 4K/VU $5.5
Angels & Demons 4K/MA $6
Anyone But You HD/MA $7.5
Armageddon Time HD/MA $4.5
As Good as it Gets 4K/MA $6
Asteroid City 4K/MA $6.5
Atlantis Milo's Return HD/MA $5 or HD/GP $4.5
Avatar The Way of Water HD/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $4
Avengers 4K/MA $5.5
Back to the Future Trilogy HD/MA $10
Bad Boys 4K/MA $5.5
Bad Guys HD/MA $4.5
Bad Times at the El Royale 4K/MA $6
Banshees of Inisherin HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Barbie HD/MA $6
Battle for Terra HD/VU $4.5
Beast HD/MA $4.5
Beekeeper 4K/VU $9.5
Beguiled HD/MA or IT $3
Beyond Re-Animator HD/VU $4
Big Chill 4K/MA $5.5
Big Eyes HD/VU $4
Billy Lynn’s Long Half Time Walk HD/MA $4
Black Adam 4K/MA $5.5
Black Phone HD/MA $4
Blockers HD/MA $3.5
Blood Father HD/VU $3
Bloodshot HD/MA $4
Body Double 4K/MA $5.5
Book Club Next Chapter HD/MA $5
Book of Life HD/MA $3.5
Bram Stoker's Dracula 4K/MA $6
Broken Hearts Gallery HD/VU $4.5
Bros HD/MA $4.5
Bullet Train HD/MA $4
Burrowers HD/VU $4
Call Jane HD/VU $4.5
Cannibal Cabin 4K/VU $5
Cat's Meow HD/VU $4
Charlie's Angels '00 4K/MA $5.5
Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke HD/VU or IT $3.5
Christmas Classics 4-Film Set (Miracle on 34th Street '94, A Christmas Carol '84, Home Alone, Jingle all the Way) HD/MA $12
Cinderella '50 HD/MA $4.5
Cinderella 2 HD/MA $4.5
Cinderella 3 HD/MA $4.5
Cobweb 4K/VU $7.5
Cocaine Bear HD/MA $5
Colossal HD/VU or IT $4
Come to Daddy HD/VU $4.5
Contagion 4K/MA $6.5
Creature from the Black Lagoon '54 HD/MA $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 4K/MA $6
Counselor HD/MA $4
Da Vinci Code 4K/MA $6
Dagon HD/VU $4
Dark Skies HD/VU $3.5
Dear David 4K/VU $6
Dear White People HD/VU $3.5
Devil's Workshop 4K/VU $5.5
Devil's Workshop HD/VU $4.5
Devotion 4K/VU $6 or HD/VU $4.5
Diary of the Dead HD/VU $4
Dig 4K/VU $5.5
District 9 / Elysium Bundle HD/MA $7.5
Dragon Blade HD/VU $3.5
Dr. Strangelove 4K/MA $5
Dreamland HD/VU $4.5
Dream Scenario HD/VU $7
Dumb Money HD/MA $6
Easy Rider 4K/MA $6
Emperor HD/VU $3.5
Equalizer 3 HD/MA $5.5
Evil Dead '13 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Evil Dead Rise 4K/MA $6 or HD/MA $4.5
Evil Under The Sun HD/VU $4
Exorcist (2-cuts) 4K/VU $7.5
Exorcist Believer 4K/MA $7 or HD/MA $5.5
Expendables 1-3 Set 4K/MA $10 or HD/VU $7
Expendables 1-4 Set 4K/VU $15 or HD/VU $11
F9 Fast Saga (Thea & Ext) HD/MA $4
Fall 4K/VU $6 or HD/VU $4.5
Fast & the Furious 10-film Set HD/MA $25
Fast X HD/MA $5
Feast (Unr) HD/VU $4
Fifth Element 4K/MA $5.5
Fifty Shades 6-Cut Set (Thea & Unr) HD/MA $12
First Purge HD/MA $3.5
Five Nights at Freddy's HD/MA $6
Fool's Paradise HD/VU $6
Force of Nature '20 HD/VU $3.5
Forger HD/VU $3
Freeheld HD/VU $4
Friendsgiving HD/VU $4
Front Runner HD/MA $4
Frozen '10 HD/VU $4
Funny Girl 4K/MA $5.5
Gandhi 4K/MA $5.5
Gate ‘87 HD/VU $4
Gateway 4K/VU $5.5
Gattaca 4K/MA $6
Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Set HD/MA $6.5
Ghostbusters Afterlife HD/MA $4
Ghoulies Go To College HD/VU $3.5
Glory 4K/MA $6
Godfather 3 Coda HD/VU $4
Good Boys HD/MA $3.5
Good House 4K/VU $5.5
Goodnight Mommy HD/VU $4
Goosebumps 2 HD/MA $3
Gran Turismo 4K/MA $7 or HD/MA $5.5
Grease Trilogy HD/VU $9 or 4K/IT $10.5
Green Knight 4K/VU $5
Green Room HD/VU $4
Groundhog Day 4K/MA $5.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 HD/MA $5.5
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 4K/MA $6
Hail, Caesar! HD/VU or IT $2.5
Hammett HD/VU $4
Halloween Ends HD/MA $4.5
Halloween Kills (Ext) HD/MA $4.5
Harriet 4K/MA $6 or HD/MA $4.5
Hex 4K/VU $5.5
High Tension HD/VU $4.5
Hellbenders HD/VU $4
Hellraiser: Judgment HD/VU $4
Home Alone 1 & 2 Set HD/MA $6.5
Hook 4K/MA $6
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Hunger Games Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes HD/VU $6.5
Ice Age Continental Drift HD/MA $3
I, Frankenstein HD/VU or IT $3
I Saw the Light HD/MA $4
Identity Thief HD/IT $3.5
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade HD/VU $4 or 4K/IT $4.5
If Beale Street Could Talk HD/MA $4
Inhabitant HD/VU $4.5
Insidious The Last Key HD/MA $3.5
Insidious Red Door HD/MA $5
Jaws 2 4K/MA $5.5
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot HD/VU $3.5
Jerry Maguire 4K/MA $6
Jesus Revolution HD/VU $5
John Wick 4 4K/VU $6.5
John Wick 4-Film Collection HD/VU $13
Journey to Bethlehem HD/MA $5.5
Jumanji '95 4K/MA $6
Jungle Book '67 HD/MA $4
Jurassic World 6-film Set HD/MA $18
Kandahar HD/MA $5.5
Karate Kid '84 4K/MA $6
Kiss the Girls 4K/VU $6
Knights of the Zodiac HD/MA $5
Kramer vs Kramer 4K/MA $6
Last Action Hero 4K/MA $5.5
Last Christmas HD/MA $4.5
Last Night in Soho 4K/MA $5.5
Leprechaun 8-Film Set HD/VU $15
Lincoln Lawyer 4K/VU $6
Little Mermaid '23 HD/MA $5
Lost Boys 4K/MA $6
Love Again SD/MA $2.5
Lucky Number Slevin HD/VU $4.5
M3GAN (Thea & Unr) HD/MA $5
Ma '19 HD/MA $4
Madame Web 4K/MA $11 or HD/MA $9.5
Mamma Mia Here We Go Again HD/MA $3
Manodrome HD/VU $5.5
Marsh King's Daughter 4K/VU $5.5
Martyrs HD/VU $4.5
May HD/VU $4
Memories of Murder 4K/MA $6.5
Menu HD/GP $3.5
Meryl Streep 8-Film Set HD/MA $22
MIB International HD/MA $4
Midnight Meat Train (Unr) HD/VU $4
Migration HD/MA $6
Miller's Girl 4K/VU $9.5
Miracle on 34th Street HD/MA $4
Missing HD/MA $5
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Pt 1 HD/VU $6
Mist 4K/VU $6.5
Mitchells vs the Machines HD/MA $4.5
Monster High Electrified HD/MA or IT $2.5
Mortal Kombat Legends Cage Match HD/MA $5.5
Mr. Holmes HD/VU $3.5
Mulan '98 HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 HD/MA $5.5
My Girl 4K/MA $6
National Champions 4K/IT $5
New Mutants HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Next Goal Wins HD/MA $7.5
Night at the Museum Secret of the Tomb HD/MA $3
Night Swim HD/MA $8
Night Train to Lisbon HD/VU $4
No Good Deed HD/MA $3
No Hard Feelings HD/MA $5.5
Nope HD/MA $4.5
Nun 2 HD/MA $5.5
Ocean's Trilogy 4K/MA $16
Old 4K/MA $6 or HD/MA $4.5
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood HD/MA $3.5
Oppenheimer HD/MA $6
Other Side of the Door HD/MA $4
Out Of The Blue HD/VU $4
Overlord 4K/VU or IT $4.5
Parental Guidance HD/MA $2.5
Parents HD/VU $4
Parasite HD/MA $4
Paw Patrol Mighty Movie HD/VU $6.5
Pet Sematary Bloodlines HD/VU $5.5
Peter Pan Return to Neverland HD/GP $4
Philadelphia 4K/MA $5.5
Pick 1 (Black Christmas '18 4K, Dog's Purpose 4K, Sparks Brothers 4K, Raw, Agnes Bourne, Antz, Being Frank, Loving, Don't Let Go, Kicks, Final Account) HD/MA $4
Pitch Perfect 3 4K/MA $5
Pixels HD/MA $3
Plane 4K/VU $5.5
Poor Things HD/MA $7.5
Pope's Exorcist HD/MA $5
Prey for the Devil 4K/VU $5.5
Priscilla HD/VU $6
Punch-Drunk Love 4K/MA $6.5
Purge 4 Film Set HD/MA $11.5
Queen & Slim HD/MA $4
Quick & the Dead '95 4K/MA $6
Rambo First Blood HD/VU $4
Rambo First Blood Pt 2 HD/VU $4
Rango HD/VU $3
Real Genius 4K/MA $5.5
Red Rocket HD/VU $4
Red Sparrow HD/MA $3.5
Renfield HD/MA $5.5
Requin HD/VU $4.5
Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City HD/MA $4
Robin Hood '73 HD/MA $4
Rosemary's Baby 4K/VU $6.5
Rhythm Section HD/VU $3.5
Ruby Gilman Teenage Kraken HD/MA $5.5
Rudy (Dir Cut) 4K/MA $6.5
Run Lola Run 4K/MA $6.5
Saint Maud HD/VU $4
Samurai Jack Complete Series HD/VU $40
Saw 8-film Set (Unr except Jigsaw) HD/VU $20
Saw X 4K/VU $7
Secret Life of Walter Mitty HD/MA $3.5
Shaun of the Dead HD/MA $4 or 4K/IT $4.5
Shrek 6-Film Set (1-4, Musical, Puss in Boots) HD/MA $19
Skiptrace HD/VU $3.5
Scorpion King 4-Film Set (1, 3, 4, Book of Souls) HD/MA $12
Scream 3 4K/VU $5.5
Scream 5 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Scream 6 4K/VU $7 or HD/VU $5.5
Sharktopus HD/VU $3.5
Shazam 2-film Set HD/MA $8
Shazam Fury of the Gods 4K/MA $6 or HD/MA $4.5
She Said HD/MA $4.5
She's the Man HD/VU $3.5
Silver Linings Playbook HD/VU $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Sisu 4K/VU $6
Sixteen Candles HD/MA $3.5 or HD/IT $3.5
Sleepless in Seattle 4K/MA $6
Smile HD/VU $4.5
Social Network 4K/MA $6
Sometimes They Come Back...Again HD/VU $4
Sometimes They Come Back...For More HD/VU $3.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 4K/VU $5.5
Sound of Freedom HD/VU $6
Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse 4K/MA $7 or HD/MA $5.5
Split HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Spoiler Alert HD/MA $5
Star Trek First Contact 4K/VU $5.5
Star Trek Generations 4K/VU $5.5
Star Trek Insurrection 4K/VU $5.5
Star Trek Nemesis 4K/VU $5.5
Star Wars A New Hope HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Starship Troopers 4K/MA $6
Step Brothers 4K/MA $6.5
Stillwater HD/MA $4
Studio 666 HD/MA $5
Sum of All Fears 4K/VU $5
Supercell HD/VU $4.5
Super Mario Bros Movie HD/MA $5
Super Troopers 2 HD/MA $3.5
Superfly HD/MA $4
Suspiria (2018) HD/VU $4
T2 Trainspotting 4K/MA $6
Taken HD/MA $4
Talk to Me 4K/VU $6
Talladega Nights 4K/MA $6.5
Taxi Driver 4K/MA $5.5
Thanksgiving 4K/MA $8 or HD/MA $6.5
The Batman 4K/MA $5.5
The Bay HD/VU $4
The Color Purple '23 4K/MA $8 or HD/MA $6.5
The Descent (Unr) HD/VU $4.5
The Flash HD/MA $5
The Marvels HD/MA $6.5
The Natural 4K/MA $6
The Other Guys 4K/MA $6
The Professional (Ext) 4K/MA $6
The Super '17 HD/VU $4
Ticket to Paradise HD/MA $4.5
Titanic 4K/VU or IT $6 or HD/VU $4.5
Top Gun Maverick HD/VU $4
Toy Story 3 HD/MA $4
Trading Places 4K/VU $6
Transformers 4K/VU $5.5
Transformers Rise of the Beasts 4K/MA $7 or HD/VU $5.5
Trolls 3-Film Collection HD/MA $12
Trolls Band Together HD/MA $6.5
Truth or Dare (Unr) HD/MA $3.5
Tusk HD/VU $4.5
Umma HD/MA $4.5
Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 4K/VU $5
Unhinged HD/VU $3.5
Universal Monsters 4-Film Set 4K/MA $17
V for Vendetta 4K/MA $6.5
Vanilla Sky HD/VU $5.5
Velvet Goldmine HD/VU $4.5
Venture Bros Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart HD/MA $5.5
Violent Night HD/MA $5
Walking Dead Season 9 HD/VU $7
Watchmen Ultimate Cut 4K/MA $7.5
Waxwork 2 HD/VU $3.5
We Summon the Darkness HD/VU $4.5
Welcome to Marwen HD/MA $4.5
Welcome to Monster High HD/MA or IT $3
Whiplash 4K/MA $6 or HD/MA $4.5
Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance w/ Somebody HD/MA $4
Wicker Man 4K/VU $5.5
Wish HD/MA $7
Witch HD/VU $3.5
Woman King 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $4
Woman Walks Ahead HD/VU $4
You're Next HD/VU $3.5
X-Men 1-4 Set SD/MA $7.5
Zombieland Double Tap HD/MA $4
All other movies (A-Z)
10 Cloverfield Lane HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
101 Dalmatians '61 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
13 Hours HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
14 Blades HD/VU $3.5
1917 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
2 Guns 4K/MA $4 or HD/MA or IT $2.5
21 Jump Street HD/MA $3
22 Jump Street HD/MA $3.5
3 Extremes HD/VU $4
3 From Hell (Unr) 4K/VU $4 or HD/VU $2.5
3:10 to Yuma 4K/VU $5
31 HD/VU $2.5
47 Meters Down HD/IT $3.5
47 Meters Down Uncaged 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
47 Ronin HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
600 Miles HD/VU $3.5
71 HD/VU $3.5
A Christmas Story 4K/MA $6
A Dog's Purpose HD/IT $3
A Good Day to Die Hard (Ext) HD/VU $2.5
A Journal For Jordan HD/MA $4
A Quiet Place HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
A Walk Among the Tombstones HD/IT $3.5
A Wrinkle in Time HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
A.C.O.D. HD/VU or IT $3.5
Abominable 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
About Last Night HD/MA $3
Action Point HD/IT $2
Ad Astra HD/MA $4
Adaptation 4K/MA $6
Adrift HD/IT $3.5
Adverse 4K/VU $5
After Earth HD/MA $3
Aftermath HD/VU $3
Air Force One 4K/MA $6
Aladdin ‘19 HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Aladdin ‘92 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Alien HD/MA $4
Alien Covenant HD/MA $2.5
Alfred Hitchcock 4-Film Set Vol 1 4K/MA $18
Alfred Hitchcock 5-Film Set Vol 2 4K/MA $21
Alien 6-film Set HD/MA $16
Alita Battle Angel 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
All Eyez on Me HD/VU or IT $3
All is Lost HD/VU $3.5
All the Money in the World HD/MA $3.5
Allied HD/VU or IT $3.5
Almost Christmas HD/MA or IT $3
Amazing Spider-Man 2 HD/MA $3.5 or SD/MA $1.5
Amazing Spider-Man HD/MA $3.5 or SD/MA $1.5
American Assassin 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
American Hustle HD/MA $3.5
American Reunion HD/VU or IT $3
American Ultra HD/VU or IT $4
American Underdog 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Anatomy of a Murder 4K/MA $5
Anchorman 2 HD/VU or IT $2.5
Angel Has Fallen 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Angel Heart 4K/VU $5.5
Angel of Mine 4K/VU $5.5
Angry Birds Movie HD/MA $3.5
Anna Karenina HD/IT $3.5
Annie ‘14 HD/MA $3.5
Annihilation HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Antebellum 4K/VU $5
Antlers HD/GP $3
Ant-Man & the Wasp HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Ant-Man HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Apache Junction HD/VU $3.5
Apollo 13 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Arctic HD/MA $4
Arrival HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Art of Self-Defense HD/MA $4
Ash vs Evil Dead S.3 HD/VU $5
Assassination Nation HD/MA $3.5
Assassin's Creed HD/MA $3
Assignment HD/VU $4
Atomic Blonde 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
August Osage County HD/VU $3
Avengers Age of Ultron HD/GP $3
Avengers Endgame HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Avengers Infinity War 4K/MA $4 or HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Baby Driver HD/MA $4
Backdraft 4K/IT $5.5
Bad Grandpa HD/VU or IT $2.5
Bad Words HD/MA or IT $3
Bandslam HD/VU $4
Bank Job HD/VU $3.5
Barb & Star go to Vista Del Mar HD/VU $4
Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure HD/IT $3.5
Bart Got a Room HD/VU $4
Battle Royale HD/VU $4.5
Battleship 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Baywatch HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Beauty & the Beast ‘17 HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Beauty & the Beast ‘91 HD/GP $3
Bedknobs & Broomsticks HD/GP $3.5
Before I Fall HD/VU or IT $3.5
Begin Again HD/VU $3.5
Beiruit HD/MA $3.5
Belly 4K/VU $5.5
Ben-Hur ‘16 HD/VU $3.5
Between Worlds HD/VU $3.5
Big Hero 6 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Big Lebowski 4K/MA or IT $5.5
Big Short HD/VU $3.5
Big Wedding HD/VU or IT $3
Billy Elliot HD/MA or IT $4
Birdman HD/MA $4
Black & Blue HD/MA $4
Black Christmas '19 HD/MA $4.5
Black Panther 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $2.5
Black Panther Wakanda Forever HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
BlackKklansman HD/MA $4.5
Blacklight HD/MA $4
Black Widow HD/GP $3
Blackhat HD/IT $3.5
Blair Witch Project ‘99 HD/VU $4
Bleeding Steel HD/VU $3.5
Blindspotting 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Blood Money ‘17 HD/VU $3.5
Blood Ties HD/VU $3.5
Blue Jasmine HD/MA $3.5
Blue Ruin HD/VU $4
Blues Brothers HD/MA $4 or 4K/IT $4.5
Bob's Burgers Movie HD/GP $3
Body Cam HD/VU $4
Bohemian Rhapsody 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Bombshell 4K/VU $5
Book Club HD/VU or IT $2.5
Book of Life HD/MA $3.5
Boss Baby HD/MA $2.5
Bourne Identity 4K/IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Bourne Legacy HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
Bourne Supremacy HD/MA $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Bourne Ultimatum 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Boy ‘16 HD/IT $3.5
Boy & the World HD/IT $3.5
Boyhood HD/VU or IT $2.5
Braven HD/VU $4
Breakfast Club HD/MA or IT $4
Breakthrough HD/MA $3
Brian Banks HD/MA $3
Bridge of Spies HD/GP $3.5
Brothers Bloom HD/VU $4.5
Bumblebee 4K/VU or IT $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Butler HD/VU $3
Cabin in the Woods HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Cake HD/MA $4
Call of Wild 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Calvary HD/MA $4
Candyman '20 4K/MA $6 or HD/MA $4.5
Candyman 3 HD/VU $4
Captain America Civil War HD/GP $2.5
Captain America First Avenger HD/GP $3.5
Captain America Winter Soldier HD/GP $3.5
Captain Marvel 4K/MA $4 or HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Captain Phillips HD/MA $3.5
Captain Underpants First Epic Movie HD/MA $2.5
Carol HD/VU $4
Cars 3 HD/GP $2.5
Casablanca 4K/MA $5.5
Case for Christ HD/MA or IT $2.5
Casper HD/IT $4
Celebrating Mickey HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Chaos Walking 4K/VU $5
Chappaquiddick HD/VU $4
Chasing Mavericks HD/MA $3.5
Chicago HD/VU $4
Child 44 HD/VU $4
Children ‘08 HD/VU $4
Christopher Robin HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Chronicles of Riddick HD/IT $4
Clerks 3 4K/VU $4.5
Clifford the Big Red Dog HD/VU $4
Cloverfield 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Coco HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Cold Pursuit 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Collection HD/VU $3.5
Collide ‘17 HD/VU or IT $2.5
Colma The Musical HD/VU $4
Colombiana (Unr) HD/MA $4
Colony 4K/VU $5
Come & Find Me HD/VU $4
Commuter 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Company of Heroes HD/MA $4
Conan the Barbarian ‘11 4K/VU $5
Conspirator HD/VU $4
Contraband HD/IT $3
Contractor HD/VU $4.5
Cooler HD/VU $4
Cool Hand Luke 4K/MA $5.5
Cooties HD/VU $4
Cotton Club Encore 4K/VU $5.5
Countdown ‘16 HD/VU $3.5
Courier 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Craft Legacy HD/MA $4.5
Criminal HD/VU or IT $3
Croods HD/VU $3.5
Cruella HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Crypto 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Daddy's Home HD/IT $2.5
Daddy's Home 2 HD/VU or IT $3
Damsel HD/VU $4.5
Dangerous 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Danny Collins HD/IT $3.5
Dark Crimes HD/VU $4
Darkest Minds HD/MA $4
Dark Places HD/VU $4
Dark Tower HD/MA $3.5
Darkest Hour ‘17 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes HD/MA $3.5
Deadpool 2 (w/Super Duper Cut) HD/MA $4
Deadpool HD/MA $2.5
Death of Me HD/VU $4
Death on the Nile HD/GP $3
Death Wish '18 HD/VU $3
Deepwater Horizon HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Deliver Us From Evil HD/MA $3.5
Dentist 2-Film Set HD/VU $7
Despicable Me 2 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Despicable Me 3 4K/MA or IT $4.5
Despicable Me 4K/MA or IT $4.5
Detroit HD/MA $3.5
Devil Inside HD/VU $3.5
Devil's Due HD/MA $3.5
Die Hard HD/MA $3.5
Die Hard 5-film Set HD/MA $18
Die in a Gunfight 4K/VU $5
Dilemma HD/VU $3.5
Dirty Dancing 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Disney Animated Short Films Set HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Disneynature Monkey Kingdom HD/MA $3
Django Unchained HD/VU $3
Doctor Strange HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness HD/GP $3
Dolittle HD/MA $3.5
Dom Hemingway HD/MA $3.5
Don Verdean HD/VU $4.5
Doorman HD/VU $3.5
Doors 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Downsizing HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
Downton Abbey A New Era HD/MA $4
Downton Abbey The Movie HD/MA $3.5
Draft Day HD/IT $3.5
Dragged Across Concrete HD/VU $3.5
Dragonslayer 4K/VU $5.5
Dream a Little Dream HD/VU $4
Dreamkatcher HD/VU $4
Dreamworks 10-Film HD/MA $25
Dredd 4K/VU $4 or HD/VU $2.5
Dying of the Light HD/VU $2.5
E.T. Extra Terrestrial 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Early Man 4K/VU $5.5
Earth Girls are Easy HD/VU $4
Eddie the Eagle HD/MA $4
Edge of Seventeen HD/IT $3
Edward Scissorhands HD/MA $3.5
El Chicano HD/MA $4
Elysium HD/MA $3.5
Emoji Movie HD/MA $3
Empire of Light HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Empire State HD/VU $3
Encanto 4K/GP $3.5
Enough Said HD/MA $3.5
Enter the Dragon 4K/MA $6
Epic HD/MA $3
Equalizer HD/MA $3.5
Equalizer 2 HD/MA $3.5
Escape From Planet Earth HD/VU $3
Eternals HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Everest HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Everything Must Go HD/VU $4
Evil Dead 2 HD/VU $3.5
Ex Machina HD/VU $3
Exodus Gods & Kings HD/MA $3.5
Expired 4K/VU $4.5
Fair Game (Dir) HD/VU $4
Fantastic Four ‘15 HD/MA $4
Fast & Furious 4 4K/MA $5
Fast & the Furious 8-film Set HD/MA $17.5
Fast & the Furious 9-film Set HD/MA $20
Fast Color 4K/VU $5.5
Fatale ‘20 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Fatherhood HD/MA $4
Fault in Our Stars HD/MA $3.5
Fear of Rain 4K/VU $5.5
Fences HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Ferdinand HD/MA $3.5
Field of Dreams 4K/MA or IT $5.5
Fifty Shades Darker (Unr) HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Fifty Shades Freed HD/MA $4
Fifty Shades of Grey (Unr) 4K/MA or IT $4
Finding Dory HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Finding Nemo HD/GP $3.5
Finest Hours HD/GP $3
Firm 4K/VU $6
First Man HD/MA $4
Flashback ‘20 HD/VU $4
Flight HD/VU or IT $3
Florence Foster Jenkins HD/VU or IT $3
Footloose ‘11 HD/IT $3
Forbidden Kingdom HD/VU $4.5
Ford v Ferrari HD/MA $4
Forest HD/IT $3.5
Forever My Girl HD/IT $3
Fortress HD/VU $3.5
Fortress Sniper's Eye HD/VU $3.5
Fox & the Hound 2 HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Foxcatcher HD/MA $4
Frank & Lola HD/VU or IT $3
Free Guy HD/GP $3
French Dispatch HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Friday the 13th 4K/VU $5.5
From Here to Eternity 4K/MA $5.5
Frozen (Sing-Along) HD/MA $2 or HD/GP $1.5
Frozen HD/GP $2
Frozen 2 HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Frozen Ground ‘13 HD/VU $3.5
Fury HD/MA $3.5
Future World HD/VU $3.5
G.I. Joe Retaliation HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Gambit ‘12 HD/MA $4
Gambler HD/VU or IT $3
Gamer 4K/VU $5.5
Gemini Man 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Get Out 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Ghost in the Shell ‘17 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Ghost in the Shell ‘95 4K/VU $5
Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance HD/MA $4
Ghost Team One HD/VU or IT $3.5
Ghostbusters ‘84 HD/MA $3.5
Ghostbusters (Thea & Ext) ‘16 HD/MA $3
Ghostbusters 2 HD/MA $3.5
Gifted HD/MA $3
Girl in Spider's Web HD/MA $4
Girl on Train HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Girl w/ All Gifts HD/VU $4
Giver HD/VU $3.5
Glass Castle 4K/VU $5.5
Glass HD/MA $4
God Bless The Broken Road HD/VU $3.5
God's Not Dead 2 HD/MA or IT $2.5
God's Not Dead 3 HD/MA $3
Gods of Egypt HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Gold ‘16 HD/VU $2.5
Good Dinosaur HD/GP $2.5
Good Kill HD/VU or IT $3.5
Grease 2 HD/VU $4
Great Wall 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Greatest Showman HD/MA $3.5
Green Book HD/MA $4
Grey HD/VU or IT $3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 HD/GP $2
Guilt Trip HD/VU or IT $3
Gunman HD/MA or IT $3
Guns of Navarone 4K/MA $5.5
Hacksaw Ridge 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Halloween ‘18 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Hammer of the Gods HD/VU $2
Hannibal S.1 HD/VU $5
Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters (Unr) HD/VU or IT $3
Hard Luck Love Song 4K/VU $5.5
Hard Target 2 HD/IT $1.5
Hardcore Henry HD/VU or IT $3.5
Hate U Give HD/MA $4
Hateful Eight HD/VU $3.5
Heat (Director's Cut) ‘95 4K/MA $5.5
Heaven is for Real HD/MA $3.5
Hercules ‘14 HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Here Comes the Boom HD/MA $3.5
Hereditary HD/VU $3.5
Hidden Figures HD/MA $3
High Note HD/MA $4
Highlander 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Hitchcock '12 HD/MA $4
Hitman Agent 47 HD/MA $3
Hitman's Bodyguard HD/VU $3.5
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard 4K/VU $5.5
Hocus Pocus HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Home HD/MA $3
Home Again HD/MA $3
Home Alone 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Homefront HD/MA or IT $3
Homesman HD/VU $3
Honey 2 HD/VU $3
Hostiles 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Hotel Transylvania 3 HD/MA $3.5
Hot Fuzz HD/VU $4
Hotel Mumbai HD/MA $4
Hours ‘13 HD/VU $4
House of 1000 Corpses HD/VU $4
House of Gucci 4K/IT $5.5
House w/ a Clock in Its Walls sHD/MA $4
How to Train Your Dragon 2 HD/MA $2.5
Hugo HD/VU $3
Hunt for Red October 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Huntsman Winter's War (Ext) HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
I Can Only Imagine HD/VU $3.5
I Feel Pretty HD/IT $2
Ides of March HD/MA $4
I Know What You Did Last Summer 4K/MA $5.5
Imitation Game HD/VU $3
In a Valley of Violence HD/MA or IT $3
In Secret ‘14 HD/VU $4.5
In the Blood HD/VU $4
Incredibles 2 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Independence Day ‘96 HD/MA $4
Independence Day Resurgence HD/MA $2.5
Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark 4K/VU or IT $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom 4K/VU or IT $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Indignation HD/VU $4
Indivisible HD/MA $3.5
Inferno HD/MA $3
Initiation 4K/VU $5
Initiation HD/VU $3.5
Internship HD/MA $3
Interstellar 4K/VU or IT $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Interview HD/MA $3.5
Into the Woods HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Invisible Man '20 HD/MA $3.5
Invisible Man ‘33 HD/MA $3.5
Iron Man 3 HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Iron Man & Hulk Heroes United HD/GP $3.5
Iron Mask ‘19 HD/VU $4.5
It Follows HD/VU $3.5
It's a Wonderful Life HD/VU $3
Jack & Jill HD/MA $3.5
Jack Reacher 4K/VU or IT $5
Jack Reacher Never Go Back HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit 4K/IT $4 or HD/VU $2.5
Jacob's Ladder HD/VU $4
Jane Got a Gun HD/VU $4
Jarhead 3 (Unr) HD/IT $2.5
Jason Bourne HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Jesus Music HD/VU $3.5
Jexi HD/VU $3.5
Jobs HD/MA or IT $3.5
Joe HD/VU $3.5
Joe Kidd HD/IT $4
John Wick 1 & 2 Bundle HD/VU $4
John Wick 3 Parabellum 4K/VU $4.5
John Wick Chapter 2 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
John Wick HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
John Wick Trilogy (Parabellum 4K) HD/VU $9 or all HD/VU $8
Journey to the West Conquering the Demons HD/VU $3.5
Joy HD/MA $3
Judy 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Juliet, Naked 4K/VU $5.5
Jumanji Welcome To The Jungle HD/MA $2.5
Jungle Book ‘16 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $2.5
Jungle Cruise HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Jurassic Park 3 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Jurassic Park 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Jurassic World 5-film Set HD/MA $14
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Jurassic World HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Justice ‘17 HD/VU or IT $3
Kama Sutra HD/VU $4
Kick-Ass 2 HD/MA $3.5
Kid ‘19 HD/VU $3.5
Kid Who Would Be King 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Kidnap HD/VU or IT $2.5
Kill Zone ‘05 HD/VU $4.5
Killer Elite HD/IT $3
Killing Gunther HD/VU $4
Kin ‘18 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
King Kong ‘05 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
King of Staten Island HD/MA $4
King's Man HD/GP $3.5
Kingsman The Golden Circle HD/MA $3
Kingsman The Secret Service HD/MA $3.5
Knives Out HD/VU $3.5
Knowing 4K/VU $5.5
La La Land HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Labor Day HD/VU or IT $3
Lady Macbeth HD/VU $4.5
Lady of the Manor 4K/VU $5
Lair of White Worm HD/VU $4.5
Lake Mungo HD/VU $4
Lara Croft Tomb Raider 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Last Dragon HD/MA $4.5
Last Duel HD/GP $3.5
Last Exorcism HD/VU $4
Last Knights HD/VU $3.5
Last Man ‘19 HD/VU $4
Last Stand HD/IT $2
Last Vegas HD/VU $3
Last Witch Hunter HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Lawrence of Arabia 4K/MA $5.5
Legend of Hercules 4K/IT $3
Legends of Oz Dorothy's Return HD/MA $3.5
Leprechaun 7-film Set HD/VU $12
Let's be Cops HD/MA $3.5
Let Him Go HD/MA $4
Let Me Explain HD/IT $2.5
Life ‘17 HD/MA $3.5
Life of Crime HD/VU $3.5
Life of Pi 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA or IT $3.5
Light of My Life HD/IT $3.5
Lightyear HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Like a Boss HD/VU $3.5
Lilo & Stitch 2 HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Lion HD/VU $4
Lion King ‘19 4K/MA $4 or HD/GP $2
Lion King ‘94 4K/MA $5 or HD/GP $3
Little HD/MA $3.5
Little Mermaid ‘89 HD/MA $4
Live Free or Die Hard HD/MA $4
Locked Down 4K/MA $5.5
Logan HD/MA $3
Logan Lucky HD/MA $3.5 or /IT $4
Lone Ranger HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Lone Survivor HD/VU $2.5
Longest Ride HD/MA $3
Longest Week HD/VU $3.5
Looper HD/MA $3.5
Lorax HD/MA or IT $3
Lord of War 4K/VU $5.5
Lords of Salem HD/VU $4
Lost World Jurassic Park HD/MA $3.5
Love & Mercy HD/VU $3.5
Love & Monsters 4K/VU $5.5
Love the Coopers HD/VU or IT $4
Love, Simon HD/MA $3.5
Loving HD/VU or IT $3.5
Luca HD/GP $3
Lucy 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile HD/MA $4.5 or SD/MA $2
Madagascar 3 HD/MA $3
Maggie HD/VU $2.5
Magic Mike's Last Dance HD/MA $4.5
Magnificent Seven ‘16 HD/VU $3
Maleficent HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Maleficent Mistress of Evil HD/GP $2.5
Man Who Fell To Earth ‘76 4K/VU $5
Man Who Shot Liberty Vance 4K/VU $5.5
Marauders HD/VU $3.5
Marksman HD/MA $4
Martian HD/MA $3.5
Mary Poppins ‘64 HD/MA $3.5 or ‘64 HD/GP $3
Mary Poppins Returns 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $2.5
Mask of Zorro 4K/MA $6
Mauritanian 4K/IT $5
Max Steel HD/IT $3
Maze Runner HD/MA $3.5
McKenna Shoots for the Stars HD/IT $2
Meatballs HD/VU $4
Megan Leavey HD/VU or IT $3
Memory HD/MA $3.5
Men HD/VU $4
Men in Black 3 HD/MA $3
Men in Black 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
MI-5 Spooks '15 HD/VU $4
Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts HD/GP $4.5
Mid-Century 4K/VU $5
Midnight in the Switchgrass 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Midnight Sun HD/MA $3.5
Midsommar (CANADA) 4K/IT $3
Midway 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Mile 22 HD/IT $3
Million Dollar Arm HD/GP $2.5
MindGamers HD/MA or IT $3.5
Minions 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Miracles from Heaven HD/MA $3.5
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children HD/MA $3
Mission Impossible 3 4K/VU $5
Mission Impossible 6-film Set HD/VU $17
Mommy HD/VU $4
Moneyball HD/MA $3
Monster High Electrified HD/IT $2.5
Monster Hunter HD/MA $3.5
Money Monster HD/MA $3.5
Monster Trucks HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Monsters University HD/GP $3
Monuments Men HD/MA $3.5
Moon 4K/MA $5.5
Morbius HD/MA $4
Morgan HD/MA $4
Mortal Engines 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Mortal HD/VU $4
Mortal Instruments City of Bones HD/MA $3
Mortdecai HD/VU $3.5
Mother! HD/VU $2.5
Mountain Between Us HD/MA $2.5
Mr. Peabody & Sherman HD/MA $3
Mud HD/VU $2.5
Mulan 2 HD/GP $3
Mulan ‘20 4K/MA $4.5 or ‘20 HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Mummy ‘17 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Mummy ‘99 HD/MA $3.5
Mummy 4-Film Set (Mummy 1-3, Scorpion King) HD/MA $12
Mummy Trilogy 4K/MA or IT $14 or HD/MA $9 4K/IT
Muppets Most Wanted HD/GP $3
Murder on the Orient Express HD/MA $3.5
My All American HD/MA or IT $3.5
My Best Friend is a Vampire HD/VU $4
National Lampoon's Vacation 4K/MA $5.5
Nebraska HD/VU $3
Need for Speed HD/GP $3.5
Needle in a Timestack 4K/VU $5.5
Nerve HD/VU $3.5
News of the World HD/MA $4
Night at the Museum Trilogy HD/MA $11
Night House HD/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $4
Nightmare Alley HD/GP $3.5
Nightmare Before Christmas 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
No Time to Die 4K/IT $4.5
Noah HD/VU or IT $2.5
Nobody's Fool HD/IT $2.5
Non-Stop HD/VU or IT $3
Norm of the North HD/VU $2.5
Nostalgia ‘18 HD/MA $3.5
Now You See Me 2 4K/IT $4
Now You See Me HD/VU or IT $2.5 or SD/VU $1
Nut Job 2 HD/IT $2.5
Nut Job HD/IT $2.5
Nutcracker & Four Realms HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Oblivion 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Occupation ‘18 HD/VU $3.5
Occupation Rainfall HD/VU $4
Office Christmas Party 4K/IT $3.5
Olaf's Frozen Adventure HD/GP $3
Oliver! 4K/MA $5
On Chesil Beach HD/MA $4.5
One Ranger HD/VU $4.5
Onward HD/GP $2.5
Open Water 2 Adrift HD/VU $4
Open Water HD/VU $4
Operation Avalanche HD/VU $4
Other Woman HD/MA $3
Ouija HD/MA or IT $3.5
Our Kind of Traitor HD/MA $4
Outlander S.1 Vol 1 HD/VU $5
Overboard ‘18 HD/VU $3.5
Oz the Great & Powerful HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Pacific Rim Uprising HD/MA $4
Paddington HD/VU $3.5
Pain & Gain HD/VU or IT $3.5
Paper Towns HD/MA $3
Paradise Highway 4K/VU $5
Paranormal Activity 3 (Ext) HD/VU or IT $3
Paranormal Activity 4 (Unr) HD/VU or IT $2.5
Paranormal Activity Ghost Dimension (Unr) HD/VU or IT $3.5
Paranormal Activity HD/VU $4
Paranormal Activity The Marked Ones HD/VU or IT $3.5
Passengers HD/MA $3.5
Patriot Games 4K/VU $5
Patriot's Day HD/VU $3
Paul Apostle of Christ HD/MA $3
Peanuts Movie HD/MA $3
Penelope HD/VU $4.5
Peppermint HD/IT $3.5
Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters HD/MA $3
Perfect Guy HD/MA $2.5
Perks of Being a Wallflower HD/VU or IT $3 or SD/VU or IT $1
Pet Sematary ‘19 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Pet Sematary ‘89 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Peter Rabbit HD/MA $3.5
Pete's Dragon ‘16 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Phantom Thread HD/MA $4
Philomena HD/VU $2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Pirates! Band of Misfits HD/MA $3.5
Pitch Perfect 2 4K/MA $4 or HD/MA $2.5
Pitch Perfect HD/MA $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Pixar Short Films Set Vol. 3 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Planes Fire & Rescue HD/GP $3
Planes HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Planes, Trains & Automobiles 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Playing w/ Fire HD/VU or IT $2.5
Poltergeist ‘82 4K/MA $5.5
Poltergeist (Ext) ‘15 HD/MA $4
Pompeii HD/MA $3.5
Power Rangers ‘17 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Predator ‘18 HD/MA $3
Predator ‘87 HD/MA $4
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies HD/MA $3.5
Primal HD/VU $3.5
Promise HD/MA or IT $3.5
Protege HD/VU $4
Proud Mary HD/MA $3.5
Psycho 4K/MA $5
Pulp Fiction 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Punisher War Zone 4K/VU $5.5
Purge Anarchy HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Purge Election Year HD/MA $3.5
Purge 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3 or
Push 4K/VU $6
Quantum of Solace HD/VU $4.5
Quarry 4K/VU $5
Quartet HD/VU $4
Queen of Katwe HD/GP $2.5
Quiet Ones HD/VU $3.5
Rambo ‘08 HD/VU $4
Rambo 5-film Set HD/VU $18
Rambo Last Blood 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Ran ‘85 4K/VU $5.5
Raya & the Last Dragon HD/MA $3.5
Rear Window 4K/IT $3.5
Rebel Without a Cause 4K/MA $5.5
Reclaim HD/VU $3.5
RED 2 HD/VU $2
Red Dawn ‘12 HD/IT $3
Redline ‘10 HD/VU $4.5
Reign of Assassins HD/VU $4.5
Replicant ‘01 HD/VU $3.5
Replicas HD/VU $3.5
Rescuers Down Under HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Rescuers HD/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $4
Reservoir Dogs HD/VU $4
Resident Evil Retribution 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Resurrection of Gavin Stone HD/VU or IT $2.5
Retaliation ‘17 HD/VU $4
Revenant 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Ricki & the Flash HD/MA $3
Riddick (Unr) HD/VU or IT $3
Ride Like a Girl HD/VU $4
Right At Your Door HD/VU $4
Right One 4K/VU $5.5
Rings HD/VU or IT $2.5
Rio 2 (Sing-Along) HD/MA $3
Riot HD/VU or IT $3
RIPD HD/IT $2.5
Risen HD/MA $3
Rob Zombie Trilogy (3 From Hell, House of 1000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects) HD/VU $8
Robin Hood ‘18 HD/VU $3
Robocop ‘14 HD/VU $2.5
Rocketman ‘19 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Rocky Horror Picture Show HD/MA $4
Roman J. Israel Esq HD/MA $3
Ron's Gone Wrong HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Room '15 HD/VU $3.5
Rough Night 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Run The Race HD/MA $3
Runner Runner HD/MA $3.5
Rush HD/IT $3
Safe HD/VU or IT $2.5
Same Kind of Different As Me HD/VU or IT $3
Samson HD/MA $3.5
Santa Clause HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Santa Clause 2 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Santa Clause 3 HD/GP $2.5
Sapphires HD/VU $4
Sausage Party HD/MA $3.5
Saving Mr. Banks HD/GP $3
Saw (Unr) 4K/VU $4.5
Saw 7-film Set (Unr) HD/VU $16
Saw HD/VU $3
Scarface HD/MA $4 or 4K/IT $4.5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 4K/VU $4.5
Schindler's List 4K/MA or IT $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Scream '96 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Scream Trilogy HD/VU $11
Secret Garden ‘20 4K/VU or IT $5.5
Secret in Their Eyes HD/VU or IT $3
Secret Life of Pets 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
See No Evil 2 HD/VU $3.5
Selma HD/VU or IT $2.5
Serenity ‘05 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Seriously Red HD/VU $4
Sex Tape HD/MA $3.5
Shack HD/VU or IT $2.5
Shallows HD/MA $3.5
Shang-Chi Legend of the Ten Rings HD/GP $3
Shape of Water HD/MA $3.5
Sherlock Gnomes HD/VU or IT $2.5
Shivers HD/VU $4
Show Dogs HD/MA $3.5
Sicario HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Sicario Day of the Soldado HD/MA $4
Sicario, Wind River, Hell or High Water HD/VU $7.5
Side Effects HD/IT $3.5
Silencing HD/VU $4
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3-Film Set (3-5 HD/VU $7.5
Silk Road 4K/VU $5
Sing ‘16 HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Sing Street HD/VU $4
Sinister HD/VU $3
Sisters (Unr) HD/IT $2.5
Skeleton Twins HD/VU $4
Skyfall HD/VU $2.5
Skyscraper 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Sleeping Beauty ‘59 HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Sleepless HD/IT $2
Sleepy Hollow 4K/VU $6.5
Slender Man HD/MA $4
Smokey & the Bandit HD/MA $3.5
Smokin' Aces 4K/MA $5.5
Smurfs The Lost Village HD/MA or IT $3
Snake Eyes G.I. Joe Origins HD/VU $4
Snitch 4K/IT $3 or HD/VU $2.5 or SD/VU or IT $1
Snow White & the Huntsman (Ext) 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs ‘37 4K/MA $6 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Snowden HD/MA or IT $3.5
Snowpiercer HD/VU $4.5
Solo A Star Wars Story HD/GP $3
Son of God HD/MA $3
Sonic the Hedgehog 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Soul HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Source Code 4K/VU $5.5
Southpaw HD/VU $3
Spartacus HD/MA $3.5
Spectre HD/VU $3.5
Spider-Man 2 (Thea & Ext) HD/MA $4.5
Spider-Man 3 HD/MA $3.5
Spider-Man 4-Cut Set (Spider-Man 2 w/ Thea & Ext) HD/MA $11.5
Spider-Man Far From Home HD/MA $3
Spider-Man Homecoming HD/MA $2.5
Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse HD/MA $4.5
Spider-Man No Way Home HD/MA $4 or SD/MA $2
Spies in Disguise HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Spinning Man HD/VU $4
Spiral 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Spongebob Sponge out of Water HD/IT $2.5
Spontaneous HD/VU $4.5
Spy Who Dumped Me 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
St. Vincent HD/VU $3
Stand Up Guys HD/VU $3.5
Star Trek 3 Search for Spock 4K/VU $5
Star Trek 4 Voyage Home 4K/VU $5
Star Trek Beyond HD/VU $3
Star Trek Into Darkness HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Star Trek The Motion Picture ‘79 4K/VU $5
Steel Dawn HD/VU $3.5
Still Alice HD/MA $4
Straight Outta Compton (Unr) HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Strange World HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Suburbicon HD/VU $3 or /IT $3.5
Sundown The Vampire in Retreat HD/VU $3.5
Super 8 4K/VU or IT $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Sword in the Stone HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Taken 2 HD/MA $3.5
Taken 3 (Unr) HD/MA $3.5
Tangled HD/GP $3.5
Ted (Unr) HD/MA or IT $2.5
Teen Spirit ‘19 HD/MA $4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ‘14 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $2.5
Terminator 2 Judgment Day (Special) HD/VU $4.5
Terminator 2 Judgment Day 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Terminator Dark Fate HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Terminator Genisys HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Texas Chainsaw ‘13 HD/VU $3.5
Thanks for Sharing HD/VU $4
The Heat HD/MA $3
The Impossible HD/VU $3.5
The Sting 4K/MA $5.5
Think Like a Dog 4K/VU $5
This is the End HD/MA $3.5
Thor Dark World HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Thor HD/GP $3.5
Thor Love & Thunder HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Thor Ragnarok HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri HD/MA $3.5
To Kill a Mockingbird HD/MA $3.5
Toll HD/VU $4.5
Tomorrowland HD/GP $3
Top Five HD/IT $3
Top Gun ‘86 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Total Recall ‘90 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Touched w/ Fire HD/VU $4.5
Toy Story HD/GP $3.5
Toy Story 4 HD/GP $2
Training Day 4K/MA $5.5
Transformers Age of Extinction HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Transformers Dark of the Moon 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Transformers The Last Knight 4K/VU or IT $4 or HD/VU $2.5
Trolls HD/MA $2.5
Trust ‘16 HD/VU $4
Tucker The Man & His Dream 4K/VU $5
Tulip Fever HD/VU $4
Tumbledown HD/VU $4
Turbo HD/MA or IT $3
Turning HD/MA $4
Ugly Dolls 4K/VU or IT $5.5
Unbreakable HD/GP $3.5
Unbroken HD/VU or IT $3
Uncharted 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Uncle Drew HD/VU $3.5
Underworld Awakening HD/MA $3
Underworld Blood Wars HD/MA $3
Untouchables 4K/VU $5.5
Us ‘19 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Valerian & the City of a Thousand Planets HD/VU $3.5
Vampire Academy HD/VU $3.5
Vanishing ‘18 HD/VU $4
Venom HD/MA $3.5
Victoria & Abdul HD/MA $4
Virtuoso 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Vivo HD/MA $4.5
Voices ‘14 HD/VU $4
Voyagers 4K/VU $5
Walk HD/MA $3.5
Walking w/ Dinosaurs HD/MA $3
Wall '17 HD/VU $4
War for the Planet of the Apes HD/MA $3
War of the Worlds ‘53 4K/VU $5.5
War on Everyone HD/VU $4
Warcraft 4K/IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Warhunt 4K/VU $4.5
Warm Bodies HD/VU $3 or SD/VU $1.5
Warning HD/VU $4
Watch HD/MA or IT $3.5
Wayne's World HD/VU $4.5
We Die Young HD/VU $3.5
Weekend HD/VU $4
Werewolf The Beast Among Us (Unr) HD/MA or IT $3.5
West Side Story 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
What Men Want HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
What We Did on our Holiday HD/VU $4
When the Game Stands Tall HD/MA $3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot HD/VU or IT $3
Why Him? HD/MA $3
Widows HD/MA $3.5
Wild Card HD/VU $3
Willow HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Wilson HD/MA $3.5
Winchester HD/VU $3.5
Winnie the Pooh Springtime w/ Roo HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Wolf Hound 4K/VU $4.5
Wolf Man ‘41 4K/MA $5.5
Wolf of Wall Street 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU or IT $3.5
Wolverine (Unr) (w/Thea) HD/MA $3.5
Woman in Gold HD/VU $3.5
Won't Back Down HD/MA $3.5
Woodlawn HD/MA or IT $3.5
World War Z HD/VU or IT $2.5
Wraith HD/VU $4
X-Men Apocalypse HD/MA $3
X-Men Days of Future Past HD/MA $3
XXX Return of Xander Cage HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
Z for Zachariah HD/VU $4
Zero Dark Thirty HD/MA $3.5
Zeros & Ones HD/VU $4
Zootopia HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5

I am a Director of a gran-funded program at a small university in the southern U.S. I've written the grants that fund my position and have done so for decades, winning over $5 million for the university in grant funds. We recently developed a "grants office" for whom I must work on an upcoming grant competition. I expected to write and direct the grant when funded, as I have always done. However, in a recent Teams meeting, my supervisor stated they needed to determine who would direct the grant. If I write this grant, shouldn't I also expect to direct the day-to-day operations of it? If not, the grants office should write it. I don't think I should do this work for free. What are the policies or modus operandi at your universities?

If you'd like more pics of anything, just let me know! Prices only include shipping to CONUS, though I am willing to figure up shipping for AK/HI. No international shipping at this time, sorry. Willing to hear offers on multiple items, only accepting PayPal F&F/Venmo, only paying F&F/Venmo to users with decent rep. If you have no/very little rep I will pay with G&S. I've got plenty of confirmed trades through buying/selling with F&F and swapping: please feel free to browse through my completed transactions. Thanks in advance for your understanding!
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I am looking to purchase broken and/or non-working Nintendo handheld consoles from GameBoy to Switch and everything in between. Potentially also interested in broken home consoles, mostly N64 and Gamecube, but I'm open to seeing what you've got!
I am also looking to purchase an OEM battery for the 3DS XL or New 3DS XL system (model SPR-003). The battery must be for those consoles, not for the New 3DS or the 2DS systems. Preferably looking for someone who snagged one off of the Nintendo website before they were sold out, but I will also consider a battery pulled from a console so long as it is working.
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Games

• PC - Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe Edition and Battle Realms - $11 shipped for both
  • Dungeon Siege 2 includes all discs as well as the map and game keys. Box has seen better days but the discs all work great. Game keys not pictured but I can add a pic of them covered for proof. Battle Realms is a loose disc only.

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• PS2 - All games include their box unless noted, any that include a manual/inserts are noted. If just the game is listed, it's box and game only. All stickers are on the outside of the box plastic, not on the cover art! As always please let me know if you have any questions or would like any additional pictures!
• For free shipping on PS2 games, total purchase amount must be $15 or more. Otherwise, shipping will be an additional $3.
  • Driver 3 (w/ manual) - $10
  • DT Racer (w/ manual, back of cover art punctured) - $6
  • Fight Night 2004 (w/ manual) - $9
  • Fight Night Round 2 (w/ manual) - $9
  • Fight Night Round 3 (w/ manual) - $9
  • God of War 2 (Greatest Hits, w/ manual, no bonus disc) - $12
  • Gran Turismo 4 (w/ manual and insert) - $13
  • Heroes of the Pacific (w/ manual) - $7
  • History Channel Civil War: A Nation Divided (w/ manual) - $9
  • Hitman: Blood Money (w/ manual and bonus disc) - $10
  • Knockout Kings 2002 (w/ manual) - $8
  • Madden 06 (w/ manual) - $7
  • MLB 2k5 (loose disc only) - $3
  • Mortal Kombat: Deception (loose disc only, many scratches) - $10
  • Nascar 06: Total Team Control (w/ manual) - $8
  • Nascar 07 (w/ manual) - $7
  • Nascar: Dirt to Daytona - $15 shipped
  • NBA Live 2005 (w/ manual) - $8
  • NFL Head Coach (w/ manual and insert) - $6
  • Pro Race Driver (w/ manual) - $7
  • Red Dead Revolver (Greatest Hits) - $15 shipped
  • Rock Band (no instruments) - $5
  • Scarface: The World is Yours (Collector's Edition, CIB) - $70 shipped
  • Short Track Racing: Trading Paint (Gamestop case) - $5
  • SOCOM US Navy Seals Combined Assault (w/ manual and insert) - $8
  • Spartan Total Warrior (small dent in back of cover art) - $15 shipped
  • Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville (w/ manual) - $6
  • Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora (w/ manual) - $7
  • Suzuki TT Superbikes (w/ manual) - $6
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• Bundle all 37 PS2 games listed above for $190 shipped.

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Accessories

• NYKO Xbox One Direct Console Charge Base w/ batteries - $14 shipped
  • fits flush with Xbox One when plugged in, batteries are well used but still hold a decent charge
• VORI Black Foam Carrying Case - $14 shipped
  • for Nintendo Switch, includes strap, case is better for stationary storage than transportation though
• OEM GBA SP batteries - $10 shipped each
  • three working OEM GBA SP batteries, battery only
  • all have small bloat
  • will include a tested dead OEM battery for free if interested

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Empty Pokemon TCG Tins

• 2007 Diamond & Pearl Box Tin - Holiday Empoleon - $10 shipped
• 2016 Triple Power Tin - Shiny Gyarados - $10 shipped

Bundle both tins - $16 shipped
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• Wii - The Bigs (loose, heavily scratched)
• PS4 - Fallout 76 (PAL, CIB)
• PSP - Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (loose, no casing, untested)
• Headset - OEM PS4 Mono Headset (never used)
• Accessory - Nintendo Switch Lite Tempered Glass Screen Protector (x2)
• Battery - Non-OEM GBA SP battery (working fine)
• Battery - Dead OEM GBA SP battery (tested, not working)
• Other - Replacement GBA SP buttons & membranes
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Notas sobre la traducción

A raiz de leer la noticia en Vandal y ver que no hay traducción a español (parece que en Pc Gamer si mencionan una traducción al inglés de un usuario en Twitter) he traducido la transcripción original de la entrevista en chino.
Interpretación sin IA ni ningún tipo de software de traducción.
No soy traductor profesional, ni lo pretendo. Solo un estudiante al que le gustan los souls.
En mi opinión es una entrevista bastante oficialista, ambigua, sin entrar en profundidad y sin desvelar practicamente nada nuevo. Además, tiene algunas imprecisiones por parte del entrevistador. Lo poco que se puede sacar:
1 - Confirmación de que será el único DLC para Elden Ring.
2 - Deja la puerta abierta a una secuela.
3 - Aparecerá Santa Trina y sabremos más de su relación con Miquella.
4 - Deja caer indirectamente que ya está trabajando (o, al menos pensando) en un nuevo juego.
5 - 8 nuevos tipos de armas.

Traducción de la Entrevista hecha por el usuario Bonfire Camp (Web: Zhihu.com) a Miyazaki, Hidetaka.

Publicada el 27 de Abril de 2024
Bonfire entrevista en exclusiva a Miyazaki, Hidetaka:
"Shadow of the Erdtree" será el único DLC. Santa Trina aparecerá en el juego."
"La dificultad del DLC será similar a la vista en la segunda mitad del juego"
"Shadow of the Erdtree" el gran DLC de "Elden Ring" se pondrá a la venta el 21 de Junio de este año. Éste será el único DLC del juego lanzado hace 2 años, en 2022, y, de acuerdo a la información publicada, su escala será la más grande de todos los DLC anteriores publicados por From Software.
Gracias a la invitación de Bandai Namco, Bonfire Camp tiene el honor de realizar una entrevista on-line, en profundidad, con el creador del juego Miyazaki, Hidetaka. Se ha llevado a cabo un artículo con amplia información sobre el DLC con nuevos detalles sobre la trama, planes futuros, etc.
Cabe destacar que antes de participar en esta entrevista no se le ha entregado ningún guión y, por esto, todas las respuestas en esta entrevista son improvisadas. De esta manera podemos ver el grado de entendimiento de Miyazaki San sobre su propia creación.
Para ayudar al lector, vamos a estructurar la entrevista en tres partes: Sistema, Argumento y Otros.

Sistema

P: ¿Cuál fue la razón para decidir la forma y el diseño de este gran DLC, "Shadow of the Erdtree"?
R: Cuando estabamos desarrollando el juego original ya habíamos pensado en el concepto. Hay que mencionar que la base de la mitología en Elden Ring fue desarrollada por George R.R. Martin. Durante el desarrollo pensamos que el tamaño del juego era excesivamente grande y meter todo en el juego principal tenía sus dificultades. Por esta razón, no lo convertimos en un DLC deliberadamente, era una parte que ya existía originalmente.
P: En los anteriores Dark Souls publicaron entre 2 y 3 DLC, esta vez con Elden Ring van a compilar todo en un solo DLC. ¿Ha pensado usted también en esto?
R: En Elden Ring se hace hincapié en la exploración y la aventura en un gran mundo. Para proporcionar esta experiencia, se necesita un escenario amplio y vasto. En consecuencia, es mejor no dividirlo en diferentes partes y simplemente hacer un gran DLC. Si lo vendieramos separados la libertad de exploración y el sentimiento de aventura, probablemente, serían mucho menores.
P: Han pasado más de dos años desde que el juego salió a la venta, la experiencia y el equipamiento de muchos jugadores hace mucho que llegó a un nivel muy avanzado. ¿Cómo se ha equilibrado la dificultad de los enemigos en este DLC?
R: La dificultad del DLC es similar a la vista en la segunda parte del juego principal. En el DLC necesitamos haber vencido tanto a Radahn como a Mohg y, en ese momento, los jugadores ya entenderán el nivel de dificultad del juego. Como es la segunda mitad del juego, la dificultad habrá aumentado. Aún así, hemos añadido un nuevo sistema con el que se podrá elegir libremente la dificultad del desafio. Por ejemplo, los jugadores que ya estén a un nivel muy elevado podrán elegir si desactivar este nuevo atributo y así no subirlo de nivel para tener un mayor desafio con los enemigos. En cambio, si crees que ya es demasiado dificil, podrás continuar aumentando la fuerza de tu personaje subiendo los niveles de este nuevo atributo.
P: ¿Cómo afectarán las nuevas armas y magias al juego?
R: En el DLC se han añadido muchas nuevas armas, magias y habilidades de arma. Hablando solo de las armas, habrá ocho nuevos tipos. Incluso los jugadores experimentados en el juego principal podrán tener una experiencia jugable completamente nueva y desarrollar sus habilidades al enfrentar los combates. Obviamente, estos nuevos factores no estarán limitados solo al DLC, se podrán llevar al juego principal y los jugadores podrán probar estas nuevas formas de combatir con los enemigos originales.
P: ¿Existirá la posibilidad de una segunda vuelta (NG+)?
R: De hecho, será similar con el juego principal. Durante la segunda vuelta del juego principal, al entrar al DLC la dificultad será como el NG+ del DLC. También habrá cosas ocultas o cosas que no hemos descubierto en la primera vuelta y que harán de este NG+ una experiencia nueva.
P: ¿Cuánto durará más o menos este DLC? ¿Recomienda a los jugadores pasarse primero la historia principal o ir primero al DLC?
R: No soy el mas indicado para hablar de la duración. Antes de salir a la venta Elden Ring, dije en una entrevista que la duración aproximada para completar el juego era de 30 horas. En cambio, después del lanzamiento del juego, todo el mundo decía que era un mentiroso y que 30 horas eran insuficientes.
Los desarrolladores estamos continuamente probando el juego, hemos practicado demasiado, así que no somos un valor de referencia. En cuanto al orden y la estructura del juego, cada uno que juegue como le guste, no hay un orden estricto a seguir. Hay que decir que recomendamos pasarse el juego hasta la segunda mitad, probar el DLC y después continuar con la historia principal. Obviamente, si primero te pasas el juego y vas directamente al NG+ no podrás acceder al DLC hasta volver, otra vez, a vencer a Radahn y Mohg.

Argumento

P: ¿En el DLC se resolverán todas las dudas argumentales o traerá nuevos misterios en el argumento para debatir?
R: Una parte de las dudas argumentales tendrá su respuesta, pero, respecto a si habrá nuevos misterios no te lo puedo garantizar. En resumen, el que complete el DLC tendrá un entendimiento más profundo sobre el mundo y el argumento del juego.
P: En el lanzamiento del DLC, ¿Se harán cambios o actualizaciones de la historia principal?
R: No, será como en nuestros juegos anteriores. Mi idea siempre ha sido que los jugadores sean los que completen el argumento. Creo que la partida de cada jugador es, en sí misma, una parte de la historia del juego. No vamos a actualizar la historía del juego para el DLC. Evidentemente, si hay bugs los arreglaremos pero la parte argumental no se va a cambiar.
P: En una imagen promocional se puede ver que alrededor del gran árbol áureo resquebrajado hay una especie de cortinas de niebla, ¿Cuál es su significado? Además, al final del trailer oficial aparece Miquella levantando la mano a medida que va desapareciendo esta neblina, ¿Por qué desaparecen estas cortinas de niebla?
R: Queremos hacer sentir a los jugadores que entre las "Tierras intermedias" y la "Tierra sombría" hay una frontera física, un mundo que ha sido sellado. En cuanto a la desaparición de esa neblina, ahora no lo podemos revelar. Sí puedo decir que se ha usado ese diseño del arbol aureo resquebrajado para representar el sentimiendo de que es un mundo dónde la voluntad se retuerce y se va destruyendo gradualmente.
P: ¿Hará su aparición alguna nueva fuerza o Dios externo? En el juego principal teníamos varios grupos; los seguidores de la era de las estrellas, los dos dedos, etc. ¿Tendrán también influencia en la Tierra Sombría?
R: Eso depende de cómo definas nuevas fuerzas. Basicamente habrá nuevos grupos y algunas de las organizaciones del juego principal también aparecerán.
P: ¿Aparecerán personajes (NPC) con los que ya estamos familiarizados? ¿Los nuevos personajes del DLC estarán también en el juego principal?
R: Habrá muchos personajes nuevos pero la mayoría de NPC no estarán en el juego principal. La razón es una cuestión de diseño, quizás algunos jugadores habrían matado a esos NPC lo que causaría que no podrían aparecer en el DLC. De todas formas algunos de los personajes que conocemos indirectamente, como Miquella, estarán en la historia completa.
P: Dos objetos que aparecen en el juego principal como el Lirio de Miquella y el Lirio de Santa Trina son similares en apariencia. A Miquella ya le conocemos pero, ¿Aparecerá el personaje de Santa Trina en este DLC? ¿Qué relación hay entre Santa Trina y Miquella?
R: Después del lanzamiento del juego se ha debatido mucho sobre la identidad de Santa Trina y Miquella. Pueden ser vistos como dos diferentes existencias, pero, realmente, no podemos desvelar su relación exacta. Esperamos que los jugadores investiguen por sí mismos. Sí que puedo decir que Santa Trina aparecerá en el DLC. Habra una explicación sobre la relación de estos dos personajes.
P: ¿Afectarán las decisiones tomadas en el DLC a la historia principal? ¿Hay varios finales para el DLC?
R: El DLC tiene entidad propia. Por esto, las decisiones no afectarán a la historia principal. Respecto al final del DLC, no hay algo así como un final o una conclusión. Tampoco habrá diferentes finales como en la historia principal. Lo único relacionado con esto es que durante el DLC, el jugador deberá enfrentarse a algunas decisiones.
P: Los requisitos para acceder al DLC son vencer a Radahn y a Mohg. El requisito de vencer a Mohg es facil de entender porque la puerta de entrada está justo en el escenario de batalla pero, ¿Por qué se ha decidido que es necesario vencer a Radahn?
R: Desde el punto de vista argumental, los jugadores lo podrán comprobar al finalizar el DLC, no lo puedo desvelar aquí. Desde el punto de vista del diseño del videojuego, pensamos que los jugadores normalmente vencían primero a Radahn y después a Mohg, por eso hemos puesto este límite.
La puerta de entrada al DLC está situada en el Palacio de Mohgwyn.

OTROS

P: ¿Es shadow of the Erdtree el unico DLC de Elden Ring? Si no es así, ¿Qué nos podría desvelar sobre la hoja de ruta?
Es el primero y el último DLC, no tenemos pensado lanzar más contenido. En cambio, respecto a la historia completa de Elden Ring todavía no lo hemos decidido. La visión de From Software es que normalmente no cerramos tan facilmente el futuro de nuestras IPs, es mejor dejar la puerta abierta al futuro. De todas formas, Shadow of the Erdtree será el único DLC.
P: Hablando sobre el futuro y las posibilidades futuras, ¿Sobre qué historias le gustaría hablar en el futuro?
R: Es dificil responder a esto teniendo en cuenta mi profesión y mi cargo, si hablo ahora lo desvelaría facilmente. Por otro lado, cuando creo un videojuego acostumbro a pensar y, al mismo tiempo, desarrollarlo. En este momento hay demasiadas variables así que no puedo dar muchas respuestas.
P: A raiz de "Demon's Souls", aparecieron en el mercado muchos juegos "Soulslike", ¿Ha probado usted algúno de estos juegos de otras desarrolladoras? ¿Cómo ve usted esta proliferación de juegos similares a los Souls?
R: Nosotros no lo definimos o categorizamos como Souls. Personalmente sí pruebo muchos de estos juegos y lo hago desde un punto de vista de jugador. Me encanta jugar a muchos juegos de este tipo y hay muchos que merece la pena admirar su contenido. Además, creo que un punto importante es que, como creador, también puedo aprender muchas cosas. De hecho, cuando estabamos desarrollando Demon's Souls nosotros también nos fijamos en otros juegos y modas del momento. Desarrollamos algunas cosas que el consumidor esperaba. Nosotros y todos los creadores exploramos e investigamos conjuntamente. Además, el objetivo de todo creador es el mismo, siempre dar a los jugadores una mejor experiencia de juego.
P: Por último, unas palabras para todos los jugadores que esperan Shadow of the Erdtree.
R: Cuando desarrollamos un juego no pensamos en un "target" específico ni en el "background" cultural. Para desarrollar nuestros juegos solo nos fijamos en la gente a la que les gusta nuestras obras. Estamos muy contentos de que nuestros juegos reciban el cariño de los jugadores chinos. Os invito a que probeis vosotros mismos el DLC, disfrutad de los combates y la exploración.
Fuentes
1 - https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/694720699
2 - https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/1350771000/elden-ring-solo-tendra-un-dlc-pero-fromsoftware-no-le-cierra-la-puerta-a-una-secuela/

SATURDAY 04 MAY 2024 (GMT +7)
Getafe vs Athletic Bilbao
After winning the Copa Del Rey by beating Mallorca in the final last month, Athletic Bilbao is yet to record another win in the league so far (D2 L1). In their last game, they got beaten 3-1 on their visit to Atletico Madrid. Despite losing the game, Ernesto Valverde’s side controlled the game with 58% of ball possession, 5 corners, and 2 big chances created throughout the game. With 5 games to go, they are currently 5^th, trailed by 6 points from 4^th position but have a comfortable 7 points lead over Real Sociedad at 6^th. They will travel to Coliseum Alfonso Pérez this afternoon to get back to winning ways but Getafe will provide a tough challenge in this match. Jose Bordalas’ side won their last game 3-1 on their visit to Almeria last week with Jaime Mata and Mason Greenwood (2) on the scoresheet. They remain in the 10^th position at the moment and they will be pushing to finish in the top half come at the end of the campaign. One thing worth noting ahead of this match is that Getafe is unbeaten in the last six home matches against Athletic Bilbao (W1 D5). With the visitor in such poor form, Getafe will be keen to add more misery for the visitor in this match. Nonetheless, the home side will miss Mauro Arambarri, Juan Iglesias, Carles Alena, Domingos Duarte, and Borja Mayoral in this match due to injuries. Meanwhile, Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta and Yuri Berchiche remain on the sidelines for the visitor. It is difficult to separate these two sides at the moment and therefore I think another draw could be on the card here.
Prediction: 50 – 50
Real Sociedad vs Las Palmas
Desperately need three points to help them qualify for Europe next season, Real Sociedad will have a good opportunity to get back to winning ways when they entertain Las Palmas at Reale Arena tomorrow. The home side got beaten 0-1 by Real Madrid last week and they must be disappointed with that after recording 9 shots, 11 corners, and 56% of ball possession in that game. They will entertain a team that is without a win in their last nine games in La Liga (D2 L7), losing their last six on the bounce. It is also worth noting that Las Palmas failed to score a goal on five of the last six occasions so they are in a really poor condition coming into this match. Last time out, they were powerless to avoid defeat when Girona visited Gran Canaria last week as the visitor managed to win the game 2-0 in the end. However, the home side also has their own problems coming into this match. They lost three of their last five games in Reale Arena in La Liga (W1 D1), as many defeats as in their previous 29 home games in the competition. They will also be without some of their first-team players with Aihen Munoz, Kieran Tierney, Hamari Traore, Martin Merquelanz, and Carlos Fernandez out of the contest through injury while Igor Zubeldia is out suspended. Meanwhile, Las Palmas only has Julian Araujo as their only injury concern coming into this game. Despite all that, I believe Real Sociedad still have plenty of quality in their squad to win this match and I’m backing them to deliver.
Prediction: 60 - 40
Real Madrid vs Cadiz
Real Madrid will go into tomorrow afternoon's La Liga match against Cadiz, who are battling relegation, aware that a win might secure them the championship with four matches left. If they defeat Cadiz, Carlo Ancelotti's side could clinch the title provided Barcelona, currently in second place, don't win against Girona later in the day. Los Blancos has undoubtedly dominated La Liga this season, amassing 84 points from 33 games, establishing an 11-point lead over Barcelona in second with five matches remaining. Ancelotti's team boasts 26 victories, 6 draws, and 1 loss in the league campaign, alongside the most prolific offense, having scored 71 goals, and the most resilient defense, conceding only 22. On the contrary, the visitor has struggle a lot this season. They found themselves sitting uncomfortably at 18^th and trailing by 5 points from Celta Vigo at 17^th. They have to be happy with a point taken from their last game when they entertained Mallorca at home last week. They’ll be desperate for points but will also need to realize that Santiago Bernabeu will be rocking to ancipate their team securing the 2023/2024 La Liga title after this match. The home side has also won each of the last three meetings with Cadiz, keeping clean sheets on two of those matches. Ancelotti will also have Thiabut Courtois and Dani Carvajal return to action here but David Alaba will remain unavailable for selection. As for Cadiz, Jorge Mere, Fede San Emeterio, Jose Mari, Romingue Kouame, and Luis Hernandez have been ruled out of the this match through injury. Carrying a momentum of 27 matches unbeaten in La Liga with a possibility of clinching the title after this match, I think Real Madrid will just be too good for Cadiz here and there is a good chance they would record a very comfortable victory in this match.
Prediction: 60 – 40
Girona vs Barcelona
Another very important game in La Liga this weekend will see 3^rd place Girona go head-to-head with 2^nd place Barcelona tomorrow at Estadi Montilivi. It is a game of big importance as if Barcelona failed to win this game they would allow their rival Real Madrid clinch the 2023/2024 La Liga title this weekend. That would be the big motivation for Xavi’s side to try to spoil their rival’s big celebration this weekend but Girona has been terrific this season and will provide a big test for Barcelona in this match. The home side has not lost the last two meetings with Barcelona in La Liga (W1 D1) and at home they have been really strong this season with 41 points collected from 16 home games (W13 D2 L1) and no team has beaten them there in the league on the last 12 occasions. No team has also score more goals on their home ground than Michel’s side so Barcelona is in for a really tough game here. Last week, Girona won 2-0 on their visit to Las Palmas thanks to two goals from David Lopez and Artem Dovbyk. They just trailed by 2 points from Barcelona at the moment so a win would see them claim back the 2^nd position. At the same time, Barcelona also comes into this match on the back of a 4-2 victory over Valencia a few days ago with Robert Lewandowski (3) and Ferran Lopes on the scoresheet. With Xavi set to stay in Barcelona for next season, they will try to continue building the momentum and foundation for next season by trying to finish as a runner-up in La Liga. The visitor will be without the service of Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, and Alejandro Balde in this match due to injury while the home side will be missing Juanpe, Ricard Artero, and Joel Roca. It will be a very entertaining contest between two very good sides in La Liga and with the home side being really strong at home recently, I’m backing them to edge this one in the end.
Prediction: 55 – 45
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Mod(s), feel free to delete if this isn't the right place for this type of posts.
This was actually supposed to be only one post, but it ended up exceeded the character limit that reddit has set, so I've decided to split them into four parts instead.
This will be a combination of my thoughts and opinions during my first viewing when it came out (which I was live-tweeting over on twitter) and the re-watches I did the past few weeks.
I will go episode by episode and just comment on things that caught my attention. Some episodes and scenes will have me go into a bit more detail than others, depends a lot on how much I like the episode. This will be somewhat lengthy, but it will mainly just be me rambling. Don't expect anything too in-depth. I'm not really that good at putting my thoughts into words.
This will be very positive, btw, as I've grown extremely fond of this adaptation, could even call me a borderline apologist at this point (if that wasn't evident already by my comment history). There will be a couple of criticisms here and there, but I'm not planning on dwelling on them. I think we all are very much aware of some of its flaws and aspects that could've been handled better. The internet has already thorn this LA to shreds for it, so I'm not going to bother adding to it.
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Episode 1: [Aang]

• The opening is very good; starting off with a view of the Comet, panning down over a city and then directly going into a chase scene. Even if I wasn't a fan of the original series, this would have me immediately invested in the story and the character that is being chased. What little time we got with him, it was enough for me to care. Which says a lot, considering that this man is only a one-off character.
• It is pretty damn unfortunate that this was the only time in the entire season that the earthbending looked amazing, though. The Bumi moments later on were good, but nothing came close to the one in the opening. I hope to see improvement next season.
• Showing us how cruel and hard-hearted Sozin is so early is, in my opinion, also a good thing. His backstory reveal later on will be more impactful in that way.
• Not ashamed to say that seeing Aang's little, smiling face brought tears to my eyes.
• Already love Gyatso and the bond he has with Aang, they seem so much closer!
• Very glad that we get to see the Air Nomads before their end came about. I think it's extremely important to remember them as they lived, instead of defining them as just victims. I mean, the way the they are talked about in the animated series, you would think they were the equivalent of the Sumerians, a civilization from ancient times that went extinct over time.
• They never mention why they are all gathering at the Southern Temple in specific. So, I'm just gonna assume that they were going to announce that Aang is the Avatar either after or during the Comet Festival.
• I like this conversation between Aang and Gyatso as it is, but I feel like it would have benefited from a few silent moments, giving Aang some much-needed time to process the news.
• "You will always be my friend." iykyk! This was done so well on both their parts! But Gordon in particular did an amazing job here for someone that young; trying to keep things together and not look too affected, but his eyes gave everything away.
• Once again, Gordon nailed that scene with Appa! The intonations in his voice were on-point, coupled with those eyes filled with unshed tears. Though, I do feel like a couple of sentences could have been taken out. Just like I mentioned above with the Gyatso scene, there should have been a few more silent moments and less talking.
• The fact that Aang just wanted to go for a breather and Sozin arrived right after he left... The survivor's guilt he feels must be unfathomable.
• I do, however, wonder how Sozin knew that they were all going to be gathered at the Southern Temple. Did someone from the Air Nomads tell their Fire Nation buddy about it, and that one ended up snitching to Sozin... I should probably stop thinking.
• It's such a cowardly move to attack someone at night, when they're asleep... with their guard down... No wonder the Fire Nation went on to lie about this event in their history books.
• I've seen a lot of criticism regarding the inclusion of the genocide, saying that it's glorifying violence- it being unnecessary, and I vehemently disagree with that view. The LA narrative here is making it very clear that this is nothing short of a tragedy. They are showing us, not telling, how brutal the Fire Nation can be, and why the people in the current timeline despise and fear them so much. They are ruthless and had zero mercy for the most peaceful people in the world. Only showing the aftermath later on wouldn't have had the same effect on the viewer.
• Don't want to think about the pain that both the Air Nomads and the Bison were feeling when their other half got killed...
• The scene with the towers getting destroyed really hit hard for me (for personal reasons I will not get into), the Fire Nation isn't gaining anything from this action. At this point, it's not just a case of taking out someone that they deem as a threat, they are trying to erase the culture of the Air Nomads altogether.
• Gyatso meeting his end at the hands of Sozin... Roku's current best friend vs ex-best friend... Gonna see myself off the nearest cliff, guys!
• I wonder if Roku ever told either of them about the other... He probably gushed about Sozin to Gyatso during his stay at the Southern Air Temple for his training, and now that very man that Gyatso likely has a very positive view of is here committing these atrocities... I swear I'm normal about their friendship!
• Too many people complaining that they didn't do Gyatso justice with that last stand, which I, once again, disagree with. He was trying to protect the children. And for that reason, there was no way that he would have been able to suck the air out of the room, like most are saying he should have, without harming the children in the process.
• Sozin's line "But not when we have the power of the comet." could have been left out. It's okay and doesn't ruin the scene or anything, but I feel like it would have been more powerful if he only said "You may have prevailed on another night.", as this line already alludes to the importance of the Comet.
• That scene of Gyatso holding off Sozin transitioning over to Aang getting into the Avatar State was really good. Makes me wonder if perhaps it was Gyatso's death that triggered it... Like... Roku felt that and went super saiyan... I hate it here.
• And then that Aang scene immediately transitioning over to Katara trying, but failing, to waterbend! Intentional symbolism or am I looking too much into this? It first 'showed' the death of Aang's most beloved person and then went over to introducing us to the one that Aang will eventually end up loving the most.
• Katara practicing waterbending in secret and Sokka being against her doing it at all because he fears for her safety was so good! To be honest, I never understood why Katara in the original was so okay with doing it in the open, with Sokka just making remarks about her being weird for being able to bend. You cannot tell me the two of them couldn't put two and two together as to why Katara was the only bender in the South Pole, how dangerous it could be if the Fire Nation happened to spot her doing it. Either Gran Gran or their father never bothered to tell them about the danger (or didn't want them to know for their own peace of mind) or the Fire Nation just don't care any longer?
• Both Katara and Sokka are making some good points here. It's important to keep alive the culture and aspects of it that your oppressors have tried to erase, but I also understand that Sokka is more concerned with their physical survival as a people.
• Zuko looking so ecstatic when he saw the beam of light, compared to his sort of angry nonchalance and arrogance in the cartoon, was a welcome change. It only makes sense that he would be so excited about this.
• Absolutely love how they took Zuko's obsession with the Avatar to a whole new level in this; all those little statues, artifacts and those conspiracy wall corkboards. His little dia-, I mean, war journal, is everything to me!
• Ian has been doing amazing as Sokka, no complaints about him or his scenes so far.
• Not sure why, but Katara telling everyone to leave and let Aang rest made me chuckle. That was funny to me.
• I'm sorry, but I can't get over the fact that Zuko has a whole family portrait hanging in his little room... That hurts. I bet he painted it himself, that little art nerd.
• Aang wakes up from a century-long coma and first the thing he wanna do is play.
• A lot of people nag on the Gran Gran narration, but truthfully speaking, the scene in general was not bad at all. The only thing I didn't like is the writers making her say that intro bit that we all are very familiar with, word for word. Not only because we already got a visually-stunning montage of a rendition of it in the beginning with some great narration by Kyoshi, it just didn't fit the setting and the way the rest of the story was narrated. So, that bit should have either been completely re-worded, or left out altogether.
• Zuko being all about 'us' and 'we', instead of 'me, myself and I'!
• Am I the only one who thinks it would have been better if Aang had gone to Appa to seek some comfort after he was told about the genocide?
• Ooh, this is interesting! So, Hakoda and the other men of the village didn't leave to help the Earth Kingdom with their fight against the Fire Nation in this, they left to hunt down the Firebenders that attacked Wolf Cove three years prior.
• "No one visits other nations now. We're only friends with our own kind." The Fire Nation using the age-old Divide and Conquer strategy to win the war, I see. Smart move, I can tell you that much.
• Zuko's only response to Iroh's correct judgement about how Ozai would react to his return home being a childish "You're wrong" is funny for no reason! 😭
• I'm so happy about the way they portray Zuko's firebending skills in this! It was really inconsistent in the animated series: one episode he is unable to master the basics, and the next he is going toe-to-toe with one that is considered a master in a sense.
• Katara finally being able to actually waterbend because of one instruction from Aang tells me that she is a natural, all she needs is a bending teacher to help her realize her full potential.
• Sokka's anger is a hundred percent understandable, but I wish he wasn't so harsh on Aang...
• I love that Katara acknowledges how difficult of a time Sokka has been having looking after the village, 'cause in the animated series she seemed somewhat dismissive of how serious he was about the responsibility that his father has left him with, referring to it as him "playing soldier".
• Something tells me that Zuko was bluffing about burning the place down. He was clearly angry about the other kids fighting back, but it looked more like he was waiting for Aang to do something, took on a firebending stance but wasn't taking any real actions. The moment Aang spoke up, Zuko stopped immediately.
• What Aang said definitely affected Sokka's decision to save him. Imagine the Avatar, of all people, telling you that you are the bravest person they have ever met, after all those years of thinking that you aren't worthy enough to be considered a warrior just because you fumbled your ice-dodging trials.
• Sokka handing the mantle of leadership over to the next oldest kid, and the boy looking so excited that Sokka is trusting him with it was a really good scene.
• Really happy about the inclusion of the conversation between Aang and Iroh! And so early on in the season at that. Communication between the two sides was something that I was really missing in the animated series.
• Remember, guys, never leave your diary lying around in your room. Your twelve year old captive might get the petty idea to take it for himself.
• LA Zuko is completely unhinged lmao! Smiling like a maniac while Aang is basically falling to this death...
• When Sokka caught Aang mid-fall with that "Hey, kid!", and Aang looking so happy and relieved that someone came to his rescue.... my hearts hurts for this kid.
• I'm getting such strong siblings vibes from LA Aang and Sokka! The younger brother-older brother dynamic is on point here.
• Katara getting her time to shine too! And she waterbended that wave by doing the exact same airbending form that Aang was demonstrating to her earlier.
• He could have very well thrown another powerful fireball at them, but didn't... hmmm. Interesting...
• Zuko not taking his eyes off him and Aang continuing to look back at Zuko until he got out of sight... Soulmatism at play, me thinks.
• Aang finding Gyatso's corpse and his subsequent reaction to it actually made me tear up in this version. The combination of confusion, denial, sorrow and guilt turning into rage... so good! Not to mention, that we were already familiar with Gyatso and his strong bond with Aang, so the scene just hits extra hard.
• Gyatso's memory pulling Aang out of the Avatar State was such an amazing change! Katara saying that Sokka and her are his family now is okay for an animated children's show, but that wouldn't land that well in a live action setting, they haven't known one another long enough for that.
• The scene right after with Aang and Katara is one of my favorites in this episode; really well done. That sad, lost look of resignation on Aang's face, and then Katara just hugging him tightly without saying a word.
• Aang just sitting there, stroking Gyatso's amulet... pain is all I know... I don't know about you people, but I prefer that he is still grieving instead of going straight back to his normal, happy self.
• "It's only after we've lost something that we realize how much it means to us... and how we'd do anything to get it back... Anything." This Aang voice-over while showing us the scene of Zuko rage-drawing a portrait of Aang right after he lost him is so funny! 😭
• Zuko really said "You look easy to draw".

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Episode 2: [Warriors]

• Zuko throwing a tantrum over losing his notebook and Aang running away was a fun way to start off this episode. His little "He ran!" outburst has been living ren-free in my head for two months now.
• I'm going to be honest here, animated Zuko's tantrums annoyed me at times, despite his circumstances, because he very much looks and sounds like a guy in his twenties, instead of a sixteen years old. LA Zuko on the other hand looks, sounds and acts like an actual teen that just desperately wants to go home, so I can't help but feel pity for this one.
• The situation and their opinion on the Avatar aren't exactly the same as the ones at the end of episode two in Book One, but I like that they switched up Zuko and Iroh's assessment of Aang; with Zuko thinking of him as a coward for running away instead of fighting him 1v1, and Iroh telling him not to underestimate Aang. I find it a nice and fitting change. Also, my delusional mind tells me he is already fond of Aang and doesn't want Zuko to think too negatively of the poor kid. 🏃
• Getting a bit distracted by Katara in the background smiling the whole time when Aang is talking lol.
• I really like that Sokka and Katara are having this discussion on whether or not they should return home. Sokka's flawed view of thinking that Aang doesn't need any help because he believes he is powerful enough already is understandable because of the way he was raised, putting traditional warrior skills above all else. But physical strength is not all there is, nor is it the most important trait you can have, Sokka will learn this going forward. Katara on the other hand wants to accompany Aang, not only 'cause she doesn't want to abandon him, but also because she is very eager to see where this journey will take her regarding her bending, which is very nice. This argument here was a good way of showing us what the siblings are like, and what they value.
• The animals have been looking amazing so far. I was pretty worried about Momo's appearance, but he looks wonderful; it looks even more adorable in its real-life form!
• Katara receiving the waterbending scroll from Gran Gran instead of finding it at a random market place was really nice. Her stealing back something that belonged to her culture was good, but I like what the LA did with it as well. The scroll having been some sort of heirloom (?) that has been passed down in the tribe, and them having to keep it hidden so that the Fire Nation wouldn't take or destroy it also adds great meaning to it. This is something many colonized groups can relate to, mine included.
• Aang trying to give Gyatso as proper of a burial as he could was a great addition!
• Quite disappointed that the sanctuary room with the statues from the Southern Air Temple episode doesn't exist here. Dumb complaint, I know, but that place is just too iconic for me, so, I was hoping to see it.
• Finding joy in the simple things in life comes so easily to Iroh! He brought Zuko to this port so they could get some information on the Avatar's whereabouts, and yet he is getting distracted by the food and wants Zuko to try it out and relax a bit. Loved the whole scene!
• Dallas is so good with his facial expressions! Such a talent when it comes to letting the viewers know what his character feels without having to say a single word.
• Such a big fan of Yukari being jaded and not wanting to accept the Gaang immediately, regardless of Aang's status as the Avatar! It's understandable that she'd be worrying about the safety of her people. Sure, Aang himself isn't dangerous, but those that want to capture him are. It hurts to admit, but Aang really does bring trouble wherever he goes...
• And I love that Aang is understanding of her reserved stance, and how clear it is that he doesn't want nor expects privileges because of his status. But he is being very reasonable that it's important for him to gain knowledge on how to be the Avatar so he could be of better help to the world.
• "I know I don't belong here. That's something I've been feeling a lot lately." Got me teary-eyed there for a sec.
• "But if you can help me, if I can learn to be the Avatar, maybe I could bring the place I knew, a world were people were happier, back." Oh, you sweet little angel, if only things were that simple. His belief in seeing the best in humanity is beautiful. I don't think this comes from a place of naivety either, it's just in his nature. Unfortunately, the rest of the world does not have this type of mindset, although it's understandable why they don't.
• Suki being the one to stand up for them was really nice, reminding Yukari that the kindness of strangers can go a long way. This conversation between them also gives the two characters depths, giving us a bit of insight into their fears, wishes and beliefs, getting the viewer more familiarized with them, which make it easier for one to find a connection with them.
• Sokka making a fool of himself trying to impress Suki, and Katara and Aang just standing by and holding in their laughter, refusing to pitch in with some help is peak sibling behavior.
• I love Suki emphasizing that she is not just any warrior. She is a Kyoshi warrior, one raised to uphold the values of the Avatar, and a title she greatly honors.
• Zhao recognizing that it was Zuko right away was so funny to me! Heard a kid coming in making demands like a spoiled little brat and immediately figured "Yep, that gotta be the banished prince".
• Already very big on this change in Zhao! These manipulative, sneaky traits are what I love in an antagonist.
• A bit peeved that Zuko and Iroh aren't already acquainted with Zhao, though. But then again, this also resulted in them actually 'working together' for a while, which was great.
• I think Suki's social awareness meter is broke... Sis, read the room!
• I really liked that she looked away and left immediately when she noticed that Sokka was feeling uncomfortable by her staring, though. The meter might not be too broke, after all.
• Aang not wanting to start learning the other elements right now because he isn't yet ready to let go of Gyatso, whom was his only bending teacher so far is a really nice change that I can get behind.
• I love the scene afterwards with Katara splashing him with water and then the two of them playing in the river. Not only was it a sweet moment, this also showed Katara's empathetic nature; she didn't like seeing Aang down like that, and instead of letting him leave in that sad state of mind, she tries to actively distract him from his pain, even if it's only for a little while.
• I don't understand the people who complain about Aang not having learned any waterbending this season; how it apparently ruined part of his character build, the enjoyment of watching the show or that it's somehow bad writing... I'm sorry, but how exactly did it ruin any of that?

For starters, they didn't name this "Season One: Water", it's simply "Season One". Second, learning waterbending wasn't even that big of a thing for Aang, it was important for Katara's character. Third, this was intentionally done because they are building up to something more.
The enjoyment part is subjective for all. I personally do not care that he didn't learn any waterbending. Not only do I really like the reasoning for why he refuses to learn it from a story-telling perspective, but for me personally, the bending is not, and never has been, the reason as to why I love the Avatar-verse.

• Aang having fun playing together with the other kids of the village, and Katara looking on with so much fondness on her face! I'm sporting such a stupid grin right now because of this scene. Just seeing him happy makes her happy!
• Looks like Suki took flirting lessons from Azula... Forget playing hard-to-get, intimidation tactics is where it's at.
• Jokes aside, though; I absolutely adore how she was flirting with him by trying to impress him with something she is very good at, something that they have in common. She was raised as a sheltered warrior, with absolutely no contact with the outside world, so it make sense that she wouldn't really know how to go about letting the other person know that she is interested in them. This was bound to result in an awkward situation.
• To add to this already great character-building moment for Suki, we also see cracks of Sokka's toxic masculinity at play again, and I love that they are not 'in your face' about this, it's more subtle. Some might have written his reactions off as him just being afraid of her skills and strength, but I don't think that that is what the writer is trying to get at here. If you pay attention closely, already being aware of how Sokka was raised; it is very clear that he was not expecting Suki to be better than he was. He is of the belief that, with him being a guy, he is stronger and more skilled in combat by default. He wasn't just intimidated by her skills; he felt emasculated and got embarrassed because of it.
• Turning Kyoshi's statue into a shrine was such a nice touch!
• Love that little easter egg in the Kyoshi painting; her fighting Chin The Conqueror, and absolutely demolishing him!
• This new take is very interesting; Aang having to train to get his powers under control because he was too strong, instead of having to train to become more skilled. And I love that the other kids never excluded him and still wanted to play with him despite being afraid of his power.
• It's understandable now why he said that he doesn't want his powers, that he would be willing to change places with any of his friends if he could; it wasn't just about the responsibilities of being the Avatar, he just doesn't want the strong skills he has because of the harm it can post to others. He is such a gentle soul. :(
• I love that they brought back the vender from the beginning of the episode to inform Zuko and Iroh about Zhao's whereabouts lol.
• I absolutely adore the one-on-one training session! With Suki being so confident, trying to stay professional, but getting all flustered and awkward whenever she gets into a little intimate position with Sokka.
• "Sometimes, hope can be a cruel thing." He is absolutely right about that! I love that LA Iroh doesn't dance around his words and instead just straight up tells him what he really thinks. And you can see that Zuko in turn really appreciates it.
• Another little addition that I am very fond of is how Zuko doesn't hold back from talking about how he feels whenever he is alone with Iroh. It's already very clear early on that Iroh is his confidant. The trust Zuko has in him lovely to say the least; how strongly he believes in Iroh to stay by his side regardless of whether or not he agrees with his views or actions is something I really adore about this duo. Unconditional love can be harmful, but there so much tragic beauty in it when written well.
• Is it just me, or was there a shift in Suki's personality when she took off her make-up? Almost like she turned into a person that wears her heart on her sleeve. It's not bad, if anything I think it's really interesting. But still, I prefer her distant and socially awkward personality from before.
• Not sure how I feel about both Sokka and Suki already having a crush going. Though, it's understandable given their circumstances (being that the other is probably the first girl/boy their age that they have seen outside of their village). Not saying that this is bad writing or anything, far from it. It's just so happens that I prefer friendship, so I would have liked for them to have kept this bond platonic for now.
• I love the conversation they had about benders and non-benders, bringing up the inequality, how differently they are viewed by society. This almost seems to be an allegory for how men and women are viewed when it comes to certain topics like sports and fighting, the different expectations society has set for both.
• While I dislike eavesdropping, I really like that Yukari stayed around to listen and understand how Suki feels. I like that she didn't interrupt the two, and instead let her have her moment with Sokka.
• I think they should have left the Avatar State talk for the next season, 'cause now I feel like they won't be adapting that scene with Roku from Book Two anymore, which is really unfortunate because it's one of my favorites of the entire franchise.
• Haven't brought it up yet, but I adore the costumes in this so much! Everything has been looking fantastic so far.
• "Funny. That's not what I had heard." Hehe.
• Huge fan of this version of Zhao. I simply don't have it in me to hate funny villains.
• I love how this fight against Zhao and his men was the moment that Yukari was revealed to have been a former Kyoshi Warrior.
• Too many people are harsh on this LA depiction of Kyoshi. I don't understand how anyone came to the conclusion that she was villainized in this version. Kyoshi was very calm, kind, and only turned grim when Aang said that he doesn't want to hurt anyone. Sure, you could say that she could have handled it better, considering that she talking to a child, but her anger is not unjustified.

Aang might be a pacifist monk that does not want to inflict harm on others, regardless of who they are. But as the Avatar, he can't afford to think that way, as his duty is to the people; sometimes he will get in a situation in which there will be no other option besides fighting, or even going as far as taking a life, in order to protect another. Aang was in dire need of some tough love, and Kyoshi was the perfect person to receive it from.

• I feel like she was hugely projecting here too lol. She seems to see a lot of herself back in Aang; this kind and compassionate nature she herself had has probably caused her a lot of pain and trouble in her lifetime too, cost innocent people their lives for all we know.
• Also, the vision is already showing us a couple of the characters that we will be introduced to later on during the Northern Tribe arc, which is nice; Hahn, Arnook and Pakku can be seen clearly. And I love how the first scene of the vision was Katara shielding herself from an incoming fireball at the Temple!
• I really like that they didn't make the Kyoshi Warriors over-the-top powerful. They might be an elite class raised to be strong and skilled, but they don't have any real combat experience, so it makes sense that they would struggle to defeat a platoon of benders who have probably been in this business for years at this point.
• I adore Zuko for never attacking out of nowhere. He always gives the other the option to back down. This is a really good trait to have as a leader; nothing good comes from attacking people randomly without giving them a choice to opt out.
• Katara trying to stop Zuko and his crew from getting to Aang with the little itty bit of waterbending she knows was precious. Bless her soul for trying.
• Not Zuko getting ready to strike Katara while she was already down... This is straight up Azula behavior! There is a lot more that I want to talk about regarding how vicious he gets whenever his opponent is down, but that bit will be more appropriate to bring up in 'Masks', so I will leave it for that particular episode.
• I can never get enough of that scene with Kyoshi coming in. Replayed it so many times!
• I love how Zuko's desperation is shown in this whole sequence. The fact that he was ready to take on Kyoshi, of all people, to capture Aang says a lot about his determination (and stupidity, but we ain't gonna get into that here)... this kid truly has a death wish, doesn't he?
• The laughing fit I got into when Zhao told his men to retreat and they all just scampered! Not judging, though, their fear is absolutely understandable. I'm also scared of Kyoshi.
• I love how, despite all that big talk, she still didn't bring any real harm upon those Firebenders. She could have, and would even be justified in doing so, but she chose not to.
• Yukari coming around only after Aang helped save the village was great. And I love how they are keeping this continues theme of hope from the animated series.
• "You have given us something far more valuable in return. A reason to believe again; in our village, in ourselves... and in the Avatar." I love this line from Yukari so much! All this time they have lived isolated from the rest of the world, believing this to be the best way to protect themselves, probably already having lost faith in the Avatar as well. I love how Aang's visit to the village changed Yukari the most out of all of them. The scene of her and the rest of the village bowing to Aang and him bowing back was so good!
• "Thank you, Sokka, for bringing the world to me." Period, girl!
• I think a peck on the cheek would have been a bit nicer, the kiss could've been kept for the next season. But then again, that's just my aro-ace self talking, so ignore that. Loved the addition of Suki giving him the fan, though!
• Honestly, LA Suki perfectly embodied the line "I am a warrior. But I'm a girl too." that OG Suki says in Book One. Showing instead of telling, remember?
• I love Sokka's older brother energy so much! This adaptation has given us a lot of good, new scenes between Sokka and Aang that I adore. Their bond has been steadily growing.
• "Don't tell anyone!" Pfft! This sealed the deal for me. I love this adaptation of Zuko! So dramatic for no reason.
• Zhao snitching the moment he got off Zuko's boat has me in tears! 😭
• Never got any qualms with Ozai's face being revealed so early on, keeping it hidden wouldn't have even made any sense, considering that we all already know who portrays him. The reveal in the original wasn't even that big of a deal; I know many og fans liked the mysterious aura, how it made him seem so menacing and evil, only for him to be revealed to look like a regular, handsome man (something about evil hiding under a beautiful facade). And while I definitely get that sentiment, I don't think it really adds that much to his character. There are plenty of very good looking characters in this franchise that commit outrageous acts.

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Anyway, that was it for now. I've already written up a good chunk of the rest of the episodes, but I'm not sure when I'll be posting those, 'cause I'm far from done with them.
Until then!

[DESCRIPTION]
It's been a while since you last saw the private eye go for some ice cream. While you don't mind not having to put up with a rambler, a part of you feels a little curious about what happened to the investigator since then. Of course, the rambler returns to feed your curiosity during a time you're still trying to mind your own business.
[MONETIZATION]
I ain't making a single cent off this, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't. Just give credit where credit is due.
[AD-LIBS & ALTERATIONS]
If you think you got a tangent or slight word change that'll make the script work better, that's great! Use it! All I ask is that 1) you don't change the overall story, 2) you credit yourself for making alterations to the script, and 3) you don't make any changes that promote bigotry.
[SCRIPT NOTES]
CORNETTO CLASSICO - The Speaker
ARROZ CON LECHE - The Listener
This script was written as part of the Season of Series and is Part 2 of A Private Eye Orders Ice Cream. Part 1 can be found here.
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Another slow shift at Sorbet's Ice Cream Parlor. ARROZ CON LECHE is still the only employee working this shift, not that they mind. There's nobody to take orders from and the silence is filled with the royalty free Motown playing from the jukebox, which would have been perfect if the little bell on the door hadn't announced the entrance of CORNETTO CLASSICO, private eye.
I'm missing something. There has to be. What ties them all together?
Lost in thought, CORNETTO mutters to themselves as they approach the counter. The footsteps stop upon arrival. CORNETTO looks up and sees ARROZ staring at the private eye with a look of concern.
Oh! It's you again! Good to see you, kid! Any word on what happened to Sorbet?
A heart attack? If what she told me is true, I shouldn't be surprised that her mother had one. Still, if you see her before I do, can you give her my condolences and that I got an ear for her if she wants it?
Thank you.
Yeah, I'm not here just to ask about Sorbet. Same song as last time, kid. Only we're on the second verse. Any chance you can hook a P.I. like me up with chocolate ice cream of any kind? Don't need to be as fancy as the strawberry I ordered last time.
ARROZ chuckles as they begin to prepare the ice cream. It's a much simpler ice cream than the one prepared last time, only calling for a few scoops of chocolate ice cream in a cone.
It's not me feeling adventurous, my keen-eyed friend. Like the Famous 31 Flavors, I like to vary my ice creams from time to time. Chocolate just happens to be a flavor I make myself enjoy.
Simple: Chocolate ain't always ethically made. A lot of companies out there either don't know or don't care how they make it, and more often than not, they get kids to do their dirty work for dirt cheap. Then it gets packaged off to unsuspecting customers who happily eat them like a ravenous pack. They don't know better, but I do, and that unethical practice that gets used leaves a taste more bitter than the darkest chocolate I can find. It reminds me of that darkness that exists in the world, one I have to comprehend before I can unravel it.
ARROZ looks up with a face caught between disbelief and horror. Seeing this, CORNETTO takes on a more reassuring and comforting tone with their dialogue.
I wouldn't worry too much about it, kid. You ain't the one who makes the choice to get one brand over another to serve customers. Besides, some companies actually make their chocolate ethically, complete with fair wages and little to no child labor. Liking chocolate ain't the problem, so don't worry about mixing the trees for the forest.
CORNETTO sighs as ARROZ hands over the chocolate ice cream. CORNETTO's response is that of someone close to solving a puzzle, and yet not close enough to know what the picture is supposed to look like.
What's got me worried is that I'm trying to solve what I think is a glass onion. Something with layers upon layers of mystery, yet when you look directly at its center, the core of the onion is perfectly clear, and I just can't seem to see it.
See, after I got that strawberry ice cream last time, I went back to Ms. Formaggi for some questions. There was a piece of the puzzle that was not in the box she gave me, and that's keeping me from figuring out why Marzi wound up road kill. She tells me that she already told me: Marzi was supposed to meet up with her for a spice deal. I doubted that because if it was just a spice deal, why would you do it in the morning? Shady business happens in the shade because it's easier to blend in the shadows when you're surrounded by the night. At least, that's what I found in my career.
Well, after pressing further into the subject, and maybe a few pictures she wouldn't want in the wrong hands, Ms. Formaggi was kind enough to give up the big cheese: apparently, Marzi caught wind of something. What that something was is something he took to his grave, but he seemed to have planned on letting the wind out of the bag to her.
That's exactly what I was wondering. See, Marzi wasn't important the way the Formaggis and the Stagionis are. He was a delivery guy for one of them new-fangled food delivery services, Dine & Dash. Even if he was a part of a conspiracy, he would only know enough to play a part. He was a pawn at best, but the thing about pawns is that under the right circumstances, they can become the most powerful piece on the board. Marzi knew something that wasn't meant for his ears, so if I find out what he knew and how, I should be able to find out who killed him.
While I am at what seems like a dead end, it wasn't because there were no clues by the crime scene. When Marzi became roadkill, he was in front of La Gran Gata Bodega on Crocker Road. Figured that somebody got security footage of the murder, so I had a little chat with the bodega owner. Real reasonable guy. Didn't even have to get shady with him for a look at the tapes. While the tapes never gave me the face of the killer, it did show me the killer's shirt and, more importantly, what was on the back. Despite the fuzzy image, the back of the shirt had big bold letters reading "GOUTER LANES."
As right as you are, I couldn't guarantee that it was someone there without asking a few questions. After all, a good costume can make someone think you're working for someone you're not. So I pay Gouter Lanes a visit and ask around. Just a simple, "You know anybody you stopped by La Gran Gata Bodega?" Call it luck or fate, but I see a kid try to book it, so I naturally give chase.
ARROZ questions the private eye about catching the kid. CORNETTO scoffs, clearly a little offended at the question.
Of course I caught the kid! I may not win a marathon anytime soon, but I can definitely run and tackle a guy before he makes it across a good sized parking lot! So I tackle the kid and ask about the bodega, and he tells me that he was told that nobody would know he did. I ask him who told him that, and he tells me that one of the higher ups told him to. Wasn't sure who, but he was told to give the guy with an egg sandwich an accident.
Yeah. An egg sandwich. According to the order history of Dine & Dash, Marzi's last delivery was supposed to be an egg sandwich. If it was just a matter of finding the killer, I could close this case, grab a can of cola, and call it a day, but the killer wasn't the mastermind. Somebody wanted Marzi dead and I want to know who.
Closest I got was the higher ups at Gouter Lanes. Some of the managers there knew that the kid was given a special task that day, but didn't know who sent it or why. They didn't know nothing, so I decided to do a little research. You know what I find? I find myself chasing a golden goose. Gouter Lanes is owned by Merienda Enterprises, the same guys that own that Dairy Royale chain. Turns out they've been buying up local businesses all over the city.
That's the part that confuses me. I can't find the rhyme or reason behind it. Most of the locals that got bought up aren't even that profitable. They even bought the rundown lumber mill at the lake to make one of them water bottling plants. More business, I suppose, but the thing that bothers me most is that aside from the water bottling plant, every recent purchase pits Merienda against the folks running the city.
Okay, you know how we have elected officials like Mayor Chiffon and Judge Gateau that are supposed to have power over what happens here? Guess what happens when someone manages to have a say in what the higher ups do?
ARROZ thinks about it for a moment before realizing the implications.
Exactly. You get yourself a slice of that powerful pie. That's what some folks like the Formaggis and the Stagionis do. They offer elected officials a little something in exchange for a favor. Maybe it's looking the other way or sending a message to the public, but at the end of the day, both of them get something out of it. Unless you're a smart cookie, going up against the giants is only gonna get you hurt.
Now that is the question whose answer I swear is on the tip of my tongue. What's the method behind the madness? Whatever ties the purchases together will make the center of the mystery clear. Then again, this ramble might be the gobbledygook of a gumshoe obsessing over an aglet, and that ice cream's looking pretty lonely right now.
CORNETTO begins to dig into the ice cream. It's been too long since they last had some quality ice cream. As they do, a fun fact pops into their head.
You know, chocolate's actually supposed to be bitter. They slap some sugar into the stuff before shipping them out to ravenous customers. My sweet tooth ain't complaining, but I find it interesting. Some folks actually get the stuff unsweetened for health benefits, and I don't blame them. Most food these days have more sugar in them than a bear in a beehive.
CORNETTO stops for a moment. The core of the glass onion begins to become clear in their head. ARROZ asks if CORNETTO is experiencing a brain freeze.
No, no. It's not a brain freeze. It's… I gotta do a little more digging.
Before ARROZ can say anything, CORNETTO books it out the parlor. The bell rings as the door opens and closes… And opens again as CORNETTO dashes back in. They quickly bring out their wallet and start going through its contents.
Not sure how much I owe you, but here.
CORNETTO hastily slaps some cash onto the counter.
Keep the change. Or put it on my tab.
CORNETTO dashes back out of the parlor with the bell ringing again.
I promise I'll pay you back as soon as I get the chance!
ARROZ can't help but watch the private eye running out of the parlor after leaving some cash that might not cover the ice cream. The audio ends as the bell rings to indicate that a customer has left.
[MISCELLANEOUS]

1. If you decide to fill the script, I would love to hear it!
2. Constructive criticism would be very much appreciated.
3. Have a nice day!

Saddle in, y'all, 'cause this is a long one. (Deleted and reposted this because my old post wouldn't let me edit...)
Ever since starting to play this game and joining this community, I've heard players say - in some way, shape, or form - that the developers said 1.3 is the very end, that it's all they have, that they never intended the game to be live service and that good ol' Sandalphon will be the last character we'll ever see as we're lowered into a grave, casket and all. Well, I'm Catboy Feet, and I'm here to talk facts so that we can all operate on what we do know instead of hearsay. Specifically, what was said in the Part 3 Relink Showcase - which took place on 04/25/2024 (mm/dd/yyyy), about a day ago from the writing of this post. Cygames graciously offered us captions in multiple languages so that we could understand exactly what was said. I downloaded the transcript, reviewed it multiples times, and reviewed and studied the expressions/general sentiment of the hosts and developers for multiple hours so that you don't have to. Besides adding in emotions or expressions in parentheses, I did not alter the text of what they said at all; the captions were produced by Cygames themselves. I will post my thoughts and impressions of what was said in [brackets], as well as additional thoughts after what was said.
Here are the people that took part in the showcase, as well as how they introduced themselves:

Emiri KATO: JP voice actor for Sierokarte in GBF:R
Ono YUKI: JP voice actor for Gran and Lancelot in GBF:R
Tetsuya FUKUHARA: General Director of GBF:R
Yasuyuki KAJI: Director of GBF:R
Sanshiro HIDAKA: Narrative Director of GBF:R

[What's the difference between General Director and Director? After doing some research, Tetsuya Fukuhara seems to be general director of the Granblue Fantasy IP, whereas Yasuyuki Kaji seems to be Relink's game director; they both seem to operate as co-directors of Relink. Unable to confirm who's the more senior figure, but judging by their introductions I'm leaning towards it being Fukuhara.]
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Concerning feedback (starting at 1:52)

KAJI: First off, let me say a heartfelt thank you to all the many people who’ve played the game. I’ve been reading your comments since Early Access, and so many of you have given us positive and thorough feedback. We’re still stunned and touched by the generous reception. Thank you so, so much.
HIDAKA: The entire staff is moved by the warmth of your comments. We’re very grateful. Most of all, I’m thrilled that Granblue fans have accepted Relink’s story as worthy of the Granblue world. Also I’m very thankful to all our global players. Some of you have found Granblue through Relink, and others have mentioned you’re still playing Granblue to this day. Thank you so much.
YUKI: Thanks for your comments! It sounds like you’ve both received a lot of messages from players!
FUKUHARA: (nodding) We keep a close eye on them.

[My thoughts: They've confirmed that they're keeping a pulse on the community, not just listening to and reading feedback but understanding that GBF:R introduced a lot of new players to the GB IP. Don't stop submitting your (constructive) feedback using the feedback form because almost all of the changes they've instituted have been due to player feedback (they mention this throughout the video regarding sigil transmutation expansion, the overlay map, and photo mode).]
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About future Showcases (starting at 4:33)

YUKI: We're on Part 3, surprisingly enough, so maybe we're already going all out for these showcases, but does this imply there will be future showcases too?
FUKUHARA: Well, we planned for Part 2 to be the final one, but we had a lot of great feedback from both the trial version and the post launch period. Sales have been great too. So we know that expectations for update content are high. With that in mind, we thought the showcase format might better cover the content in updates 1.2.0 and 1.3.0, which are beefier than 1.1, which was released in March.
YUKI: That's why all of this seems to be coming together so rapidly. All that player feedback was really convincing, huh?
FUKUHARA: Definitely—we didn't plan on this originally. (smiling) Well, this time will be the actual final showcase.
YUKI: The finale! The conclusion!
KATO: But think of all those Relink players out there who must be so pumped for future showcases! Surely there's a chance!
FUKUHARA: Sure, there's a chance. Part 2 was supposed to be the final one after all.

[My thoughts: Showcases are to discuss the game and go over content updates; if we want a Part 4 Showcase, that would bring game updates beyond 1.3 along with them. Show the devs you want these by submitting your feedback.]
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Talking about the Relink Report (the part of the showcase where they showed data about player behavior; starting at 17:15)

YUKI: Even though Part 3 is the last showcase, I know as future developments and updates come about, the rankings and usage rates will change too. I'd love another chance to see how things progress in the future.
FUKUHARA: That sounds like a good idea. With the updates bringing more characters and content, there might be a good time to do another Relink Report.
YUKI: (playfully) Ah! You heard it here, Part 4 is coming!
KATO: (laughing) Hold on, now—we haven't even gone through the updates for this time yet!
YUKI: I'm just asking if there's a final-final finale coming!
KATO: (laughing) Maybe so!
YUKI: Will we get the ultimate final last finale or not?
KATO: (laughing) All we can do is hope!

[My thoughts: The voice actors and developers were all giggles during this part of the Showcase. While Yuki loved teasing and begging the devs for more info on future content, the devs didn't seem displeased, serious, or upset in the slightest and played along - albeit conservatively.]
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Again teasing a Part 4 Showcase (starting at 22:14)

KATO: (talking about Seofon) If we end up doing a Part 4, a character like him has a huge chance of shooting up the usage rankings. He's just so awesome!

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Talking about the new expanded mass sigil transmutation capabilities (starting at 42:32)

FUKUHARA: We're sorry for putting everyone through the extra inconvenience, but we actually started developing this feature before launch. We had originally hoped to launch it in the version 1.3.0 update coming in late May, but our team worked very hard to make it into 1.2. Shout-outs to the team!
KAJI: We would love to add new features as we think of them. But adding even a single one affects everything else, so we have to check how it would affect all the other systems. We really did our best on this. I apologize for making everyone wait so long for this feature, but I think it's much more convenient now, so give it a try!

[My thoughts: They listen to feedback and want to make sure they meet player needs and requests. Continue submitting feedback respectfully and constructively using the feedback form.]
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Closing statements (starting at 1:12:03)

HIDAKA: After working on Zegagrande for so many years, I feel like we've finally reached a point of completion after the announcements today. Of course, Granblue's story is far from over, and I'm sure the people of the Zegagrande Skydom will continue to be a part of it. I would love to expand on their stories, especially as they've become so popular among the fans. I don't have anything else to delve into for now, but with the 1.2.0 and 1.3.0 updates bringing the final stories and content we have planned for Relink, I hope our players will continue having a blast with the game. Thanks for having me today.
KATO: Thank you very much! Director Kaji?
KAJI: I'd like to once again thank all of our players who have been enjoying Relink. These updates will add new content to the game, and I hope players will give them a shot when they come out. And while nothing's set in stone for now, we might have something else down the line. Potentially. Possibly.
YUKI: Hold on... Are you hinting at something for us right now?
KAJI: Although nothing's set in stone, apparently. Personally I feel that the game has been a success, and I would very much like to continue working on it somehow, but who knows. If there's demand from the fans for something, I'd like to address it one way or another.
FUKUHARA: … The development cycle took quite some time, and although it was a long wait for many, I’m glad we were able to ship something we’re truly proud of. It feels like we’ve accomplished what we set out to do, and I’d like to express my thanks to fans who have been supporting us throughout the years. This was a new challenge for Cygames, and with the experience we’ve obtained from Relink, we hope to continue delivering the best in entertainment with future projects. As Kaji suggested just now, player support and demand are the catalysts that drive us to create, so I hope you'll continue voicing your opinions with us.

[My thoughts: I keep on hearing people throw around that Hidaka said "I feel like we've finally reached a point of completion after the announcements today". Hidaka is the narrative director, and I'm sure there's a sense of achievement and satisfaction from having everything completed that they initially planned to ship. Surprisingly (or perhaps not), I don't see people adding what he followed it up with: "Of course, Granblue's story is far from over, and I'm sure the people of the Zegagrande Skydom will continue to be a part of it. I would love to expand on their stories, especially as they've become so popular among the fans." Director Kaji also straight up teases that they might be working on something: "Personally I feel that the game has been a success, and I would very much like to continue working on it somehow, but who knows. If there's demand from the fans for something, I'd like to address it one way or another." General director Fukuhara then reiterates this point: "As Kaji suggested just now, player support and demand are the catalysts that drive us to create, so I hope you'll continue voicing your opinions with us."]
BONUS FACT: Nowhere in the transcript did the developers even imply they would be ending post-launch support for the game after the launch of 1.3. They did, however, mention numerous times potentially coming back for a 4th Showcase and implied (or directly stated, in Kaji's case) that they would like to continue working on the game.
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MY GENERAL OPINION (everything below this will be my personal opinion, though I will reference facts and make informed hypotheses):
It seems pretty clear from the showcase that the developers want to continue working on producing content for the game. Both the hosts and devs flirted with a Part 4 Showcase - which wouldn't happen without future content - and they lightly dropped hints and teases that they were thinking up of, working on, or wanting to work on future content.
For the (potential) naysayers: it was highly likely that what they'd be discussing was vetted ahead of time and not all spontaneous. This was also posted on their official channel and approved for posting, which means that the cute little flirting and teasing they did with prospective new content wasn't barred from the final cut.
For the people who will undoubtedly say "Oh but they said before it's not live service!": It doesn't have to be. They can continue pushing out continued development and DLC/expansions without it being a live service game. It can follow a live service-like model without being live service. The players clearly want it - and general director Fukuhara said the sales have been great.
For those that will hyperfocus on the word planned: Yes. Planned. As in, "this is what we planned to put out as part of our release." Launch and post-launch are two separate cycles in game development. Plans can change and adapt. The game is by all metrics a "major hit" in gaming industry terms. Businesses change course and adjust to changing market conditions all the time as part of their financial strategies. Cygames is full of passionate developers with a love for the Granblue IP, but it is still also a business - and no business would take a game that sold over a million units, whose general director said has "great sales," and put it to bed when they've previously stated they're happy to put out DLC - especially when its players are begging for all types of marketable content that can be added to the game and they've gained a slew of players that are new to their company and to the IP... especially when this game helped them break out of a mostly Japanese domestic market (parent company CyberAgent very proudly dedicated a whole slide in their most recent financial report highlighting how 80% of Relink's sales came from outside Japan).
CLOSING THOUGHTS:
Some may think I put this together to win some sort of arguments. Nah. I work in healthcare and it's currently 4 a.m. I'm tired as heck after a long day, and I really do not win anything by wasting hours of my life putting this together just to argue against internet strangers. I'm putting this together because I love this game and want to see it succeed. People seem content to spread misinformation and operate on hearsay but don't ever back up their statements with facts, so... here are the facts! In order to see this game succeed and rise to the heights we wish to see, we as a community need to be better about not spreading around misinformation, generally having a more positive and hopeful outlook for the game's future and success, support the game's future development with purchasing what DLC we can afford to (if we can; no judgment if we can't), and submit feedback whenever we can using the feedback form. Stop operating on what you think you might have heard before, and operate on what we're hearing now.
Also, this doomsaying is really scaring people away from playing the game who might want to pick it up and help expand and enrich our community... so stop that.
BONUS: For the folks wanting this game to be live service - If this PR article from IGN Japan dating back to 2019 is anything to go by, their strategy for console games was stated to be to NOT make them live service, but they're happy to produce DLC for them. Kenichiro Takaki, head of the console games division at Cygames, said "Basically, I'm thinking of... buying [games] outright. DLC style if necessary. We consider 'game-like games' to be the core of the consumer division." They also seem eager to make a AAA game from Japan. (Relink was discussed in passing in this article, which was a promotional article for Cygames published in IGN Japan.)
Sources:
グラブルSHOWCASE Relink Part.3 on the official Granblue Fantasy Youtube Channel
Tetsuya Fukuhara page on Gematsu
CyberAgent Financial Year 2024 Presentation Material
CyberAgent's Wikipedia entry
Cygames' Wikipedia entry
"Aiming for the world with a AAA title from Japan" - IGN Japan
EDIT 1: Formatting was janky, so I cleaned it up.
EDIT 2: Even more formatting. Reddit doesn't like my post, apparently.
EDIT 3: I tried making pretty lines for y'all but unfortunately it didn't work out. Please blame Reddit. Tried to make it as easy to read as possible, since I know it's a long read!
EDIT 4: Random spelling error I caught in a reread.

SATURDAY 27 APRIL 2024 (GMT +7)
Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid
Undefeated in their last five games in La Liga (W3 D2), Real Sociedad will face a tough test from Real Madrid who is likely to be crowned as La Liga champions this season. Having won just one of the last nine league meetings with Los Blancos, Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea’s side will be itching to improve that record when the two teams meet at Reale Arena this evening. The visitor comes into this match on the back of recording a 3-2 win over their rival Barcelona at Santiago Bernabeu last week. Three goals from Vinicius Jr., Lucas Vasquez, and Jude Bellingham were enough to seal their 25th win of the campaign. Carlo Ancelotti’s side remains at the top with a very comfortable 11-point lead over Barcelona in 2nd position. Meanwhile, the home side’s last game in the league saw them earn a point on their visit to Getafe. They are currently 6th and will be determined to keep that spot on their own to qualify for Europe again next season. However, their recent home form need some improvement after they lost two of their last four games at Reale Arena (W1 D1), as many as in their previous 24 home games in the competition (W13 D9). Real Sociedad is currently waiting over the late fitness call for Martin Merquelanz, Aihen Munoz, and Carlos Fernandez but Hamari Traore and Brais Mendez will miss this game through injury. Martin Zubimendi and Igor Zubeldia will return from suspension and will be a welcome boost for Barrenetxea’s side. Meanwhile, the visitor might rest some of their stars here with next week's Champions League semi-final first leg with Bayern looming while Ferland Mendy, David Alaba, and Thibaut Courtois continue their recovery on the sidelines. It will be tight and I think the spoils will be shared here.
Prediction: 50 – 50
Las Palmas vs Girona
Las Palmas continue their slump after recording five straight defeats in La Liga when they got hammered 4-1 on their visit to Celta Vigo last week. Their winless run in the competition now stretches to eight games (D2 L6) but thanks to their solid form in the first half of the season they are relatively safe from relegation. This afternoon they will face another tough challenge in the form of Girona who will travel to Gran Canaria on the back of a 4-1 victory over Cadiz in their last game in La Liga. However, they lost their last five away games in the league and they need to improve on that. This game against Las Palmas where they won each of the last three La Liga meetings against them will provide a good opportunity to do that. Michel’s side has been excellent this season and they will qualify for Europe for the first time thanks to those very solid form in this campaign. In their last game, they won 4-1 through Eric Garcia, Artem Dovbyk, Ivan Martin, and Portu’s goals. Artem Dovbyk has 18 goals tally to his name in La Liga and he is in fine form coming into this match with 4 goals scored in his last 3 La Liga appearances. Apart from Joel Roca who will be missing through a long-term knee injury, Yangel Herrera, Viktor Tsyhankov, Cristhian Stuani, and Ricard Artero will be assessed ahead of kick-off for the visitor. Meanwhile, the home side will only have Julian Araujo as their only injury concern here. Las Palmas is in terrible form but Girona’s away form also clearly needs some improvement. Nevertheless, the visitor has the quality to continue their positive record over Las Palmas and I’m backing them to deliver.
Prediction: 45 – 55
Almeria vs Getafe
With 6 games to go, Almeria is bottom of the league with only 14 points collected from 32 games. They only managed to record one game through the season and they are trailed by 17 points from safety at the moment. They will entertain Getafe next and a draw or defeat could seal their fate to Segunda Division next season. Getafe is 10^th in the league at the moment, picking up 40 points from 32 games. With only one win in their last eight games in the competition (D4 L3), Getafe’s hope for qualifying for Europe next season has been diminished. The visitor will travel to Estadio del Mediterráneo on the back of two consecutive draws in the league against Rayo Vallecano and Real Sociedad. Last time out, they shared the spoils with Real Sociedad in a 1-1 draw at home with Omar Rodgriuez scoring an equalizer after Ander Barrenetxea’s opener in the 13^th minute. Getafe is one of the teams that has been poor on the road this season with only one win recorded from 16 away games in the competition so far (D8 L7). Jose Bordalas needs to step things up on the road to try to add more points in the run-in. And to make things more interesting, Almeria has won their last three matches against Getafe at home in La Liga, all three by 1-0 scorelines. Almeria will be missing Edgar Gonzalez, Luis Suarez, and Aleksandar Radovanovic through injury this weekend, while Gonzalo Melero and Largie Ramazani are both out due to suspensions. As for Getafe, Juan Iglesias, Carles Alena, Mauro Arambarri, Domingos Duarte, and Borja Mayoral remain on the sidelines due to fitness problems. With two teams currently out of form, it is difficult to separate them now. So, I’ll go for a draw here.
Prediction: 50 – 50
DISCLAIMER:
1. This prediction content comes from a third party and is for reference only. I am not responsible for any wins and losses generated by members using these tips.

Do you generally try to be respectful and "play by the rules" so to speak instead of doing things like behaving badly or abusing broken mechanics, exploits, or glitches just to win? Is being "fair & respectful" something you even care about or is it just a game so anything goes?
I don't play as much online anymore but I think there are different levels of douchebaggery in the online space. Like, on the low end would be in the Souls games where players would bow before engaging but then resort to a bit of mild trolling like corner trapping, team killing, t-bagging, etc. you know, a little scummy but not egregious. Though I'd say this type of dishourable gameplay is more annoying in online racing games like Gran Turismo or Forza where players crash into you on purpose or try and sabotage in some way
The mid-tier of douche behaviour would be abusing OP mechanics; like in the UFC games there is a thing called "knee & elbow" spam that is pretty unbalanced and even experienced players can have trouble dealing with it. Another example I can think of comes from Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 where everybody used Kimimaro support because his jutsu had a huge radius and couldn't be interrupted (unlike most supports who would be canceled if they were hit). Not necessarily cheating, but abusing unbalanced and/or OP mechanics that are in the game to give you an edge
The highest level of douchebaggery would be blatantly cheating like using an aimbot, lagswitch or some other manner which makes a player invincible. I remember back in the day playing GTA IV online, players figured out a way to hide in the walls at the airport section and kill unsuspecting players without even being seen and they couldn't be hit at all. This is the realm of sweaty tryhards. Thankfully I haven't experienced much of this first-hand.
What do you think of having "honor" when playing online? is it silly to have a bunch of unspoken rules (that you expect everyone to follow) or is having a modicum of decency not much to ask for when playing online? What is your general disposition when playing online PVP?

A couple weeks ago I posted an idea for a 20 team Euroleague format which is more in-line with the traditional European pyramid system (rewards teams chiefly on domestic success) but also gives traditionally elite clubs ample opportunity to qualify should they have a bad season domestically. I took some feedback on it and revised the initial idea. Obviously I am doing this just for fun but I'm still curious to hear what you guys think.
To state openly; I am not a fan of keeping this closed/licensed system in the long-term but I acknowledge that it has increased the quality of European basketball in recent years (at least at the highest level). Basketball is still a growing sport in Europe and clubs do not have nearly the budget of football clubs which is why dropping out of European competition would be a huge shock even to the big clubs. In the long-term however, Euroleague does need to move away from a fully closed system (having only 3-4 wildcards a year is realistically a fully closed system) not only in the name of fairness/meritocracy but for the sake of growing the game and opening up the competition to new teams and developing markets. If your goal is growing the game then its only natural you want more teams capable of playing at the highest level.
Disclaimer: Format assumes the eventual return of Russian teams. Whether that's in 2 years, 5 years or 10 years I don't know but realistically they will be back one day.

Direct Qualification (11-13 Spots)

Direct qualification will be based on merit, both on domestic and continental levels. Most spots will be reserved for the champions of traditionally strong domestic leagues. Two spots will be reserved for the defending champions as well as the champions of the Europcup of the previous season. Spain as the strongest league in Europe has two direct spots (champions and runner-ups). Anywhere from 11-13 teams directly qualifying depending on whether the Euroleague or Eurocup champions are also champions of their domestic league.
Direct spots granted to;
1 Spanish Champion
2 Spanish Runner-Up
3 Turkish Champion
4 Greek Champion
5 Russian Champion
6 Italian Champion
7 Lithuanian Champion
8 Adriatic Champion
9 German Champion
10 French Champion
11 Israeli Champion

1. Defending Euroleague Champion (*If not already Domestic Champion)
   
2. Euro-Cup Champion (*If not already Domestic Champion)
   

Qualification Licenses

The license system will be replaced by a system which grants license holders automatic spots in the qualification tournament(s) should they fail to win their respective domestic league. All traditionally strong leagues will have two teams granted qualification licenses; Greece, Italy, Turkey, Russia, Germany, Adriatic League, Lithuania, Israel & France. Spain with exception will have four teams granted qualification licenses. These licenses are conditional on domestic and continental success; teams with licenses must constantly defend or “renew” their license by securing one of three main titles; Domestic Champion, Euroleague Champion or Eurocup Champion.
For example; In the case of teams belonging to leagues with two license holders, if a licensed team fails to secure one of the three main titles in a five year period and another team from their domestic league achieves one of these titles, that license is then transferred to the opposing team. (Disclaimer: obviously every possible scenario needs to thought out but in essence, there would be system of defending your license.)
Teams with Initial Licenses; Real Madrid, Barcelona, Baskonia, Valencia, Milano, Virtus, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Fenerbahce, Efes, Zalgiras, Ryatas, CSKA, UNICS, Bayern ,ALBA, Zvezda, Partizan, Monaco, Asvel, Maccabi, Hapoel Jerusalem or Hapoel Holon (Idk some Israeli fan can give me their opinion)

Qualification Process/Tournament

The format of the qualification tournament would change every year depending on how many teams with licenses must be accommodated and how many available spots there are in the regular season (Anywhere from 7 to 9 depending on whether Euroleague/Eurocup Champions are also domestic champions). In addition to licensed clubs, champions of some select leagues will be granted a spot in the qualifying process; Poland, Latvian-Estonian League, BNXT League. Two spots will also be reserved for Euroleague and Eurocup Finalists should they not have direct qualification through being domestic champions. Ideally there will always be 16 teams competing in two stages. 2nd stage of the process will depend on how many spots are available;
1st Stage (Always the same): four tournaments of four teams each playing round robin (four host cities). 1st in each group advances directly to Euroleague.
2nd Stage (If 7 spots): Four teams that placed 2nd in their group advance to 2nd stage. Two matchups are made with winners moving onto Euroleague. Losers of the matchups play in final game with winner moving onto Euroleague.
2nd Stage (If 8 spots): 2nd place teams get matched with 3rd place teams in another group. One single elimination game played at home court of 2nd placed team. Winners move onto Euroleague.
2nd Stage (If 9 spots): 1st and 2nd teams from each group move onto Euroleague. 3rd placed teams play a four team elimination tournament with winner moving onto Euroleague.
If there are less than 16 teams initially qualified for tournaments, wildcards will be filled by teams that belong to leagues with no direct qualification I.E London Lions, Cluj-Napoca OR qualifying can be expanded to 20 teams (four tournaments, five teams each) to make room for 4 wildcard spots.

MOCK SEASON 23/24 SEASON BASED ON RESULTS OF 22/23 SEASON

Direct Qualification (12 Teams)
1 Spanish Champion: Real Madrid
2 Spanish Runner-Up: Barcelona
3 Turkish Champion: Andolou Efes
4 Greek Champion: Olympiacos
5 Russian Champion: UNICS
6 Italian Champion: Olimpia Milano
7 Lithuanian Champion: Zalgiras
8 Adriatic Champion: Partizan
9 German Champion: Ratiopharm Ulm
10 French Champion: AS Monaco
11 Israeli Champion: Maccabi
12 Euro-Cup Champion: Gran Canaria
Qualification Tournaments (16 teams competing for 8 remaining spots)

1. Baskonia
2. Valencia
3. Fenerbahce
4. Panathinaikos
5. Virtus
6. CSKA
7. Ryatas
8. Crvena Zvezda
9. Bayern Munich
10. Alba Berlin
11. ASVEL
12. Hapoel Jerusalem
13. Turk Telekom
14. Wilki Morskie Szczecin
15. Filou Oostende
16. BC Prometey

Justifications

• 20 team format ensures participation of only top teams with high budgets and high attendance. (Consistent high quality games with high quality atmosphere)
• Round robin format ensures Euroleague derbies every season as opposed to alternative formats with a group stage. (Great for viewership).
• Elimination of license system ensures direct qualification only based on merit and domestic success.
• Qualification License system grants traditionally strong clubs who fail to qualify for direct spot a place in qualification tournament.
• Needing to defend your Qualification License means licenses are based on merit. Ability to “steal” a license provides growing and successful clubs upward mobility in European basketball based on results, not merely financing.
• Qualification system would ensure suspense and drama to qualification process. Tournaments would attract visiting fans and create play-off atmospheres before the season even begins.
• Qualification process would be over in only 2 weeks and create the perfect balance between qualification on merit and giving former licensed teams a lifeline if they have a poor domestic season.
• Wildcards in Qualification process used to reward growing teams from smaller leagues/emerging markets and give them a chance at Euroleague participation (i.e. London Lions, Cluj-Napoca)
• Outside of recognizing Spanish League as the strongest, the format does not attempt to make judgment on relative league strength. There is plenty of opportunity for traditionally strong teams from traditionally strong leagues to qualify.
• Maximum amount of teams from one country would be 5 (would really only apply to Spain).

Challenges;

• Playoffs would likely need to be shortened to three game series due to time constraints, Play-in system cut out indefinitely.
• Probably shorter off-season due to longer season.
• There would need to be universal agreement among all major domestic leagues to reduce amount of games due to increased # of games in European competition.
• Would need to increase the prestige and scale of Eurocup competition to compensate for reduced amount of games on domestic level. Eurocup would need to become a much more serious and watched competition than it is now.

Do you generally try to be respectful and "play by the rules" so to speak instead of doing things like behaving badly or abusing broken mechanics, exploits, or glitches just to win? Is being "fair & respectful" something you even care about or is it just a game so anything goes?
I don't play as much online anymore but I think there are different levels of douchebaggery in the online space. Like, on the low end would be in the Souls games where players would bow before engaging but then resort to a bit of mild trolling like corner trapping, team killing, t-bagging, etc. you know, a little scummy but not egregious. Though I'd say this type of dishourable gameplay is more annoying in online racing games like Gran Turismo or Forza where players crash into you on purpose or try and sabotage in some way
The mid-tier of douche behaviour would be abusing OP mechanics; like in the UFC games there is a thing called "knee & elbow" spam that is pretty unbalanced and even experienced players can have trouble dealing with it. Another example I can think of comes from Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 where everybody used Kimimaro support because his jutsu had a huge radius and couldn't be interrupted (unlike most supports who would be canceled if they were hit). Not necessarily cheating, but abusing unbalanced and/or OP mechanics that are in the game to give you an edge
The highest level of douchebaggery would be blatantly cheating like using an aimbot, lagswitch or some other manner which makes a player invincible. I remember back in the day playing GTA IV online, players figured out a way to hide in the walls at the airport section and kill unsuspecting players without even being seen and they couldn't be hit at all. This is the realm of sweaty tryhards. Thankfully I haven't experienced much of this first-hand.
What do you think of having "honor" when playing online? is it silly to have a bunch of unspoken rules (that you expect everyone to follow) or is having a modicum of decency not much to ask for when playing online? What is your general disposition when playing online PVP?

“I want to make a world where everyone can live in peace, and harmony”
Toshinori grunts as he bends down, he converts his embers to his right arm, yellow lightning was covering the whole arm, as it was buffed up
All for one claps his hands, “even in my dreams, I imagine you delivering a punch to my face” he hovers in mid air, he outstretched his right arm, then it was covered in black lightning, it was pulsating
All for one shot his arm to the side to blast some fire that came from his right side, “oh? Are they that desperate to beat me? To have a hero that’s in prison” he mocked
Endavor marched up on the building he was on “all might!!!! What’s with that form of yours?!” He shouted, endeavor looked on from where he was, all might’s shivering form, hurt and beaten, his hair was over his face
‘All might’ endeavor thought, he continued to look on the man, his right side was bleeding, ‘i chased you, for so long, there was a bridge I couldn’t cross’ he began to think back, in his mind, he imagined a bridge that he couldn’t cross, a gap between them so large and big
No one could cross it, he was so close, he was desperate, too desperate, to reach him, and it cost him, everything
‘I hurt everyone, my own family, just so I can reach you’ endeavor remembered his wife’s pleading eyes, his daughters angry face
He clutches his hands in anger “what’s with that pitiful back of yours?!” He shouted as he began to shoot his fire at all for one, who countered it with air blasts, edge shot appeared to his side, as he shot himself forward with his quirk
“Can you even defeat me ?” All for one mocked them, however, edge shot shouted at him back “quite you evil destroyer!” He said as he whiped around all for one, trying to tangle him with his quirk, only to get blasted away
“Everyone is cheering you on all might !! Even if you look different, even if you are ready to fail! You are STILL EVERYONE’S FAVORITE HERO!!!”
Gran Torino pushes himself off the ground below, despite the pebbles falling from his hair, and the massive punch he took from all might, his arms managed to pull himself up
He shakily let out a breath, even if toshinori changed forms, edge shot was right, the world still views him as a hero, their symbol of peace, he thought about what nana said about the boy, that day
**“Yagi toshinori?”
“Yeah, believe it or not, he wants to be the symbol of peace, a pillar, so people can’t live in fear anymore”
“Weird dream, does he have a quirk?”
“What’s with that smirk nana?”
“He doesn’t have one” **
‘Can you hear them? Toshinori ? Their cries of hope, love, and fear, I’m sure you ain’t done yet’ Gran Torino pushes himself off of the ground as he stood upward, grounding himself thanks to a boulder next to him
He thought about the kids, he’s sure their hearts are calling out for their dad to win this battle
Then, suddenly, all for one blasts the ground with a huge gust of air, pushing everyone back, toshinori had to dig his feet into the ground in order to stop moving backwards
“Let’s start talking about reality, we’re not dreaming are we ?” All for one’s arm started to grow in size, he counted out the quirks he was using, all for one bends his arm, he looks at all might, a smirk was littered on his face
“I’ve selected the perfect amount of quirks, these blasts were just to weaken you, all might” AFO said, he bends down, pointing his arm full of quirks, it was mutated, it didn’t even look like a arm anymore
All might bends over, his arm covered in yellow lightning, he clenched his hands into fists as he prepares himself, just as all for one dashed over to him, he counters his punch, and the world around them begins to distort, then, cracks started to form beneath him
“Izuku yagi!” All for one shouted, and all might flinched, hearing his son’s name in that mouth
“His sister and friends came, without warning! You have no control over your kids! How can you expect them to be heroes when they don’t even listen!” All for one shouted, and pushed, all might was beginning to slide backwards
Grunting, all might looks up at all for one, “yes, they may have come, not listening, not even batting an eye to the law, that’s why I have to scold her!” All might pushed forward, putting his feet into the ground
“I have to be there! As their father! So they can be heroes! I have to!” All might moved forward, pushing all for one

Again, this is not my personal picks but an overall selection by judging Talent, Quality of Work and Sales/Popularity combined. The 2000's was very interesting and drastically different from the 90's. For the first time the genre became mainstream on a widescale. There were mainstream hits in the 90's from El General, Big Boy, Vico C and Lisa M, but the music remained mostly underground. Beginning in 2002, the major record companies (Sony, Universal, Emi, Atlantic, WEA etc...) bought up almost every significant label and artist in Reggaeton and Hip Hop en Español. Up until recently this was the most successful era in the history of Reggaeton and Spanish Rap, but then Bad Bunny sold 5 million of 'Un Verano Sin Ti' and Karol G sold out stadiums. Still, to most fans, only because the underground of the 90's remains obscure to many, this was the true Golden Age (I only agree up until circa 2006/07 but stemming from 1994... to me that's the true Golden Era).

1. Daddy Yankee - This is obvious. He not only made great music with pretty much every album he released from this decade becoming a classic over time (El Cartel de Yankee II, ElCangri. com, Los Home-runes, Barrio Fino, The Big Boss and Talento de Barrio). Then his classic featuring and appearances on albums like "Mas Flow 1", "Mas Flow 2", "Guatauba 3", "Blin Blin", "Los Benjamins", "Babilonia", "Sonando Diferente", "Motivando La Yal" etc... On top of that he was the first to make record breaking sales in venues and albums. The first to get big endorsements from major companies. He made a movie that was #1 in several Latin American countries and made like $10 million dollars on a $1 million dollar budget. He did go a little too commercial at the end of the decade which caused a vocal fanbase of the Latin Hip Hop audience to turn on him, but you still can't deny his achievements. He was completely on point even when they said he was off.
2. Wisin & Yandel - Wisin & Yandel are the most successful Reggaeton duo in history. They were a phenomenon and even bigger than Enrique Iglesias at one point in time. Their classic album "Pal Mundo" is one of the most celebrated works in recorded Latin Music. They had so many freakin' hits in this decade. And they started with an album called "Los Reyes Del Nuevo Milenio" which proved to be prophetic. Maybe Wisin didn't always show off his lyrical abilities and neglected his impressive skills as an MC, but they made you dance and sing along which is the point of it all.
3. Tego Calderon - At his best, Tego is like a prophet giving a voice to the voiceless that come from an underserved part of the world speaking out against the injustices and crimes against humanity unlike anyone before or after. But he can make a really good perreo too. That second part gave him the chart topping success he needed to spread his message abroad. "El Abayarde" is the perfect Urbano album that not even the Canserbero fans who hate Daddy Yankee and W&Y can deny. And every other Tego album from this decade is also a classic from El Enemy De Los Guasibiri to El Abayarde Contraataca and especially the underappreciated "The Underdog".
4. Violadores Del Verso - The greatest lyricists of the era were a phenomenon in Latin America packing venues across Spain and South America. They are one of the most renown Spanish Rap acts of all time. "Vivir Para Contarlo" is possibly the most acclaimed Urbano work to ever come out of Spain (except besides maybe "Motomami"). Sho-Hai and Lirico are two of the greatest MCs ever to hold the mic, but Kase.O on tracks like "Pura Droga Sin Cortar" shows why he is still considered the best MC in Español alive today.
5. Vico C - Vico transcended generations and barriers. The 2000's were actually a more successful time period for him than in the 90's. His best selling album is "Desahogo" from 2005 selling over 200 thousand units worldwide. He made up for all his lost time in the 90's even making new fans like Bad Bunny citing him among his biggest influences because of the music he made during this era. Vico became more popular than ever during this time.
6. Hector & Tito - Whether as a duo or solo artists, Hector El Father and Tito El Bambino just dominated the 2000's. They put out dozens of hit songs and several classic albums during this time period. As a duo they were the first to win a Billboard Latin Music award for Best Rap Album with the masterpiece "A La Reconquista". Then when they went solo, they reached new stratospheres with Tito going on to even perform at The White House for President Obama thanks to his smash hit "El Amor". Meanwhile Hector El Father's solo works were among the most transcending and notable of the era including hits like "Noches De Travesuras", "El Telefono" feat. Wisin & Yandel, "Here We Go" feat. Jay Z, "Hola Bebe" feat. Jowell & Randy and so many more... Hector is now one of the most sampled Latino artists of all-time.
7. Don Omar - Don Omar nicknamed himself "The Hitmaker" and with good reason. It was practically nonstop from "Dale Don Dale" forward, he just knows how to make hits. "The Last Don" is a seminal work of Spanish Hip Hop and Reggaeton. He brought a unique flavor at a time where Reggaeton singers were not known for their singing abilities nor being able to make crossover Pop Ballads. Don Omar helped change all that but he can still take it back to the roots with hits like "Bandoleros" feat. Tego Calderon and the Battle Rap Reggaeton "Sacala" with Hector El Father, Wisin & Yandel.
8. Nach - I don't know if Nach ever charted on Billboard but he has headlined stadiums in Latin America and Spain. When "Poesia Difusa" came out, Nach was considered the best "pure" rapper in the world even over Tego Calderon. His songs that contain a great message with much intelligence but an incredible flow plus a unique cadence reached such a widespread audience throughout Spain and Latin America.. He is as pure of a lyricist that there can be and never compromised his artistic integrity for commercial success. Nach is an immortal figure in the history of Spanish Rap.
9. Luny Tunes - The biggest hitmakers of all time, possibly in all of Latin Music, not just Urbano. You have Mas Flow 1, Mas Flow 2, Los Benjamins. Albums lesser known by the mainstream but loved by Reggaeton purists like "La Trayectoria", "Blin Blin", "Los Matadores Del Genero" and "Desafio". Then when you consider they produced "Barrio Fino", "The Last Don", and "Pal Mundo" 3 of the biggest selling and most acclaimed Reggaeton albums of all time, that alone is worth the mention.
10. Eddie Dee - Thanks to 'Los 12 Discipulos' and its hit single of the same title, Eddie Dee became a household name in the Reggateon community. Not just that he co-wrote "Gasolina" and "Rompe" with Daddy Yankee. He also wrote hits for several other artists including Tito El Bambino, Alexis & Fido, Johnny Prez, Zion, among others... He is the reason we got "El Abayarde" as he rediscovered Tego, signed him and brought Calderon to White Lion. He also brought Predikador to Puerto Rico. "El Diario" still remains the most anticipated album in all of Urbano Latino besides the long awaited "Mas Flow 3". Eddie is known for being different from most Reggaetoneros and not relying solely on "Perreo" or "Club Songs". Eddie brings diverse content with deep underlying social themes and romantic lyrics.

Honorable Mention: Tempo, Baby Rasta & Gringo, Ivy Queen, Calle 13, Mala Rodriguez, Zion & Lennox and Arcangel & De La Ghetto.
my personal Top 5: 1. Tempo (for what he did in 2000-2002 before getting locked up and the classic Free Tempo in 2009) 2. Tego 3. Eddie. 4. Baby Rasta y Gringo 5. Yankee
Edits: Gramatical errors corrected, references and Zion y Lennox added.

I got tunnel visioned on my top set in the flop, not realizing that the turn completed a potential straight. The feeling of getting stacked is fucking disgusting and I'm still feeling it hours later.
I win online at 5NL and I thought 1/3 would be easy. I swear there was one guy talking about blockers and combos at the table, and some other guys who certainly didn't play like the online donks I'm used to. This was all at the Gran Via casino in Madrid during the afternoon/into the evening.
I have two questions. What are some things that I can do to do better next time? And is Sunday a good day to play? Thinking of going back tomorrow. Thx.
Edit: not going back tomorrow. Next friday night it is.

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Gallifrey Base has threads for each episode where fans can share reactions from children and casual viewers.
They're often surprising and interesting, so with four weeks until the new series, I thought I'd repost some general reactions to RTD's returning four specials here, and get a sense of what this new era means to the general audience.
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Brother was pleasantly surprised and my mum said she enjoyed it. They were both a bit surprised at the lack of "next time" for WBY

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My wife's back on board. Hoping its going to continue into Ncutis era and not just these three, but lovely to see her genuinely enjoy it and not just humouring me.

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I would say my Mum is a more casual viewer compared to Dad and I and she gave this two thumbs up immediately after it ended. I think this might be the most she's enjoyed an episode in quite a while.

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My Eleven year old son watched it and loved it. First time he has watched a whole episode for a few years, well that didn't have Weeping Angels in (He watches those ones all the time).
And he demanded to watch Unleashed straight afterwards.

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In this house - everyone loved it. My teenage kid normally leaves part way through and come back for the end, whilst my wife occupies herself elsewhere. Both sat through, and thoroughly enjoyed, the whole thing. Both even asked if the next episode was already on iPlayer so they could watch straight away.

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I spoke to a few of my personal friends who had sort of gone off the series over the last couple of years (in part due to the infrequent release schedule, in part due to not really connecting with Chibnall's style), and they were all overwhelmingly positive.
One of them told me their young daughter was really locked in on it in a way they usually aren't with television shows and wanted to watch it again immediately after it finished, so it was a rousing success in their house.

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My father really liked it, but my mother thought it was a bit too light. She wanted more emotional heft.

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Mum was impressed that she actually understood the story.
Dad seemed to agree with my assessment that it was very... Russell T Davies

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My 15 YO daughter loved it. I read the comic back when Marvel US was doing the reprints in the 80s so I knew the twist. My daughter loved the Meep, but we get about 10 minutes in and she leans over and says, "Watch Meep end up being some intergalactic serial killer." Sharp kid! Anyway, it went over well.

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I hadn't spoiled it for her so my 8 year old daughter was upset that the Meep turned out to be evil. She thought it was so cute...

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My 14yo son was on board at first, but declared it a bit crap when the doctordonna resolution happened, he didn't like the rest, declared it cheesy. I'm not sure I disagree.

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My not-we wife gave up after Jodie's first season.
She sat next to me watching it today, enraptured. She likes the new console room. She saw the twist with the Meep from "a hundred miles away," but was definitely on-board.

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My tolerant not-we partner turned to me and said “that was the best one for years”. It held her attention throughout despite her deeming it “silly”. She’d increasingly read her phone or do something else in another room since the back half of S11. She also laughed out loud at the “on the nose corniness” of the ‘non binary’ line, and yet was excited from the outset to see a trans actor portray a trans character in the show.

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"Miles better than I even expected" from the missus. This WILL remain a Doctor Who household.

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My wife is not familiar with the source material, but I've had the comic since the original release in the US. She thought it was a bit more aimed at younger audiences. I probed with the last show runners aimed at hitting double-digit ages, but this one aimed at single-digit ages? Yes, that was it.
She did not like the magic wand's, um, Sonic Screwdriver's new powers. I suggested it would have been cleverer to use full length mirrors to stop the firing or allow them to escape as they couldn't see their targets, but themselves. My wife replied that the energy shields from the magic w...Sonic Screwdriver were part of appealing to those single digit aged viewers.
She found it a bit boring and predictable (e.g., Meep being the villain because the green bug-eyed aliens were chasing after the cute, harmless thing did not seem to make them big bads in any way - "How could they be a threat if they're chasing that little thing?"). Then we both laughed at the TARDIS console having a coffee machine, but its great weakness is having that same liquid spilled onto/into it.
I told her I was going to try watching again on another set where I could try hearing it on different speakers. She said I could, but that show was not worth her time ever again.
Yes, that's really bad, especially from her.

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So I'm trans and watched it alongside three roommates of mine as well as one other friend, all of us trans or non-binary. The overall reaction to the episode was great, it got a 9/10 from my GF who I had been dragging through NuWho for the past two years (currently on Series 5). One of my other roommates said "that was a 9/10 episode with some real 7/10 moments". This mostly comes down to how ham-fisted some of the gender stuff was with Rose in the second half. We all agreed there was a lot of great representation in the first half, with Rose generally being really fantastic. But the "binary binary binary / non-binary" reveal made everyone audibly guffaw and break out laughing. Definitely came off a bit heavy handed. I personally was fine with it, but it was definitely the part of the episode that invited the most mockery from my roommates.
Everyone loved the Meep. A lot.
Additionally, I had shown most of my household Power of the Doctor last night to make sure everyone was somewhat caught up and got a big "this new one was way more comprehensible than that" which I found funny.

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The 8yo has never really been super keen... AND YET - today he happily sat through The Star Beast, absolutely loving it! He was quite agitated when we got to the end, as he said he wanted to watch the next episode (kid of the streaming generation), and wasn't happy when I said he had to wait til next weekend. I am hoping next week's episode isn't too scary for him... because it was really a delight seeing him enjoying it so much. The twist about Meep left him repeatedly saying "I can't believe they made Meep evil!"

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The meep was very popular with my two kittens. The boy jumped on tv table and started pawing at the tv.

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We had a friend visiting, I followed their lead on whether they'd want us to put it on but they were keen.
We all loved it, but when it hit the binary/non-binary bit, my friend (who is trans themselves) just sighed and said "that's embarrassing" xD Especially since Rose isn't non-binary, she's comfortably a woman!

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Soon after it ended, I had a phone call from a close friend, a very knowledgeable SF reader and viewer, and a long standing Who fan. She hated it: "a box ticking embarrassment" was her verdict. When I told her it was based in part on a comic strip, she said, "Well no wonder it was so puerile. Why did he [ie Davies] choose to do that?" which I thought was an excellent question and one to which I had no answer.

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I watched last nights episode with my Husband, who is a fan of the show, just wouldn’t come on GB or read DWM. Enjoyed the show since he was a kid and indulges my enthusiasm.
Quite unexpectedly after the show ended he turned to me and said “Thank God Russell is back”.

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First time I've ever been happy to watch along live with my kids - this time, my 4 year old daughter - so I get to comment here: yay!
She absolutely loved it. The meep transformation scared her a teeny bit but a daddy lap cuddle was enough to reassure her. She wasn't phased by all the infodumps, I was suprised to note. Just took it in her stride because of how funny, exciting and colourful it all was.
I'd call that a big win.
Don't think I'll be showing her next week's, though. Probably too much like nightmare fuel for a 4 year old - though she did exclaim, loudly, that "I want more" as soon as the credits rolled.

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My husband said „this is so much better than it has been in a long while“ approximately 10 minutes in. During the Chibnall era he didn’t really want to watch be when he did he usually called it „torture“.

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Mum text me about 20 minutes in: “yes this is proper Dr.Who”. My younger brother who started watching under Jodie hated it.

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My mum said “I liked it but didn't feel like I was watching Dr Who more like watching a Disney film with David Tenant in he even looked cartoonish with his hair but he was brilliant and so funny” and my dad “was impressed with how much they had spent on graphics”

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My parents (both retired, in their 60's) are not we in the sense that although they watched the Classic series growing up (mostly the Pertwee-T.Baker eras) and have watched/enjoyed most of 'New Who' they never rewatch episodes, they take Who as a bit of daft throaway entertainment and don't really look into things too critically.
Both had very mixed views on the episode.
They both said how much they enjoyed the Tate/Tennant pairing back in 2008 and enjoyed seeing them here again. The Meep went down well and the sudden turn to evil got some good laughs, they found the first 2/3 of the episode easy to follow (neither of them remembered Donna was married, and wondered where Bernard cribbins was) but commented the story was rather cheesy and contrived, they found the Climax with the Binary/non-binary/Doctor Donna stuff a tad confusing and rushed.
My mum commented she was a bit dissapointed it was filmed like Star Wars? I think she meant didn't like the cinematography/colour grading? They tend mostly to watch older TV shows/documentaries so the more filmic look may have been offputting to her I guess? She wondered why Tennant was the only returning Doctor in an anniversary special and said he seemed to be eaxctly the same as the 10th Doctor. She gave it a 6/10
My dad was somewhat more critical-he just found the storyline a tad generic/boring and started talking about old episodes instead e.g 'The one with the Cybermen that had Trigger from Only Fools and Horses in it' or the '...episode with the Mummy on a train in space)' he said the episode was perfectly watchable but nothing special, he gave it 4/10

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Two Not-We friends of mine that haven't watched since the first Capaldi series largely enjoyed it and thought it was a daft, light hearted return to form but that the way the trans elements were handled in the latter parts of the story were embarrassing, on the nose and like something from a parody of PC/¤¤¤¤ media.

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Watched it with my 80 year old dad who didn't remember Catherine Tate. He liked the writing, love Tennant being back and said it felt more fun. Criticism were the pacing-dramatic moments seem strung out(t"this feels like a long opera) and Donna's "death" and the whole second half seemed like it should have had more breathing room. And it was somewhat hard to hear certain dialogue over the music.
Loved the SFX and most of Donna's family. He didn't mind the trans message but did laugh when the Doctor asked the Meep's pronoun. He said the Meep felt like a bad comic as it kind of was. So I think he enjoyed 80% of it. He'll be sad when Tennant leaves as he said it felt like the old days with the Doctor.
So pretty much ok.

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We all enjoyed it. Our 8yo loved the Meep until he turned evil and was terrified thereafter. A bit of a sleepless night for her. Lucky I didn't get around to putting up the DWM Meep poster on her wall (as she had asked!)
Our (now) 11yo has always been a bit of a Who fan and was so excited for Jodie (had a costume made) but asked to stop watching in her first season (and then again in her second). She's back on board now. Our 8yo is annoyed the 14th Doctor only has three stories, but think she'll get over it.

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I watched The Star Beast with a friend. He was super into Doctor Who during the Matt Smith era and then stopped watching it after Matt Smith. He was inquisitive about what was going on in Doctor Who. He was quite impressed with the updated special effects that the Disney partnership probably paid for. He was impressed with the positive trans representation with Yasmin Finney joining the cast as Rose Noble. He said he would buy the Ood plushy that Rose Noble made when I made a cynical comment that "Disney needs to sell toys" after I saw the various Doctor Who alien plushies that were created from the memories of Donna that got transferred to Rose. Throughout the story, he seemed to be laughing at the various jokes and comedic antics. My friend and I are going to be watching the rest of the specials together when they come out.
On the second rewatch, both elderly parents stayed awake throughout The Star Beast.
My mom told me "I always liked that Doctor". She was referring to David Tennant. I had to explain to her that this is a different incarnation with the same face. She seemed to remember Cathrine Tate and said, "She is a lot older now." There was a brief moment when my mom thought Donna was going to become the next Doctor when the DoctorDonna emerged. Then I explained to her that's not the case here. She asked me if David Tennant was going to remain as The Doctor for a while, I had to break her two hearts.
My favorite moment was when my mother saw Meep for the first time and shouted, "Don't feed it after midnight!
My dad wanted me to explain what happened to each companion in modern Doctor Who. My dad stopped watching Doctor Who after Matt Smith left and only watched it when I turned the show on. I have not seen him this interested in Doctor Who in a long time.
All three of "Not We" fans did not see the twist with Meep. I kind of wish I did not know about the 1970's comic and would have been surprised like them.
I have the feeling that RTD might have caught lightning in the bottle twice, especially for the non-die-hard Doctor Who viewers.

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My gran - my actual gran, who essentially doesn't watch Doctor Who - watched it of her own volition and enjoyed it (she's 86).
My son watched it again on Sunday morning, and again on Sunday evening.

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Not-we wife was very critical of this one, she thought it was Disneyfied, full of wooden actors, smug and silly. She was quite looking forward to seeing Tennant and Tate back but felt it was all a bit forced and backslappy. She said it felt like a big downturn in quality after the Whitaker era and was like watching a Cbeebies version of the show. She was quite bemused when I told her that fan opinion of the Chibnall era was very negative! She mostly enjoyed those ones and liked Jodie and all the companions. I told her the next two are supposed to be darker and she said she will give RTD another chance!

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My partner is tolerant and sat through the Jodie era. He genuinely liked this one but with the caveat "its totally cheesy, but in the right way like christmas tv". Hes never 100% on board, but this had a lot of nostalgia from the 2000s.
We always felt the Jodie era was a bit childish, but this is just as silly, yet somehow feels more than the sum of its parts.

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My friends who are VERY casual viewers actually laughed more than I did. They loved it. Which was nice to see, of course.
Donna was the biggest hit for them. Followed by the Meep.

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My partner has seen most of 10/Donna's first run but definitely watched fewer episodes with me during Whittaker's run. She loved this. Thought it was the perfect amount of fun and silly for a big special episode like this. She particularly liked that the sonic had some concrete upgrades, as opposed to just being a magic wand that the Doctor waves at everything

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My Mum thought it was an excellent episode and was doctor who back again, but she did wonder about the TARDIS now making bulletproof glass and the overall effects budget.

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Wife sat and did knitting throughout, but at least watched - wasn't paying a huge amount of attention but liked the Meep and disliked the ending. Local teachers felt it was fairly cringe at points, mostly the ending and randomly asking an alien for pronouns amongst some other minor quibbles. No so different from plenty commentary amongst fans ultimately.

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Heard a couple of kids saying "meep meep" on the bus this morning. Made me chuckle.

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My not-we partner watched with me, they’ve not been a regular viewer since the Matt Smith years. I was surprised how emotionally invested he was in it; he started tearing up when the Doctor brought up Wilf.
Afterwards they looked at me and announced: “Okay, I’m back in. But I’ll have to do catch up viewing in my own time.”
So I think that’s a win?

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My wife liked it pretty well, though she had a big problem with the Doctor’s clothing regenerating with them!
Oh, and she absolutely hated the Meep from moment one, & knew it was a baddie!

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I finally got some feedback from an ‘interested Not We’ friend today. He opened the conversation saying he enjoyed it. Commented on the effects being noticeably better. He liked both the Meep (but saw the twist a mile off - ‘it was just too cute and loveable’) and the Wrarth Warriors. He isn’t keen on Catherine Tate and had fairly sketchy recall of Donna’s memory wipe etc, so was playing catch up on that. He commented that Donna is ‘a bit too ordinary’, compared to other companions. Not quite sure what he meant. Personally, she is my favourite 21st Century companion.

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My daughter loved the show. She wants to watch more DW now. We started re-watching all the Donna episodes with her. I think the RTD return is going to be great for bringing some of the old fans back and engaging with a new set.

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Watched with my nephews, who have never seen the show before. They both really enjoyed it. Older one inquired about watching more and wanted to know if there any episodes that showed the Meep war, as he was immediately intrigued by lore. Youngesy one really sympathised with Meep at first, and was really surprised by the twist.

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My 68 year old mum finally got round to it. "It was great, I loved it!" was her verdict.

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Mum knitted (a particularly complex attention-requiring pattern) through it but then she's always doing that unless something really manages to grab her interest, seemed to follow reasonably well considering. Don't think dad had much clue what was going on - the sound mix and rapid fire dialogue didn't help, even I missed lines.

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They liked Tennant and Tate, the humour, and the Meep (mum knew it was a gremlin right away!), but not the political aspects. Mum is very trad. left and would never dream of making positive comments on appearance beyond 'you look nice' if someone made a special effort. I had to explain the 'non-binary' terminology, no idea why RTD would assume it's common use enough to base a climax on...especially when he seemed to be using it wrong?
Mum's final verdict was that it was 'barmy as ever'.

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Sister loved it. to quote the text she sent me that night " The Dr Is back and it's better than ever. :D :) "

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Way more "I loved it!" than I expected. Kids went nuts for it, even the ones new to Who. I'm glad to see so many declarations from people that they're back in for the ride. The magic is definitely back as far as the general audience is concerned.
With 8.36 million tuning in and Wild Blue Yonder holding on to that audience, as well as the highest AI score since World Enough and Time, it's fair to call it a massive success. For comparison, the 50th anniversary drew 12.8 million viewers with a 40.9% audience share, to The Star Beast's 44.3%, which is a good figure to keep in mind when considering how much fewer are watching telly now.
Happy to see the Meep twist managed to surprise a lot of people.
A solid amount of criticism of the clunky trans elements, but not as much as I expected. Certainly not enough to call it a controversial episode. Though I'm left with the feeling RTD has gotten away with being careless about something important by delivering such a good time around it, rather than successfully representing it in the way he probably intended.
But you'll only catch me complaining so much about Doctor Who being popular and beloved again. Mostly what I have to say about this story amounts to "Yaaay!"

At the end of their 3rd year at Hogwarts, we can find Neville and the Golden Trio sitting in the corner of the Common Room.
"Hermione, we just finished the school year, why are you studying already?"
"Well, Ron, I'm not studying, I'm reading Hogwarts: A History."
"But...didn't you already finished it? Twice?" Asked Ron, who was honestly stupified why anyone would want to read a book twice.
"I did, yes, but this one is from the Library. And I'm not reading the text, but the extra lines that previous students commented."
"But why?" Harry couldn't help it, but wonder.
"It helps paint a picture what previous generations thought like. For example, there's this interesting bit about Dark Lords. The student here said 'The reason why we don't have many Dark Lords in our history is because if they win, they become Ministers of Magic' which is complete rubbish of course." Hermione said, finally looking up from her book.
"Umm, are you sure it's not true?" Asked Neville timidly.
"How could it be? Just look at Fudge. How could he be a Dark Lord?"
"Well, he's friends with those pureblood Heads of Houses." Ron pointed out.
"He also tried to execute both Buckbeak and Sirious without properly questioning him." Harry said in a whisper.
"And he certainly tried and succeded in throwing Hagrid to Azkaban in out second year." Neville added.
"My gran told me that he also has a crazed, blood-purist right hand. She wrote a legislation against werevolves..." said Neville with a frown.
"...and he also became the Minister after the last war." Realized a horrified Hermione. "You don't think?..."
They all looked at each other's eyes. "Maybe Voldemort was just a puppet, and the real Dark Lord quietly gained power behind the scenes..." Harry said quietly what all of them thought. "We have to stop him!"
(In which the Trio -and Neville- try to take down Fudge, all the while unwittingly sabotaging Voldemort's plans.)

SummerSlam 2021
Date: 22/8/21
Location: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
Pre-Show:
Big E vs Baron Corbin
(On the SmackDown after Money in the Bank, Big E has an interview backstage after winning the Money in the Bank briefcase. Big E is asked about if he’s considered what Championship he’ll maybe cash in on yet before being interrupted by Baron Corbin. The Lone Wolf says that while most of the locker room is happy for Big E, he for one actually isn’t because Big E would be an embarrassment to the WWE or World Heavyweight Championship. The new Mr. Money in the Bank says that for a guy that’s largely a failure these days despite being a former WWE Champion, Corbin has a pretty big mouth and the only thing that’s embarrassing is how his career is panning out. A furious Corbin attacks Big E from behind backstage later in the night, telling him this is what happens when you get personal with him. The following week, Big E asks William Regal for a match at SummerSlam against Corbin which Regal grants him. Big E wins via a Big Ending.)
Cross-Branded Battle Royal - Winner gets a Championship match of their choosing at Extreme Rules:
Finn Bálor wins by last eliminating Kevin Owens
(Entrants are Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, Andrade “Cien” Almas, Ricochet, Cesaro, Dominik Dijakovic, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Jeff Hardy, Braun Strowman, Angel Garza, Mustafa Ali, Kofi Kingston, John Morrison, Chad Gable, The Miz, Jinder Mahal, Xavier Woods, Mansoor, Elias, R-Truth, Dolph Ziggler, Bobby Roode, Shanky, Veer, Humberto Carillo, Otis Hanson, Rowe, Lince Dorado, Gran Metalik, Titus O’Neill & Akira Tozawas
Main Show:
Raw Tag Team Championship:
The Hurt Business (c) (Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin) w/MVP & Omos vs RK-Bro
(After Hell in a Cell, RK-Bro defeat The War Raiders to become the #1 Contender’s force the Raw Tag Team Championship at Money in the Bank. However after the match, Cedric Alexander, Shelton Benjamin and Oms attack the new challengers as they injure Randy Orton, writing The Viper off of TV. A furious Matt Riddle wants revenge for his friend and promises that when Randy’s back, they’ll get their match and take those titles. However, Riddle comes up on the receiving end of a few beatings from The Hurt Business until Randy Orton returns on the July 26th, 2021 episode of Raw and helps his friend. After Orton returns, Adam Pearce announces that the match that should’ve happened at Money in the Bank will now happen at SummerSlam! Orton vows RK-Bro are going to kick Cedric and Shelton’s ass and show there isn’t a better team on Raw. Despite Omos trying to help, Orton and Riddle manage to deal with him before Orton catches Alexander with an RKO in mid-air and pins him to win the titles, ending the 433 day reign of The Hurt Business.)
Intercontinental Championship:
Apollo Crews (c) w/Commander Azeez vs EC3
(EC3 defeats his former friend Sami Zayn to become the #1 Contender for the Intercontinental Championship. After earning this match, EC3 says that he’s yet to win gold in WWE but promises that’ll all change when he beats Apollo Crews at SummerSlam. Apollo responds and says that EC3 is a loser, a nobody who’s been Sami Zayn’s little lackey and he’s actually embarrassed that he has to share the ring with him never mind put his title on the line against him. EC3 says the only thing that’s truly embarrassing is someone like Crews holding a title as prestigious as the Intercontinental Championship when he can’t defend it without help from his goon Commander Azeez. On the go-home show of SmackDown, Crews and Azeez beat the hell out of EC3 with the message sent ahead of SummerSlam. When the referee’s down, Crews has assistance from Azeez and goes to hit EC3 with the Intercontinental Championship but EC3 moves and Crews accidentally hits Azeez. EC3 then hits Crews with The One Percenter and covers him to win the Intercontinental Championship!)
United States Championship:
Keith Lee (c) vs AJ Styles vs Sheamus vs Damian Priest
(After regaining the United States Championship at Money in the Bank, Keith Lee says that putting AJ Styles in his place and making him bask in his glory was a highlight of his career. A furious Styles interrupts and says that Lee got lucky and is nowhere as good as him, promising he’ll regain what’s his if he gets a rematch anytime soon. Sheamus interrupts and says that as far as he’s concerned, AJ lost at Money in the Bank and has already lost to Keith Lee so he can get to the back of the line behind him since he’s the most capable of beating Keith Lee. Damian Priest lastly interrupts and says that if anyone should be getting a title shot, it’s him for the role he’s been on since debuting on the main roster. Lee says he doesn’t care who he faces next because in the end, they’ll be basking in his glory. Adam Pearce takes every comment into account and announces a Fatal 4-Way Match for the United States Championship at SummerSlam. Keith Lee pins Sheamus to retain the championship.)
Firefly Funhouse Segment:
(After Money in the Bank for the first time since being set on fire by Kane, Bray Wyatt in his red jumper returns with The Firefly Funhouse! Bray says hi to the fans, laughs around with Mercy The Buzzard, Abby The Witch and Ramblin Rabbit and says that he’s back! Bray also has other news too… he’ll be appearing at SummerSlam with The Firefly Funhouse in the ring to say hi to the wonderful people in the audience and will be bringing his friends Ramblin Rabbit, Mercy The Buzzard and Abby the Witch with him! As for “HE”? Well, “HE” doesn’t have any other grudges or victims and “HE” has been locked away for now after dealing with everyone he had to deal with, with this now being a fresh start for Bray Wyatt! Bray comes down to the ring and receives a warm ovation from the fans before laughing around with his puppets and the audience, showing his incredible comedic side before the lights go out and out comes… Scarlett! Scarlett stands outside the ring with the NXT Championship, looks at Wyatt before he’s attacked from behind by Karrion Kross! Kross locks Wyatt in The Kross Jacket and forces him to pass out. Kross then destroys Wyatt’s puppets (NUCLEAR HEAT!) before leaving with Scarlett.)
SmackDown Women’s Championship:
Bianca Belair (c) vs Kay Lee Ray
(Kay Lee Ray debuts on the main roster after WrestleMania and goes on an impressive run of victories before being placed in a #1 Contender’s Match against Naomi on SmackDown which she comes out on top. Kay Lee Ray says that Bianca Belair’s days as SmackDown Women’s Champion are numbered as SummerSlam will be her time to shine whether anyone likes it or not. Belair says that Kay Lee Ray has been in fine form since arriving on SmackDown but still not anywhere near the form she’s been on and promises to bring her A game at SummerSlam. KLR injures Belair’s shoulder in the build-up after The EST defeats Sonya Deville in a match meaning she doesn’t come into this 100% but the champion says that she’s not backing down and will she why it’s her that holds the gold. Despite the shoulder injury, Belair retains with a KOD. After the match while she celebrates, she’s interrupted…)
SmackDown Women’s Championship - Money in the Bank Cash-In:
Bianca Belair (c) vs Shayna Baszler
(Shayna Baszler cashes in the Money in the Bank briefcase and the match is official. Belair’s injured shoulder gives in instantly as Baszler takes advantage, locks Belair in The Kirifuda Clutch and forces her to pass out in order to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion!)
SmackDown Tag Team Championship:
Rey & Dominik Mysterio (c) vs The Usos
(After The Usos injure Dominik’s knee at Money in the Bank, an angry Rey Mysterio says that their assault on him and what they did to his son was utterly cowardly but he isn’t surprised, especially when they’re taking orders from someone like Roman Reigns. Reigns takes major offence to Mysterio’s comments as he instructs Jimmy and Jey to ensure that next time they get an opportunity, they take those titles away from that masked freak, his weasel of a son and bring them home to The Bloodline. Jimmy promises Roman they’ll do just that if Rey and Dominik accept their challenge to a match at SummerSlam which Rey accepts. Jimmy and Jey win the titles after Jey pins Rey Mysterio after they both hit him with a top rope Splash.)
Edge vs Seth Rollins
(After costing Edge the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins says that he has a score to settle from WrestleMania and can’t believe anyone especially Edge thought that he was done with him. Rollins says not only is he going to get revenge for his loss at WrestleMania as well as the crap Edge put him through 6 years ago by finally stomping his head in and ending his career, he’s going to get that revenge at the biggest show of the summer if Edge has the guts to face him again. Edge says that not only does he have guts to accept a challenge especially from a guy he’s already beaten, he’s going to make Rollins suffer after costing him his dream of once again becoming the WWE Champion at Money in the Bank. Rollins finally manages to land a Curb Stomp on Edge’s surgically repaired neck and covers him to win. Rollins laughs in victory while Edge is stretchered out of the arena.)
World Heavyweight Championship - The Hurt Business are banned from ringside:
Bobby Lashley (c) vs Drew McIntyre
(After being screwed at Money in the Bank, Drew McIntyre is severely pissed at The Hurt Business and vows that even despite preventing him from winning the damn briefcase, somehow and some way, he’ll find a way to Bobby Lashley and regain his World Heavyweight Championship. Adam Pearce interrupts McIntyre and says that it disgusts him seeing what transpired at Money in the Bank. As a result, Drew McIntyre will be facing Bobby Lashley at SummerSlam for the World Heavyweight Championship! A furious Hurt Business interrupt the Raw GM with The Almighty absolutely incensed by the decision, telling Pearce he can’t do this. Pearce however says as Raw GM, he can do whatever the hell he wants as he’s his boss and seeing as he’s out here and with The Hurt Business, he’s got news for them all… The Hurt Business are banned from ringside at SummerSlam! MVP calmly tries to negotiate with Pearce but Pearce tells him he isn’t falling for his political bulls*it, Bobby Lashley will be facing Drew McIntyre and The Hurt Business are banned, end of. McIntyre promises that with Lashley all to himself and Omos especially nowhere to be seen, he’ll get the revenge he craves and become a 3-time World Heavyweight Champion. At the end of the match when the referees down, McIntyre goes for a Claymore but Lashley with a Steel Chair nearby uses it on McIntyre before hitting him with a Spear. Then when the referee regains consciousness, Lashley puts McIntyre in The Hurt Lock and as much as McIntyre tries to fight out, in the end he faints and The Almighty retains. After the match, The Hurt Business come out to celebrate with Lashley.)
Last Chance Match for the Raw Women’s Championship:
Rhea Ripley (c) vs Charlotte Flair
(After coming up short once again at Money in the Bank against Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair says that Rhea was the better woman and instead of hiding away from the loss like she did when Rhea beat her at WrestleMania, she’s going to own up to it. However, The Queen says that now losing to Rhea twice motivates her more than ever and she has a challenge, hoping Rhea will accept. Charlotte challenges Ripley to put her Championship on the line one more time against her at SummerSlam. Rhea says she accepts because she knows she’s better than Charlotte anyways and it’ll be another easy day at the office in the end. However, Rhea adds a condition that if she beats Charlotte then she can no longer challenge for the Raw Women’s Championship while she’s champion. Charlotte accepts and promises to finally overcome this thorn on her side. In her last chance, Charlotte forces Ripley to submit to The Figure-Eight to become the new Raw Women’s Champion. After the match when Charlotte celebrates, out comes… Becky Lynch! Becky stares down Charlotte and makes her intentions clear.)
WWE Championship:
Roman Reigns (c) w/Paul Heyman vs John Cena
(After returning at Money in the Bank, John Cena says he’s back for two reasons. The first is because he’s watched Roman Reigns and the way he’s been acting in the last year, believing Roman is nothing but an overrated, egotistical, self-centred jackass who needs put in his place. The second reason? It’s simple, to once again become the WWE Champion! Cena says he might be 44 years old now but he wants to show the whole world and that piece of crap Roman Reigns that he’s still got what it takes which is why he challenges him to a match at SummerSlam! Roman Reigns says that after so long away, he always expected John Cena to be a new man but nope, he’s like the missionary position, it’s the same thing every single time. He has the same entrance, same cringe catchphrases, same lame ring gear, same old sh*t for the last 15 years. Reigns says as far as Cena’s challenge, he accepts and promises that just like he did at WrestleMania 34 a few years back, he’s going to smash John Cena but this time, Cena’s going to acknowledge him as a bigger star than he ever was. Reigns beats Cena clean right in the middle of the ring to retain his Championship. After the match while The Tribal Chief celebrates, out comes… Brock Lesnar! Reigns is utterly stunned and Heyman pisses his pants. Lesnar stares down Reigns before Reigns and Heyman retreat as the show draws to a close.)
NXT Takeover: Las Vegas
Date: 22/8/21
Location: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Million Dollar Championship - If Cameron Grimes loses, Ted DiBiase must become LA Knight’s butler:
LA Knight (c) vs Cameron Grimes w/Ted DiBiase
(On the Great American Bash special of NXT, Cameron Grimes gets another shot at the Million Dollar Championship but there’s a condition where if he loses, he must become LA Knight’s butler. Knight gets Grimes counted out to not only keep the title but to make Grimes his butler! Knight finds ways to embarrass Grimes the best he can by making him do chores constantly until Ted DiBiase says that Grimes shouldn’t be a butler, he was born to be a champion and seeing what LA Knight is doing to him disgusts him. DiBiase says after discussions with Shawn Michaels, Cameron Grimes will get one last opportunity at the Million Dollar Championship. Knight says that’s fine but requests a condition that if he beats that loser Grimes again, Ted DiBiase must take Grimes place as his butler. DiBiase accepts and gives Grimes his full confidence. Grimes wins the Championship and the title is once again retired.)
NXT Tag Team Championship:
MSK (c) vs Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde & Raoul Mendoza) w/Santos Escobar
(Legado Del Fantasma defeat Grizzled Young Veterans thanks to Santos Escobar to become the #1 Contender’s for the NXT Tag Team Championship. In the build-up, Santos Escobar says there isn’t a more dominating force on NXT than Legado Del Fantasma and that’ll be shown even more at NXT Takeover: Las Vegas when Joaquin Wilde and Raoul Mendoza become the new NXT Tag Team Champions. MSK say that Legado Del Fantasma are so far up their own butts and arrogant that it’ll play a part in their downfall along with them just simply being a better tag team than them. MSK win and retain their titles after Wes Lee pins Raoul Mendoza.)
NXT United Kingdom Championship:
WALTER (c) vs Ilja Dragunov
(Ilja Dragunov debuts on NXT after Takeover: Atlanta and goes on an impressive run of victories. Then on the NXT after Takeover: In Your House 2, WALTER says that there isn’t a single person on NXT who can defeat him on the sacred mat for his United Kingdom Championship that he’s held for over 2 years now. Ilja Dragunov interrupts and tells WALTER that he’s one of the most dominating champions ever but there is one person he knows that can defeat him and that’s yours truly. Dragunov challenges WALTER to face him at Takeover: Las Vegas, promising to be the first to defeat him and take his championship. WALTER accepts, promising to not only retain what’s his but show the whole world that Dragunov isn’t in his league. In an absolute clinic of a wrestling match, Ilja Dragunov locks WALTER in a Sleeper Hold and shockingly forces him to tap out, ending his 869 day reign as United Kingdom Champion and also becomes the first man in WWE to defeat The Ring General!)
NXT Women’s Championship:
Toni Storm (c) vs Io Shirai
(After returning at Takeover: In Your House 2, Io Shirai says that she’s back to reclaim whats hers and Toni Storm’s fun is over. Io says that Toni never pinned her to win the Championship at NXT Takeover: Atlanta and as far as she’s concerned, they’re still even after a victory each over one another one-on-one. Io thinks with that being the case, she challenges Toni Storm to a match at NXT Takeover: Las Vegas for the NXT Women’s Championship to finally settle who’s the best between the two. Toni Storm thinks about it before accepting, vowing to end this and get that annoying brat Io out of her life for good. Toni wins clean to retain and end the feud.)
NXT Championship:
Karrion Kross (c) w/Scarlett vs Samoa Joe
(After returning to NXT at Takeover: In Your House, Samoa Joe says that he’s back home! Joe says that not only is he back but he’s here to do one thing and that’s become a 2-time NXT Champion and Karrion Kross stands in his way. The Samoan Submission Machine says that for the last whole, Kross has caused havoc and chaos thinking he’s untouchable and if there’s anyone who’s going to be dealing with him, it’s going to be him. Shawn Michaels says that it’s great to have Joe back on NXT and after listening to what he said, Samoa Joe will face Karrion Kross at NXT Takeover: Las Vegas for the NXT Championship. Karrion Kross says that Joe isn’t taking what’s his away from him and will fall and pray just like everyone else he’s faced at Takeover: Las Vegas. Joe says Kross and Scarlett can come up with as many creepy riddles as possible but when all is said and done, he’s putting his ass to sleep! Joe forces Kross to pass out to The Coquina Clutch to become a 2-time NXT Champion! After the match when Joe’s away and Kross is in the ring himself, the lights go off! The lights come back on and behind Kross is… The Fiend! The Fiend locks Kross in The Mandible Claw and forces him to pass out. Kross heads to the main roster.)
Note:
(Samoa Joe does NOT relinquish the NXT Championship and NXT 2.0 doesn’t happen. Why? Because f*ck Vince & John Laurinaitis.)
Loser Leaves NXT Hell in a Cell Match:
Kyle O’Reilly vs Adam Cole
(The blood feud between the two former friends continues. On the Great American Bash special of NXT, Adam Cole defeats Kyle O’Reilly to even the score. However after the match, both men continue fighting until referees and agents finally pull them apart. The following week, Kyle O’Reilly calls out Adam Cole and says that this needs to end and with them owning a victory each over one another, he challenges him to a match at NXT Takeover: Las Vegas to settle this for good. However, O’Reilly says he doesn’t want it to be an ordinary match and he wants it to take place in one place… Hell in a Cell! Adam Cole accepts and agrees with O’Reilly’s thinking that this has to end which is why he requests a further condition. One of them has to go from this place for good which is why if O’Reilly has the balls, he’ll accept that whoever loses this match must leave NXT! O’Reilly accepts and vows to move on from this piece of crap who he’ll never ever forgive after splitting up The Undisputed Era. This match is an absolute bloody war and in the end, O’Reilly finishes this and sends Cole packing from NXT. Cole leaves the company and becomes All Elite.)
That’s another part in the history books ladies and gentlemen. I hope you guys enjoyed it and stick around. The next part will be covered in the next few days where we’ll see the aftermath of Brock Lesnar and Becky Lynch’s returns, Edge and Seth Rollins end their rivalry and the roster be shaked up with the WWE Draft. Stay tuned!

About the Ranking:
Albums are ranked both by tier, and numerically.
Things not included in this list:
Singles (Frances the Mute, Hostage Stamps…)
Compilations (Telesterion, This Station is Non-Operational)
Bootlegs (Live at Electric Ballroom, Is Anybody There?, ATDI - Live in Tokyo…)
Collaborations where Omar’s contribution seems minimal (Kimono Cult, the Le
Butcherette albums he appears on…)
Guest appearances (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Handsome Boy Modelling School…)
Included in this list will be Omar’s work with/as the following projects. Each is listed along with how they will be referred.

• TMV - The Mars Volta
• ATDI - At the Drive-In
• ORL - (Which will encompass all of the following) Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet, The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group, The Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet, El Trio De Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, and El Groupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez
• DF - De Facto

All projects with only one release will be labeled with the bands full name

• Startled Calf
• Bosnian Rainbows
• Crystal Fairy
• Antemasque

Below the list is a more detailed rundown of the works under the ORL label.
*Don’t conflate the tier rankings with grades one might get in school. None of these albums, even the lowest ranked, is without merit. I personally would listen to everything D+ and above at least semi-regularly, beyond that, my interest begins to wane more and more.
*And of course this list is totally subjective
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1. Frances The Mute - TMV
   
2. De-Loused in the Comatorium - TMV
   

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1. Amputechture - TMV
   
2. Relationship of Command - ATDI
   
3. Cryptomnesia - ORL
   
4. Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key too far) - ORL
   

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1. Tremulant EP - TMV
   
2. Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy
   
3. Xenophanes - ORL
   
4. Vaya EP - ATDI
   
5. Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo - ORL
   
6. Los Sueños De Un Hígado - ORL
   

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1. The Bedlam in Goliath - TMV
   
2. Octahedron - TMV
   
3. Cizana De Los Amores - ORL
   
4. Ciencia De Los Inutiles - ORL
   
5. Zen Thrills - ORL
   
6. どういたしまして - ORL
   
7. Birth of a Ghost - ORL
   

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1. In/Casino/Out - ATDI
   
2. Old Money - ORL
   
3. Un Escorpion Perfumado - ORL
   
4. Arana en la Sombra - ORL
   
5. Solar Gambling - ORL
   
6. Noctourniquet - TMV
   
7. The Clouds Hill Tapes - ORL
   
8. Please Heat this Eventually - ORL
   
9. The Mars Volta - TMV
   

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1. Apocalypse Inside of an Orange - ORL
   
2. Ensayo De Un Desaparecido - ORL
   
3. Acrobatic Tenement - ATDI
   
4. Zapopan - ORL
   

33.El Gran Orgo EP - ATDI

1. Bosnian Rainbows - Bosnian Rainbows
   
2. Sworn Virgins - ORL
   
3. Omar Rodriguez - ORL
   

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1. Antemasque - Antemasque
   
2. Interalia - ATDI
   
3. Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón - TMV
   
4. Blind Worms Pious Swine - ORL
   
5. Umbrella Mistress - ORL
   
6. Scabdates - TMV
   
7. Roman Lips - ORL
   
8. El Bien Y Mal Nos Une - ORL
   

45.Is it the Clouds?- ORL

1. Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats - ORL
   
2. Octopus Kool-Aid - ORL
   

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1. Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade - ORL
   
2. Megaritual - ORL
   
3. Diamante - ATDI
   
4. Tychozorente - ORL
   
5. Saber, Querer, Osar Y Callar - ORL
   
6. Gorilla Preacher Cartel - ORL
   
7. Corazones - ORL
   
8. Azul, Mis Dientes - ORL
   
9. Cell Phone Bikini - ORL
   
10. Hell Paso EP - ATDI
    
11. Can’t Change Me - Startled Calf
    

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1. Mantra Hiroshima - ORL
   
2. Infinity Drips - ORL
   

61.456132015 - DF

1. Megaton Shotblast - DF
   
2. Nom De Guerre Cabal - ORL
   
3. Weekly Mansions - ORL
   

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1. Sepulcros De Miel - ORL
   
2. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez with John Frusciante - ORL
   
3. The Burning Plain Film Soundtrack w/ Hanz Zimmer - ORL
   
4. Some Need it Lonely - ORL
   
5. How do you dub? You fight for dub, you plug dub in - DF
   

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1. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Lydia Lynch - ORL
   
2. Un Corazón De Nadie ORL
   
3. Legende du Scorpion a Quatre Queues - DF
   
4. Unicorn Skeleton Mask
   
5. A Manual Dexterity soundtrack vol. 1 - ORL
   
6. Solo Extrano - ORL
   
7. Equinox - ORL
   
8. Solid State Mercenaries - ORL
   
9. A Lovejoy - ORL
   

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1. Absence makes the Heart Grow Fungus - ORL
   
2. Doom Patrol - OML
   
3. Woman Gives Birth to a Tomato - ORL
   

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1. Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead - ORL
   
2. Despair - ORL
   

84 Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Jeremy Michael Ward - ORL
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Why have I done this?
I am obviously a huge ORL fan, but even I lost interest, got distracted, and got overwhelmed by his prolific output at some point. I began to be less into the direction he was taking, and was no longer interested in putting in the effort to listen to all of his stuff. This happened somewhere, chronologically, around the album “Octopus Kool-Aid.” His solo efforts previous to this album, what I will refer to as the "front-half", I am much more intimately familiar with than the "back-half "of the catalog. I’ve seen a couple of other peoples rankings of his work, however they didn’t help me at all in terms of finding a starting point to jump into the more recent, "back-half" of his catalog. The list above, and the one below, are my attempt to lend a little context to where I believe his solo efforts fall in the grand scheme of his work, relate to one another, and provide the slightest amount of information about each entry in his extensive solo career. I’m not providing further information about any of his non-ORL efforts, as information and reviews for most, if not all, of those can be found elsewhere.
With some albums I have included what I consider to be key tracks, labeled with an *.
I hope this guide helps anyone interested in deepening their relationship and appreciation of what I consider to be one of the most important artists of their generation.
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1. Cryptomnesia - A collaboration between the Mars Volta and the amazing rhythm section of the band HELLA for the brief stint that they were a five piece band. This album is a glorious headache. I’ve heard many people say this album goes in the direction they hoped The Mars Volta had gone, and I largely agree. This album is dense, frenetic, harsh, and mind-melting. Omar and Zach Hill’s first collaboration, and some of the best work either of them has ever done. There is a good reason this is the first album Omar put his face on. *Paper Cunts, Elderly Pair Beaten With Hammer, Warren Oates (These three tracks act as one song)
   
2. Calibration (Is pushing luck and key too far) - This album is moody, atmospheric, haunting, and beautiful. It is a thoroughly unique experience both within and without ORL’s discography. I’ve really never heard any album like it. One of the best blends of rock, experimental, noise, and electronica in his entire catalog, and one of the most realized musical statements. *Las Lágrimas de Arakuine
   
3. Xenophanes - A great album made up of great songs and great moments. This would probably be the first solo album I would recommend to fans of ORL’s other work. It is high energy, with a good blend of TMV’s wildness and ATDI’s straight forward, deliberate sound. *Desarraigo
   
4. Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo - A surprisingly intimate, warm album which displays a wide variety of ORL’s sounds. This album has one or ORLs most satisfying arcs and is a pretty easy listen. *Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo
   
5. Los Sueños de un Hígado - This is a fantastic live album top to bottom. It’s incredibly digestible at just five 35 minutes and has some stellar performances by ORL regulars Deantoni Parks (drums) and Ximenia Seriana (Vocals). Great vibe. Great feel. Great all around. *Boiling Death requests a body to rest its head on
   
6. Cizaña de los Amores - A groovy, beautiful, romantic, and intimate album. Ximenia Sariana really shines. *Nada De Amor
   
7. Ciencia de los Inútiles - Arguably Omar’s most intimate album, and biggest departure (Up to this point) Incredibly delicate and simple, featuring only ORL’s guitar, a double bass, and Ximenia Sariana’s arresting vocals. This is one of Omar’s most accessible albums, I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like it. *Martes
   
8. Zen Thrills - This album is what I want Bosnian Rainbows to sound like. It is my favorite album from the “back half” of his catalog. It’s spacey, weird, and oddly catchy at times. The music on this album is perfectly suited for Teri Gender-Bender to sing against, and she really shines. *Lounge for a tongue
   
9. どういたしまして - This is an album comprised of recordings from a couple of live performances which you can watch HERE, and you should because they kick ass. This album is great, short and sweet. The production is not of the best quality, but it really doesn’t matter. Deantoni Parks in particular really shines on this one.
   
10. Birth of a Ghost - Easily the biggest surprise in the “Back Half” of ORLs catalog. It is largely ranked as high as it is simply because of how bold of a swing it is in a different direction. Essentially this is ORL’s attempt at making a classical album. Or maybe chamber music. Very digestible at a brief 24 minutes. Their is an interesting push and pull on this album. It feels like Omar is playing in new territory so he is really restraining himself, but at the same time, I get the sense that he is overjoyed with this new palette with which to compose. It reminds me of a mix of Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left and music from the Final Fantasy video games. *An Old Lacquer -Tinged Tomb
    
11. Old Money - Solid all around. This has some of the best tracks in his entire catalog, even if it is a little inconsistent at times. Regardless, when you boil it all down, this album just Rocks. If you are looking to hear some high quality ORL guitar shredding, this is the album to start with. *Old Money
    
12. Un Escorpion Perfumado - This album is solid top to bottom without ever being really mind-blowing. Very warm, sexy, and dangerous vibes. This is also one of ORLs most consistent efforts giving the album a very distinct feel all around. Once again Deantoni Parks really shines on the drums. Also, every song on this album will be revisited at least once on subsequent albums. I would recommend listening to this album before diving into the “back-half” of the catalog.
    
13. Arana en la Sombra - Very solid, very rocking album. In fact, this album satisfies the craving for Omar’s earlier hard rocking more than any other album in the “back-half of the catalog.” Sort of companion piece to Xenophanes. *El Vacio
    
14. Solar Gambling - One of the best openers in any of Omar’s albums. Solar gambling has some real bangers, a couple of the biggest highlights in his entire catalog. This is a particularly good showcase of Ximenia Sariana’s vocals and how well they can fit into Omar’s music. It doesn't overstay its welcome, although it does drag at points. *Locomoción Capilar *Un Buitre Amable Me Pico
    
15. The Clouds Hill Tapes vol 1 - 3 - This album consists of reimaged performances of a number of tracks, most of which come from the “back-half” of Omar’s catalog. The performances on this album range from jazzy ballads, to raucous uptempo poppy rock tunes. It really goes to show just how good of a songwriter Omar is, and how well he can collaborate with a wide variety of musicians. *Acros Del Amor
    
16. Please Heat this Eventually - This is a short and sweet bit of Jazz-Fusion awesomeness. A collaboration with late, great CAN frontman Damo Suzuki. It is only one 20ish minute long song (Another version of which can be found on Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo) that has a motoric, groovy, sometimes noisy bombast. I just wish it was longer.
    
17. Apocalypse Inside of and Orange - When this album rips, it rips just about as hard as anything Omar has ever produced. It is a bit too long, and at a couple points it is kind of a wash. Lots of killer, and a bit too much filler. But if you are a fan of Omar’s hard rocking guitar wizardry, this is a must. *Jacob Van Lennepkade 2
    
18. Ensayo De Un Desaparecido - Essentially this is a different take on the album Xenophanes. It hits with a different energy, its not quite as hard hitting or consistent, but it is very good nonetheless.
    
19. Zapopan - Very weird, but just about every song on this album eventually wins me over. There is a run of four albums in Omar’s catalog: Unicorn Skeleton Mask, Equinox, Solo Extrano, and Nom De Guerre Cabal which I find to be a low point. Each of those albums is a bit of a chaotic mess of free-jazz. This album feels like a more fully realized and enjoyable version of what he seemed to be going for with those four. Deantoni Parks sounds great.
    
20. Sworn Virgins - This album has strong CAN and Bosnian Rainbows vibes. Pretty solid and jittery. One of the best in the “back-half” of the catalog. *Pineapple Face
    
21. Omar Rodriguez- When it rips, it rips. But overall it is a bit too inconsistent and over inflated. It does have some real highlights with some top quality Omar brand of guitar-forward rocking. Check this one out if you enjoy Old Money and Apocalypse inside of an Orange *Spookrijden Op Het Fietspad
    
22. Blind Worms Pious Swine - This album is pretty sweet, by which I mean lovely, intimate, vulnerable. There is a lot of great interplay between Omar and Teri Gender-Bender and a surprisingly good cover of Ellie Goulding’s “Lights”. At 36 minutes, this album is an easy listen that goes down smooth.
    
23. Umbrella Mistress - This sounds like Omar attempting to make a Yo La Tango album. This is not my favorite space which Omar plays in, but this is a strong effort nonetheless, and one of his more fully realized efforts.
    
24. Roman Lips - This is a consistent album which plays in the Bosnian Rainbow territory. It suffers a little bit as Teri Gender-Bender is not around, leaving Omar to do the vocals. Top to bottom this is a very good album, not a great album.
    
25. El Bien Y Mal Nos Une - Most of this album is reimaginings of songs from Un Escorpion Perfumado. Despite being a lot of covers of his own songs, this album is surprisingly satisfying.
    
26. Is it the Clouds? - Low key, introspective. Calm Yo La Tango vibes. *Your own worst enemy.
    
27. Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats - Extremely low key and very restrained. It feels as if the musicians on this album put a cap on their amps at 5 (rather than 11). This restraint makes for a surprisingly compelling listen which reminds me a bit of Minus The Bear.
    
28. Octopus Kool-Aid - This is the first solo album to have Teri Gender-Bender on it, and she sounds great. Overall, this is a pretty standard ORL album. Pretty groovy at times with a bit too much filler. *18
    
29. Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade - This is another live album. It isn’t quite as satisfying as the others, and is in fact a bit of a wash at times. But overall it's pretty good.
    
30. Megaritual - In terms of the “front-half” of Omar’s catalog, I find Megaritual to be his most average effort. This isn’t to say it’s bad, in fact it’s got some real highlights. Overall though, it just doesn’t leave the same impression as similar albums like Old Money and Solar Gambling. *Panta Section
    
31. Tychozorente - This is not my favorite flavor of Omar’s music, however I cannot deny that this trippy bit of dark electronica is very succinct and realized. Ximenia Sariana sounds great, and when this album shines, it shines bright. I do feel like it loses steam in the last couple of tracks. *Piedras Y Ansiedad
    
32. Saber, Querer, Osar Y Callar - This feels like a companion piece to Un Escorpion Perfumado. Deantoni Parks sounds fantastic. This is a demanding but ultimately very rewarding listen.
    
33. Gorilla Preacher Cartel - This is maybe the only album in the “back-half” of the catalog which dabbles in some of the “old school” rock territory of albums like Old Money and Apocalypse Inside of an Orange. A bit inconsistent, but mostly good.
    
34. Corazones - Maybe Omar’s most singer-songwritery album. It’s a very different energy from most of the stuff that precedes it. He would go on to explore this territory a lot more in subsequent albums. Decent.
    
35. Azul, Mis Dientes - A sort of water, average Bosnian Rainbows sounding album featuring Teri Gender-Bender on vocals. Not my favorite, but still pretty good.
    
36. Cell Phone Bikini - A bit down beat and melancholy. Kind of forgettable, but when all is said and done it's a rather nice and breezy album compared to many others. Does not overstay its welcome.
    
37. Mantra Hiroshima - This is the second collaboration between Omar and Hella/Death Grips drumming phenom Zach Hill. This album is frenetic, chaotic, dense, and noisy. It’s mostly an inconsistent, very challenging listen, however when it hits, it hits hard.
    
38. Infinity Drips - Sort of a companion piece to Mantra Hiroshima. They have pretty different sounds, but they live in a similar chaotic, messy space. This album carries a unique middle eastern energy. This album may deserve a lower ranking than I have given it, but I think that Teri Gender-Bender’s vocal styling is incredibly well suited to this weirdofest of an album. Certainly not the easiest listen, but one of the clearest indications of what makes Gender-Bender great.
    
39. Nom De Guerre Cabal - The final album in what I consider to be a low point in Omar’s discography. This album, as well as the three that precede it, are messy, discordant forays into free-jazz/ jazz fusion (Free-jazz-fusion?). This album is difficult to listen to, even for hardcore Omar fans such as myself. However, I can’t recommend this album highly enough for anyone curious to hear Deantoni Park’s mastery of the drums.
    
40. Weekly Mansions - A sort of companion piece to the dark electronica of Tychozorente. Not bad but nothing particularly special. No real high highs or low lows.
    
41. Sepulcros De Miel - An unfocused and indulgent jam session. Not a very demanding listen though.
    
42. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez with John Frusciante - Pretty unspectacular and, dare I say, boring. Not unpleasant or disagreeable though. This could probably be put on to mixed company without complaint.
    
43. The Burning Plain Film Soundtrack w/ Hanz Zimmer - I considered not including this. It is difficult to rate this as I have not seen the movie and don’t understand the context with which it was created. Having listened to it, I found it pretty interesting, very low key, atmospheric, and evocative. It does indeed sound like a film score. If you enjoy the Omar and John Fruscuante album, maybe check this one out, it has a similar feel. It also reminds me a bit of the band EARTH’s later stuff. Not quite as heavy or slow, but similarly cinematic.
    
44. Some Need it Lonely - A real mess. Hard to tell when it is over. Despite that, it isn’t very disagreeable, at least by ORL standards.
    
45. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Lydia Lynch - Jazz fusion over some pretty basic but often cool spoken word. Kind of indulgent, kind of cool
    
46. Un Corazón De Nadie - A brooding electronic foray into some personal and dark territory.
    
47. Unicorn Skeleton Mask - Plays in a similar space as A Manual Dexterity. It's a little more consistent though, and overall a little better. Weird, spacey, jittery electronica with a lot of distortion.
    
48. A Manual Dexterity soundtrack vol. 1 - Might make for a decent soundtrack, but on it’s own, this disjointed, often sparse effort leaves something to be desired.
    
49. Solo Extrano - Overwhelmingly chaotic free-jazz-fusion? Only ranks as high as it does because of Deantoni Park’s exceptional drumming, particularly on the last track.
    
50. Equinox - A bit of a nothing burger
    
51. Solid State Mercenaries - Mostly unpleasant and discordant with a couple moments here and there that are worth note. All and all, pretty forgettable and bland.
    
52. A Lovejoy - Very haphazard, all over the place, generally unpleasant and forgettable. Too long as well.
    
53. Absence makes the Heart Grow Fungus - A pretty unremarkable effort for the most part. It very quickly devolves into indulgent noise and experimentation which doesn’t culminate in much. However, the opening track is great, and in fact is one of the few moments in the entire solo discography that harkens back to the At The Drive-In sound. *Hands tied to the roots of a Hemorrhage
    
54. Doom Patrol - Meandering and indulgent moody noodling.
    
55. Woman Gives Birth to a Tomato - Hard Jazz Soundscapes. One of the most challenging listens in the entire discography. Too long and largely unpleasant, but not for a lack of instrumental virtuosity.
    
56. Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead - A lot of experimental noise with a couple redeeming moments sprinkled in.
    
57. Despair - A bunch of boring muck. Doesn’t accumulate and doesn’t elicit the despair which the album title suggests. Its essentially minor variations on an unnerving low droning frequency.
    
58. Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Jeremy Michael Ward - It’s just noise. This album is pretty unlistenable, and probably only redeemable as a curiosity for big audio engineering nerds and/or those who are genuinely attracted to blasts of harsh feedback, looping, and sound manipulation. If you are a fan of Merzbow, maybe give this a listen.
    

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Thank you for reading this far. I hope you found this informative and helpful. How did I do? What did I get right? What did I get wrong? I'd love to hear others thoughts.

Winning the whole battle awards you a Carnelian Pendant, while you can pick up an Elixir near where Galerius's base is. Rinse and repeat by exiting Gran Corinne and you'd be swimming in two of the most useful items in the game in no time! This is especially useful to players who do speedruns and beat the final boss battle early.

Hall of Fame Class of 2021:
Kane, Eric Bischoff, Rob Van Dam, JBL, Molly Holly, “Dr. Death” Steve Williams and Shad Gaspard
WrestleMania 37
Dates: 10/4/21 and 11/4/21
Location: Mercedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Night 1:
World Heavyweight Championship:
Bobby Lashley (c) w/MVP & Omos vs Sheamus vs Drew McIntyre
(After The Hurt Business get involved at Fastlane and cause a no contest, Adam Pearce announces the next night on Raw that Bobby Lashley will defend his World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania against both Sheamus and Drew McIntyre in a Triple Threat Match. Lashley is utterly furious at the decision and MVP says that Pearce should reconsider and allow The Almighty to face only one of them. Pearce says that Lashley could’ve had that to begin with if The Hurt Business didn’t get involved at Fastlane but his decision is final now. After Pearce doesn’t budge, Lashley says that to show how much of a dominant champion he is, he’ll drop both of them where they stand at WrestleMania. Sheamus says that Lashley and his goons are going to pay for attacking him, he’s going to make Drew McIntyre suffer at the biggest show of the year now instead after The Hurt Business stuck their nose in his business at Fastlane which prevented him then and vows to become the World Heavyweight Champion once again. Drew McIntyre meanwhile says just like he did at WrestleMania last year, he’ll once again live his dream, become the World Heavyweight Champion and get revenge on Bobby Lashley for stealing his title and Sheamus who’s nothing but a backstabbing bastard. Omos gets involved and tries to help Lashley before he receives devastating Brogue Kicks from Sheamus and a Claymore from McIntyre which puts the big man down. McIntyre then hits Sheamus with a Claymore out of nowhere before Lashley Spears McIntyre and pins Sheamus to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.)
SmackDown Tag Team Championship:
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson (c) vs Dolph Ziggler & Bobby Roode vs The Street Profits vs Rey & Dominik Mysterio
(Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson say that at WrestleMania, they’ll take on anyone for their titles and show that no nerds on the SmackDown roster can live with them. Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode, The Street Profits and The Mysterio’s all stake a claim to face those two clowns before William Regal announces that all 4 teams will face off for the titles at WrestleMania. Rey and Dominik Mysterio become the first-ever Father and Son Tag Team Champions after they hit Luke Gallows with a double 619 before Dominik hits him with a Frog Splash and covers him for the victory at his first WrestleMania.)
Kofi Kingston vs Mustafa Ali
(After Elimination Chamber, Mustafa Ali reveals that it was him that attacked Xavier Woods and tells everyone why he took out Kofi Kingston. Ali says that two years ago, he was supposed to be competing for the WWE Championship inside the Elimination Chamber but got injured and never saw another opportunity for the title again. Why? Because Kofi not only took his place in that Chamber match, he then stole his opportunities he still never got even afterwards too and it resulted in him going onto WrestleMania to win the WWE Championship in the main event while he was kicked to the curb and saw as a nobody while everyone was lording over the fairytale that was “KofiMania”. Ali says seeing Kofi win the WWE Championship and taking his spots constantly at that moment in time still eats away at him to this day which is why after a long period of trying to get over it, he realised he just can’t and has finally decided to make Kofi suffer. Kofi says that he always thought Ali was a good guy and he respected him immensely but now after what he did to him and Woods at the Elimination Chamber over nothing but bitter jealousy, he no longer respects him and wants revenge. Ali says the only person that’s getting revenge here is him as he challenges Kofi Kingston to a match at WrestleMania but unlike two years ago, “KofiMania” won’t be a thing because he’ll beat him and burn it to the ground. Kofi accepts the challenge and the match is set. Despite Ali’s bitter attempts, Kofi wins in the end and Xavier Woods comes out to celebrate with his friend after the match.)
Sensational Sherri Invitational Battle Royal:
Bayley wins by last eliminating Asuka
(The entrants are Bayley, Asuka, Chelsea Green, Ember Moon, Mia Yim, Alexa Bliss, Kay Lee Ray, Naomi, Shotzi Blackheart, Liv Morgan, Nikki Cross, Piper Niven, Sonya Deville, Mercedes Martinez, Mandy Rose, Lana, Tamina, Natalya, Billie Kay, Peyton Royce and Carmella
Andrade “Cien” Almas & Charlotte Flair vs Angel Garza & Zelina Vega
(After her client Angel Garza loses to Andrade “Cien” Almas at Fastlane, Zelina Vega has an offer for El Idolo and his fiancée. Vega challenges them to face her and Angel Garza in a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania, promising to slap the taste out of Charlotte’s mouth while her client puts Almas back on the shelf. Andrade and Charlotte accept with The Queen vowing to wrestle circles around Vega while her man Andrade drops Garza on his ass again like he did at Fastlane. Almas and Charlotte both lock Garza and Vega in The Figure Leg Lock and force them both to tap at the same time in order to win.)
Falls Count Anywhere Match for the Intercontinental Championship:
Big E (c) vs Apollo Crews
(After injuring Big E’s knee at Fastlane, Apollo Crews says that even though he’s gotten half of what he wants which is the WWE fans acknowledging his Nigerian Royalty, he isn’t done until he takes the Intercontinental Championship like he promised. Crews says that Big E’s win over him at Fastlane was a fluke and he knows for a fact that if Big E has the guts to face him again, he’ll take his championship. Big E says if Crews wants another shot at his title then that’s fine, he’ll beat him again but this time on his terms so he can kick his ass. Big E challenges Crews to a Falls Count Anywhere Match at WrestleMania so he can beat the hell out of him all over Atlanta. Crews accepts and tells Big E he’ll wish he never made a challenge like this for WrestleMania because with him being able to do whatever the hell he wants in a match like this, that makes him even more unpredictable than he’s already been. This match goes longer than it did in real life as Big E is setting a table up to put Crews through before Commander Azeez appears and Chokeslam’s Big E through the table! Crews capitalises and pins Big E to become the new Intercontinental Champion!)
Damian Priest & Bad Bunny vs John Morrison & The Miz
(After Bad Bunny turns down being John Morrison and The Miz’s manager, causes them to be eliminated from the Royal Rumble and plays a part along with Damian Priest in John Morrison not becoming the United States Champion at the Elimination Chamber, Miz and Morrison have enough and attack Bunny and Priest from behind backstage. Miz and Morrison then take a beaten down Bad Bunny out to the ring where Miz hits him with a Skull Crushing Finale onto a Steel Chair. The following week, a pissed off Bad Bunny and Damian Priest attack Miz and Morrison before they retreat after an edition of The Dirt Sheet where they laugh at what they did the week before. Damian Priest then lays down the challenge for Miz and Morrison to face him and Bad Bunny at WrestleMania! Miz and Morrison laugh their ass off and accept, promising to show them up at the biggest show of the year. This is the same banger match we got in real life with Bad Bunny pinning Miz to score the win for himself and Damian Priest.)
SmackDown Women’s Championship:
Sasha Banks (c) vs Bianca Belair
(After Fastlane is over, Sasha Banks says that it’s now down to business properly heading into WrestleMania. Banks says that she’s no longer playing friends with her WrestleMania opponent and even though she respects Bianca Belair, she’s not going to be letting her take the SmackDown Women’s Championship or any of her spotlight any time soon and promises that “The EST” will fall short at the grandest stage of them all to “THE B-EST”. Belair says that she also respects Sasha Banks and that she’s a real trailblazer of where Women’s wrestling is now in 2021 compared to where it was in the past but Sasha’s time is up and The EST is here to takeover after beating 29 other women in the Royal Rumble. This is the same classic we got in real life with Bianca Belair coming out on top to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion. After the match, Sasha hugs Bianca and raises her hand in victory before leaving the ring to let Belair have her moment as WrestleMania Night 1 draws to a close.)
Night 2:
United States Championship:
Matt Riddle (c) vs AJ Styles vs Randy Orton
(After Matt Riddle wins the United States Championship at Elimination Chamber, Randy Orton sets his sights on the one championship that’s eluded him in his career and challenges Riddle to put his title on the line against him at WrestleMania. Riddle says that he respects Orton, the career he’s had and doesn’t have a problem with him in the slightest but if he wants a shot at his title, he accepts and hopes that after he beats him, he and Randy can be friends or even a tag team called RK-Bro 👀 Orton tells Riddle that not only is he after his championship, he thinks he’s an absolute goofball who fluked a title win because of Damian Priest and a damn celebrity and being in a team with him is the last thing on his mind. The following week on Raw, AJ Styles beats Matt Riddle thanks to Randy Orton and as a result, Orton’s tactic of costing Riddle backfires as Adam Pearce adds AJ Styles to the United States Championship match at WrestleMania. Styles not only thanks Orton for being such a dumbass, he vows to once again become the United States Championship as he believes Matt Riddle is an absolute embarrassment to the title. A Styles Clash to Matt Riddle wins AJ Styles the United States Championship!)
Raw Tag Team Championship:
The Hurt Business (c) (Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin) w/MVP & Omos vs The War Raiders
(MVP says that Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin have beaten everyone on Raw and they’d be aswell putting their feet up at WrestleMania while watching The Almighty dominate and remain World Heavyweight Champion. The War Raiders interrupt with Hanson and Rowe reminding The Hurt Business that they haven’t faced or beaten them and lay down the challenge for WrestleMania. MVP accepts on Alexander and Benjamin’s behalf, promising that The Hurt Business will keep all the gold they possess at the biggest show of the year. Assistance from Omos helps The Hurt Business beat The War Raiders to retain.)
Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal:
Jey Uso wins by last eliminating Jeff Hardy
(Entrants include Jey Uso, Jeff Hardy, Aleister Black, Cesaro, Carlito, Dominik Dijakovic, Baron Corbin, Braun Strowman, Santos Escobar, Kane, Xavier Woods, Buddy Murphy, Jordan Devlin, Elias, Jinder Mahal, Chad Gable, Humberto Carrillo, Otis, Kalisto, R-Truth, Lince Dorado, Gran Metalik, Akira Tozawa, Drew Gulak & Riddick Moss)
Kevin Owens, Shinsuke Nakamura & Ricochet vs Sami Zayn, EC3 & Logan Paul
(This heats up even more after Fastlane on SmackDown with Sami Zayn promising that he, EC3 and Logan Paul are going to hurt his former best friend Kevin Owens and that piece of crap Shinsuke Nakamura for sticking his nose in their business at Fastlane. Zayn says there wouldn’t have even been an issue in the first place if Kevin Owens didn’t make fun of him and EC3 and just admitted that there’s a conspiracy in this company against them like Logan Paul who isn’t even a full time wrestler can clearly see. Later in the night, EC3 is disqualified against Ricochet after Zayn and Logan Paul get involved and the three men begin assaulting The One and Only before Kevin Owens and Shinsuke Nakamura run down, even the odds and make the save before the heels retreat. Owens then grabs a microphone and challenges Zayn and his two pathetic goons to a six-man Tag Team Match at WrestleMania. Logan Paul accepts on the teams behalf and says that when they embarrass the three of them at the biggest show of the year, Kevin Owens especially is going to regret not just admitting there’s a clear conspiracy against Sami Zayn and EC3. Sami Zayn eats the pinfall after a Stunner from Owens, a Kinshasa from Nakamura before Ricochet puts the nail in the coffin and hits him with a 630 for the win. After the match, Owens drags Logan Paul into the ring and also hits him with a Stunner, much to the crowds enjoyment!)
No Holds Barred Match:
Triple H vs ”The Fiend” Bray Wyatt
(After getting rid of Vince McMahon and The Undertaker for good at Survivor Series, Bray Wyatt starts having even more fun on The Firefly Funhouse with all of his puppets, happy to have rid the company of Vince and Undertaker for good. After weeks of fun and games, Wyatt says on the Raw before the Royal Rumble that next week, he’ll go out to the ring and let his puppets meet the amazing WWE fans who enjoy his Firefly Funhouse shows with them! Bray in the red jumper goes out, introduces the puppets to the fans and has some fun until out comes… Triple H! And he doesn’t turn up in his usual suit, he turns up in his jeans and black jacket, ready for a fight! Triple H goes after Bray and beats the hell out of him until the lights go out and Bray disappears. The following week, Triple H quits as Raw GM and as COO gives Adam Pearce the Raw General Manager’s job permanently. Triple H then gets down to business and says that a few months back, he was taken out by The Fiend. It then got even more personal when The Fiend decided to lay his hands on his wife Stephanie and for that, there’s going to be hell to pay. The Game adds that he knows a lot of people didn’t like his father-in-law Vince (myself included, f*ck Vince McMahon!) but at the end of the day, he was 75 years old and The Fiend being the disgusting bastard he is took him out and vanquished him for good. Bray then appears on the titantron, jokes around as usual before getting serious. Bray says after Vince McMahon, no one has committed the hurt and betrayals Hunter has. Bray says Triple H could hide behind a suit all he wanted, he knew deep down the monster in the suit still existed and that’s what we’re all seeing now. Bray says now he’s finally unleashed the monster, he wants to make the monster of Triple H pay for everything he’s done in his career and challenges him to a match against “HE” at WrestleMania. Triple H accepts and says not only will they have a match at WrestleMania, it’s going to be contested under No Holds Barred Rules where he’ll finish this crap and The Fiend for good! In a violent war that sees Triple H bleed and The Fiend even kick out of being smashed over the face by a Sledgehammer and Pedigreed onto a steel chair, The Fiend wins after hitting Triple H with a Sister Abigail in the centre of the ring. After the match, the lights go out, all you hear is Bray laughing echoing around the arena as a picture of Triple H’s eyes scribbled out is pinned on the Firefly Funhouse Wall! This is Triple H’s last match ever after he sadly has his heart attack later in the year.)
Edge vs Seth Rollins
(After Elimination Chamber, Seth Rollins says what he did to Edge was 6 years in the making. Rollins who’s now The Visionary after returning at the Royal Rumble says unless anyone has forgotten, he’ll give them a reminder. 6 years ago while he was the WWE Champion, Edge was his boss and abused his power every way possible against him. Rollins says Edge is the worst boss he’s ever had in his entire career and regrets not being able to pull trigger by Curb Stomping him once he was fired as GM if it wasn’t for John Cena saving his ass. However, when he saw Edge was cleared to wrestle again, he knew one day he’d take matter into his own hands and get revenge for all the crap Edge put him through while in charge. Rollins further adds that the reason he only attacked Edge and didn’t Curb Stomp his head in and injure his repaired neck is because he doesn’t want to end his career… yet! Rollins says when he end’s Edge’s career and sends him home in a wheelchair, he’s going to do it at The Biggest Show of The Year, WrestleMania! Rollins lastly adds how ironic it is he’ll be ending Edge’s career 10 years to the day he actually retired before laughing away. A furious Edge comes out and attacks Rollins who manages to retreat as Edge goes for a Spear before accepting his challenge for WrestleMania. The following week, Edge says that Rollins always was and always will be a snivelling, slimy little bastard who constantly drove him insane by crying like a little bitch while he was General Manager and vows to ensure he makes Rollins regret challenging him to a match at WrestleMania. At the end of the match, Rollins goes to Curb Stomp Edge and injure him but The Rated-R Superstar counters before hitting Rollins with a Spear to win the match.)
Raw Women’s Championship:
Shayna Baszler (c) vs Rhea Ripley
(After Elimination Chamber, Rhea Ripley defeats Asuka in order to face Shayna Baszler at WrestleMania for the Raw Women’s Championship. In the build-up, Rhea says that Shayna Baszler went on a run as dominant as she’s on right now and who was the one to end her reign of terror? It was her of course and this time she’ll end her reign of terror on Raw at the grandest stage of them all. Shayna says that Rhea got lucky by beating her in NXT and it’s something she’ll not be as fortunate at doing again as she’s as focused as ever and if she doesn’t believe her, she should ask everyone she’s beaten since becoming the Raw Women’s Champion. Shayna says at WrestleMania, Rhea’s going to be embarrassed and left in a pile of her own blood at her first WrestleMania. Just like she did in NXT, Rhea Ripley defeats Shayna Baszler by hitting her with a Riptide in order to become the new Raw Women’s Champion!)
Title vs Career Match for the WWE Championship:
Roman Reigns (c) w/Paul Heyman & Jey Uso vs Daniel Bryan
(After this match is confirmed, Daniel Bryan says that just like he did at WrestleMania 30, he’s going to turn WrestleMania into “YestleMania!” and once again become the WWE Champion in the main event of the biggest show of the year. Roman Reigns says while Daniel Bryan comes out here, panders to the fans and talks about past fairytales, here’s the reality that’s going to set in. At WrestleMania, he’s going to smash Daniel Bryan, he’s going to smash and kill his pathetic little Yes Movement and after he does that, the whole world is going to acknowledge him! Bryan says that Reigns telling everyone to acknowledge him when he’s done nothing to deserve being acknowledged is one of the most pathetic things he’s ever seen from a Champion in the WWE. Reigns says if Bryan really thinks that about him which would sum up how much of a dumbass he really is, how about he puts something on the line at WrestleMania too seeing as he’s putting his title on the line? The thing he’d put on the line? His Career! If he has the balls to of course. Bryan thinks about it and says if he can’t beat a bastard like Roman Reigns and become the WWE Champion at WrestleMania, he’d be as well packing his bags so he accepts but promises that the Yes Movement will live and Roman Reigns will acknowledge him! Reigns thanks Bryan for accepting and says that at WrestleMania, Daniel Bryan is going to get the beating of his life, The Yes Movement will die forever and as The Wise Man holds his hand up in victory with his Championship still around his waist, the whole world is going to acknowledge him as not only The Tribal Chief but the man who got rid of Daniel Bryan and The Yes Movement for good! In a highly emotional 30 minute rollercoaster, Daniel Bryan sets Roman Reigns up for a Running Knee but runs straight into a devastating Spear as Reigns covers Bryan and pins him to retain the WWE Championship, ending his WWE Career. Reigns celebrates with Paul Heyman and Jey Uso to a huge chorus of boos before heading backstage. Daniel Bryan then says goodbye and receives a standing ovation from the fans as they chant “YES!” one last time as the show goes off the air. Bryan leaves the company and becomes All Elite.)
WrestleMania 37 is officially in the history books. I hope you guys enjoyed it and have feedback as usual. Anyways, the next part will be the aftermath of WrestleMania and NXT Takeover: Atlanta where we’ll see some fresh feuds or certain ones continue. Until then, stay safe and stay tuned!

Took the kids (10 y/o boy and 7 y/o girl) to WDW for Spring Break without my wife because she had to stay at work. Day-by-day with some commentary below (including a brief summary of our pre-WDW trip to the Everglades and Biscayne for anyone else who is thinking about adding that on to their trip).
Overall, we had a great time, and while it was crowded, we were able to work it so we didn't wait in any lines for more than 60 minutes and still got into every attraction we wanted (except for my son who was very sad that Rock n' Roller Coaster was closed). Going early was definitely the key to doing that well, more so than ILL or Genie. I bought a bunch of breakfast bars and juice boxes on Instacart and had them delivered, and doing that for breakfast definitely helped us get out early each day. For our two days with two parks, our strategy was to go early to the first park and ride using standby lines until the lines got too long while accumulating afternoon/evening lightning lanes for the second park, and I think that strategy also worked really well. The kids did better waiting in the morning before they were exhausted, and in the afternoon, we largely walked from LL to LL which made everyone happy.
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Saturday, March 23 - Travel Day
Flew to Ft Lauderdale, drove to Homestead, FL for two days (stayed at Fairfield Inn which was a completely ordinary chain hotel!)
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Sunday, March 24 - Everglades National Park
Morning tour of Shark Valley by Tram--tons of gators including baby gators and also a lot of cool birds. Highly recommend
Afternoon tour of Royal Palm, the Nike Missile Site, and Pa-Hay-Okee with the Everglades Institute. Our guide was amazing, especially with the kids. It was one of the best National Park programs we've done!
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Monday, March 25 - Biscayne National Park
Morning boat tour called Heritage of Biscayne. The history was really interesting and the scenery was beautiful, but it was pretty windy, and we all unexpectedly got absolutely trenched crossing the bay from Homestead to the islands. Spent about an hour wandering around one of the islands with a lighthouse and small beach. This tour I think would have been better in an enclosed boat!
Drove back up to Ft Lauderdale to the Brightline train station downtown to return the rental car, see a friend who lives there, and take one of the later afternoon trains to Orlando. The Brightline was easy to use for the trip. The only issue was that they were out of almost all food on the train (where we'd planned to eat dinner), but we made it, and even caught a glimpse of a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral on our way by.
We took a Lyft from the Orlando airport (where Brightline drops off) to the Caribbean Beach Resort. We requested a room in Jamaica and ended up on the second floor of building 45, which was a great location. A 5 minute walk to the Skyliner and 5 minutes to Old Port Royale where the lobby, food, and big swimming pool are. There was also a smaller leisure pool one building over for us. We had a 2 queen + 5th sleeper which worked great with me and the two kids. Would absolutely stay here again
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Tuesday, March 26 - Animal Kingdom
Purchased extras: ILL for Flight of Passage, Walking with Giants
ADR: Rainforest Café dinner
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Took bus (10 minute wait), arrived about 7:20 am for early entry
Expedition Everest x 2 - This is one of my kids favorite rides and we were able to walk on twice with early entry!
Kilimanjaro Safari - line looked scary long since they didn't open until 8:15, but we were on in 15 minutes
Na’vi River Journey - remains meh for all of us, but at least it was a quick wait
Walking with Giants - this tour is a hidden gem! You get a peek behind the scenes and then some time pretty up close with the elephants with a cast member who is an expert in all things elephant. Baby Corra was out and we enjoyed watching her romp around with her mom. As extras go, this one is relatively affordable and was pretty amazing!
Lunch at Flame Tree BBQ - this was fine and we used mobile order which worked well.
Meet Moana - my daughter was wearing her Moana dress by coincidence and was definitely not going to pass up the opportunity to meet her twin! :-)
Dinosaur - Because this and Indiana Jones are just so bumpy-jolty, I really don't enjoy them, but my kids insisted.
The Boneyard - I thought my kids would be getting too old for this but they had a good time for half an hour or so
ILL Flight of Passage - Remains amazing. And well worth the ILL to skip the line.
Festival of the Lion King - This show was fine, but I definitely think there are other Disney stage shows that are better. Worth seeing, but probably wouldn't be my top choice if time-pressured.
Discovery Island Trails - found many, many animals. Would be great to have a checklist or game from Disney for how many animals you can find!
Rainforest Café Dinner - This is a tradition for us every time we come (and has been since I was a kid). It's always been a mediocre, but it's our mediocre!
Back to Hotel for brief swim in Jamaica pool and bed
Total steps: 14,595
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Wednesday, March 27 - Magic Kingdom and Disney Springs
Purchased Extras: ILL for Tron, Cirque du Soleil tickets
ADR: Boathouse Cantina dinner
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Took the bus for early entry, arriving around 7:20
Tried to do Space Mountain but was down at opening so regrouped
Barnstormer - this remains a strangely intense roller coaster despite seeming like it's aimed at little kids
It’s A Small World - nothing to add!
Haunted Mansion - quick time to get on. The mood was brought down a little by several CM announcements to stay seated, etc.
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin - waited about 30 minutes. Toy Story Mania is definitely better--had some tech issues with the space guns during the ride.
ILL Tron - I've never seen the movie, but they give you enough in the preshow to understand what's happening. Definitely enjoyed the roller coaster!
Monsters, Inc Laugh Floor - My 10 y/o is all about the puns. The text a joke was down for us while we were there.
Lunch at Pinocchio Village Haus - pizza
Mickey’s PhilharMagic - this show is still fun, even if it's definitely getting a little dated
Hall of Presidents - my son is a politics/history buff and has to see this every time we go. The only cheering/booing was for Polk. For reasons.
Bus back to hotel for a quick room break with some cartoons
Bus to Disney Springs
Wandered around shopping a bit, also did some pin trading and played in the Lego bins
Dinner at Boathouse Cantina which was excellent for all. Definitely the best food quality of the week
Cirque du Soleil's Drawn to Life (early show) - we sat pretty high up which I was worried about, but we could see fine. The show was a lot of fun for all of us. Amazing mix of artistry and physical performances!
Ice cream at Salt and Straw on the way back to the bus
Bus back to hotel for bed.
Total steps: 14,867
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Thursday, March 28 - EPCOT and Magic Kingdom
Purchased extras: Genie for MK
ADR: Teppan Edo Lunch, MK Pre-Fireworks Dessert Party
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Skyliner to EPCOT, arriving 8:20
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure - waited about 45 minutes despite Early Entry. It was fine, but I was honestly a little disappointed. It felt too screen focused and missed some of the Disney magic.
Frozen Ever After - waited about an hour. I still miss Maelstrom, but the ride is still fun and this is a much better mix of animatronics and screens!
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros - so hokey, but hey it has Donald
Meet Pluto - ran into him in front of Spaceship Earth, and had to stop since he is our favorite classic character
The Seas with Nemo and Friends - took surprisingly long to get in. We'd planned to do Turtle Talk inside, but didn't have time before our Lunch reservation.
Manatee Feeding - this was fun--lots of lettuce for them and a keeper who had some interesting factoids
Lunch at Teppan Edo - excellent--both kids loved the hibachi style and the chef was great!
Beauty and the Beast Sing-a-Long - stopped here on the way back and enjoyed the revision to the story.
Back to Hotel via Skyliner
Swimming Time - big pool was still closed for renovation, so we swam at the Jamaica pool
Bus to MK, arriving around 5
LL-Space Mountain - still great!
LL-Meet Cinderella and a Visiting Princess (Elena of Avalon) - this was a better experience than I'd have guessed. It was fun to watch the princesses interact with kids from babies to teenagers
Pirates of the Caribbean - 20 minute wait to get on. The DL version still has my heart, but we had a good time.
Swiss Family Treehouse - climbed through--the tree house itself is great, but should really be rethemed--there were far too many confused kids who'd never heard of the Swiss Family Robinson.
MK Pre-Fireworks Dessert Party--this was a splurge but so much fun. So much dessert that we had dessert for dinner (hey it's vacation!) . The CMs were friendly and helpful. And the viewing area is right in front of the castle.
Happily Ever After - loved the show and being able to see all the projections!
LL—Jungle Cruise - not my favorite skipper, but still some good jokes.
LL-Mad Tea Party x 2 - should say, this was just the kids. I do not do teacups because I valued keeping my dessert dinner inside me!
Voyage of the Little Mermaid - because no line. Pretty skippable otherwise.
LL-Big Thunder Mountain - close out the day with some nighttime train riding!
But back to hotel for bed
Total Steps: 18.268
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Friday, March 29 - Hollywood Studios
Purchased Extras: ILL for Rise, Genie (late - I set my alarm wrong, so missed first pick!)
ADR: Toppolino’s Terrace Character Brunch, 50s’ Primetime Café Dinner with Fantasmic Seats
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Skyliner to arrive 8:15
Slinky Dog - 45 minute wait. This roller coaster is fun, but I still don't understand why it's as popular as it is
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railroad - 45 minute wait, but this rides is always surprisingly fun
Skyliner to Riviera Resort for brunch
Brunch at Toppolino’s Terrace (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy) - loved the Riviera outfits for all the characters. Food was good. View was amazing. Happy we did it.
Skyliner to hotel (could have walked, but my daughter loves the Skyliner!)
Nap time after late night the night before and early morning
Back to park around 1:30
LL-Millenium Falcon – Smuggler’s Run - one or more systems were down, so this was almost an hour wait WITH lightning lane. This ride always seemed a little too video gamey for me.
Toy Story Mania! - love it every time. Made a mistake and got into the meet Woody line by accident which cost us 15 minutes of waiting before I caught it, and ended up waiting just under an hour to get on in standby
ILL-Rise of the Resistance - still an amazing ride. First Order cast members were not as harsh as they'd been on previous trips--don't know if that was luck of the draw of a one-off.
LL-Star Tours - Ewok forest and JarJar sea this time
Dinner at 50’s Primetime Café with Fantasmic seating- was disappointed with this. The food was good, but our waiter had none of the cafe attitude I expected.
Muppet Vision 3D - mostly to kill time, but we all enjoyed it very much
LL—The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - my daughter's favorite ride. They talked me into going. I always half-regret it, but hey, memories!
Fantasmic! - had great seats because of the dinner tickets. The dragon did not catch on fire. Always a fun show. We did get a little wetter and colder than we expected. I think I like the Disneyland version on the park-integrated river better than the theater version but both have plusses for sure!
Total steps: 14,344
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Saturday, March 30 - Magic Kingdom and EPCOT
Purchased Extras: ILL for Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind, Genie for EPCOT
ADR: Space 220 late lunch, Rose & Crown Fireworks Package
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Bus to arrive around 7:15
Seven Dwarf’s Mine Train - 20 minute wait, great ride
Peter Pan - 20 minute wait, my favorite nostalgia ride
Prince Charming Regal Carousel - because why not?
The Many Adventure’s of Winnie the Pooh - the queue activities are better than the actual ride
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover - hadn't done it since I was a kid. Wish you could see more inside the rides.
Back to hotel for swimming. The Fuente Del Morro pool had opened so swam there and got snacks at Banana Cabana. Kids loved the slide.
Skyliner to Epcot
Meet Pluto (again) - hanging out again in front of Spaceship Earth
Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana - what a cool area! The educational bits were well done, the water effects all worked, loved it!
Space 220 Lunch - disappointed in this one. They say out by a window where we couldn't see earth at all. The food was fine. Definitely not worth the cost overall (though they didn't ask about kids ages here and decided that my 10 y/o was a kid).
LL: Mission: Space - 7 y/o and I did green, 10 y/o did orange all thought it was great
LL: Test Track - actually made it through the queue, design, and ride with nothing breaking! That's a win!
ILL: Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind - this ride is incredible. By far the best thrill ride in the parks!
LL: Soarin’ Around the World - Definitely showing its age. The screen had black marks almost directly below us which were really distracting. I hope that the new patent is a sign of things to come because I love this ride, especially the California version.
Living with the Land - thought the kids would be bored, but my daughter was super excited to go on a science ride!
LL: Journey Into Imagination with Figment - I do love Figment. I was sad that the gift shop didn't sell a Figment-themed picture frame--if anyone knows where to get one, let me know.
LL: Turtle Talk with Crush - the kids were fighting so the ended up sitting on opposite sides of the carpet and both got to talk with Crush! We entered through the gift shop this time to avoid the Nemo line.
Rose and Crown Fireworks Dinner - This was probably the most disappointing meal of the week. The food was overall pretty bad. Service was incredibly slow (we were seated at 7:45, appetizers at 8:30, entrees at 9, dessert at 9:30 after the show and park had closed. The kids menu had one choice for an appetizer: salad with fat-free ranch dressing. Of our three entrees, my fish and chips were very underseasoned (and no salt on the table) and my daughter's chicken was rock hard. My son's shepherd's pie was good. Despite the good, the view of the show was near perfect, so that part was good.
Luminous: The Symphony of Us - this show was shorter than I'd have guessed. We all enjoyed it though.
Skyliner back to hotel for bed--our only time with a significant Skyliner wait--25 minutes.
total steps: 15,949
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Sunday, March 31 - EPCOT and Travel
Purchased Extras: None
ADR: Akerhus Royal Banquet Hall Character Breakfast (booked the morning of!)
We got up a little later and were bringing our bags over to Old Port Royale to store for the day when we came across Easter festivities! The hotel CMs had multiple designs of Caribbean sea creatures made out of candy, each for a different age group. The kids got to do a candy scramble and left with a ton of candy. Very fun and they had more things going through the day that we elected to skip.
Skyliner to EPCOT, arriving around 9:45
VQ: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind - We wanted to ride again, so got a virtual queue spot in group 6. We didn't make it over in our window (which was 8:48-9:48), but they let us on at 10 am anyway. Remains very fun.
Brunch at Akerhus Royal Banquet - met Aurora, Tiana, Belle, Ariel, and Snow White. Food was also quite good. Much more low key than Royal Table!
Disney’s DuckTales World Showcase Adventure: Japan, France, and UK - Kids watch the show, so we decided to try assuming it would be silly, but it was actually one of the most fun thing we did. Highly recommend for anyone school aged or above! I'll be doing more the next time I go back for sure!
Skyliner back to hotel, walk to Old Port Royale, Lyft to airport, and flight home.
Total Steps: 11,689
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