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[ SECRET POST #5745 ]

⌈ Secret Post #5745 ⌋

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Inspired by secret #8, what are some of your favorite prequels?

I loved and still love Prometheus. Gorgeous movie with great music.

Only half of it counts, but The Godfather II.

I also really liked X-Men First Class.

Re: Your favorite prequels

greghousesgf - 2022-09-29 06:17 (UTC) - Expand

Star Wars prequels, Rogue One, Obi-Wan, Rebels, Clone Wars, and so far Andor
Magician's Nephew is my favorite Narnia book
The Silmarillion sort of counts
I like some of the DUne prequel books written by the son and Kevin J. Anderson (mostly just the Great House trilogy)
House of Dragons is really good so far, I'm liking it more than GOT?
Rings of Power has been decent so far.
I like Red Dragon more than Silence of the Lambs
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is my favorite of the trilogy
X-Men: First Class
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Discovery (started as a prequel anyway)
I enjoyed Fire And Blood more than any of the Song of Ice and Fire books
Before Green Gables is a great prequel book
Smallville

Lots of them. I think a good prequel can be really great.

Re: Your favorite prequels

(Anonymous) - 2022-09-29 01:41 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Your favorite prequels

(Anonymous) - 2022-09-29 03:46 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Your favorite prequels

greghousesgf - 2022-09-29 06:17 (UTC) - Expand

Another vote for X-Men: First Class.

I also really liked The Magician’s Nephew from the Chronicles of Narnia.

Rogue One and Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Captain Marvel
Fire and Blood

The Thing (2011 film).
The Thing from John Carpenter is my favourite horror movie of all time and I think that this prequel was good enough. The one thing that screwed it was that the monsters were in bad CGI. If they used the animatronics like they first intended to, it's be a very good horror movie IMHO. Still, I greatly enjoyed it even with all its flaws.

Torna for Xenoblade 2.

Could just be I was burned out on all the damn horniness of the main game though, idk.

What are some characters who you actually like, you just think they are overrated by the creators or by the fandom? Like, they are good, but they aren't amazing or perfect as they are made out to be.

Inspired by several Deep Space Nine lists I've seen recently that claim Garak is not only the best DS9 character but the best Trek character and even one of the best characters created ever. Nope. Garak is great. But there are lots of great Trek characters. He's not in a league of his own the way some like to talk about.

Garak is definitely not the best Trek character (Spock is, I don't think anyone else is in the conversation) but I do think he's definitely in the top 5

Anyway, my answer is Spencer Reid

Re: Good characters who are overrated

(Anonymous) - 2022-09-29 05:18 (UTC) - Expand

Spock

Re: Good characters who are overrated

(Anonymous) - 2022-09-29 04:34 (UTC) - Expand

Percy Jackson. As a longtime fan of the books who only looked at the fandom at all when the Disney series was announced, I was shocked that he had a big fangirl following. Some booktuber was like "We fans all know he was all of our first book crush" and just what? Even if I'd been young enough for that to potentially be true for me, why would it? He works well as a protagonist, but there are so many other characters in that franchise that are obviously way better written along with also being more the type I'd expect fangirls to latch onto.

What channels (or series, or whatever) are you watching these days?

(Me? I'm all over the place and confusing the algorithm.)

Kleo
Reservation Dogs
Only Murders in the Building
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
The Chestnut Man
The Rain
Katla
The Bear
Ugly Betty
Law & Order

My new favorite thing is people making miniature models and figures:

I especially like:
- Studson Studio (such a great, calming voice, funny ideas, and fun stop-motion bits)
- MechcanicalFiend (sweetly relatable, while also very talented)
- Bill Making Stuff (odd, charming, and very creative)

Watcher Entertainment (and occasionally a BFU rewatch is in order if not just for background noise)
Strictly Dumpling
Mark Wiens
Small Town Monsters
Ghost Club Paranormal

Frogs. Lizards. Comedy bits. And then suddenly I get hit with a very stylized how to dye/style your OOAK doll video. I wasn't made because he did a very good job and I was vaguely into OOAK dolls for a minute. Went as far as buying a cheap Barbie, but never went all the way. But that was at least 5 years ago. And I never watched any related videos using that account.

For the uninitiated, OOAK dolls are One Of A Kind Dolls. And they can vary from simply redoing the make up on a Mattel Barbie doll to full encroaching onto Ball Jointed Doll territory. But essentially, you're customizing the doll and making it "one of a kind". From removing the face paint and making your own, to installing new hair, dying and styling it, even making changes to the actual facial structure (depending on the base of the doll). Results vary and depend on the aesthetic you're going for, but there's some seriously talented people out there. And even those who might not rate up there, it's still really cool that they do that !

Soviet Sherlock Holmes. Partly I'm boggling at the thought that 1890s Britain was considered suitable TV by the regime. Partly it's just bloody good in its own right. I like the rooms at Baker Street, though they're not bright and airy enough, and I like the settings, though the wealth is a bit too wealthy and ostentatious. Holmes is a bit too kindly but he's nice. And then there's the moment when the police bang on the door in the middle of the night and you're reminded that this would have been a familiar thing to its audience.

Re: YouTube Watching/Binging

greghousesgf - 2022-09-29 06:15 (UTC) - Expand

Re: YouTube Watching/Binging

(Anonymous) - 2022-09-29 12:31 (UTC) - Expand

Re: YouTube Watching/Binging

(Anonymous) - 2022-09-29 12:32 (UTC) - Expand

Taskmaster! It's extremely good for Youtube binging since so much of it is on there

How to Drink
Jack PGM
Big Loz Official
Izzzy (or whatever her name is)
Corridor Crew
Strange Aeons
How to Cook That
Sorted
Minuteman

Yep, our algorithm is confused

Bit of a mixed bag-

Cooking and cooking related:
Sorted
Magic Ingredients
How to cook that
Tasting History
Souped up recipes
Imamu room
Chocolate Cacao
Liziqi

Crafting, art and furniture makeovers:
Luke Towan (dioramas)
Thalasso hobbyer (dioramas)
Nerdforge (art and crafting)
Bobby Duke Arts (crafting)
Pask Makes (woodworking)
Modern Makeovers (furniture makeovers)
chimahaga (kintsugi)
Dashner Design & Restoration (furniture makeovers)
kaiteki ART (art)
PearFleur (art)
Mateusz Urbanowicz (art)
gagnonstudio (art)
Ariane Arsenault (soaps)
MariaLazar (dolls)
(And occasionally other doll makeover, furniture restoration and diorama channels that I see in the recommendations)

Gaming-
outsidexbox
SplatterCatGaming
ManlyBadassHero

True Crime and horror stuff:
Well, I Never
Lazy Masquerade
MrBallen
Animated Horror Flicks
Dead Meat

And generally stuff that appears in the recommendations next to channels I watch if it interests me.

On some days when I just need some background noise I let some of those reddit reading channels play.

the writer of this fic has written both characters in the OTP each dating other people while they figure out that they like each other

and i'm frankly furious

Don't Like, Don't Read.

Unless this is your way of saying you've discovered a new favorite trope.

Why would you be furious? The two characters like each other so it's tagged appropriately regardless if they like other characters too.

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(Anonymous) - 2022-09-29 07:36 (UTC) - Expand

Sounds like a pretty typical trope to me.

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