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  1. @Enrico_sw TBH China is a weird mix of communism, fascism, and hyper capitalism. Russia is a weird mix of communism, fascism, democracy, and crony capitalism. and US is now a weird mix of democracy, socialism, crony capitalism and regular capitalism.
  2. Cult Icon replied to Enrico_sw's post in a topic in General Talk
    From what I heard a big reason why CDPR messed with Cyperpunk is that they created their own proprietary engine, which has serious failings. Now they are using someone else's. I really hope that they bring in the same voice actors. It will be cool to see a more serious Triss and Shani romance.
  3. Cult Icon replied to Enrico_sw's post in a topic in General Talk
    The main romance option in Witcher 1 is Triss or Shani No Yennefer, no Ciri. Also there are 20-25 plus minor romances. This game has the most romances out of the trilogy. Vesemir, Lambert, Eskel and Kaer morhen are there too!
  4. Olivia Cooke's character (adult Alicent) was rather obnoxious. Just very neurotic all the time and one-note. It would have been better if they made her character more multi-faceted and easier to watch. Daemon
  5. Reservists training with ATGM in the Kaliningrad region.
  6. Cult Icon replied to katchitup's post in a topic in General Talk
    Thanks. I will read this chapter after I finish the books. How about Arya Stark? The Arya content in Books 1-2 is very impressive. The general theme also reminds me of Ciri from the Witcher books. I wonder now if it's a well established fantasy trope (tomgirl that gets a long series of traumatic situations and brutalization while being on the run and eventually develops into a skillful fighter)
  7. Cult Icon replied to katchitup's post in a topic in General Talk
    This is a good scene in the show but the book version (Clash of Kings) is much longer and very well written. It efficiently reveals a lot about the characters and it would have been cool to see a complete version in the show. Is the pre-published Theon chapter referring to the Winds of Winter? The Theon content in Clash of Kings is excellent and much more extensive than what we got in the show. I look forward to completing the rest of the series. Given my current listening habits I should be able to finish 2-5 within 3 1/2 months. Is Jaime /Brienne and Cersei similar to what happens in the show?
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  9. Cult Icon replied to Enrico_sw's post in a topic in General Talk
    The face model for Rose could pass for Freya's sister.
  10. Cult Icon replied to katchitup's post in a topic in General Talk
    Do you think they made it worse?
  11. I think they made a mistake by introducing and then killing off too many new characters. It was a better use of time to focus on a smaller but higher quality and better developed cast of characters. A lot of these sub-plotlines actually took a lot of screentime and could have been removed entirely. For instance I find the Valerions the weaker link in the show. It's hard to really care about any of them except for the Seasnake and the old Princess.
  12. Cult Icon replied to Enrico_sw's post in a topic in General Talk
    This is great news to me. Over the summer I posted my thoughts about Witcher 1 here. Outside of the dated combat/graphics (2007) it is a proto-Witcher 3 and a great game on its own right. It has a unique, great atmosphere and story that doesn't overlap with Witcher 2/3. So it is a perfect candidate for a remake, particularly to reach fans who have played 3 or 2/3 but haven't played 1 because it is too dated. There is also huge potential to connect W3 to W1, in terms of story and characters and enrich both of them.
  13. Cult Icon replied to katchitup's post in a topic in General Talk
    These are huge changes. do you think that the book versions are better planned than the show versions? Jorah is physically very different than the show version. Ian is an older but still a quite good looking man. The Jorah in the books is described as being an old beast of man, looking more like an Umber lol. It is evident in book 1/2 that Jorah is attracted to Dany but Dany views him as a great mentor/ friend and has no attraction towards him. Also Tyrion is described as being more deformed but the show version (thank god) is not.
  14. Cult Icon replied to katchitup's post in a topic in General Talk
    Unnamed woman alleges Herschel Walker pressured her into an abortion in 1993 | CNN Politics It turns out that candidate Herschel Walker is a serial adulterer with several children with different women LOL. His own son said : "He has four kids, four different women. Wasn't in the house raising one of them. He was out having sex with other women."
  15. Cult Icon replied to Enrico_sw's post in a topic in General Talk
    @Enrico_sw @SympathysSilhouette @Matt! CDPR is doing something great, they are remaking the original Witcher!
  16. She looks really cute to me when she is wearing that crown. It is jarring and I can't take her that seriously lol. My overall rating for the season is a 4.3 out of 5. I personally enjoyed the first 5 episodes more than the second half. But all of it was good. My only issue is the casting for some of the characters isn't great, and their stylistic choice of extreme time compression over characters outside the main ones. A really well made show overall.
  17. Cult Icon replied to Cult Icon's post in a topic in Television
    She is really, really cute to me when she wears that crown. Somehow I can't see her as a wartime leader due to this cuteness.