Movie Requests

3/28/2019

The last post has way too many comments, so we need a new blog, but I've been so busy that I don't have a whole lot to say.

That sounds contradictory, but it's true.

I was going to do a quick review of Us, but that's not really a whole blog post so much as two lines: "All the acting, directing, and dialogue are excellent, but the rules of the world are vague, confusing, and contradictory. B+/A- depending on the degree to which world-class acting and writing can make you forget that what's happening doesn't make a whole lot of sense."

So in that case, I turn to you! What movie (or game) would you like me to review next time I don't have any news for the blog?

I'll review basically anything except books. I don't want to use this space to pick on other authors, so the only time I'll review a book is if I think it's fantastic. But I don't mind tearing apart movies or games...or praising them if they're awesome.

Anyway, tell me in the comments which filler content you'd like to see! Go!

And, of course, real news will be the priority if there is any to share.

-Will

76 Comments

Ferrouswheel

3/28/2019 09:05:54 am

I'd love to see a League of Legends review. :P

Alternatively, your favorite roguelike.

Mierin

3/28/2019 09:36:58 am

slay the spire!

Avinash

3/29/2019 11:19:30 am

How about an old one

Did u ever play Jade Empire
It remains till date one of my favs.

Tren

3/28/2019 09:07:47 am

I’ve never seen The Big Lebowski so you should review it to inspire me to watch it.

William Dickerson

3/28/2019 09:10:35 am

I think a full review (100% serious and in no way tongue-in-cheek) of Trolls 2 would be a great way to spend some time.

Brandon

3/28/2019 09:13:58 am

Asuras Wrath :)

Nehemiah Evan Newell

3/29/2019 09:22:11 pm

Seconded. Game doesn't get enough love.

Zxero

3/28/2019 09:32:05 am

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Martin Kubát

3/28/2019 09:35:05 am

I would be interested in Review of Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice and Total War: Three Kingdoms once it is relesed.

Kyle

3/28/2019 09:37:35 am

Please, please, please review either The Voices with Ryan Reynolds......or Evil Alien Conquerors with Diedrech Bader.

Ravi

3/28/2019 10:35:59 am

You have to do The Room!

Allan

3/28/2019 10:44:32 am

What about movie inspired by/based on books? Pet Sematary?

Matt

3/28/2019 10:51:10 am

Would love to hear your thoughts on two movies that made me go WTF for very different reasons. The first is Predestination - Ethan Hawke is a time travelling cop trying to stop a time travelling terrorist. The second is Abducted in Plain Sight, a documentary that made me face palm every 10 minutes

Jack link

3/28/2019 10:52:49 am

The man from earth! It's about a history teacher leaving his school and meeting his colleagues for a last time. He then tells them is is actually 14000 year old. Great story, and all in one living room.

TwiceTested

3/28/2019 03:11:44 pm

This! Love this movie!

Mike

3/29/2019 04:33:43 am

I second this.

Random Person

3/28/2019 11:04:48 am

Shazam, Infinity War, Godzilla: King of Monsters are the kinds of movies I'm generally most interested in. Are there any movies that are really well regarded (like >=80 avg critic score) but you don't think are good either old or new?

Finn

3/28/2019 11:27:48 am

Sherlock Gnomes

polycore

3/28/2019 11:40:06 am

Doki Doki litterature club. It's free on Steam, not too long and is a simply a great game (you can check the reviews).

Will link

3/29/2019 02:59:51 pm

Your implication that I haven’t already played DDLC wounds me.

Polycore

4/1/2019 12:33:44 pm

This one apologises for questioning the great Patriarch.

The Last Reader

3/28/2019 11:40:52 am

Review your favorite Anime

Sword Immortal Darknorth

3/28/2019 02:10:48 pm

There's a Desolate Era Chinese anime, and Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality animated movie.

But if you want something more mainstream (and non-xianxia), you could try complaining about not having Mount and Blade: Bannerlord with me.

Game of Thrones is always easy prey for a blogger as well, since it's coming back soon.

Ricky Ricardo

3/28/2019 03:29:03 pm

The new Yoshi..or maybe Dark Souls.

Cool Person

3/28/2019 03:43:00 pm

Okay, I know that this is not the place for this comment, but I needed a new post, and I can't wait any longer. so just a few questions.

1: Eithan. he seems to be way to powerful, and way to mysterious. how did no one know that he was using pure madra? the only way would for people to never have seen him use a teqnique, and that just seems to unlikely. also, how did he manage to break into a prison meant to contain overlords? people have theorized that he is veiling himself, but surely that would be seen through by sages and monarchs, which would be at the uncrowned tournament.

2: Sacred Valley. 1, what is elder whipser doing there? he is truegold level, and nobody else there is higher than jade. also, how is he imprisoned, and why? also, how do we know he's truegold, and why doesn't he teach everyone else how to be an actually good sacred artist? moving on from elder whisper, some things there seem to be disproportionately powerful. the underlord that lindon fought(I forgot his name) didn't even leave a smart enough remnant to attack lindon, and that was an underlord. yet, a wasp remnant in sv was powerful enough to talk? I'm skeptical. also, how did jades manage to summon a sage level being with additional magical powers outside of cradle?

3: shia maria, queen of the ninecloud cort. she is 9 or ten, but she is a monarch? I feel like there was a reason somewhere, but I can't explain it.

4: paths. after browsing through abidan archives, you talk about paths like your looking at something that was already created, rather than making them up on the spot. if that's true, is there a way for me to look at them, rather than spending all of my time on reddit and abidan archives searching up paths?

5: sword sage. I know you won't answer this, sense its obviously a spiler, but I just get more and more confused about how he died whenver I think about it. a enforcer teqnique would have made his body impervious to harm, at least by jades, and a single endless sword would have sliced them all to bits. people have said that heavens glory had posion from labryinth, but if they went deep enough inside to get something powerful enough to kill a sage, then why don't they rule all of sv?

6: what comments on this post are actually for. I would like to see a review of either World of Warcraft or Ark survival. preferably the former.

Cool Person

3/28/2019 04:08:32 pm

1 more question, once again unrelated to the post. what path is the easiest to advance on? that is, one that doesn't rely on mass murdering people.

Sword Immortal Darknorth

3/28/2019 10:31:04 pm

I'm not Will, but I've been part of the community since shortly after the publication of Unsouled, so I might be able to answer some of these questions.

1. Eithan can locate stuff easily with his bloodline power, and basically nothing is safe from him (on the scale of the measures the Blackflame Empire can implement). In Underlord, he was able to obtain the archstone, which even the Emperor had to obtain 3 keys to use. Presumably, he just found the formation keys for the prison and used those to get inside.

2. Sacred Valley is special, as is Elder Whisper. We won't learn more until later.

3. Sha Miara is currently a bit younger than Yerin and Lindon. Will said she was younger than 15 prior to Ghostwater, so that's a good approximation 2 books and half a year later. She looks and acts even younger than she is though, presumably because she has such a high advancement level that she ages slower. She reached her level by inheriting power from a legacy that stretches back to the beginning of Cradle, and on top of that she's been given the very best training and resources that the 9-Cloud court can provide.

4. I'm not sure about this one, but Will says he is able to make up paths as he needs them. Presumably, he does this while outlining so he needs to amend his notes so the path fits with his worldbuilding, otherwise the path might conflict with other worldbuilding info. That might explain why Will usually looks for paths in his notes instead of making them up on the spot.

5. There are lots and lots of theories on this over at r/iteration110cradle

6. Pass

7. It probably depends on how far you want the path to take you and what resources you have. If you're living in a hut in the mountains, a standard earth path would be you best choice, since you're surrounded by earth vital aura to cycle. A simple earth path would probably be easiest to advance, but such a path might not take you past lowgold. If you want to make it to sage or monarch, you'd need to improve your path or move onto a stronger path with the same madra requirements.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any of this.

Avinash

3/29/2019 06:17:02 am

@cool person
1.eithan is currently under lord in madra

He might have fallen a few level
He might have direct teaching of his monarch

But the most important aspect is his bloodline power
He literally never used any techniques in front of people just used the force of his soul to intimidate people
This just gives force without any madra flavor
Whenever he fights he avoids the attacks and doesn't make any madra attack instead using his scissors to attack.
Him going to the prison was likely due to him having ward key of said prison or knowledge of its weakness
Even fort Knox has a key.

2. The Wei clan was a very famous clan once before a great calamity(most likely when the 4 dreadgods came together as one and destroyed the blacklame empire of the dragons or even before that ,they might even be the remains of the civilization that created the labyrinth and got destroyed by dreadgods)
He is not imprisoned but was bound by a contract by the main family as a line of last defence most likely and might have been the highest level that could have been allowed in the valley as shown by jai long and or this.
Sacred beast do not advance as humans do so if he was bound young or just didn't know about human ways he couldn't help anyone advance.
The wasp was a sacred beast remnant & the remnant of sacred beast differ from that of humans
Also it was not that intelligent and was an old remnant which made a basic contract.
Kirpa remnant was a new born by comparison.
3.as suriel said
Sha misra inherited her power , for all we know she could have been born a monarch.
Since she is a monarch from a young age she ages slow but no one says no to her and they fulfill her ever demand so it's obvious that she's spoiled and childlike.
4. While he does makes it up he obviously has a blueprint or basic framework on how a path should be or else it would all contradict each other.
5. Regarding the sage
I have been the most vocal about this since soulsmith came out and we found what level a sage was.
This is what I have been able to gather so far
It was deliberately done by Will
It was pre planed from the start by Will

And there are specific reasons for this which will be explained in future.

No enforcement teqnique makes u fully impervious it only raise ur defence
He was poisoned in sleep so no time for endless sword teq , might even have been poisons from afar.

Also the Nethergate ,as the entrance to labyrinth is called in the valley opens periodically and for a shorttime only and there may be traps and other dangers inside so the school is only able to take out things of certain level that too at risk
Also they do unofficially rule the valley due to this .

Also teri thought the sage was asleep
He might have been advancing or preparing to ascend and due to which had lowered his guard and was hence possible to even poison him

It is possible as a well placed whisper can fell an empire so too can a few lousy Jade's kill a gold

Also I think the school has gold of their own and they do not know how to weave soulfire and become lord so they keep the knowledge about gold secret

7.that depends on what u mean by easiest
Do u mean least effort
Least time or
Least resources.

There was a body teq in ED wuxia which made u immortal in the trust sense and the only way to advance on it was to sleep but for eons and only one person in history managed that rest failed.

In time the fastest would be inheritence path
In resources would be contract with sacred beast path.
In resources it would be a single aura path

Avinash

3/29/2019 10:41:42 am

@above
My auto correct is way too erratic on this site
Yerin becomes teri or urrin
Kiro becomes ki to
Orthos become or this

Also last para
Least time+effort . Inherited
Least time. Sacred beast contact
Least resources .Single aura path

Cool Person

3/30/2019 01:24:28 pm

@Avinash

1 Good point

2 aside from the seal, where does it say wei clan is special?

3 that makes sense

4 see previous

5 sage doesnt need enforcer teqniques- has steelborn iron body. while meant for strength, does also have defensive features. also remember that body is reforged in soulfire after underlord. for endless sword, it doesn't take a while to muster, especally weak one, and he did kill some, so he had some chance to fight back. for labyrinth thing, heavens glory doesn't directly have acces to it. cant remember which, but one other school is the only one with direct acces. good point about advancent though.

7. quickest without relying on expensive pills and elixirs.

Avinash

3/31/2019 04:06:42 pm

@cool person

2.wei clan was mentioned as one of the great clans in unsoiled
Also markuth who himself was a sage was a rival to Wei family's patriarch
Remember how he said the line about sins of the father being inherited by the sons.

He had to run away instead of killing him
So the Wei patriarch was a herald and possibly a monarch even

5.the sage himself said the body increases with advancement
That being said I reiterate my point the body was strong but the poison might have been in food or air.
And the endless sword has a range
So if during the sleep poisoning he was unaware or out of range he couldn't use it.
He only killed a few of those who came to physically kill him later, but by the point the poison would have already been in his system.

The netgergate situation is most likely like ghost water
I.e. on opening the strongest groups enter together , since whisper had also been inside once.
7.inheritence or mutation path

jabrwok

3/31/2019 02:56:16 pm

We may have a clue in Underlord as to how the Jades took down the Sage. When the Blackflame attacked into the Night Wheel Valley, they ran into a spell formation that made them all dopey. It even affected the Emperor, and he's an Overlord. I don't think it was specified that the spell formation was powered by the Seishen king (also an Overlord), so if it wasn't a Lord-level effect, and given that Sacred Valley specializes in Dream madra, something similar might've been done to the Sage.

jabrwok

3/31/2019 04:37:15 pm

I tried posting this earlier, and it didn't appear. Guess I'll try once more under a different e-mail address.

I suspect Underlord has given us a clue as to how the Sage might've been overwhelmed. When the Blackflames re-entered Night Wheel Valley they ran into a spell formation that made them all dopey, including the Emperor. The text doesn't indicate (AFAIK) that the effect was created by the Seishen King (also an Overlord). If Heaven's Gate had a similar spell formation available, that might have impaired the Sage enough to allow them to overwhelm him. Sword Paths might also not have a lot of defenses against dream-aura-based attacks, which is a big thing in Sacred Valley.

Given what jerks they were, it wouldn't surprise me if they had such a formation explicitly for the purpose to subduing, killing, and robbing any outsiders who wandered into their clutches.

Avinash

4/1/2019 03:52:41 am

That only works if ur level is near
That formation was lord level that means it needs lord level binding/madra to work
The sacred valley has gold at highest level so it won't work
It's possible for poison cause you don't need any input for poison.
Think it this way a child can't fire a bow and arrow of a gun
But he could push the button to launch a nuclear missile.

Jaeger

3/28/2019 04:34:44 pm

Sekiro: shadows die twice

Stanly

3/28/2019 04:38:58 pm

> tfw you run out of Will Wight books to read
> Learn the last one just came out so you won't be reading any more anytime soon.
> D"=

Me!!!

3/28/2019 06:09:12 pm

Out of theaters:
Infinity War
The Crimes of Grindlewald

Coming to theaters:
Endgame
Far From Home
Star Wars 9

Avinash

3/29/2019 11:24:31 am

@Me!!!
Shazam's did drop today no
Or do u not watch dc

Cool Person

3/30/2019 05:41:00 pm

yah, shazam would be goud

Me!!!

3/31/2019 05:34:11 pm

@Avinash
I much prefer Marvel to DC, although Batman Begins with Christian Bale is incredible. The newest DC movie I’ve seen was Batman vs. Superman, which I did not enjoy in the least bit; it rather destroyed DC’s movie-making skills for me.

Regeaj

3/28/2019 09:18:08 pm

Detroit Beyond Human
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Sonic the Hedgehog's legs
The Bee Movie

Definitely not Neil Gaiman

3/28/2019 10:33:50 pm

Will, I agree! Extending your critique, I'm very curious to know what you think of authors like Neil Gaiman. His worlds almost never have rules laid out, and at times the rules may even be/seem contradictory, and they certainly can be confusing (I can come up with some specific examples if you want), but I guess it never seems like the absence or bending/breaking of rules are breaking the internal logic of the story, if that makes any sense. Do you agree with that/is that a differentiation you like to make? Oh, and not asking for a review of any of his books, just curious.

Xilently Stoned

3/28/2019 10:58:38 pm

What about anime? Just re-watched Fooly Cooly, which I haven't seen since I was about 12. I'm 26 now and seeing it with more life behind me I had this surreal longing for my adolescents all over again.

Nicolas Belmontes

3/28/2019 11:04:24 pm

ooo do a review of Sekiro : Shadows Die Twice!

Madeline

3/29/2019 05:58:16 am

After successfully coercing my friend into playing Subnautica while keeping him in the dark about the fact that it's a horror game until the first leviathan ate him, and now enjoying watching him flail every week, I would like to see you review Subnautica.

Sword Immortal Darknorth

3/29/2019 07:36:58 am

There's a review for Subnautica: Below Zero back in January.

Madeline

3/29/2019 07:51:31 am

Not one for the original though, as far as I can tell, and my friend's opinion on the game so far is distressingly alcohol tinged.

He had an existential crisis and broke down and cried for like ten minutes after the Sunbeam arrived while the people watching his stream went "uhh.... what are you doing?" and that does not make for good reviews....

Cool Person

3/30/2019 01:15:05 pm

has your friend considered seeking a psychologist?

Madeline

3/31/2019 11:51:29 am

I have no idea but if he starts crying again that sounds like a good suggestion.

Avinash

3/31/2019 04:09:48 pm

I am assuming he was drunk at the time since u said alcohol tinged.
People do weird stuff when inebirated

bill

3/29/2019 08:27:56 am

ah, movies....

i loved PRIMER - low low budget but high concept - what did you think? acted/directed/written by Shane Carruth iirc

absolutely loved underlord, by the way - have both read it and listened to the excellent audiobook, and am SO looking forward to the uncrowned king tournament now!

Avinash

3/29/2019 10:48:22 am

Random musing

Anyone of u seen magi the laybrinth of magic
I read it a long time ago and
It seems I was unconsiously imagining yerin as Morgiana

I mean I had a mental pic of yerin in my mind and yesterday a saw a clip on YouTube and seeing her the name that came to my mind was yerin.
Funny hah.

Xlently Stoned

3/29/2019 10:55:30 am

Loved that anime. I get more of an Akame Ga Kill vibe.

Deadnettle

3/29/2019 10:50:07 am

I'd like to have another one of your sprawling worldbuilding sessions here again (or on any of your platforms really) There are so many questions that I've seen over the past months on the fan reddit.

Avinash

3/29/2019 11:27:24 am

@Deadnettle
Ask away dude
Will usually only reply once to his posts so if u wait till he asks you will miss the chance

And maybe in the interim someone else could ans a few of ur question and get a few ideas/doubts of his own from ur questions

Deadnettle

3/30/2019 11:54:41 am

I have seen questions answered here and there (and even had a few of my questions answered) but I was thinking more of one of Will's organized worldbuilding sessions, the ones where he gets asked tons of questions and dishes out answers.

Cool Person

3/30/2019 05:42:31 pm

@Deadnettle

yes. that would be quite good

stopthat. sometimes called getbackhere

3/29/2019 02:21:24 pm

I would personally recommend Legends of Zelda: breath of the wild. either that, or these flash games: super house of dead ninjas, west of loathing, or realm of the mad god

Definitely Not Your Marketing Guy's Friend

3/29/2019 03:23:13 pm

You know what kind of thing I'd really like you to review Will? Something you can post affiliate links for!

Walter

3/29/2019 05:13:54 pm

Meet Joe Black

Walter

3/29/2019 07:35:49 pm

Also I wanna know what you think of Elder Scrolls Online

Eric

3/30/2019 05:10:16 am

I would be interested to see what you think of the move Oscar, Also for a game I'm also curious about Elder Scrolls Online I have been thinking about trying it.

Cool Person

3/30/2019 05:43:54 pm

I havent tried it but heard that its not nearly as good as the others - the non-online ones. just reviews though, I havent formed anything conclusive

Taylor

3/30/2019 05:45:02 pm

I want a completely honest review of trolls 2.

and yes, I know that somebody else said this before me.

Jordan

3/30/2019 07:44:56 pm

Been way too long since I last commented or said anything, think it was way back by Cradle, but I'm glad you're still going strong.

I think it'd be cool to see you review the classic games, like Skyrim and other games that I definitely can think of right now but am choosing not to list.

PumpkinVision

3/30/2019 11:38:29 pm

Review the mobile game Oreo: Twist, Lick, Dunk! (This really exists.)

That One Person

3/31/2019 05:39:56 pm

YES!!! I would love to have this!

Каша

3/31/2019 01:49:30 am

This is what I want to hear—The Will-verse Podcast in which you creatively and amusingly use your characters to review movies.

Normal movie reviews are rather run-of-the-mill, but reviewing a movie through your characters is too much fun, too doable, too much a brilliant promotion idea to pass on. It taps your genius, your creative energy, your wit… all while reviewing a movie and indirectly, and directly, promoting your books. The audio takes the review to the next level. It’s perfect! Just imagine the character banter, the snide comments, some talk about a movie, the overwhelming fan reaction as they forward it to friends and enemies alike . . .

Fellow Daoist Ji Ning

3/31/2019 12:26:36 pm

Ha, imagine Lindon reviewing Infinity wars.

"Anyone know where I can find those infinity stones nowadays?"

Avinash

3/31/2019 04:20:35 pm

Lindon: (looking to eithan) you could find those if u wanted to , yes?
Yerin: .Lindon, it's impossible, it's frictional.
Eithan:( taking out the stones from yerins pockets ) no! , The correct ans was yes he can

Shera : that was a good 3hr nap.

Leah : you know logistically,thanos was right.
Eldest : heir those stones would make good weapons for valinhall, go get them, and while you're at it bring the purple fellow he would make a decent room guardian
Rebakka: punch him in the face!

DesperateFan

3/31/2019 12:23:47 pm

I would like you to reveal and review youf daily schedule, so we know what you're doing at any given point of the day.

Steve

3/31/2019 09:02:59 pm

Movie: Hudson Hawk

Game: Asheron's Call

Josh C

4/1/2019 12:35:30 am

Altered Carbon in netflix. Great sci-fi. Makes me think of shadow run @ times

Will (but not the Will)

4/1/2019 07:38:08 am

Frostpunk, 11 bit studios

Nikk B

4/1/2019 01:45:41 pm

Stardew Valley!

Pat

5/1/2019 08:57:25 pm

Hard Ticket to Hawaii. It’s on YouTube. You won’t regret it.

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