2001 - Diablo 2 - 100%

 

Back in the year 2001 I made this account and sold the key on Ebay for ~$150. It was a long time ago but if I remember correctly, this was the account that the person I sold it to disputed that they had received it and the money was held in Escrow. I had to spend hours on the phone with them trying to get them to believe that I had actually made good on the sale.. Finally, I said that I couldn't believe one kid had caused me all this trouble and that was when the person at Escrow said, oh!? the buyer is under age? And next thing I knew.. I got the money.

 

Batman Knightfall P1 - 95%

 

Watched this cause I like Batman and overheard some people talking about it at breakfast. 

It was surprisingly good. The only glairing problem is that Robin and Alfred should have been killed by Bane... there was no reason for him to leave them alive except for the plot armor. 

Looking forward to seeing part 2 and 3 some day.. 

POE Luminary - 95%

 

End game build for sure... Having to basically equip 3 characters for one build is expensive.. The animated guardian, the mercenary, and yourself. 

I started out trying the manyshot but swapped to the kineticist when I learned the rathpith worked based on the player health instead of the merc which seems broken. 

Made some good money... I did a simulacrum just to see if I could and got two Voice clusters and sold them unidentified for 20 divines each! So I kept doing that and was able to average finding one every 30 minutes so 40 divines an hour is one of the best money makers I have ever played. Doing simulacrums over and over is pretty boring but better than it used to be. 

POE Winter Orb - 100%

 

Fantastic build. Started out as an Elementalist and swapped over to a Occultist after got the Ralakesh.

The whole build depends on the Ralakesh .. count as having max power charges. I knew the boots would drop in value but didn't expect it to be so quick... I got lucky got the divine drop allflame mod and bought the boots for 42 divines and when I got back from vacation they were only worth 200 chaos! 

By the end, this build was able to handle 100% delirum maps.

Fantastic timeless jewel:

Sheep Detective - 95%

 

Great kids movie. A few small things didn't add up but whatever. I like that it could be figured out but it was complicated enough for kids to catch them by the ending. 

A lot of CGI... watching the making of it on youtube was fun. 

Watched it with the family at home... I was the only one who hadn't seen it cause they went to the theatre for it.

Oppenheimer - 60%

 

Christopher Nolan does the worst movies. Especially dislike tension building sound that is so loud in every scene that I sometimes can't even hear the dialogue over it. 

Way longer than it needed it be.

Very confusing with multiple interviews and flashbacks. 

Watched this because I went to New Mexico.. 

Every Breath You Take - 85%

 

Psychological thriller.. But with a dumb ending. The whole point of this type of a movie is to leave you wondering... but this movie wraps everything up with a tidy "good" ending.. 

Acting was pretty bad and the story didn't make much sense.. 

Watched it cause it was on the TV at the hotel. 

Molly's Game - 75%

 

It was OK. Started out well but got boring. Kept thinking there would a little more of a twist but I didn't realize it was based on a true story. 

Just watched it because it was on the TV at the hotel.

Craft - 100%

 

https://www.youtube.com/@LatentDiffusion/videos

This is what the Minecraft movie should have been! 

Yea, I know it is AI but it is soo good. So true to Minecraft. 

Fantastic how there is almost no speaking! So many great scenes. The dog is cool. 

I have seen 8 episodes and I can't want for the next!

Minecraft Movie - 0%

 

Such a pathetic cash grab. Maybe the worst movie of all time. 

Nothing to do with anything Minecraft. No crafting of any kind. 

Even dumber ending. 

Awful movie. 

Can't believe I paid money to see this at the theatre/ 

Michael - 96%

 

Watched with the kids at home. Really good movie. The kids became obsessed with his music for a while. His life was such a tragedy. I wonder what the sequel will be like, seems like it will be even more sad. 

Running Man - 75%

 

Watched on the airplane on my trip to New Mexico. Almost forgot it so I guess it wasn't that good. 

Like an adult version of the Hunger Games. The runner was very lucky and should have died from all the injuries. The twist wasn't that great either but at least they tried. 

POE 2 - Martial Artist - 80%

 

Leveling was a pain. This build is very dependent on the ascendency points.. I messed up and took Hollow Focus first instead of Hollow Form so I was stuck on Ice Strike for far too long. Then I tried to take Hollow Focus again but should have taken Way of the Stone fists which transforms Lochtonial from this:

To this... Which is crazy OP and build making for any build due to the charges. 

Very gold starved until almost late game.. Had plenty of currency but not enough gold to buy anything... 

Not a fan of this and any build which makes it difficult to determine the real DPS. Who knows about numbers... stuff just dies. Also can't tell if elemental damage or physical is better to have on my weapon.. Also feels dumb to shape shift to get the Rend and Pounce. 

Still think POE 2 ascendancy is broken.. It takes too long to get so far and then die or run out of honour.. Even with the honour resistance still not enough. Almost rage quit because of dying at the final boss on level 4 to have to start all over again. Finally was able to get the last points at after hitting level 90. 

This biggest frustration this league that someone managed to hack a trade somehow to show that an body armor had 200 energy shield more in the trade window than it did in my inventory... At least I only lost two divines. 

The end game story system was very good. Good voice acting and cut scenes. Like the variety but... I ended up just boss rushing every map to get to where I needed to be on the map which ended up being pretty repetitive. Feel like the game forces that.. 

I still like POE 1 better.... 

Ranma 1/2 Netflix - 80%

 

Watching this with the wife out of boredom.. Apparently Netflix is paying to have this old anime remade. I only watched a couple of episodes of the original a very long time ago so I don't know if they changed anything other than updating the animation. 

The jokes and romance is funny enough. Fairly repetitive. Watched both season 1 and 2. 

Project Hail Mary - 95%

 

Watched at home with the family. Nice and clean. So many movies decide they have to throw something in to an otherwise family movie to make the parental rating go up.. Nicely this one didn't feel that need. 

Lots of emotions and false alarms like someone died but no wait... they are just fine. 

Kids really enjoyed this movie so I did too. 

Amazing that Lego made a set for this movie before it even came out. 

Toy Story 5 - 70%

 

So out dated. The story line is about 10 years late.. Kids have been having their brains sucked away by screens for multiple generations now. It was entertaining enough and the kids enjoyed it. Saw it opening night at the theatre. 

POE Flicker - 100%

 

The second time I have made it to level 100 and the most dps ever. 

Leveled to 100 running 100% delirium with breach running strand. 

Lots of fun but the screen jitter caused by teleporting strikes got old. 

Amazingly tanky build. 

Went back and killed the Ubers after leveling to 100.. First time ever to even try any of the Ubers and they were all easy!

One Piece S2 Live Action - 100%

 

The first season was a perfect 100% and this second season was far better! Where to start! 

Perfect actor selection for the characters. Chopper was spot on and well animated. 

Robbin was fantastic. The fights were great, the pacing was great.

Loved the wax man and the giants. There is nothing that could have made this better. It was beyond good. 

POE Mirage - 100%

I started the league on a Ground Slam of Earthshaking slayer which was a fantastic choice.
Got to maps quick and super smooth. Bossed smoothly but a bit slow. Got to level 92 with no problems. 

Mirage was OK at this point.. I didn't interact with it too much until I saw Zizaran's video on
Easy Farming Strat for 15+ divines per hour.. 

I don't see how you can honestly get 15+ per hour... At least not with my slow Ground Slam build but it was enough for me to farm up 20 divines in about 4 hours so I could buy a Headhunter. 

So then I made a Kinetic Blast of Clustering Necromancer to use the Headhunter and it is probably the strongest build I have ever had in POE! Pain in the butt to level.. Good energy shield gear requires level 80+ to use is a pain. This build is super tanky, super good clear, and super good bossing. Killed Maven no problem. 

I started faming full Containment strongbox maps with the Empowered Mirage maps and got the best drop I have ever had!

I traded the cards for 140 divines and discovered that I could do 100% delirium Empowered Mirage maps to farm stacked decks which sell for 5C each. I was able to farm 15 ish divines per hour with ease. So I decided to farm up another 40 divines and buy a Acceleration belt. 

With this belt I went back to my slayer and changed it to a Cyclone of Tumult build. Farmed another 40+ divs to get the Voidforge, Blunderbore and other gear and was very disappointed with the build. It was not nearly as good as the Kinetic Blast Necro and the gear total cost was at least 4 times more. It could not do a 100% delirium.  So after wasting a bunch of time I gave up on the build and decided to give the acceleration belt one last try... 

So I built a Spark of the Nova Inquisitor. Leveling was OK.. not as good as the ground slam. Wish the Acceleration belt had lower level requirements... This was a very expensive build.. at least 300 divines just to get the base level gear. Once I hit mapping, I was able to go to level 93 in what felt like an hour. But in the end.... Still not as strong as the Kinetic Blast of Clustering Necromancer! Still not able to do 100% delirium maps! I am giving up on this belt. 

I kind of want to sell it try a flicker strike build but I really don't want to farm a echo shrine belt. And I expect that it too will not be able to do a 100% delirium. 

Predator Badlands - 99%

 

Fantastic movie! So much better than I expected. 

Really great ending. Good character development. 

Nice action paired with a shallow story. 

Great pacing. 

Really liked the sisters and brothers aspect.