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2016 Bests and worsts

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Now that the year is coming to an end let's take a look back and decide as a group what our favorites and least favorites are in these categories (you can also suggest other categories if you'd like):

- Movies

- TV shows

- Games

Just to start us off, of the movies I saw this year, I would have to say Hacksaw Ridge (directed by Mel Gibson) was the best, and the Independence Day sequel (whose name I can't even remember) was definitely the worst.

(Obviously we aren't trying to come up with objective rankings here, just want to discuss people's thoughts).
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Best Movie: Hacksaw ridge
Worst movie: You Tube red's "The Thining"
Best Tv Shows: Agents of Sheild
Worst TV Shows: CNN Election 2016 coverage
Best Games: War Thunder: Naval Forces
Worst Games: No Mans Sky
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I don't watch TV/movies, and I'm not a real gamer, so...

Best president-candidate: Donald Trump
Worst president-candidate: Hillary Clinton

Best exit: Brexit
Worst exit: Rest of EU
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Gendarme wrote:I don't watch TV/movies, and I'm not a real gamer, so...

Best president-candidate: Donald Trump
Worst president-candidate: Hillary Clinton

Best exit: Brexit
Worst exit: Rest of EU


I think Ted Cruz was worse actually
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Best Movie: Basement chronichlesh 1
Worst Movie: expelled
Best Tv: election night coverage on CNN (magic board was op).
Worst Tv: agents of shield
Best Game: battlefield 1
Worst Game: 3v3 rush aoe3
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evilcheadar wrote:Best Movie: Basement chronichlesh 1
Worst Movie: expelled
Best Tv: election night coverage on CNN (magic board was op).
Worst Tv: agents of shield
Best Game: battlefield 1
Worst Game: 3v3 rush aoe3


+1 for 3v3 rush aoe3 (except it is on deccan ofc :ugly: )
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Best movie: split between "10 Cloverfield Lane" and "Everybody Wants Some!!"
Worst: The Purge: Election Year was 20 minutes longer than it needed to be. I also rather disliked Independence Day: Resurgence and Captain America: Civil War

Best tv show: Black Mirror
Worst: I like The Walking Dead, but the end of last season and the current season have been disappointing in several ways. The show always feels like it's just shy of being brilliant.

Best game: Dark Souls III. Hoping to pick of Final Fantasy XV pretty soon as well
Worst: I'm actually pretty unhappy with the way StarCraft II has been going with Legacy of the Void (haven't tested the most recent design changes though). I'm working on a 100-page manifesto on the subject, look to see a TeamLiquid thread sometime in 2017
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I'm wondering whether I should be worried that I can't really answer any of these questions... I play old games, don't watch TV shows or new movies, apart from a few Polish ones. I guess John Oliver could count as an Internet show... :roll:
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Vinyanyérë wrote:Best movie: split between "10 Cloverfield Lane" and "Everybody Wants Some!!"
Worst: The Purge: Election Year was 20 minutes longer than it needed to be. I also rather disliked Independence Day: Resurgence and Captain America: Civil War

Best tv show: Black Mirror
Worst: I like The Walking Dead, but the end of last season and the current season have been disappointing in several ways. The show always feels like it's just shy of being brilliant.

Best game: Dark Souls III. Hoping to pick of Final Fantasy XV pretty soon as well
Worst: I'm actually pretty unhappy with the way StarCraft II has been going with Legacy of the Void (haven't tested the most recent design changes though). I'm working on a 100-page manifesto on the subject, look to see a TeamLiquid thread sometime in 2017


How could you dislike Civil War?
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It felt like a movie where most of the plot could have been resolved if the characters just had a reasonable conversation with each other. Like a minute-long conversation:

"Hey Iron Man, crazy shit's going down. This guy is going to wake up a bunch of Russian Jason Bournes unless somebody does something about it."
"Do you, specifically, need to be one doing something about it?"
"No, pretty much anyone is fine."
"Cool, I'll let the U.N. know and they can take care of it. In the meanwhile, could y'all chill? You're breaking the law."
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This clip by Day[9] expands on my thoughts on the subject a little: https://youtu.be/I51QMIK_uGQ?t=9m23s
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best movie was dr strange!
worst movie... hmm.... that 3rd movie in the davinci code series. just aweful. tom hanks what are you doing?

im afraid my TV show and game list is too inexperienced to vote. but people of earth is pretty good!
i will also say im cringing at the new season of snake island. looks completely fake
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howlingwolfpaw wrote:best movie was dr strange!
i will also say im cringing at the new season of snake island. looks completely fake


I definitely enjoyed Dr. Strange a lot as well. [spoiler=spoiler]Particularly how he defeated Dormammu in the end.[/spoiler]

Vinyanyérë wrote:It felt like a movie where most of the plot could have been resolved if the characters just had a reasonable conversation with each other. Like a minute-long conversation:

"Hey Iron Man, crazy shit's going down. This guy is going to wake up a bunch of Russian Jason Bournes unless somebody does something about it."
"Do you, specifically, need to be one doing something about it?"
"No, pretty much anyone is fine."
"Cool, I'll let the U.N. know and they can take care of it. In the meanwhile, could y'all chill? You're breaking the law."
"Sure np. Oh by the way, I know how your parents died. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about this earlier."

This clip by Day[9] expands on my thoughts on the subject a little: https://youtu.be/I51QMIK_uGQ?t=9m23s

That's true but I feel like the same logic could be applied to many movies. You can't always expect characters to make the most logical decisions, just like in real life.
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fightinfrenchman wrote:
Vinyanyérë wrote:It felt like a movie where most of the plot could have been resolved if the characters just had a reasonable conversation with each other. Like a minute-long conversation:

"Hey Iron Man, crazy shit's going down. This guy is going to wake up a bunch of Russian Jason Bournes unless somebody does something about it."
"Do you, specifically, need to be one doing something about it?"
"No, pretty much anyone is fine."
"Cool, I'll let the U.N. know and they can take care of it. In the meanwhile, could y'all chill? You're breaking the law."
"Sure np. Oh by the way, I know how your parents died. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about this earlier."

This clip by Day[9] expands on my thoughts on the subject a little: https://youtu.be/I51QMIK_uGQ?t=9m23s

That's true but I feel like the same logic could be applied to many movies. You can't always expect characters to make the most logical decisions, just like in real life.


It does happen in a lot of movies, yeah, but for whatever reason it felt particularly egregious in Civil War.
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