I mean, you're not wrong. (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Thursday, September 22, 2016, 20:51 (2983 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

Did you ever see Jurassic Park 3? There's a moment where they see a dinosaur and one of the guys is like "I don't remember seeing that on Ingen's list" and the other guy says "that's because it wasn't on Ingen's list... what was Ingen up to?!" and then they never explore it or try to explain it or mention anything about it ever again.

Yeah. Destiny reminds me of that quite a bit :)

I actually haven't seen that movie, but I definitely hate it when threads like that are just dropped in movies.

I've been reading the Game of Thrones books and something that strikes me as profoundly brilliant about them is that you know, almost as soon as you meet a character, what they want. How they scheme and work their plans to achieve their goals is another thing entirely, but you know, absolutely, why everyone is doing what they're doing.

Another similar vein of writing is in the film, The Way of the Gun. It's full of red herrings, but at the time that each new plan is devised, it makes sense for the characters involved, and the entire film is basically about how those plans go awry and what unfolds as a result. It's truly brilliant.

And there's Obfuscation Theatre, aka Destiny, where you try to make up for your lack of story by pretending there is one and then spending most of your time telling everyone how great it is but that they can't see it yet. Reminds me of a certain candidate for president. You're gonna love my story! It's yuuuge! We've got top men working on it, and I've seen it, folks. I have. I've seen it and I tell you it's great. Just great. Absolutely terrific. I can't show it to you now, oh no, but trust me folks, it's, well, it may be one of the top 5 or, I don't know, top 3 stories in the world. It's a ten year plan and we definitely have it and it's great. #MakeDestinyGreatAgain.

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Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - BeardFade, 2016-09-22, 18:27
- About hiding it from everyone *SP?* - ZackDark, 2016-09-22, 18:36
  - About hiding it from everyone *SP?* - Xenos, 2016-09-22, 18:44
  - About hiding it from everyone *SP?* - stabbim, 2016-09-23, 11:27
- Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - ChrisTheeCrappy, 2016-09-22, 18:40
  - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - cheapLEY, 2016-09-22, 18:59
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Kahzgul, 2016-09-22, 19:06
    - But... we still need to finish the refer-a-friend quest! ;) - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-22, 19:14
      - LOL - cheapLEY, 2016-09-22, 19:52
- Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - dogcow, 2016-09-22, 18:44
  - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - BeardFade, 2016-09-22, 18:48
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-22, 19:07
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Blackt1g3r, 2016-09-23, 13:01
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Coaxkez, 2016-09-23, 07:41
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 13:59
        
        Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Blackt1g3r, 2016-09-23, 15:05
- I mean, you're not wrong. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-22, 19:01
  - I mean, you're not wrong. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-22, 19:16
    - I mean, you're not wrong. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-22, 20:51
      - I mean, you're not wrong. - cheapLEY, 2016-09-22, 21:18
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 14:11
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Avateur, 2016-09-23, 16:02
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 16:13
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Claude Errera, 2016-09-23, 16:20
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 16:26
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 15:15
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Avateur, 2016-09-23, 16:24
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 16:27
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Avateur, 2016-09-23, 16:32
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 16:57
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 17:06
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Claude Errera, 2016-09-23, 17:25
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 17:42
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Claude Errera, 2016-09-23, 17:44
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 17:45
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-23, 17:41
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 17:45
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - uberfoop, 2016-09-23, 18:08
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-23, 18:16
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-23, 20:23
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 14:17
        
        Source? - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 15:46
        
        Once again, primary source. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 16:07
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 20:00
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 20:22
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 21:31
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 22:17
        
        Thanks Kermit - Pyromancy, 2016-09-23, 22:42
        
        Thanks Kermit - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 22:50
        
        Axiom: It's not what you say, but how you say it. - INSANEdrive, 2016-09-23, 23:00
        
        Thanks Kermit - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 23:04
        
        Thanks Kermit - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 23:13
        
        Thanks Kermit - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 23:27
        
        Thanks Kermit - Cody Miller, 2016-09-24, 00:07
        
        Thanks Kermit - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 23:41
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 22:05
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Avateur, 2016-09-23, 23:36
        
        +1 - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-09-24, 11:16
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Kermit, 2016-09-25, 15:43
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Avateur, 2016-09-25, 16:07
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Ragashingo, 2016-09-25, 18:02
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-25, 18:43
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Ragashingo, 2016-09-25, 20:26
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Avateur, 2016-09-26, 02:38
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Kermit, 2016-09-26, 15:45
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-26, 17:59
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Kermit, 2016-09-26, 18:28
        
        That's certainly how it feels - Kahzgul, 2016-09-23, 18:16
      - +1 for your last paragraph - BeardFade, 2016-09-22, 21:20
      - I lol'd at that last paragraph. - Revenant1988, 2016-09-22, 22:30
      - lol - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-09-23, 09:57
      - I mean, you're not wrong. - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 14:04
  - I mean, you're not wrong. - EffortlessFury, 2016-09-22, 23:32
    - +1 - CyberKN, 2016-09-23, 03:42
  - I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-24, 03:57
    - RIP Speaker - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 06:05
      - RIP Speaker - Kahzgul, 2016-09-24, 06:07
        
        Shiro feels so odd to me - ZackDark, 2016-09-24, 13:19
        
        Shiro feels so odd to me - Korny, 2016-09-24, 14:32
      - RIP Speaker - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-09-24, 11:22
        
        RIP Speaker - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 15:04
        
        RIP Speaker - Cody Miller, 2016-09-25, 13:26
    - I mean, you're not wrong. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-24, 06:05
  - Losing the plot. - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 06:12
    - Losing the plot. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-24, 15:02
      - Losing the plot. - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 15:11
        
        Losing the plot. - cheapLEY, 2016-09-26, 00:20
        
        +1 - Avateur, 2016-09-26, 02:40
        
        Losing the plot. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-26, 18:37
        
        Losing the plot. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-26, 19:01
        
        Losing the plot. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-26, 21:11
        
        Losing the plot. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-26, 21:13
        
        Losing the plot. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-26, 22:17
        
        Losing the plot. - ProbablyLast, 2016-09-26, 23:56
      - Losing the plot. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-24, 18:07
        
        Cryptarch, also - narcogen, 2016-09-25, 09:50
- You could say RoI has a poor ROI... - Oholiab, 2016-09-22, 19:30
- I can barely even call it a story - Avateur, 2016-09-22, 23:28
- Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 05:05
  - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Harmanimus, 2016-09-23, 07:45
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story *Spoilers* - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-23, 10:50
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story *More Spoilers* - Xenos, 2016-09-23, 12:42
        
        Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story *More Spoilers* - someotherguy, 2016-09-26, 12:18
        
        Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story *More Spoilers* - Ragashingo, 2016-09-26, 12:28
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - dogcow, 2016-09-23, 13:01
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Blackt1g3r, 2016-09-23, 13:40
        
        They are tiny Fallen shanks. - CyberKN, 2016-09-23, 13:59
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 16:26
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Ragashingo, 2016-09-25, 07:13
  - Not Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story Telling - dogcow, 2016-09-23, 13:13
  - The real threat - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 15:13
- Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 14:12
- Lesson Learned - BeardFade, 2016-09-24, 14:38
  - Unchecked for you - Xenos, 2016-09-24, 14:47
    - Ha, Thanks! - BeardFade, 2016-09-24, 22:43
  - Airplane mode - Blackt1g3r, 2016-09-25, 00:45
    - Airplane mode - cheapLEY, 2016-09-25, 21:32
      - "Do Not Disturb" mode. - marmot 1333, 2016-09-26, 17:33
- SIVA in the Grimoire - someotherguy, 2016-09-26, 11:28
  - SIVA in the Grimoire - Cody Miller, 2016-09-26, 18:02
    - SIVA in the Grimoire - petetheduck, 2016-09-26, 21:49

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