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Jordan Binkerd (567 KP) rated The Scorpion King (2002) in Movies

Aug 24, 2019

The Scorpion King (2002)

2002 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

6.2

(19 Ratings)

Movie Rating

The Rock (2 more)

Kelly Hu

Michael Clarke Duncan

Lots of white guys for Africa (1 more)

Not a single female who is not stuck in a bikini of some sort (Not that I'm complaining, but....)

Good sword and sorcery fun

Spinning out of The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King is a decent sword-and-sorcery epic in the vein of Conan the Barbarian that would work better on its own than it does connected to the Mummy franchise. It's not that it's bad, but we know how things end up in The Mummy Returns, and that undercuts some of the characterization in this film. The performances are good to great across the board, though there's a lot of white guys given the African setting. I realize that it's the cradle of civilization, but still. Then there's the trope of all the women wearing bikinis, which doesn't play as well in this day and age as it did in the pulp era....I mean, it has the desired effect, don't get me wrong, but I think we've moved on. The action is excellent, the graphics hold up even seventeen years later (which is more than can be said for the character's introduction in TMR), and on the whole, I enjoyed the film. After watching the special features, though, I think they should have kept the prophecy element in the film. Just my opinion.

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Ducklady (1174 KP) rated Mansions of Madness: Second Edition in Tabletop Games

Aug 25, 2019

Mansions of Madness: Second Edition

2016 | Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Horror

7.3

(12 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Really in-depth adventures and well made (0 more)

The app doesn’t always work properly (0 more)

Want to play more!

Despite the price tag, I took the plunge on this one. I own the first one and thoroughly enjoyed it, but the lengthy rules put quite a few people off that I was playing with. If you have the patience, then once you’ve learnt the rules then he game goes a lot quicker. This particular edition attracted me as the app makes learning the rules a lot easier. Ive played the shorter adventure twice already and i am keen to do the longer ones if i can get the people to play, although I’m pretty sure you can actually play 1 player. The figures in the game look amazing and all the house/scene tiles are nicely illustrated.
The downside for me is that the longer adventures seem to take a LOT longer than it states on the app which usually leads to it overrunning and a non-completion of the game. When we went to return to the game, the app had deleted where we were, which was frustrating. The app sometimes crashed and reset, but in general it worked smoothly. But saying that, the app really encourages players who aren’t as into board games as I am, meaning I could enlist more players at Christmas time XD.