{"id":187769,"date":"2024-07-29T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=187769"},"modified":"2024-07-29T04:21:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T09:21:11","slug":"queue-summer-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/07\/29\/queue-summer-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queue: Summer Games!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a wild opening ceremony am I right? I did not have Phantom of the Opera does parkour, or a French metal band accompanied by flamethrowers and headless Marie Antoinettes on my bingo card. As always, go Canada go!<\/p>\n<p>Wait, what do you mean this isn&#8217;t the Olympics that we do well in?<\/p>\n<p>While I get to the bottom of this, it&#8217;s time for &#8212; The Queue!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">LEFTY I WILL FIND MY WAY BACK TO WHERE YOUR NAME IS WRITTEN IN THE SAND<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>QftQ: who would you have cast as Dr Doom, instead of RDJ?<\/p>\n<p>I think Nikolaj Coster-Waldau could have pulled it off.<\/p>\n<p>or Jon Bernthal&#8230;.(since we&#8217;re not getting more Punisher, he&#8217;d be available). Or David Tennant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jon Hamm! He&#8217;s got the size and gravitas for playing an imposingly statured villain with a deep voice. Plus he&#8217;s got some excellent comedic chops and that really seems to go a long way when you&#8217;re making a memorable villain. Not wall-to-wall quips, but they&#8217;ve gotta be able to be a little funny at times &#8212; at least if they want to have some public consciousness staying power. I think that all of the most boring and one-note villains that we&#8217;ve seen in Marvel stuff have all fallen prey to that, where they&#8217;re all business and easily forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Other good choices I would put forward are: Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Stanley Tucci, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. They&#8217;d each bring something great to the table I bet. Certainly something memorable.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">MISTAH JAY &#8216;CAUSE I REMEMBER EVERY SUNSET I REMEMBER EVERY WORD YOU SAID<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>2BE: Chicken Little vs Stuart Little<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chicken Little all the way. Chickens are descended from Dinosaurs and are easily higher on the pecking order than a small mouse child. No matter how good they are at driving tiny cars.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">ARTHONOS TELL ME HOW TO GET BACK TO BACK TO SUMMER PARADISE WITH YOU<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>Q4tQ: That signed Three Houses poster has me thinking about video game swag. Would people here pay for things like a high quality art print of Xal&#8217;atath signed by Claudia Christian? Or is there another character \/ voice actor you&#8217;d prefer, and who?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oh sure if it was an art piece I liked or a character I liked. It would also help if it wasn&#8217;t super obviously nerdy at first glance. It can still be super nerdy, but I like it when there&#8217;s a bit of subtleness to things. This is ironic because the first thing I thought about when you said is there something else you&#8217;d prefer because I immediately had Deathwing on the brain. It&#8217;s hard to be subtle about a giant molten fire breathing dragon with metal plates nailed all over its body.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">AND I&#8217;D GIVE AWAY A THOUSAND DAYS, OH JUST TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE WITH YOU RETPALLYJIL<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>Q4tQ: I got a few more points and it looks like I&#8217;m ending up at 2866 for M+ and two whole Mythic raid bosses down. My M+ rating got better every season! Are you pleased with how your Dragonflight went, regarding personal goals?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the most part, yeah. I haven&#8217;t gotten my act together enough to get the M+ rewards from Season 4 yet, but that shouldn&#8217;t be too tough once I get a little time for it.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise &#8212; I came, I saw, I conquered. Several Mythic raid bosses fell before me and my guild, and while we&#8217;re never gonna be World First raiders, we had fun. I got lots of good-looking transmog, and explored the Dragon Isles pretty thoroughly. Although I&#8217;m likely not going to get the Bestest boy Taivan mount, that&#8217;s ok. I&#8217;ll probably be happier not grinding and obsessing over some of the pieces I&#8217;m still missing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187771\" src=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bacardi.toy_.mouse_.cat_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bacardi.toy_.mouse_.cat_.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bacardi.toy_.mouse_.cat_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bacardi.toy_.mouse_.cat_-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bacardi.toy_.mouse_.cat_-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bacardi.toy_.mouse_.cat_-398x224.jpg 398w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bacardi.toy_.mouse_.cat_-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bacardi.toy_.mouse_.cat_-340x191.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Bacardi lounging next to his latest trophy. It may be toasty outside, but he&#8217;s still doing his job and keeping us safe from dangerous stuffed mice. What a good cat! Since he&#8217;s such a good cat he&#8217;ll surely also reward your efforts in video games and make sure that you get the piece you&#8217;re looking for. Sadly, he can&#8217;t help turn your loss streak in\u00a0<em>Overwatch\u00a0<\/em>around, he&#8217;s not a miracle worker.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Anna Earworm\u2122: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qjHlgrGsLWQ\">Summer Paradise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have an excellent week everyone! Leave Anna lots of questions for her Queue tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a wild opening ceremony am I right? I did not have Phantom of the Opera does parkour, or a French metal band accompanied by flamethrowers and headless Marie Antoinettes on my bingo card. 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