Challenge: 1/1/20 - 12/31/20
This has been a crazy year for everyone. I fell behind on my reviews, I've attempted to catch up in the last two months, but here we are. I've now delayed my 2021 challenge so I just need to dump the rest and do better this year. Sorry for the half ass work. So here is my last 32 films on the year that I have the least to say about.
Last Christmas (2019)- Watched 07/17/20 - RotTom critics - 47% RotTom users - 81%
This film is a cute rom-com. The critics are too hard on it. If you want a nice entertaining rom-com, this is it, nothing too special about this one. -Score - 3/5
The Lovebirds (2020)- Watched 7/19/2020 - RotTom critics - 66% RotTom users - 51%
This film is more Com than Rom. Once again, if you are looking for this kind of movie, you'll be satisfied, if not, just skip it. -Score - 3/5
Clueless (1995)- Watched 07/28/20 - RotTom critics - 81% RotTom users - 76%
This film is a pretty unique High School movie. I quite liked it, it was humorous in a special way. Thi movie, like Lion King is based on Shakespear's Hamlet, is based on Jane Austen's Emma. It's a brilliantly intelligent film, wrapped in a California high school comedy. I recommend for all. -Score - 4.5/5
Onward (2020)- Watched 8/8/2020 - RotTom critics - 88% RotTom users - 95%
This film is not up to snuff with he rest of Pixar's original films. The themes were not as groundbreaking and the story was not as captivating. I was disappointed. Of the 23 Pixar films, this one would rank bottom 5 for me. That being said, Pixar is great, and their worst movies are still decent movies. -Score - 2.5/5
Casino (1995)- Watched 7/26/20 - RotTom critics - 80% RotTom users - 93%
Have you ever been sitting there thinking, I want to watch Goodfella's but slightly worse? This is the film for you. It's good, but not great. I think I even like Irishman more. If you like Scorsese, or crime movies, I reccomend. -Score - 4/5
The Lighthouse (2019)- Watched 9/7/2020 - RotTom critics - 90% RotTom users - 72%
This film was advertised to me as a 2020 Oscar snub. I disagree. I like experimental film but I thought this one was a little too boring. I can see where some like this one, but not me. Great acting performances by Dafoe and Robert Patterson. People need to stop sleeping on Patterson, I'm excited to see him as Batman. -Score - 2/5
The Impossible (2012)- Watched 11/12/20 - RotTom critics - 92% RotTom users - 84%
This film is the most boring disaster movie ever? I'm shocked at how high the scores are on this film. I do not recommend this one to anyone, and if you do watch it, drink a few cups of coffee first. -Score - 1.5/5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)- Watched 9/16/2020 - RotTom critics - 81% RotTom users - 47%
This film is the most convoluted film I've seen this year. I could see underneath all the insane things that were happening there was a good movie. The critics are cowards, they clearly saw an artistic movie and gave it high ranks, the users are correct here. I understand the film now, that I've looked in the source material, but you shouldn't have to have a manual to understand your film. Kaufman, is a great screenwriter, I'm not sure if he is a good director. -Score - 1/5
Guns Akimbo (2019)- Watched 9/23/20 RotTom critics - 52% RotTom users - 40%
This film is a wild ride. You are thrown into a crazy, world with a crazy plot. Everything Daniel Radcliffe does these days are always weird and original. This movie is just ok, it receives a higher score based on originality alone. -Score - 2.5/5
Being John Malkovich (1999)- Watched 10/4/20 - RotTom critics - 93% RotTom users - 87%
This film is an example of good Kaufman. Reigned in by Spike Jones, a great film is churned out. This movie is so oddly funny, I highly recommend if you want to see a weird little comedy that is amazingly orginal. -Score - 4.5/5
The Devil All The Time (2020)- Watched 10/8/2020 - RotTom critics - 65% RotTom users - 80%
In a year where there are not many new films, this movie coming out on Netflix can shine. Most years this movie would probably fall to the wayside. But with not too many films to compete with, this films stands out as a good, not great, thriller. I recommend, if you are looking for a serious entertaining movie. -Score - 4/5
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)- Watched 10/15/20 - RotTom critics - 73% RotTom users - 85%
This film is a forgotten gem of Will Ferrell. A mix of drama and comedy Ferrell really shows off his acting chops. I love old Ferrell's comedies but it's nice to see he can play a serious role as well. This film is a crowd-pleaser, I recommend to all. -Score - 4/5
Good Time (2017)- Watched 10/16/2020 - RotTom critics - 92% RotTom users - 81%
This film was directed by the Safdie brothers. I loved Uncut Gems so I wanted to see some of their earlier work. You can see a similar style in this film, I'm excited to see what they do in the future. Also Robert Patterson is great in this film as well. He is about to become a huge star.-Score - 3.5/5
Dolemite is My Name (2019)- Watched 10/24/20 - RotTom critics - 97% RotTom users - 91%
This film is FANTASTIC. I regret not giving it it's own post. I talked about Oscar snubs, this should have been competing for Best Picture last year. This movie is dramatic and hilarious and everything in between. Eddie Murphy is tremendous, his best performance ever possibly. Everyone needs to watch this film, I recommend to all. This may miss my top 5, but it's #6 then. -Score - 5/5
The Princess Bride (1987)- Watched 10/25/2020 - RotTom critics - 97% RotTom users - 94%
This film is a favorite among a certain age group. I am too young to be a part of the childhood hype. But watching this film, you can tell why it is so special to some people. It's just a fun movie. You can't help but smile while watching. -Score - 4/5
Due Date (2010)- Watched 10/26/20 - RotTom critics - 39% RotTom users - 52%
This film trash. Straight garbage. After The Hangover made Galifianakis a star and it is clear they just greenlit anything he was in. RDJ also couldn't save this unfunny comedy. I do not recommend this one to anyone. -Score - 0.5/5
The Rock (1996)- Watched 10/31/2020 - RotTom critics - 66% RotTom users - 85%
This film is know as Michael Bay's best film. That's not saying much, he is the one who made the Bad Boys movies and the 100 Transformers movies. This one is entertaining because it is so wild. It is so over-the-top, it's hard not to smile at it. IF you like dumb action movies, check this one out, if you like substance, skip this one. -Score - 3.5/5
Interview with a Vampire (1994)- Watched 11/1/20 RotTom critics - 63% RotTom users - 86%
This film is only two hours but it feels like 10. Cruise and Pitt give two good performance in this one but it drags. I also do not know who this movie is for, I'm not sure who I would recommend this one for. So I won't, skip this one. -Score - 2.5/5
Bourne Identity (2002)- Watched 11/8/2020 - RotTom critics - 83% RotTom users - 93%
I have never seen the Bourne tribology before and I saw it available on one of the streaming services so why not dive in? I was going to watch all three, until I watched Identity. Then I didn't want to watch the rest. This was just another action film to me, it didn't feel special at all. And maybe on 2002 the crazy swinging camera during fight scenes were cool, but not that I've seen John Wick. I demand better fight scenes. Tell me what I'm missing about this film/trilogy? -Score - 2.5/5
Time Freak (2018)- Watched 11/13/20 - RotTom critics - N/A RotTom users - 54%
This film is a very small unwatched movie. No critics reviewed it and less than 200 users rated this one. It's a cute sci-fi rom-com. I thought it was entertaining enough, this may the exact middle of my total rankings. Average. -Score - 3/5
Brave (2012)- Watched 11/14/2020 - RotTom critics - 78% RotTom users - 75%
So I've seen about 19 of the 23 Pixar films. Shocking enough, I skipped all the bad ones through the years. (Cars Trilogy) Brave is fine, nothing too remarkable or original. This may not be bottom 5 Pixar, but it is bottom 6. -Score - 2.5/5
Holidate (2020)- Watched 11/14/20 - RotTom critics - 45% RotTom users - 42%
This film is a silly premise Rom-Com. Kind of like Hall Pass where the writers make up a ridiculous situation and pretend it's a normal thing. This time a a pair of people pretend to date just for the holidays so their families don't pass judgement? This one is funny enough to beat the dumb premise, so if you are a rom-com fan, check it out. -Score - 3/5
Year of Spectacular Men (2017)- Watched 11/15/2020 - RotTom critics - 65% RotTom users - 69%
This film is not another Rom-Com, more like a Dramedy. Theses are the only movies my wife agrees to watch with me, so I am somewhat and expert of them. It was entertaining enough to not dislike it. This one will never be your favorite movie, but it won't be your least favorite. -Score - 3/5
Hail, Ceasar! (2016)- Watched 11/15/20 RotTom critics - 85% RotTom users - 44%
This film is a Coen Brother's film. I am trying to dip my toe into the Coen Brothers. I always like their films but I never love them. This one is pretty funny, but I do feel like I missed the overall point. Let me know if I should check out a different Coen brother's film besides Arizona and Lebowski.. -Score - 4/5
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)- Watched 11/18/20 - RotTom critics - 90% RotTom users - 90%
This film was really great. I believe this will be in consideration for a 2021 Oscar for Best picture. I think in a normal year it could compete with the big hitters. Definitely check it out, it's on Netflix, this just missed out on my top 5 films of the year. -Score - 5/5
Killing them Softly (2012)- Watched 11/21/2020 - RotTom critics - 73% RotTom users - 44%
This film is a Brad Pitt thriller. It's ok, not great. Check it out if you like crime or mafia movies. If not just pass on this one. -Score - 3/5
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)- Watched 11/25/2020 - RotTom critics - 52% RotTom users - 67%
This film is on the path of being a cult classic I feel. I think if you love Jack Black and his band Tenacious D, you would love this movie. I'm not a huge fan but I respect this movie. It's a unique funny musical. It's worth a watch if you are a comedy fan, and you may become a cult fan. -Score - 3.5/5
Happiest Season (2020)- Watched 11/26/20 - RotTom critics - 84% RotTom users - 88%
A new holiday themed Rom-Com. This is a Hulu original and it's just fine. More com than Rom, if you like that kind of movie this one will hit the spot. -Score - 2.5/5
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)- Watched 11/28/2020 - RotTom critics - 63% RotTom users - 78%
This film is straight trash. Ferrell is turning into Sandler, and it's more and more clear every year. A SNL star who made some great comedies early in his film career, and slowly proceeds to churn out worse and worse movies. I'm disgusted by the critics that haven't realized this. Like Sandler, Ferrell is capable of great acting, but takes the easy way out. Do not watch or support this garbage. It is competing with Sandler's Hubie Halloween for the worst film of 2020. -Score - 0.5/5
The Holiday (2008)- Watched 12/18/20 RotTom critics - 50% RotTom users - 80%
This film is a holiday themed Rom-Com. More Rom than Com. It's cute, not great. You can do way worse when it comes to holiday movie, so if you want an inoffensive movie, this is it. -Score - 2.5/5
Noelle (2019)- Watched 12/19/2020 - RotTom critics - 53% RotTom users - 58%
This film is not great. This and Lady and the Tramp live action was Disney + first original movies. Instead of starting off with a bang, it's clear Disney had a terrible film that they didn't to distribute to theaters. I love Kendrick and Hader but they could not save this film. Skip this one forever.-Score - 1/5
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)- Watched 12/18/20 RotTom critics - 5% RotTom users - 38%
This film should be considered the worst Christmas movie ever made. It is so boring, and dumb, and so low-stake. I knew it was going to be bad before I started, but I was shocked on how bad it was. Please never watch this one. And let me know if there is a worst Christmas movie, I'll watch it next year haha.-Score - 0.5/5
A few of these films cracked my top 10, but not my top 5. A bunch of these are in my bottom 10, and one broke the bottom 5. I have one film left to review in 2020! Then I can start my 2021 challenge.
HeyImAJoe's 2020 Top and Bottom

1. Sunset Boulevard...........98. The Wedding Daze
2. 1917.................................99. Don't Mess With Zohan
3. The Gentlemen...............100. Christmas with Kranks
4. Uncut Gems....................101. Love The Coopers
5. Jaws..................................102. The Ridiculous 6

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I'll preface by saying this is my steam review. I've played this game for far too long. I've seen the playerbase change from healthy and friendly to what it is now. I have no doubt in my mind I'm going to be brigaded, yelled at and called names for this post but it's the truth. Nobody always has fun with this game. Everyone knows we're being fleeced by the game but nobody cares. That desire to maybe have a little fun, maybe make it a little further, maybe get one more kill. It's what they want. They have turned a wonderful game into a casino where the dealer always wins. You'll win some. You'll have some fun. But it's not in Gaijin's best interest.
You're meant to be frustrated. You're meant to spend money. You are meant to wonder when the game gets fun. Tier 2? Tier 3? Tier 7? Is the Leopard 2A4 Fun? What about the Abrams? Will Thermals help? How did they shoot me through 300m of bushes? You. The Player. You are not rewarded for your time. You are not supposed to feel accomplished and if you complain about it, you need to Git Gud. Or so others say.
--STEAM REVIEW STARTS HERE--
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE PLAY THIS GAME
For context, I've been playing since Alpha. I've seen the good, the bad and what this game was promised to be. It is not that. They saw WoT as competition and based their model on that. Premium currency, premium tanks, a secondary "auction" currency and a lack of progress, promise-keeping and lack of direction has led this game down a dark hole it will never climb out of.
Thousands of hours (pre-steam launcher) and now 1000 on steam and this game has gone nowhere. From the old days of Kursk to the tired old skies of Europe, not much in this game has changed. Broken maps, one sided sight-lines, Ultra low quality players, lack of support and kneeling to the CCP. Nothing has changed.
Except of course the lies. "We will never add fire and forget missiles they said" - 2014
"We will never go past 1960"
"We will always make sure premium is not pay to win"
"We want a free and fun game for everyone."
With the release of tanks, were economy issues. Not enough tanks to play, so lower research gain. That was fair. When there was finally enough tanks to buff research gain, they buffed it. Then silently 2 weeks later raised how much it costs to research a tank by slightly more than the research buff was.
Converting XP used to be a 400:1 Lion:GE. So, in a way you could fairly transfer XP from your hard earned money. Now it's a 40:1. Your dollar is worth 10x less now in this game.
Like to be impenetrable from almost all angles except the rarely seen back of your turret? $250 CAD on the market will get you that. Oh yeah, did I mention ON TOP of having a Micro transaction research tree there's also a new built in market system like steam trading just for skins, tanks and other rare items. Where $1GJN (their currency) is worth almost $2 USD! But they don't tell you that when going to buy their currency.
So, not only can you pay the company to win, you can pay the players to win.
The maps haven't changed from 2012 and earlier except for some cosmetics. Maps are decidedly unbalanced and spawning on a certain side guarantees victory. The physics engine, despite being great for the time of development is now lacking. Tanks are invisible until they fire (Depending on settings/bandwidth), network errors will cripple your plane and sent you into the abyss, oh and to top it all off you can now buy a helicopter for $60 USD that allows you to spawn behind enemy lines and fire 48+ AP rockets at people as they spawn.
I've played this game since Alpha days. I've spent hundreds of dollars. I am somewhat addicted to this game because no other game comes close in what it does.
But they lie. The devs, the publishing committee, the forum Mods, Game Masters and PR. They want you to feel like you're having fun because it's a fucking sand-casino. Hundreds of dollars and hours of time you can spend in a game that doesn't suck your soul dry.
"Maybe this time." "One more match and I can get this tank" "12 more matches and it'll be easy mode" But no. research the craft you wanted for 4 months? Guess what, it has nerfed ammo, barely functioning engine, can't turn and your crew isn't high enough level to survive being /looked/ at by anything.
So, if you want to spend months, researching one tree, gambling on what it will be like, hoping it gets fun at high tiers, you're sorely mistaken. Time in, progress, loyalty and skill reward nothing in this game. You get shit on with the rest of the playerbase until you pay the snail for premium vehicles and a premium account. Past tier 3 you will not earn RP. You will not earn Lions, you will not be having fun and you WILL be wondering why you've spent so much time playing a game that offers no reward. Your progress in the game is based on wins and losses. You can end a game top of the board and still make as much RP as the player who did nothing. Win though? You''ll make 3x that.
Oh yeah. There's also boats.
Don't be like me. Don't play the sand casino. Run far away and play something else.

Didn't have a chance to write down yesterday's dreams, but still very fresh in memory. The first would be back in Hoth for yet another ice world adventure. I switched over to Fallout 76 and am installing Warhammer 40k Inquisitor thanks to that inspiring dream session.
The first dream in my first sleep cycle starts off working with game-replay from that night where I had my character in Hoth, I took a lot of time mapping out the game world have been doing some twitch streams and youtube lives of game play sharing this sacred art of dreaming in video game format. Suffice to say, as a trained skill the endless rewards and possibilities after 40 years still impress and amaze.
I do something that I call sensory-replay construction that takes the hypnagogic shift or REM Replay which bootstraps the dreaming process as we fall to sleep. And shapes the desired dream content as a point of dream entry. If you read through posts on this sub this method often produces the best results so I stick to this rule, if it works, don't fix it. What is nice about it, is it lets you organize the emerging dream replay rather than just allowing random thoughts to influence the emerging dream thus one can have an epic dream rather than dreaming random crap.
As I've done with other SRC dream entries into SWKOR, I use the game-play material right before sleep as source-material and reference to build this information to bootstrap my own dream entry. I usually use Cantinas, Taverns or bars as an entry point but of late because of the character's Acklay, a really cool six-legged mount that I love, I have been using the character riding on the Acklay as the starting point. Generally a third-person perspective in this process I see the character very much as seen in-game appearing in the SRC riding on the Acklay. As the SRC starts to increase in fidelity where the visual quality becomes photorealistic and audible qualities start to emerge as if wearing headphones this is my indicator that the dream is now emerging as these particular audible/visual qualities do not emerge until such a time.
The last thing is to shift my awareness into an Avatar from that emerging dream canopy. This is where the "daydreaming" thoughts go into 100% immersion model where my visual perspective becomes that of the desired avatar. I've been avatar swapping for literally 40 years which means like Agent Smith in the matrix I can take over any dream avatar in my own dream canopy which for me makes like deep immersive role-play, and it's kind of like dream cosplay. I can even speak and sound like that avatar and emulate personality traits acting.
The avatar is my Togruta Female Sith which is challenging as I'm male so becoming a female character in my dream is not my standard workflow, but as an artist and role-player changing genders to fit a character for deep immersive dream role-play is fun. It's not a sexual thing, rather an issue of role-playing in the style that I enjoy, have been thousands of different characters in my dreams I don't bat an eye to this part of the practice.
I like challenges, I mean in one dream I turned my avatar into a Rampage sized mechanized spider, have been a Minataur, Wolverine, Collosus, Darth Vader, The Flash, my Warhammer Orc character, Vampires the list really just goes on and on however I've done this for 40 years now so it's just part of my dream work flow and part of the fun.
When my awareness shifts into the avatar as the last step, I can often dip in and dip out adjusting to the feel as once locked into this avatar it takes on a wide arrange of sensory-feedback in that form. In this case, I was successful on the first try and instantly felt the tactile feedback within the dream. I could feel the body of the avatar, back with reigns in my hands. The Acklay again moving forward in a spider like crawl and I was finally fully self-aware so stabilized into the Avatar, using the reigns as focal point to anchor the Acklay paused as I adjusted into this character.
I sometimes do a systems check, make sure things are working properly and I was noticing I could breath, the air felt cool and fresh so I just took a deep and relaxing breath now noticing the sound of my voice simulating the character also. I took my left hand and felt the head-tails but alas still not tactile feedback from those alien accessories. However when I touched the face, felt the soft smoothness of skin, the roundness of the forehead and lips, that all worked perfectly.
I slapped the reigns and the Ackla started to move forward out of a base into Hoth. The dream world was breathtaking, it wasn't simple dated graphics as the game presents. Rather it had that nice ultra-realistic quality which we are used to from our normal waking reality. I looked at the snow, the sky, the mountains in the horizon. There was a turret and I assume a capacitor or battery near it.
"This is so amazing," I said and noticed the sounds of the voice matching the character, the cold icy wind was blowing, snow was drifting with the breeze. I jumped off the Acklay and it disappeared a nice effect emulating game behavior. Now that I was standing, I took a moment and ran my hands down the body, feeling the clothing, the female figure yep... definitely simulating that influence from the game.
I started to walk and an imperial officer approaches wanting to speak with me. I decided however that I don't want to engage any dream drama because the stability of self-awareness, the visual stunning details and just how I felt was so amazing I wanted to just enjoy relaxing, observing and looking at the dream setting.
"Not now, I'm far to busy to speak with you. Now out of my way." I tell him and push him aside as I walk at the spaceport looking at the various characters. There were some space ships flying in the sky which I watched. The skyline was so amazing, it felt so epic really being there.
Walking also felt weird, the feedback was different than my waking norm to say the least. I reached back to feel the head-tails, I could feel them with my hand but no feeling from them but this time I didn't try to fidget with that detail as last time it cause me to wake up. As I walked I saw a reflective surface where I could see the avatar appearing in absolutely perfect detail to the game and walk up to examine the avatar. It was no doubt about as spot-on from in-game as my subconscious could reference... all that mapping paid off.
The this TaunTaun with a soldier in as white snow outfit rode towards the base. I watched just in awe, so cool to see in this rich dream realism. It was absolute heavy-metal dreamy bliss, I couldn't have been happier. I decide I want to go see if I could find one to ride and set off looking for one in the wilderness of Hoth, but some imperial officers and soldiers approached me demanding that I return to base and get briefed on a mission.
"Oh all right! I have better things to do so you better make this quick!" I tell them and we start to march towards the base, a protocol droid stood by the entrance still, void of animation like a statue. The officer was angry telling me that directly refusing an order can be punishable by death.
"Don't threaten me. You don't know what power I wield." I tell him giving into the role-play but a price to pay, it's leeching my lucidity and I'm not aware of this degradation slipping me back into a more unconscious trance-like state which starts to dim the dream memory also, we walk into the base and some Darth lord is there from the game. He is a Sith, heavy build but now the awareness loss is complete and I'm really getting diminishing returns on the replay.
At this point the dream starts to change in properties, this is the clever subconscious at work as my first dream in my first sleep cycle, it has other things it wants to work on as part of this ebb-and-flow. The dream becomes a more real-world setting, it becomes mundane and boring so I'll skip over that part of it because it will be a long while before I manage to weasle control of the dream back into my favor again. But this time it would be Warhammer 40k themed once my nefarious waking mind takes the reigns over the subconscious in this endless tug-a-war for inner-world domination.
In this dream, I was with my brother and there was a person who he worked with. My brother was giving me bad news that he had lung cancer and it was terminal with little time left to live. He said that he and many of his co-workers were exposed to a terrorist attack that used a small dirty-bomb and many people were exposed including him.
His co-worker a woman said that they had little time left and were trying to live out one more adventure. She said that they wanted to go to some rare-earth mine and collect some metals for her research. She has a uniform on and it strikes me odd. My brother pushes more of the cancer drama on to me gives me a hug and tells me he will miss me.
"Don't worry, the end is only a new beginning," I tell him. "There should be no fear of death. We are not long for any world."
There is a restaurant that has an outside serving window and I could smell the food and tell him I'll buy him and his co-worker some dinner. He thanks me and goes over to talk with her. I walk to the window and there is this cook wearing a white outfit with a cooking apron and short white chef's hat. It's a meat shop, and he's also a butcher so there is blood stains on the apron. He is cooking this beef shishkabob on a large flaming grill. I'm interested in what he's cooking so I walk into the establishment and stand behind him watching. He doesn't seem to mind.
I tell him that I want to order some over rice. He pulls out some take-out stylophone containers and scoops out rice from an industrial-sized rice-cooker. Then he takes two shishkabobs with beef and pulls out the metal skewers, and tops the dish with some steamed vegetables and sauce.
"You know those two?" he asks me.
"Yes, that's my brother and his friend from work." I tell him.
"Are you sure you know them?" He asks, which strikes me as odd. "Notice they both have tattoos." he tells me and I look at the tattoos on their hips, she has one half of a design where he has the other.
"I've seen those before, they are both halves of the Officio Assasinorium symbol." and he pulls out this large book and the cover is decaled in Warhammer 40k artwork. He opens up a page and shows me the tattoos merged together forming the symbol. "See they are assassins, are you sure you know them."
I look at the book and ask him if I can see it. He passes it to me and I look at the symbol, then look at the tattoos on my brother and his co-worker then look back at the book. I start to smile, "Clever." I told him. "I thought there was something odd about those two. She wanted to get some rare-earth metals from some mine which made no sense to me, but now it is all making perfect sense."
I start to realize it's a dream... of course should have been more obvious but the realism is always so entrancing. I start to flip through the book, the artwork of each page, a mastery of 40k characters, space marines, emblems and symbols galore. I find a symbol with two bolters forming the emblem and just admire the art.
"I should have known, but now you have shown me what I couldn't see and I thank you for that." I tell the chef.
"I thought you would figure it out eventually, you always do." he tells me.
"Immersion is a bitch." I tell him.
"Yes it is, but that's how you play the game." he replies. "Have a fun adventure."
Loud sounds billow in the sky, lightning cracks and storm clouds build. A large space vessel wrapped in cloud and lighting fires some pods that land near this cliff side. Groups of space marines emerge with deep navy blue armor. My brother and his co-worker see them and she hells, "Our cover is blown, we've been compromised." and she hits this device on her belt and turns into a Chaos Assasin, black armor, dark hair, lanky and her skin goes bone white with a leather band covering her eyes. Her teeth go sharp and her gums black with a type of vicious ichor decorating her teeth.
My brother also shifts into a character fitting of this amazing game genre also in black, he morphs into a type of psyker and starts to crackle with energy that builds up around him and he sends this blast towards the advancing team of space marines which hits with a loud explosion with electric static crackling they get knocked back as the female charges them some type of whip like weapon crackling with this dark slightly purple energy. (Been noticing a lot of cool whip weapons of late in my dreams not sure where the influence is coming from but they look cool.)
The remaining Space marines that didn't get knocked back start to open fire with blasters but she has some type of force-field deflecting the rounds and lays into them. I just stand there in awe, it's amazing to say the least.
"Well, at least there is some good food to eat while we watch the show." I tell the chef and grab a container of food and eat some of the beef and rice. It tastes really good and I just stand there like it's no big deal, just all hell breaking loose with Space Marines and Chaos agents locked in epic battle. Like I'm going to stick myself in that mess.
The chef laughs at me, "You are too funny, just going to watch them battle it out and eat food."
"I'm just in it for the art." I tell him. The battle goes quick though, the Psyker just rips through the space marines with more psychokinetic mind-magic ripping into them with an AOE crackle of lightning and I laugh... "Finally, something like Force Lightning! I was wondering when that would show up!" then I realize that I didn't get to cast it, but laughed at it being close enough.
After completely decimating the squad of space marines, they run off kind but running on hands and feet after all they didn't exactly look human after the transformation, very much like some chaos spawn.
I put down the food and tell the chef, "I guess I should go after them."
He laughs, "Only if you want too."
"Yeah, of course, they look cool and who knows what else is next." I tell him and I leave heading in their direction. The world has taken more of an offworld feel to it and there is a large mining camp in the distance, with a black polluted river at the base of a valley. There are banners and flags that are in perfect WH40k inspired artistic madness. I see the two running towards the mine which looks like it has a forward post and other agents of chaos greeting them.
The mine itself was pure fantasy though, with large buildings and containers reaching several stories. I am standing at the top of a cliff forming a valley with the river and just admire the dream and try to figure out how to get down the cliff and decide to climb down (I should have jumped) because it took a lot of time, I was being to cautious etc and the dream came to it's the inevitable conclusion of waking up.
Wanted to write it down but slept in on Saturday had other things to do but reviewed and made lots of notes for later.
Today's dream session was even more epic, with lots of long dreams such as working at a casino, hanging out in a safari setting making friends with a lion and giraffe (which was awesome). Fun to pet, so realistic. At a mall where I start to realize I was dreaming. There I proceeded to just fly to the top of a building and end up hanging out with some dream characters of course one female try to draw me into some flirtatious romance. But too experienced for these tricks of the subconscious and I use her as she wraps her arms around me and cuddles as an anchor point and stabilizes my awareness. I mean, she was very attractive and was being so nice snuggling up to me.
"You know you can only be with me until I wake up." I tell her.
"What do you mean?" she asks.
"It's just a dream, you wont be with me once I wake up is all so don't get too attached." I tell her.
"How do you know it's a dream?" she asks.
"I always know." I tell her, "But better a dream than nothing at all." and I look at her face, she is wearing glasses and I rub my hand down her face looking into her eyes.
"Well then don't wake up." she tells me.
I laugh, "I don't get that choice. It's an inevitability."
She has some other friends that are there, all-female and wanting me to show them how to dream. I play around a bit levitating and they get all amazed and wowed wanting to know how to do that.
"It's just dream control. Just intent." I tell them. And I get some huge lift upwards then just go super-sonic in a flash and rip into the clouds then take a good look at the city below and drop like dead weight falling rapidly to the ground and land with a booming impact.
I want to try something more fun and creative so conjure up some large fantasy creatures that I've been mapping out in Star Wars as I've missed seeing them thus far, so I create a large Gundark from the game. It's huge, imposing and awesome to look at. Here is what they are for reference.
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It looks amazing, the large arms, the head, the details were absolutely spot on. It was the first thing to pop into my head from the game. It moves around under my control, and I watch it animate. But why stop at just one, I want a lot of creatures so flip to a third-person mode and create units of Gundarks, and some Rankors, and some Colicoids forming this army line. I add some Archer units (don't ask me why just go with it, it's epic battle simulator) behind the large mass of huge imposing fantasy creatures then create an army of fantasy-themed characters like Orcs, High-Elves, Humans almost LOTD&D influenced as the opposing army. All that was left was a champion and I create this epic-looking character which of course was for me, armored, crackling with all manners of special effects and powers then snap into it for first-person vantage in this massive war that is about to commence.
In the first-person vantage point, it was just about as epic and amazing as fantasy war gets, the archers send out vollies of arrows as the large units charge forward towards the opposing army. I finally simulate casting Force Lightning but it's mixed in with Call Lightning as it takes up the whole skyline, the clouds rip down huge blasts of lightning into the opposing army lighting up the sky.
The Gundarks, Rankors, and Colicoids rip into the army, bodies are getting tossed into the air, it's pure chaos and of course... dream art. I create this levitation platform of energy-boosting me upwards and float forward following and directing the battle. It is... indeed... one of the most epic and satisfying dreams that I have had in a while.
But it's short-lived, there is this problem in waking life called other people and I've slept in again and the external noise of people talking starts to emerge into my dream, I'm confused as to what the hell all this talking sounds like my mother and sister (they are in the hall to the room) and it wakes me up. Well, one cannot complain, it was a lot of epic and awesome dream goodness to enjoy in the recall.

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