Eli Goings
@eligoings
Classics Grad, Teacher, Democracy Partisan, film enthusiast,
Latest and greatest in Goblins technology after a few leagues trying out different things. Hard to believe some of the numbers here, but I feel good about it.
Some different directions I could see Goblins going with Bolg's Company. I wish I had more time to test games, so I hope some people try any of these lists and let me know how they feel!
I took 2 months off of Magic, thought I'd play a league to get my brain activated, esp with Bolg's Company coming out soon, and got this 5-0 pretty cleanly. Exciting, and not a car in sight! UB Delver 5c Beans UW Phelia Omni-Aluren GB Cradle
I just read this last week and it fits the bill pretty well in conversation with After Virtue
Reading for the summer, some for fun some for work, some both. Also at home is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Message and a few books on learning.
Got a brand new Containment Priest bug for @magiconline.bsky.social to look at. Priest flashed in response to Muxus, exiling a buncha stuff including Squee. Squee should still be castable from exile, but I wasn't able to.
5-0s continue to elude me, but I've been getting a pretty decent swath of 4-1s with Gobs since getting down to this build, of which there are 2 slots I keep fiddling with. Pashalik/Putrid Goblin are my current holds on that slot, but also will try Impulsive Pilferer over Putrid Gob next.
Sorta interesting point on just how fast Legacy has become; there are 0 3 drops that people are actually spending 3 lands to cast other than Barrowgoyf. Legacy used to be basically defined by 3 drops. Goyf is often better than almost all the other options, but you'd think there would be something!
Sent to the immigrant rapid response fund, thanks for taking initiative!
Opp had me absolutely losing it, if you're tilting off in chat you should be this level of funny about it
Some other exciting stuff, but this is some 10/10 Legacy Goblins material, LFG
Since Premodern arrived on MTGO a few days ago, I've been jamming a ton of games with Gobs, and having an absolute blast. It's so much fun to Port + Warchief + Piledriver people, cycle Gempalm Incinerators (and easily connect with Lackey lol). First trophy here!
🏆* (first match win through disconnect). Port Gobs actually doing substantially better than Tombs in this new meta for me. Might come down to extra R source more than anything though. Beat blue Post, GB midrange stuff, UR tempo w/tamiyo, and Omnisneak. Gonna -2 surgical -1 REB for 3 Leylines prob.
I close this thread with Ran (1985), the first film I saw Tatsuya Nakadai as the lead. It changed my relationship to film and led me down the path of seeing so many of the above movies, for which I am extremely thankful. The world of cinema would have been far worse without Nakadai's contribution.
The psychedelic nightmare of Kagemusha (1980) is often considered mere preamble to the next movie, but I think it's underrated. Kurosawa's tragic story of a man implanted in society far above his station is carried on its back by Nakadai's touching and deeply sympathetic lead performance.
High and Low (1963) has Nakadai playing the detective in a masterpiece crime drama. Much of this role is devoted to his reaction shots and balancing out the more explosive Mifune. I need to watch this one again!
One of his truly great performances! Sword of Doom (1966) has Nakadai as a truly evil anti-hero, a complete sadist, whose madness is perfectly portrayed with Nakadai's signature wide-eyed stare. The character so evil that he breaks the narrative of the movie he's in!
Admittedly much more of a Mifune movie, Samurai Rebellion (1967) still has a great role for Nakadai as the fatally entwined friend to the protagonist, a man whose honor and role won't let him do the right thing. A tragic villain!
Shifting gears to my wife's favorite Nakadai performance, Kill! (1968) is a chanbara satire, a dark comedy that plays with all the tropes of the genre. Nakadai gets to show off his comedy chops, and it's genuinely very fun to watch!
The Human Condition trilogy is a monument of filmmaking, and Nakadai's performance as Kaji sells one of the great humanist dramas of the 60s. Kaji is just a man who wishes he could be a saint, but is condemned by his circumstances and his morals in equal measure.
In the sequel Sanjuro (1962), Nakadai plays a completely different character, an authority figure desperate to catch the rambunctious ronin. The blood geyser that flows from Nakadai at the end of the film is basically responsible for the entire aesthetic of anime violence + Kill Bill's whole deal.
His first big role playing opposite Toshiro Mifune (as he would often do), Yojimbo (1961) has Nakadai playing a gun-wielding maniac gangster, whose presence kicks the story into high gear, breaking a stalemate.
Technically, his first on-screen debut is about 10 frames in the Seven Samurai (1954), where he is uncredited. What an auspicious start to his illustrious career!
First, Harakiri (1962). I've talked about how this is a perfect film a number of times. Nakadai is a big part of that acclaim. He's actually quite a bit younger than the character he plays, but he conveys aged despair SO WELL. Go watch this movie right now!!