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The Solstice Event in Destiny 2 Needs to be Changed

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Destiny 2's Solstice of Heroes event started a few weeks ago, and I've been working on completing the armor for the Hunter and the Titan. Usually I look forward to the seasonal events, but I've never been overly fond of the Solstice event because I hate the European Aerial Zone.  When the European Aerial Zone, EAZ for short, was first introduced, it was a little exciting, but after the one play through it was boring and the only reason to keep playing it was to get the XP and/or complete the armor set requirements. After the first year I didn't really bother with it. If I just so happened to playing Destiny a lot around that time of year and I felt like wasting time doing the armor, I would.  This year I decided that I would complete the armor from start to finish, and for those who don't know what I mean, I'll explain it. Each hero class has it's own solstice armor set which includes a helm, gauntlets, chest plate, boots, and then either a Mark, Cloak, or B

Gunpowder Milkshake is mashup of the movies John Wick & Close, but it's not nearly as good as either

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Yesterday I had finished up streaming, and needing something to watch while I enjoyed some dinner. Well, I popped on Netflix and decided to give Gunpowder Milkshake a watch. Now, the only reason I had even heard of this movie is because someone wrote an article saying the movie was so much better than John Wick , and as much as I like Karen Gillan, there was no way that could be true.  First thing I did after reading that article was check out the trailer for the movie. This all didn't happen yesterday, I'm just giving you some background. Anyway, I watched the trailer and my first thought after watching it was that it was a complete rip of John Wick with the plot line from Close , or even Polar  with Mads Mikkelsen and Vanessa Hudgens.  For anyone who hasn't seen any of those three movies I mentioned, hers a brief synopsis. Someone kills John Wick's dog. John Wick also happens to be a retired hitman who was part a very big network of contract killers. Close  is about