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I just watched the news Bonds movie, and i have to say that it was less the satisfying.

Really it was 90 minutes of shooting, punching, falling, and explosions. Oh, and beautiful woman were eVerywhere. Apparently Bonds is the only male agent out there.

Pssh.

I was hoping i'd sit through a fantastically written script, except i find that there was hardly any dialogue. Really, the bare minimum.

And, to top it off, it lacked its essential kick ass cars. WTH? This is a 007 film, where are the Aston Martins, and what the hell is this Ford Edge doing here?

Really, you guys serious?

Its sad, i knew making the adjustment to this new Bonds would be hard, but the failure of maintaining other essential parts of 007 just made it that much more difficult. Its a shame, really.

*peaks in with wary eyes*

Hey guys. What happens? What goes on? Anything interesting at all?

No?

Ok.

I know you guys think that i'm welshing on the bet, but thats not it. Not really.

You see i sold my laptop in order to have enough money for college expenses. I swear. And its a bit diffuclt to record yourself eating a hat in the library computar lab...

Their macs are so slow!

Anyway, i figure i'll just wait until i visit home...

Can you guys muster up the patience? Can you do that for me? I dying man's last request?

Oh, and i will cut it up in peices. Atleast thats what i think i'll do. As for the deep fried suggestion--hats are fattening enough.

If you guys can agree to another punishment...

I'm not sure if i'd agree. But things are looking pretty bleak right now. I'm a man with nothin' to lose!

I say, bring on the Brotherhood 2.0! Bring It!

*Major spoilers*

K, just wanted to make sure in case people didn't take the thread name seriously...

So, I think my favorite might be FE -- but I'm not sure.  I'll have to read them again.  I loved it--with the crazy plan and the wonderfully romantic Elend/Vin scenes.  *sigh* 

WOA--I actually really liked.  For me, it had the most surprising revelations (I saw a lot of them coming in HOA, for which I felt proud of myself).  I for one LOVED Zane, and it surprises me that everyone hated him so much!  He added such intrigue to the story.  Of course I love Elend, but a large part of me was pulling for Zane.  Maybe that means something is wrong with me.  Luckily, I married an Elend kind of guy, so I'm ok . 

HOA--This was fantastic and very fast paced, which I loved, but Vin and Elend die.  It's so anti-climactic for me.  They were supposed to rebuild the world and start a government and have a family (in my mind).  It's so depressing to see them die -- even if they are in a Heaven-like place.  The fact that we know their spirits live on made it MUCH better, but, still, this made the book/series much more depressing for me.  I need to get over it because I loved the series.  Any ideas on how to get over it? lol

Each book was great in its own way -- but HOA let me down at the end.  So, I'd have to say it's a close one between FE & WOA, with FE maybe barely edging it out...

I too loved Zane. He was by favorite minor character. He might have been my favorite--i just didn't feel like i'd read enough to say so.

Anyway. He's awesome. Chaos doesn't know what he's talking about.

Get over it?

hmm...

I don't think its possible, what you could do is reread it, or lend it out to someone to read it and after they have done so you could discuss it with them. You could begin writing a story...

Ohh, i know, ram your head on the wall hard. to the point where you can't remember your last name or anything beyond the pain you feel.

Than you can relive and re-experience the book in the same sense. (assuming you can still read)

I agree that Vin and Zane's fights were good examples of what allomancy could do. However, imagine you were a producer or director. Which fight do you think would be the funnest to shoot. or as a viewer, which fight do you think you would most enjoy to watch?

If the planet is tilted a lot less than Earth, but still tilted a little, it could have seasons that aren't extreme and the day length would not be very different from summer to winter.

Also, the seasons could be due more to the distance from the sun than to the axial tilt: but that would mean that seasons would be more extreme on one pole than on the other. For example, if we assume that the Final Empire's seasons are due mostly to distance from the sun and the planet is not tilted at all (I don't remember; how much does the book talk about day length changing as the seasons progress?), then north and south poles would have summer at the same time instead of at opposite times like on Earth (our Earth is actually slightly closer to the sun during northern hemisphere winter; our seasons come mostly from axial tilt rather than sun distance).

Perhaps that very detail is the glitch that TLR couldn't take into account...

HoA was my favorite no doubt. but it didnt have my favorite scence from the trilogy. that forver will be kel fighting the inquisitor.

Hah! That an awesome scene, no denying that, but Mist-wielding Vin vs the inquistors is by far the best in the trilogy.

Followed by Atium-burning Elend in the last stand. Then kelsier vs the inquistor.

Ahhhh, I can see this conversation lasting until the release of whenever the next book comes out.  We may as well just list every metal and alloy there is as well as every possible thing it could do.

Hey miyabe, nice to...read you again?

anyway, that is what we will do, that is what we do here, isn't it?

Hello, Timewasters, duuh.

Pluses things like this, it keeps the brandon sanderson thread unit going...the usual speculation and theoretical lot has ended with the release of HOA and discussing the finish has grown wan...We need this thread.

Wait, i don't understand, does everyone already have their stuff written, or will they start from scratch tomorrow? I began writing mine because i thought it was a competition of how much words you could fit in....

Well, i guess that doesn't make much sense either, does it?