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Messages - Entsuropi

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Writing Group / Re: Pen names
« on: December 12, 2006, 01:32:04 PM »
Use 'Evil Undead Over Mistress'.

Hey, it'd sell books, right?

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Table-Top Games / Re: question on Three-Dragon Ante
« on: December 12, 2006, 12:01:58 PM »
I got curious and my gaming group is always interested in new card games to play, so I ordered it off the internets. I'll let you guys know how it matches up when I get a chance to play it.

It got a really favourable review from RPG.net though. [/fraternising_with_enemy]

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Video Games / Re: FireFly MMO
« on: December 11, 2006, 01:22:46 AM »
I bet a fiver it never gets released.

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Movies and TV / Re: The Hobbit, sans Jackson
« on: December 09, 2006, 11:13:19 AM »
One interview I read with Jackson says that he never hears about this sort of thing first hand - he keeps reading about how he is apparently going to work with xyz on abc on the internet. He also said his schedule was full for the next half-decade. Basically, I wouldn't hold your breath.

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Movies and TV / Re: The Golden Compass movie
« on: December 09, 2006, 11:11:03 AM »
I thought most of the christian elements remained in Narnia (since the elements resolved around Aslan, mainly, rather than speech). But I agree with you on the heavy-handedness being a bad thing. I didn't like magicians nephew too much, because it was so blatantly a genesis rewrite.

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Movies and TV / Re: Apocalypto
« on: December 08, 2006, 06:47:43 PM »
It comes out here on the 5th of January. Gutted!

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Movies and TV / Apocalypto
« on: December 08, 2006, 12:09:53 PM »
I added a poll, to test it out. You can vote for as many options as you want.

I'm quite excited for this movie, after reading some reviews of it online. I especially admire the use of the ancient language, which I feel adds immeasurably to the immersion and feel of any historical movie. I'm the kind of guy who installs Latin voice packs onto Rome: Total War, just for how appropriate it sounds.

The thing that amuses me, actually, is how this is Mel Gibson - the man who starred in the hilariously inaccurate Braveheart (the battle of Stirling bridge - without the bridge! :D) doing a fiercely authentic recreation of a long-dead culture.

The reviews did mention it is incredibly violent, as well as an essay on the percieved decline of Western civilization and the Iraq War, which could make it humdrum, but reportedly it's a very fast moving flick.

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Movies and TV / Re: Heroes ***spoilers***
« on: December 07, 2006, 02:33:06 PM »
I absolutely loved the conversation in the stake out, really funny.
'He can be kinda cute. Wait, did he just read my mind?' She looks across and sees Matt chortling to himself.

Feel sorry for Claire - losing Zack like that must be pretty harsh. And why would Mr Bennet want to use the haitan on Claire herself? To remove her memories of her friends knowing, or just to remove her knowledge of her power? It doesn't seem like a power that would take long to rediscover, since Claire is so amazingly accident prone.

I quite liked the end of Eden's little story arc - she was doing this morally ambiguous job and it just suddenly started getting to her.

Why did Eden think the Haitan couldn't speak? What's his secret?

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Everything Else / Re: NASA plans lunar outpost
« on: December 07, 2006, 01:38:05 PM »
Other planets have stuff they could mine that is much rarer on Earth. Lots of Hydrogen on the moon for example, which could be used for power generation.

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Movies and TV / Re: Superman
« on: December 05, 2006, 02:23:27 AM »
"Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When that character wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone. Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears - the glasses, the business suit - that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent: he's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race."

Not seen superman myself, and I despised Superman 1 when I watched it earlier this year so I probably won't. But that assessment is wrong in one respect: Bruce Wayne is the alter ego for Batman. I'm told by a huge comics nerd (huge in his nerdity, not in his weight) that it's a consistent point of the comics, that all the relationships and activities of Bruce Wayne are entirely for show, just to cover the tracks of Batman. 

I can't wait for Batman 2. Whoever they get in to play the Joker has a fairly major task ahead of him.

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Movies and TV / Re: Heroes ***spoilers***
« on: November 21, 2006, 08:32:27 PM »
I thought that the way he pointed at Eden and then paused indicated that he was trying and failing to use his powers, this being before Eden said anything. I also think it's safe to say he didn't realise Peter was a super - otherwise he would have done some chowing. I expect that peter will become the best man to fight Sylar later, since he'll be on equal grounds with him. Depending on how good Peter gets at using his ability.

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Movies and TV / Re: Heroes ***spoilers***
« on: November 21, 2006, 04:38:02 PM »
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704270/

That's the man playing Sylar now. What happened to Sean Bean? It looks like all mention of him has been removed from the Imdb listings.

Otherwise, fantastic episode. Sylar was scary, and his showdown with Eden made both look very creepy. Surprised that even Sylar can't resist the Haitan's powers, but I probably shouldn't be. This now makes me wonder why the Haitan didn't take care to negate Nathan's powers a couple episodes back.

I wonder if Zack's gay or not. I couldn't quite tell on a first watch through.

Mohinder said probably the most disturbing line tonight: he went up to a small boy in the street, knelt down and said 'You came to me in a dream'. Also I'm assuming that everyone in India is speaking in perfect English because they couldn't be bothered using subtitles. I'd like to know what's written on the boy's shirt as well.

I'm willing to bet that capturing Sylar will backfire on BGM.

The painting is probably Radiation Man.

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Movies and TV / Re: review: Casino Royale
« on: November 21, 2006, 09:56:53 AM »
Fantastic film. The bond was dangerous and brutal, just like you'd expect an assassin to be. And the bad guy was a believable villain, someone you could imagine existing outside of the Bond world.

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Everything Else / Re: AHHHH!
« on: November 20, 2006, 04:51:16 PM »
Saint fails at spell check.

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Everything Else / I want pie.
« on: November 19, 2006, 03:22:13 PM »
Pie is nice. Not as nice as steak, but still pretty danged nice. The pies you get from supermarkets can be a little sub-par, but when you get a nice steaming pie with a nice flavourful pastry topping it's really quite ace.

And thus concludes our test-post.  ::)

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