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Post by virgil » Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:20 pm

> Kaelik wrote:What's wrong with Blernsball?

It's Calvinball, in the year 3000. Not really something that can realistically be played in the setting; not to say the episode wasn't amusing.
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Post by angelfromanotherpin » Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:42 pm

> Maxus wrote:Tech sure came along fast in 70 years.

1850s to 1920s is the explicit model the creators were working from, according to this interview.
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Post by Maxus » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:14 am

> angelfromanotherpin wrote:

> > Maxus wrote:Tech sure came along fast in 70 years.

> 1850s to 1920s is the explicit model the creators were working from, according to this interview.

No argument there. The city is gorgeous and sort of believable, it's just such a huge departure.
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And I guess my thing with Pro Bending is how I'm really, really hoping that the series doesn't turn into, say, Bend-Gi-Oh! where everything begins and ends with pro bending.
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
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Post by angelfromanotherpin » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:22 am

> Maxus wrote:And I guess my thing with Pro Bending is how I'm really, really hoping that the series doesn't turn into, say, Bend-Gi-Oh! where everything begins and ends with pro bending.

I find your lack of faith disturbing. I think we're safe given how awesome a pro- wrestling episode the first series had, without becoming an all pro-wrestling show.
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Post by Maxus » Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:35 am

> angelfromanotherpin wrote:

> > Maxus wrote:And I guess my thing with Pro Bending is how I'm really, really hoping that the series doesn't turn into, say, Bend-Gi-Oh! where everything begins and ends with pro bending.

> I find your lack of faith disturbing. I think we're safe given how awesome a pro- wrestling episode the first series had, without becoming an all pro-wrestling show.

ME3's ending shot me right in the faith; their response of "We would like to maintain our team's artistic such-and-such" gave the wound a nice kick. I'm still healing. So my cynicism is probably turned up too high.
I'm certainly hoping for something awesome.
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
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Post by Maj » Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:30 am

I have taken a perverse and sinful liking to GCB (Good Christian Bitches Belles). I laughed so hard during the first few episodes that Ess decided to actually pay attention to the series; we both get a kick out of it.
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Post by Maj » Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:31 am

Double post.
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Post by angelfromanotherpin » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:38 pm

More Legend of Korra stuff:
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Post by Maxus » Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:25 pm

Just saw the new episode, thanks to the miracle of DVR.
Faith is being restored.
I really like the fight scenes now. Less bending-intensive, and non-benders seem like they can fight back now. I especially liked Mister Zapstick--and even the ordinary chi-blockers had some sweet moves.
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
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Post by Cynic » Wed May 09, 2012 7:54 am

> Maj wrote:I have taken a perverse and sinful liking to GCB (Good Christian Bitches Belles). I laughed so hard during the first few episodes that Ess decided to actually pay attention to the series; we both get a kick out of it.

Yeah, I'll second this. I've totally started liking this show quite a bit.

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Post by fbmf » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:42 pm

A friend finally loaned me the first season of 24. I thought Jack Bauer was supposed to go all carnival freak crazy and interrogate suspects Gitmo style. I was less than impressed by Season 1.
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Post by Blicero » Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:24 am

I genuinely enjoyed The Amazing Spiderman. A lot, even. And this really surprised me.
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Post by Prak » Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:36 am

> angelfromanotherpin wrote:More Legend of Korra stuff:

My favourite theory for the circumstances of Lin Beifong's birth:
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.

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Post by Cynic » Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:59 pm

Started watching "Slings and Arrows." I think this is the best black comedy I've seen in a long time. Of course, I'm so many years late to make this statement since the show is long gone. But it is awesome.

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Post by Maj » Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:57 am

Got the first season of The Newsroom and Ess and I are zooming through it. It's not quite as good as Scandal, but it's good enough that it overshadows all our other favorite shows when it's time to decide what we want to watch.
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Post by hyzmarca » Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:17 am

> fbmf wrote:A friend finally loaned me the first season of 24. I thought Jack Bauer was supposed to go all carnival freak crazy and interrogate suspects Gitmo style. I was less than impressed by Season 1.
> Game On,
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Jack Bauer doesn't get really crazy until latter on. He starts out as just a normal federal agent and family man having a bad day. He does some expedient torture, but not much.
But then he starts gradually losing all of his human connections and the stakes keep getting higher and higher.
Jack's got a real arc over the series where he descends into the mouth of madness and then starts to climb back out.
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Post by Bihlbo » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:54 pm

I was kind of bummed that Stargate Universe got cancelled. That was the first Stargate anything that I thought was good enough to watch on purpose. Some of it was just really stupid, but that stupid was surrounded by serious, engaging, deep and dark drama that made me want to keep watching.
Speaking of shows I can't watch any longer, I liked the Office enough to keep watching, and its finale was well-done, if not timely. It was probably one season too long, but the shows that should have been cut were scattered throughout its years.
I haven't been watching TV for about the last two years. When I see anything it's online, so there are a lot of shows (GoT, Breaking Bad) that I see only with some friends. I mean, I COULD watch anything online, but I'm lazy.
What I've enjoyed watching a lot more than TV is videos on YouTube, partially because I can see what I want without slogging through commercials. But as much as I enjoy pseudo-amature videos, I miss good writing, plot, etc. And somehow I'm keeping up with absolutely nothing that feeds my geek hunger. Why don't people make videos of tabletop rpgs being played? I'd totally pay as much to see that as I do to see anything else ($0).

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Post by Kaelik » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:01 pm

Wait, when was Stargate Universe cancelled? They had a third season?

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Post by Bihlbo » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:06 pm

> Starmaker wrote:Seriously, wtf? If this is a grim speculative fiction in the vein of Handmaid's Tale, why the cartoonish obnoxiousness? I mean, I like lighthearted movies - but I want songs and dance in musical comedies and epic fantasyish solemnity veering into self-parody in fairytales. This movie is horrible, horrible, horrible.
> Also: why the kids aren't kids and why aren't they hungry? If Hollywood can put ripping muscles on elderly "sex symbols", surely they can aftereffect some malnourished kids? And this is the *first* movie, surely they can find actors who are the same age as the characters?

That really bothered me about the movie too. It's like the movie was made to cater to sheltered suburban kids without any imagination, who just put themselves and the people they knew into the books rather than stretching even a little bit to imagine what it would be like if even some of the events in the book were real. Jennifer Lawrence is pretty and a good actor, but part of what makes her so hot is that she isn't thin. She obviously doesn't miss meals. She obviously does not have the body of a girl who spends most of her time in the woods hunting small game for basic sustenance. That girl loves her carbs. That girl is nothing like Katniss.
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Post by Stahlseele » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:37 pm

So, did i understand this right?
Aang was the last Airbender.
So no more Air-Bending. Ever.
Korra is the last Water-Bender.
So no more Water-Bending. Ever.
I'm guessing it'll be an Eart-Bender next.
But, technically, should it not have been a Fire-Bender by the Time Korra was about? Or Somewhere in between?
Did the Fire-Nation not kill off all the Air-Benders to make sure none of them was left to become the next Avatar and so it would skip them and come straight to the Firenations Firebenders?
And even if that was not the case.
If the next Avatar is an Eart-Bender, who will teach him/her Air-bending and Water-bending?
Nobody who knows how it works is left anymore, right?
And even if the Earth-Bender gets to be Avatar before the Fire-Bender, then by the time the Fire-Bender gets his/her turn, they will enslave what's left of the Eartheners by then anyway right?
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Post by Kaelik » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:41 pm

> Stahlseele wrote:So, did i understand this right?
> Aang was the last Airbender.
> So no more Air-Bending. Ever.
> Korra is the last Water-Bender.
> So no more Water-Bending. Ever.
> I'm guessing it'll be an Eart-Bender next.
> But, technically, should it not have been a Fire-Bender by the Time Korra was about? Or Somewhere in between?
> Did the Fire-Nation not kill off all the Air-Benders to make sure none of them was left to become the next Avatar and so it would skip them and come straight to the Firenations Firebenders?
> And even if that was not the case.
> If the next Avatar is an Eart-Bender, who will teach him/her Air-bending and Water-bending?
> Nobody who knows how it works is left anymore, right?
> And even if the Earth-Bender gets to be Avatar before the Fire-Bender, then by the time the Fire-Bender gets his/her turn, they will enslave what's left of the Eartheners by then anyway right?

Um... Have you watched either show? But especially Korra?
Cause, there are like, a metric fuck ton of water benders, and one of the main characters who teaches Korra Air Bending is an Air Bender after Aang.
The original show answers the question of why they didn't kill off all the air benders. Because they did, except Aang, who existed before they had the power to kill of all the Air benders.
And the next one is an Earth Bender, because the last one, before Aang, was a Firebender.
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Post by Stahlseele » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:47 pm

i watched the aang show some years ago, had no chance to watch korra yet. wonder if it will ever be on TV over here in Deutschland.
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> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Kaelik » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:50 pm

> Stahlseele wrote:i watched the aang show some years ago, had no chance to watch korra yet. wonder if it will ever be on TV over here in Deutschland.

The internet exists.

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Post by Prak » Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:42 pm

Hell, all the episodes are up on itunes. Or any of a number of streaming services might have them. Or you can torrent them.
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Post by Corsair114 » Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:57 pm

I'm watching Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan at the moment. Also waiting for Arrow to start its second season, but other than that, I don't find myself watching much of anything anymore. I've been too absorbed with my fantasy heart-breaker to have much interest in TV or movies.
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