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[COLOR=DarkOrange]Officer One: Ya know, Bill, why do they keep putting these statues on benches? We just end up replacing them every three weeks, and they creep out the children. Plus these suckers are heavy. Officer Two: *shrug* Keeps the hobos off.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange][CENTER][B]The Only Limrick I'll Ever Write [L][/B] [/CENTER] [center]There once was a man named Bob Tucket Who's head was kept hid by a bucket He could not see When he went to pee And so he said "Aw, fuck it!" [/center] Thank you, thank you, I'll be here... well, I guess for another ten seconds... but I'll be back when I think up a better idea![/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]OOC: Ok, well, this is probably a little bit way too long, but whatever, it's my signup, love it or hate it... [B]Name:[/B] Levon LeVaughn [B]Age:[/B] 18 [B]Gender:[/B] Male [B]Appearance:[/B] [url=http://www.hyung-taekim.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_christian.jpg]Levon[/url] [B]Biography:[/B] Levon?s father was a career diplomat, who typically represented Canada internationally. However, the job required that he be out of the country most of the time, and on the move almost constantly? which presented many opportunities for philandering. While married, it wasn?t his wife who would be Levon?s father, but a Finnish nurse. When Levon was confirmed to be his dad?s, his father took him away and put him with a distant relative in Brussels, much to his mother?s protest. His uncle wasn?t a rich man, but he was happy to take Levon ? partly because he?d always wanted a child, bust mostly because Levon?s father sent him checks every month to keep him silent. Things progressed normally for a while ? Levon went to a school in Brussels and learned French and English, although he wasn?t terribly good at any of the other subjects, nor interested. Things progressed normally for a while, until one of Levon?s real father?s assistants died and he realized he?d need a new one. Rather than spend money hiring somebody, he decided he?d just train his son to be one and recruit him when he turned fifteen. So Levon was taken from his uncle and flown to London, where he was put into a school-for-the-gifted. Because he wasn?t a very bright individual, he generally struggled to keep up with the other kids, but his father?s money kept him progressing through school. After a while, Levon realized he could do nothing at all and still pass his courses; so he stopped doing homework or participating in class. His father saw this and was disappointed ? realizing that this wasn?t going to help him in the future, his father suddenly pulled the cash rug from under Levon?s feet. Within a week, he found himself out of a school and, more importantly, without a dorm to stay in. At the age of fourteen Levon found himself homeless on the streets of London. His father buried him, erasing him from his life and pretending like he didn?t exist. The market for homeless underage labour being what it is, Levon couldn?t find a job to make money ? however, his years as a layabout wannbe-rebel had given him some connections within the city, so he usually found somewhere to stay overnight; however, far too often he was forced to spend a rainy, dark night in one of the city?s many alleyways. It was on just such a night that, at sixteen, Levon?s life changed dramatically. Levon had never shown himself to be anything special, especially in the mental aspect of things; however, all it took was a spark to reveal the uniqueness inside of him. On one of his many nights sleeping in a back-alley dumpster, he was awoken by a loud banging sound ? when he roused himself to investigate, he found that he wasn?t alone in the alley. Four men more desperate than he were also in the alleyway; their eyes glistened when they saw him. As one might expect, the beating he received was savage ? he was barely even a teenager, they were full grown men with clubs. As he lay in a pool of his own drippings, he saw one of them wind up for the final swing, when he screamed like he?d never screamed before; with a groan, the man?s hands clutched at his eyes, dropping the club as he did so. He screamed aswell, and soon the other three assailants followed suit. Not one to push his luck, Levon took off. Over the next year, Levon?s powers began to expose themselves ? from light suddenly swerving to the right on him and causing him to tumble to the ground or be struck dizzy, to looking down and finding his torso ending at the waist, there were some strange things happening to Levon LeVaughn. At some point, he overheard a conversation about people with similar powers ? ?E-S-Pers?, the person had called them. At the age of eighteen, having lived as a vagrant for four years, Levon finally joined his people at Esper Hall. [B]Powers: [/B]Levon has the ability to [i]bend[/i] light, to a certain extent. He can curve it around corners, allowing him to see around things without putting himself into normal view. Furthermore, he can (partially) bend the light around himself, in effect making him invisible to the naked eye. He's also, on certain occasions, managed to deflect light away from people's eyes, basically blinding them. [B]Affinity:[/B] Autosexual [B]Other facts: [/B]Has a thing for wearing long overcoats, heat be damned. Is a fan of folk music; can play acoustic guitar and sing in a low voice. Has a varied apitite; can eat virtually anything and everything, and usually intends too. Is a fan of Westerns and 70's cop dramas, with a strong appreciation for older film. Considers Eli Wallach the best actor of all time. While he loves violence in films, he is a very nonagressive person and somewhat of a pacifist. He doesn't get angry easy, and is perfectly willing to concede almost anything to avoid a confrontation. Is not attracted to either male or female... game. His fragile ego is just one rejection away from being shattered - as a defense mechanism, he only loves himself, as he's not likely to be rejected any time soon that way. As they say: You need something done right, do it yourself. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]Right now the song I've always got in my head is [b]Wind Him Up[/b] by [i]Saga[/i]. Saga is a sorta-underground progressive rock band from Ontario, who've been around since the late seventies but never seemed to get a whole lot of attention because they came about at the same time as similar-sounding bands Yes! and ELO. Anyway, this song is pretty damn catchy; starts with a cool sort of offsetting guitar riff/synth battle with some keyboards thrown in. The song just sort of grows out of that into one of the catchiest bits of prog I've ever heard... SAGA! [/COLOR]

I still see the old skin... The blue one? With the branch thing and the mountain?

[QUOTE=Darren]Oh wait! I remembered why I pictured Lee Scoresby young: [spoiler]Because doesn't him and Sereffina have some sort of fling going on for a bit before he dies?[/spoiler] Anyway, if they did take out all the "anti-religious" context (which, I guess you could still call it religious) I would not be watching it... I would be infuriated more so than the holy-rollers will be when they find out what it's about. In any case, I don't expect we'll have too many people protesting until about the 2nd movie, unless there's some christian who's read the books and is able to sprad the word. Not that it isn't likely, but I suspect that right when they got to the blasphemous part, they would stop reading it... So who knows, I don't think it will be a big deal unless the movies turn out to be a big success, like Harry Potter.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange] Dude, check out the IMDb forums for this movie; the Christian Ch-rowd has already caught wind of HDM. "Oh no! Something that questions our beliefs! Slay the heretics!" Funny stuff, can spend the whole day there sifting through the hate and the fanboism... check it out. And I don't really know if Serafina's thing for Lee really means he has to be young; afterall, she's a few hundreds years old herself! Sam Eliott will make a great Lee... having a guy like Samuel L. as him would just turn this movie into another vehical for "Snakes on a Derigible!" jokes, rather than the serious movie this has to be taken as... having that kind of star power in what is essentially a supporting role would hurt more than help.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]1 - I own three Loverboy CDs, which I listen to regularily. What, they rock, okay? 2 - I'm into gypsy punk folk-rap. Yea, the most obscure genre of all time and I've got two CDs of it... Gogol Bordello FTW! 3 - I love Westerns. I have an Eli Wallach poster in my bedroom. 4 - Ya know, just about everything I do could be considered a guilty pleasure...[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=vegeta rocker]you do realize they are taking out the anti religious sentiments of the story right? Thats why im so worried it will suck.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange] No, they're not. They were originally, but decided to keep them in, although they're definatly toned down. For example: In the trailer, when Asriel is explaining how he wants to travel through the gate in the stars, one of the men in the crowd looks at him and growls "This is heresy!". The religious content is still there.[/COLOR]

[quote name='DeadSeraphim][size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]not even Frank Zappa can save you from this. *hadoukens both your hands off* TYPE WITH YOUR TONGUE I DARE YOU.[/font][/color'][/size][/quote] [COLOR=DarkOrange] Dude, what your avatar does in ten seconds only takes my gadouken [b]five[/b]! [i]Suck that **** down![/i][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]Hadouken? Um, right, what is this, feudal Japan? The hadouken's gone the way of the SHORYUKEN!!!!!! and the, er, hurricane-uppercut thing that Joe did, ya know, the one that was rigged... Outdated, bud. Time to move on. All the [i]cool[/i] people are doing the gadouken right now. Dan just didn't know how to use it; in the right hands, the gadouken's at least half as powerful as the hadouken (smaller=better) and you only need one hand to use it. Which leaves your other hand free to, like, make a sandwhich or get a girl pregnant or [i]whatever[/i]. I once used the gadouken to break the surface tension of the Black Sea, while at the same time using my free hand to take a poloroid of the aftermath. That's not even getting [i]into[/i] that time I used it to mess with Sagat's garden... classic! But, oh, keep your 'hackdoken' if that's what you want... If ya don't wanna be cool, go ahead...[/COLOR]

[QUOTE]I just went and watched the trailer online... I'm so excited now! Although, I have to admit, I was a bit shocked when I watched the preview; I didn't picture "Lyra's London" so high-tech. The book made it seem to me to be more around the equivalent of our planet's early 1900s. After all, in the second book, Lyra even says that her planet doesn't have movie theatres. Am I the only one that feels that way? But it still look gorgeous and absolutely thrilling![/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange] It's a steampunk type of thing - it's not like their world developed exactly like ours, just at a slower rate. They came up with different things at different times than we did - like I said, think steampunk. I admit that I also had a more Victorian view of the world, but a sort of hybrid of the old and the new and the unique should at the very least be entertaining.[/COLOR] [QUOTE]OH, and about the daemons: I'm so upset that we don't get to see Mrs. Coulter's (Nicole Kidman) daemon. That was my favorite one in the entire series. We even got to to see Lord Azriel's Snow Leopard, and I believe Pantalaimon... But no golden monkey!!! Why not?[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange] The monkey is probably harder to animate than the other two - I'd rather they spend a whole lot of time on a spectacular incarnation of evil than rush it just so that it'll be done for the trailer.[/COLOR] [QUOTE]Also, I'm excited about the cast, except for the hot air balloon guy.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange] You didn't picture him as a cowboy in a derigible? 'Cause Lee has always looked a Sam Elliott-type of guy to me... Eliott isn't a great actor but he does one thing well - cowboys. I suspect he'll do a great job.[/COLOR] [QUOTE]They're brilliant books; if the movie(s) is (are) half as good, they'll be in the upper echelon of modern children's films.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange]Children films...?[/COLOR] [QUOTE]One thing this movie will clear up is how to pronounce some of the names from the book. I don't think I've ever pronounced Iorek's (spelling?) name right, and Pantalaimon as been giving me equal trouble... So at least That will be cleared up.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange] 'Iorek' is pronounced 'Yo-rek', and I think Pantalaimon's is said 'Pan-ta-LAI-men'... just call him Pan.[/COLOR]

[color=silver]Bottom Cat: We're a totem poll! Middle Cat: Hi-ya-hi-ya-ho-ya-hi-ya.[/color]