The Vampire: Ed

Well, I had seen it this past Wednesday, and personally I thought it was a great movie. The sword fighting scenes were awesome, and choreographed perfectly. Not to mention the film had many spectacular effects. The plot wasn't bad itself, however it was pretty predictable. Johnny Depp plays the pirate Captain Jack Sparrows, and he played the role perfectly with a combination of charisma and comedic attributes. The movie is a perfect combination of action, comedy, and drama. It's a nice break from the usual films that come out, and this is the first live-action pirate movie to hit the theaters in a long time.

Here's my response, Chou Long Kai. Once again spoiler tags have been implemented just in case it's needed. [spoiler]All right, let's get down to it. First of all, James Cameron never said it was branching paths. All he basically said was that he didn't want to end the Terminator series like that, and he thought that there should be much more of a struggle rather that simply preventing Judgment Day after a single try. That's it. Also, in the first movie Reese said it himself, [b]John Conner[/b] sent him back in time to protect his mother. Reese didn't go back and change history by impregnating Sarah Conner, it was always ment to be somehow, even though technically the first Terminator could have never happened to begin with. Now, John Conner could not exist to send Reese back in time if he had not all ready impregnated his mother. Thus is why John Conner could not exist. He wouldn't have been alive to send anyone back to protect his mother, also if John Conner never existed than no Terminator would have had to be sent back to kill his mother. Not to mention that the machines, in the future, built the time machine to travel into the past to assainate John Conner. So [b]ONCE AGAIN[/b], How could the time machine be used to prevent Judgment Day? It would not exist to do so, and it would not exist for Reese to travel back and create John Conner. It's all a huge loop. Judgment Day happens whether you try to stop it, or not. And another thing, neither side, human or machine, could ever accomplish their goal. The humans could not prevent Judgment Day, by doing so means that they would never need to try to prevent it. That is one of the loops I speak of, by doing something like that you would automatically cancel your action out. Same can be said if the machine actually succeeded in killing John Conner using the time machine. It's just not possible. It is not possible to eliminate what the time machine was created for, by doing so would result in the time machine never being needed and thus it would unmake all of the changes they made by killing their target. John Conner is the primary target, that is why it was possible to kill the other people in T3 because the reason the time machine was built, John Conner, was still alive. Had John Conner been killed, it would have unmade the thing the machines had done. Also, if it was branching paths in time, then that means it would only change one path by altering the future. However, the future that all ready existed would remain the same. By going back in time to alter the future you would only create a new branch, you would not edit the existing path. So what could the machines, or humans gain by going back and making a new branch that they would never see. Ultimately the future is inalterable to them. It has to be a single time line for them to want to go back to alter it. They want to alter their destiny, but the fact of the matter is, no matter what way you look at it, it is impossible.[/spoiler] Whew, that was long...well, I hope it's fully understandable.

I'm not exacly sure if there are any major spoilers in here, but I'll use the spoiler tag anyway. [b]DO NOT[/b] read this message if you do not wish to read any spoilers about any of the Terminator movies. [spoiler]Here's the truth Judgment Day is inevitable. Going back in time and stopping Judgment Day is impossible. I believe Terminator follows a single path, not branching paths. That alternate ending in T2: Ultimate Edition is nothing more than an extra, an idea for an ending they were thinking about using. What that ending contains has nothing to do with the current plot since it was not used, and thus is only a deleted scene. However, think about what would happen if it was possible to stop Judgment Day. If Judgment Day never came, John Conner would not exist to send his father back in time to impregnate his mother with him, which is another thing that makes no sense since John should have never existed in the first place, not to mention if Judgment Day never came then there would not be any sort of time travel. How could they use a time machine created to kill John Conner/stop Judgment Day when it wouldn't even exist if they did so? It's an inescapable loop, the future cannot be altered so drastically that Judgment Day could never come.[/spoiler]

Deedlit, and Ravenstorture had good poems, however both did not seem to end with the apocalypse, or so it seems. Both never speak of the world ending just hinting at it until the very end, then nothing. Deedlit had the end of the world stopped, and Ravenstorture kinda just ended the poem without anything really happening to the world. They are good poems, and I definitely give major points for that alone, however the target objective was to do a poem about some sort of apocalypse, yet neither poem seemed to feature much about the apocalypse. Maybe, I'm reading it wrong, but that was my impression when I first read those two. It seemed as if they were using the definition found in the dictionary(Apocalypse: [b]1.[/b] REVELATION, [b]2.[/b] a prophetic revelation, esp. of a cataclysm in which good triumphs over evil) rather than the version usually used as a form of destruction, and death. Now, my personal favorites come down to AJeh, and Braidless Baka. Both poems were written well, and sounded how I feel this type of theme should sound. All though, I like both very much I do in fact like one more than the other. AJeh's is the one that I liked the most. It shows how fragile life is as well by talking of a single man destroying the world. Braidless Baka, you, in my opinion, get second prize this round. The other poems were good as well, however I was not drawn in by them as I was with those I all ready mentioned. Yes, even the two I critiqued. They may have missed the target in my eyes, but they drew me in more so that the other unmentioned poems. Oh, I almost forgot. I voted for Zidargh to stay. While I was not as drawn in to his poem as I was with the other mentioned, he still put a lot of work into his poem and it was written well. That's good enough to keep him afloat in this contest. Now, Zidargh was my vote, however my opinion goes further. Deedlit did good work as well, and thus I believe Deedlit should stay for the next round as well. Juuthena on the other hand had a poem that seemed rushed, and really did nothing to get me into it at all. Even though Juu is obviously popular, I would have to say Juuthena is the weakest of the three. Sorry, Juuthena no offense is meant by that statement.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by GinnyLyn [/i] [B][b]Q.[/b] Usually there are only two outcomes to a boss fight in any Final Fantasy game--win or die. What boss fight actually has [i]four[/i] ways to end the fight, and what are those four ways? [/B][/QUOTE] Well, I could be wrong. But I am pretty sure you're talking about Final Fantasy V, could be wrong because it's been a while. But In the final battle I believe you could get about four different outcomes depending on whom of your party is left standing after defeating the final boss. If I am correct, then my question is as follows: [b]Q.[/b] In Final Fantasy 3/6 there is an item called "Offering." How do you obtain this item, and what is it's purpose, what does it do? If I am wrong, the disregard my answer and question.

This may sound lame, but looking at that cat with it's tongue hanging out like that, I could only think of one thing-- [b]"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!"[/b] LOL! I'm an idiot, I know.

Well, I personally thought it was a great movie. The action was incredible, and practically nonstop. The plot--well of course it wasn't all that great in T3. But that's only because it's basically the same exact plot from the first two movies, except for the fact [spoiler]they actually delayed Judgment Day.[/spoiler] Seriously, did you expect it change that much at all? It's all about a future where humans almost become extinct because of the computers taking over, and John Conner is working to stop it from ever coming. But even then it still throws in a lot of plot that I wouldn't have expected, especially [spoiler] the plot twist in the end where it turns out that they could never really prevent it from happening, but only delay it. That was genius. Why? Because it wasn't the crappy happy ending most people probably expected.[/spoiler] I thought it was a really good movie, and the fight scenes were awesome as well. I can easily see this as the best Terminator movie of the three. I don't know why anyone would dislike it.

What makes me mad? Well, I'd pretty much have to say practically everything. Sadly, I am not merely exaggerating. When someone stares at me, I get mad. Someone whom talks to me when I am obviously not in a talking mood, makes me mad. Bratty little kids, make me very mad. My computer, and internet makes me furious. The heat makes me angry. The sun makes me angry. I get angered pretty easily anymore, but that could be attributed to many different occurrences in my life. But what makes me angry the most is when someone insults my dear Fluffy, whom you can see in my banner. Ain't she cute?

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Subversive [/i] [B]thanks Chris...:rolleyes: heres my newest creation...it took awhile so no insults....yeah... [IMG]http://otakuboards.com/attachment.php?s=&attachmentid=9714[/IMG] [/B][/QUOTE] Personally, I like this one the best. It looks awesome, and out of all of your other banners/etc. it seems the most original of your work. Besides I like the colors, and way the eye looks surrounded by it all. Definitely, it is my favorite.

First of all, it was a joke. It was said, I don't know, about several million times it was meant to be a joke, something all in good fun. People read into it too much. Charles posted that avatar thinking that Kevin could take it thinking he was just doing what normal friends do. They joke with one another, they say or do insulting things toward each other. When you're friends you knows it's all in good fun, and neither side usually takes it all that seriously. Sadly, Kevin either is the type of person who is overly sensitive about such things, or in reality never thought of Charles as enough of a friend to consider as a joke. I don't really know which to consider as truth, perhaps both. Charles took practically full blame for something that was not entirely his fault, so I wouldn't talk little of him. Especially since his avatar pales in comparison to an avatar of Hitler with the initials OB used to spell the word "Obey." Anyway, I will try to keep this as my first and last post. I don't wish to bring anymore arguements here, I just wanted to state my opinion before the topic is closed.

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, I, The Vampire: Ed, have fallen victim to cAttitude made famous by Charles. Woe is me.

I'd say either Hollywood Homicide, or Forrest Gump. Both are brilliant movies, and are hilarious.

That's awesome looking. I like the picture you chose, and the letters look pretty neat. I have never really been a fan of F-Zero, but that's a cool looking banner.

Kane is-or should I say was, my favorite wrestler. When the mask came off, I decided that I am no longer going to watch the WWE. They ruin every good wrestler I like, and now the last stitch of the old Kane, his mask, is gone. Kane is no more, he is dead and I do not want to watch WWE again. [center][b]Kane October 5, 1997 - June 23, 2003[/b][/center]

LOL, that really doesn't make any sense, and I'm guessing it's not supposed to. But it was hilarious. I wouldn't mind seeing more of this if you have any, or plan on writing more. It's great.

Haha, that was very funny-but sadly too realistic. I loved the part about what would happen to whomever canceled their subscription to "Holy Book of the Month Club." Keep up the good work.

Well, in my opinion, and I hope this does not offend anyone, I think this is probably the best poem I have read on this board in a long time. This has a very deep meaning to it that few poems possess anymore, and I think it's done very well. I personally do not think it's necessary to change a thing. It's perfect the way it is, and I see nothing wrong with it. Great work. I hope it wins, good luck.

Look! What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it's the point. Obviously, it flew right on over Mnemolth's head. You talk as if Charles was the one who started insulting you first. First of all, the topic is a discussion of the strictness of mods, not how Charles and James run Otaku Boards. So there is mistake number one, you went off topic. Not only did you go off topic, but you insulted them by acting as if you knew what you were talking about when you basically called them egomaniacs, then you called them intolerant. They can't be very intolerant if an ignorant person such as you is still allowed to post here. No one is arguing with you because you think the mods are strict, people are arguing with you because, on your high and mighty throne, you decided it would be fun to go off topic and criticize the administration and take personal shots at them as well as it's members and mods, once again. You're messing with the higher up members, because you want to prove your superiority. You're obviously very insecure about yourself. Which is why it's [b]NOT[/b] just the mods who have problems with you. Also, this smiley thing you do is rather ridiculous. You did it so you can act as if your statements were meant to all be in good fun, and not at all offensive to the person of whom you speak. Here let's see if this works. Hey, Mnemolth, you have the intelligence of three men! That's right. Larry, Curly, and Moe. :) ;) Now, does that seem any less offensive to anyone? Mnemolth, could you seriously just sit there and tell me that, that did not offend or anger you in any way? I doubt it. No matter how much you could try to claim that it did not, I seriously would think you're lying if you said it didn't bother you at all. Here's the bottom line. - James [b]DOES[/b] admit when he is wrong, and he acts rather mature about it. - Charles [b]DID[/b] have the right to insult you for your ignorance, and uninformed remarks about how he along with James and the rest of the staff do things around here. - Smileys [b]DON'T[/b] make insulting things you say okay. If it's offensive, and insulting, no matter what you say, a couple smileys isn't going to make it better. - You're the one with an ego, and you're the intolerant one. - Finally, I really think Mnemolth should be banned if he's going to continue to act the way he does. So, Mnemolth, be happy with James and Charles' tolerance of you, because many others, including myself, would be very tempted to toss you off Otaku Boards if we had a say in the matter.

Mnemolth, that is some of the dumbest sh--stuff I have ever heard. I usually don't out right say someone's opinions are dumb, because I am not that sort of person. But you are so ignorant to the truth that it isn't even funny. Some things can be agreed with, but most of what you say cannot be. First of all, debates, as far as I know, have always been allowed on Otakuboards. But most of them have to be closed because of how heated they get, most of the time there is a person who steps on other's toes, and that causes an uproar of arguing with vulgar remarks, and personal insults. These topics are closed for the good of the boards because we don't need a whole bunch of fighting, and arguing about things that differ with each person. If someone has a problem or wishes to discuss their views in a nature such as that, there are alternatives to doing it on the boards. There is always Private Messages, E-Mail, and probably the most obvious Instant Messaging and Chat. There is no reason topics should ever get that way, so there is no reason they should stay open. Secondly, Charles, and James run this place fine. The ego you speak of in Charles is his way of being humorous, and in no way should be taken seriously. Especially since when it comes to business, he is always very mature about what needs to be done, or talked about. The same could be said for James, but I don't know him as well as I do Charles. Besides, I have seen Charles and James asks some mods to be more polite towards the members, so you cannot blame them. Also, James is not as one sided as you make him out to be. A topic of mine was closed due myself being a little too vague, but I explained myself and he reopened it admitting he was wrong too for closing it like he did. We settled that issue and it was allowed to stay open. If he refused to be wrong as you make it sound, then why would he do such a thing with my topic? I don't like to thrust myself into subjects such as these usually, but I was upset by the obvious amount of ignorance in your post.

Kain's throne room is filled with the sound of plastic clicks echoing off the walls. A vampire soldier stands in front of Kain sweating, and shaking uncontrollably. The soldier celebrates as a loud click is heard, Kain looks down upon his fooshball table realizing he had been defeated by his own soldier. However, no one would ever know. The soldier clams down as he sees Kain staring a hole through him, then begins to claim his victory was pure luck. "You're right, it was luck." Kain said as he stabbed his vampire soldier in the face with the Soul Reaver, and laughed evilly as he watched him fall to the floor convulsing. "Bad luck." "Your secret is safe with me." A voice called out as Kain looked over towards the shadows, the Hitman, from The Hitman games, appeared from the darkness peeling an apple with his pocket knife. "Very good. Even with my keen senses I was unable to detect you -- And, this better stay a secret. Kain never looses at fooshball!" Kain said sd he pulled the Soul Reaver from his vampire soldier's skull. "Well, you are here. So it is safe to assume you received my package, but why are you here? Shouldn't you be doing your job?" "Job? What job? You just sent me this letter, and I wanted to know why? What kinda job could I possibly get from your fan letter to Steve Urkel?" The Hitman said looking confused as he hands Kain the letter. "What? I-oops-I sent this by mistake. Here's the real letter." Kain said as he handed the Hitman a letter and a small picture. The letter read: [i]Dear Mr. Hitman, I have a small problem that needs to be ironed out. It seems my ghost gang is being eaten repeatedly by a large yellow ball calling itself Pac-man. I will pay you fifty-thousand dollars in gold bars if you take this problem off of my hands. Your friend, Kain[/i] "I see. So you want me to kill Pac-man? All right, I'll take the job. Just be ready with my payment." The Hitman replied as he left the room leaving Kain with a sly grin upon his face. Suddenly, Kain feels a nudging at his right foot. Looking down Kain see a large yellow rat immediately jumping onto his thrown screeching like a little girl. Kain clams down looking at the large yellow rat return a stare of it's own, it's large black eyes even manage to make Kain "Aww.." at it's cuteness. Stepping down from his thrown Kain slowly picks the rat up suprisingl smiling at it. "Such a cute little thing aren't you?" Kain said as he rubbed it's head, but suddenly it screamed back at him. "PIKACHU!!!" It's little voice bellowed as a bolt of electricity shot forth shocking Kain, and knocking him off his feet. The large yellow rat, obviously know as a Pikachu, just smiled at Kain and repeated itself. "Pika-Pikachu." "You son of a..." Kain muttered as he got back to his feet slowly, but still shaking from the electricity pulsing through his system. Kain quickly grabs the Pikachu suffering through it's shocking touch to shove it's head into his mouth and bite down. It's annoying calls of "Pikachu" were silenced, and it's voltage died down. Kain tossed the headless Pikachu away wiping his mouth clean with his right hand. "Stupid little rat."

"From the shards of tattered dreams, I rose-unwilling. Tossed upon tides of pain that flowed and ebbed and left me searingly awake. And more revoltingly - alive." Kain slumbers upon his thrown back in Nosgoth dreaming of his nightmarish role in Blood Omen 2. He often dreaded even agreeing to it, for it's plethora of glitches and newly added plot holes only ruined the good image of the former nobleman, Kain. Kain, in his sleep, mutters phrases from Blood Omen 2 while gritting his teeth and growling slightly. Perhaps his dreams were on the many hours he had spent getting his lines right, and playing the role to perfection only to be bungled by incompetent programmers who can't even get their lip synching right at the most important part to the game. Kain suddenly stirs, and awakens clutching his head with his right hand while trying to shake the thoughts of his blemished image from his mind. "Oh, what a horrible dream. I must contact my agent about my future with Eidos, and the Blood Omen series. I don't think I can stand doing another one. I'll stick to more theatrical entertainment from now on, if this is the way it's going to be. But then they'd probably replace me with Ben Affleck, with Matt Damon as his little sidekick. They always stick those two idiots together..." "Master, you have a visitor." A vampire says as he enters Kain's thrown room. "He says he is - your master." Kain stands up immediately seeming enraged by the mere notion that someone clams to be higher than he. "Who is this fool, this poor deluded soul whom believes he to be mightier than I?" Kain asked with a look of anger. "IT IS I!!" A voice booms out. Kain looks around confused, there seems to be no one else in his presence except his vampire soldier. The soldier clears his throat, and points down. Kain's eyes grow wide, his lip quivers uncontrollably, then suddenly a roar of laughter escapes from Kain's mouth. "My god, I haven't laughed like that in such a long time. Thank you, my little friend." Kain says as he fights back further laughter looking down upon a small 2D sprite. The 2D sprite points at Kain, and yells with his oddly loud voice. "I am your master, the sorce of all vampires - I am Dracula!!!" The 2D sprite said revealing it's identity, but Kain laughs again staring at him. [center][img]http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/dx-duod1.gif[/img][/center] "You? My master? No. No one is my master, especially not some runt 2D sprite from the Castlevania games. You're a joke!" Kain says as he points at Dracula. "Hey, f**k you buddy!" Dracula replied surprising Kain with his foul mouth. "I am the Prince of Darkness you sniveling idiot!" Kain raises his eyebrow, then simply grabs a wine glass filled to the brim with blood turning it over to pour the contents onto the paper thin Dracula. Kain grabs Dracula by the leg, and picks him up quickly folding him in several places. After a moment Kain holds up Dracula shaped like a paper airplane. "Well, my lord, have a nice flight." Kain says as he flings Dracula out the window soaring through the air like a feather. "I'LL BE BACK! YOU'LL SEE! I'M GOING TO TURN 3D, THEN GO MEDIEVAL ON YOUR ***!!!" Dracula shouts as he disappears into the darkness that is the sky. Kain reaches for his sword, the Soul Reaver, at the side of his thrown grasping it by the handle. Quickly Kain brings it up lopping this vampire soldiers head off. An explosion of blood come forth from his neck as Kain sneers evilly at the now headless body stumbling about. "Idiot." Kain said as another soldier came in to see what all the commotion was all about, Kain looks toward the other soldier watching the body collapse. "If that little twit Dracula comes back, don't let him in. Throw him out. Or, I'll kill you too." The vampire solider nods as he slowly backs out of the room, leaving Kain to his own silence. Kain rubs his head feeling a headache coming on.

[center][img]http://www.giochi.it/fnts/giochi/immagini/278x182/bloodomen2ps201.jpg[/img][/center] [b]Character name:[/b] Kain [b]Reason for choosing character:[/b] Well, besides the fact that I myself am a vampire, Kain is my roll model. The coolest vampire in history. Kain cannot be classified as good, or evil. The simple truth is that Kain does what he does for himself, and only himself. Kain may save humanity, making him seem like he'd be a good guy, but in reality he's saving his servants so that they can satisfy his blood lust at a later date. A neutral in reality, waiting to choose the most benefiting path to himself. [b]My Knowledge of this character:[/b] Well, I have, in fact, owned three Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain's since my other two were practically stolen. I have played and beat Blood Omen about three times, then I bought Blood Omen 2. I beat that a few times as well. I have played Soul Reaver, and seen practically the whole thing. The only one I have not played is Soul Reaver 2. But I know a pretty good amount about Kain. [center][img]http://kainweb.unas.cz/main/kain01_ico.jpg[/img][/center]

I heard they all ready got Rob Zombie writing a script for a sequel to this movie, and he will direct it also.

All right, I fixed the spelling error and made the ending a bit smoother looking. Here ya' go.

Well, another point of this topic was also to talk about Doom 3. So people could also talk about the designers apparently not designing games specifically with the platform in mind, as well as Doom 3. My take on Doom 3 is simply that it's all graphics, while underneath it's just the same old game we've seen a thousand times from Id. I think when Doom 3 becomes available on whatever platform it is supposed to be coming out for I think it'll just be the same old game. Anyone else have comments on this, or wish to discuss my opinion?