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[QUOTE=Dagger IX1]If you know a certain post is bound to be lengthy, just type it up in Notepad. It helps keep things simple. :) ~Dagger~[/QUOTE] Yeah. That's all that should be done. I've used OB on several browers, and every one of them has let me come back to find my post unscathed if I go back in my browser. I just click the forward button and there it is.

You know, I love comedy... but even with people I found outright hilarious on TV or in films or quotes, I just cannot sit and watch them talk standing on a stage. I don't find it entertaining and I very rarely laugh at any of the jokes. I just can't get into it.

[QUOTE=DetectiveMikeRS][QUOTE=Dark Serena][size=1][color=purple][i]Rrrrrrrrrrrgh![/i] *presses fingers hard against temples* Well, my memory's inept, but I'll try. The Village, judging from what I've seen, takes place in colonial times...like, maybe 1700's? Anyways, these settlers find a village (I think) and they have the 'perfect life.' That is, if they abide by the village rules. Rules that say things like "stay away from the woods; they live there" and "when the bell rings, stay in your houses and lock up." I think there's a third rule, but I forgot.[/Quote] Sounds like a rip off of an X-Files episode: Arcadia it was called. Mulder and Scully went undercover as a newlyweds to investigate murders in a perfect neighborhood, and if you break the rules, watch out.[/QUOTE] That sounds more like the Stepford Wives than what she wrote... not that her assumption is what the movie is about anyway.

Who cares? I won't be alive to see it and that's all I need to know.

The Superman film has been plagued with so many issues over the past couple of years that I honestly don't even remotely care about it anymore. At least they ditched that awful script where Lex Luthor was an alien and Superman's cousin or some crap.

[quote name='ChibiHorsewoman][color=darkviolet']It doesn't really affect me at all that the govenor of New Jersey resigned. I live in New York, we have Hilary Clinton as our govenor...much scarier than Arnorld.[/color][/quote] Your governor is George Pataki...

I'd only see this for the action... sadly, that's really not why I watch Alien films. From what I've seen of this movie, they bombard you with so many xenomorphs in plain view that they seem to lose any sense of terror they once had. Oh well.

I'm surprised it was only mentioned in the opening post, but I'd have to go with Robotech. If it wasn't for the influence of this series, I don't think anime would be anywhere near where it is in this country right now. Obviously the show is a mish mash of various Macross-related anime with a twist to it, but it was one of the first series here that did well, crossed the "cartoons are for kids" gap and was obviously originated from Japan (many other shows weren't as obvious about this). Plus it spawned a rather successful novel series. Other things have followed and exploded at a far higher level thanks to many factors, but I think Robotech was one of the main catalysts.

I agree with Sciros's idea. I'm going to go between comedic/goofy cartoons and more serious/action ones. Seems like the best bet. [U]Comedy[/U] The Simpsons Futurama Family Guy Clerks: The Animated Series Sealab Fairly Oddparents Ducktales Tiny Toon Adventures [U]The Rest[/U] Batman: The Animated Series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (New or Old) The Simpsons is hands down my favorite show ever. However, I've not cared for the last few seasons and have basically boycotted them. I don't watch new episodes at all and resign myself to only reruns. The first nine or so years were amazing, particularly Season 3 and on. Love it Futurama was given a bum rap, I think. A lot of people saw it a couple of times, called it "Simpsons in space" and gave up. They're really little alike and a lot of the jokes really reward nerdy people in particular. There's a few "eh" episodes, but most are excellent. Family Guy is just hilarious. It's not as intelligent as the two I put before it, but it works because the jokes are just non-stop. I love the little cutaways the show does. Clerks would likely be higher than Family Guy if they made more of them. There's only six episodes and you have to buy a DVD set to see them. So funny though, especially once you let it grow on you. The show is so bizarre that I really didn't fall in love with it till I watched them all a second time. Sealab is kind of like Clerks in that it takes time to warm up to it. I've never gotten into Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but Sealab is great. Fairly Oddparents is amazing. I didn't love it at first, but the more I watch, the more I like it. Definitely Nick's best current show. I have a hard time putting Ducktales in comedy because it really was pretty involved. One of my favorite shows as a kid. I still watch it when its on and I love that movie they had. Batman just rocks... and I grew up with TMNT. What is the name of that show on Adult Swim with the kid with blue hair? I've seen it so many times, but I can't think of the name. I'd probably put that on here too.

I've never heard a song that I thought fit in Mario or Zelda outside of the songs that are already in the games. I think the music in them is perfect for them. Same with Doom, honestly. I really enjoyed the soundtrack for that game, even if it was cheesy MIDI. I don't really play music alongside games... Only on Xbox console-wise, since some games allow for custom soundtracks. I only do it for racers though, like Rallisport Challenge 2. Good, fast music fits it well. Zeromancer and Bad Religion were good alternatives, although I don't really mind most of the music already in the game.

I've never had a problem to that effect.

[quote name='Wingnut Ninja][color=teal']I've been meaning to ask, how smoothly does the game run overall? I've heard great things about the gameplay and I'd hate for it to be ruined by buggy misconceptions and careless glitches.[/color][/quote] Do you mean in terms of framerate and such? I've never seen it slow down in battles. It's a pretty constant 60 FPS, from what I understand. The only dips seem to be out on the field when you're running around between towns, and they only happen in certain instances. I've not heard of any other bugs. Some guy was complaining that he messed up some Sheena (a character in the game) thing thanks to the game's set-up... but apparently he was just dumb and didn't play far enough to see the outcome.

CMYK is for printing only. There's really no reason to even post it considering all monitors are RGB.

[quote name='Sir Auron']Currency markup, I assume. Every new game goes for about $100-120 NZD over here, whereas in America it goes for about $50 American.. I can only assume this is to make sure valuable profits aren't lost on the currency conversion.[/quote] She lives in Oregon, so I had that in mind heh.

[quote name='wrist cutter']It seems like I've seen a preview for National Treasure. What's this one supposed to be about?[/quote] Basically this guy (Nicholas Cage) is in a line of people who protect a treasure found by the forefathers of the United States. He spends time trying to find this treasure, and it turns out the map to it is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. So he tries to get it to no avail... so he winds up trying to steal it instead. The bad guys find out and are on his tail. Personally, I think it looks kind of lame lol.

I think at this point, the only two movies I care to see are Hero and Saw. Hero already has a thread here, so I'm sure people are familiar with it. Saw looks like a pretty disturbing horror/slasher movie, which really aren't all that good anymore. I'm hoping this one is.

[quote name='Vash331] do you have msn messenger? if you do you think you could transfer that cd to my computer? my e-mail is [email][email protected][/email'] if you wanna contact me. If you don't know how to do that i could tell you, it's easy.[/quote] No, but I could tell you to save the entire $8.50 it costs to buy it lol I wanted to bump this because I found an absolutely excellent review of the album on IGN. I don't think I could say it any better. The idea of the timeless quality of the way the lyrics are written is touched upon, among other things. [url]http://music.ign.com/articles/531/531680p1.html[/url] [QUOTE]The first thing you'll notice when you open the jewel case of Bad Religion's The Empire Strikes First--which is something I would recommend you do as soon as possible--is a lone phrase on the back of the album's liner notes. Excerpted from the lyrics of the record's third song and poignantly printed in red on black is the line "It's time to turn the tide," which serves both as a powerful statement on our nation's current affairs and an effective summation of the album to follow. The members of Bad Religion are angry. And this is their diatribe. Their anger is expressed not through callous hollering of uncontrolled bursts of venomous rage and the gratuitous dropping of f-bombs, but by quoting thinkers such as Thomas Wolfe and George Orwell. Not once does lead singer Greg Graffin raise his voice, resort to the immature employ of overt sexual puns on the President's surname or say a single word that couldn't be broadcast over the radio unedited. The man is beyond that and moreover, he believes you are, too. And even though this album showcases a band in control, one can't help but notice that there is a compelling vehemence bubbling just beneath the surface. There is nary a track on this album that is not driven by some sort of purpose. Each individual song has something to fight against, and the sum total of their combination is a representation of something to fight for. The result is nothing short of a modern work of art. Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, Greg Hetson, Brian Baker, Brooks Wackerman, and Mr. Brett Gurewitz takes to the podium with "Overture," a simmering, one-minute instrumental that fades gracefully into the record's first lyrical conquest. The dominant message on this album, one infused within the lines of roughly half of the disc's tracks, is the inherent danger involved in our society's seemingly out-of-control transition from the practice of open-minded and tolerant religious faith (or lack thereof) to the zealous fundamentalism of blind and pervasive "piety" which, Bad Religion argues, is crucifying the sciences (Graffin, BTW, holds a Ph.D. in biology) and driving the increasingly-destructive tank of our nation's politics. "Sinister Rouge" begins this particular polemic by attacking the recent scandals of the Roman Catholic church--"Child molesters and Jesuits/Holding secret conference/Underneath the Pontiff's nose/And only God will ever know" intones Graffin in one of the album's more arousingly controversial stanzas. The band's relentlessly abrasive attack on "bad" religion--pun most certainly intended, in the interest of full disclosure--does not conclude with "Sinister Rouge." "Social Suicide" ("I don't even know if I can ever find Truth/But I'm sure it won't come from following you"), "Atheist Peace," "All There Is," and no fewer than five other tracks concern themselves with the subject in one degree of capacity or another. One might think that a treatment of this magnitude towards a certain topic of discussion would equate to mind-numbing overkill, but Bad Religion simply takes an altogether different dimension of the issue in each individual song and gives it its own fair share of poetic justice. Lesser punk outfits may have been content to dedicate a single song to the subject of religion, but not this act; they take their time, disseminating their insight in small pieces, seamlessly molding them into an elegant collective of theses. And you know what? The technique is brilliantly executed and entirely successful. When Bad Religion is not lamenting the entropy of faith, they are taking on what seems to be a rather characteristic target of 2004's punk offerings: the current man in the Oval Office. "There's a prophet on a mountain," declares Graffin in the opening line of "Let Them Eat War," a song easily identified by the repeated proclamation of its satirical title. "Can this be what they voted for?" (It would be all too easy for Bad Religion to follow up that particular lyric with something akin to "No, they voted for Gore." But again, the band elevates the song above such a clichéd and impotent stab; they are concerned not with the past, but the present, and the bleak future it appears to be shaping.) Bushian policy is also the sacrificial lion of the album's catchy title track and "Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever," a song which derives its title from George Orwell's dejected vision of the future. Though Orwell would make for a valuable resource in a song designed to denounce the Patriot Act, Bad Religion chooses instead to hold up the author's chilling illustration as a portent of what our society is destined to become should we continue to reject the views of those willing to question our governmental authorities: "With good books and looks on their side/And hearts bursting with national pride/They sang songs and went along for the ride and the other side complied." Notice how songwriters Graffin and Gurewitz shift the word "good" from the position immediately before "looks" (as would be expected) to the one preceding "books"; suddenly, the band's distaste for theocracy briefly shares the spotlight with their other principal message. If you appreciate subtle turns of intellectual poetry such as this, you're likely to find The Empire Strikes First to be an absolute treasure. The album's catchiest song, "Los Angeles Is Burning," is the disc's sole attack on the nation's overzealous and exploitative media ("They're only trying to peddle reality," Graffin sings). And in a brilliant move, the record concludes with what is arguably its most emotional and poignant track, "Live Again (The Fall Of Man)." To attempt to attach a clear and definite meaning to this particular piece would be a great disservice to all of the listeners who, like me, are certain to wear out their rewind buttons as they quest to attach to its words their own particular purpose. The Empire Strikes First is precisely what punk rock--and the United States of America--needs: a smartly-written, expertly-assembled political album that, rather than telling you what you should believe, brings certain views to the table and attempts to defend them without jumping down your throat. If you have a mind and a heart for that sort of thing, ownership of this album is almost your patriotic duty. Rarely does one come across a punk record that so urgently asks you to use not just your ears, but what's between them.[/QUOTE] One of the best music reviews I've honestly read in a long time (regardless of whether I agree with it or not heh).

[quote name='tzen']i just wondered is final fantasy XII an online playing game to the ps2 like FF XI was.. ?? :rolleyes:[/quote] No, XI was more of an offshoot. This is a single player game like all the previous titles.

I think everyone understands the underlying motive of this film. It's plain as day and it's right out explained before the ending. If anyone couldn't figure that much out, I doubt they'd have the mental capacity to even post on here. Considering that, I really don't see what is so deep about this development in the story. [spoiler]They wanted to escape modern times for various reasons, basically all involving violence.[/spoiler] That's about it. Perhaps one can think of the different psychological affects this may have and what led to it, but there's no reason to in the context of this film... and even then it's not complicated at all. I didn't have an biases going into this movie, but I simply didn't like it and I don't see what is so intelligent about that twist in the story. What more is there to think about, honestly? One can go on and on about what the film is "really" trying to say, but in the end it is all the same thing that could be adequately summarized in one simple sentence. I didn't have an epiphany at the end of this movie that our world is a crazy, horrible place. It doesn't lead to anything. I didn't like it not because I was suspecting a horror film (something this man has yet to even make as far as I'm concerned), but simply because I thought it was dumb, plodding and poorly paced. In fact, I doubt I'd really even enjoy it if it wasn't for the actress who played Ivy, as I felt she was the best aspect of this film (Noah's actor was okay, as well). If other people love it, that's cool. People hate half the movies I love, so what can do you? lol If this guy wants to make movies about the underlying themes in his films, than I think he should just make those movies. Instead, we wind up with Signs trying to tell us about a man finding his faith and peace with god, with aliens interjected for basically little reason at all in the scheme of things. Just because a theme is underlying does not make it intelligent or complex. There's nothing complicated about what Signs or this film try to do in any sense, as far as I'm concerned. I bring up the water not because it's a plot point in Signs, but because it is [i]thrusted in your face constantly[/i]. Hey, there's water. Daddy, I want more water. Camera cut, twenty glasses of water. [spoiler]The idea of the alien weakness[/spoiler] is thrusted in your face so often that by the time they actually come out and say it it doesn't even have an effect anymore. It also makes me feel like I'm being pandered to, as if I couldn't figure out anything for myself. The Village has a lot of the same effect... much like Unbreakable (which I personally enjoyed quite a bit), the entire plot is explained for you point blank at the end as if you are too stupid to put it all together. I feel like this guy doesn't respect his audience's intelligence in the slightest.

This entire thread feels like a "Jessica Simpson" moment.

I'll admit that if I ever had a kid I'd much rather have a girl... but a baby is a baby. I'd never treat one better than another. I'd probably wind up adopting anyway.

Second one absolutely rapes the first as far as I'm concerned. Any sort of border usually helps contain a banner... without one, it kind of just winds up looking like some random cropped image. I think the first might actually look good with a dark red line around it.

[QUOTE=Sir Auron] EDIT: Since there are Moogles and Chocobos in XII, I womnder if there will be Cactuars there also?[/QUOTE] If they are, I imagine they'd be pretty scary. The chocobos look pretty mean to me lol. As for Vann... I don't mind it. We're talking about a series that names its characters Cloud and Squall. They all stink.

The future in these movies really drives me nuts. Do they actually expect me to believe that all of this will happen within 30 years? Surely things change, but between developing these technologies and having people adapt to them, I just cannot see that working at all. I live in Chicago and the skyline was so insanely different that I couldn't help but laugh. That's a fault of many sci-fi movies and not that big of a deal... I just don't see why they don't add another twenty years to the date to make it slightly more believable. Anyway, it was entertaining on a purely mindless level. I enjoyed it.

I borrowed this game from a friend way back in high school. I didn't feel so bad since I didn't pay for it, but if I paid the then $50 for the game, I think I might have felt ripped off. The game was by no means bad, but I didn't love it. I enjoyed it and thought a lot of the concepts were rather interesting and unique at the time. The story was a bit convulted and such, but it was understandable. It only took me eight hours to get through on my first play, however. I felt a bit disappointed when I compared it to the supposed 12 to 18 hours it was supposed to last.