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I have a level 50 rad/EM that I had tweaked for lvl 25+ content (i.e. all IOs were lvl 28 or below, so bonuses were intact for Sister Psyche TF) , especially vs. Freaks who take +50% extra from energy damage. It is truly unfair. While many dislike Electron Haze, with its long animation and inconsistent KB, it is still quite a heavy hitting AoE and if used as the last of the three AoEs, will leave few standing. While of my 5 lvl 50 blasters (others are Arch, AR, Fire, and DP, all with /ice secondary), the rad/EM is the least likely to get brought out for incarnate play, it finds itself much beloved in frequent exemping. It doesn't hurt that she has a great concept and battle-cry (char name is Minty, and the battle cry is "You can't handle the freshness! )

I am second guessing myself after reading reviews of book 4-5 which seem to characterize them as wastes of time in which nearly nothing of consequence happens. It sounds like GRRM was planning on a 5yr time skip after book 3, but changed his mind and disappointed most readers of the first three with books 4-5 which fleshed out what was best (for story advancement) glossed over.

I now have some anxiety about GRRM being able to finish his epic in his lifespan. I wouldn't be surprised to have him keel over in some near-future Comic-Con hotel, while receiving fan-sex from a star-struck nerd-grrl.

Hi everyone. I have been swept up in Game of Thrones mania over the past few months. I love the HBO series and am wisbing to dive into the books but really don't want to re-read any story that I have seen to this point. So I guess my question is can I dive into the third book and get up to speed or do I really need to read book 2? Buying digital Kindle copies fwiw.

Sure they can

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This has been in the works for some time. Some very good casting in my view, even RZA. He has excellent martial arts background and sense for the genre. Cung Le is also quite bad-***. I think it'll be a fun rental/stream.

That was terrible, in every respect.

I love the show. It's the bee's knees. I like the characters, the setting, the pacing, though was surprised to see the finish of this storyline, so quickly. It makes me wonder what is in store for S:2. The fight choreography is genius and looks great on a big screen.

Meelo is a beast.

It's good and sometimes great, but I felt it ended poorly.

Nah, just sick of trailers that give away a movie's entire narrative and venting in a snarky way.

I'll save you all the trouble of watching this. At 2:30 Dredd throws the big bad through a high story window. Good guys win. Trailer just saved me $9. Thanks trailer.

They forgot Warlock.
ANNND disagree on Beast too.

I liked it, and give it 4/5 stars. It is well crafted and the performances by the principles were strong. I am actually a bit disappointed that Scott elected to revisit the Alien setting intstead of exploring something creatively new. It is the George Lucas "I must explore my created universe!" ego trap. Cameron has fallen into it, as has Peter Jackson. It is sad how short the journey from auteur to institution seems to be. At least Chris Nolan knows enough to disconnect from Batman after three films, and Guillermo del Toro seems to be stretching his legs a bit with Pacific Rim.

As someone who has only seen season 1 via Netflix streaming, I'm actually surprised it didn't happen in S 2.

I was 15. That summer was epic.

Call me psycho, but I think Natalie Portman could pull it off. It would be a reinvention of the character of course, but it's going to be regardless of casting.

My #1 pick for the role used to be Morena Baccarin, but she has sadly aged out at this point. I think you really don't bring in an unknown or someone from modeling or sports. You really need to bring in a real actress to keep it from becoming a joke. As Catwoman and Electra showed us, even bringing in an A-Lister is no guarantee of quality.

If you happen to have an extra $31,800 just lying around.

Want?

My opinion is that it doesn't open for another week in the US. I'll have an opinion then though.

I like drafts. This is interesting. I'm not a Green lantern fan as such, but this is essentially a virtue poster-child draft, which means it casts a wide net. Will get some interesting interpretations form our participants, no doubt.

Count me in.

It's strangely soothing.

I think in THIS case, I can get behind it.

Agreed. Straight 'They Live' ripoff. I hope John Carpenter (or perhaps Ray Nelson who wrote "Eight O'Clock in the Morning", the short story on which They Live was based) gets a writers credit and cut of the gross. Otherwise, a lawsuit is in serious order.