Dark One

Warkupo nailed it.

To me, that Joker looked like a bishonen pretty boy masquerading as the J-man.

I did a double take at that. Had to rewind my recording.

That Joker was just plain...weird. That voice was jarring and not in a good way. Unfortunately, we got the, "Hello Megan" bit back. Had hoped that was done with.

Seems to be a bit early for trailers, IMO. Just feels...wrong...to me.

I've not actually worn it out yet. It's sitting on my shelf along with my Ghostbusters Ectoplasm energy drink, my Vault-Tec lunchbox, and all my other swag.

I was being silly with the alien ladies comment.

I did say, "Most likely". Last I had heard was that Fox was only interested in a 24th season. This was with the whole paycut/no merchandising monies fiasco with the six main VAs.

There's a difference between that and the stuff that tends to happen in Family Guy. Case in point, the episode where Brian and Stewie travel back to the beginning of WWII. There's a part where there's a campaign button for a pair of candidates from the '08 election on one of the Nazis. That is what I meant by overbearing.

Well, since Simpsons is going to most likely end on the 24th season, he would have no reason to end Family Guy. They could just make Sunday nights MacFarlane night and be done with it.

And I wonder if the Star Trek would be free of overbearing political soapboxing?

The problem with high tech stuff (like say a laser or sonic fence) is that it breaks down and needs constant maintaining. They can't rely on resupply from the future or being (possibly) able to make the things necessary to keep higher-tech fencing options in working order, especially given the size of the fence around Terra Nova.

Sometimes, simple is best.

But the door thing? Ya, that's kinda stupid design.

T. rex didn't exist at the time they are in. That guy was in on the tail-end of the dinos. He was around for like 2 million years or so, right before the extinction event.

I wouldn't worry about the numbering. My on-screen guide almost never gets episode numbers correct.

And it looks like Kate is gone from Sanctuary. In the opening group shot, she's not there anymore.

Did they make sure to Dance with the Devil?

Even tobacco products inhaled through the nose? Having not read the story (yet) I can't say.

/headdesk

And exactly what constitutes "competing products". That's what we need to know. Because in one response you say Connect 4 strategies are verboten, but in another you say they are ok. Again, the whole mixed messages thing.

Which is it? Video games only or every game? You say, "mainly applies" which means its not just video games. You're giving conflicting messages here.

Well, the addition of board games, pen and paper games, and the like to the verboten list more than makes the loosening to the mentioning of them not quite worth it. One step forward, two steps back...

You remember what the road to hell is paved with, right?

It doesn't matter what their intent was, when the result is a) less posters; b) less people paying; c) community that was gutted.

Not devs. The devs were active in game discussion threads prior to the rule change. Ergo, it most likely wasn't them that came up with it.

They don't want talk of "competing" products? Think about it. What does that actually mean? They don't want people hearing about other games so that people won't rush out to play 'em. Playing 'em generally means buying (or renting) them. Money spent on that is money that isn't going to NCSoft.

And this rule change came about around when a certain Distinguished Concept Unveiled Operations was in beta. That was, and remains, a fear-based response that people were going to jump ship.