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I've been avoiding 3D showings, as well. I did see Toy Story 3 in 3D, and that worked pretty well (animated movie built for 3D, brightly colored and lit, so nothing was lost). Thor, on the other hand...2D.

Friends of mine have lamented the 3D age because they bring their kids to see the movies, and the ticket prices add up quickly on the family budget. My reply was, "Just stop going to the 3D version. If enough people did this, the studios would eventually get the hint and stop cramming it down our throats." The problem is the theater they typically go to usually doesn't have the 2D version playing. My solution: that's what DVD is for.

Because it's on wikipedia, it must be true.

No, this is not a biopic. This is an abomination that the Farrellys are going to fill with poop and fart jokes (because, you know, The Three Stooges were all about poop and fart jokes).

There was an excellent (albeit too short) biopic that Mel Gibson produced a few years ago. Michael Chiklis portrayed Curly. They got a few of the details wrong here and there, but overall it gave an idea as to who the Stooges were, how they rose to fame, fell when the studio stopped making short subjects, and got shafted by the studios when their popularity soared again in the TV era.

Actually, it was probably that darned old Loch Ness Monster again. He came to my door looking for "Tree-fitty" or something, and I told him to git.

I was expecting that he was going to die horribly sooner rather than later...I just didn't expect him to go in that manner. Ick.

Fortunately HBO cares not for ratings, just that a show is making money. Despite spending over $50 million on the first season, they got more than enough foreign buys up front to make the show profitable before it even aired. It was a hefty gamble for HBO (they hate to spend money) but this one has paid off.

The fact that she's writing a romance book kind of negates your argument. Whether Adams would write it or not, that sentence is rather awkward.

In both of the examples, I understand what she is TRYING to say, but she's incapable of doing so in a properly structured sentence. Apparently her self-published e-book is littered with gems like that (along with typos, etc.)

Also: a hint if you're going to edit your own manuscript. Read it BACKWARDS. And what I mean by that is read the last page, then move back through the book. This way you don't get too caught up in what you wrote. It's still preferable to have someone else do the editing, but if you must this is the best way to go about it. After you finish with that, read it forwards again to make sure everything is where it needs to be.

They've mentioned a few times that the Dothraki won't cross the narrow sea, but there's been no mention of "poison water" as of yet. It looks like we're going to get more on Dany and "The Dragon" next episode. (I suspect "The Dragon" will soon be an ex-Dragon, but I could be wrong.)

The Kindle and Amazon's independent author program is certainly allowing a lot of people who would never have had access to get their works published to get their work out there. And, yes, a lot of it could really use an editor to make it better because there's a ton of dreck on there.

Since I work in publishing, I have friends who would be willing to edit any manuscript I produce (for either a modest fee or a cut of the profits) which I would gladly pay them if I could ever get my butt in gear and get back to writing.

I certainly don't want to end up in the same boat with Jacqueline Howett:
http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/201...ne-howett.html

Read down into the hilarious comments by the author. You certainly don't want sentences like this in your book:

"She carried her stocky build carefully back down the stairs."

"Don and Katy watched hypnotically Gino place more coffees out at another table with supreme balance."

I certainly did. "We're worried about 40,000 horse lords showing up on our shores and laying waste to the countryside." Yeah...but ticking Drogo off might be a good way for 80,000 horse lords to show up on your shores and lay waste to the countryside.

Loved that scene. It seems the two of them might have found some common ground between them.

I don't envy Tyrion's current predicament at all (I'm afraid of heights), and that scene where he was looking down from his cell made me pretty uncomfortable while in my living room (credit due to the special effects peeps).

That was probably the best episode so far in a rock solid series.

If you read The Colour of Magic first, you should plan on reading The Light Fantastic immediately afterward as the former (quite literally) ends in a cliffhanger leading into the latter. This is usually why I recommend starting with Guards! Guards! (other than it's a better book than those other two).

I was glad to see Rush finally depicted in South Park.

I found "Small Gods" to be brilliant. It's more of a one-off story, but it tinkers around a lot on theology and the powers of belief. On top of that, the "tortoise god" cursing people was constantly hilarious to me.

To the OP: I would recommend starting the DiscWorld reads with "Guards! Guards!" though. It's the first of the town guards books, and Sam Vimes is a terrific character to follow. You can definitely go back and hit the previous books and not lose anything, but if "Guards! Guards!" doesn't hook you on DiscWorld, nothing will.

And, as others have mentioned, if you have not read "Good Omens" as of yet, why haven't you?

They've added non-end game content for the first 6-1/2 years of this game. Now they're adding some. They have some catching up to do on end game content, so it makes sense that they'd focus on it.

To the OP: (as others have said) definitely figure out which global channels your server is using, and if you're interested in the Incarnate stuff, hang out where the trials form up. You'll be back to teaming in no time.

It sounds like your theater needs to change its projector bulb.

And as many people have point out IN THIS VERY THREAD, the Dev. Team is working on other things to allow it. Sorry you want it NAOW.

Also, these are not "raids" in the sense of raids in other games. You form a team, and these things are usually done in under 30 minutes. OH NOES THE HORRORS! 30 MINUTES OF EFFORT!

If you're hiring an artist to do the work, a standard 22-page story will run between $2200 and on up just for the art. You might be able to find a hungry artist who will work cheaper, though.

If you're going to print this thing in 4 color, $6000 sounds about right. I know some people who are trying to get a publishing company together, and when I first used my contacts in the printing industry to get some price quotes for them I could hear their jaws hit the table from half a continent away. (And this was back before all of the prepress work was done with computers.) Those people I know are STILL trying to get something pulled together (and it's been about 15 years since they started -- they've got other issues going on, though).

Oh, and if you're printing, you're going to want to be able to provide computer files in whatever format your printer wants. Almost all commercial printers will accept hi-res PDF files, so investing in a decent scanner would be wise.

EDIT: I should note that earlier in the post I made it sound like printing costs have gone up, and that's not entirely true. Actual printing and paper costs have risen a bit, but the prepress work has generally gone DOWN in price significantly because you no longer need to go from computer file to film to plate to press. The film part has been removed from the equation, and some new digital printers no longer even need plates. These were usually the more expensive parts of actual printing.

If anyone has any questions about printing, I'd be happy to try to answer them. I work in a different industry than comic books, but the process is the same.