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That looks like a blast. The last image made me laugh out loud. And by the guys who made Crank and Crank 2? Sold.
I still say Marvel should team up Ghost Rider, Blade, Moon Knight and Morbius as their Adult Avengers.
Also, if you want to see what an awesome Ghost Rider movie would look like, watch Drive Angry. That flick is simply bad-*** supernatural demonic fun. William Fitchner is crazy awesome. -
Quote:When I originally complained about this (back in 1983), a friend of my brother's who was crazy in love with this movie called it a hologram. Now that I watch the scene again, I renew my objection to it.Originally Posted by Lothic
The computer in this case wasn't even magically "seeing" around corners. Using imaging enhancement the computer was focusing in on a mirror in the picture and "seeing" what was being reflected by it. The irony of this criticism is that computer technology today will allow for this kind of processing - this bit of 30 year old sci-fi isn't even fiction anymore.
Deckard is using the word "enhance" but the computer *isn't* enhancing anything -- it is literally seeing around corners, pulling images out of its binary butt. It's a regular flat photo so there's no way it could see that woman, because it literally turns a corner. It's BS. -
Quote:I hate that. The "fiction" part of that isn't the weightier half of the phrase. If I just want stupid things that don't make sense, I'll watch Fantasy. Or Shoutwives of <fill in the city>.Originally Posted by Lothic
Well good or bad we are talking about science FICTION here. There are always elements in the genre that are effectively "impossible" in real life. Getting too hung up on details like this is a little disingenuous. At least the image processing technology we saw in Blade Runner is now a tiny bit more "realistic" than light sabers and warp drive.
As I said, in goofy sci-fi I have no problem with them making nonsense up, Blade Runner is intended to be taken seriously. If that's the case, then they need to cross their Ts, dot their Is and balance their equations. This is the same problem I had with Contact. That movie is just so relentlessly idiotic on the science aspect that it's just aggravating. -
Quote:Good point. BRB.Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
Would you be kind enough to edit that post so that the two images are right on top of each other?
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Ah, found it: it's by Richard Sargent. Here's a cool guide for guessing (Edited to add original pic; edited edit to add more names):
I see H.E.R.B.I.E. from the Fantastic Four Cartoon (152) and the little flyer from *batteries not included (118) and the owl from the original Clash of the Titans...
Oh heck, let's just make a list. I'll start it off with some obvious ones:
1 Robot soldier - Laputa: Castle in the Sky
2 B9 - Lost in Space TOS
3 Larry 3000 - Time Squad
4 Maximilian - The Black Hole
5 Robot John - Planeta Bur
6 Gort - The Day the Earth Stood Still
7 Chani - Devil Girl From Mars
8 Ro-Man - Robot Monster
9 Robot invader - Target Earth
10 Hector - Saturn 3
11 Torg - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
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13 Carl - Meet the Robinsons
14 ED 209 - Robocop
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16 Dr. Chaotica's robot - Star Trek: Voyager
17 B9 - Lost in Space (movie)
18 T800 - The Terminator
19 Johnny 5 - Short Circuit
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21 Police Officer - THX 1138
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24 Weebo - Flubber
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26
27 Tobor - Tobor the Great
28 Malfunctioning Robot - Zathura
29 Tachikoma - Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
30 Dot Matrix - Spaceballs
31 Wheelie - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
32 Wheelie - Transformers cartoon series
33 Jet Jaguar - Godzilla v. Megalon
34 Scooter - Gobots cartoon
35 Good Bill - Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
36 Good Ted - Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
37 Crichton - - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
38 Kryten - Red Dwarf
39
40 Box - Logan's Run (movie)
41 Andy - Quark
42 Robby - Forbidden Planet
43 ABC Warrior - Judge Dredd
44 QT1 - Out of the Unknown
45 Security droid - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
46 Butler bot (Woody Allen) - Sleeper
47 Maria - Metropolis
48 C3PO - Star Wars
49 Metal Mickey - The Saturday Banana/The Metal Mickey TV Show
50 Rodney - Robots
51 ZETA - The ZETA Project
52 Thundercleese - The Brak Show
53 Plex - Yo Gabba Gabba
54 Sherman - Millenium (1989 movie)
55 Gog - Gog
56
57 Cylon - Battlestar Galactica (reboot)
58 Wild robot - A.I.
59 Big Guy - Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
60 Cybus Cyberman - Doctor Who
61 Cyberman - Doctor Who
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63 Lynn Butlertron - Clone High
64 Sentinel - The Matrix (movie)
65 Horde bot - She-Ra
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67
68 M.A.R.K. 13 - Hardware (movie)
69
70 Calculon - Futurama
71 Necron 99/Peace - Wizards (movie)
72 Robotic dog - K.O.P.S.
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75 Sonny - I, Robot
76 Bicentennial Man
77 Bender - Futurama
78 Eve - Wall-E
79 Tin Woodsman - The Wizard of Oz
80 Nomad - Star Trek (TOS)
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82
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84 Atlas - Portal 2
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86 Kamelion - Doctor Who
87 Bubo - Clash of the Titans (original)
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89 Grounder - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
90 Haro - from numerous Gundam series
91 XR - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
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96 Alpha 5 - Mighty Morphing Power Rangers
97 Robot Jones - Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
98 Humping Robot - Robot Chicken
99 Cooker robot - Wallace & Gromit: Grand Day Out
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101 Jenny - My Life as a Teenage Robot
102 Robot Head 790 - LEXX
103 IQ-9/Analyzer - Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato
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105 SICO - Rocky 4
106 Marvin the Paranoid Android - Hitch Hikers Guide (TV series)
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108 Evolver - Evolver
109 Asimov - Mr. Robot (RPG/Puzzle game by Moonpod Games)
110 Jinx - Space Camp
111 Crossing Robot - Green Cross Code PSAs (UK)
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113 Cylon - Battlestar Gallactica
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115 Tick-Tock of Oz - Return to Oz
116 Droid - Droid phone commercials
117 Dick Spanner - Dick Spanner, P.I.
118 Fix-It - *batteries not included
119 Marvin the Paranoid Android - Hitch Hikers Guide (movie)
120 Rosie - The Jetsons
121 Robot - Heavy Metal (movie)
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123
124 B.E.N., the Bio-Electronic Navigator - Treasure Planet
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127 Robot Boy - Robot Boy
128 K9 - Doctor Who
129 Wall-E - Wall-E
130 Serge - Caprica
131 S.P.O.T. -The Eliminators (movie)
132 GIR - Invader Zim
133 Preston - Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave
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135
136 Naughty Nu Nu the vacuum - Teletubbies
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138 Conky - Pee-Wee's Playhouse
139 Sam the Robot - Sesame Street
140 Muffit the Daggit - Battlestar Galactica (TOS)
141 Quark - Doctor Who
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143 S.A.M.A.N.T.H.A. - Telebugs
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146 Evil Edna - Will O The Wisp
147 V.I.N.cent - The Black Hole
148 Bad Robot
149 K-9 - Doctor Who
150 Henry Hoover (vacuum cleaner) - Numatic Vacuum Company
151 7 Zark 7 - Battle Of The Planets
152 H.E.R.B.I.E. - Fantastic Four cartoon (1970s)
153 Robot Man - Robot Man cartoon series
154 Sgt. Bash - Robot Wars
155 Tom Servo - Mystery Science Theater 3000
156 Twiki - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
157 Dr. Theopolis - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
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159 Charlie - Heartbeeps
160 MSE "mouse" droid - Star Wars
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162 Tiny - Little Robots
163 Clank - Ratchet and Clank
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165 R2D2 - Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
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167 Sergeant Major Zero - Terrahawks
168 Tee-bob - M.A.S.K. cartoon
169 Huey - Silent Running
170 Dewey - Silent Running
171 Louie's foot - Silent Running
172 Scutter - Red Dwarf
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174 Mouse robot - Tom & Jerry cartoons
175 Cat robot - Tom & Jerry cartoons
176 Goddard - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius cartoon
177 Jump - Astro Boy
178 DRD - Farscape
179 Rover - Planet 51
180 Cleaning bot - Wall-E -
That's pure awesome. What's the source?
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Quote:Anyone who is playing 7 days a week needs to get their fat butt off the chair and go for a walk.Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Wow. I'm really glad you don't run the game because the sheer stupidity of what you posted ranks just under je_saist's "every tanker gets Resist Energies" post.
Let's do the math here, shall we? It's very simple.
3 Trials (Keyes, BAF, Lambda)
7 Days in a Week
Besides, more trials are coming. Next month there will be 4 at least. -
Quote:Worst case scenario is it makes getting to the trainers in places like Atlas and Talos nearly impossible. We'll see if that happens.Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
How cute, a bunch of roleplayers (well not really a bunch, just the same ones posting multiple times) making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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Quote:We did. It's immersion-breaking. Can't say it simpler that. If you don't like it, fine, but that doesn't make it invalid.Originally Posted by rsclark
No, a cop-out is a cop-out. If he wants to say something, then he should say it.
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How much does a server transfer cost? I thought it was $10, but there's no price given up until the final screen of the process in the game.
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I never liked Blade Runner. I tried one of the many iterations after the theatrical release (Blade Runner: The Final Extended Unrated Director's Cut 2: This Time We Mean It), but found it to be no improvement.
Most of that is because it is such terrible, terrible science fiction. That stuff just bugged me then and it bugs me now. I could excuse it if it were silly sci-fi like Star Trek or Star Wars, but it's supposed to be serious science fiction, so it needs to be done up right. Plus, plot points hinge on impossible things like the holographic photo. Holographs are cool, but the camera can't see around corners.
It's also clear that style was uppermost in Scott's mind. Even Joanna Cassidy once made fun of it, saying that it was silly that during a headlong escape from an executioner her character would stop to put on a clear raincoat and do her hair. Annoying. -
Quote:You're a touch typist.Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
Bear in mind that feednsck posted here will have less effect than feedback posted in the appropriate thread in the VIP Beta forums.
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I just wanted to say, I absolutely LOVE the pixels aura. It goes perfectly with my hard-light hologram character Avatari (avatar + atari) who never leaves AE.
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Quote:As a lover of awesome names I have mad love for this concept. 'Tis herself and no mistake!Originally Posted by Redlynne
In that case, you'll be heartily amused by the name of my latest addition (on Virtue) ... Sidhe Bang ... a Praetorian Storm/Dual Pistols Defender. And before you ask, yes ... her bio does explicitly mention the folklore of the Irish (and the proper pronunciation of the word, Sidhe).
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Quote:I actually like "Arcanaville." "Mystery Town." And because of the math thing, I always think of this cartoon:Originally Posted by Arcanaville
For the record, I am never offended when people guess gender for simplicity sake in a post. "Arcana" is fine. Heck, I don't even really correct all the various interesting misspellings of "Arcanaville" and if I had known then what I know now my forum handle would probably be "Arc."
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Quote:If there's money to made via the Paragon Store, that's what will happen.Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
Would you like every trainer to also be every kind of shop, and every contact available at whatever level to be callable as soon as they become available, with an option to instantly zone into every mission once accepted and a 'skip this mission for no xp' function with no cooldown?
Because then, you could skip the tutorial, stand in front of Miss Liberty, and never move again. Just call a contact, bam, zone into the mission, and any street hunts you can just skip. ALl the way to 50.
That would be very convenient, wouldn't it?
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Quote:No weather on War Witch's watch!!!Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
In snow.
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Quote:I dislike this addition, but I'm going to use it simply because it's convenient.Originally Posted by Atomic_Saint
I don't understand the fuss. Ever since the RWZ went all bendy, You could pop right in there and get your hair done. And buy stuff AND train. AND raise/lower your threat level. Its like the wal-mart of zones for QoL stuff.
Bottom line, if you don't want Positron clashing your whites with your colors, just ignore him and give Icon the love you always have.
This is what happens when people start thinking "capitalism uber alles." As Sam says, this is immersion-breaking and it's going to make Icons empty. I've always enjoyed Icon because you get to see people coming and going. It's one of the things that make the world feel real. Along with AE, this is just another thing to make CoH feel like a grindfest. Get in, level your toon to 50, play the Incarnate stuff, unsub and move on to TOR. -
Quote:I used to fly to missions uphill. Both ways.Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
What gets me is moving travel powers up from level 14 to level 4. I mean, for crying out loud, you already get jetpacks just for sneezing, why do you need to be getting inherent travel that early? (Not to mention it makes a mock of Kheldians' ability to fly or teleport from the get-go, and the "City Traveler" vet reward. :P )
I remember when travel actually used to be hard. And as much as I grumbled about it, and am happy with the recent merging of transport lines, Ouroboros travel ability, and SG base porters, I can't help feeling a little sad that they're making it so easy now. -
Quote:Originally Posted by captain_photon
we've been over this and over this. If you want the devs to throw you the whip, you have to throw them the idol first.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Ultimus
Edit: And let me add Samuel_Towe, Memphis Bill, Steelclaw to that list of names I recognize.
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King Kong. Have them fly model planes at his head.
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Quote:Say, that's a good point. I believe you've solved the mystery.Originally Posted by WildClaw
Actually, it highly resembles a Xolo, a specific breed of Mexican Hairless dog. Back legs slightly longer than the front, long tail, narrow muzzle, no hair or at most a 'mane' of hair down the spine like a horse has.
Or a cross breed of a Xolo with some other dog. They're not common, but they're not as rare as they used to be, and they get abandoned a lot because the alot of people who get 'specialty' dogs like this are also the kind who get bored of the novelty fairly quick and just dump them out the car one day.
Whatever it is, it's not a 'wild' animal. It didn't seem too concerned with the cage or the people nearby, and while it left when the cage was opened, it didn't take off the way wild animals usually do.
I thought it was a dog at first, too, for those reasons, but the tail didn't seem right for a Xoloitzcuintle to me and it's far larger than any I've seen. It didn't occur to me that it might be a mix. So I was thinking coyote due to the ears. (My mom had a coydog.) My mother-in-law has Chinese Cresteds and had a Xolo foster for a while... now that you say that, though, I can totally see it. I've only seen toy versions of the breed, so I didn't realize there was a larger size.
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Quote:We all get that.Originally Posted by Mr_Squid
(+10 to whoever gets the reference).
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Quote:Mange is like any other disease in that it has flares in a population. The last few years we've had an epidemic of mange breakouts throughout North America.Originally Posted by Mr_Squid
Granted, we don't have all that many coyotes in Ohio, but that is one weird looking canine. In all honesty, I wouldn't be all that surprised if this did turn out to be a new species. I mean seriously, just how many different times have we seen a "coyote with mange" now? Is mange really all that common with coyotes or something?
Mange isn't just hairloss, it's a full on skin infection caused by little bugs that burrow into the skin and lay their eggs there. The mites are related to spiders and ticks. Different kinds of mange are caused by different kinds of mites and the severity varies by type. So when there's an outbreak of mange, what that really means is that these mites are reproducing out of control. The hot weather across the country has been favorable for these bugs.
Left untreated, mange kills the infected animal. The reason that coyote (or fox) was so docile is because it's close to the end and it's weak.