MRDEANE

Originally Posted by Scythus

If that's a shot at the prequels, then frankly you can't really give them credit as each film, like any other film, must be judged separately and they didn't exist way back when, well, Star Wars came out.

So no. They were not right.

Originally Posted by QuiJon

I saw it at the midnight release, just getting a chance to post.

I really enjoyed it. I think it stood well on its own, yet also tied into the older movie enough to keep the name more then just seeming like it was tacked on.

My only gripe honestly is that i was wondering what all the board room stuff was about and then seemingly just dropped. Since it was dropped i dont consider it a spoiler, but when they introduced Dillinger's son as a member of the tech development team i was expecting that to go somewhere but it was just forgotten. Makes me wonder if there was a subplot or something that got kicked out for time or something like that.

However overall one of the most enjoyable movies i saw this year.

Originally Posted by MRDEANE

To answer your question let me tell you a story about what happened to my roomate and I when we jumped another friend of ours who had a couple of IO sets back in mid 2009. My roomate and I were PvPing each other in that heroes and villiand zone where you can be attacked by anyone. Our friend was ther to make sure it was a fair fight and no one interfeared. All our toons were 50 amy roomate and I battled a best 2 out of three session. He won the first and third by a sliver. Anyway after our last fight, our refree friend asked us to jump him. Although he was. A scrapper, my roomat and I were blasters. I even had generic SO's on my toon. We jumped him thinking he could take one of us down but not both...Boy
was I wrong. I never seen a scrapper take off life so fast and regeneraate health so fast.

I have never ,ever,ever tried to jump someone ten time and. Get wiped out instantly.

I never seen a scrapper recover attack rate so fast either. He took out my roomate and I in less than 30 seconds. He had IO sets up the YING YANG...IO SETS NOW. Yes they are worth it from my experience . I am gonna hit 50 then start saving for IO sets.

Originally Posted by Tired Angel

I have to disagree. I find nothing wrong with adding realistic reactions of an average person when put into extreme situations.

One reason is that there is also plenty of media out there that doesn't do this either at all or to a different extent. And this is me thinking as someone who watches this as entertainment.

To take your example of Russell T. Davies. In recent years he has bought back Doctor Who, created a new series Torchwood and re-introduced another character in the Sarah-Jane Adventures. All three programs are based around the same franchise but each approach the idea of realism of the characters reactions in very different ways.

On one side you have The Sarah-Jane Adventures. Although this has been created as a kids program me and my partner find the program great fun to watch. The characters have interesting adventures, real life situations are dealt with in a mature yet understandable way but everything does turn out ok in the end.

In the middle you have Doctor Who. This program has a mixture of realistic reactions (for example loss, ie the doctor losing his companions) and having fun and thrilling adventures. Not everything is ok at the end, but the spirit of adventure remains.

And on the other side you have Torchwood. This was always billed as the dark side of Doctor Who and it does what it says on the tin. It takes ordinary people and put them in extreme distressing situations. As you mention there is Childrem of Earth but there is always the cannibal episode and the deaths of Owen and Toshiko. Nothing ever seems to turn out ok and every character takes away something from each episode to digest about their inner nature.

Now each of these approach the idea of realism of human nature in different ways and I find each of them as entertaining as the other. If current media was flooded with just the extreme then, yes, it would be a problem but its not.

There are also programs that try to find a balance with extreme realism and the "its ok in the end" approach. My main thoughts here are about the series Glee. It has dealt with some extremely difficult issues with some quite painful reactions (e.g. Kurt coming to terms with his homosexuality and Quinn's pregnancy) in both hard hitting ways (some intense well acted scenes) and in more approachable ways (when they sing). At the same time it also has a sense of fun and humour to the program.

Now if I look at this as a trained counsellor (which I am) I find I want to respond to what you say here:



I personally think that the characters that are put accross in some of these extreme situations (such as Children of Earch) are quite realistic. You've also got to remember that the point of programs like that is portray the character first and the situation second. When you compare them to media such as Star Wars or Superman the focus is different, these aren't trying to portray the story/situation first and the characters second.

In some ways programs like Torchwood has more in relation with Friends than it would to Star Wars/Superman. It may be a weird analogy but looking at the characters in Friends they are, although slightly exagerated, having realistic reactions to more 'general life' situations (e.g. the Ross/Rachel relationship) while Torchwood has realistic reactions to exagerated circumstances.

Now I am going to stop there as I am getting slightly lost in my own thought process!!

Originally Posted by Catwhoorg

Why not slot common IOs at 25-35 levels.

Save replacing the IOs and save a decent chunk of amount of inf over the remaining levels ?