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Quote:By your Incarnate Currencies combined......I AM CAPTAIN INCARNATE!!!!!!Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Issue 21 will introduce Incarnate Chips, Incarnate Dip, and Incarnate Nuggets. These can be combined, cross-trained, demoted, depressed, repressed, reworked, folded, mutilated and spindled into each other at random costs, or can be combined like an Incarnate Voltron into Delirium Merits, good for breaking down (at a 5:1 ratio with a 300,000,000 INF fee) into a single Incarnate Button, which can be turned in for a half price tailor session.
Okay bad pun aside (yes it was bad I admit), we seriously do not need all these new currencies. Astral merits, I'm fine with those. Incarnate threads? Not so fine. I don't see why we couldn't just stick with shards. -
Quote:Same reason why he returned to the role of Spock after being killed off in Wrath of Khan.Originally Posted by BrandX
For a guy who thought doing the voice work in the original transformers movie was the worst thing he ever did, I wonder why he's doing a voice for the new movie!
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Quote:Trick #1: while others keep blasting away at all the spectrals on the ground whether it is day or night, someone else flies around Thorn isle repeatedly using /targetcustomnext caleb over and over again on the off chance that he is already out.Originally Posted by Supernumiphone
Since you've been able to spawn him successfully, care to share the trick? I've been on multiple teams that were going by what's on paragonwiki and were unable to spawn him after an hour or more of trying. That is one of the badges I just pretend doesn't exist in the game at this point, it's too frustrating trying for it.
Trick #2 look for a group of spectrals flying around in the air, chances are they are following caleb.
Trick 3: once you target lock on Caleb activate stealth and set to auto follow him and wait for the team to catch up and start the attack. -
Also as you search the sky if you see a group of spectrals flying they are likely Caleb's escort, follow them. Also targetcustomnext caleb can be quite useful.
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Quote:And must do the "swim" dance, call Robin "old chum" and have plenty of Bat-Shark repellent.Originally Posted by Chrome_Family
Um hence the Batman reboot taking place after the next film.
the article in the OP even states the following
In short Bale doesn't have to participate. I wonder if we can get a dark grey batman with a navy blue cape and cowl this time
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Don't know if any of you saw these yet, but here are some still shots from production. The costume has already undergone adjustments from that initial photo.
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Quote:When in doubt, Cardiac.Originally Posted by Prince_Tycho
So after coming back to the game, and wrapping my head around what it takes to get the Alpha slot abilities, I find myself torn as to exactly which type of ability to slot into most of my characters. Nerve (Acc, Hold, DefBuff) was the obvious choice for my Grav/FF controller, but I'm kind of at a loss for what to use for other characters, even other controllers.
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Quote:This. Majority of viewers should by now be familiar with Batman, Superman and even Wonder Woman's origins.Originally Posted by Frostbiter
I think it will work if they don't do any background filler. In my belief, the reason why a lot of comic movies are bad is the need to tell the origins story. Just skip to the middle and drop hints as to the origin.Imagine the chaos if they try to do 5-6 origin stories along side and actual plot.
Green Lantern is simple: a dying alien passed him the ring.
Aquaman: came from Atlantis to join the fight.
Martian Manhunter: ok now he may need some origin time. -
Quote:Problem with that is that with the way computers advance at such rapid pace we'd be looking at several TRON reboots.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
I was making a joke.
But, the more I think about it... if any movie needs a reboot, it would be one where computer architecture has advanced so much in 20 years that a movie based on leaping inside it would need to be redone. -
Quote:No need to reboot TRON. Plenty of stories to tell.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Clearly the next TRON should be a reboot.
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I hope Darkseid is the villain. Possibly even have it where the armies of Darkseid invade Earth like at the end of JLU. Could even lead Superman giving a certain speech to Darkseid then giving him the Superman version of the Falcon Punch like he did in JLU.
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Quote:Batman and Superman are pretty much guaranteed to draw in the crowds and the money as they are characters for all ages.Originally Posted by Liz Bathory
New Batman.. AGAIN!
New Superman.. AGAIN!
Marvel is making movies about less used to never used characters. You would almost think DC doesnt have other characters then Superman and Batman. There are so many good characters there they could make a cool unique movie every year... instead they go for rehashing old icons for fast money.
Still waiting for a good Wonder Woman movie... a Demon Etrigan... Maybe a Green Arrow... A Fables... etc. At least a Green Lantern is made.
The Demon Etrigan: this is a character that like the Ghost Rider, is not quite fit for all ages. Such a movie should be rated R.
I'd like to see DC wake up and start realizing that despite all the legal troubles they have with the Superman rights, that they have a great alternative....a young kid by the name of Billy Batson and his magic word....SHAZAM! Captain Marvel/Shazam is a good character for all ages that could draw in crowds and the money. -
Quote:Yes, I think Clu 2 was expecting Alan. Would have been kind of cool to see Alan digitized and looking similar to TRON while on the Grid. Imagine the reaction some programs would have if TRON's user arrived on the scene.Originally Posted by NinjaPirate
Personally, I think CLU2 did send the page, but he was expecting Alan Bradley to come to the rescue. Which is why he was a little surprised at seeing Sam.
Remember that it was Alan who got the page.
It would be nifty if they got David Warner and Cindy Morgan back for part 3.
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Would like to see David Warner CGI-de-aged so that we could have a Sark 2.0 running around. Even though the idea of a new Sark and MCP for a third TRON movie would almost seem more like a remake then a sequel; if the Dillingers are going to be the villains then expecting new MCP and Sark makes sense.
With they way technology has jumped and evolved since the day of the original MCP, imagine the damage a new MCP could do. -
Quote:Well Star Wars is pretty much done unless Lucas' kids take over and do somethings.Originally Posted by Lothic
Yeah I wish Nerius all the luck because he's clearly a fan, but after all it did take Disney 28+ years to do a sequel to TRON. Again I'm not going to say more TRON movies are impossible at this point, but clearly it's not really quite worth holding our breaths for yet either. Like I said before I'll believe it when I see it.
Star Trek is out of dylithium crystals/antimatter/gas as far as I'm concerned.
Firefly? barring a miracle I don't see that returning.
Lost in Space? yeah....right.
Stargate? finished
Forever Knight: long gone (reboot would be nice)
Highlander: reboot pending
Knight Rider?: Kitt's back in the garage.
Bionic Woman: reboot failed
Wonder Woman: reboot predicted to fail
Smallville? long in the tooth
Space 1999?: heh blow the dust off that one....
Airwolf: series crashed and burned in season 4 with the cast change.
Flash Gordon: series failed as I recall
Buck Rogers: not likely
Greatest American Hero: not likely to return
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Quote:Clu 2 was/is Flynn when he was created so he would know everything Flynn did at that point and was for the most part an exact copy of Flynn. The fact that Flynn welcomed the ISO's and Clu 2 wanted them gone is an interesting divergence between the two. However Alan stated that Flynn told him to always keep the pager no matter what. I suspect that Flynn had a way of contacting Alan via the pager from within the Grid until the Clu 2 coup and he was forced into hiding in his sanctuary/fortress of solitude. Whatever was there to access the pager could easily have been inside Clu 2's base in the Grid.Originally Posted by MRDEANE
Flynn assumed it was CLU2 who sent the page . CLU2 was glad it was SAM or any user that came because he knew it would involve Flynn back into the activity of the GRID. If this was CLU2, he assumed someone else would come not SAM . Also TRON/RINZLER had to be involved in everything, because TRON got turned on the day CLU2 betrayed Flynn. By all accounts as Rinzler, he was most definatly involved in all the murders and genocide that he caused. Hell he wasn't converted back till the end of Legacy when he announced he fought for the users again and fell into the Sea of Simulation and his armor turned back. So for 20 year or whatever grid time there was Rinzler was doing a lot of bad things that he needs to make up for and would weigh heavy on his/TRON's heart.
I know CLU2 was waiting on someone else. Because if CLU2 was in the GRID the whole time, how was he able to communicate with a pager device? I'm telling ya this isn't a writing gap since the same writers were contracted for TRON3 as well. CLU2, for all his character flaws was honest . Brutal but honest(even when you read BETRAYAL he is honest in his motives). He never said he sent the page. He just asked SAM was he the only one who got the page to come. He had no way of communicating with the outside world or what was going on with the outside world till he even looked at SAM's disc. Remember CLU wasn't the MCP. He had no way to acess our real world or internet technology like the MCP had even back in 82..
Maybe we can call it bad writing, but I dont think the writers were that insulting to the audience leaving them hanging like that without a third one to answer those questions .
But let's suppose that Clu 2 didn't send the page. Flynn didn't send it either. Rinzler/Tron? not likely. That leaves only one candidate: the Dillingers. They could have hacked into the Grid and saw what Flynn was building and corrupted Clu 2 with the programming to destroy the ISO's, TRON and Flynn but the corruption instead enhanced Clu 2's desire for perfection and his urge to bring his forces to our world.
Dillinger Sr. was described by Flynn as not quite as smart but very sneaky. Perhaps he was able to obtain the digitization tech and make his own Grid/system and in that system lurks a new MCP and Sark, just waiting for the day to be unleashed onto the internet for total takeover. Flynn, TRON, Sam Flynn, and Alan would be the only threats to this plan. -
Quote:Clu 2 sent the page, when Sam first encountered him he thought it was his father and Clu 2 went along with it until he learned what he wanted about how it was just Sam that came in and then scanned his ID disc. Sam escapes the Game Grid and Clu 2 says "Game on, old friend". After Flynn and Sam have their reunion we see Clu 2 waiting impatiently for Flynn to make a move.Originally Posted by MRDEANE
I got a idea.. It might seem strange for the next one, but why not make TRON 3 about the redemption of Dillinger and RINZLER/TRON. It would make more sense considering the bad names both would have in their respective worlds. I think it would throw a spin on how we would see Dillinger Jr and also make the story about redemption and reconciliation of the Flynn's and Dillinger's. It might start out with the Dillingers wanting revenge and control of ENCOM, but something happens and forces them into the GRID changing their whole perceptions about life and control and making them wanting to be better men Yeah it sounds corny and lame and (gasp) Disney
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But seriously it would be interesting to see and would not be the normal storyline.
Even if they don't use that idea, I hope they explain one thing from Legacy. A friend of mines and I noticed CLU's line to SAM about him being the only one who got his message. It even seemed like CLU might not have sent the message at all. I would like that issue explained in Tron 3
As to Rinzler/TRON, I don't think anyone other then Clu 2 and later Flynn knew that he was a reprogrammed TRON. I doubt the denizens of the Grid knew or cared.
Also we don't know what Rinzler/TRON did other then be the champion of the games and top enforcer for Clu 2. Did he do any derezzing/slaughter of programs? Clu 2 did the genocide of the ISO's I doubt Rinzler/TRON was in on that. -
His predictions of what we can hope to have in terms of tech in the late 21st century.
I'll give him points for having vision and optimism, but at least he agrees that warp drive and transporters are long ways away.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovat....html?hpt=Sbin
Also check out the 5 robots we wish were real.....and 5 that are we are glad are not....
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/16/r...iref=allsearch
Hard to argue with those choices, but if Data was one that we wish were real then his brother Lore should be on the list of ones we glad are not. -
Quote:Despite the fact that CoP can be easily done without the nukes (25 minutes to setup a CoP, 8 minutes to complete...go figure), the nerfing of the Warburg nukes begins a bad precedent.Originally Posted by Lothic
Sure getting a team of people willing to work together is always a challenge. But clearly the Devs want us to at least make an attempt at it or else they wouldn't have nerfed nuke usage during the CoP trial.
To me the use of Warburg nukes is a classic Leeroy Jenkins.
It's the sledgehammer you use when you -don't- have a serious plan otherwise.
Next thing they will nerf nukes in Tin Mage. Not that the midnight badge can't be gained without them but the precedent is there.
Though it is fun to watch the Director spawn then melt from 4 to 8 nukes blasting him in succession. Tends to bring a smile..... -
Recently redesigned mine thanks to inherent fitness and alignment changes, nicely capped defense plus tough and temp invulnerability for 70% S/L. Goes from being a Supertankermind to a Supertankermind three.
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Quote:It's one thing to have the alternate tactics, it's another to have a team that will follow instructions and use the tactics.Originally Posted by Lothic
Yeah the idea of "nuking them from orbit to be sure" is fine, but basically (like starphoenix was implying) the Warburg nukes are just there as a "crutch" for those teams that can't (for whatever reason) manage something otherwise.
As time goes on I suspect things like the Incarnate powers will make Warburg nukes pretty much unnecessary for anything. Case in point when the CoP Trial was first re-introduced last year everyone got so "nuke crazy" that the Devs actually nerfed it so you couldn't even use them in that trial. People assumed gloom and doom like the CoP was going to be "impossible" without them. Now on Virtue I've been part of a group that's been doing the CoP once a week and we get them done in less than 15 minutes - without nukes of course.
Basically I see the nukes as the "sledgehammer of first resort" when you haven't bothered to figure out the tactics that make them unnecessary yet. -
Quote:Perhaps. We shall see how it goes with unlocking the other slots, and if any new slots after Omega come out.Originally Posted by Lothic
I'd say I eventually have the goal to get all the Alphas unlocked on my main character, but if it takes me another six months to do it I'm not going to be too worried about it. I already have the 2 Very Rares I actually "use" so the rest are just there for me to satisfy a new facet of OCD collectoritis.
I figure from now on (and especially after I20) I'm going to continue to get a steady stream of Shards. Eventually I'll get the several hundred you need to craft the rest of them. Once all the Alphas are done any new Shards I get will just be fodder for any other Threads I still need in the future.
So basically I see no need for "Alpha breakdowns" because eventually we'll have no need for any Shards for anything anyway. Once you've crafted every possible Alpha they'll just pile up uselessly unless you keep converting them to Threads. -
Quote:Last I read was that it did about 392 million world wide, granted that was the Wikipedia entry so accuracy is of course in question. Still if that number is accurate I would think that would be more then "break even".Originally Posted by Lothic
According to IMDB TRON:Legacy more or less just "broke even" last week. Now obviously it'll probably make a bunch of extra money on the DVD/blu-ray sales, but still it wasn't really a "super-blockbuster" box office wise. *shrugs*
I'm not suggesting a new trilogy won't happen. But by the same token I'm not totally sure it's an automatic guarantee at this point either. Lots of people make "contractual plans" for sequels that never happen. Just saying.
Still I think TRON will be a money maker for them. Think of it, new action figures and toys from Legacy then a brief release of classic design toys to tantalize fans and collectors alike. Also I suspect that certain figures such as Yori/Laura and Quorra will be the "rare" or hard to find ones. Then they will likely have variants such as Tron with red circuits instead of blue, or yellow similar to how certain Star Wars figures that had lightsabers would get the occasionally different colored blade.
Also I still suspect that TRON 3 will have the Dillingers or at least Dillinger Jr as the villain which could easily lead to a confrontation in the grid with a new MCP and Sark. Granted that already screams "TRON 1 remake" but seeing a disc fight between Tron and new Sark with update FX as well as a newer MCP already has an appeal.
Plus I liked how in Legacy when a program is destroyed, they are "Fragmented" vs. "Derezzed", nice update. -
Quote:I think they are related albeit as very distant cousins. In the pilot episode, it was stated that Farnsworth is apparently only Fry's direct descendant but that was before Zap was introduced and genetic/ancestry records are not always complete.Originally Posted by Lothic
When it comes to questions like these I think you have to rely more on the "fiction" side of the Science Fiction setting.
But since we know that Fry's nephew Philip J. Fry II (son of Yancy Fry) became a famous astronaut it would be funny to learn that Zapp Brannigan somehow descended from that side of the family and was actually related to Fry as well.
Still I wouldn't mind an episode where they ask about things like the all the President's heads being in jars.
Or it might be how when Fry asked about stem cells being controversial. Professor's response was "In your time yes, but now...>SHUT UP!" -
Here's a question: we all know that Fry isn't brightest crayon in the box due to having no delta brave due to being his own grandpa. Professor Farnsworth has the delta brainwave but is senile due to being around 160 yrs old.
So what is Zap Brannigan's excuse for being such an idiot? Brain injury? Just born stupid and getting worse ever since? Or perhaps they should run a DNA comparison of Fry, Professor Farnsworth and Zap Brannigan to see if they are all related?
Better yet, if technology to keep heads alive in jars forever wasn't developed until after Fry was put on ice.....just HOW did they get all the heads of every US president ever into jars for the head museum? -
Quote:Not to mention that Disney finally woke up and realized that TRON is a money maker so you know they are now going to bleed it dry.Originally Posted by SuperOz
We live in the age of franchises, my friend. And trilogies. You may thank Uncle George for that....my understanding is that everyone bar Bridges was signed to two more movies, and that the story will from the end of Legacy.
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