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Quote:The show has been pretty consistent so far on it's quality. I've been enjoying it. My only real complaint is the FX of when the mother is running. If you're slowing down everything else to see the mother running, why is she in slow motion too? She should be running through at a normal speed (from her perspective) while everything else moves slowly. That, and the dad really needs to start wearing a mask.Originally Posted by MentalMaden
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Quote:It's weird, we make observational, valid arguments about how a movie doesn't give due respect to the franchise it's making its money off of, and all you can give back is: He's the artist. We point out how his "art" is very dumbed down, and all you give back is: Hands-over-your-ears nyah nyah nyah. Yet we're the ones nerd raging?Originally Posted by MrsAlphaOne
Good point. MOST people don't like it when you point out how unreasonable they're being >.>
I'm gonna go lay down now. *sneezes all over monitor*
Very well thought out arguments.
As an art director, I can concede when I've failed to deliver the design my client has been looking for. Even if I think my idea is better. But sometimes, the client knowing their product more, gives them a better insight as to what should be shown for it.
Michael Bay has failed to see what people are asking for. Visually, I have no beef with his "vision." Plot-wise, character treatment-wise, I have a lot of issues with the lack of respect he has for what he's been given the privilege to work on.
Sorry if our arguments backed by reasoning have upset you. I guess the vision of my complaints just doesn't suit you. -
Quote:If that's how it plays out, I'd accept an origin story like that. Having a story that plays out while the origin parts get placed at different parts across the movie.Originally Posted by The_Dude73
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Quote:Fixed that for you.Originally Posted by MrsAlphaOne
Then go get a few million dollars and make your own damn movie. Don't ***** when someone's vision doesn't match your own, or the overwhelming majority of Transformer fans.
Of course, considering the "few million dollars" for the second movie came from all of us that paid to see the first one, then we all have an invested claim in how the movie gets treated. And you are aware that Bay didn't put any of his own money into that movie. Right?
It's like if someone made a My Little Pony movie with motorcycles instead of horses. That's how far off Bay got it. The first movie, I enjoyed. The second one? There were some characters that acted in ways they never should have (especially some lines from Optimus) which just isn't right.
I don't care if they look the same as the cartoon, who really thinks a VW Bug is going to kick ***!? But when the characters aren't being treated right (or when they make insulting stereotype characters) then people have a valid reason to complain. As children, we didn't know better. As adults, we do.
And while as children we might have enjoyed the laser show, take a poll on how many of us we're rocked by the death of Optimus Prime in the original movie. The number of kids who cried over that should indicate that Transformers was more than just a toy commercial for them. -
Quote:From this sentiment, I'm just going quote one of my favorite Tool songs:Originally Posted by MrsAlphaOne
TRANSFORMERS WAS A THIRTY MINUTE TOY COMMERCIAL BY HASBRO, NOTHING MORE.
I'm sure the filter will kick in for part of that. Anyway, the point is, everything is a commercial. So this cynicism is a little late to the party called media.Quote:All you read and wear or see and hear on TV is a product begging for your fat *** dirty dollar.
You obviously stopped watching after the G1 series, so it's understandable you feel that way. Of course, to me, the animated movie did have a plot (a good one for being a children's movie). But if you've watched any of Beast Wars, you'd see the G1 series became the base point for continuity and it had a very solid plot line through out the series.Quote:It had no plot, it had no real rhyme nor reason except giant robots beating the **** out of each other.
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Even when I was a kid it was "COOL BIG ROBOTS I WANT THAT ROBOT MOM MOM MOM I WANT THE CONSTRUCTACONS!!!" I didn't give a **** about the plot. Big Robots Make things go kaboom. Plot..end.
Transformers never had, and never WILL have a very deep existential plot line. 30 minute toy commercial, that's all it ever was. Damn good toy commercial though.
So while G1 didn't have as much plot, Transformers itself has evolved into something stronger. Therefore, people would like to see better treatment of the franchise. Also, being adults, we're capable of following more complicated plots than we were as children. So yeah, we're gonna ***** when the plot is insulting. We want Transformers for adults.
But not in a dirty way.
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Quote:Perhaps their comparison is to the PC edition of WFC. I can see how the game was great on consoles, but it was poorly executed on the PC front. That, and no DLC for PC users. Ouch.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Mentioning High Moon Studios' War for Cybertron and Bayformers in the same context is nigh on a crime against...well, common sense?
Mundane 'splosionfest movie with too much TnA...versus a classy, well made game that is nice for both new players and old veterans with some serious levels of Epic in it...
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Anyone catch the associate editor's name? Looks like Posi's been (dark of the)moon-lighting.
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I take it from the fact that there hasn't been a thread for this episode until 3 days later means everyone found it as "so-so" as I did. The snitch plot-line seemed incredibly pointless. In fact, it looked like a pretty obvious tease from the get-go. Basically, it was filler for an otherwise "just ok" episode.
So an RV conveniently (or not so conveniently) shows up to cause a wreck for our protagonist to make his escape. Maybe if they had passed an RV that was driving recklessly in last week's episode (to at least give some foreshadowing), this wouldn't have felt like such a Deus ex Machina solution.
Also, are they going from Washington to the desert in record time?? With as fast as they're hopping around cross-country, you'd think a teleporting plane wouldn't be all that impressive.
On the bright side, the action scenes were pretty well done, and seeing passengers wake-up in a morgue (while not entirely shocking) does raise some questions. Do you think they'll have altered DNA like the 97? -
"Don't make me punch a kid."
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Quote:I heard they inserted Chloe into the comics. Maybe it was recent or its going to be done soon, but I remember hearing something like that. This show is so far from comic canon that you shouldn't bother shoehorning it like that. It's just pointless.Originally Posted by Durakken
So... if we take this at face value we are left to assume that Chloe joined Checkmate, which explains why she isn't in the comics...because she is...just not as Chloe Sullivan, but rather a member of Checkmate who takes on a new Id.
Also, I don't think we can assume Chloe joined them. At face value, all we have is that she took an antidote for the suicide pill she reportedly took. All of it sounds convoluted enough for the writers to make up anything they need to fit whatever they make up next. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Wayfarer
They didn't completely ignore it. Did you catch the name of the talk radio host that Cat Grant listens to? Godfrey. As in Glorious Godfrey, one of Darkseid's lieutenants. It's Godfrey's job to turn humanity against the superheroes and that's just what he appears to be doing. So they haven't taken a break from the big season arc, it's just not really blatantly in your face.
As for Oliver letting Rick Flagg go, it's not like he has a whole lot of choice in the matter unless he's prepared to kill Flagg. It's not like there's a whole lot of physical evidence showing that Flagg kidnapped and interrogated him. It would be just Oliver's word against Flagg's and he'd have to expose himself as Green Arrow.
Well, it's nice little subtleties like that are in the back ground. But if the main characters are acting so forgetful of it, then it's a big problem. Clark can't in one episode be troubled by his cliched and already-been-done-before dark side and then in the next episode not even mention it in passing. It's inconsistent character writing.
As for Green Arrow, he turns in criminals all the time. Or rather, leaves them tied up for the cops. With little or no evidence to give the police. What's the difference here? He wouldn't have to out himself. He'd just have to do the same thing he does for any criminal he's apprehended. Its not like he's shown up in court for the other criminals he's caught. -
Quote:, he said on the internet.Originally Posted by Gulanzon
Civilisation disappoints me.
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Caught the episode last night. Over all, it wasn't as terrible as the premier. Even a little decent. Some things didn't make sense, but the episode on the whole held together better than usual. Still the usual amount of cheese, but oh well, it's to be expected from the CW.
Plot Holes:
1. Why would Deadshot need to blow up Cat's car to size up his opponent?
It appears he already has a lot of knowledge about his target. They know Clark has super powers, and they strongly imply they are aware he is the Blur. So why go through the trouble of sizing him up by blowing up someone's car. Especially when all he needed to do was hit him with a bullet.
That's right, he was never tying to kill Clark. Just tag him. He could have set up a situation like he did at the end of the show easily.
2. Why would Oliver just leave his captor to run free?
So the guy that beat you in an interrogation admits to having held your girl hostage. Then says she's dead, basically because of interrogating her as well. What do you do? You walk off and leave him to walk the streets and continue on his merry way.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Other smaller points of concern would be why we need a character like Cat to influence Clark coming out into the light, when this has been hinted at already. That, and Cat seeming to coming across as the spoof of the "extreme right." It's the final season, let's not ham it up with cheesy new characters.
Also, it's like there wasn't much of a premier for this show to follow up on. No more talk about this "DARK SIDE OF CLARK." It's like last week's big moral dilemma was swept under the rug.
Quote:For real, I heard that was deleted.Dialogue missing from this weeks episode:
Oliver: Hey dude, rumor on the street has it you got this dark side to deal with.
Clark: Man, that was so last week. RED LEATHER JACKET!
Oliver: RIGHTEOUS!!! What was I talking about?
Clark: I think it was about letting criminals go.
Seriously, why make this big new concern of the season, and then COMPLETELY ignore it in the second episode. At least let the season warm up a little before letting seasonal arcs take a break. -
Quote:Sounds like someone knows nothing about Ice Armor.Originally Posted by somnambulist
All of your eggs are going in one basket: making enemies miss you and slowing them down. They will occasionally hit you and when they do it will hurt. Think white knuckle boss fights. You're going to have a self heal from dark melee which is good. You could also dip into the pool powers for "Aid Self" and maybe the fighting pool for a little smashing/lethal resistance. You'll have have hibernate for soloing emergency "Oh no!!" moments and when teaming you'll have buff/heal help from allies on teams. You'll be able to herd very well and you have some options to help ameliorate endurance problems that other tanks won't have.
Could be fun.
As pointed out already, you have two heals and two end recovery powers. Dipping into the healing pool would be a huge waste. You also have -dmg in Chilling Embrace as well as a lot of -rech. You'll not only be hard to hit, but you'll also be reducing your enemies to hit, which stacks with your defense. Not only that, but your single target damage will be very good. You'll be a good boss killing machine.
There's also the fact that you can easily cap S/L/E/N defense with IOs and Weave+Combat Jumping. You'll have a +HP and Hibernate to make that defense even stronger.
Ice/DM is a good solid combo. People will sit there and tell you Shields is awesome, and it's definitely good. But there are other things out there other than the FotM. -
Quote:It sounds like you just say stuff most of the time, without actually saying anything.Originally Posted by Durakken
It sounds like you just don't understand what it said.
Habitable means that if a human were to be dropped there without some super survival suit they wouldn't die from the lack of oxygen, water, or temperatures that are too low or too high.
Scientists can determine a large number of things about a planet/star without "seeing" it through spectroscopic analysis. Like we can estimate a planets temperature from the distance from the star + analysis from the planet's reflection of light + plus the star's light itself. It's a fairly simple process to figure this stuff out.
All that estimating is just best guessing. They may come close, they may be way off. As someone already mentioned, the planet could have an atmosphere that makes it warmer through green house effect. It may have no atmosphere at all. This article goes out of the way to not mention much, meaning there probably isn't enough information to go on. -
Quote:Higher standard? Nah. I just think before anyone makes any claims, they need to have substantial information. All we know is that it's in a "zone" and it's tidally locked, with "estimated temps" no one (or hardly anyone) would want to live in. The "zone" idea is also sketchy, since there could be conditions on many planets outside these theorized zones that still make them habitable.Originally Posted by Lothic
I think the problem is you're holding the word "habitable" to a far higher standard than it deserves for the purposes of this discussion. It's not like we're going to get there anytime soon anyway and by then we may have found an even more likely "Earth-like" candidate by then.
To say the moon is habitable so long as you create a dwelling space to protect you from the moon's environment sounds very contradictory. We don't even know if this planet would be a good candidate to build a habitat on. Venus is "Earth-like." It has land. It's not tidally locked. But it's far from habitable, even by your example.
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Quote:Relative, schmelative. There's way too many assumptions being made here. Atmosphere, temperature, adequate amounts of water, a magnetosphere capable of blocking out harmful cosmic radiation. It's very poor science to use this term so loosely.Originally Posted by Lothic
Again relative to most of the planets we've found so far and relative to typical galactic distances these two words actually do apply to this new planet fairly well.
I don't have issues with using relative terms for distance. The universe is too big a place to be so strict on the word "nearby." But habitability is too narrow a range to do so. -
Quote:Did I miss something? Has the definition of the word "habitable" changed lately?Originally Posted by Mr_Squid
Uhm, no thanks. They haven't even confirmed that there's water there. Or breathable air. Now, something could be living on that planet. But it wouldn't ever be us.Quote:Temperatures in the terminator area might be between -24 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit
I couldn't help but feel like the article just wanted to make a splash. -
So at the moment, I'd put my money on humans from the future, sent back to help transition, witness, or stop the Event that allows manking to make its next genetic evolutionary step.
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Quote:Hmmm.... looking at your list, I'd suggest something like:Originally Posted by Zortel
I have an urge for music. Heavy, heavy music. Classic albums from the greatest bands of the late 80's, 90's and the early 2000's.
I'm looking to order some great albums from Amazon.co.uk, and am looking for suggestions. Currently on the list I have:
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Queen Adreena - Taxidermy.
Sevendust - Sevendust
Tool - Aenima
Days of the New - Days of the New
Any other albums of Soundgarden and Alice in Chains
Pearl Jam - Any of first 5 albums (maybe the 6th) fit the genre. Most will swear just the first album, but you can decide for yourself.
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple, Core and 4 really hit the heavy mark. -
Quote:He's so gosh darn cute!Originally Posted by MrsAlphaOne
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Quote:Actually, you can want a show to end even when you love it. I loved Lost. I'll consider it the best show ever made. But to be the best show, it was right for it to come to an end. I wanted that end to be achieved because I knew the show needed it to stay as good as it was. Eventually, a show wear's out its welcome. Lives past its prime. Becomes a shell of its former self. When that happens, it's time to end.Originally Posted by Vitality
You're right...it's my fault to assume that someone, who wants a show to no longer air, hates it.
Generalizations should be avoided. This is just from a posting point of view. Don't worry about calling someone out, because you need to be able to point to what you're talking about. It's not like you're specifically attacking that person. Ok, maybe sometimes you are, but it's ok. If they posted it on the internet for everyone to read, then they've opened themselves up to criticism. When I post an argument, I know there's a chance Durakken is going to come in and make some ridiculous argument against it using hyperbolic statements of what I said and creating straw man arguments. It doesn't stop me from posting though. Don't let it stop you either.Quote:Originally Posted by Vitality
I'm not...I type in general terms to not, specifically, call out a single poster.
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Quote:Grab onto the flawed analogy all you want, I'll admit it's only half useful. But my reasons for wanting to watch the show are my own. Because the quality and status quo have become complacent doesn't mean I won't still hold it to the same standards as I did before. Like I said, it still produces a couple of gems a season, and I'd like to see it end well. In the meantime, if they decide to produce content that's insulting to the audience's intelligence, then yeah, I'll point it out.Originally Posted by Vitality
So...would you keep calling them out and keep telling them how worthless they are and that you wish they would just die?
You may see it as pointless to "hate" on a show that I could just stop watching, but it's no more pointless than defending it's quality with no other argument other than "well, the ratings are good." To me, it's pointless to watch a show if you can't hold it to any standards of quality. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Rylas
I know, I could just stop watching it. But it still produces a gem once or twice a season. And I want to see it end well. I mean, you wouldn't stop caring for a loved one if they were an alcoholic who kept falling off the wagon on purpose, but you'd stop making excuses for them after a point.Don't bother quoting me if you're going to ask a question I answered.Quote:Originally Posted by Vitality
However, I still find those hating on the show to be more pointless than those who defend it...because if you hate it...why are you watching it?
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Quote:So much this. Getting into any kind of debate with him is pointless. Not because he can argue well, but because he ignores all the points you make and claims you made none, then backs it with, "It makes sense to me, so me am win!" Also, every comment drips with the air of know-it-allness (despite the clarity of the opposite). I'd point to another thread of his to explain what I mean, but it would probably come across as a mean-spirited personal attack, even though that wouldn't be the intent.Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
I feel bad for all the folks who were genuinely trying to defend the show, because then Durakken jumped in on their side and made it the side of wrongness.
For those defending the show, if it helps, I'd like to be able to defend it too. For four seasons, it was really good. If it could be even half as good as those four seasons, then I'd be able to agree with you. Back then, even though the pattern was "freak of the week" almost every week, you still got great character development. Things stayed consistent in the characters (for the most part).
So I understand you want to defend the show. I'll defend the first 4 seasons with you. I just can't excuse anything else sense then. I know, I could just stop watching it. But it still produces a gem once or twice a season. And I want to see it end well. I mean, you wouldn't stop caring for a loved one if they were an alcoholic who kept falling off the wagon on purpose, but you'd stop making excuses for them after a point.