Tenzhi
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I'll give any new Star Trek series a chance. So far I've liked 3.5 of the 5 series (+1 if I count the animated series).
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I don't much like Controllers, because I've found them to be rather tedious to play and the one I kinda enjoyed playing become completely unfun around level 38 or so.
I don't care for Brutes as in my experience with them they tend to be too squishy for me to get any enjoyment out of their Fury mechanic. I feel like I'm better off with a Scrapper if I'm looking for damage, and a Tank if I just want survivability.
I hate Radiation Emission and tend to dislike other sets that rely on enemy-affecting toggles without status protection.
I want to like Ice Armor, but it's so obtrusively ugly... -
Quote:Ha!
Zwill: "If I see a single Cloud out there, I'm going to reach through the screen and delete your character. No! No Sephiroth clones!
Green! Green grass!Quote:Bad! Bad Final Fantasy fan!"
Round! Round ball!
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Right now there unfortunately isn't much in the way of beam-hurling available. It's mostly bolts, balls, waves, rings, and clouds.
Energy would really be the best for light-based powers, IMO. Radiation might be a passable set for it, though the nuke and the PBAOE aren't very good for light, I'd say (possibly not the targetted AoE or cone, either). Radiation has my favourite snipe attack, though. -
Quote:Ah, I might've noticed that if I wasn't staring so hard at Zikar's abbreviated picture.Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
B.E.N. is #124 and already been figured out.
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Quote:It would be both funny and tragic the first time someone got rickroll'd to death.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Imagine someone cracking into the controller for these things and pulling a "funny" at inconvenient times.
Like when you're driving down the road...
Yeah. The concept is cool, but the implementation could be dangerous as hell. -
I didn't watch more than a few episodes of the more recent BSG simply because what I *did* watch I didn't like. I wasn't a big fan of the original series/movie, but get rid of the robo-daggit and I could stand it.
I have never seen The Thing in its entirety. I never make it past the dog part in the beginning.
I didn't watch the Robotech series. -
Recently read Dwarves (english version) by Markus Heitz. It was a very good read. And it's apparently the first book in a trilogy, though it makes a complete enough story on its own to be satisfying.
Currently reading And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer, which is apparently supposed to be part six of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
And after that I may finally start in on Dance of Dragons, which has been sitting here taunting me with its presence for a few weeks. -
Quote:I may be misremembering the name. The robot was insane and, IIRC, a key plot device as well. Maybe it's B.E.N., it sounds like it may be the character voiced by Martin Short. It's fairly prominent in the trailer at imdb and it's pictured at the Disney site for the movie.Originally Posted by Olantern
I don't remember a robot named "Jimmy" in that movie (especially since the human protagonist is also named "Jim"), but that does look like a Treasure Planet design.
And I think #39 is from an old VHS I watched ages ago called Starchaser: Legend of Orin, but I've had trouble finding a good pic or the character's name. The only shot I found wasn't very good and was a tiny part of a montage at a website that I think was selling burned copies.
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Quote:Even Ford wasn't all that big, as I recall. I believe he was doing carpentry work at the time and sort of got dragged in to help read lines which ultimately resulted in him getting a part he wasn't really auditioning for.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Minus Ford, could you really call the original Star Wars trilogy an 'All-Star' cast? Weren't they all relative unknowns at the time?
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Quote:Indeed. I was going to say that Alan Rickman *made* that movie entertaining. He chewed the scenery, digested it, and extruded gold bricks.Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
Seriously? You need your heart cut out with a spoon if you honestly think that.
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Quote:Those video game historical/mythological references haven't really changed much since the 8-bit days. Muramasa, Masamune, Kaladbolg, Longinus, Gram, Mjolnir, Gungnir, etc. aren't a recent video game fad. Besides which, given their historical/mythological presence, we'd likely be aware of them anyway.Originally Posted by ketch
One of those "You don't geek how I how so you're not a geek" arguments brewing in here... Looking at it objectively, you'll see it's just a matter of generational differences. Some of you older folks are going to be much more familiar with PnP and the literature it stemmed from, while the youngsters are going to draw more from video games which in turn often draw from Japanese history and myths.
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#92 is Jimmy from Treasure Planet, I believe.
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#161 is the Scout In A Can from Spaced Invaders.
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#81 is a jack-of-all-trades robot from a made-for-tv-movie called Star Command/In the Fold
#20 is a robot from The Earth Dies Screaming -
Fascinating.
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Quote:From 2nd Ed's Legends & Lore:Originally Posted by Nightphall
I've looked for hours but.......are there any D&D stats for Excalibur and Stormbringer?
The only thing I can assume about them is that they are either minor or major artifacts.
"Excalibur is a sword of sharpness +5 that can only be wielded by a Lawful God warrior of 18 strength or greater. If stolen, taken by treachery, or lifted in an evil cause, Excalibur will beak upon contact with another weapon. It can only be mended by returning all of the resulting pieces to the Lady of the Lake, and she will only mend it for a worthy king, such as Arthur.
As valuable as Excalibur itself is the sword's scabbard, which prevents bloo from flowing from is wearer's wounds. Anyone wearing the scabbard suffers damage only from bludgeoning, magic,fire, and other forms of non-cutting attacks. The scabbard only functions for a Lawful Good wearer."
I'm pretty sure the stats have appeared in Dragon magazine for 3rd edition, as well. I believe Stormbringer was featured in an article, but I don't recall seeing it in any of the official books, though there are certainly a number of swords that perform a similar life/soul-drinking function. -
Quote:True, that.Originally Posted by Rodoan
Though likely not in the top 10, I would place the Sword of Shannara fairly high on a personal list, though it did function differently than a traditional sword.
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#166 is Ludwig
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Quote:Was that the triple-bladed sword? I loved that one.Originally Posted by Mandu
Needs Talon's sword from Sword and the Sorcerer.
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#15 appears to be the robot from Mother Riley Meets the Vampire.
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The list has a decided lack of Sting (and I personally prefer ye olde Rankin-Bass design to that of the Peter Jackson films).
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Quote:Yes, I heard where they came from. It didn't make the movie suck any less. Most of my familiarity with the Punisher comes from well before he had that glowing mark on his forehead. Plopping that murderous vigilante smack dab in the middle of a Friends pastiche is a horrible idea. Having him played by Thomas Jane, who didn't give the appearance of being able to look or act tough at all, was a worse idea. If Thomas Jane's pathetic Punisher is a good representative of Garth Ennis' Punisher, I'm glad I didn't read it.Originally Posted by Nericus
Those friends/neighbors were taken directly from the Marvel Knights Punisher series titled "Welcome back, Frank" after Garth Ennis restored the Punisher to life after that stupid mini series where he was an agent of the afterlife.
I'd call it the worst of the three. Yes, I'd even rather watch the Dolph Lundgren Punisher despite the fact that it seems like some random cheesy fun 80s action movie that just happens to have the Punisher and a couple of other names attached. The only good part of the Thomas Jane movie was the fight with the Russian.Quote:Overall the Tom Jane Punisher was the best of the 3, main problem I have with it is that Travolta forgot how to act. -
Quote:I believe you're right. I think it was called S.P.O.T.Originally Posted by Olantern
Granted, it's been 25 years or so since I saw that movie, but I seem to recall that the Mandroid was a Robocop-like thing, while that little floating robot was called something else.
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Quote:War Zone itself being an apology for the horrible Thomas Jane Punisher, aka Friends: The One Where Frank Castle Moves In.Originally Posted by Nericus
Hm Marvel Max movies, the key to getting a movie that apologizes for Punisher War Zone....