LadyCrimson

This morning, upon discovering a dead cranefly on my desk, I proved once again that I'm very strange. http://main.crimsonkeep.com/archives/142

The poll needs a "depends" option. I subscribe to the notion that both "many outweighs the few' and "few outweighs the many" can be equally viable/applicable. For a country/people to completely forgo its desired "way of life" and surrender or willingly be annihilated without fighting for whatever those ideals are, simply on the basis of who might have the biggest death toll, is too close to pacifism for my liking, which I don't believe in.

I wouldn't say it was total crap, but I do mostly agree w/the sentiment It had some comic/amusing moments - if Bruce is in the movie, it's bound to - but overall it was kind of a snooze-fest. I can't watch the theater versions at all anymore for that reason. Extended adds more depth, which was somewhat lacking before. Not that it's super-deep even in the extended, but .... yeah, y'all know what I mean. But after the first time, I haven't been able to sit through all 3 extended without fast-forwarding through a lot of scenes. The more I came to memorize the films, the more scenes there are that I realize I don't find all that entertaining on repeated viewings. And the last movie I saw was Hoosiers. One of those old movies I hadn't seen a long long time, and one of the few "sports" movies that I actually like.

This forum is currently lacking in cute/random animal pictures. (both belong to my sister-in-law)

Agreed. But that's why I'd need space-travel ... sitting around planet-side waiting for civilizations to rise/fall/change dramatically isn't my idea of fun. Plus with the right spaceship tech, it might lessen the effects of 900+ years of sun skin damage and gravity sag.

I agree - he was one of my favorite things about the game. They did a really good job at bringing over the droid "attitude" and charm that made the droids so popular in the films, imo. Funny how you can become so attached to a pile of metal bolts.

Sicko. No one should confuse Michael Moore with being a serious documentary filmmaker, but I do find his movies entertaining opinion-propaganda. This one falls apart towards the end (becomes boring & overly conceited even for Moore) but up to that point it's watchable, gave me some laughs, and occasionally made me nod in agreement with the basic point that "health care system in America is bogus."

I think if my lifespan was 1000+ years, and there was no interstellar space-travel, I'd die of boredom long before. 200-250 years would be nice, both for more time to "have some fun" and for the possible increased tech/culture innovation/stability, but after that I think you'd end up with diminishing returns. But if there was interstellar space-travel, and one could own your own private spaceship to run around the galaxy in, I might change my mind.

Haha, probably the first time one of these test makes me out to be "evil."

Agree Sion was interesting as a female Exile, but he seemed too much of a puppet for me to actually admire. Knee jerk reaction would be to vote Atton, because I found him the most "fun" - love those Han-Solo/Indiana Jones type characters - but I wouldn't want to marry him.

Thought I'd add that PaintShop Pro isn't a bad program either - at least some of the versions from the past several years, I haven't tried the actual very latest - seems to me like the latest versions of PSP have gone a bit more towards photoediting than graphic editing & creation if that makes sense.... A better example of your work might garner more requests, since these days it's not that hard for even nubs to make simple forum graphics that at least look fairly clean, even if they're not eye-popping or works of art.

We finally found/bought a house in the area we actually wanted to buy in. God what a nightmare finding one became. So yay. I'm going to miss this good-sized rented house - 15 years and a 'never see him' landlord served us well. I won't miss the southern farm fertilizer smells that drift over on the wind, however. Right this minute, I'm trying to steam an artichoke in the microwave. I've done it before quite successfully, but this time it doesn't seem to be going as well.

Pretty much sums them up for me, too. Used to go to the local one here all the time, but don't anymore. I usually go to BestBuy or Fry's (giant warehouse home/electronic/computer store). I don't buy off the internet unless it's the only way a game is sold.

Ah ... Ms Easton. That reminds me of that awesomely cheesy music show Solid Gold, which I watched constantly for a few years and have fond memories of. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwzLQ-ekGt8 The best SG dance-cheese came from the initial non-series episode special. And of course since this is a thread about Easten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZEoqjdrcIs(morning train/solid gold) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMZJ2TJbRGc (could have been w/me/solid gold)

Even if it's not quite like beta vs. vhs in some techy way, I'm glad we didn't buy a hd-dvd player and buy a bunch of hd-dvd's. And I'll still wait before buying a blu-ray ... until, like, you can't buy "regular" DVD players/DVD's anymore.

Maybe I'm not understanding, but if the reason the blood is "too thick" is because of iron, I'm not sure alcohol is something to use. Too much iron in blood can potentially damage the liver, and I think alcohol might actually increase the odds of liver damage or would make it worse if you have that problem, so it's something to be generally avoided. You'd need to lower the iron, of course, and hopefully that would thin the blood as a result? Too much vitamin C might be something to avoid, for example, since it supposedly increases iron absorbtion. And according to wiki, "Increasing intake of substances that inhibit iron absorption, such as high-tannin tea, calcium, and foods containing oxalic and phytic acids (these must be consumed at the same time as the iron-containing foods in order to be effective)" might help. Environmental causes can cause high blood readings sometimes, I think, too - not just hereditary links - so perhaps something has changed there to cause the higher readings this time around? I knew someone who's dad had a problem with retaining too much iron - I don't think it was haemochromatosis but I'm not sure, it was so long ago. All I remember is the man also had a non-clotting issue and that he looked like he had a great tan (when he didn't have one) and he had to stick a needle in his stomach (or thereabouts) to periodically withdraw the iron (or blood?). If you actually have haemochromatosis, I believe the blood-taking is still considered a treatment. It all depends on the actual reason for the high iron count/thick blood, tho, of course.

Legolas, while entertaining, wasn't much better defined as a character in the movies than Gimli, I'd agree. He was the semi-straightman to Gimli's laughtrack. But ensemble cast films can't give everyone depth - there's just not enough time. It's more possible in TV shows that last for seasons.

Don't you hate it when that happens.

Gimli's treatment farking annoyed me as well, even tho I also admittedly laughed when I was supposed to. I still find Elijah Wood's performance the most cringe-inducing thing about the films. Gah. I didn't find Aragorn whiny, however. Brooding, maybe. Firmly in the McKellan camp, too.

But I disagree that post-apoc world has to be grey and colorless. Humans like color - I suspect they'd find a way to inject into the environment in some way or another. Movies/media have used the same post-apoc like setting for years - it wouldn't hurt to stretch the imagination and think of something different. But then it "wouldn't be fallout." I'm not saying there should be crtoony rainbows, white unicorns and purple cotton trees everywhere ... but a red sweater worn in a rocky desert under even the darkest, stormiest skies will still be red. There could at least be some overgrowing green foliage all about these ruined towns to break up the monotony...

Awww.....I'm just spoiled by Bokishi's Screenshots

He did do very well, all things considered, with LotR - very entertaining movies that were more than just "decnt movies based on a book", if you know what I mean. I can't really imagine anyone else doing any better, so I'd view this as a hopeful thing. But I didn't like King Kong much ...

:D I don't think I quite see that, but it's kinda cool that someone saw something different in the image. Also makes me wonder what I could do with a sandal ....

I see your point and sometimes it's a very valid one. But I disagree that post-apoc world has to be grey and colorless. Humans like color - I suspect they'd find a way to inject into the environment in some way or another. Movies/media have used the same post-apoc like setting for years - it wouldn't hurt to stretch the imagination and think of something different.

Wrong. Although I don't love him in a big romantic way...and I initially found him irritating...but he grew on me and eventually my Kotor2 group would always consist of Atton and Disciple.