LadyCrimson

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Since they may be re-doing original Star Trek and it's not known if the originals will still be available or won't be (ala SW, perhaps...) I finally broke down and bought the DVD sets. Much as I love ST, I must admit that by now, they're very dated and occasionally hard to sit through. But it's still a giggling hoot to watch Spock struggle manfully while pretending to be pinned down by styrofoam rocks....

Gonna have to mostly agree w/Ramza too - the trailer just looks like every other special-effects blockbuster movie trailer. Nothing special. Not saying it doesn't look like it'll have some cool battle scenes. Probably will. But as much as I like well-done big bold battles in media, I'm also getting a little tired of the CGI generated look. It's like that period where every medieval trailer seemed to have the "army fires 1000's of arrows up into the air" shot. Zzzzz.

I don't have any problems with my digital camera losing stuff, but it does sound pretty cool. Faster is always good. Progress marches on.

The Sims2. On sale, what the heck. I haven't played much, but so far I'm not overly impressed. Just seems like the original Sims only prettier. Edit: I do like creating the Sims themselves - the faces and all that. That part is much better. As soon as I put them in a house tho, I tend to lose interest very rapidly.

Which? Majesty or Evil Genius? Regardless, I don't think either are the one you're thinking of. Majesty's a 6+ year old RTS and Evil Genius wasn't set in an alternate reality - more like a bizarre fantasy super-spy-from-the-60's setting.

I'll have to look again, but I'm pretty sure the films had the black letterboxing bars - don't know if that means it was just stretched out or not. Maybe I'm remembering wrong tho...I'll check. Edit: NVM?...guess it was stretched out letterboxing? Didn't look stretched...but I don't have a great new-tech TV or anything. Reedit: It does look a lot worse on the computer than on our TV - much more grainy, mostly. :D But that kind of makes me feel like I'm seeing it in the large yet cruddy - compared to today - theaters of the late 70's...

Majesty...the Monks were calling me. And despite the fact I didn't think it was that great in the end, I have this odd desire to reinstall Evil Genius all of a sudden.

On the one hand, I'm laughing, on the other, I'm thinking what the...? And Bokishi, that's one nice screen capture. Good timing.

Gorth, I'm not sure what's wrong with the DVD versions? I bought them and they seem ok to me. Are these things you don't like about them something about the originals that was left out, or about new tech not applied that you think should've been?

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I think the original question has been answered and this thread can be put to rest?

Before this one possibly gets out of hand....

I'm a lazy gamer. I don't think the wii is for me. And meta, yeah, it became repetitive early on. The supposed super henchmen were also pretty useless. I would have preferred if EG had had several "levels" instead of leaving you on one island for so long. I never did get to the 2nd island (there were only 2...)

Tower Records is apparently closing it's doors all over the place, thus I bought a lot of cheap movies. Lords of Discipline...one of those films I rented ages ago because someone specific was in it, and I kinda liked it. Watching it now...eh, not so great. Not bad for a message/drama film but...meh.

Evil Genius was kind of fun for a while, but it lacked something. All that individual tagging of enemies was a pain, too. One thing I did like tho, was how you could undo your digging if you wanted, and rebuild rooms/areas w/out having to start from complete scratch. Even if it was a cheesy option, the way the game was designed I can understand why they did it, and I appreciated it. Btw, there's a massive bug regarding gold/treasury in EG...I discovered it by accident and could make millions before building any other room. :D

There's a Stargate game in the works? While a game based in Firefly's universe might be interesting, I think I'll just wait for Spore - hopefully the ultimate SP game w/MMORPG aspects.

It is hard to get into such talky movies in general. Usually takes me 30 minutes or so. :D

My usual nick at the time was taken here. So... ...Crimson - randomly picked color name, no meaning...and the blue color names were taken... ...Lady - used to try to ensure a name wouldn't be taken. And if you're wondering, I'm not really very Lady-like in RL - but LadyCrimson has a better ring than WomanCrimson or CrimsonWoman or something. ^_^ Now it's my main nick everywhere. Strange how that works sometimes.

Too long ago, don't remember accurately. I think around 32 the first time through it, maybe a couple levels lower the 2nd time - I go slowly and try to do everything possible. I only finished the entire game twice - once light once dark - after that I just played up to the four planets or from save games.

I don't think Dantoonie is any slower, if you go the DS path of getting the part rather than the more...uh...diplomatic way. I'd usually go there and IIRC I'd just run to the Temple to that door. Tho you did have to deal with a few bacties and such. No biggie.

Ditto. Although for me, in terms of being a NPC I rarely used/had a use for, HK-47 would fall under that too...he had some funny lines, but he usually stayed on the ship anyway...

Something from a broadway stage production could be amusing.

Thirteen Days, about the Cuban missle crisis in the 60's. Almost nothing but talking, but still as interesting and good as I remember from seeing it in the theater. Except that I wish they'd chosen someone else besides Kevin Coster. He doesn't do badly, but imo he doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the cast/tone of the film, either. At least Coster's role is limited, with the large cast of characters in the film. The actors playing the Kennedy's are great. Even more interesting to watch were the documentary features on the DVD.