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I think the original cast is either under contract, or all willing to come back. I heard Harrison Ford say that he wants them to kill Han if they to bring him back though. I know he's all old and can't be an action star, but if they bring him back Han will likely be some bigwig in the new Republic or something rather than being the dashing rogue of yore. This will be about their kids and will only have the original cast to tie it together if they are used at all.

I loved the game, but Old Owl Well was probably my least favorite part of it. Trying to replay it again but its definitely showing its age. The Facelift mod definitely helped, but the fact that I can barely get 25 FPS out of it while standing still with no combat at medium specs with a modern rig is pretty awful.

I would think the main issue now would be the "Acting" part of voice acting. You could synthesize a realistic voice, but getting it to deliver lines in a believable way would be difficult I would think.

I read about the Israelis donating their votes to west bank Palestinians and shook my head when one asked them to boycott the election. Not voting isn't a statement, its silencing your voice.

I knew what it was when I backed it a week ago. I thought it was pretty clear. Guess I was in the minority?

Dwarves are people born of a genetic condition, and dwarfism is a condition which occurs all over. Elves are Germanic in origin, not nordic. Norse and Germanic are two different things. The Germanic tribes who invaded/were invited/decided to stay and take the land of the kings who invited them to Britain were not culturally similar to the Norse/Viking rapers/raiders who later attacked the British isles. The Scandinavians and Danes were not welcomed as cultural brothers to Britain by the Anglo-Saxons. Fantasy dwarves, ie the underground warrior/miner/craftsman dwarves come from germanic mythology, from which norse mythology is derived.

Shareholders are a detriment to most public companies. They prevent companies from thinking long term if it will result in short term losses. Anyway, I'm surprised microsoft hasn't already started doing prebuilt pcs. The majority of issues windows had was driver conflicts. If they built their own branded pcs with optimized specs and such, they could theoretically compete with macs in terms of stability and such.

Not enough space wizards to be a star wars movie.

I want the standard Dwarven accent to be based on German, and elves to be based on swedish/norwegian. Elves and dwarves being based on norse/germanic mythology.

Abrams has done some good stuff, and some not so good stuff. Much like every other director. Star Trek was his only really good one though, but it shows he has the potential to pull it off stunningly.

So it looks like JJ Abrams is doing Episode VII. Thoughts?

I'm like 4 episodes into Last Resort and was really enjoying it, then found out it didn't even get a full season

That type of content encapsulates the Planescape theme perfectly, but it has jack **** to do with torment. If you're making a spiritual successor then call it that, but don't tell me you're making the next Torment and then say "well it actually takes place in a different setting, doesn't have the same characters, won't have any actual links at all really to the last game, but since we're now calling Torment a 'thematic franchise' we feel it's accurate for us to call this the next Torment!" Again, this is just like the Final Fantasy franchise. Every game has a different setting, different characters, even different game mechanics. But they are still Final Fantasy games because they have similar themes and re-use certain concepts and names. Basically they have the same "feel". Essentially exactly what they are describing for this.

Just saw the Fringe finale. Definitely the ending it deserved. Nice to see for a change. @Kor, sorry to disapoint, but no Walternate.

Wait... a series finale that wasn't immensely dissappointing?

Directors cut was even better. Seems to generally be the case though.

Just saw Prometheus. I...liked it? It was visually gorgeous, and the cast did a good job, but it was a bit of a mess.

Just read about that. Could be good, could be horrid. Lots of potential for win. Imagine, opens to a pitched battle between NCR forces and remnants of the Enclave. Soldiers on both sides being torn apart, but eventually the NCR starts to push then back. Cuts to Ron Perlman in a set of power armor with the NCR flag painted across the chest. Fires a shot with his plasma pistol blowing a retreating enclave trooper in half. Scouts run up to him. "We have them on the run commander. Its over." "Good. I'm sick of this fighting. I just want to retire, maybe raise some Brahmin. Casualty report?" "Numbers still coming in. So far at least 150 dead, more than twice that wounded." "*sighs* War. War never changes..." Cut to opening credits with I don't want to set the world on fire as title song. Credits sequence shows newspaper clippings and silent newsreel showing backstory of the apocalypse.

If they call it Torment 2 I wont like it, if they call it Numenera: Torment I'm entirely ok with it.

Yeah, MGM went bankrupt and couldn't afford to release it. They also had to digitally alter the film so the Chinese weren't the bad guys so they could release it in China.

I was going to say something similar. I like my womens with some more meat.

With the ability to import your own coats of arms for them and customize colors/patterns

yes I saw vampires suck. it sucked. Better than Twilight.

Most of that made me not very optimistic about it if its true. Adding a "learn by doing" skill system to Fallout would make me angry. Lovecraftian beings, unless they're some sort of genetically modified creature doesn't sound awesome. I like the idea of having the architecture of the ruined buildings having a more retro-futurist feel rather than just recognizable landmarks.

Saw Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter last night. Lead guy could play a young Liam Neeson. Anyway, not a bad flick. Cheesy, but fun.