Everything posted by Gorgon
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UK election thread
Isn't that rather a universal law of politics. One gets fed up with the old and stupidly thinks that the new is going to be better. I don't know why Labour decided to name him crown prince to begin with, he obviously has no knack for the popularity game, and by all accounts he was doing a good job as chancellor of... something or other - finance minister.
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What you did today
So it's sortof like an English proficiency test. What do you need that for ?.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
Bobs don't need an excuse, you whiney feminists.
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New XCOM game
But 20s-30s has all the cool cars, tommy guns, the prohibition and awesome jazz clubs Unfortunately not an exhaustive list
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New XCOM game
10s. The Kaiser, zeppelins, steam powered warships.
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Fallout: New Vegas
I think someone said the world map would be about the same.
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Fallout: New Vegas
I wouldn't hold out much hope for mutant transvestite prostitutes.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
He killed his Zombie dog ?. I don't even remember that. Main problem to me was that the zombies were too
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
Subtitles are awesome. Mainly because they DON'T amputate an extremely important part of an actor's toolset. The Germans, French and the Italians must be insane to put up with it on a routine basis. At least Hollywood just does a knockoff with American actors.
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Fallout: New Vegas
I dunno, the screenies I've seen tend towards being more goofball than grimey.
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Fallout: New Vegas
Going by other Bethesda games and what I've garnered from here there will be nothing even remotely X rated about FO NV.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
Donny Darko is hard to categorize. Since a large part of its fractured story deals with parallel universes, where else would you put it? I dunno, but technology does not play a factor, neither does 'the future'. I would say it's a movie about the inside of Donny Darko's head.
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Fallout: New Vegas
of course not, who would? since it was obviously only added so people could "look at themselves" and not as a game-play element. since many people prefer 3rd person though, i'd imagine this is why it's of interesting note to read that New Vegas is being tweaked to make 3rd person actually playable. I always played in 3d over the shoulder. Which was also why I was running around in raider badlands armour towards the end of the game. The only gear I could stand looking at. I only discovered by accident that it was possible to zoom in with the mouse wheel all the way to FPS view. I honestly don't think many people played the game in first person.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
It seems like the popular definition of sci fi is very wide, there is a lot on that list that most people would simply never think of when asked to name sci fi movies. For instance, is Watchmen sci fi. Definately. Transformers, It's an action movie with robots, nothing even resembling social comment.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
Hey V for Vendetta, that was a rather good adaptation. I forgot about that one.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
So Donny Darko is sci fi. By that definition almost any movie would count. Also, Iron man ?. Lets stick that under superhero.
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PC Build Advice
You might want to consider your electric bill as well.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
Yes I was feeling rather long in the tooth as well as I was trying to recall the movies I had liked.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
Dark city is from 1999 as well. You mean the one where Kiefer Sutherland discovers the truth about the strange city he lives in ?.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
And it's from 1999. Nevermind.
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
The matrix was definite sci fi and delved rather heavily into philosophy as well. It belongs there. Maybe it would have been easier if it had been just one movie, as people eventually got tired of them - and of Keanu Reeves - myself included, but # 1 is certainly part of what defines sci fi for the 00's
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Top 10 sci fi films of the decade
There is almost no good sci fi for the last decade so it's tough going. But yeah. k-pax ?.
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Movies you have seen recently
Ip Man, 1 & 2. Supposedly about the founder of Wing Tsun, which is somewhat similar to Ju-jutsu. Man, it's a relief to see a martial arts movie where the principles don't routinely fly around like superman. They (Ip Man 1 & 2) are about the Japanese occupation, so they have the same setting as the greatest martial arts movie of all time, Fist of Legend. Unfortunately it kinda lacks Japanese characters which aren't complete caricatures. Still, it's like a welcome return to the old formula. Ip Man kicking some ass : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qhPDEOYbx4
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All non-African people have Neanderthal DNA
I just discovered my mom is actually an anti-evolutionist, if that's a word. I didn't think they would accept a hippie. She doesn't believe in the literal interpretation of the bible, rather it seemed to revolve around her not liking the notion of descending from apes. She seems to particularly dislike chimpanzees. I mean, yeah gorillas are definitely cooler animals.
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Mexifornia
Didn't the US grab LA from Mexico back in the day. I mean if anyone doesn't 'belong' wouldn't that be the Yanks.