Hiro Protagonist

Great Stuff. Yep and I used Netscape all the time back then. I have to wonder when I joined the BIS forums. Must have been around 1999 or 2000.

I remember the Lord Jim debacle and I'm sure I have screen shots on an old computer. And yeah, the colour scheme of IPLY forums was truly horrible. That was Damien Folletto. After BIS, he was involved in a post-apocalyptic game called The Fall: Last Days of Gaia. Not sure where he is now.

After Earth. Just saw this now and can see why this movie has bad reviews. I'm glad I didn't spend any money watching this. 2/10.

Started watching Breaking Bad from Sunday and already finished Season 2. Awesome show. Should be up to the current episodes by next week.

Star Trek Into Darkness. The whole Enterprise being under water didn't make any sense. And Spock was an emotional rollercoaster. Overall it was ok. 5/10.

Even the chinese that's spoken in the show has been criticised and many debates over it. There's a mix of mandarin and cantonese. The usual 'Hollywood tried but not getting it' versus 'oh, but Joss never actually said this in a recorded format so it isn't'... to the speculative 'who knows what's happened to the language in the future'. The chinese in the show never bothered me. As someone who has taken courses in mandarin and know how hard it is to pronounce the words correctly, I believe it came down to recording the Chinese for the actors to listen and parrot, but even then it's hard for people used to western languages to correctly pronounce the words with the correct pitch. After many years of practice, I still can't pronounce some words in Mandarin properly. I sometimes wonder how Firefly would fare if it was released today as a new show if it didn't exist. I agree with Nonek that it would be a hard sell. I've noticed a lot of cynicism and nitpicking with good shows on internet forums. I doubt Firely would have escaped all the erroneous nitpicking as other shows get today. Perhaps we live in an age of cynicism.

I remember when Dark Angel was cancelled and a lot of viewers weren't happy about that and was replaced with Firefly. And with Firefly, I didn't get all the we have this technology with space ships but still use basic guns and bullets. It seemed a bit mixed up at the time with the wild west in space. I gave up after a couple of episodes and it was cancelled soon after. It was only when it became popular on the internet, released on DVD that I went back to watch to find out what the bid deal was. And found that it was quite good. It feels as if people have jumped on the firefly internet bandwagon but if they watched it when it aired, they probably would have given it one or two episodes and gave up. Much like the same with other shows that have been cancelled early and now have a following. And then the movie came out and it bombed at the box office. This was supposedly going to be a huge movie from the internet reaction from the show. Quite the opposite in fact. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=serenity.htm Production Budget - $39 Million Worldwide Box Office $38.8 million Yep, even the worldwide totals couldn't even get above the production budget. I was one of the very few people that went to the cinema and supported this. It seems most of the movie going public didn't. So I really have to wonder how popular Firefly is. It doesn't seem to be popular with mainstream audiences.

Now You See Me. Great magic heist movie. Really enjoyed it.

I hear you Sargy. I've missed quite a few people especially from the BIS boards as well. I've always wondered what's happened to all those guys that frequented the BIS Boards, the different sub-forums. Too many names to mention but I do remember nearly all of them and a lot of what they posted. A lot of friends back then even though we may not have known it at the time. And after a few years of not seeing them, you then realise how much of an impact they had on your life. You realise they were friends and not just random people on an internet forum. Those who have left probably don't realise the impact they've had on us, but we do remember them. I remember them. And with great fondness, the memories and the sadness of people who have passed away. There were ups and downs as standard with a community, but there wasn't one person on the BIS boards that I didn't like. It may come as a surprise but I actually liked everyone that I came in contact and those I didn't have contact with. There was a lot of people who I didn't talk to, but I still have good memories of them and reading some of their posts. A lot of people, friends and memories, all good which is a rare thing.

Pretty much sums up what Gromnir is saying. Also, some things that Josh Sawyer likes in a pnp game may not translate into a crpg, despite wanting to put it into the game. While it might be more realistic, some things just aren't fun in a crpg. We've seen that with item durability being taken out. And it really comes down to is the game fun to play? Yes/No. You only have to look at IWD 2 to notice some glaring things that frustrates players. Battle Squares, Fell Woods, lack of any useful or good loot in most of the game for your characters, some of the FedEx quests, a lot of the mini-boss fights only drop gold and gems and no armour/weapons, ... and so on. While there's a lot of good stuff in IWD 2, there's some real let downs as well. What comes across as a good game overall, could have been a fantastic game.

Some good news. Australian doctors have saved the life of a woman who was clinically dead for 42 minutes. http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/latest/a/-/newshome/18558756/doctors-bring-vic-woman-back-from-dead/

Olympus has Fallen. Enjoyed the action, especially at the start. Was thinking how they were going to take the White house and quite impressed with all the action. 7/10 Oblivion. Another movie I liked and was wondering where it was all going until it hit the middle of the movie and I was like, oh yeah, now it makes sense. I could see how this was a graphic novel even though it wasn't publiched. 7/10

You've got some kind of problem? Back the hell down. The only problem I see is someone without all the facts. I would've thought reading the news article and watching the video to give it context is important than getting half the facts and jumping to conclusions. It's better to get all the facts and the context of what's being reported. The video gives the story context.

How about watching the video before jumping to conclusions? Also, she hasn't taken any drugs, another example of you jumping to conclusions.

Did you even watch the video?

We've had something similar in Australia. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/06/16/12/34/transgender-girl-wins-right-to-use-girls-toilets

No you misunderstand what I mean. My friends do care about security, they just don't care about what the NSA is doing.

You mean the minority will ask themselves as the majority won't care much like what's happening today.

So I'm guessing all this NSA is old news now? Most people have gone back to their lives, family, jobs, etc. I know in my circle of friends and co-workers, no one either knew about this or cared about it. I'd have to say I felt the same way. Apathy rules.

I haven't been following this or how it started. No idea what prompted this. Don't understand why people are out when APCs are driving through the city and guns are being fired and people dying. I'd be inside trying to stay safe.

If that's a recent photo (or a photo over the last year or so), he didn't age much. He still looks quite young and nearly the same as he did 15 years ago. Surprised he was a grandfather. Such a shame and looks like he had a lot of years ahead of him.

I remember tarna's picture from the BIS days and it's always how I remembered him.

He was a pretty calm guy and great moderator, especially back in the Obsidian days when there was the likes of the Ye Olde Political forum around. A lot of memories. Rest in peace tarna.

My car. Still looks all right after 7 years.

The old 'disarm and subdue' tactics. When I daydream and think of a situation where someone would attack me, I would go all Bruce Lee and 'chop', 'block', 'kick', 'punch' and the attacker would be face down on the ground while I stand proudly, arms folded, with my foot on his back. The cops arriving, congratulating me on a job well done. The reality is this is America. An attacker on a quiet street with no one around may have a concealed gun and just shoot you if you offered any resistance, or while running away get a bullet in the back.