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I suffer in silent shame no more, at least.

Given the title, I feel forced to confess to not actually being an expert on Cheech and Chong films.

It'd probably be a blunt weapon like a staff...perhaps with reach (or similar) unless the blade of the oar was sharpened to have a blade edge in which case it could serve as something akin to a glaive or a naginata. Other silly ideas - An anchor & chain as something akin to a spiked chain / meteor hammer / kusarigama A pair of metal rudders sharpened and used as dual-weilded axes An ancient pirate flag as a magical cloak Wooden Leg as a club (too obvious) A petrified arm with a hook hand as a club/piercing damage unique weapon Magical eye patches that let you see hidden things Shield made from a ship's wheel - has a % chance to allow disarm to represent the idea of blocking the weapon on the fellow and using the handles to twist the weapon from opponents grip Tiller as a club Giant shark tooth as a shield that adds blunt & slash to bash attacks

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kp brought up Mummy in the genesis post. with the new universal monster movies being released, we cannot help but lament the metaphorical death o' the traditional mummy. no longer is the mummy a revenant punishing those who defile a tomb, but is a demigod/god with apocalyptic intent. blame the brendan fraser rachel weisz films? to keep this political, we can throw out a more sinister (ridiculous) possibility. given the middle-eastern origin o' the mummy, is the transformation from a singular and limited threat to a danger directed at western culture entire represent transparent and insidious islamophobia on the part o' the movie producers? muahaha. c'mon. you has seen crazier stuff from breitbart, no? HA! Good Fun! First Universal Mummy film w/Karloff has the Mummy/Imhotep not punishing interlopers or defilers; instead he walks out of the tomb area (sure he drives an archeologist mad so doing, but that's he couldn't take the site of the Mummy walking around) and later tries to force the re-incarnation of his lost love. You have to jump forward 8 years to 1940's THE MUMMY'S HAND to get the idea of the Mummy being directed by the High Priest of Karnak to kill all those who'd defile Anaka's tomb. That said, its probably important to point out that the first of the major mummy novels, Stoker's Jewel of the Seven Stars, involves the mummy trying to re-unite her soul (trapped in a mummified cat) with her 'astral body' who happens to be the daughter of one of the expedition leaders who found her tomb. That a bunch of people end-up dead (at least in the original version) is secondary to her attempt to reunite spirit and body, however its arguable that Queen Tera is the prototype for the super-powered Mummy who could potentially rain destruction down that you see picked up in the Frasier and current films.

I actually didn't have much issue with a second run other than I find Kadara kind of tedious. It actually feels a good bit like DAI (for better or worse) to me from a game standpoint (although less polished in many ways). Still I had fun with it - but then I tend to find most Bioware games fun to a degree.

There's no time frame, so the Basque Separatist bombing in Palma Nova in 2009?

Too bad they cut the Simon Williams posters from GOTG2 - you could have added a debate on whether or not Nathan Fillion and Simon Williams are the same person, or if they are two different actors, why they look exactly alike...

And that's an honest formed opinion made from engaging with the work - who can fault that?

And that's great. If we all liked the same stuff it'd be awfully boring. My comment was simply to address that I didn't hate (or like) it sight unseen for reasons other than what the film actually was.

I liked the recent Ghostbusters film. Then again I didn't think the original Ghostbusters was the greatest film of my generation either and I also didn't become apoplectic at the thought of either (a) the Ghostbusters not including Murray, Ramis, Ackroyd or Hudson or (b) the Ghostbusters being women.

Reads to me as the law is intended to keep people from interfering with Alligators unless otherwise proscribed by law (like, say, someone who is licensed to capture and relocate them). Its unlawful to "feed, entice, or molest an alligator"; in this case I suspect that it was intended to stop people from alligator wrestling or harassing the animals (like throwing things at it, trying to make it angry by poking it wit sticks, etc).

Modern comics Supergirl was at one time portrayed as 'stronger' due to not having grown up having to suppress her powers like Clark did as she arrived as a teenager. Not sure if that applies to the episode as I'm not watching the show.

According to data from the Joint Center for Political and Economic studies, African American voters had been voting overwhelmingly Democrat in US Presidential races at least as early as 1936. Anecdotally I've heard that this can - at least partially - be attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt making sure New Deal legislation applied equally to whites and blacks and her outreach to African Americans, but I don't know if there's any hard data on that. No Republican Presidential candidate has - since 1936 when the Joint Center started compiling data - carried more than 40% of the vote; the closest was in the 1956 election when incumbent Eisenhower pulled just under 40%.

Eh...Picasso's sister died of diphtheria when he was a boy which greatly effected him; his blue period started from depression triggered by the suicide of a friend. If you look at any artist you'll find shares of highs and lows...not because they're artists but because most of the famous artist are typically being looked at years after they've passed on and you can catalogue their experiences of a type. Everyone's life has success and tragedy.

I confess, I'd buy it again. Already have it for PS3 and PC. But it is such a fun game to just run around in. Would love a solid sequel.

I've been watching the Saint myself. I'm already watching The Saint - started the 3rd season a couple of weeks back.

Final trailer for VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS:

With the passing of Roger Moore, I re-watched some episodes of The Persuaders! the short lived Roger Moore / Tony Curtis adventure comedy series. Reminded of what an awesome theme John Barry came up for it:

Sad news about Roger Moore. I've been rewatching his run on THE SAINT, one of the better ITV Adventure series. RIP