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But what the Templars are actually doing according to DAI (and this supports Alistair's claim that they don't need Lyrium) is their skills allow them to strengthen the wall between the natural world and the Fade, thus they supress a mage's ability to channel energy from the Fade by making the mage have a harder time connecting with the Fade. The idea, then, is that lyrium (or - trying not to be spoilery - the special "vigil" that Cassandra went through) strengthen the ability to channel the Templar's/Seeker's conviction, thus their ability to make the Fade harder to reach for mages than without those tools. But still possible.

Sounds like the casting decisions for "The Good Earth" to me. The character probably wouldn't be Tibetan if Swinton played him/her (in fact they'd probably not indicate where the character was from I would guess) The casting of THE GOOD EARTH fell prey to two issues - while Pearl Buck's original intent when allowing MGM to make the film was for an all Chinese or Chinese American cast and Irving Thalberg agreed, he/the studio ultimately got cold feet regarding getting audiences in without a box-office star. This was the first issue as it lead to Paul Muni being cast as Wang Lung. The second issue was the Hayes Code's "anti-miscegenation" rules meant they couldn't cast Anna May Wong as O-Lan like had originally been planned. That pretty much deep-sixed Pearl Buck's goal and led to the cast used to make the film.

Although there is one thing... ...in the end... Elsa learns to control her power and Anna is saved by true love. So...maybe the Trolls ignoring human stupidity was right, since in the end everything they promised happened?

I'm not on Beta 1.06. Did you talk to Hiravias to initiate the quest to find a druid who knows more about his form?

I enjoyed it, but I've like seen it twice. It wasn't perfect by any means, but animated sword and sorcery was totally up my alley at the time..

I've always liked the look of the art style if nothing else. Disney doing high fantasy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHiyYSuveJ4 You know the guy behind L&S also did How to Train Your Dragon - I sense a trend...

Even if God made the midichlorians, God put them in Jesus and made the midichlorians work through his divine powers its...science? Why would God take an efforet to create midichlorian and put into Jesus to enable him to cast his miracles rather than Jesus just "bling!" and it's miracle? Why would God have Jesus do it when God can do it Himself? You're okay as long as God has one intermediary (Jesus) but not two (Midichlorians and Jesus)? Its like saying you're okay when mages pull magic from the Fade in Dragon Age games, and you're okay when Demons pull magic from the Fade, but a normal person possessed by a demon and pulling magic from the Fade no longer works for you. (See what I did there? Brought us back to Dragon Age).

We skipped FOX AND THE HOUND (because...TRAUMA) but saw THE BLACK CAULDRON in the theaters which was supposed to be the big return of Disney animation, but really that didn't happen until THE LITTLE MERMAID (despite The Great Mouse Detective and Oliver & Company, Disney had to give us another Princess before people took notice... ). I actually still remember seeing a Disney Book from just after the close (in 1981? 82?) that had production art from The Black Cauldron prior to the animation division shut-down and thinking it was a shame it'd never get made. Then a couple of years later - bingo - Disney Animation was back in business Looking over the classics, I haven't seen 14 of the 54 released films (Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Melody Time, Fun and Fancy Free - although I've seen segments of MMM, MT and FaFF - The Fox and the Hound, Oliver & Company, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahantas, Fantasia 2000, Lilo & Stitch, Home on the Range, Meet the Robinsons, and Winnie the Pooh 2011). I've wanted to see Lilo & Stitch and Fantasia 2000 for some time. Probably should get around to it. And re-watch Sleeping Beauty.

Something is brewing? Well obviously "Obsidian Entertainment" is becoming "Obsidian Entertainment and Fine Craft Brewery". Because...something is brewing. Thank you, thank you...I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitress on the way out.

I haven't seen the Aristocats since I was a kid - not sure what I'd think of it now. But yeah its the 2nd of Phil Harris 3 Disney animation appearances. Disney used to re-release movies and we'd go see them at the local drive-in, typically on a double bill. Aristocats, Robin Hood, Sword in the Stone, Sleeping Beauty (although I don't actually remember it, I'm told I was there). Saw The Rescuers on my birthday though. Once the drive-in closed we didn't go to movies as often (having to pay per person vs per car was too expensive).

Nothing. Not to mention non-humans in a fantasy setting are even less beholden to "the natural world" applications of sexual dimorphism found in humans. I've currently got Female PC Wizard, Eder, Kana, Sagani, Hiravias and Grieving Mother. Eder, Kana and Itumaak tank, Hiravias splits time between attacking behind everyone with a spear and using spells while the PC, Sagani and Grieving Mother attack from a distance. Works for me.

Yeah, I'll be honest I've never met a computer game since I came back to computer gaming that didn't need patching to fix bugs. The idea that this would be the one time that it wasn't necessary didn't make a lot of sense to me. As I mentioned earlier back in the days of physical copies, install and patch (or install and wait for the patch) was the norm.

Well to be fair, Anna and Elsa's parents are following the advice of trolls. Well mystic knowledgeable trolls. Not making it any better is it? Anyhow True Confession: I've never seen Beauty and the Beast. Somehow I missed it at the theater and have continued to miss it whenever an opportunity has arisen where I could have seen it.

Well it just frustrates him. I don't mind it (everyone in LOST had the same problem). At least Frozen motivates a bit why Elsa and Anna don't talk to one another. But Hiccup and his dad don't just not talk to each other, they don't talk to anyone else either, instead just assuming what the other will think/do and acting accordingly.

Hmmm, apparently Tanith Lee passed away. http://www.tor.com/2015/05/26/tanith-lee-in-remembrance/ I'd not read as much as I'd liked of her work - just bits and pieces here, but hopefully I'll get to it someday as I did like what I'd read.

Even better so its next part of the story...I get bored in remakes and I'm not interested in the history of a series in most cases as I know how it ends. So I always prefer the future of a series as thats unknown Here's the latest news on the return of the show: http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/twin-peaks-reboot-will-film-18-episodes-plus-more-new-details-2015265 And just for fun, the Twin Peaks opening credits, done with paper:

I understand where you're coming from - HTTYD frustrates my brother because much of the problems exist simply because the characters create them themselves. I mostly like the adventure of it all. Sure (much like the TV show LOST) many problems could have been solved if someone hadn't kept an important piece of information to themselves, but its a fun adventure. Really wish I'd seen the original film in 3D just for the final dragon fight. I've never watched Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar was just...okay. Didn't like enough to watch any sequels.

Even if God made the midichlorians, God put them in Jesus and made the midichlorians work through his divine powers its...science?

Dreamworks has a bad habit of repeating certain animations over and over. That said, I loved MONSTERS VS ALIENS, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, CHICKEN RUN and THE CROODS. MEGAMIND was okay. And the pair they did in conjunction with Aardman Animation - Walace and Grommit: Curse of the Were Rabbit and Flushed Away - were good. And while I thought the first SHREK was amusing in its way, I disliked the direction of the series as a whole.

Most of the time, I can roll with it. This time I just couldn't. Whereas I have the opposite reaction: I don't generally like Pixar's style of animation, and I tend to much prefer Disney's. Give me Frozen or Tangled over Toy Story or Monsters Inc. or the Incredibles, etc., any day. Although I am willing to admit that characters do sometimes look odd in Frozen: I think Elsa looks really weird at the end of that YouTube clip, for example. Still, I prefer it over Pixar's animation. Yeah, I'll be honest I think the last few Disney movies (Tangled, Frozen, Big Hero 6) have been better than the last few Pixar films. But animation-wise I've liked both.

Well, its a continuation more than a remake. David Lynch directing 18 episodes? Yes please! Looking forward to it (have to finish my run through the series and FWWM before it happens though).

A lot of this is going to depend on the man and the woman in question but... A man who sits on his couch drinking (ie fat slob) may out-mass the top 100% woman. With respect to natural height distributions he would, on average, out reach her. Both of these would be huge advantages in direct contact competition. I have no qualms in saying that the elite athlete guy in a field is going to beat the elite athlete woman in a field. The football team example you mention would work (most of the time) not because the men were necessarily stronger (although they could be), but because football relies on mass and reach - something the average man will always have over the average woman and does not alter with training/skill. But if you get a fat slob who can barely lift himself in a gym vs a woman training to be a weightlifter (lets say olympic level so she can power lift ~600lbs), he's not going to immediately beat her. His mass and ability to shift it might give him some natural strength, but if he can barely lift his 300lb self off the couch, her training is going to win in the short term.

My recollection of the movie may be a bit hazy, since I last saw it as a child, but I am pretty sure the movie doesn't end that way. I am reasonably sure I would have remembered. Yeah I meant end of the book, not end of the film. Its why I've never seen the film, the end of the book traumatized me so.

But if Jesus is divinely empowered, its still not a surprise he can do it assuming you know before hand He's divinely empowered. Why does suprise factor matter? Does the supernatural have to sneak up behind you and go "boo!" to be supernatural? And even if you know he can do it and that it involves midichlorian, you still have no basis for how it is done, what powers God has or anything that would make it "science" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y