TheRetreater
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I guess this would be right about that expected time. And since you shouldn't be on the boards right now, I'll send my well-wishes out into the spaces of the universe.
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among the things that make Heroes so great: best use of sub-titles -- GULP!
still sick of looney bin story
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Yeah, the new one looks nothing like the old one. This ones Ted Kord, the proper double B. We miss him and we hate his successor who is nothing like Ted. "Oh I'm a youth stumbling onto great mystical/technological power! Watch my stumbling adventures as I learn to balance my life and superheroics, because its SOOO original. I'm just a left over bit of Deus Ex Machina from the Crisis."
I like the new blue beetle book. I agree with the god-machine bit you got there, though.
The big question is who dug up Beetle and Lord's corpses and then took them to the Statue of Liberty, and why? Seems pretty perverted to me.Hey, now! Let's be fair. The didn't dig up the corpses of Beetle and Lord, then take them to the Statue of Liberty. They dug up the corpses of Beetle and Lord, brought them near the Statue, and then brought the top half of the Statue to their corpses. Much... less... creepy and perverted.
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I can't get into the office but muppets make everything better. Did anyone catch that hilarious muppet based improv special on the TV a little while back?
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On the right third of the high-res picture, I still think I see a faint image of a face in the smoke coming out of the remnants of the body of The Statue of Liberty. Maybe I'm nuts, though.
Yep, you're nuts.
That device must be important. Everything in that picture has purpose.
Is it Orion's weapon or something New God-ish? I seem to recall that...and Mr. Miracle seems to be interested in it.
I think Miracle is just look and Supes and WW. His face has a very sad expression so I don't think he's looking at the mystery tech weapon.
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Its going to be weird calling him Claude
Well, just like everyone calling Mr. Bennet Horned-Rim-Glasses, I've got no problems refering to The Doctor. Though it does help that with the hair and everything I didn't even recognize him in the feverish dream.
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That's an Elseworlds pirate Batman. Kyle and Donna are from what would have been Earth-8. Robin / Red Robin is from Kingdom Come. The Spectre is in the background, where the Statue of Liberty should be. So, yeah, this is a combination of DC's Earths. Something is up.
You're making me feel like a doof, I can't find the Spectre. Near as I can tell, the thing on the Statue platform is Miss Liberty's legs and toga.
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I don't like that batman design.
other things I noted: Kyle Rayner is the GL, rocking the Red Robin costume, Mary Marvel over the other Marvels, Q down with all the dead peeps.
it is an interesting enough pic to get me to at the least check it out.
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that good, eh?
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if you don't know what second life is... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life
I found out about this entertaining satire for the first time a couple days ago through a podcast... http://www.getafirstlife.com/
I stumbled across this in my aimless wandering: http://www.physorg.com/news88880109.html
It made me smile. The good kind of smile, as opposed to the "why do people suck" kind of smile I normally have in these types of situations
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Nintendo's Wii to provide AP news
The Wii has been a surprise hit for Nintendo as it competes with Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 consoles.
A recent report from the market research firm NPD Group said the Wii has sold 1.1 million units since it was released in the U.S. on Nov. 19, with 604,200 of those units sold in December.
"The Nintendo Wii demographic is definitely a wider demographic than your traditional hardcore gamer," said Billy Pidgeon, a video game industry analyst at IDC in New York. "It kind of makes sense for other types of content to be made available on the Wii."
about half the people I know with Wiis, it is their first console (or at the least the first one since like intellivision). people are totally buying into nintendos marketing plan, maybe not gamers but people definately are.
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I concur with the F-ing of TW by Mike
Yeah, TW is a jerk.
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I like the idea
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now, I've read conflicting reports. Is this an RPG, like the first two were, or is this a platformer (like say, kirby for 64 was. fun game by the way, but nothing really to it)? I seem to recall when they were plugging it for Cube it wasn't going to be an RPG. Now most things mention the RPG factor making me think the ones that aren't are simply neglecting that aspect.
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The god machine style "death" of Jean when Iceman is chilling right there. They establish he is good enough to make big honkin' walls out of just the humidity, repairing several cracks in the dam shouldn't have been a big worry. I remember yelling at the screen (yeah, I'm one of those guys) "But Iceman is RIGHT THERE!"
That bothered me at first, but then I realized he wasn't powerful enough to freeze an entire lake. Not yet, anyway.
I don't think he has to freeze the whole lake, just at the cracks in the wall. it would easily have held long enough to take off. The big wall he made when the soldiers attacked showed he could do big and thick, he just had to aim it.
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eh, I enjoyed the movie. didn't think it was good, but it was fun. but yeah, hated that last scene
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I love how they continue to connect the characters. the whole first scene in the apt was amazing.
i'm still sick of nikki's story.
yay for the doctor
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last I heard this was for the Cube. I almost hope it is for Wii, and not at all for cube, so I'm not tempted to buy it. I'm so broke right now and the paper mario games rank right up there with the most fun I've ever had with a console.
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I remember yelling at the screen (yeah, I'm one of those guys) "But Iceman is RIGHT THERE!"
No need to apologize. That's not ruining a movie, that's enhancing it.
at the very end of X3, I ended up yelling "Don't applaud that" when the crowd responded to the final scene.
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I hate trailers on dvds before the main menu. just thought I'd share, all angry-like.
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Weird, but oh so cool! Until recently, Hulk was mostly a brawler. But now he knows how to fight... with weapons.
If WWH doesn't end with a major death or dismembering, I will be disappointed.
Along with the swords and shields, I'd really like to see Hulk come back with some of the supporting cast from Planet Hulk. I am absolutely loving the whole huge arc.
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interesting selection of characters in that pile
I like the world-gripping one much more, though
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when I've seen people try to make simpsons their own in the past the hair always ends up looking stupid. Lisa's is still a little sketch but Marge and her sisters' hair (usually the most obvious problem) look amazing. very good translation
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best reoccurring plot device that causes our hero to enter battle.
Aqua Teen... Terrorists?
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I'm glad you put this up here since I was going to be looking for the story. CNN ran a long segment about it while I was at the gym but there was no sound and reading the captions is more effort than it is worth.
[bull]"It's clear the intent was to get attention by causing fear and unrest that there was a bomb in that location," Assistant Attorney General John Grossman said at their arraignment.[/shit]
especially since it worked in other places, I am with turner on this one. I don't have a problem with officials being upset and pointing fingers but if they try to drag this out and get stuff out of it they are going to look like grade-A asses in the end.