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They're not contradicting themselves with the mutants. All of the mutants are de facto registered because of O*N*E. Some of the mutants are against it and some are for it, but the government knows who they are. EDIT: Yoda beat me to it.

I wish they would write up a copy of the Act. Even if it was just the abstract or something. It's too vague, and they seem to just be pulling stuff out of thin air. First, it seems to be just registering. Then, it's a job. Then it's a draft. And we have no idea about any of it, other than so and so said this in book X. It could have gone in that Civil War Files book. And with regards to outside the US. In the Marvel universe, Canada passed a super-power registration act in 1993, and although it hasn't been mentioned in the comics in over 10 years, it has never been repealed explicitly either. Just some food for thought.

Factor in the cost of the game (really 2, but one cart) and light gun and you're actually looking at more like $300 for the console after inflation. Also, Nintendo didn't sell at a loss, so the comparison is even more invalid as construction cost for the NES was still far lower. So really, even after inflation, you're looking at more than doubling the cost of the console. Right. Perfectly reasonable. Except, the relative cost of nearly everything else on the planet has gone down over time (except stuff with limited quantity, like land). So yeah, it is a relatively strange notion. I agree that people are probably too hung up on the price, but don't act like it doesn't make a difference as to what little Johnny's going to get from Santa Claus this year.

Oh. Hell. Yes.

^^ No. And Rowling is happy with the casting, apparently. Natalia Tena looks a lot like this girl in my major, it's a little disturbing. Still, she looks good in a sort of inexplicable way. Tonks publicity shots please!

Nitro was already a wanted fugitive. There is a difference. All the people they attacked had just broken out of prison. Let the police worry about it. The fact is, Nitro was both on drugs and had less than stellar training to rely on. His benefactor basically says he has no regard for discretion. Tangling with that man is dangerous. If they hadn't been attacked, Nitro wouldn't have killed those kids, simple as that. The New Warriors absolutely are partially to blame, and yet, without licensing or insurance or something, there's no way to hold them accountable. Speedball can't afford those damages, hell, Tony Stark couldn't pay what a jury would award those families.

But by that logic, mutants, people born with powers (who for some reason are not mutants), or people who got them by accident are exempt too. And that's BS. It has nothing to do with acting like a vigilante. Nitro and company were just minding their own business in Stamford when the New Warriors jumped them (one of them was "spotted" taking out the trash, hardly some sort of nefarious activity). Legally, Nitro was defending himself, and not inherently doing anything illegal. When an improperly trained superhero uses his/her power, the collateral damage will be HUGELY greater than an ordinary citizen doing the same thing. Let's say you're Cyclops, and you never met Charles Xavier or attracted anybody else's attention (but you still had the sunglasses, let's pretend) and someone pulled a gun on you. With no formal training, you'd let loose on that guy, because, honestly, what else could you do? And lets say you end up burning down a building. You did nothing but defend yourself, but it costs somebody a huge amount of cash. Why shouldn't you be held liable for that?

Ooh, hero into a villain sounds fun.

Adi Granov's Iron Man? Sweet. Hopefully that's true, cause his Iron Man rocks. Not sure how well it could be implemented sans CG though.

Not these Sentinels, though. Iceman, Cyclops, Beast, and Archangel hit one with everything they had and it just shrugged it off. It even tracked them well after they escaped! (EDIT: Well, it actually lost them, now that I go back and read it again, but it claimed it could) If one can handle that team, then one could easily whoop up on Captain America. And even though they have human pilots, not even Emma could evade capture, and she's currently THE most powerful telepath (hero, anyways) in the Marvel Universe (at least until Quicksilver runs into Xavier). Anyway, it seems to be a political thing after a little more research. The O*N*E Sentinels seem to be there just as much to protect the mutants as to keep them in line (hence Bishop's comments about O*N*E). Still, if the O*N*E is concerned with the weakened position of the X-Men, shouldn't they be just as concerned with a fucking superhero war in New York City? Plus, the current Sentinels were developed by Stark, so why don't they just put the capekillers in them? It's a relatively little thing, but it bugs the crap outta me.

So I'm caught up on all the Civil War stuff now, and one thing really bothers me. SHIELD is fighting with one armed tied behind its back. They're not using the Sentinels for anything other than to keep the mutants out of it(most of whom would probably stay out anyway, with some exceptions). If the Sentinels are equipped to fight the X-Men and the 198, why in the world would they be incapable of taking down Cap & company? Unless they have their hands full at the Mansion, which doesn't appear to be the case, as they sent units after the X-Men once they left the school grounds, and Slayton referred to them as "pushovers." So, why aren't they using the Sentinels against the anti-SRA group? Is it a political thing? I did notice that they weren't allowed to use lethal force on the 198, but could with their unregistered benefactors, so maybe it's a "Sentinel's are for use against mutants only" kind of thing, but that would be lame and stupid. They were developed to stop dangerous individuals with super-powers, and aren't being used entirely for that purpose.

Check it out. The NES controller formation is especially awesome.

You really, really should. It's an awesome series. But really, all you need to know to know that it is awesome is that it's Shinichiro Watanabe.

Take this with a whole shaker of salt, but there's a rumor going around that Nintendo has been deliberately underpowering it's Wii demos so they can announce a huge leap in expected performance of the system shortly before launch. (Link) Honestly, I wouldn't be that surprised if this were the case. Given all the information about the Wii that has been leaked from ATI and other hardware sources, it should be a much better performer than Nintendo's let on so far (though they themselves haven't made any concrete statements). ATI officials have hinted at a PPU (Physics Processing Unit, think Ageia's PhysX), which would be a huge boon as neither the XBox 360 nor PS3 will have a dedicated PPU.

At least it still says "Work in Progress." EDIT: And upon some further research, "Incinerator" seems to actually be Blackout with a temporary name, although Bay has said all of the leaked names that aren't Optimus Prime, Bumbebee, Megatron and Starscream are not to be taken as truth, even though he himself leaked confirmation of Scorpinok.

It's a hovering garage creeper. Hoverboards can't be very far off now. Of course, the shop air cords could become a problem, but one thing at a time.

The symbiote suit looks good, but not right. If that makes any sense.

Check it out. :laugh:

http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpo...35&postcount=10 That link has an early version of Starscream, and what I think is just an early version of Incinerator, though the poster speculates that it's Blackout.

Honestly, the movie doesn't look half-bad as an action-flick. Oh, and nobody here will probably care, but Clev was bitching on the Oratory about the cop car being unrealistic. Many police and highway patrol organizations use Camaro cruisers. The unrealistic thing about it is that it's a manual. The vast majority of cop cars (in the US anyway) are automatics. EDIT: I've done some research, and found something interesting: Actually, there were B4C special service Camaros sold with 6 speed transmissions. 125 in 2002 to be exact. Why 2002? That was the year that hood scoop in the movie was used on production Camaros, though I can't find a picture of a B4C with that particular hood (though there are some with other styles of hood scoops).

^ Actually, pricing wise, $19.99 a movie is approximately equal to $1.99 a television show episode. It's really about the price you pay to get it on DVD. Think about it, if a TV season has 24 episodes, and retails for $49.99, you pay a little over $2 an episode and get bonus stuff like "behind the scenes" looks and director's commentaries as well as a hard copy of the show. If you buy it on iTunes or whatever for $2, you get a soft copy of inferior quality without any bonus features. If $19.99 is too much to pay for a movie download (and I agree, it is), then $1.99 is too much for a TV show. I think online services like Ruckus will be the future of movie downloads though. Movies reasonably priced by age (older movies are less expensive to download or even free) and demand (more popular movies debut at higher initial costs).

More on the Illinois thing:

From Gamespy PC: Probably best that an unknown got the job. And if Peter Jackson thinks he's the right man, I'll give it a shot.

A new House Bill. From ArsTechnica. Making raters view EVERYTHING in the game is beyond retarded.

Hilarious. How are you going to fine a 10-year old anyway? They don't have ID (other than maybe a social security card, but that's not photo). And no court has found a strong enough link between violence and video games because there isn't one. Movies are stronger, as though there is no interaction, the images are more realistic.