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by andrewgpaul
2015-08-08 08:35pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Possible Universe for nBSG Crossover Fic
Replies: 25
Views: 6424

Re: Possible Universe for nBSG Crossover Fic

While BSG was still on air, someone on this forum mentioned they wanted the last line of the series to be "This is the Earth Alliance destroyer Agamemnon to unidentified vessel..."
by andrewgpaul
2015-07-17 07:37pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: ghost busters reboot with female cast
Replies: 79
Views: 19692

Re: ghost busters reboot with female cast

I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean. All I said was that I don't like the way they're posed in the photo. I don't see why this implies that the film will be more or less comical than if they were standing differently. Googling "Ghostbusters publicity photo" gives me a lot of posed shots ...
by andrewgpaul
2015-07-17 03:08pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: ghost busters reboot with female cast
Replies: 79
Views: 19692

Re: ghost busters reboot with female cast

Perhaps it is. That doesn't change my opinion.
by andrewgpaul
2015-07-16 12:41pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: ghost busters reboot with female cast
Replies: 79
Views: 19692

Re: ghost busters reboot with female cast

The poses are too ... posed? They're trying too hard to be cool or edgy, and it's not working for me. The look of the characters, the costumes and the car, though, that's all fine. I'll just need to see how the film works out.
by andrewgpaul
2015-07-05 01:14pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: So I've started reading Gaunts Ghost Omnibus
Replies: 7
Views: 4026

Re: So I've started reading Gaunts Ghost Omnibus

The downside of 40k including so many Inquisition-protagonist stories is that it dilutes the reality of the Inquisition for other people living in the Imperium. The Inquisition fucks almost everyone it comes into contact with. In the words of one Commissar, "Bribery and threats are popular met...
by andrewgpaul
2015-05-03 11:27am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Opening Crawl and Standalone Movies: Yay or Nay?
Replies: 12
Views: 4957

Re: Opening Crawl and Standalone Movies: Yay or Nay?

Production company splash screens are just there so I can open my sweets and drinks before the film begins. :) The presence or otherwise of tinkerbell, the Disney castle, the Fox logo or a Lucasfilm logo has no bearing on my enjoyment of the film.

The opening crawl, however ... keep that.
by andrewgpaul
2015-05-03 08:29am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Sf Debris Dune review need help
Replies: 10
Views: 4078

Re: Sf Debris Dune review need help

I take it by "movie" you mean the Sci Fi miniseries, and by "film" you mean the David Lynch one?
by andrewgpaul
2015-04-30 06:33am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Avengers 2 (Spoilers)
Replies: 181
Views: 25769

Re: Avengers 2 (Spoilers)

She mentions that she was sterilised because whatever organisation she was part of wanted to remove any potential distractions, or possible alternative objects of loyalty. Once they'd removed all her "humanity" - including the possibility of having children - there was nothing for her to h...
by andrewgpaul
2015-04-15 01:26pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Colour of Magic - My introduction into Discworld
Replies: 57
Views: 8771

Re: Colour of Magic - My introduction into Discworld

I don't get why you guys are so fixated on Lady. Didn't she basically appeared in just one book, then had cameo in another, being one of least consequential characters in the whole series? Aren't there over dozen more important to plot gods? Hell, even CMOT was more influential overall than she was...
by andrewgpaul
2015-03-25 02:19pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Colour of Magic - My introduction into Discworld
Replies: 57
Views: 8771

Re: Colour of Magic - My introduction into Discworld

The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic are fantasy pastiches that parody a lot of other fantasy- for example, the characters of Bravd and the Weasel are a straight lift from Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. For someone who's already read a fair amount of mid-20th century fantasy and is fam...
by andrewgpaul
2015-03-22 02:35pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Are space elevators hype?
Replies: 50
Views: 11966

Re: Are space elevators hype?

There are some simulations of a breaking elevator here (from the Wayback machine; the original website appears to have been taken down).
by andrewgpaul
2015-03-20 01:22pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Are space elevators hype?
Replies: 50
Views: 11966

Re: Are space elevators hype?

Is that even something that would be noticeable? >99% of the length of the thing is going to be outside the atmosphere.
by andrewgpaul
2015-03-19 04:41pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Ryanair 14 euro 1 way transatlantic flight
Replies: 26
Views: 6279

Re: Ryanair 14 euro 1 way transatlantic flight

Yeah, and then there is the fucking airports they use - somewhere in the ass end of nowhere and of course you got to pay extra to get there. Yeah, you just got to love "Munich West" which in reality is Memminger Berg where cattle grazes peacefully between the landing strip and the ramshac...
by andrewgpaul
2015-03-15 08:58am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Chappie (Spoilers)
Replies: 8
Views: 3774

Re: Chappie (Spoilers)

And he decided to load his AI into a police bot destined to be scrapped because it took irreparable damage to its battery because, uh, reasons. Because the CEO didn't want to waste time and resources on something she thought had nothing to do with the company's actual line of business. I don't thin...
by andrewgpaul
2015-02-05 02:27pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Google developing competitor to Uber
Replies: 87
Views: 15418

Re: Google developing competitor to Uber

Do taxis in your areas charge by time? The black cabs here (and in London, I think), charge mainly by distance, with an additional time-based component when the taxi is stationary.
by andrewgpaul
2015-01-09 04:07pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: "Bitcoin Jesus" renounced US citizenship, now can’t get back
Replies: 70
Views: 8743

Re: "Bitcoin Jesus" renounced US citizenship, now can’t get

Is the USA in any way legally required to allow him in? No. And honestly, since I come *cue you forgot Poland jokes* from country occupying place of donut hole in this here map As an aside, I don't get that; do you mean the Central African Republic (ie in the middle of the map, where the hole would...
by andrewgpaul
2014-12-24 07:57pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Challenge to SDN.net: History of Everything, in Video
Replies: 26
Views: 5633

Re: Challenge to SDN.net: History of Everything, in Video

I can't believe that the thread's gone on this long without a mention of The World at War . I'd second that. Apart from anything else, you get episodes about civilian life during wartime in America, Britain, Germany and Japan, not just another documentary about Pearl Harbour, the Manhattan Project ...
by andrewgpaul
2014-11-26 01:22pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Bit of Analysis: Honor Harrington III
Replies: 631
Views: 142346

Re: Bit of Analysis: Honor Harrington III

Are you sure you've not linked a thumbnail (or is Chrome doing something silly)? to me it's 200 x 160.
by andrewgpaul
2014-11-23 05:58am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Poop powered bus
Replies: 4
Views: 2016

Re: Poop powered bus

Not literal, unless you're unique and shit methane.
by andrewgpaul
2014-11-21 12:31pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Jonathon Nolan is adapting Foundation.
Replies: 35
Views: 7833

Re: Jonathon Nolan is adapting Foundation.

I thought the villain in I, Robot was not so much breaking the laws (in its mind) as reinterpreting them. Ie kill a few humans to impose a new society that will save lives. That's why I said it's idiotic. But not totally contrary to the source material; it's an idea Asimov himself used, when he inv...
by andrewgpaul
2014-11-16 05:22am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Interstellar (movie)
Replies: 57
Views: 11903

Re: Interstellar (movie)

2001, with more dialogue and fewer monkeys. :) I liked it. The last film I saw which tried to be a big intelligent sci-fi epic like that was Prometheus, which I didn't like. I thought the characters in Interstellar were a bit more intelligent, and it didn't seem to me like they were doing odd thing...
by andrewgpaul
2014-11-16 05:21am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Interstellar (movie)
Replies: 57
Views: 11903

Re: Interstellar (movie)

2001, with more dialogue and fewer monkeys. :) I liked it. The last film I saw which tried to be a big intelligent sci-fi epic like that was Prometheus, which I didn't like. I thought the characters in Interstellar were a bit more intelligent, and it didn't seem to me like they were doing odd things...
by andrewgpaul
2014-10-22 02:42pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: God damn it Sorbo, you used to be cool
Replies: 53
Views: 13906

Re: God damn it Sorbo, you used to be cool

And now he's doing TV ads for a "Mexican" food brand in the UK. :)
by andrewgpaul
2014-10-17 03:13pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Militarum Tempestus Scions Vs. the Enterprise-E
Replies: 95
Views: 17799

Re: Militarum Tempestus Scions Vs. the Enterprise-E

The Fury interceptor is explicitly described as being unable to noticeably damage 40k capital ships (and is "100 paces" long, IIRC), but how do they compare to Federation ships? The lascannon used by infantry can drop the void shields and power shields which protect titans. I think the gun...
by andrewgpaul
2014-10-15 02:17pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: How far from the equator can a space elevator be built?
Replies: 9
Views: 3674

Re: How far from the equator can a space elevator be built?

I found this site a few years ago, which discusses non-equatorial beanstalks.