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- 2023-06-18 06:25pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: The Ultraman Thread
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1736
Re: The Ultraman Thread
I watched the whole 'New Gen' period starting with Ginga* and up through Taiga, since they're smaller and thus easier for me to consume. I enjoy them to various extents, with Geed and Orb being IMO the best. Ultraman '66 really feels like a Showa era kaiju movie every week, only half an hour. Great ...
- 2023-06-18 06:17pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: W40K Imperium of Man vs. Star Trek United Federation of Planets
- Replies: 57
- Views: 9990
Re: W40K Imperium of Man vs. Star Trek United Federation of Planets
A better matchup would be vs the Borg. Aside from them being much larger than the UFP, they only need to get a few examples of IoM tech, and they can start incorporating IoM tech into their ships. At that point, they now have IoM firepower, shields, and FTL speed, but with Star Trek sensors and comm...
- 2023-06-18 06:13pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: "Across the Spider-Verse"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1427
Re: "Across the Spider-Verse"
Movie.... good. Movie very good!
- 2021-04-05 11:18pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Godzilla vs Kong
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9920
Re: Godzilla vs Kong
I enjoyed it, a lot more than I did KotM (I was not a fan of Mark as lead). Not every part was good, but no-one really bugged me (like conspiracy-guy could've been improved, but he didn't detract like some of the comic relief in KotM did), Jia and Madison were both solid, and the kaiju action was fa...
- 2020-03-27 03:03pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Space Missile Combat: Why salvo when you can launch everything?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 42684
Re: Space Missile Combat: Why salvo when you can launch everything?
It all depends on how your systems work and how big your launchers are and so on. Take Crest of the Stars- http://www.projectlafiel.net/Site%20Images/Crest/Crest_007.png This is a Patrol Ship. It fires it's missiles at high speed offensively- they're hard to intercept and it can't fire more than 4 a...
- 2020-03-26 05:41pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: President Maduro of Venezuela charged with drug trafficking
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3520
Re: President Maduro of Venezuela charged with drug trafficking
Well, it would prevent him from traveling to the US or any country with an extradition treaty with it, presumably. And in the event that he is overthrown someday, I suppose the US could demand his extradition. Or Trump could go to war to try to arrest him, I suppose, but I think the US (and everybo...
- 2020-03-26 05:38pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Box Office: ‘Rise Of Skywalker’ Turned ‘Star Wars’ Into A $6 Billion Wash
- Replies: 168
- Views: 135620
Re: Box Office: ‘Rise Of Skywalker’ Turned ‘Star Wars’ Into A $6 Billion Wash
Making it a planet (or rather built into a planet) allows it to be bigger while still basically a Death Star, and TFA was definitely aiming for the nostalgia buttons. Too hard, I think most agree. On the Holdo maneuver, we did see it used again in the montage of people taking down FO ships in the ga...
- 2020-03-26 05:31pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: President Maduro of Venezuela charged with drug trafficking
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3520
Re: President Maduro of Venezuela charged with drug trafficking
I can't see this accomplishing much. Maduro doesn't care and will use it for PR if anything.
- 2020-03-26 05:28pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
- Replies: 2322
- Views: 764190
Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
He's definitely been touchy, this is the first on this level to my knowledge, but the others make this plausible.
At this point I'm kinda hoping that when we get to the convention, Biden will step aside and they'll just select a compromise candidate.
At this point I'm kinda hoping that when we get to the convention, Biden will step aside and they'll just select a compromise candidate.
- 2020-01-30 11:29pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Volume of Xyston-class Star Destroyer?
- Replies: 108
- Views: 88752
Re: Volume of Xyston-class Star Destroyer?
It has a significant visual modification even if it is a ISD base hull, so such a person would get it anyway. Where did this underslung thing come from anyway? Two movies now with they same stupid idea. Obviously anyone with any sci-fi cred would have gone with a spinal mount. I'm thinking 1) to ma...
- 2020-01-30 11:15pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Fired Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow confirms leaked script, concept art for Episode IX.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9648
Re: Fired Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow confirms leaked script, concept art for Episode IX.
I think there's good parts and bad parts on this one. Like I don't really like it's handling of the force or Tor Valum- which is basically the role of Palpatine we got but with less connection (and just make it Plageius if it's not going to be Palpatine, he's at least been mentioned in-series as som...
- 2020-01-30 11:11pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Box Office: ‘Rise Of Skywalker’ Turned ‘Star Wars’ Into A $6 Billion Wash
- Replies: 168
- Views: 135620
Re: Box Office: ‘Rise Of Skywalker’ Turned ‘Star Wars’ Into A $6 Billion Wash
Because having the same two droids be the partner of every main character is kinda odd and R2-D2 is too competent/C-3PO too knowledgeable for a lot of conflicts to survive their regular presence? Having a next-gen droid isn't a bad thing.
- 2019-07-25 09:11am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Star Trek Picard Teaser Trailer
- Replies: 81
- Views: 100454
Re: Star Trek Picard Teaser Trailer
My gut says that if they were to include anything from DS9 (probably unlikely, since it seems to be the Trek show that the Powers That Be want to forget was ever made, despite having its own devoted fan base), it'll be Quark. He's probably the most instantly recognizable, popular character for the ...
- 2019-07-25 09:10am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: So what did I miss in the last JESUS CHRIST SEVEN YEARS
- Replies: 87
- Views: 101459
Re: So what did I miss in the last JESUS CHRIST SEVEN YEARS
The funny thing about people calling N&P a left wing echo chamber is that the fairly tough rules about evidence make it hard to defend common US right wing positions. For US politics, the options are pretty much 'rightwing echo chamber,' 'continual war where not much productive happens,' or 'ev...
- 2019-07-25 08:22am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Star Trek Picard Teaser Trailer
- Replies: 81
- Views: 100454
Re: Star Trek Picard Teaser Trailer
Yea, Seven was a big hype moment for me because it showed this isn't just TNG, but it's looking to other shows too. If they tossed in a DS9 character that'd be fantastic (like, Jake Sisco as a reporter? Dunno). Also the presence of Hugh is an interesting one. It seems to me like it's a return to con...
- 2019-07-25 08:12am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Thank you to the Mods
- Replies: 113
- Views: 127893
Re: Thank you to the Mods
I like this one because it's such a case-in-point on a mid-sized internet forum (that most of the forums I'm on know about). Like, sure, the politicians do that, but that's just the Republican party , an organization, right? Nah, it's just 90~ bigots who made their own private bigot club on a webfor...
- 2019-07-25 07:17am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Thank you to the Mods
- Replies: 113
- Views: 127893
Re: Thank you to the Mods
One of the key things is how in all that time, a single post was reported/had mod action, and a single poster objected, was kicked, and was threatened with ban if he told people. The mods on it clearly condoned it/encouraged it, and the rest of the people involved- saved for the one who left and the...
- 2019-04-24 07:10am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: EP 9 teaser trailer
- Replies: 192
- Views: 105072
Re: EP 9 teaser trailer
Observation: Rey is a Scavener
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Spoiler
- 2019-04-19 12:34am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Is Holdo a good leader?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 130076
Re: Is Holdo a good leader?
There's a Holdo novel coming out (By G Willow Wilson, who is good), so we finally may get an idea of what she's like leading in not-the-worst-conditions-one-can-be-dropped-in.
- 2019-04-13 10:53pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: EP 9 teaser trailer
- Replies: 192
- Views: 105072
Re: EP 9 teaser trailer
Eh, not really. Setting aside the logic there, kinda hard to say this is any worse than the old EU. The overwhelming majority of that stuff was shit, even by the standard of young adult licensed fiction. Yes. Putting (whatever your least favorite SW movie is) in the same league as some of that stuf...
- 2019-04-13 12:39pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: EP 9 teaser trailer
- Replies: 192
- Views: 105072
Re: EP 9 teaser trailer
Hmmm.... It looks pretty, I'll give it that. And an A wing to be the cherry on top. But I'm worried. To go from TFA to TLJ, anything done in TRS will have to contradict either TFA or TLJ since those two danced and dueled around competing themes and mystery boxes. That said, it would totally epic an...
- 2019-04-13 12:37pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Why is the Resistance so pitiful?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 23242
- 2019-04-06 11:49am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Is Holdo a good leader?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 130076
Re: Is Holdo a good leader?
Maybe, but we don’t hear anything about escape pods until after Poe’s first encounter with Holly Graff. What you say could be correct, but it’s equally possible those first escape attempts were people slinking off after witnessing that. Didn’t Rose say she’d already stopped several? And there was *...
- 2019-04-06 08:32am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Is Holdo a good leader?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 130076
Re: Is Holdo a good leader?
Note that the first mutinies apparently happened like, right after the fighter strike. Holdo was thrown into a situation with horrible moral, I'd say she didn't lose the dressing room so much as she was the sub of a dressing room that was lost. It was a very uphill situation and a lot of it didn't h...
- 2019-04-04 01:51pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: [Webcomic] Kill Six Billion Demons
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5785
Re: [Webcomic] Kill Six Billion Demons
I clearly need to eat another of the peaches of immortality!K. A. Pital wrote: ↑2019-04-04 09:58am I am a fan of nothing except Karl Marx, but I read the comic and like it.
However, there was a thread already (started by you!):
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