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  1. Godannar - Just finished the series and I gotta say...the fanservice looped around to parody levels. My word...not a single woman in that show has ever heard of a bra. Combined with the...excessive...mammary attributes of all but a couple of them, the jiggle factor (a recognized and legitimate mathematic measurement) is through the roof. Even some of the giant robots have a jiggle factor!

    That's not to say it's a bad mecha show though. Interesting take on the combining aspect common to mecha series. The enemies are a bit...unrealistic, even for mecha, but rather interestingly designed. Animation quality was quite good. Most of the discs had character profiles/mechanical profiles/etc. as extras, along with the traditional clean opening/closing songs. A bit more than most series have for on-disc extras.

    One grip I have is that the number of discs for the series is a bit excessive at seven for 26 episodes. One disc could've been dropped as the final three volumes only had three episodes apiece.

    +1
  2. I was able to get the pilot season issue from them though, so it's odd. Otherwise, it's a great store. I love going there when I can.

    If I ever won the lottery, first thing I'd do is open a comic book store in my town. Even if I operate at a loss, I'd love to do it, simply for the fun of it. Without lottery money, my town simply isn't big enough to support a store of that type.
  3. Would you believe that the Semi-LCS hadn't heard of it? I went in for my semi-yearly visit and asked about it. Got a blank stare from the guy at the counter...
  4. Another one leaves...death by a thousand cuts...

    Take it easy man. Good luck with your future endeavors!
  5. Dark One

    Smallville 12/10

    I wonder what the flash of light at the end meant. Rather weaksauce way of including Bart, AC, and Cyborg in for the funeral.

    A rather ignoble end to Slade. Liked how he was able to work "Deathstroke" into his monologue.

    Half-thought Emil spilled his guts to that Trotter person. Also, Lois = noob. She left the frickin' remote control for the chute on the desk.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
    Yea your probably right about the quote. After all the ultra seriousness of most shows I watch (The Walking Dead, Burn Notice, SG:U, Fringe, Nikita, etc) I really enjoy the inherent goofiness of these two series.
    Well, Pete's just like a big kid. He never lost that capability to enjoy things. Plus, he has a partner that is just so fun to annoy. It's kinda like marriage where you want to find that one person you just want to annoy the hell out of for the rest of your life.

    And the boffins at Global Dynamics have the combination of book smarts and massive budgets. You get stuff like Taggart's holographic reindeer. Makes perfect fodder for Jack's "straight-man" routine.
  7. These were both fun episodes. The cast has such good chemistry on screen. Especially the Artie-Claudia interactions. Good to see Taggart back, he's such a fun character, but could be easily overused.
  8. The altered Eureka opening was a nice touch. Same with Carter's F-face (fruitcake face).
  9. Sgt. Frog! Come on my fellow Pekoponians! Give it up for the amphibious conqueror that gets so distracted by Gundam models, that he forgets to take over the world!

    Chibi Vampire. 15-year old Karin Maaka is a reverse vampire trying to live with her normal vampire family and go to school at the same time. Comedy/slight romance.

    Code Geass: Queen. Series of silly vignette stories set in the Geass-verse, but basically told from, and primarily about, the women in that universe. There's also a series set from the guy's POV as well, iirc.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Luminara View Post
    Residual neural activity, or "spillover" from the virus' electrical activity spreading slightly along the existing neural paths. Probably strong at death, gradually diminishing as the brain dries out or decays.
    Learned behavior that is so ingrained that one doesn't even think about what they are doing. The brain goes into autopilot mode and responds to stimuli, to varying degrees based on the subject and the stimuli, without active participation of the conscious mind.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironik View Post
    Yeah, 2399. May.
    The 23rd. A Sunday I believe. Approximately 3:37 pm. Moutain Daylight Time.


    I just finished volume 12 of the comic. GAH! It's a setup volume. Something is going to happen and I can't put my finger on it. It's gonna be a long wait till volume 13.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Luminara View Post
    I'm hoping that it was the location of a cache of food or weapons, or a safe place, but it was more likely the revelation that everyone is host to the virus/microbe/fungus that turns people into zombies.

    We'll find out next year.

    If I have to wait a whole year, I'm starting my own zombie apocalypse. *twitch*
    BWAHAHAHA! There are times that I love knowing spoilers...this is one of them!

    Don't worry, zombie apocalypse is scheduled to start Dec. 21, 2012.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cynical_Gamer View Post
    Only if we haven't weaponized the planet and are terrorizing the galaxy with our planet-sized war machine.
    I just had a picture in my mind of Slim Pickens sitting up on the North Pole with reins going down around the equator, riding the Earth down into a gas giant...
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Night-Hawk07 View Post
    Yep. The problem is no one's concerned about that because they all know that's ~5 billion years away. Knowing humanity, should it exist that long on Earth, they won't worry about it until 4.999 billion years from now. Anything else that could end us sooner is a "maybe" and so everyone sees it as "maybe it won't happen while I'm alive". Cause we all know, time in the outside world stops when you're dead....
    Current theory has it that Earth will be uninhabitable, at least on the surface, in 1 billion years due to an increase in solar temperatures.

    Anyone who thinks humans will still exist (or at least in this same form) in 1 billion years...

    If we are still only on this world in 1 billion years, we'll have completely failed as a species.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by McNum View Post
    They actually mentioned that specific example as something that suddenly became a lot more plausible and worth looking into now that the substitution of one element for another has been observed.
    In other words...TROLLS!

    Just whatever you do, don't mention their lichen.
  15. I'm guessing that such a discovery also means that the notion of silicon substituting for carbon got a lot less science-fictiony.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by QuiJon View Post
    Right, and the humans were basicly wanting to use the aliens and the seed ship to escape on the deal that they would later help the aliens to defeat the bad ships, when they basicly wanted to only use the seed ship to dial earth.

    The aliens dropping off the destiny at the battle with no FTL doesnt mean the destiny is destroyed it means it cant escape to renig on the battle plan. They still had shields, guns, and standard manuevering FTL only would have helped them escape. To the aliens it was about defeating the enemy at all cost to return home. The same thing the Destiny wanted out of the aliens.

    Im not pointing out one is better or wrose, but frankly neither can claim innocence in its intentions to screw over the other. Its just the aliens screwed over destiny before destiny had a chance to screw them over.
    If your goal is to defeat a ship/robots that in all possibility wiped out the rest of your species, are you a) going to drop off a ship that is still somewhat crippled from a battle that they barely got away from with destroyed weapons platforms, shields that may not be up to snuff to withstand further attacks, and possible power problems; or b) allow them time to rearm and repair?

    Whereas Destiny would've basically left the seedship no better or no worse off than it was prior to dropping Telford off, the insects are basically using Destiny without any care whatsoever if they survive or not, so long as the command ship is killed. Definitely a far cry from using them to get the hyperdrive fixed.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan View Post
    Once you look unto the true form of Hickman you will forever be awed and pantsless.
    I imagine he kinda like a cross between Jack from Lost and Abe Simpson...
  18. I've always wondered what Troy looks like. I guess it's one of those questions that will forever remain unanswered like, what do women want, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop, the number of babies required to make a bottle of baby oil, etc...
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by QuietAmerican View Post
    Yes, especially how the humans were discussing pulling the same jerk move not one scene before.
    There's a difference though. The insects dumped a ship that was still reeling from the combat with the drones not very long prior. It's not a good way to take out your enemies by putting a half-repaired ship into combat with no prior warning. All that leads to is a dead ship of allies. Of course, the insects are no better or no worse off should the Destiny be vaped.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Frogfather View Post
    The body count isnt high enough around the nest, assuming the military knew what was coming (and by knew I mean 10-15 mins of lead time)...but the novel World War Z covered that when they mentioned the US Military is trained to shoot center of mass. Unfortunately that just staggers a zombie....so its possible the zombies got up to the gate with flesh wounds....
    Ya...the Battle of Yonkers...all the high tech toys and absurd RKRs won't beat a simple sniper up on the rooftop.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nightphall View Post
    How in the world do you know what feet tastes like?!
    Lost a bet once. >.<
  22. ...Amber...Love...can't says I've ever run into her before. Is she a player or a dev?

    Sorry, I know this is totally my issue and on me, but I hear Tucker saying, "Bow chicka bow wow" in my mind. >.<
  23. A few weeks back, I found an awesome deal at Wal-mart. The first two collections each of Soul Eater & Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple, and the second season of Gunslinger Girl for $10 each. I just checked at various other retailers and Soul Eater is typically going for $35+ each, Kenichi for ~$25 each, and GG for $25+ (up to ~$45). That was one heckuva find there...
  24. Wow...jerk move by those insects or whatever they are.

    Seeing that debris field makes me wonder how many battlefields are strewn about the universe. Ships forgotten, battles forgotten, left to drift for eons...
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starflier View Post
    The moon really is made of cheese!?
    Swiss, pepper jack, or provolone? Because if it's swiss, then bleh. Cuz that stuff tastes like feet.