docbuzzard
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The list was (IMO of course), very meh.
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Quote:I only thought of The Expendables this afternoon, well after reading this thread. I think it's a very good example. It's got a star studded action movie cast (not to imply they are exactly good actors, but stars nonetheless). It was also pretty awful. Sure, it had lots of explosions, but the dialog and plot were really bad even for an action film. I mean I can't even think of a single memorable line. That's just pathetic.Originally Posted by Attercap
For what it was supposed to be delivering, I thought The Expendables fell short on delivery, though it did an excellent job of why you typically want your action star to be surrounded by eloquent villains. That way someone in the movie could be understood! -
Quote:As I recall that Pilot was pretty awful. The series really didn't get its stride until season 2 (IMO of course).Originally Posted by Lothic
Babylon 5 had several two hour "made for TV" movies including a pilot movie that aired roughly a year before the series itself started. I think it was one of those deals where good reaction to the pilot allowed them to justify making an entire series based on it. -
I wonder if never having seen ET counts?
Also never saw Lost or the new BSG (beyond the Pilot, which utterly failed to impress me). I don't really know that I care to fix either of those omissions. -
Quote:Scarface and the Ventriloquist predate B:TAS.Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
8. "Read My Lips." This episode works, for me, the way a lot of other people react to "Two Face" only even more so -- here is a guy who doesn't even know, himself, how much potential he has as a villain. As popular as Harley Quinn is, Scarface and the Ventriloquist is actually my favorite villain that was created for the DCAU. -
Quote:I can remember back in grad school my roommate and I would catch every episode in the afternoons (along with Animaniacs). I was a comic book geek, so I had that excuse, but he just watched it because it was good TV.Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
Me too. That series is apparently more complex than I remember, and I need to watch it again.
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Reminds me I really should get the collection of that series.
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Even if you choose to use real elements (which there is nothing wrong with), I would still select only a subset. There's too many which are both rare, and have very little in the way of use. The actinides and lanthanides are all mostly useless and rare for example.
I think I would do(assuming we do a small subset to keep it simpler):
Structural:
Iron
Aluminum
Titanium
Conductors
Silver
Gold
Copper
Biological:
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon
Semi-Conductors
Silicon
Gallium
Arsenic
Germanium
Radioactives/Energy sources
Uranium
Plutonium
Thorium
If you wished things to be more complicated you could (for example, carbon could also be structural, conductive and semi-conductor). That could be predicated on tech. Hydrogen could also be under energy sources as fusion drives are a science fiction staple. -
OK, first of all, I don't see why you want to include so many elements. It seems like vast over complication of your system. Unless it is an educational system teaching the use of elements, I would chop the selection down to a manageable number. Putting too much micro-management into an RTS will ruin the game play.
Then you need to decide what races we're talking about. Is everyone human? If so that simplifies the selections since we know the needs in that regards. If not, than the options open up.
As mentioned by others, life support you have wrong since those generally have to be reactive gasses. An inert gas can't support life (it's inert).
Your categories are fairly arbitrary and elements overlap into many of those. Tin should be an electronic material, not a construction one as should copper. Many of your life support elements should also be food ones.
I could go on, but honestly this would take too long to really address. Better than you simplify the element selection with generalities. This is why Starcraft has crystals and gas. Something like organics for food and medicine; metals, for weapons; ceramics(and metals), for construction; radioactives for fuel would simplify this greatly and make playing the game a whole lot easier (not to mention programming it). -
Quote:Generally I'd say the chick with the green skin, but the one with green skin is a guy, so I'd say Shadow Lass since at least she has blue skin.Originally Posted by Dr_Illuminatis
My only question is: Which Legionnaire will Kirk Sleep with?
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Quote:The only time I've seen stats for either was back in the 1st printing 1st edition Deities and Demigods.Originally Posted by Nightphall
I've looked for hours but.......are there any D&D stats for Excalibur and Stormbringer?
The only thing I can assume about them is that they are either minor or major artifacts.
Can't find my copy right now (it's around here somewhere).
But from memory Excalibur is a +5 holy avenger with sword of sharpness qualities. It's scabbard had some ability which cut damage from non bludgeoning weapons.
Stormbringer was a +5 intelligent sword that had a monstrous ego and would either drain all levels, or half the levels of the target on a hit (50-50% chance). Those drained levels passed on hit points and strength to the user for a short time.
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I got 13 levels done.
Now that may not sound like much but it was:
45->50
45->50
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Ok, for the classics section:
Drive My Car
The Long and Winding Road
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I consider Red Barchetta by Rush the ultimate driving song.
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Quote:Put me down for +1.Originally Posted by Rylas
The skeptic in me just doesn't believe it.
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SyFy has decided to kill the show after it's Fifth Season
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Quote:Originally Posted by Lothic
I'll admit I still have my doubts. But there have been cases where certain actors have taken on unexpected roles in the past and they've worked out really well so I'm going to try to keep an open mind about this.
Heath Ledger as the Joker? -PSHAW!! -
The premise is too lame for me to bother with. Maybe I'll bother via Netflix.
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Quote:I don't think you can do an invulnerable blaster with a weakness for stairs (well, former weakness).Originally Posted by Agonus
Somewhat related thought I've been thinking about. Mainly in regards to AT and powersets, how would you do a Dalek?
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Quote:Well actually people are entitled to not like things. Personally I don't mind the art myself, but people have different tastes.Originally Posted by Inazuma
Come on now, don't you know it's the right of every person on the internet to criticize the work of others they could never do themselves?
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Quote:There were those Gallifreyans who lives out in the wastes, outside of civilization. I don't think those counted as Time Lords (again from Invasion of Time).Originally Posted by Rezarus
It seems to be one of those "facts" that was vague at different times.
Everything from the new series seems to assume that all Gallifreyans are Timelords.
But from the history, Gallifreyans became Timelords, since Rasilon was the first. So, at some point in time you had Gallifreyans who weren't Timelords, but then at some further point in time, all of them seem to be. -
Quote:A Flock of Supermen?Originally Posted by Unknown_User
The more I stare at that head, the more I feel like I'm watching a 80s music video. Maybe that's the reason why it feels so off for me.
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Luckily I'm in a pretty good area for pnp RPG groups, so I've always been able to find one. Though I did put the one which had been going at my house for 10 years to rest last week. I'll be playing at one of the gamer's house's down the street since he's gonna take over as GM. Not a big change really.
Ok, in the interest of making this at least peripheral to the topic at hand, has anyone read the Codex Alera stuff from Butcher? Is it worth bothering with? -
Quote:OK, I'm a bit fuzzy. What exactly is the difference?Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I don't think the Imperial Guard were actual Time Lords. Just Gallifreyan redshirts.
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Quote:Well heck, a spoiler about a 30+ year old TV show. Don't spoilers expire eventually?Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
Spoilers!
I imagine you might find some sort of pistol option in dual pistols which could work. Though I admit none of the Gallifreyans did appear to use two gun at once. Just one, uselessly, at a time.Quote:The Gallifreyan Imperial Guard or whatever they were called had ray guns of some kind. If we had a raygun set or sth we could make them, maybe.
This reminds me, I wish there were Gallifreyan-style curly cowl back jobbies like the Timelords wear in the costume creator.
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