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Quote:About the only instance I can think of where I've seen Time Lords in combat was Invasion of Time, and they were getting slaughtered by Sontarans.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I can, but you are right that the Doctor doesn't often go into personal combat. However another Time Lord could easily do that. -
There's a Dro Who RPG out these days, and from what I understand of it, you really, really don't want to get into combat.
Honestly, Dr. Who is not really a fighting character. He manipulates situations so he doesn't actually have to fight. I can't really see him as a CoH character. -
I enjoyed the first and look forward to a sequel. I do hope that manage the pacing better this time, and are more careful about how much they try to shove into the story. GL could have been an appreciably better film if they didn't try to do so much.
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Quote:I don't read his web site, so I didn't know all that. The idea that Dresden is dead did seem a touch final.Originally Posted by UltraTroll
Why would you think this is the end of the series? Butcher on his own site said his publisher was scared he was ending the series at the end of Changes!
Remember Jim Butcher has a 24 book arc in this and he already has mentioned the titles of the final 3 novels. Starting with Ghost Story we are starting the new story arc.
Then again, it's pretty apparent that Butcher is an old PnP RPG kind of guy so I should be used to the concept of death being mostly an inconvenience. -
I kinda like the option of being able to fly around on a chunk of rock. You know like Terra or something. It would be thematically great for earth controllers.
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Quote:Hope the people in the queue read fast.Originally Posted by Greenykins
My library system doesn't have it yet. However, I am number 57 out of a queue of 74. And they are going to have about 25 copies in the system. =P
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What I'm most interested in for the next book will be how he deals with the supporting cast. There's quite the can of worms right there.
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Quote:The way the story is, I can't imagine he'll be wrapping up too soon. There's a whole lot of loose ends out there.Originally Posted by Paladin
Glad to hear it's not the end of the series either.
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The latest Dresden Files book came out Tuesday. I finished it yesterday.
I'm surprised there's not been a thread yet here.
No spoilers, though I will comment that there was something in the book that made it pretty obvious that Butcher does play CoH.
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Quote:I like the cut of your jib.Originally Posted by Dark One
Ya know...I could be hit by a car or have a tree fall on me tomorrow. I don't want my last meal on Earth to be plain tofu with a side of cottage cheese and a glass of skim milk. Whenever articles trot out these "unhealthy" foods, I get the immediate desire to have one of them. Am I going to have it every day? Of course not. But neither am I going to limit myself to bland rabbit food in an attempt to live an extra five years (notice that those five years are at the end of your life, no desire to live to 95 with the current state of quality of life expectency at that age, especially with my family history).
I want my body to be a worn out mess in the coffin. I want to skid into home plate with a cigar in one hand, a beer in the other, and my arm wrapped around a twenty year old. I want to live, not to deny myself everything in the attempt to exist longer. -
Saw it last night. I was quite happy with it. It was probably the best superhero film of the summer (X Men First class is vying for the honor).
I saw it in 3D because of theater choice, and it was actually good quality 3D for once (much better than Thor).
Lots of good lines, and a good story. The end was quite poignant.
The Avengers trailer certainly has me wanting next May to come along sooner. -
Quote:Good god, why did you remind me of that travesty?!?Originally Posted by CyberSlave
I have read most of the books since they are free for most ereaders.
All I can say is I hope it is better than the made for TV Princess of Mars with Traci Lords. -
I believe I'll end up seeing it Saturday. It certainly looks good from the previews, but that doesn't mean much.
Then again, they have been pretty solid so far, so I expect good things. The Battle for Hogwarts, if done well, should be epic. -
Quote:Always has been is a bit of a stretch. Overseas syndication was at most a distant afterthought back in the days when Dr. Who and Star Trek started.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
The market is global. Always has been. The popularity of a show/movie/radio knows no boundaries. It never has.
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Quote:Personally I found Farscape to be very good early on, but eventually went off the rails.Originally Posted by Scythus
Did we watch the same show? Because I frankly saw nothing of the sort.
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Quote:Technically he's only stronger at the start of a fight since the Hulk gets stronger as he gets madder while Abomination doesn't.Originally Posted by Nos482
Worst Villain ever?
Abomination. He´s bigger, stronger and more intelligent than the Hulk... yet he got pummeled whenever those two met.
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Quote:Very easily in fact. Your inherent desire to accuse others of it befuddles you ability to interpret objective facts.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Were you able to post that with a straight face?
Yes, and the size of markets is an objective fact independent of nationalism. The U.S. has a much larger media market than the U.K. because it has five times the population. Hollywood is still the biggest creator of movie and TV content for global distribution.Quote:Your post not mine.
Nationalism has very little to do with the entertainment industry. The audiences have always been a global community. Radio, t.v., or movies you can't stop the signal.
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Quote:Yes, and I think it is well known that Hollywood generally has the biggest reach in that regard.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Which means absolutely nothing since shows get aired globally in countries all around the world.
That's a development of the last 20 years or so. Dr. Who and Star Trek both predate that.Quote:We won't even mention the number "American" shows are in reality made in Canada.
Though you seem to have a fixation on nationalism. I really don't much care where the show came from. The fact is that Star Trek is the bigger franchise. Though since you did mention Canada, they do generally watch much of the products of U.S. studios also, which makes for a bigger North American market. -
Quote:Interesting. Never head of it. As Connecticut Yankee dated from 1889, that would give Wells the edge.Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
H.G. Wells wrote a time-travel short story "The Chronic Argonauts" in 1888 (and then obviously his novel The Time Machine several year later).
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Quote:I would say both are safely in the realm of Sci-Fi, though I would disagree that Quantum Leap is less so. Then again both are cases in which the science fiction tends to be a peripheral feature of the story rather than anything central.Originally Posted by Zikar
I'd agree that The Prisoner probably just squeezes in to Sci-Fi.
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Quote:Which of course I never implied, but don't let that get in your way. The U.S. has roughly five times the population of the U.K. On that basis alone, success in the U.S. is appreciably bigger than success in the U.K.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Contrary to popular American assumption, we are not the center of the universe.
Not to mention the dozen or more feature films which are on one side of the ledger, but not the other. There have been Dr. Who films, but I think the total is two or three. None of them were exactly smash hits.
Again, I actually quite prefer Dr. Who. I actually dislike ST:TOS. However I am capable of seeing which franchise has had more of a cultural and SciFi impact. This isn't nationalism as you might wish to imply. It's simple fact. -
Quote:Heck, I don't know if there was a time travel story before A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, but that certainly wasn't Science Fiction. It could well be the grandaddy of the time travel genre.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Edit to add: Yeah time travel alone doesn't make it Sci-Fi. If that was the case you'd have to include show's like Felicity as Sci-Fi. -
Quote:While I prefer Dr. Who personally, it's a pretty tough row to hoe to claim it has had anywhere near the impact of Star Trek. Star Trek is a major institution. It has over a dozen feature films associated with the franchise. Everyone, and honestly I do mean everyone, knows what Star Trek is. I've had friends who have only recently become acquainted with Dr. Who owing to the new series and BBC America.Originally Posted by Zikar
That's arguable, since Doctor Who was shipped to many countries in it's original run and still is to this day.
Additionally, the Guinness Book of World Records gave it the record of most successful Sci-Fi show of all time based on "broadcast ratings, DVD sales, book sales and iTunes traffic."
As for whether Time Travel makes something Sci-Fi. No. No it doesn't, especially if the means for Time Travel isn't a machine of some sort, but rather a vague supernatural effect.
There is far more magic that "science" in Lost.
Also, not to be unkind to the UK, but success there and success in the U.S. are a bit different in scale. -
Ok, now I'm two episodes into the season. I'm seriously considering dropping this from my DVR. The writing quality really has plummeted.
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Just another trendy, short memory list. Some of the stuff on there really doesn't merit the attention.
As others have said TNG probably deserved a slot. Babylon 5 broke some serious ground for it's introduction of a massive story arc as the basic premise.
While I love Firefly as much as the next Browncoat, I really don't think it merits top ten status. By any objective measure it really did fail. Make up whatever excuse for it you like (and many are valid), it still flopped. It even got a second shot in a movie, which also flopped.
Including The Prisoner was probably not really valid as it is about as cult status as it gets. I liked it, but honestly, it really is too obscure.
I do agree strongly with some of the choices. Quantum Leap was a brilliant show, and X Files deserves a spot for longevity and impact.
Not a fan of Battlestar Galactica, and I would question it's inclusion. We'll have to see if it survives the test of time. I've never bothered with Lost, so I won't even comment on that.
I do agree, however, with Dr. Who and Star Trek for the top slots. Those are pretty unquestionably the highest impact Science Fiction shows of all time.