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Chewie is awesome in that pic.

Oh! And here I was... well, everythin's goin' on for 1 inf from here on out.

/gonna make me some DOUGH, werd.

BSG rocked... except the last 20 minutes. I got it, but still.

I rather like Sanctuary, but admit it's a guilty pleasure. Love Amanda Tapping talking like the Englishwoman, although I'm sure there's plenty not right about it. And that long raven hair, real or not... yum. Hated it when they killed off Ashley, liked it when they gained Kate, hated that SHE's gone, but the new Werewolf chick isn't terrible... Oh, and Big Guy is awesome. And Tesla is just... fun.

And then I cut the cable, so...

/I never liked SyFy. It was Sci-Fi, and that's what it should go back to.
//But so far, after a month? I'm really ok with it. 'Cept Foosball. I couldn't watch MNF. Or TNF. Dangit.
///Oh, yah, the topic. This will be Flash Gordon like in mehness.
////Not movie Flash Gordon, which is epic in its awfulness, so it's just good fun now. The Sci-Fi Flash Gordon: Meh.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/hugo...or-enders-game

There is no mention of Quidditch or Lightsabers. Either they changed it, or someone's being stupid.

But there is mention of Orci and Kurtzman, as well as Card himself, as being producers, and I'm thinking now... this is going to be ok. Card *shouldn't* let this become an utter fiasco, I would think, unless he's desperately ill a la Steve Jobs and looking to hurry it up so it's done before he expires... in which case, we'll get Wing Commander.

Although, I fully admit, that Orci and Kurtzman could bring us Wing Commander anyway, despite Card's best efforts...

/The first Wing Commander game was awesome at the time... never did finish it though. Computer was a 286 at the time, and the game *crawled* through the cutscenes... and flying the ships sometimes crawled too... I sooo wanted to be good at it...
//Kilrathi are big puss... no, I just can't do it. The mods will kill me, I just know it.

Interestingly enough, 6 years+ and still no name issues... But then, I don't make characters every single day... But when I do... I get the name I want to use, usually within 3 guesses.

Maybe you need to be twisted in teh brainz like me to do it... Naw that can't be it...

The dude looks 8 in all the pics I see. And he sorta looks like an Ender.

What I wanna know is, who's gonna play Bean, Petra and Bonzo? And maybe Achilles?

There's a thread elsewhere about the ragdoll's gone mad on some baddies, where their heads are twisted to impossible (unless their necks were broken) positions.

To which I pointed out quite frankly... with all the stuff that the Heroes (and Villains, and Rogues and Vigilantes, but let's stick with Heroes) can do, it's rather impossible to think there WON'T be some broken necks. I say, let the ragdoll grotesqueness continue, but that's just me, and for that other thread.

But it did bring up an interesting set of thoughts, and it culminated in this:

How tired Superman must be of pulling his punches, right?

I mean, here is, in his Lore, the most powerful being on Earth. And almost in the Universe, sans a select few. You can take two giant slabs of depeleted uranium (if you could get enough of it), place him in between them, then violently throw them at him with the force of 10 nuclear bombs behind them (not discussing physics here, btw, just go with it)

He'd get sandwiched in between... and escape, UNSCATHED.

He can have a multi-ton train roll over his back and not get one scratch. He can have a bullet shot into his *EYE, and it bounces off. His HAIR can be cut one at a time with bolt cutters, and even then, it doesn't want to be cut.

And that's just his resistance. His power? Off the chart. He can literally move mountains. He can cut the rock through, pick it up, and plonk it onto a volcano to stop it from erupting (not discussing the pressures that would cause it to blow up again, so what is the point, and besides Superman 4 sucked. ) And we know that he got the better of Doomsday, and many other uberpowerful beings.

If it weren't for Kryptonite, the Universe should frackin' *tremble* at the mention of Kal-El... well, and the Yellow Sun power charging... which seems to be forgotten when he visits other worlds.

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So when it comes to dealing with us punky humans... I mean... literally speaking... he would break any one of us in half without thinking about it. Just holding someones arm might entail that arm being accidentally amputated, if it weren't crushed into becoming a singularity first. And trying to stop one from running? Since Superman could effectively become a brick wall, and the resistance thereto, the dude running would either have arms ripped off, or be so much paste when he ran into Supes.

My point is... the fine motor controls that Superman would need to just *interact* with us pesky humans, and our fragile equipment, by the way...

"Man, you see happened to Clark's typewriter? Crazy... What I don't understand is how it got punched through his desk and 6 floors. Lucky nobody was in the copy room when it happened..."

This was due to Superman sneezing by the way. And think of that! If he sneezed and forgot to cover his mouth... people would DIE. His violent expectoration would impale everyone in the range of the cone, and that range would not be short. I'm surprised that Johnathan and Martha made it to his 5th birthday...

Which brings me to how impossible it would have been for the Kents to keep the kid secret. Every baby does it, that whole "oops, the little tyke peed before I could get that diaper on." would wind up being an investigation into just how Johnathan or Martha wound up dying from what appear to be wounds inflicted with a waterjet... The cops find the kid... "Oh, look, cute kid... zOMG MY FINGER'S CRUSHED!!!"

And off to Area 51 he went.

Come to think of it, he couldn't even have worn diapers, what would have been the point?

Anyway. Those were some of the thoughts I had. Being superpowered must be incredibly tiring in trying to 'blend in', I think. And dang near impossible until you were... oh... 17, maybe, when the adolescent urges to BE SOMEONE quit being the driving force.

I would... actually like to see that, TrueGentleman. Go pitch that!

We shoot them up with various and sundry weapons, we claw and sword them, we ninja them, we mess with their minds, we throw them around telekinetically, we shoot energy at them, we repel them with forcefields, we scream hypersonically at them, we pummel them with fists, we shoot beams of radiation at them, strike them with electricity... did I leave anything out? If I did, y'all add it...

AND WE'RE THE HEROES.

Some baddies are gonna get their necks broken. SO?! It's not like they don't get transported to the Zig's hospital and fixed...

/They knew what they were getting into. They CHOSE to be villians... I say... let them contort grotesquely when they expire!

It's overheating. Just needs cleaning. Get a can of air, and spray the cards. Also ensure the fans are all running.

/Nice Spiderman outfit, dude.
//Careful where you show that...

Oh, that's easy too. I just put on an NPC costume that I got trick or treating, or bought. I still win!

Or is there specific ones you want, and I can't use a costume?

/rules. made to be broken!
//I'm just havin' fun with this... don't hurt me...

Aw. I remember Danger Mouse... weird little show, but I definitely liked it.
Now I'll go rummage about for some episodes...

And then... work. Totally shot up my plans. Again. Dangitall.

Meh. Maybe tomorrow night.

/Tired of the left turns in life...
//Could be worse, yes, I know... still, it gets old.

Oh, man, I'd love to, but... I can't. I'd totally roll something just to do this. I've only ever done it ONCE, and it was lag city, so I really missed out on the end. Heck, I think I gotta toon on Pinnacle that still has it, as I left it there, waiting... for nobody to be in Hollows anymore...

Don't suppose I can talk you into postponing it a week...? No? Ok, I understand...

Indeed. They've not learned about and protected humans enough? And where were these four all year? Coulda been handy when Megatron or Starscream were up to their No Good(tm).

Of course, I'll miss it... cut the cable. Sucks a little, but I couldn't continue to justify the $ for 6 whole channels I watched... hadda go.

Well, if you tell them "that account will not be renewed without a credit card, and I'm the only one who's gonna give you one for it. Either help me take it over, or it won't be renewed."

Not that it's a strong threat, but if it's no money versus some, they might get a little more inclined to deal with it.

Only one real way to find out though... you'll have to call them and ask. Or maybe get the answer to the security question, if the person in question is really your 'friend'

Assuming they remember, of course... there's always an "Oh, I slept since then, sorry" that's possible...

I can't. I invested too much time to delete any of the 4 50s I have... but I'll say that the 4 are split between 3 servers. When I get my fifth, that'll be 3 on one server, and one on each of two others. So there's that.

And if I never play them again, I still won't kill them. I'm too proud.

Oh, c'mon, dont y'all remember that great pantheon of reboots, The Munsters Today?

I mean, the theme song was the same, but with LYRICS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1KmLbiHuzE#t=27s

Totally sweet. Can't wait to see how they do this reboot's theme!

I just had to say this. After 3 weeks in the new casa, dealin' with everything else, I finally got 12M Uverse in. Stupid Balun in the Demarc box was bad. Shoulda been workin' Monday night.

But here I am, in full living color (as I'd turned off pictures in the internet to save my poor cell phone internet from having to do that), and tomorrow night is >>All Co*, All The Time!<<*

I feel like this now, I'm just so elated about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRD_gIoVOmY

Ok, back to your regular forum browsing. Sorry mods, hope you don't mind, there's no "North American Lounge."

/ (*) - Well, all the time until perhaps 1am... gotta do stuff Saturday.
//Tommy - One of the best albums evar, for me.