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  • In my opinion, if you like console action RPGs (like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Hunter: The Reckoning, etc), you'll probably like Neverwinter. It really feels like a console game to me. I happen to enjoy the simplicity of those kinds of games, so I like Neverwinter. It doesn't really give me an MMO fix at all, but it's…
  • On EQ2, there's a very high cliff in Butcher Block mountains. My wife and I had characters with safe-fall, so we could always just leap from the cliff and float to the beach far below. Well, we had another friend (a RL friend) start playing and we were showing him around the world. When we came to the cliff, I said, "Okay,…
  • I think it would be a good thing. For better or worse, tonally, I think the films would be very similar to what we got from Abrams, but Disney would be willing to invest much more money in branching out the franchise.
  • Dr. McCoy: Spock, how many Vulcans does it take to change a light bulb? Spock: I'm afraid there is insufficient data to accurately answer your question. If the bulb is a single bulb that unscrews from a small socket, one Vulcan should be sufficient. However, if it is a larger fluorescent bulb, a minimum of two Vulcans…
  • This is gonna' be an extremely unpopular idea, so it's probably a good thing I'm not in charge... That said, I'd try to find a way to bridge the audiences of the new Trek movies with lovers of classic Trek. Basically, I'd do the opposite of what was originally done with Star Trek. Originally, we had a TV series with a…
  • No, Star Trek doesn't always adhere to the laws of physics, but it pretends to (within its own reality). That's why I called it pseudo-sci fi. Star Trek isn't realistic sci fi and sometimes it's not even good sci fi, but it's definitely sci fi. Star Wars doesn't even try to be. It doesn't want to be sci fi. It wants and…
  • Here's the plot of Star Wars: A princess is kidnapped by an evil wizard, but she manages to put a message in a bottle. That message is found by a farmboy. The farmboy gives the message to an old wizard. The wizard explains to the boy that he (the wizard) used to be a knight and that the boy's father was a knight as well.…
  • I personally love Star Wars and Star Trek, but I think many fans have the love/hate thing because the two franchises seem similar on the surface but are actually completely different genres. Sure, they both are massive, decades old franchises that have "Star" in the title. And sure, they both take place in space. But the…
  • The murder of the jawas was offscreen. The murder of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru was off screen. Obi Wan died by disappearing. And the glimpse blood on the cantina floor? Never happened again. Even in Empire (the "darkest" of the trilogy), there was zero blood when Luke's hand was severed. This was because they decided by…
  • I agree with a lot of what you're saying, but I fundamentally disagree that the prequels were "childproofed." In Episode 1 we see a man get gutted by a lightsaber and another man get cut in half. In Episode 2, we see a woman who was tortured by sandpeople die in her son's arms, then her son goes insane and kills an entire…
  • A movie doesn't have to be rated G to be a kid's movie. A 12 year old is a kid and that's who Star Wars was primarily written for. It's fantastic that Star Wars was magical enough for adults to enjoy too, but that doesn't mean it's not a kid's movie. Lucas said it was for kids when he made it and that's something he's said…
  • Here's an exact quote from George Lucas: "The original film was designed to allow young people to think outside the box. It was designed for 12-year-olds, adolescents, kids who were starting to think outside the box anyway, as a way of saying, 'Let your fantasies run free, because this is the time to do it.'" I'm not sure…
  • I'm sorry, this isn't my opinion. Star Wars is a kid's movie. Always has been, always will be. George Lucas has stated from the beginning that Star Wars is for the kids. He wrote it to introduce kids to classical mythological tales. Just because it doesn't sanitize itself and dumb itself down like most modern era kids'…
  • I personally think whoever made this video completely missed the point of what Star Wars is all about. Star Wars does not belong on the fringe. Bespin was incredible. The Death Star was hardly fringe. Star Wars started on a backwater planet because it was the easiest way to introduce the audience to a bigger universe (by…
  • I agree, that was purely gratuitous. But hey, not like that's something new. Nimbus III: Kirk: "Okay, the terrorists are just over that ridge. They have no idea we're here." Spock: "Excellent. An ambush will almost certainly succeed. I'll circle around to the other side and we can--" Kirk: "No. I have a better idea. Uhura,…
  • Here's my thing... if you watch Into Darkness and think, "You know, I just didn't enjoy that movie" and stop there... you're golden. I have no argument against that. Some people like some movies and some people don't. It's totally cool that some folks didn't like this movie. No more explanation is necessary because "I just…
  • I think there's a place for permadeath in MMOs, but it has to be appropriate to the tone or setting. For example, I think permadeath in a zombie apocalypse MMO would be fine because in that setting, you want to feel like you're in danger every second. In the early days of Star Wars Galaxies, when the first Jedi were…
  • IMO, we don't have a moon base and we've not been to Mars because of two things: 1. The Cold War ended. Nothing drives you like competition. 2. The Challenger tragedy. That tragedy really destroyed America's zeal for space travel. Suddenly we started asking if it's really worth it. I don't know how old you are, but if…
  • Knock Knock. Shut up, Wesley.
  • The novelization strongly suggests this is true. Admiral Marcus even hints that the Enterprise's visit to the Klingon homeworld could very easily have already started the war. As for Khan's appearance there are several easy explanations. Like someone mentioned before, I think the easiest explanation is that his appearance…
  • I agree. There are some great reboots out there and to just say "All reboots should be forbidden" would cheat us out of some great films. Donner's original Superman was a reboot. Casino Royale was a reboot. Tim Burton's Batman was a reboot. John Carpenter's "The Thing" (a horror classic) was a reboot of a movie from the…
  • My biggest concern is the fact that (I heard) it's going to be rated PG-13. Now, I'm not against PG-13 in general. There are some fantastic movies with that rating. But Robocop is supposed to be visceral. It's supposed to pull no punches. The thought of another Robocop movie that had to tone itself down to meet a more…
  • True story: I went to a Trek convention about 20 years ago with two coworkers. I didn't know them very well; they just invited me because they knew I liked Trek. I would've had a great time, but the two coworkers spent the entire time arguing ferociously about the episode number of "Trouble With Tribbles." I don't remember…
  • Zod from Superman II. That whole kneeling scene was spectacular.
  • It makes me sad that the most exciting scientific breakthroughs are usually ruined by the realization that human beings are inherently dangerous. "OH WOW! THAT'S AWES.... oh, TRIBBLE."
  • I'd like to see them simplify things a bit, get back to basics, and use the alternate timeline to tell an interesting story we've never seen before. I'm primarily thinking of the Klingons. While we've seen battles with specific Klingons on Trek, we've never really witnessed the full-scale war. I'd love to see a movie with…
  • I'm jealous of you. In '88 (When Keaton was cast), the internet wasn't even something I'd ever heard of. Not saying you didn't have it. I'm sure you did. I don't know the history of the internet. I'm just saying in my little corner of the world, we sure didn't have it. That said, people did hate the idea of Michael Keaton.…
  • I thought Affleck did an excellent job in Hollywoodland and Argo.
  • I remember being horrified that Tom Cruise was cast as Lestat, but he (IMO) totally proved me wrong and brought in an amazing performance. I'm cautiously optimistic about Affleck. Like I said in another post, we're being mighty forgiving of Bale's portrayal of Batman here. Sure, he was a great Bruce Wayne, but as Batman,…
  • Okay, I'm going to give a very unpopular opinion here... I loved the Nolan films. I thought they were brilliant. I loved the acting, the casting, and the directing. I think Bale did a fine job as Bruce Wayne. But (and here's the unpopular part)... I think Christian Bale did a horrible job playing Batman. His voice alone…