ATMachine

DrCrowTStarwars said:

ATMachine said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I used to love adventure games and have been meaning to get back into them, why can't you tell use about this one?  Are you some sort of secret beta tester or something.

You know I am still looking for a new game or series where the characters draw me in the way the ones in Mass Effect did.  It's too bad EA ruined Bioware because before that they put out quality games that worked with characters I really liked and their tone was just right for me. Most games are either too light and kiddy or way too dark for my taste, Bioware got the tone just right for me before ME3.  I really miss them, the only other game that strikes just that perfect heroic escapist tone where while still having some dark moments and giving me a fun time is the Fable series, but thanks to my Xbox breaking down I can't enjoy that any more.

DARN IT EA, WHY DO YOU ONLY SEEM TO EXIST TO DESTROY THINGS THAT BRING ME JOY?!!!

 "Secret beta tester" is essentially correct... though the game is actually still in alpha stage.

 Okay, can't wait for the game to come out so you can tell me what it is.

Have fun! :)

There's more than one game I'm currently testing, actually... and it's already come out. I'll tell more shortly.

In fact, I already have!

Which One?

Boost, like Watson, has several wives.

That reminds me, I've got an Idol of Many Hands here, and the pirate leaders haven't shown their faces for a while.

SilverWook: Good to know! Perhaps there's hope for the future of 2d animation after all.

Hear, hear!

It was a sad day when the House of Mouse stepped away from its roots.

And yet... if it were to jump in the opposite direction... it would be a frabjous day indeed.

It tastes delicious.

That reminds me:

Having seen nothing but the trailers for Season 4 of American Horror Story, is the influence of Tod Browning's Freaks as obvious to anyone else as it is to me?

Actually, I've never seen any of Twin Peaks at all.

I'm happy for fans of the series that David Lynch is revisiting it... but I first discovered his work through his film adaptation of DUNE, and I very much would like to see it completed as he intended.

Exactly my point.

I like most of the overall ideas in Star Wars Rebels, but I deplore the lackluster animation quality. Surely Disney has deep enough pockets to make a 3D cartoon look decent?

Pity that 2D animation has seemingly gone with the Dodo to the Land of the Dead.

I'd gladly pay to see a top-quality SW animated film in the vein of 1959's Sleeping Beauty... or the Fleischer Superman shorts... or, heck, even The Curse of Monkey Island.

But you know what would be even better? Doing that nine times.

And now for something different--images with proper explanations.

Natalie Portman cosplaying as Princess Leia.

Previously un-found concept art from Star Wars (1998).

Concept art from George Lucas's fantasy film WILLOW, released in 1994.

Very fun to see Dracula depicted with the mustache he has in the books. So far I'd only known about Christopher Lee having done that for his star turn in Jesus Franco's Count Dracula.

Not many critics liked David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me at the time of release, it seems.

Perhaps they'd have preferred him to make Five Peaks: (Don't) Acid Walk with Me instead.

Myself, I'd like to see both of them, and then judge accordingly.

Who ever said George Lucas was a good writer?

Besides, in the 1974 rough draft, he very clearly stated that Princess Leia Aquilae had auburn hair and blue eyes, while both secondary protagonist Clieg Whitsun and Annikin Starkiller's brother Deak were blond.

Of course, back in the 1970s, GL had a certain amount of flexibility when it came to the appearance of his characters. Han Solo was almost played by a black actor, remember, and the first choice for Obi-Wan Kenobi was actually Toshiro Mifune.

Luke Starkiller himself was almost played by dark-haired Jewish actor Will Seltzer. But Mark Hamill, who turned up almost at the end of the casting sessions, not only had the acting chops; he also fit GL's vision of Luke as a blond Flash Gordon type.

Mind you, this flexibility seems to have evaporated by the time of the prequels.

Watch the making-of documentary on the TPM DVD and you'll see GL pass over a child actor who was clearly the better choice for young Anakin, in favor of the "cuter" (and blonder) Jake Lloyd, who was much worse in terms of flubbing his lines.

That's the peril inherent in trying to find an actor to fit your pre-existing mental image precisely. GL should have remembered the wisdom of his younger self.

As I've said before, one man's trash is another man's treasure.

Believe what you like. Certainly I don't expect you to take this on faith... weigh the evidence and see for yourself if my argument is lacking.

If so, perhaps you could supply a better counter-argument in its place. I'd enjoy that.

This short film (The Leviathan, or basically, Moby Dick... but they're in SPACE!) is one of the most stunning things I've seen all day.

Fingers crossed that some of the new Star Wars movies can match the power of this short film.

I don't particularly mind necroposting. Sometimes old, largely forgotten threads can be the best ones.

"One day, I know, I must smash the emerald."

A gentle voice whispers in your ear. "It's time."

Dance into the fire? I'd rather cross it instead.

Also, one of these days somebody really needs to lock David Lynch in a room and keep him there until he's produced a director's cut of DUNE.

The King works in mysterious ways.

Don't be ridiculous.

On another note, I like how the SW Blu-Ray box set at least includes a good chunk of the OT deleted scenes. (Unlike some other big-name Blu-Ray releases I could name.) Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered buying it.

Heck, it's even got deleted scenes which were quite obviously cut from other deleted scenes... although the descriptions in the menus don't make that explicit.

A little.

Or rather, quelque fois, mais je le flagelle encore.

PS: Pardon my edit.

Interesting thought!

And now for something somewhat different:

I wonder if Steve Purcell was the only person at LucasArts who ever wielded a bullwhip.

And, equally, I wonder if margarita imbibers make good warriors.

Impressive commande of French you have there.

Here's an interesting article from i09 about Norman Spinrad's unproduced TOS episode, "He Walked Among Us."

(Which is not to be confused with He Walked Among Us, Spinrad's later unrelated novel with the same title.)

Oh, good. I'm glad that there's more than one way to skin a cat, as the phrase goes.

Thank heaven that English lacks the ossifying power of a single regulatory body like the Académie française.