CP3S

Ziggy Stardust said:

Since when has The Horse and His Boy been the third book?

For a while, actually. Go look on amazon right now for a brand new set of the books, it will have the chronological ordering*. This was adopted shortly after C.S. Lewis died. In a letter from a fan, the fan mentioned a debate regarding the order the books should be read in, the publication order, or chronological order. Lewis responded saying something along the lines of either way works, but now that he is thinking about it chronological order makes a lot of sense. I've read the letter several times, and it doesn't come off as a hard definitive decision on the subject, and comes off more as a "huh, hadn't really thought about the possibility of people reading them chronologically, that is a neat idea, but feel free to read them as you like". Yet after his death they decided to change the order of the books because that was "the author's preferred order", as determined by that letter to his fan.

My local Barnes & Noble has this beautiful single volume hardcover edition of the entire series, I want so badly, but I hate the idea of having them bound together out of order.

*Chronological order: The Magician's Nephew, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle; published order: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Last Battle.

That goes without saying!

In fact, Escape is what made me realize how much I really enjoyed Curse. While playing Curse I just kept thinking, "Ah man, more Monkey Island, this is great! But it just isn't quite the same..."

Then Escape came along, and I once again gobbled it up and beat it in a few days, had fun along the way but still felt that, "Ah man, more Monkey Island, this is great! But it just isn't quite the same..."

A few years later a second replay of Curse was every bit as enjoyable as the first time, and perhaps even more fun because I'd anticipate coming up on the parts I had really enjoyed the first time through. But an attempted second replay of Escape proved completely unenjoyable. After a relatively short distance into the game for the second time, all it took was thinking about the inevitable Monkey Kombat I'd have to once again suffer through toward the end of the game to convince me my time could be better wasted.

Escape is a distraction worthwhile for anyone who just can't get enough MI and is willing to play a crappy game to get their fix. But Curse on the other hand is a genuinely great adventure game, even if it doesn't mesh so well with the original games and isn't the third part that was intended by the series creator.

Gaffer Tape said:

Who is ibleedspeed?

Well, now that As the Death Star Turns has been officially cancelled with no hope of ever being picked up again, I can tell you that ibleedspeed was to be C3PX's love interest during the second season to replace his affection for Gaffer Tape. After an entire half season of viewers believing C3PX felt ibleedspeed was the love of his life, the mid season cliff hanger was to be C3PX revealing that he has never had any feelings for ibleedspeed whatsoever and that it has all been just an attempt to make Gaffer Tape jealous so he could win her back. This shocking revelation results in ibleedspeed's apparent suicide in the closing scene of the episode. The second half of season two was never written, so it is unclear if ibleedspeed was really killed off by the writers or not, or if C3PX and Gaffer Tape were intended to be back together in season 2.5. 

Ziggy Stardust said:

Not this again...

Oh yeah? Well I hate it so much it makes me feel like Zigfried, JediTray, Easterhey, Sweeny, Darth Cold, BadassKeith, and a few others all at the same time!

Ziggy Stardust said:

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.

Actually, I've spent many hours discussing the Inklings back during my university years, and you and I are definitely not alone on The Voyager of the Dawn Treader thing.

I am just glad you didn't say something like, "Uh, The Horse and His Boy is the third Narnia book. Duh!"

Then you would have been just as dead to me as that blue guy who's user name starts with b and ends with v.

Escape from the Planet of the Apes - I personally feel like this is the only sequel to The Planet of the Apes that came anywhere close to the level of the original. I love Beneath the Planet of the Apes, but only because it is pure camp and I find it amusing.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (being the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia) - (Never seen the film for the record, am only talking about the book) after a fairly dry followup to The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe with Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was an extremely thrilling ride for a very small version of me the first time I read it. Still my favorite of the series.

Fallout 3 - While a lot of old time Fallout fans moan about what a horrible continuation of the series this game was, but I have never been able to help but absolutely love it. One of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I have ever had. I tried playing the originals a bit, but they just aren't the type of game that I have ever had any interest in, so it stands to reason fans of those games aren't fans of the one I enjoy.

Monkey Island III: The Curse of Monkey Island - A lot of MI fans, myself included, have never considered this on par with the first two, but personally I still found it extremely enjoyable to play. I consider it The Return of the Jedi of the Monkey Islands.

Rogue Squadron III was pretty impressive.

Dark Forces III: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast was also pretty amazing, but unfair to list since it was the first, second, and third parts of three different series, so it probably shouldn't count.

The PlayStation 3 was a bit of a let down as a followup for the phenomenal PlayStation 2.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is actually really quite brilliant and one of my favorite PKD stories.

I am currently reading The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury. So far a very fun little collection of short sci-fi stories ranges from really good and thought provoking to campy as hell.

Ziggy Stardust said:

I think TheBoost already did a thread on this.

It only got past a couple pages...

I actually made a thread like this long ago. So yeah, there are at least two or three out there but they always sink. Mostly because bkev thinks Isaac Asimov wrote Brave New World.

asterisk8 said:

My buddy just finished reading it. He said, "i didn't like it a whole lot. i felt like it was a cool idea, but not very well executed. could be because it was his first book, but i felt like he didn't develop the characters well enough. i found myself not really pulling for any of the characters. it kinda felt like a vonnegut novel at first, but then it kinda just became mundane and tedious." That launched a big conversation about Vonnegut.

If your buddy claimed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was one of Philip K. Dick's first novels he certainly doesn't have a clue what he is talking about. PKD published around 20 novels prior to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

I have read a ton of Vonnegut and a really unhealthy amount of PKD, the thought of PKD ever sounding anything like Vonnegut actually made me laugh out loud. They are so extremely different.

Unless you and your buddy think an awful lot alike, I think you're pretty safe to completely disregard his review and tackle the book on your own. It is a quick read.

greenpenguino said:

BTW Did you know we've been controlling your leaders with our mind rays for years? LOL

So it's YOU idiots who are responsible for this current economic plight of ours!

Given that revelation, I think it is time we go to war with you once again. I'm going to go get on my horse and start ringing church bells and firing shots to warn you that we are armed.

I've just decided that Oreo crumb pie crusts are one of the finest inventions of the last twenty years.

And now I am intrigued about The Wall DVD.

Ziggy Stardust said:

CP3S said:

That's okay, we've had a reputation of being a "bunch of retards" from the very beginning. Turns out suggesting George Lucas isn't god is a bit offensive to many SW fans. To everyone else on the internet we are just more Star Wars, and all Star Wars fans have a bad reputation. So we are really doomed in all circles.

Can I use this in my sig?

Sure.

ferris209 said:

Hey Ripplin, when you get the chance, I'd like to see a Lego Columbo.

And Ripplin, I'd kind like my dry cleaning finished. It's been over a week! Don't you think that is a little excessive? Over a week! There is really no excuse for that.

Ray Bradbury (before he got old)

And the music video for Rachel Bloom's Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IxOS4VzKM

Uses naughty words, may not be safe for working.

Bolo ties are not cool though.

But the man did have brilliant sideburns. Got to give him that, even if he didn't write anything as good as Brave New World.

Anchorhead said:

we'll lose what little credibility we've managed to carve out for ourselves. 

;-)

That's okay, we've had a reputation of being a "bunch of retards" from the very beginning. Turns out suggesting George Lucas isn't god is a bit offensive to many SW fans. To everyone else on the internet we are just more Star Wars, and all Star Wars fans have a bad reputation. So we are really doomed in all circles.

But now Lego fans are gonna think we're pretty cool! Score!

Now we just need to see if we can get Traveler's Tales to buy the rights for LEGO OriginalTrilogy.com: The Video Game which incidentally will be WAAAY better than LEGO Star Wars III (which was pretty amazing, if I do say so myself).

I am going to wear my pants wrong side out today. To make me feel young.

twister111 said:

About money, my medical covers my heart attack so no worries there. I actually could've stayed there for observation to but, I never like to do that.

Sorry, wasn't really trying to bring up something personal like your medical expenses, was making a forum joke in reference to something else.

However, it is good to know that you're covered in all of this. Don't blame you for not staying there for observation. Hospitals aren't very fun places.

I need to hurry up and catch up on Chuck so I'll be ready for the next season, I am still in season two. :(

And now that I know you look like a muscular Tekken character, I'll have to assume you could take me and be extremely careful not to piss you off.

Whoa! That is one hell of a nose on that girl! I wonder if anyone has ever been permanently blinded while making out with her?

I do like the appendicitis scar though.

Anchorhead said:

Truthfully,  being able to see a woman's skin texture, coloring, blemishes, unevenness, her realness - there aren't words for how that moves me.  *swoon*

So very agreed.

That is one reason why the vast majority of women posted in this thread really don't do anything for me. Smooth textureless skin seems to be a big appeal to people. It feels so unauthentic and plastic. 

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TV's Frink said:

It was bad form to voice his suspicion before anyone brought up donations.

LOL.

Oh wait, looks like I just got a PM from Twist and well... gee fellas, she sure could use some financial help what with the Obama free healthcare not passing an all (damn Conservatives)... Feel free to send any large donations for her to my Paypal account. I'll make sure it gets to the right place.*

* Nothing, absolutely nothing, in this entire post had even a modicum of truth to it.**

It is your standard generic super top secret group of people who deal with alien sci-fi show that just happens to take place in the Doctor Who universe. I watched the entire series and don't regret it. Only two short season and the special everyone always gets all excited over. The series wasn't all bad, and I dare say I kind of enjoyed it at times. But at times it went way out of the way to push the bisexual stuff. Out of the main cast, the one character who isn't implied to have done someone of the same gender during the course of the show is shown in an extended make-out scene with another women.

It felt like they were trying really, really, really hard to please the gay community, but it just came off as over the top, unreasonable, and immature.

The Scooby Doo comparison has never made sense to me. Sometimes I think it mostly came from people who never watched the show. It is more like less silly and more casual Men-in-Black than anything. 

Warb, having been burnt by someone he trusted, has legit reason to feel that way.

But there is honestly no reason to question Twist on this. Twister has never been the type to call attention to herself (calling attention to Chuck on the other hand...).

I still think she needs an avatar though... she is just soooo... faceless. I am just going to start making Chuck and Back to the Future themed avatars and posting them until she chooses one.

Oh, Twist, what video game character was that that you said you kind of look like? I must of missed that post, and now I am curious.

I feel like I need to watch these Cubes. Never heard of them before now.

Meanwhile, I've been watching South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in segments. Hasn't been holding my attention enough to keep me from getting distracted or decided I should go do something else. Half way through right now, maybe I'll finish in a week or two... after I take what I anticipate will be an amazing Cube-athon and System Shock 2 break.

twister111 said:

 

I am serious and, I never posted my picture here. I posted a video game character whom I look like. Regardless I'm 23 I just have a really crappy body health wise. I'll admit the OP and, thread title are somewhat in humorous nature. Hey can you blame me for attempting to bring myself a little levity in this situation? Sure it helps about as much as three drops in a pond does but, it's better then nothing.

 

Awww, sorry to hear that, kid. I tend to make jokes about scary situations like that myself. Hope you're feeling better.  :(

Good to know you are 23, felt really iffy teasing you about twisting pickle jars at camp with the possibility of you being in your teens was lingering in my mind.

Glad your still with us. Keep it that way. Go watch some Chuck and cheer yourself up. And try not to get too worked up the next time Ziggy skateboards through you lawn.

Seriously. That show is already WAAAY to obsessed with mann gegen mann. But the show has had man sex in it before, so it isn't anything new.

TV's Frink said:

Seriously?  Were you in the hospital?

You have seen the type of things twister posts, right? And didn't she have her picture as her avatar back when that was the theme? She is like in her early twenties at the oldest (I'd guess sixteen to seventeen).

She is either pulling an ABC, or she has some severe cardiovascular issues.

I am thinking the first one. Though the later is possible, in which case I hope she is feeling better.

That is exactly the word I mean to use! Like the Marines, only with more decay.