DuracellEnergizer

Wolfman said:

 

Have been reading the Avengers vs X-Men crossover event that started in April.

Sixty eight issues so far. The main story is done, but there is an epilogue story line called AvX: Consequences which is going to last five issues and then some Avengers and X-men team-ups.

msycamore said:

I know this is The Phantom Menace but Solo's fantastic dance number needs to be included in this set somewhere somehow.

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Please!!!

"Let the hate flow through you!"

^Known about them for some time, and they are definately going to be featured in my PT rewrite should I ever get to doing it.

Colours are magnificent things.

I've had the urge to watch the Evil Dead films - the first two, anyway - for over a week now, but can't because I don't own any of the films and they're not being shown on TV >=(

darth_ender said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

darth_ender said:

And I am aware of your (DuracellEnergizer's) view on human life--quite existential if I remember correctly (can't remember where I read that, maybe earlier in this thread?).  I'm equally curious as to your views on euthanasia, eugenics, murder, etc., considering "humans are the source of everything wrong with this world," or something along those lines.

Yes, I am a supporter of euthanasia. If someone wants to die, then they should be allowed that right. I do wonder why those people want medical assistance to get the deed done, though, instead of just taking the matter into their own hands or getting a friend/family member to help them.

As for eugenics and murder ... I'll admit, I'm not comfortable with them, especially if the victim suffers physical violence/trauma while it happens. Unfortunately, I've been cursed with the burden of having to adopt moral nihilism/skepticism - the concept that morality doesn't exist, or, more optimistically, that morality may not exist. It's not a concept I'm happy or content with - it makes me sick to my stomach that I have to excuse the actions of people like Hitler or Charles Mason - but until I see some convincing evidence to show me otherwise, I'm stuck with having to say that neither eugenics nor murder are good or evil.

And, JFTR, summing up my antinatalism as simply being a belief that "humans are the source of everything wrong with this world", doesn't quite capture the depth of my opinions. Yes, I believe humans are seriously screwed up - that there is an underlying insanity which affects us all - and we have become little more than a malignant cancer on this planet. Beyond that, though, is something more; we may be victimizers, but we're also victims - victims of a horribly chaos-ridden universe, ultimately doomed to suffer and die senselessly as entropy rots the cosmos away. Overall, especially in this day and age, I think it's just callous to bring children into such a world.

I didn't respond to this.  It's a sad view to me.  I don't mean to judge you for it or anything, but it is truly depressing, and I can't believe that you truly believe it entirely, even if you have taken the philosophy of morality to its ultimate conclusions.

You clearly see that there are certain inescapable morals built into us genetically, even if you don't believe in a Supreme Being who governs right and wrong.

One bump or two?

xhonzi said:

Leonardo said:

xhonzi said:

darth_ender said:

My personal theory however, is that you have a crush on John Carter of Mars ;)

 
Oh, you...

Do you come with the car?

Wow, you beat Frink.  This place has changed.

"March of the Dead" by Danny Elfman.

Frenchflippertrick.

Mark pesters Alec for details about his career, driving Alec to pay Mark to stop the pestering and go away.

Star Wars is released, followed eventually by TESB and ROTJ.

Many fans and gradual viewers alike grow up to associate Alec primarily/soley with Obi-Wan/Star Wars, deemphasizing all the other roles he's played in the decades preceeding the trilogy.

Is this, or is this not, an example of karmic justice? I leave that question up for you to decide.

Bingowings said:

Yeah, the really hoarse voiced muscular ones with penises and flat hairy chests, those little vixens. grrrrrrrr!

^If there's any upside to the GOUT being put out of circulation, it's that those covers will never see the light of day again. The goddamned Photoshopped abominations just served to add further insult to injury.

^I seriously considering writing stories to go with those two album covers.

Here are the last couple books I've read.

I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole

This is definately better than the Jedi Academy Trilogy, and certainly one of the better Star Wars novel, period. It's nice to see Stackpole call out the stupidity Kevin J. Anderson presented with the JAT and get some more insight and development into Luke's students at the Jedi academy and their training. It does drag a bit in the middle, but it picks up again in the final third. I'll definately keep my copy and give it another read again in the future.

A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson

Not a bad book, and I liked exploring how the main character had to deal with all the negative thoughts and emotions coming off from his neighbours and colleagues after the development of his psychic abilities. However, the story isn't very meaty or scary. The film adaptation with Kevin Bacon is definately better, IMO.

Hell House by Richard Matheson

Now this was an enjoyable read. It's definately better than the film adaptation - not that the film was bad, mind you - doesn't feel as rushed, and you get more insight into the characters. The ending, though, isn't as good as the film's.

Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine by Voronica Whitney-Robinson.

Lame, by-the-numbers tie-in to a game I've never evened played. I'm definately giving my copy over to the nearest thrift shop; maybe whoever reads it after me will enjoy it more.

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick.

God, I loved this novel. There's nothing I can say but that the themes deeply resonated with me. I'm definately buying a copy the first chance I get.

The only problem I had with the novel has nothing to do with the book itself, but with the publishers who keep classifying it as part of the VALIS trilogy; regardless of the few themes shared between TTOTA and VALIS & The Divine Invasion, the character/entity/force of VALIS itself is not present/mentioned/alluded to in this novel, and the inclusion was obviously made arbitrarily so the publishers could "complete" Dick's unfinished trilogy and make money off a big bound collected edition. Honestly, they should have just included Radio Free Albemuth into the trilogy; unlike TTOTA, VALIS itself is actually in this novel - hell, RFA was the original VALIS until Dick scrapped it and left it to go unpublished until 1985, three years after his death.

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.

I was able to empathize strongly with the character since I often feel many of the same emotions (read into that what you will), so that made the novel more enjoyable than it otherwise would have been; unlike others, I didn't find the vampire plot very interesting ("scientific" explanations for vampirism leave me feeling cold, more often than not). Another plus for the book were the short stories packaged with it. All-in-all, it was another good read from Matheson - better than A Stir of Echoes, but not as good as Hell House in some respects. In the end, I feel like seeing The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price and The Omega Man with Charleton Heston again, and never seeing I Am Legend with Will Smith - never.

I am now currently reading The Graveyard Companion, a collection of horror/dark fantasy short stories by Gray and Shaun Usher (I've never heard of them, either). I'm more than half way through the book, and for far I've found the stories I read to be rather dry. I don't think I'll be hanging onto my copy once I'm through with it, but if any of the last few stories turn out to be exceptional ... who knows?

Should I obey the voices that tell me to "Kill, kill them all"?

Timelines are starting to bleed into one another, I see.

It's LEIA, with an "I", NOT Lea. For God's sake, is a single goddamn vowel so hard to add!?

sean wookie said:

I haven't posted in this forum in years, but I assume everyone has seen the RedLetterMedia reviews right?

There's a denigrating joke somewhere in all this, but I'm at a loss as to what it is.

Hal 9000 said:

Star Trek V always reminded me of Mormonism.

Mrebo said:

So...they are indicators of strength in the Force...but without midichlorians...the person may not (can't?) be able to detect the Force.