Anyone seen this? Hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb_Obn11piM
I never listened to their podcast nor seen the British Office or Extras but I do think Ricky Gervais (amazing host at the globes) and Karl Pilkington are incredibly funny. I also love the Hanna-Barbera esque animation style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ez7iNjoVg
which characters distinctly give you that impression? Emile "the guy with the skull helmet" is probably the most "badass" character and he looks like the silent assassin type, not a bullish in-your-face kind of character. There is no profanity or belligerence from the characters, and the leader in fact tells your character to "leave the lone wolf stuff behind", implying that Noble Team puts a strong emphasis on teamwork and cooperation.
They all look like grizzled vets but the only one that gives the impression of being belligerent or unfriendly is Emile. I think you may be jumping to conclusions a bit.
C3PX said:
I guess I consider badass characters and lots of explosians to be fairly redneck-esque. Style over substance and all that. Just doesn't do it for me. Maybe I am on the wrong track here, but the Spartans in the trailer were just a bit too over the top for me, reminded me of the ridiculously over the top masculinity of the Gears of War characters. I just can't take that sort of bullshit seriously.
Octorox said:
Also, CE was the best, end of story.
Oh, sorry. I didn't realize that. My mistake.
Hmmm...Yeah I'm not a fan of the Gears of War aesthetic either but i really didn't get that impression. Badass characters I'm fine with as long as they aren't one-dimensional and they have some kind of counterbalance. Characters like Jack and Thane in Mass Effect 2 were complete badasses but they also had heartfelt and interesting backstories. I saw some possibilities for interesting backstories behind some of these characters, especially Kat with her robotic arm and Emile, who just looks interesting. Also, Master Chief and the arbiter are pretty badass IMO, and we all love them.
And thanks for correcting yourself on the other issue there ;)
C3PX said:
For an unfollowable plot, I followed the plot of Halo 3 just fine. Sure, I'd definitely call it the Return of the Jedi of the Halo trilogy, wasn't as good or as original as the first two, but also had some of the best moments in the series. And I'd definitely label Halo 2 as my favorite of the trilogy (second favorite Halo game next to the amazingly brilliant ODST), though there seems to be a lot of hate out there for it. The whole alternating Master Chief and Arbiter thing was a big surprise and really mixed things up a lot, and allowed the story to cover a lot more ground.
Halo Reach seemed really cool before the trailer was released... now I think it just looks kind of lame. The whole "Oh yeah, we're total bad asses!" vibe it has going on just doesn't do it for me. This new game seems like it is really catering to the stereotypical Bud Light swilling redneck Halo fan.
That stereotype really annoys me, because I think Halo has a lot more to it than most people see. I usually defend the series from that stereotype, but I think Bungie left me no choice with the upcoming installment, I don't think I'll be able to defend this one, it has just gone too far.
Really? I didn't get that impression of Reach at all. They said they wanted to make a darker character driven story with a human focus ala Seven Samurai. Where do you get the "redneck" vibe? The trailer seemed to feature diverse and interesting characters that are a little more than the stereotypes we got in the other Halo games. If anything I got a Mass Effect 2-ish vibe, which is a good sign.
Also, CE was the best, end of story.
I REALLY Want to see this. Have the Blu-Ray in my Netflix cue right now if I can just get to watching District 9. That said, the story to Halo 3 or to some extent 2 were already screwed up. I really don't remember the plot of Halo 3 but I remember it being unfollowable. Halo 1 and for the most part 2 had really entertaining plots though. And also, RRRRREEEEEAAAACCCCHHHH!!!!!!!!!
It's funny. I don't remember blatantly hating any cartoon characters as a kid. But I Don't like those characters that replaced Brock and Misty on Pokemon. When they replaced Misty I stopped watching the show. (As you might be able to tell I grew up in the 90s. Pokemon ruled my childhood...and beyond) Mostly I don't hate any of the characters I watched as a kid, just the new characters that replace them. Perch Perkins from Spongebob is another example, the Realistic Looking Fish Head was one of the best parts of that show, when I tuned in to some Nicktoons and saw they replaced him with some generic TV Reporter character...there was hell to pay. There were a lot of awful cartoons that came and went that had crappy characters...other than that I can't really think of any.
BTW Didn't they make Scrappy the villain in that live action Scooby-Doo movie a while back?
BarBar Jinkx said:
What do you expect we are Sci fi guys after all
Does this float YOUR boat?
I prefer Tali from Mass Effect. The fact that you don't get to see an inch of skin or even if her face has creepy mandibles makes it MORE sexy.
Tali on the left:
Finally finished ME2 :D. GREAT Game. My only criticism is that the Loyalty quests make up like 90% of the game. Don't get me wrong, I loved them, but the main quest kind of suffers for it, It's not as compelling as ME1s main quest and lacks a sense of urgency. As for skyJedi's criticism about the lack of hard sci-fi, I don't think that could be farther from the truth. ME2 delves a lot deeper into the lore and fleshes out the different races and their histories. Legion and Mordin's loyalty quests especially delve into some interesting moral dilemmas and sci-fi concepts.
skyjedi2005 said:
I read a review that said the second Bioshock was good but not as good as the first or as shockingly innovative. Seems to be a fair review unlike the fanboy adoration of ME2 which is a very good game but story wise not as good as the first but has better gameplay mechanics.
I just hope Arkham Asylum 2 is as good as the first but sequels are almost never better than the first except in the case of Empire Strikes Back.
Dont spoil the end of ME2 for me, because I'm not done. But I believe the narrative focus for ME2 was more about your squad and their individual stories. While the overarching plot may be somewhat derivative, the characters are much stronger, the player interaction in the story is much better, and there is much more emotional range.
skyjedi2005 said:
I am probably one of the people that does not like the direction they went with in the second mass effect game. Played up the shooter elements and played down the rpg and exploration parts. If i wanted to play halo or gears of war of would play those and not mass effect. Damn EA. I knew something like this would happen. Well there is always DragonAge Origins, and final fantasy XIII to look forward to.
Damn though the second time bioware screwed things up on creating a perfect trilogy. Last time was Kotor by handing off the second game to Obsidian and some crappy mmo replaced the third game.
Plus the characters in ME2 don't act like the same people from the first game, and they listened to the whiners about the mako and hard sci fi elements and dumbed it down for the 5 second attention span people who thought the new star trek was the kewlest evah!.LOL.
If i wanted a dumb action game ala GTA in space i would not be playing a mass effect game. They ruined mass effect the same way Lucas has ruined star wars and indiana jones, bay has ruined transformers and jj has ruined star trek.
I have to totally disagree. Give the game another chance: the deep story is still there, the hard sci-fi is still there , the writing is even stronger and more emotionally involving. The traditional RPG gameplay elements are toned down however, but the inventory system in ME1 was neither fun nor did it make any sense in-universe. The Mako was somewhat poorly implemented, but I'd like to see it return in ME3.
I spent easily as much time talking as I did shooting in ME2. play out all the loyalty quests, go Paragon, and really invest some time into the world: It feels to me like Star Trek meets Star Wars with some modern edginess thrown in.
SPOILERS:
The changed attitude of Liara was disappointing, (and the cold reception by Ashley/Kaidan if that's the route you went)I'll concede there, but they probably wanted to tempt players to pursue a new love interest.
END SPOILERS
Johnny Ringo said:
Loving that BIOWARE listened when we sooked about the little things we didn't like in ME1. just started Mass Effect 2 yesterday and really digging the atmosphere.
Yeah, half the time in ME1 was spent sorting through the clumsy menus or treading dust in the mako. I finished ME1 pretty leisurely but this one I can't put down. The story, the writing, the cinematics, the characters, the combat, the Normandy! Everything about this game is damn near perfect. Only thing that feels a bit tedious IMO is the mineral search, I think I may have actually preferred to Mako a bit, because at least you got that sense of exploration
dark_jedi said:
I don't think we have any pawn shops by us,at least I have not seen any.
So who here is getting Mass Effect 2 tomorrow?
Mass Effect 2 is currently my life. I AM Commander Shepard until I finish this game, at which point I will reenter my normal life.
Anyway, FANTASTIC game. One of the best I've ever played. They really took everything that sometimes made the first tedious and reinvented it to create IMO the perfect Role-Playing Experience: an emphasis on story, not mucking around in menus. I haven't been so wrapped up in a game in a few years.
TV's Frink said:
I didn't really think you were a hot woman, or a woman at all. But you have to admit, your avatar does look a bit like an egg surrounded by a bunch of sperm...
You have a dirty mind sir
If you're looking to play online with friends, get whichever one they have. I think 360 generally has more and better shooters but I don't own a PS3 or really know that much about it so idk. I'm not a fan of the PS Controller, shapes for buttons? really? I'll take good old ABXY any day.
What was wrong with Star Trek VI? Great Trek movie IMO, same with the new one.
vote_for_palpatine said:
1) For whom do you write?
The Tatooine Daily Suns
TV's Frink said:
Octorox said:
TV's Frink said:
Octorox:
I just don't see it!
Don't see what? It's the attack on the Death Star
No no no. Everyone seems to think you're a hot woman, but I just don't see it.
lol. I did think Gaffer and AxiaEuxine (probably butchered that) were women at one point. Should have known better because I had a female Avatar too.
EyeShotFirst said:
Commercials with a point.
Wendy's circa Dave Thomas years (or even better Where's the beef)
Pizza Hutt Buffalo pizza
Good music pre emo years
Life when cell phones were too big and expensive for children and the Gameboy was state of the art technology
Nintendo 64 games (Yes I miss getting a game every month that I knew was good
Bill Paxton
Surge (Miss that good stuff)
Medical Marijuana
Giant Chewy Sweetarts
Ghetto Jam Boxes
Life without Jay-Z's music
Jolt Cola
Metal parts for Appliances (the washing machines lock mechanism broke because it was cheap plastic)
Good Movies
Billy Zane
My ribs (I have had to enjoy a gut for quite a while)
Stretch Armstrong
Creepy Crawlers
Johnny Bravo (yes I watched it)
Chevy Chase
Big Bacon Classic ( I hate that piece of shit Baconater)
Pre-Duff Disney Channel
Pre-crap Cartoon Network
Funny Family Guy
MOST OF ALLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Family Guy is still funny on occasion
Movies are still good
I agree with you on Johnny Bravo and pre-crap Cartoon Network
vote_for_palpatine said:
Please state your name and group affiliation when asking a question of me
Are you a freelance journalist, sir? For whom do you write?
No, I work for the Tatooine Daily Sun....s
What do you plan to do regarding the taxation of trade routes to outlying systems? The growing Separatist movement led by the nefarious Count Dooku? How about garbage collection on Coruscant? Some guy ended up throwing his garbage out his window and it almost caused my speeder to crash!
Darth Solo said:
I hope you dont follow Finks way of thinking too much. Next thing, u gotta sock account. That was fun.
Stay on topic though.
Octorox, care to expand on those filums et all? As im a movie hunting slut.
Im already 36 (edit: 87) hours into the Godfather triology and i aint got no ideas as to whats happenin with this shit. Im not italian....but im europe, and im getting over my issue with subtitles. So, i should love this triolgy, no?
How to do a linkey thingy in a sig i do not know....
Well, I'm not going to go into specifics but last year I liked Up, Star Trek, Inglorious Basterds, Coraline, Harry Potter 6, Where The Wild Things Are, Watchmen, and Up In The Air. Avatar was goodish. I have yet to see The Hurt Locker, District 9, or any of the others big ones this year.
I also saw Youth in Revolt which was fun if you're ok with Michael Cera. I saw the Men Who Stare at Goats which was pretty bad.
TV's Frink said:
Octorox:
I just don't see it!
Don't see what? It's the attack on the Death Star
TV's Frink said:
Octorox said:
vote_for_palpatine said:
How old is the fictional Ms. Possible?
according the Wikipedia, 15-17, figured it was younger but she's still not legal...
but wait, the show ended in 07 and the magazine says 08, would that make her 18? But wait...she only aged two years in the show over 5 actual years hmmm.....I must contemplate this.
lol at this conversation
No kidding. Weirdest discussion evah.
I know, right? I blame you Frink.
Vaderisnothayden said:
I watched Hollywood Homicide, because I'm rewatching Harrison Ford movies. It was better than I remembered it. Ford was low key but good. The film isn't much of anything but it's good-natured and Ford makes it work if you pay attention to his acting. I'd give it a 5 maybe. Next film up is Thief with James Caan.
I agree with the view that Waterworld is underrated. But I think Citizen Kane is overrated, though Orson Welles did a good acting job in it. I don't share the opinion that modern film is crap. Some modern film is crap and some is good. And plenty of older films are crap, including many hailed as great classics (Raging Bull comes to mind -zero humanity in that thing). I don't buy the view that there was this golden age of film that's gone and that modern film is now all useless. I'm actually kind of fed up of hearing that modern film is crap. Sure, we've got crap like Transformers 2 and Gi Joe and Avatar, but we've also got films like Hurt Locker and Bronson and Harry Brown and Gran Torino.
I mostly agree. I think that there are a lot of great modern films. Also, I do think Citizen Kane is a bit overrated but not that much so
