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#632631
Topic
Random Thoughts
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AntcuFaalb said:



doubleofive said:

 


DuracellEnergizer said:

20th Century Fox should have been renamed 21st Century Fox.

As a kid I thought the name was in reference to the future, once I realized that I was already in the 20th century, I thought "they're going to look really stupid in a few years"

Even renaming to Fox Films or something.

 


20th Century Fox has that name because of the merger of Fox Films and 20th Century Pictures, Inc. in 1935.

Reverting to Fox Films might be OK today, however...
I did not know that. I thought I had picked a random name.

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#632455
Topic
Dark Horse to adapt "The Star Wars."
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skyjedi2005 said:


How come Entertainment weekly is saying this is Dark horse's swan song for star wars comics, are they just guessing Disney is going shut them down soon, or jumping the gun?
I think that'd be news to them. Starting a new ongoing "Star Wars #1" series a couple months before you lose the license seems silly. Unless they just want to put out all they can before it's too late.

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#632440
Topic
Doctor Who
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Warbler said:



doubleofive said:

I didn't imagine they would go too far back. Moffat seems to hate even referencing past seasons, let alone past Doctors, & most of the references to the Classic Who seem to be tongue-in-cheek.


what about the episodes with Sarah Jane and the one with Jo Grant?  those seem like more than just tongue-in-cheek references.
Both of those were RTD, not Moffat.


doubleofive said:

Having all of these old guys show up would only serve to confuse this "next generation." It would probably confuse me, and I don't mind reading wikis to figure out what people are talking about.
If those old guys would confuse you, you are not a real Whovian.   Also keep in mind, this isn't an anniversary of the new series, this is the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the original series.
Which I think is my point, Moffat doesn't care about the rest of the series, only the bits he created.

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#632435
Topic
Doctor Who
Time

I didn't imagine they would go too far back. Moffat seems to hate even referencing past seasons, let alone past Doctors, & most of the references to the Classic Who seem to be tongue-in-cheek.

Having all of these old guys show up would only serve to confuse this "next generation." It would probably confuse me, and I don't mind reading wikis to figure out what people are talking about.

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#632389
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
Time

Johnny Ringo said:


This is the first I'm hearing of it, do tell..

Finished Bioshock Infinite - Save spoilers for the Bioshock thread.

xhonzi! Y U No discuss Infinite?

Also getting back into RDR in a big way, especially trying to complete free roam challenges. Anybody got it and want to posse up?

It's too bad that Fives thinks he's too cool for gaming these days.
We don't even have RDR anymore! :-(

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#632382
Topic
Last movie seen
Time

I did another movie commentary with the fine folks that helped me do the Revisited one, this time joined by Mrs. O'Five to talk about "Inception."

http://maxhegel.podbean.com/2013/04/07/inception-commentary/

Unfortunately, I just remembered this morning that it was you guys who convinced me to see it, so I am ashamed for not mentioning it in the commentary.

Just like Revisited, you don't have to be watching the movie to appreciate it, and don't expect too much technical detail from it.

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#632317
Topic
Doctor Who
Time

What a terribly average episode of Doctor Who:

1. Doctor leaves Companion alone on alien planet.

2. Companion gets in trouble.

3. Doctor goes out of his way to save someone, ends up condemning everyone.

4. Doctor tries to sacrifice himself because he's The Doctor.

5. Companion comes to the rescue using some kind of magic that will never be used again.

A lot of dependency on the Screwdriver this episode, I think he's going to lose it sooner rather than later. Maybe he'll get 10's during the 50th.

There is a lot of focus on the companions in Moffat Who. Like the Doctor himself isn't mysterious enough.