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4 years ago ::
Sep 06, 2009 - 3:27PM
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What I don't understand is why it has to have all those things to be good. Could Star Wars have been good if storm troopers had had normal firearms instead of blasters and there was no hyperspace? I don't see why not.
Why does something have to have all the classic tropes to be good? Can't someone try to do something a bit different? Last I checked, different is quite often a good thing.
It doesn't have to have all those things to be 'good'. It has to have those things for me to like it.
Does this mean you dislike the "Alien" series of movies?
Yes. Despite the sci-fi trappings, they were horror movies, and I don't do horror movies.
Back to the Future? Minority Report? Total Recall? E.T.? The Matrix? Terminator? The Fifth Element?
Didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't like it, didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't see it.
Blade Runner? War of the Worlds? Close Encounters of the Third Kind? STAR WARS??
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." --Bill Cosby (1937- )Vanador: OK. You ripped a gateway to Hell, killed half the town, and raised the dead as feral zombies. We're going to kill you. But it can go two ways. We want you to run as fast as you possibly can toward the south of the town to draw the Zombies to you, and right before they catch you, I'll put an arrow through your head to end it instantly. If you don't agree to do this, we'll tie you this building and let the Zombies rip you apart slowly. Dimitry: God I love being Neutral. 4th edition is dead, long live 4th edition.Salla: opinionated, but commonly right. fun quotes
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You have to do the work first, and show you can do the work, before someone is going to pay you for it.
If you can't understand how someone yelling at another person would make them fight harder and longer, then you need to look at the forums a bit closer.
quote author=56832398 post=519321747]Considering DnD is a game wouldn't all styles be gamist?
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4 years ago ::
Sep 06, 2009 - 3:29PM
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What I don't understand is why it has to have all those things to be good. Could Star Wars have been good if storm troopers had had normal firearms instead of blasters and there was no hyperspace? I don't see why not. Why does something have to have all the classic tropes to be good? Can't someone try to do something a bit different? Last I checked, different is quite often a good thing.
It doesn't have to have all those things to be 'good'. It has to have those things for me to like it.
Does this mean you dislike the "Alien" series of movies?
Yes. Despite the sci-fi trappings, they were horror movies, and I don't do horror movies.
Back to the Future? Minority Report? Total Recall? E.T.? The Matrix? Terminator? The Fifth Element?
Didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't like it, didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't see it.
Blade Runner? War of the Worlds? Close Encounters of the Third Kind? STAR WARS??
Didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't like it, loved it. Basically, Star Wars and Star Trek define sci-fi for me. If it's not pretty close to one of those two, I'm not really interested.
Another day, another three or four entries to my Ignore List.
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4 years ago ::
Sep 06, 2009 - 3:34PM
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Blade Runner? War of the Worlds? Close Encounters of the Third Kind? STAR WARS??
Didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't like it, loved it. Basically, Star Wars and Star Trek define sci-fi for me. If it's not pretty close to one of those two, I'm not really interested.
Respectfully understanding your definition of Sci-fi, you are very close-minded in this regard, and I will remember not to take your suggestions about sci-fi movies in the future, or at least not only your suggestions. So, back to talking about aging?
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." --Bill Cosby (1937- )Vanador: OK. You ripped a gateway to Hell, killed half the town, and raised the dead as feral zombies. We're going to kill you. But it can go two ways. We want you to run as fast as you possibly can toward the south of the town to draw the Zombies to you, and right before they catch you, I'll put an arrow through your head to end it instantly. If you don't agree to do this, we'll tie you this building and let the Zombies rip you apart slowly. Dimitry: God I love being Neutral. 4th edition is dead, long live 4th edition.Salla: opinionated, but commonly right. fun quotes
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You have to do the work first, and show you can do the work, before someone is going to pay you for it.
If you can't understand how someone yelling at another person would make them fight harder and longer, then you need to look at the forums a bit closer.
quote author=56832398 post=519321747]Considering DnD is a game wouldn't all styles be gamist?
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4 years ago ::
Sep 06, 2009 - 3:38PM
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Blade Runner? War of the Worlds? Close Encounters of the Third Kind? STAR WARS??
Didn't see it, didn't see it, didn't like it, loved it. Basically, Star Wars and Star Trek define sci-fi for me. If it's not pretty close to one of those two, I'm not really interested.
Respectfully understanding your definition of Sci-fi, you are very close-minded in this regard,
Yes, yes I am. Eh, you and I like different things, ain't nothin' wrong with that.
Another day, another three or four entries to my Ignore List.
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4 years ago ::
Sep 06, 2009 - 10:31PM
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Now I want to make an old man tactical warlord who rarely hits himself but orders the others around
I would want a warlord who *never* hits himself, even if he never hits others either.
um, so do people have a habit of making characters that hit themselves all the time? is this an issue with the warlord class? Does he sacrifice his own hp by hitting himself so that others will be better in battle?
Glad to know I wasn't the only one who read it that way. 
DnD4.0 campaign report and commentary: http://notesofdoom.blogspot.com/
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4 years ago ::
Sep 07, 2009 - 3:34AM
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Watch the Fifth Element, seriously, it's one of the best science-fiction films I know  If ever you're going to listen to my ramblings, this would be the time! (It has space ships? No blasters though.  )
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4 years ago ::
Sep 07, 2009 - 3:43AM
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Watch the Fifth Element, seriously, it's one of the best science-fiction films I know
If ever you're going to listen to my ramblings, this would be the time!
(It has space ships? No blasters though. )
It also has aliens. And Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman.
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." --Bill Cosby (1937- )Vanador: OK. You ripped a gateway to Hell, killed half the town, and raised the dead as feral zombies. We're going to kill you. But it can go two ways. We want you to run as fast as you possibly can toward the south of the town to draw the Zombies to you, and right before they catch you, I'll put an arrow through your head to end it instantly. If you don't agree to do this, we'll tie you this building and let the Zombies rip you apart slowly. Dimitry: God I love being Neutral. 4th edition is dead, long live 4th edition.Salla: opinionated, but commonly right. fun quotes
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You have to do the work first, and show you can do the work, before someone is going to pay you for it.
If you can't understand how someone yelling at another person would make them fight harder and longer, then you need to look at the forums a bit closer.
quote author=56832398 post=519321747]Considering DnD is a game wouldn't all styles be gamist?
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4 years ago ::
Sep 07, 2009 - 8:50AM
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Also, the good guys were just a little bit not good, which is fairly true of any western hero. Killing people on a regular basis was almost a prerequisite to have a western about you. Unless your name was Kwai Chang Caine, of course.
Kwai Chang Caine is the man.
And how does anyone not see Back to the Future? I mean seriously.
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4 years ago ::
Sep 07, 2009 - 11:31AM
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Star Wars isn't sci-fi. It's Space Fantasy. Yeah, I said it.
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4 years ago ::
Sep 07, 2009 - 3:05PM
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Star Wars isn't sci-fi. It's Space Fantasy.
Yeah, I said it.
Otherwise known as Space Opera.
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." --Bill Cosby (1937- )Vanador: OK. You ripped a gateway to Hell, killed half the town, and raised the dead as feral zombies. We're going to kill you. But it can go two ways. We want you to run as fast as you possibly can toward the south of the town to draw the Zombies to you, and right before they catch you, I'll put an arrow through your head to end it instantly. If you don't agree to do this, we'll tie you this building and let the Zombies rip you apart slowly. Dimitry: God I love being Neutral. 4th edition is dead, long live 4th edition.Salla: opinionated, but commonly right. fun quotes
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You have to do the work first, and show you can do the work, before someone is going to pay you for it.
If you can't understand how someone yelling at another person would make them fight harder and longer, then you need to look at the forums a bit closer.
quote author=56832398 post=519321747]Considering DnD is a game wouldn't all styles be gamist?
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