@Theoutlet: Just be glad the countdown clock's not also an in-game unlockable.
It may just be one voice actor, but that second clip is so reminiscent of GIJoe and so dissimilar to my idea of how the X-Men sound that I kept thinking of it like a GIJoe and Cobra joint costume party.
@Kevin Jones: Educational programming nobody watches improves nothing, so this is effectively a lateral move for children's programming.
Moreover, television isn't a good medium for education (a lack of reciprocity, no interaction between the viewer and the television, a static pace for a widespread distribution, etc.). It's barely a passable source for INFORMATION. If you're looking to ANY television channel to improve the education of the youth, you're looking in the wrong place.
@Mariano C Campos III Many shows I've found engaging and actively looked forward to new episodes airing have been summarily rejected by networks and the people who are evaluated for determining ratings.
I watched Firefly, Raines, Journeyman, New Amsterdam, My Own Worst Enemy, Pushing Daisies, The Middleman, and others. I've come to peace with the idea that the shows I like the most are the most likely to not appeal to a wide audience and be canceled. Just try to enjoy what you can get from these shows, I say, and hope that eventually a wider audience and the networks wise up too.
What, exactly, is Fox's agreement with Marvel? Who does Fox have the right to use, and for how long?
Because, if I had to guess, I'd say that the agreement gives Fox the rights to use certain characters only as long as the characters remain in box office releases. Fox seems like it is going crazy with the origin stories and sideshots to retain the use of as many characters as they can for as long as they can, shoehorning in skeletal thin cameos to extend things further.
@Janglesatwest: Joe Biden's candid commentary is an example of why you need multiple news outlets, governmental and commercially run.
@Balius: I should clarify, I'm assuming that the American remake would be live-action, not animated.
@Eldritch: If they cut out the Shinigami subplot entirely (and there's really no reason they couldn't do so without damaging the rest), this could easily be done as a psychological thriller with a subtle supernatural element, and sound palatable to people who have never heard of anime.
Dragonball, on the other hand, took a niche comedy with strong cartoon elements and over-the-top action scenes and tried to create a movie homage that would appeal to the masses. It failed.
@Hamslicer: That would be a lot more compelling if you didn't always insist that they show Sarah Connor in the shower.
@corpore-metal: Conceivably, any changes made in the past create a new future (as is demonstrated with Reese and his beau's differentiated memories of the future), which then might have the ability to send their own time travelers back, yeah?
@hardcache: That's the advancement Skynet came up with. Coating the tanks in pond-scum, and putting the weapons in flesh-bags.
@Roklimber: The thing is that, while Swine Flu may BECOME more dangerous (as any virus might), it's being considered LESS dangerous than the common influenza by people who know what they're talking about, in terms of its effect on the host it infects.
It's receptive to antivirals, both medicine and hand-sanitizers, and, while it has killed people (but not as many as sensationalist news headlines would have you believe, since Mexican Officials are declaring deaths Swine Flu related arbitrarily), it doesn't cause any problems that any other flu might. The danger in swine flu is that, since it's a new strain, it is able to spread more rapidly because people have no immunities built up against it. The extremely young, the extremely old, and the sick are at risk because of that contagious nature and their own weakened immune systems, not because of some inherent strength in the sickness itself.
@Citizen Kang: There are countless reasons why American schools are falling behind. Lack of funding for up to date and good-quality materials, lack of funding for enough teachers, lack of competitive wages to hire competent and effective teachers (particularly specialty instruction for middle and high schoolers), mandatory attendance (which creates an atmosphere of disinterest and delinquency by mingling those that have no desire to attend with those who actually do), a policy in effect that slows teaching down to accommodate the least capable student rather than allowing him to fail while the rest of the class zips along, lack of parental involvement, the amount of distance between the classroom and the people who decide how it must be run, lack of competition over teaching spots (largely due, again, to the low pay of the teachers), and a multitude of other problems that plague the bloated monstrosity of the public school system in the US.
In general, though, the biggest problem facing it is the relative lack of importance the nation places on education in general.
Abandoning Public Schooling, however, is a poor option, somewhat akin to stabbing someone to death to stop the progression of lung cancer. America simply doesn't have the jobs to support a society that is composed almost entirely of an uneducated, probably illiterate, lower class majority, which is what would happen without tax-funded schooling. Moreover, if the plebian masses were to invade your private schools, the benefits of private schooling (a more dedicated student body, lower class sizes, better per-capita funding for technology and materials) would be lost.
It isn't a simple issue that can be discussed without research, and there's no magic wand that can fix the system by making one aspect of the problem go away. And even if we agreed on how to make the system "better", there's always a question of what the cost is. Japan scores highly against the world at large, but the ultra-competitive nature of the program and a society that emphasizes pride and honor has led Japan's student population to one of the world's highest suicide rates.
I don't know what movie you guys saw in place of X-Menm but it wasn't exactly brilliant quality. The stunts were stiff and clearly wire work, the characterization was uninspired and didn't even have the excuse that it stuck to the comics to pawn that lack of depth off on.
There were a few interesting visual effects scenes(Nightcrawler infiltrating the White House in X2),and a couple of times when the actors really played the part, but as a whole I can't say that any of the first three wowed me.
I don't think Origins is kicking off as firm a foundation as people seem to believe.
@Evil Tortie's Mom: The only thing worse than karaoke night is "a capella" karaoke night, as the machine would soon learn.
@omgwtflolbbqbye: What if he's cleanly cut into two even pieces, right down the line of symmetry?
@dshramek: I know that the Hulk once ripped Wolverine in half to...non-permanent results. That may be what the article is referring to.
@AngryEddy: He'd have to change his signature trademark to "Oh God, this is the worst pain ever!"
@crashedpc /sarcasm: ...someone's going to have to suck on them to find out, so I'm calling NOT IT now...
@Spaceboy: People do seem to get nervous if you don't press a button. Pressing one, even unnecessarily, is a sign that you belong. "I'm not just here to hang out in an enclosed space with strangers, I'm going somewhere too!"
