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    01:40 PM

    In reply to Follow The Fictional Science Adventures Of Squid & Owl
    That squid is ridiculously adorable.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    07:57 AM

    In reply to Follow The Fictional Science Adventures Of Squid & Owl
    Wow. This is just gorgeous stuff.

    I'm thinking of getting it as a children's book for my niece, but the text might be just a little too esoteric. Probably make a beautiful gift for someone, thought.

    Er, like me. HINT.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    08:10 AM

    @Lassus: Someone thought, you say? Good for them.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    08:17 AM

    @ThisDudeRufus: Shutt upt, yout.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    07:44 AM

    In reply to Follow The Fictional Science Adventures Of Squid & Owl
    How do the little protrusions on page 7 work? Do they just jut (that looks really weird written down) out some?
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    12/10/09

    In reply to Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois
    Fingers crossed for a Nephilim subplot!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/10/09

    In reply to Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois
    Yeah, I read this in the 80's, when it was called "Metal Angel".

    Except the angel was torn between the innocent girl and his gay lover/drug dealer.
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    12/10/09

    In reply to Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois
    I would just like to point out that the Angels were originally humanoid in the most unlikely sense. These things would have a half dozen faces, more wings than you could shake a stick at and probably destroy your mind if you got a good look at them.

    And these are the good guys.
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    Image of Vundal Vundal
    12/10/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: where are you getting this from? lol somewhat an exaggeration on the mind fuck powers and wings. (most had more then a pair for sure, but it wasnt ridiculous. ) the multiple faces seem right tho.

    im guessing the book of solomon, with the stories of his binding demons to his will to build his famous temple?
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    10:51 AM

    @Vundal: I was exaggerating the wing part but the mind fuck would certainly work on me. I can't process the multi-faced Cherubs and Lord only knows (literally) what Seraphim actually look like, what with their wings covering their heads. These are not the sexy winged men of pop culture.
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    Image of Cupajo Cupajo
    12/10/09

    In reply to Extinct Bees and Drugs Haunt Douglas Coupland's "Generation A"
    Not a chance. I suffered through "Girlfriend in a Coma". I won't be reading any future Coupland.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/10/09

    @Cupajo: I didn't read that one. I really loved Microserfs, though.
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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    12/10/09

    @Cupajo: I am a huge fan of Coupland... but that book really took me a while to get in to. Still, once it got going, with the idea of people and time just "freezing", it got kind of terrifying. Not his best, but there was some interesting ideas there.
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    Image of DrMathochist DrMathochist
    12/10/09

    In reply to Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois
    I really have nothing to say about this trend, but I just have to commend you on using "wont" correctly.
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    Image of betty.black betty.black
    12/10/09

    In reply to Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois
    And if you have not seen the luscious evil-angel British BtVS-knockoff Hex, get thee to BBCAmerica (or a computer) straightaway!

    Sooooooo good. I can't say "better than Buffy," but if I were capable of being rational about Whedon, I probably would.
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    Image of Ceiling90 Ceiling90
    12/10/09

    @betty.black: I'll say it for you.
    "Hex is better than Buffy."
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    Image of Scaramanga9 Scaramanga9
    12/10/09

    @Ceiling90: You are both crazy. Hex was terrible. As melodramitic as Buffy could get Hex was a far worse offender.
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    Image of Ceiling90 Ceiling90
    12/10/09

    @Scaramanga9: Oh I haven't watched Hex at all... I just really wanted to say "Something is better than a Whedon show."
    Which in my opinion, not so much Hex maybe... but there are lots of better shows in the same vein of many of Whedon's work.
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    Image of Iis4island Iis4island
    12/10/09

    @betty.black: I didn't think it was better than Buffy, though it was more interesting at times. They used the "28 days later" music so I always expected zombified oversexed teen proto-demons, but I never got it.
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    12/10/09

    @Iis4island: It was certainly interesting in moments, and I think worth giving a shot.

    I found it shortly after Angel's cancellation, when I was flailing for something better than Point Pleasant to fill my "cheesy supernatural show" void. The cast and supporting characters were very strong, and that was a huge part of the draw for me.

    I think the first season was fantastic, but when Cassie went all woe is me preggers, it was mostly a big eye-roll.

    But the mythos was incredible and very impressive; I'd never seen that sort of exploration (I liked that they mined apocryphal/heretical Christian texts as well as Judaism), and the concept had scads of potential. Which was unfortunately kinda squandered on melodrama-over-story.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/10/09

    In reply to Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois
    "Tween againsty'? What the hell does that mean?
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    12/10/09

    In reply to Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois
    what ever happened to the portrayal of angels as the terrible messengers of god?
    I seem to recall that, in biblical sources at least, whenever an angel showed up people would usually loose their shit.
    these angel are more like Fairies...or rather the new-age, shitty version of Fairies...

    Angels had their last and best expression in Paradise Lost...coming to theatres 2011 :\
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    Image of alixana alixana
    12/10/09

    @goldfarb: Supernatural's had badass angels for the last two seasons. No halos, several burned sets of eyeballs.
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    12/10/09

    @goldfarb: Er...I think the only time the Bible mentions angels as agents of destruction against humanity is in Revelations, where they're speaking of the apocalypse, or in the plagues Moses sends against Egypt.

    Otherwise, you have mentions of them delivering good news, like appearing to the mother of Jesus and the father of John the Baptist, the shepherds on Christmas, or appearing at Jesus's empty tomb talking about the resurrection.

    For an Old Testament "good" example, there's the angel that Jacob wrestles, earning himself an injury and the name Israel...that's probably the closest thing to men messing with angels in the Bible.
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    Image of BollaertN BollaertN
    12/10/09

    @kagekiri: No, they destroy Soddom and Gommoroh and all that good stuff... Not to mention the slaughtering of the first born in Egypt to convince Yul Brenner to let Charleton Heston's people go.

    They are a mixed bag. I am actually pleasantly surprised by the way they are being portrayed in the CW's Supernatural.
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    Image of mekki mekki
    12/10/09

    @goldfarb: We have vampires that sparkle. It was only time that angels would get their own glittery make over.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    12/10/09

    @kagekiri: most of the time when angels appeared people were afraid - then sometimes told not to be see : Luke 1:11 etc
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    12/10/09

    @goldfarb: True enough, I guess that's all that "terrible messengers" really implies. And yeah, they were mostly terrified, even after the good news was delivered.

    @others: I did mention Moses and the tenth plague, and I don't really remember them destroying Sodom and Gomorrah...but I'm a bit rusty. Lemme see: it seems the angels visited Lot, but says it was God who actually rained down the sulfur and fire on the cities. Huh, didn't remember that.

    As for "fallen" angels in general, they mention in Revelations that Lucifer/Satan swept 1/3 of all angels ("stars") from the sky, so basically...fallen angels are demons/devils.

    I guess that's the only way to up the angst and "forbidden-ness" of the romance: what's more obviously evil than vegetarian vampires and shapeshifting werewolves? DEMONS!
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    12/10/09

    @kagekiri: demons that love you...but can't express it because of the whole 'being dammed' thing...

    and why are they in high school?
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    Image of Merricat Merricat
    12/10/09

    @goldfarb: Closest thing to hell this side of Styx?
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    Image of Citizen Rat Citizen Rat
    12/10/09

    @kagekiri: How about the angel sent to destroy Jerusalem. "Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched over Jerusalem." That's a badass angel.
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    Image of Zack Stentz Zack Stentz
    12/10/09

    In reply to Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois
    Didn't Disney-owned ABC Family already do a surprisingly good miniseries based on Fallen?
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    12/10/09

    @Zack Stentz: That miniseries was based on an unrelated novel called, in a triumph of creativity, "The Fallen". "The Fallen" was written by Thomas E. Sniegoski who also wrote a bunch of novels and comics set in the Buffyverse. The book discussed here is called simply "Fallen". See how its different?
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/10/09

    In reply to Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
    Stockphotos - The Showdown.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    12/09/09

    In reply to Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
    I'm guessing he's carrying a H&K MP5 9mm submachinegun with an optical sight and integral suppressor.

    I've fired an MP5 on full-auto.

    Travis Chase, The Next Great Action Hero, could do better.
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    12/09/09

    @Chip Overclock: But it's a standard Hollywood weapon. Most people see it and know it's some kind of automatic weapon with cool gadgets on it. Whether it is actually the best weapon for the situation is irrelevant.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    12/09/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: True that.

    I like the MP5 models that only have a rear and fore grip and fit inside a special break-away briefcase. (It's the kind of thing the Secret Service would use.)
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    12/09/09

    @Chip Overclock: Even I, who own no boomsticks and know little about them, have fired a machine pistol full-auto.

    I don't think The Next Great Action Hero should shoot things that are usable by suburban housewives on a Saturday morning.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    12/09/09

    In reply to Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
    I think this would make such an awesomely craptastic movie that I'm wishing this was a movie trailer. Although, if I wrote a book and someone showed me this as the book trailer, I think I'd shoot them...
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