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    Beasts, Giant Secrets And Alternate Futures Await

    Iron Man Sits On His Donut Throne

    New Glimpses Of Caprica, Stargate Universe And Eureka

    Monsters, The Rock, And Adults Trapped In Teen Bodies Flood Movie Theaters

    Science Fiction Loves "The Man"
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    Image of TrueCrime TrueCrime
    09/15/09

    In reply to Beasts, Giant Secrets And Alternate Futures Await
    Good to see Ex Machina is back this week.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/15/09

    In reply to Beasts, Giant Secrets And Alternate Futures Await
    This may sound like a weird question, but how can a future be alternate?
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/15/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: We can't, because if we travel into the future from this point in time, it will be the future of THIS reality, in which Biff is corrupt, powerful, and married to your mother, and in which THIS has happened to ME!! [holds up newspaper reading "EMMETT BROWN COMMITTED"] No, our only chance to repair the present is in the past, at the point where the time line skewed into this tangent. In order to put the universe back as we remember it and get back to our reality, we have to find out the exact date and specific circumstances of how, when, and where young Biff got his hands on that sports almanac.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/15/09

    @redqueenmeg: Alternate or not. As long as I get to have a go on a GOD DAMN HOVERBOARD!!!!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/15/09

    @redqueenmeg: Have I mentioned that you are going to be like the coolest Mom ever?!
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/15/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Well, they don't work on water, you know.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/15/09

    @Grey_Area: Aww, thanks! :) Here's a secret, though, I already have a 4-year-old. But he thinks I am cool too. And he watches LOTR. So we have that going for us, which is nice.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/15/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: If you're referring to the description of Frank Miller's Martha Washington, it works out like this:

    1.In the 1990s Frank Miller wanted to write a political satire. He set it in the future so it wouldn't be about any specific person but about general concepts in politics and socioeconomics.

    2.In the 1990s the 21st Century was still in the future.

    3.Much of the story takes place in what is now our present day --the early 21st Century.

    4.Frank Miller is a good writer but not a prescient one. His fictional details of 21st Century life are entertaining but of course have no connection with the actual 21st Century we find ourselves in. They diverge quite a bit.
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    Image of zenom6 zenom6
    05/08/09

    In reply to Iron Man Sits On His Donut Throne
    "I don't know how she does it, but rolling up into a ball to get through holes is not a good idea."
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/08/09

    @zenom6: "Idea for mark V armor: screw attack"
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    05/08/09

    In reply to Iron Man Sits On His Donut Throne
    'I fall asleep for 5 minutes and someone jacks bits of my armor!'
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    Image of MrSpyder MrSpyder
    05/08/09

    In reply to Iron Man Sits On His Donut Throne
    They're not for motion capture they're tracking dots. You guys have the basic idea but those are for tracking motion in 2d in compositing to place the other parts of the suit that need to be rendered. He's wearing the top bit and the hands because those would be the toughest areas to integrate with the plate(the live action image). Also it's better if he wears part of the suit in the plate so there's good reference. It's not that it's cheaper or not as good as mocap, it's really a completely different thing. That's the way you do it.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    05/08/09

    @MrSpyder: that probably explains the lines, to show orientation and angle of the surface, and not just tracking dots to show movement.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    05/08/09

    In reply to Iron Man Sits On His Donut Throne
    'So the girls will love this pose Hef?'
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/08/09

    In reply to Iron Man Sits On His Donut Throne
    "I've got the worst case of hemorrhoids, ever."
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/08/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: this was my first thought as well confirming that there's something wrong with my brain because i'm beginning to think like a chashedpc.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/08/09

    @tetracycloide: Better a chashed pc than a crashed one! Hurr hurr hurr
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/08/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: damn you spelling, stymied again. why have you forsaken my firefox? why? WHY????!?!


    o right because i'm at work and the government will probably take another 37 years to pass firefox for government use.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/08/09

    @tetracycloide: Funny, I installed Firefox on my comp and the NSA didn't tear down my cube wall, like they did last month... true story.
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    Image of Mav Mav
    04/09/09

    In reply to New Glimpses Of Caprica, Stargate Universe And Eureka
    Dude I am srsly so close to just taking my millions and buying this damned channel and running it my way.


    /dreaming

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/09/09

    In reply to New Glimpses Of Caprica, Stargate Universe And Eureka
    So... looks like I'll be watching Eureka.


    I like the Stoltz too, but we do know how Caprica ends.


    I might watch SGU if it isn't too dark, though I'll bet money that they kill off Carlyle in the first few episodes and then we'll have Emo Kids In Space.


    It'll give me a lot more time for reading actual science fiction, rather than syfy.

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    Image of Plague Plague
    04/09/09

    In reply to New Glimpses Of Caprica, Stargate Universe And Eureka
    I was hopin' to see a little more with what they will do with Alice, but that was underwhelming.

    I'll give W13 a chance, but besides Eureka and the toe I will dip into Caprica, I could give a toss.
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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    04/09/09

    In reply to New Glimpses Of Caprica, Stargate Universe And Eureka
    I donno, nothing can beat the one that they had a couple years ago:

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    Image of PVIII PVIII
    04/09/09

    @Andrew Liptak: Yeah, that's much better. Especially since it has FarScape and CoD. Also really liked the one a few years back with that Switchfoot song "dare you to move." I think it aired with Taken...
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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    04/09/09

    @PVIII: I think it's just that this one feels less like a commercial, and it has a fantastic song along with it that really makes this one work so well.
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    Image of Mav Mav
    04/09/09

    @Andrew Liptak: .... I did not just shed a tear at the Farscape bit. Nope. Not at all.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    01/12/09

    In reply to Monsters, The Rock, And Adults Trapped In Teen Bodies Flood Movie Theaters
    Black Disney Princesses FTW!!!
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    Image of Mav Mav
    01/12/09

    @BeccaThePromoMami: Ha! First thing I thought of. Awesome disney. You think it was about time yet?
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    01/12/09

    In reply to Monsters, The Rock, And Adults Trapped In Teen Bodies Flood Movie Theaters
    Disney returns to the princess animations with a New Orleans set Princess in the Frog fairytale out December 25.


    Princess in the Frog? I think that movie's already been released. I saw it next to 'Bat Dude and Throbin' and 'Battlestar Orgasmica'

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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/12/09

    In reply to Monsters, The Rock, And Adults Trapped In Teen Bodies Flood Movie Theaters
    The LA Times continues its downhill slide to oblivion by even shrinking one of their consistently best features- the season's movie sneaks.

    Couple of small articles, some new photos and a lot of synopses does not satisfy my sneaking or peeking needs.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    01/12/09

    In reply to Monsters, The Rock, And Adults Trapped In Teen Bodies Flood Movie Theaters
    i love that Dick-Tracy-esque head on Jason Statham... assuming that's him under there.
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    Image of Blazeldude Blazeldude
    01/12/09

    @BeccaThePromoMami: Thing is, what they doing with that?
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    01/12/09

    @Blazeldude: Answer: WHO CARES.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    01/12/09

    @Smeagol92055: After seeing the trailer, I think he could be eating nachos wearing that getup and I'd still get excited. But I still wouldn't pay to see it.
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