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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    01:41 PM

    In reply to Star Trek
    Klingons in the new Star Trek seem almost gentlemen like.
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    01:24 PM

    In reply to Star Trek
    it was the comic adaptation, it's never been in any release.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    01:11 PM

    In reply to 40 Unseen Moments From Your Favorite Movies
    Why does Ten Forward look so small in that Nemesis clip? I realize that the Enterprise E was smaller in terms of crew compliment than D, but that looked no bigger than the retrofitted galley on Voyager.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    01:34 PM

    @EdificeComplex: Because there is absolutely nothing about Nemesis that didn't suck.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12:43 PM

    In reply to Star Trek
    Did they put some of those generation scenes back in a later release?

    I swore I've seen Kirk skydiving in context. Maybe it was the comic adaptation. Why did I have the comic adaptation?
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    12:39 PM

    In reply to 40 Unseen Moments From Your Favorite Movies
    I love the T3 clip. It's the best part of that movie, despite not actually being in the movie.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    12:27 PM

    In reply to 40 Unseen Moments From Your Favorite Movies
    Leia and Solo making out was pretty much the only actual sexual expression out of the entire Star Wars Saga (the green slave girl's boob and Leia slave girl outfit doesn't count.) Might have done Lucas a world of good if he added some sex to Star Wars. No wonder they needed clones.

    As for Sgt William Candy, I'm glad they cut it. That was pretty stupid especially when Candy sounds like what one would consider the stereotype of a Southern fried idiot.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12:12 PM

    In reply to 40 Unseen Moments From Your Favorite Movies
    Some of those are awesome!!! The Terminator one ive seen before. What a crazy ass clip.

    Now I know I might turn a few people here....but Watchmen was amazing. I personally cant wait for the super-duper extended edition. This scene was left out and I think its absolutly beautiful and tragic all in the same go!!!
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12:13 PM

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Sorry you'll have to link to youtube. Its Hollis Masons death.

    Why the hell has youtube become such god-damn Nazis over sharing links. Assholes.
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/28/09

    In reply to For Play
    I checked out the Devastator story at Sams Club yesterday, I found it to be cheap and hokey, as well as ridiculously overpriced. Bought my nephew this badass Nerf Gattling gun instead.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    11/28/09

    In reply to 15 Toys That Will Help You Survive The Holidays
    Hey, I can get the Aliens pulse rifle tax free this weekend down here in SC. Woot!
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/28/09

    @Golem100: It looks kinda plastic-y from the pics. Even though it says it's made out of aluminium.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    12:41 PM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Well, that is true. But I was just sneaking in a stealth comment about the tax holiday on gun sales in South Carolina.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/28/09

    In reply to 15 Toys That Will Help You Survive The Holidays
    Looking at that Devastator reminds me that I saw an ad for Transformers Toys the other day and at the end the V.O. guy quickly said "Actual changing times may vary."

    So sad. In my day you either understood they were only that fast in the cartoons and commercials or you broke your toys trying. You would never whine about it though.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/28/09

    In reply to Captain Kirk And Batman Team Up In Ancient Greece
    West AND Shatner together in the same series!? My God.....it's full of....stars....it's glorious......
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    Image of brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(
    11/28/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: Calm down Manstrong or you are going to embarass yourself in front of the President.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/28/09

    @brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(: i do that a lot...
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/27/09

    In reply to Six Things I'm Thankful For In Science Fiction

     
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/27/09

    @PostMarque:
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    11/27/09

    In reply to Captain Kirk And Batman Team Up In Ancient Greece
    The middle one with Shatner in the short tunic reminded me right away of Zapp Brannigan in his uniform jacket with no pants. It takes a real man to carry off something like that!
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/27/09

    In reply to Captain Kirk And Batman Team Up In Ancient Greece
    It was actually a 15 minute story but Shatner's and West's pauses inflated it to an hour.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/28/09

    @Wookie1972: win.
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    Image of vulcanized vulcanized
    11/27/09

    In reply to Six Things I'm Thankful For In Science Fiction
    Okay, this is going to be unpopular, but Firefly was not that great. Don't get me wrong - it was an awesome show, great premise, witty banter, and great actors - but a lot of the stories were weak (Heart of Gold? The Train Job? The Message?). Given a second season, the show probably would have better found its legs, but I don't understand when people hold it up as the end-all, be-all of modern science fiction. And I say this from a place of love, as someone who's Firefly and Serenity DVDs have a place of prominence in my collection.

    As much as Battlestar shat the bed at the end, there was enough awesome to make up for it. I wouldn't trade Roslin, I wouldn't trade Starbuck, I wouldn't trade Donna Noble or Rose Tyler or the Doctor, I wouldn't trade the Planet Express crew. Hell, given the awesome that was Children of Earth, I probably would think twice before trading in the Torchwood team. I would love it if Firefly came back, but to suggest that it was better than all of the shows that we've had in the past seven years seems overreaching, to say the least.
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    Image of Matthew Weflen Matthew Weflen
    11/27/09

    @vulcanized: No argument here.

    Firefly was the adventures of Han Solo in the Cowboy Bebop universe.

    Entertaining? Yeah, for about 8 of 13 shows.

    Original? Earth-shaking? Genre-defining? Worthy of unflagging devotion by legions of obsessives?

    Umm... no.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/28/09

    @vulcanized:
    "but I don't understand when people hold it up as the end-all, be-all of modern science fiction. "
    Vulcanized, you ignorant slut, it was believable.
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    Image of vulcanized vulcanized
    11/28/09

    @phoghat: Not any more or less so than other shows, you pompous ass. River is as much of a deus ex machina as anything else I've seen.
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    11/28/09

    @Matthew Weflen: I don't think anyone is saying it was any of those things. It wasn't superbly written, it wasn't extraordinarily deep, or symbolic, or grounbreaking or whatever. It was just beautiful and charming, and heartwarming and fun and made you want to be around it. And that cute little thing it does with its nose when it smiles ? I just want to be near it.

    Seriously though, I do.
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