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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    03:21 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    Oh, and what about the original oh-sh*t-he's-still-popular-so-I-have-to-bring-...: Sherlock Holmes? Not sci-fi at all, but still genre. #startrek
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    02:57 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    Oh, and on the subject of Batman, what about Alfred? #startrek
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    02:51 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    Um, wasn't the whole "Phoenix force was never really Jean Grey" Thing a big ol' Retcon in the first place? That was pretty much the moment I stopped caring about Marvel comics, especially since Jim Shooter was all sanctimonious about how Phoenix "had to die." #startrek
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    Image of Rocketknight Rocketknight
    02:43 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    Every time I see shitty, ridiculous retcons that bring back characters, my desire to pay attention to the franchise starts to take a nosedive.

    For instance, I read on Wikipedia that Gwen Stacy dies in Ultimate Spider-Man, just like in the mainstream universe. Cool, right? I heard soon after that she was brought back. Now I have zero desire to read it past that point.

    I wish people would kill off their characters and leave them that way. DC and Marvel especially. #startrek
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    03:30 PM

    @Rocketknight: The trouble is that any given continuity can last, at beast, a few years. You can't have Peter Parker still haunted by the death of Gwen Stacy (or Uncle Ben, for that matter), when it in fact happened over 40 years ago. #startrek
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    02:29 PM

    In reply to Clone Wars Grows Up In Front Of Your Eyes In New Box Set
    OK, so I watched the movie that came out before the series started, and I wasn't too crazy about it, so I didn't watch any of the series. Where would you consider the movie on the progression? Worse than the series started out as, better than it got in the season, etc?

    I'm a Star Wars fan and I was wondering if it was good enough to get, considering I haven't seen any episodes of this series. #starwarstheclonewars
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    Image of cylon_conspiracy cylon_conspiracy
    02:25 PM

    In reply to Clone Wars Grows Up In Front Of Your Eyes In New Box Set
    I'm enjoying season two. Very hesitant to get into season one, but I'll give it a shot.

    I actually do not like shows that are non-stop action and explosions. The last episode of Season Two was like that and I'm hoping the shows that were more about character are not going to be abandoned.

    I do not care about battle droids, and the "dirt/mud planets" of Mustafar (sp?) and Geonosis are really starting to get old, and I've really disliked that palette ever since episode 2.

    Star Wars to me is more than battle droids fighting on reddish brown planets. #starwarstheclonewars
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    02:17 PM

    In reply to Clone Wars Grows Up In Front Of Your Eyes In New Box Set
    Definitely buying it day 1 of it's release over here in Portugal. I'm still surprised how quickly this show grew on me. Last Fridays episode was the possibly the greatest thing I have seen in TV for the past months. #starwarstheclonewars
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    02:13 PM

    In reply to Clone Wars Grows Up In Front Of Your Eyes In New Box Set
    I just couldn't get into this show. The episodes I did watch were fun but tuning in every week just started to seem like a chore. Maybe I'll enjoy it more on DVD when I can watch it at my own pace. And did you say booklet of concept sketches? #starwarstheclonewars
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    02:26 PM

    @Bill-Lee: Sigh, why do they always give us booklets and not proper books? I can't stand booklets because I always lose them! #starwarstheclonewars
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    02:10 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    I'd like to give the first book shout-out in this list to Bella Lind at the end of Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds.

    There's a quick revival technique established early in the book by an alien race, but Bella's takes about 20 years due to the severity of her injuries. She's not even fully her, making the revival actually somewhat logical. #startrek
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    02:07 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    You could have made an equal list from the buffyverse. #startrek
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    02:05 PM

    In reply to Clone Wars Grows Up In Front Of Your Eyes In New Box Set
    no thanks. #starwarstheclonewars
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    01:27 PM

    In reply to Is Thursday The New Friday?
    I watch Supernatural on Thursday instead of Fringe because I don't have a dvr and fox.com is far better than cwtv.com for streaming the show.

    Apparently that isn't enough to help the ratings though...

    I've stopped watching FlashForward because I realized I dislike all the characters and although the premise was cool they mucked around too much to keep me interested.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    01:26 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    What about Whistler from Blade? Definitely, categorically dead (though offscreen) in the first, then appears as if by magic in the second. And let's not even go there with his having a daughter he never mentioned in the first two films... #startrek
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    01:42 PM

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: they explained why he came back in the second tehy turned him into a vampire to spite him.

    also i think he wanted to keep his hot daughter away from blade. he was a closet racist.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    01:15 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    John Sheridan doesn't even die after using up the 20 years of life given to him by Lorien -- he pulls a Frodo and is taken beyond the Galactic Rim by the First Ones. #startrek
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    01:08 PM

    In reply to 10 Favorite Faux Deaths In Science Fiction
    When it comes to Boba Fett, I think I accept the movie version of his death over Dark Empire's, although the idea that the sarlacc couldn't digest Fett was kind of funny. #startrek
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    02:53 PM

    @Bill-Lee: I really, really am trying not to be so bitter and such a nay-sayer, but doesn't anybody else think Boba Fett is the most overrated character ever? #startrek
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    03:32 PM

    @Wookie1972: Yeah, he is pretty overrated. He's on screen for all of 15 mins. in the entire original trilogy and is killed accidentally by blind Han Solo. I think there is one cool moment involving Boba Fett and that's when Vader is talking to the bounty hunters and he specifically tells Feet, "No disintegrations". That implies that Fett is this huge badass...killed by someone accidentally setting off his jetpack. #startrek
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