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idgi it's like an Escher drawing

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Hypothetically, if they decided to do whatever they wanted for, say, 10 years with no commercial concerns thanks to a safety net of an non-fatal 2 billion dollar loss, what would people want to see, or expect, them do? (For "hypothetically", read "this doesn't have to make exact economic sense, fuckers".)

I blasted through the main missions of SR4 on a free weekend, took me about 8 hours, really enjoyed the middle 4 hours. But yeah, it has the usual underpowered collect-a-thon to start then gets repetitive towards the end, and although it's the only SR game I've played, like Dewar I did think it was a shame that driving shenanigans were obsolete as soon as your free-running is boosted by a point or two.

The joke is not that they can't predict them with accuracy, but that they predict them very often (hence 8 out of 3 - they predicted 8, only 3 occurred).

I was disappointed there weren't any bespoke strips in any of the FCBD comics I got in my Forbidden Planet goody bag. Maybe I got a bad selection or maybe that just never happens now.

I'm not sure how popular it is now, but it managed to survive a move from the BBC to another channel. It got massively popular over here in the 80s by being on one of only 3 or 4 channels, twice a day. No matter how successful he gets, Alan Dale will always be known to generations of Brits as Jim From Neighbours. I always wanted to see a spin-off sitcom where Harold and Lou move to America to be closer to Lou's now-college-going daughter (Lolly?), and get into scrapes and on each other's nerves. It would be called The Oz Couple.

I haven't seen Treme and it's been years since I watched Homicide, but I'm pretty sure the answer is yes.

I don't see how Warehouse 13 has any similarity to The Wire or The West Wing! You're essentially asking for ensemble socio-political dramas with no dragons, right? I actually can't think of any off the top of my head. Maybe David Simon's other series, Homicide and Treme? If you don't mind spaceships and mythology, Battlestar Galactica maybe. [EDIT: I cheated and used Google. Not all of these are a perfect match and I haven't seen most of them, but: Boardwalk Empire, Oz, Southland, The Shield (which is like the pulp version of The Wire), Rome, Mad Men, Band Of Brothers, The Sopranos, Deadwood] I saw Neighbors (aka Bad Neighbours for those countries who might think it's a big-screen outing for the popular Australian soap opera) yesterday. It was entertaining. Slow start and a flat finish, but the central 'escalating pranks' section is good fun. It feels very formulaic, in both the 'jocks vs X' and the Seth Rogen 'manchild grows up' set-up, and the few moments where they let a bit of improv into the film fall flat, but it manages to stay funny and interesting. Zac Efron is really good as well. I don't think I've seen him in anything else, but he manages to turn 'lead jock' into a multi-faceted, sympathetic character and play a load of different notes.

And Slipstream.

I watched John Dies At The End and thought it was terrible. I haven't read the book(s?), but I found the film to be an unfunny mess of half-developed ideas with a bland lead, a bland smirky second, and a mannequin (figuratively) love interest. A massive waste of all the ace character actors, in favour of saying "hey, look at how many weird things we can cram into 100 minutes!"

Handbrake is also good for converting video files.

I'm a good person because I will also buy the tpb. It's Free Comic Book Day today! I went to Forbidden Planet and got the usual collection of free adverts.

Good stuff! That tumblr link to an article about slapstick humour leads to a dead end though, it probably is meant to be this. [EDIT: actually, no, the "read more" link on that page leads to the same dead end] Was Aevee unable to do an objective review?

I've heard good stuff about the first ep of Fargo. That Iago is from the Anthony Hopkins Othello, right? Where he's blacked up with an awful afro wig that bounces around when he's RATATATing his angry dialogue out. FARGO IAGO OTHELLO AFRO

I doubt he'll read that, Mike. What inventory items have you got at the moment, Zeus?

Funimation's business model involves translating and dubbing anime as cheap as possible. They operate in a cheap city, and they hire non-union voice actors and there's only a few who'll put up with their shit.

Is it possible to have Russian voices but English subtitles? That one Thumbs ep convinced me that Russian is the way forward when I get round to playing it, but I don't want to get stuck because I missed an instruction.

Whaaat?! Star Wars is full of Asian characters!

Needs more elderly British actors.

I only remember us discussing his use of the term "tranny", but if you posted links to those articles in the QUILTBAG thread I'd be interested to read them. The Eltingville Club part 1 was absolutely amazing, I cannot wait for the finale. Sadly it's not going to hit its May 25th release date due to various injuries and illnesses in the Dorkin household, but hopefully won't be too long. This isn't a good starting point for new readers, but when they do the collected edition I wholly recommend it. Apparently, idiots who are unable to do 30 seconds research have been calling it a Big Bang rip-off - in fact, it's a smarter, sharper, funnier version of that about the dark side of nerdery written with an insider's perspective.

Depending on which you count as separate games, 8 prior to this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_(series)#Chronology

It's fine as long as you don't whoop 40 seconds into it to let everyone know you recognise the song Billie Jean. It's no longer cool to like it, however, as everyone here now knows about it.

Dammit, the bank holiday screwed this up. It should be in tomorrow!

The first part of Evan Dorkin's Eltingville series closer is out today! Re. Dan Savage, I don't want to take the thread off-topic but I just want to say that I've been listening to and reading his stuff for years and don't think he's a transphobic arsehole (famously or otherwise).