Troy Spiral

I don't really watch TV as it comes out, I usually just wait and watch full seasons of stuff after its been out for awhile. Much eaiser to follow and allows me to pick & chooose from the best of what is out there rather than something that just happens to be "new". Recommended: Nova Origins (Neil Tyson) Frontline The American Experience Twilight Zone (Original) Rome Firefly Guns, Germs & Steel Deadwood The Universe Cosmos (Carl Sagan) Heroes (at least season 1) The Ascent Of Man (J. Bronowski) (A bit rough, but worth watching as if its a college course) The World At War (BBC) The Civil War (Ken Burns) The Sopranos Battlestar Galactica (New) Curb Your Enthusiasm first few seasons of The Shield and Oz are great. The list could go on but I'll stop there.

I logged on to my dummy account and tried to PM myself a bunch of times (supporters/benefactors/mods/admins and such have different permissions). I can duplicate that error but only in the same way that posts would. That is, if i try to send a PM faster than the flood filter allows. (60 seconds) Unless I'm using the board like an instant messenger it shouldn't be a problem. Is it really FIVE minutes?

I'm with you there. There is usually zero real reason they need to be douche bags and deviate from the cannon. The "space" for telling stories is gigantic even with the minor restrictions actually trying to keep the storyline straight might impose. Enterprise was a huge irritation from this standpoint.

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This one has a lot of new footage, it is considered the "final" trailer with as much detail that is going to be put into a trailer until the film launches: Star Trek Final Trailer - Watch more Movie Trailers Yet another one that begs for good sound. Noticing a pattern? heh. The film itself and movies in general: More than any other type of "effects" scene, I think space battles (which also usually subtract 100 get laid points from a date) beg for good screening / sound. Luckily this is another one that Hollywood has seen fit to film with the (pain in the balls, or so I hear) IMAX cameras.

The fixation on "the dick" (not me, but the blue one in the movie) is a cultural problem. We are so sexually repressed as a culture a naked male body part (of whatever size or color) in a feature film gets way too much commentary. Similar commentary has been around in the watchmen comic cult for years as well. Perhaps a bit more subdued as it is, despite some progress, male dominated. I still hope to see this at IMAX before it goes bye bye. *starts saving non-existent pennies* Despite having plenty of fan boy cred to my name and plenty of reasons I could denounce the film. Maybe, at least partially, due to my turncoat nature on literary entertainment in favor of nonfiction. Getting my mediatainment from TV/Film more and more to conserve time. For awhile i was starting to expect the film to turn out to be trash after my initial excitement. But in the end, I, without apology, endorse this film. I'd put it on a short list of good films. (With the above mentioned "homework required". Without the homework, I'd just say the movie is "pretty good" but I wouldn't put it on a list of suggested films.)

+1 I suggested to everyone i could to at least do a partial research on the characters and back story before seeing the movie due to this. It really does not "stand alone" very well. To really "get it" some homework is required. I think many of the negative commentary(justifiably) is due to this. Long "the problem" and a key reason Allen Moore has long denounced any attempt to make it into a movie. Despite this , Dave Gibbons full and aggressively supports its transition to film. (Judas or Messiah?)

There must be something in here against the irritation of all capital letters being used for titles of topics. AS IF THERE IS SOME GODDAMN EMERGENCY ABOUT YOUR PET SUBJECT. Oops. *calms self* lol

What did you mean here? A book in a series of Starship Troopers books?

From a "uber quality" standpoint (whatever the heck that means) I wouldn't suggest it that highly. Even so, I remember defending it a bit in my circle of friends. But I did enjoy it at the time and have thought about it a lot on and off over the years. Its also the movie that got me drooling over Denise Richards for years to come. If just a few things were different it would be in the upper echelons of sci fi films (which I love). I need to get in a time machine, take the whole production crew of BSG (to save money, since James Cameron (who would be the guy for this type of film) costs too much heh), give them a movie size budget and say "go at it!". I'm sure it would rock. I've not seen any of the sequels as the reviews were so horrible , and there are so many films to see, that I've not gotten around to it. Please don't take this as an insult to your preferences. Its just commentary. The book, which i read so long ago ( I think i was like 12) i can't comment on legitimately but I remember enjoying it. I really like Robert Heinlein as a writer although I've been working toward weening myself off of fiction reading in the last few years. (In favor of science/history/"real" story reading)

http://www.detroitgothic.net/index.php?showtopic=15684 (the street team logo in the upper right of the website takes ya to the same place also)

Real zoology is fascinating in and of itself. Craptozoology is fascinating for other psychological / cultural reasons.

Welcome to the place. Glad you decided to say hello. Hopefully we can convince you to stick around and throw your 2 cents in on a few topics. *points all around* welcome again, -Troy

Street Team News VI Dear Street Team Members, Once again I'd ask for more promotion help and to thank everyone that takes the time to help promote DGN. Without you guys DGN would just be an empty website and not the special place it is today. Try to set a goal for youself? Handout 10 cards a weekend? 10 cards a month? A Day? Just some sort of mental goal. Since the last Street Team News we have several new members and a lot of hard work has been done by a handful of ST members. ST Members That Have Gained New Ranks: Angel Of Death +2 asphyxian_doll +1 Black Jack +2 Chernobyl +1 (to rank 5!) DBK +1 (to rank 5!) Eleven +1 Michiko_Dreads +1 Miss Kitty +2 Skyfire +3 (!!!) Jessika +1 Raev +2 Current Rank 5 Members: Chernobyl Dead Burger King Troy Spiral Hunhee Thanks again to everyone for your help and time, -Troy P.S. - IF YOU NEED MORE DGN CARDS: Please just fill out the Street Team Entry Form again and I'll send them right out! P.P.S. - The Street Team Rank Icons Explained Again: Street Team Member Ranks & Rank Icons Rank 0 - ST member that shown a willingness to help but has yet to produce any active members directly recognizable as having come to DGN from their specific promotion efforts. Get to work! Rank 1 - ST Member that has gotten at least 1+ person to register for DGN and made at least 25+ posts. Rank 2 - ST Member that has gotten at least 2+ people to register for DGN and made at least 25+ posts each. Rank 3 - ST Member that has gotten at least 3+ people to register for DGN and made at least 25+ posts each. Rank 4 - ST Member that has gotten at least 4+ people to register for DGN and made at least 25+ posts each. NOTE: YOu can gain +1 rank up to rank 4 via the new Bumper Sticker Method™© Rank 5 - ST Member that has gotten at least 5+ people to register for DGN and made at least 50+ posts each along with the criteria below being met. Street Team Rank 5 Comments: This is the highest attainable Street Team rank. This person has shown a strong long term promotion work ethic to help DGN. These people are key assets to DGN and we are all in their debt. This hopefully this rank and beyond will be the goal of all ST members. Gaining this rank is FAR harder than 1 - 4 as this requires actual posters, that have posted over the course of a month or more. Rather than just the raw post count that is used to determine ranks 1-4. It requires a more detailed review of the posters activity than the other ranks.

Definitely. It has been my experience as well. Often newer people say something along the lines of "now I know so many more people" or something about having a social network now that they did not have before. Thanks for helping introduce people.

Will be going if I can sort out a ride and/or just a close place to crash/sleep afterward. I'll be lurking around the DGN corner until around last call. Could use help manning it occasionally and help with the DGN promotion as always. If you n eed any cards / bumper stickers i should have some extra, If you know for sure your going to be there, and what you want, leme know ahead of time as I can only fit so much in my pockets. Hope to see you there.