Rambo tried to change the way people looked at the war and spin it into a falsely positive light
Rambo II and Rambo III, I'll agree with ya (generic actioners that made him into a War Hero). Rambo I was a DRAMA (with action elements) that portrayed a man who went to Vietnam (likely normal before he left) and upon his return he was haunted by the war, paranoid and (seemingly) he no longer had any friends or family to turn to. He was a loner and the Sherrif (Brian Dennehy) tries to push him out of town because he is not wanted there (Rambo didn't actually do anything horrible to deserve it).
IAF (Israeli Air Force) was a flight sim by Jane's in which you re-enacted ACTUAL battles from the Israeli Wars from 1948-1980. I'm sure Jane's apologizes that some of these battles took place over Arab Capitals, but they were (heaven forbid!) going for historical accuracy.
And I suppose supporting the nazi slaughter of 6 million jews, gypsies, handicapped and gays was simply "misinformation." Oh, and don't give me crap about how they didn't support it and all. In America*, there is no WAY we would sit back and watch the slaughter of half-a-dozen million of our citizens (go ahead... use a japanese internment camp analogy. make yourself sound like a fool by comparing the two). This isn't school-lunch laws - if you don't stand up against something like that, you damn-well supported it.
You probably would have been a Nazi too
Really? Now I take back my comment that Nazis were all evil. I mean, if they'll let a Jew like me in, I guess they've truly been misunderstood.
*Not to try and trump up America, but I can't very well say "this would never happen in Europe," now can I? (fine... so this wouldn't happen in America or Canada)
Vietnam is the only war we've ever lost. (well, as close to lose as you can get). Therefore it's a tragedy. Korea was a VERY similar war: we went to an asian country to halt the spread of communism and because of that war, there is a democratic south korea. Had we "won" vietnam, there would be a democratic South Vietnam with Saigon as its capital and we wouldn't mourn it.
OK, a good surprise is one that just TOTALLY blows you away and you weren't even thinking anywhere NEAR that. Metroid could have ended with a "The universe is saved!" or even a big explosion or some badass mother-brain-lived thing. But out of nowhere, he... is a she! Go Samus! That girl kicked major ass!
I think that IMDB votes are pretty accurate after a year or so. Any movie that was "good" (not AMAZING) that has a ravenous fan-base might have a rating of 7.5 for a year or so, but then eventually finds its way down to the mid-low 6's.
When Lord of the Rings: FOTR came out, it was voted like a 9.4 or something, making it the #1 movie of all time. Eventually that came down to earth and the movie now teeters in the top-10 films but The Godfather has been restored to it's pervious #1 position.
earning $131,164,155 in the United States alone and breaking sales records is considered poor sales
It's all relative. When a movie like The Hulk that cost nearly $100 million to make and probably another 30-40 to market, $130 million at the box office isn't so much. Then again, when a $20 million movie like The Lizzie Maguire Movie or the Spy Kids series make half as much as The Hulk or Charlie's Angels then they are actually sucesses.
But I do agree. Considering foreign markets, dvd/vhs/pay-per-view and tv-rights sales, the Hulk will in no way be a flop.
That's in terms of withdrawl difficulty. Quitting smoking is actually as difficult as heroin. However, Nicotine is much slower to get addicted to (remember - one goes directly into your bloodstream, the other slowly goes in your airway)
What the parent is saying is that as opposed to gambling and drinking, there is no way to "casually" do some drugs. One can casually smoke pot or even mushrooms and ecstacy, but you can't be a "social heroin user" or be a "weekend coke sniffer."
Gambling, alcohol and marijuana are all substances that can cause harm, but self-control allows 98% of the population to not let it ruin their life. In fact, most of the population that gambles/drinks have a very enjoyable time with their occational Vegas weekends and glasses of wine with dinner. But to say that ALL drugs can be taken casually is simply not true. A very small segment of the population will actually become addicted to alcohol. Nearly every single person will become physically dependent on heroin the first time they inject it.
well, i still say there's a degree of accuracy (you have to shoot the nearby tree and "calabrate" the acccuracy every few minutes)
I've only played for a few years, but i can imagine the snobs ruined it. I hate when kids dont call themselves out. I mean, MAYBE if it was like for a money prize you'd whine, but it's just for fun! If you lose in any other sport, it's always graciously (well, at least not cheating) - in basketball, if your friend scores a basket, you don't just say "no you didn;t!" like when someone shoots you in paintball:)
Great post. I dunno if you work with him, but Dr. Steven Squyers was my professor in college and he was so awesome (he's on the Mars team). His class was one of the best i'd ever taken in my life (also Dr. James Bell, also from Cornell and also involved with some Mars stuff, but not sure if he's on the rovers. he was on the cancelled 2001 Apex mission)
Here's what I never "got" about paintball videogames...
Paintball is supposed to be "simulated warfare," as you have real guns, real-like forrest settings (or other settings) and you can "kill" people with accuracy and stealth and intelligence, etc - but you're not actually shooting real bullets (that would, sorta, um... kill your friends). But on a videogame, you can use real digital bullets and kill everyone because, again, it's not "real." So to me, paintball videogames is a simulation of a simulation sport! Seems kinda silly to me... like if you have videogame football that uses a nerf football and "socks" instead of tackling:)
Oh, and I seem to remember seeing "eXtreme Paintbrawl 3" at Target the other day. So obviously they made enough money off the 1st (two?)
the ign 'cube boards have some very informed people on them. you might try there. it was there that i first heard about the tunneling project to get mario kart: dd online
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Don't forget Sonic the Hedgehog games! Those games are ok too!
Rambo tried to change the way people looked at the war and spin it into a falsely positive light
Rambo II and Rambo III, I'll agree with ya (generic actioners that made him into a War Hero). Rambo I was a DRAMA (with action elements) that portrayed a man who went to Vietnam (likely normal before he left) and upon his return he was haunted by the war, paranoid and (seemingly) he no longer had any friends or family to turn to. He was a loner and the Sherrif (Brian Dennehy) tries to push him out of town because he is not wanted there (Rambo didn't actually do anything horrible to deserve it).
IAF (Israeli Air Force) was a flight sim by Jane's in which you re-enacted ACTUAL battles from the Israeli Wars from 1948-1980. I'm sure Jane's apologizes that some of these battles took place over Arab Capitals, but they were (heaven forbid!) going for historical accuracy.
There is no "just" war.
Damn hippie.
Nazis aren't evil... Misinformed people perhaps
And I suppose supporting the nazi slaughter of 6 million jews, gypsies, handicapped and gays was simply "misinformation." Oh, and don't give me crap about how they didn't support it and all. In America*, there is no WAY we would sit back and watch the slaughter of half-a-dozen million of our citizens (go ahead... use a japanese internment camp analogy. make yourself sound like a fool by comparing the two). This isn't school-lunch laws - if you don't stand up against something like that, you damn-well supported it.
You probably would have been a Nazi too
Really? Now I take back my comment that Nazis were all evil. I mean, if they'll let a Jew like me in, I guess they've truly been misunderstood.
*Not to try and trump up America, but I can't very well say "this would never happen in Europe," now can I? (fine... so this wouldn't happen in America or Canada)
Vietnam is the only war we've ever lost. (well, as close to lose as you can get). Therefore it's a tragedy. Korea was a VERY similar war: we went to an asian country to halt the spread of communism and because of that war, there is a democratic south korea. Had we "won" vietnam, there would be a democratic South Vietnam with Saigon as its capital and we wouldn't mourn it.
(yes this was sarcastic by the way - i forgot the "(/sarcasm>" line)
I'm surprised... that she didn't answer any of the "will u marry me/yer a hot-E" posts.
Seriously, i think she answered these very well. I'm a NYer though, so my opinion matters didley.
And what do you get? C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Actually, i believe it was something like "Congraduations" or something to make that awful ending seem even worse!
I fucking agree with this motherfucking cocksucker, and i don't give a shit what you fuckwads say.
Metroid for NES. I mean... WOW! What a surprise!
OK, a good surprise is one that just TOTALLY blows you away and you weren't even thinking anywhere NEAR that. Metroid could have ended with a "The universe is saved!" or even a big explosion or some badass mother-brain-lived thing.
But out of nowhere, he... is a she! Go Samus! That girl kicked major ass!
I DARE you to make a movie without loud music and ANY special effects of any kind, CGI or old school. You won't because you can't.
Memento, A Mighty Wind, etc...
I think that IMDB votes are pretty accurate after a year or so. Any movie that was "good" (not AMAZING) that has a ravenous fan-base might have a rating of 7.5 for a year or so, but then eventually finds its way down to the mid-low 6's.
When Lord of the Rings: FOTR came out, it was voted like a 9.4 or something, making it the #1 movie of all time. Eventually that came down to earth and the movie now teeters in the top-10 films but The Godfather has been restored to it's pervious #1 position.
earning $131,164,155 in the United States alone and breaking sales records is considered poor sales
It's all relative. When a movie like The Hulk that cost nearly $100 million to make and probably another 30-40 to market, $130 million at the box office isn't so much. Then again, when a $20 million movie like The Lizzie Maguire Movie or the Spy Kids series make half as much as The Hulk or Charlie's Angels then they are actually sucesses.
But I do agree. Considering foreign markets, dvd/vhs/pay-per-view and tv-rights sales, the Hulk will in no way be a flop.
Hey! I thought it was pirate dvds in Chinatown that was causing the poor box office!
Hey! I thought it was poor sales of the related-videogame that was causing the poor box office!
Hey! I thought it was movie file-trading over Kazaa that was causing the poor box office!
Bart vs. the Space Mutants on NES and Bart vs. the Juggernauts for gameboy.
I loved those games! Oh, and the arcade game was sweet too.
Sonic Mega Collection (basically every Sonic game prior to Sonic Adventure) was released for the GameCube
I have the Mega Collection, and I agree, it kicks ass, but it's missing Sonic CD, one of the best in the series.
Wasn't Sonic Adventure DX supposed to have like every Sonic Gamegear game hidden inside of it?
heroin is about as addictive as nicotine
That's in terms of withdrawl difficulty. Quitting smoking is actually as difficult as heroin. However, Nicotine is much slower to get addicted to (remember - one goes directly into your bloodstream, the other slowly goes in your airway)
yes. heroin and cocaine CAN make you hooked after a single use. This, again, is unlike gambling, pot, alcohol and even Krispy Kreme.
actually, no he(she's) not trying to be funny.
What the parent is saying is that as opposed to gambling and drinking, there is no way to "casually" do some drugs. One can casually smoke pot or even mushrooms and ecstacy, but you can't be a "social heroin user" or be a "weekend coke sniffer."
Gambling, alcohol and marijuana are all substances that can cause harm, but self-control allows 98% of the population to not let it ruin their life. In fact, most of the population that gambles/drinks have a very enjoyable time with their occational Vegas weekends and glasses of wine with dinner. But to say that ALL drugs can be taken casually is simply not true. A very small segment of the population will actually become addicted to alcohol. Nearly every single person will become physically dependent on heroin the first time they inject it.
well, i still say there's a degree of accuracy (you have to shoot the nearby tree and "calabrate" the acccuracy every few minutes)
:)
I've only played for a few years, but i can imagine the snobs ruined it. I hate when kids dont call themselves out. I mean, MAYBE if it was like for a money prize you'd whine, but it's just for fun! If you lose in any other sport, it's always graciously (well, at least not cheating) - in basketball, if your friend scores a basket, you don't just say "no you didn;t!" like when someone shoots you in paintball
Great post. I dunno if you work with him, but Dr. Steven Squyers was my professor in college and he was so awesome (he's on the Mars team). His class was one of the best i'd ever taken in my life (also Dr. James Bell, also from Cornell and also involved with some Mars stuff, but not sure if he's on the rovers. he was on the cancelled 2001 Apex mission)
Here's what I never "got" about paintball videogames...
:)
Paintball is supposed to be "simulated warfare," as you have real guns, real-like forrest settings (or other settings) and you can "kill" people with accuracy and stealth and intelligence, etc - but you're not actually shooting real bullets (that would, sorta, um... kill your friends). But on a videogame, you can use real digital bullets and kill everyone because, again, it's not "real." So to me, paintball videogames is a simulation of a simulation sport! Seems kinda silly to me... like if you have videogame football that uses a nerf football and "socks" instead of tackling
Oh, and I seem to remember seeing "eXtreme Paintbrawl 3" at Target the other day. So obviously they made enough money off the 1st (two?)
thanks for the title...
Well, everytime i see anything on the gc boards on ign, it always turns out to be a scam. So AFAIK, there is no legitimate gc backup system yet.
the ign 'cube boards have some very informed people on them. you might try there. it was there that i first heard about the tunneling project to get mario kart: dd online