Perhaps it's a small favor to society by limiting the marketing venue for a over-hyped film.
Then again, I used to think that Cracker-Jack and New Line Cinema could've gotten together with a Lord of the Rings sorta thing and really make a killing.
Here's an idea, keep your child locked up in the closet and home-school him/her. This way you won't have the brat learning any of the "wicked practices" of the rest of society. On the other hand, your kid will grow up socially inept, and completely unable to interact with anyone, but that seems to be what you want.
On another hand (if you happen to be Shiva, but I doubt that), if YOU were to home-school your child, s/he might very well pick up your inability to spell and your limited vocabulary.
I didn't mean to imply that humans are seperate from nature. And as a Pagan, I admit that it would appear that I've been a tad blasphemous in implying that Nature "screwed up", and I retract that portion of my comment. The part of humans "slithering" from the forests was an analogy to how slimy we can be at times, I still stand by that point.
As for genetic engineering, this is a nasty can of worms, far more potent than the one we opened when we learned how to slip the atom... True, using genetic engineering to eliminate diseases like sickle-cell anemia and such, but the day *will* come when certain portions of society will use the rationalization that "black skin" is a disease that needs to be "eradicated" (NOT my opinion, but someone, someday will believe this). My primary point is to leave nature alone, and let evolution take its course.
(Back to Moogles now, I've been working on a series of fan-novels, if you're game, check it out via the link under my username.)
Kupo! {=^.^=} I was beggining to think I was the only Moogle fanatic around here.
Even if were possible to engineer one, I doubt I'd keep it as a mere pet...tad too degrading.
*Back on topic*
Aside from weeding out disease-prone traits, I don't see any real reason to mess with nature for something as asinine as this. Can't science leave well enough alone? Nature has existed for billions of years, and *was* doing fine until a bunch of hairless dookie flinging apes slithered out of the forest. Natural selection makes one screw-up in creating humans, now people think they need to take over. *Shrugs* Oh well, given time, and the ineherent destrcutive nature of humans, they won't be around much longer anyway.
...Or Tsukasa. I don't recall any part of the article stating that the hackers weren't players as well. Perhaps someone decided to try out some of the plot to.Hack//Sign and find the Key of the Twilight ^^.
...Not exactly, it could mean that monkeys are more civilized than humans. Any creature can destroy something if given enough time, humans are savage enough to get the job done quicker. Monkeys and other primates have been on this planet for a good long time, and humans a mere fraction of that time, and look what we've done in less time.
Science fiction is a form of literature, and the post "claimed" that there was no reference to the moon *even in literature*, hence my citation is valid for the point made.
Although I'm certain that you're being sarcastic, I do believe that Jules Verne wrote From the Earth to the Moon in the late 1800's (hell, he died in 1905, I believe), hence there *was* reference to the moon prior to 1950. (Not to mention Lunar calendars dating back centuries, or even the word 'luna' itself dating back to the days of ancient Rome...)
I liked it too, and I think it's unfair to group it with other such VG-film attempts. How could you easily write a screenplay based on a series wherein none of the games linked to the other (save for spell names, chocobos and (my personal fav) moogles {=^.^=}. Mario was easy, just take any crappy plot and stick in Bowser. Final Fantasy couldn't do this unless the screenwriters chose *one* game from the series to translate. Although it would have been interesting to see the casting job for characters like Sephiroth or the effects used to create Red XIII/Nanaki, or to see a translation of FF8's story, but too many fans would have been disappointed to see a single game chosen and done poorly.
The Spirits Within did make use of certain aspects from the most recent games in the FF family (Oval Packs=Mako energy) and the concept of the red spirit energy (the Phantom's Planet's) attempting to take over the blue spirit energy (the Earth's)at the end seemed similar to a part of the FF9 plot (the Blue Gaia being taken over by the Red Terra).
In all, I enjoyed the movie because it was seperated from the series in means of overall story (w/o changing things) while having the same charm that FF fans love in the game.
Actually, although I would like to see Samus in a live action film, the plot sounds a tad to close to a cross breed of Alien and Aliens...(then again, so did the games...) In regards to Samas's face not being show due to her helmet, there could always be scenes in "safe areas" wherein she could/would find the need to remove it. (ex: Mortal Kombat: Anhiliation, Shao Kahn hardly ever wore the skull-helm the character was best known for; or Mario Brothers, neither were wearing their infamous plumber outfits until the very end. Okay, bad game-to-movie examples...) It would be damned cool to see her roll into the ball and use the super-jump though.
Also, I think I'm the only one that was disappointed when the plans for a Twisted Metal film were scrapped a few years ago.
The computer industry defies the pattern of all previous technological revolutions, making little or no progress toward convenience. It takes much longer to turn on your machine in the morning now than it did 20 years ago.
20 years ago, most computers didn't have a graphical OS like Windows, Mac or X-Windows and either booted from a floppy or straight to a command prompt. Assuming he was even remotely familiar with the latter, would it not be concievable -if he was given greater itellectual prowess than a bowl of cottage cheese, as he so claims- that he could learn a new version of a software with a GUI without the whinning?
Neither is bigotry and trolling. If you're so profficient in English, then why is every third word out of you "faggot" or "queer"? Stop trolling or we'll unleash a band of hobbits on your off-topic posting moronic self.
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Hmm, from all the alerts and such, I was begining to think that there were only Yellow and Orange with a boogieman-esque Red level. ^^
Perhaps it's a small favor to society by limiting the marketing venue for a over-hyped film.
Then again, I used to think that Cracker-Jack and New Line Cinema could've gotten together with a Lord of the Rings sorta thing and really make a killing.
How about Highlander 4 (End Game)? I was bloody pissed at the ending. The wrong goddamn MacCleod won the friggen fight.
Sweet Dreams was done by Annie Lennox of the Eurithmics, not the Crannberries...and no, his was not better. Good? Yes. Better? Hell no!
Tell that to Tom Bombadil...
That would be like asking a slug if it was wet or slimy...
Here's an idea, keep your child locked up in the closet and home-school him/her. This way you won't have the brat learning any of the "wicked practices" of the rest of society. On the other hand, your kid will grow up socially inept, and completely unable to interact with anyone, but that seems to be what you want.
On another hand (if you happen to be Shiva, but I doubt that), if YOU were to home-school your child, s/he might very well pick up your inability to spell and your limited vocabulary.
I didn't mean to imply that humans are seperate from nature. And as a Pagan, I admit that it would appear that I've been a tad blasphemous in implying that Nature "screwed up", and I retract that portion of my comment. The part of humans "slithering" from the forests was an analogy to how slimy we can be at times, I still stand by that point.
As for genetic engineering, this is a nasty can of worms, far more potent than the one we opened when we learned how to slip the atom... True, using genetic engineering to eliminate diseases like sickle-cell anemia and such, but the day *will* come when certain portions of society will use the rationalization that "black skin" is a disease that needs to be "eradicated" (NOT my opinion, but someone, someday will believe this). My primary point is to leave nature alone, and let evolution take its course.
(Back to Moogles now, I've been working on a series of fan-novels, if you're game, check it out via the link under my username.)
we bred wolves into Mexican Hairless dogs .. and someday we're going to pay for that.
You don't think "Yo quiero Taco Bell" isn't punisment enough for that little experiment?
Kupo! {=^.^=} I was beggining to think I was the only Moogle fanatic around here. Even if were possible to engineer one, I doubt I'd keep it as a mere pet...tad too degrading. *Back on topic* Aside from weeding out disease-prone traits, I don't see any real reason to mess with nature for something as asinine as this. Can't science leave well enough alone? Nature has existed for billions of years, and *was* doing fine until a bunch of hairless dookie flinging apes slithered out of the forest. Natural selection makes one screw-up in creating humans, now people think they need to take over. *Shrugs* Oh well, given time, and the ineherent destrcutive nature of humans, they won't be around much longer anyway.
...Or Tsukasa. I don't recall any part of the article stating that the hackers weren't players as well. Perhaps someone decided to try out some of the plot to .Hack//Sign and find the Key of the Twilight ^^.
...Not exactly, it could mean that monkeys are more civilized than humans. Any creature can destroy something if given enough time, humans are savage enough to get the job done quicker.
Monkeys and other primates have been on this planet for a good long time, and humans a mere fraction of that time, and look what we've done in less time.
Science fiction is a form of literature, and the post "claimed" that there was no reference to the moon *even in literature*, hence my citation is valid for the point made.
Although I'm certain that you're being sarcastic, I do believe that Jules Verne wrote From the Earth to the Moon in the late 1800's (hell, he died in 1905, I believe), hence there *was* reference to the moon prior to 1950. (Not to mention Lunar calendars dating back centuries, or even the word 'luna' itself dating back to the days of ancient Rome...)
*Needless post, feel free to mod down ^^;;*
I liked it too, and I think it's unfair to group it with other such VG-film attempts. How could you easily write a screenplay based on a series wherein none of the games linked to the other (save for spell names, chocobos and (my personal fav) moogles {=^.^=}. Mario was easy, just take any crappy plot and stick in Bowser. Final Fantasy couldn't do this unless the screenwriters chose *one* game from the series to translate. Although it would have been interesting to see the casting job for characters like Sephiroth or the effects used to create Red XIII/Nanaki, or to see a translation of FF8's story, but too many fans would have been disappointed to see a single game chosen and done poorly.
The Spirits Within did make use of certain aspects from the most recent games in the FF family (Oval Packs=Mako energy) and the concept of the red spirit energy (the Phantom's Planet's) attempting to take over the blue spirit energy (the Earth's)at the end seemed similar to a part of the FF9 plot (the Blue Gaia being taken over by the Red Terra).
In all, I enjoyed the movie because it was seperated from the series in means of overall story (w/o changing things) while having the same charm that FF fans love in the game.
Actually, although I would like to see Samus in a live action film, the plot sounds a tad to close to a cross breed of Alien and Aliens...(then again, so did the games...) In regards to Samas's face not being show due to her helmet, there could always be scenes in "safe areas" wherein she could/would find the need to remove it. (ex: Mortal Kombat: Anhiliation, Shao Kahn hardly ever wore the skull-helm the character was best known for; or Mario Brothers, neither were wearing their infamous plumber outfits until the very end. Okay, bad game-to-movie examples...) It would be damned cool to see her roll into the ball and use the super-jump though.
Also, I think I'm the only one that was disappointed when the plans for a Twisted Metal film were scrapped a few years ago.
The computer industry defies the pattern of all previous technological revolutions, making little or no progress toward convenience. It takes much longer to turn on your machine in the morning now than it did 20 years ago.
20 years ago, most computers didn't have a graphical OS like Windows, Mac or X-Windows and either booted from a floppy or straight to a command prompt. Assuming he was even remotely familiar with the latter, would it not be concievable -if he was given greater itellectual prowess than a bowl of cottage cheese, as he so claims- that he could learn a new version of a software with a GUI without the whinning?
Neither is bigotry and trolling. If you're so profficient in English, then why is every third word out of you "faggot" or "queer"? Stop trolling or we'll unleash a band of hobbits on your off-topic posting moronic self.