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Postby dinky on Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:34 am

16 blocks. it was actually kind of funny that the movie never explained the significance of the name. I'm not a fan of spelling things out, but the name of the movie ought to have some sort of integration with the plot-action. for the record: it's 16 blocks to deliver a witness to the court house. it's not like you can't figure it out. I'm just sayin'...the name ought to be more carefully selected or better integrated than THAT. :?

movie was ok. cookie cutter. mercury rising is better and pretty much the same. bruce willis is the disaffected cop. meh.
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Postby MyK on Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:04 am

Saw that one when it came out and forgot all about it by now. Cookie cutter it may be, but it didn't cut the cake :P

Saw "Serenity" once more. Dunno, I still don't think it's anything near the quality of the series. Some visuals/CGIs are not even on par with recent SW reincarnations and that says a lot. Also, acting picks up on quality way too late like they needed a kick start after a long pause :? Not to mention score/soundtrack :outsider:
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Postby dinky on Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:48 pm

funny. I thought the movie improved most of what was wrong with the series: faster pace, focused plot, complete story, no wild west shite, integrates a relevant theme without stretching the material to fit into a morality tale (very bsg in that). but the physics really annoyed me. how could then have normal gravity in a space ship like that. that was shit. throw that movie away. :evil:
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:54 pm

not watched movies of late, been trying some demos (all PC of course)

Enemy Territory - Quake Wars, which is kinda fun, a prequel to the strogg invasion from quake 2, bit like bf2 in type of game, but more mission based and not just "oh we lost that spawn point"

World in Conflict - it's ok, havent played it enough really to form a proper opinion

John Woo's Stranglehold - i'd like to say it's dead good, but frankly i wouldn't know, it's yet another game based on the Unreal 3 engine, that The makers claim is shader 2.0 compatible yet only works on shader 3.0 cards, therefore alienating a major target audience, the game itself comes on 2 yes count 'em 2!! dvd9s, and installs to around 15 gig, yet isnt playable unless you are alan sugar and can afford a brand new graphics card :matrix:
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Postby dinky on Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:43 pm

wow. 15g? that's insane. (or a lot of mazes).
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:08 pm

I watched Superman: Doomsday. It was okay, but I didn't really like the animation style.

That said they completely smashed up metropolis and I always enjoy that... the biggest dissapointment of super hero movies is they don't completely destroy the cities they are in as they are beating each other up.

Didn't really like the story arch, seemed a bit peripheral and something they could have done in a tv episode.

Wasn't terrible, i've seen worse kid's cartoons :)
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Postby MyK on Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:53 pm

I have this friend that totally wants to draft me into "World in Conflict"... I'll play hard to get for a while just for the sake of annoying him (such fun LOL :P) and keeping up the appearances (of being a complete bastard that is :mrgreen:) then I'll prolly get bored and try it anyways ;)
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:57 pm

haha you sure your names not Dave and you live in southern england? coz that sounds like a mate of mine haha, although saying that it can be me at times too lol
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Postby MyK on Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:08 am

Your worst nightmare just came true... it's me, Dave! wooohooohoooo!!! :P :outsider: wake up... there's assholes like me all over the world :lol:
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:12 am

most of which reside in america :lol:
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:56 am

I've been watching Dr Awful's House of Horrible and I have to say, I fair enjoy it. okay its no Darkplace but steve coogan is brilliant in it and there's some silliness that kept me entertained all through the series.

No decent rips of it on emule though, I'll have to rip it.
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Postby dinky on Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:32 pm

watched the family guy SW special. was decent. mildly entertaining. nothing special. looked like some cgi animation? just seeing SW in that animation scheme was pretty cool. other stuff was hit or miss but nothing extreme in either direction.
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:32 pm

gonna watch the family guy sw special now, been watching series 1 of Death Note (anime) about an intellectual japanese teen boy who is top of his class in everything, but who finds a notebook where if you write a persons name into it while having their image in your mind they will die within 60 seconds, and he starts bumping off criminals to reshape the world into a crime free haven where he is reverred as a god, but ends up in a cat and mouse game against the worlds best detective "L" who is determined to catch him. Pretty good, although i'm missing episode 1x10 :(

It's also my birthday today (24th) so i've been reading the resident evil novels i got, and watching stuff, listening to MayDay Parade and The All American Rejects (both bands rock),i also ordered my new computer parts

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ AM2 2.6GHz

Gigabyte AM2 nVidia MCP55P ATX 8Ch Audio GLan

Crucial BL2KIT12864AA664 2x1GB PC2-5300 NonECC CL4

GIGABYTE GeForce 8800GTS 320MB PCIE DVI
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Postby dinky on Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:41 pm

well...that's the most expensive card newegg.com sells. :lol:

they gave you RE novels? did you ask for that? are you that hardcore into RE? this gets curiouser and curiouser.
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:56 pm

oh i also preordered

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars collectors edition
and
Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead book 3 Hardback

yeah i asked for the RE novels, i am that hardcore into RE (i actually want a replica S.T.A.R.S. Uniform like Chris Redfields, and Leon's RE2 R.P.D. Uniform), these are the S.D. Perry books, some based on the games and others new stories

Book 1 - Umbrella Conspiracy (R.E. 1)
Book 2 - Caliban Cove (brand new story feat. Rebecca Chambers)
Book 3 - City of The Dead (R.E. 2)
Book 4 - Underworld (Brand bew story feat. claire, leon, and other stars)
Book 5 - Nemesis (R.E. 3)
Book 6 - Code Veronica (R.E. C.V.)
Book 7 - Zero Hour (R.E. 0 with extra)

then there are the movie novelisations but i haven't got them yet.

I've also ordered a replica BBGun of the Magnum used in R.E. 0, aswell as a S.T.A.R.S Tshirt, aswell as an UBCS Dogtag and R.P.D. Lighter (even tho i don't smoke)

I'm also waiting on a pack of 14 documentaries that i ordered
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Postby dinky on Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:53 am

docus of what? certainly not the movies that you hate. making of the VG?
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:54 am

no they aren't re docus, they are stuff from discovery, atlantis, time travel, deep space, ocean mysteries, nostradamus etc etc
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Postby MyK on Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:32 am

It's also my birthday today (24th)

Well, congrats are in order then... :beerchug:
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:45 am

cheers buddy :beerchug:
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Postby MyK on Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:45 pm

Well with your 24... let's just say I pack a punch of them more... all in all, and being totally honest... 24 y/o was important to me... that was about the last year I had a good time without the now mandatory "did I really?" question at the end of whatever could have been... so have it as good as it gets for as long as it lasts ;) !!! (to recoup on this and just before Dinky comments on it... BTW, I've had a few good days/weeks since completing 24th nonetheless, so... no worries). :mrgreen:
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