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jerry orbach Actor Jerry Orbach, best known for his long-running role as New York police detective Lennie Briscoe on "Law & Order," has died. He was 69.

The problem I had with the Punisher is that neither one was good. The first one was with Dolph Lungren, ewww. How opposite can you get? The plot was horrible, the sets were horrible, looked like it was made on a $50.00 budget. Rancid! The second with Tom Jane had alot of possibilities, but...

Tough call on who my fav capt is. I REALLY wanted to like Enterprise, really I did. I liked Scott Bacula in Quantum Leap, it has a good cast, but it just does not do anything for me. I think I would have to lean with the Kirk from the movies. The original series was a good 'cowboy' capt, but...

Why, yes, indeed, ED does have a cult following. However, where did it get that following? some from ED1, and others like me from ED2 alone. Why? great budget? no. great acting? no. Great script? no. For a lead character, it had an unkown by the name of Bruce Campbell. It has a certain...

I think they already stated the budget was in the 20 mil mark. In holywood terms, it is kinda low. Conversly, a big budget does not mean it will be a good movie either. the first one was bad, the rest, i feel will follow in its footsteps. I do not to be a negative thinker, but with how bad...

While DnD2 might have a low budget, it does not mean disaster. Evil Dead 2: Dead by dawn, was made with a slim budget, and it is a great movie, for what it is. Cabin Fever, another low budget movie (which I thought was written INCREDIBLY bad, but still had potential) had a some good qualities...

I think sticking to the 'core' books, it is not all that bad. It has been cleaned up and smoothed out a lot since previous editions. to hit someone, you just roll a d20 and if it is higher than their armor class, you hit them. No more Thac0, or several different save charts, everyone uses the...

I think another problem with MTG vs DND is that in MTG, there is rule for EVERYTHING. If 'x' happens THEN 'y' WILL happen. It is stated somewhere in some form. In a role playing game, there are a lot of times the rules do not cover everything. It is up to the DM to decide the best route...

Eric mentioned on how the MTG did not want the critters in DND. I played MTG for a while, from Revised, Antiquities, Legends, Dark, Ice Age. I think the critters would be a worthy addition to the game. Take out the MTG name, leave the setting. A wealth of ideas. The Elder Dragons would be...

this looks interesting. can I play? Granted, I have not actually done anything in a while, but it is always good to share ideas. But, I have found it to be difficult to run a long term game. My most rencent groups had two different problems with a long run scenario. Group 1 had the problem...

I would LOVE to get them online. When I read about some of the current issues, I was really interested in them. I like the Outer Planes and Demons/Devils, and when I read that one of current issues had some info on one of the major demons, it got me interested. Selling them PDF would be a...

I have to agree. I have spent some time passing through there and the result is the same. If it is not WOTC, it does not exist and it is wrong to think it COULD exist. I had a chuckle seeing people talking about sorcerors and how it is heresy to think that it COULD be based on constitution...

Fairly interesting, the story of TSR, that is. I learned a LOT in the past few days about the company. From the standpoint of WOTC, it makes perfect sense to stop alot of the product lines that TSR did. As great, and as much fun as some of those lines were, it is not a good idea to branch out...

It is like someone else said earlier about GURPS being a more 'realistic' game over DND. I like them both, as they both have their good things and their bad things. I think of DND, in all of its forms, as a 'feel good game', a game where players do over-the-top things to save the day. Nothing...

I have to agree with some some DMs using them as straight jackets. I have seen it done to me with a DM. Maybe as a 'general' feeling you could group all orcs are CE. But would they all follow it? most likely not. There are a few other games out there that use alignmnets, ICE comes to mind...