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I think I'm the only person I know who watched Dark Angel. I thought it was just beginning to "find itself" when they kicked it to the curb. I recently rented the first disc from Netflix, and it was as awful as I remembered. On the other hand, Forever Knight is just as much fun as I remember...

You could try English-language bookstores, too. I remember finding a W H Smith in Paris, but I forget where it is.

Currently reading China Mieville's Iron Council. I'm still waiting to see a Bas Lag RPG sourcebook. He must have a million offers in hand. Before that, I read David Weber's On Basilisk Station, which felt too much like reading someone's Traveller game, and Philip Pullman's The Golden...

Alternately, they may be people who feel that the previous army was the right idea, and it simply wasn't strong enough or large enough, and might demand that even more resources be put toward the defense of the kingdom in the future.

I once had an idea for a kingdom which had fought a tremendous war against dragons several generations before the PCs' adventures would have begun. Similar to what you describe, the war seriously depleted the population of fighting men. So the kingdom was forced to "think outside the box", and...

Aye, a quick wit and a steely will might have allowed you to take advantage! I found the machinations of the Evil Gods of Television an unexpected boon, for their sinister maneuverings inadvertantly enabled me to watch (most of) the first ep of Band of Brothers again, and yet still get to see...

I saw the trailer for Spider Man 2 last night. It made me want to see it. I saw the King Arthur trailer with Hellboy. I don't know if it will annoy Arthurians the way Connery's masterpiece did, but it looks like a good make-you-want-to-play-D&D kind of movie. Hey, my 100th post. Do I get a...

They did? Why did HB black out? I gave the movie a 6, which appears to have turned into a 7 when the scale was corrected. However, I still think it was 6 (I know, I know, splitting hairs). I thought the action scenes were really frustrating, as Barsoomcore mentioned. I also recall the fights...

I was late on the SVU bandwagon. I found Mariska Hargitay's character on ER so irritating that I couldn't believe she could lead a show. Silly me. Now I watch SVU more than the other L&Os. +1 for B.D. Wong. Yay for Asian-American characters who aren't simply "the Chinese Guy" (you know the one...

Other ETO campaign ideas. Each allows a small group to operate with some autonomy, each has historical options for women as viable Player Characters, and none is simply one big battle after another (not that such a game is inherently bad, but I find they get dull quickly): - An American bomber...

IIRC, US Army Special Forces (a.k.a. Green Berets) are organized into twelve-man "A-Teams" (hence the name of the tv show, back in the day). Each has 3 soldiers slotted into four specialties: Communications, Intelligence, Weapons, and Combat Medicine. Each is also responsible for cross-training...

I also recommend reading first-hand accounts of combat. I enjoyed Citizen Soldiers and Pegasus Bridge, also by Ambrose. Don't restrict yourself to WWII, either. I'm sure a WWII or Vietnam vet would recognize some of the people and events in books like Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf...

French: I'll second City of Lost Children, La Femme Nikita, and Brotherhood of the Wolf. Here in Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts hosts an annual French film festival (sorry, I forget when). German: Das Boot, already mentioned, and Stalingrad are great for us WWII/history nerds. Someone already...

Cover Artist - Song - Original Artist Tricky - Black Steel - Public Enemy Anthrax - Got the Time - Joe Jackson Joan Jett - Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & the Shondelles Save Ferris - Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

I thought it was Duran Duran... surely someone has released a compilation of 007 title songs

I agree. The Bond Formula has gotten tired, imho. They might be able to revive the series by abandoning some of the cliches, but they tried to diverge from The Path in the late '80s and people screamed bloody murder. It's time to move on. I'm much more excited to see The Bourne Supremacy and the...

Really? Gosh. Well, I think you're the first (at least, you're the first who's said so). I also liked Blade and thought Blade II was just okay. I liked the villain (Nomak?) and the knock-down-drag-out between Blade and Nomak was a great super-heroes-on-film fight. And Leonor Varela looked...

I've thought about this over the years, too, and I've found two ways to approach it: 1: Many of the leaders and decision-makers of the world are NOT "9th level." Is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs better at engaging the enemy than a Master Chief in the Navy SEALs? Who's really "9th level"...

Fascinating. No, really, I'm not being sarcastic. Is there a "non-sarcasm" tag? I'm quite the opposite from you. In fact, I've always felt a little frustrated that my role-playing games failed to reproduce aspects of the movies and television shows that are such a huge inspiration for them...

I'll throw Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Minnie Driver onto this list.