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I've been playing it off and on since release. I think it's pretty good in fact: about as close as they could get to the Howard/Frazetta/Arnie film mix that most people expect and still have the gameplay and "itemization" that MMORPG players demand. It definitely needs some work still, but with...

Very similar history with Dell desktops, although I just bought my third a few weeks ago. I've had great luck with their fairly high end systems and their technical support guys have always been quite good. We also use Dells at work -- hundreds and hundreds of them -- and it's clear they are...

Indeed. This episode had a very 80s vibe in some way. A just-say-noishness, as it were.

Similar experience here. My wife and I enjoyed it. She's a TV writer, and was quite happy that all the CV nattering suggesting films aimed at women can't "open big" was somewhat disproved. Also, what with the books and screenplay being written by women, and a woman director, this film really...

Nice. I finally saw it on the plane this weekend. What a fantastic film.

Yes, you can't escape criticism that easily! Bad storytelling is bad storytelling, and bad dialogue is bad dialogue, to say nothing of changes needed, or desireable, in light of the change in medium. You get a second bite at the apple when you write the screenplay, so there's no excuse for...

Agreed. I like the basic premise of the book, but haven't been able to get through it. It's a bit flabby. My wife's in the writing business, and I think you have zeroed in on the problem. Whatever happened to editors indeed.

I have nothing against that style, but none of the women in the porfolios on his webpage look much "like humans." Also, from the sequential art section: the panty-shot of the samurai-girl and close-up of her face as she licks blood from her sword seem a bit "fan-servicey". I don't know, of...

He didn't have much presence in the role, unfortunately. Maybe he'll step up to the plate in later appearances . . . he certainly has a talented actor-father.

Drawing Room. It was good enough for charades in my grandfather's day, and swinger parties in my father's, so it's good enough for my weekly D&D session.

And to tie it all together, Brunnhild's strength is conferred by a magical belt so Kristanna Loken or someone even less athletic-looking can play her as well! It's quite literally an "ancient convention" of the female warrior tale . . . no one's ever really been all that keen on them "looking...

I've been playing for the last few weeks. It's tough on my system, but the game looks great and the PvP is a lot of fun. Like all MMROPGs, you have to look around for RP, even on an RP-PVP server, but it's there. The Frazettaesque/Hyborian aesthetic is a nice change from the more cartoony...

The world must be a creepy place for you: a woman of 18 keeping company with an "old dude" in his late 20s is more the norm than the exception, both historically and cross-culturally. But, candidly, if I were in your shoes, I'd probably be annoyed by the phenomenon as well. The good news is...

Since "professional soldiers, spies and criminals" in the real world -- and, in particular, many of those who are "heroic" or otherwise exceptional -- don't seem to conform to particular bodytypes, I'm not sure why you'd expect those in a fantasy world to do so. As a former professional...

Red Dragon (Large) is on one of the sets. I have three of them.

That's the one I meant - I work at 28 State Street. If they don't have them, it's only because I bought them. :)

We've certainly got them in Boston. I've bought a few boxes at Newbury Comics in Downtown Crossing.

Interesting. I should look for a separate Netflix "throttling" thread perhaps, but what's this relate to? I assume it's just the lowered priority with respect to "hot new titles" referred to somewhere above. The no-longer and/or never hot titles I seem to gravitate towards have been available...

Interesting - she then relies, as I suppose all actors do, on her director. My wife's a film-maker (J.G.), and we both agreed she looked ungainly and almost painfully awkward in the fight scenes in Bloodrayne. Physically, she looks the part. I would disagree that she looked chunky in...

That sounds like pretty much the basic "tag-line" mechanic. I haven't played but needed the rules for my "Vance collection". :)