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That's the one! Thanks! (You'd think, being a D&D player, I'd remember a title like that.)

That's my guess, too. I used to love that movie. In 3-D, no less! (I think it was Four Crowns, though.) While I've got you all- can anyone identify a movie from around the same time period (early 80s). It was about a computer programmer guy whose girlfriend was kidnapped by a demon or...

Why does every monster have to single out the Black folk? :p

I'm sure it contributed to it, but the main reason (final straw?) was that they wouldn't allow both he and Frank Miller to share directorial credit on Sin City. (RR said that his artwork in the GN was the primary influence behind his directorial choices, and the DGA said that wasn't enough, FM...

Well, we also had a year's worth of lead-in previews in Dragon magazine before 3.0 came out, so it was a bit easier to justify some NDA slips, I think. But yeah, there's definitely a dearth of information.

Not exactly what I said. I wasn't presenting it as a solution to the current problem, just making an observation on what I believe is a trend that pervades a lot of areas (and I did mention several of the above groups in pointing it out).

Of course, part of the problem in general may be ridiculous expectations of exactly what constitutes reasonable profit. (Not a dig at you- just a dig at overblown salaries among production staff, actors, and others in general. Of course, the same issue exists in pretty much all levels of...

Certainly. Having some knowledge of how these Union strikes play out, I'm going to make an assumption that anyone not acting properly will also be disciplined appropriately. To hold out one or two instances of behavior that is against rules as an example of how the entire strike is being played...

Black Dougal was the first character I ever played. He got killed by crab spiders in the Haunted Keep from the Basic Set (which, IIRC, was about 3 or 4 rooms in.) I think it is just his fate.

Robert Rodriguez has some funny anecdotes about this in his book "Rebel Without A Crew", about how when he went to Hollywood to work on a big budget movie for the first time, he was doing the editing and post-production work himself, saving a lot of time and money as a result, and was told point...

RE: Strike practices- this sort of thing goes on a lot in any kind of strike- people violating the Union rules (on both sides, I might add). They may not care, they may be ringers brought in to fill out picket lines, they may be told to do this by less than scrupulous union leaders, whatever...

Not to mention it's a pretty indefensible position, IMO, when you consider they're asking for residuals. IE, if the studios cannot and do not make a cent, they obviously won't be paying out- .001% of nothing is still nothing. On the other hand if and when they do make a profit on it, it stands...

One thing I might suggest if you're worried about the $15 a month fee- prepaid subscription cards. You can pick them up for (IIRC) $30 or so for a 2 month pre-paid card, and then just activate it when you think you will have time to play, let it expire and play again with a new card later or...

I think the reason you're not seeing them is because, as Grog pointed out, the studios aren't talking. The AMPTP hasn't issued any press statements other than Nick Counter's press release following the breakdowns of the talk (which they issued despite, as has been reported in numerous places, an...

Prompted by a discussion on the CBR forums about the rules of magic in the Marvel Universe the other day, I decided to browse through some old Marvel stuff (specifically, the Marvel Superhero RPG, which put game stats to the system of Marvel magic as it has generally existed for a long time)...

OT: My friend and I always laugh and make drunk jokes when the kids go to the tavern to do root beer shots and sulk. I enjoy the show (though I can't stand the little prom queen). I just wish they'd institute some penalties against her and her posse (which, the last show I saw, they were going...

There's an interesting (and somewhat alarming ) article in this weeks LA Weekly by Nikki Finke. Her blog at http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/ also has daily updates on the situation.

Or a gorgon stampede?

Myconids. Just you wait and see.

I remember not thinking that one was too horrible, it just... didn't have anything to do with A Nightmare on Elm Street. (It had Freddy as narrator, IIRC, but otherwise it could have been any other horror series.) Same with the Friday the 13th show, which was even more out there, as it didn't...