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Post Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:18 pm 
 

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Badmike wrote:The movie is so good, in the extra scene I kept thinking...

Yeah, right with you there.  I also thought it would have been awesome if they could have pulled some licensing strings and dropped in some cool little cameos during the fight scenes near the end.  Maybe some of the Chitauri hanging from a spidery web with a familiar blue and red costumed guy swinging off into the distance.  Or maybe Hawkeye looking up into the sky to see an arc of flame in the shape of the number 4.  Or how about a bunch of frightened bar patrons in shock after seeing a handful of Chitauri sliced to ribbons by a short, ill-tempered Canadian with adamantium claws who just wandered in for a beer?  :)


Yeh, in the line before the movie (yes there was a line still on Sunday night late), I had to explain to a bunch of newbie fanboys in front of me why Spiderman and the XMen couldn't appear in the film.  I had to jump in because they had convinced themselves somehow that Spiderman and the XMen were DC characters, not Marvel.....damn daytrippers!

Sadly that also means we won't see a few iconic Avengers in future films...The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.  It would be cool to see them somehow get The Vision in the group, he'd be a visually awesome character and his powers would look cool on screen, but his origin is so heavily tied into Hank Pym/Ultron that they would have to freelance way too much to make it work.  

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Post Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 1:57 pm 
 

Hey all,

I always find it fascinating when this little hobby of ours hits more mainstream sites. So here is a current link where that has happened. pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/05/06/in-def ... /#comments

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Post Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 4:07 pm 
 

Nogrod wrote:Hey all,

I always find it fascinating when this little hobby of ours hits more mainstream sites. So here is a current link where that has happened. pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/05/06/in-def ... /#comments

That is all.

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I can't read the article, or anything that website prints, because it cannot fact check itself in the slightest. 5th Edition is coming out on May 24th?? WTF is this moron talking about?? The "announcement" he references on the Wizards website is them announcing that, this spring, they will begin playtesting the game. The new edition won't be released until Gen Con 2013, at the earliest, right around the 40 year mark of D&D, mark my words. I notice a few people in the comments section call him out on his bullshit, but geez, to get something so potentially major just flat WRONG because you can't be bothered to do some research just tells me "don't read their crap".

Nothing against you Nogrod. Just sayin'. :)

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Post Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:17 pm 
 

Heh, I wasn't vouching for accuracy :) I am just a believer that any press can be good for the hobby in general. It was less than a year and many thousands of dollars ago that I got back into the hobby and there have to be more people like me reading random sites and running across references to something they fondly remember and then finding out that there are others out there still playing and creating stuff for RPG's.

Even in my own case, I am going to DM something I have written for a friend of mine and he two teenage sons ( and some of their friends). I decided to pursue this after ExTSR mentioned something about spending some time introducing others to the hobby. The young men are beyond excited, and although their dad is a minor nerd, they are star athletes and very mainstream in their tastes.

Like I said a year ago D&D was just a fond memory, now to see some small resurgence (with the, even badly fact-checked notice in the press) makes me pleased. It will never be like it was BITD, but in many ways I am enjoying it more now.

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Heh, I am pretty certain we can still get along just fine :)

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Post Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 11:24 am 
 

Badmike wrote:The hype is true, The Avengers is the must see of the year. One of the few movies I might actually see again at the theater just because New York getting destroyed by aliens looks so good on the big screen.  Great Whedon script, nice ensemble acting, just an all around fun summer popcorn flick. Not perfect, but might be as close to seeing a comic book on screen as any superhero movie ever made (Even though I think the Thor movie was just ok, that WAS a Stan Lee and Jack Kirby comic brought to life). Stay after the credits to get a sneak peak at the next Avenger foe (and one of the baddest ass villains in the Marvel Universe) and stay after the credits AFTER that for a hilarious scene. All Thumbs Up.

BTW, even though the team was great, I'd like to see a new member or two the next movie if they don't require a big introduction (like Black Widow and Hawkeye, who didn't get their own movies). They need to get a little "color" in there besides Nick Fury so I'd suggest The Black Panther, Goliath (the Bill Foster version) or Luke Cage (Sweet Christmas!).

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Post Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:43 pm 
 

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All schwarma aside, Avengers was as good as the first Iron Man movie.   PDT_Armataz_01_34


Hey Invincible Overlord,

Ha ha ha! I saw what you did there. :)

Definitely a great movie (saw it on Monday even though it had already been in the theatres here for over a week).

I went and rewatched Thor and Captain America after that.

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Post Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:44 pm 
 

Hey everyone,

Thought some of you might find this interesting.

Will and Norm Visit the Reed Research Reactor
http://www.tested.com/videos/44278-will ... h-reactor/

I am a huge fan of this website, even before they teamed up with Mythbusters.

I was really surprised, and a little disturbed to find out that there is a nuclear reactor in the USA run by undergrads. :)

Oh and they have a wizard there too... I wonder what level he is. :P

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Post Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 10:37 am 
 

My cousin (Police Officer) saves a life.   Below is a very short article about it:

http://www.whbf.com/story/18166126/2012 ... -from-fire


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Post Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:46 am 
 

Prufrock wrote:My cousin (Police Officer) saves a life.   Below is a very short article about it:

http://www.whbf.com/story/18166126/2012 ... -from-fire


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Post Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:12 pm 
 

The good guys win!


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Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:55 am 
 

Today my wife and I went to two house auctions, with the intention to buy if not the first then the second. In both auctions, the price went over what we thought was reasonable and we came second in both. A pity you can't snipe house auctions!!!

  

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Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 9:32 am 
 

Agent Cooper wrote:THE AVENGERS?

That was the best movie I have ever seen in my entire life.  

Skipping this movie should be listed as a federal crime and they should actually have vans to round people up from the streets and physically FORCE them into the theatre to see this.  

It should be shown in schools.

Its release date should be declared a national holiday and our nation's flag should be redesigned to have a big Avengers "A" on it.


It was very good, but I wouldn't go that far.  I stayed after the credits for the first extra scene but missed the second.  Dang! :(   And I was super stoked as to who appears to be slated to be the next super foe.  I agree that the choice of enemies was less than ideal, but I am not in favor of adding in more heroes just yet.  I thought they were juggling to get the characters already present significant face time.  I agree that a movie with the Hawkeye/Black Widow might be a good idea.  Perhaps exploring their back story and perhaps intertwining them with an additional hero or two.  The Vision in particular has potential as someone else already mentioned.  

All in all a great ride.  I knew ahead of time the movie was long, but it didn't feel that long.  If you have not seen it yet, it's totally worth it.   :)


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Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 10:32 am 
 

HermitFromPluto wrote:Today my wife and I went to two house auctions, with the intention to buy if not the first then the second. In both auctions, the price went over what we thought was reasonable and we came second in both. A pity you can't snipe house auctions!!!


That's disappointing.  But better to not overpay on something as expensive as a house.  Hopefully next time will be the charm.


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Post Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 1:34 am 
 


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Hmm.   :?


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Post Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 1:38 am 
 

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** expired/removed eBay auction **


Hmm.   :?


You came across this as well. I even contacted the seller but no reply.


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Post Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 3:27 pm 
 

This is for Kingofpain and any other sad-sack Cub fans here...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... ml?mod=efb

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Post Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:02 am 
 

Just watched the Avengers and then after that finally got around to seeing Plan 9 From Outer Space. I do feel that the Avengers was the better movie. The Aliens were slightly more sinister and thought that the spaceships and special effects in the Avengers had the edge over Plan 9.

  

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Post Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:50 am 
 

Badmike wrote:This is for Kingofpain and any other sad-sack Cub fans here...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... ml?mod=efb

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