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Post Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 4:59 pm 
 

Random request for a vinyl album, trying to get this for my son.

Owl City, Ocean Eyes. It’s not anywhere I can find in the UK online so hoping / wondering if a US or Aus member can help out

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 6:20 pm 
 

I did find this:

Owl City - Ocean Eyes - Woodwind & Brasswind

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:20 pm 
 

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:12 am 
 

Cheers Foul

Just looking to see if they ship to the UK

If not, could someone lend a hand?


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:40 pm 
 



Hey Foul, looks like the links changed already or the album isn’t available


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:22 pm 
 

It still shows up for me.  It says "Order Now! Expected to Ship 09-11-2020
This item is available but requires extended shipping time. Reserve yours now. No charge until the item ships."

I can order this for you if you want, and ship it on to you when it comes in, but realize that it may be October before you get it.  Just let me know via PM or e-mail.

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:40 pm 
 

Some questionable products have appeared recently from D&D's parent company Hasbro. According to my original Monster Manual, trolls aren't supposed to have a button there. If only they followed the guidelines for the classic Poul-Anderson-inspired creature, a troll doll would be made out of rotting meat & you wouldn't want to touch it anywhere.

  

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 5:31 am 
 

.... however, in 20 years a Sealed MIB Troll with the magic button might be worth a lot of money.


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Post Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:58 am 
 

Gun charges dropped against man arrested during protest in federal park - oregonlive.com
'The friend also told court officials that Bishop is part of a gaming world called "War Hammer,'' is a certified tattoo artist and is "quiet and like a hermit,'' according to the court documents.'

This wargamer was murdered Saturday in Portland by a LARPer. The conflict between miniatures gamers & live-action gamers has escalated beyond the ability of convention organizers or game masters to stop it. I know we've had our differences in the past (4th Edition still brings up hurtful memories), but can't we all just get along?!

  

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Post Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:44 am 
 

Lego sales are surging during the pandemic - CNN

I am personally am seeing an uptick in sales of rpg items on eBay.  Cabin fever has resulted in people doing more cooking, gardening, adding pets, as well as gaming/collecting.  And many of those enthusiasts are buying their stuff on-line.  My complete set of Dragonlance modules has received stratospheric interest.   8)


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Post Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:30 pm 
 

For those who are Dune fans, here's the trailer released today.  The film is supposed to be released this December.

Dune Official Trailer - YouTube


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Post Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:23 pm 
 

Big fan of the original movie.  Scratching my head as to why it needed to be remade.  

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Post Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 5:29 am 
 

I think they’ve run out of movie ideas

Seems to only be remakes and Star Wars/Marvel movies now
Hulk has been remade 3 times? Mulan is now a live action.

Why can’t we just get decent writers to produce new ideas. Even if it’s a book made into movie like LotR, American Psycho or a new idea

But the constant rehash is tiresome and killing cinemas I feel


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Post Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:14 am 
 

I think its a quality of education thing.
There are plenty of good writers and books out there, and a lot have been optioned with NFA on the part of Hollywood.
But the pool of good script writers seems embarrassingly small, and there is a lot of nervousness about throwing big $ at a project when they know all the employable script writers are crap. So its much safer to divert that money into re-imaging an old success and hoping your 'tards don't totally mess up their tweaking of the original script.


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Post Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:55 am 
 

The original movie, and the Sci-Fi mini series were good but with a higher budget the new movie could be awesome.

BTW: Because of Covid the movie industry may have to plan for home releasees and movie theaters may be a thing of the past. That could greatly effect what movies are made.


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Post Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:00 am 
 

mbassoc2003 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:I think its a quality of education thing.
There are plenty of good writers and books out there, and a lot have been optioned with NFA on the part of Hollywood.
But the pool of good script writers seems embarrassingly small, and there is a lot of nervousness about throwing big $ at a project when they know all the employable script writers are crap. So its much safer to divert that money into re-imaging an old success and hoping your 'tards don't totally mess up their tweaking of the original script.


This is a product of how Hollywood works.  Hollywood has always been a very exclusive club, stating in the big Studio days.  There are a few people at the top who control everything.  And if you aren't "in" with this boy's club  (and it is definitely still a boys club, no matter how much they deny it)  you will not get anywhere in the business, no matter how talented you are.  If you don't have the right connections and don't know the right people who can get you in the club, then nobody sees your work.

In the last two decades the exclusivity of this club has gotten tighter and tighter due to social, political and economic factors so that fewer and fewer people and ideas are allowed into the myopic creative bubble that has been created in the industry.  Thus you see the drastic drop in quality and originality coming from Hollywood.  

Fortunately for aspiring artists, there are now some emerging back doors around the Hollywood gatekeepers, in the form of the internet and independent streaming services.  Both are outlets for creative content that don't depend on the Hollywood clique to greenlight their work.  And as technology advances and becomes widely affordable and available, average every day folks with a bit of talent and creativity will be able to create video content that rivals or equals that of anything the big studios can make.  They have a direct interface to get their content to their audience without any middlemen or studio interference.

The end is near for the Hollywood elite.  Their hold on the industry is quickly fading and they are doing everything they can to hasten their own demise.  There's lots of reasons for this but the reasons I state above will be the last coffin nail.


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Post Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:33 am 
 

ashmire13 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:I think they’ve run out of movie ideas

Seems to only be remakes and Star Wars/Marvel movies now
Hulk has been remade 3 times? Mulan is now a live action.

Why can’t we just get decent writers to produce new ideas. Even if it’s a book made into movie like LotR, American Psycho or a new idea

But the constant rehash is tiresome and killing cinemas I feel


It's driven by money more than anything. Reliably popular existing IP is a safer bet for these expensive films.

  


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Post Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:13 pm 
 

Agent Cooper wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:social, political and economic factors


Yes, all of the above. Too many cooks spoil the broth. A good idea gets worked over by Hollywood's art-by-committee approach, which strips away whatever made the original idea for a movie entertaining.

  
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