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Poor little CR, looks like the room had the Sunday slow-down blues... Less than a post an hour all day...
Zath
Sunday, September 19, 1999 09:55:34 PM
IP: ppp-225-066.usc.edu
I normally don't post here, but seeing the talk of Final Fantasy, thought I'd add my two cents. Yes, even though the Final Fantasy series is sequentially numbered, each is a self contained adventure. Main characters, locations and storylines never carry over, but there are certain constants.
-"Biggs and Wedge", two minor role characters that make cameo appearances. Character designer is obviously a Star Wars fan.
- Chocobos and Moogles. Two original animal species found only in the FF series.
- Summoned monsters, like Leviathan(water), Ramuh(lightning), Ifrit(fire), Shiva(ice), Odin(instant kill) and Bahamut(meganuke!!!).
- The Four Elements, appearing usually as evil elementals or crystals. FF6 onward dumped this idea.
- Cid. My boss(producer of the FF series) describes him as the "Yoda of the FF series". Older, wiser and always a engineer or mechanic.
- Holy(or 'White' or 'Pearl'), Meteor and Ultima. The most powerful white/black magics spells.
- Excalibur and Masamune. The two greatest swords in the FF games are almost always named so.
Have fun playing FF. ;)
Roy Sato
Honolulu, HI
Sunday, September 19, 1999 06:54:17 PM
IP: eve.squareusa.com
Nightwalker- The Final Fantasy games keep the name because of marketing. They may have nothing in common, but the name sells it. If a new Mario game came out and it had a stupid looking character called Banjo Kazooie, (Oh wait...) it wouldn't do so well. Mario's name helps to sell the game because tis a well known and trusted name, its the same with FInal Fantasy. Also, the FF8 demo saying it had a story that's been going since the start of time probably reffered to something in the story itself.
**CLARIFICATIONS ON BEAST MACHINES AND BIG GUY STUFF**
Leme clarify some of the things I said yesterday about Beast Machines... I think the animation is great and improved, especially in the scenery department. But the main characters looking worse in their original forms and explosions being liquidy looking and some of the robots being too smooth didn't work for me. Wonderful animation, but a bit too smooth and unrealistic compared to what they can do. Takes away some from the realism.
As far as there not being a single MENTION of Megatron, Silverbolt and Rhinox... Yeah, I know that was Megatron at the end. But the 4 maximals didn't seem to care in the least that a guy they had spent 52 episodes fighting that nearly destroyed time and had been their prisoner, was suddenly gone... And never did Silverbolt or Rhinox even get mentioned... I understand its the first episode, but a name drop at least woulda been nice. I'm giving the show a chance, but I'm not going to be able to help but compare it to Beast Wars, since in theory it is the same series just continued... I have hopes for this show, and I'll get used to the redesigns soon enough, but still... (Of course, what was the point of having Black Arachnia upgrade right before the final episodes of BM just to have the look trashed? Oii...)
Airwalker- Eh, I don't think Waspinator will be coming back in any way, shape or form. He was left on Earth and got a happy ending, which was cool. And there *is* a third spark... The original Megatron's...
Ah well, I'll watch my tape again and see if my opinion isn't better this time...
As far as Big Guy and Rusty... DId I mention I only caught the last five or so minutes of this?
**END CLARIFICATIONS**
As far as the final episode of Batman and the new episode of Batman Beyond... Well, I slept right through them. Ah well.
Thats about it for now, I'll post again after I wipe the room later.
Robby
Sunday, September 19, 1999 05:34:59 PM
IP: spider-wb024.proxy.aol.com
With all the B5 quotes I think people will be interested in this:
"This week's Sci-fi Cartoon Competition features a Sevylon 5 cartoon with caricatures of Dr Franklin and G'Kar receiving his mechanical eye. You get to write G'kar's response - the funniest punchline will be used in the cartoon. The competition ends 24 Sep so get your entries in now, at:
http://www.sev.com.au/toonzone/scificomp.htm"
Click my name to go there.
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Sunday, September 19, 1999 05:23:43 PM
IP: athe-g07.otenet.gr
vrey short post right now , I'll come back later with my regular sized one. Just two short replies.
Robby-regarding FF. So they have almost nothing incommomn with each other? Then why are they all part of the same series. At the end of my FF8 demo it said that that story was just coninuing something that has been going on since the begining of time. Oh, well. I still would like to know the plot to FF7 and what FFtactics is, they look promising.
Whoever said TGS was dying-Lots o' newbies. And TGS will never die. I'll never stop coming.
nightwalker - [goliath01@hotmail.com]
hobart, IN, usa
Sunday, September 19, 1999 01:45:11 PM
IP: proxy-543.public.rwc.webtv.net
**jogs into the room, switching out the candles and settling into the massage chair**
Quiet time this morning while I'm waiting for the Lions game to start ... amazingly enough the game sold out, so it's being shown on TV today (YAY!).
SJ, re: "Big Guy": Okay, thanks for relieving my fears. If I get a chance, I will *attempt* to check it out.
Jannie: I'm on the MiniClan's video, huh? Coolies ... any chance that anyone else (like me, for instance. ;) will get a chance to see this tape?
Fire Storm: My cable system (Harron) gives us WADL on Channel 98 on the box ... and it comes in really badly. :(
Wilek, re: televangelists and wrestling: Care to disclose why that seems appropriate? I'm just curious ...
Doug and Kitainia, re: costuming: Hair coloring is where I draw the line when it comes to making up costumes. See, I can pull off Eddie because of three main factors:
1) 300+ pounds gives me the right body type
2) Dark-colored hair
3) Singing voice that sounds like Meat Loaf's would after smoking a pack a day for 40 years. :)
Going tomorrow to a costuming shop to see what I can get as far as motification makeup and scar tissue (why fabricate a huge lobotomy scar when you can purchase a pre-made one? :).
Zath: I get that feeling every morning I have to get up to drag my @$$ to work ... or at least until one of my dogs jumps in bed with me mainly because she wants to go outside and yap her fool head off. :P
Almighty Bob, re: "Saint of Sales": Okay, since ye asked ...
It's that handle of yours, dude. First time I saw it, what immediately popped into my mind was the image of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, the self-proclaimed "Saint of Sales" and founder of the Church of the SubGenius, a religious cult which believed (and still does) that the arrival of aliens will portend the world's end, and only those with Yeti blood in them ... the SubGenii ... would be saved, as the aliens would be coming for them. They previously believed that their target date (known as "X-Day") was July 5, 1998. That's right, July 5th of *last* year. Faithful SubGenii arrived at the appointed pick-up location in the middle of New Mexico, only to have the most vocal leader of their cult (the Reverend Ivan Stang) declare that "Bob" had read the year upside down ... and it was supposed to be July 5th, 8661.
Shortly after Rev. Stang was tarred and feathered by the now officially pissed-off SubGenii ...
... errh ... I think I'll leave it at that. Suffice to say, currently Dobbs is leading TIME magazine's "Hucksters of the Century" poll, and the Church of the SubGenius has lost pretty much *all* of its credibility, so much so that all it is now is a punchline to Steve Jackson Games' "Illuminati" card game. So there ya go. The explanation.
**sits back in the massage chair, putting on a set of headphones and fixating while listening to the Lions.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:52:40 PM
IP: modem54.i-is.com
Coyote: Saint of Sales? (?!) As far as I knew I was just a sort of demi-god type person, but hey, sainthood is good...
The Almighty Bob - [A_Bad_And_Angry_Man@bobthegreat.cjb.net]
Red, Green, Blue
Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:32:37 PM
IP: pppa117.connect.ab.ca
Pistoff> Lesson I have learned while reading material/messages from you: NEVER eat olives ;) Thanks for posting the bloopers! *wipes the pimentos off of the screen* Convulsions, I'm tellin' ya.... *LOL*
Jannie
Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:12:02 PM
IP: 196-161.c.esc4.net
Sorry for the REPOST.
First off, ummm......I should have said POSSIBLE SPOILER FOR BM for my last post.....sorry.
Second- I went to the Comment room archive and started reading it....Then I decided that I couldn't read it all. EECH!
Sarge Abernathy - [sargeMM@aol.com]
Barre, VT, USA
Sunday, September 19, 1999 11:59:20 AM
IP: spider-wd024.proxy.aol.com
ME AGAIN! BWHAHAHAHAHAH!
Beast Machines- there is a strong rumor that the sparks of Silverbolt and Rhinox are in two of the three new bots in BM! Yeah they are alive!!! Tankorr=Rhinox....Skybolt=Silverbolt....THIS IS JUST A RUMOR!!!!!
Sargie!
Sarge Abernathy - [SargeMM@aol.com]
Barre, VT, USA
Sunday, September 19, 1999 10:40:20 AM
IP: spider-tf033.proxy.aol.com
**MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS FOR BEAST MACHINES**
ROBBY - You wrote: [It does annoy me that not a single MENTION was made of Rhinox, Silverbolt, or Megatron. I know the characters were in mortal danger, but these things SHOULD have concerned them for at least a few seconds.]
Megatron actually did show up at the end of the episode although he's never mentioned by name. That ending scene with him being rebuilt and his voice becoming more and more mechanical (kind of similier to the original Megatron's voice) saying "I will destroy them" was one of the best moments of the episode in my opinion.
The absence of any mention of Rhinox and Silverbolt did concern me though. The main reason that I started watching BEAST WARS was because of the Silverbolt/Black Arachnia relationship. If they've just thrown it out the window because they didn't want to bring the character back, I will be very upset. But since it's only the first episode, I'm willing to give some leeway. After all there are legitimate story reasons for Silverbolt and Rhinox to have been disappeared by Megatron. After all isn't Rhinox supposed to be the spiritual one with all that deep knowledge of sparks that has now become vital in order for the Maximals to transform? And if he was trying to hurt Black Arachnia, who he did consider to be a traitor, what better way than to do something to Silverbolt? Besides that, there is also the fact that the Maximals that were picked for this team have all undergone at least one or two transformations. That may be why the Oracle picked them specifically - it's easier to reformate beings who have undergone other transformations and would be more suited to yet another transformation that Rhinox and Silverbolt who never underwent any transformations at all out of their original forms. As long as they come up eventually (and as long as the Black Arachnia/Silverbolt relationship comes up eventually) then I'm willing to wait.
(The major rumor that I've heard is that when Megatron decides he needs some henchmen that can actually think in a situation, instead of just sending out mindless drones that are similier to Steel Clan robots, is that he creates three generals - Jetstream, Tankorr, and Thrust. But where does he get the Sparks for these three beings? Which three characters that we know survived BEAST WARS but don't appear in BEAST MACHINES could he have used? So it's entirely possible that Silverbolt, Rhinox, and maybe Waspinator might be coming back in new forms.)
You wrote: [As well almost no personality came out of anyone, they were just cast in roles. By the end of the first episode of Beast Wars Rhinox, Cheetor, Ratrap, and Dinobot had all shown unique personalities. Here, Ratrap is the only one to do so.]
Normally I never did much like Rattrap, but I loved him in this episode. The CGI also fit him much better in this episode than it had in previous ones.
As for no personality and being fitted into roles, I'd have to say yes and no. It's true that they were fitted into roles, but then again this is the first episode of a series that will be heavily influenced by the events of a previous series. It has to be made accessable to new viewers at all costs or it's going to wither and die. Everyone has to be recognisable to a new viewer as a sort of download so that the story can avoid going into massive flashbacks of relevant material from the original BEAST WARS series. But at the same time, I did feel that we got some personallity shining through. Cheetor may have been regressed to his original beast form but he sounded and acted like post-FERAL SCREAM 2 TM2 Cheetor. Black Arachnia did sound way mellowed out but then again between the time she was interesting and this episode, she did become a Maximal so that should be expected. Rattrap was in perfect form. And Optimus did shine in taking over Rhinox's role of spiritual guide.
You wrote: [I'm rather dissapointed that the animation is actually WORSE than it was last year. A lot of the texture shading is gone, so everything looks smooth and liquidy, so it looks more cartoony. Its bad when the characters look less realistic than they did three years ago.]
The original Beast Forms did look a bit less realistic that they had been originally but I chose to see this as being intentional on the part of Mainframe in order to emphasis the reformatting that the Maximals later went through - that they moved from being mechanical beings who pretend to be beasts to an actual melding of beast and machine. (Also I figure that Mainframe was poking a little fun at itself by making the original beast forms a bit more cartoony so that they could say "See, look how far we've come since we started working on these characters and this show all those years ago!")
Otherwise I felt that the CGI was fantastic. Wonderfully done. If you look closely, you can see that everyone actually has proper shadows. The new Beast forms, while I'll need time to get used to them (personally I think TM2 Black Arachnia looked much better), they do look realistic. Optimus actually looks like a Gorilla (although to be honest I had nothing against his original form), and if you get past Rattrap and Cheetors bright colors then they do look more realistic as well. Remember the one rule with everything that has to do with CGI - the more episodes that they work on, the more they will improve. BM episode 1 is much more detailed and realistic compared with BW episode 1 which was basically a few characters on a barren landscape.
All in all, I'd say that I'm pleased with the show although I do have some reservations (mainly circling around Silverbolt's disappearance and the fear that his relationship with Black Arachnia might have been thrown out the window). The best advice I can give is to view this show completely seperate from BEAST WARS or there's bound to be disappointment on some level for die hard BEAST WAR fans plus to give it some time. One episode isn't really that much to judge on. I think I'll be able to form a better opinion on this series after seen 4 or 5 episodes rather than just the first episode and a 2 minute music video that Saban put together.
**END OF SPOILERS ON BEAST MACHINES**
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, September 19, 1999 09:26:29 AM
IP: 116.new-york-13-14rs.ny.dial-access.att.net
ug, should have proofread... "that feling, anf get" should have been "that feeling, and I get" maybe I should go to sleep now... nah!
Zath
Sunday, September 19, 1999 06:10:49 AM
IP: ppp-224-100.usc.edu
Not much to say rignt now. I can't wait for the new season to start so I can actually have some on-topic comments on an semi-regular basis : )
Pistoff> Check your e-mail : )
CrzyDemona> Happy Birthday!!!
Coyote> << she was just too comfortable to get up. :)>> I love that feling, anf get it most mornings only to have it interrupted by questions like "don't you have an eight o'clock class?" around 7:55 and then everything is downhill from there.
Wilek> <<No more MIB, no more Pokemon, no more Batman Beyond...it's *really* depressing...>> Just be happy you have a tv at all. Hmmm... Maybe if my roommates pay back all the cash they owe me in one big lump, I could use it to buy a tv set (it wouldn't be enough to buy a good one, but right now, anything with a working picture tube would be appreciated...)
Zath - [zath@rocketmail.com]
Sunday, September 19, 1999 06:07:20 AM
IP: ppp-224-100.usc.edu
Me again. :) I just thought I'd put up the link to the B5 bloopers I mentioned earlier. Some pretty funny stuff, there....clickie-clickie...
Pissy
Sunday, September 19, 1999 03:53:44 AM
IP: wire-16.koalas.com
Wilek: That's not entirely correct. There have been more than three members of Team Rocket shown on Pokemon- Meowth, Jessie, and James are just the most frequently seen ones. Their boss, a mysterious guy dressed like Bison from Street Fighter, has been seen talking to them in a few eps. We've also had one episode where Jessie and James' main rivals in the Team, Butch and Cassidy, showed up trying to kidnap Pikachu and other Pokemon through a fake rehab center scam. The heroes of course trounced them. There may have been others connected to the team also shown this season, but I have yet to see the eps with them.
<How are you going to create Jessie's impossible hairdo?> Nothing is impossible with a lot of gel, red hair dye, and a little time. :)
More later, must sleep.
Kitainia
Sunday, September 19, 1999 02:20:46 AM
IP: pool-207-205-150-250.dlls.grid.net
B5 quotes: One of my favorites is from a blooper reel. It's Bruce Boxleitner blurting out, "That motherf--ker's, er, uh...it's gassin' up to shoot!" I'm using it as my Windows start-up sound. :)
Jannie: I'm sorry I had to go so soon, too. Mom knows that pisses me off, and she keeps doing it. She always waits till I get online, then says "I need to use the phone." She couldn't have made her phone call before I went online (and I always ask her is she needs to use the phone first, and she says no...then when I'm online, she suddenly needs to use it...) *sigh*
I'm sorry you've been having such a rough time, but I'm glad you're pulling through. Denis and I will always be here for you. :) *hugs*
CrzyDemona: Sounds like we've got quite a bit in common. :) Don't worry about me, though. When things get too infuriating, I just play Duke Nukem for a while, and pretend the aliens are my customers. It's very cathartic. :)
SOROW: Sorry it's been a bad week for you. I can definitely relate. Things'll get better, though. :) About Bill Paxton in "Terminator"--he was one of the punks at the beginning of the film, when the Terminator first arrived in LA. They saw him walking naked toward him, made some smartass remarks, and Paxton's character said, "I think this guy's a couple cans short of a six-pack." Then the Terminator demanded their clothes, and Paxton blurted, "F--k you, @$$hole!" Terminator knocked his ass out, and that line was used for humorous effect later in the movie... ;)
Pistoff - [phred@koalas.com]
Sunday, September 19, 1999 01:48:59 AM
IP: wire-5.koalas.com
**RP!**
[The now-recovered Ambassador K'Theni awakens in the Avatar Of Ganon's medlab, after having been rescued and evacuated to the station. He chitters a moment in his native language, the only one his race is capable of speaking, before a small device affixed to his exoskeleton translates his words into English, in an inhuman, mechanical cadence and somewhat strange dialect..."Where is this...?" Khesaat: "This is the starbase Avatar Of Ganon, headquarters of the Division 6 defense department." K'Theni: "Division Six? Good...There is important news. My government has discovered a Phalanx base of attack, in the process of construction on this planet's continent of Africa. I was soon to relay this knowledge to your division...when I was abducted, one may presume by Terrans working for the Phalanx." Khesaat: "Africa...the Phalanx missiles we just shot down came from that direction..." K'Theni: "Missiles?" Khesaat: "Ambassador...what is the last date you can remember?" K'Theni: "Cycle 115 of Year 3152, by our calendar." Khesaat: "I don't know how to tell you this...it's been almost 47 of your cycles--" that's about a month of human time-- "since you were abducted." K'Theni: "(untranslatable concept)...It is too late...Nothing can be done..." Khesaat: "On the contrary; thanks to you, we now know the general location of a major Phalanx assault base..."]
**PAUSE!**
Earlier tonight, there was this whole thing on the Discovery Channel about octopi, squid, and the like. Fun stuff, and it gave me great ideas for the octopoid race(s) of my own ficverse...
Kitainia> <<I agree with your words about the Marines and their problems. Thanks for posting them.>> You're welcome. ^_^ $<<Feel free to continue the above RP thread if you like. Same goes for SJ. Hope you two don't mind us giving it a jump-start.>> Not at all; I was beginning to wonder what we'd be doing from here on out. ^_^ $ Hm...lion and the lamb...I wonder if you're part of some manner of prophecy... ;) <<If anyone's wondering, we're thinking of dressing up as Team Rocket from Pokemon.>> Kewl! I wonder how you're going to recreate Jesse's impossible hairdo. ;) Speaking of whom...the impression I get from the game is that Team Rocket is a nationwide (if not larger) conspiracy with a small army at its command. Yet its only representatives on the show seem to be a couple of bumbling misfits (although I haven't seen too many eps...). Hm...
B5 quotes> I think one of my favorites is the revelation about Swedish meatballs. :) (I've heard the Vorlon version is sentient...) Another favorite, not quote but moment, occurred early in...Season 5, was it?...when we found out just exactly why a Pak'Ma'Ra shouldn't eat fish. >8)
Mary> <<Today is a day to rejoice. Why you ask? Quite simple: MY SISTER HAS GONE TO COLLEGE!!!>> YEAH! ^_^ One less annoyance out of your life. (Now to take care of your school...What are the exact coordinates? A dimension shifter bomb might be able to take care of it...)
Sarge> <<The Warner Brothers station has decided to go out of my district! I have no Warner Brothers! I now only have about an hour of them each morning on Fox. What are they doing on fox!? Give me back WB!>> <sigh> I know your pain, clan brother; it's happened in my area too. <sigh> No more MIB, no more Pokemon, no more Batman Beyond...it's *really* depressing...
Coyote> <<the other half is split between televangelists and wrestling>> You know, that's rather appropriate...
Robby> <<I know how you feel about the music site. I completley cut short one of my RP sagas in mourning when my fave music site went down... (It was the one where Jim went house hunting and ended up with a yellow submarine...)>> <sigh> I remember that. Incredibly frustrating. Almost as bad was the death of a wonderful little site called Laura's MIDI Heaven. The circumstances behind *that* little fiasco were even worse than those of FMC--rather than incompetent server administration, LMH went down because of legal troubles. Seems the same trained attack lawyers who've been taking down lyrics servers were going after MIDI sites that carry movie and TV MIDs (as you found out the hard way). And LMH had thousands of the things. <sigh>
Doug> <<I'm surprised the Bat hasn't run into somebody like Sevarius yet.>> Actually...there've been *two*--the guy with the bat fetish and the guy with the cat fetish. Granted, they had different motivations than Dr. Sevarius--both wanted to advance humanity through creative genetics rather than simply get the chance to play with some new crossbreed designs (ie art for a specific purpose rather than art for art's sake)--but, other than that, they had rather similar methods and mutation styles. :) <<It probably wasn't as good as the skit where they had two bears in the audience anyway. <smiles at fond memories of Conan getting mauled>>> Heh heh heh...the one I can't help but remember was the one just before the final episode of Seinfeld. Someone who works on the show was being interviewed, and was about to basically spoil the whole thing, and some guy ran up and shot him (while a bear who'd followed him on stage stood by and did nothing, which for some reason I found odd). >:)
**RESUME RP!**
[Dark Mage Wilek is looking around, admiring his new acquisition...when Decius taps him on the shoulder, a grave expression on his face. DMW: "Anything I can do for you, brother?" Decius: "I was sent here to assimilate this station for the greater glory of the Administrator." DMW: "And this matters to me...how?" Decius: "Because I prefer not to think of the consequences of hardware of this magnitude falling into your hands. Besides, you already wield far more resources than you let on." DMW: "And how did you arrive at *that* hypothesis." Decius: "We are Borg. At any rate, I'm certain my mistress and I can give you sufficient incentive to accede to our...request..."]
**END RP!**
Wilek Nereus
Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:49:59 AM
IP: spaceproxy.com
*sigh* I don't know. It's been a very long and depressing week. I have absolutely no idea why I'm so down because I aced my Physics and PreCal tests and I only have one B for this six weeks... I just read all the comments since Tuesday and my eyes are going to fall out.
Sweet mother, there's a sudden increase in newbie population. They're popping up like daises! WELCOME!
And welcome back to those of you who have been engaged elsewhere. It's good to get back together.
TGS> I figured out why this season seems so strange. There's no staying up til one in the morning reading fanfic yet. I don't like it! I simply can't wait!
Pistoff> Where was Bill Paxton in the Terminator? I never noticed him.
Crzy Demona> Happy belated birthday! I hope all your wishes come true.
I have a project due on Monday that I haven't started yet, so I better go get some sleep. Love ya *stumbles out*
SOROW
Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:40:25 AM
IP: dll2b108-14.splitrock.net
**RP HERE**
Pastor John's tank, now moving at high speed, rolls toward Shap and Shauna. They are barely able to sprint aside and duck behind a parked FBI sedan. Another shell is launched from the tank's cannon and blows the car to pieces, forcing them to run across the parking lot with machine gun fire echoing off the nearby pavement. "Hail Mary, full of grace," Shap mumbles. "The Lord is with thee, and we hope to God he is also with us..." "Cut out the prayers!" Shauna yells. "Think of how we're supposed to fight that thing!" Shap frowns. "Get too close for him to use the cannon, run up alongside it, and drop a grenade down the hatch?" "This isn't Metal Gear Solid," Shauna rolls her eyes as another shell whizzes over them. "And even if it were we don't have any claymores to plant and slow the machine down first." "I guess we're screwed then," Shap sighs. Shauna nods in agreement, then her face lights up as she thinks of a plan. "Split up!" she yells. "Distract it!" "What?" her companion asks. "Trust me!" Shauna then notches an arrow and runs off across the parking lot, hoping the tank picks up on Shap instead of her. Shap looks confused, then shrugs and decides to follow the plan. He prays Shauna knows what she's doing.
(Note to Shogun- feel free to help get rid of the tank as you seem to be planning on doing. :) Just please don't kill Pastor John, we have very important plans for him. You can blow up the tank with him inside if you want to, though. :)
**END RP FIRST HALF**
Hi! Hope everyone's having a great Saturday night. :) Kit and I just got back from seeing the film Blue Streak, so here's our review:
**SPOILER WARNING**
This movie was okay. It had a lot of good laughs, a great preformance by Martin Lawrence, and a decent script. The action was nice too. However there was also a severe lack of character development and numerous plot holes. This upset us immensly. :( Another bad thing was that Martin's character made a lot of serious mistakes when he was trying to act like a cop (yeah, it was in character for him to do that, but it still helped spoil the film). I've only had a little acting experience, I've never watched COPS, the closest work I've ever done to police business was a security guard job a couple years ago, and I think I could have done a better job fooling the LAPD long enough to get the diamond, bust the drug dealers, and escape than Martin did. <sighs> Oh well, at least we were entertained. 6/10, thumbs diagonal down.
**END BLUE STREAK SPOILERS AND REVIEW**
Shogun: Glad Floyd missed you. :) My prayers are with those still in its path.
Todd: Thanks for filling me in on the new TGS season, glad to know Pendragon has split from Gargs again. Hope to be seeing the new episodes soon, but willing to wait. <sighs>
Christine: Nice job on Revenge of the Amazon Women. Great character development on all involved, and excellent hot scenes. :) Wonder how much more Jericho's mind is going to be messed up now, and if Demona's going to do anything to him for "messing around with human scum." <AUGH! Creativity Demons! Help! grin>
New TV Shows: Watched Action Thursday night, liked it. Jay Mohr did a great job in his role, and the show had a good plot and great jokes. The female lead's character was also especially well-developed and preformed (sorry I disagree with you about this, SJ). Looking very forward to seeing her cure for writer's block in this week's episode. :) If anyone's curious, it really does work! <grins, hugs Kit>
Also saw the new Batman Beyond ep again this morning. I have high hopes for that show this season because of it, Todd and Kit have already said everything I could about the ep itself.
The new episode of Pokemon this morning was entertaining, I liked the gym master. Big Guy and Boy Robot was also cool, but as far as superhero comedies go, it can in no way hold a candle to the Tick! :) Didn't watch Sherlock Holmes, and skipped Beast Machines in favor of Pokemon. As for the new Batman/Superman episode, it was the worst I've yet seen. Makes me kind of glad that show is dead with the way they ruined Ras. <sighs> Good thing I'm not incorporating that show (or Superman) into my fanfic. Though I will have Tim Drake and Nightwing. :)
Firestorm: I agree with you, Batman does have a genetic fetish. I'm glad it has made for so many good stories. :) I'm surprised the Bat hasn't run into somebody like Sevarius yet. <Argh! Creativity Demons are back!>
Halloween Costumes: Yes, Todd, we will be saying the motto if we go as Team Rocket. It is part of the characters, after all. Good thing we both have it memorized. :) To all who want pictures, we'll have to use Gubio's scanner but we will try to get some. Like Kit said earlier, though, our costume decision is not yet final, so we may or may not go as Team Rocket. Hope we do, out of all the choices we've considered it sounds like the most fun.
Mary: Congrats on getting your sister out of the house! Hope your life will now be much easier.
Robby: Thursday night? Argh! The one night we decided not to stay up for Conan and we missed such a (probably) interesting conversation! <sighs> Oh well, there's always reruns. It probably wasn't as good as the skit where they had two bears in the audience anyway. <smiles at fond memories of Conan getting mauled>
David G: Good luck with your first live-action game and Freelance 4, however it turns out. <Both of my GM's are evil, sneaky, crafty, untrustworthy bastards.> Yours too? :)
And that's all for tonight. Later!
**RP SECOND HALF BEGINS NOW**
The ice around Tau's soul crystal melts away as Gubio inputs a code, and Doug reaches in to grab the jewel. "Good work," he tells the hacker. "No sweat," Gubio smiles, looking at the stormtroopers. "You guys want me to unfreeze any more of these aliens who are in here?" "No thank you," one of them says. "The Mantiri ambassador is the only one we're really worried about right now." "Okay, then," Kit smiles. "Let's smash the crystal and get going. Anyone got a hammer?" "My sword hilt will be good enough," says Stephanie, drawing her katana and holding it up as Doug sets down the gem. "This will kill him, right?" "Actually no," Doug shakes his head. "It just traps him in whatever body he's currently occupying. We shoot that one and Tau will be gone will good." "Then I hope that body's not one of our friend's," Stephanie sighs, raising her weapon. Orion, Elena, and the others nod in agreement. Kit's sister then swings her sword down and the crystal disintegrates in a spray of black light and flying shards. "Good work," says Janice. "Shall we return to the others and get out of here." "Yeah," Doug agrees, waving a hand at them. Everyone follows him out of the room and back into the hall.
Above them in his office, Kincaid is speaking into a phone. "You said what, Morton? There's only seven of them and they're overwhelming our agents? This isn't possible! Get out there and do something!" A loud gunshot suddenly echos through the phone line, followed by a scream. "Morton?" Kincaid asks. "You hear me, Morton? Morton?" There is no answer. Kincaid snarls and slams down the phone, looking up at a shadow that has suddenly fallen over him. "Agent Tau," he nods. "I see you've taken over my secretary's body again. You know I don't like when you do that." "Sorry, sir," Tau apologizes. "Just about all the other suitable hosts for me have been killed." "Whatever," Kincaid replies. "Did you get the Ravens?" "No sir. I'm sorry. They killed my main host and my four subordinates. I think they're still at large on the bottom level." "Good," Kincaid nods. "I had it and the sixteen floors above evaced a while ago. Nothing's down there now but frozen aliens and our foes." He flips open a control panel on his chair arm. "All I have to do is press this button and in three minutes, bye, bye, birdies." Tau frowns. "Sir, my soul crystal is down there. I can't let you push that button." "Go down there and get it," Kincaid orders. He then hits the red switch on the panel. "You have three minutes, Tau, that should be enough time." Tau nods and turns to run out, then suddenly stops and looks back at Kincaid with a pained look on his face. "They just smashed it," he growls. "Who? The Ravens?" Kincaid asks. "Who else?" Tau fumes, storming out of the room. Kincaid watches the ultra-powerful ghost-alien leave and sighs, realizing the Ravens have just cost him his secretary. Well, he chuckles inwardly, they now have three minutes to escape from here before the bombs on the lower levels detonate. They'll never make it. That should be ample revenge.
**TO BE CONTINUED, END THIS BIT OF RP**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:18:46 AM
IP: pool-207-205-148-45.dlls.grid.net
Christine: Read Revenge and I must say...
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Coyote: I am not sure that my cable company gets channel 38. (I don't use antenna with my satelite because I can't get ANY channel)
<ACKNOWLEDGE\\SUBMIT>
Fire Storm - [night-Flame@usa.net]
Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:14:00 AM
IP: t2-20.visitus.net
Coyote> awesome! I spoke to Lex today and she says that she remembers you and has described you in more detail *s* She also told me that you are in our "home video" so I will be watching it and looking for you! :)
Yeah, Lex is our leader and founding sister and Eden is one of the originals clanners. I think she is sooo beautiful! Inside and out! :) So is Lex!! Lex and I shared a room with Oracle and Jade. (We were on the 5th floor)
Anyway, I hope that you can make it to the Gathering 2000 - I would love to meet you IRL *g*
Pistoff> sorry you had to leave early tonight... :( I swear your mom has it timed juuusttt right! *L* You're right... she wants the phone everytime you're online.. hehehe
Thank you again, my dear friend for being here for me. I'd be lost without your friendship! *hugs*
Denis> *L* I'm still laughing.... I must keep you up late more often! ;) you're sooo funny!
Words alone are not enough to tell you how grateful I am for you.... you're the absolute best!! *hugs* je t'aime mon Denis! we r 1 *smiles*
Lessons From Trees:
1. It's important to have roots.
2. In today's complex world, it pays to branch out.
3. If you really believe in something do be afraid to go
out on a limb.
4. Be flexible so you don't break when a harsh wind blows.
5. Sometimes you have to shed your old bark in order to
grow new.
6. If you want to maintain accurate records, keep a log.
7. It's ok to be a late bloomer.
8. Avoid people who would like to cut you down.
9. As you approach the autumn of your life, you will show
your true colors.
*grins*
Jannie
Saturday, September 18, 1999 11:47:48 PM
IP: 168.171.196.228
Hi, y'all. It's only 10:00 here, so I have no idea why I'm this exhausted. Anyway, I thought I'd give some news:
Item 1> Both of my GM's are evil, sneaky, crafty, untrustworthy bastards. God, these games are good. :) I'll provide details if anybody's interested. Otherwise, gamer stories tend to be boring, so I'll keep them to myself.
Item 2> I have no idea when Freelance Episode 4 will come out. The story line I was using isn't working out very well, so I'm going to scrap most of it and start over. This would not usually be a problem, except...
Item 3> I'm moving to my new apartment this week, which means I need to get my place packed and cleaned up. I also have several other things to do (Like a date -sort of- the night before I move.)
Item 4> I'm working on my web page. Somewhat after I move, my internet access should improve to the point that I can upload it from home, instead of having to do it from work. It should be ready by late October, at least in minimal form. I'll put out the call for submissions for the "Hall of Spam" soon.
Item 5> I'm running my first live action game on the 30th of October. (SKIPPY, The con is on the 30th. If you haven't talked to Ben, E-Mail me.) The title is "Terror of Morley Manor." The plot is something like a cross between "Clue" and "Dark Tower." (Anybody else remember that game. Damn, I wanted one.)
Item 6> This post is getting really long, and I'm tired. See y'all later.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Saturday, September 18, 1999 11:18:56 PM
IP: pppa56-fortworth8-2r234.saturn.bbn.com
*short RP* after finishing off the last of the fleeing hordes, Fenrir detects the rumble of Pastor John's M1, his arrival punctuated by the speech and explosion given by the suit-clad psycho" Hey lizard-man!, looks like our friends have a new playmate!" Shogun whirls around and sees the tank and tormentor "well then Fenrir, what say we dismantle his ride? the hard way....Sevens let's show him how NOT to obey the commandment about not killing!"
"Shogun"
"Yeah doc?"
"work on your battle cries"
*end RP*
Beast Machines> this show has serious potential, I just wish a bit more stuff carried over from Beast Wars, for instance Rattrap's "we're all gonna die" line , I mean if Megatron doesn't go "yesss" anymore, at least give the fans that one
Big guy & rusty the boy robot> I didn't catch much of the show, but judging from the graphic novel I read based on it, It was a bit like the Tick, given that it was a superhero parody, the difference being that in this one the hero was straight-faceplated and everyone else was a joke...sort of
shogun raptor
Saturday, September 18, 1999 10:57:56 PM
IP: miami-trans2.firn.edu
***BEGIN RP***
Sevarius Junior was embraced in a kiss with Kari for what seemed like hours, but was more like a few seconds. Still, for
whatever length of time, he was enjoying it immensely. :)
When the kiss was over, he gasped for breath. "Wow. What was that for?"
"For stopping the smurf and saving the world," she smiled.
He blushed. "Gosh....well, I really couldn't have done it without you. Without you giving me your energy, I wouldn't have
even lasted a minute with the Cyber Smurf. As it was, he was almost too powerful for me to fight. I think we'd be all up the
creek should we ever come across a being more powerful than him [big wink at Robby]."
"Don't seel yourself short," Kari encouraged. "You didn't do too bad, whatever the circumstances. Now, we'd both better
get ourselves together and join the others."
"Yeah," he agreed. "You should get to see your brother again, now that he's fully grown. And afterwards," he groaned
slightly, holding his side, "we'd probably better get ourselves to the medlabs...again."
He gently helped her up, and supporting her with his own tired, exhausted body, he helped her walk towards the others and
Jim.
***END RP FOR NOW***
Just sitting back and watching Howard Stern's "Private Parts" film on the USA network. Like him, hate him, or loathe him,
that is one funny movie....
Doug and Kit: Hope to get into the much-delayed Phalanx invasion thing soon. Nice way of dealing with the Phalanx-killing
virus as well :) Glad you two enjoyed Action as well (I thought it was pretty good myself!). BTW, did you and Doug get to
see "Mean Streak" yet? I was going to go see that movie this weekend, but I had some doubts about it (it kind of looks like
the predictable cop comedy), and I wanted you guys to give the 411 on it before I make my final decision. Oh, and I was just
kidding about Tom Petty, I like some of his music as well (but I also like the bands I listed as well--eclectic tastes I guess :).
BTW, if you two do dress up as Team Rocket, I definitely want a picture! ;)
Review of "Action": Well, a new show I actually like! I thought it was much, much better than the usual un-funny sitcom
drivel that can be found everywhere these days. It was edgy, humorous, and didn't pull and punches. Jay Mohr is great at
playing scumbags, and Peter Dragon is one of the biggest lowlifes on TV! I'm glad they decided to include as much of the
"questionable" material as they did. I enjoyed the "bleeps" rather than the often irritating "turn down the volume" sound edit
that Fox usually uses. Some of the scenes, such as the Dominated Disney Employee, and Buddy Hackett had me rolling
(Buddy to the pimp: "Hey, I've got one ball, one lung, and one kidney. I need to take Viagra just to keep from pissing on my
shoes.") The only part I didn't really enjoy was Illeana Douglas. She's a decent enough actress, but as a high-priced hooker?
Not believable from a biological perspective (I'm sorry, but.....I'll shut up). I hope this show survives the Fall tv culling, as I
think it has real promise. It's certainly better than anything like "Dharma and Greg".
***SPOILERS FOR NEW FOX SHOWS****
Didn't get to see the new Sherlock Holmes show, as I don't get up at 8 on Saturdays except under threat of physical violence.
:) I did get to see both Beast Machines and Big Guy.
BEAST MACHINES: Let me first pick up my jaw from the floor. This series has some of the most beautiful CGI I have
ever seen. EVER. Robby, I know you didn't like it but....I liked it better than BW. I mean, I have the opposite feeling, I
thought much of the scenery in BW suffered from being kind of "clunky" and repetitive (I'm sorry, I know it was on prehistoric
earth, but I can only watch the Maximals fight on so many rocks or trees. I need the bleak, cold, metallic world of
Cybertron!). I know that Robby has some severe doubts about the show, but I personally loved it. I actually like the
redesigns for the Maximals, even more so than the Transmetal stages of BW (well....perhaps not for Black Arachnia. I liked
her second form in BW better). I was much impressed with the premiere, visually. As for the plot, I have hopes for that too.
It's obvious that only a few brief Maximals are there on Cybertron, and they don't know why they're there or where every
other Transformer is. They're being pursued by strange enemies, and in the end we see a monstrous version of Megatron
cloaked in shadows. I would presume that in episodes to come (perhaps in the episodes titled "Revelations" parts 1 & 2), it
will be explained just what the heck is going on. Personally, I think that Megatron has basically conquered Cybertron and
enslaved the Transformers...but that's just a hypothesis. I'm pleased with the show, even if some direct continuity problems
are present.
BIG GUY: I was very pleased with this show!!! Overall, I thought it captured the feel of the comic book very nicely.
Coyote, you shouldn't fret too much about it being just a "kid's show". Frank Miller himself has seen the final product, and
was very pleased with it. He's stated that he himself is happy with how faithful the show is to the original source material. I
found the show to be at times funny (Big Guy's lines have to be taken tongue-in-cheek!), charming (Rusty's neverending
admiration of Big Guy--a robot idolizing another robot???), and had some good action (the fight with the alien). Robby, this
series is not meant to be like the Tick, which was a obvious and blatant parody of superheroes. That's not to say the show
doesn't aim for humor, but it's a little more serious than the stuff the good Ben gave us (BTW, when will Comedy Central get
off their hiney and actually air Tick at some time other than a 3 a.m. slot? Grrrrr...) Stephen, yes, Big Guy does seem parallel
to Godzilla, but that's really how the comic is. Big Guy and his pal Rusty fight monsters, most of them capable of Godzilla like
damage. Kind of like an homage to Ultraman, huh? :) Overall, I enjoyed the show immensely. It looks like Fox may have a
couple of decent shows this time around. :)
***END FOX TOON REVIEW***
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Saturday, September 18, 1999 10:46:12 PM
IP: 207-172-35-247.s247.tnt9.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com
Future note to self- NOTHING on geocities seems to work as a direct link... Clicking on my name WON'T get a piccie of Trunks. Guess I'll have to find another one...
Robby
Saturday, September 18, 1999 10:05:55 PM
IP: spider-ti022.proxy.aol.com
Not too much to say since last night...
Just watched all three Highlander movies, fun stuff...
I'm considering going off and seeing Yellow Submarine since I'm a Beatles fan, but I dunno... I rather enjoyed Hard Day's Night, but Yellow Submarine looks to fairly psycadelic and wierd...
"Thats my uncle."
"He's rather clean isn't he?"
-line used MANY times in "Hard Day's Night"
SJ- THe thing of it is, Krillin just gets soooo beat up on later in the series I get sick of him being nothing more than a punching bag. Hence, 'Krillin' got the final blow for once.
Wilek- Thanks for the link. I'll give it a good look over when I have some time...
And I know how you feel about the music site. I completley cut short one of my RP sagas in mourning when my fave music site went down... (It was the one where Jim went house hunting and ended up with a yellow submarine...)
Night walker- Knowledge of Final Fantasy 1-7 is not needed to play part 8. Every game in the series is COMPLETELY unrelated to the last, except when it comes to creature summons, (Bahamut always gets cooler and cooler looking!) Moogles, and chocobos. Otherwise, characters, and often the PLANET have nothing in common with the previous games.
Final Batman ep- WOn't see it til tommarrow. Of course, it sounds a bit dissapointing...
Kitainia- Actually, Conan confronted John Stamos THURSDAY night. ANd it probably will be a reruned episode, it was a good one. (John even had a compilation clip of COnan and Rebecka's... chemistry on the show...)
And for an idea of the character I'm gonna be for halloween, just clickie my name...
Lotsa Babylon 5 quotes. Can't participate I'm afraid.
**POSSIBLE BEAST MACHINE SPOILERS**
I'm not going to judge the storyline just yet. I know its been planned as a 13 episode arc but can't help but feel this episode was pretty dull without much happening. I understand it brought up a ton of questions intentionally, but still... It does annoy me that not a single MENTION was made of Rhinox, Silverbolt, or Megatron. I know the characters were in mortal danger, but these things SHOULD have concerned them for at least a few seconds. As well almost no personality came out of anyone, they were just cast in roles. By the end of the first episode of Beast Wars Rhinox, Cheetor, Ratrap, and Dinobot had all shown unique personalities. Here, Ratrap is the only one to do so.
Also I'm rather dissapointed that the animation is actually WORSE than it was last year. A lot of the texture shading is gone, so everything looks smooth and liquidy, so it looks more cartoony. Its bad when the characters look less realistic than they did three years ago.
As well, its no secret I'm not pleased with the new characters designs, even less now that I've seen them moving. (Not to mention the scene where they upgraded lacked all the drama their previous upgrades have possesed...) All in all, I did not like the first episode,but its probably mostly because I'm comparing it too closely to Beast Wars. (And rightly so.) If I weren't measuring it against that standard, I'd likely be VERY impressed. I hope its just a case of new writers getting the hang of someone else's characters... All in all, I did not like this episode, but that may change in coming weeks as it fits into the whole of the story...
In their favor, at least they changed the theme song from the pieve of utter crap they had in the promos to... That 20 second instrumental? DId the show even HAVE an intro?
**END BEAST MACHINES REVIEW, BEGIN BIG GUY AND RUSTY REVIEW**
I'm not very familiar with the original comic, but I wasn't impressed by this all the same. It lacks the out and out humor of the Tick, and it lacks the out and out seriousness of earlier X-Men and Spiderman episodes. I don't know what to think yet, but the first ep was okay I guess...
**END BIG GUY AND RUSTY REVIEW AND BEGIN RP HERE: CYBER SMURF SAGA AFTERMATH**
Cheers begin coming forth from Jim's clone. "We are the champions, we are the champions... No time for looosuhs, cause we are the champions... Of the wooooorld...."
Black Tiger looks at the clone amazed. "You imitated the singer perfectly... And you also matched the echo, instrumentals and background singers! How the heck?"
Jim's clone shrugged.
SJ hardly notices as he tends to Kari and recieves that kiss mentioned yesterday in a rather sweet and tender soul baring moment... But I think I'll let SJ cover that part of the RP himself...
Dark Mage Wilek is fascinated to notice that with the Smurf's death, all those sent to another dimension have come back...
"Say, what are we going to do with this space station anyway?"
"It's yours," Black Tiger responds. "But be careful. This thing was built by an evil villain, and its been possesed by two more since. It could be rigged."
"Cool..."
Black Tiger then goes to Jim's clone. "You know, you should probably throw a big party to celebrate or something..."
"Why would I throw a party?"
"Um, Kari..." he begins, then notices she's sharing a touching moment with SJ and decides not to interupt it.
"Well ya see, Jim used to throw great big fancy parties back when he was alive. You should see the pictures of the one he threw when he got married..."
"The original me was married?"
"Uh, did I say that? Er... I meant to say when one of his friends got married..."
(Note: Black Tiger's identity will not be revealed just yet... But it seems he knows something about Jim!)
Robby
Saturday, September 18, 1999 10:03:22 PM
IP: spider-ti022.proxy.aol.com
**enters quickly, switching out the candles much faster than he has in previous days.**
No, it's not because I'm feeling happier ... it's because my computer's loading the CR faster for me now, and I can finally get through to the GFW. :)
**sits down in the massage chair**
FOX Premieres: Fire Storm voiced his complaint in the other room, which I will echo ... all of Fox Kids' programming is *not* carried by our local Fox station, but by an obscure UHF station that half of the time shows cruddy 'toons and the other half is split between televangelists and wrestling (interesting combo ... FS, if you see this, it's Channel 38 WADL.). Even still, I am *extremely* wary of the quality of the shows in question, especially "Big Guy and Rusty, the Boy Robot" ... folks tend to forget that this concept started life as a comic written by Frank Miller, so you know for sure that not everything is going to survive ... and possibly the whole feel and tone of the book (re: its intelligence) may suffer because it's being marketed to kids.
Jannie: To continue last night's reply to you (mainly because I was half-asleep last night), the group I hung out with at the Gathering was mostly TGS staff and those that I knew real well from the CR ... and tended to go along regional bounds as well, as I hung a lot (or at least tried to) with Fire Storm and Lady Mystic. Other than that, I was mostly with Stephen and Mandolin or other TGS staffers (Taleweaver and Kyryn immediately come to mind. :).
Night Walker: I've done the therapy bit, too ... been there, done that, got the t-shirt, ate the burger. If there's anything ye need to discuss that might potentially embarrass ye, hey, bend an ear over e-mail. I can also guarantee that it takes a *hell* of a lot to make me feel embarrassed.
Oh incidentally ... I would run very fast in the other direction if your mom and mine ever got in a fight. Not sure about yours, but mine is trained in NBC warfare and field-qualified on the M-16 ...
Jaden: Hey, I thought she was you until she asked me for age/gender. :)
Kitainia, re: Halloween costumes: **tries to control laughter, can't** You have *GOT* to post pics of those when you get 'em done!! And how ironic, since this little thing came into my possession last night ... **pulls out keychain to show off its new fob, the official "Pissed-Off Pikachu" keychain**
Almighty Bob: Hey that's all right, friend. Deuce never replied to me, though ... he never told us he knew the Saint of Sales. (ask if you're confused, I'll explain)
Sarge re: dead Michigander in Vermont: They had that all over the Detroit news broadcasts last night ...
**sits back in the massage chair** I think I'll be here a while ... **clicks on the massager and fixates once more**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Saturday, September 18, 1999 09:25:56 PM
IP: modem79.i-is.com
MGC > Eva sent me a pic of Goliath, Brooklyn, and Elisa as Batman, Robin, and Catwoman respectively; it's great and I e-mailed her about MGC; I hope she submits it!
CotSB the Movie > I know what I'd love to see, but at this point, I need the money so bad I wouldn't quibble ... this must be how "Yor, Hunter from the Future" got made ... not that I'm likely to find out anytime soon. But ohhhh, every time I imagine it animated, with David Bowie voicing Arien, I get all fluttery ... and after meeting Thom at the Gathering, I'd want him to be Greyquin ...
D&D Movie > Richard O'Brien's still around? Jeezy-weezy, twenty-some years later he must be scarier than ever! If they were doing Dragonlance, he'd make a pretty good (if a little aged) Raistlin.
Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Saturday, September 18, 1999 08:09:23 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net
Greetings all...
NEW SATURDAY LINE UP ON FOX - Well, what can I say? They screwed a lot of people over by spliting up the new shows, showing half of them today (along with that god awful PR Turbo movie!), and the rest will come in October! ARGH!
Anyway, the new shows:
"Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century" - I think this could be a better show if they'd develop the characters more. Personally, I would have done a one-hour 'origin' episode to firmly establish Inspector Lastrade, Watson, and Mr. Holmes. One can only hope the writing improves as the show continues, or else it's going to look like a bad rip off of "The Magician.
"Beast Machines" - Okay, this can grow on me! It was cool to see the original Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, and Black Arachnia in action, and seeing the scene of the Matrix reformating the Maximals was impressive (but, personally I would have prefered to see Vector Sigma). It's going to take some time to getting used to the new body forms of their robot forms (even though we only see Primal's in this ep), and I have to know, what happened to them prior to this ep? Where are the other Maximals and Predacons? And how did Megatron get control of Cybertron first?!? Must watch and find out!
"Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot" - Now, this one looks to be a bit of fun, even though it's forming up to be more like a parallel to "Godzilla"; except there's a large robot (forgive me, a man-shaped battle machine) do the trashing. And the fact the voice of Rusty is the same as Bobby Hill from "King of The Hill" was a surprise. Again, please tell me there is going to be more character development here... and will Rusty ever learn that Big Guy isn't a true robot?
I just can't wait to see "The Avengers", "Spiderman Unlimited", and "Xyber-9"... just to see what new stuff is coming our way.
Maintain and Check Six!
P.S. - Oh! One quote I found on a blooper site of Bab-5:
Londo - AURRGH! (collapses)
Vir - DONT'T... DIIIEEE!
Londo - "Porkchops!"
Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Saturday, September 18, 1999 03:51:55 PM
IP: m126.ieway.com
Well I'm back! I hope you all are happy to hear from me!
Beast Machines- Cool show, I'll be watching this for awhile to see where it gets to. But nothing beats the original show.
WB- The Warner Brothers station has decided to go out of my district! I have no Warner Brothers! I now only have about an hour of them each morning on Fox. What are they doing on fox!? Give me back WB!
TGS- There is only one thing I can say about this. TGS is cool.....that is all.
MY Fan-fic- err......I'll get back to you on that......
MY artwork- I am currently drawing Brooklyn in a gloomy state, crying. So far he is a sketch....:P
MY webpage- heh heh...I found out why I couldn't get my page loaded! I was typing www.xoom when I should have done members.xoom.....man is my face red!
Floyd- The remains manage to get up here in Vermont. One person from Michigan died here and there's a lot of flooding in the southern part of the state. But because I live up on a hill, I was not effected. In fact I didn't even loose power.
Gert- Why is it there is always a new possible disaster after a quick blow with a previous one? Let's hope it actually misses us!
If it taste like propane and smells like garlic....it's Sarge.
Sarge Abernathy - [SargeMM@aol.com]
Barre, VT, USA
Saturday, September 18, 1999 03:07:08 PM
IP: spider-tf023.proxy.aol.com
*enters*
hello people. Today is a day to rejoice. Why you ask? Quite simple: MY SISTER HAS GONE TO COLLEGE!!! *balloons and streamers fall from the ceiling and I dance around like a happy idiot and sing* Celebrate good times come on!!!!
On another note, school has been a bit frustrating. Particulary math and german. I've been having a hard time trying to get my assignments done on time. *grumbles*
Mary Flanders
Saturday, September 18, 1999 01:57:59 PM
IP: stk-ts2-h1-38-16.ispmodems.net
Hey y'all! Sorry that my posts will be infrequent; if I'm not drawing or 3d modelling, I'm playing my guitar. I don't spend near as much time on the computer as I used to. But that's OK. Anyways, just thought I'd say thanks to all the nice people who welcomed me! Also, for Wilek Nerius: indeed I did render the trainstation scene. Thanks a whole bunch for the compliments; they keep me going ('they LIKE me! They REALLY LIKE me!'). Once again signing off, this is
THE ALMIGHTY BOB
Pixel-Pounding Shaman of Luminence and Hue
The Almighty Bob - [bob_the_great@hotpop.com]
Noway, Nowhere, Nohow
Saturday, September 18, 1999 01:53:01 PM
IP: pppa66.connect.ab.ca
Thanks for the Birthday wishes everyone!! You are an awesome bunch... really made it a birthday to remember.
Pistoff - You poor thing... sometimes you remind me TOO much of myself. Just slaughter a few customers and you will feel much better. :)
CrzyDemona
Saturday, September 18, 1999 11:25:18 AM
IP: 209.150.94.64
B5- God! only around four days `til Space starts showing season five but it fels like forever! Oh well, at least there are still some untaken quotes left:
"The humans have a saying "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" I think they stole it from us." -G'kar from Parliment of Dreams.
"Stay close to the Vorlon and watch out for Shadows-they move when you're not looking at them." -Sinclair from The Coming of the Shadows
"Good-bye, old friend" -Sinclair from War Without End Part One.
"Want to talk about Socks?" -Garabaldi from Babylon Squared
"Londo... what I said before... about finding another way. I was wrong. Kill him." -Vir from The Summoning
and finnaly, "Whoo-hoo?" -Lennier from Racing Mars.
Wilek- About the immortality, thanks but no thanks, just the pleasure of being a warped minion is reward enough for me.
One last quote to end this post:"Consider me shut." -Jack Knight, Starman #59
niner
Saturday, September 18, 1999 09:12:04 AM
IP: asy06.dial.upei.ca
Hi all!!
Finally after half a days fustration I have internet access once more(Had to re-intstall the whole thing),also on top of that was the state election that was held as well(you don't no how hard it was to resist the urge to put in a vote for Demona>;))
B5:I wish I had watched this show more than I did (I only caught the last two seasons more or less:()
I wish I could post some more replies but it's getting late
C'yas!!!
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Saturday, September 18, 1999 07:46:30 AM
IP: cache1.mpx.com.au
DOUG AND KITAINA - You're going as Team Rocket on Halloween? Does that mean you're also going to be reciting their infamous motto a lot? :)
SPLICERS - A bizarre idea that I had since logging off last night; what if in the future of the Gargoyles Universe, a few humans with unusual tastes tried similarly splicing themselves with gargoyle genetic material for a similar "unique look"? (Sevarius would doubtless be very interested in assisting with such operations, I can imagine).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, September 18, 1999 07:21:57 AM
IP: 216.87.46.88.dialup-stl.primary.net
Toku Kaioto> On your Vir quote, Vir was speaking to Morden.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Saturday, September 18, 1999 07:09:20 AM
IP: fltg3-ppp66.fltg.net
**RP HERE, PICKING UP MANY CLIFFHANGERS**
The Phalanx's missiles streak out of Earth's atmosphere, undetected by anyone so far thanks to their Stealth technology. However, as they are turning around and getting ready to streak back down to their targets, a young ensign on the Avatar of Ganon space station looks at his console and gasps. "Adminstrator!" he shouts. "Agent Rho! Phalanx detected! Phalanx ships coming up from Earth!!" Rho immediately runs over and looks worriedly at the radar screen. "I knew it was a good idea to watch for something like this," he mutters. "Ever since the Phalanx destroyed our last station..." He compliments the ensign on his good eyes and then grabs his commlink. "Administrator, do you see the Phalanx missiles?" "Yes, Rho. Shall I eliminate them with our turbolasers?" "Please." The Administrator then fires the station's guns and within twelve seconds every Phalanx assimilation bomb is obliterated. No damage has been done to Earth or anything by them. This causes Rho to smile widely. "Good work," he tells the ensign. "Now find out where those missiles came from. Track their vapor trails. We have to let Wilek know about this now." The ensign nods and gets to work. Down on Earth, the Phalanx, having just detected the destruction of their missiles, are gritting their teeth and shouting in anger, except for the Taco Bell chihuahua, who for some reason seems unconcerned. Sevarius stands nearby waiting for Prime's displeasure to be turned on him, his expression a mixture of disappointment (because the Phalanx elimination virus he was making was on board the bombs) and relief.
**END RP FIRST BIT**
Greetings. Happy early morning to all of you. :) Doug and I just got back from seeing Tom Petty live in concert. We had a fantastic time. Even though he didn't sing all the songs we wanted him to, the performance was still wonderful and we are glad to have gone. Good band, good music, good words, it was an all-around great experience. :) On with replies.
Jannie: You're welcome. Kind words are always something I'm happy to give out. :)
Nightwalker: You're welcome as well. Glad you're feeling somewhat better. By the way, since you were wondering earlier, 1985 was the Year of the Ox.
Wilek: <separated from one's family, living in barracks with a bunch of total strangers, communal everything> That can also describe college dorm life, unfortunately! L I agree with your words about the Marines and their problems. Thanks for posting them. $ Feel free to continue the above RP thread if you like. Same goes for SJ. Hope you two don't mind us giving it a jump-start. $
Welcome back to Skippy, Stormy, and TJ Veil!
Zath: <Wow, you're the lion *and* the lamb...> You're not the first to notice that. <grins> Isn't it cool?
TGS Situation: Like everyone else, I'm glad to know we'll get all of the four series in new and seperate story arcs this season. :) I'm not going to pester the writers, except I will say I hope that new stories come out real soon.
Speaking of new stories, I watched the first episodes of Action last night out of boredom, and found the show to be a lot better than its commercials indicated. Jay Mohr's act was much better when put to an episode script, where he had other characters to interact with. Unlike his lines in the commercials, his lines on the show did not make me want to ask "How can TV have possibly sunk this low?" :) There were also some other interesting characters in the eps, and the plots were pretty decent. The jokes were funny too. So Doug and I are definitely going to keep watching this show Thursday nights.
Also saw the new Batman Beyond episode "Splicers." It was terrific, Todd's earlier post has pretty much summed up what I wanted to say about it. :) I too found the villain's final form chilling and the overall concept of splicing scary but neat.
SJ: Glad Floyd missed you. :) As for your suggestion of "real entertainment," Tom Petty was enough entertainment for us, thank you very much. :) None of the bands you mentioned were playing in Austin anyway (and I've only heard of one, Rob Zombie, whose music is okay but whose image does not suit our tastes. :) $ As you can see in the above post, we did not forget about Sevarius's Phalanx elimination virus. Thanks for reminding us. Hope you can pick up the invasion thread soon now that the smurf's been finished off. :) $
Kaioto: Now that's the way to spend time in a hurricane. :)
Stormy: No one knows what's wrong with the fanfic archive. Most of us are just bearing with it. We've asked Chris to solve the problem many times, but he hasn't gone around to it yet. :(
Christine: Read and enjoyed "Revenge of the Amazon Women," thanks for the entertainment. :) 9/10 stars, great job. Especially enjoyed the Wcky development and catfight. Keep up the good work!
Robby: Conan confronted John Stamos tonight and we missed it? Augh! <sighs> Oh well, Tom Petty was worth it. Hope we can catch a rerun someday.
Halloween: Doug and I have almost finalized our costume decision. If anyone's wondering, we're thinking of dressing up as Team Rocket from Pokemon. :) We're not sure about it yet, depends on how much the costumes cost and whether Gubio lets us borrow Mist to act as Meowth. But we probably will go through with the idea. <grin>
That appears to be all I have to talk about tonight. :) See y'all again soon, probably with a review of Blue Streak. Must sleep now. Later!
**RESUME RP ACTION**
In the Area 51-A base's cold room, Gubio is seated behind the computer tapping keys. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Kitainia stands behind him and asks. "Just getting a feel for the system," the hacker assures her. "Don't worry, I know we don't want too many of these things to start waking up." He confers for a moment with one of the stormtroopers and then activates a procedure that unfreezes the mantis-like alien ambassador. K'Thenri immediately falls over and slumps into the stormtroopers' arms. Orion walks forward to see if he needs clerical or medical attention. "There," Gubio nods. "Now I know how to operate this system. All we have to do now is found Tau's gem." "Found it!" Stephanie yells. She points at a large ice cylinder, in the middle of which is frozen an evilly glowing black gem. "That's a Kappa-Toaurian soul crystal all right," one of the stormtroopers says after looking at what she indicates. "Agent Tau's race," grimaces Doug. "Gubio, can you unthaw this thing?" The hacker taps a few keys and frowns. "Uh, looks like it's coded. Give me a sec." "Okay, Alex, but hurry up," says Kitainia. "We've gone unbothered for a while now, I have a bad feeling." Doug nods. "Me too."
The display switches to outside the base, where Shap and Shauna are using gun and bow to shoot down several agents hiding behind the map display at the entrance. Shap checks the schematic and smiles at the text in the middle of it reading "You are here, we are not." Then he turns and quickly pegs another enemy agent taking aim at him (who by the way was named Hardy). "Kaioto!" Shauna yells from beside as she watches the Seeker slash his way through another bunch. Their friend turns to face her. "Yeah?" "Are those the guys you came with over there?" She points to a large field in the distance full of smoke and the sounds of bloodcurdling screams. "It has to be," Kaioto nods. "From the sound of things, I'd say the Deadly Seven are doing a great job!" "Yeah," Shap agrees. "I think we should stay out of their line of fire for a bit. At least until things calm down!" He laughs and turns to peg two agents running out of the main compound. A third, Kincaid's female assistant Shaw, gets an arrow from Shauna in the eye and goes down as she runs out onto the bunker's roof. "We got 'em scared!" Shauna shouts joyfully as no more agents come out to challenge them. Then there is a loud BAMF and Kaioto screams as he is hit full in the back by a missile of some kind. The Seeker falls over groaning, heavily wounded, stunned, and very lucky to be alive. (Hope you don't mind this, man!) Shap and Shauna spin to face the shot's direction, both immediately taking a step back as they are faced with the smoking cannon of a large M1 tank that had crept up behind them while they were shooting down Hardy and Shaw. "Greetings sinners!" a loud and very familiar voice booms from the vehicle's command turret. The hatch flips open and a blond Pat Sajak look-alike in a white suit stands up and laughs. "Pastor John!" Shap yells in surprise. "You're supposed to be dead!" "Hello, dissenter!" the paladin's nemesis chuckles. "The Lord hath delivered me so that I may come back to cleanse this planet! Prepare to face the torments of Hell!" With that he ducks back into the tank turret and slams the hatch. Another shell is fired, one that barely misses Shauna as Shap tackles her and knocks her aside and down. They both roll out of the way as Pastor John's tank begins heading towards them and the screen goes blank.
**TO BE CONTINUED, END RP**
Kitainia
Saturday, September 18, 1999 02:58:49 AM
IP: pool-209-138-63-208.dlls.grid.net
**RP Here**
Toku Kaioto shakes his head as the backlash of conflicting forces from the sky highg above washes over his mind and soul. He breaks off the contact, tearing himself back into the now. Focusing on the battle, he lapses into his katas and fighting techniques, desperate to block out the noise in his head. He leaps over the bunker as Shap supplies suppression fire, locking the flank. Moving almost in a blur, the Seeker runs down one of the stragglers from the flank route that Shap hasn't shot down yet. Rapping him quickly across the head with a lightening fast one-two punch, he pulls up the guardsman in heavy flak as a human shield, deflecting a few incoming shots off of his victim's armor and then making the finally rolling dash into the compound proper.
Shap and Shauna make ready to run for it as shouts erupt and incoming fire is cut off. There is a single very loud word they can hear well out of many in Latin wafting back to them. "Ignes!" Shout turn to screams as guardsmen begin to pour out of windows and beat a hasty retreat from their hall-way sniper positions, some with blackened armor and singed skin.
"Clear!" the Seeker's voice calls back as another guardsman is tossed bodily from a window, head over heels.
**End RP**
Babylon 5 Quotes: I watched this show from the beginning to the end. The stream of quotes worth quoting are endless. Some of my personal favorites:
"The Vorlons have a saying: 'Truth is a three edged sword. Their side. Your side. And the Truth."
*
Disciple, "Master, what is God?"
G'Kar to his disciples, "Each one of us carries a Light inside us. When we only look outwards, we can only see the Light reflecting off the walls. We believe this reflection to be God, and as we approach the wall the reflection grows brighter, but the Light is actually inside while we simply misidentify it as the wall and reflection."
Disciple. "Yes, I see," murmurs of agreement. "But, what is God?" More head nodding and murmuring agreement.
G'Kar rolls his eyes.
*
Vir, remembering his discussion with one of Lando's conspirators, I think it was Lord Refa, "One day I'm going to look up and see your head on a pike in the middle of the courtyard, and I'm going to just smile and wave …" Vir then looks up at the man's head on the pike and indeed gives a congenial, but impish smile and a cute little way at the dead villain and wanders off casually. Always knew Vir had it in him.
Hm … well,
SJ: You have to love George Carlin, eh? :)
I just finished reading Mara's newest MySTing in the Archive. I loved it. That's all I have to say about that until I read part two. Nothing like a total lack of constructive feedback sugar coated with sincere praise, eh?
Toku Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Boston, MA, USA
Saturday, September 18, 1999 02:06:52 AM
IP: 1cust184.tnt2.brockton.ma.da.uu.net
Skippy: PLATE half a million square feet of steel? I do NOT think so! :)
Mandolin: Spraying the cracks? Guess you won't be having plumbers there anytime soon, eh?
Batman Beyond: Splicing: Is it just me, or does the Batman series have some fetish with genetic engineering?
Night Walker: Jeremy? You too?
<PRAISE\\GIVER-OF-WILL>
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Saturday, September 18, 1999 01:57:44 AM
IP: 216.90.45.181
****NO RP****
Wilek-I laughed for years after Marcus said that one.
B5 quotes- Ivonova- How did you know they were coming?
Marcus- I didn't. It just seemed like this was the perfect time for us to get caught. Like I said I don't believe in luck. (accidentally hits a wall with his fighting pike and opens an access panel they were looking for) Then again...
Londo-But I saw my death, in a dream it is prophesy.
Vir-A prophesy is just a guess that comes true. You could put a gun to your head tommorrow and your dream becomes a metaphor.
Gyre-I'd rather be killed by a mace to the head.
Coyote-You talked to my sister? Geez that girl is either on the phone or the computer.
See ya later!
Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Saturday, September 18, 1999 01:47:38 AM
IP: cache3.avtel.net
*semi-spoilers ahead*
Todd> I saw the last fifth or so of that BB episode and the guy's final form it reminded me of a cross between Unity (that alien from the Superman episode of the same name) and one or more of Dr. Birkin's G-virus induced mutation stages from Resident Evil 2 with a bit of the "powered up" version of the Presever from the 2nd half of the superman Lobo Episode thrown in, but still it was VERY disturbing, I wonder what it would've looked like if Terry used the entire crate of mutagenic agent syringes on him
shogun raptor
Saturday, September 18, 1999 01:26:04 AM
IP: miami-trans2.firn.edu
PART TWO OF LONG POST***
Sorry about that , my moms new boyfriend wanted to take us to some pizza place right in the middle of post. Isn't that neat? He's great but...uhhh. maybe later I'll tell you guys. Right now I'm listening to The 110beats per minute remix of Human behavior. It's okay, but it's not as fast as the title says. If any of you are bjork fans and have a choice between her venus as a boy single and big time sentuality single, pick the latter. **the room turns silent , no one knows what the hell young jeremy is talking about**
Screams of exrutiating pain come from Mr.disconnects mouth as his fingers and tounge are ripped out . A separate rope is tied to each one of his fingers, the other ends are ties to ten different horses. Four of the horses have already run off. His tonge has been pierced with a hot needle and a metal rod was put through the hole. Night walker laughes while pulling on the other end of the rod. That'll teach you to mess with my webtv, he says , as the rod splits his tounge in half. Night walker leaves to take care of more important buisness, leaving disconnect to bleed to death.
My more bloodthirsty side wrote that , not me.I could come up with better ones but it's late.
The military is a big subject, one I know much about.
SJ-Full metal jacket ? My mom has that movie , it's one of her faves. She also has Hamburger hill , ever seen that one?
Slippy the klingon-I think this is the first time that I've talked to you. You spoke earlier of the military changing ones attitude of things , they grow colder, more violent . I wonder [if that's true] what my mom was like before she joined the military. Either way I think that the military is way overrated and steriotyped , and the "be all you can be" commercials don't help much either.
Coyote-have you noticed this little patern that has formed between us? Both of your parents were in the military , as were mine , my parents were separated when I was nine, and when your mom left the military you were around 14, right? I think I got that right. And about you helping me, I think that that would be the best choice , alot better than my mom taking me to a therapist again. Don't think that your help isn't appreciated , it's just that I don't want to greatly embarase [yikes , I can't spell anymore] you here .I garauntee that If I need any help in that area I'll tell you.
Final Fantasy-I need some help. See I got this demo of FF8 and I thought that it was incredible. But see I was a bit confused because I've heard of FF , I've just never played on of them. If any of you know the plots to each one [and FFtactics, heard of it but don't know what it is]from FF1 to FF8 it would be greatly appreciated. I think if would be best to send it to me as an e-mail in this format:
ex;for FF8
FF8-playstation
full summary.
Can anyone help me with this ,I am stongly considering buying this game.Thak you so very much.
TGS-well , I now have a 6th story all planned out.Are any of you fanfic writers going to tell me if you would proofread and post my storys in the archive for me? Webtv has very limited options. And I have so many ideas in my head that I'm actually plotting these stories out even further. I want them to be short stories not novellas.
TGS-please stop badgering the staff about this , they're working hard on this , I'm 14 years old, I'm supposed to be impatient. If I can wait you can wait.
Holloween-never celebrated this. probaly because I never had friends to go out terrorizing neighborhoods with.But I bet it would be real fun to go with you guys. What do you do on All hallows eve? Dress up as gargs and scare people?
MTV VMA's-scripted, poorly judged , and unbearable.
Stigmata- I saw this movie the day it came out , It was every bit as great as I thought it would be. I'm listening to the soundtrack right now.Review tomorrow.
Rambo , street sharks, double dragon, starship troopers, and ghost busters? THEY TOOK THESE P.O.S. OVER GARGOYLES. WHAT?
RP ALERT***
After watching the battle from a distance , julius and night walker were both getting restless. "Shouldn't we go in there"?Julius squacked . We must come up with a plan of attack night walker replied. There has to be a way to defeat him. After seeing many a warrior charge and get punished for it night walker decided it was best to observe before stricking, so they decided to watch from the rafters. But their earlier plans were changed when all of a sudden the cyber smurf, paused from the fight and looked at them, eyes glowing.
night walker - [goliath01@hotmail.com]
hobart, IN, usa
Saturday, September 18, 1999 12:58:25 AM
IP: proxy-383.public.rwc.webtv.net
Just a quick post to tell you that I haven't disappeared again. I'm still swamped, is all. Worked ten hours today...a lot of customers are lucky to still be alive after meeting me...the usual bit. Just a couple of quick things, then I'll catch up with the rest later....
Babylon 5 quotes: One of my favorites is from Marcus, after he finished kicking the ass of every guy in a bar: "People used to tell me that I have a lot of repressed anger. Well, I'm not repressed anymore!" :)
CrzyDemona: Happy birthday, love! :) :) :) :) :)
Pistoff - [phred@koalas.com]
Saturday, September 18, 1999 12:32:58 AM
IP: wire-19.koalas.com
**de-fixates for a moment**
Jannie: Didn't hang too much with the MiniClanners, but I *did* get some good conversations with some of your clanmates (in particular Eden and Lex ... who'd both given their characters over for "When Clans Collide!"), and you probably saw me as one of the costume contestants at the Masquerade (I was Jaundice Boy ... errh, Rain ...). I made sure to bring some rather distinctive clothing with me so that folks would know who I am ... you might've seen me mulling around the lobby before checking in, I was the lunatic wearing the Michigan State Band jacket. :)
**fixates once more**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Friday, September 17, 1999 11:52:23 PM
IP: 207.91.254.69
Nightwalker> thank you *smiles* hummmm.... sanity stealer? I'm afraid they'd starve if trying to steal any sanity that I might have left. Heh, look who I hang around with... Denis and Pistoff! Need I say more? *winks* Just kidding, guys! hehehehe
Coyote> you were at the Gathering in Dallas? So was I !!
Which "group" did you hang around with? I was with the mini clan *g* There were around 17 of us there. Anyway, it's a shame I hadn't met you before June! ack! We've could have met IRL! heh, might have and just didn't realize it! *L*
Will you be attending the one in Orlando? Denis and I are planning on being there *smiles*
Denis & Pistoff> dunno' if I'll see ya'll at 0:30. Hasn't and still isn't one of my finest days. *hugs to both*
Jannie
Friday, September 17, 1999 11:31:22 PM
IP: 168.171.197.78
**HORRIBLE MR DISCONNECT CARNAGE!!!!!!**
[A voice is heard, half crazed with rage, ranting almost incoherently in some arcane language. Guess who. Wilek kicks down the door to wherever Mr. Disconnect happens to be hiding out this time, grabs the hacker, and tosses him across the room. Wilek: "Alright, you **** ****ing little ****** ****er, I HAVE HAD IT. Locking up my PC today was nothing more than a slight annoyace, one that I could have forgiven." Wilek hacks off DC's hands and feet with a plastic olive fork. "Making my printer unable to print in anything but black and white was an inconvenence, one which could have netted you a slightly less agonizing death." Wilek shoves an extended family of rabid gerbils up DC's arse. "But...<sigh> You have committed a crime unforgivable." Wilek gouges out DC's left eye and pours a nest of scorpion mites in the socket. "You have done something that will condemn your filthy little soul to hell, now and forever." Wilek rips out DC's heart and pours a volume of diflouric acid into his chest cavity. "You have performed an atrocity that can not be allowed to go unpunished. You destroyed Falchion's Music Cavern (http://surf.to/fmc). You dismantled one of the greatest music sites known to man or gargoyle. And for this, you are forever condemned. You are delivered unto the Wyrm for destruction of the flesh." Of a moment, Wilek and DC are transported to a deep, dark, forest. Wilek: "You are sentenced to defilement and death at the hands of the Black Spiral Dancer werewolf clan. Here's where I would normally say something like, 'may whatever power you worship have mercy on your soul', but in your case, it's not likely. Death's grasp is so very, very cold. Farewell." Wilek leaves, and we discern black, ominous shapes moving about in the woods, surrounding their prey...DC tries to get up and run away, but he can already barely move...and suddenly, he is set upon by a pack of hideous werewolves that look like huge, humanoid hyenas with Lex-style wings. He is indeed 'defiled' in every imaginable way, most of them far too ghastly to describe here, before he is ripped apart and used as trophies, garments, and food.]
FMC (3/25/99 - 9/16/99)
R.I.P.
**END!!!***
<sigh> I will forever mourn the loss of the Cavern. Such things should not happen...
Skippy> <<I thought that was some cool anime, those figures they produced for the show sucked though...>> I don't know; I happen to like the white-armored one with the Darth Maul katana. ^_^
Cherry Blossom> <<why not go for the Dreamcast?? it's a heck of a lot cheaper from the sound of it! is there a difference in quality or something?>> Well, the PlayStation II does in fact have (somewhat) better graphics and probably better sound than the Dreamcast, although those will most likely be the only real advantages and they're not worth the outlandish price. Thing is, the PSX2 is trying to be all things to all people, an all-in-one appliance--a game console, CD player, DVD player, and Internet terminal if/when the optional modem comes out--and that, I believe, is what drove the price up.
Jenna> <<I already have one piece written for Thailog (like anyone who knows me would be surprised as to my first choice). It's actually a piece I wrote for the cello called the Vampire King. It's very seductive, and sensual and just seemed to fit Thailog so well in some parts, that some parts I'm using for him. I have it recorded, so I may present that. (plus I think the cello suits Thailog-- )>> Kewl! Hm...I'm not sure if this will help, but I have a little program that one can use to create MID files by putting notes on a staff. Perhaps you have a use for it? :) <<I think Sheroden has told everyone to go to hell at one point or another!>> Heh heh heh...it takes guts to say 'up yours' to a Vorlon. >:)
Gyre> <<The IRS caught upto Madoc in the Conservatory Gardens, and presented him with a bill for 10,000 years in back taxes, plus interest, and penalties. Madoc died as a result of a heart attack.>> Ack. If there is a greater evil than Madoc, it is the IRS...
Kaioto> <<Actually, my calculations were off by 1 year … 1997. Simon Belmont slew the resurrected Dracula in "Simon’s Quest" in 1592. Christopher Belmont faced the risen count in 1692. Richer Belmont destroyed Dracula in 1792 only to have the Dark Priest Shaft (that’s right, I’m talkin’ about Shaft) resurrect the vampire Count five years later in "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night." After Alucard beat the snot out of his father, little in known other than that during the 1800’s a descendant of the Belmont Clan and one of the Scions of Syphia (Trevor Belmont’s sorcerer companion in Castlevania 3) stop a vampire countess from resurrecting Dracula ahead of schedule. I’m not all together sure what happened in 1897, but suffice it to say that we are all still here.>> Hm...there's a timeline at www.classicgaming.com/castlevania if there's anything that still needs to be cleared up. :)
Aaron> IRS scene> MUHAHAHAHA! >8) Never thought I'd root for the Unseelie...
Crzy Demona> Happy birthday! :D
Night Walker> <<I THOUGHT EVERY SELF RESPECTING HIGH SCHOOLER NOWADAYS HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS>> Well...a friend of mine never got one until after he graduated. But then, he didn't get net access until long after he wanted to...<<Wrong again?>> Perhaps, perhaps not. :) Much of what is known about the PlayStation II's launch titles is mostly speculation.
Jewel> <<the Big Brother a-holes we call the US government was a stick up it's butt and monitors our internet ever 30 minutes...and reads our e-mail.>> What...?!!! <GRR> If there is anything that can send me right into a frenzy, it's a large-scale invasion of privacy. If I found out my e-mail was being read by anyone other than its intended recipient(s), I'd probably have someone track them down and tell me where they live so they could get a letterbomb or something... <<Playstation II: When exactly is that supposed to come out, anyway?>> Um...I think it's supposed to be out in Japan by March or April of next year; I have no idea when the US release date is. Heh...the thing looks like a ripoff of an older-model CD-I, which is ironic because the newer-model CD-I looked like a ripoff of the original PlayStation. :P
Robby> <<Babylon 5- Unfortunatley, I also came into the series too late to get into it and understand it. Ah well...>> The Lurker's Guide To Babylon 5 at http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/lurker.html contains synopses of every episode, every movie, and some of the novels. :) $<<The Dark Star 2 is given to Wilek!>> How generous of you! ^_^$
Wilek Nereus
Friday, September 17, 1999 10:52:14 PM
IP: spaceproxy.com
konban wa, minna-chan!
sorry it's been so long. school's been bogging me down, plus my computer ate my thirty-page long gargoyle fanfiction that was my pride and joy... *sigh* well, i'm over it now, and maybe i can even use the characters left to my advantage... i tried every method known to man to try and retrieve it, it didn't work. now my excuse is that Puck or somebody took it because i knew too much! *l* and, i've got some great beach property in Arizona if you're interested...
on Halloween: i got this great set of Pan horns from a Renfest and i have an ankle-length crushed velvet cape, and a handcarved wooden flute. with some silver hairspray i figure i can be Puck-- an intrepretation more out of some of the paintings i've seen, and the recent movie version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" ^_^
well, i'm gonna be gone for the weekend. ja matta ne!
Princess Estra - [avalonprincess@hotmail.com]
Virtual Insanity
Friday, September 17, 1999 10:24:56 PM
IP: 98cc0c5b.ipt.aol.com
***BEGIN RP***
Sevarius Junior lay on the floor of the Dark Star 2, his energy nearly drained completely after delivering the final blow to the
evil Cyber Smurf. "Heh heh. Who knew I had it in me?" A sudden coughing fit brought up some spittle....and some blood.
"Dang it, I think I cracked a rib or 12...."
***END RP***
Robby: Interesting twist in the RP. Me, strike the final blow? I thought I was Krillin after all....;)
X-Men Movie News: Well, Cyclops has officially been cast. Actor James Marsden, most notably seen in such Kevin
Williamson crapfests as "Disturbing Behavior", has been cast as ol' Scott "Slim" Summers.
I won't even begin to go into how much I loathe this choice. Or how I now have little hope that the X-Men movie will be
anything other than a Marvel version of "Batman and Robin".
Christine: Actually, you may have half your wish already--they're making a Dungeons and Dragons film NOW! As we speak
(okay....maybe not this time of the night, but still...) they're filming it in Czechoslovakia (or what passes for it these days). The
budget is enough for the movie to have some fairly nifty special fx (like CGI dragons!), and such notable actors as Jeremy
Irons and Richard O'Briend (yes, Riff Raff!) have starring roles. Also, a Pern series is in development (although I believe it is
only animated, not live action), and set to air next season under the title of the "Dragonriders of Pern".
Now to persuade those slimy Hollywood execs to make a Magelore series. Somebody grab my flamethrower and industrial
strength duct tape!, we're goin' to L.A.!! ;)
Just a quick reminder, folks: While the premiere of the new season of Batman Beyond aired today, it will reair tomorrow
morning on the Kids WB at 9. Also, look for a new episode (one of the last....GRRRRRRRRRRR) of Superman, "The
Demon Reborn" (starring Batman and Rha's Al Ghul) at 8 a.m. And don't forget to check out the premieres of "Rusty the
Boy Robot" and "Beast Machines" at 11 and 11:30 respectively on the Fox network. Hopefully, they'll be pretty dern good!
:)
Jewel: Ah, welcome to the Nazi Prison Camp that is the Virginia Public Library System! I swear, I thank God everyday I
don't have to use the library's net services, cause they are just total fascists, aren't they? You can find the rare, "uncensored"
version of Boccaccio's Decameron, but God forbid you use a chat room for half a minute!
Doug: Don't forget--ol' Doc Sevarius also has in his possession a virus capable of eliminating the Phalanx completely. I think
I added that to the RP....oh, about 34 weeks ago, then promptly neglected to mention it again. Don't forget to remember
what I forgot! ;)
Bab 5 quotes: Just one of the reasons I think JMS is one of the greatest living writers of sci-fi. The man brings such emotion
and drama into his work. I only wish I could write a fraction as good as he can.
Most of the good quotes have been taken, but here's some more good ones:
Zathros: Zathros is used to being beast of burden to other people's needs. Very sad life, very sad. Probably followed by
very sad death, but at least there is symmetry.
Inquisitor: "Nothing changes. Corruption, immorality, chaos.
Sheridan: "When were you last on Earth?"
Inquisitor: "Long ago......long ago."
Sheridan: "You've been to their home planet, then."
Inquisitor: "Who?"
Sheridan: "The Vorlons!"
I: "Yes."
S: "You've seen what they really look like?"
I: "Yes."
S: "Damn it man, stand still for a second!"
I: "I don't have time!"
S: "I want to know--"
I: "The truth? You're not ready for the truth. The facts? If that is the only way to get to my work. Yes, the Vorlons have
been to Earth. The Vorlons have been everywhere. The Vorlons...are. My name is Sebastian. I resided at 14B Heresford
Lane in London in the year of our Lord 1888. I was found by the Vorlons, taken, transported, and brought into their service.
They told me everything about everything. And the scales fell from my eyes and they were opened to a universe of majesty
and terror that you can never imagine. They call upon me when I am needed; and preseve me when I am not. And they
called upon me now for this interrogation. You will allow me to finish the work that has brought me here, or you will allow me
to leave. Because either way, I've told you all that I intend to." [Comes the Inquisitor]
David McIntyre, aka King Arthur: "I was responsible. Responsible for my knights and for those who followed me into
battle. And their armor was not strong enough to protect them! Their horses......their horses were on fire!!"
"I must return Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. I didn't.... I didn't know....we didn't know! Bodies....slain....the
dying.....Bodies drifting like stars!! (sobs) My fault..." [A Late Delivery From Avalon]
Lorien: "We've lived too long, seen too much. To live on, as we have, is to leave behind joy and love and companionship.
Because we know it to be transitory, of the moment. We know it will turn to ash. Only those whose lives are brief can
imagine that love is eternal. You should embrace that remarkable illusion. It may be the greatest gift your race has ever
received." [Into the Fire]
And Finally....
Londo Molari: "Meeeeeester Garibaldi!!!" [various episodes]
***QUOTE OF THE DAY***
"I'm glad sunscreen has been shown to be associated with more skin cancer rather than less. It's not in the mainstream media
yet, but the biggest jump in skin cancer has occurred since the advent of sunscreens. That kind of thing makes me happy.
The fact that people, in pursuit of a superficial look of health, give themselves a fatal disease. I love it when "reasoning" human
beings think they have figured out how to beat something and it comes back and kicks them in the nuts. God bless the law of
unintended consequences. And the irony is impressive: Healthy people, trying to look healthier, make themselves sick.
Good!"
--George Carlin, from his book "Braindroppings"
***END QUOTE***
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Friday, September 17, 1999 10:21:38 PM
IP: 207-172-35-120.s120.tnt9.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com
Ah dangit, apparently the stupid computer submitted before I was even close to done... Grr...
Aaron- Blue lightsaber? Spiffy... And I'm only considering dying my hair white for Halloween... It the only part of my Trunks costume I *don't* have.
Skippy- Disco fever!
**Suddenly Jon Travolta shows up in his Saturday Night Fever outfit, begins to dance, only to be upstaged by Vinnie Gregarino...**
Delphi- Sometimes kids can be so smart.
Castlevania- Fun series, hope the next one is good...
Today's Dragonball- Much better episode, though it REALLY irks me that so many of the voices have that wrestler quality. Since I hate wrestling...
Gargoyles MGC this month- Gargs as superheroes eh? If I can get my scanner working I may have to partake in that... I can just imagine now Goliath in a Batman costume and Brooklyn in a Robin costume beside him... Or maybe ELisa in the female Robin costume from "The Dark Knight Returns"...
Or even worse... Space Ghost style. Goliath in a space ghost outfit, Lexington as Zorak, Brooklyn as Moltar, and Broadway as... I dunno. Lokar?
Babylon 5- Unfortunatley, I also came into the series too late to get into it and understand it. Ah well...
Huricane Floyd- Conan O Brian had a lot of fun with that last night. Part of his crew was missing and Tom Arnold was forced to still be in town so he returned for the second night in a row... And he finally met John Stamos... (Uncle Jessy on FUll House) They had something of a confrontation, since Conan and Rebacka Romane Stamos have had ...interesting chemistry whenever she's been on the show...
Shogun Raptor- Ack, Firestorm *did* beat me to it. Pooie. The room didn't reload in time. Ah well.
New VOyager ep- Shame that with no UPN station the show comes on only at 2 AM Tuesday nights here... Pooie...
Dangit, because of that early submission this post looks funky. Oii...
**RP CONCLUSION!**
Now within the immediate vicinity of Jim's clone, the cyber Smurf can sense the huge ammount of power coming forth. Not pausing to fight Black Tiger, he knocks the warrior aside and heads straight for Jim's clone.
The clone is unable to move, as his eyes are closed and its taking all his concentration to form the genki dama, and he needs at least two more minutes... It is time he does not have.
The cyber smurf immediatley begins pounding on Jim's clone, breaking his concetration and very nearly killing him. A final punch that would finish him off is blocked by a weakened Black Tiger.
The smurf chuckles. "What do you hope to do? Your main attack has just been stopped short." With that, Black Tiger begins to laugh.
"You're... Laughing?"
BT smiles under his mask. "Earlier before we started this final attack, I talked to SJ alone and gave him an extra part of the plan. The genki dama energy has been going to him as soon as Jim formed it. What you excused as his being powered up by Kari, was actually this."
The cyber smurf begins to scream in pain as a white ball of energy is pressed squarely into his back by a weakened Sevarius Jr. He smiles as the spirit bomb engulfs the smurf, destroying it.
"THERE'S your understanding of the plan," SJ smirks before he nearly collapses exhausted after having delivered the final blow.
Things to be covered in upcoming RPs! The aftermath! We learn who Black Tiger is! SJ gets a kiss for defeating the smurf! The Dark Star 2 is given to Wilek! Something else will happen too! Watch for it!
Robby
Friday, September 17, 1999 09:48:55 PM
IP: spider-we031.proxy.aol.com
**shuffles into the CR, switching out the candles glumly, then sitting down in the massage chair.**
**sigh** Today sucked worse than usual ... wouldn't have been so bad if the Cadillac hadn't thrown reverse on me on my way into work!! Oyy, there goes another $500 for a tranny rebuild. :P
Anyway ...**to self** make some replies, dummy, nobody wants to hear you whine ...
SJ, re: Voyager ep: You read my mind, buddy! :)
Jaden: I feel for ya, dude. Oh, and please pass along my thanks to your sister for the IM conversation last night, 'twas a distinct pleasure.
Wilek: She was okay ... it was just that it was her first night sleeping in a fully horizontal bed (while she was at my uncle's house, they'd set up a hospital bed with an elevated head for her), and she was just too comfortable to get up. :)
Aaron: Yeah, I thought it was you, but I was too chicken to make the assumption ... this book seems like something you'd like. :)
Yeah, I wouldn't mind going to that college. I know at least that probably next weekend (if I can afford it after getting my car fixed) I'm picking up the next two issues of "Finals." Only had enough dough with me to pick up #1, and I just wanted to give it a try and see if I'd like it anyway ... good thing I did. :)
Mandi: Mom just got me the Broadway soundtrack to Rocky Horror (when it was just "The Rocky Horror Show"), mainly because she knows I'm kind of a Meat Loaf completist, and he played Eddie in the Broadway production, too ... and not just that, he made a quick costume change midway through and *also* played Dr. Scott on Broadway. :)
Night Walker: I turn 24 in a couple of weeks (on the 27th, to be exact), and my years of continent-hopping are far behind me ... Mom retired from the Navy in '89 after 20 years, she's now a lifetime member and current adjutant of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post (a membership she fought to get, mainly because they couldn't identify her Vietnam ribbon). Before finally settling in Michigan, I at least moved around most of the Pacific Rim (starting in Japan, where I was born, and eventually going to California, Hawaii, Washington state, and finally back to Hawaii), pulling up roots fairly regularly. In fact, I still kind of unconsciously wait for Mom to receive new orders and have to abandon damn near everything here in order to go to some other base.
Seriously, dude, I feel for ya. Hang on to those guys you hang with at the rejects table. More than likely they're going to be better friends to you than any of those popular folks will. 'Twas that way with me ... I had a very hard time in high school, mainly because this is such a small town that everyone's known each other from conception, basically. The band helped me to an extent, but I was always the outsider. Still am, to a degree ... which is why I treasure greatly the friends (and more ... **sighs, fixates briefly**) that I've made in this room, and was extremely happy to meet many of them in Dallas this past June.
Don't give up hope yet, man. It'll take time, but eventually you'll get to meet if not all then many of us. :)
WHEEL 'ER IN, BOYS!!
**a moving crew rolls into the room with yet another Execution cake**
Happy B-day, Crzy!! **tosses Crzy a remote** Pick yer flavor ... and e-mail me, I still wanna cut you a Jericho decal like I promised Christine I would and need some info from ye. :)
Jewel: Good luck! And here's hopin' you get to meet everyone's favorite living legend Harlan Ellison again. :)
**reloads, praying *desperately* for a post from Ravyn ... but no avail. Sits back in the massage chair and fixates once more**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Friday, September 17, 1999 09:25:43 PM
IP: 207.91.254.69
**BEGIN RP!**
Jim's clone is still summoning energy. "And I ask for the power of all the kitties... And the pill bugs that live in dung... ANd the ardvarks... And the life force of anchovies and woodchucks chucking wood...ANd little chips of wood that make fires... And..."
Black Tiger interupts. "Um, you just have to call upon the energy of everything. You don't have to name it all."
"Oh... Okay." Jim's clone is about ready to finish the genki dama/spirit bomb.
Meanwhile, the cyber-smurf is totally trashing everyone. The rangers are out, Tuxedo Dole is out, everyone. The only one still fighting is Sevarius Junior.
"I'm quite impressed boy. You've powered up greatly in the last few minutes." SJ lands a punch that makes a dent, and the smurf's eyes widen some. Then, the retaliation comes and a blur of punches trade back and forth. SJ gets bruised, and the cyber smurf actually gets damaged. "However, don't think I haven't noticed what's going on. All of you warriors have been fighting me except those two over there. Including the fast one. And you've also put up an energy field so I can't sense whats going on in that corner. My guess is, you're buying time for him to power up. Am I right?" SJ recieves a nasty cyber punch to the gut which causes him to cough up blood, as the smurf walks menicingly towards Jim and Black Tiger. BT takes a stance and prepares to battle as the last stand...
**TO BE CONCLUDESD AT THE END OF THIS POST!**
Hmm, the Donnie and Marie special last night also had Batgirl, one of the 3 Catwomen, and the Riddler. Adam West did the Bat-tuci. We learned that the original batgirl costume had to be altered because it afected two of the reasons Batgirl was hired. Fun stuff.
Robby
Friday, September 17, 1999 09:16:11 PM
IP: spider-we023.proxy.aol.com
Hi, all. Can't post long; I still haven't been able to read up on any of what's happened in the CR this week, since the librarian told me "E-mail and chat aren't allowed on our machines." And at work, they still haven't given me my firewall account...and when they do,I can't even surf the net when it's slow, because the Big Brother a-holes we call the US government was a stick up it's butt and monitors our internet ever 30 minutes...and reads our e-mail. I had my boss snap at me when I was sending an e-mail to a friend when there were no calls coming in. What the hell am I supposed to do, sit around and twiddle my thumbs?!!?
<takes deep breath> OK, all better. WEll, no, not really, because I'm mad at the invasion of privacy. When they made us sign forms two days ago saying "No personal e-mails, no web surfing, no personal calls, period dot," I was ready to quit, because I was so offended. Anyway.
Just got back from the art supply store. I spent waaaay too much money, but I needed to get some supplies. A friend of mine who knows the head guy in the art dept of Dark Horse Comics said they currently had a freeze on hiring new illustrators, and said he'd found out the same is true at Vertigo, but suggested I try a comic called "Action Girl," which features artwork done by women (and I get the feeling that if I back out of sending something somewhere, he'll threaten to kill me as surely as Irina will). So right now, I'm drawing out in comic form a story I wrote a while back called "Praying for Time," where an angel who just got himself booted out of Heaven for being tricked into fathering the anti-christ is drowning his sorrows in a bar... (What can I say, I have a weird imagination.) hopefully, connections will be good for me--as it is, I got invited out to a horror convention in Denver this June by the columnist I met, and he offered to pay me for my time to cme out there (the perks of being his assistant, even thoughhe hasn't told me yet just what I'm supposed to be doing for him)--I'd get to see Harlan Ellison again!
SJ & Dreamcast: My, but you do have a colorful turn of phrase when it comes to this game system... ;)
Playstation II: When exactly is that supposed to come out, anyway?
OK, since I have no idea of anything really going on in the CR (and likely won't for a while, arg), I'm outtie!
jewel - [Jewel.Faulkner@alumnae.brynmawr.edu]
Friday, September 17, 1999 07:57:22 PM
IP: 207-172-74-141.s141.tnt2.man.va.dialup.rcn.com
Hello 'all, unless I get interupted again this'll be three posts in one , explination later.First a coulple a replies 'n comments.
Welcome Jannie- I'm not the official sanity stealer so I'll leave that to him. Gald your here.
CrzyDemona-Happy birthday, hope all oh your sadistic and twisted dreams come true.
Green baron-Thanx for all the e-mails. I was surprised when I took a quick look at my mail on the school computers[which are so much better than using webtv, but not as fun]and saw 6 new messages, an all time high. I replied with a few that were sent to me from reletives and such. did you get them.
Jenna, Coyote-Stained glass and a magnet?My three tapes [30+eps, gone forever]beat those out in the sadness run , but , where did you get those? Interest going up.Probaly impossible to find now though.
Coyote-Yes I did get it , and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. But , unfortunatly, I must've looked up over 15 names on each without any results. WHAT'S GOING ON .I THOUGHT EVERY SELF RES