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You do realize though that the whole shadow isn't "matching" as it's the shadow of the comic book version of Tintin? You know, as a nod to Hergé? No? I knew it was the comic book version, I just don't know why it didn't occur to me that it was intentional. =P

nice job. there is a slight problem of the shadow (especially the arm) not matching the character though. is it possible to use the shadow from the Empire cover?

Don't you listen to classical music? Talk like that makes me sad. Were Charles Gerhardt's re-recordings of Star Wars "obsolete" the day the Anthology or Special Edition soundtracks were released? I never understood why Gerhardt's Star Wars re-recordings are so highly regarded here. I understand that for years they had unreleased music from the original scores, but that aspect is fixed now with the Anthology and SEs. The re-recordings just don't do much for me. I'd take Kojian's rerecording over Gerhardt's any day of the week as far as listening enjoyment goes.

My favorite Tony Scott film is still Top Gun. Domino is the epitome of the Tony Scott visual style though.

I don't know, he who plays mentors? He could play Sean Connery in a Highlander remake with his eyes closed. for a period a few years back, I had him categorized as 'the guy who dies in all his movies'

No, there wasn't much of a meet and greet opportunity. Lucas is a lot smaller in person than I imagined him to be. Rick McCallum was there too. Oh, and Red Tails is supposed to have about one hour of dogfighting scenes according to Lucas.

I'm currently in Wisconsin for the EAA airshow and saw Lucas in person when he presented the Red Tails trailer two days ago.

Not youtube, but Zacuto just posted episode 2 of their excellent Great Camera Shootout 2011 yesterday. A must watch if you are interested in the cameras used in the filmmaking industry http://www.zacuto.com/the-great-camera-shootout-2011/episode-two

shows with heavy pop culture references can be a bit hit or miss for me. I pretty much only enjoy it when its well placed and doesnt intrude on the narrative. Family Guy's references always feel like they tried to stuff in as many as they could with no logic to them, and NBC's Community can sometimes feel like they tried to reverse engineer a narrative out of a spoof.

thats nothing compared to the apocalypse dream!

the Dark Knight didn't have any scenes of skin removal!

I also saw RoboCop around that age, and many other R-rated action films way before I was 13. And Saving Private Ryan on release (I was 10). I turned out alright

I just got done with the first series of Spaced. Good stuff.

I was 4 when I first watched Terminator 2 in its full glory. I turned out quite alright. Kids just need to be treated with respect!

I think it would be completely possible to take a five minute walk twice a day through a car infested city and not be curious enough to pursue how the cars are moving. That doesn't seem like a stretch at all to me. Going back to my last example, I see ants every day, but I coudln't explain how they work. Mr. Weasley would never risk integrating to that extent. Witches and wizards are too afraid of muggles to get too comfortable. And I'm sure he doesn't have a computer. Even the non-Death Eater ones insist on keeping the two worlds segregated. Again, I'll admit my memory of the fine details are fuzzy, but I remember Mr. Weasley to be highly interested in Muggle stuff (perhaps in a conversation circa CoS?). Surely he could have hit up a library for encyclopedias and stuff? Were the magic ppl afraid of muggles? I thought muggles were considered to be inferior by some and I don't remember any group of magic ppl considering muggles to be superior.

I can't tell if that was a serious post or not. My memory of the details as explained in the books are fuzzy at best.

wrong. we also tend to have general knowledge in things we encounter frequently and of things that interest us. in this case, cars are something magic ppl encounter in everyday life. (at least the ones living/working in London and other urban areas). You would expect them to have an inkling of how it works. basic human inquisitiveness will see to it. if there were people flying about on brooms in my everyday commute I would probably have an idea, or at least find out about how those brooms fly. You don't even have to actively search out knowledge such as this. besides, Mr. Weasley is portrayed as fascinated with Muggle technology, which gives him even more reason to be fluent and knowledgeable in such things. Surely he could have just popped into the normal non-magic library/bookstore or pulled up Wikipedia?

He doesn't comprehend how they work, mostly. Things that can't just be observed, like what makes a car move or a light turn on. its called, general knowledge. Why would a wizard/witch have general knowledge on something that they never used and will never have to? erm, thats why its called general knowledge.

10 hours or so is good for an FPS. RPGs...30 hours and above is good

it would be easier to accept if the magic ppl lived in some...cut-off hippie commune or something. But to commute everday to London? then there's that hogwarts train. sure, it might run on magic but it does seem like all the mechanical components are there. in fact, it produces steam which surely means its burning some kind of fuel so its not like the magical society are completely retarded when it comes to engineering.

He doesn't comprehend how they work, mostly. Things that can't just be observed, like what makes a car move or a light turn on. its called, general knowledge. anyway, was it ever explained why in Deathly Hallows the trio of heroes could teleport anywhere they want to convieniently after the whole...opening action sequence involving moving Harry where they couldn't do the teleporting thing because something was being watched? I don't know why, but i remember especially whlie reading the books my mind keeps trying to figure out how this magical world meshes with the real world...its a premise that doesnt seem to stand up to any sort of mild scrutiny as JKR wrote it. Yea, General Zod would be a good comparison as to what I was thinking.

I find books 1 and 2 enjoyable. Book 3 was pretty good, and I loved Book 4 (probably my favorite book). After that, JKR lost the plot a bit and things got realllly really bloated. Anyway, one thing that I could never get my head around was the whole secret magical society who have managed to keep rather quaint customs in the midst of the industralized Muggle world. How are we supposed to believe that entire pockets of people could live their entire lives totally ignorant of Muggle customs and erm...items? For example, I've never gotten Mr. Weasley's fascination and if I remember correctly, incomprehension of Muggle appliances and stuff when he works in the middle of bloody London! Plus, if I were Voldemort, I probably would have started taking over the Muggle world first. Since your magical goons can teleport at will, whats to stop them from teleporting all over the place assassinating heads of state, staging coups and using the world's military to blast Harry to kingdom come?

This is the winning entry (picked by Ridley Scott) for Phillip's 'Parallel Lines' contest held last year. The rules were; 1. Three minutes long 2. Contain only these 6 lines of dialogue. “What is that?” “It’s a unicorn”, “Never seen one up close before” “Beautiful” “Get away, get away” “I’m sorry”

does anyone here play minecraft?

its still rough around the edges (as can be expected from a prealpha code), but i think its already showing massive potential. hopefully they implement a mouse heavy interface in the future though, as moving around with WASD (often holding down shift to run or z for sneak) can be pain, and the UI is a bit reminiscent of 90s traditional RPGs with a lot of clicks that could be done without.