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Chiggy

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  1. If you wanted to be pedantic....... Phased plasma rifle. .........we do not know what weapons Hunter Killers use, there has been no reference to that in any films or this series.
  2. Episode 6......what a great episode. We see terminator future wars although I have to say i'm disappointed that different laser sounds effects were used, not those to be found in T2.........also the hunter killers move a lot faster than they should. We learn a lot in this epsiode and this series in my opinion is goes a long way to fill in what was going on in the first two films. Clearly a lot of thought has gone into this.
  3. I never realised screen writers were so important. Its seams producers and production teams cannot even go to the toilet with out writers being there to hold their hands and flush for them. Sorry for the sarcasm but I feel a lot of failures at present are being wrongly placed on writers. I think producers are actualy welcoming the break to rethink where exactly their shows/films are going. Maybe the idea is to make writers unpopular with fans? This excuse is certainly becoming tiresome and now the strike is over they need to stop looking back into the past and concentrate on making their projects great.
  4. Is there a reason given for this? Maybe someone on the production team read my thoughts and they are making the film better just for me ;D I guess it would take around three months to re-do those Enterprise ship building scenes.
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    RIP HD-DVD

    I dont see what the fuss is about this. HD players can still play regular DVD's so its not as if the players are scrap. The media is certainly portraying these players in that fashion. If Sony think I`m going to throw away my DVD collection and replace it all with Blue Ray they go to hell. I cannot afford a fancy TV, I`m still using the regular cathod Ray tube because I`m on the PC most of the time, I dont need a new TV. It would be pretty useless in me buying a Blue Ray player because I`m not going to able to take advantage of superior image quality on a CRT.
  6. Well done Mr Nite. Now you can keep TFMF company during those sleepless nights!
  7. FALSE ALARM ;D It is only the sky channel number that is moving up. Virgin 1 will be staying with Channel 20 on Freeview. I hope no one has taken to the bottle? You may be of been just a little premature! :D
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    Mount and Blade

    .......of course I`m being presumptuous.....but where are all the thanks from everyone for telling them about this amazing game!?! ;D Raise your character level, hire your own men at arms to fight by your side, lay siege to castles etc etc. Be a bowman, crossbowman, knight, man at arms, a barbarian bezerker and do much killing! Dispose of your enemies in hand to hand combat. This is a good combat vid and shows how fun this game is: A noble knight cutting down peasants!
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    Mount and Blade

    Who has played this PC game that everyone on the internet is talking about? If you havent your missing out. Ever wondered what it would of been like to be in the middle of battle fought in the time of knights and men at arms? The wait is over. Its a game of skill, not some point and click wussy do all the combat moves for you automatically game! Its a first person perspective hacking and slashing game that requires expert timing and knowldge of weapons. Its free to download (150 mb in size)...you play it up to level 6 and if you want to play to level 7 you pay a small fee. http://www.taleworlds.com/ Of couse your going to need a youtube link to check to see if the game looks rubbish......... Hacking and slashing is back! Sadly no multiplayer yet *sigh* so you wont be able to wack TFMF round the head with a mace whilst charging at him on horseback just yet! Shame, that would of been fun. COMMENTS PLEASE.
  10. Ronald D. Moore going on strike, is like Ronald D. Moore getting a gun and shooting himself in the foot. The New Battlestar is his creation, does he really want to shut his own show down and deprive himself of any income at all......I think not. Would BSG be better or worse if new writers were brought into the show? Thats a question we will never know the answer to until it happens and it probably wont. Writers get paid for scripts and any additional consultation they give. No they should not get more money if one of their scripts become successful because they have already recieved a pay cheque for that script prior to production. Yes, they should get a pay rise if they are writing for a show which is constantly gaining popularity.
  11. If it is the these new writers also protesting then I suggest the media conglomerates seek out writers from other countries. I`m sorry but this whole writers strike does appear to us folks in the UK as something exclusive to the United States. The fact of the matter is it is not the writers who have to gamble thousands of millions on their scripts being successful.
  12. Tenebrae I agree with you about most things, but not this time. Allow me to explain....... John goes to school supposidly to make him appear to be a normal child of his age and not to arouse the supsision of the authorities. That is all we are told in episode 5. The fact of the matter is Sarah isnt going to stop Skynet being built just by hiding in the desert, the people who are responsible live in cities and towns so she has to do the same. When she finds a new home it would indeed look supsect to the people who lived around her if her children did not go to school. If she was reported to the Police by a concerned neighbour its game over and the element of surprise is lost. There is no comparison between this show and Buffy. The plot for every episode, in fact several seasons worth of Buffy was not unlike Power Ranger Episodes. Big monster does damage, Buff kills monster, the End. Terminator is moving story tellings us more about the Terminators and how they came to be, with many sub plots.............its a story thats actaully going somewhere. I really enjoyed Episode 5. If the ratings are dropping its because people have high expectations of a Terminator TV series. I like these episodes better than the films because there actually is a story element with out loads of mindless voilence happening. To tell you the truth I`m enjoying this more than Heroes Season 2........a show in my opinion has lost its direction. Terminator is actually building up to something.
  13. The word 'pointless' comes to mind.. I dont live in the US and dont watch US Sitcoms. We get all the US shows years or months after in the UK, it just means we are going to have to wait a little longer. If the Writers arent happy with what they get paid then I would suggest they find another line of work. From the material I have seen from these striking writers I dont particulary think they deserve more money from DVD's and streaming online video. I say give some of the new generation of writers fresh from university a chance and bin the older writers in favour of people with new ideas. Aferall thats how it works in the Marketing industry...........when your marketeers are dry of ideas you find new ones.
  14. I think Virgin are in for a shock. The reason why the attracted so many viewers was because they offered shows which were not available on other UK terrestrial channels. They marketed themselves as the 'the new home of Star Trek', a clever marketing ploy because they knew that they were exploiting a niche. Since every other Sky channel is showing Star Trek there is no niche to exploit. They will probably get even less viewers on Sky, silly really when you consider advertising generates the majority of revenue for the channel. I feel a little let down by Virgin, since I watched every episode of Star Trek they aired.
  15. FALSE ALARM - SEE LAST POST You have probably heard the bad news by now .......but in case you havent Virgin 1 is moving to Sky Channel 121. Virgin 1 is thus destined to become just another Star Trek channel. Every week night was a happy time for DS9 fans and now that is gone. Each episode had around 210,000 UK viewers. Well it looks like I`ll just have to settle with those midnight showings of TNG on BBC2! Do you think DS9 will pull more viewers in the UK now it is with Sky?
  16. I`ll tell you on thing, Brown has lost the vote of every young person in the UK. Well done Brown you can say good bye to number 10 mate, I hope your happy. Banned from using the Internet eh? Hows that going to be enforced will they have posters up in the local library to idenify these people. Ha Ha what a load of tripe!
  17. Good point Tenebrae...........everyone in the Uk will be visiting that dodgy bloke at the local car boot every sunday because they cannot use torrents anymore. Boot leggers will be back in force, creating more work for the police and gobbling up tax payers money.
  18. Make CD/DVD's affordable in the UK to people with lower incomes. Air TV shows on the same dates as the US. The industry isnt helping itself, its just too greedy for it own good. 17 pounds for a latest DVD release is fooking overpriced. The average man has to work three hours just to afford that. Six pounds for a cinema ticket! The slump in retial in the UK hasnt helped the sale of media in the UK either, brought upon us by poor budgeting and bad decisions by our government. The industry must first help itself before it goes blaming things like torrents for its own downfall
  19. The relevance to hardcore porn is that you can download that as well, not just through torrents but other sources on the Internet. It is illegal in the UK but where is the legislation to stop that from being downloaded? The fact that efforts appear to be concentrated on downloading movies, music with no mention of porn points to the fact that it is indeed heavily funded pressure groups who have caused this change in legislation. More rich people dictating to the under classes what they can or cannot do. At least thats how I see it.
  20. So the Data Protection Act went out the window? Those ISP's sharing customers details are as bad as people sharing files. There are already laws against that in the UK, so to make this sharing of customer data legal is will mean that there will have to be new legislation made regarding the DPA. Hardcore porn in the UK is already illegal does that mean ISP's will be monitoring that? I see theres no mention in the article? I play a lot of online games many of which use a lot of bandwidth, does the new legislation make me a target just because I exceed my bandwisth allowance every month? Theres no wonder loads of people are leaving the UK. The government is run by business owners and as a result their greed is running the country into the ground. I'm not joking when I say I think there will be a revolution. He who has the most money runs the country, the power has been taken away from the people.
  21. The police should be called but I wouldnt call them in case I got a brick through my window or some angry parents knocking on my flat door wanting to beat on me. In the UK we have bands of youths who congregate anywhere and everywhere, smokeing weed and drinking. Hoodies and Charvers on the most part. The sad thing is old people often live in these apartments and flats and these young people frighten them. You should call the police.........refuse to give them your name but just tell them that anti-social behaviour is happening on your door step.
  22. I think if I am correct the Motion picture cost 42 Million to make when compared to Star Wars meager budget. Some people say that it was in fact Star Wars that triggered the return of Star Trek...........thanks to all things space like being so popular in the early 1970's to mid 1980's. I think that the Motion Picture made so much money because at the time no one had ever seen anything like it on the big screen. Not even Star Wars could live up to its effects, inside that gas cloud for example, it must of been amazing to watch on a big screen back then. For there to be a new successful Star Trek that 'awe factor' must be brought back to the franchise, to dare I say get the general publics interest. The big problem being that everyone is now so used to seeing amazing effects that this new Star Trek must be ground breaking in its appearance.
  23. A new Season of Supernatural is showing in the UK every Sunday and Blade is getting its first airing on Virgin one. Supernatural isnt that bad actaully.
  24. After First Contact Worf should of made an offical transfer to the Enterprise. A scene explaining his lack of diplomatic skills and the fact that there is no honour in just talking would of made his appearance believable. The fact of the matter Worf is one of the most loved characters of TNG to make a film with out him would not of gone down very well with the fans. The problem was his return(s) were not executed very well. Tenebrae you are of course correct those films are pretty crappy. The fanchise became content that the fans would support any old rubbish...........if anyone wants to know how Star Trek can be rebooted simply look at The Motion Picture. It was bigger, better than dare I say Star Wars and revilitised the fanchise. I admit not as sucessful in regards box office returns but with out it there wouldnt of been The Next Generation. It took some balls to come up with a new Star Trek film after Star Wars. I think what those two films you mentioned lacked in was the feeling of discovery..............if someone can write a film that brings incredible discovery to an audience and executes it well that film will be a success. The Motion picture was the ultimate execution of discovery and Wrath of Khan was the discovery of the genesis device. Ladies, gentlemen the key word is discovery.
  25. Geek foods that require no preping, that one can stuff into ones gob whilst still at the keyboard............. Jaffa cakes, jammy dodgers, chocolate moose yogurt, toffee yoghurt. Pot Noodle would be on the list but you have to add water to that and a hell of a lot can happen on a PC in the time it takes water to boil.
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