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Shocking news: Just broke that actor Ray Stevenson died at only 58. He's playing the lead Dark Jedi in this Ahsoka series, was Mandalorian Gar Saxon in the animated shows, and Volstagg in the Thor movies. Strictly from a story point it makes you wonder if the Dark Jedi character will end somehow within this series, or if the part will need to be recast going forward. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ray-stevenson-thor-punisher-war-zone-actor-dead-58 https://www.ign.com/articles/ray-stevenson-actor-in-rrr-thor-and-ahsoka-dies-at-58

You...had a mirror?

She borrowed Star Lord's Zune?

Those who say that are forgetting that the COVID years did lasting damage to the box office. I'd consider anything over $250 million to be doing very well.

In that case, I again recommend Continuum, and add the following: Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles - early CGI animation, and surprisingly well-done for a "kids" show. While it lacks the extreme violence and adult stuff of the movie, it does a pretty good job of story. The Pretender - okay, this one is about a practically perfect guy, but there's a catch: he's incredibly brainy, but has never experienced the real world of the 1990s. So he's not perfect, actually. He doesn't lord his abilities over others (if they're good) and he approaches the outside world he's never known with wide-eyed wonder and more than a few misunderstandings. Earthbound but with a secret organization that falls somewhere between super science and mystic cult. I should also point out this is a man-on-the-run type series, like the 1980s The Incredible Hulk, though unlike that series, this has more of an overarching story with bits of it being fed to the viewer each week. It concluded, of sorts with a made-for-TV movie, which still managed to leave an opening for sequel movies that never developed. Heroes - Just watch season 1. Really, that's all you need to watch. Season 1. It's a complete arc to itself, but left a tag that introduced a string of successively poorer seasons. To be fair the problem was a conflict between the creator, Tim Kring, and the network. Tim wanted something like an anthology series, but rather than a different set of players each episode, he wanted a different set of characters each season. The network overrode him and told him the characters were so popular, they wanted him to keep writing for those characters. They should have let Kring do his thing. Season 1 is awesome, though. 1980s Mission Impossible - before Tom Cruise created an alternate universe where Jim Phelps was...not what he was on TV (and I refuse to believe it is anything other than an alternate universe), the lead of the 1960s-1970s series was brought back with a new team, new tech, and a cool new 1980s vibe. Bonus: John DeLancie (Star Trek's Q) is the first villain they must impossibly overcome. This show was more episodic than overarching storyline. Are you into some sci-fi comedy? Then check out both Eureka and Warehouse-13. One's super science the other is mystic-science. They even had a few overlap episodes. Each had an overarching story, though they didn't let that get in the way of a good episode. I've not seen you mention Star Gate: SG-1 or Star Gate: Atlantis. Both had conclusions, with the former ending after several made for TV movies. I'm reasonably certain our Portal Corp and probably the Oranbaga portals were influenced by these series. Person of Interest - This show rocked, until it didn't. Fortunately that started changing at a key moment in the show when an important character left the show. I won't say whom, how, or when, but it could serve as an ending point. Everything beyond it could be considered "book 2", if you will, and has a different vibe. You'll know it when you get to it. With all the talk of creepy AI these days, this show foresaw all of that. Max Headroom - From the 1980s, this is a quirky choice, and it only lasted one season, but I put it out there, not only because its a lot of fun and had one of the most popular characters from the 1980s, but because it is so bizarre how many things depicted were not in existence at the time that they predicted. These included the internet, hacking and pirate systems, video manipulation, and scary A.I. . But then its also fun to laugh at what they got wrong, such as gigantic floppy disks and a dystopia ruled by television. (Wait...is that actually a successful prediction?)

I suspect Paramount+ has all of Star Trek tied up. The old stuff used to be on CBS's internet channel, but it looks like they've migrated a lot over to Paramount+, and Star Trek always did have this split personality between CBS and Paramount after the Desilu breakup. Babylon 5 is apparently viewable for free on TubiTv.com. That said, I know nothing about that service, nor if it is available wherever you are. Have you viewed the show before? I always tell friends venturing into it for the first time to consider two things: 1) The pilot movie was more or less of a proof-of-concept, though it did lay foundation for what was to come. As a result, there's a very different look to some of the aliens as they didn't settle on the design yet. 2) Stick with it into the second season. Some don't care for the first season (I liked it) but it lays important foundations for what follows. Things heat up until they reach boiling point in the fourth season. I'll also point out that I personally liked the sequel Crusade, though it wasn't given a real chance and ended its run as short as that of Firefly. At least Firefly got an ending in the movie Serenity. Poor Crusade wasn't given that. The problem with making recommendations, other than that we know so little of your interests, is that a lot of sci-fi starts off great, but the show developers don't have a plan for the end of it. As a result, the endings are weak and have a cobbled-together feel, or they just end abruptly, often on a cliffhanger. One show that did do okay (and I can't believe I'm recommending anything by J.J. Abrams, so that's saying I was impressed) was Fringe which is on HBO Max, YouTube TV, and Sling TV. A similar theme played out in Continuum, which likewise had a legit ending. Neither of these are space sci-fi, though. They're earthbound.

Mutations are present among the Shi'ar Imperial Guard are they not?

It's been so long since I ran the Patron stuff I remember nothing, but this comment got me thinking: If it could be made so that the pets auto-targeted through the tanker, like glass archetypes do, their aggro would be added to the tank's, yes? EDIT: Forgot to add...If that were possible, would that improve the pets notably?

Oh, we're going to pull TV animation movies out, eh? Alright, weird sci-fi/fantasy storyline, but one of the best opening numbers in the animation-for-product-sales business: Wait...2007? I'm old 🤯😭

The recipe highlighted below, Gladiator's Armor: End/Rech [Level 25], as you can see, is not appearing in the "My Inventory" list of recipes that I can sell at the store. It is the only one out of a previously large list of collected recipes that I could not access to sell. I've closed and reopened both the recipe window and the vendor window, and the problem remains.

Immortals tend to have a lot of time on their hands.

Which forum(s) do you never read or post to? and why? I've been curious about this for a while having noticed that some of the server forums go without a posting for weeks at a time. It's also true with the Real World forums, and as those that post there tend to be the same few, it's left me wondering if most forumites even know of their existence (they only show under "Home", not under "Home>City of Heroes: Homecoming", which I've speculated is the reason.)

Back in the OG, whenever I did play Gold side, I always ran the resistance side, believing it to be the closest to blue side in nature, and always focused on the non-extremist faction within it. I always exited at 20, and didn't play on. I might have realized how it didn't really fit either blue or red had I continued on enough to learn about Calvin Scott in his full nature. As my thread indicated, I'm going back in and choosing to run pure Loyalist this time, just to see how it differs.

Eagle's Claw under Martial Arts is that way. "Shouldn't you be wearing silk ballerina slippers when touching my head with your toe in such a fancy dance move?"

I'm sometimes available Saturday afternoons, depending on family needs, but I'm certainly game to appear as often as I can. I'm more available Saturday evenings East Coast, but of course, that affects our European players' schedules. I may have to be in the auxiliary to the main group, but I'm down for it. Weekdays, work obligations and commute tend to leave me unavailable until 7pm Eastern, that's assuming I'm not called in for a special event setup at night. Hoping to stabilize by moving to a better role soon, but for now, it is what it is.

That proved to be it, thank you!! Now I'm very puzzled how that toggle got triggered in the first place. I don't go into that section of the Options, ever, so accidentally changing it seems highly unlikely. Perhaps what @Luminara describes creates the trigger without human involvement?

It's likely something obvious, but for the second time since I began in Homecoming, one of my characters lost all currently active buff markers below his health bar. I'm not sure what triggered its disappearance, and therefore what might restore it. Suggestions? I can tell you I went through every Option that sounded even remotely like a fix, and also combed the keybinds list, but if it is among these, I'm not seeing it. I'm guessing I bumped a key that hides the buffs.

Earth, Wind, and Fire? Oh, wait, no Wind set.

That depends on what the context is. If it is opening a book to read in a nice restaurant during lunch, and a bunch of mothers with screaming kids sit down at the tables near you, and the guy in the other booth unilaterally decides that the rest of the restaurant wants to listen to his tunes on his smartphone while he eats... I love the old saying from great-grandfather's era "Children and smartphones should be seen, not heard."

If this is what I think it is, Agents of SHIELD dealt with it, but since the show wasn't allowed to use "mutant" due to studio rights conflicts, they defaulted to "Inhumans". Season 5 introduced that outside source and the whole concept. Interestingly, season 5 premiered in late 2017, which predates the year you gave for the comics. I wonder which one influenced the other?

Sergeant Rockette?

I'd be down for it, assuming I don't have a RL interference. On the subject of thematic, might it be something that feels like a fit in Praetoria? EDIT: Can we get it recorded either in video or stills and published? Perhaps it will inspire others to join.

My rose gardens will be...magnificent! (Good work on the "action figure" by the way.)