Techwright

Not really into horror myself, but I've been told that the comedy horror Tucker & Dale vs. Evil starring Alan Tudyk was a riot. I suppose from a certain point of view Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckensale's Van Helsing would be a comedy-horror. I did enjoy that one, mostly. Anything else of interest to me in the category usually falls close to The Addams Family.

I'm good. I actually did some early Disney cost-cutting, eliminating D+ from the budget after viewing The Mandalorian. It's my standard tactic:. I'll likely re-sub for Ahsoka. I've only really focused on Lucasfilms and Marvel stuff (cannot imagine why...) and towards the end was getting back into classic live-action Disney of the 50s and 60s. BTW, wouldn't it be the "re-newed" Mouse management? It's the return of the old management that retired, yes?

That is the biggest understatement response of the entire forums.

We're of an age. I was actually born on the premier date of one of the original Star Trek episodes, one of my favorites. I won't say which one. Got to maintain a shred of dignity, still. And yeah, Star Blazers was THE thing when it premiered here. At least in my region the TV stations brought in Ultraman, Space Giants, and all the Godzilla-type movies at the same time. G-Force, Robotech, and Voltron soon afterwards.

Look, the clean-up guy might be lurking, but he's probably just wanting to watch the show quietly, too, ya know? I went and saw, uh, something, back in late 2021 or early 2022. Clearly it made a lasting impression on me. (EDIT: no, wait. It was Spider-Man: No Way Home. I did like that one.) In the second largest theater in our area, there was 1 worker handling both tickets and snack vending, and possibly 5 visitors for the entire 16 screens. Anything even turning a profit at that time was considered successful.

Too bad land speculation isn't a thing in the game. That would be the way to trillions. I've had my eye on this little island in The Chantry. I just know it's going to be a retail powerhouse soon. I expect a combo fueling station/Starbucks there before the year is out, and things will expand rapidly from there. No I'm not going to tell you which island! The devs might add land speculation in the next Page, and I need to be ready for it.

Start a new tab. Leave General out of it. 95% of the problem goes away until some knucklehead decides to stick it in Looking For Group or Help and the player base usually deals with them redirects them after a minute or so. I actually do this on all my characters. It's part of the startup process just like visiting the P2W for Sands of Mu. I start a new tab I name "LFG". I put into it: Looking for Group Hero event announcements Villain event announcements Praetorian event announcements and a very few, low-traffic other channels important to me. General stays far away in the original tab, and is there still should I ever need it. I've never missed it. If I need to ask something, I go over to the Help Channel tab. This goes beyond politics. Sometimes it's just peace of mind. Some of you whippersnappers (who are still on my lawn!) can read and type responses at speeds approaching The Flash. Me, not so much so. Having a relatively clear chat screen allows me to focus on what's important at that moment, especially in team and league action. If I've got a dozen channels spewing text at me, I'm stopping to scroll back up to see what I missed because of all the traffic.

Thought about quoting several but I'll just sum up: Several are stating that various trials and task/strike forces are bewildering, all the more so because they are run at speed, which doesn't help the inexperienced. Obviously, the ideal would be for natural born leaders to step up and offer these as training events, slower pace, greater focus on guidance. I for one would be all for this. There are events I don't run because I too find them confusing or in some other way overwhelming. I'll admit, for example, that I've only ever done one Summer Blockbuster. It was not explained to me in advance and suddenly being thrown into a role alone with no idea what was going on, and the team depending on me was not fun. I didn't much want to experience the other three roles as a result. I'd much rather have a training mission with better explanation up front. The other thing is that we've been handed a nice opportunity and I've not really seen the result on YouTube. That is: someone who is experienced making videos to train those who aren't in things like badge trials and speed runs through Lady Gray Task Force. Though I've seen folks post videos on YouTube of their experiences, it is usually solo runs through warehouses. Perhaps these days folk post videos to other social sites exclusively. The point is, I'd love for more who know how to do so, to post "trainer" videos on badge trials, speed run TFs, and other parts of the game in which players have stated feeling intimidated or unsure. Come to think of it, that would go for team and league leadership as well.

Well, the B5 movie has Peter Jurrasik which is half the reason I'd "toon" in. The other half is...sadly no longer with us...but I have hopes for the new voice of G'Kar. They've got Phil LaMarr as the doctor, and he's exactly whom I'd pick for doing an animated version. I'd very much like this to have a strong enough showing that they either do a core-stories-only animated Crusade, or a reboot of the series. Really need to find out if Daniel Dae Kim dies, Max Eilerson ever gets his massive ego sucked out an airlock, and if Technomage Galen ever reveals all the KFC secret herbs and spices to Captain Gideon. Because technomages are good for secrets like that. Oh, and does the Earth survive, yadda, yadda. Sadly, as I look, it appears to be only two options at the moment: Amazon Prime or Vudu, so it sounds like the latter might be your choice. Looks like I was partially wrong about 2 seasons. It was actually a mid-season replacement, leading to a first season of 6 episodes, and a second season of 14, so 20 total, plus the movie. I can't recall if the TV show was a direct tie in to the movie or a soft reboot. Oh, and it also has the great Morgan Shepherd as a punk channel pirate in 11 of the episodes, a role I never expected from him, which made it all the more fun.

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?"