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Land Before Time TV Series (2007) / So... is the LBT tv series canon?
« on: January 07, 2017, 01:29:53 PM »
Quote from: jonk012,Jan 7 2017 on  09:27 PM
So... was the series what the gang did leading up to journey of the brave?
Yup, pretty much. It's all canon until Disney buys the franchise and declares that only the original trilogy counts and everything else is just part of the "Great Valley legends" continuity. :lol:

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General Land Before Time / Journey of the Brave (LBT 14)
« on: January 07, 2017, 07:47:29 AM »
Quote from: Snik,Jan 7 2017 on  02:55 PM
Two more months - and I will watch it in English if news about Russian version won't show up.
:/
It's pretty clear they won't release the 14th movie here. So just go and watch the undubbed version already.

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Quote from: DaveTheAnalyzer,Jan 7 2017 on  11:30 AM
Meanwhile, Bron’s visits to the valley in the TV series and movie 14 are anticipated in the manner of being a frequent, now normal occurrence.
Oh yeah, everything I know about animal migration patterns suggests that Bron would only lead his herd through the Great Valley once or twice a year. Yet even though his father already visited him during the TV series, Littlefoot doesn't look any older in the 14th movie. :blink:

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Quote from: NewOrder,Jan 4 2016 on  07:07 PM
From the original film to LBT II, one could assume little to no time has passed.
I'm not sure I agree with this statement. In LBT II the gang definitely spent enough time in the Valley for them to start quarreling with their parents ("those grownups, never let us do what we want", etc.) and I just don't see that happening right away after what Littlefoot and his friends had to go through in the original movie. That's just too casual a behavior for kids who only recently returned from a lifethreatening adventure full of mortal dangers. Sure, maybe in our time it would make sense, but in the films' universe where family ties are sacred and sapient dinosaurs have to stick to their own or live in constant fear of being devoured... It seems unlikely. :unsure:
Plus, according to your timescale Chomper has to be less than 2 years old in the fifth movie. Sure, prehistoric animals probably aged faster than modern humans do, but still. The friendly sharptooth acts only a little bit less mature than 5 years old Cera did in LBT1.

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Gamers Zone / Whatcha playin'?
« on: January 05, 2017, 07:27:12 PM »
Quote from: Snik,Jan 6 2017 on  03:12 AM
Sonic mania. YES.
Can't wait for it too! ^^
It's scheduled for release sometime in early 2017, right? Well... Not long now, heh heh. :D

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Gamers Zone / Whatcha playin'?
« on: January 05, 2017, 06:13:48 PM »
Quote from: Snik,Jan 6 2017 on  01:29 AM
Freedom Planet is... something bigger. Dozen times bigger...
Well, I always kind of regarded it as an odd Sonic fan game that grew into its own thing, but still kept the same graphic design. A weird specimen to say the least. :)
Sonic however is one of my all-time favourite franchises. I can pop any of the classic MegaDrive (Genesis) games in and play it for hours on end and they always cheer me up. And I have really high hopes for the next game in the series called Sonic Mania. So far it looks... Dreamy. :lol:

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Silver Screen / Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
« on: January 05, 2017, 05:18:27 PM »
"Star Wars": Leia Was to Have Even Larger Role in "Episode IX"
"Star Wars": Leia Was to Have Even Larger Role in "Episode IX". :(

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Gamers Zone / Whatcha playin'?
« on: January 05, 2017, 06:08:30 AM »
Quote from: Snik,Jan 4 2017 on  01:59 PM
FREEDOM PLANET

omg, I'm in love
Are you by chance a fan of Sonic as well? ;)
Me and my friends were playing a lot of Armello, PayDay 2 and Broforce this week. Plus I kinda want to do another stream, this time - Star Wars related. Empire at War maybe?

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The Fridge / R.I.P Tyrus Wong
« on: December 31, 2016, 03:07:22 PM »
Oh, come on... The end of the year is like hours away. <_<

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Silver Screen / Star Wars: The Force Awakens
« on: December 30, 2016, 06:14:50 AM »
Terribly sorry for recalling this thread back from oblivion, but since I saw Rogue One this Monday I've dedicated some time to rewatching episodes four through seven in succession and this in turn gave me a lot of food for thoughts some of which I would like to share with you, people. ;)
So, after sitting through Force Awakens a second time yesterday I actually... Came to like that movie a lot more. Surprising, I know. The first time around once the euphoria of seeing a new chapter in the Star Wars saga settled down I've started to notice just how similar the new movie looked to New Hope and - to be honest - felt kind of cheated because of that. Now however I've uncovered a deeper kind of appreciation for episode VII and its characters. For instance I've heard people voicing opinions about Rey being a Mary Sue and such, but come on - Luke's been living his whole life prior to the original Star Wars movie in the safety of his uncle's farmstead and then when the moment arrived suddenly discovered he can handle firearms better than specially train military personel, pilot X-wings as well as any Rebellion veteran and deflect blaster fire with a lightsaber blindfolded after only a couple of days spent with Obi-Wan... But Rey being able to fight or pilot spacecrafts well is definitely overpowered. We're only talking about a girl who lived her entire life on a hostile planet with no infrastructure and had to either fend for herself or die of thirst and starvation. :p
I also begin to think that Kylo Ren is an underappreciated character. Die hard fans call him "Darth Whiny" and think he's a bit of a joke, but that's actually kinda the point: he's not supposed to be the next Darth Vader, the movie makes it clear that Ren is just a confused young man who's being manipulated by the Dark Side of the Force and just pretends he can be "as cool as grandpa". He's an imitator with a tragic backstory and not a bad focus for a new fable about the eternal struggle of good versus evil at that.
However the biggest problem with Ben's character as well as with the entire movie is bad presentation and complete and utter lack of any sensible universe building. I think everyone agrees on this part: we're shown and explained almost nothing about what's going on when the movie starts. The viewer knows absolutely nothing about the First Order or the Ressistance going in and why the New Republic doesn't really interfere in their conflict. We know very little about our new protagonists or the bad guys, we're given only the tiniest bits of information here and there and as a result can't embrace them as fully developed characters. I understand where J.J. Abrams was coming from with this: it's the same as in New Hope, where very little detail about anything was communicated to the audience and the story kept intentionally simple, but it's the seventh movie in the series - there's a galaxy of established lore and mythos, you can't just expect people to gulp down everything without asking any questions.
Take the Starkiller base for example - it's an extremely important plot element for Force Awakens, yet it just comes out of nowhere and noone in the movie itself bother to explain anything about it. They never tell you that it's an improved design compared to the previous Death Star weapon or that it's cheaper to build (what's easier to do: turn a planet into a weapon or build an entire planetoid from scratch?) or that the method by which it operate is completely different. Neither do they elaborate on that it has no reactor that can be blown up, but that a leak has to be caused in its stars consuming center to make the weapon implode on itself... No! They just do it and it goes out with a blast. This is an example of a huge missed opportunity on director's and Disney's part to invest the viewers in what was going on in a new Star Wars movie and the recently released Rogue One movie just makes it too darn obvious what the flaw with this one was. :(

And yeah, as of right now my top 5 favourite SW movies list looks as follows:
1. Empire Strikes Back - the absolute masterpiece;
2. New Hope - the one that started it all;
3. Rogue One - the best representation of many aspects of the series to date;
4. Return of the Jedi - the first half of it is a mess, but the ending is just iconic;
5. Force Awakens - kinda screwed up, but can still grow into something amazing. Only time will tell!

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The Fridge / Carrie Fisher dies
« on: December 27, 2016, 05:13:08 PM »
This year just keeps getting crappier and crappier. <_<

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Silver Screen / Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
« on: December 27, 2016, 03:36:31 PM »
Quote from: DarkWolf91,Dec 27 2016 on  10:56 PM
but I didn't catch any of these while watching the movie :lol
I actually knew about these beforehand since I'm following the TV series' page on Facebook and yet I missed every reference to "Rebels" while watching Rogue One... Well, every single one except the voice mentioning "general Syndulla" over the speakers in the Alliance's HQ on Yavin. :)

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Gamers Zone / Whatcha playin'?
« on: December 27, 2016, 03:30:49 PM »
Finally uploaded the recording of that stream I mentioned in my last post to YouTube. I think it turned out alright, but if anyone can watch this and give some constructive criticism I'd be most greatful. :D
Click me&#33;
Click me!

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Silver Screen / Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
« on: December 27, 2016, 06:11:02 AM »
Yeah, I see your point. Unlike literally every Star Wars movie that came before it Rogue One focused all its attention on the conflict and not on the characters and their misadventures. Tue, it's a very notable deviation from the formula, but personally - I liked it. This move on director's part made the beloved uniserve seem... More tangible I guess. :yes Funny thing - I usually don't even like war movies that much, but since it's a new angle for my beloved franchise, I'm all for it. :D

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Gamers Zone / Pokemon GO
« on: December 26, 2016, 07:31:09 PM »
Living in a huge city has its advantages, I suppose. I have about a dozen pokÈstops and three gyms all less than 10 minutes away from my house. :D

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Silver Screen / Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
« on: December 26, 2016, 07:27:38 PM »
Quote from: WeirdRaptor,Dec 27 2016 on  02:58 AM
It was a good movie, but it didn't scratch the very specific itch I go to see Star Wars films for.
Now I'm curious... What is it that you look for in a Star Wars movie? :)

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It's Party Time! / Guess the next poster
« on: December 26, 2016, 11:44:15 AM »
Quote from: vonboy,Dec 26 2016 on  06:24 PM
I mean, Ducky has to be here next, right?
Wrooong! :p

I'm pretty sure she's going to be the next to comment though.

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Gamers Zone / Pokemon GO
« on: December 26, 2016, 11:24:02 AM »
Quote from: LettuceBacon&Tomato,Dec 26 2016 on  10:35 AM
I caught (and powered up) a perfect Rattata&#33;
I caught (and powered up) a perfect Rattata!
Congratulations! I also find the little purple rodent to be quite adorable... It's too bad the same can't be said about its evolved form. :sducky

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Silver Screen / Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
« on: December 26, 2016, 09:33:28 AM »
Oh yeah and I also forgot to mention that they quite successfully patched up perhaps one of the biggest plot holes in the original trilogies. That I believe is a sign of care that Disney shows to the legendary franchise they acquired from George Lucas. Hopefully they'll keep it up. :)
And on a side note...
Quote from: ADFan185,Dec 20 2016 on  03:33 PM
Yeah I know just adding my two cents in.
Quote from: ADFan185,Dec 21 2016 on  06:24 AM
Awesome it looks good and interesting so I'm intreged in seeing it since I'm a huge Star Wars fan
Quote from: ADFan185,Dec 21 2016 on  03:08 PM
Awesome than I must go see it than once I do I'll add my two cents in
Quote from: ADFan185,Dec 26 2016 on  05:13 PM
Awesome glad you liked it
You, sir, are a shameless spammer.

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Silver Screen / Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
« on: December 26, 2016, 08:33:59 AM »
Finally found the time to go and see it today. What can I say... To be honest, while the idea of the Galactic Civil War shown from a different angle seemed intriguing, I didn't really follow the news about the film and was kind of afraid they were going to try and sell us a new generation of Star Wars characters to fertilize the soil for a myriad of future sequels. However to my surprise the main characters were intentionally downplayed in Rogue One and the spotline kept on the warring factions themselves - the Empire and the Rebellion - and their ideals. There are no jedis or fabled bounty hunters here - the actors mainly portrayed normal everyday people swept by the ongoing conflict and that was truly refreshing to see. Moreover the movie gives a Star Wars fan everything they want to see such as exotic alien worlds, greedy environments and phenomenal space battles. It also offers the best representation of the Empire to date and especially Darth Vader: you only see him in a handful of scenes, but every time he's on screen it's the Dark Lord of the Sith at his finest. Overall I'd say it's a great flick that easily topples the entire trilogy of prequels and even the somewhat formulaic seventh episode. :yes

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