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  1. azrael
    As I mentioned, when VF weapons have either enough kinetic energy to penetrate armored targets or are specifically designed for use against armored targets (anti-armor munitions), then having ECA makes little difference. The caveat is using anti-aircraft munitions against capital ships. Even if your anti-aircraft bullets/energy weapons can penetrate ECA, the amount of firepower needed to bring down a capital ship with ECA will far exceed what a aircraft can dish out under normal circumstances (a VF-27/YF-29/YF-30's gunpod has the firepower but it requires a tremendous amount of energy to do so and can only do so as fast as it can charge a shot). If a aircraft did strafing runs, yes it could bring down a ship, but that would take time.
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    Someone should tell FOX to stop trying. Anyone wanna start the clock for how long this one will last? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLl-DMzxrk FYI, Fox just release trailers for some of their new shows in the Fall lineup. Lineups for the other networks should be coming this week. Lucifer looks fun, but I see it dying after a season. This one is based of a Vertigo-comic.
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    This movie is Avengers 2.5. http://marvel.com/news/movies/24586/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_captain_america_civil_war
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    The look of the body glove suit and the shiny look (and a few comparisons online) remind me of this:
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    Joss Whedon on Fighting With Marvel Over 'Avengers: Age of Ultron': "It Got Really, Really Unpleasant" (Original podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/empiremagazine/avengers-age-of-ultron-spoiler-podcast-joss-whedon-and-paul-bettany)
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    Two pics of pre-production promo art: https://instagram.com/p/2QwuW5jpho/ https://instagram.com/p/2TPoQ4DpgP/
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    Given how game releases have been for the past few years, pre-ordering isn't advisable. Especially on big titles.
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    Pictured from left to right are: Adam Beach (Cowboys & Aliens) as Slipknot, Jai Courtney (Terminator: Genisys) as Captain Boomerang, Cara Delevingne (Paper Towns) as Enchantress, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop) as Rick Flagg, Margot Robbie (The Wolf Of Wall Street) as Harley Quinn, Will Smith (Men In Black) as Deadshot, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Thor: The Dark World) as Killer Croc, and Jay Hernandez (Hostel) as El Diablo.
  9. azrael
    Or a Pacific Rim ripoff.
  10. azrael
    Like I said, until he's actually filming, don't put too much faith behind rumor talk. Case in point from yesterday: Josh Trank Departs Star Wars Anthology Film Trank was signed up and ready to film but then things happen and the studio and director split. So when HG brings in the hype machine at their convention panels, remember stuff like this. And remember all they other times they've named-dropped and yet nothing happened.
  11. azrael
    People have short memories.
  12. azrael
    Enough with the replies. Take the discussion to its own thread (which we probably have plenty of if you search).
  13. azrael
    Typical Hollywood behavior. They shoot for money makers to attract ad revenue. But like most Hollywood rumors, unless the person is actually filming the movie, it's all talk. Even if they're signed up, they still have to deal with everything else that could get in the way before filming starts. Look at Ant-Man. Edgar Wright was on-board right up to filming when Marvel and him decided to split. Typical HG behavior will be spinning up the hype machine at their next convention panel.
  14. azrael
    Wikipedia has you covered.
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    The article glosses over the fact that he has a few other movies he's being tapped for director-duties so who knows if he'll actually stay on-board if they grab him or when he'll even get to a RT movie.
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    Like I said, site compromises happens to every site at some point in their lifetime. As for the e-mail thing, I'll just wait for someone to hit "Reply All" then I'll bang my head on the desk.
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    The obvious answer is maybe they should update the backend of the site to something more modern and mobile-friendly. Obviously there's much better forum software out there than whatever they were using. Sounds like they were using one of many hosting providers out there and it got hit which brings up the question what else was being served up on that box besides RT.com cuz those sites probably got hit as well. Of which I say, "Meh. It happens."
  18. azrael
    Nah. Teaches people to keep up with security bulletins. They probably haven updated the backend in a while or left a vunerability unpatched. Security through obscurity is not security.
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    It also can be easily explained that Zentradi energy weapons have more than enough kinetic energy to penetrate tank-grade armor, rendering most VF armor, in battroid mode, moot. Same goes for VF-vs-VF weapons. And Vajra weapons. And Protoculture weapons.
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    I think we've had this conversation before, and will likely have it again. ECA technology is basically making a very lightly armored vehicle into a very heavily armored vehicle without adding the weight of stronger armors. Fighter jets are not very heavily armored. If they were, they would have a very hard time staying in the air and making turns on a dime. They can take a AK-47 and say "Tis but a flesh wound.". But if a RPG hit it, a fighter jet would be screaming "RUN AWAY!!!!" before it gets blow to bits. Even a durable A-10 Warthog cannot survive an explosive hit. It could survive if you added more armor, but then you just added more weight. A VF isn't just a fighter jet anymore so it has to be able to withstand more damage than a fighter jet. OT materials are tough, but they still make a fighter jet scream "RUN AWAY!!!!" if they see an RPG. Hence, where ECA comes in. If a VF were hit by an RPG, in battroid mode, would say "OWWWWWW! Son of a b*tch!" instead of "MOMMY!"-while-holding-their-insides-as-they-bleed-out. They still scream "RUN AWAY!" in fighter or GERWALK modes, but would do so much later in battroid mode.
  21. azrael
    Reminds me of All-Star Batman and Robin's Joker.
  22. azrael
    Ummmm....no. Macross materials are tough already and applying an electrical current only makes it more rigid. GN Composite Armor basically applies a small GN field over the E-Carbon armor. And IIRC, GN particles are fed through the frame of a Gundam, not electricity. Not really. Usually ECA doesn't become active until the VF has actually changed modes. And armor doesn't impact transformation of the VF. That's the actuators and other gears.
  23. azrael
    Not surprised a bit this is happening. Online media is just too hard to compete with these days.
  24. azrael
    Daredevil renewed for season 2, changing showrunners DeKnight notes that he made commitments prior to the announcement which will prevent his involvement in Season 2. 'Don't know if that will be a good or bad thing if the guy who ran S1 can't come back for another season.
  25. azrael
    Do people not know that animals communicate? At least at some level? We even communicate with our pets. Like when the dog whines and looks at the door and sometimes hits you or grabs the leash to say I need to use the bathroom?
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