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  1. the white drew carey
    Uff-da. I mean, Steve Cloves ain't terrible, but I don't know much about the director because, frankly, I've had no desire to see any film he's done. Just give it to Zach Snyder and get it over with.
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    I have more hope for a Voltron live-action not sucking as I do for an Akira one.
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    Hey MWers. I've been looking for valuable insight on print on demand (POD) services for t-shirts but, to be honest, who knows how much you can trust a random internet site? So I thought I would post her on MW because, whenever I have asked for advice before, I've always gotten frank and honest answers from all of you. Anyhow, I am currently using Printfection (www.printfection.com) but I have had too many problems with incorrect items being shipped, skewed printing, packages disappearing, and the fact that the images don't really look too hot. Their customer service has always been fast and friendly, and has never failed to resolve a problem (although one took almost 3 months to finally resolve), but the fact that I have to contact customer service on nearly every order is a sign in and of itself, you know? I was wondering if anyone had any good experiences with either Printfection, the other two major POD companies: Cafepress (www.cafepress.com) and Zazzle (www.zazzle.com), or if there was another company that you have gone with. My goal is to, possibly, move my TWDC Studios store to another company. The benefits of Printfection and Zazzle are that they allow you to create a store for free, while Cafepress only allows a set amount of items before you have to start paying for your store. Cafepress and Printfection will ship internationally, but the rates can be tremendous. Zazzle has multiple international sites so that, if the seller wishes to set up stores in multiple countries, the s&h costs can be much cheaper for the buyers. Thanks in advance for any insight/help/advice you can provide!
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    Well, see, that is where you are wrong. My eyes are fine and my head is A-OK. Thanks for asking, though. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with the G1 designs that couldn't have been modernized in a much more effective and pleasing fashion. Face it, the movie designs are just bad mecha. They are the spiritual descendents of Robot Jox, with the whole greeblie box thrown in for good measure. The Citroen commercial (part of a series) is probably has the highest productions values of the vids I posted, and looks great. The design still keeps that G1 feel while updating it without looking retarded like Bay's TFs. And, too be honest, if you don't like that New Beetle one, you have no soul.
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    I'm not usually very cruel here on MW, but for all of the people who are saying the G1-style TFs wouldn't work in live-action format, well... you are pretty silly. There are great examples of fan-made and TV commercial transformer videos using G1-similar styling that look ONE MILLION TIMES BETTER than the (s)crapyard TFs Bay brought us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL5c2DUnYno&feature=related (a classic) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs2Q-KaeICQ (the *real* Bumbleebee) www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDmUWd6ukOc (this photocopier looks better than every TF-movie design) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwBUYJly1zU&feature=related (hey, it actually looks like Optimus) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiHNUaQ7cCo&feature=related (heck, so does this one) Sure, most of these are still low-budget, but the designs are solid enough for the big screen. The problems with Bay's TFs is that A) They don't look very much like their vehicle counterparts (which is always one of the greatest joys of TF), B) even thought Bay was going for a more 'realistic' transformation, I think they rely even more on magic than the real TFs; and C) they suffer from Amerimecha-syndrome (ie- mecha designs that look like sh!t). The thing is, Bay has now sold these so-called 'millions of new fans' on a bunch of terrible mecha designs simply because he thought he knew better. To be honest, the TF movies are the only things in the franchise that make me ashamed to have a Decepticons tattoo.
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    I liked how it ended. There are, of course, variations from the books, but not enough to turn me off. One of the biggest complaints is the lack of battle scenes, and this on I'd have to agree with. Even if they just get a short aerial view running on Massive or something so that we can get a feel for the size of these armies. When the Khalasar was marching, they were supposed to be about 40k people, so a quick CGI shot of that would've been cool. I cannot find it right now, but I think this complaint was brought up with D&D, and they acknowledged that it may be fixed in season 2.
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    I know it i hard to fit in, but sometimes I totally miss all the detail from the books. Like in ep 9
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    It's been cool enough for me for years. I warn you, though, there IS a big chance you will get hooked. My wife was kind of digging her heels in about reading it, and now is totally addicted (she is almost done with book 2).
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    They are, but this is a pretty damn good adaptation. There are some obvious changes to speed along the show or supply some of the vast backstory from the books, but it is working out well. On a side note,
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    Yeah, Tyrion is one of the fan favorites from the books, and Peter Dinklage is totally nailing the character. The best part (at least based on the books): The Imp only gets better.
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    This just in: TWDC says "it is going to rock!" 'nuff said.
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    Entirely too true.
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    +1 = +2 the thing I don't like is the costume material. I mean, where does a non-funded kid find some crazy material like that?
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    Thank goodness. Maybe next time around they'll find a better actress other than boobs and arse and maybe put some more work into the costume.
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    So, whats the deal with this supposed "secret stealth helicopter" used in the bin Laden raid?
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    Just saw ep 3. Not much exciting happens (although Viserys getting 'whipped' was fun). Once again, very little of the direwolves. I hope they haven't toned down that aspect, because I think it is very important to the story. In fact, I kind of wish they had emphasized it more so far. Tyrion is awesome. Peter Dinklage (sp?) is spot on.
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    Hmmm... good ears. I've only seen the ep once yet and, as I mentioned before, my wife was harping the whole time. Considering this scene doesn't exist in the book, she was really going off on it so I missed a little... Spoiler below and, if you plan on reading the books but haven't DON'T READ IT
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    Nope.
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    Jon Snow is his name.
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    Just watched episode 2 "The Kingsroad". Pretty good. I'm definitely liking how things are coming together and, except for some casting decisions I still can't get past (Michelle Fairley is a good actress and all, but she looks much too old and worn to play Caitlyn Stark) I can totally see how certain changes serve to condense the story while still providing insight into the characters. Once again, I had to watch it with my wife next to me, adding input every five seconds as to what was wrong or different. Lucky for me she'll be traveling for work for the next three episodes, so I get to watch them in blissful silence!
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    Emoticons have taken all subtlety out of sarcasm.
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    The punch definitely didn't come until the end, that is for sure. However, as a starter, I think it was good with the set-up and everything. I have a lot of friends who haven't read the books, but liked it and can see the complexity that can (will?) come in the future. So that is a good sign. I just rewatched it again for the second time. Definitely an improvement as, the first time around, I kept trying to compare it to the book (although it didn't help that my wife, who had just read AGOT, was sitting next to me piping in every five seconds about what was different). The second time around, I looked at it without comparison, and found that I definitely like it. TV just doesn't have fantasy like this. BTW- THe numbers are in. Among the three showins HBO did last night, the show pulled in about 4.2m viewers. That is not accounting for further showings done across all of HBO's stations, or the international premieres which will be trickling in over the next few days. Based on this info, and positive reviews, HBO has greenlit season 2.
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    So... who watched it?
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    Anyone know a place online where I can view the markings (and their positions) of the Hi-Nu?
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