Sundown

Consider this. When your Significant Other says, "I love you". Are those literal spoken words what makes you feel all warm and tingly inside, or something else which can't be completely explained? To be honest, I don't know how people take "Sound Force" literally. This is sci-fi anime afterall. Still doesn't change the fact that if your SO says "I love you" in a vacuum, you wouldn't hear or feel much of anything. -Al

The North Koreans *intentionally* created their army to be seen as forces for evil? Was that some sort of prerequisite to applying for membership in the Axis of Evil? -Al

Err. Porn star boobs only run a few thousand... at least that's what porn stars pay for them, anyway. -Al

My guess would be lesbians who want their "own" kid. Not half their own and half some male jerkoff's. -Al

It's DuckTALES. Get it straight. o/` Ducktales, awwooowoo! o/` Is it only me or would Goslin's husky voice be kind of sexy if it sounded a little older, and less like a duck? -Al

Well, I had been scanning the thread a little bit, but I do appreciate the backup from your doorknob adoring buffness. Lotsa folks in high places fit that description. It's a tossup whether their position is cause for their greedy spinelessness, or if they're there because of it. It's all smiles and sucking up to folks they can't get away being an asshat to, and asshatery doled out to everyone else. What's with the pot shot and angst, buddy, if that's what it was? Especially since it was a response to you seemingly implying that it had to be one or the other. And especially since... well, you asked. -Al

The two aren't mutually exclusive. You can be vulgar, greedy, and rude... and still be an inactive pushover who's not willing to stand or fight for much of anything, except for the right to be greedy, vulgar, and rude. -Al

You sure about this? Seems that 48% of eligible people being divorced would still mean a 48% divorce rate (or higher, given multiple marriages between divorcees). Even if the number of divorced people is twice the number of actual divorces, that doesn't change the rate of failed marriages. Unless you're counting divorcees versus successful marriages, which wouldn't make much sense. In case I'm being confusing... Population of 20, all married or have been. 10 are divorcees. 10 are still in their first marriage. That's at least 10 marriages that have occurred, 5 failed, and 5 successful. If we consider multiple marriages amongst the 10 divorcees, the number of failed marriages actually goes up. Counting the divorcees separately against the entire population (also counted separately) doesn't change the divorce rate, less I'm missing something. *scratches head* -Al EDIT: for spelling.

Looks mightily fake. The guy flailing and flipping looks too much like a rag doll, and the way he slides along the ground doesn't feel particularly real. I'd imagine a real body to do more rolling and tumbling. Not that I'm an expert in these sortsa things. Nice edit though. -Al

Though I agree with lots of what you'd said, since when was non-conformity and rebellion "pussy"? =) And even though I pine for a good cartoon featuring an appropriate amount of ass kickery for both me and my if-ever-offspring, I hardly think teaching kids the ability to compromise, and having them look to it as the first, second, third, and fourth options is going to damage their ability to turn it up a notch when ass kicking is in order. Reality and the first bully to steal their lunch money breaks their rose colored view of the world PDQ. And hey, look on the bright side... the bully's being sedated with the same sort of drivel everyone else is. -Al

Seems each of the Animatrix segments were judged separately... and the Animatrix bits really weren't that much to speak of, with the most worthy segments being the two Second Rennassance clips. -Al

I think there's a difference between intentional, in that the creators didn't care to spend the time and effort in the battle scenes, because the focus was clearly elsewhere... And intentional, as if lousy battle scenes would somehow *contribute* to the plot and focus, for fear that adequately done action sequences would somehow distract from the peace-y themes. Let's not confuse the two, now. Lackluster and subpar work rarely adds much of anything to a series, and poorly done segments, especially when the audience expects better (for whatever reason), often call attention to themselves, distracting in their own right. -Al

Is it me, or does Vaan look just a tiny bit like a fruity... well, fruitier Luke Skywalker? The Hume gal though, nice. Don't care who's clone she is of. There just aren't enough short-skirt-wearing short-hair-sporting dames to go around. -Al

The only tattoo that is guaranteed timeless is the name of a branch of military service. That's the one thing you can wear when you're 70 and not feel like a absolute doofus, rocking in your chair and sucking on your prune juice. -Al

You know, the irony is that particular episode is one of the best ones-- showing Millia's VF-1J (untainted) and a Monster II in action. Or am I remembering wrong? -Al

Damn! Beat me to it! Uncanny. -Al

Dating Tip #4: References to any part of the female genitalia is generally frowned upon. Unless they bring it up first, for whatever reason. Or unless you find yourself staring at it and it staring back at you, for whatever reason. -Al

Um. That doesn't change much with age. The conversation simply drifts to work, shopping, other women, and other stupid crap women like to talk about. And a woman who's a good conversationalist at 28 was more than likely a good conversationalist at 20. And what, that last part doesn't grow in until 28? =) Passing for 18 is one of the biggest things got going here. And when you roll around to 35, you'll still look 28. It's a good deal, bud. Good deal. -Al

Yeah, but if we can get Zilla out there and hitched, he might just have to set some of those Low-Viz's free. Yep. My early 20-ish relationships weren't pretty. The increased clue factor could have helped then. -Al

That is *not* old, buddy. Dudes are good until 35. Maybe even 40 if you're savvy enough. And around 30 is where most of us are actually emotionally mature enough to handle a gal in her mid or early twenties proper. Just need to convince them of that. Rrrow. Okay, I'mma shut up now. -Al

Not sure about an episode, but a movie. Star Trek VI showed a zero-G battle inside a Klingon cruiser, when the artificial gravity generator was disabled. Very cool. -Al

No wonder I liked the Samurai aerospace fighter from Battletech. It was one of them displaced anime designs shoved into the Battletech world. I've even still got the unassembled and unpainted miniature. -Al

Wearing that in public will pretty much ensure an ass kicking. Not that I would need it to get one. -Al

Pretty much every freaking starcraft in the holy Original Star Wars Trilogy. The Excelsior class cruiser from Star Trek. Big nod for the dropship from Aliens. And a small nod towards the Raptor from Wing Commander, which is really the Gunstar tweaked, and not so CG-riffic. -Al

He's got that in spades. =D Actually, he does. He clearly states that he is *not* TRON. He's specifically portraying an everyday accounting program that's gotten fat and inactive from changes in the tax laws. Says so right on the page. -Al