Phyrox

If you drove that though, you would be nearly guaranteed NEVER to get laid by anyone worthy of laying ever again.

I read this post three times over, and it never got any more sensible. Combine a few facts and reams of speculation and I guess that's what you get.

If that's the case I wonder why you set on "infinity war" in the first place. No offense, but it screams generic sci-fi epic to me. You should post a link to a .word file of your first chaper or so so we can help/comment as well.

That's odd, because the guy who designed the new XK had a hand in the Aston Martins. Personally, I liked the old XK coupe, and the DB7...they have both gone downhill since.

Well, for my money a true musclecar is NA. I don't have anything against superchargers or turbosuperchargers, but how they affect performance seems "unmusclecar" like to me. Along the same lines, I really wish those peak power numbers could be had at lower RPM. In a musclecar, I don't want to have to gun it to get my grunt, I want it to be there from the word go. I'm not saying this car won't have great pickup, but I would like to see horse and torque curves peaking in the 3000-4500 range. Still, it's a cool car.

What I got out of the snippet was that the Beta is projected to maybe be as high as $200, which has led them to instead consider a (presumably cheaper) non-transformable version. While that isn't as bad as what some are assuming - $200 for a non-transfoming Beta - it is still unacceptable in my eyes. I have been as excited as anyone about the prospect for a Beta, but I can't imagine one being worth that kinda money, not if it's made by the same people who made my Alphas. And non-transformable? That's just ridiculous. I'm sure $200 isn't much off from what a very limited Captain America resin cast would run the board. How can an established company not do better than what I imagine a skilled garage kit maker could...cost wise?

Nice homage to the Bugatti Atlantic on the rear styling. Some of the styling cues work for me, others don't. Maybe a little to much modern mixed in messes with the feel. Either way, I certainly applaude the effort. Some of the most soulful and impressive coachwork comes from the cars of the 30s, I wish more designers looked back there for inspiration.

This whole thread is confusing me. How can they make an "Aliens vs. Predator 2" when there is no AVP1. And I've also read some references to some movies called "Alien3," and "Alien Resurrection," which likewise don't exist. I'll tell ya what I am glad of, that the Alien franchise stopped at two movies. With the quality of "action/suspense" movies put out by hollywood these past 20-odd years I fear they might have ruined it.

Well, now you are misunderstanding me. Germany's naval impotence convinced some of its leaders that it had to be a continental power, not the battle of Jutland itself. Jutland was sympomatic of Germany's inadequate naval power and geographic position. The influence the battle had on waking up the overly self-satisfied Royal Navy was important in some ways I suppose. But to call Jutland influential, in the same way that Solomon Islands was, or Trafalgar, or even U-9s shocking success is, again, mistaken in my view. Beyond the immediate strategic and tactical context, Jutland has had little impact or influence. You bring up an interesting point however. Amoung my circle it is generally accepted that the case is closed on this issue. It was not thought that this was something about which knowledgeable people would disagree. I am still unconvinced obviously, but I'll ask some of my colleagues what they think.

I'm not arguing that. I agree. It was a turning point of sorts. And it WAS decisive, although it tooks quite a long time for it to be seen that way. Decisive, important, interesting: yeah. Influential: no. My reading of the word influential in this case was that it implied a certain lasting impact (on naval or popular thinking/imagination). That I don't think is the case. If it was merely used to be interchangable with important, then I wouldn't have disagreed. Word usage in english is a subtle art, and in this case that seemed to be the meaning. I guess I must have mistook the original poster's meaning.

However, wasn't Jutland was one of the main reasons why Germany decided to go with submarine warfare, after seeing how Jutland was fought basically fought to a stalemate? Consider: if Scheer had been successful in overwhelming the Grand Fleet, then U-9's sinkings would have merely been an interesting sidenote on the utility of U-boats, and everybody would still be convinced that old battlewagons were the way to go. (Then again, everybody still thought they were the way to go, witness the Yamato, Bismark, Iowa...) 391901[/snapback] No, it wasn't really. Jutland occured nearly two years after U-9 shocked naval authorities with the submarine's ability to attack major surface warships. The Grand Fleet's actions at Jutland were heavily influenced by their fear of German submarines, and rightly so, as the German's indeed planned to use some of their submarine force in the engagement. The German's had decided to use submarines to interdict British shipping, and to give them an edge in naval encounters long before the results at Jutland largely forced the High Seas Fleet into inaction. I don't think U-9's action was decisive though. Many people already saw the promise of submarine warfare, but it did have a good deal of influence on contemporary naval leaders. Jutland on the other hand, for all that it was, wasn't really influential in any way. At least not that I have ever read, heard, or thought.

I think you are misusing the word "influential." Jutland was certainly a big deal, and is interesting for tactical, technical, and strategic reasons. But it wasn't influential. U-9's sinking of the Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue was influential. It really changed how submarines were thought about both tactically and strategically by the military minds of both sides (to varying degrees of reasonableness).

You must have the role of fighter escort confused with interceptor. One would expect an escort to engage mostly enemy fighters (who would be attacking the escorted bombers). Whether or not they actually did shoot down mostly fighters is another issue (although if memory serves me, that IS the case).

That Cobra is just stupid. I hope they didn't ruin an original for that. Even the 427s are too hairy for most people, I would wager that this thing is near undrivable. It's like they did it just to say they did...which is usually pretty cool, but in this case I can't help but just shake my head. and translation or no - the article that accompanied the photos sounds as if it was written by a high schooler.

Additionally, US fighters already fire explosive rounds from their standard cannon. Although the technical distinction between machine gun and cannon is slippery, most would agree that US fighters havn't had machine guns in quite a while. From everything I've gathered, the 20mm cannon and its ammunition are quite adequate, and there is no need to adopt the Russian/Ukranian larger guns.

Are you going for typical scifi schtick, or reaslism? I don't mind the design at all, but you are gonna want to redesign that propulsion system if you are going for realistic (but, nobody does so I guess it makes sense)

Why are you even bothering to argue with Keith? Or take him seriously? I think the rest of us gave up on both long ago.

I would actually imagine that the concept will be retired. At least for a while, maybe to be "re-invented" in a generation or so. I know it's good at what it does, and all that jazz, but realistically I don't see the concept being continually updated as it has been for the last half century.

Guess I was wrong...

Don't worry about it. After a few days of ignorant knee-jerk reactions, people will catch on and it won't even be noticed. At least I hope so, this board has proven in the past to be capable of a level of maturity rare on public forums...I would assume this is no exception.

I think you oughta through in some more easy ones so casual fans like myslef can at least have a bit of fun with this. I have heard of the ishkick...and that's it. And don't worry about your avatar. Don't let other's ignorance get in the way of your expression.

I was around on the old boards...don't remember exactly when. I think during the early releases of the 1/60 yamatos...whenever that was. Never have posted all that much though.

Previously I had been in some doubt, but now it is certain that you have no taste. And I also would be excited about a faithful Gundam Sentinel. It would have to be OVA though, or else it would stretch the original material a bit too far.

Whoooaa. Have some class. I know this is an adult board, but that is certainly no excuse for gutter tastelessness. Take that kind of language, and "welcome" somewhere else. Joke or no joke, I am honestly embarassed to be a long time member of a board where something thinks this is acceptable.

I'd say jenius might be the mospeada guru, but most certainly wwwmwww is the mospeada toy/model go-to-guy