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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance         Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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| "Sure, erm ... I suppose."
*Rogue pauses* "I don't really have much to say about playwrights. I mean, I can talk for hours about my various fandoms, what I think about movies, comic books, conventions, faires, DVDs, Internet phenomena, the current economic climate of community colleges, my various causes, newswriting, all that and more ... but for some reason I can't really think of what to say about playwrights since usually the plays that I do see are written by the people who are performing in them." |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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| I don't know if it's because I'm on a Mac or something else, but I heard that first sound plain as day. It was just a loud ringing.
I'm 21. That second one was a low hum with (sounds like) teenagers laughing. I dunno. I definitely don't have the greatest hearing, matter of fact I'm willing to go along with the theory that it depleted when I turned 20 it's so bad, but seriously I can hear these things easily with the sound tuned at a medium, usual setting. |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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| OK, I'm going to double post now.
I, like many other people out there, went to a midnight showing for it last night. It's in keeping with my tradition. I'd seen all 3 movies at the midnight showing. X2 was by far the best audience. Anyway... my non-spoiler take: There were parts that were intense, many parts that dragged, many parts that made me smile impishly (Stan's appearance among other things), excessively unnecessary deaths and disablings of major characters, stupid little plot twists that were more of a piss off, not enough of various characters or powers' screen time, Orroro lacks her accent, and Hugh Jackman has a visible cut on his hand in one scene, BUT... Juggernaut says the line. Now for my spoiler take: Spoiler:
WHAT THE FUCK?! I was very annoyed with how they concluded Rogue. Not to be biased or anything, but I felt they could have ended it better. Example: Rogue goes to meet Leech herself, realizes she can touch him and immediately hugs him and all that jazz. Then during the battle with Phoenix, she touches Jean, and in this act realizes her true value as a mutant and that her gift/curse is truly special. And in this solution, Jean doesn't have to die. There were just so many things that made me annoyed and many things that made me happy, but what I didn't care for was the random addition of notably important mutants and either not giving them enough screen time or not even giving their powers screen time. It got to the point that while reading the credits, I was yelling things like, "Wait! Psylocke was in this? WHERE?!?!" Even just as a movie this was somewhat disappointing. They just wrote Scott out. No explanation or anything other than, "Oh yeah, Cyclops is dead." Then again, no explanation as to how Jean was just there. How do you know it isn't Madeline Pryor? 
I did like how they did Beast and Angel, though I'm sad that Warren only had 3 lines.  I'll probably write more later. I know this is just a movie, but come on now, I know a lot of you get passionate about video games and thousands of other things, so give me this one. (Last edited by Rogue on 05-26-06 10:08 PM) |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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| X2 was something special.
X3 starts out pretty well, but there are points that made me want to cry with the way this new director handled them. Spoiler:
The final battle between Phoenix and Wolverine is pretty intense. Even with his flesh vaporizing as he's coming toward her, he's still coming toward her. Another thing I really didn't care for was the gratuitous killing off of major characters, or otherwise just disabling their powers. GAAAAAAAAH!!!! I now look fondly upon X2 as times we shall never see again. |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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| See, that would be if I were of the mind to just get upset about high pitched noises.
Whenever someone with a microphone walked in front of a speaker during assemblies I was the kid who didn't flinch or scream. I think people who do are just being melodramatic, like when someone's silverware grazes a plate in a restaurant and someone on the other side of the room freaks out. |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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| How I wanted to see X3 end:
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Rogue goes to meet Leech herself. Rogue has a natural curiosity and she's audacious enough to go looking for him. She comes to Leech and discovers that her powers have no effect. She then hugs him and has that human interaction she's been wanting for. She hugs him, then leaves him at which time Kitty comes running in to rescue him. During the battle of Phoenix and Wolverine, Wolverine provides enough of a distraction that Rogue comes up from behind and touches Phoenix and saves Jean from being killed, and in so doing Rogue realizes her value as a mutant and says, "Screw you," to the "cure." OK, so it's Rogue-heavy, but seriously I was absolutely irritated with her ending and I saw her as the key to a much better ending with potential. It's just that look at what being a mutant symbolizes. Many other people have accepted the mutant gene to symbolize race. I mean, Bryan Singer, the first director was openly gay. Being a mutant for him symbolized the acceptance of gays. Now here's the thing... is there really a cure for race or gayness? This is why there are activists against the cure. And not to be spoilerific here, but this is why I was annoyed who voluntarily took the cure. |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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I almost hate to admit it, but I've seen this before. Multiple times. 
And too many of my friends have him as an icon.  |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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| "Plays are not my strong point to talk about ... unlike any of the other things I mentioned in answer to your question before this one."
*Rogue nudges Sajin a little.* "OK, to keep on topic, I have been in high school theater groups and performed in various plays--my first role was in an all-female play. I don't remember the name of it, but I played the mother of a girl who was killed in a drive-by. I've played other parts: an aged Cinderella in a 'Where are the now?' play of fairytale characters called 'Happily Ever, Once Upon,' the voice of the loudspeaker in '1984,' and Kate in 'Taming of the Shrew.' In recent memory I've been more involved in the behind the scenes. I've lately been a gaffer, spotlight operator and writer for Midnight Insanity, the most well-known, screen accurate shadowcast for 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' I've worked with them through the 30th anniversary convention for the movie, Cirque du Rockeil, and their landmark performance at the Hollywood Bowl, among many other things. So moving on. Next question." *Rogue smiles and grins in her seat.* |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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For the record, I didn't write this meme or any of the other ones I've posted. 
These were just the fruit of someone's boredom on a tree constantly being fertilized by the shit everyone else whose bored dumps on it. |
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days |
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| I like him. Kinda. A little.
Seriously, whatever you heard about him, what happens to him in the movie vastly disappoints me. Sorry, just trying to be spoiler-free. On the matter of the cure and saying it's OK to just take it. Although I respect that opinion, it's somewhat missing the point. The X-gene in X-men is a metaphor for having a different skin color, being gay, being of a different religion, anything that makes you different and despisable to the ignorant. To say, "Oh yeah, I think he/she should have taken the cure and it's A-OK," is sort of like saying during the Holocaust Jews should have renounced their faith or that black people in violent areas should bleach their skin to avoid intolerance from cops and other people. Even though the cure isn't permanent, it's still saying a lot for the director and writers to feel that the best solution is to just have certain characters take it. That's why Warren runs away, that's why protestors think the cure is an insult, that's why Storm blows this out of proportion upon first hearing news of the cure. Although, I was irritated with Halle Berry with that moment, she's right, there is nothing wrong with them. And at simultansouly, this is what makes the X-men great heroes. In the face of adversity, they still come to the rescue of mankind and embrace their gifts. Spoiler:
Now in the case of Rogue, it's not well-explained in the movies, but Rogue's power is still untrained, sort of like Cyclops'. With a lot of time and training, Rogue can eventually learn to control it and be able to touch whenever she wants while still having her ability. Like Cyclops' inability to see people with his naked eyes, it's a matter of training. He just managed to do it with the help of Phoenix. And then he was written out. I've heard arguments from others claiming that the humans intended for the cure to be an annual inoculation to keep the mutants under control. It goes off of the same theories that Magneto had about extermination. At the same time, an argument for why they just ended it that way can be argued that with the rush to beat Bryan Singer's Superman movie, they took the quickie endings for everyone and just gave certain people their happy endings without much detail or emphasis. Where was Angel's ending anyway? Sorry to go all geek girl and bitchy-like, I do honestly respect your opinions on the cure, and, yes, I know it's just a movie, but I just wanted to say my piece on the issue. |
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| Oh man, that's pretty scary. I've never been a car when someone's hit a deer, but I have when someone's hit a possum or raccoon. We don't get deer in my city.
Actually, it's funny when my mom hit a possum the other day, I wasn't even looking. I just suddenly heard a barely audible, but definitely noticeable crunch/squish sound which came off like we ran over a tree branch covered in meat. I turned to my mom and asked her what we just hit. She says, "A possum." I pause for a moment and then feel sad, though jokingly say, "What if it had babies?" And she says, "Oh, it was just a little baby one." And I retort, sadly with, "You hit a BABY?!?!" Heh heh, anyway happy to hear you're all OK, but nuts about the car. |
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| We're talking sites where the only purpose to it is to show an animation over and over again that's relatively amusing, but will either get stuck in your head (which is inevitable) or get on your nerves after a while.
Post them. Post an anecdote about them... or just some random description. Leek Spin Girl spinning a leek over and over again while singing in Finnish Badger Badger Badger Who doesn't know what this is or what it does or sing this to themselves for absolutely no reason? Then of course you can find all of the other famous ones (Kenya, Magical Trevor, Potato, etc) on Weebles-stuff.com. Anyone got any other that I can play endlessly at work? (Last edited by Rogue on 03-14-07 03:27 PM) |
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| I do agree on most of the points you made, Xeo. Whole-heartedly, especially the Colossus comment, but I'd almost change him out for Angel.
Thanks for pretty much materializing my opinion of Cyclops' story. The movie was visually stunning (lots of effects, great looking characters), but the story was a bit bland. Figures for Ratner. The man can light a candle, but he can't keep it burning. In other words, he's heavily special effects, but there's not much to fall back on. EDIT: After looking on IMDb to see if anything was added, found this review which I can really agree with, though it overstates a few things: Originally posted by IMDb poster OK... just to make it clear of my overall opinion: I liked X3, but was disappointed with much of the story. (Last edited by Rogue on 05-30-06 04:43 PM) |
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days
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Psylocke was a lesser form of Jean, but could concentrate her energy into daggers.
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They've been taking many more liberties with powers. They made Callisto able to run like Quicksilver and detect mutants and assess their powers. Such was never the case. What somewhat makes me sad about them tossing Psylocke aside is how there was tons of potential for them to open the door for one of the more memorable X-men pairings--Psylocke and Angel. Warren and Betsy were pretty into each other. *wink wink* Yes, they did screw over Cable (I don't consider this spoiler, so that's why I haven't bothered with the tags), BUT Cable is actually the product of Scott and Madelyne Pryor, a clone of Jean Grey. When Scott found out that Jean was still alive and kicking somewhere, he ditched her and his son. Madelyne Pryor really got around, she even slept with Scott's brother, Alex (Havok). 
Madelyne Pryor No, they did never mention Mystique and Rogue's relationship... nor Mystique and Nightcrawler's for that matter, but it seems like they never had any intention of bringing these things up anyway. To really discuss Lady Deathstrike's background, they'd have to mention Lord Dark Wind, her father, and bring in the Sunfire storyline of how Rogue, Mystique and he came together to try and steal the Adamantium bonding process. However, bringing up Sunfire, this could also open the door for Silver Samurai and--more imporantly--Mariko. Mariko being the only true fiancee of Wolverine. In a screen test for the first X-Men movie, Anna Paquin and Hugh Jackman were reading the scene when they first meet, while he's driving and she's eating jerky. At one point she supposedly gestures at a photo on his dashboard, and Rogue asks, "Is this your wife?" Logan sort of brushes it off and says yes. At least, that's what I remember of it. Well, I could go on forever, so I'll cut this off here. EDIT: Forgot another major connection that wasn't made in the movies. I remembered it while at the theater, but forgot to write it here---Juggernaut is Professor Xavier's brother. (Last edited by Rogue on 05-31-06 04:02 AM) (restricted) |
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days
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If you started reading Uncanny now, you'd be lost. I was reading it off and on and occasionally they'd bring in a new character to see how they tested with the fanbase, eventually just killing them off.
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If you do read Uncanny, pick it up at the beginning of an arc. Comic books come in mini-episodes, with the story spread over several issues. You'll notice on the cover it'll say something like #4 of 7 or whatever. I haven't been buying my comics lately, so I can't really say what's out there right now. Any book is good if you get the #1... hell, they keep putting out new series ALL the time. They just axed Rogue's series (the first arc was good, but the second one they got new writers and illustrators). I think Gambit's FINALLY got cut. If you can get the first arc of Runaways, that's a good one. The first arc of the new Rogue that ended over a year ago's pretty good. Do read the essentials. I think they're useful. I just read a few rumors about the upcoming Wolverine movie. Looks like they're heavily favoring Silver Samurai being in it and played by... Ken Watanabe. Juggernaut is said to be reprising his role, and the whole film is going to be his Weapon X days. I'm excited now. I also heard a few things about Magneto. Looks like it's going to be his younger days, seeking revenge for the death of his parents after the Holocaust and finding Charles Xavier and their becoming best friends. Anothing thing I've thought about with X3: Spoiler:
What the hell was Rogue doing in the Danger Room simulation anyway? She doesn't have anything other than her singular power to take energy, memories, powers, and so on from organic lifeforms, since that's all they gave her anyway. What's she gonna do? Ask the Sentinels to leave? Even Kitty Pryde, whose powers I always thought were just for dodging things with little help otherwise, provides more usefulness. I personally think that if they are going to show Rogue as any better than in these movies they might as well do a movie on her days in the Brotherhood for Evil Mutants. However, this would have to be like a Batman Begins dea where they'd have a new director, new actress, new everything and not be affiliated with the past films. But Rogue is not a dynamic, beloved super hero like Batman, so it's pointless to do it. Then again, they did do Elektra.
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 417 days Last activity: 226 days
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Oh God, I was into New X-Men when it first came out, but I kept getting annoyed with the new characters they were introducing. They created a new mutant and called her Angel. She has insect wings and spits acid. Gah.
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Anyway, if you just want great comics in general, because just reading X-Men spin-offs can be annoying (especially since the writers tend to take them whichever way they want. In some parts of the Marvel Universe, Rogue is married to Magneto and has a son with him, in other parts she's still in love with Gambit, but he's blind, in other parts she's alone and in Japan... the most confusing of them all is Wolverine, since he just tends to go EVERYWHERE with EVERYONE) check out Kingdom Come. It's a great foundation for getting into comics, it's a future world with aged Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman and you get some exposure by the brilliant god of an artist, Alex Ross. Other favorites of mine: - Preacher (Totally NC-17, I don't recommend reading this if you're faint of heart) - The Watchmen - Walking Dead - Sin City Seriously, there's TONS out there in the comic book world. I have more favorites than that, but I can't quite remember them all right off right now. EDIT: Had to add this. For some of you who didn't get this line in the movie... here it is again. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6752747038956308968&q=juggernaut And here's the reference and why it's funny: Yes, I know it's silly and stupid and at times pointless, but hey, it made it into the movie. (Last edited by Rogue on 05-31-06 06:57 PM) (restricted) | (restricted) | | ||||||||||
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