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I'm certain of that. Look at the first episode of the new season, where Peter explains to the family that they've been cancelled to make room for *insert long list of since-cancelled shows here* And I'm also awed by how far they're going with some of the newest jokes. Its just unreal how far they're willing to go with a joke this year.

Quoted for truth. There was actually a Simpsons episode that attempted the patented Family Guy type cutaway flashbacks, and while it did make me laugh it felt really out of place and was actually a little distracting. I think it was the only time they attempted that style of humor, and I'm glad for it. Now pardon me while I shed a tear for the late, lamented Futurama.

Nah, the internet itself was built on complaining. I've seen usenet postings from 1983 arguing about Return of the Jedi that could just as easily been found on the front page of theforce.net. For lots of people it just seems to be far easier to simply bitch about things than to actually discuss them. Combine that with the "worst. blank. ever" hyperbole types, and the ever annoying iconclasts ("I think Martin Scorcese is way overrated") and you have a heaping helping of suck. Now your author buddy there did have some points that I felt were perfectly valid (recall that I agreed about the Simpsons slippage) but as I said, when fans feel so pasionately about characters that they find any changes to be unbearable (ie, death of Maude Flanders, which I for one cheered) then I do think that I'm in the right when I point and say "fanboy!" If it has become such a burden for him to watch "MetaHomer" then I have a hot tip for him: Don't watch. Vote with your remote. If all the hardcore Simpsons fans felt the way he does (and his type invaraibly make the mistake of speaking for everybody) then watch something else, and the show would eventually be cancelled. But to instead compaign for the shows demise is just infantile. Finally, is it even possible to like something that you dislike while at the same time being "discriminating?"

Meh...that guy was a few sentences away from "Homer raped my childhood" rhetoric. I'm not saying that the Simpsons hasn't declined in the last few years (although I'd also argue that the last season did turn the trend around considerably) but this obsession and entitlement that some fans seem to feel is not only deplorable, but downright unhealthy. When you begin to rant about how somebody has "debased" a fictional character, in order to tell a different kind of joke than they were originally conceived to do, then it's really time to take a step back. I can't put into words how fed up I am with fans rambling on about how X person has ruined Y franchise, and that because they don't like it, said show/movie/book/whatever should simply cease (nevermindng the fact that there seem to be other fans who continue to enjoy it). Oh yeah, the new season of FG rawks. Hard. I love how Meg has really become the red-headed stepchild of the family.

How about this? Or this?

So what you're really saying is that this is all Lucas' fault? Damn that childhood rapist! Damn him to hell! And with that, the Internet Circle of Life is complete.

"I don't believe it." "That is why you fail." http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=373593 I had a buddy forward this to me. If you thought that flying R/C "lawnmower" was impressive, you ain't seen nothing yet. Flyable X-Wing? Check. Snowspeeder? Check. Naboo N-1? Check Millenium Falcon..?!! CHECK!! Darth Vader's TIE? Check!

Umm...wasn't it established way, wayyyy back at the dawn of Robotech that Zor died in an Invid raid just as he sent the SDF-1 to earth? This was in the Robotech Graphic Novel, IIRC, which predates anything from Jack McKinney, Eternity/Academ comics, and the oRRG. Or is this another case of established "continuity" being rewritten to satisfy some other contradiction, or a fan writer's whim?

I'm still a bit puzzled at the writers decision to invert reasoning for the whole Gaia's spider gun platform rampage. In the manga, Gaia wanted to do away with Tartarus and bioroids in general, as it perceived that the council's plan to "bioroidize" us naturals as being a threat to humanity. Conversely, the movie gave us a Gaia that wanted to end humanity since bioroids were so much cooler. However, this may possibly tie into whatever ideas the writers might have for successive movies, and in that case I say why the hell not? Shirow himself dropped the whole story thread of humans vs bioroids in books in favor of rather dull political intrigue, muslim extremists and hot oil massages before he gave up on Appleseed altogether, so somebody might as well pick up the ball and run with it.

Galaxy Railways was an OK series, IMO. Nothing ground breaking, nor awe inspiringly "kickass," but it did keep your interest over the 26 episodes with some well written if somewhat generic characters. It was certainly one of the more "1970's" anime I've seen in a while, and it did a much better job of capturing that certain 70's vibe than, say...Aquarion.

But didn't "End of the Circle" also conclude with Rem and Minmay trapped in some sort of new sub-universe that the Regis had created?

Canada will buy your post-ban ten rounders! God knows our stupid gun control laws will never "sunset."

I've got a quick question for you, since you seem like you'd know; Where do these names come from? It's been 20 years since I've seen Southern Cross, but I don't really remember hearning names for ships and the like.

Wasn't that in the Jack McKinney novels? You remember them....the novels that most self respecting RT fans seem to hate?

Nope. Just this one pic of Foxx with an empty holster. The dude on the right is supposedly the guy posting these pics.

How about a double-stack 1911 in .40?

It was actually the lesser known follow-up to Bill Murray's "What About Bob."

PICS from the Miami Vice training seminars. Jamie Foxx/Tubbs seems to be using a relatively stock S&W 1911, but Crocket has what appears to be a tricked out SVI (?) which I assume is part of his high falootin' drug dealer cover identity.

So....they're following the Eternity/Academy comics then? I thought all that Sentinels stuff was to be disregarded.

You're assuming that we even get a VF-0S someday. But I'll play along. IF the VF-0 comes out, I'd love to see a SV-51 DD Ivanov next.

I don't even mind the fact that they were on a 4-wheel internal combustion engine vehicle so much. Lets face it, on a TV budget there's only so much they can do. But for Starbuck to drive around in whats blatantly one of the more recognizable 20th century off roaders? W-E-A-K. Now that I think about it, that pack of noodles in her appartment looked a lot like Saporo Ichiban.

And they seem to have Hummers, according to last week's episode. C'mon...surely they could have redressed that thing just a little bit to make it less obvious.

MmmmMmmm....Windveil Blue.

If anybody is interested in some of the "missing pages" from the Technical Manual, shoot me a PM. I think there's maybe 10 pages on my hard drive.