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From what I read, the movie Ghost Rider will borrow elements from both the Blaze Ghost Rider and the Ketch Ghost Rider... but it'll be Nick Cage as Johnny Blaze as Ghost Rider. Not a Ketch in sight.

I'm with Max. The original Ghost Rider story was the kind of cheesy one-shot that you'd expect in a book dedicated to cheesy one shots... which it essentially was (Marvel Spotlight #5-11). Even though the Blaze/Zarathos Ghost Rider launched the series, the Dan Ketch/Noble Kale Ghost Rider was much more suited to a superhero book. If I'm reading things right on the net, the Dan Ketch Ghost Rider story was never fully resolved, and they just kind of launched into a volume 3 with Johnny Blaze again possessed by Zarathos and transforming into the Ghost Rider. While the bike in the upcoming movie looks a lot more like Blaze's bike than Ketch's, Blaze's bike was largely unremarkable. With the demonic bone and skull design, I'd go so far as to say that it actually reminds me a bit of Vengeance's bike.

Christopher Walken in any movie/TV show/commerical appearance with Christopher Walken.

This is way better than my stuff. In hindsight (which is always 20/20), I would've made the variable Spartan more like the original, with the fighter and gerwalk modes looking more boxy and utilitarian. think of it this way- Which looks more sleek and sophisticated, the F-22 Raptor or the A-10 'Hawg? Now, which one looks like a tough hombre who can kick some mean ass, the F-22 Raptor or the A-10 'Hawg? If I were to do it again, I would go for more of an A-10 feel. p.s.- on a side note, when I did the Variable Spartan, some member (I can't recall whom) thought the idea of a Variable Destroid was silly. The, a couple of months afterwards, the same guy couldn't stop talking about how much of a genius Kawamori was for designing the VB-6 Konig Monster... WDC, let me start by telling you that your Variable Spartan design looks awesome. I have to ask, though... what role would it serve? Whereas most Destroids seem to have a specialized role, the Spartan always struck me as a sort of jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none mass-produced alternative to the VF-1's Battroid mode. Take a Spartan, add the costly transformation system, and I'd kind of think that we're back at VF-1. I'll say, though, that your Variable Spartan looks more heavily armored than a VF-1, more like a VF-3000. And you did already draw a comparison between the F/A-22 and the A-10. Would you have a Variable Spartan serve more of an attacker role? Sorry if I sound a little critical... I honestly do like your Variable Spartan, and I do think it's a better idea than a Variable Glaug. As for the VB-6, the fact that it has a Battroid mode is a waste. I mean, what for? The idea of a Monster that can turn into a shuttle/bomber to get from point A to point B makes sense, though.

Niether did I until I turned off my firewall. It's actually a link. Very strange... Anyways, I've never regretted getting a Saturn just to play that game. Makes me want to hook it up and spend the weekend flying my valk. Was there honestly a huge difference between the Saturn version and the PSX version? I got the PSX version... I'm suprised no one's mentioned those keychains. I sure as hell wish I had a super-deformed Macross hanging from my keys...

Great...now there's gonna be about 200 of us pouncing Dell for those 1gig memory sticks... I'm not... people I know have had problems with Dell. That and, since I live in an apartment, I'm leery of ordering expensive stuff and then having the mailman leave it in front of my door. Or worse, UPS. Twice now the UPS guy in charge of my area had marked that he attempted delivery and no one was home, but since I track my packages, I had been deliberately sitting at home waiting. On one of those occasions, he did bring it the next day after I complained to his supervisor. On the other occasion, I had to drive a half hour out of my way to go pick up my package at their HQ. Again, complained to the supervisor.

Shockwave! Damn thats so foolish of me! But hell no to Brawn...I'd rather have Mirage or Bluestreak... I cheered when Brawn got blasted in TF:The Movie! Mirage! How could I forget Mirage!

I have a 512 MB stick, and while I haven't actually tried getting any Macross on it yet, I've found that the 512 is good for about an hour and a half of video, depending on the settings you use to convert your video files and the size of the orignal video file itself. Screw $450 2GB Memory Sticks. Last I checked, they're Duo PRO High Speed (which the PSP can read, but only as a regular PRO), and are more suited for professional digital photography. I'm just going to hang in there for another month. Then Gamestop will start to carry the 1GB for around $150.

Tell the PSP to figure out everything automatically, and make sure your router is set to "Mixed B/G" mode since the PSP doesn't work with G.

Doesn't Sony replace PSP units with dead pixels? Sometimes. Maybe. They're encouraging people to play with their PSPs to see if any dead pixels bother them, and if they do, they'll handle it on a case-by-case basis. Almost everyone I know with a PSP that has a dead pixel, both personally and on the boards, has stated that their dead pixel doesn't bother them.

You gotta have Shockwave and Brawn, too.

And it IS an adaptation of G1. A straight up origin story. I was afraid that a live action TF movie would look like ass, but after seeing the Citroen commercial with the breakdancing car/robot, I'm convinced that they actually could make a sweet-looking live action TF movie. Realistic-looking CGI Optimus = kick ass movie, reguardless of plot.

Sticks & Stones, my friend..Sticks & Stones, Ha! BTW, at least HG aligning their product with an orginization that deals with making world a better place to live. Really? Which one? In any case, at least Big West comes up with some original content now and again. In 20 years, all HG has is Robotech, and even that wasn't really original. Original content let's see......Macross 2......Macross 7....Countless Macross video games..... This isn't about which orgnization is better, to me they're both rich fat cats that are doing the same thing. Sell, sell, sell, and sell. List of Big West Anime Macross, Macross II, Macross Plus, Macross 7, Macross Dynamite 7,Macross Zero Getter Robo Go Idol Tenshi Youkoso Yoko Irresponsible Captain Tylor Orguss, Orguss II Southern Cross Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer Yeah, everyone is in the business of making money. But at least most companies turn out something new every so often.

Oh, right... no, like I explained, your save game stuff goes on the Memory Stick. If creating the folders by hand doesn't work for you for mp3s and what not, try moving your game save data to your PC, then format the Memory Stick and move it back.

Sticks & Stones, my friend..Sticks & Stones, Ha! BTW, at least HG aligning their product with an orginization that deals with making world a better place to live. Really? Which one? In any case, at least Big West comes up with some original content now and again. In 20 years, all HG has is Robotech, and even that wasn't really original.

CRT is definately the way to go if you want a smaller TV. But if you want a bigger TV, CRT sets are simply to large and heavy, and the picture seems dimmer the larger you go beyond 36" JsARCLIGHT, I don't think DLP TVs are really any larger/thicker than RP LCD. LCD computer monitors are pretty thin, but also relatively small. At the 44" size, they're both between 14"-15" deep.

Not sure exactly what you mean, but if you never formatted it, and you still saved games on it, it's fine. You just need to create the rest of the directories yourself. When browsing the PSP's Memory Stick (for the sake of discussion, let's say your PC named it 'I'), you should have two folders. I:\MP_ROOT I:\PSP Unless you want to watch movies, you don't need the MP_ROOT folder. (For those of you that do want to watch movies, there should be another folder inside, I:\MP_ROOT\100MNV01, and all of your movie files go in there. Remember, they must be in the mp4 format, and they must be named M4Vxxxxx.mp4 where xxxxx is the number of your movie. If you have two movies, they would be M4V00001.mp4 and M4V00002.mp4). Inside the PSP folder, there should be four folders (if you already have save data, the PSP must have created one of them already). I:\PSP\GAME I:\PSP\MUSIC I:\PSP\PHOTO I:\PSP\SAVEDATA Pretty self explanitory. GAME is where games that can load from the Memory Stick (like future Emulators) would go. MUSIC is where you put your mp3s, and PHOTO is where you put your jpg files. SAVEDATA should be the one that's already there, and that's where your game save files and your Network Settings file go.

If by that they mean whoring their bastard series for 20 years with almost no original content to show for it, then that'd be accurate, right?

Yessir! So... actually... I was kind of thinking it'd be better if they used Voltron instead of Robotech. Everyone likes Voltron.

Within the next 5 years, analog broadcasts are supposed to be ceased completely. Current schedule is at the end of 2006, NTSC ceases to air. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html Hence why I wouldn't even consider buying ANY TV that wasn't at leat DTV-ready. Right on, which is exactly why I'm sticking with my good old fashion 27" CRT brute, the generic $10 a month cable, and S-Video hookups until I can afford to buy a nice 42"-50" Widescreen HDTV, in either RPLCD or DLP.

Of course. It uses the magic "M" word, which is as good as gold. It can do no wrong, and everything it touches is pure and perfect. Personally, I don't think the UN should mess with either. It's kinda like having David Spade host some award show for videogames... it's one of those things that the guys in suits think is "cool" that really just comes off as lame. But if you have to chose between one or the other, it's always better to go with the original than the horribly spliced and bastardized knock-off. If you put it that way, it does kind of make sense. Hate to admit it, but I'm with AOne and Arnie. Especially if Hillary runs in 2008 *shudders*.

But you can't just think of the present... I'm assuming our friend here won't be replacing this TV anytime soon? Within the next five years, HDTV television broadcasts will gradually become more common. Blu-Ray or HD-DVD will start to replace standard DVDs. And it's a given that all three next-gen videogame consoles will support HD video; 16:9 widescreen support is also much more likely. My advice to you, Ladic, would be to think about how much you want to spend on this TV now. If it's going to be a smaller TV and you think you might want to invest in a larger TV down the road, go with that Samsung. At 30", a CRT TV is pretty heavy, but not unmanageable, and for a Korean company, Samsung's products (at least the ones I've used) are pretty much on par with their Japanese competitors, and usually more reasonably priced. For anyone else taking a gander at this thread and thinking they want to go more-all out that Ladic, I'll warn you off plasma right now. Yes, they're the thinnest. Yes, they have an absolutely vibrant picture. But they're also expensive to buy, expensive to maintain, problematic with videogames, and more prone to burn-in than other units. Rear projection LCD TVs are less expensive, but you really have to be looking at them dead on for the best picture. They're also a bit thicker than all but the CRT units. If you're on a budget, they're not a bad choice. For your money, though, from everything I've read and everyone I've talked to, DLP is really what you want. They're pretty close to plasma in price and not quite as thin, but they're nearly as vibrant with better blacks and fewer issues with videogames and burn-in.

Crawl before you walk? Did the first automobile move at 200mph? Did the first plane reach 100k feet, or break mach 1? You have little faith... Right right... and following that line of reasoning, it'll still be awhile before anyone's stomping off to work in their Zaku... but maybe I can get me a Ball in my lifetime...

Right. As I mentioned before, the surface of the front of the PSP isn't actually the LCD surface. Rather, most of the unit's face is under one uniform layer of plastic. As long as you're careful around the buttons and the UMD drive, you should be alright to wipe the front with a damp cloth.

I just keep my PSP in its sock when I'm not using it. The entire front face of the PSP seems to be one piece of plastic, and the actual LCD itself seems to be underneath said plastic. So I figure it's probably okay to wipe the PSP's screen area with a damp cloth (I'd be careful around the buttons, though). For those worried about liquids, though, I'll just point out that I spilled a glass of coke on my laptop once. No problems, save for the buttons sticking. Figuring that water couldn't do more damage that coke, I misted the keyboard and wiped the whole thing down. Works fine to this day.