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Whoa, hold the phone there! Yeah, the Mitsubishi is most definately going to be an Evo. The Evo just happens to be Mitsubishi's most popular car, along the same line's as Subaru's WRX. But the Evo isn't Mitsubishi's only worthwhile car! To this day, IMHO, the 3000GT is still the most kick-ass car to come out of Japan, and I also happen to be rather fond of the Eclipse GTS. As for the Acura, it's going to be an RSX. That's Acura's poster-child car. Even though Acura and Honda are the same company, the S2000 still carries the Honda name.

I just saw the original Juon. Not the Juon movie that released on R1 DVD a few weeks ago, but the original TV version. Simply brilliant! Character and story development are kept down to just the minimum so that you know who the people are and what's going on, and most of the screen time is reserved for one creepy thing after another. I can definately see scenes in it that inspired scenes in the Grudge, but overall, they're two different stories.

Well-said, Agent. Great cop out. Why bother debate point by factual point when you can just pat the doorknob lover on the back for tactless reply........ Oh, I'm not saying it's well-said because it was a well-articulated point that happens to back what I said earlier. I thought it was well said because it amuses the hell out of me when AgentOne says stuff like that.

Sorry if I'm covering something that's been said already, but anyone see that Citroen commercial? If the Autobots and Decepticons look that good in the upcoming Transformers movie, live action might not be so bad after all...

Well-said, Agent.

I think it's fair to be skeptical at this point. Every Pixar production I've ever seen has been a damn fine piece of work. Disney can't match that track record. Skeptical, sure. Approach with caution, sure. It's too early to dismiss it entirely, though.

It's really hard to explain to someone who's never played it. Basically, it's a good console FPS with an amazingly addictive and fun multiplayer side. If you don't like FPS (or at least console FPS), there's nothing about Halo 2 that'll change your mind. But if you do like FPS on consoles, Halo 2 is just the cream of the crop.

Nintendo has sold more Gamecubes than MS has sold X-Boxes. Last Xmas put them up on top. Hehe, kinda funny that I own the 2 consoles that are least popular. Oh, and in response to my earlier comment, you guys are right. Sony is the only guilty party really. I think most of that annoyance stems from PC part manufacturers... Voodoo, GeForce, Radeon, TNT. But I suppose 3rd parties come up with some good names. I remember my GeForce DDR; Creative 3D ANNIHILATOR PRO. Heh, stemmed a funny discussion where we came up with different names for vid cards ("3D RAPIST PRO; F*cks your games in the @$$ after they said no!") Of course, that's off the top of my head, we came up with some better ones. Dammit... sorry for being OT guys. Nintendo sold more Gamecubes during the last holiday season, and Gamecube is safely #2 in Japan, but Microsoft has still sold more consoles worldwide since launch than Nintendo. Microsoft is also likely to sell the most consoles this holiday season. There's another shortage of PS2s (maybe Sony doesn't like money?), and you wouldn't believe the number of people who have bought Xboxes over the past month just for Halo 2. Meanwhile, even with a Metroid bundle and a Mario Kart bundle, the Gamecubes are just sitting in our stockroom collecting dust...

Hey, it's you guys acting like Disney is a bunch of Nazi facists just because they're trying to make money, not me. And I'm sorry, it still seems ridiculous to me that you guys have such loathing for a movie that you know nothing about, save that it's a sequel to Toy Story and that Pixar is not working on it. For all you know, the studio that is working on Toy Story 3 could be huge fans of the first two, and end up turning out a really good movie. I mean, seriously, can't you guys at least wait for a preview before you being your rant?

I never said that Pixar didn't deserve a bigger slice of the pie, although I do think they're a little overrated. I mean, I loved Monsters Inc, but I hated a Bug's Life, thought Finding Nemo was a little boring, and enjoyed the Toy Story movies, but less than a lot of other movies Disney's made. My point, though, is that we're not Disney's target audience for the direct-to-video sequels, and that maybe we should at least wait to see a preview before we put Toy Story 3 in the "sucks" column.

I play a couple of clan matches last night. While some of the people I played were cool, I was discouraged by how many people shoot you, then call you a happy person for no reason. The level of immaturity is appalling.

Hey, can anyone tell me, do you need to play the first one to follow the second? I'm certainly going to get Half-Life 2 for the Xbox when it comes out, but as previously mentioned, I'm not mouse-and-keyboard inclined for action-oriented games, and I'd hate to play through a wretched PS2 port of the original.

He means the console versions, and yeah, X-Men Legends is a lot like Baldur's Gate. I thought X-Men Legends was fun, true to to the comic books, yet accessible to people who only know X-Men through the movies. Graphics aren't all that great, though... the cel-shading has them looking like colorful blobs rather than people. My biggest gripe with it, though, is that for all the characters, a lot of them are clones. Like Magma... she uses lava instead of ice, but otherwise she plays just like Iceman. You can pretty much divide them up into melee characters and ranged characters. Chances are, you have your ideas about which characters you'll want to mostly play as, and for the most part, you'll stick with them throughout the whole game. Replay value is pretty low, since even if you play again with different X-Men, it'll play pretty much the same way. Oh, and don't listen to the PC crowd. They're knocking the Dark Alliance games just because they have the Baldur's Gate title, but are nothing like the PC Baldur's Gate games in terms of story or gameplay. Both the Dark Alliance games, as well as Champions of Norrath, are very fun dungeon crawlers.

Yes, I did see Aladdin and the King of Thieves. I've seen all three, and liked all three. I also liked Lion King II and Lion King 1 and 1/2 is my favorite of the Lion King movies. Stitch: the Movie was highly entertaining, but suffered a bit from being more the pilot to a Saturday morning cartoon than from being an actual stand alone movie. And Buzz Lightyear of the Star Command was better than either of the Toy Story movies. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it the first time, and the giant laser didn't work because the batteries were in it upside down. In any case, I hated both Beauty and the Beast movies, and both Little Mermaid movies. Didn't see either Pocahontes movies. Now the funny thing about Disney... or Pixar, or just about anyone out there making movies today... are you ready for this? They're all in it to make money. I know, it's shocking, but it's the goal of a business, be it a movie studio, a grocery store, an automobile maker, etc, to make enough money to turn a profit. Disney, nor any other movie studio, has never made a movie because "there is a good story to be told." They make a movie because they believe there's a story that people are willing to pay to see. And they learn what we want to see by trial and error... either people go to see their movies or not. Usually, it's a fairly logical assumption that sequels work, and as I've already said, yes, I have liked some of their sequels. With a little more budget for production, yeah, I would have loved to see them in the theater. Which actually makes me think of something. Those direct to video releases? They're not intended to be on par with the theatrical releases. They're intended for kids who always watch a particular movie (for my niece, it was Shrek) so their poor parents don't have to watch the same movie over and over and over. If Toy Story 3 is going to be a theatrical release, it's hardly fair to compare it to Disney's direct to video releases. Especially when you haven't even seen a preview or anything. That's jumping the gun. You can't argue that "it's not about being pessmistic, it's about recognizing talent," when you have no idea if the people working on Toy Story 3 are talented or not. It's absolutely pessimistic, because you're saying that Toy Story 3 is going to suck when the only thing you know about it is that Pixar isn't working on it. And of course, the only reason Pixar isn't working on it is because they split with Disney. Why? They wanted a bigger slice of the pie. It all comes back to money.

I didn't see Shark Tale. Sorry. But yes, I did see Antz. And it kicked the hell out of A Bug's Life.

Anyone have the lineart for the SW-XAII?

Did you guys ever see Shrek? Ice Age? Antz? Shark Tale? Seriously, there are other studios out there than can do a CG animated film. Yes, it's a shame that Disney and Pixar couldn't work out a more mutally satisfiying deal, but Disney is still allowed to make movies about their intellectual property (which Toy Story is), and they're still allowed to make CGI films. I'm not saying anything against Pixar, since I've loved everything I've seen by them (except A Bug's Life). What I am saying, though, is that for once (I know it's hard, given that we at MW are a picky and pessimistic lot), could we not knock something before we try it?

I really like both designs, although the canards on the SW-XAII look ridiculous. With a transformation closer to the VF-1, I think it looks better in Gerwalk mode than most of Kawamori's more recent designs... and dare I say it, better than the VF-19 (even the VF-19A) in fighter or Battroid. But anyway, I guess with Kawamori finishing up Macross Zero, there hasn't been anything new in VF-EX?

Yeah, and I'm still waiting for the Xbox version. Well, at least I have Fable, Megaman X8, and Knights of the Old Republic II to keep me busy until 2005...

Well, if they're going to bring Ace Combat online, I would actually prefer the next installment of Ace Combat to be on Xbox or Xbox Next. I really don't feel like fussing to bring my PS2 online for one game when Xbox Live's infrastructure blows PS2's out of the water. Actually, Xbox Next would be better than Xbox. I could make due with Xbox, since I have one of those adaptor thingies so I can use my PS2 controller on the Xbox. But on the Xbox Next's controller, they're supposedly moving the black and white buttons up onto the shoulder.

I've heard some other people with DSL having trouble. It could be your carrier, or it could be your router. Definately call someone though! You're missing out! I started a clan today. What's cool is that, once registered at Bungie.net, you can not only check your personal stats, but you can see who from your Friend List is online, check their stats, and then create a group area for your clan. The group area comes complete with it's own mini forum and bulletin board!

Personally, I think the new Halo 2 Master Chief action figure looks a little cheap. But if you can find one (they're rare), the civillian Warthog (as seen on a billboard in the multiplayer map "Headlong") is extremely kick ass.

One pic says his computer is too crappy to play Half-Life 2. The next pic tells him that he can play My Little Pony, though.

I want different planes for each army. Say, one army gets American and Japanese planes (since the Mitsubishi F-2 is always in it, but the F-2 is really an F-16 anyway), and the other gets Russian/Soviet and European Fighters. Bigger campaign mode! Play through the game as either side. If Namco is lazy, they could have a set story and recycle missions for both sides, and only occasionally have unique missions. That'd be more fun than simply having A missions or B missions. More different planes, instead of just more versions of the same plane. Include both older planes (I would love to fly a Draken or a Viggen) as well as experimental types, like the HiMAT and the X-44.

I'm afraid it'll be like the Airforce Delta game for the GBA.