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    R.I.P. Paul Walker

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    Huh, I dunno, would this count as Ironic? Guy who mostly acted and known for his work in a film series that has to do with dangerous activities in suped up expensive cars dies later in an expensive suped up car? That sucks, that really does.

    I would say "Life imitating art" rather than ironic. My first reaction when I heard the news was "no way, bullshiit!". I can see how some people think this is a hoax.

    Nasty way to go, RIP.

    Man of Steel - Superman movie has a director

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    LOL - "I'm handsome, see".

    Honestly one could make one of these "what's wrong with", "honest trailer", "how it should have ended" for just about every fiction ever created, but they sure are funny as hell to watch/read.

    -b.

    Most of it is just frikking nerd nitpicking though, hardly much basis for valid criticisms. I put most of these in the category of "If you can do better, why aren't you a Hollywood director instead of just sitting in ya mums basement making *this* stuff.

    The Prometheus "Honest trailer" was pretty valid though.....

    Yamato 2199

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    is there any chance he could/might be redeemed in a simular fashion to the original charactor, considering that 2199's version is more supposed be a homage to a famous and reviled terran dictator?

    It's an interesting question and one with no easy answer. I think that the Desslar in 2199 did things that the Desslar in the original series would *never* have done, especially using the wave motion gun to try to destroy the Yamato even though the same shot would have destroyed Gamilon as well. I think that the original Desslar was much more of a patriot while the new one seems much more self centered. Especially with his final declaration " *I* am at war". Not the rest of his race, seemingly, just him.

    I guess it just depends on how any new adventures, whether they be movies or TV series, pan out. The Gamilon Empire is certainly in better condition at the end of 2199 (although certainly in disarray) as opposed to the original series where it was pretty much wiped out singlehandedly by the Yamato. I am certain that it will still be swept aside by the Comet Empire and that will be interesting to see. How Desslar plays into it, I am really not game enough to guess.

    He definitely will be back though, you can see the bridge of his flagship being blasted away from the ship intact as the rest of it blows up.

    The Doctor Who Thread

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    Last night, caught an article, don't know if anyones read it. But Moffat has gone on record stating that Math Smith isn't even the 12th Doctor, he's actually the final regeneration of our beloved Doctor, the 13th. He's putting it down that all Time Lords can only regenerate 12 times, and that this is science fiction and you just can't break those kind of rules.

    FYI, the "12 regenerations for a Time Lord" rule was first set out in "The Deadly Assassin" in 1976. The Master had used up his 12 regenerations and was seeking to give himself a new set of regenerations by harnessing the powers of the Eye of Harmony (which was located in the Gallifrey capital at that time, NOT in the Tardis). That plan failed.

    When the Master appeared next in "Keeper of the Traken" he was still seeking to regenerate his decayed body. At the end of the story he "body snatches" a new body from the Traken "Tremas" (anagram of Master, geddit) which is another way that Time Lords can regenerate.

    I think when the Master returned in the new series it was explained that the Time Lords had revived him and given him a new set of regenerations so he would fight for them in the Time War.

    I am not even going to try to figure out what was going on with the Master and his body in the 1996 Telemovie. LOL.

    Star Trek: Renegades

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    Thor: The Dark World, in theaters Nov. 8, 2013

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    Short interesting article that laments why the great villain list in the Marvel films currently begins and ends with Loki:

    http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Loki-Good-Villain-Marvel-Movies-Big-Problem-40217.html

    Worth a read.

    Yeah, it is a great little read and it does identify a lot of the problems that Marvel is experiencing with its villains at the moment. What is more difficult, of course, is suggesting possible solutions.

    Personally, I think the problem that Marvel is coming up against (and DC has had the problem as well), is that what can look good with villains in the comics might not translate to the screen so well. Rather than just singular villains fighting the hero's, as it is in the comic books quite often, I think that the heros need to be up against larger forces. They kind of did it in Avengers but they didn't get it right, with Loki's essentially faceless army being just cannon fodder. They did a similar thing in Thor 2 but came up against the same problems.

    I dunno for sure, but it is certain that they need to think long and hard about villains in the future, of course.....

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