hooligan x Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... And... I accidentally click the post button. Check out the edit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koshka Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... So' date=' don't keep us in suspense... did it? [/quote'] No, the die turned up a 3. To be honest, I hadn't thought of dropping the branch on him. It's nice to know I can pull stunts like that if he playtests someone else with Unluck, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Heh. The Tomorrow-Boy bits remind me of a player in my last HERO game, the Third Eye Investigations Superhero-Noir game. He was from the future, and had come back to change the past, and his schtick was future pop-culture references, which the player and I had fun inventing. "Hard to believe Keanu won the Oscar for MacBeth.." A few years ago, no one woulda thought that Mel Gibson would do a *good* version of Hamlet. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... A few years ago' date=' no one woulda thought that Mel Gibson would do a *good* version of [i']Hamlet.[/i] JG I debate on how good the version was. Is there any mention of Fortinbras? Fortinbras is pretty important as a contrast for Hamlet. He is what Hamlet often measures himself against. He provides an urgency to the events. It's an action/adventure Hamlet, certainly, and a good action adventure movie. But it does take major liberties with the text(s). Keith "have yet to see a filmed Hamlet I'm satisfied with" Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I came across this while cleaning up some older posts on the Savage Earth forums. The subject is online dice rollers. Dice Roller Help Text: xdy will roll x number of y-sided dice. X can be any decimal value (greater than 0). Y is any positive integer. Player: What's an integer? Is that a car? GM:The integer is a predatory mutant creature that stalks trade caravans. It will force the accountant in the party to tally up their books. If there is a discrepency, it will devour the perpetrator. This is the friendlier "positive" integer. "Negative" integers don't bother with social niceties and just subtract members of the caravan until sated, at which point they become positive. The most feared integer is the "rooted" integer. Rooted integers will stay in one place and wait for their prey to come to them. "Square-rooted" integers have nine-inch fangs and vicious claws, armor-like hide, and shoot laser beams from their eyes. They are rarely a problem since they are pretty beneficent, or positive. Fortunately for unwary travellers, square-rooted negative integers are purely imaginary. Keith "i" Curtis jkwleisemann, Basil and Era Scarecrow 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Keith "have yet to see a filmed Hamlet I'm satisfied with" Curtis I always preferred the Schwarzenegger one myself. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... It would have been a much shorter film. Ham. Remember King when swore an oath I did That on this sword the last you were to die? Claud. Those were the words that you did speak. Ham. | I lied. Keith "iambic pentameter" Curtis Bloodstone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Macbeth. Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? O nay 'tis but A plasma rifle, phased within the range of forty Watts. Thus now speak I Hasta la Vista, Duncan! Keith "pushing the meter" Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... A few years ago' date=' no one woulda thought that Mel Gibson would do a *good* version of [i']Hamlet.[/i] Actually, I remember reading some cheesy sci-fi book set a couple of decades in the future, where they made some throw-away reference to "renowned Shakespearean actor Mel Gibson." (The truly sad thing is that I liked Gibson's Hamlet better than Branaugh's completely-over-the-top version.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Actually, I remember reading some cheesy sci-fi book set a couple of decades in the future, where they made some throw-away reference to "renowned Shakespearean actor Mel Gibson." (The truly sad thing is that I liked Gibson's Hamlet better than Branaugh's completely-over-the-top version.) There's always they did on MST3K. A black-and-white German production (thus requiring dubbed-in dialogue) that still managed to feature Ricardo Montalban. And, gratuitous link: http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/bit1009a.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... The truly sad thing is that I liked Gibson's Hamlet better than Branaugh's completely-over-the-top version. There I have to agree completely. Although the Branagh version did better textually, the pacing was even slower than Hamlet ordinarily demands, and some of the visuals completely altered the characters, and the words' meanings. A prostitute in Polonius' bed? Showing us Hamlet and Ophelia doing the nasty? Hit me on the head with a five pound hammer while your at it, Kenneth. Keith "Saw an 'uncut' version at Ashland five years ago. Hi, Cornelius." Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Thread derail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... What, again? Well, okay, if you insist . . . How 'bout them Marvel TPBs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Here's one from tonight; I'd really rather not explain the context' date=' though I will say is was [u']not[/u] during a Stargate game: "No, I don't need that gun, I'm already using a two-handed thingie..." (pause) "You know, given what that tentacle monster just ended up doing to my pretty female assistant, I probably could have phrased that better..." Hmmmm, I wonder what the context could be here. Hmmmmm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Hamlet sucked, I hate that play. Rosencrantz And Gildenstern Are Dead on the other hand is excellent. ghost "I'm a Macbeth Fan personally" angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandidGamera Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Careful - next time your players have to Save The World' date=' they might decide it's not worth saving. [/quote'] In the conclusion adventure, that fellow met a version of himself that had come back from the future, based on the new timeline, and who reassured him that Keanu met with an unfortunate accident in the following few years, and thus the world was safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Back on track, here: "The snooze alarm does not shut off the cat." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Sorry for the derail folks. Keith "Couldn't resist the temptation" Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... No worries, I do it a lot, just wanted to mention it since this is such a great thread for its actual content (that may have sounded bad by implication, you know what I mean I hope). I almost was going to mention something else re the whole Hamlet topic and that's when I noticed that this thread isn't a regular NGD one or such and that's when I thought to mention it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... So my character is organizing a giant Christmas party, and invites everyone she knows, including a "Charlie SHeen" type actor friend named Chavez. She walks into the room to find Chavez seriously lip-locked with a beautiful brunette of indeterminate age (think about Demi Moore from Striptease). "Oh!" she says," I see youve met my Mother!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooligan x Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I saw Billy Campbell in a terrible HamleT in NYC many years ago. I saw a great MacBeth in New Haven that was set in post-colonial Africa. The MacBeth was more complete even with the AK-47s. Umm... said Dr Bad Guy as he assaulted my PCs this week. Yeah. Captain Obvious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... *Chad Rolls 17 on his "Thread Derail Disguise" Skill..* GM: You enter the dungeon. There is a faint sulfuric smell.. Me: I like Keith's X-Men Avatar. GM: What? Oh yeah, it's great, who are you again? Me: The Fighter GM: Right the Fighter dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... *Chad Rolls 17 on his "Thread Derail Disguise" Skill..* GM: You enter the dungeon. There is a faint sulfuric smell.. Me: I like Keith's X-Men Avatar. GM: What? Oh yeah, it's great, who are you again? Me: The Fighter GM: Right the Fighter dies. Was Keith GMing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Was Keith GMing? Isn't he always? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... *Chad Rolls 17 on his "Thread Derail Disguise" Skill..* GM: You enter the dungeon. There is a faint sulfuric smell.. Me: I like Keith's X-Men Avatar Thank god you're here, Non Sequitur Man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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