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DasBroot

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    DasBroot got a reaction from massey in DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...   
    I liked Hulk.  I liked the focus on the characters yet with more than enough Hulk action (throwing tanks hundreds of feet, the super leaps).  I liked the comic book feel of it as well - very creatively shot.
     
    Even the silliest components (hulked out poodles) could have been lifted directly from the source material.  Hulks opponents are always over the top or silly looking. Making him 15 feet tall sometimes also a little odd but not without precident in the comics (I remember Grey Hulk during the Spider Man as Captain Universe run being drawn to be easily 12 feet tall in a panel facing Spidey).
     
    I liked the Incredible Hulk as well for what it was ... a standard fare action film.
     
    My best Hulk movie would be somewhere in the middle - the character pieces and sheer power of Ang Lee's version of the character combined with the art consistency and appearance of the Incredible Hulk / Avengers Hulk.
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    DasBroot reacted to gewing in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    This may well be just a matter of semantics, but...
     
     I suppose.The problem is, I don't know if I wold really call her a a career Politician.  A political Spouse for Many years, but she only ran for office on her own what, 14 years ago??   Political, yes, but not an elected official or (though I could easily not be remembering all of her activities, as I live 2000 miles from Arkansas) a political appointee.  
     
    Though I dislike her, I do not fear her the way I fear her opponent.   
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    DasBroot reacted to Starlord in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    Trump is no Republican...I believe the panic attacks started for their 'establishment' the second he became the probable candidate.
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    DasBroot reacted to megaplayboy in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    The thing that makes me sigh is, even if you debunk a couple dozen of these bogus allegations, it doesn't seem to matter. People hold on to this caricature of HRC as this lying, corrupt, greedy conniving Lady Macbeth, not from objective in depth research and observation, but as some tribal article of faith.
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    DasBroot got a reaction from gewing in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    Policy wise I agree.  His son has already basically come out and said that his VP would be handling foreign and domestic policy.
     
    The other half of the presidency is world representative, though, and even if he was the most hands off president in history policy wise I can't believe he'd stay away from the UN, the G7, or anything else that will get "President Trump Meets with ...." on the front page.  He'd be the envoy to the world, the face of  America, and he's a terrible one.
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    DasBroot reacted to zslane in DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...   
    Was there?
     
    I must be in the minority who hears the concept behind the Suicide Squad and is just filled with lots of meh.
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    DasBroot reacted to Cygnia in Creepy Pics.   
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    DasBroot reacted to Nolgroth in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    The thing is, Trump is not Conservative. He's the founder of the Reformed Nutjob Party.
     
    There was a Republican from California (Doug Elmets) that spoke on behalf of Clinton during the DNC. He feels that the party should have repudiated Trump and had nothing to do with him. He was interviewed this morning on the local news radio station. His overall view is better the enemy you know (Clinton) that the whack job you don't (Trump). That is my interpretation of his statements, for the record. He did mention that the Republican party should have just cut their losses, let Trump split the vote, and went with a real candidate. 
     
    I agree that Trump is dangerous but I also have no love, whatsoever, for the Clintons. I've also looked at the 3rd party candidates and am not impressed there either. Looks like I'll be sitting out the Presidential vote this year. Should be plenty of local issues and positions to keep me busy.
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    DasBroot reacted to Old Man in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    Intermission:
     

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    DasBroot reacted to Simon in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    You remember 4, 8, and 12 years ago a candidate going so far beyond the pale that their own party disavowed their statements? You remember former Presidents from the candidate's own party refusing to endorse him?  You remember a candidate making racist, bigoted, and mysogynist comments and statements multiple times and doubling down on them when challenged?  
     
    What I remember is growing up in a Jewish household and learning about the Holocaust...and repeating each time "never again."  That didn't mean or insinuate that we should look for Hitler himself to arise again and oppose him -- it meant that we should learn from the past and recognize the signs of a demagogue and a tyrant.  The signs of fascism, bigotry and hatred.  And oppose them. 
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    DasBroot reacted to Iuz the Evil in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-hack-hillary-clinton/index.html
     
    I don't think that's ever happened before, a presidential candidate calling on a foreign power publicly to conduct espionage on their opponent. Whoa.
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    DasBroot reacted to gewing in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    I don't remember going through any mirrors, so how did I get to a world where the Republican candidate is the sucking up to the Russian dictator and the Democrats are holding the line?
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    DasBroot reacted to Zeropoint in In other news...   
    I'm STILL thrilled that we know of exactly one species that sent a flying saucer to another planet to disgorge a nuclear-powered robot to drive around shooting lasers at things . . . and it was us.
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    DasBroot reacted to Old Man in In other news...   
    Wrong. Properly prepared bacon should shatter when bitten. Please report to the gulag for reeducation.
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    DasBroot reacted to Starlord in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    Fear is the path to the dark side.  Fear leads to anger.  Anger leads to hate.  Hate leads to suffering.
     
    Yoda
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    DasBroot reacted to Old Man in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    Just because he's openly undermining NATO?
     
    The sieg-heils above are examples of terrible gotcha journalism.  If you want to make these people look bad, all you have to do is report what they say into the microphone.
     
    Quick convention recap:
     
    A VP pick was announced after Trump realized he couldn't renege.
    Opened with a chaotic voice-only "vote" to shut out #NeverTrump.
    Delegates from a couple of states walked out.
    KKK and WBC throwing urine at each other outside the convention hall.
    Multiple examples of plagiarism.
    Campaign completely fumbled handling of the plagiarism "crisis".
    Speech plagiarist finally found.  She is an employee of the Trump corporation, not of the campaign, so if she really did write the speech, several campaign laws have been violated.
    No one of consequence is actually willing to speak at the convention.
    Cruz not only didn't endorse Trump, he admitted afterward that the personal animosity between them is very strong--so why did the Trump campaign give him a mike?
    Trump openly questions NATO, emboldening its enemies.
     
    Did I forget anything?
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    DasBroot reacted to Burrito Boy in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    But isn't Galvatron just Megatron all over again? Do we really want four more years of that? That's why I voted Starscream.
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    DasBroot reacted to tkdguy in "Neat" Pictures   
    Adam and Leonard Nimoy on the set of Star Trek
     

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    DasBroot reacted to Hugh Neilson in The Flash   
    The costume looks good, so we will complain because it mixes the same colours as other costumes.
     
    I'll be happy if it simply turns out that Wally is not the Season 3 "Speedster who infiltrates the team as a friend but turns out to be the Big Bad Guy for the season". Why couldn't Jay Garrick actually BE Jay Garrick?
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    DasBroot reacted to Joe Walsh in The Flash   
    True, I could hook up a computer. But sometimes I get my back up about these things and think, "OK, you don't want me as your customer. So go pound sand."
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    DasBroot got a reaction from Starlord in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    "He's 93. It's just window shopping."
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    DasBroot got a reaction from tkdguy in "Neat" Pictures   
    Wow. I kept looking for Falmer huts or hives. 
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    DasBroot reacted to tkdguy in "Neat" Pictures   
    Glow Worm Caves
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    DasBroot got a reaction from Nolgroth in This Week in MMOs   
    I don't know if 'all' the story arcs are worth completing - I've earned my Legendary status but some of the stories were just brutal. Sith Sorcerer, Jedi Consular, and Smuggler I wouldn't repeat.  Probably not Bounty Hunter either.  
     
    Voice acting quality plays a factor - I'd know in the first hour or two if I could stand the gender I chose's voice to the end.  I basically only made it through Consular because of the female voice actor - she sounds a lot like my wife. Which is funny because the male Consular is Nolan North, who I usually like as a voice actor, but couldn't stand him in TOR and deleted 3 poor Jedi trying to.
     
    The current expansion and current monthly mini-chapters are pretty well done, though (though I disliked one) - IF you're a Force User. Very clever sub retention ploy - my friend is being smart about it and coming back after this 'season' is complete to play them all in a weekend instead of paying $15 month by month if it's the only thing he's interested in doing.
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