GhostDancer

2013, Pacific Rim released.

25 minutes ago, death tribble said:

St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow was consecrated today in 1561

2002; Road to Perdition opened. It was based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner.

1988, Stevie Wonder announced his intention to run for mayor of Detroit, but did not follow through.

1945 – William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II. He was the basis for the Lord Ha-Ha character who appeared in a memorable early issue of Marvel's Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos.

 On this date in 2008, the animated movie Kung Fu Panda was released.

From Maggie Thompson's Turning Points...On this date in 1977. The Howard the Duck comic strip by Steve Gerber and Gene Colan began.

Historical note from Maggie Thompson's Turning Points...On this date in 1977. The Howard the Duck comic strip by Steve Gerber and Gene Colan began.

1829 - HMS Pickle captured the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.  Painting by Gordon Frickers.

On this date in 2002, the first Free Comic Book Day was held.  Check it out tomorrow!  May the Fourth be with you.

The same martial arts movie made me think of something weird, a Presence Damage Shield, Fascinating Injury, whereby your attacker is so interested in the blood spray from your mouth or the crunch of your rib or such that s/he may miss a beat.  Ha!  Perhaps your foe turns their back to you, and shakes their fists in the air to an audience.  You're kinda like Moon Knight, wearing opponents down by being their punching bag.

I seem to recall a note somewhere about how Flying Dodge was designed for Speedsters.  Can anyone point me to that reference?  After watching another martial arts movie yesterday, where some of the characters would back-flip away from an attack, it seems that could be a Flying Dodge too.  As our local George King says, "I bust a flip!"

Yay!  I remember this!

On 11/17/2017 at 10:13 AM, GhostDancer said:

Yokai http://yokai.com/

& https://geektyrant.com/news/here-are-45-awesome-mythology-creatures-that-will-scare-your-pants-off?utm_content=buffer9df54&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Thanks again, megaplayboy.  Your post prompted a free library loan of the The Rebel dvd!

10 minutes ago, megaplayboy said:

 

Very nice!  My Dark Champions character, The Kraken, is ethnically Vietnamese, and impressed with his scissors kick.

On 11/13/2017 at 2:03 PM, Cygnia said:

To go boldly where no man has gone before.

Kung Fu Hustle

In the film, during the last fight with Beast, Sing uses the Buddhist Palm leaving a massive palm-shaped hole in the building. In the real Buddhist Palm fighting style, however, the fighter delivers powerful punches using his palms. A relatively modern Southern Shaolin style of Kung Fu, Fut Gar Kuen, or the “Buddhist Family Fist,” utilizes mostly punches, palm strikes, low kicks, and evasive footwork to beat the opponent.

Encantado; were-dolphins http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Encantado

Yokai http://yokai.com/

Also, in the older 5th Edition book, not the Revised edition, this rule is stated on page 309, as a GM's option.

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• 1735 

  Printer John Peter Zenger, defended by Andrew Hamilton, was acquitted of libel in a case that helped foster freedom of the press.

1790

The United States Coast Guard is formed by Congress at the request of Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue Marine.  It is the oldest continuous seagoing service of the United States.

• 1884 

  Thomas Stevens became the first person to bicycle across the United States. He later bicycled around the world. 

• 1892 

  Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were killed with an axe in Fall River, Mass.

• 1914 

  Germany invaded Belgium and, in response, Britain declared war on Germany. 

• 1916 

  Denmark ceded the Danish West Indies, including the Danish Virgin Islands, to the United States for $25 million. 

• 1942 
• One of the leaders in the preservation of old newspaper comics entered the world; Rick Norwood, publisher of Comics Revue.
• 1944 

  Anne Frank and her family were found hiding in Amsterdam by Nazis. 

• 1964 

  The bodies of three civil-rights workers were found in an earthen dam, six weeks into a federal investigation backed by President Johnson 

• 1977 

  President Carter signed a congressional act that established the Department of Energy.

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• 1492 

• Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain. 

• 1908

• Allensworth, California was cofounded by ALLEN ALLENSWORTH, an escaped slave who became the first Black Man to rise to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army; among many other accomplishments.

• 1914 

  Germany declared war on France. 

• 1923 

  Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, following the death of Warren G. Harding. 

• 1949 

  The National Basketball Association was formed. 

• 1958 

  The nuclear-powered submarmine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater. 

• 1981 

  U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike. 

• 1987 

  The Iran-Contra hearings ended.

• 1990 

The title character of a syndicated comic strip was shot to death right in front of readers. John Darling was murdered in the second-last episode of his own comic. The final episode was about his funeral.

• 1790 

  The first U.S. census was completed, showing a population of 3,929,214 people. 

• 1876 

  Colorado became the 38th state in the United States.

1910

A famous newspaper comic assumed the name by which we know it best. George Herriman's The Dingbat Family, where Krazy Kat was first seen, became The Family Upstairs.
 

• 1936 

  Adolf Hitler presided over the opening of the Berlin Olympic Games. 

• 1946 

  President Truman signed the congressional acts that established the Atomic Energy Commission and the Fulbright Scholarship program. 

• 1981 

  MTV made its debut at 12:01 AM. The first video shown was Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.