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The kid reminded me of a much, much better child Anakin.

Any ideas where to get this?

Damn. BDA's post makes a lot of sense.

I like the idea of semi-formalizing things, though taking such things slowly is probably a good idea.

I don't have any ideas for a new subforum subject currently. I suspect such things will arise organically as we go along.

I know I'm late to the game, and I'm not really interested in joining, but I'd recommend checking out the XD20 system by Tracy Hickman, who wrote a lot of adventures for D&D. The rules are like Chess: you can learn them in five minutes, but tons of room for mastering and having fun.

From a review:
"So I play-tested it. A lot. I’ve now run it for several months and have come to the following conclusion:
Advanced XDM is the best thing to happen to RPGs since the 20 sided die."

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14739.phtml

So, I haven't seen this movie in a little bit, but I'll give my remembered thoughts here and then watch it for a more detailed response.

1. I think the acting works well. Not great, but not bad. I like Bell's character, and Tatum conveys a prideful roman very well, but the movie really did well with the Seal people. Local people who could speak gaelic were sought out (and that's a small field), but I think it worked awesome for them. I watch this movie and I love how the language sounds.

2. I love the soundtrack. It's funny though because it continues the tradition of uilleann pipes (traditionally irish bagpipes) in movies set in Scotland. Braveheart did this as well. Personally, I'd love to hear highland pipes in a movie, but I get that uilleann pipes have a greater range and can produce more interesting melodies.

3. The early battle is awesome.

Poster art aside, I think the movie is better for not having the "torch London" scene. It may have been budget limits, but limiting most of the movie to the castle lets decimated London stand out more. I liked it.
Don't really agree with you on the character arcs being forced and character wants being undefined.
Bale wanted people to be safe and outlast the dragons as they starve. He is ultimately forced to understand that sitting on his ass will accomplish nothing and confronts his fears of going back to London.
McConn-whatever was more "let's go guns blazing" with arrogance, trying to take over Bale's operation and force the victory. He ultimately realizes that won't work and tells Bale "you lead, we follow" because Bale knows London.
The two men learn their own plans won't work but a compromise will: be quiet and stay down, but sneak into London and attack the king dragon.

The lady definitely felt forced and two-dimensional. But that's hardly unique to this movie.

Finally no real distinguishment is necessary between humans-oppressed-by... in my opinion.
Humans react in predictable ways in apocalyptic situations. It's when they rise above their own concerns that a story comes out of it. The dragons/zombies/robots don't matter: it's the human reaction that matters. We saw enough of the dragons to get that WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM MORE. Because they're dangerous. I think we saw too much of Smaug. Focus on the people.

Anyway, those are my thoughts.

Week 3 :: 2 :: Writhyn :: The Eagle

Period roman film. Includes example of a testudo formation in action. And the music is great.

It's on Netflix. Also Google play.

Taxes. I don't give a damn. I'm a socially conservative Christian, and I grew up in TN as a political conservative, so increasing taxes was something that I felt strongly about. Now, I think it makes sense that taxes can be raised too much and discourage growth, but in my experience the same people who are upset about taxes (conservatives mostly) are more concerned about keeping their money instead of acting out the faith and love they believe in by using it to help others.
If only the Christian churches banded together, we'd be capable of solving the poverty problem in the US at least. But they're more concerned about the government taking their money while claiming they trust God.

Well I actually do trust God to provide, and since christians aren't doing what we should, the government can take the money. Shut up and act your faith.

What is the single most wonderful thing someone unrelated to you has done for you?

Is there any way we could set up a live chat and just watch the chosen movies together? Like "1955 EST everyone get your DVD ready on first frame of whatever and sign on to livechat. At exactly 2000 EST, unpause." For anyone who happens to be available.
Sites like disposablechat.com make such collaboration pretty easy.

Agreed. At the very least see if it's available to rent on Google Play Store.