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  1. JarodRussell

    Independence Day - Resurgence

    It was okay, but the first one was way better. I did like the scenes showing how alien technology was fused with human technology, and the remnants of the alien ships lying around. What I didn't like is that they rebuilt most of the cities, AND landmarks, in 20 years. 1 WTC alone took 13 years...
  2. JarodRussell

    Independence Day - Resurgence

    White House Down was a better Die Hard 4 than Die Hard 4. Confined space, classical music, individual and distinct bad guys, the white vest, elevators, basements, heck there is even a christmas reference. I enjoyed it very much, and it was much better than Olympus Has Fallen. My interest in...
  3. JarodRussell

    Stargate fans: which of the following would you rather have, and why?

    In a television landscape in which we get late continuations of X Files, Gilmore Girls and Full House, I wouldn't say it's unrealistic. I'd like to see a combined continuation of SG1, Atlantis and Universe. Atlantis is on Earth now anyways. A video game would probably be a good platform for a...
  4. JarodRussell

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens Discussion (HERE THERE BE SPOILERS)

    Subconsciously, a quantitative measure to compare against other teams. Now it's "Wars is better than Hobbit, and the financial success proves it." Humans have a natural need to compete. If it's sport teams or movies, doesn't matter. But the success of a sport team over another can be measured...
  5. JarodRussell

    Star Trek 2009 vs Star Wars 7 (NO SPOILERS)

    Sydow's role could have been Lando's actually. A long time friend of Solo and Skywalker, who still considers Leia a princess.
  6. JarodRussell

    Snoke - speculation (spoilers)

    I'd find it more interesting if Snoke was NOT a Sith. He's just manipulating Force users into joining the Dark Side.
  7. JarodRussell

    piracy discussion - new series

    Any time someone posts a Youtube video of a scene of a film or TV show from a Youtube channel other than the official distributor's, that someone is posting illegal content on the BBS. Fan fiction, drawings, renderings are also illegal. A grey zone. But the site gains money from advertising, so...
  8. JarodRussell

    ‘Superman & Batman’ movie will follow ‘Man of Steel’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1nD4o3zTfo
  9. JarodRussell

    Where to put your Digital Content?

    Also keep in mind lossless and lossy compression formats. If you convert from one lossy compression to another (for example to stay up to date with the codecs), over time you lose information, just like with analog copying.
  10. JarodRussell

    Star Trek 2009 vs Star Wars 7 (NO SPOILERS)

    Star Wars was treated with a lot more respect to the source material, giving the ageing original actors substantial roles. With Star Trek they wanted to get as far away as possible from it, and had the mindset that the original actors are so old and boring that they should not be included, or...
  11. JarodRussell

    Public perception of Star Trek?

    I'm reading the article "The Forever Franchise" in the latest Wired magazine, and there Marc Evans is quoted saying: "I often think about the areas of the Star Trek universe that haven't been taken advantage of. Like, I'll be ridiculous with you, but what would Star Trek: Zero Dark Thirty look...
  12. JarodRussell

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens Discussion (HERE THERE BE SPOILERS)

    It's fascinating how they took the stormtroopers seriously this time, even though they were mocked quite heavily in pop culture, and how they treated redshirts in trek, giving in to the pop culture mockery.
  13. JarodRussell

    Do we need more backstory?

    I only want to know how the fuck Ben Solo could turn evil being raised by Han, Leia and Luke. I mean seriously, that's quite a bit of a stretch.
  14. JarodRussell

    The Jedi are a "myth?"

    You would after 30 years of Sith regime trying to completely wipe out any evidence of the Jedi. In ANH, even the imperial officers questioned the existence of the Force, thinking it was just some weird cult or religion. And again 30 years later, I don't think that Luke did a lot public relations...
  15. JarodRussell

    Where to put your Digital Content?

    You need to keep an eye on all your digital storage, and maintain it actively. None of the currently existing services will exist in 20-30 years. Some codecs will stop working. Some DRM will stop working. File formats will go extinct. Discs, drives, flash storage will be corrupted. Slot...
  16. JarodRussell

    James Bond franchise--the return of SPECTRE and Blofeld?

    JB-007 was awesome.
  17. JarodRussell

    JJ-isms in TFA [Possible spoilers]

    I saw some similarities with Abramstrek. The Falcon's jump from Hyperspace directly into the atmosphere. The superweapon ignoring any kind of limits for speed of light, and people on a distant planet being able to see the result instantly (just like Spock saw the destruction of Vulcan). In...
  18. JarodRussell

    James Bond franchise--the return of SPECTRE and Blofeld?

    I'm getting tired of this "No, he's not [insert name of famous villain character], he is called [insert random character name]", and then in the middle or last third of the film they're like "no, I'm actually [the famous villain]", but it's just a throwaway mention that adds NOTHING to the story...
  19. JarodRussell

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens Discussion (HERE THERE BE SPOILERS)

    My take: excellent production value Han Solos part was awesome there were way too many contrivances the characters showed way too many skills without training (like using a lightsaber) the lightsaber plot was badly done. Why not let Rey find it in the desert, and start the movie from...
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