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Doctadeth wrote:
Other media - The bad guy off the horror movie Wolf Creek, which ironically is based on real events in Australia.
Actually, it was not based upon real events. The court could not irrefutably prove that the man they found "guilty" actually committed those murders. Nor were the actual events ever known. The babbling english backpacker actually ran and did not know without doubt what happened to her bf.
For all the authorities care, she was actually a prime suspect for his murder before she named a local... and she didnt even give his name, they just matched a random description.
This is the same with "Open Water" and now, "The Reef"... with The Reef actually being an actual fraud... never being based upon any known scenario or circumstances.
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
Doctadeth wrote:
Other media - The bad guy off the horror movie Wolf Creek, which ironically is based on real events in Australia.
Actually, it was not based upon real events. The court could not irrefutably prove that the man they found "guilty" actually committed those murders. Nor were the actual events ever known. The babbling english backpacker actually ran and did not know without doubt what happened to her bf.
For all the authorities care, she was actually a prime suspect for his murder before she named a local... and she didnt even give his name, they just matched a random description.
This is the same with "Open Water" and now, "The Reef"... with The Reef actually being an actual fraud... never being based upon any known scenario or circumstances.
Quite. Inspired by does not mean the same as based on. Gandhi was based on real events. Blackhawk Down was even based loosely on real events. Braveheart was inspired by some dude in a kilt (and even that part is debatable). The Last Samurai is inspired by wishful thinking. (The wishful thinking part being that an American was involved. Some of what actually happened is actually not so ridiculously untrue, except that most parts of the story involving foreigners actually involved a Frenchman, and a few other bits an Englishman, and even that was exaggerated. The Japanese parts of the story are not all that far-fetched, though much is, of course, somewhat exaggerated, for example, the rejection of Western clothes and technology did not actually happen. Woah. Tangent. Off on one.)
Though guards may sleep and ships may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.
Solve a man's problem with violence and help him for a day. Teach a man how to solve his problems with violence, help him for a lifetime - Belkar Bitterleaf
yeh, even I thought someone said it pages back, but when I checked... nothing.
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
And finally, because I was rooting for him the entire movie...
haha i thought i was the only one rooting for this dude and his prototype dreadknights lol.
You werent the only one. I know he was suppose to be the bad guy, but DAMMIT he just kicked so much, of the right kind of ass did he not? That scene where he talks about getting his scars is just the tits.
Mr Hand
I agree as well. Darkcity is a cool movie, and he was so damn creepy. I loved the monotone voice and everything. Infact anytime I make a "spooky" character in a game, they are named Mr. (something random)
I now nominate the DAKKA MODERATION TEAM for their April Fool's joke...
Very evil...
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
AvatarForm wrote:I now nominate the DAKKA MODERATION TEAM for their April Fool's joke...
Very evil...
Evil, yes, but rather predictable. Not that I didn't enjoy it. It was just one of those things that just screamed "April Fools Joke!" as soon as I saw it.
To the Mods: I appreciate the thought, though.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
AvatarForm wrote:I now nominate the DAKKA MODERATION TEAM for their April Fool's joke...
Very evil...
Evil, yes, but rather predictable. Not that I didn't enjoy it. It was just one of those things that just screamed "April Fools Joke!" as soon as I saw it.
To the Mods: I appreciate the thought, though.
Something evil for next year would be changing everyone's Avatarpic to something terribad... like Bieber, GaGa or MLP
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
AvatarForm wrote:I now nominate the DAKKA MODERATION TEAM for their April Fool's joke...
Very evil...
Evil, yes, but rather predictable. Not that I didn't enjoy it. It was just one of those things that just screamed "April Fools Joke!" as soon as I saw it.
To the Mods: I appreciate the thought, though.
Something evil for next year would be changing everyone's Avatarpic to something terribad... like Bieber, GaGa or MLP
You know what would be better and more appropriate?
The Weiner Legions take over our Avatars. A Weiner in every post.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
Hrm. I like Lord Recluse in a sense, as far as villains go anyway. But I tend to prefer antivillains or antiheroes as far as darker characters go, rather htan pure villains.
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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Indeed, a character that has many facets, of both good and evil, is much more intriguing and interesting than someone who says "Mwahaha, I'm evil and I'm going to blow up your country/world/kill people!"
Why a good dark/antihero is the best character around. Believable flaws, you feel urges to reach out and give them advice, you can see connections to the real world in them that don't feel like glorified political cartoons: we should get more of them in modern cinema.
The Master from Fallout is a pretty good villain, I think:
Basically, he goes about killing people and forcing them to undergo a rapid (and by my understanding, painful) mutation in the hope of uniting Humanity after the Nuclear Holocost, but he ignores the fact that he is making everyone sterile and killing off the entire species by doing so.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
the entire Fallout series (I have yet to play New Vegas' main storyline, but "Dead Money" had amazing morals and characters in it that put a very philosophical twist on the concept of trust, revenge, forgiveness, and letting go) are amazing in both in their characters and their ideas. The end video for Fallout 3 blew me away; it was like the perfect epilogue to a great book. I'm guessing people don't want to hear why my story was cool, but the way they brought the story full circle in the final sentence was amazing.
micahaphone wrote:Indeed, a character that has many facets, of both good and evil, is much more intriguing and interesting than someone who says "Mwahaha, I'm evil and I'm going to blow up your country/world/kill people!"
Why a good dark/antihero is the best character around. Believable flaws, you feel urges to reach out and give them advice, you can see connections to the real world in them that don't feel like glorified political cartoons: we should get more of them in modern cinema.
Like Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) in "Law-Abiding Citizen"
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
micahaphone wrote:the entire Fallout series (I have yet to play New Vegas' main storyline, but "Dead Money" had amazing morals and characters in it that put a very philosophical twist on the concept of trust, revenge, forgiveness, and letting go) are amazing in both in their characters and their ideas. The end video for Fallout 3 blew me away; it was like the perfect epilogue to a great book. I'm guessing people don't want to hear why my story was cool, but the way they brought the story full circle in the final sentence was amazing.
Indeed. I have yet to play Fallout New Vegas seriously; every time I start a character, I find something I can't use (The Big Boomer on my Energy Weapons Guy, for example) and am immediately saying "I want to use that!" and restart
War. War never changes.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
micahaphone wrote:I suppose so. Or main characters who have moments of weakness, so that we don't just get the typical "You're supposed to root for this guy" story.
Perhaps Spiderman 3 when Peter has the Venom symbiote?
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
micahaphone wrote:I suppose so. Or main characters who have moments of weakness, so that we don't just get the typical "You're supposed to root for this guy" story.
Perhaps Spiderman 3 when Peter has the Venom symbiote?
Except without him being an annoying tool, or no god awful jazz dancing. Or bad haircuts. Or basically every annoying personality trait given to him by the symbiote. We should suddenly be unsure of their motives, or if we're rooting for the right guy. We should not feel the urge to punch the screen.
micahaphone wrote:I suppose so. Or main characters who have moments of weakness, so that we don't just get the typical "You're supposed to root for this guy" story.
Perhaps Spiderman 3 when Peter has the Venom symbiote?
The entire Spiderman3 movie was a villain to me. It was just terrible. Thanks for the reminder
micahaphone wrote:I suppose so. Or main characters who have moments of weakness, so that we don't just get the typical "You're supposed to root for this guy" story.
Perhaps Spiderman 3 when Peter has the Venom symbiote?
The entire Spiderman3 movie was a villain to me. It was just terrible. Thanks for the reminder
I honestly can't beleive that they had Venom, who is considered to be THE Spiderman Villain, to be basically a Cameo in that film.......
Honestly, he gets in one fight with Spidey and then flops like a fish....
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
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