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Originally posted by Squishy:
I won’t say too much, other than the USA did themselves proud, and if the US don’t sit up and take notice after that game, then I don’t know what will.
So congrats US, beating Portugal is no mean feat for anyone, and they did it in style.
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Well, after seeing the game, I’m a little embarrassed. One of the two points that Portugal made was done by a USA player by mistake! It was so stupid!
In the news, they did manage to mention the game. Briefly. It should have been on the front page of all the newspapers, but it wasn’t.
Although Kai has finally died and Xev has permanently lost the one she loved the most, there are other possibilities. I think Nigel Bennet would make a perfect replacement for Michael McManus. Xev loved Kai, but he could never return that feeling. I think it would be really fun if Prince were to take a love interest in Xev. It would be a sort of reversal of the situation with Xev and Kai. Prince would love Xev (don’t ask me why, maybe because she’s not entirely human) but Xev would certainly never return any love! And when you think about it, Kai was dead but Prince is death itself. Or maybe forget about the whole death thing altogether. I don’t know.
Go, go, go, USA! They beat Portugal 3-2!
Although I fell asleep and didn’t see it live, I’ll be watching it when they rebroadcast it this afternoon! So don’t tell me any details! LOL!
I downloaded Rush’s new album [i]Vapor Trails[/i]. They did a good job, as usual. [i]Out Of The Cradle[/i] might be my favorite track. I might go see them when they tour this summer.
[img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]Thanxx for reminding me! I ordered mine today from Smeetch.Com.
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Kai’s story ended well. At least it wasn’t sudden. We had been expecting something like this for a while.
There is also the reality factor. MM is getting older but his character, Kai, doesn’t age. Sure, you could bring him back to life and he would age normally… but he just wouldn’t be Kai. It would be the same as adding a new character to the show that the fans demand and not one dreamed up by the writers. Expectation would be set that wouldn’t be met. It just wouldn’t make any sense.
Beautiful movie. Terrible plot and dialogue. I recomend turning off the volume on the TV and putting in your favorite music in the CD player.
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Originally posted by elmey:
The most obvious lack of coverage though is on “sports” radio in the US. I say “sports” advisedly, you wouldn’t believe the crap that passes for sports talk on those stations. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
Oh, I’d believe it. There is a talk-radio station nearby that starts talking about sports from 3pm until 11pm. And all they talk about, year round, is Vol (american) football. (The Volunteers is the college team that plays for the University of Tennessee.) Yes, even in bloody MARCH there are jackasses calling up the show asking about theoretical bowl games the Vols might play… and american football season doesn’t start until SEPTEMBER!
One thing to note about soccer on american television. They have been showing World Cup matches [b]without commercial interruption![/b] Completely amazing! Maybe not so suprising for ESPN, but they did it on ABC too! Or course they have commercials at hallf-time break, but that’s to be expected. But I think most of the matches are pre-recorded and I don’t know how long that break is in between the 45-minute rounds. Or whatever. (I need to read up on the rules of the game!)
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Originally posted by Squishy:
Anyone see the England match?
Damn them, they had the game in their hands and then decided to let Sweden get back into it, they had them on the ropes, but took their foot on the pedal…idiots!
They play like that against the Argies and England’s World Cup hopes will come crashing down around them.
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Whoops! Oh, well. Too late! LOL!
(See my post above.)I’ll be watching the match anyway, beer in hand.
Maybe we should have spoiler rules regarding the World Cup! Maybe we should wait 24 hours before discussing matches? LOL. It’s no big deal. Talk about whatever u want, mates.
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Originally posted by SadGeezer:
Are you sure?! Someone told me that the biggest spectator sport (maybe that’s different) was something unusual like Formula One.
I have seen many news stories here in the United States commenting about the apathy towards football here. According to all these news reports, football is, without a doubt, the most popular sport in the world. When you get down to it, it’s a simple game that anyone in the world can play. You don’t need expensive equipment, just a ball and two feet.
IMHO, the popularity american football is beginning to fade. This is debateable, of course, but the ratings for the Super Bowl (the so-called “world championship” of american football) has declined in recent years. And without a doubt, baseball has also declined in popularity.
“Soccer Mom” is a derogatory term used here in the USA. It describes an upwardly-mobile mother who typically drives a mini-van or sport-utility vehicle. The stereotype also implies that her kids belong to soccer teams and she’s the one who takes them and their teammates to practice and matches. You know what I mean, the busybody who bakes cookies for everyone in the office. LOL! (No offence to any soccer moms out there! I was just describing a derogatory term for our friends across the pond.) Anyway, IMHO, I think the mere existance of such a term implies that soccer is increasing in popularity in the USA. In a culture where hip-hop and raves are now popular, I think jocko-homo american football must be less appealing.
It’s also worth noting that soccer was lampooned on an episode of [i]The Simpsons[/i]. The city of Springfield hosted the World Cup. The show acknowledged the fact that it’s the most popular sport in the world. But it was portrayed as dull and boring… and therefore started a riot! LOL
[img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing the match between England and Sweden later this afternoon. Yes, I know it’s already over, don’t tell me who won. It’s the only match they are showing on television here during the afternoon.
[img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]I got a question. Where the heck did the word “soccer” come from? I suppose I already know the general answer, but I was just wondering what others knew about it’s origin.
Well, they are showing some of the World Cup games in the USA… in the wee hours of the morning! In the middle of the day, they’ve been showing one game on ABC. (Obviously pre-recorded because of the time difference.)
[img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]Does anybody know a webpage that keeps track of the leaderboard or whatever?
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Originally posted by Raven:
Also if Slovenia win then I win £50. It’s that Red Card game in McDonalds and they gave me the worst team imaginable…
ROFLMAO! It’s funny that McDonalds, an american company, sees the wisdom of cashing in on the popularity of the World Cup… but not in the United States! There is no such “Red Card” game at the McDonalds in the USA.
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They moved it UP an hour!
Be still, my beating heart!
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Originally posted by JumpingJedi:
Perhaps Dynamic Forces should get their thumb from up their rear end!
I don’t know. Perhaps they like it there.
I still have not received my preview set.
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Originally posted by BowCatz:
By the time I figured out it wasn’t a [i]Dirty Harry[/i] type movie, I wanted to see the ending. Was the girl really killed? Does Cage get, uh, well, you know, rear-ended when he’s chained to the bed by Machine (another character)? Can he protect his family? I never had these problems while watching Lexx. And I thought Lexx was racy. Oh, I don’t think so, anymore.
I saw the edited version of this movie on cable television. It was sort of intriguing so I sat and watched the whole thing. It’s okay, I guess. Alot was lost when they edited out the swear words.
But when he unmasked Machine, I exclaimed, “It’s George Costanza!”
ROFLMAO!
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Read what I had to say about it in an earlier thread:
[url=http://www.sadgeezer.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000314]http://www.sadgeezer.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000314[/url]Yes! It was pretty cool. To me, it seemed like it was essentially [i]Blade Runner: The Series[/i], if you will. But after reading the Asimove book, I realised that it was similar to [i]Caves of Steel[/i] (a cop with an android partner). But is it anything like the Philip K. Dick book [i]Total Recall?[/i] I don’t know.
Apparently, Xenia Seeberg was a guest star on this show. I just want a copy of that episode! Yum.
I’ve had trouble too but now everything is fine.
This may be unrelated, but i’ve been completely unable to access the list of game servers for Jedi Knight II, Quake III Arena, or Star Trek Elite Force.
I wonder if something terrible is afoot. Such as a virus or cyber terrorism? It’s widespread, yet localised at the same time. It’s really strange.
There was a massive glut of cartoons in the ’80s. Most of them were not that good.
I do recall one called something like [i]Legends of Darkwater[/i] or something. It was a D&D adventure-type cartoon. It never finished the story.
I had problems for the last couple of days, but it’s working fine now. I don’t know about any trouble anyone else has had. (I’ve had my own technical troubles lately.)
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Originally posted by bonnee:
Bored now.
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[ 27-05-2002: Message edited by: bonnee ]
Wow! Not only do you own a website dedicated to fat things, you also own a website catering to people in the their late 40s and early 50s! Just how many websites do you own? You must have an abundance of money to afford the webspace, bandwidth, and IT.
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Originally posted by bonnee:
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Do you really live on a fat farm? I didn’t know you had serious weight problems. Sorry about your troubles.
[img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]Do you mean the Episode II discussion over in SciFi Angst? Or the music discussion in the Pub? If you mean the former then yes, he’s being his creepy self. Usually, I would have said something by now but I’ve been on a camping holiday over the weekend. The guy is downright tiresome and makes people uneasy. He can kiss my ass in the county square, for all I care. LOL
[img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]I don’t know if it’s really important, but I’ve noticed that bonnee has gotten into the bad habit of referencing pictures from other people’s websites in his messages. It’s not exactly a crime against humanity, but people who run websites know how this can increase unwanted traffic. Hence the difficulty of using free webpage services for this purpose. I think it’s astonishingly rude of him to continue the practice.
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Originally posted by Squishy:
Oh Aleck now I get it, you just didn’t like the movie, well why didn’t you just say so.
And let me just say to anyone who’s read these posts, please ignore Aleck, the movie is great and has the best acting ever and Sir George Lucas is a god, miss it and you’ll regret it.
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SIR George Lucas? Is that for real?
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Originally posted by thefrey:
Well I saw it today. I totally disagree with theBrother. This movie had more snooze factor that a whole bottle of nightquil. Some of the CGI was great, some was not. The dialoge was totaly painful, and….. the kid playing Anikin Skywalker made me want to slap the sugar out of him until he straightened up and quit pouting. Oh and I still have not gotten to see JarJar Binks blown into the next galaxy. Sigh…. and I had such high hopes too.
Did you at least think it was better than Episode I?
Yes, the dialogue is not that great. It reminds me of lines given in old silver-age comic books from the 1960s. Or maybe the predictible lines in an old serial. Or maybe something from a Kurasawa action film like [i]The Hidden Fortress[/i].
[img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]About bratty Anakin. If he was cool and loveable and not so bitter… then maybe he wouldn’t have grown up to be “twisted and evil?” Yeah, the kid’s a jerk. But girls seem to always fall for the mavericks…
Although I was hoping for it in this movie, I predict that Jar Jar will be killed by Anakin in the next movie.
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Originally posted by Slopmaster:
This is so typical, I think a movie is great and everyone dumps on it. I think a movie is lousy and everyone praises it but I guess I just have more taste than the critiics.-SM
Heh heh heh! What do you like on your popcorn?
[img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]I went to see it on opening day at 1 pm while school was still in session so I could avoid a theater full of screaming, crying kids. Babies should never be taken to movies. Even if the movie is a romantic comedy, the darkness and the giant images on the screen must be terrifying for them.
Wow! I didn’t think it was THAT bad! [i]Attack of the Clones[/i] is no [i]Chariots of Fire[/i], but it was a hell of alot of fun!
I wouldn’t spend $8 on it! Go see the cheaper matinee.
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Originally posted by Micromary:
EXCUSE ME, Tony, but why are you dragging MY name into this?? I’ve been away in Las Vegas while this sh!t was happening on BOTH boards. If you don’t believe me you can ask one of your OWN moderators, Frey. She met me in person.
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Good point, Mary. What did you mean by that comment, Tony? (I’m probably in danger of widening the arguement… hmm… And I don’t really mean to do that.)
I agree with LexxLurker. This discussion pertains to events occuring on another bulletin board.
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Originally posted by LexxLurker:
The most common excuse was that the show didnt take itself seriously anymore.
ROFLMAO! Name [b][i]one[/i][/b] episode where [i]Lexx[/i], the show itself, took itself seriously!
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Originally posted by bonnee:
1st Season 6.5 average
2nd Season 7 average
3rd Season 7.5 average
4th Season 3.5 averageI used a very scientific measure, otherwise known as the
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[ 18-05-2002: Message edited by: bonnee ]
(This is a reply for bonnee but also for others who like to post pics in the forum.)
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I know you like to post pictures with every other post you make, but consider posting images that are less than 320 pixels across. I’ve found that large pictures tend to throw off the formating of the forum page. (This particular point may become irrelevant when SadGeezer.Com undergoes it’s upgrade.)
I also recommend using pictures that you post on your own webpage space and not reference other people’s websites. The obvious reason is that such images may be deleted from any given website without your knowledge. But more importantly, it’s somewhat rude to add data traffic to someone else’s website when they are the ones who have to pay for it. Beware of “free” websites because sometimes they do not permit referencing of files from outside of their servers.
For example, bonnee’s pic is only 24k. But when it’s viewed a hundred times a day, that adds up to over 2 megabytes of data transfered from [url=http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/]http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/[/url] that some stranger has paid for. And since I replied to bonnee’s message with the picture in quotes, the amount of data that transfers has been [b]doubled[/b].
The stormtrooper cloning facility reminded me of [i]THX-1138[/i].
[img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]I agree with Slopmeister. [i]Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones[/i] is a great movie. I think it’s much, much better than episode 1. It has almost non-stop action like a really good James Bond movie.
I [b]really[/b] want to talk about it more, but I think I should wait a while until more people get a chance to see it. Suffice to say that George Lucas made a good choice and called upon the talents of another of the famous actors from the classic Hammer films!
Thanxx! But I just got a little tech support from my webpage providers. I think everything’s cool now.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Did it really show that? I have no memory of that. I didn’t notice the change in season three.
Heh heh heh. I think it’s pretty funny, DT, that you manage to pay excellent attention to some of the finer details of this show but somehow missed the part where a girl was taking off her clothes! LOL!
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Actually, I didn’t notice the change immediatly either. When [i]Fire & Water[/i] first aired, I had taped it. It wasn’t until my second viewing that I noticed that she removed parts of her costume. One thing is for sure. Xev looks much prettier in the season 3 costume with longer hair.
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Originally posted by blondgod:
I’m a huge Space:1999 fan (yes, of BOTH seasons!!) and I thought it was very cool that Tony was on Lexx. I belong to a S:99 forum and when I mentioned that Tony was to appear on Lexx, a couple of members called Lexx trash and pornography! For any S:99 fans out there, the series is now out on dvd with the last 12 episodes out in a month or two. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Yes! I have collected all of the first season of [i]Space:1999[/i] on DVD along with the first half of the second season. Consider you brits lucky because it looks like the UK version of the DVDs are much nicer with more goodies. My friend collected all the episodes on LASERDISC more than ten years ago. And it is also interesting to note that the two-part episode, [i]Bringers Of Wonder[/i] has never been available on laserdisc or DVD before.
If anyone is interested, visit my [url=http://www.flamegrape.com/maya/]Maya of Psychon Image Website[/url].
Where is the [i]Space:1999[/i] forum you mentioned?
[ 08-05-2002: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
(In my best imitation of Joan Crawford…)
No… time-travels… EVER!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by dgrequeen:
I do remember Tony Anholt from Space 1999. He played the TV news anchor in Lyekka vs. Japan.
Oh, okay! Now I understand. Wow! I didn’t recognize him in [i]Lyekka vs Japan[/i]!
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Originally posted by jdub:
Is anyone here old enough to remember the S4 newsreader’s past glories? Space1999 for one.
A bit of a coup for the beans, I’d say.
I don’t recall seeing this mentioned elsewhere but I apologise if this is old ground.
I’m not sure what you mean by “S4 newsreader”. Does it have something to do with season 4 of [i]Lexx[/i]?
Tony Anholt played the part of Tony Verdeschi in the second season of [i]Space:1999[/i]
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What does Tony Anholt have to do with [i]Lexx[/i]? I’m very curious because I’m a huge fan of [i]Space:1999[/i].
Visit my [url=http://www.space1999.net/videogames/]Space:1999 Videogames[/url] website. I haven’t returned to the project in many months, but I regularly get fan email encouraging me to continue.
Sad, if you’re interested, you could start a [i]Space:1999[/i] forum. I suppose you could call it cult science-fiction television. However, it might get less posts than the Aeon Flux forum!
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Originally posted by elmey:
The downside is that they can never have sex because Stan would immediately lose the key again! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
elmey
Why not? Each episode might start with either one of them possessing the key. Without actually showing the scene, it’s somehow overtly or subtly explained that it’s because they had sex. Xev would wind up possessing it for several episodes straight. Stan would get it back in amusing ways.
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Originally posted by Squishy:
Come off it Flamegrape, the above statement pretty much sums up what you think of earlier Lexx compared to what it is now.
The insect wars were not dreamt up by fans, the fact that they were not played out in the series does not mean they didn’t happen.
As we’ve seen with Star Wars, prequels can be an interesting and integral part of the Lexx history, an area that has never truly been explored.
nononononononono…. I didn’t say “the Insect Wars were dreamed up by the fans”. I said, “the [i]idea[/i] of an Insect Wars [i]prequel[/i] was entirely dreamed up by fans”. Worlds of difference. And actually, that wasn’t entirely true anyway. Didn’t MM bring up the idea in an interview? (I hope I’m not starting a false rumor!)
About [i]Star Wars[/i]. Since 1977 when the first movie came, it was [i]designed[/i] to have prequels. It wasn’t something invented after [i]Return of the Jedi[/i] was released. In fact, as I dimly recall from my childhood, there were supposed to be [i]nine[/i] movies in all! But I haven’t heard talk of an Episode VII in… well, in decades, I guess.
In the case of [i]Lexx[/i], the Insect Wars were merely backstory for Kai’s character. Famous throughout the galaxies, the Brunnen-G saved the universe from the evil Insects. The fact that many fans wondered about the details of that war demostrates how effective Kai’s character was defined.
Look, if they did an Insect Wars prequel, that’s great! I’ll be glued to the tube every week. But it wouldn’t be the same show. Sort of in the same sense the [i]ST:TNG[/i] is not the same as [i]ST:TOS[/i]. The first one was campy and sometimes outrageous. The second one was a bit more stiff and serious. Both good shows, but very different in style.
But yeah, you’re right about my opinion of the later seasons of [i]Lexx[/i] over the first season. I really enjoyed the goofball stuff that happened with Xev and Stan. In my viewpoint, the Beans have laid a firm foundation for Stan and Xev’s characters. Both the writers and the actors are now very familiar with them. To shift focus to an Insect Wars prequel would require a huge shift in gears and an abandonment of everything that has been developed in the previous four seasons.
Hey! Why not have our cake and eat it? LOL! Why not produce BOTH show ideas? The Beans could turn over reins to some other group of writers, producers, directors, and actors to let them make a kick-butt Insect Wars prequel! The Beans could come in as consultants or be executive producers while they focus on the continuation of [i]Lexx[/i] and the story of Stan, Xev, Prince, Priest, and Bunny! In fact, the more I think about it, the better that sounds!
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Originally posted by Squishy:
Nobody is taunting anyone, for instance Flamegrape’s opinion is something I don’t agree with, but I’m not taunting him about it.
This is the way the board has always been, it has never got further than a little heated discussion, Saddy and the mods will not tolerate anyone baiting anyone else or flaming of any kind.
Sure these arguments pop up once in a while, but on the whole we are all still pleasant to each other.
Agreed! That’s the spirit, Squish! Have a nice salty brain! On the house!
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Originally posted by thefrey:
Flame, please.Pander? How so? How do we not know that the original movie was not *The Vision* and that the story line was not sillied up a bit for greater series acceptance.
The original movies had tons of humour in them, but it was a sly, black kind of humour which I loved. I would dearly like to see a more serious series with flashes of gem like humour in it, rather that the pie in the face stuff that some of the series episodes resorted to. I donot think this would be pandering.
I’ll tell you exactly how so. If a writer has a good idea but ditches it because he thinks the fans wouldn’t like it, that’s bad. He’s not being true to himself. Even worse is if the writer mechanically writes a new tv show because a specific story is demanded by the fans. I writer writes what he writes becauses a feeling inside tells him what the story is. Sure, he can take suggestions. And he can also have a go at writing a specific story that is demanded of him and not of his own inspiration. But the results can be less than satisfying.
To create a specific story on-demand is awful for a writer! It’s extremely difficult to pull off in a pleasing manner. I wouldn’t want to push that on anyone. Writers “discover” stories and are not dictated by legions of fans. You don’t see people lobbying Stephen King for a specific book.
Do you understand what I’m getting at? Television writers can write something and then later decide if it’s worthy of putting on tape. Not the other way around.
The Beans are going to write what they write because they want to. Not because [i]we[/i] want them to. That would be pandering and would be less than worthy.
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Originally posted by Headgehog:
While I agree that he’s a putz, and its enviable that he’ll be banned, now isn’t the most strategic time to do so. You told him that you set him up! If your gonna set a trap, don’t let him know, that how some poeple walk in our judical system. If he gets banned he’ll surely get the word out as to how/why he was banned. Not many will actually take his bull to heart, but he will cause some doubt. Keep in mind that anyone banned, can just go to the library and use one of their computers (with a differnt IP) or a similar method.
So I recommend that we eat this incident, and wait paitently for him to make a mistake. That means that we not provoke him. He’ll screw up eventually, and soon.
I maintened the “exchange” in the predictible manner. But this time I documented his behaviour. If you want to make an analogy to the leagal system, this sort of thing happens all the time. The cops lure the crooks into making a mistake without actually breaking any laws. That’s what I did. If I made any type of mistake, it was my saying, essentially, “ah ha! I got you!” He knows that we’re discussing what to do about him. But I suppose if he sees that we do nothing, he’ll figure that he’ll be free to strike again.
The trouble is his tactic. He posts infuriating and insulting things, let’s his victim read it, then quickly deletes it. Then he goes through the charade of apologizing but at the same time laying blame on his victim. This time around I documented it. But what about next time?
I’ll monitor his activity if he rears his ugly head again. Next time I won’t get involved, but I’ll do more screen-captures of his posts before he deletes them.
[img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]But I still don’t like the idea of letting this troll wander about here. Everyone seems to hate him. And I think we’ve been exceedingly tolerant.
However, he may have already left for good, thinking that he’s already been banned. But also be on the lookout for emails from him. I understand that he attempts to gain sympathy that way. (In typical troll fashion.)
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Originally posted by Squishy:
Flamegrape, I said something before about going against the wishes of the fans…in which you were quite correct in that it was an arrogant assumption to make.
However, you’re comment about Lexx being un-epic like is not something I would agree with (yes we’ve had the argument about the literal sense of epic), you have to remember there are fans out there who loved Lexx because of the movies (me being one).
If there was to be a prequel involving the insect wars, then it would very much be of Lexx’s roots, but even the movies carried a certain amount of comedy.
But if you take a look at the ratings, then it’s obvious that the one’s that pulled in the most were the likes of Vlad and IWHS, whereas Midsummers and it’s ilk were not hit’s.
I loved Lexx for whatever it did, but a return to the ideas that inspired it would drag in more people.
So if you actually believe that the entire fanbase would like to see Lexx continue the way you’d prefer it, then I’m afraid it is you that is making arrogant assumptions.
Squishy [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
You’re putting words in my mouth, Squishy!!! [i][b]I did not say “the entire fanbase would like to see Lexx continue the way I’d prefer it”.[/b][/i] I didn’t say anything of the sort. Are you talking about my idea of continuing the show with Xev, Stan, Prince, Priest, Bunny, and the women? I said that because [i]JumpingJedi asked for everyone’s opinion![/i] I also gave out my opinion on the other two options presented by JJ. Back off with the innuendo!
[img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]Now if you ask my opinion…
If the show itself continues, I really don’t think it’s going to return to the stiff style of the first series of movies. It just wouldn’t make any sense to me. However, if the next installment of Stan and Xev’s story comes in the form of a movie (like what JJ said about the SFX interview with Xenia) then it would seem to make sense that it would have a little more serious theme. But not much.
If they make a prequel spin-off based on an anectdote of Kai’s backstory, then it would be the epic space-opera that you want. I’ll be sure to watch it. But I seriously doubt that it would be written and produced by the same folks who wrote and produced [i]Lexx: The Series[/i]. They wrote the television series the way they wanted. It changed and evolved over time. Do you think they are going to drop their style and pander to the fans? I really don’t think so.
