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  • in reply to: Can we remove the LOTR: ROTK delayed news plz #65834
    fluffy bunny
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    prove the report is true 😛

    Here’s the initial report: http://www.theonering.net/staticnews/1049229702.html – now scroll to the bottom and click where it says reactions from theonering staff

    in reply to: Smallville Wetty needing some spice… #65832
    fluffy bunny
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    If you want epidode synopsis (read: spoilers) – 1st season as well as second, click:

    http://www.smallvillenews.com/

    and at the top, click episodes

    Oh and it’s episode 8 where lex starts on his mean streak again

    in reply to: Smallville Wetty needing some spice… #65831
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Smallville started off with a few decent, but not brilliant episodes . 8 or 9 episodes through the series cool lex reemerges (the lex and his dad episodes were ok, but 1st series had lex in ‘cool mode’- his dad seemed to be putting a damper on things at the beginning of the 2nd series.

    in reply to: Special Features – Sci Fi Choice #65830
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Will stick a few more books on when I get the chance- (am currently reading books from the horror genre, not the science fiction genre) – genre hop all the time

    will someone else who’s read it, put on Deep Space Nine: The 34th Rule please. I’ve mislaid it somewhere. It’s the only Star Trek related book I recommend to people

    in reply to: Yet another good joke! #65829
    fluffy bunny
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    George Lucas eat your heart out- this one’s a classic:

    [URL=http://www.waxy.org/archive/2003/04/29/star_war.shtml]Star Wars[/URL]

    in reply to: Funniest Sci Fi Quotes #65827
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    [i]Good evening. Here is the news on Friday, the 27th of Geldof. Archeologists near mount Sinai have discovered what is believed to be a missing page from the Bible. The page is currently being carbon dated in Bonn. If genuine it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to read “To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitous and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.” The page has been universally condemned by church leaders.[/i]

    Red Dwarf

    ____________________________________

    Rimmer: “Step up to Red Alert.”
    Kryten: “Are you absolutely sure sir? It does mean changing the light bulb…”

    (red dwarf series 6)

    in reply to: Yet another good joke! #65823
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Here’s a laugable one:

    [URL=http://www.sffworld.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5458]Best blonde joke ever[/URL]

    in reply to: The Jukebox #65813
    fluffy bunny
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    [i]You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss,
    A sigh is just a sigh, the fundamental things apply,
    As time goes by . . .

    An’ when two lovers woo, they still say “I love you,”
    On that you can rely, no matter what the future brings,
    As time goes by . . .

    Moonlight an’ love songs never out of date,
    Hearts full of passion, jealousy an’ hate,
    Woman needs man and man must have his mate,
    That no one can deny . . .

    It’s still the same old story, a fight for love an’ glory,
    A case of do or die, the world will always welcome lovers,
    As time goes by . . .

    < instrumental verse three >

    It’s still the same old story, a fight for love an’ glory,
    A case of do or die, the world will always welcome lovers,
    As time goes by . . .
    [/i]

    [img]http://www.movie-winners.com/posters/pix/casablanca.jpg[/img]

    Play it again sam…

    in reply to: Yet another good joke! #65751
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    OMG- u started a jokes thread
    ____________________
    A naked man ran thru a park past two old women.

    The first woman had a stroke.

    The second couldn’t reach.

    ____________________

    Q. How is the Enterprise similar to toilet paper?

    A. They both circle uranus looking for klingons

    in reply to: Fluffy Bunny in the News! #65750
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Testing

    [img]http://www.aushops.info/toys/bunny.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.blackhats.it/imgs/ethical/photo1.jpg[/img]
    Love the image search on google 😛

    [img]http://www.jimbenton.com/images/IT’SHAPPYBUNNYOPTI.gif[/img]

    Oh- and if you’ve heard the term breed like rabbits, try [URL=http://breeder.lapoo.nl/]this[/URL] site out (danger is addictive)

    in reply to: Fluffy Bunny in the News! #65747
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    lol- my new claim to fame 😳

    *cough* *splutter* as if I would have anything to do with sadgeezer’s isp conking out all the time

    I made myself a stuffed pink rabbit avatar somewhere- will have a hunt around for it when I get time

    Still don’t believe you saw straight through my cunning ploy to change the ys at the end of fluffy and bunny to ensure noone thought it was the same person 😯 Guess I’d better get myself hidden away. 🙁

    in reply to: Androids… Everybody Needs Good Androids… #65760
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Shush- I’m still waiting for that in the post

    And you dissed neigbours 😡

    in reply to: The Jukebox #65752
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    [i]There are places I’ll remember all my life
    Though some have changed
    Some forever not for better
    Some have gone and some remain

    All these places had their moments
    With lovers and friends I still can recall
    Some are dead and some are living
    In my life I’ve loved them all

    But of all these friends and lovers
    There is no one compares with you
    And these mem’ries lose their meaning
    When I think of love as something new

    Though I know I’ll never lose affection
    For people and things that went before
    I know I’ll often stop and think about them
    In my life I’ll love you more

    Though I know I’ll never lose affection
    For people and things that went before
    I know I’ll often stop and think about them
    In my life I’ll love you more
    In my life I’ll love you more.[/i]

    In my life- Beatles (Album- [i]Rubber Soul[/i])

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65595
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    We’d better do the reconstuction properly with minimum reparations inflicted on the people of Iraq- or by popular demand, we’ll end up with a governement similar to the one we’re trying to depose resulting with us going back to square one.

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #62620
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    lol- if I go into postwar Iraq, my pessimism comes through. Assuming WMD aren’t found

    1) Iran and Syria become insecure with regards to the American troops posted on their doorstep

    2) Someone has to pay for the war- chances are it’ll be the Iraqi people. Reparations didn’t do postwar germany (WWI) any good. Iraq may come to hate its so called liberators as well. After all, despite the oil and relative wealth of Saddam, Iraq is a 3rd world country- and reparations could cost Iraq dearly. Iraq stays broke, the people get enlisted as terrorists by slightly wealtier nations in the gulf region not due to religion, but simply due to the benifits money can provide to them and their families in a poverty stricken country.

    3) Rise of pan-arabism unifying the arab states in resentment of the States operating in a region that ‘should have been left alone’

    4) UN shown to be weak, and more easily bypassed in future conflicts (I still see America going to war with Iran in the next few years)

    5) Division of NATO- France and Germany wanting a separate european army to offset American and British dominance at the mo. Distrust and petty infigting—-> what was the cold war about anyway? Arabic countries building their own forces and preparing for Israel and America.

    There’s more, but I’m getting hungry
    -Later

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #62615
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Just curious as to your opinions on this issue:

    Should Bush and Blair stand before a war crimes tribunal if no WMD are found? I know many of you will say they will be held accountable by the public, but how many of you would say a war crimes tribunal would be appropriate if nothing was found?

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #62609
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    [quote=”lexxrobotech”]Perhaps if you reread my earlier posts you would get a clearer understanding.

    When I say that “The U.S. actions are very much like early Nazi Germany” I mean that the disregarding of the UN is grounds for trouble further down the road. Early Nazi Germany new that the UN as such was powerless to do anything, thus the taking back of land took place. The US and UK new that they could go with or without the rest of the worlds backing.

    This all brings back into what worries me. The US foreign policy has failed often. It tends to be really short sighted. This is what worries the other UN Countries.

    Look at the US’s to main enemies. Osam Bin Laden and Saddam. Both were put in power by the US. Again, failed foreign policy. [/quote]

    Ok so you’ve stated the problem- all very well and good. Now what do you propose we do about it?

    in reply to: The War – Your chance to vote #62602
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
    [i]Gandhi[/i]

    Then again, I ticked the last item in that list pending all the facts- I can’t say whether it’s justified or not without knowing the reasons for it

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #62600
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    We can mudsling all day, but just bear in mind that whether this war is justified or not, the troops are in there now. We can’t pull them out now without dishonouring those who were killed and injured in action,

    For better or for worse, events have been set in motion. Instead of arguing about who is to blame for putting us in this situation, ask for a quick resolution with as little loss of life as possible, and then ask what is the best way to move forward to the future. Quibbling over the past solves nothing.

    in reply to: baby name needed #62598
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    [quote=”Logan”][quote=”Headgehog”]
    *they won’t tell you the sex of the child here anymore 🙁

    A Lexxian is almost born:

    [img]http://www.members.shaw.ca/funky2funky/My%20Pictures/BabyLexx.jpg[/img][/quote]

    Congrats.
    As to the sex of the baby- they generally don’t tell you here in the UK here- they know in the majority of cases at the 20 week ultrasound, but mistakes have been known to happen- not good if you’ve bought all the baby clothes already. When doing obs and gynae placement, 2 secs after the family had left the room, the doc tells the med student what the actual sex is.

    As to names, I’ve always like Aroura myself as a girls name, but I don’t think I’d have the courage to call a child that.

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65492
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    One thing about the oil in Iraq- it’s not economically viable to invade iraq just for its oil fields- Iraq only generates 3% of the world’s oil. There may be a large amount of it under Iraq, but the geology means it can’t be extracted efficiently in a major way (and definitely not in a reasonable enough amount to pay the overheads for this war in the short term (and long term’s at least decades).

    At the end of British colonialism, Britain left Iraq, keeping its richest oilwells. That region became known as Kuwat. Iraq’s oil production in comparison’s negligible.

    Don’t think this one’s over oil- will wait a few yrs for the historians to tell us- it’s not humanitarian, that’s for sure (look all around the world at easier conflicts that the US could have been involved in if it’d been in national intersets eg Zimbabwe, Bali etc)

    in reply to: Was there ever a 2nd series of Crusade? #65483
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    yup. Apparently it was going to be really good in the 2nd series (same with all cancelled shows I guess)

    in reply to: Hey MB! #65473
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    edited (srry bout the double post)

    in reply to: Hey MB! #65472
    fluffy bunny
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    [quote=”marybeth”]tom and i are getting the test results back day by day. 😀 :D[/quote]

    Does that means what I think it means? Good luck with it.

    in reply to: Server problems… AGAIN! :( #65471
    fluffy bunny
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    Well guess it’s one way of weeding out the slightly sadgeezers from the truely sadgeezers who’ll check back every so often to see if the site’s back up 8)

    in reply to: The Jukebox #65408
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    The Song is Over by the who please

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65400
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    K- not sure what crime Bonne’s meant to have committed (I’m still relatively new here). I’ll stay out of it- just thought he was expressing an opinion rather than trying to cause trouble- anyway….

    [quote]BTW, looks like the numbers in the anti-war brigade are dwindling as people come to their senses [/quote]

    Hardest part of this war was always going to be starting it, and the aftermath. Once at war, most of us will rally around the troops and their families. As to the opinion polls, the only true measure of what’s happening will occur after the war, not during it- a lot will depend on the time it takes to end the war, and the final casualty count. Best wishes to those in the gulf fighting the war on our behalf.

    Flame – good link, prefer the British equivalent (will find the link sometime), but parts of it were good nonetheless. Thanks

    As to the offending comment:
    [quote]The fact is, is that no matter how hard you moan you cant just change the government s of other countries be it Iraq or Afganistain, you don’t have too respect their decisions, but you will have to live with them, so get over it, and look at the big picture…another threat to the world is about to emerge and that is not enough for me, and it shouldn’t be for you.[/quote]

    I’m going to assume you mean this- correct me if I’m wrong…
    1) We can’t just replace any government at will just because they oppose us

    2) America’s doing this as a knee jerk reaction to secure it’s position as the world’s sole superpower and will quash any country that may be close to superpower status in the next few years/decades, especially one that may be opposed to them, possibly leading to another cold war.

    Running short of time- but I do remember these points being raised by some members of the media and addressed- (something to do with “that’s not what we’re trying to achieve here” – someone answer plz- or I’ll do it tommorow. Will preferably dump the Qs on ADM after the strong reaction a few posts up

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65372
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Have chosen to remove this post- on reading it again, have decided it was pointless 🙄

    One thing- everyone take a deep breath before posting- can see things may be beginning to get past the simmering stage (then again may just be being paraniod)

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65368
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Slightly off topic, I always interpreted Jihad as spiritual with regards to defence of faith, (I’m not muslim, but had a read through the translation a few ys back)

    Problem isn’t religion per se (I feel generally is a good thing) but extremism is- many say essentially the same thing. If someone argues that he is higher or that his religion is holier, it is proof that he has missed the very core of his faith.

    [quote]Why can’t the CIA just send over some agents for a ‘wet job’?[/quote]
    That’s what I was thinking but

    1) People been trying to do this for years, but it hasn’t worked- security is good, plus the use of body doubles (people surgically altered to look like Saddam, some against their will doesn’t help)

    2) Even if he is killed, there are too many people who think in the same way as him in positions of power who would gladly take control. It’s not the man, but the regime that people want toppling.
    I Imagine many of the Iraqi people aren’t too bothered who’s in charge, they just want to get on with their lives, so a revolution is too much to hope for.

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65364
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Playing devil’s advocate:

    [quote=”SadGeezer”]WoW!

    One other thing that keeps niggling away in the back of my mind is that the Arab nations all seem against the coalition and primarily the US. Some of you have pointed out that it’s only a few terrorists that are responcible for these cowardly terrorist attacks but I’m not so sure? Arab societies (and peer pressure it seems) seemed openly (the peopel at least) supportive of say 9/11 and although they may hate Saddam they will support him against the US and it’s allies! Why is that?[/quote]

    A lot of them have major misgivings of Israel- a country right on their doorstep. Despite the infighting between those nations, they’re pretty much unified in their hatred for Israel who a lot of them feel has been able to get away with a lot of s**t that’s unacceptable to them due to America’s involvement and meddling in middle eastern matters. Funded by America to an amount of money in goods and military equipment greater than the combined support America offers to the rest of the world. The West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights. Israel even supposedly (need to double check this but if memory serves), surpasses even China in violation of UN human rights against its neighbours. A lot of them feel Palestine has been unfairly treated on several occasions. Religion is one of the reasons they back palestine, but noone in the region likes Israel.

    The US bombing Iraq every few years seems a bit excessive and some may have misgivings over it.

    [quote]That’s not an attack on these communities, I just can’t understand why they never get involved themselves. [/quote]

    Why should they? How would they benifit from a war? There is no surefire outcome, war leads to international condemnation . Besides- taking out Iraq wouldn’t solve the terrorist problem (look at the Iran/Iraq war – on another note, while you’re there look at the reasons for it). America is on the other side of the world, they’re right next door- counteroffensives etc could be very bloody- and of the major weapons of mass destruction supposedly there —->abundant chemical and biological agents (less likely to have nukes). Chemical and biological weapons are notoriously difficult to distibute over long distances, but local borders are easy.

    [quote] I’ve just seen a news report where some mouslim countries are ganging up to condemn the war. The defensiveness in me says, “You ungreatful bastards! We’re doing your dirty work for you!”[/quote]
    Again, nothing is being done for their benifit, simply shifting the balance of power in the region, putting in governments sympathetic to the west. After Iraq, where next? One or 2 of the league will may be funding terrorism themselves and would at least start to sweat. Others think it’s a regional matter and the US should stay out of it.

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65359
    fluffy bunny
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    Thx for your thinking out your last post ADM. I’m for this war, as long as it’s done for the right reasons and intentions. Sorry, but I don’t think the moral high ground “we’re better than them” etc won’t work with me- if you try that, it can be pointed out that every country in the world has committed it’s share of atrocities at one time or other.

    Going in to help the Kurds is not a reason that’ll wash with me- Saddam does not consider the Kurds as Iraqi in the same way that neither Iran or Turkey, both allies in the first gulf war and tentative ones in the second, consider their kurdish people Iranian or Turkish. In the first gulf war American bombers were not allowed to fly raiding missions at certain times because Turkey were running bombing raids on their own Kurdish minority. It is not justifiable to any extent but at the same time no-one in Iraq considers them Iraqi, one of many examples of racial prejudice throughout the world. If all this was ignored in the 1st war, how can it be a validation for a second? The motives for this war will most likely not be revealed in the near future, and we can only hope that the intentions of our leaders are noble ones.

    Just because France doesn’t agree with the Coalition’s way of doing things doesn’t automatically make them cowards. If you feel someone gets it wrong you don’t roll over and agree with them – ok I’d say it was rash of them to threaten to veto any descision without hearing it out first, but still France, Germany and Russia are simply doing what they feel is right from their perspective. We do not know what evidence is out there, and whether the coalition or the french did the right thing regarding it- how can we as the public interpret it if we haven’t seen it. If we can’t interpret it, who are we to judge and subsequently ostracize? I guess it’ll be for the historians to debate when the evidence is revealed

    Another reason is political- if we cajole and threaten, and don’t do anything, we’ll be seen as paper tigers and will be ignored the next time we need to send a warning

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65351
    fluffy bunny
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    [quote=”A-DM”]My thoughts have remained the same since Saddam reared his fat ugly head again, and that is that war was inevitable.
    “The anti-war brigade, as far as I’m concerned are all misguided cowards, for the best part they are not concerned about stopping war, they are more concerned in showing their anti-americanism.” [/quote]

    Think you’re taking liberties here

    [quote]“People forget that his world is nothing like ours, he only answers to Allah, while we try diplomacy to resolve the issue, diplomacy is not part of that world, you need be a democratic state for it to exist, his is a tyranny…diplomacy and humanatarian ideals aren’t part of his world.”[/quote]

    Again – making assumptions- both on religion (which many people would take offence at- most muslims are peaceful) and about the man. Where’d the assumption that all muslims are fanatics come from? Do you believe everything the media tell you?

    [quote]“As for France, that country has no gratitude for the help it has received in the past, and I hope that if trouble reaches their borders again that they are left to deal with it by themselves, they deserve as much for their cowardly behaviour.
    France and these anti-war protesters are made up of anti-americans, extremists and a large bulk of pro-Saddam supporters, they have no voice and no idea, they are all cowards.”[/quote]

    On the contrary, a lot of people are reluctant to go to war- it isn’t a game – many people need evidence before being prepared to inflict a terrible thing on another country, rather than just taking another person’s (who may have ulterior motives or may have recieved false intelligence) word for it.

    [quote]I’d like to reassure our friends in the US that the people in the UK support your cause, of course we have a large number of idiots who don’t[/quote]

    Since when is it idiocy to think for yourself and wish to weigh up the facts presented to you? I’d argue it’s stupid not to do so.

    [quote]To those that oppose this opinion, to them I say ‘look at the end goal’, forget your prejudices and your hatred, look at the root cause for this trouble (Saddam) and nothing else, can you honestly believe that this one man will do what you’d like him do?, do you really think that he won’t kill you and your families just because you believe in peace?, he hates all of us and once he has the capabilty do you think he will stop too listen to your cries then, he will have the power too kill in the masses and would be ready to use it, how are you going to stop him then…because more demonstrations or more diplomacy will not stop him.
    ADM[/quote]

    our troubles stem from the individual terrorist cells operating in our respective countries. Instead of targetting these (which is extremely difficult), we go for the static target, who couldn’t do as much damage. And if that’s the case, it’d be countries such as Iran and Algeria we’d be going after for setting up these cells (and if you want to get pedantic, in the cold war it was CIA which taught them how to do it). Evidence rather than libel please.

    in reply to: The WAR! – Who is on Who’s side? #65350
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Am going to copy and paste what I typed in another forum for this post- will reply to the rest later – apologies if a tad disjointed :

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    Mar 18th, 2003, 9:18pm »

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    I have a feeling our leaders are privy to more information regarding the matter than can be divulged to the public without compromising intelligence sources within iraq. Although I have little confidence in Mr Bush, myself, I’m willing to trust the rest of the coalition regarding the evidence linking Iraq with terrorism and needing to do something about it. There has to be a particular reason why now and not last year or the year before is the time for action, but if action is neccessary, and other alternatives have been given ample oppotunity to take effect, action should be taken. Noone wants to say we are at war, and send servicemen into battle. Given the public pressue in the UK, I’m sure Mr Blair’s given the idea serious thought, and if despite public pressue, he’s still sticking to his guns, willing to defy the UN, lose members of his cabinet and risk his chances of reelection, the evidence for action against Iraq must be pretty huge. We elected these leaders- if we didn’t feel that they were responsible enough to be acting in out best interests, we shouldn’t have voted them in at the polling booths. The pros v the cons have probably been weighed up several times already by the people in the best position to judge it.

    The biggest crime people are guilty of is standing by and doing nothing despite the injustices they see every minute of every waking day.

    As to the UN issue- the idea was so countries could get together and talk things over between themselves. A problem with the old League of Nations was that it had no army, or a way of enforcing its own rules- it relied on goodwill between its member states. In the end the bigger members of the League did what they wanted anyway. The UN is not too different. It could be years before a resolution is passed- can we afford to wait? Apparently our intelligence says no.
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    Mar 19th, 2003, 6:20pm »

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    Does anyone remember the big security scare in the UK with the airports a few months ago, with hints it may have something to do with further terrorism attempts etc? You could see on Mr Blair’s face a sign of desperation at the time. Was the reason for that scare divulged?

    Maybe a twarted attempt (then again maybe not)- may be part of the reason we are backing America so passionately at this moment in time. Could be a knee jerk reaction, and a policy of better not dismiss evidence that doesn’t definitly link Iqaq with terrorism, but has a 60-70% risk instead of 100% risk desired by other nations before a resolution is passed.

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    Mar 20th, 2003, 9:23pm »

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    All it takes is a few unlucky confrontations to turn a short war into a long war. And if what you said about Iran is true who says they’re not covertly supporting Iraq equipment wise?

    Vietnam was fought against a supposedly inferior opponent equipment wise

    Don’t take quick victory for granted. They’ve had over 10 years to prepare – the americans are probably not the only ones to have learnt from the last war
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    Mar 21st, 2003, 10:31pm »

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    on Mar 21st, 2003, 10:23pm, Nevyn wrote:Another interesting point is , have you wondered what is going to happen when they don’t find any WMD’s ?

    Oh, they’ll find WMD when they win the war (whether it’s Iraqi or some surplus weapons planted by Coalition forces will be up for debate). Heck if I was responsible for a war and couldn’t find anything, I’d plant them whether a politician or a military man. On the other hand if I were French/German/anit-militant action, to save face, I’d spread rumours about WMDs being planted even if the Iraqis had them. The political fallout from this war’s looking to be quite big

    Forgive me for being cynical, but as you said, the first casualty of war is truth. Let me also add, history is written bt the victors

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    Mar 23rd, 2003, 11:37pm »

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    Is it just me, or is there simply too many reporters in the gulf etc. With the ‘tank cam’ et al being broadcast, isn’t war being glorified just a little too much?

    in reply to: 4th May 2002 #65275
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    http://www.freecomicbookday.com/pub_com.asp

    Had a gander at the titles on offer this yr- have read a few of them:

    The robocop book looks good, but it’s only a sampler from 1st glance- half a story isn’t what I’d call fun

    Way of the Rat – looks like a reprint of issue #1- think crouching tiger hidden dragon type story. The art is gorgeous, plot is good, but is by the numbers- well worth having a look at (incidentally, 1st issue can be seen on the web- http://www.comicsontheweb.com/ – the complete first issues of all the crossgen titles are on the web anyway (sort of a preview thing making you want to buy more). Get way of the rat in paper form though, especially if it’s free.

    Ultimate X-men #1 – you can tell free comic book day is very close to the X-men 2 movie release can’t you. issues 1-6 of this run are very good, just short of brilliant (the characters are missing a bit of individuality in their dialogue mannerisms IMHO)- still, a good plot. 6-12 lose the novelty, and from there, the series got boring. I’d have thought marvel would have been better off with a stand alone comic for free comic book day- issues 1-6 need to be read together or you get absoutley no sense of closure. I think this has been released in about 3 or 4 different forms, including previously free on the web- so just about everyone who’s read a comic in the last year has read this already- ah it can be found free on the web along with issues 2 and 3 – http://dotcomics.marvel.com/menu_flash.htm?flash_version=6

    Both of the 2 comics on offer by oni are good- if u need to make a choice, I’d go with issue 1 of COURTNEY CRUMRIN & THE NIGHT THINGS- can be read as a self contained story. Incidentally this can also be found on the web with a few others: http://www.onipress.com/freecomic/ Skinwalker is very good, but getting only issue 1 of a 12 issue series that ideally needs to be read together isn’t the best way to go.

    Not read the dark horse one, but looks very intriguing. Will defintely check it out.

    Batman adventures looks crap however.
    The recent new transformers series (plural, tv and comic book) all have been lacking, armada included.

    in reply to: cruel :-((((( #65262
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Even if theyt don’t get another series, I’d have thought at a tv movie to finish, or at the worst do it in graphic novel/ standard literature form.

    in reply to: Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy- radio #65202
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    quite enjoyed last night’s episode- sounds like the proper bbc serial to me

    in reply to: Which Mag? #65201
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    sfx in the UK’s pretty good- only get an issue every few months, but excellent with regard to latest news about episodes in the States, science fiction and fantasy book reviews, cinema reviews and previews/in producion etc. Only problem I see with it is the pathetic attempt at a regular comics column in the mag that only covers one or 2 of the comics that come out each month.

    Picked up one issue of cult times – that was rubbish inm comparison.

    in reply to: Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy- radio #65117
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    If your tape player has either line in sockets (red and white plugs as modelled by many hi fi exteriors) or a mic in (ie microphone socket) u can record using whatever recording device is there as long as u have the appropriate lead.

    There may be one or 2 things to record whatever you ‘hear on screen’ to your hdd, though I’ve not really looked for those programs

    Incidentally there’s a pratchett three parter starting tonight at the times listed above, and will be finished by friday

    in reply to: SadGeezer.com – BUG REPORTS #65111
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    um in profile, it says gmt, which i should be on- happened on changing servers

    in reply to: SadGeezer.com – BUG REPORTS #65108
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Clock needs fixing- 6hrs slow

    in reply to: ISP Datacities are VERY BAD! #65099
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Is this the server on which the boards are hosted?

    Don’t know if it’s relevant, but

    sci-fantasy.com uses proboards (www.proboards.com) to host its boards

    sffworld.com uses scifiwebhost (SciFiWebHost.com) to host its boards

    in reply to: 4th May 2002 #65081
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    2nd one this yr (already scheduled). Not sure about yrs after this one though

    in reply to: 4th May 2002 #65030
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Can say the Ultimate Spiderman was good, and the Star Wars tale from dark horse was alright, but the rest of them? Why even bother. Hopefully better this yr

    in reply to: I need info on 50’s American sci fi #65029
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Forbidden Planet (1956)
    Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
    Thing From Another World (1951)
    On the Beach (1959)
    The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
    Quatermass II (1955)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
    Destination Moon (1950)
    The Blob (1958)
    The Fly (1958)

    in reply to: Conflicting Reports #65028
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Nuts, and here I was thinking that they’d managed to sneak 12 episodes of season 5 and wrap up the supposed cliffhangers at the end of season 4

    in reply to: 24 #65020
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    [quote=”Smashed”]well.. i missed the latest episode, so i’m a bit lost..
    i think it’s about two or three episodes left..[/quote]

    hopefully they’ll do what the bbc does- repeat every 3 weeks or so in an omnibus edition. If not try: http://www.bbc.co.uk/24/episodeupdate/series1.shtml and find the correct time for the episode synopsis (would direct u to the american site, but too easy to slip onto spolier info on the 1st season )

    Oh- and on the event screen, should read 10 pm, not am for episode times in uk 🙄

    in reply to: 24 #65017
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Reminds me of the days of B5 when they ended the show and you really wanted to know what happened next.

    How for into the 1st season are u smashed? Figured out the mole?

    in reply to: 24 #65008
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Still figuring out what Jack wanted with a hacksaw

    in reply to: And what about cult books?? #64852
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    A lot of old ‘classics’ per se can be found in the SF masterworks and the Fantasy masterworks series published in the UK

    for a list (which to be honest is a few months old now- they publish an extra book in each series each month), go to [url]http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/links/sf_index.htm[/url]

    Other ‘classics’ include

    Lord of the Rings- Tolkein
    Foundatio Saga- Asimov
    Robot Saga- Asimov
    Chronicles of Narnia- C.S. Lewis
    Earthsea Series- Ursula Le Guin
    Neuromancer- William Gibson
    Dune- Frank Herbert
    Stranger in a Strange Land- Heinlan
    War of the Worlds/Time Machine- HG Wells
    Day of the Triffids- Wyndam
    Ringworld- Nevin

    in reply to: Sci-Fi Films and TV and Cult Classics #64851
    fluffy bunny
    Participant

    Old tv: Quantum Leap, DS9, B5, ST: original series, first few series of Buffy and the X-files, early Simpsons, captain scarlet and the mysterons, thunderbirds, lost in space (tv series), voyage to the bottom of the sea, masters of the universe, ulysesses 31, cities of gold, sapphire and steel, avengers (tv series), the man from U.N.C.L.E.. Monkey’s just come back to terrestrial tv here- brilliant.

    Current: Farscape, Alias, 24 (well from feb 16th will be current again in the uk anyway), dark angel

    film: too many to list but a selection of sci-fi and fantasy:
    matrix, contact, 12 monkeys, 2001, LOTR:FOTR, Brazil, Empire Strikes Back, back to the future trilogy, indiana jones trilogy, toy story 1&2, monsters inc, the princess bride, wizard of oz, shrek, alien, aliens, T2, ET, Ghostbusters, TMNT, original planet of the apes, spiderman, enemy mine, monty python and the quest for the holy grail.

    I also get a lot of science fiction and fantasy from radio.spoken word sources, as well as books, but I need to get some sleep so not going to start to list

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