squidhands
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more Skeksis, less '98 Godzilla.
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Halo |OT19| 793 Posts, And None Worth Reading
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NobleGundam
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I'd like it if they reintroduced the Skirmishers again in Halo along with their og jackal cousins that aren't mini godzilla looking aliens.
Edit: H4 jackals look awkward imo
Edit: H4 jackals look awkward imo
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Baby Godzilla from the 1998 remake.
Baby Godzilla from the 1998 remake.
Everyone gives 1998 Godzilla crap, but I liked that design because it felt more like an actual animal. Old (and I guess New) Godzilla just looks like a giant wobbling tower of obese lizard.
(What was stupid is how you could possibly lose a 100 foot tall creature in a city.)
Syphon Filter
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Every enemy covenant looked inferior and uninspired in Halo 4. The only half way decent one was the hunters.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Yeah I get the hate, but I enjoyed the watch too :[
I love big monster movies in general. <3 Cloverfield (the movie was great and the mysterious setup pre-release was extremely well done)
Demoncarnotaur
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Agreed. Halo 4 really did a poor job making each species more unique, but rather had the opposite effect. That said, I will applaud the level of detail they put into each species even if its not a direction I enjoyed.
Godzilla 2014's design proves the old school design does translate well:
Oh....I see
User 73706
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By modern standards, 2014 Godzilla strikes me as obviously reptilian, but with proportions closer to that of a bear. I think it works fine because it conveys a level of scale that real terrestrial animals don't ever reach: a t-rex ripoff probably wouldn't work at the estimated 120-140m new Godzilla is supposed to be. Having a design that's "pudgy" and more often than not standing upright seems a little more structurally integral imo.
I mean, think about it: if you were a nuclear waste monster the size of a bulding, wouldn't you rather have some extra muscle and fat to keep your bones / organs properly sanctioned rather than trying to be a realistically bird-boned dinosaur and break your legs the second you start a modest jog?
I mean, think about it: if you were a nuclear waste monster the size of a bulding, wouldn't you rather have some extra muscle and fat to keep your bones / organs properly sanctioned rather than trying to be a realistically bird-boned dinosaur and break your legs the second you start a modest jog?
Again when any Godzilla vs Zilla debate comes up (1998 is now just Zilla) this video must be posted
Agreed. Halo 4 really did a poor job making each species more unique, but rather had the opposite effect. That said, I will applaud the level of detail they put into each species even if its not a direction I enjoyed.
Godzilla 2014's design proves the old school design does translate well:
Eh, doesn't to me, still looks like a guy in a suit.
I don't know what this meeeaaaans
Bornstellar
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So, I'm dying to see Halo 5.
Frankie pls?
Frankie pls?
Yeah I like 98 Zilla's design. I wish they would do another movie with that design.
squidhands
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Roland Emmerich has never made a worthwhile movie, with the maybe-sort-of-kind-of exception of Universal Soldier.
And before anyone says Independence Day, no.
And before anyone says Independence Day, no.
Shattup, Moon 44 was a masterpiece!
aHebrewMenagerie
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SG-1 and stargate was my childhood I support this judgment.
Hey Frankie, if it brings you any comfort about your finger, it could have been worse
hope its a quick heal process
The Real Napsta
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YourExWife
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Imagine how much better the movie might have been with someone other than Kurt Russell giving one of his weakest performances ever. It was like he showed up on set and was like, "hey, I'm Kurt. This is my emo face. Put me where you want me."
Syphon Filter
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360 and og already have that lol.
User 73706
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GAF has refuted you.
Yeah, I will forever applaud whoever looked at that stoic, sad sack of Russell's acting and said "let's replace him with a wise-cracking Macgyver."
That aside, the only things that really bother me about the film are the slow kid (mostly just him dying in the end) and a few scenes that shoulda' zipped along. It's not the greatest film ever but it still has a little more heart and brain that what we usually get with blockbusters. And, of course, the show that followed was kick-ass.
If you haven't played RHR in Halo 4, pop in the disc and give it a whirl. 'Tis fun.
+10 LOL
+10 good motion graphics
-5 poor typography and font choice
+10 short and sweet
aHebrewMenagerie
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Gabotron ES
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Nice work funny too, never understood the music choices for those weapon trailer's.
YourExWife
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What's strange is that the dialog that Richard Dean Anderson got was pretty darn similar in content, but he actually understood that movies/tv are supposed to be entertaining. So things that just seemed like Russell being sad and bored are repeated almost verbatim at points during SG-1 and Anderson makes it into a House-esque sarcastic joke during a serious situation to lighten the mood a little. The best is when Teal'c doesn't get it and it just leads to more great dialogue.
Ahh, good times.
aHebrewMenagerie
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Fuck SyFy for ending the shows. SG1 was fucking good, though I understand that it's time has come. Atlantis was pretty good, some people hated it, I liked it, i think it left us too soon. SGU was a POS that ripped off Battlestar Galactica in tone and style but, they ended the show on a cliffhanger, that's like the kiss of death for your fandom.
Bahahaha. Too good.
My issue is that I didn't like any of the characters. If I don't like anyone on the damn show you have to have excellent writing to actually make me care (for my money only Mad Men has been able to pull this off fairly consistently.)
The only episode I really enjoyed of SGU was "Time". Everything else was forgettable.
If you pretend SG1 basically ends with S8 I'd consider it overall the most consistently quality sci-fi show out there.
This was my issue with SGU I disliked the characters and I watched quite a bit of it bad story as well. Time was the one with Daniel Jackson in it wasn't it. Kurt Russel in Stargate was a shame especially compared with his other roles as MacReady and Pliskin that I liked.
If the halo tv series is as good and as consistent as SG-1 was I can see it going far.
Orochinagis
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lol you killed me, ah that scene was like "poor little monster, it was just misunderstood, 'Murica fuck yeah"
You forgot the wheelchair.
if you criticize the thread people will tell you to quit being negative and not post about it.
User 73706
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if you compliment the thread people will tell you to quit gargling 343's dingly dongs and that they deserve nothing but hate.
Well the controls for spartan assault on the xbone I have to say are very much improved from the win 8 version with a controller.
I wasn't much of a fan of the touch controls on my surface either.
Also wtf is up with those flood spores that latch onto you and you can't use the armor ability to get them off, argh!
I wasn't much of a fan of the touch controls on my surface either.
Also wtf is up with those flood spores that latch onto you and you can't use the armor ability to get them off, argh!
I kind of wish that that the controls were more similar to I Made A Game With Zombies In It to where the right joystick shot when moved to a direction. Pressing the right trigger plus aiming with the right joystick just feels foreign to me.
so the bone is still sticking out of the top of my finger. It looks gross.
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