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5,000th post. At this rate, it'll be another 3 years before I hit 10k. So don't worry, I'll catch up to you sons of bitches one day!
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I predict it will take me about four more years to hit 10,000. Won't be special anymore by then.Ziggy587 wrote:5,000th post. At this rate, it'll be another 3 years before I hit 10k. So don't worry, I'll catch up to you sons of bitches one day!
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
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"Confused Bear Thrown Into the Sea" is a great title for a song. More amusing that it is a minimal electronic tune with no lyrics or vocal samples.
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Primary difference between the Final Fantasy games and Legend of Zelda:
Final Fantasy is a story with a game woven around it.
Legend of Zelda is a game with a story woven around it.
In other words, Zelda fans need to stop taking the timeline and stories so seriously. This is coming from a Zelda fan, BTW.
Final Fantasy is a story with a game woven around it.
Legend of Zelda is a game with a story woven around it.
In other words, Zelda fans need to stop taking the timeline and stories so seriously. This is coming from a Zelda fan, BTW.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
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AppleQueso
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As far as I'm concerned with the Zelda timeline crap, the only timeline is what's been officially confirmed by Nintendo. (I.E., Wind Waker takes place after OOT, Skyward Sword is an OOT prequel, etc).
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Personally, unless the game makes it clear it's a direct sequel to a previous game, like Majora's Mask or Phantom Hourglass, I just consider it to be a stand-alone deal. Sort of like a bunch of alternate universes. It's just too hard to connect all the games into one continuity, because they are so different.AppleQueso wrote:As far as I'm concerned with the Zelda timeline crap, the only timeline is what's been officially confirmed by Nintendo. (I.E., Wind Waker takes place after OOT, Skyward Sword is an OOT prequel, etc).
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
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Which is why I only count the stuff that's either really obvious or officially confirmed. There's no point in debating whether or not the original Legend of Zelda takes place before the Oracle games, because it's just silly.BoringSupreez wrote:Personally, unless the game makes it clear it's a direct sequel to a previous game, like Majora's Mask or Phantom Hourglass, I just consider it to be a stand-alone deal. Sort of like a bunch of alternate universes. It's just too hard to connect all the games into one continuity, because they are so different.AppleQueso wrote:As far as I'm concerned with the Zelda timeline crap, the only timeline is what's been officially confirmed by Nintendo. (I.E., Wind Waker takes place after OOT, Skyward Sword is an OOT prequel, etc).
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Frank Miller on "Occupy":
Frank Miller has spent much of his famed comic book writing career creating dark, urban dystopias, but the groundbreaking scribe has little regard for the chaos he says reigns at Zuccotti Park.
The man behind such famed comic series as "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," "Sin City" and "300," in fact, is entirely against the Occupy Wall Street movement.
"'Occupy' is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness," Miller wrote in a blog entry last week. "These clowns can do nothing but harm America."
Though, for the most part, the participants in the now-global Occupy moment have protested the imbalances of the economy, corporate fiscal abuses and government officials' close ties to Wall Street, Miller mentions the War on Terror in his slamming of the nascent movement.
"Wake up, pond scum. America is at war against a ruthless enemy," he later continues. "Maybe, between bouts of self-pity and all the other tasty tidbits of narcissism you've been served up in your sheltered, comfy little worlds, you've heard terms like al-Qaeda and Islamicism."
Miller then implores protestors to join the military, or otherwise, to go "back to your mommas' basements and play with your Lords Of Warcraft."
In his work, Miller's protagonists often face off against corrupt government officials. Batman, in both "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" is faced with heavy governmental opposition, with the latter featuring an especially oppressive and corrupt government.
In 2006, Miller announced that he would have Batman take on Osama bin Laden in "Holy Terror, Batman!" but later dropped Batman from the book; it became "Holy Terror," and has been highly criticized for being hatefully anti-Islam.
In a blog entry on his own site posted in September, Miller calls the book "propaganda," a sort of throw-back to when Captain America punched Hitler, rips the news media as slanted propaganda in its own right, and says, "3000 of my neighbors were murdered. My country was, utterly unprovoked, savagely attacked. I wish all those responsible for the Atrocity of 9/11 to burn in hell."
Frank Miller has spent much of his famed comic book writing career creating dark, urban dystopias, but the groundbreaking scribe has little regard for the chaos he says reigns at Zuccotti Park.
The man behind such famed comic series as "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," "Sin City" and "300," in fact, is entirely against the Occupy Wall Street movement.
"'Occupy' is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness," Miller wrote in a blog entry last week. "These clowns can do nothing but harm America."
Though, for the most part, the participants in the now-global Occupy moment have protested the imbalances of the economy, corporate fiscal abuses and government officials' close ties to Wall Street, Miller mentions the War on Terror in his slamming of the nascent movement.
"Wake up, pond scum. America is at war against a ruthless enemy," he later continues. "Maybe, between bouts of self-pity and all the other tasty tidbits of narcissism you've been served up in your sheltered, comfy little worlds, you've heard terms like al-Qaeda and Islamicism."
Miller then implores protestors to join the military, or otherwise, to go "back to your mommas' basements and play with your Lords Of Warcraft."
In his work, Miller's protagonists often face off against corrupt government officials. Batman, in both "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" is faced with heavy governmental opposition, with the latter featuring an especially oppressive and corrupt government.
In 2006, Miller announced that he would have Batman take on Osama bin Laden in "Holy Terror, Batman!" but later dropped Batman from the book; it became "Holy Terror," and has been highly criticized for being hatefully anti-Islam.
In a blog entry on his own site posted in September, Miller calls the book "propaganda," a sort of throw-back to when Captain America punched Hitler, rips the news media as slanted propaganda in its own right, and says, "3000 of my neighbors were murdered. My country was, utterly unprovoked, savagely attacked. I wish all those responsible for the Atrocity of 9/11 to burn in hell."
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Frank Miller hasn't written anything good in decades. Who cares what he thinks.