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Obviously there's a lot of gamers on this board, so I thought I'd do this as a companion to the film moments thread.

If you're going to start me off on Zelda I'll be here all day, but the moment that always sticks out more than others is Your escape from the ranch with Epona in Ocarina.

Aeris' death - Probably the most famous cut scene in history.

The minecart level in Gunstar Heroes and the battle with Green at the end.

The fourth(?) Colossai in Shadow of the Colossus (the bird). Especially as the music kicks in.

The ending of Ico.

This is just off the top of my head.


Well?

I've got all the case files and both Nemesis volumes, but I only have the first complete JD. Am I a terrible person?

Bah, I can't get to any of them.

Just the same as the original movies then.

Mark, Carrie and Harry may of been amateurish, but at least they were likable mannequins, like Pinocchio, not fucking creepy and hollow like Nats and Hayds (and Ahnoldt's kid).

And as for the dialogue, at least in the original films we weren't given a whole heap of borderline fan-fic bullshit. In A New Hope we get "the Force". Fine, it's the source of all the Jedi's power, I can cope with that. But in TPM we get "midi-chlorians". I can understand what that means, but can a child? And even if I can understand what it means, why should I even be expected to care, when is that guy with horns going to do stuff?

My problem with the prequels is more or less the same problem I have with modern day Who. It's supposed to be an escapist romp, and to a certain extent it succeeds as such, but there's an overriding sense that the people behind the "magic" want us to believe that this is Big Important Stuff rather a bunch of people fighting for our enjoyment.

Anyways, I hope this show works.

That said, my favourite lightsaber fight in RotS was Yoda vs Palpatine, as it was the only scene which came close to capturing the desperation of the situation as opposed to a whole bunch of bullshit like "You KILLED YOUNGLINGS", "So this is how liberty dies, to thunderous applause" and "I stand for the Republic. FOR DEMOCRACY".

He still garnered a decent following though.

I loved the first two prequels when I first saw them at the cinema. However, once I watched them at home the flaws soon became apparent. When Yoda fought Dracula in AotC I was the only person in a packed cinema not doubled over with laughter, and I was appalled that anyone would not take such a momentous occasion seriously. Once I saw this for a second time, I conceded that this scene was indeed, wank.

The first time I saw RotS I went in with low expextations, but once we saw the Clone Wars in full swing I was happy, and thought that maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.

Oh, but it was.

The scene where Anakin tells Padme "You look so ... beautiful" had me in stitches due to the colossally shit acting. I almost choked. I voiced this complaint on this board, provoking a response that Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher weren't that hot either. True, but at least I didn't want to set them on fire (since they're all mannequins they'd go up easily). More anti - classics followed as Nat, Hayden, Ewan and the gang hammed it up to the max.

"You've killed younglings". Younglings?

And don't forget "NNNNNNOOOOO"

As I came out of the cinema, I overheard a fellow customer commenting that there were "A few too many special effects". Erm, just "a few"?

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A couple of days later I decided that I had gone into the film the first time with an overly cynical frame of mind, so I tried to put my preconceptions to one side, but the movie still blew.

So to summarise: Revenge of the Sith? More like Gayvenge of the Gayith.

I couldn't find the Vader/QOTSA mash-up so this will have to do

So to summarise: Revenge of the Sith

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I think it has to be the Love and Rockets collections. I prefer Gilbert to Jaime.

Is there a wallpaper of that image anywhere?

931.

I can't post on the pointless topic, for shame.

This game is pretty cool.

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Is Stormwatch PHD worth picking up?

I hardly buy any monthly titles anymore, or any "mainstream"* comics at all. I'd be upset if the option of 22 pages every 4 (or more) weeks went, but all my money goes on TPBs and graphic novels these days. As someone who's not all that aware of the industry, I would guess that it's not too controversial to suggest that more and more people are going to treat monthly comics as primers to a particular creator or series.



*By this I mean DC/Vertigo/Wildstorm and Marvel.

I managed to get the glasses packet and the glue off with no damage.

Well I got mine from Gosh! comics for £16.99, but I had to ask for it (it wasn't on the shelves), so I would say it was about right. You're paying for 3D GLASSES here people.