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I just saw it...

I was pleased [enough], but underwhelmed on the whole.

I gotta agree with ProgZ here ... I was really hoping/expecting to see thousands of T-600s walking across a terribly devastated landscape.  While the landscapes were bleak, they were far from the visuals of Terminator and Terminator 2 Judgment Day of the vast devastation.  Given the time-line/paradox issues created in the first three I just wrote it off to anything is possible.  As Connor said, "the future's not set ... there's no fate but what we make" so who's to say that the future should be what we'd already seen in the past movies?  (though I'd still have preferred that!)

I have, since I was a kid watching Terminator's flash-back scenes, wanted to see that world so on that level I was a bit disappointed but it was still entertaining enough.

I thought Anton Yelchin was really convincing as a young Kyle Reese (who is, has always been, my favorite character in all the films)

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The computer generated Arnold T-800 was really, really, cool!  I wanted to see more of it and am hoping the next movie will feature it/them/him more!

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As far as time-line inconsistencies blah blah blah ... In Terminator I've always said there's a huge plot-hole that exists (and this is based on the time-travel ideas expressed in the movie (which do not mesh with my personal feelings on time-travel but I'm basing what I'm about to say on the theory of time travel presented in the film)).  If the Terminator (T-800) was sent back to kill Sarah Connor, the instant he was sent back the future would have altered and Kyle Reese would never have been able to travel back in time in the first place.  It would have made more sense for them to have figured out that the machines were sending the T-800 back, and then preemptively sent Kyle back.  Not a huge deal really ... and it actually then gives credence to my personal thoughts/theories on time travel.

I did a very similar background awhile back ... the trick was just cramming stuff into the shop!  I just started adding and then tried to fill up all available space.  It depends on the type of shop this is supposed to be I guess.  My shop was an antiques shop so I cluttered it up BIG time.  I would suggest adding in some foreground elements as well to make it fill a bit more "full" in there.

Here is what I did:


Hope it helps!

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[Chroelle]

Chroelle - please read the forum rules before posting in here again!  This thread has been inactive for over a year and the author hasn't logged in since 2 May 2008.

Dollhouse has been renewed despite disappointing ratings, maybe the networks are learning?

The networks learn?!?  I think not!  All they care about (seemingly) is what makes money.  The quality of the show doesn't matter.  Case in point; Firefly.  Greatest sci-fi show ever and yet it was canceled after 1/2 a season.  The show has/had sooooo much potential and was just amazing ... but they put it on Friday night (death sentence) and forced it to air out of sequence (which is just ridiculous).

Granted me calling it the "greatest sci-fi show ever" is subjective ... I'm not the end-all authority on what is/isn't good!

Dollhouse started out rough for me (first 5-6 episodes) but it really got good towards the end of the season.  I'm glad it was picked up for another season.

If only Firefly was on in the age of Hulu and Unbox.

Couldn't agree more!  One follow-up movie a few years later is not enough!  We browncoats want more!!

Oh and yeah ... we did discuss this [dr. horrible] awhile back and yes it is teh awesomness!!

Hey congrats!

Too bad you can't drive to Miami

The mouth is un-mistakenly Val Kilmer (that's not a bad thing since you openly admitted to photo-mashing it!)  I'm just saying!

The only other thing I'd suggest is maybe a less "trendy" hair style.  Most beat cops (and I'm guessing he's a beat cop by the uniform - unless this is just his photo or something for when he wears the dress blues) but most beat cops are required to have close cut hair (at least in my experience - my best friend is a cop!)  Granted if the setting of the game is the 70s it'd fit right in but he might need a bushy[ish] mustache as well!!

[Andail]

Bandwidth caps ... ugh.  I'm going to bite my tongue on this issue because it is [one of] the stupidest "inventions" in modern history and if I get up on my soapbox I'll just get my blood pressure up.

Andail - if you use hulu (which I use daily (can you use hulu if not in the U.S?)) you'll blow through that paltry 5gb in a day!  And be very careful with the overages because they will absolutely rape you with their overage fees (and then when you call them they'll try to justify the cost of bandwidth - which is ridiculous).  Case in point, after Wintermeet last year I used my iPhone's GPS to get Nacho, Lore, Sven and I back to Vienna from Poland.  Those few hours in the car cost me over 600 USD in "bandwidth" charges.  I called them and told them that it is insane and they said "don't care, pay the bill".

Here's an interesting (though long) read on this subject that I have bookmarked for whenever I want to stoke the fire of anguish I have on this matter: Bandwidth Caps Don't Matter

I have always found it funny that Duke Nukem Forever ... DNF ... Did Not Finish

Personally I've always thought it was a huge publicity stunt to keep the company in the spotlight for their other ventures and they never intended to release the game.

Bummer they folded.

"Me on the other hand ... I'll be paranoid in about half'n hour"

Brilliant.

I love your show Mods!  It works for true believers like you, but it also works for those like me.  I love the idea of aliens/ufos (but don't think they're here) and yet the show is entertaining to me too!!

Keep 'em coming!

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[Gonchi]

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Lemmy - thanks for the small [prompted] update!  Good to know it's still in the works (not that I doubted of course)

Keep the graphical edits out of this thread please (Leon) ... if JNSlay wants help with the graphics he can post in the Critics Lounge!

Yeah ... this has disaster written all over it (the thread, not the idea!)

Before this turns into clutter-fest 2009 I'm going to lock this!  JNSlay - when you have posted the screenshots online and can link to them properly send me a PM and and we can re-open this thread!

I have unlocked this so the screenshots can be added so please, no comments on the graphics not working!

JNSlay - please update the screenshots promptly and also, please ensure they adhere to the forum rules (TWO different in-game screenshots that is)!  Good luck on the game!

I think I hear Darth coming...

You will never hear me coming ... I'm like a ninja!

Anyway ... G is right, wrong board, wrong way!  Only post in here when you're ready to post in here!  Might wanna read the forum rules first too, just to be sure you are ready

Good luck with the project!

Just over a year ago I worked for a company that dealt with the real-estate market.  When the market tanked down here (BIG time) 90% of the staff (including myself) were let go.  Luckily I found myself unemployed before the major effects of this recession hit.

I decided to take a job with a company working in the education field 'cause I figured it was a safe bet (always need education right?).  I even passed on a job offer for 30k/year more than what I got offered here because I was worried the other job would be subject to the down turn.  Good call on my part as that company has long since crumbled and I am still going strong here.  Granted we got an 8% budget cut this year, and none of us developers got our annual raises, but it's still employment (for which I'm grateful).

I have a few good friends that are having to consider moving out of the state because they can't find jobs down here (south Florida) and the cost of living is so ridiculous here they can't afford to stay

[Jpsoft]

Jpsoft - Then why don't you, as the rules tell, send the author a PM asking about the game rather than digging up a thread that hasn't been posted in for nearly a year?  Please do not do that again!  Thank you.

Alarconte - if you need this re-opened some time send me a PM and I'll unlock it for you if/when you're ready to post an update.

Enough of this!!  Get back on point and take the personal stuff into PMs!

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Thank you and good luck with the game.

[DrewCCU]

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