Thursday Next

Wait what... Your judiciary is no longer part of the Government? http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/donald-trump-judiciary-judges-muslim-ban-immigration-government-white-house-website-branches-a7552566.html

Two what though?!

Came across an interesting point of view, I was talking to a Californian last night and while at a federal level Trump is a Bad Thing™, he is on that Republican bent of not doing "big government" so places like California will be more self-governing and still be nice, tolerant, progressive places to live. Maybe even more so without the colossal drag effect of the bible belt et al. Of course, some places will hurtle backwards in time, but not all of America will be a disaster zone... Probably.

Agree with FMW, while some of it could be problematic, you really need context to tell if Zelda is just a Damsel in Distress, or a character in her own right.

How long before the "Special Relationship" becomes a "Conditional Free Trade Deal" (which the UK needs way more than the US) with the condition that the Isle of Wight bristles with missiles pointing roughly in the direction of Russia/China? (Though which direction those missiles will fly is obviously a mystery to us all).

Ironically would have the exact opposite effect upon me. I start to worry when I see people carrying heavy artillery. Guns make me nervous regardless of who is carrying them.

This show is not remotely humorous. I've never been to New York, but can confirm that there are not typically armed guards at San Francisco subway entrances. I assume that the armed guard thing is not typical of NY either and is more a "funny" take on how NY is perceived as up tight vs laid back Cleveland...

Not saying it implies it, more that it can sometimes invite it. If say a manager is perceived as friendly, this can bleed into being viewed as a peer, and therefore erode their apparent authority.

Haha, I was thinking along the lines of "Familiarity breeds contempt." and I don't think Clinton ever crossed that line (on a public speaking front).

Different to Obama, who seemed an "Elder Statesmen" even in his youth. Clinton always seemed... approachable. I don't want to say "friendly" cos that I think implies that he wasn't as respectable but there was always something likeable about him.

I know what Dean means (I think). It looked like a more Shadow of the Colossus thing with the isolation and such. The coliseum stuff gives it more of a Mad Max feel, which doesn't bother me, but I can get it putting off others.

Obama just being a stand up guy to the last.

My curiosity made me look them up. What an arse. Glad they have gone.

There's an exception to this rule. Superman always sucks.

And how. A pity that they are going to tear it down instead of rejigging it and naming it TrumpCare.

Atomsk88: The reason I have no idea that the EU is subdivided into EU/Legends is because I don't set foot outside of the (live action) theatrical releases, I know as much about the difference between EU and Legends as I do about Shiite and Sunni. I had no idea that "The Clone Wars" was a theatrical release but yes, I wouldn't count it because it isn't live action. Everyone: As Ethan said, none of this is a value judgement on the EU, or questioning whether or not it is canon. If Disney say it is canon, good for them. If you say you enjoy it, good for you. I literally just said that Darth Maul is (a) A crap villain, and (b) Bringing him back is lame fan service. Those are both my opinions on those distinct elements, bringing up other things that you think are rubbish will not affect the rubbishness of Darth Maul in my opinion. Bringing up the fan serviceness of other things will not affect that I find bringing back Darth Maul lame and fan servicey. None of this impacts on whether or not the Han Solo film is (a) fan service (it is) or (b) whether or not it is lame (we'll see). I will however say that a film about Han's *past* is waaay less lame than say, doing a sequel spin off to Episode VIII showing that Han survived being gutted by a light saber and falling into an abyss because he really wanted to see Leia again, or thought he left the oven on, or he hadn't double locked the front door and used that emotion to cling on to life as seems to happen whenever they want to bring back a sith in the EU. It would also be pretty lame if Han came back as a force ghost, even if he is a bit force sensitive, he's nowhere near Yoda, or Obi Wan, or Anakin, or Qui-Gon (or anyone else who seems to have learned what was supposed to be a super hardcore talent but is now available to all and sundry).

Grievous was naff as well, not disputing that for a moment (though a quick google says that he willing underwent cybernetic conversion - so again, different to being chopped up and thrown down a well). I've no idea who that blue guy is. The movies are not without stupid fan-service either, for example, Anakin building C3PO is a bunch of nonsense that added nothing of any value to the point that they clumsily wipe his memory to fix all the continuity errors it brings about. To be clear I'm not dissing the cartoons or any of the other EU stuff. All I'm saying is that Darth Maul coming back is lame fan service made more lame by the fact that he was a rubbish villain first time around.

That is a minuscule amount of storage. Needs to be .5tb or more in my opinion.

I didn't say anything about "main movies" or "episodes". I just said that not movie = EU, which I have always said is my jumping off point for Star Wars. Watching the EU or not notwhithstanding, it doesn't make sewing Darth Maul back together again any less fan-service.

He may well be a better villain in the EU. But we voted to leave it, so only the movies count.

Nintendo consoles at this point are just Mario/Zelda boxes to me, and I played my fill of both on the N64 and Wii. It's not going to be able to keep up with the current gen titles for 3rd party so it won't be a "premium" console and it's £280, so it's not in Wii cheap console for kids territory either. I have no idea who this is for other than hardcore Nintendo fans.

As stated above. Anakin doesn't lose any vital internal organs, just a few limbs and is seen to be rescued soon after suffering his wounds. Maul is shown to be tumbling, cut in half above the waist, and falling in to a chasm that appears to be many hundreds of feet deep with no prospect of rescue. I'm not gonna lose sleep over it, but it is clearly, flagrant fan service, there purely to sell toys and his recovery is so ridiculously crow-barred that it would strains credulity to breaking point. And he is very boring, he's got nothing going on barring a fancy lightsaber and some cartwheels.

Darth Vader was not immersed in lava and was picked up soon after suffering those wounds (which while not trivial were all to his extremities). Kylo Ren suffered in movie terms a flesh wound everyone knows that only storm troopers and rebel soldiers die from a single blaster shot. The Darth Sion stuff sounds almost as daft as Darth Maul, but at least he was all in one piece, is it even technically canon anymore? Force ghosts are one thing it's as much being alive as Christian-Judeo mumbo jumbo, but being chopped in half losing kidneys, liver, and most of the intestinal system, a drop of seemingly hundreds of stories and then being fine is stretching it a bit. Don't get me wrong, I *like* Star Wars, but the Maul stuff is dumb as hell and is clearly some fan service crap because kids think he is cool when he was a pretty boring rubbish villain.

If I never hear the term "fake news" again it'll be too soon.

lol, the Darth Maul who got chopped in half, and fell down a massive massive hole... is not dead? That is the most ridiculous bit of fan service since Pyramid Head started appearing in all the SH games for no damned reason.