Sam:

> There's a Twix inbound towards the States as we speak. I'd reccomend you
> wait for it to land and pick it up. Poor Crystal Lord tried to catch it and
> it took his hands off ;)

If it's going that fast, it'll probably be all crumbled and powdery and
melted when it gets here.  I'll probably have to settle for sprinkling
it over a bowl of ice cream.  Not that there's anything wrong with
that...
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> >***Loony Tunes : As far as "kids" cartoons go, these really aren't.  Sure, on
> >the surface they're targeted towards kids, but there were quite a few lines
> >crossed in these shorts.

They weren't targeted towards kids at all- they were originally shorts
shown between reels at the movie theatre.  It was only a decade or two
later, with the advent of Saturday morning cartoons as a method of
babysitting, that kids were shown these things.  Kids would not "get" a
lot of what went on.

> 
> I didn't grow up with these. In fact I only saw some when I arrived in New
> Zealand a few years ago. And I really didn't "get it". Everyone in the west
> seems to be nuts about them, and I can only assume one had to grow up with
> them. They seem badly drawn, immature, and, not to put too fine a point on
> it, crap. Maybe I'm missing something, in which case please  inform me. I
> have to admit Road Runner was vagely appealing though. ^_^

This will probably start another thread with Ron and others talking
about all the intricacies of the Warner Brothers cartoons.  I can't be
as detailed as they are, so I'm keeping this short.

A good portion of them are just slapstick violence, and as such just
kiddie food.  There are some, however, that really are fairly scandalous
in their subject, or have deeper meanings in them.  Problem is, it was
scandalous when they were made, but not now that our mores are
different.  Also, many of the funniest references that they make are
lost on most viewers who weren't alive in the 40's - 60's, or don't know
a lot of history.  (Not too many people can appreciate the stingy mouse
that was based on the comedian Jack Benny, or can laugh at Elmer Fudd
waiting on Humphrey Bogart's table)

I kinda prefer MGM's 2nd incarnation of Tom and Jerry myself.
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Arnold:

>5) Ghost in the Shell,

I think this'd be a sleeper or cult classic, kinda like Blade Runner. 
They both sorta deal with humanoid constructs trying to cope with their
lives, both are relatively uneventful and rely on mental impressions
rather than drama until the very end of the movie.

What I forgot to put in my last reply about airing Evangelion was that
the zealots would probably go into a teeth-gnashing frenzy over 'that
blasphemous Jap cartoon that mocks the Christian religion by using so
much religious terminology, and has man trying to equal God' (according
to the story in 'Tears' at least)

They'd probably also get Ranma cancelled because of all the nudity in
the first episode.
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Roger:

> [Big guy]- I think I've figured out why you give me so much trouble.
> [Masked Guy]-Oh, why?
> [Big guy]- Well I haven't fought just one person in so long.
> [Masked guy]- Why should that...*groans*... make such a differance?
> [Big guy]- Well you use different moves when fighting more than
> one...*strained* ...person.
> *big guy collapses proan on the ground*
> *masked guy gets off him and rolls him over to check for a heartbeat*
> [Masked guy]-Well I don't envy the Headache you will have in the morning, in
> the meantime dream of LARGE women.

Princess Bride.  That's usually what I think of when this topic comes
up.
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Newcomer:

<snip rant>
> Why? No, not because FF7 is PSX, and Diablo is PC,
> but because FF7 is an EXPERIENCE: I give a damn about the 
> Characters Tifa, Cloud and Eris. I couldn't give a flying F*** in a 
> high wind about some randomly generated personalityless gimp who 
> wanders round a dungeon smashin' stuff up. 

There's something to be said for wandering around a dungeon, killing
everything you see.

  I only intend to get FF7 because so many people are talking about it
and I want to see what the fuss is- it strikes me as too much of a
puzzle/thinking game for my tastes.  I prefer the 'see it-kill it' genre
myself.

FF7 might be a great RPG because you actually see your characters on the
playing screen (instead of a portrait on a data bar) and it has good
music, but ultimately it's no different than the countless other RPG's
that have come before it- you have weak characters that you build up,
you have spells to learn, you have puzzles to solve, and a quest to
complete.  Except for the presentation/graphics it sounds rather
standard.


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