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Location: Austin, TX
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Riddick - Debut Trailer

Started by Steph S. on Monday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Prepare for the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000's hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick. The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless.…Continue

Whose tech is better: 'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'?

Started by Steph S. on Monday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

What are your thoughts? (CNN) -- Photon torpedoes and proton torpedoes. Warp speed and hyperspace.Shhh! Don't tell anyone, but the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" universes have quite a bit in common.Still, there are also enough differences that the…Continue

D-Wave computer uses quantum annealing

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner May 17. 0 Replies 1 Like

Nasa buys into 'quantum' computerA $15m computer that uses "quantum physics" effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility.Unlike standard…Continue

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Ironman 3 website

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by EJN May 9. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Iron Man 3Very cool website - it is all about the new movie coming out May 3,…Continue

The Blatant Overuse of LOL, ROFLOL and Other Electronic Acronyms

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Joseph P May 8. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Does anyone here agree? I actually don't like to use LOL anymore.I agree with the post below written by: Posted by Henson Ray at…Continue

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Comment by Jeffrey S. Rogers on Monday: I concider myself a die hard Trekkie. I LOVED it.

Comment by Joseph P on Monday: Is that your way of grudgingly admitting that you liked it Joseph?

No, that was my sarcasm voice ... which I realize is difficult to tell apart from my normal one.

It was just kind of ... there. I can't think of anything really positive to say about it, but the negatives I have to add are relatively minor and are picky.

Well, there were some witty one-liners. I guess that's a positive comment.

A lot of the action felt forced. Kirk rarely made an active decision to do anything, except for one major decision that changed the progression of events. For that matter, that decision was kind of force-fed to him.

Most of the rest just felt like a bunch of people tumbling through a progression of events. I never got the feeling of anyone agonizing over a problem or making a less-than-blindingly obvious choice. The action was fairly well done, but a lot of it felt like pointless eye candy.

It wasn't a bad movie. It's worth seeing. It just wasn't a good movie, either.

Comment by Andrew Fuller on Monday: I saw it yesterday. I thought that it was really engaging. It didn't resort to any cheap tricks to drive the plot, there were a couple of nods to the old series and the films, and it was exciting. And there were lens flares- lots and lots of lens flares...