[OOC] Pieces of 8: Bones of the North

[Hellis]

We have so many characters. I kinda hope we are putting a stop soon >_> we are like 18 players.

[AmongHeroes]

Don't worry my friend, you know the natural law of RP attrition always happens. Also, even if magically everyone stays, we'll make it work :).

[Lillian Thorne]

Igraine said I'm going to need some coffee. Lil, do you mind? T isn't here yet with that thick, strong black sauce he refers to as coffee, so maybe your machine will do this morning?

Of course I will supply coffee! *fires up Cappuccino machine*

[AmongHeroes]

Has anyone seen Robocop?

[The Fair Lady]

The original or the new one?

[AmongHeroes]

The newest one. I was thinking of seeing it.

[Igraine]

I went to see it Heroes, on Valentine's Day (yes, endlessly romantic, I know... XD) It was... OK? I don't regret going, and it might even have been better than the original (less 'campy'), but didn't really rise (in my opinion) above 'ok.'

Now, '300: Rise of an Empire?' Heh... SO THERE!

[Hellis]

It's not like the old one at all, but still good. It refrences so much of robocops history, from the comics to the original. Its a nice movie, a bit to hollywood but far less braindead then most action movies these days. I don't see what was so overly campy about the orginal. It was satire, and about a million times more intelligent in it's design then most action movies.

where 300 is a piece of pretty garbage that does nothing but fight choreography with halfnaked men it.

[fantasyfan28]

I watched it, I loved the original and went into the remake thinking it was going to be terrible. I was pleasantly surprised to come out of there thinking it was actually worth the watch.

[AmongHeroes]

Well it sounds like a movie worth the trip at least. Thanks for the advice guys. And Igraine, I'm just curious, are you a big 300 fan, or a rippling abs and pecs fan lol?

[Igraine]

I love Frank Miller's work, Heroes. The eye candy was entirely a [much welcome] bonus.

[Lillian Thorne]

Ha! I'm always so out of the loop on such things. I didn't even realize there was a remake.

[Canoli]

Never was a fan of the original RoboCop. Not entirely sure why, maybe the satire was a bit too blatant and thrown in my face. Then again, I liked Starship Troopers so... yeah. I do enjoy most of Verhoeven's films, though.

With that said, I thought the new RoboCop was better than the original, making for a decent action flick. If nothing else, Kinnaman delivers a much better performance as RoboCop than Weller did (don't hit me).

As for 300, it is both brilliant and brain-dead action as far as I'm concerned.

[fantasyfan28]

I liked Starship Troopers as well, not the second one though that was awful.

Most films from the 8o's are in my wheelhouse, I think it is probably because I am that old lol

[AmongHeroes]

Hey all, I was playing with some ways to maybe keep track of characters better since our group is large. I was thinking of a badge that everyone could place at the top of their post to remind everyone who they are, and what type of creature their character is. This is the one I made up for Atticus. Let me know what you guys think.

EDIT: I know it's a bit large, I'm just trying to show detail on this prototype one. The one's I would want to use would be scaled down.

[The Fair Lady]

Nice :D

[Igraine]

Ginormous but nice, Heroes! *grins* For what it's worth, there's no way in the world I could make one for myself, I simply don't have the time or the skills. But if you prefer and don't have the time to make one for EVERYONE, we could also preface with our character's names across the top until things get going, and everyone knows one another, ie.:

Veti Blasko - Werewolf

[AmongHeroes]

It won't take me long to make one for everyone, but I can understand it might be a hassle to some to put that up at the top of their post every time. Your idea would be much simpler. What do the rest of you motley crew think?

[The Fair Lady]

I think we could start with the simpler ones and make the others later. :D

[Derren Krenshaw]

The Fair Lady said
I think we could start with the simpler ones and make the others later. :D

^ probably the best idea.

I've been playing around in GIMP to try and make a heading, but if I do manage to make something passable, it won't be for a while. A simple heading works just fine for the start.