Bionicle, if I recall correctly, has a very strong good/evil dichotomy - things that are evil are really evil. If the Toa are capable of wearing the mask without being corrupted themselves (which seems to be what you're describing), there shouldn't be any real danger to using it... It's more of a question of character, really.
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It's a question of ethics... by
on 2009-01-16 06:20:00 UTC
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Have a graduated cylinder! *tosses* (nm) by
on 2009-01-16 05:35:00 UTC
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Why, something starring me, of course! by
on 2009-01-16 05:33:00 UTC
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Directors: Peter Jackson, Richard Burton, and whoever worked on the Battlestar Galactica TV show.
Actors: Yours truly, Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, James Callis...
Speshul Effects: Totally want WETA digital doing them!
Soundtrack: Bear McCreary and Howard Shore... and maybe James Horner...
Plot: Based faithfully on a TV show co-written by Ron D. Moore, David Eick, and whoever wrote for the Narnia movies. I must have a singing part.
*looks at ideal movie* Not gonna happen... *sniff*
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Here's another one. by
on 2009-01-16 05:28:00 UTC
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http://whiskybusiness.livejournal.com/4660.html#cutid1
This is one of those random interspersed ones I mentioned. Rez and Flip take on a Firefly x LotR fic with replacement Sues. Good stuff.
~Neshomeh, who misses Rez and Gundam_Kiwi and that crowd.
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Snow Crash. by
on 2009-01-16 02:31:00 UTC
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It's currently a book. Use the book as the script. Except for the chapter which ends with "and after that, it was just a chase scene", and actually have a chase scene.
Have Michael Bay and Gennedy Tartakovsky co-direct.
Music by Juno Reactor, Rob Dougan, and Breaking Benjamin.
And keep it accurate to the book!
Effects by ILM (same folks who did Transformers and Iron Man)
Speaking of Breaking Benjamin, have them stand in for Vitaly Chernobyl and the Meltdowns.
And once again, keep it accurate to the book!
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In the Bionicle ficÂ… by
on 2009-01-16 01:47:00 UTC
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…the Agents are going as Toa, and my brother has informed me of a mask that would allow him to destroy the main Stu with muchísimo poetic justice. However, it is not one that Toa generally wear; they consider its power unethical. Can Tawaki wear the mask?
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Much thanks. by
on 2009-01-16 01:37:00 UTC
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Now all I need to do is find a sufficiently horrible crossover...
I don't plan to do much with the DIC beyond this one mission plot (although, to be fair, you never know), but I just felt like trying something a little different.
I've read some of your missions... should have remembered that, no doubt. ^^;;
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Well... by
on 2009-01-16 01:31:00 UTC
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The quintessential missions would be Meg Thornton's Tales from Despatch, which I really ought to re-read myself.
Then there's me. My agents work in the DIC, but only the latest mission is actually a crossover. You can blame Upstairs, or you can blame the fact that I really wanted to kill the first two 'Sues. Either way.
I know there are other people writing DIC stuff currently, and I know there are crossover missions scattered throughout other people's collections (the Original Series would be a good place to check), but I can't think of anything else explicitly.
~Neshomeh
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Hmmm... by
on 2009-01-16 01:27:00 UTC
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It would be co-directed by Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, and Guillermo del Toro, Johnny Depp would definitely star as Sexy Evil Overlord (he would look truly fine in spiky black armor), it would be so gothic tiny vampire bats fly out of the screen, the fight scenes would be a hybrid of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and LotR, there would be pyrotechnics galore, and there would be fun and Eeevil songs to sing along to. It would also have to be something that could have fangs worn to its premiere (which goes along with the tiny bats), Enya would be on the soundtrack, it would take place in a variety of locations including mountains, deserts, underwater, and creepy Mayan temples, there would be undead somewhere in there...*takes deep breath* Um, I agree with you about the CGI. *collapses from lack of oxygen*
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Well, to be honest... by
on 2009-01-16 01:20:00 UTC
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I didn't really form much of an opinion. The sunsets were really nice, and the winter was cold, and that was about it. I spent most of my time in the computer labs instead of going to class, as a result of having discovered the PPC, Milliways, and Wikipedia, as well as half a host of lesser distractions, in the span of a few months.
I don't know about the choral program, much. I'd say to ask my brother, but he's unavailable and went to a different school anyway. Your waggling brow makes me a bit nervous, as I suspect you're trying to insinuate something.
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OT: Your ideal movie. by
on 2009-01-16 00:43:00 UTC
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This requires a little background. I work at a movie theatre, and kitsune106 asked me in email if we were allowed to see movies for free. We are, and we're allowed to bring a guest if we sign them in. I told him I'd offer to take him, but a free movie wouldn't be worth an eight-hour flight to get across the Atlantic. He said it depends on the movie, so I wondered what kind of movie would be worth flying eight hours (and another eight hours back, if we're talking from the UK to the US) to see, even if getting into the actual movie is free. (For perspective, tickets for a round-trip on a plane can cost upwards of four hundred UK pounds each, not sure what that is in dollars.) I thought this would make a fun Board discussion.
A sample answer from me: First, there would have to be a legitimate reason I couldn't see it in the UK, or would miss out on something by doing so. Maybe to go see a really big premiere. Second, a bunch of other PPCers and various other friends would have to be there, and we'd have to be at a private screening or in a soundproof VIP box so we could squee and joke around if we wanted. As for the actual movie:
- Based very faithfully on a story co-written by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, and JK Rowling.
- Co-directed by Peter Jackson and Tim Burton.
- Starring Johnny Depp.
- CGI animals and monsters done by the same people who made the Talking Beasts for the recent Narnia films.
- And it should be a musical. A good one.
- We can get onto what it's actually about later.
So, anyone want to piece together their ideal movie? Directors, actors, special effects, soundtrack and plot suggestions?
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Implausible Crossovers mission logs by
on 2009-01-16 00:12:00 UTC
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Am currently being held hostage by mission-plotbunny, which involves a mission for DoIC.
Can anyone recommend a few good mission logs, so I can get a sense of how Disentanglers usually work?
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First plover! by
on 2009-01-15 21:57:00 UTC
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BTW, will your Agents be based in a Response Center or a TARDIS?
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Great story! by
on 2009-01-15 20:05:00 UTC
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I too was rather confused by the second part, though, wondering why haldir was chatting up a five-year-old.
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I'm from thereabouts as well. by
on 2009-01-15 20:01:00 UTC
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I've considered going to USU, but I think I'm gonna go somewhere else. Did you like it there? I heard their choral program has a new director. *eyebrow waggle*
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just hit wiki on that by
on 2009-01-15 17:35:00 UTC
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Some people are born without an appendix, it seems. But the lack of it provides no decisive advantage. And it looks as though the appendix has shrunk and shrunk over the years, but "Evolutionary theorists have suggested that natural selection selects for larger appendices because smaller and thinner appendices would be more susceptible to inflammation and disease."
So that's why we still have 'em - they get any smaller, you're much more likely to get appendicitis and die.
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not necessarily by
on 2009-01-15 17:25:00 UTC
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After all, it's not doing any damage. Except appendicitis, and not everyone gets that. What are the odds of spontaneous genetic mutation that means a baby's born missing an entire organ? And even if it is, where's the advantage that'll make that trait spread? Nope, it's much harder to unevolve traits. Once you've got 'em you're stuck with 'em, for the most part.
Does it predate molars then?
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Mweeheehee, much like me. (nm) by
on 2009-01-15 15:47:00 UTC
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Re: On long-term job effects and sanity... by
on 2009-01-15 14:30:00 UTC
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Ye gods someone needs to teach that author to use proper punctuation. That's actually painful to read.
In other news, I've discovered Mulhoon's pet peeve. Graphic squick he can take without turning a hair, but he's fiercely protective of the English language. Wanton abuse of common grammar on a similar scale to legolas is what sets him off.
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Have a Sky Bison! (nm) by
on 2009-01-15 13:48:00 UTC
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