Chupacabra

Christ, can't we get through one goddamn thread without it turning into a nationalist chest-thumping match? This **** is boring enough on the quasi-political threads, but movies??? Gimme a break. If you really need to butt heads that badly about the same goddamn shopworn ****, take it up in an email and leave these threads to the folks who can follow a conversation without feeling the need to make a point. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

I liked The Thin Red Line. Dunno. I found its good points were good enough to make me overlook the bad. I certainly didn't find it either long or boring. Or unrealistic, for that matter. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

HAHAHA! Dr. Agingretardo's pitiful forces are streaming back in a full retreat, as if they could outrun the hellfire and fury which pursues them!!! SCORE!!! Actually, no, I've seen neither hide nor hair of him. It's one of those games where I'm got the feeling he's about ten meters away, but damned if I'm gonna go in and find out. To paraphrase the wicked patient-molesting Doctor, this game will be long and sneaky, like Gene Simmons' tongue. Scrota, MoreArty! Where are my files?! ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Things I'd like to see- A) Things I'd very much like to see- -More detailed building combat, larger buildings (for factories, etc.), progressive depiction of building damage. -More voices. -A list included in the manual of the infantry calls, and what they all mean. Like many others here, I don't speak Russian -Larger polygon count on the infantry. -Cheap flamethrowers for meeeeeeee! -Full movie playback. -More terrain tiles. Things I think it'd be neat to include- -Dynamic lighting, with the option to turn it off. -More infantry faces. -Smoother movement animation for infantry. -Smoother seams between tiles. -Molotov cocktails. -Finns, Romanians, etc. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

I don't think there's really any such thing as the "typical western European house." Going through France last month, the architecture could change fairly radically in the space of about 100 miles. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Dr. Ailingmentalhealth seems to have a deathwish. No, I'm not talking about his game with you, HairDreier. The "doctor" has foolishly taken a game with me. In yet another night game, with snow no less, our mechanized forces will square off at 50 paces. My brave forces of liberation will then proceed to whallop the Kartoffeln out of the nasty icky Axis bullies. Let the slaughter commence! ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

For your further Peter-abusing pleasure: The barbaric Axis hordes are laid low! America stands proud and tall! USA! USA! USA! The final tally: Axis: 194 casualties (54 KIA) 83 captured 6 vehicles knocked out Men OK: 4 Score: 27 Allies: 121 casualties (32 KIA) 1 gun destroyed 5 vehicles knocked out Men OK: 90 Score: 73 Axis Surrender, Major Allied Victory. HUZZAH! ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by STRAKER: If that movie isnt an NC17 STATES - R18 NZ i dont want to see it. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You'll never get a war movie released in the States with an NC-17 rating. It's the commercial kiss of death. First, many theaters refuse to show NC-17 rated movies. Second, Blockbuster Video, the largest video rental chain in the country, refuses to carry NC-17 rated videos. The last NC-17 movie I can really recall was Showgirls. True, the movie was a big steaming heap of dumbass, but enough people would've probably gone to see it for the curiosity value for the filmmakers to recoup their costs. They didn't, because there simply weren't enough venues where people could see the movie. So basically, I'd recommend against holding your breath for an NC-17 rated war flick. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kitty: Hotmail still insists that the file you sent has a virus and although I know you wouldn't intentionally send me a virus I'm scared to d/l it. =( Kitty<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> This is a problem with Hotmail, not the file. I was getting the same thing, where Hotmail insisted that every attached file contained a virus. They don't. The file's perfectly safe. You've got 2 alternatives- 1) keep pounding the "view attachment" link in Hotmail until the stupid thing finally realizes that the file is fine. 2) if you've got another email account, either forward the file to that account, or have your opponent send the file directly there. Hope this helps. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Let me explain where I'm coming from a bit - I really had no opinion about this proposal until I saw the words "Let's see this in the next patch." And yes, that got my goat (pun intended.) Proposing changes to the game is not bad in and of itself. Demanding changes is. For me, it's really all a matter of tone. If I antagonized someone unfairly, I apologize, but I do find that lately there has been an increase in the demand to request ratio. I didn't find Tiger's original post to be demanding, but rather the post which I've already mentioned. Cheers. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Mmm, okay, then answer me two questions - 1) Is this feature currently available in the scenario editor, yes or no? 2) Will this feature take longer to code than it would take someone to use the scenario editor, yes or no? If there's a bug up my ass, it's because there are a constant stream of "I WANT THIS NOW" posts on this board, and it's a bit ridiculous. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Scrota! How can you possibly have so much time to post to the board and yet so little time to send me a freakin' file? Chop chop! ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Colonel_Deadmarsh: Blahblahblahblah, I want everything and I want it now! My ideas are brilliant, implement them now!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Man, since you've been here, all you've done is ask for changes. Anyone who doesn't agree with you is a moron who fails to comprehend the full extent of the Deadmarsh vision. You don't have time to mess around with the scenario editor yet you want Steve and Charles to take the time to implement a feature which is already available in the scenario editor? Uh, sorry, but that's just silly. I promise you, it would take longer to code your proposed change than for you to do it yourself in the editor. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Um, you want a report? I got pissed on cheap lager, I suspect Dr. A did as well. Peter was drinking the good stuff but gave up early, so I don't know if he counts. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: I'm surprised that people show such hatred for The Green Berets. While it is decidedly slanted, it serves its purpose. The idea was to show that perhaps there is a viable reason for the U.S. to be in Vietnam. Have we become so jaded and cynical that we lose that entirely? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I have no problem with movies which are made for a political purpose. Lawrence Olivier's Henry V was made during WW2, and was, more or less, propaganda, but it's a brilliant movie. No, I reserve my dislike for movies which suck ass. As did the Green Berets. I love John Wayne. I think he's a much underrated actor, and many of his movies are true classics of American cinema. But put a movie like The Green Berets up against The Searchers, or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, or Red River, or, or.... (the mind boggles with examples). If Satan came to me and said in a voice sulfurous and evil "FOOLISH MORTAL!!! CHOOSE BETWEEN THE GREEN BERETS AND STAGECOACH, YOU WORTHLESS HUMAN SLUG!!!!" I'd tell him to drag The Green Berets down to the flaming pits of hell and leave me with a good John Wayne movie. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Chupassimilated. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

How about let's not? Boy, this sounds like a really good addition to the game. Let's have Steve and Charles take time from making CM2 and introduce a marginally useful feature which you can already get using the scenario editor! I apologize if I sound overly sarcastic, but, well... no I don't. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Oh, do the Iron Eagle movies count as war movies? Because those are right up there. Basically, any movie with Lou Gossett Jr. you can pretty much assume is going to be more fun than losing teeth. But not by much. Especially Iron Eagles (2?), the one where the WW2 planes were suddenly INCREDIBLY BADASS!!! and could blow the hell out of a modern country. I'm sorry, but I don't care what pissant drug-financed banana republic I'm from, if I ever see Lou Gossett Jr coming at me in a P-47, I'm going to take my Chinese surplus AKM and blow his bad-movie-making ass out of the sky. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

It could be worse. They could re-release Apocalypse Now with Anne Heche as Colonel Kurtz. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

While we're talking about Saving Private Ryan, I'll chime in with my personal view. The movie sucked. Take every war movie you've ever seen. Now cram them all into one 90-minute package. "But shouldn't we take out these cliches, Mr. Spielberg?" "No, you fool! The cliches must STAAAAAAAY!!! STAAAAAAAY!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" I'll give you the beach landings. That scene was the most shocking depiction of combat I've ever seen. The movie should've ended right there, though. But, like the other folks have said, where did they dig up all the stereotypes? "Hey, let's stick in a wisecracking Jew!" "OOH, yeah, and how about a streetwise guy from Brooklyn?" "That's money, baby, money!" My feeling is, if you've ever seen a war movie, you've seen SPR. Everything that happens past the beach landings is pure cliche. Oh, yeah, here's the sniper. Oh, yeah, here's the machine gun nest. Like one of the characters said (probably the Brooklynite, that boy had a mouth on him!) "Why can't we go around the machine gun?" Forget what they say in the movie, the real answer is "because the formula calls for another character to die in a moving way. Plus we get to setup the evil German character, oh boy!" SPR's worth watching for the first 15 minutes, after that, bleh. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: Buildings falling on your head 101: When you are in a building, and that building blows up, it hurts...lots. Do stay put in those houses. You can fight from the rubble. It'll provide great cover, I agree. The only other thing you'll handy to cover yourself with is corpses...and lots of them. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> See my orginal post about having to target the infantry first. Unless you think I'm about to hang around in buildings waiting for your tank to target them. In which case I say to you: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

While I'm thinking about it - The Green Berets. For the love of God, Duke, you're old and fat and you have one lung, you don't look like a freaking commando. Additional points of suck: 1) I never knew Vietnam looked so much like California! Damn, I gotta visit. I mean seriously, folks, at least haul your Hollywood asses down to Costa Rica or something, at least they've got jungle there. 2) Ummm... I'm sorry, I missed the overt American West symbolism, could you shovel in a little more? Thanks Mr. Wayne, that's just right. Now let's go kill some Indians! Er, I mean Vietnamese! 3) Usually movies which use ketchup as blood are filmed on Dad's Super-8, and are mercifully lost in the attic three days after they're made. 4) Those Vietnamese were clever bastards! They not only dug pungi pits and such, they devised evil-scientist-style spike traps which spring out at the unwary. Apparently the jungle-vine technology field has made rapid advances. 5) Repeat after me: Mr. Sulu is not a convincing Montagnard. 6) And of course, there's the famous scene of the sun setting over the East China Sea. Therefore, I have revised my previous List O' Suck. While I firmly believe that my 2 aforementioned movies suck heartily, in my opinion, The Green Berets is the worst war movie ever made. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

The Vietnam movie with Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn would be up there. That piece of suck opened up strange new dimensions of suck to wallow in. Also, the D-Day movie with Mark Hamill. See above comments RE: suck. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: ChupaChupaChupaChupaChupaChameleon: The platoon you think is running, is not running, it is redeploying to a more demonstrative position.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> So said the Marines at Chosin. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>The platoon that will be running is the group you tried to "stealthily" sneak around my flank. You will notice it's location by the smoke pouring off of your flaming halftrack. That thing's burning so much it's probably visible from space. And the spread out squad that you have there will soon be cut to pieces by the nasty things I have on that hill. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Were it not for an AI brain-fart, your tune would be something more like "his HT nailed my Sherman, gamey cheater bastard!" As it is, your troops can redeploy whereever they want, but my flanks are secure, so have fun coming up the middle. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>And as for you scaring my Sherman? Let me tell you something...area fire that exhausts your ammo and does nothing more than give my tank crews a nice massage is far from scary. I'll tell you what, you keep digging that whole deeper, I'll watch. When you think I've had enough you let me know. In the meantime, I'll be dismantling the buildings between your men and my armor. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Town-fighting 101, sit down, boys and girls. A) rubble is better to fight from than buildings. Tank's gotta be able to target infantry to shoot it. C) Can't pin infantry down long enough to target it with your tank if all your squads are "displacing" COUGHfleeingCOUGHCOUGHpansies. That's right, leave that tank riiiiight there. Please do. Because we all know how well Shermans do when they stay in the same place for more than 2 seconds. Howdy ho, Mr. Panther! <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>I suggest you retreat now.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I suggest you develop a bloody flux and drown in your own vile pustulent fluids now. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super. [This message has been edited by Chupacabra (edited 10-16-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by CavScout: The biggest thing is WHY does arty fire stop when an FO moves? I'd like to see the option of, when a FO is moving (foot or vehicle) of having arty continue to fire on the last spot.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Er, it doesn't? In a game I'm currently playing against PeterNZer at night, in fog, I've had to move my arty spotters all over creation to avoid getting gunned down by his squads, and they've kept up their fire. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.