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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 1:56PM (Unverified) said
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You have got to be kidding me, and these are the writers that are on strike right now? That was the worst piece of tv i have ever seen.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:44PM (Unverified) said
I cringed the whole time I was watching this clip. The whole time.
How the hell is this on television and Arrested Development isn't. Such a shame.
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How the hell is this on television and Arrested Development isn't. Such a shame.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 3:33PM (Unverified) said
I'm a big fan of the show because it has been so well written...until this particular episode (which was last week). Such a shame they did this to what has been such a great show. Hopefully this weeks episode is much better.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 5:28PM (Unverified) said
this is why i hate cop dramas. they're all terrible bullshit
gimmie back cop shows from the 70's and 80's with lots of car chases and explosions and jokes, i'd watch those
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gimmie back cop shows from the 70's and 80's with lots of car chases and explosions and jokes, i'd watch those
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 1:58PM (Unverified) said
I love how intense they look.
And someone who sits there and pretends to have a controller in their hand while watching someone else play...plays to many video games.
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And someone who sits there and pretends to have a controller in their hand while watching someone else play...plays to many video games.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:10PM rivaldi22 said
I do that when I'm watching someone play Guitar Hero.
It's a legitimate form of practice for something like that (a rhythm game in which you do the same patterns every time), but it doesn't work for most games because people are likely to make different decisions than you would while playing, so you can't "follow along" per se.
So yeah, someone who does that (to a game like PoP) is usually an actor whose writer/director doesn't play games, because they would understand how ridiculous it is to do so.
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It's a legitimate form of practice for something like that (a rhythm game in which you do the same patterns every time), but it doesn't work for most games because people are likely to make different decisions than you would while playing, so you can't "follow along" per se.
So yeah, someone who does that (to a game like PoP) is usually an actor whose writer/director doesn't play games, because they would understand how ridiculous it is to do so.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:19PM (Unverified) said
lol well yeah, I agree with you there. I also strum along when playing guitar hero.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2007 5:10PM (Unverified) said
First off, I thought It was funny how they referenced gamers as low lifes, he made comments such as I live with my mother Im 30 years old, I have some costume in his closet. I thought it was really lame how the girl was playing in the background. First off, who would do that to that kind of game to where anyones moves could be different. its nothing like Guitar Hero or something where you could do the same move as them. I feel sorry for the writers that they would think that something like this would be worth getting more money to make. They Suck!!
Hi Predatorian234.. you make a great point!
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Hi Predatorian234.. you make a great point!
Posted: Nov 15th 2007 5:18PM (Unverified) said
Hmmm...Gamergrl87....
snaggels87....
Stars for an avatar...
Sarah love...get off my interwebs!!!
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snaggels87....
Stars for an avatar...
Sarah love...get off my interwebs!!!
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 1:59PM Jechtshot78 said
Wow if these writers are still on strike, Let them starve. Dumb fucks...
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 3:40PM (Unverified) said
I was actually thinking exactly the same thing.
What do we really lose with the writer's strike? Do people still actually watch television anymore?
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What do we really lose with the writer's strike? Do people still actually watch television anymore?
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 8:34PM (Unverified) said
Maybe this was written by some hacks they got to sub for the striking writers....but if not.....starving's too good a death for them!!!
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 8:54PM Mal F4cti0n said
This was probably a half written story and the writers planned to go back and rework the holes in the story.
The producers/directors and studios probaly shot with a half finished script; that is what you get when you don't have good writers.
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The producers/directors and studios probaly shot with a half finished script; that is what you get when you don't have good writers.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:03PM (Unverified) said
lol, I love how they embedded the "You died" text in there, it's not even in the real game, and it's the same font they used for the "Levels." Oh gosh, LEVELS!! You're telling me none of those geeks ever played a PoP game? Or couldn't they at least play one before writing or filming such a dumb and cringe-worthy scene?
I'm glad I stopped watching this show after the first ep.
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I'm glad I stopped watching this show after the first ep.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:11PM (Unverified) said
They have to dumb it down terribly for people who dont play videogames....this isnt catering to us, it is catering to the masses.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:54PM Ethan said
Yeah, but the dumbed-down presentation is based on an outsider's perspective. I want to write an episode of 'life' where they spend the whole episode on a bus, a 'village for tramps' where they have to discover whether woman is merely fat or actually pregnant. Key line - 'don't all look at once, guys.' They do.
But I digress. The writers should know what they're talking about, then simplify it (see any generally accurate medical show), so that they might call it a 'limited computer' or something. That girl does deserve credit for her amazing ability to advance through cutscreens, though.
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But I digress. The writers should know what they're talking about, then simplify it (see any generally accurate medical show), so that they might call it a 'limited computer' or something. That girl does deserve credit for her amazing ability to advance through cutscreens, though.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 3:03PM (Unverified) said
what I don't get is if they have to "dumb it down" I understand, but why not use a simpler game then? Like a game that actually HAS LEVELS. They could have just made it Pac Man for God's sake. Everyone understands Pac Man.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 3:23PM Odog4ever said
That was hilarious! Didn't you know Microsoft is releasing their new lolcats "invisible" wireless controller? It's even back compatible with Xbox 1.
I think the 30 yr. old dude committed suicide after that girl showed him up. Now he realizes that he is good at NOTHING.
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I think the 30 yr. old dude committed suicide after that girl showed him up. Now he realizes that he is good at NOTHING.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:12PM natureboy46 said
Holy Crap - that's 1000 times worse than the hot coffee mod.
The evil files are in the game! Your children are in danger.
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The evil files are in the game! Your children are in danger.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:13PM aristokrat said
Um, I don't recall there being levels in PoP. Additionally, it looks like they used graphics from the Wii version, given the replacement of blood with sand, even though they are playing on an Xbox. Is the Wii too family friendly to be portrayed as the tool of an evildoer?
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:49PM aristokrat said
The Wii version was toned down in "adultness," as per ign's review: "You're also going discover that the bloody sequences in the M-rated Two Thrones (same game, different name, remember) have been toned down so that sliced and diced enemies now bleed sand." Having only played the Wii version, I don't know how the Xbox version differed, but it would make sense for them to air the less mature version.
It's a shame they didn't use the Wii in the show though. It would have been hilarious to see the guy flailing around trying to beat the game, and even better to see the girl in the corner trying to waggle discreetly along with the action.
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It's a shame they didn't use the Wii in the show though. It would have been hilarious to see the guy flailing around trying to beat the game, and even better to see the girl in the corner trying to waggle discreetly along with the action.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:53PM rivaldi22 said
I played the PS2 version, and as memory serves, the monsters bled sand. Though I might be wrong, and may be thinking of another PoP.
I kind of just blazed through Warrior Within and Two Thrones and never thought about them again. They were so much worse than Sands of Time.
So if I was mistaken, I apologize. But I'm pretty sure they were still sand monsters. But whatevs.
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I kind of just blazed through Warrior Within and Two Thrones and never thought about them again. They were so much worse than Sands of Time.
So if I was mistaken, I apologize. But I'm pretty sure they were still sand monsters. But whatevs.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:58PM aristokrat said
Fair enough. I was confused by the review as well, since I'd recalled the same thing with the previous games as well. Perhaps there was blood and sand? Regardless, I gave up on the final Vizier battle because the motion controls lacked the precision to do all the jumping from wall to block, etc, which was a shame because I wanted to see how it all ended.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:19PM (Unverified) said
Wow, I hope the writers of 'Cloak and Dagger' are firing up their lawsuit machine.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:20PM (Unverified) said
This has to be the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen in my life.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:31PM (Unverified) said
Wow, they found the super-secret spreadsheet Easter Egg! I thought I was the only one that found it after Winning and Advancing to Level 10...
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:31PM Ateo said
The KingInYellow nailed this one. This is a plot device ripped right out of Cloak and Dagger, but it worked much better in the movie.
Why couldn't the file just be hidden on the PSP you saw the girl playing with earlier in the episode.
I mean if a drug dealer can rewrite Prince of Persia to display excel files, surely he could make a bit of money legitimately.
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Why couldn't the file just be hidden on the PSP you saw the girl playing with earlier in the episode.
I mean if a drug dealer can rewrite Prince of Persia to display excel files, surely he could make a bit of money legitimately.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:33PM (Unverified) said
They might as well have added...
"Our webs are down, sir. We can't log in! Which webs? All of them. They've penetrated our codes walls. They're stealing the internet!"
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"Our webs are down, sir. We can't log in! Which webs? All of them. They've penetrated our codes walls. They're stealing the internet!"
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:39PM ThornedVenom said
Hope "lvl 10" gets memefied because plot's so lame. xD And there's the rewind mechanic in Two Thrones or not?
And chick gamer is pretty cute. ;P (had to be said)
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And chick gamer is pretty cute. ;P (had to be said)
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:41PM (Unverified) said
I can't wait until the one where the serial rapist inputs the name of his next victim in his niece's Pictochat.
Also, Life is a really, really bad show.
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Also, Life is a really, really bad show.
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