I've observed that Star Wars fans seem to be the most rabid. The actual Harry Potter books (up until the most recent) were actually rather good.

Hmm, I presonally must say I've gotten bored with Harry. To me it always feels like exactly the same thing. Exactly the same schedule each year. (Yeah, it is a school but still.)

1: Harry is bored during summer and avoiding his family. Lucky him, an excuse arrives that has him leave earlier than planned.
2: Have a pre-school encounter with his rival. Talk trash a bit.
3: Have antics with his teachers. (Ok, I actually like this part. Nothing better than Snape doing his thing.)
4: Mysterious killings/woundings. Harry wants to stay out of it but surprise, it turns out to be another Voldemort thing.
5: Harry is told to stay in his room but goes out by himself (possibly making things worse.)
6: In true villain fashion, Voldemort or his lackey is defeated by a child with an exceptional amount of luck or by the arrival of a powerful friend.
7: Win a couple prices, then go home for summer.

That said, before I got bored I liked it so it's not a bad series. Just too similar all the time.

And Star Wars fans, you should see the Star Trek fans. What are they called, Trekkies and Warsies? Those two are quite at each other's throats on the internet. Always analyzing their respective series technology and stuff and then pointing out how their side would beat the other. There are some ridiculous estimates there. I honestly stay out of there. Too volatile for me. An example from each side.

Trek: Borg can adapt to anything. ANYTHING. Real fast as well. You might hit one cube but the next few hundred are going to be invincible. (Ignoring the fact that cubes tend to operate alone and that the adapting is not perfect. Warsies like to point out that Voyager was a Borg-killing machine while Trekkies point out the super-Borg from First Contact and Wolf-something.)

Wars: A single Stardestroyer can remove the surface of a planet in one/several hours. Nothing can escape this method known as base delta zero. (Ok, so what is the whole purpose of the Death Star then? I know the Emperor was overcompensating for something but still. Making a giant pingpongball that can do the same thing as a Stardestroyer only a bit quicker and a hell lot more expensive is stupid. Yeah, removing the surface is not the same as blasting the whole planet to bits. The first is overdoing it, the second is excessively overdoing it.)

What about the fans of Firefly (the movie was called Serenity). I'm somewhat of a fan, it was a funny movie and I hope they make a sequel.

That's exactly the point. The weapon was supposed to be so powerful (or overpowered) in its destructive capabilities that it would scare absolutely everyone into submission.

How about something that could wipe away all life from the face of a planet? *possible spoiler*

Of course we all know the Death Star was nothing when compared to the awesome power of the Lexx, the most powerful weapon of destruction in the two universes!

Bah, just stick with accelerating asteroids to ridiculous relative velocities and smacking planets with them. Just as good and a lot less visible than a giant pingpongball. (Giant pingpongball, I like that nickname.)

And what exactly is the Lexx? I searched around for a bit but all I found was this big bug thing without wings. Don't tell me that bug is the Lexx? That would be the most gross looking weapon ever!

What about the Rings in Halo? It only takes seven of them to wipe out all life in one galaxy. Just imagine what fifty could do?

Fifty? Offscale genocide, man!

Ok, let's get serious. Annihilating all life in the universe is just about the ultimate show of power below destroying all matter in the universe. But let's face it, it's too much. With that kind of power, you would end up killing yourself as well. So I stick with asteroids and fat engines. They're much more selective.

And I read about that flood thing. So were the Halo builders machines or something? If so, they might dodge the blow so to speak which renders my earlier argument worthless. Aha, I disprove my own arguments, so that's why I always get such low scores in debating in Dutch class. (Why would I need debating anyway? I'm not going into politics.)

I watched the new Spiderman film yesterday (actually had good seats for it too!) and it was pretty good. The ending was a bit weak unfortunately, but I found the action sequences to be really cool looking. Also, "evil" Peter Parker is pretty funny. I would say it's worth seeing at the theatre.

And yea, the new POC is coming out at the end of May. Like all this month a new blockbuster is coming out. Shrek 3, Pirates, Rush Hour 3 is coming out soon, and there Oceans 13 coming out at the start of June. Movie goers are going to be extremely happy for awile.

Actually, yes, that's the Lexx. And if you think it's gross, you should experience it's captain. I present to you:


Former "assistant deputy backup courier" security guard class four Stanley H. Tweedle.


Seriously though, great science fiction show, that. Very very weird. And great. Did I mention it's really great?

On the star destroyer vs death star thing...

The star destroyers merely destroy thing on the surface; cities, landscapes, etc.

the death star completely obliterates the planet.

just thought I'd educate. (go star wars!)

Here's some Halo education! The forerunners (being that created the rings and more) were organics.

They were locked in an extincion war with the flood and became desperate enoguh to commit mass suicide to stop the parasites from spreading out of control. (So yeah, the rings are indesciminate).

Another thing is that the Forerunners made a "bomb shelter" to allow for survivors to begin again.
But they for some reason, aren't around. (Here's my theory) The forerunner survivors became humanity hence the constant address "reclaimor".

All this talk about scientific fiction esc stuff, and yet in our own galaxy, we have observed much. The Big Bang Theory, if true, shot everything away from the "exact center" of the galaxy. In about another hundred millenia, the matter that shot away from the center will return to the center. (also another theory) Basically the principle goes like this, if you throw a ball straight up into the air, where does it go after its maximum climax? Down my friends, back to the launch point. Gravity is pushing away for the "center" and then it will pull us back. Interesting?

go starwars

Dorks... Just playing.

I go with Star Wars, always thought trekkies were a bit odd..

I'm a mix, partially a fan for StarWars, but very much a supporter of HALO! I can't wait to see the movie that Peter Jackson is making in 2008!

I'm afraid it might kill the series.. Or maybe not really kill but make it really stupid.. Doom anyone?

yes my friend, the Doom series was tight

BFG= Biomass Fusion Gun
BFG (The Rock)= Big Fuc*ing Gun

LOLZ and channler, I still have fun with that chainsaw

How about GOW? Actually, I don't think it has an uber WMD...... except for the lightmass bomb or whatever it's called

Those pussie COGS would pee their pants if they had to go into Hell itself