The Official Off-topic Thread 7

Community General Discussion
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> > > Transformers was a dissapointment. That’s all I’m saying about it.
> >
> > I got lost about halfway through that. Yea, it was disappointing. Then again, it’s Transformers, so I really shouldn’t have been expecting much.
>
> Heard from almost no one that it’s an enjoyable film. Shame because I thought it would at least be an enjoyable 2 and a half hours of Autobots and Decepticons beating the crap out of each other, and the concept of the humans turning on the Autobots along with the Dinobots being featured seemed interesting. <mark>But apparently Dinobots aren’t even in it for long, is Grimlock the only Dino?</mark>
>
> Also, there’s no Linkin Park in the soundtrack? Surprising when The Hunting Party just released, too.

We warned you, Stream!

But no, there are four different Dinobots (which each has epic design): Grimlock (Rex), Strafe (Pterodactyl), Slug (Triceratops), and a Spinesaurous one I can’t remeber the name off.

But, the don’t make an appearance until the last 45 minutes, and are in in the movie for about half of that. Very disappointing, I must say. :\

3542

> > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > >
> > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > >
> > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > >
> > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > >
> > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> >
> > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> >
> > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
>
> I’m great, you?
>
> I read through that list; the ‘Lord of the Flies’ reference didn’t surprise me that much, since I had already read that part in Ghosts of Onyx, and already pondered it’s relation.
> The Star Wars references didn’t shock me at all, I knew half of those on my own already. :stuck_out_tongue: And what about a giant evil space station that has a death ray that’s used on the good guys’ most important planet?
> What surprised me was all the Predator references, though I should’ve seen it coming…
>
> Ah, the goodness of the IWHBYD skull… 343, make it great again, plz!

I’m pretty good. I’m actually a little bored. My little bro is playing Dark Souls on my Xbox.

I didn’t get to finish Ghost of Onyx, therefore probably why I was surprised by the reference. lol.

3543

Hello everyone!

I did not like bayformers at all!!!

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> > > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > > >
> > > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > > >
> > > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> > >
> > > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> > >
> > > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
> >
> > I read Lord of the Flies for English at school, it’s actually a pretty damn good book, with lots of imagery & beautiful descriptions. Some people consider it to be a drama, but I consider it to be border-lining horror, the events are pretty terrifying.
>
> Indeed. I found the book to be very interesting.
>
> I’ll admit however, Piggy’s death really pissed me off. :stuck_out_tongue:

I felt even worse about Simon

3545

> > > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > > >
> > > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > > >
> > > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> > >
> > > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> > >
> > > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
> >
> > I’m great, you?
> >
> > I read through that list; the ‘Lord of the Flies’ reference didn’t surprise me that much, since I had already read that part in Ghosts of Onyx, and already pondered it’s relation.
> > The Star Wars references didn’t shock me at all, I knew half of those on my own already. :stuck_out_tongue: And what about a giant evil space station that has a death ray that’s used on the good guys’ most important planet?
> > What surprised me was all the Predator references, though I should’ve seen it coming…
> >
> > Ah, the goodness of the IWHBYD skull… 343, make it great again, plz!
>
> I’m pretty good. I’m actually a little bored. <mark>My little bro is playing Dark Souls on my Xbox.</mark>
>
> I didn’t get to finish Ghost of Onyx, therefore probably why I was surprised by the reference. lol.

Wait…

DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS GETTING HIMSELF INTO?

3546

Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and AFI are coming to Toronto. Has anyone seen these bands LIVE or actively listen to them?

I like these bands but not nearly as much as I used to.

3547

> Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and AFI are coming to Toronto. Has anyone seen these bands LIVE or actively listen to them?
>
> I like these bands but not nearly as much as I used to.

I like linkin park for all their charity work.

3548

> > > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > > >
> > > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > > >
> > > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> > >
> > > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> > >
> > > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
> >
> > I’m great, you?
> >
> > I read through that list; the ‘Lord of the Flies’ reference didn’t surprise me that much, since I had already read that part in Ghosts of Onyx, and already pondered it’s relation.
> > The Star Wars references didn’t shock me at all, I knew half of those on my own already. :stuck_out_tongue: And what about a giant evil space station that has a death ray that’s used on the good guys’ most important planet?
> > What surprised me was all the Predator references, though I should’ve seen it coming…
> >
> > Ah, the goodness of the IWHBYD skull… 343, make it great again, plz!
>
> I’m pretty good. I’m actually a little bored. My little bro is playing Dark Souls on my Xbox.
>
> I didn’t get to finish Ghost of Onyx, therefore probably why I was surprised by the reference. lol.

Jeez, how far did you read? The reference is on page 70. (Yes, I flipped through the book just now.)

I’d steer clear of your brother after he’s through.
The most rage-inducing game I’ve ever played has him ensnared.

3549

> > > > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > > > >
> > > > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > > > >
> > > > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> > > >
> > > > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> > > >
> > > > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
> > >
> > > I’m great, you?
> > >
> > > I read through that list; the ‘Lord of the Flies’ reference didn’t surprise me that much, since I had already read that part in Ghosts of Onyx, and already pondered it’s relation.
> > > The Star Wars references didn’t shock me at all, I knew half of those on my own already. :stuck_out_tongue: And what about a giant evil space station that has a death ray that’s used on the good guys’ most important planet?
> > > What surprised me was all the Predator references, though I should’ve seen it coming…
> > >
> > > Ah, the goodness of the IWHBYD skull… 343, make it great again, plz!
> >
> > I’m pretty good. I’m actually a little bored. <mark>My little bro is playing Dark Souls on my Xbox.</mark>
> >
> > I didn’t get to finish Ghost of Onyx, therefore probably why I was surprised by the reference. lol.
>
> Wait…
>
> DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS GETTING HIMSELF INTO?

I tried to talk him out of it myself. However, I have to say, he isn’t doing half bad. He really plans ahead when it comes to encountering difficult situations within that game.

> > > > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > > > >
> > > > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > > > >
> > > > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> > > >
> > > > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> > > >
> > > > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
> > >
> > > I’m great, you?
> > >
> > > I read through that list; the ‘Lord of the Flies’ reference didn’t surprise me that much, since I had already read that part in Ghosts of Onyx, and already pondered it’s relation.
> > > The Star Wars references didn’t shock me at all, I knew half of those on my own already. :stuck_out_tongue: And what about a giant evil space station that has a death ray that’s used on the good guys’ most important planet?
> > > What surprised me was all the Predator references, though I should’ve seen it coming…
> > >
> > > Ah, the goodness of the IWHBYD skull… 343, make it great again, plz!
> >
> > I’m pretty good. I’m actually a little bored. My little bro is playing Dark Souls on my Xbox.
> >
> > I didn’t get to finish Ghost of Onyx, therefore probably why I was surprised by the reference. lol.
>
> Jeez, how far did you read? The reference is on page 70. (Yes, I flipped through the book just now.)

Yeah… let’s just say i’m not a big fan of reading when it comes to free time. However, don’t get me wrong, I have enjoyed many books.

3550

> > > Transformers was a dissapointment. That’s all I’m saying about it.
> >
> > I got lost about halfway through that. Yea, it was disappointing. Then again, it’s Transformers, so I really shouldn’t have been expecting much.
>
> Heard from almost no one that it’s an enjoyable film. Shame because I thought it would at least be an enjoyable 2 and a half hours of Autobots and Decepticons beating the crap out of each other, and the concept of the humans turning on the Autobots along with the Dinobots being featured seemed interesting. But apparently Dinobots aren’t even in it for long, is Grimlock the only Dino?
>
> Also, there’s no Linkin Park in the soundtrack? Surprising when The Hunting Party just released, too.

It’s the usual: Focuses too much on the human story, with mainly hit & miss humour. Is it so hard to focus on the Transformers more? I mean, yeah sure the CGI & all is great, & the fight scenes that are there are pretty damn good. But…meh.(also, there are four dinobots.) Galvatron/Megatron was in it for VERY little, his new design also kinda sucks. I was a fan of his design in the previous movies, but he looks stupid in this one.

3551

I really don’t plan on seeing the new Transformers movie, really not the greatest fan of Michael Bay.

3552

> > > > > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> > > > >
> > > > > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> > > > >
> > > > > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
> > > >
> > > > I’m great, you?
> > > >
> > > > I read through that list; the ‘Lord of the Flies’ reference didn’t surprise me that much, since I had already read that part in Ghosts of Onyx, and already pondered it’s relation.
> > > > The Star Wars references didn’t shock me at all, I knew half of those on my own already. :stuck_out_tongue: And what about a giant evil space station that has a death ray that’s used on the good guys’ most important planet?
> > > > What surprised me was all the Predator references, though I should’ve seen it coming…
> > > >
> > > > Ah, the goodness of the IWHBYD skull… 343, make it great again, plz!
> > >
> > > I’m pretty good. I’m actually a little bored. <mark>My little bro is playing Dark Souls on my Xbox.</mark>
> > >
> > > I didn’t get to finish Ghost of Onyx, therefore probably why I was surprised by the reference. lol.
> >
> > Wait…
> >
> > DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS GETTING HIMSELF INTO?
>
> I tried to talk him out of it myself. However, I have to say, he isn’t doing half bad. He really plans ahead when it comes to encountering difficult situations within that game.

Ohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoh…I wish him good luck in Blighttown & Anor Londo. Seriously, those places are RIDICULOUS.

Oh, and Tomb of the Giants :smiley:

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> > > > > > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
> > > > >
> > > > > I’m great, you?
> > > > >
> > > > > I read through that list; the ‘Lord of the Flies’ reference didn’t surprise me that much, since I had already read that part in Ghosts of Onyx, and already pondered it’s relation.
> > > > > The Star Wars references didn’t shock me at all, I knew half of those on my own already. :stuck_out_tongue: And what about a giant evil space station that has a death ray that’s used on the good guys’ most important planet?
> > > > > What surprised me was all the Predator references, though I should’ve seen it coming…
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah, the goodness of the IWHBYD skull… 343, make it great again, plz!
> > > >
> > > > I’m pretty good. I’m actually a little bored. <mark>My little bro is playing Dark Souls on my Xbox.</mark>
> > > >
> > > > I didn’t get to finish Ghost of Onyx, therefore probably why I was surprised by the reference. lol.
> > >
> > > Wait…
> > >
> > > DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS GETTING HIMSELF INTO?
> >
> > I tried to talk him out of it myself. However, I have to say, he isn’t doing half bad. He really plans ahead when it comes to encountering difficult situations within that game.
>
> Ohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoh…I wish him good luck in Blighttown & Anor Londo. Seriously, those places are RIDICULOUS.
>
> Oh, and Tomb of the Giants :smiley:

According to my brother, he went to Blighttown for a couple seconds, but then decided to leave. :stuck_out_tongue:

3554

> > > > > > > > > You can create your own gym in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Sounds amazing, but I find myself not caring that much.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > “Create Your Own Super-Secret Base and Share It with the World”
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Ya know, when you make something ‘super-secret’, you tend not to want to share it with everybody on the planet.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Anyway, mornin’ Waypoint.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Good Morning Comic! How are you and the rest of Waypoint doing today?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Wow! I knew Halo had a ton of easter eggs in it. However, I never knew that it had a ton of pop culture references as well. The “Lord of the Flies” reference really surprised me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I’m great, you?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I read through that list; the ‘Lord of the Flies’ reference didn’t surprise me that much, since I had already read that part in Ghosts of Onyx, and already pondered it’s relation.
> > > > > > The Star Wars references didn’t shock me at all, I knew half of those on my own already. :stuck_out_tongue: And what about a giant evil space station that has a death ray that’s used on the good guys’ most important planet?
> > > > > > What surprised me was all the Predator references, though I should’ve seen it coming…
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ah, the goodness of the IWHBYD skull… 343, make it great again, plz!
> > > > >
> > > > > I’m pretty good. I’m actually a little bored. <mark>My little bro is playing Dark Souls on my Xbox.</mark>
> > > > >
> > > > > I didn’t get to finish Ghost of Onyx, therefore probably why I was surprised by the reference. lol.
> > > >
> > > > Wait…
> > > >
> > > > DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE IS GETTING HIMSELF INTO?
> > >
> > > I tried to talk him out of it myself. However, I have to say, he isn’t doing half bad. He really plans ahead when it comes to encountering difficult situations within that game.
> >
> > Ohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoh…I wish him good luck in Blighttown & Anor Londo. Seriously, those places are RIDICULOUS.
> >
> > Oh, and Tomb of the Giants :smiley:
>
> According to my brother, he went to Blighttown for a couple seconds, but then decided to leave. :stuck_out_tongue:

Unfortunately, it’s a zone you have to beat in order to progress the story. So he’ll have to beat it eventually if he wants to progress further.

3555

> > > > Transformers was a dissapointment. That’s all I’m saying about it.
> > >
> > > I got lost about halfway through that. Yea, it was disappointing. Then again, it’s Transformers, so I really shouldn’t have been expecting much.
> >
> > Heard from almost no one that it’s an enjoyable film. Shame because I thought it would at least be an enjoyable 2 and a half hours of Autobots and Decepticons beating the crap out of each other, and the concept of the humans turning on the Autobots along with the Dinobots being featured seemed interesting. But apparently Dinobots aren’t even in it for long, is Grimlock the only Dino?
> >
> > Also, there’s no Linkin Park in the soundtrack? Surprising when The Hunting Party just released, too.
>
> It’s the usual: Focuses too much on the human story, with mainly hit & miss humour. Is it so hard to focus on the Transformers more? I mean, yeah sure the CGI & all is great, & the fight scenes that are there are pretty damn good. But…meh.(also, there are four dinobots.) Galvatron/Megatron was in it for VERY little, his new design also kinda sucks. I was a fan of his design in the previous movies, but he looks stupid in this one.

The human story… I like it somewhat. I think it could be done a lot better.

Most of the humour I don’t mind, some I cringe at, and some laughing. For example, when the cousin jumps through the glass window in the first Transformers movie.

3556

I see everyone here putting in their two cents on the new Transformers movie so I’m gonna do that too if you don’t mind.

I didn’t think it was as bad as some people say it was, at points I was actually interesting at what happened to some of the characters. Specifically Lockdown and Attinger partly because of what Lockdown did to that one dude-man-guy who’s name I won’t say to avoid potential spoilers and part because Kelsey Grammer’s acting as Attinger was just brilliant. I really hated this guy and that truly is the mark of a good actor.

Everything else in the movie though…not so much.

Bumblebee was lame and seems to have degraded into a manbot-child, Optimus Prime is still the generic speech spouting bot with Batman morals and this new Cade Yeager character was pretty boring to say the least. As most people generally know Galvatron is usually portrayed as the reincarnation of Megatron and is also usually portrayed as Megatron with better abilities and a bigger threat in general.

Unfortunately Overweight-o-tron wasn’t portrayed like this at all, instead we got Megatron 2.0 running Windows 8. Looks fancy but functions about as well as you’d expect it to. His character was supposed to be a hidden antagonist but for some reason outside of his flashy transition form from metallic cornflakes to fat robot to big murican truck he wasn’t really seen in the movie…even when he was supposed to.

Lockdown however was pretty awesome, shame his fight sequences weren’t.

Ending was completely out of the blue.

"Lemmie just go do this one thing and leave Vistatron on Earth with you, you’ll find a way to beat him, perhaps try uninstalling. That seems to be what everyone else did."Overall, it was better (for me) in some areas than the previous films, no offense to the guy but thank god they got rid of Shia LaBeouf.

The end.

3557

Just finished watching Full Metal Jacket…and you know what came to mind…How cool would it be if Halo had a character similar to Drill Sargent Hartman. Yet, as a “replacement” for Johnson, and someone better than “Palmer”. Just a thought, :wink:

3558

> Just finished watching Full Metal Jacket…and you know what came to mind…How cool would it be if Halo had a character similar to Drill Sargent Hartman. Yet, as a “replacement” for Johnson, and someone better than “Palmer”. Just a thought, :wink:

They should just point blank hire R. Lee Ermey to play a character. That’d just be awesome.

3559

So my power just went out… and my brother was playing Dark Souls when that happened. I think it would be wise if I don’t go down to where he is playing for or the time being. :stuck_out_tongue:

3560

> So my power just went out… and my brother was playing Dark Souls when that happened. I think it would be wise if I don’t go down to where he is playing for or the time being. :stuck_out_tongue:

Well… let’s have a moment of silence to RJ’s gaming equipment. We had fun playing online with you, pal. Shame we can’t do that again until the chair is removed from your Xbox and your controllers are glued back together.