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AlleyKat Gallente The Unwanted.	Posted - 2010.11.13 12:54:00 - [1] EVE-ONLINE Video-Making Tutorials Vid - New Tricks
Akita T Caldari Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force	Posted - 2010.11.13 13:45:00 - [2] Edited by: Akita T on 13/11/2010 13:46:43 Aw, screw the apple links and their quicktime thingy. Youtube FTW. B-LA : Linkage Skyline : Linkage and Linkage Too bad "Skyline" is a pretty lousy movie if you regard it as what's billed (action/thriller sci-fi) but somewhat passable as an at best moderate budget unintentional schadenfreude comedy. Hey, this sums it up nicely : literal trailer. Hopefully BLA will be slightly better. But you know you shouldn't take a movie at "trailer face value"... _ Beginner's ISK making guide \| Manufacturer's helper \| All about reacting _
Vogue Skynet Nexus Industries	Posted - 2010.11.13 14:06:00 - [3] Battlefield Los Angeles is reminiscent of Quake Wars Enemy Territory. Typical scifi popcorn fare. As does Skyline. Vorlon quote: "The ability to destroy a planet, is insignificant when compared to the power of one mind destined to change the universe." ..................................................
Sinister Dextor	Posted - 2010.11.13 14:14:00 - [4] What on earth makes you say that New York is off limits? Do you ever go to the movies?
Slade Trillgon Endless Possibilities Inc.	Posted - 2010.11.13 15:44:00 - [5] Skyline looks completely ridiculous and idiotic. Running around shooting a Glock 9mm at machines is not grounds for a good story of humans overcoming an extreme invasion from a far superior sentient force I will not even waste time watching that piece of garbage if someone gives me the DVD. Slade :Signature Temporarily Disabled:
Viktor Fyretracker Caldari Fyretracker Heavy Industries	Posted - 2010.11.13 16:32:00 - [6] Actually NYC is not really off limits, but LA is easier to destroy because well its where the movie companies are. and lets face it if they hit NYC the aliens will still have to deal with Jersey, and even their ships would get jacked in Newark and Camden.
AlleyKat Gallente The Unwanted.	Posted - 2010.11.13 17:23:00 - [7] It's off limits - unless you don't mind being accused of cheap story telling in an attempt to create an emotive response from your audience - as opposed to creating a compelling story with characters that can achieve the same with a single line a well-written dialogue. AK EVE-ONLINE Video-Making Tutorials Vid - New Tricks
baltec1 Antares Shipyards Angry Dogs	Posted - 2010.11.13 17:43:00 - [8] I struggle to think of a disaster film that didnt at some point destroy new york. I have noticed that london is getting beaten up a fair bit in films now though.
Culmen Caldari Blood Phage Syndicate Dead Terrorists	Posted - 2010.11.13 21:57:00 - [9] They both look like rip off of Independence Day. That or the one hundred quadrillion alien invasion movies out there. Still, might be fun to watch. and further more why do i even need a sig?

CCP Chronotis	Posted - 2010.11.13 22:44:00 - [10] I'll be watching both however Battle for LA looks far better, at least it will be more gritty and believable than giant space hoovers.


Reptail Caldari Cool Rampage Amongst Zeus 1	Posted - 2010.11.13 22:54:00 - [11] Originally by: Vogue Battlefield Los Angeles is reminiscent of Quake Wars Enemy Territory. Typical scifi popcorn fare. As does Skyline. Vorlon quote: "The ability to destroy a planet, is insignificant when compared to the power of one mind destined to change the universe." cna't believe u r still alive lol. o8h ertg dgd gdghrdfs
Masatoshi Hamada Gallente World of EVEcraft	Posted - 2010.11.14 01:20:00 - [12] Edited by: Masatoshi Hamada on 14/11/2010 01:22:03 i saw that skiyling in the movie thrailer its looks good for a action flcok but i never knew of this bettle los anglees before i watched the traler n i thought ok that s kinda cool like it shows you ther stuggle that the ppl r facing n theres lots of destrictuon its kinda like skyline but skyline looks like one of those scifi original movies i men you kinda get that vibe from it but i like to see movies so i think ill end up seeing it neways but this battle lost angeles looks cool too thanks for showing me it im gonna see that one too whne it comes out ok ilooked at it again n i tihkn it kinda is like some movie that comes out n its like an anction flick i think and i might go to see it cos even though a more in depth movie is obuviosuy better i like to go see these short action moveis
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar The Python Cartel. The Jerk Cartel	Posted - 2010.11.14 01:51:00 - [13] Originally by: Slade Trillgon Skyline looks completely ridiculous and idiotic. Running around shooting a Glock 9mm at machines is not grounds for a good story of humans overcoming an extreme invasion from a far superior sentient force I will not even waste time watching that piece of garbage if someone gives me the DVD. Slade I think you're underestimating the power of the glock... Originally by: Xen Gin Originally by: FOl2TY8 I know that some people like to have voluntary periods of abstinence. Yeah, I use that excuse too.
Zhim'Fufu	Posted - 2010.11.14 04:17:00 - [14] Why the hell would the aliens bent on taking over our world resort to hand to hand combat and assault ships? FFS just drop a few space rocks on all the major cities and in strategic places in the ocean and poof no more humanity. This leaves the world pretty much ready to exploit or colonize with little after effects. But I suppose that would make for a lousy sci-fi movie. ;p
Mara Rinn	Posted - 2010.11.14 07:59:00 - [15] Originally by: Zhim'Fufu Why the hell would the aliens bent on taking over our world resort to hand to hand combat and assault ships? 'cos they prefer shopping in the freezer section to scraping their meat out of the blast craters? -- [Aussie players: join ANZAC channel]
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar The Python Cartel. The Jerk Cartel	Posted - 2010.11.14 08:02:00 - [16] Originally by: Zhim'Fufu Why the hell would the aliens bent on taking over our world resort to hand to hand combat and assault ships? FFS just drop a few space rocks on all the major cities and in strategic places in the ocean and poof no more humanity. This leaves the world pretty much ready to exploit or colonize with little after effects. But I suppose that would make for a lousy sci-fi movie. ;p Because they know we'd troll the ** out of them by using nukes and making the planet useless Originally by:** Xen Gin Originally by: FOl2TY8 I know that some people like to have voluntary periods of abstinence. Yeah, I use that excuse too.
Viktor Fyretracker Caldari Fyretracker Heavy Industries	Posted - 2010.11.14 08:37:00 - [17] Edited by: Viktor Fyretracker on 14/11/2010 08:37:53 Aliens likely would think they are superior to us. little do they know they would be messing with a planet whos primary race is willing to light off fission devices in their own atmo. better make sure your space rocks kill every single ICBM bunker or when you decide what is left of NYC is a good staging area, in comes a few megatons of ICBM. Also we all know Stargate Command would curbstomp them before they got any rocks on course. I mean they have MacGuyver on speed dial, along with battlecruisers packing Asgard wizardry just think of what Macguyver can do with the Asguard toys...
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar The Python Cartel. The Jerk Cartel	Posted - 2010.11.14 09:05:00 - [18] I hope the aliens win for a change, would make for an epic ending Originally by: Xen Gin Originally by: FOl2TY8 I know that some people like to have voluntary periods of abstinence. Yeah, I use that excuse too.
Jago Kain Amarr Ramm's RDI Tactical Narcotics Team	Posted - 2010.11.14 10:41:00 - [19] Originally by: Surfin's PlunderBunny I hope the aliens win for a change, would make for an epic ending Feck all chance of a sequel tho. ___________________________________________________ The game will never be over, because we're keeping the meme alive.
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar The Python Cartel. The Jerk Cartel	Posted - 2010.11.14 10:44:00 - [20] Originally by: Jago Kain Originally by: Surfin's PlunderBunny I hope the aliens win for a change, would make for an epic ending Feck all chance of a sequel tho. Sequel is from the aliens' perspective of how they conquered a planet from psychotic apes Originally by: Xen Gin Originally by: FOl2TY8 I know that some people like to have voluntary periods of abstinence. Yeah, I use that excuse too.

Templar Dane Amarrian Retribution	Posted - 2010.11.15 02:38:00 - [21] I'd bet we'd give the aliens a run for their money. They'd win, but I bet it wouldn't be as easy as they thought. I don't imagine that there would be many civilizations that have the capability to destroy themselves the way we do. Besides, what would be have that they'd want? They'd take a look and be all like "man, they've turned this place into a ****hole." Sometimes I like to think that if friendly aliens arrived, we'd stab them in the back and take their stuff.
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar The Python Cartel. The Jerk Cartel	Posted - 2010.11.15 02:41:00 - [22] Originally by: Templar Dane I'd bet we'd give the aliens a run for their money. They'd win, but I bet it wouldn't be as easy as they thought. I don't imagine that there would be many civilizations that have the capability to destroy themselves the way we do. Besides, what would be have that they'd want? They'd take a look and be all like "man, they've turned this place into a **hole." Sometimes I like to think that if friendly aliens arrived, we'd stab them in the back and take their stuff. Meh, orbital bombardment and we be screwed. As we said in the Marines... you can still drill oil through glass Originally by:** Xen Gin Originally by: FOl2TY8 I know that some people like to have voluntary periods of abstinence. Yeah, I use that excuse too.
Zhim'Fufu	Posted - 2010.11.15 02:54:00 - [23] Originally by: Surfin's PlunderBunny Originally by: Templar Dane I'd bet we'd give the aliens a run for their money. They'd win, but I bet it wouldn't be as easy as they thought. I don't imagine that there would be many civilizations that have the capability to destroy themselves the way we do. Besides, what would be have that they'd want? They'd take a look and be all like "man, they've turned this place into a ****hole." Sometimes I like to think that if friendly aliens arrived, we'd stab them in the back and take their stuff. Meh, orbital bombardment and we be screwed. As we said in the Marines... you can still drill oil through glass If they want to preserve most of the planets infrastructure then they can drop some alien version of a neutron bomb on everything and just kill the people leaving only limited physical destruction. This makes for easier bulldozing and demolition to recover all those juicy materials we call a modern city. Which seems to me the only real reason a sentient race would cross the intersteller void to pick on us. Though of course it could also be the human harvesting premise of the skyline flick too though if they have the tech to cross the univers they should also have some sort of biology tech to simply create what they need instead of going to some random planet on the edge of the galaxy. Or in the ultimate case of irony its the real life equivalent of the eve poplulation and they just want to pew pew something.
Akita T Caldari Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force	Posted - 2010.11.15 03:31:00 - [24] Edited by: Akita T on 15/11/2010 03:34:13 Orbital bombardment ? Messy, expensive, forces you in the open and all that jazz. Naaaah... Some biochemical agent would be more effective. Like, say, some kind of neurotoxin that acts only on humans (and maybe apes too) even in small doses, or whatever other animal life they want eliminated... or maybe just an airborne virus, so they don't have to bother manufacturing too much of it. Ideally it would have some heavily delayed effect (like, a few weeks or even months), so you would only realize you've got a problem when it's way too late (and the "beauty" of it would be that it can be done quite stealthily, without a huge show of force). Then pick off the few stragglers that survived in airtight environments "the old fashioned way" with your invasion fleet or whatnot. Originally by: Jago Kain Originally by: Surfin's PlunderBunny I hope the aliens win for a change, would make for an epic ending Feck all chance of a sequel tho. Err... ever heard of the movie Battlefield Earth ? That's basically the 1000-year-later sequel to the "aliens have won" finish of a movie that never existed. _ Beginner's ISK making guide \| Manufacturer's helper \| All about reacting _
Zhim'Fufu	Posted - 2010.11.15 03:51:00 - [25] Yeah, biological agents make sense too especially if they want to harvest us and our material goods with minimal fuss. I think there is some jumgle fungus that takes over ants brains and makes them climb up over the area the ants usually travel and clamp on to the bottom of a leaf or branch. Then the fungus sprouts spores that drift down and infect the next ant starting the process all over again. So they use their superior science that can span the void to make a virus that makes us all wander around outside and climb to the highest point we can find so we can be beamed up for the protein vats or whatever it is they need us for. And using the movie battlefield earth for any purpose past a warning about how to not make a sci-fi movie that is based off a book is so wrong Akita.
Viktor Fyretracker Caldari Fyretracker Heavy Industries	Posted - 2010.11.15 04:37:00 - [26] Edited by: Viktor Fyretracker on 15/11/2010 04:37:40 Edited by: Viktor Fyretracker on 15/11/2010 04:37:18 However from the perspective of resource stealing, Earth has nothing unique to be worth the effort. anyone coming in from range will come across juicy asteroids with minerals and comets made of ice first. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HowToInvadeAnAlienPlanet Quote: As a wise man once said: "We poison our air and water to weed out the weak! We set off fission bombs in our only biosphere! We nailed our god to a stick! Don't **** with the human race!"
Akita T Caldari Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force	Posted - 2010.11.15 05:25:00 - [27] Originally by: Zhim'Fufu using the movie battlefield earth for any purpose past a warning about how to not make a sci-fi movie that is based off a book is so wrong Well, there are many things wrong with that movie, but still, it's the only example of an "aliens won the battle and took Earth over" scenario I could think of on the spot. Besides, the movie was bad, but it wasn't _that_ bad. It got a very raw PR deal thanks to the... ahem... people involved. _ Beginner's ISK making guide \| Manufacturer's helper \| All about reacting _
Shaalira D'arc	Posted - 2010.11.15 05:33:00 - [28] Edited by: Shaalira D''arc on 15/11/2010 05:34:26 It might be interesting to have a story where the aliens take a page out of the humans' own history of colonizing each other. They placate/bribe the ruling class, pit tribes (nations) against one other, and gradually supplant the native culture with their own religious beliefs and value system. They also wipe out native industry and technical expertise, making humans dependent on dead-end tourism and material-extraction to make a living. Huh, that doesn't sound like a summer action blockbuster, though. Edit: Alternatively, if humans don't pose a sufficient threat, why bother conquering? Skip straight to the terraforming phase.
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar The Python Cartel. The Jerk Cartel	Posted - 2010.11.15 05:42:00 - [29] The aliens want sex toys! Originally by: Xen Gin Originally by: FOl2TY8 I know that some people like to have voluntary periods of abstinence. Yeah, I use that excuse too.
Viktor Fyretracker Caldari Fyretracker Heavy Industries	Posted - 2010.11.15 05:58:00 - [30] Originally by: Shaalira D'arc Edited by: Shaalira D''arc on 15/11/2010 05:34:26 It might be interesting to have a story where the aliens take a page out of the humans' own history of colonizing each other. They placate/bribe the ruling class, pit tribes (nations) against one other, and gradually supplant the native culture with their own religious beliefs and value system. They also wipe out native industry and technical expertise, making humans dependent on dead-end tourism and material-extraction to make a living. Huh, that doesn't sound like a summer action blockbuster, though. Edit: Alternatively, if humans don't pose a sufficient threat, why bother conquering? Skip straight to the terraforming phase. that already sort of sounds like the USA. We have no real native industry anymore, it has been sent away. so now we have tourism and our open pit coal/mineral mines. well and make a large chunk of some of the world grain supplies but still... when it comes to invasions for resources though, just see Avatar. except a corporation in reality would have nuked the place from orbit because as the Union Carbide accident in Bhopal, India proves, to a company Profits > Native life.



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