Morning Discussion

July 18, 2008 5:40 AM

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Good morning Shackers, how is Friday treating you? E3 is pretty much a wrap but that just means you can finally catch up on all the news. We previewed Megaman 9 (Trailer here), Flower, Lips, Castlevania Judgement, Mortal Kombat vs DC, Lego Batman and Rock Band 2 and much more.

Plus there was notable MMO news, with World of Warcraft announcing they would have more than 500 Xbox 360-esque achievements in the new expansion. And the existence of the long rumored Knights of the Old Republic MMO was openly acknowledged by EA, though no release date is even estimated as yet.

Jeff "geedeck" Gondek

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mechanicalgrape

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July 18, 2008 5:40 AM

Happy Batman Day!
- jenisthebest
  
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  July 18, 2008 5:41 AM
  
  i tried to make batman cupcakes last night but they failed miserably :(
- [deleted] 222631386
  
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  July 18, 2008 5:44 AM
  
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  - jenisthebest
    
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    July 18, 2008 5:44 AM
    
    i can't see it tomorrow. also, my email address is the batman theme song. you'd think that would get me some opening night privileges! like, "oh, hey, this girl likes batman so much she made it her email address. get her a ticket, stat!" harumph
    - mechanicalgrape
      
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      July 18, 2008 5:48 AM
      
      do you mean ring tone? I can't understand how an email address would be a theme song.
      - jenisthebest
        
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        July 18, 2008 5:51 AM
        
        nanananananananabatman at gmail :D
        
        [deleted] 288738837
        
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        July 18, 2008 6:19 AM
        
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        DonkeyPopsicle
        
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        July 18, 2008 6:55 AM
        
        is that to deter people from emailing you? Because that's a bitch to type in.
        
        jenisthebest
        
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        July 18, 2008 7:12 AM
        
        yep :D
- kanix
  
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  July 18, 2008 5:44 AM
  
  14 hours till I can see it :(
- Deathlove
  
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  July 18, 2008 5:59 AM
  
  why did I have kids, he asked, being woken up three and a half hours after getting home from the midnight show
  
  so i can one day show them this movie, and have them be like, holy shit, dad, that was fucking awesome.
  
  fuckin' right, kid. fuckin'. right.
  - cptstern
    
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    July 18, 2008 8:17 AM
    
    cheer up there's always the batman cartoons, they can watch them as early as 3 (which means so do you) although I recommend the gaynamic duo from SuperFriends rather than the animated batman which is often scary
- asylumn
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:07 AM
  
  Not yet it's not! I have tickets for tomorrow.
- connor
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:12 AM
  
  bah. we don't get it here until Wednesday.
- jonin
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:18 AM
  
  In c elebration, I'll eat some batman kit kats
  - xxiv
    
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    July 18, 2008 6:21 AM
    
    i like kit kats. especially the ones from the uk.
    - jonin
      
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      July 18, 2008 6:24 AM
      
      They different from the US version?
      - jenisthebest
        
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        July 18, 2008 6:32 AM
        
        I don't know about UK kit kats but they're different than the Canadian ones. Yours are way sweeter with kind of a chemically after taste.
        
        xxiv
        
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        July 18, 2008 7:06 AM
        
        brit and canadian is the same, i think? it's just way smoother tasting.
        
        re4ctor
        
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        July 18, 2008 10:48 AM
        
        no, british chocolate is way better than canadian or american.
- Crimsonbeak
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:19 AM
  
  It was good.
- aurealis
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:22 AM
  
  loved it loved it loved it
- Xevo
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:30 AM
  
  I really wish I had just left without watching the 3rd act of it... It had at least as many problems as Batman Begins did trying to get to an ending, and at least I could blame that movie on Goyer, but Chris Nolan also got the writing credit this time. That movie could've used another writer to trim down the excessive extra plotlines and false endings.
- Wolfanoz
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:31 AM
  
  No love for Batmanuel? (which coincidentally is the same guy who plays the mayor in the new flick)
  - Xevo
    
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    July 18, 2008 6:44 AM
    
    Ahh no way, I knew that I knew that guy from somewhere when he showed up on Lost. So did they just tattoo his eyeliner on for The Tick, and he's just lived with it ever since then, or what?
    - Wolfanoz
      
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      July 18, 2008 6:45 AM
      
      Yeah, Nestor Carbonell. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004801/
  - Deathlove
    
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    July 18, 2008 7:26 AM
    
    haha, I knew it was him in the movie, but I totally didn't make that connection. I just finished watching that on Netflix, too; I love love LOVE The Tick, and everyone involved, but it's really best that that failed to launch
- das_runt
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:31 AM
  
  i'm not seeing it until tomorrow :( i think i might have to boycott the shack until then
  - matthaeus
    
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    July 18, 2008 6:47 AM
    
    I've to wait until August 21 :-(.
- bozer
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:44 AM
  
  Best movie Ive seen in a long long time. So so awesome. Maggie is also soo soo ugly
  - bozer
    
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    July 18, 2008 7:07 AM
    
    Did I mention it was fucking awesome?
- Colleton
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:47 AM
  
  Tickets purchased: 3:05 PM CST. I cannot wait.
- gmd
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:47 AM
  
  I missed like 60% of it while I was banging my super model gf in my ferrari (which I drove inside the theater). Even with the engine at idle it drowned out most of the audio.
  - Wolfanoz
    
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    July 18, 2008 6:59 AM
    
    I figured you'd be filming another episode of DINNER: IMPOSSIBLE
    - gmd
      
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      July 18, 2008 7:00 AM
      
      I wish I had a sweet british accent like him.
- re-verse
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:52 AM
  
  Some chicago shackers (myself, arcane_, robotic puppy eater, arctic fox, mrs. arctic fox) Are going to see it tomorow night (AMC River East 21 at 8:30), grabbing some food beforehand as well. If any other shackers are interested, you're mostly welcome.
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    July 18, 2008 7:25 AM
    
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    - re-verse
      
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      July 18, 2008 9:23 AM
      
      jerk!
- Ride-My-Rocket
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:58 AM
  
  Going to see Hellboy 2 this weekend -- with TDK coming out tonight, I'm hoping none of the usual movietards will show up.
  - trOmblyj
    
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    July 18, 2008 8:25 AM
    
    You hadn't seen H2 yet? You are in for a treat.
    - Ride-My-Rocket
      
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      July 18, 2008 10:01 AM
      
      Not yet -- the wife & I are psyched for it.
- trOmblyj
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:58 AM
  
  Going to see it at 10:20 pm tonight! Can't fucking wait!!!!!!!!!
- maulla
  
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  July 18, 2008 6:59 AM
  
  saw it last night. its as good as everyone says.
- radula
  
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  July 18, 2008 7:02 AM
  
  epic: awesome!
- lightly inclined
  
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  July 18, 2008 7:13 AM
  
  epic, awesome, wicked sick, all that and more
- Vincenoir
  
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  July 18, 2008 7:18 AM
  
  Fuck you guys i have to wait a week until i get my IMAX Goodness.
- Relentles$
  
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  July 18, 2008 7:21 AM
  
  REALLY FUCKING GOOD!!!!!
- nodge69
  
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  July 18, 2008 7:35 AM
  
  I'm seeing it at a drive-in theater tonight, along with journey to the center of the earth
  - bozer
    
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    July 18, 2008 8:27 AM
    
    I wish we had those. I would love to do that
- cptstern
  
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  July 18, 2008 8:14 AM
  
  it's Baturday
  - baron calamity
    
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    July 18, 2008 8:25 AM
    
    LOLBats?
    - trOmblyj
      
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      July 18, 2008 8:30 AM
      
      I can has a pensil?
    - Wadmaasi
      
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      July 18, 2008 9:51 AM
      
      Too late! http://www.pvponline.com/2008/06/30/interlude-the-adventures-of-lolbat/
      - baron calamity
        
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        July 18, 2008 10:55 AM
        
        I'm a sad panda
- nevicata
  
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  July 18, 2008 8:26 AM
  
  Oh, is the movie coming out today? I never would have guessed! :)
- MrBig0
  
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  July 18, 2008 9:31 AM
  
  saw it at 12:45 am... got to the theatre at 10 pm, was there until 3:30 am...
  loved every second of it, acting was perfect, story was holy shit, action fucked my mind.
  i do not think we will see another movie this good in a LONG time.
- DJediX
  
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  July 18, 2008 9:40 AM
  
  Know what's better then seeing DK at the movie theater?
  
  Seeing DK at the movie theater in fucking DLP
  
  btw is imax high def?
  - carbontree
    
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    July 18, 2008 10:17 AM
    
    IMAX is actually just DVD quality upscaled to a giant 50' screen. I love watching movies in Super-Duper Blurry Vision! ; )
    
    IMAX is well beyond the standard "high def". It uses a 70mm film with an approximate resolution of 10,000 x 7,000 pixels (70 megapixel) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX]
- MisterClaw
  
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  July 18, 2008 9:48 AM
  
  I just read that some scenes were actually filmed by IMAX camera, a first ever for a feature film.
  http://www.flickdirect.com/news/movie-news-detail.aspx?id=260
  
  I've seen other films on IMAX that were upcoverted, but not shot on IMAX film, so they weren't nearly as impressive.
  Now I guess I really should see TDK at the Imax theater.
  - Nitrium
    
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    July 18, 2008 10:08 AM
    
    There's a nice article about it on Wired - and about how they dropped the CGI in favor of classic stuff:
    http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-07/ff_darknight?currentPage=all
- EvilDolemite
  
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  July 18, 2008 9:53 AM
  
  http://evildolemite.shackspace.com/bats.avi
  
  BATS BATS BATS THEY'RE GONNA GETCHA
  BATS BATS BATS THEY'RE GONNA SUCK YA DRY
- opengl128
  
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  July 18, 2008 10:08 AM
  
  Jesus fuck it was so good. SO GOOD. Gah. Wanna see it again already.