The problem with the new films was besides being poorly scripted and made they lost sight of who their core audience was. Essentially it was young children, teens and their families.

They made something that was the inverse of what made the originals great fun. Taxes? Politics? The Senate? And they still wanted to flog all of that as action figures?

People can try kidding themselves all they want about how good something is just because they want it to be so. But really as a fan of anything you have to learn to draw a line and accept when something falls off in quality.

It does happen with many shows and films. Even this re-scripting isn't immune to this. You can rearrange a turd all you like but you still end up with a mess.

Nice drawings though.

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I'm such a geek
>> ^Sagemind:

Ooooo,,,,
Print me up a vintage Boba Fett Action Figure with firing backpack please!

Ooooo,,,,
Print me up a vintage Boba Fett Action Figure with firing backpack please!

I'm a collector as well - right now I still have 5-600 (may be an over-exaggeration) star wars figs still in package and tons more out of package. Everyone who knows me always asks about value, what are they worth? I can't even put a price on them because I don't care - I like'em and I'm not selling. I collect because I like the stuff. Not so I can walk around and say, "my stuff is worth a lot, that's why I collect it".

I have comics & trading cards. I have the full complete set of the Dark Crystal trading cards - I don't care what they are worth - I like em! Star Wars, Marvel, Boris, Olivia, fantasy, baseball trading cards 1000s of them...


On that same note, stuff I have sold.
My full complete collections of Star Trek figures (plus DS9 figs) - gone
My full collection of X-men/X-force figures - gone
My full and complete set of Bat Man- animated series figs - gone
Full and complete set of vintage star wars figures (half still in packages)
My full and complete set of Tod McFarland Spawn/Wet Works/YoungBlood action figures (plus rare and limited release figs)
Robocop
TMNT
Robotec
Black Hole
Battlestar Galactica
Buck Rogers (from the TV series)
D&D lead figures
so much more...

I regret ever having to sell the stuff - there was a time with my first child when I had to choose between toys or formula & diapers. I made the right choice but I wish I had found a different way to come up with the cash. Especially now that I have two kids who would have loved to have that stuff.

I've replaced some of the vintage star wars stuff and I have tone of the new star wars figs from the past 15 years. I also have an almost complete set of Aliens vs. predator figs (minus the loader - I sold that off as well)

I liked Ebert's take on it:

"'The Raid: Redemption' is essentially a visualized video game that spares the audience the inconvenience of playing it."

"There's obviously an audience for the film, probably a large one. They are content, even eager, to sit in a theater and watch one action figure after another pound and blast one another to death. Have you noticed how cats and dogs will look at a TV screen on which there are things jumping around? It is to that level of the brain's reptilian complex that the film appeals."

"So what am I saying? "The Raid: Redemption" failed as a generic success because it simplified its plot too much? Not really. It is a generic success. And yet my heart sank and I asked myself: Is this all they want? Are audiences satisfied with ceaseless violence, just so long as they can praise it for being "well choreographed?" Is there no appreciation for human dimension, meaning, and morality?"

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If he's talking about the prequel action figures, he may have a point.

Was this bird molested by an action figure in its past? Seems like some deep seated issues here!

They're like fully poseable action figures.

This does raise a question however. What is an acceptable punishment for a kid? It seems natural to make him aware of consequences to his actions. You could say, "send him to his room," but in this age of PSPs and action figures, that's not really a punishment. He was probably going to go there anyway. What should she do? Make him run a lap? Not give him toys on Christmas? Make him sneak his desert rather than give it to him outright? How do you make the kid really regret his behavior?

This particular form of abuse does not carry with it any physical harm, so I can see how someone might perceive it as a relatively tame way of making consequences felt. However, it is also clear from the video that the parent has completely lost the trust and respect of the child, and thus her form of discipline has diminished effectiveness. The kid is being taught to avoid being caught (lying), rather than avoiding the behavior.

This begs the question, in todays world, what is an appropriately measured form of parental discipline? How do you discipline your kids? Does it work?

Thanks — I agree!

Next time I'll hold off for 44 hours and 43 minutes.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Bwaaahahaha... this is *quality. Damn you for beating me to it 44 hours 42 minutes ago.