I need to vent!

[kaiden]

I'm with you mate, nothing worse than the anxiety you feel when watching an auction you really want to win and hoping you can get it for a reasonable bid and not be outbidded at the last second lol.

I was bidding on the Ultra Magnus Skywarp classics pack and lost to the 1 click bidding thing.

At the moment its already hard enough to find one misb that ships international and isnt $50+ shipping.

[Autocon]

Have you updated your Java? Your windows/Mac system updates?

nope.

[SkyWarp91]

nope.

Automatic updates is good to keep certain components of your operating system up to date against the newest viruses which could attack them.

Java I believe is needed to surf the web (with mozilla i think, im not that big a computer person) and is also a frequent target of viruses, it also needs to be updated regularly for a better chance of not catching a virus.

If you can't find a solution, try approaching a very good thread that I approached to fix my computer - just took 2 weeks to solve at no cost but does require patience. It is called bleepingcomputer and is a forum where you talk to people who know what they're doing

[jazzcomp]

Lost the game by two points.

Lousy NSW basketball rules!!! - No 3 second rule according to NSW basketball - what a load of crap, Grrr....

[kup]

I just watched Starship Troopers 3 after reading that it had gotten 'ok' reviews and wasn't a total loss.

After watching it, all I have to say is this: Was this movie made by the extremist religious right of America?

Starship troopers (The original) had a fun and clever tongue in cheek view of militarist fascism but this movie throws out that 'tongue in cheek' along with the 'fun' elements and just gives us pure and serious religious right propaganda which never figured in the previous movies.

The Right-wing religious extremism is actually pretty much IN YOUR FACE with crucifixes as symbols of a 'righteous' humanity and by telling us that other religious worship is wrong and should be exterminated type messages. It also adds some bits about about hanging those who practice free speech that goes against the religious right state. The movie also makes a very strong pro-war point with Christianity at the center of it clearly trying to justify the war in the middle east as religious one against another.

I just can't believe it. They even had uniforms with crosses and how it's justified to lie, murder and kill in the name of god. In several scenes they also had characters praying 'Our Father' and other christian payers and chants. Naturally the ones that didn't believe were the ones that died and the one who 'saw the light' was the one who ended up more richly rewarded and through a religious sacrament too.

This movie is so f***ed up that it makes me feel sad. I liked the Starship Troopers universe but it seems that this movie has hijacked it so it can preach extreme right christianity and 'real life' pro-war mentality.

How come no one has picked up on it, specially in it's wikipedia page? I am disgusted.

[SkyWarp91]

Because most people don't care about ST3 enough to pick up on it in the Wikipedia page. I've seen footage on the 'tube before of this movie and in comparison to the 1st, the special effects are worse despite years of technological advancement and the acting is spine-chillingly embarrassing.

I just watched Starship Troopers 3 after reading that it had gotten 'ok' reviews and wasn't a total loss.

After watching it, all I have to say is this: Was this movie made by the extremist religious right of America?

Starship troopers (The original) had a fun and clever tongue in cheek view of militarist fascism but this movie throws out that 'tongue in cheek' along with the 'fun' elements and just gives us pure and serious religious right propaganda which never figured in the previous movies.

The Right-wing religious extremism is actually pretty much IN YOUR FACE with crucifixes as symbols of a 'righteous' humanity and by telling us that other religious worship is wrong and should be exterminated type messages. It also adds some bits about about hanging those who practice free speech that goes against the religious right state. The movie also makes a very strong pro-war point with Christianity at the center of it clearly trying to justify the war in the middle east as religious one against another.

I just can't believe it. They even had uniforms with crosses and how it's justified to lie, murder and kill in the name of god. In several scenes they also had characters praying 'Our Father' and other christian payers and chants. Naturally the ones that didn't believe were the ones that died and the one who 'saw the light' was the one who ended up more richly rewarded and through a religious sacrament too.

This movie is so f***ed up that it makes me feel sad. I liked the Starship Troopers universe but it seems that this movie has hijacked it so it can preach extreme right christianity and 'real life' pro-war mentality.

How come no one has picked up on it, specially in it's wikipedia page? I am disgusted.

[kup]

I should probably clearify my last line. I am mostly disgusted by the movie not that no one has picked up on it's preachiness.

[SkyWarp91]

I should probably clearify my last line. I am mostly disgusted by the movie not that no one has picked up on it's preachiness.

Did you buy the movie or rent it? If you bought it did you get the marauder toy? If so at least that softened the blow from watching such a pile'o'crud of a movie.

[kaiden]

in comparison to the 1st, the special effects are worse despite years of technological advancement and the acting is spine-chillingly embarrassing.

its called a budget.

I watched ST2+3 a few years ago and didnt like them. they're better off forgotten and never mentioned of again.

[Hursticon]

its called a budget.

I watched ST2+3 a few years ago and didnt like them. they're better off forgotten and never mentioned of again.

Agreed,

I love Starship Troopers, the movie was freakin' awesome.
In my mind though, the Starship Troopers sequels belong in the same pile as Robocop 3, Terminator 3 and John Cena's entire WWE tenure - They never happened.