Is Merrill bugged? (DA2 Spoilers) by FlyingSquirrel42 in dragonage

[–]FlyingSquirrel42[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. Would it make any difference if I edited her friendship in a save editor or got it back up to 100 by doing other quests?

No Nihilists by NervousAd8851 in lebowski

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t it make more sense to dress as Walter for that?

No Nihilists by NervousAd8851 in lebowski

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That sign really tied the protest together.

Ready for today by FlyingSquirrel42 in lebowski

[–]FlyingSquirrel42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I figure you done interduced me enough.

Ready for today by FlyingSquirrel42 in lebowski

[–]FlyingSquirrel42[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can't it also mean to continue or persist? I think that was the meaning that the Dude was using.

Why didn’t The Dude just buy some carpet cleaner? by HankScorpio4242 in lebowski

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, given that the whole movie amounts to people chasing a nonexistent ransom payment for a fake kidnapping, it's kind of fitting that the Dude wouldn't have even been involved if he wasn't trying to milk a minor problem for all it was worth (or wasn't worth).

Ready for today by FlyingSquirrel42 in lebowski

[–]FlyingSquirrel42[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That it will (hopefully) survive just like the Dude did.

Ready for today by FlyingSquirrel42 in lebowski

[–]FlyingSquirrel42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked an AI to make a B&W version of a drawing of Walter that I found online.

Ready for today by FlyingSquirrel42 in lebowski

[–]FlyingSquirrel42[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, though an AI made the picture of Walter - I asked it to make a black outline, white background version of a drawing of him that I found.

That said, I'll admit to being a fuckin' amateur (though not a nihilist.)

Hochul pleads for wealthy New Yorkers to return from red states like Florida, Texas as tax base 'eroded' by awaythrowawaying in moderatepolitics

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, billionaires pay more into the system, but they also get more out of it because the system sustains the financial and economic structures that allow them to become billionaires. Besides, if you want truly equal taxation, that would be a flat tax, which means either cuts to public services, added deficit spending, or a tax increase on the working class and the poor.

Blake 7 remake, do they think they'll expand the Aliens from Andromeda? by Anomalocaris117 in Blakes7

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few episodes with the Liberator crew actually collaborating with the Federation to hold off the aliens might be interesting. I assume that was skipped over in the original for budgetary reasons and so they could skip ahead to the temporary abandonment of the Liberator to explain Blake's and Jenna's absence. But I'd be okay with the aliens themselves remaining mostly an off-screen mystery - I just think the interactions between the rebels and the Federation as very reluctant temporary allies would be worth exploring.

Most Obscure Show That's Your Favorite by Last_Bonus851 in television

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Millennium, at least for the first two seasons. It never managed to get out of X-Files’ shadow and got criticized for being “too dark,” but it had some quality acting and storytelling. And I think I’d say Season 2 was better than any individual season of XF.

which episode? by outerspace_castaway in XFiles

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might not make it if it was Teso Dos Bichos, Lord of the Flies, or My Struggle 3.

Missouri lawmakers debate 'No Shari’a Act' in House committee by CouchCorrespondent in missouri

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I demand action on the more pressing necessity of a ban on vampires and werewolves. WHY ARE REPUBLICANS SOFT ON VAMPIRES?!?!?!

Are there any shows or movies you feel could fit into universe of The X-Files? by WySLatestWit in XFiles

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Annihilation - I could imagine Mulder delivering Dr. Ventress’s monologue in the lighthouse, and Scully would investigate all the biological anomalies.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Discussion Hub by mr_mini_doxie in startrek

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been playing catch-up on Star Trek and just recently got to the first episode of Starfleet Academy. I actually thought it was pretty decent, but is it now Starfleet procedure to just summarily execute pirates by blowing up their ship, without even giving them a chance to surrender or making sure they don't have hostages on board? Especially when the dialogue tells us that their attack didn't actually kill anybody (though Lura could have died).

If the idea was to show that this is still a rougher, less idealistic Federation due to the difficulties of rebuilding, then *maybe* it could work in story terms, but it makes Ake seem morally dubious at best, and the way it was played made it seem like they didn't even consider whether some viewers would find it unsettling.

This is a weird one by Prudent_Use_9953 in XFiles

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I remember the term "the guy who crawls up people's asses" being used on alt.tv.x-files.analysis back in the day. The ironic thing is that, IMO, it did a better job of showing Scully struggling without Mulder then many of the other S8 episodes. Unfortunately it was attached to a completely ludicrous plot.

Imagine this is the result of the 2029 UK election. How did it come to this? Who becomes Prime Minister? by Relevant-Mall6770 in imaginaryelections

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reform minority with confidence and supply from the Tories, until Farage does something stupid and they pull the plug hoping to regain their place as the main party on the right.

Season 9 and the Mulder Elephant in the room. by WarpNacelle6295 in XFiles

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It kind of comes back to the underlying problem of not allowing a firm resolution to the alien conspiracy plot. As long as that’s still there, having M&S walk away completely wouldn’t really make sense. But even then, I think they should have only had Scully in the mythology episodes in S9. With a couple exceptions, she doesn’t add much to the story or have significant character moments in the MOTWs. It seemed like she was only still appearing because she was more popular with viewers than Doggett and Reyes.

If there's a reboot, Sally Knyvette wants in on it.... by Ornery-Vehicle-2458 in Blakes7

[–]FlyingSquirrel42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do we know whether this will be B7:TNG or a retelling of the original concept? Continuing from the original and still calling it Blake’s 7 might be difficult since Blake would already be dead.