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If you could turn any movie or video game into reality what would it be? Why? The cancel or abort button is optional, would you use it if necessary?

'Bugsy Malone'. Definitely. *nod*

'Bugsy Malone'. Definitely. *nod*

The pies! The pies! :eek:

Star Wars, but only because I still want a blood-red lightsabre.

Star Wars, but only because I still want a blood-red lightsabre.

Would Force Wedgies be a darkside power or a lightside power? :confused:

Would Force Wedgies be a darkside power or a lightside power? :confused:

Depend that would on whether for attack or defense they were used.:D

Take a wild guess...

As long as reality is immune to Toilet Boll please.

(And no, there will not be a "cancel" button. Trying to pull the plug won't work, remember?

As for the why... Come on! Terminators!!! And Phased Plaaaasma Rifles in ze 40 Hwaaatt Range.)

[This has nothing to do with me having finally received my Terminator Box with the three movies, looking forward to the next season of the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Or does it?]

Would Force Wedgies be a darkside power or a lightside power? :confused:
No skidmarks: lightside power.
With skidmarks: darkside power!

'Kill All Humans.' We'd all die but at least our deaths would be humourous.

X-Men. When I went thorough adolescence, I kept praying I'd have an X-gene to activate when the need arose and I'd get all psychokinetic or what-have-you on the assholes fucking with me at the bus stop. Reading about mutants at least gave me a decent escape from a powers-less world. Although, I do possess a mutant ability to remember all kinds of useless horseshit. I just can't seem to get on a game show to make it pay (not very telegenic, I guess), despite auditioning for four of them.

Dawn of the Dead or I Am Legend (yeah, the Will Smith version. The Vincent Price version's world would be too depressing). I mainly just like the idea of having an entire city to myself, and having a bunch of bad guys to kill would be fun too. Even if it did have to turn out that the bad guys were actually good guys and I was a colossal bastard.

any Jules Verne Film would be nice to live in a steampunk world

Batman (1989).

Spinal Tap

Batman (1989).

"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

Ledger was brilliant, but Jack was pretty damned good, too, given who was directing him.

"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

Ledger was brilliant, but Jack was pretty damned good, too, given who was directing him.

Jack would be more entertaining to live near; Heath would just scare and/or kill me.

Q: What's the difference between Heath Ledger and Heath Ledger jokes?

Jack would be more entertaining to live near; Heath would just scare and/or kill me.
For that reason, I'd rather live in the 1966 Batman. One's chances of getting killed, whether as a bad guy or innocent bystander, are reduced to almost nothing, and even repeat supervillains make parole within a couple weeks of going to prison.

Q: What's the difference between Heath Ledger and Heath Ledger jokes?

One of the two is dead?

For that reason, I'd rather live in the 1966 Batman. One's chances of getting killed, whether as a bad guy or innocent bystander, are reduced to almost nothing, and even repeat supervillains make parole within a couple weeks of going to prison.

Kinda like Congress.

One of the two is dead?

A: Heath Ledger Jokes can get old.


Sorry, I had to say it.

Kinda like Congress.
I wonder how many members of Congress have attempted to best their archrivals in surfing contests . . .

I wonder how many members of Congress have attempted to best their archrivals in surfing contests . . .

I'm sure it's happened. California has enough Congresscritters to support that kind of thing. Besides, we're determining who's electable now by whether or not they can hunt moose. Why should surfing be left out of that heady mix?

Spinal Tap
I was going to say this ^^ but then I realized we ARE living in that reality, so instead I'll say...

For that reason, I'd rather live in the 1966 Batman. One's chances of getting killed, whether as a bad guy or innocent bystander, are reduced to almost nothing, and even repeat supervillains make parole within a couple weeks of going to prison.
^^ This because mod is hip, baby. :D

Also, I wouldn't mind making any of the early Bond movies real, especially Dr. No, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice because goddammit, I want a frikkin' lair, okay? With piranhas in the living room and golden reef sharks in the swimming pool, and an indoor monorail, and a moon-roof in the volcano, and those unbelievably hard to keep polished giant copper and steel pocket doors -- oh and a "danger level meter" in my home office. Oh, and Goldfinger, because I wouldn't mind having a solid gold Rolls Royce and my own golf course, too.

The Matrix Trilogy

I'll go for star trek, if I then ever change my mind, I can just commandeer a holodeck.

The Matrix Trilogy
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If you could turn any movie or video game into reality what would it be? Why? The cancel or abort button is optional, would you use it if necessary?

hmmm...

hard to decide bewteen...

Final Fantasy: Sword and sorcery mixed in with guns and airships? I'm there!

any fantasy MMORG: tired of exploring and killing things... then make a farm or become a shopkeeper.

Star Trek TOS: space exploration without the imperialism.

For that reason, I'd rather live in the 1966 Batman. One's chances of getting killed, whether as a bad guy or innocent bystander, are reduced to almost nothing, and even repeat supervillains make parole within a couple weeks of going to prison.

*does the Batusi*

Also, I wouldn't mind making any of the early Bond movies real, especially Dr. No, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice because goddammit, I want a frikkin' lair, okay? With piranhas in the living room and golden reef sharks in the swimming pool, and an indoor monorail, and a moon-roof in the volcano, and those unbelievably hard to keep polished giant copper and steel pocket doors -- oh and a "danger level meter" in my home office. Oh, and Goldfinger, because I wouldn't mind having a solid gold Rolls Royce and my own golf course, too.

I would rather the underwater lair in "Spy Who Loved Me."

I Am Legend (yeah, the Will Smith version. The Vincent Price version's world would be too depressing). I mainly just like the idea of having an entire city to myself, and having a bunch of bad guys to kill would be fun too. Even if it did have to turn out that the bad guys were actually good guys and I was a colossal bastard.
Seeing as both are remakes of The Omega Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/) (1971)... Nah!

Hollywood really is in dire need of new ideas!

Seeing as both are remakes of The Omega Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/) (1971)... Nah!

Hollywood really is in dire need of new ideas!

... wasn't Vincent Price's version be before the Charleston Heston's one?

I'd pick Air Force One. Not because I want someone to hijack the plane, but because I want Harrison Ford as the POTUS.:D

I'm voting for him this year. You should.

... wasn't Vincent Price's version be before the Charleston Heston's one?
Yes, you're absolutely right!

The last man on Earth (1964) predates Heston by seven years.

Got it mixed up with yet another movie adaptation of Matheson's novel: I am Omega (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075746/)

Given that it is a true B-Movie, it somehow managed to still be better than I am Legend. (I watched them both on one day, first I am Legend and then I am Omega, knowing that the second movie is a knock-off released at the same time)

Yes, you're absolutely right!

The last man on Earth (1964) predates Heston by seven years.

Got it mixed up with yet another movie adaptation of Matheson's novel: I am Omega (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075746/)

Given that it is a true B-Movie, it somehow managed to still be better than I am Legend. (I watched them both on one day, first I am Legend and then I am Omega, knowing that the second movie is a knock-off released at the same time)
Regardless of quality, which of the main characters' lives would you rather live? The Last Man on Earth was bleak and dreary, and I got the feeling that Dr. Morgan would probably have been much happier if he'd simply died with the rest of mankind rather than going on as a scavenger/angel of death. Then, after he survives all that, he gets some bitch and her posse who break into his house and start laying guilt and damnation on him just because he was trying to stay alive.
On the other hand, Dr. Neville of I Am Legend got a dog, a truck, a cool house, more or less free run through New York, a huge DVD library all to himself and an assault rifle to shoot muscle-bound baddies. He was even saved from the depressing twist ending by the focus testing audience.
I've never seen the knock off or Charlton Heston version, but somehow I doubt that either one were as satisfying in an escapist sense.

Plugged in or freed?

Freed, but I'd be like Cypher. I'd want to be re-plugged into the simulation.