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[Azint]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It's one of life's cosmic ironies that one so ignored during his lifetime has become so influential, to the point where some don't even realize how he's affected their work.

Him and Poe.  I hope that wherever they are, they feel vindicated.

Have you seen the Alien vs. Predator film, the first one? That drab piece of celluloid suddenly becomes so much more interesting when you think of it as an adaptation of At the Mountain of Madness. The creature from The Thing can be thought of as something of a shoggoth. Any story of isolated towns with hostile denizens can be connected to Lovecraft.

[Lividity Jones]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It's unfortunate that we don't have a lot of indication about what quarians consider art.

Infuriating, to say the least.

[RiptideX1090]

Lividity Jones wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It's unfortunate that we don't have a lot of indication about what quarians consider art.

Infuriating, to say the least.

Photography makes the most sense.

[cannedcream]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

cannedcream wrote...
Most of the artists we see as 'the greats' today were highly under appreciated in their own time.

Van Gogh comes to mind, but we're getting far afield at this point.  Heh.

It's unfortunate that we don't have a lot of indication about what quarians consider art.

It's funny how many times the game mentions quarian art and music (I think more than any other race, of course that might just be me being biased), but we've yet to really see any examples of either.

[NuclearBuddha]

Runescapeguy9 wrote...
Well Poe was in the gutter, so to speak.

Heh.

[Azint]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It's unfortunate that we don't have a lot of indication about what quarians consider art.

As I recall, Tali herself found the miniature mass relay in front of the Citadel tower to be an interesting sight. Or she could be one of those quarian modernists.

[NuclearBuddha]

Azint wrote...
Have you seen the Alien vs. Predator film, the first one? That drab piece of celluloid suddenly becomes so much more interesting when you think of it as an adaptation of At the Mountain of Madness. The creature from The Thing can be thought of as something of a shoggoth. Any story of isolated towns with hostile denizens can be connected to Lovecraft.

I've avoided it.  But now I'm curious.

And The Thing is a goddamn masterpiece.

[Andaius20]

Orgelmir wrote...

Andaius20 wrote...

Orgelmir wrote...

AP ammo + Adreniline + Widow + Headshots has always worked great for me

I opted for the Revvy, as thats the soldiers "bonus weapon".

I actually completed the game on insane as a soldier without the soldier bonus weapon. I used the vindicator. Had to switch to shotgun at close range but and medium-long with AP ammo it worked really well for me

I modded the vindi to actually shoot 5 round bursts liek it says in the info. I also upped the mag cap to 25 and the total cap to equal the same amoutn of reloads. Works wonders in my game.  I don't do too much swapping  with my soldier. Mostly only Viper for long shots and the revvy for mid to short range hosing. I use adren to work in closer so the recoil isn't so bad and use bursts. IF they get close you jus tAim for the knees and hold the trigger down and the gun walks up to there head by itself!

[Su37]

Damn it. Missed 10,000.

Oh well. Anything new in the news?

[cannedcream]

Azint wrote...

Have you seen the Alien vs. Predator film, the first one? That drab piece of celluloid suddenly becomes so much more interesting when you think of it as an adaptation of At the Mountain of Madness. The creature from The Thing can be thought of as something of a shoggoth. Any story of isolated towns with hostile denizens can be connected to Lovecraft.

Ah, 'The Thing'. There's a movie I will, for some reason, never get bored of. Now I have an excuse to watch it again.

[Lividity Jones]

RiptideX1090 wrote...

Lividity Jones wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It's unfortunate that we don't have a lot of indication about what quarians consider art.

Infuriating, to say the least.

Photography makes the most sense.

I wouldn't be surprised.

I'm most intrigued by the prospect of quarian music.

[NuclearBuddha]

We've got undescribed "dancers"



Mournful a capella music.



And that stone tablet in Hock's vault that's just text.



The designs on hoods and thigh panels could be quarian art, but it's not clear they make that themselves.

[cannedcream]

Azint wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It's unfortunate that we don't have a lot of indication about what quarians consider art.

As I recall, Tali herself found the miniature mass relay in front of the Citadel tower to be an interesting sight. Or she could be one of those quarian modernists.

You know what? The quarians are so great that I bet they could even make modern art actually look like, you know, . . . art.

[Azint]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I've avoided it.  But now I'm curious.

And The Thing is a goddamn masterpiece.

As I said, if you watch the film thinking of that short story, it becomes a whole lot more entertaining.

And I have yet to watch In the Mouth of Madness or Prince of Darkness.

Modifié par Azint, 25 juillet 2010 - 06:19 .

[nonAnon02]

cannedcream wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

cannedcream wrote...

-snip

It's funny how many times the game mentions quarian art and music (I think more than any other race, of course that might just be me being biased), but we've yet to really see any examples of either.

LOL. Was just replaying the part today where quarians are called "old souls" for thier music.

[NuclearBuddha]

Azint wrote...
And I ahve yet to watch In the Mouth of Madness or Prince of Darkness.

Mouth of Madness is quite good, for what it is.  It definitely captures the "reality as you understand it is a lie" horror that HPL liked.

[Orgelmir]

cannedcream wrote...

Azint wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

It's unfortunate that we don't have a lot of indication about what quarians consider art.

As I recall, Tali herself found the miniature mass relay in front of the Citadel tower to be an interesting sight. Or she could be one of those quarian modernists.

You know what? The quarians are so great that I bet they could even make modern art actually look like, you know, . . . art.

+50

[Andaius20]

AvP would have been alot better if they kept it to the Games and IIRC comics. Predetors in the time period of the "aliens" film.

[Azint]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

The designs on hoods and thigh panels could be quarian art, but it's not clear they make that themselves.

I like to keep fashion and art as seperate as possible.

Lady Gaga is just a goulash of the worst from both.

[cannedcream]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

We've got undescribed "dancers"

Mournful a capella music.

And that stone tablet in Hock's vault that's just text.

The designs on hoods and thigh panels could be quarian art, but it's not clear they make that themselves.

I would think that they would. If they didn't make their own suits, then I wonder who would.

I mean, would they even trust another species to craft a suit that must fit each of their unique body structures perfectly while also sealing them off completely from all contaminates?
It's possible, but to me at least it just feels unlikely.

If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say that there are quarians who spend their lives training to become suit crafters and are probably highly regarded among their people because of the seriousness and skill of their work.

[Su37]

cannedcream wrote...

You know what? The quarians are so great that I bet they could even make modern art actually look like, you know, . . . art.

We could use their tips for things to put on the corners of streets.

[Andaius20]

Awhile ago music came up and some agreed this would be like old Quarian music.

[Lividity Jones]

cannedcream wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

We've got undescribed "dancers"

Mournful a capella music.

And that stone tablet in Hock's vault that's just text.

The designs on hoods and thigh panels could be quarian art, but it's not clear they make that themselves.

I would think that they would. If they didn't make their own suits, then I wonder who would.

I mean, would they even trust another species to craft a suit that must fit each of their unique body structures perfectly while also sealing them off completely from all contaminates?
It's possible, but to me at least it just feels unlikely.

If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say that there are quarians who spend their lives training to become suit crafters and are probably highly regarded among their people because of the seriousness and skill of their work.

Yeah, pretty much this.

Kind of a big deal.

[Azint]

Runescapeguy9 wrote...

I really need to spend another night posting completely out of my usual attitude.

Going keet was a success, one I am even tempted to attempt again. Or I could spend a night making very crude and profane posts.