Recent content by Tminusfun

Why does a popular movie franchise need defending? Why is making "scads of money" something that needs to be apologized for?

It's debatable whether or not there really is a singular "devil" in Christianity. The word "Satan" is derived from the Hebrew ha-Satan ("the accuser"), and is used in the book of Job to refer to an Angel that God allow's into his presence to play, for lack of a better term, Devil's Advocate...

She was never just a "strong girl" (and It's a mistake to listen to MovieBob at any rate). She's always been portrayed as stoic, but she's had a consistent characterization throughout the series. Soparing the hatching in Metroid 2 and donating it to science in Super Metroid demonstrated her...

I neither love nor hate Nathon Fillion. He's an okay actor, and seems like a nice guy. I hate Joss Whedon, though.

A fantastic series, and absolutly worth buying (both seasons are available from Funimation right now). The box art is fantastic, classy, and I'll even say sexy in a totally non-exploitative, non-fanservicy way. Birdy is a very sympathetic personality, and probably my favorite "super hero"...

Good job at missing the point of morality plays. They were dramatizations of a struggle in which man was an active participant. Not being totally controlled by Heaven or Hell, but being forced to pick between them. They were simplified to be understood by the peasant audience, but the point...

But even if you say that the greater emphasis on narrative (which made the games more linear and caught the ire of many Metroid fans), it still doesn't necessitate Samus having a voice. The heart of Metroid has always been about discovering the Universe in which Samus lives. It's not about...

You give Nintendo too much credit. They didn't make these gameplay changes in Other M for the sake of advancing gaming as an artistic medium, they did it in a cynical attempt to appeal to the Japanese market that was never much into Metroid. For all the talk about how it's "evolving" the...