Halo’s got Peter Jackson producing it and Weta doing the SFX. I think they’re going to have to try really hard to make a bad movie with PJ holding the strings.

I’m going to predict that the technological innovation that frees us
all from dependancy on oil is developed here in the US of A.

By the time we run out of oil, we’ll have developed a replacement
energy source. Already, a simple increase in oil prices have shifted
the demand from SUV’s to hybrids and effecient cars. In a few
years, this alone could reduce oil consumption in America
significantly.

Fuel effecient vehicles and alternative fuel sources are now
becoming so financially benificial, they are becoming profitable.
Screw GM and Ford. They didn’t want to take the risk of
inventing fuel effecient hybrid tech, let them grovel to the
Japanese. Honda and Toyota lost money initially to get hybrid
tech. out in the market, now they’re reaping the benifits.

Same for electric powered vehicles. The companies that are
willing to take the risk will reap the profits.

Hybrids will be the best solution as long as oil is the best fuel. 5
years ago, the price of oil was so low, that hybrids weren’t “worth
it”. Now, they are a great financial decision. Hell, when we
bought ours, just a little over 2 years ago, it wasn’t really a financial
decision – we were not going to break even in the life of the
vehicle. After gas prices doubled, it became a very VERY good
decision – we’re going to save thousands now.

The market will dictate advancements in many situations. Increase
the price of fuel, and alternatives will be more desireable.
Decrease the price of electricity, and IT becomes more desirable.
I believe that we all should make efforts to reduce our dependance
on oil. The best way to do so, the best way to set the stage for
more electirc powered vehicles, is to start pumping out nuclear
plants. Why the hell are we powering our lights with energy from
burned coal and oil when we can get it from splitting atoms!!!!

Because it’s cheap.
and because the environmental whackos don’t want nuke plants.
Nuke plants MAY pollute – and they most likely won’t.
All other plants WILL pollute.
Wind, solar and geothermal and hydro plants are nice, but are
location dependant and not a universal cure. Especiall wind and
solar – impractical on an industrial level,a nd they require so muc h
space, they impact the environment more so than any other power
source.

Battery research is what’s needed. We’ve got light materials,
super effecient electric motors and electronics. We can make an
awesome electirc car if we wanted to. In fact, the simplicity of
constructing a vehicle that operates wihtout an internal combustion
engine, echaust, muffler, fuel tank…well, I bet it’ll lead to advances
in mass production that we’ve never seen before. WHICH will
eventuall ylead to very cheap cars.

We just need better batteries. As of now, we get better
power/space ratios out of compressed hydrogen gas in fuel cells
than we do in the best lithium ion batteries.

Fuel cells are here now, but the infastructure is going to be a
nightmare. I think electircity is the answer. We have it
everywhere, existing gas stations can be very easily converted (just
install outlets!). We only need that one advance in battery tech to
make all our problems go away!

And if we get some nuke plants*, we’ll be damned-near emission
free!

*I’ll continue my declaration that by the time we’ve accumulated
enough nuke waste to be a problem, we’ll have the technology to
safely remove it from earth, and send it directly into the sun….

Peak oil will not lead to a collapse. When (or more correctly IF)
oil becomes harder to find, drill for, collect or refine, the price will
rise accordingly. This will happen over a period of years, and
prices will get very high. This price increase will lead to oil
becoming prohibitivly expensive to use as a fuel. This will naturally
lead to the adoption of other technology and fuels.

I personally believe that we will never run out of oil Not that
there’s an unlimited supply of it, just that by the time we would
have used it up, we’ll already be using something newer, better and
cheaper. Regardless, I”m hoping to see this switch occur sooner
rather than later. We have all this amazing technology.
Microprocessors, computers, etc…and we power all these things
by burning stuff we pump out of the ground…it’s just not right.

Besides, I’m anxious to see what saudi arabia does after the rest of
the world (namely US) doesn’t ‘need’ their products anymore…

No, you misquote me. I never made mention of THAT movie,
only the original mortal kombat. I have yet to be able to sit
through the sequel.

The sequel is an example of when not to make a game to movie
transition.

And Arnold wouldn’t do a Duke ukem movie because he’d get
sued. Duke Nuke’em lines and personality are all lifted off of
other sci fi movies. Not influenced by, simply taken from. All
those cool, funny and mean lines he speaks are simply lines from
movies, ESPECIALLY the Evil dead movies – “Good,bad, I’m
the guy with the gun!” “Hail to the king baby”, “Groovy”

And a few from othe rmovies, like Roughdy Roddy Piper’s “They
Live” – “I’m here to kick a$$ and chew gum – and I’m all out of
gum.”

Cool game, but not original material.

Halo, while heavily influseced by sci fi movies (predator and alien
especially ) is very original in it’s storyline.

Halo is actually a good choice for a game to movie adaptation.
The story is esentially an original idea, influenced by every single
sci-fi movie and book ever written. With all the influences, it still
has a good degree of originality.

Group of primitive acting, yet technologically equipped aliens
declare a jihad on humanity – pretty cool.

Very engrossing story, in fact.

And as for video game to movies. Mortal Kombat wasn’t bad,
and did very well. tomb raider did well enough to get sequel.
Final Fantasy didn’t do too bad.

the problem is when you take a wildly popular ganme and make a
movie out of it, without any real thought. Like super mario
brothers… would you make a movie about a plumber in the
mushroom kingdom? No. So you don’t make a movie about a
game about a plumber in the mushroom kingdom.
Same for Street fighter, no freakin plot, no freakin Box Office.

Make a movie about a hot, archaeologist/Indiana Jones with even
more scif-fi aspects, cool. So basing a movie on a game like that
isn’t too bad.

Mortal Kombat had the ability to stick a plot onto it, so it went
well.

Halo has a plot and story that would have made a good movie
without the game coming first. It should be great.

Nerd mode is on…sorry…

Sperm whales were never harvested to near extinction. Certainly
not 95% of them. You’re thinking northern right whales. The old
school Yankee whaling dind;t endanger the populations of whales
much. They couldn’t do too much damage. Industrial whaleing of
the early to mid 20th century is where the real damage occurred.
There was always a good population of them, and they recovered
from any hunting very well. They ranged all over the world, and
ate the most abundant things next to krill – squid.

Interesting to think that, given whales’ age potential, there are
probably some whales alive that were alive when whalign was a
common practice. Maybe even some who would have been
around in the “old days” of whaling.

By the amount of giant squid found washed up – there’s probably
a huge population of them. They’re not really THAT big – they’re
almost all tentacle and arms. In fact, there’s evidence of a larger,
more robust squid. It’s not as long, but it’s got a larger body and
shorter tentacles.

You can’t eat giant squid. They contain a large amount of
ammonia in their flesh (as do many deep water squid), and are
inedible to us.

Bud lite! Just kidding… I can’t drink the stuff myself. Although it’s
not as bad as Busch Light – my college friends go for quantity
over quality – you could get a 24 pack case fo Busch light (cans
or bottles) for $9.99. Busch Ice was also $9.99, and at 6%
alcohol, was a great alcohol: $$ ratio.

Recently, they passed a law in NC allowing beer alcohol content
to go up.. The limit’s been 6%.

In NC, you can buy beer and wine in any grocery store. In other
states, you have to buy it in a liquor store.

My favorite beers are amber beers. Red Oak is robably my
favorite. It a local micro brewery, non-pastureized, rich, and
tasty. Killians is good, but has that mass produced tate to it.
Young’s dirty dick’s is good as well, I’ve found a few places that
carry it, though it’s expensive.

Also like Sam adams. It’s unique, and strong tasting, but very
good with food. Sam Adams light is amazing. Not as light as
othe rlight beer, but tastes great.

Michelobe and mich light are good too. Better than the buds..

Fats are not bad fo ryou. Nothing we eat is reall ybad, except in
large quantities. The archaic human diet probably consisted of lots
of softer veggies, fruits and meats. Nobody was harvesting grain in
significant amounts before civilization, and our jaws are certainly not
suited to tough vegetation. Fat was probably THE best thing to get
a hold of when we were running around barea$$ed with sharp
sticks and rock tools.

A McDonald’d burger is extremely nutritous, and, in our current
world, TOO nutritious, for a good diet. All that fat’s perfectly ok,
from time to time. Of course, back then , when we’d eat the
equivilant to a half-pound burger (the weight, not the price!), we’d
probably chased after it, killed it, cut it up and cooked it. Not so
much energy involved in even RUNNING to the nearest Drive thru,
let alone walking 20 ft. to the car, driving a mile away, and driving
back home…

These foods are very good for us in moderation – that’s why we are
programmed to like them so much. Whipped cream, mostly fat,
with a bit of sugar, is about the best thing on earth. People crave
fatty foods. A 22 ounce slab of medium rare prime rib is so good
because of the fat.

It’s no surprise why everyone on the planet knows what
McDonald’s is, and so few know about Sweet Tomatos.

Subway sells it’s food as healthy, but is it really? Hell no. 90% of
the people that go to subway are no better off than they would have
been at McDonalds. A foot long sub, with mayo*, oil an dvinegar,
cheese, meat, etc. has far more calories (and comprable fat) than a
Big Mac. That’s why Subway is in buisness, not cause of 6″ turkey
subs with cheese and lettuce.
* I have seen people put indecent amounts of mayonaise on their
subs. I swear some people will put 3/4 of a cup of it on a 12″ sub.
I worked at an Applebee’s a few years back – some people are too
much. A fat girl gets “Just a salad”, cause she’s trying to lose
weight… So I give her her salad with a large cup of ranch – figuring
she looked the type… and she needed TWO more – that’s more
than a cup of ranch! We sold these pork riblets (not technically
ribs, but tasty), smothered in BBQ sauce. I had one guy get two
additional cups of the stuff ( totaling over 10 oz. of the stuff), pour it
on th eribs, then he “buttered” them with mayo (about a half cup),
and THN, he dipped them into a cup of Ranch dressing! As if the
ribs weren’t bad enough!

Some people (usually the rednecks and inner city folk) will always
double the condiments put on their food. I have seen people eat a
half pound burger with a quarter cup of mayo, and BUTTER,
BUTTER people!

Now, I’ll gorge myself on barbecue every once in a while, smother
the stuff in sauce, but some people do this way too
often…especially with mayonaise.. it gets really gross. makes me
sick thinking about it.