Darth_Rob

Its from the animated movie "The Hobbit" from 1977. I have it on VHS and DVD. Its very lame, with poor sound quality. I had the VHS for...well, forever, and I upgraded to the DVD when it was released a year or two ago, just for nostalgia's sake.

I think I settled on "Resident Sasquatch Hunter"...

I will be looking forward to it, as long as he doesn't look like a giant CAT. I was sooo upset when I was younger and saw that Smaug looked like a cat...

I walked in expecting less. The movie was decent. The effects were fairly sweet, SLJ was as bad ass as usual...it was good.

Oregon Trail?

I have the rank title, Im just not sure of what my insignia should be...

We saw Jumper yesterday. It was better than I thought it would be. It was pretty good, and leaves itself open for a sequel, which is a good idea since they didnt explain how the some people have the ability to "jump". The cool thing was that I got to see the trailer of M. Night's new movie "The Happening". It actually looks decent. It appears that the U.S. suffers a chemical attack, but the "twist" (like all his movies) is that eventually it is realized that its not a chemical attack, and they show you people flying through the sky. So who the heck knows whats going on in that movie. I'll definitely check it out.

Thats insane Tofu. Congrats.

I never watched the series too much, but I really enjoyed First Contact. It was my first time being introduced to the Borg, and I liked them and their concept a lot. I really liked that movie...

Yeah, an X-Wing series would be cool. I agree with stepping back from the ultra-familiar characters, and maybe just deal with Wedge and Horn and those guys. At the same time I look forward to the Clone Wars series. I feel we were gyped. Lucas left such great mystery and intrigue behind the Clone Wars in the OT, but when the prequels came out, it was lamer than what I imagined it would be. The series will elongate the Clone Wars and tell more about it, which is what I look forward to.

FDR did do what he had to do. WWII was insane, and Im more than the majority of the people living in the U.S. during that time were more than willing to let FDR finish out the war. It would have been ridiculous to pull out that President and replace him in the time of a war of that caliber. Its like an MLB coach being pulled out and replaced in the middle to the World Series. So yeah, it was an extraordinary time, and FDR did what he had to do by breaking tradition and running for additional terms. Now the current war/conflict/cluster#$@* in Iraq is different. That is not a world-encompassing war, or anything like that, and there would be no need for a President to attempt to a third term during a conflict like that. But a world war is a different story. I still stand by what I believe. I feel that giving a husband and wife the ability to both become President is insane, and borders on a monarchy, with a royal family running the country. I know full-well that it is legal and possible, but I also believe that it should be unconstitutional. I dont care if it takes one, two, or five amendments to fix it, but its something that should be done. Like I said, the only reason it is not in the Constitution is because the founding fathers had no idea that there would ever be a female President. But times change, and the Constitution has to be amended in order to meet the requirements of the time. Slavery was originally legal in the eyes of the U.S. Government, but as times changed and people realized how bad it was, the Constitution was amended to free African Americans, and later guaranteed them equal rights and such. Now the new issue being faced is the inevitability that there could likely be a female President, and as such, the Constitution has to be amended in order to take that fact into account. The founding fathers would have never approved of the idea of a husband and wife both presiding over the Presidency. If Hillary Clinton wins in 2008, and lets say she gets re-elected in 2012, then the United States would have an insane shared dynasty of the Bush and Clinton families since 1988. That is not a good thing at all. Its undemocratic, and thats the bottom line.

Well I can tell you that I would be saying the same if, say, Laura Bush ran for the Presidency. Before FDRs Presidency, there was no Constitutional law for the number of terms a President could hold. The great George Washington set that by making it an honored tradition. Then WWII came, and FDR did what he had to do to see it ended. When that was all said and done, the country said, "wow, someone was elected for more than two terms," and that was fixed by law. What Im saying is that some things have to be amended as time goes on, and we see new situations develop. We all know full well that the founding fathers never had the intention of a non-white or non-man running for the Presidency in the late 1700s, but times have changed in over 200 years, and that is now possible and acceptable in todays society. But now that it is possible for a woman to run for office (Im talking socially of course, because there was never a law against it), this is a new development that has to be taken into consideration, where a person should not be able to serve as both a President and First Lady/Man.

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Hey, Im more of a dwarf than a hobbit. I have a beard.

Bah! Im trying to post in the "Outside Interests" and when I hit submit or preview it bounces me back to the main page and doesnt add my post. Edit: Interesting. It let me post this, so I went back to try again, and its still doing it. The outside interests dont like me... Edit2: Even more interesting. I was trying to add an update to the "Nationalism" thread, and it keeps bouncing me out. But the other topics work fine. Why would we have just one bad topic? Edit3: Yes, this is very interesting indeed. Why would I not be able to post in this one particular thread? Someone help me!!! I have so much to tell!!!

Nicely done Eagle. Thats better than anything I can do.

And as for me, I stopped reading the EU after...the trilogy which introduces Kyp and the Sun Crusher. So I know nothing of the Vong and all that other near stuff...

Ahhh, here's some new Star Wars stuff to talk about. For some reason, I did not know that Lucas was taking a direct part. I also did not know there was going to be a movie that would be released in the theaters. I am excited, and hope it does not include too much fodder for us to be upset about.

I am excited for all those films, except Star Trek. I never really got into it. I am also a tad skeptical of Wolverine, yet still excited also.

This sounds quite undemocratic to me. Family member of a former president is a citizen as anyone else and thus should treated as such. By disallowing him candidacy, you're basically limiting his rights and treating him differently based on his family background (which is one of the few things in life he couldn't choose). Although I agree that having two dynasties for such a long time at least stinks, 'blaming' the candidates seems like a wrong fix (and for the wrong problem). I don't see a problem with Hilary following her husband's two terms, and creating her own legacy in her own right as a separate human individual. Well in their case in particular, Bill Clinton would be residing in the White House also, and would have significant influence and such. I just really feel that, in respect to the United States which limits a person to serving only two terms as President, a person should not be able to be both President AND First Lady/Man at some point in their life.

Not that I disagree with you about the case of Presidential dynasties, but what makes it unhealthy for a republic like the United States? You've had the Adam's (father/son) and the Roosevelt's (cousins) and nobody seems to think they were bad choices. I don't see a reason to say it's bad for the country. I dunno. I cant argue with that logic. But my point is that its been too...much. Like I said, its been a 20-year span where two different families have controlled the Presidency. To me, thats a bit too much.

Here is M. Night Shyamalan's next movie, coming out this summer.

My problem with Hillary is that, if she wins, it will be like theres been two "dynasty's" holding the Presidental place since...1988. Thats gonna be almost 20 years of the President being in the same family, either Bush or Clinton. I dont think that is healthy for a republic. To have a father/son and husband/wife Presidental team is just not cool. I think there should be some law installed to stop that, so that the same family cannot have more than one member be a President. Thats my two cents.

That's like an hour from my home, and where my gf goes attends college!!!!!!

I was outright pleased with Transformers. I had never seen the TV show as a kid, so I had no expectations going into the movie, thus I enjoyed it. I think my friend, who watched it as a kid, had some qualms about it.