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X-Men: The Divided

Physics was a fickle bitch and, abruptly, Sarah was falling. While upon a sailing ship one grew accustomed to the steady rhythm and soon forgot that they were rapidly rising and falling by as much as ten feet. The ship rolled from crest to trough, up the side of one wave and then down the other. Thus, at any given moment Sarah and Laura were anywhere between standing just a few inches about the floor and several feet above it. When the Danger Room was deactivated without warning that left them standing in mid-air.

Laura landed, as she always did, like a cat. Sarah, thanks to the training, at least landed on her feet even if the landing looked totally awkward. She was, however, going to pretend she didn't hear herself squeal like a little girl.

For some reason the safeties had been disengaged. Sarah wasn't sure why. Normally Danger Room sessions didn't just end they scaled down over several long moments letting the environment adjust. Hills slowly shrank. Buildings sunk into nothingness but allowed those within to walk down the staircases before dissolving. That was to help prevent injuries like what Laura and Sarah had narrowly avoided. Sarah realized she could have broken a leg or worse had she hit wrong. The last thing she wanted was to dislocate a hip. She didn't heal like Laura did.

"What the fu-" Sarah began and then the lights went out, replaced by independent battery powered recessed track lighting. The lighting was dim, meant to persevere for some time before going out. The idea was conserve power, to last days if necessary, until main power was restored. Sarah kicked in her dark vision and her eyes were cloaked in black. Iris and sclera both were a solid glossy ebony. She was uncomfortable with all the darkness and shadows, one of her most dearly held secrets, and with her eyes sheathed in black her vision pierced every shadow, every dark nook and corner of the empty room. Admittedly it was all in grayscale but it was better than nothing.

"What the hell is that all about?"

Slowly the blonde rose up from her crouch and pressed a hand against her breastbone, feeling her heart hammering. Suddenly being dropped and then ensconced in darkness had triggered a really sweet adrenalin rush. Straightening from the crouch she was in she began to remedy her appearance. Her golden locks were in her face and one of her breasts had slipped free of the skimpy costume again during the sudden fall and with a sigh she began to set it right. Stupid costume. Her sorceress character wasn't supposed to be running around doing athletic things and the costume simply wasn't designed for it.

While making herself presentable, she heard Laura call out Bekka's name.

GTA: Episodes of Liberty City (High Casual)

Errr... you might want to read the last two posts before yours where it is lamented that there are only three people :)

X-Men: The Divided

All I saw was robots shooting at robots with wild abandon and for no reason. It got boring after a while. You don't have to have deep plot or character development but it doesn't hurt. Then there was Optimus Prime copying Neo from the Matrix and I just couldn't stop laughing. It reminds me of Kevin Smith's "Superman Lives" story. Michael Bay is exactly that sort of person.

The Kevin Smith Superman Story

I'm really looking forward to the Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Initial reviews are quite positive. I sincerely hope Caesar doesn't fly around using rocket boots at the end of that movie.

SW: Edge of the Empire: Ep. I - Escape from Mos Shuuta

Well, we could always have Reem ghost Cor lifting off and heading in some direction or another.

GTA: Episodes of Liberty City (High Casual)

Well, I threw in a bump on the interest check. You might want to update the first post with a clickable link.

GTA: Episodes of Liberty City (High Casual)

I'm interested!

X-Men: The Divided

I saw it because I was a fan of the original transformers and... my friend insisted.

I don't understand how someone can't be insulted by that movie. The writers simply assumed that we, as a people, are too stupid to recognize the flaws in their storyline and thus could afford to be blatantly lazy. Too many things were just damn impossible. Plus, can you even tell me what that movie was about? I watched the entire movie and I still don't know. What were the underlying themes? Science is bad? Humans make mistakes so... you should forgive them for wanton murder?

I need more substance, not a bunch of pretty explosions and fights for no real purpose.

X-Men: The Divided

Many mutants have benign mutations that have little or no effect to the main theme of the character. What is the point of Nightcrawler's fur?

As for the Transformers, suspension of disbelief is a big thing for me. The movie was an insult to writers and role players everywhere. Let's say that I prefer a reality that makes sense. How am I supposed to prognosticate on further installments? How am I supposed to even know what's going on? I spent the entire movie in a confused daze. Now I just need closure.

First: All the autobots are psychotic and attempt to kill one another... but what the hey... It's not like they're the actual autobots or anything. I mean, that would just be silly; using the actual transformers from the toy lines. Nah.

Optimus: "That transformer.. it's Lockdown! I don't know who these aliens masters are that he serves but I know him... and apparently I betrayed his masters personally enough that they sent him after me but forget all that. Look, it doesn't have to make sense. Just start shooting."

Heck there are people are shopping downtown while there's a giant alien starship overhead... when one just a few years before nearly leveled the entire city. Personally, I'd have been running from the hills, not looking up, pointing and saying, "Hey, maybe this time they're friendly. You know what. I need a new pair of pants. Time to hit the GAP. Wait... look, there are flying robots shooting up the city.... Now I really need those pants. They might blow up the store before I finish the transaction."

Then there's the autobots driving from Shanghai to Hong Kong in about a minute flat. Think about it? It's a six hour flight. There's also an OCEAN involved. What the hell? Did they somehow all develop rocket boots and fly there? Did they transform into hovercraft? Wait, if they could all fly... why bother with all that sliding down the sides of buildings thing?

About half way through I just stopped trying to understand what was going on. I just couldn't stop laughing at the stupidity. It was clear that nobody on the writing staff gave a crap so why should I.

Edit: My mistake. It was Beijing. I rather assumed it was Shanghai since it was so much closer to Hong Kong. Beijing is even more ridiculous.

X-Men: The Divided

Oh, and I could go on at length with everything that's wrong with the new transformers movie but that would involve quite a lot in terms of spoilers.

Let me just add that Optimus is now the ultimate Mary Sue. Who needs a medic. He can spontaneously heal, no matter the previously mentioned need for a repairs. Then he somehow leans to fly at the end, a feat that would have come in quite handy previously in the movie and probably previous movies once you reflect upon it.

Where's the continuity direction?

X-Men: The Divided

Let me just point out that I'm not quitting and I'm not ticked at anyone in particular. I'm just frustrated with the sheer number. Worse still, can you imagine if they all started posting full speed at once? I'd be overwhelmed. Thus I feel uncomfortable joining any new threads.

I just feel really whiny.