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[The Brain]

Ah, good old Anders Blixt.

I hear he was working in Afghanistan recently btw.

[FunkMonk]

Watched the Star Trek TOS episode "Balance of Terror". Haven't seen it since I was a little kid. Rocked my balls off.

[Neil]

Watched the Star Trek TOS episode "Balance of Terror". Haven't seen it since I was a little kid. Rocked my balls off.

That's the one with Mark Lenard as the Romulan captain, right?

[Darth Wagtaros]

Wolverine: Meh.  Not bad.  But Iron-Man and the last Hulk movie were better.

Quarantine: Mix up the worst elements from Blair Witch, 28 Days Later, Resident Evil, and Contagion and you get this piece of crap. 

Shaun of the Dead: Bitchin'

[Darth Wagtaros]

Saw Wolverine this morning. Some of the editing was choppy in the 2nd half, but other than that I thought it was good. Not great though, the only really memorable part for me was the opening montage, that showed Logan and Victor fighting as the decades passed.

No, the plot was entirely senseless. I'm not going to be posting spoilers (in case someone wants to witness it on their own) but there was almost no explanation for any of the characters' actions.  Which could be fine...as I went in knowing that there wasn't much plot just a lot of action. Unfortunately, the action sequences also left much to be desired.  All in all a horrible except for Jackman's body.

It could have been improved had Deadpool broke the Fourth Wall and told the audience about all the glaring plot holes and screw ups.

[Malthus]

Watching LotR - Return of the King.

The scene where the beacons are lit from Minas Tirith to Edoras made me wonder: how badly did you have to fuck up on duty to get sent to one of those lonely mountain tops to watch over a pile of wood that will probably never be lit during your life time?

(Though probably the "official" explanation would have been that it was the bravest, most dutiful, best men with eyes like eagles were sent to those posts.  )

What struck me is that the beacon chain appeared to cross a whole continent, yet we know the two cities were only three days' ride apart.

[Neil]

Watching LotR - Return of the King.

The scene where the beacons are lit from Minas Tirith to Edoras made me wonder: how badly did you have to fuck up on duty to get sent to one of those lonely mountain tops to watch over a pile of wood that will probably never be lit during your life time?

(Though probably the "official" explanation would have been that it was the bravest, most dutiful, best men with eyes like eagles were sent to those posts.  )

What struck me is that the beacon chain appeared to cross a whole continent, yet we know the two cities were only three days' ride apart.

Well, it seemed to go a ways.  How far is three days ride?

[ulmont]

Well, it seemed to go a ways.  How far is three days ride?

30 miles per day is an easily sustainable pace for a horse, so 90 miles.  There are endurance competitions where horses ride up to 100 miles in a day, but those aren't sustainable (and few riders would want to ride 12 hours a day either).

[Malthus]

Well, it seemed to go a ways.  How far is three days ride?

30 miles per day is an easily sustainable pace for a horse, so 90 miles.  There are endurance competitions where horses ride up to 100 miles in a day, but those aren't sustainable (and few riders would want to ride 12 hours a day either).

To my mind at least, the beacon chain seemed to stretch far further than 90 miles - it jumped from mountain-top to mountain-top, and those peaks were shown to be relatively far from each other.

[Ed Anger]

Next up: Star Destroyer vs Constitution class starship.

[Neil]

Well, it seemed to go a ways.  How far is three days ride?

30 miles per day is an easily sustainable pace for a horse, so 90 miles.  There are endurance competitions where horses ride up to 100 miles in a day, but those aren't sustainable (and few riders would want to ride 12 hours a day either).

I'd say that could be exceeded, due to the magical lineage of the horses of Rohan.

After a little measurement, it seems that the distance between Edoras and Minas Tirith is about 300 km.

[Neil]

Next up: Star Destroyer vs Constitution class starship.

And you'll be debating whose cock you'd rather suck:  James Kirk or Admiral Piett.

[The Brain]

Well, it seemed to go a ways.  How far is three days ride?

30 miles per day is an easily sustainable pace for a horse, so 90 miles.  There are endurance competitions where horses ride up to 100 miles in a day, but those aren't sustainable (and few riders would want to ride 12 hours a day either).

Charles XII averaged 100+ miles a day when he rode from Turkey to Stralsund in 1714.

[Syt]

Next up: Star Destroyer vs Constitution class starship.

Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ijDlbvAxw

[ulmont]

Charles XII averaged 100+ miles a day when he rode from Turkey to Stralsund in 1714.

Did he have remounts?