Revision Demo 1.2 Release

[EER]

I would assume EVERY Christmas in Finland would be a white one, what with Finland being in the arctic circle and all that

[Trasher]

I would assume EVERY Christmas in Finland would be a white one

hah, well thanks to this global warming we dont have that much snow here in southern finland anymore..which doesnt bother me because I hate snow

In lapland we have this:



While in south...



You get the point right?

[Jonas]

Though a white christmas would be nice, I do appreciate the calm coastal climate we have down here. Yay @ sea-buffer.

[justanotherfan]

That photo of the South looks like what we have here. I really need to get some Nokian WRG2's.

[EER]

Ah yes, the south looks like the Netherlands if it snows. There would be traffic jams EVERYWHERE because people panic in the snow. Unfortunately, our snow is mostly replaced by rain. And while rain is at least not as slippery as snow, it ALSO causes traffic jams EVERYWHERE because people panic in the rain. In fact there are ALWAYS traffic jams EVERYWHERE here, except on christmas eve. And Friday mornings.

[m3rc1l3ss]

Global warming FTW.

[chris the cynic]

I'm somewhat convinced they started calling it climate change because a bunch of crazy people didn't understand that it meant it would get colder in some places at some times and tried to argue against it based on that happening. Global average temperature should be clear, but I remember a televangelist saying global warming was fake every winter, and saying it was true every summer.

Anyway, this is me on the first day of winter this year:


The horizontal streaks are snow. The stuff in my beard is ice.

It rained just in time for Christmas. Last year it seemed that every time it would snow it would rain the next day. Really made skiing less good.

[Fulgrymm]

That's pretty sweet, you look like a viking with a ski helmet.

[Kee715]

Global warming FTW.

Is no one aware of the Global Cooling that is approaching!?

[Placebo]

Who's gonna win the climate war

[Jonas]

Clash of the Climate Changes!
Directed by Al Gore

The sentient freezing cold from The Day After Tomorrow is back to face its worst nemesis:
Scorchotron, the physical manifestation of global warming!
Whoever wins, mankind will lose.

Coming soon to a theater near you.



"Oh shit the cold is chasing me! CLOSE THE DOOR SO IT CAN'T GET THROUGH."

[m3rc1l3ss]

Clash of the Climate Changes!
Directed by Al Gore

The sentient freezing cold from The Day After Tomorrow is back to face its worst nemesis:
Scorchotron, the physical manifestation of global warming!
Whoever wins, mankind will lose.

Coming soon to a theater near you.



"Oh shit the cold is chasing me! CLOSE THE DOOR SO IT CAN'T GET THROUGH."

That was easily one of the worst movies that I have ever seen. What is up with the virtual ice god of death that sweeps over everything and will find you regardless of the amount of heat you are producing...

[Kee715]

Clash of the Climate Changes!
Directed by Al Gore

The sentient freezing cold from The Day After Tomorrow is back to face its worst nemesis:
Scorchotron, the physical manifestation of global warming!
Whoever wins, mankind will lose.

Coming soon to a theater near you.



"Oh shit the cold is chasing me! CLOSE THE DOOR SO IT CAN'T GET THROUGH."

That was easily one of the worst movies that I have ever seen. What is up with the virtual ice god of death that sweeps over everything and will find you regardless of the amount of heat you are producing...

I liked that movie, but then again I also liked Waterworld. They definatly could've made it better, but you have to admit that the special effects were awesome, awesome enough to warrant a watch on HBO or a DVD rental.

[Jonas]

Waterworld was fucking awesome, though I admit my opinion of the film may be coloured by the fact I first saw it when I was about 8, and it inspired many a great game at the playground. The Day After Tomorrow had good effects, but then that goes for many other films the plots of which make sense.

[chris the cynic]

Every member of my family likes good science fiction. My father and I like bad science fiction. The first is something I think anyone can understand, the second is harder to understand.

It has a certain charm. The Day After Tomorrow is, without doubt, bad science fiction (special effects weren't bad though.) As sci fi disaster movies go it isn't the most incomprehensible. Consider Category 6, Category 7, 10.5, 10.5 Apocalypse, Tornados in New York, and so on. It really seems to be just about standard.

(We're going to reroute a fissure in the tectonic plates by blowing up natural gas wells in an attempt to prevent a nuclear catastrophe which is why we had to rescue former ridiculed scientist from a casino in Las Vegas that sank into the sand.) And then there was one called Earthstorm in which they got an building demolition expert to repair a tear in the moon. Plots don't need to make sense in a sci fi disaster movies.

Not my favorite subgenre though, my favorite is the (non-giant) monster movie. They come in two flavors, towns and isolated groups. Jaws is an example of a town movie, Aliens is an example of an isolated one. Even the good ones rarely break from those molds, the bad ones almost never do. There is a ridged framework into which seemingly infinite variations can be placed. It's like haiku. Except with an oversized alligator, or a dinosaur, or a giant snake, or even something that isn't reptilian.