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#41
regarding the pg-13 rating from two r-rated franchises:

they wired the two franchises together in parallel.

regarding the movie itself:

i was expecting resident: evil level of crappitude, but it was slightly better. so i was happy. i guess.

now the old aliens vs. predator arcade game...that was something!
 
#43
fatbassjazzer said:
Yeah, but if you put Arnold and Weaver in a hand to hand combat, I don't think it would be sexist if Arnold won. Just look at the sheer size difference.
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I COMPLETELY agree. But that is considered sexist sometimes and THAT is what I am complaning about, people need to stop saying things are sexist just because it involves a male and female :scowl: Naturally men are stronger, that is how it is, we build muscle easier/better/whatever, that is not a sexist statement but some people say it is, and others complain and others say, well I am going to make a movie/commercial series/whatever(again) that says the opposite is true to prove that wrong.

:mad: GAAHH!!!




Sorry, rant over.
Back to avp:
I got the avp for ps2, played it for like 15 minutes, and have'nt played it since, I just put money down on it without knowing what it was like, didn't expect it to be that kind of game, oh well. Haven't play computer ones yet.
 
#44
Ba Gua Tiger said:
I COMPLETELY agree. But that is considered sexist sometimes and THAT is what I am complaning about, people need to stop saying things are sexist just because it involves a male and female :scowl: Naturally men are stronger, that is how it is, we build muscle easier/better/whatever, that is not a sexist statement but some people say it is, and others complain and others say, well I am going to make a movie/commercial series/whatever(again) that says the opposite is true to prove that wrong.
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You're just whining because your Grandmaster can kick your butt. ;)
 
#47
haha, no. She always calls him by Dr. Pai. He was the Grandmaster of Pai Lum, which Bill Gregory (one of the three people given a 7th level black by Dr. Pai) added with other styles to create Kajukenpo Pai Lum kung fu, making Bill Gregory the Grandmaster of that. Before he died he made plans for a passing of the sword ceremony, in which my teach would be named the new Grandmaster of Kajukenpo Pai Lum kung fu. The animals don't mean to much as far as rank, it is more a reference for if you have been training long or not....


Any other things you can ask in a PM or look at our school's website. This thread is definately not the place of my family's lineage (kung fu family).
 
#48
Sonorous said:
So it goes Grasshopper < Tiger < Dragon < Master < Grandmaster < Doctor?
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I think between Grasshopper and Dragon there's a "THink you know something, then get your butt kicked by someone who actually does, only to strengthen your resolve and avenge yourself later, and then just barely" level. It also might be a belt.
 
#49
One more question. Answer it in PM if you want to.

Ok, so you mean your current teacher was taught by the person (Dr. Pai) who invented your particular style of martial arts (Pai Lum)? And she was his best student so now she is the Grandmaster? Meaning she is the best there is (or maybe just the Pope of (bad analogy)) at Pai Lum?
 
#50
yeah, well there are a few steps involved in that :smug:

Well, kind of. I don't know too much about it, but there is Pai Lum Tao, which the grandmaster for that is one of the other three to get a 7th degree black sash from Dr. Pai. If I am correct, Pai Lum was Dr. Pai's family martial art, not what he made. My teacher was given the title because she was who Grandmaster Gregory thought was the best of his students, I don't think you will find anyone that disagrees.

Kajukenpo Pai Lum is different from Pai Lum, well sort of....it is considered a different style for grandmastership(?) but most of it is the Pai Lum taught by Dr. Pai, but also with other martial arts that Bill Gregory studied.

Kind of a side note: Dr. Pai only ever taught black belts, and after my teacher got hers she trained with him, all of her tai chi training came from him...tai chi is a brutal art if you use it how it was meant to be used (not going into that right now)

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enough questions for tonight, I have had a long day and don't feel like typing this much :smug:
 
#55
Just saw the movie - for some reason they're releasing it in the Europe half a year later than in the States..

What's up with all these horrendous comic filmations? Ok, so for a action flick, it wasn't bad, but there were huge holes in the script. I mean, there's a bunch of scientists looking at a immaculate 600-meter hole in the ice with the buildings nearby cut in similar fashion, and all they can come up with is some other drilling team? Come on!

And yes, the beginning was otherwise dull too. Already how many scifi-flicks there are starting where someone goes to gather a group of scientists from the far reaches of the world? And then you got your typical characters, like a macho security boss and nerdy scientists. And then you wipe them out in couple of minutes, except for the hero, with minimalistic action.

Other poorly thought things: Predator dropship passing just over humans where they can see it. Predators shooting a huge energy blast across the sky and no-one notices. No contact with the ship waiting at the port. And you take stuff required to drill a 600-meter long hole plus other supplies to build a base across the ice with six snowcats? A whole whaler-base gone missing in one night one hundred years before, an ancient pyramid located beneath the campsite and no-one makes the connection? Besides, we still don't know where the whalers went. Humans having a decent arsenal of machine guns and all they get down is one facehugger, where in the "Aliens" it took a single pistol bullet to kill a grown beast? And the list goes on.

The only good idea in the movie was Lance Hendricksens cameo, and it fit to the plot too as they company was big into robotics and was the company Sigorney Weaver would sail for few hundred years later - it was credible that they would name and model their sophisticated android after the guy who made the whole company centuries ago.

Between this movie and The Exorcist: Beginning, I don't know what they are thinking in Hollywood nowadays using the old classics with excellent worlds to produce crap like this :spit:
 
#57
There were a lot of gaps, I mean, it kept me entertained, I wouldn't watch it again most likely. There were a lot of corny parts. It was rated PG13 too - WHAT THE ****! Every Alien and Predator movie was rated R, this should have been rated like XXXX. They could have made this movie scary as hell, and so badass.
 
#60
heath_the_great said:
4/10 frm me.....i mean..comon..she runs aroud with an alien head as a sheil...HELLLOO? acidic blood?...thheeennn how can she get up instantly from being attacked by the queen whe it touches the predator and its down for at least 5 minutes.....gimme aliens and predator 2 anyday

and alien re-enacted by bunnies in 30secconds
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Word.
 

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