There was this bizare disney cartoon called Titan AE, it was kiddy-level, but the concepts were great. seen it?

one of my favourite backgrounds is from an RPG called paranoia. set in a dystopian apocalyptic future similar to 1984,

The game is set in Alpha Complex, an immense and futuristic domed or underground city (GM's decision) controlled by The Computer, a schizophrenic civil service AI. The Computer has made happiness mandatory. Failure to be happy is punishable by summary execution.

The Computer fears a number of threats to its 'perfect' society, such as The Outdoors, mutants, and secret societies (especially communists). Ironically, Alpha Complex is inhabited solely by mutant secret society members. To deal with these threats, The Computer employs Troubleshooters, whose job is to solve problems (they go out, find trouble and shoot it). Frequently the solution involves identifying and terminating mutants and secret society members.

A lot of black humour

haha sounds very adult-RD

I am aware of how much Star Trek apparently sucks. I am aware of the infinite plot holes, lame and illogical science, and poor characterization. I am aware that more than one character was essentially introduced for the sole purpose to fix problems.

I don't care, though. I watch it like people watch Sex and the City, not sci-fi. It's mindless entertainment.


Anyways, I am neither talented or motivated enough to write science fiction. I've read some sci-fi, like Vonnegut and Gibson. It's too complex for me to bother writing a short story about. I'm not really writing the story for the atmosphere, I'm writing it as a breif comedic examination of how pathetic someone could be in that they would seriously contemplate having sex with themselves instead of saving the universe.
Creative writing is not my forte. I'd prefer to keep it as brief and uninvolved as possible.

) are usually Troubleshooters, although later game supplements offered other roles for player characters. The PCs are invariably traitors of the very sort feared by The Computer. The PCs are usually given incomprehensible or self-contradicting mission goals, dangerous, faulty or experimental futuristic gizmos as equipment. The PCs also often are given contradictory missions from their secret societies. Paranoia missions are typically fatal for the troubleshooters.

Dystopian settings do own...

I still consider Babylon 5 to be up at the top of scifi though.

I love this Sci fi show called Lexx.....


Black Humour
Adult Humour
Nudity/Sex scenes
Violence
Necro Assasins
Adult themes


From left to right:

Gay homo robot head. Kai the necro assasin (he is dead). The sex slave. The loser , stanley
[img]http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scifitv/images/Lexx.jpg[/img]

I remember I used to watch that with my dad.



It was really akward most of the time...

lolz at the guy on the left

IT WAS KICKASS

The show is Wierd as ****. I love it!


I swear this show is awesoomee!

when was the last time a sci-fi series had naughty shower scenes?

[quote=White Riot!;13617692]one of my favourite backgrounds is from an RPG called paranoia. set in a dystopian apocalyptic future similar to 1984,

The game is set in Alpha Complex, an immense and futuristic domed or underground city (GM's decision) controlled by The Computer, a schizophrenic civil service AI. The Computer has made happiness mandatory. Failure to be happy is punishable by summary execution.

The Computer fears a number of threats to its 'perfect' society, such as The Outdoors, mutants, and secret societies (especially communists). Ironically, Alpha Complex is inhabited solely by mutant secret society members. To deal with these threats, The Computer employs Troubleshooters, whose job is to solve problems (they go out, find trouble and shoot it). Frequently the solution involves identifying and terminating mutants and secret society members.

A lot of black humour[/quote]
Sounds interesting man. Are you into any of the authors I just mentioned?

My girls been getting me into Firefly and Serenity lately.

Weird *** cowboy sci-fi.

I've read a little. China seems like a mix of orwell and lovecraft imo

I used to be big on cyberpunk

[img]http://www.reddawn.net/costume/Cyber/cp2020.jpg[/img]

sci fi is much better when it's absurdly retarded.

Are you a Taswiegian?

i ****ing hate lack of motivation....

[QUOTE=ofDooM;13617935]i ****ing hate lack of motivation....[/QUOTE]

So get up and do something about it....


or don't.

im in the process of it.

EDIT: ill just go indepth for now...

In middle school (2 years ago), I actually did work. my standards were high. If I got a B id be disappointed, but I always ended up with a B or two.

High school came; I decided that I would get serious and earn myself straight A's. The end of the semester came and I had a range from C's-A's. Thats very poor in my eyes, very poor. Same thing next semester. I tried so hard to study, do my work, etc.

This year I moved to a new school. I didnt have any friends, and I had a rough start. I hadnt exercised for a few months, which could possibly affect me. It was really depressing going to school. I had every reason in the back of my head to work as hard as I could.

So far, its going decent. Im trying everything to keep a healthy body and mind. I can hardly tolerate any work and my temper is pretty terrible.

One of the worsts points you guys may think about me is that I have plenty of time to practice drums, but I dont practice contructively at all.

Hey guys, can I ask some advice? Okay, great! How much rent for a room in my apartment should I ask my mate for? We're going half-and-half for all bills and not having a land-line, so it'll be pretty low expensed. I was thinking $125AU per week? Is that too much?

[QUOTE=Loser;13617925]sci fi is much better when it's absurdly retarded.[/QUOTE]

unodostres

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is my fav sci fi book. The movie sucked though.

The old movie was better.

Does anyone play a hi hat and bass drum with each foot?

Im thinking of doing a very advanced foot coordination lesson, With all the exercises involving 2 pedals on each side.

[QUOTE=Futuro;13618633]Does anyone play a hi hat and bass drum with each foot?

Im thinking of doing a very advanced foot coordination lesson, With all the exercises involving 2 pedals on each side.[/QUOTE]
I could attach my slave pedal and put my cowbell at my right foot. :thumb:


I realized on friday exactly how tough it is to mount rack toms on a Pearl Forum. It's basically impossible. :lol: I now completely understand when I see Pearl Forums set up like they're generally set up. Even my CB's can find a decent spot with just the "stock" hardware.

Derek Roddy does.

I'm making another Underoath drumming vid, And A Senses Fail one.

EMO TO THE CORE!

I drew a picture for the last two hours... =/

Any chips?

[QUOTE=Win A Rabbit;13618709][B]I could attach my slave pedal and put my cowbell at my right foot. :thumb:[/B]


I realized on friday exactly how tough it is to mount rack toms on a Pearl Forum. It's basically impossible. :lol: I now completely understand when I see Pearl Forums set up like they're generally set up. Even my CB's can find a decent spot with just the "stock" hardware.[/QUOTE]

Thatd work. I can't login to the Lesson section, so I'll probably just start a thread once I finish it.
[QUOTE]
Derek Roddy does.[/QUOTE]I haven't heard him do many indpendance exercises though ;)

[QUOTE=Berk;13618711]Derek Roddy does.

I'm making another Underoath drumming vid, And A Senses Fail one.

EMO TO THE CORE![/QUOTE]
Yeah, except for the whole part about emo.

:amaze:

[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300648[/url]

[QUOTE=BanninatedbySubtle;13618383]Hey guys, can I ask some advice? Okay, great! How much rent for a room in my apartment should I ask my mate for? We're going half-and-half for all bills and not having a land-line, so it'll be pretty low expensed. I was thinking $125AU per week? Is that too much?[/QUOTE]

I don't know Aaron..

[QUOTE=BanninatedbySubtle;13618983]I don't know Aaron..[/QUOTE]

Oh shi' sup aaron!? I dunno about aus money though :D


LA is ****ing expensive to live, Im gonna be paying about 900 a month. But luckily I will be splitting the cost with a friend of mine.

I'm going to ****ing shoot the ****ing **** out of my pussy computer and then **** its maker then eat is asshole maybe then stomp the **** out of it.

125AU = 95.7772US
Remember things cost more here, so it'd probably be about $70ish US.


Sup faithster? I got bannicided.

[QUOTE=mysticalyeti;13617742]Dystopian settings do own...

I still consider Babylon 5 to be up at the top of scifi though.[/QUOTE]

you got it wrong.

Babylon 5 is THE BEST show of all time. No debating whatsoever.

Out of every single book I've read, movie I've seen, show I've watched, it is THE ONLY FORM of media that has made me bawl into mass tears. Nothing else has ever done that before.

Well, I do consider it the best... I just liked Farscape a whole lot as well. It was a bit shaky sometimes, what with the episodicness, but I did enjoy the characters and humor a great amount.

[QUOTE=Seafroggys;13619631]you got it wrong.

Babylon 5 is THE BEST show of all time. No debating whatsoever.

Out of every single book I've read, movie I've seen, show I've watched, it is THE ONLY FORM of media that has made me bawl into mass tears. Nothing else has ever done that before.[/QUOTE]

I'm so very sorry.

[QUOTE=Loyton;13619765]I'm so very sorry.[/QUOTE]

for what?

Should I Just Give Up With MY Life???
 

Should I just give up? I literally ahve nothing left to stride for, My Best Friend in the world hates me and I have no way of changing her mind, and no ambition to try to change it.

Hockey, Well I paly Highschool AAA The highest form of hickey around here, and now my coach has given the other goalie 2 games then I play 1, so it goes, 2 games, 1 game, 2 games 1 game,... and we have 8 straight games coming up and I only play 2 of them, so I think that is not even worth the time I put into the team.

School, I am doing incredably poorly, and now that my best friend is out of my life I will drop like a rock, so I need the time to put into my school work.

And Drumming, Put it this way, I tried out for a TEENAGE METAL BAND! kids who can't read music, and they didn't pick me, now I am not a metal drummer, but I still can play it decent, and when i paly with a band/jam ,I d not play well at all, I go out of tie, I paly too fast, I just screw up.

And now I am realizing, If the 4 thing in my life that matter most to me are gone, y do I even bother trying? I should just dedcate the next couple years of my life to school, and then when I graduate, try and patch up my life, cause right now I literally have NOTHING left in my life, my family is constantly bitching at me cause I will not take the tinyest bit of nagging from my mom, I tell her to screw off and then I just leave the house, and I am one straw away from just leaving the house and living in a tent for the ext month or so so I atually ahve nothing, It has been like this for almost the past month now, and now that My best friend is left me, The one thing that I thought I would never lose, it has made me realize, Nothing is worth the cost, Nothing

Drop out of highschool, soscialize only with people on the internet, get a part time job thats easy as ****. Play videogame hockey, drum for 10 hours a day.


Edit: or kill yourself and be made fun of on YTMND for talking about killing yourself on the internet.

[QUOTE=White;13619844]Should I just give up? I literally ahve nothing left to stride for, My Best Friend in the world hates me and I have no way of changing her mind, and no ambition to try to change it.

Hockey, Well I paly Highschool AAA The highest form of hickey around here, and now my coach has given the other goalie 2 games then I play 1, so it goes, 2 games, 1 game, 2 games 1 game,... and we have 8 straight games coming up and I only play 2 of them, so I think that is not even worth the time I put into the team.

School, I am doing incredably poorly, and now that my best friend is out of my life I will drop like a rock, so I need the time to put into my school work.

And Drumming, Put it this way, I tried out for a TEENAGE METAL BAND! kids who can't read music, and they didn't pick me, now I am not a metal drummer, but I still can play it decent, and when i paly with a band/jam ,I d not play well at all, I go out of tie, I paly too fast, I just screw up.

And now I am realizing, If the 4 thing in my life that matter most to me are gone, y do I even bother trying? I should just dedcate the next couple years of my life to school, and then when I graduate, try and patch up my life, cause right now I literally have NOTHING left in my life, my family is constantly bitching at me cause I will not take the tinyest bit of nagging from my mom, I tell her to screw off and then I just leave the house, and I am one straw away from just leaving the house and living in a tent for the ext month or so so I atually ahve nothing, It has been like this for almost the past month now, and now that My best friend is left me, The one thing that I thought I would never lose, it has made me realize, Nothing is worth the cost, Nothing[/QUOTE]

Simple answer, no. It may seem hard, but these things may go.