As a tribute to ABF, I'd like to start a thread where nothing has any point to it whatsoever. Don't make any sense, don't even respond to each other. Just try to be as pointless as possible.

You know, like those big game hunters with a wall full of heads...

http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january04/handhelds/

I think the order of the list is pretty good too, and definitely agree with #1... :)

Oscar nominees:

Quote:BEST PICTURE
"Lost in Translation" (Focus)
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (Fox)
"Mystic River" (WB/Roadshow)
"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks)

BEST ACTOR
Ben Kingsley, "House of Sand and Fog"
Bill Murray, "Lost in Translation"
Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
Jude Law, "Cold Mountain"
Sean Penn, "Mystic River"

BEST ACTRESS
Keisha Castle-Hughes, "Whale Rider"
Diane Keaton, "Something's Gotta Give"
Samantha Morton, "In America"
Charlize Theron, "Monster"
Naomi Watts, "21 Grams"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, "The Cooler"
Benicio Del Toro, "21 Grams "
Djimon Hounsou, "In America"
Tim Robbins, "Mystic River"
Ken Watanabe, "The Last Samurai"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Shohreh Aghdashloo, "House of Sand & Fog"
Patricia Clarkson, "Pieces of April"
Marcia Gay Hayden, "Mystic River"
Holly Hunter, "Thirteen"
Renee Zellweger, "Cold Mountain"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Barbarian Invasions" (Canada)
"Evil" (Sweden)
"The Twilight Samurai" (Japan)
"Twin Sisters" (Netherands)
"Zelary (Czech Republic)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Brother Bear" (Disney)
"Finding Nemo" (Disney)
"The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Classics)

BEST DIRECTOR
Fernando Meirelles, "City of God"
Sofia Coppola, "Lost in Translation"
Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Peter Weir, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
Clint Eastwood, "Mystic River"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"American Splendor"
"City of God"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Mystic River"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"The Barbarian Invasions"
"Dirty Pretty Things"
"Finding Nemo"
"In America"
"Lost in Translation"

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
"The Last Samurai"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master & Commander"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"City of God"
"Cold Mountain"
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
"The Last Samurai"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST EDITING
"City of God"
"Cold Mountain"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST MAKE-UP
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"

BEST SOUND
"The Last Samurai"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST SOUND EDITING
"Finding Nemo"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Balseros"
"Capturing the Friedmans"
"The Fog of War"
"My Architect"
"The Weather Underground"

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Asylum"
"Chernobyl Heart"
"Ferry Tales"

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
"Boundin'"
"Destino"
"Gone Nutty"
"Harvie Krumpet"
"Nibbles"

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
"Die Rote Jacke"
"Most"
"Squash"
"(A) Torzija "
"Two Soldiers"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Danny Elfman, "Big Fish"
Gabriel Yared, "Cold Mountain"
Thomas Newman, "Finding Nemo"
James Horner, "House of Sand & Fog"
Howard Shore, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Into the West", "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - Music & Lyrics by Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox

"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow", "A Mighty Wind" - Music & Lyrics by Michael McKean & Annette O'Toole

"The Triplets of Belleville", "The Triplets of Belleville" - Music by Benoit Charset, Lyrics by Sylvain Chomet

"Scarlet Tide", "Cold Mountain" - Music & Lyrics by Tbone Burnett & Elvis Costello

"You Will Be My One True Love", "Cold Mountain" - Music & Lyrics by Sting

I just finished watching the series again, and it blows my mind how friggin incredible the series is. So I made a thread about it.

So let's discuss what is by far the greatest anime ever concieved, the incredible show and the incredible music.

Now!

Err, Tales... :)

http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=6038

First up, the new clone trooper!

And no they don't always wear those visors.

Which games (Nintendo systems for this thread) do you want to see made? Think sequels, ports, or compilations. And don't list games that have been confirmed to be in development(like the WW sequel, Mario 128, etc.). Here's my list, in no particular order:

Gamecube:

-3D Fire Emblem
-3D Advance Wars
-2.5D Sonic game
-A 3D Mega Man game done right
-another F-Zero
-a Pokemon RPG


Gameboy Advance:

-Mario RPG port with the All-Stars version of Mario 1 included (this could be Mario Advance 5)
-Super Metroid port
-Metroid II remake ala Zero Mission
-Fire Emblem compilation featuring every single pre-GBA FE game
-Fire Emblem: Sword of the Seals (the first GBA FE, the one that we didn't get)
-another Castlevania
-Castlevania compilation, with all of the pre-PSX games (or including the PSX game if they can port it)
-an original Mario game, a real sequel to Mario World
-the Earthbound 1&2 cart brought over here


N5:

-Zelda remake compilation, kinda like Mario All-Stars. It would include every Nintendo Zelda game ever made, with updates graphics. Since there are so many Zeldas, splitting them up into seperate volumes would be alright. Maybe vol. 1 would have remakes of Zelda 1-4, vol. 2 would be the GBA Zeldas, and vol. 3 would be the 3D Zeldas (the N64 games would need a pretty nice upgrade). I put this on the N5 list since I don't expect to see such a compilation disc in the near future.

I'm really looking forward to getting the rest of the NJO books... there are just four or five more for me, and all the books in the series are out... it's just down to me getting them... first I'll backtrack and get Destiny's Way though, then move to part three of the last multipart series and on to the last few books... kind of sad, that it's almost over, but at least it's not the end of the Star Wars books. I wonder what they can do now though... there's only so many excuses for war you can find, and Star Wars in a time of peace would be boring for many (I would like it, I'm sure, but it would be different...)... they had to bring in the Vong to get away from too many ex-Imperial warlords and super Imperial death stations... what now? More superweapons?

It's about damn time it got its own forum! I have a cool leaked marketing video with some cool Episode III footage if anyone's interested...

and here's some cool Ep 3 artwork! Try and guess what it is. ;)