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Why, pray tell, do I get naughty perverted thoughts when I catch the cartoon "Totally Spies" on the Disney Channel?

Bored ka 'no?

Hehehehe Not really. Just giving defrybilating the forum hehehe

Clone Wars... Clone Wars... Clone Wars.... Volume 1 was stupid IMO. Volume 2, a weeeee bit better. Ok, Volume 2 was better in a lot of ways over Vol. 1. I just watched the marathon series at CN (since I missed everything before, thanks to work and school - my, I'm such a dull boy). Observations:

1) The headgear of the clone troopers. Ok, so they got 360-degree protection and even neck protection. But why the hell with the tiny opening for the eyes? Such a small visor, reduces vision (not to mention peripheral). I know I know I know, the Storm Troopers (TM) of Episodes 4,5, and 6 is the reason why the clone troops have such headgear, but really, from a practical POV, the helmets are just plain stupid. I prefer the ones in Starship Troopers, with the big (and presumably bullet resistant) face visor (for lack of a better term) which gives the user better vision (and, as a result, better situational awareness).

2) Some scenes in Clone Wars wherein said troopers use binoculars. BINOCULARS! For crying out loud! Why can't they include zooming features for their visors? Hell, in the "galaxy far far away" that has tech so advance, I'm sure it's not that difficult to incorporate auto-targeting features, zooming feature, and other info (similar to the HUD or better yet the headsets found in the Apache or even the helmet mounted sights of MiG-29 pilots) projected to their visor?

3) Napoleonic Era warfare in the XXXXXXXXXXXX century. Stupid. Haven't they heard of cover-and-concealment? Flanking attacks? Tanks? Recee vehicles? UAVs?

4) Hand signals. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD - HAND SIGNALS! You mean to say that there's no communications link among the individual members of a squad, thereby necessitating the use of handsignals? No f*cking way!

5) There's a scene there where the troopers and bad guys go a jousting. JOUSTING?!? ON FREAKIN' HOVERCYCLES?!? WITH FREAKIN' SPEARS?!?!? Oh how so archaic. And I was supposed to be spoiled by interstellar warfare being quick, brutal, and painless using long range weapons (read: stars being wiped out, destroying whole systems - or a quick acting bio-agent).

6) Light sabres. Ok, so they look cool. But still, LIGHT SABRES?!? SWORDS IN A FUTURISTIC BATTLEFIELD?!?!?

7) Primitive, yet advanced, races. Like the undersea battle where they used animals. I reckon they forgot to build submarines, eh? Actually, it awfully sounds like Greenpeace having laid down the grounds for warfare...

I know, it's just entertainment, cartoons even, but still, can't they make it more realistic? Hell, Blackhawk Down was entertaining, but that was realistic.

Blame it on legal forms. My mind's getting numb doing 'em.

In the news....

42 Cambodian midgets go head-to-head against a single African lion.

Scorecard: Midgets - 0. Lion - 28.

http://www.newturfers.com/mwf/attach/38/35...nRing-Fight.htm

:-)