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I actually quit smoking last week too. At least, tobacco cigarettes. I finally got an e-cig mod and haven't had the urge to smoke a regular cig at all this past week. When I've been around people who smoke, it smells disgusting, which is such a great feeling honestly. The only thing is that now I'm kind of hooked on the e-cig instead, but honestly my use of that each day has gone down little by little as well (I was taking about 80-100 puffs a day, now I'm down to maybe 60). Keep it up, congrats thus far, just think everytime you don't have a cig as a huge moment (and that's only coming from someone who smoked for 6 years)! You tha' man

All of these superhero movies just sound like projects to make money and nothing else (and I've seen my fair share of them... even the plot lines are the exact same in terms of how it progresses in each movie... just new characters). Nearly everything in that category are remakes, or movies based upon books as well. In general, there are no original ideas that are making millions and hitting the boxoffice (the only one that did make it to that status tanking financially, Tomorrowland). What I'm attempting to pose is that changing up things such as race, socio-economic status, hell even the country (however, that'd be tough, since making them something other than a good ol' 'Merican would be nearly impossible to sell, unless he was "national-less") would provide at least somewhat of an original and new idea. Recycling the same story, and essentially the same exact character is easy and, quite frankly, sad. It shows a lack of creativity. Not for the sake of creativity, but for the sake of novelty, progression and seeing how this character would play out as a different person. I'm not huge into the comic book scene, but as far as I could tell, I enjoyed seeing the Green Lantern being played by different folks from different worlds, or from different parts of Earth. Why can't Superman, Batman, Spiderman, (etc) be something else than a white heterosexual male? I understand where you're coming from when you say they have an image, and a story, but to be honest all I think that says is that people know it so well and that's what they're gonna buy. It's the same in the music industry. Certain things sell, regardless of their artistic merit (or lackthereof) and deep storyline. What I'm saying basically is take a hit to the bank account and create something new. Or don't, because hey, those solidified codes of identity are money makers.

Hahah this is great. ET Vine channel? Letzago

I think this is an interesting look at the effect of licensing and creative liberties. Of course in order to allow production of this character things have to be agreed to. Yet I think it's a little ridiculous that he has to be white and straight. It would be a nice turn on the character if he came from a different background, socio-economically and of different race. That kind of shit is interesting. For example, having Batman always being portrayed as this rich playboy is old. It makes sense, however, because he has ridiculous (unreal) technology in order to fight the baddies. And coming back to Spiderman, I think having him portrayed as something different that the white kid nice-guy fedora-territory little kid is getting old. At least for me. Weak honkey gets powers and a foxy redhead. Does that not get old? Then again I'm not raking in the millions from the box-office.

Hey I got you're attention I hope with that kind of a claim! As we all know "the best" is debatable, but Thundercat is one of the best on the scene of virtuoso bass players. He released a new mini-LP out of nowhere yesterday, and I thought I'd share the spotify streaming link to it. Anyone else here a big Thundercat fan? Personally this release is like a musical c-tease (because damnit it's really great, but only 16 minutes). https://play.spotify.com/album/7vgnnPWflv8g0vQYOberLn

Real Life! First name: Seth Any sort of Nickname?: Sloth Age: 23 What country are you from?: USA Are you a Parent?: Nope! How many siblings do you have?: 7 (3 brothers, 3 half-brothers, 1 half-sister...) What's your shoe size?: 12 What do you do for a living?: Musician, Odd-jobs, Student [not for long!] Greatest Fear?: Not knowing how to cope with a shitty 'present' Most Exciting thing you've ever done?: Going to Europe [twice] to study piano/ chamber music Most embarrassing thing you've ever done?: Was once a 'nice guy' (haven't we all been one?) First thing you look for in a new friend?: Opinionated enough to be interesting / open-minded enough not to be an intolerable douche-bag Farthest you've been from home?: Czech Republic (I live in Wisconsin/ Midwest US) What brought you to the F|A servers/forum?: Recently got back into ET due to being home for the Summer... stumbled upon a great set of servers! Cat or Dog?: CAT. What are your hobbies?: Music (Performing, Composing, Scholarship... LOTS of Listening), Drawing, E-cig mods (just getting into them...), Reading (Philosophy, Scholarship), Occasionally Gaming at random times in the year What kind of Sports do you like?: Not really into sports too much What's your favorite color?: Red How about your favorite type of music?: Everything. [However you'll mostly catch me listening to: Jazz, Hip-Hop & Neo-Soul, Contemporary Classical Music, EDM/ Electronic] Favorite Song?: Hmm What's your favorite TV show?: Typically Anime, however I dig stuff like Mad Men, sure why not What kind of movies do you like?: Psychological (philosophical, thriller, anime) Favorite Movie?: Sort of going through a change in tastes; I've been exposed to more "arthouse" stuff recently Favorite Book?: Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir What do you like most about yourself?: How I've been able to change myself and soak up many different mindsets during the last few years of my life (~6 years) What do you hate most about yourself?: Not grabbing a hold on my work ethic quite enough these last ~6 years too heh What makes you very happy?: our Human Condition What makes you very sad?: our Human Condition (#so0o0o0odeeep) What's your favorite beverage?: Nice glass of Glenlivet What you're favorite food/snack?: My girlfriend's peanut stirfry... #waytoamansheart #waifu4laifu Favorite actor/Actress?: No clue really. Ryan Gosling is pretty sweet in Drive (last movie I watched) Favorite season? Why?: Spring, because it always feels like a fresh start Favorite subject in school?: Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies Favorite thing to learn about?: Music & Living If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?: Berlin or Paris What are your top three games of all time?: Majora's Mask, JK2/3, THUG2 (Spent HELLA time of my life on that last one...) Besides shooters, what is your favorite genre of gaming?: Cooperative Multiplayer/ Great Community, but nothing can beat a great SP RPG Adventure time thing (...Zelda) Name one game in your collection you'd be embarrassed to tell your friends about: I might still have some F2P anime MMORPG on my PC somewhere dotdotdot How many games do you own?: Lots (50+?) Do you play console?: From time to time, but very rarely What platform do you spend most of your gaming on?: PC What's your favorite internet site (That is not FA ;P): Facebook... you're lying unless you don't have one Other stuff: As mentioned in the subject line, I used to play ET back I'd say almost a decade now I think. Pretty sure I went by the name of Mazeppa or Maze during my hey-day, and the last clan I was in was Total Kontrol (.+k). I've certainly lost most of my jive since then, but I still enjoy playing the game (at least I haven't really rage-quitted within the last couple of days). I came back on due to my being home for the Summer, which is the first time I've really been home for any amount of time since I started college back in 2011. Speaking of which, if you couldn't tell already (or even you've even made it this far) my degree is a BM in Piano Performance with an emphasis in Jazz. Needless to say, I'm big on music (any other music nuts here?). Anyway, hope to see ya'll online! I'm usually playing on the Silent mod server Milchh