believe victims

Also your status is still from Wally and your profile is still from Octodad...

The status is going to be difficult to change, considering anything I post that's in-character for Dina is likely to also be in-character for me as a person.

I see the 'last auto saved: ##:##:##' thing all the time. Except I can never find whatever you click to find what has been saved.

You click the words "last autosaved" im pretty sure

toa phantoka/mistika > toa nuva: Well duh, the Nuva were ugly.

>implying the phantoka/mistika weren't ugly

get out

this is why i play on filthy casual mode

•Entries must consist entirely of LEGO, Duplo, Megablocks, or other LEGO-compatible plastic bricks and related pieces.

 

WHAAA.

Well, I said they had some weird rules.

The contest seems fun, but I still have no idea what I'm supposed to built and the prizes seem relatively mediocre

Yeah, the prizes aren't the best; I'm mostly just interested in entering to see how I fare against local talent.

I think it's just a free-for-all in terms of what you build. One would think they'd at least specify something science-y, but I guess not.

...how have you been a member of this site for a shorter time than I have? for some reason I've always assumed you were here for at least as long as I've been.

im wally. i would post in this entry for a copper mask of victory.

Pretty sure Lime Paradox took this name waaaaaaaaay before you did.

 

Just to, you know, let you know. xP

It wasn't Lime Paradox, it was me. I can understand the confusion, though, considering both of us worked extensively on the same artistic endeavor.

As for the name change, I will warn you there was a reason I left this name; I hope it doesn't befall you.

Besides its lack of resemblance to the original, other aspects of it I hate are the unnecessary over-detailing of the face (I was so over with overdetailed masks by the end of the original run) and the fact that the air intakes really interrupt the silhouette of the mask, further decreasing its ability to resemble the Miru, and giving it a wonky shape in general. Easily the worst of the masks. (The best are probably Kopaka's and Onua's. They are easily recognizable as the original mask, even without being exact copies.)

Well, this entry wasn't made to change anything. This entry was made to mock the most illogical, mule-headed, and immobile of Jurassic Park fans. I've already acknowledged that they will refuse to budge and so instead I seek to show how ridiculous their views truly are.

Sometimes, I like to make a post about dinosaur things not just for the sake of educating people, but to vent, or to get a point across I feel people on this site still haven't grasped (for example, people who still don't get why I'm so passionate about this). It's just nice to talk about things you're passionate about, you know?

 

 

Clearly the new Jurassic World film will be used in colleges as an educational film. It's not like the film is a hack cashgrab that is totally not just the first film but now with MORE PEOPLE. It's not like you can tell people they're wrong about dinosaurs and point them towards better resources. But seriously, don't you think you're taking this a bit far? Like you're treating like the world will end if someone doesn't know dinosaurs had feathers.

 

All this entry is saying is that, in my eyes, believing JP dinosaurs to be "true" dinosaurs is like saying Waterhouse Hawkins sculptures are real dinosaurs, and preferring them just as foolish.

 

You added all that extra stuff yourself. You're inferring way too much from this entry.

 

I was coming from the standpoint of the past three or four entries. Where you talked about how it was a bad thing the new (totally not a cashgrab) Jurassic park film didn't get the dinosaurs right and people would never learn the true facts about dinosaurs (specifically feathers). Perhaps I did infer everything else and over thought it. But my point is anyone who gets their dinosaur information from a movie like Jurassic Park and thinks its 100% accurate is an idiot. I honestly don't think anyone is gonna treat this as anything other than a dumb summer blockbuster (that will probably suck). If they don't and treat it as their go to info for dinosaurs, then let them be idiots. I just find this yapping about "muh accuracy" to be pointless because you really haven't accomplished anything. All I'm saying.

 

People assume all kinds of things they see in films are correct, and they're not necessarily all idiots, which seems to be your go-to argument for anyone who is in any way influenced by the media they take in, which leads me to believe you have a very odd definition of "idiot" that is pretty much equivalent to "human". Why you think no steps should be taken to address this is still not well-explained, and from my perspective mind-boggling.

I think starting a conversation about these inaccuracies is the first step towards educating people as to what dinosaurs were really like, which seems to be what people like you who want me to shut up are saying is the solution, so I don't understand why you want me to shut up when I'm actually educating people just like you think I should do? Seems kind of contradictory to me.

Infantilizing people with that idiotic "muh _____" 4chan meme is possibly the biggest turnoff for any sort of actual argument because it shows a complete disrespect for the other person and their views. If you expect me to take your words with any kind of respect and seriousness, don't address me like that. It's certainly not going to get me to stop talking about things I'm passionate about.

But Jurassic World wasn't the point of this entry. The point of this entry was to mock people who act like there is still any kind of scientific basis or argument behind old, inaccurate dinosaur depictions by comparing their views to even older, even more inaccurate dinosaur depictions. Aren't those people silly? I like to laugh at them.

Clearly the new Jurassic World film will be used in colleges as an educational film. It's not like the film is a hack cashgrab that is totally not just the first film but now with MORE PEOPLE. It's not like you can tell people they're wrong about dinosaurs and point them towards better resources. But seriously, don't you think you're taking this a bit far? Like you're treating like the world will end if someone doesn't know dinosaurs had feathers.

All this entry is saying is that, in my eyes, believing JP dinosaurs to be "true" dinosaurs is like saying Waterhouse Hawkins sculptures are real dinosaurs, and preferring them just as foolish.

You added all that extra stuff yourself. You're inferring way too much from this entry.

I'd ask why you have a personal hatred of buzzsaws but I'm not sure any answer could really measure up to the various possibilities my crazy mind can concoct.

It's actually disappointingly simple; I lost a finger to a saw with a blade like LEGO's buzzsaw piece so it honestly makes me kind of uncomfortable, especially when spinning. The obvious answer here is to not buy the buzzsaw piece, but I had to get PoI alongside Kopaka for completion's sake.

I am not bothered by the chunky torsos and lanky limbs of the Protector of Water and Protector of Jungle. Truth be told I think the resulting look is kind of cute and amusing. Like Robotnik/Eggman from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

There's a few differences, I feel. Eggman's build is defined by the round egg shape of his body in contrast to his really thin limbs. The Protector's limbs aren't as universally thin as Eggman's, so the difference doesn't play out as well, and their bodies, rather than being round as this body type usually is, are more like a rectangular prism. It really doesn't give that feeling at all to me; instead, I feel like I'm looking at Rob Liefield designing an action figure.

Question. If she's in space, why does she have a bedroll?

 

(also i would love to harass you into letting me join but afaik you guys play at a time i always have work so >:I)

there are planets in space ya doof. wheres she gonna sleep there? her cozy bedroll, that's where.

also considering grizzlyhills always seems eager for new people i doubt it'd take much harassment to get in the time is saturdays at 3 EST so yeah if thats bad for you that's a shame :/

I think if Hollywood truly wanted to have an honest go at presenting scary feathered dinosaurs, they could definitely make it happen. Therefore, the issue is in them not wanting to actually attempt that, and the reasoning for that is most people (like yourself) have already made up their minds that feathered dinosaurs could never be scary, and as I said, that is, for most people, rooted in nostalgia for the first movie, and the idea that any change from that is terrible. (Just look at the backlash JPIII received for daring to make small modifications to the raptor designs, and for daring to present another dinosaur as stronger than Tyrannosaurus!)

Your argument is rooted entirely in subjective opinion, actually; whether it stands or not is in the eye of who reads it. You personally being rooted in the idea that feathered dinosaurs could not be scary is not definitive proof that they cannot be scary to a majority of people.

skull scorpion is op please nerf

Well, yeah, the Jurassic Park movies have always been monster movies.. And monster movies are supposed to be scary. It's kind of hard to accomplish that when the creatures chasing and eating the humans look like overgrown chickens.

I'm not going to say feathered dinosaurs definitely looked cool/scary/whatever because that just feeds into the problem but i will say that "overgrown *bird name*" is a complaint so old, so lazy, and so stupid, that even the original Jurassic Park made fun of it.

Most likely answer—the focus groups identified better with human characters than they did with aliens.

 

A lot of people might cry racism but frankly xenophobia is instinctive to a certain degree—the human mind is programmed to recognize other humans as being "like them", and identifying with nonhuman characters is a learned trait (one of the reasons why a great deal of pop sci-fi, INCLUDING Space Police, tends to anthropomorphize sentient alien species in one way or another). And while on a purely allegorical level the lesson that sentient species deserve equality regardless of their origins and appearances might be an important one, for a toy company maximizing sales ultimately takes priority over teaching kids not to discriminate against non-existent alien species.

On the one hand, I get what you're saying, but on the other, I think it's important for people who produce media to think about the kind of messages they send out. The message Space Police sends out isn't just about discriminating against literal aliens, but about discriminating against differences. It's similar to the unfortunate implications of Redwall having the "vermin" races being almost purely evil (and those that weren't were presented as it being in spite of being "vermin", with their species still being a negative aspect.) It's important to be aware of what message you send, whether intentionally or otherwise.

original entry name donut steel

i wanted the torso armor but nowhere near as much as i wanted the heads

make sure to catch some gnarly waves bruh

youre gonna run into a bit of trouble at some point. the xkcd What If? book details the effects but suffice to say there are some elements you should not collect unless you want to experience the effects of intense radiation.

here's your funny bionicle meme