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by General Havoc
Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:07 am
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: So, we are back.
Replies: 2
Views: 11322

Re: So, we are back.

Holy hell, you did it! You beautiful bastards, you did it! You crazy sonofabitch!

I thought everything had been lost, DS. I'm so happy that it was saved somewhere. Thank you so much for resurrecting all this. I'll be sure to back it up this time.
by General Havoc
Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:53 am
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

Re: At the Movies with General Havoc

So let's try and get this rolling again, shall we? The General's Post Summer 2018 Roundup [hr] Ant-Man and the Wasp Alternate Title: ... Better than One. One sentence synopsis: Ant-Man and the Wasp must team up to stop Hank Pym's dangerous technology from falling into the wrong hands. The Verdict: R...
by General Havoc
Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:11 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

Re: At the Movies with General Havoc

The Incredibles 2 Alternate Title: Bird Food One sentence synopsis: The Incredible family struggles to get Superheroes accepted by the populace at large while facing down the threat of the mysterious Screen Slaver. Things Havoc liked: It's hard to imagine the cinematic world that the original Incre...
by General Havoc
Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:47 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado Alternate Title: Once Upon a Time in Mexico One sentence synopsis: Alejandro Gillick and Matt Graver reconvene to start a war between two rival drug cartels by kidnapping the daughter of a cartel leader. Things Havoc liked: The original Sicario, back in 2015, was a truly...
by General Havoc
Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:08 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Alternate Title: That Explains the Laser-Raptors One sentence synopsis: Claire Dearing and Owen Grady attempt to rescue the dinosaurs of Isla Nublar from an impending volcanic eruption. Things Havoc liked: To hell with both haters and critics, I liked Jurassic World, ...
by General Havoc
Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:32 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

Re: At the Movies with General Havoc

Ocean's 8 Alternate Title: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend One sentence synopsis: Danny Ocean's sister recruits a team of female thieves to steal a valuable diamond necklace from the New York Met Gala. Things Havoc liked: I really liked Ocean's Eleven (the Clooney version). I did not like its seq...
by General Havoc
Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:34 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

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Hotel Artemis Alternate Title: Budget John Wick One sentence synopsis: Various characters turn up at a secret hospital for criminals during a massive riot in Los Angeles. Things Havoc liked: I don't see enough of Jodie Foster. She's one of Hollywood's gems, always interesting to watch, choosing int...
by General Havoc
Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:32 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

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Red Sparrow Alternate Title: Trigger Warning One sentence synopsis: A ballet dancer becomes a Russian spy at a specialized training school, before being assigned to uncover the identity of a mole in the Russian intelligence service. Things Havoc liked: The whole point of seeing one movie a week is ...
by General Havoc
Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:07 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

Re: At the Movies with General Havoc

Upgrade Alternate Title: Poor Life Choices One sentence synopsis: A man crippled by the attack which killed his wife seeks an experimental AI-implanted surgery to enable him to seek revenge. Things Havoc liked: I've talked a lot about MAEWISAMBAKEWTHW movies (that stands for Middle-Aged-Everyman-Wh...
by General Havoc
Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:35 pm
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II
Replies: 34
Views: 24532

Re: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II

USS Scylla "That's just it son," said the Admiral, crossing his arms as though they were discussing nothing more pressing than a change of the replicator menu. "To the rest of the captains, I'm no one at all. Those who remember what I did won't speak with me, and those who don't will have bigger pr...
by General Havoc
Sat Jun 09, 2018 12:42 pm
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II
Replies: 34
Views: 24532

Re: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II

When Cretak produced the device, Kalpov hesitated visibly, though not for any fault of Cretak's. A memory of another device that the Romulan Empire had purported to have invented, a dampening field that locked Changelings into their solid form, ran through his mind. Of course if such a device even e...
by General Havoc
Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:59 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

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Solo Alternate Title: Bros Before Hos One sentence synopsis: Han Solo tries to escape a dead-end life of poverty and gutter-running on Corellia by joining up with a crew of thieves and outcasts from across the Galaxy. Things Havoc liked: I was not a big fan of Rogue One, Star Wars' first foray into...
by General Havoc
Thu May 31, 2018 3:45 pm
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II
Replies: 34
Views: 24532

Re: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II

Prophet’s Landing, Borhyas Monastery The glow of the transporter beam faded slowly, as it always did when he was beaming everywhere, part of the extra "precautions" that Ereshal had inserted into the transporter buffers. If anyone else had ever noticed, no word of it had ever reached Kalpov's ears,...
by General Havoc
Mon May 28, 2018 10:44 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

Re: At the Movies with General Havoc

Deadpool 2 Alternate Title: Wait for the End Credits One sentence synopsis: Deadpool must save a mutant boy from being killed by a time-travelling bionic commando named Cable. Things Havoc liked: 2016's Deadpool was a goddamn miracle, even in this era where superhero movies have conquered the world...
by General Havoc
Sun May 27, 2018 12:24 am
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II
Replies: 34
Views: 24532

Re: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II

Prophet's Landing 9 Hours Later The ship was quiet. Not literally, the humming of the systems and the stirring of the bridge crew was the same that it had ever been, but with half the crew on leave below, it simply "felt" different, in that strange, ephemeral manner that ships often could. Kalpov t...
by General Havoc
Sun May 20, 2018 7:11 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

Re: At the Movies with General Havoc

Now that the Infinity War is on hiatus for a while, let's see what else we saw this spring. The General's Post Spring 2018 Roundup, Part 2 [hr] Pacific Rim: Uprising Alternate Title: That's... better ? One sentence synopsis: The son of Stacker Pentacost and a war orphan with her own Jaeger must join...
by General Havoc
Fri May 11, 2018 4:36 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: A (half) Century of Music
Replies: 259
Views: 79435

Re: A (half) Century of Music

2017 Yearly GPA: 1.577 In keeping with the theme of the 2010s, 2017 represents a pretty heavy score-shift away from 2016's lows. Not that the year rocked out or anything, but a series of actually pretty strong songs, even from genres I have little use for, managed to elevate it above the average pi...
by General Havoc
Sat May 05, 2018 11:30 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

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Avengers: Infinity War Alternate Title: Not Fucking Around One sentence synopsis: The Avengers and their allies gather to try and stop Thanos from obtaining all of the Infinity Stones, and slaying half of the universe's life. Things Havoc liked: For eleven years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has b...
by General Havoc
Sat Apr 28, 2018 12:43 am
Forum: The Arts
Topic: At the Movies with General Havoc
Replies: 800
Views: 173285

Re: At the Movies with General Havoc

All right, guys, it's time to get back on the horse. The General's Post Spring 2018 Roundup, Part 1 [hr] 12 Strong Alternate Title: Charge of the God-Mode Brigade One sentence synopsis: A dozen special forces soldiers are inserted into Afghanistan during the first days after 9/11 to help local insur...
by General Havoc
Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:22 pm
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II
Replies: 34
Views: 24532

Re: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II

The response from the planet was immediate. "We will share what we have, Captain, though if the Borg have been evidencing any pattern to their patrols, we have not yet decyphered it. Praises be to the prophets, they have not sought to strike us here in Prophet's Landing. The Prophets have protected ...
by General Havoc
Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II
Replies: 34
Views: 24532

Re: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II

"Badlands border ahead sir, three million kilometers and closing." The Badlands did not end discretely. Sector-sized spacial phenomena never did. But the ferocity and strength of the storms had been dying back progressively for the last two hours, and ahead lay the line that someone at Starfleet car...
by General Havoc
Thu Mar 22, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: Out of Character
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War
Replies: 615
Views: 141534

Re: Star Trek: The Quadratic War

Since i off-handedly brought up this game several days ago, and now it's restarting, i am hereby taking full credit for inspiring Havoc to do so. Guess me and Cynical Cat can write up what transpired during the dinner between Kadon and Ishtar after they met out in the nebula away from the rest of t...
by General Havoc
Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:11 pm
Forum: Out of Character
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War
Replies: 615
Views: 141534

Re: Star Trek: The Quadratic War

We live again, ladies and gentlemen. A new IC thread has been created and the game can recommence. As I've explained to many of you in other circumstances, we're starting about eighteen hours from the end of the last thread, with the Klingons still riding high on their victory, and the fleet more or...
by General Havoc
Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:53 pm
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II
Replies: 34
Views: 24532

Star Trek: The Quadratic War, Volume II

Captain's Personal Log, Supplemental. Stardate 75593.1 "I can't keep doing this." Archivist's Note: This log, likely the first one recorded by Commander Kalpov following the Battle of the Badlands (see Hyrzix et al.), is also the first of the Argonaut logs in which Commander Kalpov refers directly ...
by General Havoc
Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:55 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: Oscar's the VI: The King is Dead, Long Live the King
Replies: 3
Views: 6680

Oscar's the VI: The King is Dead, Long Live the King

Harvey Weinstein is no more, and so we gather once more for... General Havoc's Oscar Liveblog, VOLUME SIX!!! Political Commentary moments: 11 Direct swipes at Donald Trump: 7 Desperate attempts to pretend that Hollywood no longer has a Sexual Harassment problem: 0 Notes: Fallon is really hammering o...