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I'm usually ok with the odd assumption here and there when things are realistically probable, but when things make so little sense one ends up with assumptions upon assumptions. It is like a rabbit...

I expect that in this case the Klingons let the Captain go and that the prisoner that escaped with him is in fact a Klingon spy. The problem is that there many holes in such a plan that relies on...

I'm in two minds about this show.

On the one hand, I like the premise of having a war time setting and a darker tone. It should make for interesting situations where the ideals of Star Fleets are...

Congratulations for achieving your PhD.

I can only imagine how hard it is for a historian to get reliable information when the subject matter is so politically charged. I have heard arguments from...

Well said, I believe that this is the biggest problem with fantasy on TV and Film. It also affects Sci Fi and historical genres albeit to a lesser extent.
I hope you will concede that realism and...

This is how I thought it would work and agree that it would have been a much better option.

The same thing that I have wanted from the last three total war games (Shogun, Rome II and Warhammer) but didn't get: Slower more strategic battles with more realistic mechanics. This or at least an...

If we have learned anything from the past few years regarding elections, it is that we can't trust the polls. What we can't be sure about is exactly what the nature of the swing is. Is it simply a...

While I don't think this is anywhere near as bad as RTW2 at release, the AI definitely needs fixing to make the game worth it. If you watching the AI attempt to wage war late game is just...

This is my point. You have linked many Wikipedia articles and if you follow up the references, they are nearly all media articles. Now there is nothing wrong with doing that to get one point of view...

I fear that you might be right, voices such as yours are not diminishing. It is not the question of reunification that I find worrying; that is for the people of Northern Ireland to decide. What I...

Do you not read this back to yourself and see the problems with it? One does not have to be right wing or women hating to be sceptical about some of the wage gap claims. By phrasing it in such a way,...

It is indeed complex and it is a shame that both sides of the discussion are so entrenched that reasonable debate just doesn't happen. I can see no way forwards on this either because it is just too...

Not meaning to but a downer on this thread, but at this point I am just hoping that the books don't follow the same plot line that the TV show has gone in. Its a shame because most of the characters...

Sorry to jump back a bit in this thread.... but I finally got round to watching this through. Yeah I found the voice annoying to start with too but after a while I got used to it. Anyway content wise...

Don't get me wrong, I think you are absolutely right in that the next film will be about some sort of set back or failure of the heroes. I just don't think it will be because of any character flaw....

I think the point of Vader bringing balance to the force was that the force had become skewed in favour of the light side. The Jedi (or most of them) didn't understand this and thought that balance...

The weird thing is that when I watched it at the cinema, I thought it was an ok movie. Not great, but not so bad; maybe a 6 or 7 out of ten. Then over time all the niggling things that just didn't...

Thanks for your reply and my apologies for my spelling mistake.

To give you credit, you did mention in a few words that the British empire did have some positive effects (the OP did not). So...

I have to admit that I'm not sure if this is a serious thread or an attempt to look edgy and wind people up. Assuming it is serious and the OP and several other do hold this position, I would like to...

Don't discard someone's opinions just because you disagree with them. I also don't agree with the scores but that doesn't make his opinions invalid. It worries me how quickly we close our minds to...

The MTW2 siege AI did have a few holes in it that were exploitable but over all it worked well (I would say the best of the series given the siege mechanics). The attacking army would use siege...

Really good thought provoking OP, here is my take on it.

First of all we will all have different idea for the scores of the previous titles. I started with the first MTW but my favourite of the...

This is why we can't have good things.

The sieges in Rome I had some issues, but the ladders in that worked really well. It is sad to see how we justify the backwards steps in our minds even to...

There are many reasons that could be listed for GB doing so well at the Olympics. These could include better sport facilities, better organisation of the governing bodies, better social incentives to...

I have to admit I'm not too keen on the WW I setting for Wonder Women. I can't 100% place my figure on it but I suspect it has to do with it not respecting the gravity of the theatre. Millions of...

Glad someone else necroed this so I can make a point (although I don't think it was quite dead, just a bit rotty).

Everyone has different tastes and that is fine but for some people, me included,...

Its even better than that. Despite becoming PM, she is still in a tenuous position having never been elected. Her biggest internal threat is Boris who if left to criticise her from the back benches...

It is my belief that one of the reasons there was a leave vote, was because the electorate was fed up with the status quo and centre ground politics. May is very much a status quo politician (as far...

I have to admit, I am a little sceptical about this coverage and think that parts of the media are trying to whip up a storm. Someone saying something racist a year ago would not have been reported,...

The answer to this question is very subjective. I am not a big fan of Cameron (although I did vote for him in the last election), but I do think the question is a little absurd and would make some...

You are right of course, but in the short term the leaders of the EU (and some nations) want to avoid contagion in the EU. That is to say they don't want other countries to leave the EU now that the...

A second Scotland referendum would be interesting but, in my opinion, not as clear cut as one might think at first glance.

Obviously there would not be any question about keeping the pound in that...

I'm not so sure what would happen to UKIP if Britain does leave the EU. Their main objective will have been achieved and that would take away one of the main reasons anyone would have for voting for...

The problem is that a good number of these people have it in their own interest for the UK to remain.

All the living PMs are advocates of the EU and it is part of their legacy
For the current PM,...

The trouble is that the EU is much more than a trade union. This brings assorted benefits and detriments. Reducing the debate down to one side is stupid and the other is right does not do you any...

To be honest I don't have a problem with negative campaigning; if either course of action has detriments then it is more than fair to argue that. The big problem I have is that none of the arguments,...

What bugs me is that I think it could have maintained some semblance of historic accuracy while being a good game. I don't think that such accuracy was ever very high on the developers list of...

I certainly didn't expect it in my first campaign. The timing was terrible since I was weak after sacking a big city and two stacks spawn next to me. They then proceed to follow me round and round...

The lore has only really started to nose-dive in recent years, even before the end times it had been in decline. I think the writers were trying to turn everything up to eleven but in the end, all...