Okay - just to be up-front on this. My intent here is NOT politics or a political discussion. But because it's humor directed at politicians in general, I felt it safer to post it here than in general discussion, okay? My intent here is entirely and solely to amuse you. Nothing else. Big smilies all around etc. ^_^

(Oh - and it's a day late for April Fools, so I don't think this is a hoax. But still - caveat emptor and all that.)

So - 

From a post at Hot Air:  

Quote:We're in an era where television executives take the day-to-day lives of exterminators, meter maids, and people with irritating mother-in-laws and turn them into reality TV. In other words, people are so starved for entertainment that they'll watch just about ANYTHING. What if, my friends, we had something as amazing as this on the boob tube here in the states? The ratings would be ASTRONOMICAL.

Quote:In a stunning upset, Liberal MP Justin Trudeau brawled his way to a third-round TKO victory over Conservative Sen. Patrick Brazeau. The referee stopped the fight in third and final round.

... It was an astonishing turn of events, which followed weeks of speculation that Trudeau would not only be beaten, but injured. Brazeau was a three-to-one favourite to win. He has a background in martial arts and formerly served as a reservist in the Canadian Forces.

... As of Saturday night, the event had raised more than $230,000 for the cancer foundation -- $30,000 of that raised by the fighters themselves.

Politician vs. Politician -- in the ring! The possibilities are ENDLESS.

Who wouldn't pay good money to see Bill O'Reilly slug it out with Keith Olbermann? How about Norm Coleman vs. Al Franken? Todd Palin vs. Levi Johnston? We could even break it into teams like it's done with the ultimate fighter. Imagine Team Tea Party vs. Team Occupier. What's not to love?

It's such a genius idea because it combines two things Americans love: senseless violence and complete unpredictability. Just imagine it: Heath Shuler is trained by a professional boxer and signs up to fight Allen West, who's being trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by the Gracie family. You think American Idol could stand up to that? Then think again, my friend, think again!

http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news ... -_4112.php

So, as you all know, today is April Fools Day, and websites across the 'net are celebrating.
What's your favorite?
I'm enjoying xkcd, which apparently changes depending on a number of factors described on this reddit page.
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"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

Because I've been on an archive binge of Atop the Fourth Wall recently, and there are a couple of factions with little done with them:



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Cooking is great--it's a socially acceptable excuse
to play with knives and fire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grDacobS ... re=related
This is a laugh riot.
Doug(Looney Toons) would probably respect that boy for threating the silver-haired girl with a fork, considering who she is.

Sometime on the 9th, the first episode will be released
http://www.crunchyroll.com/search?q=Nyaruani
Will be the site streaming it to us.  They have the first two flash series already up and will be bringing the cel anime to us soon
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... n-tv-anime
Has more information.
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Copied from Mass Effect thread:

Quote:I propose a new term for what Bioware has done: Fandom Gank. Where the creators of a property attempt a twist ending that, instead of fascinating and inciting discussion that enhances replay/rerun/etc value, alienates a large portion of their fanbase and creates negative buzz that has serious negative effects, if not killing off the property entirely for a while.

Last Edited By: ClassicDrogn 03/30/12 08:12 AM. Edited 3 times.

Logan Darklighter #124 [-]
(03/30/12 10:43 AM)
Fandom Gank.

Yeah. That sounds like a new trope to add to the list at TV Tropes. And Mass Effect could be the trope namer.

Bob Schroeck #125 [-]
(03/30/12 06:54 PM)

eah. That sounds like a new trope to add to the list at TV Tropes.

I was just thinking the same thing. If you don't do it, Drogn, I just might.

ClassicDrogn #126 [-]
(03/31/12 02:09 PM)


Go ahead if you like, I'm not hep to all this wicky-wack jive you kids are into these days. For another possible example, Batman & Robin: there wasn't another Batman movie for, what, a decade after that? Long enough for the next age group of fans who love the comics but didn't remember the freaky neon-lit stinkeroo most noteable for the long shots of Poison Ivy's tightly-wrapped goods.

- CD

Logan Darklighter #127 [-]
(03/31/12 02:40 PM)

Well...

I think Batman and Robin cannot be put in the same category. But your example does point out something. That if we were to make this category, it needs to be defined more tightly.

B&R was simply BAD. From beginning to end. A total and complete stinkfest. The Plan 9 from Outer Space of the modern superhero movies. (Others have been as bad - some people might point out Halle Berry's Catwoman or Elektra. But those movies didn't kill existing franchises dead.)

Mass Effect 3 is, from all accounts (and what little footage aside from the ending I've seen) an incredibly GOOD Game and story. It follows two other installments that were just as good. Absolutely no one is arguing that the whole game is bad.

It is ONLY in the last 10 minutes that it fails. ONLY the last 10 minutes that feels "tacked on" and not even part of the same narrative. And it is ONLY in the last 10 minutes that the fans/players feel so ultimately betrayed.

So - are there any other examples of movies, books, tv series, or animation where this sort of thing has happened? Perhaps if we have those examples, we can make comparisons and see what common elements this potential new trope has? To reiterate - this is any story in any medium where it is incredibly good right until the end and then takes a sharp left turn into suckage. (Perhaps so bad that you want to throw the book/tape/DVD/Controller across the room.)

BTW - I strongly recommend if we're going to start up a discussion about making a new trope, that it branch off into it's own thread. Or perhaps migrate the discussion to the actual TV Tropes site?

Old thread's at 300 posts, so...

Previous Installments:

• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/1285]Crossovers That Should Not Be, Take 2 (which begins with "Because I can't find the original thread.")
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/1145]Crossovers That Should Not Be 3, Son of Crossovers!
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/1133]Crossovers that Should Not Be 4: Son of Crossover's Bride
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/4506]Crossovers that should not be V: Welcome to the Damnation...
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/5326]Crossovers that Should not be: Welcome to the next level (a "forking" with less than a dozen posts)
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/5329]Crossovers That should not be VI: The House that never should have been build
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/5979]Crossovers That Should Not Be: The Academy
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/6373]Crossovers That Should Not Be: Probability Revoked on Account of Reign
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/6878]Crossovers That Should Not Be: Reigning in (the) Chaos
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/7421]Crossovers That Should Not Be: Strange Attractors
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/7958]Crossovers That Should Not Be: Addition Wars
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/8293]Crossovers That Should Not Be: The Fandom Menace
  
• http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/8632]Crossovers That Should Not Be XIII: The Horrors, The Horrors...
  

So, a few weeks ago I emailed my locally elected representative, outlining my concerns about an upcoming statutory instrument. Cut a long story short, it was a copyright instrument. At the time, I expected it to dissapear into the void, like so many job applications.

But.

I actually received a response today.

My concerns, admittedly likely shared with a number of people in the constituency, were raised in the Dáil as a question put to the Minister, and my TD received a written reply that was informative and contained a lot of relevant information.

And so. I was surprised. And rather pleased, actually. The whole democracy thing actually worked for once.
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And the musical world has lost another light.
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Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

Just because us Mass Effect fans need a bit of a break from all the doom and gloom, I present --

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PROCEDURE!!!