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Quoth The Raven; Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> in
<qrh9629gg8sofbqebtlbbj0cnktjm1lvso@4ax.com>
> On Fri, 12 May 2006 12:16:11 +1000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,
> Highlandish wrote:
>
>>Quoth The Raven; Jim Vieira <WhiplashrAT@wiDOT.rrDOT.com> in
>><F6R8g.68099$Tf1.17413@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com>
>>> <gray.wizard@moria.mines> wrote in message
>>> news:7ue662h8eh5m7kgsuim7fk448a5fslsocm@4ax.com...
>>>> It was also rather cool to see River turn out to be a Major
>>>> Bad-Ass(tm).
>>>
>>> Really? I thought that was rather simple and obvious.. I would
>>> rather have seen her end up being some kind of psychic warrior or
>>> something. That's the way the series seemed to be going and seemed
>>> far more interesting to me.  Psychic powers.. reading minds,
>>> telekenisis, etc.
>>>
>>> She's a frail little girl.  I don't care how many martial arts moves
>>> she knows, she's not going to be single handidly kicking ass on
>>> huge, brute men.  That's not to say that no woman can beat any
>>> man.. but
>>> it was said in the movie she's a 90 pound woman.  She simply is
>>> not going to have enough power to seriously hurt anyone big, strong
>>> and with stamina.
>>>
>>> I know women will get all in uproar over my above statement, but
>>> it's true. People don't just get knocked out from a single punch of
>>> kick. Watch some ultimate fighting for example, where guys are
>>> getting pummeled repeatedly and will not submit, let alone get
>>> knocked out cold.   Or boxing... People can take quite a bit of
>>> abuse before they go down.  Many punches (hard) to the head
>>> included.
>>>
>>> Her kicking everyones ass was completely laughable. Most especially
>>> on all the reavers. What a joke.
>>>
>>> But I know many will buy it and defend it because "fake" fighting
>>> has been the norm in the movie industry for decades.  Where people
>>> lay each other out with one solid punch and so forth.  That's not
>>> real at all.  Most people have alot more stamina and can take a
>>> serious beating before they give
>>> up.  Seriously, if anyone doubts this, you haven't seen enough REAL
>>> LIFE fights.  Like at hockey rinks where guys each have one hand
>>> holding the collar of the other guy, and are PUMMELING each other
>>> directly in the
>>> face and nose, like dozens of times, before one of them finally
>>> falls.
>>
>>you do know Bruce lee was skinny and weak looking? his style allowed
>>for small physiques, however those ppl using his style had to be
>>wirery and honed.
>
> Yeah. Remember when he took down Chuck Norris in that movie. Chuck
> just kept coming until he had to kill him, WOW.
>
> You know what happened to Lee in real life? He was in traction for
> months and almost got paralized. It wasn't against Chuck Norris. He
> was fighting for the right to teach martial arts in the US and he
> almost got himself killed. The movie "Dragon" says it was a cheap
> shot to the back, but I doubt it.
>
> Lightweight vs. Heavyweight = dead lightweight, unless he's got the
> drop or superior knowledge on his side. Case closed.

by the way, we know that River was the 3rd outcome of PAX after all the ones 
that lay down and died, Reavers survived and went insane, and River was the 
perfect mutated freak weapon. so she cant be equated to anything in real 
life. i'm surprised that she was the only one of her kind

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