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If this distresses you probably should listen to those warning signs. Sounds like you already knew she was trouble.

Both dub and sub were good. The only bad performance of the English VA was David's mom. Like distractingly bad, though she wasn't helped by how they tried to cram an entire single mom life in Cyberpunk 2077 into a single episode.

There have been numerous studies showing reflexes, muscle mass, bone density, propensity to not get injured, etc. all favor men and to a substantial degree. This is in addition to observable things like world records, sprint times, weight maxes, etc. This is not a debate, men at both peak and average are physically more capable than women.

Women's sports are kept segregated from men's sports not for men, but for women. Men would dominate each and every sport and women would be pushed to the side if they were unsegregated.

I4NRulez posted...

Because there's a black little mermaid there cant be another movie with a black female lead?

It decreases the likelihood of such a creation, yes. I literally give the reasoning for said belief in a part of my post you conveniently cut out. Let me post the whole thing again so you can give it another try.

Many writers and directors openly say that it was the lack of something that encouraged them to pursue what they did in film.

TheShadowViper posted...

I don't really agree that it is worth it. One of those black girls could be right now writing a tale about a black princess, a story that takes some elements from Little Mermaid and their own experience, but isn't The Little Mermaid.

This film has deprived the world of that story.

Often it is the lack of things that creates the incentive to create new things, and when that incentive is lost or bastardized, it becomes less likely to lead to quality change.

I'm a big believer in new characters over the altering of others to artificially fit a different mold. The important part is that the capacity and capability to tell these new stories exists and continues to exist regardless of race or any other dividing force.

Note that I'm not referring to characters like John Stewart (the best Green Lantern) or various versions of Spider-man because they are different characters with the same title.

I don't really agree that it is worth it. One of those black girls could be right now writing a tale about a black princess, a story that takes some elements from Little Mermaid and their own experience, but isn't The Little Mermaid.

This film has deprived the world of that story.

Often it is the lack of things that creates the incentive to create new things, and when that incentive is lost or bastardized, it becomes less likely to lead to quality change.

I'm a big believer in new characters over the altering of others to artificially fit a different mold. The important part is that the capacity and capability to tell these new stories exists and continues to exist regardless of race or any other dividing force.

Sure, some people have become so addicted to the feeling of superiority that it physically hurts when they are humbled.

Tsukasa1891 posted...

I like anime, but I hate it when they spend ten minutes explaining a thirty seconds of action. No one gives a shit how MC's ass pull attack works.

Sure they do, and actually I disagree completely. If they are going to asspull, at least it shows a token effort in explaining it. Better than just throwing bullshit out and believing the audience is stupid enough to not realize the contradictions or stupidity.

What I find irritating is when they do what you are talking about for something completely obvious. Like when a character has two swords they go into a 5 scene of someone explaining the difference between him and a guy with only one sword (hint, it is the extra sword).

Sure. Would we? Maybe. Maybe not.

This question has a lot of variables that would need to be answered to give a more definite answer:

1) What missile defense does US have in the area?
2) What kind of missile is it, does it have some cluster component?
3) What interest does the US have in protecting said county?
4) What are the consequences for shooting down said missile from whoever fired it?
5) What is the cost, both in terms of money and revealing of our technology and its location, going to be?

...and many more.

I find LOTR more interesting in terms of monsters and gods, but ASoIaF is a much better human drama.

One of the weaknesses of LOTR is that Tolkien was uninterested in exploring the human condition in any significant capacity.

ScazarMeltex posted...

o if you want to tell that story you have to either create a new character to act as audience proxy, or you adapt an already existing one.

Please this is more garbage from you. They can't tell the stories from the simarillion because they don't have the rights to it. That is the only reason. Not because they don't have characters to follow, how ridiculous.

And there is an incredibly easy story to tell should they take that route, simply follow the Noldor after Morgoth stole the Silmarillions. Hell, there are hundreds of places they could have started and made a story by following important individuals from literally anywhere from Minas Ithil to Erebor.

Don't give me this "history book" crap. Some of the best stories ever told were originally outlined as histories, including stories like A Song of Ice and Fire. The writers simply can't utilize these histories because they don't have the rights. This is not just a "twisting of the lore" it is straight up fan fiction.

There is little worse than a narrative that is not only not respecting the lore, but is actually bound to avoid it. They should not have made this show covering these events with what they have the rights to, period.

ScazarMeltex posted...

She's specifically mentioned in the Silmarillion

She is specifically mentioned in the Simarillion as a powerful leader, sage, and magician, not a warrior, and that she established her realm with Celeborn (who again doesn't exist in the show) in order to combat evil. She was a leader of a realm not a fucking soldier or wanderer like Aragorn.

Galadriel is not fucking Aragorn, and no text supports what you are talking about, even if we ignore that this version of Galadriel is straight up not following Tolkien's Galadriel with basic shit like the person who she married in the 1st age isn't even there in the 2nd.

Galadriel is more akin to a "good" version of Sauron than this Eoywn/Aragorn remix garbage. I simply don't understand why they didn't make this character a new one given she is a completely different character than actual Galadriel.

Twiroach posted...

Reminder that Tolkien spent his entire life changing and rewriting his own lore

He created the series and made his son the steward of it. The idea that this is comparable to two randoms that a corporate behemoth like Amazon hired to throw something on screen is utterly laughable. They are NOT CLOSE to similar.

Take that garbage argument somewhere else.

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Except a group of Elves (some of the most powerful to ever exist) literally murdered their kin to grab ships good enough to sail to ME. If what you are saying was true, they killed those people to save them some swimming. It is also one of the foundational moments in the entire mythos.

Elves have limitations too. And an ocean sounds like a pretty reasonable one.

scar_the_1 posted... She's one of the oldest and most powerful elves alive by the time of LotR, it's not really unthinkable that she was an action hero during some parts of her pretty sparsely documented life.

Except this is also wrong.

Stop bullshitting. She was literally married to Celeborn (who she is still married to in the third age) and he isn't even in the show. It is not close to accurate and Galadriel is a completely different character more akin to Eowyn than she is Galadriel.

1) High barrier to entry
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2) Establishment of meta (spamming best character/moves leaves some people behind because they either don't know or don't want to play those characters).

3) Poor matchmaking systems result in fewer games with greater disparity in skill, making the matches more akin to beatdowns than fights

4) Shit internet

5) More people are getting into the genre and thus more people are shit at them

6) Terrible hitboxes and/or animations

A combination of some seafood having unique tastes and textures that some people can't tolerate and poor experiences with rotten or poorly prepared/cooked seafood.

This seems beyond useless. People with prostate problems will not be undergoing as much sexual activity as those without those problems. One of the symptoms of prostate cancer is impotence.

It's like trying to argue that 2 cups of coffee a day is the target to be healthy based solely on the fact that a majority of people who drank that amount didn't have the amount of health problems others did.

Doesn't take into account that healthy people are more likely to have jobs or do activities that require focus that is aided by caffeine.

First off, you say production quality like that isn't one of the most significant parts of animation...it is.

Just a few reasons:

1) The world is interesting. Simple concept, but demons and demon slayers will never be a concept that isn't fun.

2) 3 demon slayer protagonists are very different with their own things going on.

3) Art design is absolutely amazing.

4) Voice acting is great

5) Music and its implementation are well done.

6) More than one of the antagonists is quite well done with their powers and personalities well conveyed.

7) Choreography of the fight scenes is second to few if any.

8) The concept of the Hashiras, like the concept of the S class heroes in One Punch Man, offers stakes to the story as these characters are often very interesting and likable - but are in danger of being killed off.

It is simply one of the best animated and directed shows there is - animated or no. It is not anything as deep as say Attack on Titan or even that well written, but what it is trying to do it absolutely does better than pretty much anything else.

And I refuse to believe anyone can watch the concluding fight in the second season and not understand why the show is popular. Are you that dead inside?

This is nothing more than fan fiction. It isn't an adaption, it is completely made up by the two showrunners. They have already straight up admitted this (and in fact are contractually obligated to avoid it being accurate) since they apparently do not have the rights to the Silmarillion and are merely using the appendices of the Lord of the Rings series and the Hobbit...poorly mind you.

So you have a series based on a treasured work that is not only obvious bullshit, but has to be obvious bullshit or they will get sued. You have important characters to the setting completely different (like the already mentioned Galadriel), factions that are explicitly said by Tolkien not to be involved (like Hobbits and their ancestors) explicitly involved, etc.

If a fandom wasn't upset at this abomination they probably aren't actually fans.

Dreamcast was an Xbox 360 before Xbox 360.

Moreover, Xbox 360 at least had an amazing controller. Can't say the same about the Dreamcast....

Accolon posted...

to save 20 cents on gas.

Not even close to the amount we are talking here.

TC you sound ignorant.

DarkRoast posted...

My opinion is that Aliens is a more entertaining film, whereas Alien is a better-directed film.

I could see arguments to that effect that I would agree with. I do think the direction in Aliens is quite good as well though. From the setup in the "hive" to the final confrontation with the Queen, there are numerous scenes where the direction is top notch.

Regardless, you are right in that Alien has aged extremely well - perhaps better than Aliens as it does not rely on as much spectacle.

Extremely expensive to live in Toronto and only get more so.

Honestly think that Aliens is the better movie. But I'm of the opinion that The Thing is simply a better version of Alien.

Punished_Blinx posted...

It isn't. That's the entire point of my post.

There is no explanation that is going to make sense but it doesn't matter. The story isn't about a realistic sci-fi universe.

No, that is not the point of your post. There is a difference between not revealing the size of a universal army and not giving basic logistics of a fight currently in progress on a single planet.

It is all about the stakes and understanding them. Logistics are one way to do that, as long as you don't get carried away too far. You are suggesting that paying attention to these things is ridiculous in a fantasy universe when they are one of the more important elements in making a universe compelling on the micro level.

You do not have a salient point because you are arguing for dumber media.

You say this like it shouldn't be the case. Kids should absolutely be trained in the use of firearms at an early age if purely to avoid accidents of ignorance.

Besides, kids younger than 10 are exposed to guns in media like every hour of the day.

One of the few solid ideas this whack job has and you called her out on it.

Punished_Blinx posted...

How big was the Republic army then? How did Palpatine convince all of them to become fascists with no push back?

Why do you believe that giving this answer is necessary for the story? It absolutely isn't and in fact is better left unanswered.

Clone army wasn't the only forces the Republic had. I don't even know where you got that idea. They were supposedly made specifically to fight in the war with the separatists and were part of the most dangerous fronts (which is why they get the most screentime), but they were not the only forces the Republic possessed and in fact were a small portion of them.

Moreover the point of the clones wasn't to fight a galactic war, it was to fight a war that Palpatine controlled both sides of and eventually kill the Jedi...of which there were far fewer than the clones.

No one likes people who are so clueless that they can't fathom a logically coherent fictional universe that people enjoy. That isn't to say Star Wars fits that description at the moment, as it absolutely does not.

I'm confused, isn't Kraven's entire character that he goes after "dangerous game" and Spider-man ends up on the list? Doesn't he wear pelts on like every single one of his outfits?

I mean you can say that him being a conservationist and going after poachers could work - but so could making an entirely different character which is what that would be.

Zikten posted...

Also Carol Danvers is kind of a massive bitch in the comics, so the casting as someone not that likeable is actually pretty accurate. I think most people who whine about Brie, have never actually read a Carol Danvers comic

Yeah this is a load of bullshit. She is nothing like Carol Danvers in the comics and she doesn't play her like a bitch, she play Danvers as lifeless and dull with an arrogant resting bitch face and that's about it.

Captain Marvel is a terrible character whose only real purpose was to give a better character her powers (Rogue), and Brie Larson still was underwhelming.

It's a character AND Actress problem. A more interested and better actress could have done a lot more with the role than Brie Larson did.

That doesn't sound darker at all. MC overcomes childhood indoctrination and lure of the darkside to join the Jedi.

masterpug53 posted...

The same could have been said about the PT (and rightfully so) around the time TCW came out, which famously took multiple seasons to finally get good (or so I'm told, have no desire to watch it myself).

This is a bunch of garbage. The PT had a strong underlining narrative that was executed pitifully. Time has only let people forgive the fact that they are bad movies because of their great world building. What it added to the franchise exceeds its faults as a whole. The ST doesn't have the positives of the PT to fall back on, and it didn't end on a well received movie like Revenge of the Sith.

Moreover, the comparison is even worse since PT related shit was extremely SUCCESSFUL around the time of the PT. We are talking everything from the EU books to games like Battlefront. Not to mention that the PT inspired the creation of KOTOR (which was released in 2003).

The ST doesn't fucking have that at all. Not close to the same.

There are different types of addiction, and many people have cases that have multiple aspects.

It isn't chemically addictive like some other drugs, but it can be habitually addictive and overused as a coping mechanism.

Doesn't pay enough, she is better off doing shitty movies that feed off her notoriety (people will literally pay to see her get killed in a movie I'm sure).

Her biggest problem going forward is the fact that she is a terrible actress. I'm seen better performances out of Paris Hilton.

BeantownHero posted...

"I, personally, am not racist, but i feel that their message telling racists to fuck off is unnecessary"

weird vibes

It's called poisoning the well. They are attempting to make any questioning of the choice of actress or look as one involving race regardless of the reasoning behind it.

It's the same pathetic tactic they used to excuse their handling of Finn's character that they utterly butchered.

Moreover, just about everyone with a brain knows that this type of call out just invites the trolls. They aren't "showing" anyone, and likely have plenty of poor bastards having to deal with mountains of trolls anxious to stir the pot. This is self defeating and stifles criticism. There is nothing positive about it.

I expect social media and mental illness has a lot to do with it, as well as external factors like inflation, COVID, and general inequality.

OmnimonZwart posted...

well regulated militia = training

Has been established as an individual right by the Supreme Court who are the ones who get to say what those words mean. That isn't gonna change any time soon. Sorry.

Squall28 posted...

WNBA players will trash like 95% of men.

Of men basketball players at highschool or above level? Unlikely.

Also doesn't matter at all since people watch these sports to see the best players, the best players are all male because men - more specifically a subset of men - have the necessary attributes to play at the highest level that females lack. Beating up randoms at a gym ain't gonna change that, nor help the image of the WNBA.

This isn't a conspiracy. WNBA will never measure up to the NBA because the talent is inferior and they have failed to capture an audience in other ways.

Behind the classics in the top 5.

It is a good game, but massively overrated.

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No, not a potato.

However, the international academics at the EHT used a network of observatories globally, including the famed Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array telescope, which work together to form a virtual telescope that is effectively the size of the Earth.

The project captured light bent by the powerful gravity of the black hole, which is four million times more massive than our Sun and 27,000 light years away from Earth.

The point where light disappears from view, dragged in by the black holes gravity, is known as the event horizon.
Data was collected in 2017, but has taken until now to be processed and refined before being ready for publication. Imaging the Milky Ways crux is technically harder than the Messier 87 programme, the scientists said, even though it is much closer to Earth.
The gas around Sagittarius A* moves much quicker than in the Messier 87 galaxy and, as a result, the brightness is constantly changing, making capturing an unobscured image challenging, with experts likening it to trying to take a clear picture of a puppy quickly chasing its tail.

Dr Ziri Younsi, an astronomer from University College London, an EHT collaboration member and co-author on the research papers describing the new findings, said: Our results are the strongest evidence to date that a black hole resides at the centre of our galaxy.
This black hole is the glue that holds the galaxy together. It is key to our understanding of how the Milky Way formed and will evolve in the future.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/supermassive-black-hole-centre-milky-121905912.html

I'd rather they delay it than release another broken mess. At least it shows they are learning SOMETHING from their mistakes, it remains to be seen how much.

Depends entirely on the chemistry. Not every reaction has the same timed catalyst.

What's even more amazing about this is as late as 2020 two physicists (Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez) were awarded the noble prize in physics for studying Sagittarius A* with their results suggesting the only plausible thing the "supermassive compact object" could be was a blackhole.

And here we are just two years later with a picture.

https://twitter.com/ehtelescope/status/1524737908892049408

Most people believe he will eventually complete Winds, it is the series that pretty much no one has faith in him finishing.

Also, the books are completely different than the show. Fucking Book Euron is a sorcerer who is trying to enact some lovecraftian blood ritual to become a god. We are talking completely different threats and characters here.

SwayM posted...

This suggest that time travel has a specific set of rules and isnt some made up bullshit for every single film its ever been a plot device in.

You can have a time travel movie that follows rules and even obeys paradoxes. When a movie breaks its own rules and/or excuses an unrelated story fault as being the result of time travel, that is bad writing.

Bad writing is bad writing, time travel movie or not.

MICHALECOLE posted...

Wait what

Bruce Willis has played an assassin in a number of movies and been involved in time travel movies as well, one where he meets a younger version of himself (The Kid).

Questionmarktarius posted...

12 Monkeys, and some other Bruce Willis timeloop movie I've forgotten.

You are almost certainly thinking of The Kid.

Looper isn't a particularly well written movie, but it does show that when Rian Johnson doesn't have to follow any rules or can just blame every story fault on "time travel" he can make a relatively enjoyable movie.

All of its accolades are well deserved. Definitely recommend Supergiant's other games as well, like Transistor, Pyre, and Bastion. All have a little different thing going for them.

ZannoL posted... Do you think there will be a sequel?

Unlikely given Supergiant's history. They have had many well received games that did not get a sequel.

Frankly I'd be happy if they kept up their insane track record in regards to quality.

Though no entry had the reception that Hades did, so perhaps there is still hope there. I don't really see a need for a sequel given how complete the game is, but I wouldn't mind one either.