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| Topic | Maybe X-Men just isn't a great story anymore? Or is it the adaptations' fault? |
| saspa 02/13/18 1:17:12 PM #14 | KronoCloud posted... I think Marvel/Disney could pull off a more streamlined and enjoyable take on the X-Men. Which seems inevitable at this point. Nah. While I don't care for swearing and bloody violence, it was nice to see Wolverine actually use his claws in Logan when they gave it an r rating (similar to the director's cut of the wolverine). Same for little girl wolverine. While r ratings are not necessary to tell a story, it's nice to know that any fictional story is not constrained to try and fit a movie rating at the box office. Similarly, no use in being gratuitous with violence and swearing etc just because you have the rx rating or whatever. It's all about what the story needs without having any impositions. --- |
| Topic | I'm sure Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has 'cool' boss battles and fights. |
| saspa 02/13/18 1:05:06 PM #20 | spikethedevil posted... ScottSweatshirt posted...Brotherhood felt fanfictionish honestly, characters like mei chang or what ever her name was didnt really belong Something I've never quite understood is the mentality that something is automatically good if it follows the source material, even if the source material itself might be pure garbage. It's an utterly ridiculous and bizarre internet-only notion I've noticed. Note, not that I'm calling arakawa's work bad, but just as an example for such an illogical standpoint. A quality of work is good because it's good, irrespective of anything else. --- |
| Topic | I'm sure Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has 'cool' boss battles and fights. |
| saspa 02/13/18 12:53:59 PM #18 | orcus_snake posted... the original had better intors and endings, especially the first fucking ending which is GOAT level. ... who the hell is lee --- |
| Topic | I'm sure Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has 'cool' boss battles and fights. |
| saspa 02/13/18 12:44:28 PM #14 | ScottSweatshirt posted... Brotherhood felt fanfictionish honestly, characters like mei chang or what ever her name was didnt really belong I actually liked the introduction of the new characters like ling and the concept of alchestry, I thought the story was going to change and offer a whole new dynamic. But they don't really do anything with these new elements. They're just these foreigners, these "easterners" who join in the story. We don't get a real sense of scope, especially since we always hear about amestris wanting to expand and is fighting with all other nations. And I find mei annoying because of the giant ball of cliche that she, scar and the other doofus make up. --- |
| Topic | I'm sure Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has 'cool' boss battles and fights. |
| saspa 02/13/18 12:40:54 PM #13 | It's not fair, it's just not fair. --- |
| Topic | I'm sure Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has 'cool' boss battles and fights. |
| saspa 02/13/18 12:20:14 PM #9 | Gawd... rewatching and it really is the greatest anime of all time. I'm tearing up at times, laughing at other times (actual well placed moments of comedy to break up the tension instead of brohood's highly misplaced comedic elements) and sighing in relief or gripping the edge of my chair. Just the opening alone sets the tone for the entire series and I absolutely love it, Al's opening narration. It's 10/10. --- |
| Topic | I'm sure Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has 'cool' boss battles and fights. |
| saspa 02/13/18 11:58:50 AM #8 | And I feel that with most purists, they're just vinegary that the anime handled the concept of the homunculi way better than Arakawa did, especially thematically. The homunculus representing humanity's hubris was a great theme for the show to demonstrate the abuse and over reliance on alchemy, being failed transmutations of humans. --- |
| Topic | Mandatory minigames in JRPG's |
| saspa 02/13/18 11:30:39 AM #8 | How about minigames with a mandatory jrpg lol FF 8 lol. Anyway yeah they're always bad, and are more of a ps1 rpg problem, they're the real offenders. By ps2 that was phased out for the most part. --- |
| Topic | I'm sure Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has 'cool' boss battles and fights. |
| saspa 02/13/18 11:28:56 AM #6 | Don't get me wrong I hate the original's ending, that I won't argue, as it completely negates the entire experience and journey we just witnessed. And I similarly dislike the movie that came after, although I was into the concept of alternate worlds and it being our world. Pretty cool concept, but execution left something to be desired. Not that Brotherhood's overly cloying ending is better, they're both the extremes that are not ideal and an ending somewhere in the middle would be better. --- |
| Topic | Do ice cream shops stay open during winter in cold areas like america, europe... |
| saspa 02/13/18 10:55:52 AM #1 | etc etc? Any area that is actually cold during winter, with or without snow. Just curious since they're open year round in the me --- |
| Topic | Maybe X-Men just isn't a great story anymore? Or is it the adaptations' fault? |
| saspa 02/12/18 11:44:26 PM #12 | Not only is Logan not an X-Men movie, it's not even a comic book movie. It's a dystopian semi post-apocalyptic like setting (not unlike The Road, which Logan heavily reminds me of) that just happens to have people with supernatural powers. And I enjoyed it as its own thing, without paying attention to how it fits in with the others because the awful you-know-which movie made me finally realize they don't really give a crap about continuity or even have a well thought out plan for the series. --- |
| Topic | I'm sure Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has 'cool' boss battles and fights. |
| saspa 02/12/18 2:23:15 PM #1 | But without any heart to the series, it loses a big part of what makes fma so great. The original is a story about the 2 brothers and their journey to reclaim what they've lost, that was the heart of the show. Brotherhood doesn't have that. It doesn't even have interesting villains, which usually make or break a show. That's not to say those fight scenes or boss battles aren't "cool" because if you're into that more power to you, but interest in said scenes is lost when there's no real motivation to care for the characters. The villains are neither compelling, nor entertaining to watch. So the heroes' triumph over them seems hollow and not really earned on a cathartic level. --- |
| Topic | Why is the e in emo pronounced like eel instead of like elephant? |
| saspa 02/12/18 2:07:24 PM #6 | I think that's what I based it on, my growing up with sesame street and by extension elmo (who else remembers the tickle him elmo craze?) --- |
| Topic | Why is the e in emo pronounced like eel instead of like elephant? |
| saspa 02/12/18 2:01:03 PM #1 | Emo as in like when someone is emo. A friend was arguing that it's actually pronounced emo, but I thought that was strange because I've always pronounced it as emo, like electronic, since there's no basis for the ee sound in front of a word (that's not hyphenated like say e-mail) --- |
| Topic | Hideaki Ano (the neon genesis evangelion and shin godzilla guy) was/is depressed |
| saspa 02/12/18 1:56:04 PM #8 | I wonder if he was also depressed when making Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water or if that's even what contributed to his depression. --- |
| Topic | Hideaki Ano (the neon genesis evangelion and shin godzilla guy) was/is depressed |
| saspa 02/12/18 1:50:17 PM #4 | Let me know if you ever find someone who has ever thought that to justify posting that --- |
| Topic | Hideaki Ano (the neon genesis evangelion and shin godzilla guy) was/is depressed |
| saspa 02/12/18 1:31:41 PM #1 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideaki_Anno So even 20-30 years later, the dude is still going through depression and still working? That's impressive. I don't know what Japanese culture is like but I wonder if he seeks ongoing professional help and like, takes time off to relax. I hear they have a very strict culture and high work ethic which can be very draining on a person, I would think. --- |
| Topic | Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to be so bad... |
| saspa 02/11/18 2:50:25 PM #45 | apolloooo posted... Whatever because this game is gonna sell alot because of desperate 20-30 years old like me and probably the rest of us wanting closure Closure? So the closure is there if you ignore the retcons and just kh 2 which has them live happily ever after on destiny islands. --- |
| Topic | Holy shit at this Bond villain death (Live and Let Live spoilers) |
| saspa 02/11/18 2:29:35 PM #32 | au_gold posted... As bad as A View to a Kill is, Ive always been partial to its villain death (spoilers): How can anything with christopher walken be bad though? --- |
| Topic | Seriously though, what the hell IS Scarlet Witch? |
| saspa 02/11/18 11:31:41 AM #32 | |
| Topic | Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to be so bad... |
| saspa 02/10/18 7:30:34 PM #20 | BLAKUboy posted... At least Riku is still pretty cool. He hasn't been cool since chain of memories... I thought kh 2's super long hair of his was stupid but somehow that new haircut he was sporting in one of the videos is even worse, if possible. Which is a shame because like most I loved kh 1 Riku --- |
| Topic | Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to be so bad... |
| saspa 02/10/18 6:34:08 PM #6 | Highwind07 posted... I just felt like the train for my interest in the series as a whole left a while back and I don't know if it is going to come back again. It has been 11 years since KH2 and I didn't play any of the spin offs at all. There is also the age factor to consider, for a number of different reasons. I was already pretty old when kh 2 came out and actually disliked that it was basically fanfic self-inserts of my favorite disney movies/storylines with sora and co inserting themselves into said story. That was over a decade ago so I definitely would not be able to tolerate it now. And yeah it's been so long that any interest died down ages ago. --- |
| Topic | Life as a sex surrogate: A different side to the industry |
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| Topic | Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to be so bad... |
| saspa 02/10/18 6:30:11 PM #1 | I know that goes without saying, but the thing is that even though KH 2 was also really cheesy and had excruciatingly cringey cutscenes, a lot of it was tolerable especially as it was only the second console game of the series. Also the gameplay improvements (hell just simply moving camera control to the right analog stick) just made it super fun, even without the drive forms. I don't know if KH 3 will be as fun gameplay wise, especially if they add literally anything from ddd or the annoying minigames from bbs (which had a bunch of gameplay elements like a cooldown system for magic) or bring back a fan (un)favorite the gummi ship levels. --- |
| Topic | Even with a wired connection, internet is still slow. |
| saspa 02/10/18 4:34:31 PM #8 | |
| Topic | Google can give me some REALLY bizarre search results sometimes... |
| saspa 02/10/18 4:09:50 PM #1 | https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/532803681687986176/hoSur9_r_400x400.jpeg Like, why did this image even show up when I was googling (semi)random words? --- |
| Topic | Even with a wired connection, internet is still slow. |
| saspa 02/10/18 3:21:41 PM #6 | |
| Topic | Even with a wired connection, internet is still slow. |
| saspa 02/10/18 2:57:12 PM #3 | Not to mention really frustrating especially if you're paying for the internet out of pocket. Speed is so inconsistent. The actual router is a wireless internet type that uses cell towers so despite being directly connected to it, it's not like it's a fiber line or even dsl line for relative consistency. I pay $40 a month for what's basically 3mbps when they advertise speeds "up to 50 mbps" and I was thinking I'd get speeds half that at 25 mbps. Hell I'll even settle for a quarter of the advertised speed, rounding down to 10 mbps. But nooo, it's 3 mbps and like a ping of 20 ms on a good day. smbc... --- |
| Topic | Even with a wired connection, internet is still slow. |
| saspa 02/10/18 2:49:15 PM #1 | |
| Topic | Gay guys get along with women really well, but lesbians don't get along with men |
| saspa 02/10/18 2:13:00 PM #1 | |
| Topic | I enjoyed this more than I thought I would have |
| saspa 02/10/18 1:46:22 PM #1 | |
| Topic | Original Batman TAS pilot |
| saspa 02/10/18 1:07:58 PM #8 | Oh yeah I remember this. I liked it then and like it now, but definitely would have set a different tone for the series. I can't remember if this was before or after they decided to draw the show on black paper instead of white. Or whether this was more expensive to make. --- |
| Topic | The NRA versus the MRA. Who win in a fight? |
| saspa 02/10/18 12:46:49 PM #4 | creativerealms posted... The national rifle association versus male rights activists? Oh is that what they stand for? --- |
| Topic | The NRA versus the MRA. Who win in a fight? |
| saspa 02/10/18 12:25:23 PM #1 | |
| Topic | Holy shit at this Bond villain death (Live and Let Live spoilers) |
| saspa 02/10/18 9:00:26 AM #1 |  Like... even the fact that it came out during the blaxploitation era --- |
| Topic | Maybe X-Men just isn't a great story anymore? Or is it the adaptations' fault? |
| saspa 02/10/18 8:45:14 AM #1 | I'm trying to look back at every bit of adaptation of the X-Men, from the cartoons to the movies, and while some I like, and even some I really like (X-2) none of them really strike me as wow, must sees or fantastic. Maybe the whole humans vs mutants thing needs to be dropped because it feels super played out now? Maybe get more into the mystical stuff or general fantasy/mystical/alien stuff like guardians of the galaxy or dr strange does. --- |
| Topic | Does King Kong have anything on you? |
| saspa 02/10/18 8:05:35 AM #1 | |
| Topic | Seriously though, what the hell IS Scarlet Witch? |
| saspa 02/10/18 5:59:15 AM #30 | Chaos energy does seem pretty cheap as far as explanations go. Looking for good clips of sw on x-evo, got any to demonstrate her powers? --- |
| Topic | When the last square of toilet paper comes right off the roll :D |
| saspa 02/10/18 5:29:15 AM #11 | dolomedes posted... saspa posted...I don't know which brand this one was, but I definitely will buy again So many choices, it makes you overwhelmed. --- |
| Topic | Damn, how many bastard children does Magneto have? |
| saspa 02/10/18 5:12:13 AM #15 | |
| Topic | Damn, how many bastard children does Magneto have? |
| saspa 02/10/18 4:47:41 AM #13 | Ricemills posted... saspa posted...The legend says red means offspring though. How did you go from offspring to step brother. At the very least one would have deducted step son using only knowledge of the chart, so... yeah. Quite a logical leap there. I can't find them on the pic, who are they/their significance? --- |
| Topic | Damn, how many bastard children does Magneto have? |
| saspa 02/10/18 4:30:44 AM #11 | The legend says red means offspring though. How did you go from offspring to step brother. At the very least one would have deducted step son using only knowledge of the chart, so... yeah. Quite a logical leap there. --- |
| Topic | Damn, how many bastard children does Magneto have? |
| saspa 02/10/18 4:21:49 AM #9 | KK_the_Slider posted... philsov posted...https://am22.akamaized.net/tms/cnt/uploads/2011/01/xmenfamilytree-labeled.jpeg Not really. What does red dotted line mean? It's not present in the legend key. --- |
| Topic | What would Jurassic World 2 even be about? |
| saspa 02/08/18 3:14:49 PM #12 | |
| Topic | Mexico seems to have some pretty shady stuff going on |
| saspa 02/08/18 2:45:10 PM #1 | There's like, a bunch of stuff, I don't know how to phrase it, but it's like, it's hard to say. --- |
| Topic | What would Jurassic World 2 even be about? |
| saspa 02/08/18 2:28:49 PM #11 | BuckVanHammer posted... They cloned the meteor that originally killed the dinosaurs Lol --- |
| Topic | What would Jurassic World 2 even be about? |
| saspa 02/08/18 2:16:08 PM #10 | Sparksfanboy posted...
Nature finds a way --- |
| Topic | What the hell, I just stumbled on a weird dude who takes photography of weird |
| saspa 02/08/18 2:07:00 PM #1 | |
| Topic | What would Jurassic World 2 even be about? |
| saspa 02/08/18 1:50:03 PM #1 | Are they going to do that storyline they were gonna do 15 years ago for JP 4 where they mix human dna and dinosaur dna to create a horrifying scifi-esque series monster? I actually thought that was going to be the twist in jurassic world as a matter of fact. --- |
| Topic | Damn, how many bastard children does Magneto have? |
| saspa 02/08/18 12:55:41 PM #1 | I thought it was just Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch who were his unrecognized son and daughter, but now I hear he has another daughter called Polaris? Who else? --- |
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