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Mirabel

Nanis23 posted...

I don't understand what the drama is about

A country has a law that says only vaccinated people are allowed currently
Someone (Doesn't matter who the fuck he is, can be the POTUS for all I care) ask to be allowed to get in unvaccinated - denied access
Wow?

The drama is because that wasn't what happened originally.

Instead rich and famous person was given an exception he didnt really qualify for. Then he was denied entry at the last minute. Then a judge said "what more could he have done?" and let him in again. Then it was found out that he lied about even doing the minimum effort he had claimed to have done before coming to Australia.

All while Australian citizens shouted about how he shouldn't have gotten special treatment in the first place and Serbia claimed it was all because Australia was being racist against serbians.

I think he meant the numbers game where people get numbers/wrestlers for the actual royal rumble.

We are planning to adopt so it isnt something I have to think about

Honestly I wouldnt even need a large Powerball. Most my problems would be solved with 500k.

Not all of them but it would solve most of them!

And I suppose I could fund research in to solving my main health issue.

I prefer no trades but I feel like that is less popular.

Aggretsuko and Fruits Basket are great.

MrGreenonion posted...

Especially because nobody knows how to do sound mixing anymore so dialogue is always quiet and mumbly and I really need to be able to turn on subtitles and back things up.

This so much

Jujutsu Kaisen is a good anime with the potential to be great imo

Drop Thor
Add M'Baku

Probably wont get a chance to do more of these until this weekend

Remove my double from Luis and put it on Rocket.

I'm in

Maniac64

Woo! Glad to hear you are enjoying it.

ninkendo posted...

wowowowowowow they show so much stuff

the one thing I was sure they would spoil they didn't.

Good for them for now showing the rooftop standoff

Drax (triple)
Luis
Melinda May
Thor
Iron Man
Bruce Banner
Thanos
Rocket Racoon
Groot
Yondu

Overturned because "what more could he do"

Seriously? How about get a vaccine since he has no legitimate medical reason not to.

Gotta love how Mustadio's picture actually shows him holding a gun.

Haha excellent!

Tifa 5

Tifa 4 (I think)

Haha yeah that would undo the loss of points for the astros intro.

Its extra funny because you still have an Olympian Demigods tag.

Was that the game we used for that? I couldnt remember but that would definitely earn it some bonus points.

I should have realized lol

hombad46 posted...

Just to check since Hb submitted a second nom, when you say

Does that mean once a user's nomination is ranked they can submit a second one, or is it done in groups?

The 2nd one. People submitting again will go after everyone submitting their first.

Update for the new page
Ratings so far:
X-Men the Animated Series = 29
Baccano! = 27
The West Wing = 21
Gravity Falls = 20
Attack On Titan Season 3 opening 1 = 14
Succession (Season 3) = 11
MVP Baseball 2005 = 10
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi = 0

Tifa 4

Some absurdism I can handle. Opening with women shooting lasers out of both sides of their panties for a minute is a rather huge turn off for me.

And most of the other absurdist stuff was just ugly or generally unappealing to me.

Tifa 3

Soft Shell
White rice
Ground Beef
Cheese
Corn salsa
Mild Salsa

Leonhart4 posted...

I also worried that Mabel would be annoying, but she's great.

My wife is a huge scooby doo fan, maybe I will see if she wants to give this a try.

Mac Arrowny posted...

Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBDkRwa5eSc

What the fuck did I just watch.

Song: 3/10. The beat was rocking but the singing was awful. I hated listening to the main male singer and the women weren't much better. Maybe subtitles would have helped so I could have known what the little repeated shout sequence was, but given the rest of it that might have just hurt it. And it felt repetitive overall to boot.

Video: 2/10. I give it two points for the paper cut out styling. But first minute of the video might be the worst things I've ever watched. It got better after that but still not good. And then there was the long apple sequence. I'm sure there are people that would find this funny but I am not one of them. Absurdism is often not my style.

Does it make me want to watch: 0/5. Quite the opposite. If I had set out to watch the show and that opening kicked it off I would stop watching. I would give negative points here if I could.

Maniac Factor: -5. But I can give negative points here! That was bad. And long. But mostly bad. I can safely say I have never hated an opening more.

Total Score 0

I promise that Maniac Factor score wasn't me intentionally making it a 0. If I was starting off with a total score in mind I would have lowered a different score so this could have been a negative. Why did you make me watch this Mac?

Hbthebattle posted...

Gravity Falls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2DUpDxFJyg

Song: 7/10. Its a good song and it fits the show well. Lighthearted but just a touch creepy, honestly I feel like it could have played a bit more into that mystery tone and that would have been even better. But I do immediately recognize it as the Gravity Falls theme despite only seeing a couple of episodes.

Video: 9/10: This video does an excellent job of setting the mood and showing you what you are going to get from this show. Big foot tracks and weird symbols. Mystery and locations that seem perfect for a scary story (especially the last second of the postcard and flashing images). But also very silly characters because this is still a kids cartoon. You definitely get a taste of the location and for the different main characters. It gives a bit of that Scooby Doo vibe of goofy people dealing with mysteries and the supernatural. I love the time passing that they have going in the landscape shots, I feel like you don't see that as much in cartoons as you do in live action. And the hints of all the creepy things around them are great.

Does it make me want to watch: 2/5. It definitely doesn't look like your typical kids cartoon and I love Scooby Doo so I do think about giving it a try with the wife sometime. I've heard good things. Based just on this opening though Mabel really stands out as just being pure silliness and makes me worried I will just find her annoying.

Maniac Score: +2. As you can probably tell at this point I love openings that set a mood and really go together and this one does that.

Total Score: 20

For my own amusement I played the Gravity Falls video with the Succession theme song and that also works well with it, though the video is definitely too silly for that song at points.

Lightning Strikes posted...

Succession (Season 3)

https://youtu.be/G29EyeGzm9w

I actually slightly prefer the season 2 version but the upload cuts off the ending of that so season 3 then.

Song: 4/10. It definitely sets a mood. Kind of creepy, like something at the start of a murder mystery. Which I'm not sure its going for? And man is it forgettable. As in when I started to write this I had to stop and replay the song because in a few seconds I had already forgotten it.

Video: 7/10. I like the old home video style that much of it has, and cutting from that to the modern day scenes was striking. Clearly the show has something to do with politics and a rich family. I found it weird that the only time we cut from the old to the current was one shot at the table where you can't really see anyone clearly except the back of the Dad's head. Like it is avoiding showing the actual cast for some reason except in the old videos. Its also kind of slow with to many random building shots imo. Maybe sky scrapers or the city this is in is important.

Does it make me want to watch: 0/5. Nope, still no desire to watch this show.

Maniac Factor: 0. The song and video come together to give it a creepy vibe, but I don't think this show is supposed to be tense or scary or creepy at all? Like from that opening I would say this is a mystery about the death of a young family years ago, but I'm pretty sure its about the family trying to see who gets to take their Dad's place when he dies. If I'm wrong on that and it the mood really does fit the show let me know and I'll give this a +3 for doing a very good job of getting that across.

Total Score: 11

Tifa 2

Tifa 1

And that will be all for today I think.

Ratings so far:
X-Men the Animated Series = 29
Baccano! = 27
The West Wing = 21
Attack On Titan Season 3 opening 1 = 14
MVP Baseball 2005 = 10

hombad46 posted...

Baccano!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XlXTSPG6ak

Song: 9/10. I love when a song just fits a show. Its unique and fun and upbeat and gets your mind into the right period. And what a great opening hook, those first 9 seconds are perfect. It does get a bit repetitive but that's like the only criticism I can muster.

Video: 10/10. This video is amazing. I love how it uses different objects to flow between characters. Everyone is showing off a bit of personality. I love the pauses with the name plates, kind of reminds me of like Law and Order or something. This opening has Style. Its just a blast to watch and it is so well thought out. Only thing I didn't like is how the animation sometimes feels like its got a low frame rate that makes it a bit choppy, but not enough of an issue to take away a point from this awesome opening video.

Does it make me want to watch it? 5/5. I have watched Baccano! and would love to watch it again. This opening just makes that desire greater. Plus I feel like if this opening was my first exposure to Baccano! I would 100% keep watching.

Maniac Factor: +3. I love how the music and video come together to really just make a perfect opening for the show. This is definitely a case where one makes the other stronger. Plus I really enjoyed Baccano! years ago when I watched it. It loses a point for the fact that now I want to watch it but I can't easily (and legally) do so.

Total Score: 27

I had forgotten just how good Baccano's opening was.

MarkS222222222222222 posted...

X-Men: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAkL2-vh2Sk&feature=emb_title

Song: 10/10. I mean how could it not be, one of the best cartoon opening songs ever. So good, so memorable. I could literally hear the entire song in my head from the moment I saw the link. Its perfect.

Video: 10/10. Love it. Each Xman has their own little opener showing a bit of their powers with a matching background and font. They are so good. All the little action moments they put in are great and the stand off with the Brotherhood at the end is awesome. Even just the beginning with everyone in the ship but the two fliers while they all fly around the logo. Just great. As a kid (and now) this video just gets you excited. The one thing I don't remember from my childhood is the white X flash between each seen being annoying. Maybe its just because I'm watching in a dim room.

Does it make me want to watch it? 4/5. Yes it really does. If I didn't have stuff to do tonight I would probably watch an episode. I'm so excited for the new episodes coming out.

Maniac Factor: +5. Its one of my favorite openings ever. It got me in to Xmen which are one of my favorite comic book franchises and introduced me to personal favorite characters like Nightcrawler, Beast, Storm, Gambit, and Wolverine. I will just always have a bit of bias to the characters and outfits that appeared on this cartoon (except Jubilee).

Total Score: 29

WarThaNemesis2 posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JivPEYjYd20

Song: 9/10. Iconic. Such a perfect song for the show. Just a soft classy little piece of music that perfectly fits the White House setting.

Video: 8/10. I love the style of this opening. Mixing show clips with black and white documentary/history book style photos and clips all over a US flag background. Brilliant. It doesn't show the humor or pace of the show but it works so well and I don't think they were trying to match it to the show as much as set up the White House/This is where history is made setting. It loses a point because the waving flag can be a bit too distracting at times and by the end I wish it waved less or was just a ripple. Also if you aren't already into it like me it would be very boring.

Does it make me want to watch it? 2/5. A little bit. It really brings back some nostalgia and makes me want to watch a few of my favorite episodes. That said I don't think just watching the opening without being a fan would really make anyone want to watch unless they just love the setting.

Maniac Factor: +2. I'm a fan of the show and its from an early season which were the best. This was a show I would watch with my family which was always fun.

Total Score: 21

Mega Mana posted...

MVP Baseball 2005
https://youtu.be/TUr8kT2o3jA

Sometimes you wanna make a ranker chase your nostalgia, that's exactly what you saw right there

Song: 8/10. That's a pretty hype song for a game opener. Definitely gets you in the right mood. Not a huge fan of the singer but its got a great beat.

Video: 5/10. I mean it looks like an early 2000s MLB game. The hook with the Red Sox big win is smart, to bad I'm not a Red Sox fan. Everything looks good for the time, though there is a weird amount of time spent showing manager animations, who cares about that? Showing the minigames was a great idea.

Does it make me want to play it? 1/5. Its got some interesting looking minigames shown, but I feel like the pitching mini game could be annoying, and they don't really show what is going on with all the arrow pads? I assume they launch your ball farther to make HRs easier? Interesting quick on a derby minigame, and points for hitting objects. But no I really don't want to go play an old MLB game.

Maniac Factor: -4. I hated the Astros before it was cool. When they were in the NL Central they were my most hated team. So opening with 10 seconds of Berkman is a big turn off.

Total Score: 10

I think I have casual spoilers on a lot of stuff and dont currently plan to ever watch it.

Such as:
various deaths
The main guy bites himself to become a Titan
there is a Titan in the basement
Titans were normal people I think?

Am I safe to watch it?

Snake5555555555 posted...

Attack on Titan - Season 3, Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swwUoExDIng

I should probably say first off that I have never watched AoT.

Song: 8/10. It's a nice soft sad little song. I was definitely expecting something more exciting and fast paced for AoT but this opening was clearly sending a message about the characters instead of trying to make me hype. The singer was good as was the music. The lyrics were dark which seems fitting. Overall a good song

Video: 7/10. This was very pretty but very slow. It feels like the opening for a slice of life drama. This is where me not watching definitely hurts it. I'm sure this would be much more meaningful and/or emotional if I knew the characters. Overall it tells a nice little story of some happy kids that are still together but have lost their joy, along with some other side people. But I did have some struggle staying focused.

Does it make me want to watch: 1/5. Again it looks like a slice of life drama which is not my thing. And a very sad show which is also not typically what I go for. The focus on character story peaks my interest to actually watch AoT a tiny bit but not enough to make me actually add it to me to watch list.

Maniac Factor: -2. This is a beautifully put together opening, but man does it not match at all with what I know of the show. If that was my intro to the series and then I tried it out only to find naked giant monster people eating people while soldiers zip around fighting them in a violent action show? Man would I feel super deceived.

Total score: 14

Tifa

Masks and vaccines are "strongly encouraged" here but less than half of students follow that and social distancing in the classroom also isn't happening since the start of the school year.

Yes

I work in a hospital so yes obviously.

That's some great variety to start.