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AlabamaLove posted...

i thought about this concept whenever i saw Ms. Sara Bellum from Power Puff Girls

Eh not really the same concept though, that's a whole different ball game, and more of a jessica rabbit parody reference (who in turn was meant to be a parody/reference to the sexual femme fatale trope herself)

Pocahontas is a grown ass woman (well, in disney's movie at least) so not really comparable to teen titans Starfire. The former's sex appeal is expected, the latter's sex appeal is awkward in hindsight.

How is that not sexual? When the dude draws a character like that does he pretend not to know that all 13 year old boys will be turned on by it?

People seriously don't give enough credit to 2011's Thor for being able to successfully bring this terribly cheesy comic character to the big screen, in live action no less. Say what you will about the movie, yes the human characters are awful, but they really had a great thor, with the arrogance in the beginning well portrayed.

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/5/56904/1073776-contestofchampionsii_p23.jpg

Did he have chloroform on his lips?

Lol didn't even need to post the video, classic line that the writers were dying to use from the getgo

Nintendo too? What the actual fuck. I heard a rumored announcement that one of their games like smash bros uses unreal engine 4.

What the fuck is with everyone using that terrible engine (unlike everyone else and their amnesia I remember unreal engine 3, fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me)

Honestly don't understand the absurd popularity of that engine. It has this look to it that ue3 had and I hated that design. Is it the only engine this gen?

Digestion and such? Do you believe stuff like that?

That was pretty cool.

I actually bought wario land shake it back then. Game was... okay. Just okay. It's not as good or as fun as the classics, eg wario land 3 the all time greatest.

But it was fun. And if bought at like, a tenth of the price of a regular wii game, then worth it.

I got a couple of recommendations and am going to see those expensive trainer gyms. I simply have to look good for a certain someone.

I definitely need a personal trainer. It's been 10 years since I worked out and I just really need someone with me at the beginning when I'm building a muscle base.

The machines just look so complicated with all those doodads and some don't even have one of those tiny demonstration pictures. Thank goodness for free weights. I just want to know I'm doing the exercise correctly.

Also I don't mean intimidating in the sense that they're going to beat me up like the bullies from karate kid, but more like I don't know what I'm doing at the machines and everyone else is confidently pumping away, and I really don't want to seem like I'm hogging a machine willy nilly.

Holy crap it's so intimidatingly dudebro!

Place was packed with muscular dudes and the machines are all so close together, it was a challenge just not getting hit by one of those many metal handles.

That seinfeld money ran out to the point that he needed to take a gig like that? Wow.

Why that place specifically?

I had recently clipped my finger nails really short and yet there was a smell of garlic on them even without long nails.

I mean, I like the smell, I don't mind it. But I have heard people dislike it so that's pretty much the reason I'm bemused at the situation.

Remember when I made that topic a few days ago about eating garlic to experiment with ways to get rid of it?

Going to take a shower now but let's just say that... goddamn, wow. My poop smells like garlic, even my sweat smells like garlic I'm not even kidding. Went out for a jog and the sweat and shirt smells garlicky!

They HAVE made a lot of games people enjoyed. And I actually liked almost all the r&c games I've played, mainly the original trilogy and the future series (quadrilogy I suppose?)

Skipped spyro when I was young for reasons, but hoping it's a good series because a friend insists I play it and coincidentally a collection is coming out so here's hoping it's good.

Eh easy is a positive for me since I play games for fun. I'll probably like both of them, fingers crossed.

Oh really? Gonna be playing this game soon since I beat rogue a few months ago. Feel like I'm ready for another ac (am starting to catch up on the series, 3 games to go before I'm up to date with everyone else)

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xyphilia posted...

Protagonist? Rather sympathetic for the most part. This would have been a much better movie if they had just focused on the human portion with tiana struggling to open a restaurant (with of course a few tweaking here and there) while dropping the stupid bayou portion with that fucking firefly that sounds like the hick truck from Pixar's worst series Cars. I mean what even was that.

I'd rather have Tiana stay human and have the movie about her helping the Prince to change back. They could have made a big deal about the Prince being a musical frog that attracts patrons to Tiana's new restaurant and then make the moral dilemma about whether she wants success or to change the Prince back. Tiana could be racked with insecurity because she doesn't know if its her hard work and cooking that keeps bringing people, or if its because of the frog.

This is actually a really really good idea, semi inspired by the "hello my baby hello my honey" episode of looney tunes/merrie melodies lol? But yeah I could totally get behind that idea.

I am the one who are the guy

Is that death mountain? Also I think Seattle should be more worried about its zombie problem

You mean insomniac?

The graphics are kinda... look weird. I'm loving the British/non American voice acting, I always prefer rpgs to have a non American accent, instead a European accent which sounds better in the context of rpgs imo.

Ugh silent protagonist, dragon Quest is so typical in its antiquity. I wonder if the combat will be any better or exactly the same as the last 9 or 10 games.

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WafflehouseJK posted...

Yes. Very good, underrated Disney film. That was the last time we got a good Disney villain.

what was wrong with mother gothel?

She was fine, but kinda boring tbh. She didn't have the show or spectacle of most other great Disney villains.

She's better than the bull shit "surprise" villains we get in every single movie now, but not one of my favorites.

What the hell, mother gothel was literally terrifying what are you even on about. Tangled was great in its own right as well as the references/similar vibes to the Renaissance movies. I was literally getting an ursula vibe from mg due to how scared of her I was.

She wasn't terrifying at all imo. I appreciated Rapunzel's emotional struggles with her, but Gothel was a pretty lackluster villain throughout.

That is just so weird, I don't know what to tell you. Didn't "mother knows best" give you the creeps, that goosebumpy feeling of impending doom? Maybe you weren't taught to fear mothers/step mothers like I was? What are your thoughts on the stepmother from Cinderella, lady tremaine?

yusiko posted...

yes it was good
though the only songs in it i really liked were almost there and friends on the other side

And this in addition to my post. Those were essentially the only good songs. Every time I see almost there I think "this, this is what I want for the whole movie."

And Dr facilier is a villain that deserves... more. More than what we got in the movie. I don't know if changing the movie means dropping the frog part out of the title, but honestly would anyone even miss it? It's like the story with the least substance to make a movie out of.

WafflehouseJK posted...

yusiko posted...

WafflehouseJK posted...

Yes. Very good, underrated Disney film. That was the last time we got a good Disney villain.

what was wrong with mother gothel?

She was fine, but kinda boring tbh. She didn't have the show or spectacle of most other great Disney villains.

She's better than the bull shit "surprise" villains we get in every single movie now, but not one of my favorites.

What the hell, mother gothel was literally terrifying what are you even on about. Tangled was great in its own right as well as the references/similar vibes to the Renaissance movies. I was literally getting an ursula vibe from mg due to how scared of her I was.

Terrible waste of a movie with good individual parts. Art style? Gorgeous. Villain? Literally voiced by Keith David, the greatest of them all. Literally Goliath from Gargoyles, my childhood.

Protagonist? Rather sympathetic for the most part. This would have been a much better movie if they had just focused on the human portion with tiana struggling to open a restaurant (with of course a few tweaking here and there) while dropping the stupid bayou portion with that fucking firefly that sounds like the hick truck from Pixar's worst series Cars. I mean what even was that.

What a shame, they could have had something really good here

VerisimiIitude posted...

Im still holding out for a Star Ocean 2 remake/remaster, but yay! Im liking the JRPG support the Switch is getting as of late.

Other than the horrible lolifying of blue haired girl's portrait design, psp star ocean 2 seemed fine to me. I had a good time playing it.

Mistere Man posted...

Hope they dont f it up!

Yeah this though I'm not optimistic, keeping expectations low after how the vg industry has been like.

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xyphilia posted...

Yet despite all that I still wanted to try the fabled grandia 2 but was told the ps2 port was abysmal so I may as well not play it until they release a proper playable version someday.

The steam port is apparently pretty decent if you want to check it out.

Crashes like a motherfucker

Eeek. Nevermind then.

I mean, let us hope that this switch version is excellent, playing smoothly and wonderfully. Would be another reason to get a switch, a system that seems to be getting a lot of games, convincing me more and more to get one.

Interesting. Is the wii u something that's also on the switch? Since that's the console I'm getting. Got the wii 10 years ago and now the switch seems to have the same games that I liked, so getting it soon.

When they released those gba marios I played super mario advance (smb 2) and super mario world as well as smw 2: yoshi's island. Loved all 3, but missed out on super mario advance 4, the port for super mario bros 3.

Is there an updated version? Is the gba version easier than the original? I tried playing the original nes version on virtual console and just wasn't feeling it. Is the gba port the best version, or is there a newer one to get. And if so which console (never bothered with 3ds, but eyeing switch more and more)

You seem awfully sure of this new ps4 spiderman with the white symbol on his chest (what even IS that? What's with the color change? It's jarring and doesn't look right)

I don't think I've bought or even played a spiderman game since the first movie spiderman game. I never even got to play spiderman 2 which people say is better than the first!

I've wanted to play both Web of shadows, the one with a bunch of Venoms/symbiotes, and the one with 4 spidermans like the future spiderman and the noir spiderman. But never did and too much time passed since. Did they make a demo for the ps4 spiderman?

Skipping any day is idiotic, but especially the first day. Think of what kind of impression that sets, and what it means for you when you enter the job market if you're into the habit of skipping.

Other than that, you definitely want to get a feel for the professor and what the class outline is gonna be like. So it goes without saying not to skip.

I mean, at least your sky is not sickly yellow with that horrible horrible sand cloud that shrouds the city and makes us unable to even tell if the sky really is blue as they state on TV.

So you know, perspective.

Bokothechoco2 posted...

xyphilia posted...

Literally all these old ass games were lame as hell. First one was barely ok but it just dragged on like good fucking god. Typical ps1 rpg. Made me realize why ff was so popular once upon a time. Their rpgs really were a cut above the rest at the time. And they only barely hold up.

If grandia 2 accentuates the problems of the first then meh. But if it's better than the first then hopefully we're in for a relatively fun game.

I feel about the same way about the first game. It wasn't bad but not great either. The second was much more enjoyable to me.

I hope so. Because while the battle system's concept did make me go "huh this could be interesting and used pretty strategically" the game gets just so boring and aimless and then the final non sequitur ending approaches with that typical weird shit that doesn't really have an emotional buildup. Also it's pretty hilarious how one of the characters on the actual boxart just up and leaves the game making you go why did I bother spending any time beefing you out, and what was even the point?

Yet despite all that I still wanted to try the fabled grandia 2 but was told the ps2 port was abysmal so I may as well not play it until they release a proper playable version someday.

pauIie posted...

i can't go into my problems with s7 as it'll majorly spoil it but this surge in 7 > 4 opinions is...interesting

7 isn't THAT amazing, it's just way better than the garbage 2 seasons before (which is a rather low benchmark) and has the aforementioned gorgeous girl from chuck who is just to die for (pun intended once you see the season lol)

That being said, honestly most people remember season 4 a lot more fondly and seem to forget it had its fair share of garbage too when not focused on the trinity killer. But that Lithgow performance... it really does make one forget about the problems of the season.

Maybe dawn of souls is different from vanilla ff2 but I never got the hate for that game either, OR its combat (isn't it literally just like those wrpgs/elder scrollsish type games except a lot older and cruder around the edges?)

I'd be hard pressed to actually outright recommend giving chrono cross another shot though, that's a bit more difficult to do honestly.

Jabodie posted...

I hope not.

Just kidding. But I personally did not enjoy the game.

Ya know, when you think about it besides the awful story and the even worse completely garbage characters (of which there are like 40+ ugh, so stupid) the game is actually not that bad. Graphics? Good. Music? Pretty good. Even the combat is not bad, once you get the hang of it.

Remember when square Enix shut down that fanmade chrono trigger remaster? Talk about sour grapes

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TableFlip posted...

Lunar pls

Grandia is great but nothing compared to Lunar.

Grandia has the far better combat engine, though.

Based on first game, I enjoyed lunar silver star harmony way more. It was easy, always a good sign for people wanting to have fun with a game, and had a nice quaint feel, very 90s in a good way. Also wasn't as super slow as grandia 1, but then again it WAS a moderately updated port over a straight up ps1 game.

Definitely wish they would have ported lunar 2 eternal blue so I can see if it's as good as the first.

I'm having trouble believing this whole scenario of you having a sister who wants to watch dexter with you, a gory show about a murderer and incompetent police force that makes you cringe harder at their stupidity than any bloody scene the show can muster up. It's just too much a coincidence that parallels where the show leads.

Anyway to be fair season 7 does get A LOT better coming off season 6, objectively the worst season despite the fact that season 5 made me rage harder.

And after that is just the last season, 8. A hilariously so bad it's good season that is definitely worth watching because while most posts on the internet were full of rage, I was finding the whole season amusing as fuck. It's like the room quality in terms of making you laugh over just how dumb and cringey it is.

If that doesn't convince you, just know that s7 has fricking Yvonne Strahotski, so damn likable, and season 8 gives that asian pervert a long lost daughter for some typical pointless reason who's super cute, so the season is definitely worth it.

Reis posted...

and much like with shenmue, soon people will realize that this series was lame

Literally all these old ass games were lame as hell. First one was barely ok but it just dragged on like good fucking god. Typical ps1 rpg. Made me realize why ff was so popular once upon a time. Their rpgs really were a cut above the rest at the time. And they only barely hold up.

If grandia 2 accentuates the problems of the first then meh. But if it's better than the first then hopefully we're in for a relatively fun game.

gunplagirl posted...

Isn't the point of the show that like 90% of the time he's an outright ass, and the other 10% of the time it's a misunderstanding that makes him seen as an ass but he usually make a things worse in those situations anyways?

The show has no point, it's pretty much a show about nothing. Wait why does that sound familiar...

They even agreed with him in this video!



It's like, you realize if he had just shut up he'd have gotten the perfume bottle right? A bunch of psychopaths, the commenters are.

No matter what the situation.

Wow, I had no idea that youtube were full of psychopaths. I mean this dump is the same way but I thought youtube would be a bit more diverse given its size.

Neither, they just ended with a stupid coke commercial. Fucking stupid, and I don't even mind when they give credit to Don for real life events (for example lucky strike's "it's toasted" slogan was a real thing)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am..._Sasha_Fierce

Beyonce had a stage name? I don't remember that.