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Can't believe I forgot Foo Fighters. Yellow Temperance obviously has some blob elements, especially once the fight proper starts, but the fact that it features multiple examples of Rubber Soul impersonating someone else and the way fake Kakyoin's body breaks down makes me think The Thing was as big of an inspiration, if not more.Yinlock posted:Most Jojo fights are inpsired by whatever Araki read/watched that month, see Iggy vs Pet Shop suddenly cutting away to give us some fascinating bird facts Yeah, I was just thinking that The Thing might be responsible for more Jojo fights than anything else. Are there any other movies that might be contenders?
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# ? Nov 5, 2022 22:07 |
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So much of Araki's work is mimicry of other works he has seen but putting his own spin on things. It's kind of amazing how well his work stands on its own and how much its influence has rippled through and changed so much other media around it while itself being so singularly focused around being a composite of multiple existing things mashed together to create a new thing. Arrows.
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 03:10 |
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FirstAidKite posted:So much of Araki's work is mimicry of other works he has seen but putting his own spin on things. It's kind of amazing how well his work stands on its own and how much its influence has rippled through and changed so much other media around it while itself being so singularly focused around being a composite of multiple existing things mashed together to create a new thing. Arrows. Araki thinks through any random idea he has way too far which leads to the craziest/coolest poo poo like sure this guy can swim through the ground, but he also stuffs his mouth full of liquid concrete and spits it at people as a makeshift stone spear who the gently caress thinks of that
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 08:32 |
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Also maybe zippers can be used to move underground. And what if hard concrete arrows raining through liqud concrete? Also how does sound propagate in liquid concrete? Cut to: dramatic high stakes battle 7 feet below a pedestrian crossing in rome. Oh and also the other guy is a zombie. Man somehow all these things seem so normal when watching, then looking back two weeks later you’re just like what the f u c k was that Bisse fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Nov 6, 2022 |
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Bisse posted:Also maybe zippers can be used to move underground. And what if hard concrete arrows raining through liqud concrete? Also how does sound propagate in liquid concrete? Cut to: dramatic high stakes battle 7 feet below a pedestrian crossing in rome. Oh and also the other guy is a zombie. a vital part of the jojo experience is to read/watch through without an iota of doubt and then at some point later on, usually when trying to explain it to someone, realize it was loving insane I mean it helps the world-building, these guys have had these abilities for a while of course they'd figure out a ton of uses for them, but that makes it no less crazy when a serial killer torso stabs himself in half and crawls to the back of a helicopter like a weird gremlin zombie Yinlock fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Nov 6, 2022 |
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To me, the single craziest thing in all of JJBA is Donatello Versus' backstory being ripped directly from Holes. Can't wait for the anime to get there
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 13:15 |
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Bisse posted:I wonder what Hitler's stand was? Death In June
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 16:41 |
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Baron La Croix posted:To me, the single craziest thing in all of JJBA is Donatello Versus' backstory being ripped directly from Holes. Holy poo poo the chapter came out a year before the movie
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 16:45 |
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Do you think Araki read the book, or did he just hear about it somewhere? Or is it just one of the wildest coincidences ever?
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 19:00 |
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Baron La Croix posted:To me, the single craziest thing in all of JJBA is Donatello Versus' backstory being ripped directly from Holes. Holes, but the main character is X-Ray.
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 19:25 |
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chrome line posted:Do you think Araki read the book, or did he just hear about it somewhere? Or is it just one of the wildest coincidences ever? It's such a specific setup that the only logical conclusion is that Araki read the book.
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 19:43 |
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chrome line posted:Do you think Araki read the book, or did he just hear about it somewhere? Or is it just one of the wildest coincidences ever? He definitely read the book. I believe it with all my heart. Maybe it inspired him to set SBR in America too
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 21:40 |
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https://twitter.com/bluedelliquanti/status/1095535532824645633?lang=en Maybe he only visited America to see where they were filming Holes and was inspired to make Steel Ball Run by the trip
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 21:49 |
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Araki should have read up on prairie madness, where European settlers were overwhelmed by the infinite flat unchangingness of the great plains, leading to depression and violence. Driving through it is bad enough, imagine living by yourself or with just your immediate family with the nearest neighbor acres or even miles away, and just the plains and endless sky for company. Araki probably could have done something real cool with that
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Araki definitely drove through Ohio.
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 00:43 |
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Araki's first thought in any new location: how could I escape a powerful enemy here
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 08:36 |
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I noticed that too lol
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 08:45 |
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I only ever read the first 3 Alex Rider books but Araki did the cover art for the Japanese versions of them. I'm left wondering if he read them at all or if he adapted anything from those at all. They were all about a teen MI6 agent who was basically handling James Bond style plots, except being a teen sooo It's funny imagining Alex Rider looking the way Araki draws him though because this is supposed to be an incognito spy for MI6 and he's going around looking like this.
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 09:00 |
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Those rule, put Alex Rider in JOJOLAND
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 09:48 |
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Electric Phantasm posted:Those rule, put Alex Rider in JOJOMAMA
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 10:03 |
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which one is alex rider i find him entirely non descript, as a spy should be
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 10:48 |
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if those are chronological I like how the first design is mostly classic spy with some Araki thrown in, then the rest are just 100% Araki He decided to double-down on the most garish part of the costume and was absolutely correct in doing so e: also the covers definitely do their jobs, all I can assume judging solely from them is that Alex Rider loving rules.
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 11:21 |
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Yinlock posted:if those are chronological They are not
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 13:03 |
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I read all the Alex rider books when I was a teenager but don’t remember enough about them to know if the guy with the planet earth on his face is an actual character or is just a symbolic visual
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 16:02 |
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That's The World
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 16:06 |
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It's Alex's Rider's Stand, [Mr. Worldwide].
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 16:35 |
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There was indeed an eco-terrorist in Ark Angel with a map of the world tattooed on his head.
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 16:44 |
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Maybe I should read Alex Rider...
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 17:08 |
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Oh cool. The jojo wiki says only the first 6 books were released in Japan with Araki doing the covers but it turns out he also did some illustrations in the books too. Unfortunately the scans for the later books are blurry These are all from 2002 to 2007, tho I don't know if they scanned every illustration. Stormbreaker Point Blanc Skeleton Key (iirc this is Wimbledon) Eagle Strike Scorpia Ark Angel
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 17:12 |
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You can see the transition from late Stone Ocean-early Steel Ball Run art to the modern style and the development a lot of Araki's current design quirks in real time, wow.
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 17:13 |
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Does Alex have a Union Jack shaved on the back of head?
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 17:31 |
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I remember reading Stormbreaker and loving lmao at this that book’s plot was loving insane btw
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 18:25 |
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goblin week posted:I remember reading Stormbreaker and loving lmao at this Oh yeah? wikipedia posted:The protagonist, Alex Rider, secretly becomes a teenage spy for MI6, working undercover in Port Tallen, Cornwall. There he discovers the Stormbreaker computer factory where millions of computers were being filled with biological weapons which would give smallpox to the user. The aim of the attack was to kill hundreds of thousands of British schoolchildren and their teachers. Forget JoJo, manga adaptation of Alex Rider by Araki when?
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 18:34 |
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One of his gadgets in stormbreaker was a gameboy with some fake trick cartridges that had secret functions. I don't remember the harry potter book gadget though, from the art it looks like maybe a camera or something. I've only read the first 3 books. I would legit watch an anime adaptation of the Alex Rider stuff in Araki's style. Also funny comparing the Araki art covers to the covers of other releases or the movie adaptation of stormbreaker.
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 18:36 |
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Electric Phantasm posted:Oh yeah? The movie article has a more comprehensive summary. quote:Alex Rider is a 14-year-old schoolboy who lives with his uncle Ian and their housekeeper Jack Starbright. Ian is supposedly a bank manager and is, much to Alex's regret, often away from home. One day, Alex is told that his uncle has died in a car crash, but quickly discovers that his uncle was actually a spy working for MI6 and was murdered. Notably missing are the various gadgets disguised as gameboy games, the quadbike fight, and the fact that David Sayle was actually the adopted name of the guy because actually he was bullied in school for being a muslim immigrant and now that he’s a billionaire he hs invented a New Type Of Computer that will kill all kids but also the prime minister who was the chief bully
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Augus posted:I read all the Alex rider books when I was a teenager but don’t remember enough about them to know if the guy with the planet earth on his face is an actual character or is just a symbolic visual my eyes were immediately drawn to that guy too, what a jojo-rear end character Electric Phantasm posted:Does Alex have a Union Jack shaved on the back of head? it's like araki had been waiting his entire life to incorporate the union jack into a character design Yinlock fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Nov 7, 2022 |
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one thing I do remember is that the cold open of the second book had a hitman assassinate some corporate suit by posing as an elevator mechanic in his building, getting into the system, and moving the elevator one floor up from the guy’s office, then attaching a high-tech hologram to the bottom of the elevator that generated a fake elevator below the real elevator. Then when the guy called the elevator, the assassin made the doors open and the guy stepped out into the fake elevator, passed through it, and fell all the way down the elevator shaft. what I’m saying is I can see why Araki was considered a good fit
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Augus posted:one thing I do remember is that the cold open of the second book had a hitman assassinate some corporate suit by posing as an elevator mechanic in his building, getting into the system, and moving the elevator one floor up from the guy’s office, then attaching a high-tech hologram to the bottom of the elevator that generated a fake elevator below the real elevator. Then when the guy called the elevator, the assassin made the doors open and the guy stepped out into the fake elevator, passed through it, and fell all the way down the elevator shaft. Ah so this is where Paper Moon King originated from.
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 22:16 |
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I know literally nothing about Alex Rider aside from what's been posted here and I am a million percent on board with this poo poo
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# ? Nov 7, 2022 22:25 |
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Augus posted:what I’m saying is I can see why Araki was considered a good fit And the assassin pointed out that nobody ever thinks to just look up, that all this guy had to do to not die was look up and notice the projector. The fight near the end of Skeleton Key was good too, where Alex is fighting this big tough guy augmented with all kinds of metal parts that effectively make him a sort of Frankenstein's Monster kinda thing, and Alex is losing but manages to get an electromagnetic crane to hang over the dude which completely lifts him up by all the metal, crumpling him into a seizing pile of flesh and metal
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