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the wildest rear end posted:Vampires shouldn't be able to see themselves in mirrors That's the other advantage of stealing a Joestar body!
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May 17, 2014 23:37
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Rexides posted:JoJo thread, I have a confession to make. I... I don't think I like this new season that much quote:Is it going to get more fabulous any time soon? None of the characters/villains introduced up to now are fabulous enough. I can't wait for DIO to properly enter the plot, I bet he will inject all the fabulous that I need.
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May 17, 2014 23:38
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I always assumed star finger was something the editors forced him to do so that the main character had an actual attack to yell out.
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May 17, 2014 23:49
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darealkooky posted:I always assumed star finger was something the editors forced him to do so that the main character had an actual attack to yell out. He shouts ORAORAORA when he does the million punches thing, he doesn't need anything more
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May 17, 2014 23:54
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Shugojin posted:Actually mostly the other thing. It does help him revel in his victory over Jonathan after all. Also don't forget the person most captivated by Dio's charisma is himself, he's a massive narcissist.
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May 17, 2014 23:55
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MonsterEnvy posted:Apparently the episode was a reference to a movie called Death Ship. Almost all the enemy Stand of part 3 are inspired by horror movies. I mean, Dark Blue Moon is pretty much the "C reature from the Black Lagoon"
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May 18, 2014 00:08
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MonsterEnvy posted:Apparently the episode was a reference to a movie called Death Ship. A lot of the stuff the orangutan does, such as smoking cigars and the shower scene, is borrowed from cool movie Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1_1_6LPFA
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May 18, 2014 00:32
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Soulcleaver posted:I admit that many of the fights in Stardust Crusaders aren't as cleverly done as those from Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency. Or anything that comes after. Araki had just invented Stands and was still working out the kinks, so you occasionally get some asspull moves like Star Platinum's Extended Shining Fingaaaaaaa instead of good guys who win fights through trickery. But rest assured, you will still see plenty of the latter. The back-and-forth craziness we enjoyed in stuff like in the Wham or AC/DC fights will appear again and again. Using your resources to bullshit your way to victory is the heart and soul of Jojo. Ripples battles were basically asspull central though.
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May 18, 2014 00:36
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Stardust Crusaders is just kinda weak until they actually get to Egypt and the anime is really dragging all of this early stuff out. v v Second half of the season should be a lot better.
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May 18, 2014 00:50
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Yasser Arafatwa posted:Stardust Crusaders is just kinda weak until they actually get to Egypt and the anime is really dragging all of this early stuff out. v I think that the first fight in India is really, really good.
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May 18, 2014 00:58
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Nah, I'd say things Get Good (or at least very silly) either next episode or the one after.
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May 18, 2014 00:58
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Please shut up about when it does and does not get better. This is not even spoilers, you are not helping to dissuade anyone's fears by saying, "OH, it's a lovely show right now, but wait for about 20 episodes and it starts getting good!" I like this part a lot, but coming off of Battle Tendency the start is not bombastic and if people want to complain about how dull they feel the show is 7 episodes in that's fair. Stop trying to convince them they'll like it at "X" point, let it happen.
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May 18, 2014 00:58
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Freakazoid_ posted:There better NOT be more underage nudity or I'll drop the show right now. It's inexcusable. Joseph accidentally fingers a baby's butt.
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May 18, 2014 01:01
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I thought I was clear that I had more of a problem with David Productions pacing right now, than the content itself. Sorry if it seemed like I was trying to hype up the later parts, wasn't intended.
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May 18, 2014 01:03
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ZeroCount posted:Ripples battles were basically asspull central though. Next, you are going to say "how is it he strung that rope through there?"
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May 18, 2014 01:07
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Did I just watch a guy beat up a magical monkey? Other dumb thoughts, out of order: - I knew I had heard that kid before, it's Rie Kugiyama. I should be ashamed of recognizing her but never managing to recognize any other seiyuu, male or female. I mean, aside from Norio Wakamoto of course. - Pretty cool stand, kinda meh fight. - It's funny that they censor Jotaro's smoking. Made me realize that we hardly ever see shonen heroes smoke nowadays. I wonders if there are laws against that. - I leaned something about Singapore, thanks JoJo!
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May 18, 2014 01:18
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WitchFetish posted:- I leaned something about Singapore, thanks JoJo! David D. Davidson fucked around with this message at 03:00 on May 18, 2014 |
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May 18, 2014 02:58
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David D. Davidson posted:Having read some of the other parts, I think it's safe to say that Araki was a Wikipedia junkie before the internet even existed. He really likes to throw in stupid little factoids about seemingly random stuff in everything he writes. He likes to read a lot of stuff and I think he traveled so he would read factoids about places he going to? I can't remember if that is stuff from interviews he's done or his notes in the volumes.
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May 18, 2014 03:16
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How did they get from the middle of the ocean to Singapore? Did I miss something? I can understand if they didn't want to waste a lot of time on an actual rescue but I would have expected a cursory shot of the team being found. Was there something in the manga that didn't make it to the show?
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May 18, 2014 04:14
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They got back on the boats and an actual boat came across them and found them and took them to Singapore. Joseph straight up says they have to wait for someone to rescue them because they don't know where they are. Here's a screenshot from the anime, please excuse my mouse, but I like to think I was subconsciously trying to point out the boat for you.
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May 18, 2014 04:19
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I know I wouldn't have seen the boat if the mouse cursor wasn't there to point it out to me. It's very subtle.
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May 18, 2014 04:50
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WitchFetish posted:- It's funny that they censor Jotaro's smoking. Made me realize that we hardly ever see shonen heroes smoke nowadays. I wonders if there are laws against that. Can't show underage smoking on TV.
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May 18, 2014 04:50
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Kanos posted:Can't show underage smoking on TV. That Orangutan was clearly both smoking and underage.
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May 18, 2014 05:17
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trucutru posted:That Orangutan was clearly both smoking and underage. He was clearly wearing a captain's uniform. Underage people are physically incapable of wearing a captain's uniform.
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May 18, 2014 05:30
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Rexides posted:JoJo thread, I have a confession to make. I... I don't think I like this new season that much I'm with you on this one. A lot of what made the previous season bizarre isn't the same kind of bizarre as this season. The previous season seemed to balance ridiculousness with a decent plot and some great action, there was always something to look forward to next episode. This season is more like villain-a-day trash, with just the bare minimum of motivation. It doesn't matter if the orangutan controlled a whole ship, it means nothing if he gets taken down in the same episode he premiered in. The only thing tying this show together is the snappy dresses and animation quality. Funny enough, HnK (the anime) started this way. Had a strong intro, but followed up with a series of boring trash villains. Once those villains stopped, things got better. Maybe this season is like that.
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May 18, 2014 05:57
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Freakazoid_ posted:I'm with you on this one. A lot of what made the previous season bizarre isn't the same kind of bizarre as this season. The previous season seemed to balance ridiculousness with a decent plot and some great action, there was always something to look forward to next episode. This season is more like villain-a-day trash, with just the bare minimum of motivation. It doesn't matter if the orangutan controlled a whole ship, it means nothing if he gets taken down in the same episode he premiered in. The only thing tying this show together is the snappy dresses and animation quality. We're less than halfway through the Tarot right now halleys comet fucked around with this message at 06:27 on May 18, 2014 |
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May 18, 2014 06:20
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"Villain-a-day" isn't a structure that you can immediately write off as having no merits and trust me, Part 3 uses it very well. The first few just aren't at the level of the fights in part 2, primarily because it's introducing what the stands can actually do. The villains in that villain-a-day structure get more interesting.
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May 18, 2014 06:30
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Freakazoid_ posted:I'm with you on this one. A lot of what made the previous season bizarre isn't the same kind of bizarre as this season. The previous season seemed to balance ridiculousness with a decent plot and some great action, there was always something to look forward to next episode. This season is more like villain-a-day trash, with just the bare minimum of motivation. It doesn't matter if the orangutan controlled a whole ship, it means nothing if he gets taken down in the same episode he premiered in. The only thing tying this show together is the snappy dresses and animation quality. If you're gonna write it off for having a lot of villain of the week stuff, then you might as well jump off the rest of the Jojo train, because coming up with a new stand power for a hero to puzzle out is literally the next 23 years of Jojo comics.
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May 18, 2014 06:37
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Pomp posted:If you're gonna write it off for having a lot of villain of the week stuff, then you might as well jump off the rest of the Jojo train, because coming up with a new stand power for a hero to puzzle out is literally the next 23 years of Jojo comics. I'm not too familiar with the rest of the series, but "puzzle battle" =! villain of the week.
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May 18, 2014 06:45
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Each of the Piller Men were more or less Stand battles
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May 18, 2014 06:45
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The early fights are pretty short but we'll get longer ones soon.Genocyber posted:I'm not too familiar with the rest of the series, but "puzzle battle" =! villain of the week. Can you explain what you mean? I don't think those two things are mutually exclusive. halleys comet posted:A lot of the stuff the orangutan does, such as smoking cigars and the shower scene, is borrowed from cool movie Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1_1_6LPFA I kind of want to see that now. Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 06:56 on May 18, 2014 |
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May 18, 2014 06:50
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Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency could have longer fights because they were shorter and had less people to fight. Like, I don't think you guys quite understand how many more fights are in Stardust. There's a lot.
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May 18, 2014 06:57
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Stardust Crusaders is the basic template that all other JoJo's build from. Each part is different in their own way but SC is the bare building blocks. Parts 1 and 2 are really non indicative of the whole series.
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May 18, 2014 06:57
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Kurtofan posted:The early fights are pretty short but we'll get longer ones soon. i'm saying the one guy was complaining about this being all villain of the week type stuff so far, and the other guy said he should just stop watching because the rest of the series is puzzle battles, two concepts that do not have to go hand in hand. Especially dumb since the previous seasons were puzzle battles and not villain of the week type stuff
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May 18, 2014 07:13
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As someone who loves Part 3, I do get people being irked by it. I really enjoyed this episode, but ultimately the 'puzzle' fight was 'The ape binds Jojo and Star Platinum against the wall so they can't get out. Then they get out because they are so strong.'
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May 18, 2014 07:40
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Some guy getting impaired by a hook through the face - OK Long, lingering shots of a 12-year old in the shower - OK Jotaro smoking a cigarette - BAD Best/worst joke in the episode.
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May 18, 2014 07:54
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The guy getting hooked in the face got censored, though
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May 18, 2014 07:56
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Genocyber posted:i'm saying the one guy was complaining about this being all villain of the week type stuff so far, and the other guy said he should just stop watching because the rest of the series is puzzle battles, two concepts that do not have to go hand in hand. Especially dumb since the previous seasons were puzzle battles and not villain of the week type stuff I said it was a new puzzle every time. Captain_Indigo posted:As someone who loves Part 3, I do get people being irked by it. I really enjoyed this episode, but ultimately the 'puzzle' fight was 'The ape binds Jojo and Star Platinum against the wall so they can't get out. Then they get out because they are so strong.' The solution was actually, "they get out because Jotaro takes advantage of the ape's natural insticts, making it lose focus in anger."
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May 18, 2014 08:04
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Pomp posted:The solution was actually, "they get out because Jotaro takes advantage of the ape's natural insticts, making it lose focus in anger." And the fact that the Ape was still holding the button thrown at him allowing him to use one of his powers to flick it into his face at superspeed.
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