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e X posted:SAC as a whole is kind of better than the movie, simply because they had a lot more time to explore the characters. I always feel like I'm alone in not liking the Ghost in the Shell movie. Visually it is absolutely gorgeous but beyond that I thought it was boring drag. I never really connected with the characters, I found the pacing to be off and it was just so dour. Even the source material had time for the funnies. Likewise for Innocence but that one I felt the director disappeared up his own butt while in the first film was more reserved. But Stand Alone Complex is just fantastic. I never saw the second season but season one is just fantastic.
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Lordkat's show is worth a listen to for Holly's take on the gameshow, but you just kinda have to tune out Lordkat being awful and meanspirited. He has valid complaints, but he's so so angry and petty about them - and I used to be a big fan, in his chat most nights. I get him wanting to make fun of Channel Awesome's policies and failings, but when he starts doing things like picking at Brad for his marriage not working out, Spoony for having mental health issues, or Linkara for having a trans person as an ex-girlfriend, it just comes across as mean rather than funny. I guess he's trying to do the shock jock DJ thing, but he's way too close to the stuff he's talking about to do that. Plus, he always goes on and on about how he;s trolling and in it for the lulz etc, then is suprised when real companies and businesses don't want to be associated with him after he's used his brand name for stuff like that. Lordkat's lifestream used to be really chill and fun to have on as background noise and pop in to.
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DoctorWhat posted:the best animes are cowboy bebop, paranoia agent, and g gundam
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KLK is great, but not one of my favorites. G Gundam is, though.Sephiroth_IRA posted:It was really satisfying when mommy bad touch finally bit the dust. I wish people wouldn't make such a big deal out of this. It's not like it was gratuitous rape trying to appeal to perverts, it was handled respectfully and seriously. Might as well be acting like no work of fiction should ever address rape.
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Space dandy, gurran lagann and FMA03 is my top 3. With g Gundam and pandora agents are my honorable mentions.
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Trigun is best. Benny the Snake posted:That conflict involved a migrant population which was previously exploited for cheap labor to clean up nuclear fallout. It really resonated for me because I myself am a child of migrant workers and a first-gen citizen so it was like watching "What if the fuckers in congress decided to do x against my people," including revoke the 14th amendment which grants me citizenship. It's the reason why I have blood in the game known as immigration politics. The problem I think was that the cyberpunk/transhumanist aspects seemed more like trappings for the larger story. 2nd Gig is a better story overall, but not better sci-fi, if that makes sense.
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WickedHate posted:I wish people wouldn't make such a big deal out of this. It's not like it was gratuitous rape trying to appeal to perverts, it was handled respectfully and seriously. Might as well be acting like no work of fiction should ever address rape. Yes, let's talk about this again. Sounds like a good idea. E: On the topic of favorite anime, I have to give a shout-out to one of my most faves, Yu-Yu Hakusho. I cannot get enough of that show.
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littleorv posted:Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is the best anime
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One of my favorite anime series is Outlaw Star.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Guys we have an entire anime forum for this
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achillesforever6 posted:God I really hope it gets a dub so it can get on Toonami, the test dub they did for Stardust Crusaders was pretty good I thought. Yes same here. I really want Battle Tendency to get a dub so I have an excuse to watch it again. (Flood this terrible thread with anime)
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Mraagvpeine posted:One of my favorite anime series is Outlaw Star. Yeah, Outlaw Star rocks. I watched it a year or two ago because it was in this really cool Toonami promo.
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OldMemes posted:picking at Brad for his marriage not working out, Spoony for having mental health issues, or Linkara for having a trans person as an ex-girlfriend, I see the route of assholishness with the first two, but is the Linkara thing just weak gay jokes or something? littleorv posted:Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is the best anime 100% right. And you get your choice of at least 3 different giant protagonists. Also the sweet perfection that is Speedwagon.
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Oh, great we're back to animu talk again. What's your favorite food, guys? Mine's steak and fish. Turf and surf. Tarquinn fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Apr 2, 2015 |
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Phelous, Lupa and Brad watch a VHS composed of people who are dicking around with a video camera AKA the AMHV VHS game. At lease the contestants did not piss away $47k. PassTheRemote fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Apr 2, 2015 |
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Tarquinn posted:Oh, great we're back to animu talk again. Does TGWTG have a food critic?
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Tarquinn posted:Oh, great we're back to animu talk again. Embrace thine anime, love thine anime
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Leal posted:Does TGWTG have a food critic? There's Brad's Let's Tries, also while not technically entirely food-related I highly recommend Mike J's Infomercialism stuff.
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DStecks posted:There's a difference between liking something and claiming that it's good. You can like whatever you like, and nobody can take that away from you; but if you're going to claim something is good, then you're opening up a discussion. I don't know if I agree. That sounds more like a guilty pleasure. It's more like being pressured into thinking something's bad. If you like something, then on some level it is good, even if you don't know what those reasons are or can't adequately express them. There is some value to it. I guess you are trying to say whether it's objectively good vs. subjectively good. But when you're giving your opinion on anything, whether it be an anime, a video game, or whatever, then it's all subjective. The objective standards you're trying conform to is more or less the approval of some sort of social hegemony. It's sort of your opinion colored by the opinions of your peers, or maybe even overall societal pressures on what you are or are not supposed to like. I'm not quite sure if that's very objective. Gianthogweed fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Apr 2, 2015 |
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Leal posted:Does TGWTG have a food critic? They got taken out of the game by the competition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFqdWjNjnKg
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Kim Justice posted:They got taken out of the game by the competition. How could you say that and then not post this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwoqyGQgEp8
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The Vosgian Beast posted:How could you say that and then not post this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwoqyGQgEp8 The people at Nabisco have done it again! They're coming up with creative ideas to build on America's favorite cookie, Oreos!
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On the one hand, even I don't get where the anime derail comes from when it does, (too many closeted weebs lurking the thread?) and while I like discussing focused topics in that vein, the "hey let's all rattle off our favorite anime" thing seems like a probable thread-locker. On the other hand, it is hilarious when people complain about it. As with derails about Man of Steel or derails about GooberGolf, the topic will change back when there's more internet critic content people want to discuss. If a topic you don't like starts taking off, you can ignore the thread until it trickles back, or post some new internet critic content if you've got it. People talking about things that do not interest you and are not 100% on the listed topic of the thread is normal. No reason for the panic button. I do start pitching a bitch when people get really gross and lovely about a topic though, so hey, we all have our gear-grinders. 
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Jay O posted:derails about GooberGolf, Sorry? 
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Thunderfinger posted:Sorry? Look at the initials and then watch the Ishtar trailer instead of talking about what else they stand for.
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Jay O posted:On the one hand, even I don't get where the anime derail comes from when it does, (too many closeted weebs lurking the thread?) and while I like discussing focused topics in that vein, the "hey let's all rattle off our favorite anime" thing seems like a probable thread-locker. Weren't you the cause of this anime derail with your new video about anime Openings from 2004?
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Gianthogweed posted:I don't know if I agree. That sounds more like a guilty pleasure. It's more like being pressured into thinking something's bad. If you like something, then on some level it is good, even if you don't know what those reasons are or can't adequately express them. There is some value to it. I guess you are trying to say whether it's objectively good vs. subjectively good. But when you're giving your opinion on anything, whether it be an anime, a video game, or whatever, then it's all subjective. The objective standards you're trying conform to is more or less the approval of some sort of social hegemony. It's sort of your opinion colored by the opinions of your peers, or maybe even overall societal pressures on what you are or are not supposed to like. I'm not quite sure if that's very objective. You can enjoy something while accepting that it objectively has little technical or artistic quality. Conversely, you can hate something while accepting that it's very well made. It doesn't have to be some sort of peer pressure thing; it can just be saying, "Yeah, I know this poo poo is the entertainment equivalent of store-brand snack cakes, but it has goofy vampire poo poo in it and I fukken love goofy vampire poo poo." I don't have to feel guilty about my awful tastes in entertainment, because I know that "bad" and "good" describe its quality and are not some kind of moral judgment. I can accept that they suck but I still love them because they appeal to some stupid interest I have.
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Jay O posted:On the one hand, even I don't get where the anime derail comes from when it does, (too many closeted weebs lurking the thread?) and while I like discussing focused topics in that vein, the "hey let's all rattle off our favorite anime" thing seems like a probable thread-locker. I'm not a closeted "weeb" I just read this thread for the drama and saw my chance to express my love of Jojo's.
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Miss Wallace posted:There's Brad's Let's Tries, also while not technically entirely food-related I highly recommend Mike J's Infomercialism stuff. I have watched some of Brad tries and I wish I could be as thin as Brad is and still "enjoy" some of that stuff  Kim Justice posted:They got taken out of the game by the competition. I was actually going to follow up my post with this very thing. Would TGWTG hire DSP?
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Jsor posted:Look at the initials and then watch the Ishtar trailer instead of talking about what else they stand for. Oh gamergate, ok. I thought you were talking about something else.
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SFDebris did his "Forbidden Planet" review a couple of days ago and as expected its pretty drat solid. He's exceptional at really giving context to the time period in which these films were made, and some of the political attitudes you see in them. I'd love to see him do something like "Silent Running" or "Colossus: The Forbin Project" as those are very underseen and have a lot of social commentary going on in them.
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ANOTHER new Game Dungeon. Wolfenstein. He does a drat good job, it's hard to review soulless, mediocre things.
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Robert Denby posted:I'd love to see him do something like "Silent Running" or "Colossus: The Forbin Project" as those are very under seen and have a lot of social commentary going on in them. harryhenry fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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I first heard about Trumbul watching Jodorowsky's Dune. He's definitely a technical wizard, though now that you mention the other films he's worked on, I can definitely say he's a very sterile effects artist. Everything is crisp and clean, even the flying shots in Blade Runner.
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Jsor posted:ANOTHER new Game Dungeon. Wolfenstein. He does a drat good job, it's hard to review soulless, mediocre things. I love Game Dungeon. He's so good at articulating what's enjoyable about these games. Sure it's fun to see him get mad, but it's also nice hearing about what works in a game. I'm just so happy Freeman's Mind is done 
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The Vosgian Beast posted:How could you say that and then not post this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwoqyGQgEp8 drat, it's little gems like this that make following this awful thread worth it. Thank you so much.
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