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How come there's no Berserk Abridged with Griffith voiced as a valley girl?
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Jul 2, 2017 12:51
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Verizian posted:How come there's no Berserk Abridged with Griffith voiced as a valley girl? Like the only way you could do an Abridged version and have it be enjoyable (the eclipse is not and can never be enjoyable to read) is to do an abrupt cut from griffith in the water accidentally grabbing the behelith, to 'NOTE: The Band of the Hawk died on the way to their home planet', to Guts waking up in a cave. Even if you did that you would still have to deal with the fact that post-eclipse Caska exists and any attempt to make her a funny character is an extremely sensitive subject. Bisse fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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Jul 2, 2017 13:02
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Bisse posted:Griffith isn't like Vegeta and Frieza where you can give him funny lines and a silly voice and suddenly he's funny, I mean yes sure you can right until The Eclipse but the problem is The Eclipse, there is no way you can dress what Griffith does in there up as funny or redeemable, there's no space in there for comedy. IIRC the old Abridged series had Griffith refuse, then get healed with magic elf dust. Like specifically because he couldn't make fun of the Eclipse and its aftermath. So obviously the rest of the series can't happen, but hey at least it's a happy ending?
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Jul 2, 2017 13:08
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I woke up still super bummed out and now I kind of wish Casca had died so the world has nothing else to tear away from Guts.
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Jul 2, 2017 14:09
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Verizian posted:How come there's no Berserk Abridged with Griffith voiced as a valley girl? I'm pretty cool with the actual dub VA for Griffith just singing the BDSM version of Under the Sea and other Disney hits, tbh.
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Jul 2, 2017 14:41
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EmmyOk posted:I woke up still super bummed out and now I kind of wish Casca had died so the world has nothing else to tear away from Guts. A big pert of what you just read was about Griffith thinking of Casca as a weapon against/conduit to Guts rather than a person in her own right. Don't be like Griffith.
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Jul 2, 2017 15:28
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Darth Walrus posted:A big pert of what you just read was about Griffith thinking of Casca as a weapon against/conduit to Guts rather than a person in her own right. You're totally right
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Jul 2, 2017 15:35
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Rodyle posted:You haven't truly arrived until you finish the Tower though This. Good times ahead.
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Jul 2, 2017 15:41
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Rodyle posted:You haven't truly arrived until you
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Jul 2, 2017 15:50
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The next arc is my favorite.
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Jul 2, 2017 16:34
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I followed Hunter X Hunter when it went on a year long hiatuses at various climaxes during the Chimera Ant arc. I enter the breach free of both desire and fear. I really like that in the opening chapters The Godhand were like "wow this dude would be the dopest demon ever ayy lmao"
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Jul 2, 2017 16:42
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Oh poo poo wait, Emmy, now that you've finished the Golden Age, very important: Watch the old dub bloopers.
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Jul 2, 2017 16:48
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Rodyle posted:Oh poo poo wait, Emmy, now that you've finished the Golden Age, very important: Okay! Speaking of the old anime I heard that it was weird and the ending made no sense if you hadn't read the manga orginally, am I past the point the old anime covers?
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Jul 2, 2017 16:51
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EmmyOk posted:Okay! Yeah it just kinda stops mid-Eclipse and then features Black Swordsman guys walking into the ether as a stinger, it's about the weirdest way you COULD handle it.
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Jul 2, 2017 16:53
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EmmyOk posted:Okay! The old anime starts with one episode of Black Swordsman stuff (he kills the slug count but doesn't meet the God Hand, iirc), and then at the end cuts off the eclipse just before Guts and Casca get rescued. It just shows black swordsman Guts alive somehow, walking off after his season-long flashback.
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Jul 2, 2017 17:05
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Begemot posted:The old anime starts with one episode of Black Swordsman stuff (he kills the slug count but doesn't meet the God Hand, iirc), and then at the end cuts off the eclipse just before Guts and Casca get rescued. It just shows black swordsman Guts alive somehow, walking off after his season-long flashback. But that whole flashback is amazing BECAUSE we meet The Godhand with Griffith!
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Yup, no mention of behilits either, so there's actually very little foreshadowing about the Eclipse
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EmmyOk posted:But that whole flashback is amazing BECAUSE we meet The Godhand with Griffith! They have a weird dream sequence that ends with Guts yelling "Griffith!" at Femto but it's not as good. Better than the movies though, which just jump straight into the Golden Age. I made my friends watch episode 1 of the anime before we watched the third movie to give some context. Then I said they should read it. They really liked the movies - unsurprisingly, they felt they got better over time and after the third one they just really wanted to know what happened next.
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Jul 2, 2017 17:20
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U-DO Burger posted:Yup, no mention of behilits either, so there's actually very little foreshadowing about the Eclipse Except Void talking about causality at the star of each episode.
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Jul 2, 2017 17:45
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The opening doesn't tell you poo poo about what activating a behilit entails
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Jul 2, 2017 18:01
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Begemot posted:The old anime starts with one episode of Black Swordsman stuff (he kills the slug count but doesn't meet the God Hand, iirc), and then at the end cuts off the eclipse just before Guts and Casca get rescued. It just shows black swordsman Guts alive somehow, walking off after his season-long flashback. I thought he killed the snake guy in that episode and the slug count didn't appear in the anime.
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Jul 2, 2017 18:02
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Yep, it's just snakeman. Which is a pity really, the slug count and Escher godhand lair is one of the first things I think of when I think of Berserk.
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Jul 2, 2017 18:26
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skasion posted:Yep, it's just snakeman. Which is a pity really, the slug count and Escher godhand lair is one of the first things I think of when I think of Berserk. Yeah, plus the count's backstory showed how he went from mortal -> demon, but couldn't sacrifice his daughter even when he was dying. It showed a greater depth to the Apostles than just the snakeman, who was a literal cannibal bogeyman.
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Jul 2, 2017 18:33
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I hope those religious guys show up and give Guts some holy artifacts to help in his slaughter of these bugs
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Jul 2, 2017 20:23
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EmmyOk posted:I hope those religious guys show up and give Guts some holy artifacts to help in his slaughter of these bugs ah....hm.
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EmmyOk posted:I hope those religious guys show up and give Guts some holy artifacts to help in his slaughter of these bugs ... oh god I thought you were the guy who watched the anime and didn't know what Griffith did wrong ... oh my god keep posting 
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Jul 2, 2017 20:34
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This whole "he's scarier than the baddies" thing shows up a lot and heck I approve, I hope this is the last thing Femto/Griffith sees before being beheaded
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Jul 2, 2017 20:42
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morcant posted:Yeah, plus the count's backstory showed how he went from mortal -> demon, but couldn't sacrifice his daughter even when he was dying. It showed a greater depth to the Apostles than just the snakeman, who was a literal cannibal bogeyman. I'm still annoyed none of the animated adaptations bothered to do this part for some reason. EmmyOk posted:This whole "he's scarier than the baddies" thing shows up a lot and heck I approve, I hope this is the last thing Femto/Griffith sees before being beheaded It seems like the only possible outcome right now, doesn't it? 
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Jul 2, 2017 20:54
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Oh flip these demons are all turning back into human corpses now, that looks pretty bad for Guts! I like the guy who realised it was the work of one man not an army of canons.
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EmmyOk posted:Oh flip these demons are all turning back into human corpses now, that looks pretty bad for Guts! I like the guy who realised it was the work of one man not an army of canons. It kind of reminds me of the "one man, six guns" scene in Boondock Saints.
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The IOE doesn't like the meddlesome greedy lustful Godhand around running the show and is manipulating things to ensure the ascendence of the one true god, Guts.skasion posted:Yep, it's just snakeman. Which is a pity really, the slug count and Escher godhand lair is one of the first things I think of when I think of Berserk.  Bisse posted:there's really no space in there for comedy... (the eclipse is not and can never be enjoyable to read)  You just have to look at this from their point of view, a bit of empathy, you know. Some of those apostles are quite pleased with the munchy treats. Apostles gotta eat. Next you'll be saying it was Griffith's fault.
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Jul 2, 2017 22:29
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PhantomOfTheCopier posted:Well at least they left out Wyald. "Left out" is exactly right. There's a lot of ways one can criticize Wyald but I have to say, as much as I love the show its replacement for Wyald is fuckin' nothing. Its just some dude who shows up to accomplish the simplest possible version of Wyald's role in the plot and then fucks off out of the show with no ceremony whatsoever. Like say what you will about Wyald, he's hosed up and in terrible taste even by the extremely trashy standards of this comic and there's no way they could have rendered him faithfully on TV, but he's sure a memorable character and he creates a memorable scene. The corresponding scene in the show is perfunctory, and that's too bad imo.
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Jul 2, 2017 22:57
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They left out Silat, which is bad because SIlat is great.
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"I totally don't like Wyald but they should have included him because he's good" is a way too frequently expressed view
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Rodyle posted:"I totally don't like Wyald but they should have included him because he's good" is a way too frequently expressed view I think he serves narrative purpose but I think his really bad parts could be excised really easily and still have him feature? Am I mistaken? I don't know who I need Guts to kill most this arc but probably the Inquisitor. I'm telling myself I don't recognise those eyes appearing in the sky over the tower and I gotta say it's working wonders for my soul.
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I don't think it is Griffith actually because his eyes are slimmer and sexier and I feel like I saw this guy's face around recently The one on the left, Conrad. e: Also Skull Man showed up and said a leader would be around probably so that's what I mean by who i think it is e: lmao never mind they just said it was Griff and he's gonna appear soon!!! fucccccck
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EmmyOk posted:I think he serves narrative purpose but I think his really bad parts could be excised really easily and still have him feature? Am I mistaken? This is my opinion, pretty much. Like, just remove the explicit rape scenes and it's immediately better while not really affecting anything*. He'd still end up being a grandstanding showboating wannabe rockstar. *Actually you could say that about Berserk as a whole, really.
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