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TheGamerGuy23 posted:I really loved Gravity Falls when it started out, but was so bummed by the ending. I'll always go to the Gargoyles well when it comes to a loving coherent world that came together in the background of a fun series. Like the Xanatos robot that becomes part of the Wild Pack, or the entire Puck reveal. Yeah the stuff after slumps pretty bad, but man thay show hit some highs for its day. FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Oct 27, 2017 |
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FilthyImp posted:The whole Mystery bit wasn't handled too great at the end, sure. But the actual ending, where the twins have to give up their friends but get a nice remember us letter was really good
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Oct 27, 2017 06:21
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Man, I really liked early Gravity Falls and kinda meant to go back to the show at some point. It sucks hearing that the show kinda went to poo poo.
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Oct 27, 2017 08:36
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It's still a lot of fun, and a really good watch. The ending was kind of lack luster, sure, but it was still a good ride up unto that point. Even then, the ending isn't terrible, or series wrecking. It's just not as good as it could/should have been.
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Oct 27, 2017 10:24
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TheGamerGuy23 posted:I think I was too busy hating how Grunkle Stan's memory loss was handled to fully appreciate that. LORD OF BOOTY posted:Man, I really liked early Gravity Falls and kinda meant to go back to the show at some point. It sucks hearing that the show kinda went to poo poo. Personally I think it held up, there's just deabate over some aspects of the ending. Better to watch it for yourself and see.
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Oct 27, 2017 11:01
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Yvonmukluk posted:Because it's not like they'd previously established that memories could be regained or anything (and that was McGucket, who had had his mind wiped who knows how many times over literal decades). Would you prefer they cram a 'Stan gets his memory back' montage in there too?
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Oct 27, 2017 13:26
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Gravity Falls would have been more cohesive and had better flow as 3 seasons of 10-12 episodes rather than 2 seasons of 20. But that's a real hindsight view of the show overall and not one you could have said before it was totally over.
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Oct 27, 2017 14:16
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Though all things considered, accelerating the ending to give some actual closure and go out on a high note was probably one of the better ways they could have dealt with creative burnout. It's clearly a show they put a ton of effort into.
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I feel like the ending of Gravity Falls is one of those situations where the whole adds up to less than the sum of its parts. After all, Stan confronting Bill is a great moment, and the kids managing to bring his memory back isn't even a bad sequence-it's just that, when you place them back to back, the impact of both moments is unfortunately lessened. Still, while the ending could've been a lot better, I can't blame them for wanting to implement an unambiguously happy ending, and it's still not bad by any stretch of the imagination. Show's still great, and I'm looking forward to whatever Hirsch does next. Acebuckeye13 fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Oct 27, 2017 |
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Oct 27, 2017 14:31
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Dr Christmas posted:Man, so many cartoons we on this forum liked all decided to have an extended arc in which a lead character moped over a breakup or unrequited crush at about the same time. Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, Legend of Korra, Regular Show, and TMNT are the ones that I can think of right now. Star vs. The Forces of Evil could fall into that if it isn't careful. This is my favorite part of Miraculous. They play up the love square for laughs instead of drama. Marinette just casually admitting to having memorized Adrien’s schedule in the season 2 premiere got a genuine laugh out of me.
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Dr Christmas posted:Star vs. The Forces of Evil could fall into that if it isn't careful. That's why so many people want Star to go Full Evil instead, because it'd be so much more interesting.
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Oct 27, 2017 14:45
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Whiz Palace posted:That's why so many people want Star to go Full Evil instead, because it'd be so much more interesting. I can picture this involving her trying to get back together with Tom... who might have been into it when first introduced, but now I can imagine it's more funny to turn the tables on Tom and have him realise how creepy and terrifying it is.
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Senerio posted:This is my favorite part of Miraculous. They play up the love square for laughs instead of drama. Marinette just casually admitting to having memorized Adrien’s schedule in the season 2 premiere got a genuine laugh out of me. She actually mapped it out on a pulldown map in her room in S1 when Alya asked where he was one time.  edit: now that I look at this I'm wondering what some of these actually say, like the cat one and the rendezvous with pere thing. Anyone read French? edit2: Aaand wiki fanatics come through again. It says "volontariat au centre de chatons abadonnés" on June 1st, which translates to "volunteering at the abandoned kitten center." Oracle fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Oct 27, 2017 |
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Oct 27, 2017 15:26
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My French is très lovely, but I'm pretty sure those entries are 'meeting/hanging out with Dad' and 'volunteer at the Cat Shelter'. Escrime is fencing.
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Oct 27, 2017 15:38
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And Saint Valentin is pretty fuckin obvious
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Man, I really liked early Gravity Falls and kinda meant to go back to the show at some point. It sucks hearing that the show kinda went to poo poo. I think goons are too harsh on it, I loved it from beginning to end. Not every episode was 100% good, but overall I think it was a great show. Actually watching the show as episodes came out was torture, though. There was one hiatus that lasted literally a year, plus like three or four that lasted for four months. And they didn't even have the bomb format to blame for it! Pakled fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Oct 27, 2017 |
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Oct 27, 2017 15:57
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Xelkelvos posted:If you're saying that like it's a bad thing, I'd disagree there. I didn't feel like we needed an entire episode dedicated to the throwaway joke of why Billy Quizboy didn't know how he got his robot arm.
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Oct 27, 2017 16:13
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Yea that part leading up to the finale where it had about 3 months before the finale eps was just...there was no reason for that. Disney's weird scheduling I get even less than Cartoon Network's because it's like..why does Disney need ratings even? They have just about half of every property people care about. And if they're not trying to bump a rating then...what other reason could there be? The social medias?
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Senerio posted:This is my favorite part of Miraculous. They play up the love square for laughs instead of drama. Marinette just casually admitting to having memorized Adrien’s schedule in the season 2 premiere got a genuine laugh out of me. Small Strange Bird fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Oct 29, 2017 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL-VHe_4GmE
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So, just watched Gumball's last week episode. I can't believe I missed a 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' episode. This show really does enjoy it's different animation styles and references.
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Oct 28, 2017 00:12
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WHOA GUYS A NEW CLARENCE IS ON TONIGHT
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One of the Regular Show Halloween episodes is on and I think this is the first time they've aired it since it ended.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:35
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I just loving binged OK KO and it's gone from not even being on my radar to being one of my favorite shows It's a love letter to anime, RPGs and 90s/late aughts culture and it basically feels like it was made specifically for me
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JT Jag posted:I just loving binged OK KO and it's gone from not even being on my radar to being one of my favorite shows Agreed. OK KO is indeed wonderful. You oughta check out the thread for it. The cactus episode was the best.
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Speaking of which, I just noticed that OK KO's prom episode definitely had Joff the Monk and his army man friend dancing together couple-style, so that's a thing.
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Yeah I noticed that too, it's visible for like two seconds in the background but it's there.
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I'm not utterly sure if it belongs here, but I've been working on a thing and I think this just about the most appropriate place to post it. Enjoy?
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It's funny.. I keep getting Remember stuck in my head (Ember's Signature song from Danny Phantom) and I think it's because Ember is my favourite character due to being one of the few ghosts with an actual backstory, but unlike Poindexter she never gets exposition. The only backstory she gets that I recall is implied by her song lyrics, a young girl stood up by her crush who died of a combination of exhaustion and a bad coincidence:quote:Yeah! Oh! With that in mind her powers and obsession make sense - mind control because her crush didn't do what he said he'd do and wasn't there when he said he'd be, obsession with remembrance/recognition because from her POV he basically forgot/ignored her. Also an interesting thematic thing is that no one knows her name when she was alive, or what happened, to them she'll only ever be Ember - she has been completely forgotten. BTW I didn't memorize the song I got the lyrics from the wiki. Edit: Looking at Ember's page the creators were more explicit although it's never stated in the show: quote:Previous Life BioEnchanted fucked around with this message at 11:21 on Nov 5, 2017 |
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I liked how what seemed like a throwaway gag in the fourth new episode of Miraculous - Hawk Moth doesn't have the total control over his victims that we thought, with Befana hilariously making him say "please" before she'll do his bidding - paid off as something much bigger two episodes later when Robostus tries to kill him in his own lair by taking control of his security system. Serialisation!
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Payndz posted:I liked how what seemed like a throwaway gag in the fourth new episode of Miraculous - Hawk Moth doesn't have the total control over his victims that we thought, with Befana hilariously making him say "please" before she'll do his bidding - paid off as something much bigger two episodes later when Robostus tries to kill him in his own lair by taking control of his security system. Serialisation! That does confirm a spoiler from earlier That inanimate objects could be akumatized. It also informs Marinette why Hawkmoth wants the miraculouses {miraculii? Miraculous'?) and gives us an excuse as to why the good guys can't use them, which'll probably come into play later. If Robustus' wish to become human had come true, someone else would have to lose their humanity. So if Hawkmoth's wish is to bring his wife back to life as many suspect, it means someone else will have to die. Now when does Adrien find out all this stuff, I wonder, because I can see that being a struggle for him. Though I can't see this show going that dark, so it'd probably be someone else would have to 'disappear' to bring her back from where she disappeared to. Oracle fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Nov 6, 2017 |
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Oracle posted:That does confirm a spoiler from earlier That inanimate objects could be akumatized. It also informs Marinette why Hawkmoth wants the miraculouses {miraculii? Miraculous'?) and gives us an excuse as to why the good guys can't use them, which'll probably come into play later. If Robustus' wish to become human had come true, someone else would have to lose their humanity. So if Hawkmoth's wish is to bring his wife back to life as many suspect, it means someone else will have to die. Now when does Adrien find out all this stuff, I wonder, because I can see that being a struggle for him. Though I can't see this show going that dark, so it'd probably be someone else would have to 'disappear' to bring her back from where she disappeared to. The shadow realm works on equilvant exchange  But yeah, good to hear the show is doing something a bit more advanced in season 2.
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ConanThe3rd posted:The shadow realm works on equilvant exchange Well if you've heard anything about the original show it was supposed to be a lot more mature and darker (and hand drawn and the kids were supposed to be in college). But some other interesting notes that will likely crop up later. Ep 5 (Besides the obvious new love interest for Adrien in the form of fencing monster Kagami, which is another confirmed leak/spoiler): - injuries received before transformation linger on when they are suited up (Adrien twists his ankle rescuing Ladybug from Riposte, later Cat Noir still has the ankle injury. Which c'mon Marinette, its getting ridiculous at this point. They're both allergic to feathers and they both have the same ankle injury at the same time in the same place when one disappears, and Cat Noir freaks out and goes totally out of character when he hears Gabriel Agreste might be Hawkmoth?) - Adrien 'doesn't like to be locked up' (which, given his dad's basically kept him under house arrest his whole life, makes sense) - Adrien doesn't look at Marinette as a potential love interest (at least consciously), just a sweet girl who's a friend, but still has the hots for Ladybug. And that's not just based on what he said to Kagami. Their interaction when he's teaching Marinette to fence and she's blushing every time she so much as thinks about touching him and he's just standing there patiently with that polite smile on his face waiting for her to get with the program just screamed disinterest. I cannot believe he doesn't know about Marinette's crush, this is the guy with screaming fans swooning all over the place who hates signing autographs which one assumes means he gets bugged for them enough to be tired of them. - Adrien also has a type (small dark Asian girls who can kick his rear end). And something I just realized: Gabriel was the herald of the Lord. Hawkmoth's been rumored to not be the main bad guy, this peacock lady is.
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Oracle posted:- Adrien 'doesn't like to be locked up I mean, who does?
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cant cook creole bream posted:I mean, who does? pls don't kinkshame me 
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Oracle posted:I cannot believe he doesn't know about Marinette's crush
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cant cook creole bream posted:
 I mean he's even got bars on his shirt. Kid's been under house arrest pretty much his whole life. Payndz, oy. That sounds awful. Which ep is that? I think six have aired so far.
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'Troublemaker' is the next episode (the 7th), I think.
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So Unikitty looks.... unremarkable.
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So apparently they recently had an episode of The Loud House to deal with the internet theory that Lincoln is adopted and it was poo poo. I don’t know why this surprised me since TLH is the worst written cartoon on TV but here we are. Basically, Lincoln is now explicitly NOT adopted*, which is stupid as gently caress because that was literally the only potential for depth or drama the show had to offer past gift card tier platitudes on the importance of family. Even if it wasn’t planned the fact that the writing staff didn’t just roll with the idea is beyond me. They didn’t even manage to wring any decent material out of the episode. It was all painfully unfunny schtick of Lincoln and Clyde being spectacular dumbasses while trying to figure out why there’s no birth photos of him. That this might actually be a big deal was never really acknowledged. Then the ultimate explanation (Lincoln has no baby photos because the family van broke down so the president’s car picked them up and the First Lady had to do the delivery. That’s right, you heard me) is so stupid that I’d think it was further misdirection if we were dealing with any other show. They never even really explained Lincoln’s white hair even though a throwaway line about his grandpa would have done the trick. Seriously, I don’t know how you gently caress up such a good premise but that’s TLH in a nutshell really. *Sort of. There’s still a blond haired girl Lincoln’s age living with a white haired family so hospital mix up is still plausible.
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