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muscles like this! posted:Here's a weird moment from the new Adult Swim series Tigtone. In the pilot for Tigtone there's a moment where the Memory Gnome reminds Tigtone that he has the power to control animals once every five years and it has been five years since he last used the power. Before it was a series there was an animated short for Tigtone on Youtube and in it Tigtone uses his power to control animals. The animated short was made in 2014. Is this what it feels like when you no longer understand "kids these days"?
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Beachcomber posted:Is this what it feels like when you no longer understand "kids these days"? Tigtone is just kind of like that, it's probably best described as a surreal parody of fantasy adventure where characters do fantasy things and say fantasy words that are syntactically valid but that don't actually cohere into contextual sentences.
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Jan 25, 2019 06:33
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Adult Swim cartoons in general are basically designed to be completely incomprehensible when described out of context. (and not much better in context)
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Adult Swim cartoons in general are basically designed to be completely incomprehensible when described out of context. (and not much better in context) I watched Neon Genesis on Adult Swim in the early 2000s So yeah, sounds about right
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bewilderment posted:Tigtone is just kind of like that, it's probably best described as a surreal parody of fantasy adventure where characters do fantasy things and say fantasy words that are syntactically valid but that don't actually cohere into contextual sentences. I loved the original 15- minutes video, and the little diary videos ("Dear Journal! *stabbing the jorunal with the quill and blood pouring out*"). I had no idea there was a full series. It was very pretty.
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bewilderment posted:Tigtone is just kind of like that, it's probably best described as a surreal parody of fantasy adventure where characters do fantasy things and say fantasy words that are syntactically valid but that don't actually cohere into contextual sentences. So there is this podcast that was initially about how loving godawful Ready Player One is. Picking through the nonsense words spewed out by one of the worst authors in history but ofc after that they kept doing the show. They read a fantasy cult classic called The Eye of Argon which I'd contend was the inspiration for Tigtone. Authentic Now they've apparently moved on to Shatner's Tek War
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syscall girl posted:So there is this podcast that was initially about how loving godawful Ready Player One is. Picking through the nonsense words spewed out by one of the worst authors in history but ofc after that they kept doing the show. They read a fantasy cult classic called The Eye of Argon which I'd contend was the inspiration for Tigtone.
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What's the name of the podcast?
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Pastry of the Year posted:What's the name of the podcast? http://372pages.com/ By the Rifftrax guys.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:http://372pages.com/ Weird, because Trace Beaulieu and Bill Corbett did voices in the Tigtone pilot. Neat!
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I Don't Even Own A TV is really similar in the sense of reviewing terrible books (many of which I am familiar with; I try not to think about that too often) https://www.idontevenownatelevision.com
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Pissed Ape Sexist posted:Weird, because Trace Beaulieu and Bill Corbett did voices in the Tigtone pilot. Neat! They also do voices on the show proper. Bill is the King half of KingQueen and Trace is Commandor the captain of the guard.
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syscall girl posted:So there is this podcast that was initially about how loving godawful Ready Player One is. Picking through the nonsense words spewed out by one of the worst authors in history but ofc after that they kept doing the show. They read a fantasy cult classic called The Eye of Argon which I'd contend was the inspiration for Tigtone. The Eye of Argon is famous in SF convention circles, many of which hold contests to see who can get furthest into reading it aloud without laughing or accidentally correcting an error. It's rare for someone to reach the second page.
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Jedit posted:The Eye of Argon is famous in SF convention circles, many of which hold contests to see who can get furthest into reading it aloud without laughing or accidentally correcting an error. It's rare for someone to reach the second page. I can't remember if the kid who wrote it seemed more inspired by Robert E. Howard or what but they delve in to the literary history of the book on the podcast. And there is the inevitable comparison to A Confederacy of Dunces because the author was not famous for this until he was good and dead.
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Ok, weird. I've never heard of The Eye of Argon, but Daggerfall had a patch/mod way back in 1996 called The Eye of Argonia. https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Eye_of_Argonia_(Mod) I never knew that it was likely a coincidental pun. I mean, I assume it is?
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muscles like this! posted:They also do voices on the show proper. Bill is the King half of KingQueen and Trace is Commandor the captain of the guard. Aren't the red letter media guys involved somehow too?
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Scaramouche posted:Aren't the red letter media guys involved somehow too? Mike voiced a character in the earliest version but I don't know if he's on the actual TV show.
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syscall girl posted:So there is this podcast that was initially about how loving godawful Ready Player One is. Picking through the nonsense words spewed out by one of the worst authors in history but ofc after that they kept doing the show. They read a fantasy cult classic called The Eye of Argon which I'd contend was the inspiration for Tigtone. https://ansible.uk/misc/eyeargon.html quote:The Eye of Argon Chapter 1 Good god
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I want to murder the person who wrote that.
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To be fair he overdoes it with the adverbs but is fully enthusticated with making up new words.
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I'm using that in my next D&D game 'okay you have to impress the ambassador by taking turns reading a traditional fable of his people without laughing'
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phasmid posted:I want to murder the person who wrote that. Bad news there chief... syscall girl posted:To be fair he overdoes it with the adverbs but is fully enthusticated with making up new words. It's the alliteration that gets me. Crumb crisp coating, crumb crisp coating.
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Olaf The Stout posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOjzADJxihA Holy gently caress I cannot, cannot imagine what level of physical skill martial artistry you have to have to choreograph these absurd fight scenes without messing up constantly (although I know they do mess up and Jackie Chan’s famous for constantly breaking his own poo poo during filming) and also throw and receive those tremendous punches and kicks with such ability that they don’t (seriously) hurt each other That cross counter kick they throw early on and that kick Benny does that Jackie Chan completely avoids by rolling with it and at the exact same time kicks him back on the downswing. I wonder how many times they messed that up
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Jackie Chan's non Hollywood films have a lot more leeway in their production since the government helps finance them, essentially giving him as much time and money as he needs to make every fight scene perfect.
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I know they put that rug down because they had the set before they thought about trying to stage a fight on tile, but holy poo poo even with the rug down just falling must have hurt like poo poo.
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Calaveron posted:Holy gently caress I can't articulate it this well but want to chime in with a hearty godDAMN of complete agreement. You just know these guys are having so much fun with the intensity, and it shows in the end product. That's a really good scene.
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Jan 26, 2019 05:24
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I've shown the candle kick to a lot of people.
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If I could post another recently-found favorite Jackie Chan scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_BOO7AoJ2M Holy hell I need to watch more of this guy's early work. What an absolute maniac. For how goofy it starts out, there's a couple clips midway through it looks like Jackie nearly died. Olaf The Stout has a new favorite as of 05:52 on Jan 26, 2019 |
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Olaf The Stout posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOjzADJxihA Subtle movie moment: the part at around 2:29 in that video is little known to be the basis for the mma style tickling techniques in the documentary Tickled.
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It’s a good fight but the best part is The Jet snapping his suspenders.
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My favorite part is dubbing the breathing.
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Calaveron posted:Holy gently caress Jackie Chan is pretty famous for often doing several hundred takes just to get a specific shot right, he's a loving maniac. And yeah, he quite often did gently caress up (sometimes hospitalizing himself) before perfecting the stunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLqpMge8Fg8&t=30s Here's one where he absolutely had to get it right the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZEVz1V-X4w As a kid he was trained in classic Peking opera skills (martial arts, acrobatics and tumbling, etc) at the China Drama Academy starting at 6 years old which was a brutal life for a little kid. Sammo Hung was one of his classmates, here he is talking about life in the Academy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItjNZpL-m8c&t=311s
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I also love how as the fight progresses both just start looking completely battered and bruised. A lot of action movies of those years had the stars looking completely unharmed after big fight scenes
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Calaveron posted:I also love how as the fight progresses both just start looking completely battered and bruised. A lot of action movies of those years had the stars looking completely unharmed after big fight scenes That's also one of the reasons why John Wick fuckin slaps, because Keanu just gets more and more beaten up over the course of the movie
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We're talking about Jackie Chan movies and already talked about his amazing stunt where he annihilated his hands and destroyed a mall, but my favorite Jackie Chan fight is the park fight from Police Story 2. The best moment is 90 seconds in, when you have the beautiful shot of Jackie systemically breaking every bone in some thug's body with a pipe. Jackie also sang the theme song to the first Police Story movie. I've watched all of his Chinese movies way too many times, but especially in his early movies the thing that gets me is he's so loving fast. The first two Police Story movies feel like they're on fast forward at all times. I can probably go on for hours about which stunts are the best and weird stories behind every one of them but even if I talked all day I still wouldn't get through his 80s movies. If you've never seen Police Story, fix that right loving now because they're amazing. Edit: fun fact, the Hong Kong police used the Police Story song as part of their recruitment drives in the 80s. Because who doesn't want to be like Jackie? Don Gato has a new favorite as of 07:51 on Jan 26, 2019 |
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The bit in Armor of God where he throws some chewing gum against the door and catches it in his mouth took something like 80 takes to get right. And then he jumped out of a plane and landed on a hot air balloon, no big deal. Oh yeah and like a month before that he had to have brain surgery to save his life after loving up another stunt and breaking his skull. No. Big. Deal.
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bony tony posted:That's also one of the reasons why John Wick fuckin slaps, because Keanu just gets more and more beaten up over the course of the movie The Netflix Punisher series are also like that, pretty much most of the characters get ground up into mincemeat over the course of the show. Frank dishes out a lot of punishment but holy hell does he take a lot as well.
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What was the Jackie Chan movie where they're looking for a treasure in an abandoned military base I think that's buried in the desert and there's this giant turbine/fan and obviously the climax was them fighting in that room flying around thanks to the powerful airlift created by said turbine? Fond memories of watching that movie on TV with my dad and brother on a lazy Sunday afternoon
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