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Shageletic posted:I think the show wasn't as imaginative as it could be and was def stuck in a retro take on futurism, down to the 80s like exploitation of female nudity, but I thought the short number of eps and how decisively it dealt with its various characters, aping a noir like mindset, was pretty cool, esp for anime. I don't think it was a lack of imagination so much as it was just efficient worldbuilding; the show felt more focused on the gang member dynamic than expanding on/exploring Cyberpunk 2077 branded lore. I get how one could argue a lack of imagination though, but I figure the nutty visuals helps offset that criticism. I also figure the series leaning hard in retro-futurism is just a byproduct of it being based on a game that — in my surface-level observation — heavily does the same.
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Sep 26, 2022 15:21
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The game was written in the 80s and they just basically kept all Pondsmith's ideas of what the future would be like over the decades. It's true blue 80s Cyberpunk that's only been mildly updated and has, as a consequence of its age, become retro-futurism. I find that very fascinating. The stuff that's dated is so interesting to me. We all did think that bionic limbs would be around by the 2020s. Six Million Dollar man was a decade earlier, and they had just made an artificial heart. Seemed plausible. The flying cars, of course that's in there. The Japanese mega-corps. That kind of thing.
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Sep 26, 2022 15:59
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:The game was written in the 80s and they just basically kept all Pondsmith's ideas of what the future would be like over the decades. It's true blue 80s Cyberpunk that's only been mildly updated and has, as a consequence of its age, become retro-futurism. I find that very fascinating. It's definitely a genre of sci-fi that's totally my poo poo, having grown up watching Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, and Akira several times over. Any similar content will almost certainly align with what I find appealing, at least aesthetically.
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Sep 26, 2022 16:05
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teagone posted:It's definitely a genre of sci-fi that's totally my poo poo, having grown up watching Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, and Akira several times over. Any similar content will almost certainly align with what I find appealing, at least aesthetically. Same, my dude, but even further back. The late 80s-early 90s sort of cleaned it up a little bit as a consequence of the End of History poo poo, but that early 80s stuff where they'd just come out of the very grim 70s and the death of the 60s optimism was complete was extremely my jam. It's where my earliest memories are set. You can actually watch it in the art; the 70s futurism is all nature and harmony and clean sparkling cities with perfect parks and everyone in high-tech jumpsuits and by '83 it's hell in a cell and you're wearing a tattered trash bag.
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Sep 26, 2022 16:32
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Ok, I see how people would like how retro it was. Fair enough. Can I say how bad the dialogue was? I had to watch it in Japanese because at least it was a little bit more bearable as another language lol. There is great examples of english dubs out there. Feels like the translators were too locked in to replicating the japanese dialogue, which really only works in that language (tho it isn't that spectacular there either).
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Sep 26, 2022 21:16
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Tiny Timbs posted:Nah I’m good The live action is fun
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Sep 26, 2022 21:38
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Shageletic posted:Ok, I see how people would like how retro it was. Fair enough. Can I say how bad the dialogue was? I had to watch it in Japanese because at least it was a little bit more bearable as another language lol. outrageously wrong
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Sep 26, 2022 21:57
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Oxxidation posted:outrageously wrong Naw, I posted last week about how atrocious I thought the english dialogue was. I'm planning to switch to Japanese to finish the series if I ever get back around to it. Seemed cool otherwise.
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Sep 26, 2022 23:57
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I don’t get it. What was wrong with the English dialogue? The slang they use is accurate.
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Sep 27, 2022 00:00
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I'm talking about just the writing in general, characters stating their motivations to each other like they are strangers in super basic terms. In a show supposedly targeted to adults the characters are speaking like an after school cartoon. The mom and kid talking in the car before they got attacked was just amazingly bad to me. Maybe it's just as dumb in Japanese, but at least I'm hoping it won't stand out as much.
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Sep 27, 2022 00:15
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Wait, are you watching it in a language you don’t know with the subtitles off?
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Sep 27, 2022 00:18
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Huh? No I was watching the English dub and found the words coming out of the characters mouths to be really dumb words.
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Sep 27, 2022 00:20
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I never watch anime dubs. I always prefer subtitled with Japanese audio. Guess I'm a weeb. [edit] Actually that's a lie, I think the english dub of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is vastly superior.
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Sep 27, 2022 00:38
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Tiny Timbs posted:I don’t get it. What was wrong with the English dialogue? The slang they use is accurate. Trite. Explicitly stating their thoughts. Obvious attempts at cool lines that fall flat. Just a general dearth of anything approaching humor or interesting lines. E: even anime can do better than that.
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Sep 27, 2022 00:42
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Shageletic posted:Trite. Explicitly stating their thoughts. Obvious attempts at cool lines that fall flat. Just a general dearth of anything approaching humor or interesting lines. Sure but switching to subtitles doesn’t fix that
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Sep 27, 2022 00:45
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Tiny Timbs posted:Sure but switching to subtitles doesn’t fix that I mean, sometimes it does? I don't watch much anime these days, but don't they still try to shoo-horn not quite right dialogue in to fit the mouth movements that were originally animated for the Japanese voices? I was hoping that's the case here anyway.
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Sep 27, 2022 00:49
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Someone mentioned a show named High Maintenance in this or another thread, and it sounded interesting, so I started it. It's on HBOMax, each episode is 30 minutes, and there's four seasons. The only constant is the main character, The Guy, played by Ben Sinclair. (He also co-created the show.) The Guy spends his days bicycling around New York City, until he gets a phone call asking him to "hang out" with one of his clients, and it's soon revealed that he's a pot dealer. It's a peek into so many lives, as he goes in and out of them. It's sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always touching. There are two problems with the show: a) it made me wish that I lived in NYC, because every episode is fascinating, and b) it's only 4 seasons, so I'll be very sad when it's over.
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Sep 27, 2022 00:51
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Tiny Timbs posted:Sure but switching to subtitles doesn’t fix that Completely subjective but to me it softens it. At least it's not as jarring and doesn't quite have the same "no one talks like this" factor.
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Sep 27, 2022 01:45
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teagone posted:I never watch anime dubs. I always prefer subtitled with Japanese audio. Guess I'm a weeb. Honestly I couldn't imagine watching this subbed. The MC is Dominican, there's a Japanese biker gang that still speak Japanese, and fuckin' Gus Fring plays the villian.
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Sep 27, 2022 03:41
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What doesn’t he play a villain in?
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a sexual elk posted:What doesn’t he play a villain in? He really tried. There were articles talking about how he had to, like, leave his Fring glasses in his trailer so he wouldn't bring the character home. Real efforts to say that it wasn't just a great performance, but a true transformation that was really difficult for him (so please don't just give me twenty more of these types of roles).
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a sexual elk posted:What doesn’t he play a villain in? He needs to show up in Dragon Ball Super ++ Season 9000 as Autistic God God DeathTrue2 Garlic III Blue Waffle Then the cycle will be complete/destroyed/wtf
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Sep 27, 2022 03:58
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Anyone else watching The Patient on Hulu? It’s good Although probably not a bad series to just wait and binge. The 30 minutes eps really leave you hanging.
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Sep 27, 2022 07:11
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Nightmare Cinema posted:I've got a PS5 and it looks like it won't be too bad as long as I'm in performance mode. It’s good you should play it
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Everybody sing along: I couldn't wait for you to come clear the cupboards But now you're going to leave with nothing but a sign... lol I'm an rear end in a top hat Nightmare Cinema fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sep 27, 2022 09:37
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veni veni veni posted:Anyone else watching The Patient on Hulu? It’s good Yeah, I am. I'm liking it so far, but this format is not sustainable. Is it supposed to be a limited series? Or is the plan for a multi season arc? If the latter, we need a change very soon, but I'm struggling to see where they would go with it. It's good, but not nearly on the level as their previous effort, The Americans.
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Nihonniboku posted:Yeah, I am. I'm liking it so far, but this format is not sustainable. Is it supposed to be a limited series? Or is the plan for a multi season arc? If the latter, we need a change very soon, but I'm struggling to see where they would go with it. It's good, but not nearly on the level as their previous effort, The Americans. Season 1 finale, he escapes and his captor is arrested. He returns home, and a few weeks after he's out getting dinner and blacks out. Wakes up in a basement, a completely different patient sits down and says "Doc, I hear you treat people like me...." THE DOCTOR WILL RETURN IN SEASON 2
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Sep 27, 2022 14:24
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Athena on Netflix has some absolutely magnificent one take scenes, including a crazy opening scene. The other aspects of the movie are fine. I recommend it if you're in the mood for a drama about police racism in France.
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Sep 27, 2022 14:25
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Medullah posted:Season 1 finale, he escapes and his captor is arrested. He returns home, and a few weeks after he's out getting dinner and blacks out. Wakes up in a basement, a completely different patient sits down and says "Doc, I hear you treat people like me...." Heh, I will not watch season 2 if that is what happens.
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Nihonniboku posted:Yeah, I am. I'm liking it so far, but this format is not sustainable. Is it supposed to be a limited series? Or is the plan for a multi season arc? If the latter, we need a change very soon, but I'm struggling to see where they would go with it. It's good, but not nearly on the level as their previous effort, The Americans.
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Evan Peters seems like he's having a little too much fun playing Jeffrey Dahmer....
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It weirded me out because I was sure it was Peters in the music video for Psycho Killer made a few years ago and he looks exactly like that in the Dahmer series.
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mcmagic posted:Evan Peters seems like he's having a little too much fun playing Jeffrey Dahmer.... I think he's really good in it but my girlfriend says he reminds her of a dark Joe Pera and now I can't unsee it.
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Shageletic posted:You can do better Can they? It's already too late to watch zero anime.
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Aphex- posted:I think he's really good in it but my girlfriend says he reminds her of a dark Joe Pera and now I can't unsee it. Yes! I thought the same thing
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Tagichatn posted:Can they? It's already too late to watch zero anime. Start and stop at Akira. Problem solved.
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Athena on Netflix has some absolutely magnificent one take scenes, including a crazy opening scene. The other aspects of the movie are fine. I recommend it if you're in the mood for a drama about police racism in France.
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Shageletic posted:Ok, I see how people would like how retro it was. Fair enough. Can I say how bad the dialogue was? I had to watch it in Japanese because at least it was a little bit more bearable as another language lol. I like Edgerunners but the dialogue is an active impediment to me enjoying it. They communicate the concepts and use the slang but it's written so unnaturally. It's just not how people talk.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I like Edgerunners but the dialogue is an active impediment to me enjoying it. They communicate the concepts and use the slang but it's written so unnaturally. It's just not how people talk. you understand that this by itself is not a meaningful statement, right if you want dialogue that represents “how people talk” then you have to go to early-oughts mumblecore or something. nearly all dialogue is compressed or stylized otherwise
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