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One Piece always kinda interested me but it was daunting because there's hundreds (if not thousands?) of episodes. I tried the first episode of the Netflix show and while it seemed fun I kinda lost interest halfway through. Might give it another shot and if I enjoy it I might try the anime. Been having a hankering for some mindlessly fun anime lately. Does it have a lot of filler like Naruto where I I need a loving guide to know what to watch and what to skip, or can I just one episode after another without giving it much thought? (Also I'll never watch Naruto, no matter how much a mate of mine tries to convince me. Even back in my teens it looked like all the worst weeb mary sue cliches mashed together and gently caress that. At least One Piece always looked like it didn't take itself seriously at all and is just goofy fun pirate poo poo, instead of wish fulfillment trash for angsty teens to fantasise about.)
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Sep 3, 2023 18:21
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The one piece anime is notoriously stuffed with filler, and has a pacing schedule which goes all Xeno's paradox towards the ends of arcs.
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Sep 3, 2023 18:38
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On the plus side it has the Pirate Rap
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Sep 3, 2023 18:39
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Modern day One Piece is basically not meant to be watched outside of Youtube clip compilations. I think the usual strat is to watch the anime until you get sick of the filler and then switch to the manga.
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Sep 3, 2023 19:46
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Some filler episodes can be alright, like I liked the Naruto episode with the teacher constantly comparing Konohomaru's pranks to Naruto's old stuff back when he was a delinquent, then realises he's failing Konohomaru in exactly the same way he did Naruto, by comparing him to someone he can't possibly compete with.
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Sep 3, 2023 19:48
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Ah that's too bad, but I'm sure I'll stumble on another anime the scratch that itch. As for Netflix One Piece, just watched the second episode and I definitely don't regret it. The marines plot doesn't interest me in the slightest but I enjoyed the clown guy a lot. I'm guessing every episode is going to have a gimmicky bad guy and clown guy was a lot more fun than lady pirate, who just felt gimmicky in a dated 'what if pirate boss but female?!' kind of way.
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Sep 3, 2023 20:07
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i just want more Cannon Busters but I doubt we'll ever see more. my only IIMM with that was the guard the prince had in later episodes, and when she gets killed, he flips out when they barely had any time together, and I believe she was working for the bad dude all along, but the prince decides to ignore that. I know the prince is a brat, but drat. random Turning Red IIMM: i love this movie but there is just one part where they could have made it a little better. after Mei panda's for the first time, we hear her parents whispering in the hallway. the dad says they should have told her about this, which the mom shushes. She should have added something like they didn't need to tell Mei, it didn't happen to the mom until she was 18, let Mei stay a kid as long as possible before this horrible thing ruins her childhood. that at least would explain why no one ever told the kid anything. plus more period similarities.
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Sep 3, 2023 20:56
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That there hasn't been a sequel to Willy's Wonderland where a mute Nick Cage fights some sort of other murderous thing. Werewolves, vampires, jersey devils I don't particularly care what.
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Sep 3, 2023 21:14
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I look forward to more sight unseen takes on the One Piece show from people unfamiliar with the manga or anime and realising how much of the goofy and insane poo poo is inherent to the show and utterly non-negotiable to any remotely worthwhile adaptation, changing or omitting it would be like Superman not being allowed to be an alien from Krypton or Hellboy not being a demon from Hell. I think one piece is being created by a very skilled artist who exclusively creates character designs that I cannot loving stand at all, they are so ugly that I could never get past them. Improbable Lobster has a new favorite as of 04:38 on Sep 4, 2023 |
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Sep 3, 2023 21:37
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Tunicate posted:How are they different from humans when jedi exist? Restraining bolts are easier to manufacture than Jedi.
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Sep 3, 2023 23:08
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Pretty sure it was Star Wars which did that with the 'help me obi wobi kenobi' hologram. But that was still colour with a blue tint. That's kinda not what I was talking about? I wasn't asking for the first holograms on screen, I just wanted to gripe about the ones I've been seeing recently. I want more like Iron Man and Agents of Shield's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22-UCjwIxLw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZFyJjx8jo4 In full color and lighting. Tired of the Star Wars version while we're flying in space with FTL tech and time traveling.
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Sep 4, 2023 01:17
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Taeke posted:Ah that's too bad, but I'm sure I'll stumble on another anime the scratch that itch. Alvida is probably the weakest of early designs and doesn't show up again much in the manga, but if you love gimmicky goofy bad guys hoo boy are you watching the right show
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Sep 4, 2023 02:53
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Len posted:That there hasn't been a sequel to Willy's Wonderland where a mute Nick Cage fights some sort of other murderous thing. Werewolves, vampires, jersey devils I don't particularly care what. that was legit a great movie. Nic Cage says not a single word the entire movie and is perfect.
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Sep 4, 2023 03:19
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BioEnchanted posted:Some filler episodes can be alright, like I liked the Naruto episode with the teacher constantly comparing Konohomaru's pranks to Naruto's old stuff back when he was a delinquent, then realises he's failing Konohomaru in exactly the same way he did Naruto, by comparing him to someone he can't possibly compete with.  Taeke posted:One Piece always kinda interested me but it was daunting because there's hundreds (if not thousands?) of episodes. I tried the first episode of the Netflix show and while it seemed fun I kinda lost interest halfway through. Might give it another shot and if I enjoy it I might try the anime. Been having a hankering for some mindlessly fun anime lately. It'll take you 3 years to watch all of One Piece if you watch one episode a day. If you cared. It's not like it's a blood pact, you can just stop if you're not interested by episode 8 unless you have some kind of FOMO problem with not watching every episode of a show you've started. Also One Piece is going to have points where the story takes itself seriously as it involves people and places that the characters care about, much like any light-hearted battle manga. Also I don't know what you mean with that second half.
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Sep 4, 2023 03:26
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Cowslips Warren posted:that was legit a great movie. Nic Cage says not a single word the entire movie and is perfect. He says everything he needs to with his actions. He just wants to clean a building and gently caress the pinball machine.
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Sep 4, 2023 03:30
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Half the fun of Dragon Ball Z is the filler where it becomes basically the Simpsons with superpowered idiots, half of whom used to be supervillains, who struggle to navigate everyday life. One Piece also does a bit of that even in canon, a fair few arcs start with the characters having downtime exploring the new place they've arrived at, and the anime expands that into organic filler like Sanji getting in cooking duels.
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Sep 4, 2023 03:36
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Watching Gangs of New York and why did Amsterdam save Bill the Butcher from the assassination attempt? Was he that petty to want to kill Bill himself? Let the assassin do the job! Amsterdam is dumb as hell.
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Sep 4, 2023 03:49
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Android Apocalypse posted:Watching Gangs of New York and why did Amsterdam save Bill the Butcher from the assassination attempt? Was he that petty to want to kill Bill himself? Let the assassin do the job! That last part is certainly true, but I also got the impression that he was genuinely conflicted about where he would go with his life. Like, Butcher is everything his father taught him was cool and good, he might have been tempted to just say gently caress it and accept his role as the rising star of Butcher's gang and as his surrogate son.
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Sep 4, 2023 04:20
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Cowslips Warren posted:that was legit a great movie. Nic Cage says not a single word the entire movie and is perfect. The "fairy" character costume was legit awful and the movie didn't really have any tension because nic cage just easily defeats every monster. Fun otherwise though
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Sep 4, 2023 04:37
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Half the fun of Dragon Ball Z is the filler where it becomes basically the Simpsons with superpowered idiots, half of whom used to be supervillains, who struggle to navigate everyday life. Love me some 'team hangout' episodes. The general quality of the show was pretty high but Avatar The Last Airbender was pretty much always a good time, even if it wasn't one of the 28 episodes that actually moved the plot forward.
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Sep 4, 2023 04:54
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Improbable Lobster posted:The "fairy" character costume was legit awful and the movie didn't really have any tension because nic cage just easily defeats every monster. I'll give the fairy costume a pass because, hey, they're all creepy animatronics with borderline cheap covering, she's just the only one with "skin" covering her body rather than fur/feather/scales. What I don't like is her movements, she moves too fast and cleanly when the rest feel like they're animatronics with their movements.
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Sep 4, 2023 05:06
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RareAcumen posted:Love me some 'team hangout' episodes. The general quality of the show was pretty high but Avatar The Last Airbender was pretty much always a good time, even if it wasn't one of the 28 episodes that actually moved the plot forward. Even the hangout episodes and scenes are part of the plot, given the show is as much about the characters and their relationships with each other and the wider world. Towards the end in particular the Ember Island Players and start of the finale hanging out around the old vacation home has some poignant moments.
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Sep 4, 2023 06:28
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The best thing about One Piece is: Pro-Wrestler Minoru Suzuki loves it so much he had the lines of the magic fruit shaved into his hair in real life, and also managed to get himself a cameo on the cartoon as himself. 
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RareAcumen posted:Love me some 'team hangout' episodes. The general quality of the show was pretty high but Avatar The Last Airbender was pretty much always a good time, even if it wasn't one of the 28 episodes that actually moved the plot forward. There are people who consider "Toph goes on a crime spree with Sokka" to be filler and I just don't know what's wrong with their brains.
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Sep 4, 2023 10:27
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Heck, even Star Wars has bits like when Chewie and R2 are playing hologram chess, which says a lot about two characters who literally don't speak coherently to the audience.
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Sep 4, 2023 10:48
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poo poo in The Last Jedi a small group snuck out of the hopeless space chase to go on a casino planet side mission
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Randalor posted:I'll give the fairy costume a pass because, hey, they're all creepy animatronics with borderline cheap covering, she's just the only one with "skin" covering her body rather than fur/feather/scales. What I don't like is her movements, she moves too fast and cleanly when the rest feel like they're animatronics with their movements. The "skin" was just the actress not wearing sleeves!
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Half the fun of Dragon Ball Z is the filler where it becomes basically the Simpsons with superpowered idiots, half of whom used to be supervillains, who struggle to navigate everyday life. Goku being this incredible martial artist and having impossibly fast reflexes and depth prescription yet being absolutely hopeless at learning how to drive a car always amused me. Like even Yamchas powers translated to being good at baseball. But Goku is basically SpongeBob behind the wheel.
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Sep 5, 2023 06:33
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Funny thing is it makes sense; Goku had up til then never really learned how to operate vehicles iirc; he's had the Flying Nimbus that basically flies itself, spaceships that do the same, and otherwise all his life he's just walked, run and later flown under his own power. Especially when learning as an adult, operating a car (flying or not) is something that none of his existing skills translate to- and of course he's absurdly reckless, because he's entirely used to moving at ridiculous speeds and very little being able to meaningfully hurt him. (also iirc his driving instructor turns out to be enjoying it) Piccolo is much the same. That said, seems implied he's as quick a learner with that as anything, by Super he's shown to operate a tractor and a truck fairly competently (leaving Goten behind the wheel aside, though even then much the same applies to him, and both can lift said tractor one-handed) and being a pretty easygoing and sensible driver otherwise.
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Improbable Lobster posted:The "skin" was just the actress not wearing sleeves! Well, yeah. Though considering the backstory of Willy's Wonderland, maybe the siren had actual human skin as a covering.
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Saw Bodies, Bodies, Bodies yesterday and it was godawful. I could go on about how the twist is predictable, the characters were insufferable and a whole lot of other things, but this isn't the thread for that. No, I came here to bitch about one specific thing: near the end of the film, the protagonist us fighting her former lover because the woman who took a nosedive off the first floor told her to check former lovers phone. That phone is supposed to have the texts proving that former lover and pancake girl were having an affair... ...so why the gently caress wouldn't you just grab the phone of the (very dead, defenseless) corpse, instead of fighting your friend for hers? Does nobody in this film realize that messages are stored for all participants of a conversation?
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Why is is called Race to Witch Mountain if the kids are aliens? They should have called it Race to Alien Mountain. The cover art also makes it look more like a mesa than a mountain...so maybe Race to Alien Mesa?
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Ghost Leviathan posted:That said, seems implied he's as quick a learner with that as anything, by Super he's shown to operate a tractor and a truck fairly competently (leaving Goten behind the wheel aside, though even then much the same applies to him, and both can lift said tractor one-handed) and being a pretty easygoing and sensible driver otherwise. e: It appears he now works on a farm instead of punching bad guys. I don't think I understand DBZ Super. Zero_Grade has a new favorite as of 15:32 on Sep 7, 2023 |
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Sep 7, 2023 15:30
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DrBouvenstein posted:Why is is called Race to Witch Mountain if the kids are aliens? At least in the original film, the way townsfolk talk about it, it has a reputation for witches living on it, while the aliens had only been on Earth for a few years. So it's better to say that the aliens decided to hide at a location that has a reputation for ~sPoOkY~ things happening rather than being the cause of the spooky stuff.
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Zero_Grade posted:Wait, why is Goku operating a tractor? He does start punching bad guys again eventually
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Sep 7, 2023 16:39
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Zero_Grade posted:Wait, why is Goku operating a tractor? Because after the end of DBZ no bad guys show up for a couple of years so he just starts a farm. Its hard to know if it is successful at all because he gets subsidized by Mr Satan giving him a ton of cash.
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Sep 7, 2023 16:43
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He didnt have to pay taxes for all those years he was dead, did he?
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Sep 7, 2023 17:14
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Inspector Gesicht posted:He didnt have to pay taxes for all those years he was dead, did he? No income means no taxes.
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Zero_Grade posted:Wait, why is Goku operating a tractor? He had to take it easy with the fighting people cause of a heart condition introduced during the Cell saga. Randalor posted:No income means no taxes. He had to pay afterlife taxes tho.  The HELL IRS.
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Great, Mr. Satan has armed IRS agents now, just like Tucker Carlson warned us all about.
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