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The Bee posted:Even compared to how tensionless the series already has been, I'm amazed by how little tension this episode had. About the plot what the gently caress was it even? What was the emotional payoff to the reasons why these girls wanted to be Huntresses? It feels like that got to the middle of the movie and just ended it there without resolving anything. The plot is mostly just an excuse for the action. They should really go the Inferno Cop or No More Heroes route and just get stupid with it.
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Chexoid posted:Let's not also forget that New Character #98 is literally Yang's model but palette swapped. It better be a clone or something otherwise LmaO I'll chalk it more up to the faces being very samey and this lady obviously being her mother I mean come on its literally Yang with Ruby's colors. Still, cripes that's lazy. The Bee fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Oct 31, 2014 |
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Oct 31, 2014 06:21
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Even people who hate this show like the soundtrack, right? Because Shine is pretty choice.
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Oct 31, 2014 16:55
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Jeff Williams' score is literally the only redeemable thing about this anime fanfiction.
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Oct 31, 2014 19:25
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Solaris Knight posted:Even people who hate this show like the soundtrack, right? If you mean the song they sing for the opening and ending then that stuff makes me feel embarrassed by proxy. Kinda feels like something you'd hear on the Disney channel or something.
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Oct 31, 2014 19:28
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Srice posted:If you mean the song they sing for the opening and ending then that stuff makes me feel embarrassed by proxy. Kinda feels like something you'd hear on the Disney channel or something. I have to admit that I have listened to the ost. There's some bad stuff in there, but I'd be lying if said I didn't enjoy "I Burn." It's so cheesy that I love it.
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Oct 31, 2014 19:56
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Chexoid posted:
Best 5 minutes of the episode. It feels a bit boring if all the students are that strong and they're not even graduates yet. Reminds me, I love everyone's fashion sense. S2 apart from the Prom scenes was a huge letdown with no real progress other than flashy fights. I'm ambivalent if I care enough to wait for S3 right now. Perhaps, just to see another Yang vs Neo fight round 2.
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God drat, you could actually feel the tension draining out of that episode like a popped balloon.
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Alder posted:Best 5 minutes of the episode. It feels a bit boring if all the students are that strong and they're not even graduates yet. Honestly the prom scenes contribute even more to the feeling of no progress. A ton of airtime wasted on characters who make Jaune seem useful and important by comparison. I guess that's my big problem with the series in general. There's no focus. Is it about balancing school responsibilities and being the hero, a hopeless situation with the world's problems all coming to a head, or a silly shonen bloodbath? Deep moments briefly surface but vanish quickly. Fight scenes are just constant setpiece fests always trying to one up the last one. Pointless new characters appear on a regular basis. If Monty Oum could restrain himself and stick to maybe half of what he has I'd feel much more optimistic. But I get the feeling he's going to just keep adding more.
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Alder posted:Best 5 minutes of the episode. It feels a bit boring if all the students are that strong and they're not even graduates yet. I think the above assessment that it feels like a good episode, but not a good finale, makes a fair amount of sense. Really, the issue overall seems to be in the setup, which the main characters even deliberately comment on, is that its having them poke at the surface of the mysteries and conspiracies behind the scenes, but wants to keep the mystery going for a bit more still, so they don't really quite get answers on anything. They know Torchwick was getting weapons, but not how. They know he had plans to lure Grimm into the city, but not why. They know that someone tried to steal military secrets, but not who. And admittedly, for most of it, I can understand why, but it does leave it feeling like there is a substantial lack of progress to be made where there otherwise could have been. There's some character exploration to try and balance things out, but those were more to restabilise people after being thrown off balance. And it kinda ends up being similar with the fight in the city. Ruby mentions how people were hurt in the attack, but we never got to see much of that sort of thing. Heck, it doesn't even need to necessarily change the students managing to actually curbstomp the Grimm in the end (though you still could have seen more tension with the larger Grimm), but at least showcase why they're such a problem by pointing out the numerical issue at least. Whilst RWBY were fighting, Grimm they couldn't get to could have been running amok through the streets, only to eventually get put down by the arrival of reinforcements - which lets Monty keep the fight sequences he loves so much. Grimm singlehandedly don't need to be much of a danger, but the series has made a deal about their ability to swarm, so why not use it?
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The Bee posted:If Monty Oum could restrain himself and stick to maybe half of what he has I'd feel much more optimistic. But I get the feeling he's going to just keep adding more. B-But flawed characters add realism?! Or in reality they seem even more useless compared to the rest of the cast. Agreed how it's starting to become a shaggy dog story now than ever. @Astro Nut: True, the Grimm just don't feel scary despite what everyone else says to the audience. It has this weird conveniently empty town which turns into a battle field scenario. I'm not asking to animate crowds fleeing from every building but where did people get hurt again? When all is said and done, I'd totally be hyped for RWBY if I were 12-14 year old and I'd never seen anime before 
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Srice posted:If you mean the song they sing for the opening and ending then that stuff makes me feel embarrassed by proxy. Kinda feels like something you'd hear on the Disney channel or something. Shine was the song used for the dumb but amazing JNPR prom dance.
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I checked out some more in case I was being stupid but nope I still don't like it, and I typed up some words but the hell with it I stick by my original verdict; it's cargo-cult anime that took a bunch of stuff they saw in other media and tried to assemble it like some sort of TvTropes monstrosity. The fights are nice and have one-up on stuff like the Star Wars prequels in that at least all the attacks look like they're intended to do damage while they twirl around. I do wonder what the general audience for this is, besides 'tumblr'. And nothing is going to save those god-awful backdrops. Pierson fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Nov 1, 2014 |
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Chexoid posted:Let's not also forget that New Character #98 is literally Yang's model but palette swapped. It better be a clone or something otherwise LmaO Pretty sure that's her mom. e: I'm with people on that the Grimm should've been way more threatening then they are, RWBY should've been on their last ropes at least before reinforcements arrived. I think it would've worked people if some bystanders clearly got murdered even if there was a last second cut away. Raenir Salazar fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Nov 1, 2014 |
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Alder posted:B-But flawed characters add realism?! Or in reality they seem even more useless compared to the rest of the cast. There's flawed characters and then there's useless characters. Sun and Neptune literally exist to be drooled over by the main cast and almost nothing else. Their only fights in recent memory had them leaving midfight to get coffee against the robot and get outperformed by every character including a goddamn corgi in this latest episode. I love flawed characters, and I'd love to see everyone in this show stop being so invincible. Its just a problem when you could completely ignore their segments of the episode and losing nothing as a result.
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Rooster Teeth posted:It is with great regret that I must inform you that our co-worker and our dear friend, Monty Oum, has had a medical emergency. He is currently hospitalized in critical care and it is not known if he will recover. He is receiving the best medical care possible and is surrounded by both family and friends who love him very much.
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Jan 31, 2015 00:03
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Huh. I didn't know he was married. That's honestly kind of shocking.
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I guess I thought of him kind of like Sheldon in that regards, someone so dedicated to their profession they'd have little time for romance, so that's the one  is finding out he has a family like that. But otherwise  all the way, I hope he recovers.It must be serious is Roosterteeth's insurance doesn't cover it. 
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I wonder what happened. To say "It's not known if he'll recover" is pretty crazy, especially since if it was, like, a car accident, they'd mention it.
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Takoluka posted:I wonder what happened. To say "It's not known if he'll recover" is pretty crazy, especially since if it was, like, a car accident, they'd mention it. The only reason to get a sudden severe hospitalization like that is either suicide attempt or some sort of life ending illness.
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I find it strange that there's not even a shred of info on why he's in the hospital. To me that sounds like maybe a suicide attempt or maybe he did something stupid like getting into a car wreck while drunk. If it was something simple as an illness, I would think it would be brought up. That being said, I hope he pulls through okay.
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Cechmanek posted:I find it strange that there's not even a shred of info on why he's in the hospital. To me that sounds like maybe a suicide attempt or maybe he did something stupid like getting into a car wreck while drunk. If it was something simple as an illness, I would think it would be brought up. Monty's a workaholic to extremely unhealthy levels, so I'm willing to bet that it finally caught up with him.
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Might also be a legal thing where they just aren't allowed to disclose anything even if they want to. Given how much of a workaholic he was, I wouldn't be shocked if it was an unchecked blood clot triggering a giant stroke or something to that effect. That'd count as a medical emergency, leave him in 'critical' condition, and they wouldn't know if he'd recover from it. He basically sat in his chair around the clock, right? Ross and Arin of Game Grumps flew out to Texas during the weekend and the photos posted seem pretty silly. I'm hoping that's because Monty's getting better and not because they're just trying to keep their spirits up. If his condition was getting worse, you'd figure the rest of the Grumps crew would've gone down, too. Having no news at all is awful. Just hearing 'yo, he's not going to die' would be nice at this point.
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ChibiSoma posted:Might also be a legal thing where they just aren't allowed to disclose anything even if they want to. Anything could count as a medical emergency, that's the problem. If it was said that it was an accident, illness, or medical condition, that would be a little more clear. That would be crazy if it was a suicide attempt, just because just a year and half ago they had a former member of their staff kill himself. What I find strange is that other than the initial announcement and the follow up about they already reached the fund raising goal, there hasn't been one word about it. Even a, "We have no new information at this time." would be nice. I used to be super into RT until a few years ago and I don't recognize anybody in those pictures
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Well gently caress.quote:Our friend, inspiration and co-worker Monty Oum passed away yesterday afternoon at 4:34 PM surrounded by people who loved him very much. Ten days ago Monty suffered a severe allergic reaction during a simple medical procedure that left him in a coma. Although he fought bravely, his body was not able to recover. During his time in the hospital he was well cared for and never in pain at any time.
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So one of my favourite animators died the day before my birthday. That... rather takes the energy out of my evening. gently caress.
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Feb 2, 2015 19:39
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Man how loving terrible. 33 is way too early.
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Feb 2, 2015 19:43
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This horrible. I feel so sorry for all his friends and fans. I stopped watching RWBY awhile ago, but he was definitely the best part of it. Rest in peace, dude.
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RIP. He may have been a little strange, but he did what he loved and had a good run, even if it ended too short.
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Wait, allergic reaction to a medical procedure? Like, they gave him penicillin and it did this? I thought they triple-checked that poo poo.
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Captain Invictus posted:Wait, allergic reaction to a medical procedure? Like, they gave him penicillin and it did this? I thought they triple-checked that poo poo. It happens. My university advisor was recently incapacitated for a fortnight by some medication she took for a minor illness.
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Captain Invictus posted:Wait, allergic reaction to a medical procedure? Like, they gave him penicillin and it did this? I thought they triple-checked that poo poo. I know a guy who broke his leg. Got it treated and everything with no problem. 1 day later he had to go in for cardiac arrest because the medicine they gave him during the treatment had some crazy reaction. Basically this poo poo can be unpredictable even with all the precautions taken.
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RWBY wasn't really my jam, but RIP dude. Wonder if they'll continue the show without him? It's successful, but at the same time from everything I've heard, he was basically the driving force behind it.
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Endorph posted:RWBY wasn't really my jam, but RIP dude. My guess is they will produce whatever they had already planned, maybe adding a little bit to give it a proper ending, then just leave it.
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That's awful. This would also explain the lack of any news recently.Captain Invictus posted:Wait, allergic reaction to a medical procedure? Like, they gave him penicillin and it did this? I thought they triple-checked that poo poo. Other than asking the patient, is there anyway to find out if someone is allergic to any medication?
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Cechmanek posted:Other than asking the patient, is there anyway to find out if someone is allergic to any medication? Unfortunately, often only if they'd previously had issues with said medication. In major cases, they may take a blood sample beforehand to be safe, but often enough its presumed to be so minor that the medicine can be handed over without issue, and well...
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