🎥│entertainment

[edgy stone]

https://tenor.com/view/chcetonaawatarokok-gif-26549584

[sage thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/i-am-the-one-who-knocks-breakingbad-gif-7806408

[rain cliff]

Anyone watch The Bear S3 yet?

[floral dove]

no

[errant flower]

im watching season7 of outlander atm

[rich cipher]

My favorite show of all time: The Wire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcQbk78CSw

[crimson glacier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tNxMo53OO8

[neon sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/randy-trailer-park-boys-drunk-getting-drunk-lit-gif-15212939

[dim sage]

Watching s2 of the boys

[sage thunder]

How I picture @halcyon nimbus

[halcyon nimbus]

wat

[pliant forum]

You've MET him.

If anything he looks like Jeroen's brother 😄

[halcyon nimbus]

...

[pliant forum]

[sage thunder]

You drink beer

[halcyon nimbus]

Uhhh so do most Dutch guys

[floral dove]

you freak

[rain cliff]

RIP Irish

[west badge]

[rain cliff]

Is it really that good?

[rich cipher]

In my opinion, definitely

[sour sapphire]

He was the cripple, crippling around, or was that a different woot up?

[pliant forum]

[jovial oak]

was drakonen the guy with his foot wrapped in plaster

?

[maiden jacinth]

it was the guy with drakonen written on his name tag

[sour sapphire]

He had like the plastic foot, not sure what that is called, I'm too sleep deprived

[pliant forum]

Every time you thought you saw Jeroen, it was actually Drak.

https://tenor.com/view/ben-stiller-tom-cruise-stunt-double-ben-stiller-tom-cruise-mtv-awards-gif-21428670

[sour sapphire]

I think he wrote jesus on it, I'm not sure, but he is that old

[sour sapphire]

#racism #allDutchiesLookTheSame

[jovial oak]

yeah that was a dev working in react

[halcyon nimbus]

yeah my foot was in a weird shoe

[halcyon nimbus]

hey.

[rain cliff]

hey

[halcyon nimbus]

I swear there was a message before from drakon

[outer obsidian]

What is this channel

Can I send memes here?

[tight storm]

#🐸│memes is what you're looking for

[outer obsidian]

Oh i didnt see

[pliant phoenix]

OMAR COMIN

[errant flower]

actually positively rated spooky movie?!
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/longlegs

[pliant phoenix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig9BcW7gXvE

this is insanely good just fyi

[rich cipher]

Eyyy more Baltimore PD

Can confirm, good series

Is there a second season out yet?

[maiden jacinth]

whats the punisher doing in an HBO series not about the punisher

[pliant forum]

[pliant phoenix]

nah it's a limited series, based on real events

https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/us/baltimore-police-officers-racketeering-charges/

feel like I know more about Baltimore PD than I probably should as a guy living in Canada

between the Wire and this lmao

[pliant forum]

A... limited series? Limited to whom?
Do they mean a MINI series?

[pliant phoenix]

Limited series/mini series mean the same thing haha

[pliant forum]

I am obviously critcizing the use of the word "limited", because it implies anything but what it intends to 😛

This LIMITED series will self-destruct in twenty seconds

[near prism]

The Boys Season 4 Finale was so good :D

[edgy stone]

https://tenor.com/view/no-spoilers-spoiler-alert-no-spoilies-grogu-spoilers-gif-15634254512258356099

[boreal crest]

https://youtu.be/7l4zankxORs?si=8Rm0PvQyFBuJYixR

[boreal crest]

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/halo-canceled-paramount-plus-1236075994/

[main wave]

I fucking hate how video game adaptions almost always turn out like this.
You would think it would be fairly easy to find people who don't have complete contempt for the material they are writing for

[rain cliff]

Typical

[main wave]

Meanwhile the Fallout show used the source material to great effect and is beloved by practically everyone

[boreal crest]

ill say i thought the 2nd season was enjoyable

first season tho... that was rough

it felt like they were finally getting it together for season 2

battle of reach, the flood... we got some cool stuff

the arbiter

i was curious to see if s3 would be really good but i guess we aint seeing that

[main wave]

I couldn't help but writeoff season 2 due in part to the actor insisting on wearing no armour

[boreal crest]

if they hadn't lost the hype with a meh season 1 maybe this could have actually worked out

[boreal crest]

it actually was a fun watch

[main wave]

Dude is meant to be THE Master Chief, but has to rub his face into every shot

[boreal crest]

yeah he really liked taking off his damn helmet

self promotion i guess

but like dude you're an actor just do your damn job

[main wave]

Honestly
I think Halo should be animated, voice actors seem to understand that their face should not appear on the screen at any point

[boreal crest]

@main wave did you watch the foward unto dawn mini series

[main wave]

Yes, and it was good

[boreal crest]

yep

that's what i was hoping fop

for

oh shit i just realized nico never watched it

gotta make him watch it

[main wave]

Apparently large production studios cannot for the life of their friends and families simply give the audience what they want

Forward Unto Dawn made it looks so simple and obvious, yet Paramount ignored it all and just readapted the script they were going to use for Mass Effect on Halo

[pliant forum]

Just finished Designated Survivor. Not a bad White House / Secret Agent series at all, though you can definitely skip season 3.

[pliant forum]

Atlas is a ... If I had to say it basically feels like Titanfall as a movie. Except there's a strong plot about rogue AI.

Definitely worth a watch.

[sick gazelle]

holy

Robert Downey Jr will play as doctor doom

it really is either dying as a hero or live long enough to become the villian

[halcyon nimbus]

i cant get exited anymore by marvel movies

[pliant forum]

I know the feeling. After the first handful, I tuned them out.

[sour sapphire]

I like the new deadpool

[edgy stone]

It was cool until the Endgame, Marvel had it all figured out, 3 movies per year, so even most casual fans could keep up
But you have to milk the cow, so now we have shit-ton of movies and TV shows every year, each with its own lore, with quality going way down too

[pliant forum]

After the first few, every movie felt like it had to introduce a new superhero for a new, upcoming movie. And be filled with references you just wouldn't get unless you watched them all in sequence.

[near prism]

Anyone also getting ads for squid game season 2?

[pliant forum]

Ads? No, never 😄

But Squid Party 2 is indeed coming.

[near prism]

I like to mainly watch youtube on my tv if I’m not already on my pc, never paying for yt premium tho :v

[errant flower]

cant believe that after this time, the gravity falls fandom is thriving again

[pliant forum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ugty7yHkcY
Technically not #🐱│pets since not mine. But very great for anyone who loves cats 😄

[maiden jacinth]

i hate that embeds on discord now have ads

ads galore

[pliant forum]

I doubt it'll last long since neither having Nitro or YT Premium prevents them.

[pure canyon]

time to set up that pihole

[edgy stone]

Sounds good - doesn't work, lets ads on googlevideo.com through

[muted jasper]

I've watched Jun for quite a while but this was fun transition lol

[pliant forum]

It's amazing 😄

[errant flower]

HOTD has ended, no we wait for a new season

[edgy stone]

Highschool of the Dead

[errant flower]

no

House of the Dragon

GOT

[edgy stone]

Ooooh
I have to finally watch Game of Thrones one day

[pliant forum]

Mhmm same. Last episode I saw was something about being at some docks and an assasin child or something? It's... it's been a while.

I should also READ the damn books, seeming as I have the set but that's a different matter 😄

[sage thunder]

I'm trying so hard to finish it

[sage thunder]

So the season before the final

[pliant forum]

[sage thunder]

Her at the docks?

[pliant forum]

The child in question is not one of the MCs.

Pretty sure it's after the dragon queen leaves some kind of shadow tower or something?

Doesn't matter - Gonna have to rewatch it all if anything 😄

[sage thunder]

Helpful

[pliant forum]

https://tenor.com/view/shrug-frank-sheldon-christopher-walken-the-outlaws-fine-gif-25275641

[errant flower]

any other romance anime enjoyers watching the new Kimi ni Todoke season on netflix?
I cant believe we got a new season after so long

[maiden jacinth]

just watch clannad again

or play the VN

[errant flower]

https://tenor.com/view/no-bugs-bunny-nope-gif-4095597578532971838

[surreal jackal]

Whats kimi

I like Ucho no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashu.

Aka my senpai is smol and kyuute.

Rent a gf is relateable.

Ore Monogatari was neat.

A Sign of Affection is hot garbo exposition and is more like infatuation.

Same author wrote an equally as trashy story about a older gentleman who is a security guard who is paid to protect someone and the girl falls in love with him out of availability.

We all know how that worked out for Ms.Samsung Oldest daughter.

Even sadder for the younger sister who committed Anhero.

Lee Boo-Jin

Lee Yoon-Hyung

[surreal jackal]

Clannad is cool, Kanon is where everything hit the fan.

There's was a Playstation title based off a BL novel about a boy who works in entertainment and dresses up as a girl in the fictitious show. The male lead catches feelings for the dude because he didn't know she was a he. They both feel awkward about it first, but so long as the wig stays on its no bromo.

[errant flower]

omg u dont know kimi ni todoke? Slow burn high school romance with good humor and side characters:)

[errant flower]

[rugged hornet]

@pliant forum Animal abuse

[maiden jacinth]

man the guy in the beginning needs to work on his pullout game hard

[pure canyon]

what kinda substances did that person take to think this is a good cast for the movie?

i feel like this is a disservice to both, the actors and the fans the franchise still could retain...

but kevin hart as roland? seriously?

and why not go for the actual claptrap voice actor?

[pliant forum]

As someone said yesterday.

I've never felt more like I saw a trailer and everyone was an actor I respected and love, and each was the worst miscast possible for each role.

[pure canyon]

yep

the movie is just a disservice to literally everyone involved and targeted to

[maiden jacinth]

is it?

i thought its as bad as the games after 1

[fossil burrow]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/borderlands

Apparently there is a borderlands movie

3%

[pliant forum]

#🎥│entertainment message

Yes... we've talked about it 😄

[pure canyon]

Literally the messages before that too

[surreal jackal]

Flop wop wop

[peak stratus]

probably still play it over fallout series lol

[pliant forum]

https://tenor.com/view/colin-farrell-speechless-walk-away-walking-away-disgusted-gif-24677209

[pliant forum]

Oh. Umbrella Academy is back

https://tenor.com/view/i-could-really-go-for-some-tacos-right-now-klaus-hargreeves-robert-sheehan-the-umbrella-academy-hungry-gif-18220996

[sage thunder]

No gloves :3

[sage thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/umm-wait-nathan-fillion-gif-4809231

[sage thunder]

Tbf 51% audience score is more than I expected but I think it's trolls

[errant flower]

wooooooooooooo

[hallow berry]

banger

[rich cipher]

@shut axle have you ever watched The Wire?

If not, you should consider it. Best character in it is named Omar

[next crest]

https://comicbook.com/anime/news/pokemon-anime-misty-jessie-rachael-lillis-death/

[pliant forum]

Sad. No idea who she is or what she sounds like though.

[near prism]

Thats really sad to hear :(

[pliant forum]

https://youtube.com/shorts/DyQ8X9OPOP4?

[sage thunder]

The final season of umbrella academy was disappointing

[pliant forum]

Yeah... But I know that the alternative would have been worse given how Netflix operates.

That it got a proper sendoff is a genuine miracle.

[naive oxide]

I stared at my screen while watching the show like “really…? That was it?”

[latent flame]

that movie needs to burn

such disrespect to the games

[latent flame]

i just finished this show. 10/10 some scenes had me laughing like crazy

the printer scene was too good

[halcyon nimbus]

The games had respect?

[surreal jackal]

https://youtube.com/shorts/l4kfASh1yMg?si=DgG3FkI8rp_Rcs14

[cosmic sapphire]

any horror movie suggestion?

[latent flame]

quiet place 1-3

but its more of a thriller

[sage thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/the-fog-ghosts-gif-11551952

https://youtu.be/fUyunS1hGyQ

https://youtu.be/LhCKXJNGzN8

Is good too

[halcyon nimbus]

Cube

[errant flower]

[pliant forum]

Still beats having no conclusion at all - which would have been VERY "comic to TV adaption" and even more Netflix.

Also very refreshing to have a show that's planned to only go X seasons from the getgo, with no plans to continue without being literally forced to.

[meager kelp]

They could have concluded the story with season 3 though, if it was written diffently.

[meager kelp]

Meme also worked for misfits.

[sage thunder]

100%

[sage thunder]

This

[pliant forum]

Since Milk isn't reposting it here, I guess I will.

https://deadline.com/2024/08/the-acolyte-canceled-no-season-2-star-wars-disney-plus-1236044233/

Haven't watched it, but I've been told it's worse than anything the (now no longer canon) extended universe could ever pull out of its ass, which is amusing to me.

[pliant phoenix]

it was also insanely expensive to make

[pliant forum]

[sage thunder]

How is it no longer canon

Oh

Sorry

[pliant forum]

[sage thunder]

Tbf it used a lot of source material from the extended universe

But twisted it

It has one HUGE scene that has potential, it lasted 3 seconds.

[pliant forum]

Star Wars can go fuck itself as far as I'm concerned with lore. Everything is canon, nothing is canon. There is zero respect for the material from anyone creating new stories, and right now this whole MCU esque thing is just chaos and scattershot.

[sage thunder]

You ain't wrong

[pliant forum]

If you need me, I'll be in KOTOR saving the republic from the Sith 😄

https://tenor.com/view/revan-star-wars-lightsabers-gif-10528543

[sage thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/rdj-robert-downey-jr-robertdowneyjr-drdoom-dr-doom-gif-14399539786460869809

[rich cipher]

KOTOR

[latent flame]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO8as9S7LL0

the actress on the left was so upset her show got cancelled she calls everyone a racist and bigot and even made a diss track about it💀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhz5GoR4NPc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQIEHZ8ACf0

this is what happens when you hire people that know nothing about the lore and they wonder why the show failed

[pliant phoenix]

well done meatbag

https://tenor.com/view/hk47-kotor-love-definintion-gif-23096952

[pliant forum]

https://tenor.com/view/meatbag-sup-gif-24964946

[sour sapphire]

The new star trek shows and movies are great though, good timing to jump (space) ship

[pliant forum]

Maybe after I watch GoT.

Watched a bit of Disco and Brave. Not a fan of animation.

[peak stratus]

me waiting for the 4th movie any day now

[surreal jackal]

See it starts with the Pokemon, then you discover Inuyasha and Tenchi Muyo.

[pliant forum]

https://tenor.com/view/deep-magic-lion-witch-narnia-dont-recite-gif-14879671

[surreal jackal]

And Card Captor had big closet fan community.

You wanna know the most selfless animators out there.

The perverts in Japan.

Love Hina's author was big on supporting small time mangaka.

The guy became a member of the House of Councillors so Japanimation had a voice in government.

[pliant forum]

I genuinely didn't ask.

[surreal jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/the-more-you-know-gif-26317296

https://tenor.com/view/gi-joe-knowing-is-half-the-battle-knowing-battle-gif-25791425

[pliant forum]

[halcyon nimbus]

What a terrible terrible anime

[surreal jackal]

It isn't terrible if it works IRL.

Although it's kind of weird that the protagonist was trying to Convince a pick me girl.

[halcyon nimbus]

We've not seen the same anime I think

[pliant forum]

I am still fascinated how a conversation about Star Wars turned into... this

[halcyon nimbus]

I really liked andor

[surreal jackal]

I saw you talking about DEIsney.

[pliant forum]

Disney is anime how?

I specifically said I wasn't a fan of the animated series - of Star Trek

[surreal jackal]

If didney+squaresoft can make kingdom hearts. Its anime now.

[surreal jackal]

The star trek lower decks detracts from the series. Its more like riding the wave of that group of people who like the big mouth cartoon.

Todays modern cartoons lack the old ways of episodic with cannon.

[halcyon nimbus]

Lower decks is fun, haven't seen it all though

[sour sapphire]

Yeah it's great 😂 I was so surprised by it

[pliant phoenix]

One of the best things they've done with Star Wars imo

[pliant forum]

It didn't grab me personally. But I have severe MCU saga exhaustion already and Disney trying to scatter shot doesnt help.

[pliant phoenix]

I enjoyed the grittiness of it, and how a bunch of seperate rebel bands came together to form an alliance

I never got into the MCU

worst thing to happen to cinema imo

[sage thunder]

No but anime star wars is a thing technically and they have original anime

https://tenor.com/view/nickdean-starwars-gif-24682303

[edgy stone]

That was one of the very few good ideas Disney had in the last few years - approach several anime studios, ask them to do a Star Wars short and left the rest to them to do as they please

[halcyon nimbus]

Sounds like the animatrix

[sage thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-star-wars-visions-visions-gif-24415301

Ye it was pretty cool

I still haven't watched season 2 though

[cedar pier]

Imo more overall direction would have helped

Cause it resulted in every studio wanting to do katana shaped lightsabers independently

Space dandy season 2 had guests artists and directors for example

[pliant forum]

And apparently tentacle force whips or whatever that gif is supposed to be 😄

This is NOT what we meant, when we said you could bend light

[latent flame]

https://tenor.com/view/starwars-anime-star-wars-anime-sith-gif-22911830

dont forget the lightsaber umbrella

[surreal jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/crossguard-crossguard-saber-crossguard-lightsaber-flair-star-wars-jedi-survivor-gif-8615737504540198670

Ah yes saber cross guards.

[cedar pier]

they could theoretically be useful in edge scenarios

[pliant forum]

No need to make them out of anything but saber proof materials though.

Rool of kool

[cedar pier]

I mean I could imagine situations where they might be useful in combat, but sw lore bs etc so idk if they would actually use them due to honor

[pliant forum]

[cedar pier]

I mean that is the official explanation why they don't do the turn off lightsaber mid combat thing to stab your opponent quickly thing

[pliant forum]

I know.

[edgy stone]

Something about "being honorable" bs or an actual good explanation?

[pliant forum]

The former.

[halcyon nimbus]

meh, could have been better done like:
force users can sense it and the retraction isn't immediate, so easy to take advantage of

[maiden jacinth]

not really honor just jedis say its not sportsman like and siths think its cowardice

but it has happened in star wars lore

[edgy stone]

Yeah, I mean like there's nothing stopping you from doing so
Like using guns and shields during duels in Harry Potter

[pliant forum]

I'll take synonyms for 400, Alex

Imagine holding sportsmanship higher than the safety of yourself and others 😄

[pliant phoenix]

siths think it's cowardice but will trick, steal and decieve all they want lmao

star wars logic

[pliant forum]

Nu Star Wars logic.

[maiden jacinth]

welcome to star wars

you remember how anakin killed those children? they could have prob saved them with better safety protocols

[sage thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/light-saber-bread-knife-slice-toast-cut-gif-7736278

Acolyte in a nutshell

Ruined that

[vital belfry]

I don’t get why didn’t they just say it takes time to cool down and turn off or something of that style

[cedar pier]

[pliant forum]

Because that would make even less sense.

It takes about half a second to turn on a lightsaber. And it will go for as long as you want apparently (or at least a scene length period of time)

Wouldn't make any sense for it to need a cool off period between turning it off and on again, if it can handle being on.

You're shooting energy through a focusing crystal.

Also "lol infinite life batteries"

[maiden jacinth]

because it doesnt

they have shown time and time again that they turn off almost immediately

[cedar pier]

the crystal is about the only part that is consistent with them tho, otherwise they just make up whatever each time they go into the details

[pliant forum]

[rich cipher]

I like to use the sand dragon pearl instead of a crystal

Krayt dragon*

[pliant forum]

[vital belfry]

I mean being able to stay on is one thing but with some devices you need much more power during start than you do during continued use

[pliant forum]

To quote Star Wars wikis, they have a battery that self charges and lasts - forever.

[vital belfry]

And I mean cool off not necessarily heat wise maybe the crystal just has some weird force properties forbidding it

[vital belfry]

Doesnt necessarily have infinite power output though

[latent flame]

terrible show

[vital vigil]

ngl a couple of those anime episodes licensed to japanese animation studios were better than almost any western star wars media

[pliant phoenix]

wasn't it the same studio who made the cyberpunk anime?

[edgy stone]

Each episode was made by different studio

[pliant phoenix]

ah

[vital vigil]

ye they licensed the IP out to diff studios. 7 eps by 5 different ones in s1

apparently theres a 2nd season but ive not seen that one

[pliant forum]

https://youtube.com/@dexter

So apparently they're just uploading full episodes of TV series now? And without age moderation for a show about a serial killer and other fun themes.

[sage thunder]

That's become pretty common

[latent flame]

yeah i notice people are putting corn videos and anime 18+ videos on youtube So disgusting, no age restrictions either or anything. There's kids on that app and you do that just brain rot people smh

[pliant forum]

This isn't random people - This is a major broadcasting company.

[latent flame]

youtube should crack down on those channels

[sour sapphire]

pfff i saw Chucky when i was like 5

[near prism]

I just finished Bojack Horseman after a week of binging and it was really good, highly recommend if you haven’t :D

[kindred adder]

maybe here's a thought, we stop letting kids be on these platforms and not ruin it for everyone else who is an adult

platforms should not have to take responsibility for bad parenting

[latent flame]

100% agree with you

we blame the shitty parents

[vital vigil]

its a great show. its a cartoon with anthropomorphic animals but its one of the most real shows ive ever seen

[latent flame]

neon genesis evangelion if you want to be confused, all jokes aside 10/10 anime

[vital vigil]

personally didnt really like it that much. i felt like it didnt hold up that well and the ending was terrible. watched the movie after which was supposed to be the actual ending

[sage thunder]

It's a brilliant show

[latent flame]

yeah i had to watch youtube videos about the ending and it explained it really well

the ending could of been better

[vital vigil]

from what i hear it was some kinda money issue iirc

but ye they made a movie that was supposed to be the ending instead

[latent flame]

they did the rebuild movies

im going to watch that soon

[jagged tiger]

[latent flame]

cinema is truly dead😭

they really cant make movies like they use too

[kindred adder]

300 mil to make a pile of garbage, I wonder how much of that is embezzled

[pure canyon]

the reason cinema is dead is because the big companies dont want to take risk on movies and stories that "deviate"

[edgy stone]

Until there's one which does deviate, becomes huge success, everyone copies it and surprise Pikachu face it's not as popular

[pure canyon]

it's also funny that this person complains "not woke enough?"
when in fact, all the big movie makers try to avoid exactly that.
we dont get much good movies with a proper storie that doesnt revolve around some cis het white dude being the hero 99% of time

[edgy stone]

Like ffs
Any AI something movie

Scientist creates AI, it's friendly on the start, but later starts learning and being overprotective over some thing and tries to kill everyone, it gets defeated but plot twist it's actually not and it's in hiding
Or some game-based movie
Random people get somehow into the other world, they're bickering with each other, but oh no there's insert threat here so they learn to work with each other and ultimately defeat threat
Bonus points if two out of random people are siblings, little brother likes the game, and older sister got dragged along him and will complain about everything
Also one sassy character which only role is to spew cheeky one-liners the whole time
Also other character which everyone makes fun of, but makes one heroic thing, everyone cheers on him and goes back to insulting him

[cedar pier]

https://tenor.com/view/shia-claps-shia-lebeouf-applause-gif-4882448

[pure canyon]

woah!
you should become a screenwriter cals!

[pliant forum]

Already had a movie like that 😄

[kindred adder]

it's also kinda ironic older movies have been getting popular
for example the truman show

[cedar pier]

that was the point

[pliant forum]

Yeah I misread due to Shark's response 😄

Made it sound like a plot suggestion.

[cedar pier]

ah

[kindred adder]

this video is the best screenplay to exist change my mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI

[pliant forum]

Sure is a weird one though. From back when Mr. beef was relevant.

[cedar pier]

before he descended into madness

[pure canyon]

haha sorry, thought the context made it clear i did this as a joke saying "wow, you actually know the winning formular for cookie cutter movies!"

[pure canyon]

damn... this is ancient at this point. lol

[cedar pier]

yea just make movies where everyone is a piece of shit like goodfellas

[edgy stone]

I won't dive into LGBTQ+ characters, because in 90% of cases if character is nonheteronormative then that's their whole personality
Like, there's a lot of people who aren't keen on sharing with others everything about everything, especially sensitive topics
It feels almost insulting, like "hey, look, they are soooo different" ffs

Also about white dude syndrome - how come both movies and games want to introduce a girlboss character to show that they're against "toxic masculinity"... only to give her the same traits
It's not badass, it's annoying and condescending, you aren't defeating toxicity but redefining it
But if there's a really freaking badass woman lead then nobody bats an eye, like come on Sigourney Weaver absolutely killed it as Ripley in Alien as one example from the top of my head

[kindred adder]

The term shoehorning comes from a actual device used to put on shoes
it is inserted in the heel of the shoe in order to more easily slide your foot into the shoe

be the foot in the shoe, not the shoehorn

[pure canyon]

this is exactly the issue i have.
and the reason why a lot of lgbtq characters are ... not the best rep.

but you know what's even worse?

when you do have a character, that is normal, like every other. and then suddenly people bring the statement "so why did you say they are gay? they really dont need to be gay!" and i'm just baffled at this and like...
why are you bothered that a person that is otherwise just like everyone else and relatable even for "non gays" then... why is it bad they are gay? let them be gay!

like not every story needs to make a point of a character being gay. gay can be the same trait as "that person is tall" or "that person wears glasses"
and that is the issue i see. the second a movie introduces a person that is LGBTQ it suddenly is demanded to be a plotpoint? like why? who cares? this is a kind of othering isnt it?

[vital vigil]

people dont give a shit if a person is gay or a minority in a medium. people get mad when its obviously a token checkbox thing that the show/movie/game does and the writing sucks. cyberpunk 2077 was insanely diverse but literally noone minded it because it felt organic and it wasnt about it. judy didnt say "im a lesbian im diffferent", panam didnt say "im a strong independent woman". the characters lived in their world and they had certain traits about them

these shitty writers come in with their weird agendas or self insert stories putting a focus on this while the writing is just terrible. they make the art for themselves and not for the audience, yet somehow theyfeel justified in it somehow.

acolyte didnt fail and get cancelled because of its diverse cast.. it failed because it was trash writing

[kindred adder]

ah the acolyte, the show they said failed because "we didn't watch it"

sometimes reality is stranger than fiction

[vital vigil]

these people are so far up their own butts and not self aware its actually insane. when has "its the consumers fault" ever worked

[maiden jacinth]

obviously consumers dont know they want the revolutionary product.

[vital vigil]

true

[edgy stone]

Eeeee
Ranting about pseudo-activists and people pushing their agenda, virtue signalling and all that, which ultimately hurts the people they supposedly want to help in the end is a rant for hours

[vital vigil]

also true

[maiden jacinth]

like idc what a character is, what neuro diversities they fall into and if they are trans, black whatever.... just dont shoehorn them in

[vital vigil]

well the thing is as said. you can have your own message in the product if you must, but then maybe your writing shouldnt be horrible af

[kindred adder]

if the character and story is good and works cohesively noone will complain

[pure canyon]

nah. people will complain.

trust me.

[kindred adder]

just like how you mentioned cyberpunk 2077, it works because it's realistic. it isn't forced
aside from the performance issues which caused cyberpunk to fail at launch

[pure canyon]

people even complain about women existing in movies who arent solely for "romantic interest to the protagonist"

[vital vigil]

i mean.. ye if you live on social media with all the weirdos then itd seem that way

but the crap people whine about on socials and irl are 2 very different things

[kindred adder]

Cough Twitter

[pure canyon]

it was people in person. lol

[edgy stone]

I mean... two of my uncles are like that

As you can tell I don't like them very much

[kindred adder]

I mean, you can't please everyone, so who cares anyways
opinions are opinions

[vital vigil]

youll find people in person thathave very questionable takes. doesnt necessarily represent a big audience as a whole tho. and a good movie with representation will not have a bad audience score if it is a well written story

[kindred adder]

there will always be a negative review for everything

[cedar pier]

morbius managed to flop twice in cinemas

I don't think any other movie can top that

[edgy stone]

https://tenor.com/view/it-is-even-funnier-the-second-time-spongebob-spongebob-meme-meme-impact-font-gif-20058612

[kindred adder]

Morbius morbed literally

[vital vigil]

the convo here was originally about how movies these days are just worse. its been a looong time since i last went to the cinema

[maiden jacinth]

i wouldnt say its flat out true

but i also often notice jokes/scenes/actor choices that dont really fit in and are seemingly just to please certain parts of potential audiences

[vital vigil]

i mean its hard to say if good movie to bad movie ratio went actually down

maybe it seems like it did because these days its easy to put your finger onto why they failed

[maiden jacinth]

i mean i just feel like the amount of movies got more

and you get piles of poop like minecraft the movie

[kindred adder]

I'm just not that big of a movie fan, there's exceptions that I actually watched like oppenheimer but that's about it

[vital vigil]

this is certainly another point iwas gonna bring up. because if we talk about the big busters are all samey and they also all get undermined by their stupid (ironic) jokes that takes the severity out of every situation

[kindred adder]

oppenheimer solid 9/10 movie, almost feel like it went by too fast which is surprising despite it's runtime

[vital vigil]

its like, man you better dont emotionally invest into this situation! insert witty comment here

[vital vigil]

oh i love movies shows/animes. i watched like 400 movies and acouple hundred shows/animes

[kindred adder]

it's like they're trying to please everyone, but failing and killing off their actual audience
oh wait, that's exactly what they're doing

[vital vigil]

a product for everyone is a product for noone

[kindred adder]

anime content I enjoy more, for example the ngnl movie is still one of my top favorites

it's more just the big box stuff I care less about

[maiden jacinth]

yeah but it also just focuses on the actual story and not pleasing every possible audience that exists

[vital vigil]

whats ngnl the achronym for? icant place it

[kindred adder]

no game no life

[maiden jacinth]

oppenheimer knows its not for everyone. they know that they cant please everyone

same for barbie

[vital vigil]

havent actually watched oppenheimer cz its so long

[kindred adder]

https://myanimelist.net/anime/33674/No_Game_No_Life__Zero

[edgy stone]

I didn't like ngnl movie
Felt so rushed when compared to LN

Also why kimi no na wa sucks ass

[kindred adder]

it feels so much shorter than it actually is imo

[maiden jacinth]

thats a general anime issue though imo

[vital vigil]

i think ive not seen it yet either. ive watched the first season tho and i think a 2nd one is coming lol

[kindred adder]

10 years in the making

💀

[vital vigil]

ye im sure they were totally working on that until like a year ago if even that

[pure canyon]

saying that every new movie is bad is too much a general statement for sure

wished i had the money to watch more movies in the cinema atm.

[kindred adder]

the s1 of the anime was released in 2014

[maiden jacinth]

i liked the wolverine and deadpool movie

[pure canyon]

i havent watched it yet

i wanted to watch the bikeriders

[edgy stone]

That too, but come on, they skipped almost 1/3 of a book
Also ||fuck Jibril ||

[pure canyon]

but also didnt manage to

[maiden jacinth]

welcome to anime

[pure canyon]

i also didnt manage to watch either oppenheimer or barbie movie

[vital vigil]

well ofc thats not true, just that quality feels likt it went down. but that might also just be a feeling of that now im waiting for movies to come out when in truth it was prolly that when istarted watching them there was already a catalog of 10000 movies and i picked the good ones to watch

[edgy stone]

Books

[pure canyon]

oh yeah for sure.
it's not that all movies are badly made

[kindred adder]

https://tenor.com/view/eu-gif-2629929925550977985

Jibril in the anime be like

[pure canyon]

it's just that we now experience every new out movie

[kindred adder]

https://tenor.com/view/jibril-anime-no-game-no-life-waifu-gif-15731038

Jibril in the movie

[pure canyon]

where as for older ones we basically got a "survivorship bias"

do we watch, get recommended the bad batches?

[edgy stone]

https://tenor.com/view/jasontodd-redhood-joker-crowbar-beat-gif-19560767

[pure canyon]

unlikely

[maiden jacinth]

wheres the difference

[edgy stone]

This was so painful to read, let alone to watch

[maiden jacinth]

2d in both

[vital vigil]

i started going into anime a couple years ago cz i had watched all movies and shows that seemed good and i was interested in. there are certainly anime gems and many are very entertaining but on a "how good is the story actually level" very few are as high quality has high quality movies/shows

[pure canyon]

oh yeah.

[edgy stone]

I'll never forget, my very first anime in weeb phase was Mirai Nikki

[pure canyon]

with anime there is also the usual formula

especially for isekais

haha

[edgy stone]

ISEKAIS

[pure canyon]

bland male mc you can self insert into becomes powerful and makes basically a harem.

[vital vigil]

haha it was one of my first too and i thought it was the bomb

[maiden jacinth]

exactly give me that eminence in shadow power fantasy isekai witht he uber oblivious protagonist

[kindred adder]

you have generic isekai, and you have quality isekai
it's a disservice to associate them under the same umbrella

[maiden jacinth]

and the uber cringe

[pure canyon]

my first anime was black lagoon, followed by hellsing ultimate and shiki

[edgy stone]

Konosuba

[kindred adder]

the uber cringe is the funny

[pure canyon]

oof. eminence in shadow is sooo infuriating. but also it kinda works?

but jesus.

[maiden jacinth]

best anime, ln and manga in a long time imo

[vital vigil]

eminence first season was hilarious imo. it was like a parody of the harem thing and making stuff uber cringe on purpose. s2 was weak compared to it imo

[maiden jacinth]

reminds me

[pure canyon]

Cid Kagenou is too dumb for his own good

[maiden jacinth]

need to preorder the next volumes

[vital vigil]

best, isekai, ever

[maiden jacinth]

and in the next moment he just flexes on everyone

[pure canyon]

but you know which anime really made me excited?
Frieren.

[kindred adder]

I've read through the webnovel and manga of eminence and it's great
can't wait for the movie

Frieren gets me in the feels

[maiden jacinth]

i dont want you to be freezing

[vital vigil]

frieren was insanely good

[pure canyon]

awww

[kindred adder]

Evan call sure knows how to make a banger soundtrack

[vital vigil]

it felt very real and ithink it kinda hits with everyone because imo lowkey the show is about depression and overcoming it with friends

[pure canyon]

it really is

it just hit that very special sweet spot for me

[kindred adder]

the dream team is Evan Call and Kevin Penkin working on the same ost

[maiden jacinth]

i still dont know why shes called frieren though

[pure canyon]

i am a sucker for stories about long lived elves. i dont know why.

[kindred adder]

time scale probably

[pure canyon]

especially with her living far past her friends she did

[vital vigil]

having not appreciated the good times until it was too late, having been stoic and not caring about anything and then trying to kinda make up

it was a very nice and interesting story

[edgy stone]

Elfen Lied, Code Geass...

[kindred adder]

it really shows a unique perspective on life as a whole

[pure canyon]

it probably is about that: moving on and living longer than those you loved and cherished. while still finding new friends and realising how to live on

[maiden jacinth]

pls no and code gayass was not good

[vital vigil]

real

[kindred adder]

"gayass"

[vital vigil]

i felt like code geass was a bad death note

[pure canyon]

haha, elfen lied and mirai nikki complete my first 5 animes

[edgy stone]

Same

[maiden jacinth]

if i had a euro for everytime someone recommended elfenlied as a good first anime id be rich

[pure canyon]

i felt death note was a bad deathnote after a very certain point.

[edgy stone]

Don't be disrespecting me Code Geass

[maiden jacinth]

i just want to have another experience like clannad

[vital vigil]

ye that point was kinda eh, but i still thought the ending was really good

[maiden jacinth]

make me cry out of nowhere

[edgy stone]

NOI

Not Clannad

Not again

[kindred adder]

oh boy

we hitting it right in the feels

[maiden jacinth]

i remember when i said "it cant be that good"

i also remember how many tissues i needed

[pure canyon]

honestly? elfenlied is nice, but i wouldnt do it as a first anime

i'm also cringing at myself over hellsing ultimate now tbh. haha

[maiden jacinth]

i mean

hellsing is good

[pure canyon]

tried rewatching it for nostalgia sake, but... dang. the cringe damage it dealt to me, oops.

it is good in its own, yeah

[vital vigil]

felt elfenlied was pretty overrated ngl. i feel like it was an entry for many when they were adolescent and "woa boobies and violence "

[maiden jacinth]

na the power fantasy is what made it good

[pure canyon]

but... yeah. the focus after like episode 3 or 4 which then became the main theme just... really came on a bit too strong.

[maiden jacinth]

the idea of this all mighty vampire bound by some human girl who gave him her blood

[edgy stone]

Oh, that thing

[maiden jacinth]

also

guns

[pure canyon]

i'm not talking about the vampire power fantasy in itself or the guns.

[kindred adder]

insane power fantasy is fun

[pure canyon]

i'm talking about the whole main antagonist side that surfaces

[kindred adder]

I also like in depth high fantasy magic systems

[maiden jacinth]

you mean the nazis?

[pure canyon]

yes.

it got too much for me

[kindred adder]

speaking of nazi's how about Saga of Tanya the evil

[edgy stone]

[vital vigil]

that one was early in my anime life, at the time i didnt really enjoy it. it might be different these days

[maiden jacinth]

so dont watch ultimate but just hellsing

[pure canyon]

if i now say it's one of my favorites... it doesnt put me in a good light does it? lol

[maiden jacinth]

no nazis

[pure canyon]

i mean...

one second

[kindred adder]

I really like it, especially the movie

[pure canyon]

these are my backgrounds.

[kindred adder]

Nice

[pure canyon]

need i say more? lol

[vital vigil]

anything you watch is kinda inthe context of what youve seen before. so back then when it was just acouple animes i had watched compared to now where i have like almost 300 animes of context to be able to place how "good it is". itd make my judgement different for sure

[pure canyon]

another two anime i often watch back to back, as they both hit the same vibes, are Cowboy Bebop and Trigun

[vital vigil]

stuff that i give a 7 today.. 7 back then was kinda better than what id judge it now. stuff shifts

[pure canyon]

Trigun starts off this very goofy thing, and always takes me two or three episodes to warm up again.

but it starts going deep imo

and cowboy bebop...

need i say more. lol

[vital vigil]

cowboy bebop was really nice but for me its hard to watch these episodic shows that have very little connection to each other

[kindred adder]

speaking of which it deserves a rewatch

or I could read the manga

[pure canyon]

except they are somewhat connected...

[edgy stone]

Alright
That's a plan
We're getting kebab today and watching Lucky Star on me old CRT

[vital vigil]

ye somewhat

i recently watched samurai champloo. some episodes have such nice stories. i think its the same makers who did cowboy bebop

[pure canyon]

oh, another i really enjoyed, but dont seem to want to rewatch is PsychoPass

[vital vigil]

its very similar in how theres is like an overarching connection. like a maingoal but every episode has very little to do with it

after watching champloo i will definitely give bebop another shot

[vital vigil]

have you seen id: invaded

[pure canyon]

no i have not

[vital vigil]

that ones also a crime/thriller type of anime that i REALLY enjoyed

it had similar vibes imo

[pure canyon]

i added it to my list

speaking of lists

another, although not too special anime was Undead Adventurer

or, i guess in full "unwanted undead adventurer"

another anime i currently really enjoy (still releasing) is wistoria wand and sword

[kindred adder]

unwanted undead adventurer has potential, and I find that potential to be more evident in the manga

it's something I've followed way before the show

[pure canyon]

i should get more into manga...

if we talk manga...

[edgy stone]

Manga?

[pure canyon]

one i currently enjoy reading (web) is growing tired of the lazy high elf life after 120 years

... can you tell my why? haha

[kindred adder]

it's really funny actually, I got into manga specifically because I though it would be cool to read something before it gets turned into a show
a few years later and there's like 20 things that have done that

[maiden jacinth]

i recommend eminence in shadow

[pure canyon]

oh it happened a few times to me already too, lol

one notable one was about that "demon lord" spoiling someone

[vital vigil]

have you seen konosuba?

[kindred adder]

some of these things I've followed were big
for example eminence or onimai

[cedar pier]

most isekais are iterative garbage at best

[pure canyon]

onimai... onimai... why does this ring a bell

[cedar pier]

and I have read a good amount of them by this point

[maiden jacinth]

yes

[kindred adder]

I also followed jobless reincarnation before it got it's adaptation

[vital vigil]

ye its a giga popular genre but like only 3-5 are actually good

[pure canyon]

i kinda dont like jobless reincarnation.

[kindred adder]

genderbender protag

[pure canyon]

prot was too appalling to me i guess

[vital vigil]

even tho the animes "fan service is questionable" at best i loved the first seasons of jobless reincarnation.. but both "2nd seasons" were abysmal imo

[cedar pier]

has some very weird tones

• I was spoiled by a spinoff

[pure canyon]

ahhh!
that one.

i usually dont like "genderbender"

[cedar pier]

where they just put a massive spoiler on the first page which was entirely unrelated to anything that happens in the spinoff

[kindred adder]

I'm kinda the genderbender connoisseur
basically have read and watched every combination good and bad quality wise

[pure canyon]

but i remember a trans friend recommended it to me and we even watched the final two episodes together

[maiden jacinth]

he grows throughout the series

[pure canyon]

not from what i heard 🙃

[vital vigil]

definitely not within the anime

[kindred adder]

in the later seasons yes

[edgy stone]

Ugh, Mushoku Tensei

[vital vigil]

like lets be real all fanservice in that anime is uh... how do i put it..

[pure canyon]

on the topic of novels and manga we read turned anime...

overlord.

what did they do to me boi???

[cedar pier]

he does

[kindred adder]

I do prefer the manga of mushoku just because I find it to be generally better though

[cedar pier]

overlord always was kinda garbage and fell apart as soon as the writer had to get past the premis imo

[maiden jacinth]

thats fair

[cedar pier]

to be fair I have not watched the anime

it takes a WHILE for the protag to actually improve

[pure canyon]

in the manga then i guess

[kindred adder]

some of these series are just best to be consumed the original way they released
overlord is best read as a webnovel

[cedar pier]

though tbf while he got better in the recent arcs he also kinda got worse again

[pure canyon]

i agree

[cedar pier]

(knowing what I know from te spoiler)

[vital vigil]

wdym by improve. in the anime the protag ||marries||

[cedar pier]

idk where the anime is atm

[vital vigil]

i mean i just told you

[cedar pier]

but he deffo improved as a person by that point

[pure canyon]

another anime i enjoyed was Bartender glass of god btw. very laid back i could enjoy after a day of work :3

[kindred adder]

||the end of the labyrinth arc||

[cedar pier]

ah

[vital vigil]

i kinda wanna go on a rant why the last season of jobless was so trash but its heavy spoilers so iwont. ive rarely been as disappointed by a season as this one and im so sad

[cedar pier]

well he absolutely improved as a person tho

but I get why you would be disappointed

because he was also rushing into stuff again

[pure canyon]

also, also also: last season, both anime, kaiju 8 and wind breaker really made me look forward for more.
especially the latter being suprising as that is usually not my type of genre

[cedar pier]

dandadan will get an anime now which I am hyped for for once

[vital vigil]

ye im waiting for that. the trailers lookedcool

[maiden jacinth]

||i think saying prot of jobless didnt grow is just wrong seeing how he denied what the mangod told him about staying in school and banging 2 beast girls where the mangod promised hed be able to keep them and sylphie. he picked his family because he has grown to not just think with his dick||

[cedar pier]

nice spoiler tag

[maiden jacinth]

crap

wrong shortcut

[cedar pier]

but also yea, he deffo got his priorities straight by now

[kindred adder]

I don't understand how people prefer the 3rd season of shield hero over the 2nd season
3rd season just felt completely like filler halfway through

[maiden jacinth]

i also dont blame him for what happened at the end of lab arc/s2p2 cause it was somewhat predictable

[pure canyon]

shield hero season 2 lost me after like 3 episodes. never went back.

[cedar pier]

shield hero is a major snoozefest to me

[maiden jacinth]

shieldhero got a s3?

[cedar pier]

just more iterative iseaki crap but also more "revenge porn" bs

which somehow is a genre now

[kindred adder]

shield hero's pacing got completely thrown off in the anime
manga is so much better, they didn't skip entire arcs and go back a season later

[maiden jacinth]

reminds me of the healer one

where he turns the princess into his slave

[kindred adder]

redo of healer

[cedar pier]

yea that is one of the bigger influences for that "genre"

[pure canyon]

yep. it became a big genre.
even this season has its own revenge isekais

failure frame something?

[cedar pier]

I don't look at seasons

[pure canyon]

which... is decent enough to serve as filler

[cedar pier]

since I don't watch many anime

manga don't have seasons

[pure canyon]

i know

just saying

for context

since it gives huge clues as to whether or not it is a recent release, or even still releasing.

[cedar pier]

if it is an "established" manga genre that is because it found success in anime

[maiden jacinth]

failure frame is just the other anime a bit different though. the one where prot gets a vampire loli gf and then flexes on everyone

[cedar pier]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/514168338734120961/1253336624700588123/speedy_baseball_bat.gif

arifureta

I assume

massive pos edgefest

[maiden jacinth]

idk i dropped it too early on

[cedar pier]

understandable

[maiden jacinth]

but also betrayal in the beginning, then revenge and both cases its a class being summoned

[cedar pier]

I think it got another season recently

[pure canyon]

it did

didnt interest me actually

[cedar pier]

I mean I am fine with revenge driving a story

but some make it their entire story essentially

[pure canyon]

oh another i enjoy: Dahlia in bloom

[maiden jacinth]

yes but i dont like the general setup. the reason for why they got betrayed is so pulled out of someones butt

[cedar pier]

yea

[maiden jacinth]

and the fact they then miraculously get OP powers

that no one thought can be OP

[pure canyon]

i mean. it's an isekai. that already sets the premise for yet another power fantasy of a male protag.

[maiden jacinth]

so make it a good isekai

[pure canyon]

and to bring "difference" they now become basically an anti hero

we've come full circle to how we started this whole thing, by complaining about cookie cutter formulaic copy paste movies and series

haha

[cedar pier]

it's even funnier, a lot of the times it now only is an isekai to qualify for the genre

[pure canyon]

oh true

that's even funnier

[cedar pier]

and it is entirely unimportant for the story

[pure canyon]

like

could have just dropped the isekai bit

some even work better if you would do that.

[maiden jacinth]

like can i get the assassin isekai again or another season

that was interesting imo

[cedar pier]

assassin isekai?

[maiden jacinth]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World's_Finest_Assassin_Gets_Reincarnated_in_Another_World_as_an_Aristocrat

this one

[cedar pier]

ah

[maiden jacinth]

the setup for why he isekaid was good, the reason he got picked to be isekaid was good

and he just focused on his original skills again

[kindred adder]

it's aight, one of the things I prefer watching over reading

[maiden jacinth]

no bs harem shit as in they just wanna bang

[kindred adder]

||it's funny how he's the only one who is actively trying to complete the mission||

the cutaways at the end of the episode

[pure canyon]

speaking of isekai you cant tell is an isekai...

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

like

[maiden jacinth]

i do wish thought that the cast of his tools is more diverse and not just conventional harem ladies

[cedar pier]

absolute title

[pure canyon]

it doesnt even start with telling you she is reincarnated

there is absolutely no hint of it at first

that said... it's apparently becoming more a theme the further on you go

[maiden jacinth]

isnt it... in the title though?

also i still wanna watch that isekai where the prot is stuck in an otome game and she tries to use her game knowledge or smth

[pure canyon]

it is in the title tony, yes. but the point is. you dont even learn of it for like, a while how this is even true.

[kindred adder]

Pharmacy isekai is pretty nifty, god of medicine is the one who creates the cure for cancer
https://myanimelist.net/anime/49438/Isekai_Yakkyoku

[maiden jacinth]

oh the god of medicine one

[pure canyon]

there is a bunch of those too

like, "I'm in love with the villainess"

which i recommend

[cedar pier]

that is like 5 different series

[vital vigil]

||i mean.. in my view that was just a contrived plotpoint so they could kill off his dad which would lead to the loli mage going to bed with him to cheer him up. because somehow in this anime it is a law that any loli will go to bed with him when hes sad and they "safe him". i find that whole part of the show weird af especially seeing how the dudes actually 30-40 years old. and then all of a sudden its also no problem he has 2 wives..||

[pure canyon]

or "i'm the villaness now, so i'm taming the final boss" is also reaaally great a read imo

or watch

[kindred adder]

https://myanimelist.net/anime/38555/Otome_Game_no_Hametsu_Flag_shika_Nai_Akuyaku_Reijou_ni_Tensei_shiteshimatta?q=villainess&cat=anime

[cedar pier]

he already improved prior to that

[kindred adder]

one of my favorites

last boss is also cool, read the manga for the one before it was a show

[pure canyon]

honestly, "I'm in love with the villainess" is probably exactly what you're looking for

[maiden jacinth]

this is the one i mean https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G0XHWM0D3/trapped-in-a-dating-sim-the-world-of-otome-games-is-tough-for-mobs

[pure canyon]

oh.

[vital vigil]

well my issue with it is, its not that i think that hes a bad dude for the decisions he makes. i just think the anime is fucking weird about what i said in that part

[kindred adder]

there is a ton of otome game isekais

[pure canyon]

another male power fantasy.

[maiden jacinth]

is it?

i only saw clips

[pure canyon]

synposis reads like it.

[maiden jacinth]

idk who the prot actually is lol

[pure canyon]

he also has no knowledge about the otomoe game iirc

[cedar pier]

that is fair

[pure canyon]

but the whole deal reads just like "I'm a man, i need no woman" kinda thing. which... eh. i'm not very into. for reasons. :P

[cedar pier]

if tony didn't post a crunchyroll link I would know if I read it

[maiden jacinth]

oh no disagreeing on how dumb his decisions are. i just think it portrays an actual isekai situation better than most isekais

[kindred adder]

This show lol
https://myanimelist.net/anime/53730/Sokushi_Cheat_ga_Saikyou_sugite_Isekai_no_Yatsura_ga_Marude_Aite_ni_Naranai_n_desu_ga?q=instant death&cat=anime

[pure canyon]

oof.

i read that one years ago

[kindred adder]

hint everybody dies

[pure canyon]

it became dumber and dumber

[cedar pier]

it is funny how much crap there is in isekais

[pure canyon]

still watched it

it's so trash, it's cult.

[cedar pier]

and it is still better off than chinese fantasy bs

[cedar pier]

watch plunderer then

it's so bad it's good

[kindred adder]

trash food is still food

[pure canyon]

jokes on you i currently do

[cedar pier]

it was like the perfect amount of bad for me

[kindred adder]

Here's another one of my personal favorites
https://myanimelist.net/anime/32951/Rokudenashi_Majutsu_Koushi_to_Akashic_Records?q=bastard&cat=anime

[maiden jacinth]

pls no plunderer

[cedar pier]

right between suicide squad isekai and exarm

[kindred adder]

I wish this got a second season, it really deserves it

[vital vigil]

have you guys seen pluto? i watched it recently and was blown away by how good it was

[maiden jacinth]

how about trigun

good anime

[vital vigil]

that show was like the least anime anime ive ever seen. it felt more like a show/movie

[pure canyon]

ah yeah. i thought it was okay. do think it's on the better side tho. i think. been a while. lol

[pure canyon]

i mentioned it earlier, yeah. i really enjoy it. others here dont.
always watching it together on a binge with cowboy bebop.

feel like they synergize quite well in my own twisted sense

[vital vigil]

trigun whats better original or the 3d cgi remake

[pure canyon]

there is no 3d cgi remake in ba sing se

[maiden jacinth]

original

oh good you say ba sing se

avatar the last airbender banger anime

[vital vigil]

the og one ye

[cedar pier]

they are quite different

[vital vigil]

korra.. very not so much

[cedar pier]

it's studio orange, they actually make good cg stuff

[maiden jacinth]

thats the legend of korra not avatar the last airbender

[vital vigil]

its not the same story?

[pure canyon]

korra is... okay in its own sense. but sadly it tries to build on ATLA, and completly shits on it in the process.

[cedar pier]

yea it's different

they knew that if they tried to make an actual remake that people would be mad

[pure canyon]

it is not the same story, yes

but i still didnt really enjoy it.

[maiden jacinth]

i was about to say the new story didnt save it

[vital vigil]

theyre remaking ranma 1 1/2. i loved that show when i was a kid and it ran on tv

[cedar pier]

[kindred adder]

I love how this is the most use this channel has seen, and it's about anime

[vital vigil]

love is a strong word.. i enjoyed it

[maiden jacinth]

which is odd

usually anime discussions derail and result in wars

[vital vigil]

well these days theres lotta weebs and few movie buffs around idk

[kindred adder]

I mean you were a kid, everything can be rose tinted glasses

[pure canyon]

ranma 1/2, another one i did not enjoy.
the pattern is, i do not enjoy gender bender stuff. lol.

[kindred adder]

lol

[pure canyon]

i dunno why

wait.

is Tanya the Evil a gender bender?

[vital vigil]

yes

[cedar pier]

yea

[pure canyon]

why do i like it then

[vital vigil]

its a dude who gets reincarnated as a loli nazi

[cedar pier]

because that part is irrelevant to the plot

[edgy stone]

War crimes

[maiden jacinth]

because like everything else theres good and bad genderbenders

[pure canyon]

what makes her a loli nazi?

[kindred adder]

https://tenor.com/view/tanya-degurechaff-youjo-senki-laugh-gif-22085861

[maiden jacinth]

that shes a loli and a nazi

that makes her a loli nazi

[edgy stone]

Or a nazi loli

[kindred adder]

the story canonically takes place in a vaguely ww2 germany

[vital vigil]

truly i dont remember anything about the plot anymore apart from everyone calling it the nazi loli anime

[pure canyon]

it's more a ww1 but also slightly dives forward into ww2 stuff

[maiden jacinth]

i guess technically a religious nazi loli

[vital vigil]

fck me its been so long i watched it.. it makes me feel old realizing how long ago it was i watched smth

[kindred adder]

well considering how every world power is going after a single country
I would say it fits more towards ww2

and considering the flag design, it's not subtle

[pure canyon]

lol. she hates religion, has no ideals like the nazi you say, but simply autisms her way into stupid situation where she cant escape.

i mean her ideal position is not in a war.

[maiden jacinth]

hating religion and having to use it to survive are 2 different things

she has to pray and believe in god to get her power from what i recall

[edgy stone]

[vital vigil]

i mean that whole premise was kinda stupid. shes like "ye i refuse to believe in a god"when she literally met one

[pure canyon]

she doesnt have to believe in god. or rather "god" or as she calls "being X" forces her to by otherwise making her life very... perilious. which she hates about him.

[kindred adder]

this is the flag of the empire

[pure canyon]

haha true

[maiden jacinth]

i think she doesnt refuse to believe in god later but the fact god has good intentions

because the god she met literally put her into ww2 basically as a child and now binds her to his wims

[kindred adder]

it's exactly because he doesn't believe in god that he get's put into that scenario

[pure canyon]

the flag, again, is also quite a mix of various flags germans flew

[vital vigil]

i remember it very little but didnt the god basically revive him into another world out of spite tryna make him believe in him or smth?

[kindred adder]

yes, it was out of spite

[edgy stone]

So there's a chance I can get isekai'd?

[pure canyon]

the double headed dragon/eagle thing for example is from like 1800's

[maiden jacinth]

na the queue is full

[edgy stone]

[cedar pier]

I mean technically that is the old reichsadler + ww2 flag designs

old as in pre ww1

[kindred adder]

seems like a fairly familiar situation

[cedar pier]

yea ww1 was similar in that regard as well

[vital vigil]

when it plays doesnt really matter. matter of fact is because of how the war stuff looks it makes people relate it to ww2 cz that ones the one everyone knows of actually

[pure canyon]

the red black white came from the german empire pre ww1

as well as the single cross was already used in 1867 and ww1

[maiden jacinth]

wasnt it also some odd ww1 hasnt happened yet and got delayed until tanya is there and then ww2 happens but basically is ww1

[kindred adder]

when did trench shotguns become a part of the geneva conventions?

[pure canyon]

thing is... the whole universe is a weird as big jumble of everything from like 1850 to 1950

[cedar pier]

germany already didn't use them in ww1

[pure canyon]

while core concepts make it lean more on ww1 era stuff

like, empire, and royal family.

[maiden jacinth]

i mean if ww1 started and never ended... then it could explain it

cause youd not be able to progress into new tech

[pure canyon]

the thing is, the whole "nazi" stuff, like hating on immigrants or only favoring ones own nationality is not given. at all.

[vital vigil]

seems to me like the anime is an alternate ww2 anime timeline. it seems kinda optimistic to believe some japanese writer put that much thought into flags and other explicitt and specific knowledge about germany when the easiest rationale is just: its prolly ww2

[maiden jacinth]

most of your money and resources go into keeping the war going

[cedar pier]

it is heavily abridged history

[pure canyon]

exactly

[cedar pier]

they just use it as setdressing without any of the actual conflicts or ideals

[kindred adder]

it's likely made to be the Japanese vision of ww2 germany

[vital vigil]

100%

[pure canyon]

i just feel like saying "nazi loli" is way too easy to say for no reason

[kindred adder]

I mean, it's funny

[cedar pier]

nazis should not be funny

[vital vigil]

i mean, i dont remember if anything in the anime is about persuing and killing a certain type of people either

[maiden jacinth]

could very easily be smth out of the muricas.

[kindred adder]

https://tenor.com/view/tanya-tanya-the-evil-shut-up-kick-anime-gif-24663329

[vital vigil]

it was just the first connection people made, calling her a nazi loli in a ww2 looking war setting

[pure canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/saga-of-tanya-the-evil-tanya-about-to-shoot-gif-14339462

[vital vigil]

also shes blonde and has blue eyes

[pure canyon]

tanya is a magical girl.

[maiden jacinth]

evil germans in a war or war ready state? must be nazis

[pure canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/saga-of-tanya-the-evil-tanya-the-evil-tanya-mad-anggry-gif-14339459

[kindred adder]

https://tenor.com/view/saga-of-tanya-the-evil-tanya-the-evil-tanya-laser-gun-gif-14339447

[pure canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/youjo-senki-saga-of-tanya-the-evil-stare-evil-stare-tanya-tanya-von-degurechaff-gif-3293061296414789192

[vital vigil]

i should prolly rewatch it at some point. i love when stuff yo uwatched has been so long ago you can rewatch it basically from scratch

[edgy stone]

Yeah, today

[pure canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/pasta-the-saga-of-tanya-gif-22029161

[vital vigil]

well ima watch cowboy bebop first

[cedar pier]

it looks so fucked

[kindred adder]

https://tenor.com/view/evil-tanya-youjo-senki-scary-eyes-gif-14532705

[edgy stone]

I think I have to sail for it, doubt I already have it on the drive

[pure canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/coffee-tea-drink-evil-tanya-gif-12174771

[vital vigil]

rip that one website that closed recently

[cedar pier]

one of the websites

[pure canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/pirate-you-are-a-pirate-lazytown-robby-rotten-pirates-gif-5693032399787985578

[vital vigil]

will be missed

[kindred adder]

https://tenor.com/view/do-you-have-any-idea-how-little-that-narrows-it-down-that-narrows-it-down-clear-now-its-clear-now-i-understand-now-gif-21256627

[maiden jacinth]

no

[vital vigil]

wdym no

[edgy stone]

Ah bummer, I don't have it
Sailing time

https://tenor.com/view/pusheen-kawaii-sailing-gif-13108441

[kindred adder]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/864571711608717322/1119865160782319626/bitchwife.gif

[pure canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/disney-movies-quotes-potc-pirates-of-the-caribbean-gif-14851127

[kindred adder]

nya

[edgy stone]

Obviously

And something special for Saturday watchalong with my friends

[maiden jacinth]

nyaazi?

[cedar pier]

https://tenor.com/view/shrimple-its-as-shrimple-as-that-what-a-load-of-carp-carp-crap-gif-16611986643013439035

[pure canyon]

another currently releasing anime i quite enjoy is Makeine: Too many losing heroines! btw

[kindred adder]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/980327910391021628/1059960078985338950/makesweet-hshpit.gif

[pure canyon]

lol

[kindred adder]

she's just as oblivious as the protag

[pure canyon]

match made in heaven

[maiden jacinth]

no

cid kagenou pvc figurine one day

[kindred adder]

jokes on you I already own the Alpha figure, and have Delta and Beta Preordered

[maiden jacinth]

i dont want the shite fanservice ones

this is the shit i want

(not a real figurine just if one cant tell)

[kindred adder]

1/1 scale of Cid doing I am atomic fr fr

[maiden jacinth]

really sad all figurines are fan service for eminence in shadow

[kindred adder]

Alpha's isn't
it's a long fancy dress

Beta is just standard slimesuit

Delta is borgir

[maiden jacinth]

surely no panties to look at

surely

[kindred adder]

if you try hard enough

they're there

[maiden jacinth]

and the beta figurine has quite pronounced cleavage doesnt it

[edgy stone]

Petition to rename #entertainment to #weeb-cave

[kindred adder]

valid

I didn't really notice it tbh

it's just normal slime suit

[maiden jacinth]

also i assume you mean the delta figurine where she uh

[cedar pier]

that is edgelord fanservice

[maiden jacinth]

unexplainably sits weird

[kindred adder]

just borgir

no need to look elsewhere

[pure canyon]

borgir

[maiden jacinth]

thats the good stuff

[kindred adder]

mag ronalds

[cedar pier]

[pure canyon]

you know what

i either will get kebab, or borgir

but i will get something

just have to get up. dressed

or cave in and just order through one of the apps and let it deliver here, cold. sad. depressing

at least i didnt need to get dressed then!

[kindred adder]

microwave is great for reheating fresh stuff

[pure canyon]

for mc donalds trash?

[kindred adder]

depends on the country

[maiden jacinth]

not the us

[kindred adder]

French mc donalds is fine dining

[pure canyon]

nah. just cuz you eat from gold plates doesnt mean the food is also gold. lul

i just really dont wanna get dressed and go outside

but it's maybe better if i go outside at least once this week...

but it's warm

i realise i'm not wearing my glasses.

[edgy stone]

Outside is severely overrated
Would be cool, but there's one issue
People everywhere

[pure canyon]

mood

mood

mood

i dun wanna get dressed

but i'm hungy

[edgy stone]

Order something with delivery

Or it's cooking tiem

[pure canyon]

but will delivery not be cold upon arrival?

besides... i cant redeem mcd coupons if i order delivery...

[edgy stone]

It might be

[pliant forum]

I hate articles and headlines like this.

I'm sure picking Jack Black and Mr. Hawaii were totally random choices and not at all aimed at a particular age and interest group

[cedar pier]

I mean what they say is true

if you didn't like the trailer they prob don't wanna target you and I am sure the target audience does exist

[latent flame]

whos the target audience ? 3 people?

[cedar pier]

children + people that are consoomers

[latent flame]

so like 3 people

[cedar pier]

pretty sure there are more than 3 children

[latent flame]

i tip my hat off to anyone who enjoys brain rot cinema

i miss the days when movies had actual story and plot where you could escape from society; enjoy the movie instead of nowadays where they bring real life politics and spin their own agenda into the movie

[cedar pier]

what

how are there real life politics and "their own agenda" in the trailer of it so far

[latent flame]

youre still talking about minecraft when im just talking about movies in general

[vital vigil]

man so thats what concord, borderlands movie and dustborn were doing