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  • So here's a question I had on my mind a month or two ago that I might've asked, but don't reliably remember doing: do many people care much about Big Hero 6?

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    Yeah I'll probably get to watching this next. Only thing holding me back is the framerate which from what little I've seen, can get pretty iffy.

    If you haven’t, I’d recommend The Dragon Prince.

  • Maybe you'll finally be promoted to mod.

    Poogers555 posted: »

    What happens when I reach 100k? What will be my reward?

  • It's only like that in the 1st season. The reason the frame rate looks like that was that they were trying to "offset floatiness," so they purposely reduced it. Seasons 2 and 3 did away with it as a response to the criticism, and they look amazing. And while it's a bit jarring at times in the first season, there are times where it works and it actually looks pretty good. Besides, the writing, story, and characters more than makes up for it.

    lupinb0y posted: »

    Yeah I'll probably get to watching this next. Only thing holding me back is the framerate which from what little I've seen, can get pretty iffy.

  • ...

    Pipas posted: »

    Maybe you'll finally be promoted to mod.

  • Hm. What could we expect of him once he's elected?

    Pipas posted: »

    Maybe you'll finally be promoted to mod.

  • I agree with what Metallica said. It's actually not that bad once you get used to it. I got into a few episodes today, and once you get onto thinking about what the characters are like and try to piece together the story you start not to notice. There are scenes where if you see the characters only move a few frames it can still produce a lot of emotion because the timing and the music are just so well done. You're going to want to see this.

    lupinb0y posted: »

    Yeah I'll probably get to watching this next. Only thing holding me back is the framerate which from what little I've seen, can get pretty iffy.

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    So that She-Ra reboot Netflix animated series ended the other day. I'd heard a lot of good things about it and liked the look of the show enough so I gave it a shot and I accidentally watched all five seasons in 3 days.

    Holy shit.
    It's been on my watchlist for about half a year, and I guess with the new season out, Netflix has been bugging me with banners everywhere advertising the show (much to the chagrin of my family).

    ...So I did the most reasonable thing and didn't start it. I started watching a Netflix-produced anime called Carole and Tuesday. Story about two girls living on Mars who team up and try to make it in the music industry. Though in a futuristic world run almost entirely by AI, the human touch in entertainment is a hard thing to find.
    I'm only 3 episodes in, but so far the show is pretty interesting. You wouldn't know it was Mars unless someone told you -- so far we've only seen the utopian city and futuristic design of the world (eh, maybe they'll venture out to a red desert sometime).
    The really unique thing about this anime is that all the songs are produced in english, regardless of dub language. So, that's kind of why I'm watching it in english dub. That way it won't be so jarring to hear Japanese voices suddenly acquire american singing voices, and even though the dub cast and lyrics cast are entirely different, they flow into one another so well, you can't even tell that it's two different actors.

    A show that's been beckoning me for my return is K-On!! Season 2. Cutesy anime about school girls forming a band together -- but I don't want to exhaust my catalog of musical-based anime series yet, so I think I'll jump on that She-Ra train after I complete a season or two of C&T.

    lupinb0y posted: »

    So that She-Ra reboot Netflix animated series ended the other day. I'd heard a lot of good things about it and liked the look of the show en

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    Disney+ just added some ASMR-style soundscapes to their catalog, called Zenimation. It's a weird and interesting addition, letting you see an edited compilation of different recognisable themes and sounds from different films -- like Cityscapes, Night, or Nature, and more -- it also showcases some really cool forgotten classics like Atlantis and Treasure Planet.

    Also, heads up: the Simpsons is getting its first 19 seasons' 4:3 Aspect Ratio restored on May 28th

  • so I think I'll jump on that She-Ra train after I complete a season or two of C&T.

    I highly recommend it. If it helps, it gives off some big Avatar vibes at times. It's not a perfect show, but I feel like for whatever faults it has in certain aspects, it makes up for them with some really well written characters and drama.

    Carole and Tuesday sounds pretty neat. I haven't watched any anime at all for a long time now so I might put that on my list to things to watch.

    AChicken posted: »

    So that She-Ra reboot Netflix animated series ended the other day. I'd heard a lot of good things about it and liked the look of the show en

  • Carole and Tuesday sounds pretty neat.

    It really is neat. I watched a couple more episodes today, and while there were maybe a few moments that felt poorly written (like someone buying a product without noticing the clearly-visible 1-star rating), there's some real interesting plot threads involving some CEO of an AI company trying to tune a singer's voice for the perfect song, some really catchy tunes in the show itself, and the show seems to be brimming with representation, which is just a cool thing to see anytime. Lots of different ethnicities in the Martian city and some characters are blatantly shown to have a lesbian relationship, kiss and all. Cool for a Japanese anime production, since I'm pretty sure Japan is ok about homosexuality, but not very openly supportive of it, or promotes showing relationship in public.

    lupinb0y posted: »

    so I think I'll jump on that She-Ra train after I complete a season or two of C&T. I highly recommend it. If it helps, it gives

  • What episode did you get to?

    I agree with what Metallica said. It's actually not that bad once you get used to it. I got into a few episodes today, and once you get onto

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    Apparently this is month-old news, but Troy Baker has left the webshow Retro Replay he hosted alongside Nolan North.

    I only occasionally watch their show on YouTube (and I guess the last episode of theirs I saw released a month ago), but it was when I checked out one of the latest ones did I find Nolan on his own with some special guests.

    According to the article and reports from Troy himself, they had a dispute over what direction the show should go, and instead of fighting over it and potentially ruin their friendship, Troy decided to step away from Retro Replay and he'd start his own channel on YouTube. Troy said that their friendship is at the moment "not okay" after his departure, but that it "would be" once things calm down and some time passes.
    That's unfortunate, but I'm glad they've decided to part ways if it meant they'd stay buddies. Would really have sucked if one of the other had left the show on some bad terms.

  • That's unfortunate, but I'm glad they've decided to part ways if it meant they'd stay buddies. Would really have sucked if one of the other had left the show on some bad terms.

    Them hating each other would be especially weird since they both often appear in a lot of the same games.

    AChicken posted: »

    Apparently this is month-old news, but Troy Baker has left the webshow Retro Replay he hosted alongside Nolan North. I only occasionally

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    Just finished playing the entire Walking Dead series by Telltale (never played 3 and 4 before now). I would/should comment on that section, but it won't let me for some reason. Anyway, just some thoughts:

    I liked the majority of the series even with some of the iffy directions the writers took it in places. My first real issue wasn't really in till the end of S2 where you have the choice of walking away with AJ alone, going back to the store with Jane or going with Kenny to look for the rumoured wellington. The only real logical call in this choice is going back to the store as Clem alone with AJ is mad as they've both just kids and although the idea of wellington sounds great, Kenny is mad to just wander around in weird hope it's real, friendly and not been destroyed since starting up.

    The problem is, the logical choice sees you having to pick Jane when I'd rather go back to the store with Kenny instead. That ending felt a bit blah because it.

    Season 3 was interesting. I quite liked the different approach of seeing Clem through the eyes of a new person and because it's been so long, you don't really know what to think of her etc. Did AJ die, has she become bitter etc. Not much I have wrong with this season tbh.

    Season 4 had a troubled production so I understand that plays a major role in why this turned out the way it did. However, having said that, I really, really don't like what they did with Clem at the end (leg). I get what the writers were going for with a mirrored situation as Lee in season 1 with a twist, but it just didn't work for me. Lee wanted Clem to be stronger than him and she is but I think this basically leaves her in bad way with little chance of survival in another attack on the home.

    Just my take, but I think i would have done it this way:

    The walker grabs Clems hurt leg, but they're not sure if it bit Clem or not due to the injury. They talk in the barn about what AJ needs to do if she is etc still. We then have a time skip. A big one. AJ is now older and bumps into the others on the way back to "home". They talk about walkers being a rare sight now and the comminities are working together more, but they prefer to be alone hidden still. After doing some chores etc, they sit down for dinner and then someone sits next to AJ. It's Clem. Older, alive and no missing limps etc.

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    Carole and Tuesday actually takes place within the same world as Cowboy Bebop, they're both created by Shinichiro Watanabe. No big connections or anything, just in the same universe. Most of his stuff is generally fantastic in dub.

    AChicken posted: »

    So that She-Ra reboot Netflix animated series ended the other day. I'd heard a lot of good things about it and liked the look of the show en

  • tfw you realize obama's last name is obama

  • Bit like how Mario's last name is Mario.

    Mario Mario

  • Been watching the simpsons a lot since I'm stuck inside because of the virus. It's actually really sad to see the show fall so far and fast. The newer seasons do have their funny moments, but the plot and ideas are all over the place.

    Would love a Hit & Run remaster mind.

  • That is a pretty big jump, nothing that happened in this Retro Replay disagreement is anywhere close to what was going on with Troy Baker and Gearbox.

    I really dont see how Troy leaving RR can be equated to him being the problem with the Rhys situation.

  • Carole and Tuesday actually takes place within the same world as Cowboy Bebop, they're both created by Shinichiro Watanabe.

    Well that's awesome news! I didn't know the creator was the guy who made that awesome show!
    ...Nice.

    dojo32161 posted: »

    Carole and Tuesday actually takes place within the same world as Cowboy Bebop, they're both created by Shinichiro Watanabe. No big connections or anything, just in the same universe. Most of his stuff is generally fantastic in dub.

  • Gearbox aren't exactly well known for being a good company...

    Poogers555 posted: »

    That is a pretty big jump, nothing that happened in this Retro Replay disagreement is anywhere close to what was going on with Troy Baker an

  • This year just doesn't quit. It's full of terrible events.

    AChicken posted: »

    Apparently this is month-old news, but Troy Baker has left the webshow Retro Replay he hosted alongside Nolan North. I only occasionally

  • I wonder when the youtube/social media personality crazy will end. It's about due the bubble burst.

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    I got to season 2. Season 1 was pretty great. The animation was wonderful even without smooth frame rate. By the end there were a lot to questions about how magic is conjured naturally, but thankfully it is quickly answered in season 2.

    Right now the group have just left Lujanne's place at the Moon nexus after Claudia and Soren betrayed them. Its been shown that there is this lady behind the mirror, but we don't know much besides that she has a cloak with stars on it. (could correlate to what magic she does?) Callum is trying to find out how connect himself spiritually with magic so he doesn't have to rely on primal stones.

    The talk with Claudia really got me thinking about how Dark Magic really works, basically taking the souls of creatures born with magic and use them for a sudden magical burst. This practice sounds more like Alchemy than actual magic. It seems to be very less efficient, compared to using magic from a renewable source, with only one advantage being it is (mostly) not limited to a place or time to be used. It hasn't been shown how the Dragon King died, but theoretically this advantage could've been what caused his death. But also, not much has been told about Dragon's Magic yet. But it must be very powerful if a baby dragon can break an indestructible Elven binding spell with ease. This advantage of dark magic will likely be shown sometime later, and it probably won't be very fortunate for our group.

    What episode did you get to?

  • It’s actually a man in the mirror, not a lady.

    I got to season 2. Season 1 was pretty great. The animation was wonderful even without smooth frame rate. By the end there were a lot to questions about how magic is conjured naturally, but thankfully it is quickly answered in season 2. (Spoiler)

  • Realized that after getting a few more episodes in. :# My bad

    (Spoiler)

  • You weren’t the first and only person to think that, a lot of people were the same way until they heard him speak. He was also the voice doing the opening narration in the first episode.

    Realized that after getting a few more episodes in. My bad

  • not really? bruh i havent thought about this stuff as much as ya think i have. it was like my third wrongful suspension so i was used to it already. i've kinda just forgot anything that happened around that time bc my brain is soft lol

    @ClemyClooAndBabyboo https://twitter.com/spaziotwat_ Tell me if you recognize this Twitter user?

  • So this is what Chris Redfield dose on his spare time?

  • If they don’t have a slowed down whisper like version of jar jar jumping into the lake then I’m out

    AChicken posted: »

    Disney+ just added some ASMR-style soundscapes to their catalog, called Zenimation. It's a weird and interesting addition, letting you see a

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    This Wednesday, The Last of Us Part II gets the State of Play Showcase treatment. Current runtime is 20 minutes.

    https://blog.us.playstation.com/2020/05/25/state-of-play-get-a-preview-of-the-last-of-us-part-ii-wednesday/

    Part of me wants to watch this, part of me wants to stay blind to this game...
    Hmm. Well, the last 8 minutes will be a new, never-before-seen gameplay sequence, so maybe I'll tune out at that point.

    Edit: Oops I meant to post this in the Last of. Us thread

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    Considering how PG-13 Disney is trying to be with their streaming service (well, they tread the line with mature things like a decapitation in A: Endgame while they needlessly censor things like barely seeing a butt crack in Splash) it's surprising to me that they haven't brought over the PG-13 cut of Deadpool 2 (branded, Once Upon a Deadpool).

    Currently, I think you can only find this thing on DVD, and especially with how heavily the re-cut was marketed as a family-friendly film for the holidays (also how they kept pushing the fact that Julian Dennison -- a then 16-year old -- was legally unable to watch the original film alone).

    Yet... They haven't brought that Fox property over yet. Weird. Just a thought.

  • I'n not sure how I feel about all these subscription services. It's basically a rental which is fine, but if you want to actually own something it's getting harder to do now with certain shows not even having boxed versions.

    There's also the other side to these sub services where a lot of the "exclusive" content is quite meh. They just hope they can provide enough meh stuff that people will keep their subs.

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    I don't think many people know or remember that there was a PG13 cut of Deadpool 2. So maybe they didn't want to confuse people into thinking the R rated version somehow made its way onto Disney Plus.

    Either that or they're waiting to announce an MCU Deadpool movie before they start promoting the previous films.

    AChicken posted: »

    Considering how PG-13 Disney is trying to be with their streaming service (well, they tread the line with mature things like a decapitation

  • Funny thing is, Jaws is still a PG haha

    lupinb0y posted: »

    I don't think many people know or remember that there was a PG13 cut of Deadpool 2. So maybe they didn't want to confuse people into thinkin

  • I see Cinemasins has chosen death.

  • If you're interested, this girl youtuber is reacting to the show for the first time. Her reactions are clever.

    I see Cinemasins has chosen death.

  • I see, Cinemasins turned out to be a giant eared cretin.

    I see Cinemasins has chosen death.

  • Damn, it's gone. Nickelodeon probably strikes again.

    AronDracula posted: »

    If you're interested, this girl youtuber is reacting to the show for the first time. Her reactions are clever.

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