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« on: January 08, 2021, 10:48:15 AM »
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« on: January 08, 2021, 10:23:12 AM »
Black lives are part of all lives tho.
but if all lives matter, then why are black people still systematically mistreated?
that's why you emphasize black lives—it's not about putting anyone else down, but raising black lives up to the standard enjoyed by most other groups of people who aren't as affected by racism in our country
you can say "all lives matter" if you want, but you're going to sound incredibly glib, because BLM isn't trying to say otherwise—it's about drawing attention to what needs to be drawn attention to, because presently, nobody else in america has to worry as much about stuff like police brutality like black people do
When I say "All lives matter." it should be interpreted as "I am for a world where all lives are equal." or "All lives should matter."
but that is how it's interpreted, the problem is that these rephrasings don't sound any less glib, because despite what you say, "black lives matter" does not imply that black people are the only race that gets mistreated; simply that they are mistreated, and disproportionately so in america i mean, i already said this shit lmao—the bottom line is that you're the one making unfounded assumptions about the phrase "black lives matter," whereas i'm making no assumptions about "all lives matter" at all; i'm taking the phrase at face value, just as you intend, and it still sounds dismissive and yes, of course, because it's an american movement and an american slogan, it should be viewed from an american lens, which is why i tried to keep using phrases like "in our country" and "in america"—because i'm aware that you, as someone who isn't american, would probably have more trouble reconciling the slogan from a global perspective, so i'm just trying to explain why the slogan shouldn't be framed that way again, not that black lives don't matter elsewhere, or that all lives don't matter elsewhere, but that to use those phrases in an american context would be to tacitly dismiss the problems that black americans are facing in such a context, "black lives matter" does not intend to disregard the lives of any other race—it's about making sure we don't forget about black lives, because unfortunately, we so often do in this country if someone wanted to start a movement that promotes white lives, he or she can be my guest, but it's not going to gain much traction on the basis that white people simply don't have a whole lot to complain about with respect to their race, so they don't really need any movements in any country that i can think of—please enlighten me, if you happen to know any
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« on: January 08, 2021, 03:20:24 AM »
the all lives matter thing is just dumb people not understanding that "black lives matter" is supposed to mean "black lives matter too."
Black lives are part of all lives tho.
but if all lives matter, then why are black people still systematically mistreated? that's why you emphasize black lives—it's not about putting anyone else down, but raising black lives up to the standard enjoyed by most other groups of people who aren't as affected by racism in our country you can say "all lives matter" if you want, but you're going to sound incredibly glib, because BLM isn't trying to say otherwise—it's about drawing attention to what needs to be drawn attention to, because presently, nobody else in america has to worry as much about stuff like police brutality like black people do
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« on: January 07, 2021, 01:39:57 PM »
who's gonna catch that? post jeopardy moments
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« on: January 07, 2021, 08:07:07 AM »
The part where Third Impact starting up from Gendo's hand in Rei onwards was pretty good, but the actual Instrumentality sequence where Komm Susser Tod played was a bit more underwhelming; then again it's hard to find a song that'll parallel the scene better than one that was hand tailored just for it.
I feel you, but for me, that's probably the part that made me shit bricks the most. There were so many parts that worked eerily well for me: - Just before it all happens, did you catch how the final cymbal crash of the second-to-last song (the title track) plays the VERY moment Asuka says "no" to Shinji? That shit was some 10/10 accidental kino right there. Then, as soon as Shinji starts choking her out, we cut to the opening white noise of "Hurt," the despondent melodies to which I think juxtapose disturbingly well with the montage of crayon illustrations, emphasizing not only the loss of innocence, but taking that innocence and shooting it in the back of the head - Lyrically, I think the first verse of the song goes along with the imagery very well, in that they seem to echo a lot of the conflicting thoughts that Shinji's having during the whole sequence. The lines, "Try to kill it all away/But I remember everything" are sung during a short series of flashing images of mostly positive memories that actually make Shinji happy (meeting Misato, seeing the Geofront for the first time, and getting to live in the company of somebody who cares about him). We can kinda see, then, without even needing the context of the film, that in spite of all his resentment, he's still able to recall those fleeting moments when he wasn't totally miserable, and that there's a weak yet growing part of him that wants to hang on to those memories. Also, note the picture of Shinji crying as a child pops up the moment the gentle and plucky instrumental break comes in. - When Lilith!Rei first emerges from the sea, the words "Everyone I know goes away in the end" are sung, which I don't think could possibly have been more fitting—for me, that was definitely one of several little "holy fuck" syncs that made my heart skip a beat when I first heard it, and it doesn't even stop there. The iconic "YOU COULD HAVE IT ALL" chorus comes in the moment she cups her hands around the Black Moon and sprouts those giant wings and shit. That was too good. - The second verse has my favorite sync-up. The song goes back to being quiet and gentle just as we're treated to some equally quiet and gentle imagery during the "tanging" scene, with the apparitions of Rei/Misato/etc. kissing and comforting the last remaining NERV employees before they inevitably die. This is where the coolest part for me happens: Maya is the last one in the room to die, so she gets the most touching death scene out of all the non-essential characters. In her last moments, while it looks like she's trying to type something, an image of Ritsuko shows up to embrace her, which is synced here with the most quiet and heart-wrenching lyric of the song: "Beneath the stains of time/The feelings disappear/You are someone else/I am still right here," while gradually zooming in on Maya's face, overcome with emotion. That shit gave me chills— How does it fit SO well?- There's one part towards the very end of the track that I wish synced up a little better. "Hurt" closes off with three absolutely ear-splitting guitar chords before leaving us with almost a minute's worth of a terrifying drone. The chords play a couple seconds after Unit-01 chomps Gendo's head off, which is unfortunate. If only the chords played the moment the bite happens. That said, I do think the drone that plays during the remainder of the Instrumentality sequence fits pretty magically. It certainly doesn't replace "Komm, süßer Tod," by any means, but I think its nightmarishly desolate sound does effectively manage to capture the atmosphere of a world being reduced to a soulless wasteland in a matter of seconds. But all of this is just bullshit and projection, of course, although it's still fun. In an alternate reality, I'd like to think if Trent Reznor actually scored something Evangelion-related, it would be the best shit in the world. A state of emergency has been declared in the Tokyo area of Japan. Theaters have not been ordered to shutdown but are told to now operate at limited capacity (not specified how limited) and are to close at 8PM until February 7th. No announcement by Toho or Toei yet on pushing back the release. This will surely affect the release of 3.333 but will only delay Shin's original midnight release. Presale tickets for Shin are still expected to go out January 13th, giving us an idea of the total runtime of the movie.
Keep in mind, this only affects the Tokyo area, the rest of Japan should still be able to have their midnight release of Shin and late night viewings of 3.333.
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« on: January 07, 2021, 05:21:43 AM »
https://vimeo.com/196823678Not sure if I've already talked about this here before, but in the trivia section to IMDb's page for The End of Evangelion, there's an item that talks about how, much in the same way that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon supposedly fits perfectly with The Wizard of Oz, there's a different album that apparently fits perfectly with The End of Evangelion, and it just so happens to be one of my all-time favorites: The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails. The link above contains a VoD syncing the two pieces together precisely as instructed on IMDb (such as skipping the mid-credits sequence). I always found this to be one of the coolest coincidences ever, because if you know anything about me, there's a good chance of you knowing that Nine Inch Nails is my all-time favorite band/musical project, so you could imagine just how cool of a marriage this is for me. I won't say that everything syncs perfectly, but the parts that do? Oh my god, you will shit your pants. If nothing else, it'll probably serve as a new and interesting way to watch this movie as a tide-over.
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« on: January 07, 2021, 03:14:52 AM »
my condolences, definitely feels like the first age where you can't really get away with calling yourself "young" anymore
even though you still are
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« on: January 07, 2021, 12:19:39 AM »
That just raises the interesting question of whether or not you can actually call something bad if it's intentionally bad.
Not to dissuade ya or anything, but do you figure you could pull off anything on youtube? Considering you have the algorithm RNGesus to deal with, or the fact that the platform's become another bloated economic shithole. You'd have to have some real cutting edge polish to get some traction going for yourself.
the question of whether something intentionally bad can really be bad is a question of whether intent, and the execution of that specific intent, are the two most important factors when evaluating a work of art, which i think tends to undervalue a lot of other important facets to consider, such as whether the choice to make such an intentionally bad work of art was the best choice to begin with--was it a meaningful or intelligent choice? was it a contextually appropriate choice? would it have been better if they had just made something traditionally good instead? there's also an ethical side to it. how much money was spent on it? how many man hours were wasted? there's many counterpoints to the old "but it's intentionally shitty" argument; the easiest to make, of course, is that bad is bad is bad is bad. if you make something bad, but you meant to anyway, then congratulations--you made something bad. for me, that does not automatically make it good. there has to be something else going on, like an ed wood tribute that successfully manages to capture that director's distinct lack of taste and style, while maybe shedding new light on the value of schlock cinema as for the youtube thing, i've learned in life that if you tell yourself you're going to fail because of this or that from the outset, then you will, because it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, so i choose to roll the dice--i think my perspective on shit is unique enough that i could catch some viewers, because i'm basically a living hot take dispenser who has something to say about everything, and i can always start it out as more of a personal hobby early on if it fails, it fails, but it's one of the few career paths in life that would allow me to put my one skill to constructive use, so i essentially have to try
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« on: January 06, 2021, 03:09:57 PM »
remember when you people thought i was a sore loser four years ago
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« on: January 06, 2021, 09:56:45 AM »
More I think about it, he could actually do that. "Hey ya'll waited eight years for this, what did I try to tell you people about not wasting your lives in escapism? Anyway, here's my worst work yet."
as i brought up before, i'll be okay if it's bad, because 3.0 was so hugely disappointing for me that i've found it particularly easy to keep my expectations in check, and even if it really is his worst work yet, that could serve as the perfect launchpad towards some kind of youtube video essay career, because i'm an opportunist like that i guess the worst thing that the movie could turn out to be is boring, not bad, and the worst bad it could be is a bad that does not lend itself to analysis i think we know these two possibilities are hardly possibilities at all, though
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« on: January 06, 2021, 01:22:49 AM »
 Call it aftermath—she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
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« on: January 05, 2021, 01:06:12 PM »
Fire Emblem is fun.
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« on: December 29, 2020, 09:52:08 PM »
Just to hold me over until this shit finally comes out, I just got done watching Shin Godzilla, and it was pretty fucking awesome. I don't remember the last time I've ever felt afraid during a monster movie, but Shin Godzilla's many forms actually struck me as genuinely terrifying, which I was very happy about. Also, imagine the volume of my nut when they first incorporated Bataille DĂ©cisive into the soundtrack. Before I watched this, though, I actually chose to start with the 1954 original first, just to familiarize myself with the source material, and I thoroughly enjoyed that as well. Its age does show (a lot), but it honestly only added to the experience, and I'm ashamed that it's taken me this long to see it, but now at least I can say that I have. What I liked the most about these two movies, as you might have guessed, were the scathing critiques on humanity, the anti-war themes, and the gravely serious tone, so I'm not sure if you could call me a Godzilla convert just yet... mainly because I'm not sure if I could honestly stomach the cheesier movies in the franchise. But with that said, color me impressed with Anno's interpretation. I'd say this movie was definitely worth delaying 3.0+1.0 a few extra years, and I'd even look forward to a sequel, but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen. 2016 was still beneath shit tier in all respects, and Shin Godzilla coming out that year doesn't come close to changing that.
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« on: December 22, 2020, 11:41:07 PM »
Anybody care to give an explanation of why Verb's hyped for weebshit? I keep up loosely on animes. What makes this one so outstanding that even the old man's not dissing it?
Had an idea. EVA's undertones and foundations were based off the subtle dissing of the growing trend of escapism manifesting in japanese youth. It ironically garned a cult of fans that didn't pick up on the message. That why you like the EVA series Verb? It low key pisstakes on all other animes while succumbing to the very thing it warned against? Apart from all the other psychological topics it tackles.
Yeah, you more or less nailed it. It's impossible to describe shows as "deep" anymore without making people cringe, but I genuinely think it's a pretty deep show with so much interesting shit to chew on, from the surface level character interactions to the underlying philosophical themes. On top of that, it's also just a good and solidly entertaining show with very well-written and empathetic characters who feel more human to me than literally any other anime that I've seen. It just does so much right that the other 299 shows I've tried simply don't (okay, okay, there's a few others, of course). Not that the show doesn't have its pitfalls, of course—for one thing, it isn't above sexualizing 14-year-olds for the sake of comic relief, which isn't great, and I've always been disappointed that a lot the religious imagery and Christian references were appropriated mainly for aesthetic purposes, and not because it's inherently meaningful—which is all well and good, but it would've made the show all the more interesting if they made an effort to impart some actual meaning into that stuff, imo. In fact, they could've just shut their mouths about that in general so that the viewers could be free to interpret those elements for themselves, like they can with everything else about the show, but the fact that they've come forward and said, "Yeah nah, we just thought it would be cool and exotic for Japanese audiences" kind of just shuts the door on the conversation entirely, which is a shame. But yeah, still a great show—but perhaps only accidentally, if the Rebuild films are any indication. In any case, good anime do exist. I still hate the medium at large, but I've discovered that I've a bigger hatred for the fans more than anything else. Most people who like Evangelion don't even know why it's good, which seems to be somewhat of a trend for a lot of my favorite things (Fight Club especially comes to mind).
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« on: December 21, 2020, 05:49:57 PM »
i wish i could say this is the first anime-related thing i've ever been excited for, but i did see the yu-gi-oh movie in theaters as a child...
the first five pokémon movies were pretty hype as a kid, too
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« on: December 21, 2020, 05:46:15 PM »
I find that since everything is going online, a physical disc collection isn't really feasible anymore
i see where you're coming from, but imo that only makes having a full physical collection of video games sound even cooler, just because less and less people are going to be able to say that they even have one i wouldn't collect figurines personally, just because they don't really have much in the way of functionality besides looking cool on your desk—i've considered collecting amiibos, however, because they actually do have in-game functionality, but then it becomes an issue if figuring out where to store or display them (on top of being mad expensive) never been a poster person either, but maybe that's because i live in an attic
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« on: December 18, 2020, 08:08:07 PM »
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« on: December 18, 2020, 08:04:19 PM »
unfortunately, the very best one on the market right now requires you to get a circumcision
wait, what am saying? there's nothing unfortunate about this
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« on: December 18, 2020, 07:59:51 PM »
Beat Kingdom Hearts II the other day.
It's whatever. Definitely an objective improvement over the first game, but it's not blowing me away or anything. The combat is incredibly button mashy and QTE-heavy, and the story is kind of asinine, even though there are aspects of it that I appreciate. As a Disney guy, I feel consistently burned on that front, too. They way they treat the Disney stuff in these games is consistently disappointing. I don't want to experience a shitty, watered down version of a Disney movie that I LOVE, Nomura.
I could go on but I'm not sure who I'd be ranting to anyway so I'll just stop myself here.
KH1: 4/10
Chain of Memories: 3/10
KH2: 5/10
Bleah. Apparently, according to my KH-playing friends, I can be done with this franchise now, since I've played the best game in the series and decided I wasn't into it... but I'm a sucker for culturally-important video games, regardless of my personal opinions about them, so I might keep playing them regardless. They're certainly fun to talk about.
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« on: December 18, 2020, 07:53:43 PM »
Acquired some custom end labels for my N64 carts, since they're notorious for their blank spines, and in the process, I made a harrowing discovery: I don't actually have a copy of Turok 3. In its place, I found Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, which I never knew I had in my collection until I saw it. ...Yeah, THAT Hercules. "Wait a minute... This isn't Turok 3..."Very unfortunate. Turok 3 is rather pricey, and I'd rather just own it like I thought I did rather than shell out $35 that I don't currently have. It's possible that I mistook the spin-off game Rage Wars for the third installment, but I'm usually pretty meticulous about subtitles... so it must've been some other error. My collector's edition of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light came in today. Pretty nice package, but I literally never buy these things, so I don't really know if it's a "good" CE or not. The replica NES cartridge will look really nice with the rest of them, though, and I'm happy with the 200+ page art book as well. Even the packaging stuff you're expected to thrown away had some neat designs on it. The physical manual is written and designed like an old-school NES manual would be, which is fantastic, and in true NES game style, it's required reading if you want to understand the game and haven't played FE before (like me). I only did the first battle, but I like it so far. I'm sure a lot of these 30-year-old old mechanics would make modern FE fans wince, though.
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« on: December 17, 2020, 01:02:33 PM »
unfortunately, the very best one on the market right now requires you to get a circumcision
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« on: December 15, 2020, 09:05:07 PM »
What kind of monster puts up fifteen videos on youtube and shuts them out to the public. Reading through the dark souls journey, since I've the time and I'm not motivated for much else right now. Watched the last video with Gwyn. Opening made my stomach crawl for reasons. Great parry chains on Gwyn. Props to playing risky with PW too. I don't think I'd ever heard your voice before now. Weird to hear it. Halfwise what I'd've imagined but not what I'd expect. I guess to make things slightly more on topic with collecting, did you every try out any of the other souls games?
I do own every Souls game, but besides DaS, I've only ever tried DaS2 for about ten minutes before my body viscerally rejected it. I found it revolting. It was like waking up to find all my possessions swapped for replicas with slight imperfections, and it was just the most off-putting experience. I'd like to give it another shot eventually, but yeah. Bad first impression. I believe it was you who told me to stick it out with the first game, though, when I was still expressing my grievances with the multiplayer and such (which I still loathe). I appreciate that, because now it's one of my favorite games of all time, even if it's starting to fall a little out of favor with the younger generation these days. Sorry for not responding to your (multiple) other posts btw. I'm not ignoring them; I'll respond as soon as I can.
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« on: December 15, 2020, 08:03:17 PM »
why did you think a 60 year old man with a fixation for cartoon girls was a good thing to role play as
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« on: December 13, 2020, 06:08:41 PM »
Same reason why academy members get to vote on what wins an Oscar despite not watching any of the movies.
And I can understand wanting to put cringe redditors in their place, but Napalm is right; TLoU2 didn’t do anything truly outstanding.
the award for innovation in accessibility, at the very least, was well-deserved
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« on: December 13, 2020, 04:39:00 PM »
neat
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« on: December 13, 2020, 11:34:48 AM »
a friend of mine has been reading The Rise of Kyoshi, which is supposed to be good i guess?
idk if i could get into tertiary material like this myself, though
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« on: December 12, 2020, 03:41:52 PM »
not that i followed it too closely at the time, but i seem to recall a similar furor over the amount of bugs with New Vegas on release, and now that game is considered one of the best in the series, if not one of the best games ever
not that games still shouldn't be great on day 1 or anything
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« on: December 12, 2020, 12:27:38 PM »
oh, good—so you got to see me finish dark souls after all
In all seriousness, like Ender said, despite everything, you being alive is obviously preferable to you being dead, and knowing the truth really is the most important thing to me in the end. In any case, very few people get to know what people will say about them after they die, so congratulations on that. That must've been surreal.
I went ahead and re-examined all of the interactions we've had on this new account of yours, given that they've been thoroughly recontextualized. It was an interesting experience. I've never really had a negative interaction with you as Sandtrap, which I can't really say about almost anyone else here, so I'm happy to say that we've more or less always been on good terms, even under this new identity of yours. A few philosophical disagreements here and there, but if my memory serves correctly, we've never really fought over much.
There were a number of users who called your bluff, and I won't lie and say that I wasn't the least bit skeptical myself, but I chose to give you the benefit of the doubt, because it seemed like the right attitude to have at the time—and I stand by that.
However, simultaneously, I think it's very important for you to understand what you've really done here. People lie, that's whatever. But lying about your own death, I think, is somewhat of a jumping off point for your trustworthiness. It tends to call everything you've ever said to us into question, because if you're willing to lie about something like that, it begs the question as to what you wouldn't lie about. You know what I mean? It's the only logical question I have left to ask.
I don't know how we proceed at this point, but that's how I'm feeling about this little plot twist here at the moment. To reiterate, I'm glad you're okay, because I'm glad when anyone's okay, but I guess I'm still trying to process a lot of this.
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« on: December 11, 2020, 03:32:08 PM »
Only award worth mentioning went to GOT, the rest of the rewards are shill critics voting on the company that paid them the most/ threatened them the most with legal action.
TLoU2 was winning player's voice until the pissbabies at reddit /v/ and twitter caught wind of it they all voted for a game that haven't played and don't care about just to pwn SJWs, not because GoT deserved it not that GoT isn't great, but the circumstances in which it won are mega cringe and make me happy that TLoU2 won everything else, because watching transphobes and epic gamers seethe is hilarious
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« on: December 10, 2020, 11:15:26 PM »
Is Elden Ring really that hyped? I thought Cyberpunk would've been on the list, although I guess it launched recently so that might explain it.
i mean, it's a collab between the dark souls guy and the game of thrones guy, so not too surprising imo that said, i did expect it to go to botw2, but i'm biased
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