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Well, at least they didn't air Fairy Tail.....

Is fuggs still having periods at her age?

If they call it Inauguration, I'll be forced to watch it to see to fruition of your thread.

Remember when Jman liked something? I don't.

It's.... literally been confirmed, imchapp.in[/member] http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-american-horror-story-election-theme-20170215-story.html

I don't think this should matter much to anyone that knows they're watching different versions.

Fair enough. I'm in the minority on preferring a big chunk of '99 over 2011, anyway. To the point where on most arcs, beside Exams ('99 does better) and Greed Island (liked 2011 more), I can't really pick between the better version, since they're both good in different ways. At minimum, though, I would recommend giving the first episode of '99 a shot. It's an important part of Gon's motivation to go on the journey in the first place that got totally omitted from 2011 for some weird reason. I suppose it creates some minor continuity issues when it comes back up, but nothing so significant it can't be overlooked to treat the '99 as canon in those regards (like, literally just a couple lines of dialogue that contradict it and a brief scene added to fill in the missing gap). And it's a pretty good episode in its own right. Even gives Mito a bit of depth despite her lack of presence in the larger plot.

*shrug* I never bothered with the dub. Just that the Exams in '99 are so much better.

Me or Moose? If me: Your (and Daos') inability to contribute anything worth saying to conversations doesn't offend me. Calling you out is a joy, actually.

Yorknew, Greed Island, and Chimera Ant didn't exactly treat death nonchalantly. It's more nihilistic than nonchalant and early on that can come off poorly due to some questionable presentation. I really do think watching the Exams in '99 and eventually switching to '11 is the best way to view it. I showed a friend it as '99 until Heavens Arena, but it may have been better to wait until Yorknew for the switch. But then again, both Yorknews are excellent so both are worth watching for their own merits (they're not as identical as people made them out, least not to me). Of course, no network would rven consider doing that.

Yeah, that ship is a blight on the human race.

Not to mention, murder is still not legal. The show later makes a big deal out of Gon coping with his moral compass. He's shown to get upset when innocent people are killed in cold blood, from his interactions with the Phantom Troupe to fighting the villain of Greed Island to his conflict with Pitou. But Gon isn't supposed to be morally superior like most shonen protags and they make a point out it. When Gon is unphased by death, it's because he doesn’t really have a perception of right and wrong beyond a somewhat off-center approach. Characters like Kurapika and Leorio have clearer moral grounding, and were visibly more disturbed by the heart thing, but in the end, Killua killed a serial killer that would've mutilated him without hesitation had he not murdered him (because it was literally death match). The Hunter Association is presumed a part of the government, given they are shown to have very far governmental reach. It's shown repeatedly, including within the Hunter Exam, that most people don't agree with how Netero operates without any real ethical conduct, and at the same time, it's not like they can really stop him. Even if they tried, Netero is crazy powerful and not especially concerned with keeping his hands clean. And lol at the "license to kill means they can kill anyone" thing. That's still not what a license to kill actually means. There's a literal part of the show where they send a group of Hunters after another Hunter for killing civilians.

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I'd say '99 holds up most of the way through Heaven's Arena, too. They minimally handled the censorship creatively (albeit.... choppily). Even HA felt like it had better character growth in the old version, to the point where most of my hesitation toward that version comes from switching the order of the last 2 fights, which makes the end putter. Could've done fine had they simply omitted the rematch, imo. Yorknew is great in both versions and it's a shame people would miss it by writing off the 2011's start. Almost like a completely different show. The FMA:B comparison is fair. One I've made as well. But yeah, Hunter Exam was surprisingly good in the first adaption. Some of the filler was absolutely how it should be done, especially with the section where Gon has to get by through several days of paralysis.

The HxH anime is kinda iffy in some respects. The first 2 atcs are leaps and bounds better in the old school 1999 version. 2011 feels like they were saving it for the post-Heaven's Arena arcs. Like, I'd argue '99 is immediately genuinely good, but makes some strange missteps in later arcs (namely Heaven's Arena and Greed Island). But between the listed shows, HxH is easily the best, even with the failings of early arcs in this version.

No, I know. He should still stfu.

Shut the fuck up, Packtard.

Then GTFO of this this thread, bitch.

I don't believe you're the real Packard. But, in case you are: go away, stupid.

Not just no one here. No one anywhere.

Don't make him throw a chair at you.....

I've spent at least half of that playing other games.

My party is, like, garbage-tier.

I didn't know they were making this. Probably see it out of curiosity (if it's well received, I suppose) since the book always made me curious. I tried reading it when I was younger because I was a King fan, but I felt like his writing for a seemingly action-focused fantasy setting was much less interesting or colorful than his horror or drama stuff. Only read a chapter or so, didn't get to the kid's introduction - didn't know that was a thing. Dunno, heard Dark Tower is like a magnum opus, but what I read came off as bit more generic word selection than things like The Green Mile or The Stand. So, we'll see witb this, given I am interested.

I want to say I took his pissiness at the jock having a girlfriend being that the jock is taken, but then again he was pretty shitty to him, plus my friend and ai were busy laughing at horrible lines to catch every line of dialogue, so I'd have go back over those scenes to see for sure. To be fair, they're really pushing a Veronica/Betty romance. They even had a kissing scene between them in the first episode. I get the feeling they'll shoot themselves in the foot by having a bizarre trilpe-love triangle with Betty choosing between Veronica and Archie, Veronica picking between Archie and Betyy, and... Archie picking between Veronica and.... the teacher. The scene where Jughead and Archie agreed that they definitely aren't gay for each other had hilariously more romantic chemistry than Archie and any woman, by the way.