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I might be consuming too much Japanese content. Youtube recommendations get weird.

Or, for broader western recognition, The Last Airbender. Anyway, amusing thought I had: The worst part about this whole thing is that it's going to be filmed in English, so this is what we're stuck with. There'd be absolutely nothing stopping, say, Japan from dubbing over it with all the original VAs (barring any deaths or retirements) for a more authentic experience. Unfortunately for us, there's just no way of getting an experience close to the original voice cast while also trying to remain true to the characters themselves. Arguably, Jet was maybe the only character voiced authentically. So, a live action adaptation is doomed from the start, with two options: whitewash the source to make it feel closer to the dub which much of the target audience is familiar with, or cast actors closer to "true" to the characters. and pray you don't lose too much of the characters/personalities we're familiar with in the process. The adaptation maybe has what it takes to be adequate. But, as you said, it's hard to be truly optimistic about it.

If comic books have taught us anything, it is to never underestimate a speedster.

Ahh, I'd been wondering when they were going to actually work in the "help your team out" mechanic.

I also clicked on this one not knowing what to expect, and it only took a few moments for the name to finally click and I recognized he did the music for Paranoia Agent (and others, obviously). Not being familiar with most of his work, I just thought the soundtrack for that was deliberately trippy for the vibe. Guess it turns out the dude is a trip all on his own.

I wonder if American metal heads are ever embarrassed that a bunch of Japanese ladies are probably shredding better than anything we've put out in recent years.

The sound engineers for this show have made some questionable choices. Really get taken out of the engrossment when there's a sound effect that just doesn't fit.

So, you do know approximately how much you need every time you gas up, since, as you said, you're doing this on a regular schedule. How hard is it, then, to just think "hm, usually I need x amount, at current price that would be around Y" and tack on a little extra for good measure? That's kinda the whole point here. It's less that everyone's giving you grief for not knowing how much your tank holds total. Except maybe sponges. Mostly, everyone's just baffled that, in 13 years, you haven't figured out how much gas you need in a typical week. I have no clue how big my gas tank is. But I do know I need roughly 12 gallons every 2 weeks.

Sorta like, Judaism is the Original Trilogy. Christianity came along with some expanded universe nonsense that everyone agreed was pretty dumb but hey, some people like Jar Jar. And Islam sez "Yeah, we're gonna pretend none of that ever happened." and used their own EU.

I saw it was on... the Roku app, I think? Some free streaming app a while back. And also fondly remembered it from long ago. Starts out pretty good. But, just kinda flops. Like, "build up the big giant Magog world-ship threatening the entire galaxy and then sorta do nothing with it" flops. The characters were still fun, tho. Much love for Trance and Harper. And most of the rest. But, Sorbo going off the deep end does kinda leave a bad aftertaste.

"I'm drooling out of my face" Where el... Probably shouldn't ask that with this show....

Don't let the nostalgia glasses fool you, the ending kinda went to shit. In retrospect, a fitting analogy to Sorbo.

"0.1 mm" noodles? Sorry, don't think it's supposed to feel like eating cotton candy.

It was literally [fighters] vs [fighters] in structured fights. How is it not a tournament?

It's finally over. Controversial opinion: Tournament arcs are lazy boring writing that do next to nothing to progress any of the story.

Eh, all I'm saying is, if the idea is to imbue bacon-ness into a dish, wrapping in bacon just seems like the least elegant means to accomplish it. Ok, hear me out. Chicken breasts, big and plump, fit for cutting a pocket for stuffing. Cook your bacon in a pan as usual, nice and crispy, save the fat. Chop the cooked bacon and make, like, a cheddary, peppery stuffing. Maybe some onions, or those scallions would do. Jalapeno? That could maybe work, too. Stuff and cook, and I'm just assuming a grill is involved, so take that reserved bacon fat and baste those bitches. You've got bacon-ness outside, bacon-ness inside, with none of the flaccid-ness of bacon-wrapped anything. Idk. It gets the job done. But I think there must be better ways of achieving that marriage of not just flavors but also textures. It's tasty, but maybe doesn't quite live up to its potential. That said, I have also had this idea for bacon-wrapped grilled cantaloupe that I think might have some merit...

Controversial opinion: I never understood the point of "bacon-wrapped" anything. For me, the whole purpose of bacon is to get somewhere along the way to crispy. But, wrapped around any bit of meat, it just fails to achieve anything resembling what it should be capable of. It's still just a bit of soggy floppy chewy fat. If the whole point is to sacrifice some bacon to imbue its essence into the actual dish, surely basting with bacon fat would get there all the same. Or some sort of bacon-based stuffing (cooked, chopped, mixed with... idk, something). I don't think I've ever enjoyed eating the bacon from any bacon-wrapped dish. And that's just a bit disappointing.

I'm sorry, what? She took an incredible cut of meat and cooked it... well done? Expel her. Right now.

...So why, if he had control of revival fluid, did he not simply go straight for his sister to begin with? Tsukasa has always had flawed character motivation. Starting to see a trend here of poorly thought out characterization that comes back to bite the writers in the ass when they actually have to justify it.

Weird seeing a group of ninja just... running, instead of flying through the trees like usual.

So, like, has it ever been explained why Senku is so obsessed with this one bat cave? Like. Surely by now he could've just... found another. Guano isn't that special...

Was Eva really all that good to begin with?