Jman

Russia wants NATO interference because that would give the Russian people an enemy they could actually rally behind. It’s why the administration is going with de-escalation and financial punishment instead. Also, the ruble is now worth less than Dogecoin, a joke crypto.

I think if China learns a lesson, it’s that they need to continue to maximize their use of soft power (social and economic) vs any sort of sustained military campaign.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russian-state-media-article-deleted-after-suggesting-russia-victory-achieved-12553977 A pre-planned but since deleted article seems to indicate that Russia was expecting Ukraine to have fallen by now and he really misses the USSR.

The oligarchs don’t benefit from Putin going full Red Alert. I see a lot of pressure being applied.

OK, I'm pretty sure Mark's terse delivery is supposed to show that he's not a native language speaker rather than how it was in the game, AKA "I AM SPEAKING WITH THE HOO-MAN. CYBER-MAN MUST UPGRADE THE PORT." Forklifts. But sadly no wildly unsafe racing of the forklifts. "HI RYO! LET ME GIVE YOU SOME BRUISES WHILE I TEACH YOU THIS AXE KICK!" I don't remember Goro and Mai being this...enthusiastic? It's actually pretty funny. The fight scenes continue to be really well done. Again, more compression that works for the story. In the game, Ryo has to find someone who will loan him a motorcycle and race the clock. Here he just kicks the bastard. Also the whole kidnapping subplot occured over multiple nights, while here it's compressed. Next time -

We'll see if the talks bring up anything.

You know it's funny. A lot of right-wingers liked to portray the Russian military as the toughest fighting force in the world in contrast with our pussified, soy, woke (insert any other buzzword for the left designed to make them seen un-masculine compared to the right) military. And here they are getting that aura of power destroyed by a desperate group of Ukrainians. Every Ukrainian victory makes the Russian military look more and more like a paper tiger whose nuclear armaments are their main asset. But like I said before, every Ukrainian I've ever trained with has been a tough SOB.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/26/armed-with-hammers-and-pistols-ukrainians-wait-at-barricades-for-the-russians?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter I’m no political expert concerning Ukraine. I do know however that all the Ukrainians I’ve ever worked out with are a pretty tough lot. They are planning to make this a long slog for the Russian military.

This is the song, written for the game's meme. The one thing everyone wants HE TRIED TO KILL ME WITH A FORKLIFT! (OLE!)

Zelenskyy must be wondering how he got here. He was a comedian who acted in a parody of the government before being legitimately elected. That’s like if John Oliver was suddenly leading Britain while London was being bombed! He’s got way bigger cojones than any political comedian here. I love the guy, but no way in fucking hell does Seth Meyers martyr himself for his country.

Unconfirmed but the US is noting that Russia’s advance is going slower than their initial estimates had. Meanwhile everyone male 18-60 is barred from leaving the country and has been conscripted.

As pointless as this whole war is, it's clear Ukraine isn't going down without a fight. I'm just disgusted it's gotten to this point.

Honestly, I needed a laugh today.

Shenmue continuing to beat AOT makes me happier than it should.

He is a surprisingly good actor in that show. I think years of antagonizing the IWC have made him an expert in manipulating emotions.

March 4 sees The Batman hit theaters after all those delays. And as we’ve seen, whenever there’s a film release or HBO Max release, Toonami likes to show something DC related. With no shortage of DC stuff to still air, anyone think they will show something from the archives? It probably won’t be Peacemaker although given the show’s streaming popularity, it would probably result in a big ratings bump if it did air.

That’s an interesting pickup. Do they still have a working arrangement with Crunchyroll post sale? Because that wouldn’t be the worst idea.

I think the cut-aways to the village do a fairly decent job of establishing Shenhua since she literally has zero dialogue until the end of the second game. "Mugging is out of style." It is the 80s, everyone's into stock market manipulation and white collar crime. Come on, you got a few years before the bubble economy bursts! They compressed another multi-hour subquest line into roughly...7 minutes. The thing is, the compression doesn't make the anime seem too fast paced, it just reminds me how much of a goddamn slog the original Shenmue could be. And it has a completely different ending to boot. Finally, an explanation for Lan Di's motivation. The fight scenes continue to be pretty good. Fluid, dynamic, and the choreography is on point (fitting considering Yu Suzuki's team is responsible for Virtua Fighter, probably the first fighting game to at least try to add a somewhat realistic base to the fighting styles. Akira's kung fu was specifically based on a martial art Suzuki was learning at the time as a hobby. Suzuki went so far as to have his development team learn the martial arts they were including to help get this across). The next episode preview is literally just the forklifts. Yes people, we're getting a forklift episode. This continues to be a really solid martial arts anime with...questionable dubbing for Ryo (although it seems more like it's reflecting his own internal issues vs. incompetent direction ala the game) which by default makes it the best Crunchyroll original up to this point given the sheer incompetence of the others. Looking at you Onyx Equinox, you piece of shit.

A secret code can be punched in so Nozomi helps you fight those two bullies from the first episode. Why she's doing a goddamn Rumina Sato flying armbar is another matter.

Relatively inexpensive programming that Netflix figured "Hey, let's stop treating this as if it only belongs in a very small, specific section of discussion," which exposed people who would have pooh-poohed it as "weebshit" (the course correction when every American studio tried to use surface elements in the work), and created a casual audience who saw it alongside their preferred programming. Add on that, when one company is successful with something, everyone wants to play follow the leader, and now here we are. You simply could not advertise shows like Cobra Kai as being live-action shounen without people looking at you like you had smoking turds in your mouth, now that’s how Netflix does it.

Ryo's quest for answers leads him to Master Chen and Guizhang, Chen's son with a serious chip on his shoulder. However, Master Chen may be the only one that can actually explain who Lan Di is and what he wants. This is roughly the halfway point of the first game (which in case you can't tell, was glacially paced).

Here's the official statement. Also Steve Blum has been urging unionized voices to not audition in an attempt to get 20th Century Studios back to the bargaining table.

No. DiMaggio is still in active negotiations for more money.