Top Gun

That is beautiful.

My finest Melee moment was resting someone 3 times in a single round. If they weren't using a Wavebird they probably would have strangled me with the cord

This.

Ah yes, an era in which people were dumbasses who regularly put their lives at risk for no gain. Much like smoking, come to think of it.

Every sandwich I've had from them has been horrifically mediocre. They're a pale shadow of a legit hoagie.

Translation: "Oh pillow waifu, how I love thee..."

What is "Things that will help him get cancer even faster," Alex?

I'm eternally grateful I live in the land of Wawa because Subway is terrible.

Tiny Toons was great but Animaniacs was fucking brilliant.

I feel intensely stupid for never having made this connection.

The very first forum I joined in my earliest n00b days was dedicated to a flying-shootey game series that I used a joystick to play, so I wanted to choose something pilot-related. I think I was originally going for Red Baron, but that was taken, so I settled for this instead. It fits, since I apparently "saw" the movie in theaters while in utero. I've used the same name almost everywhere ever since, with a few random letters chucked onto the front as needed.

If your phone notification isn't the Preston and Steve "DEEEELLLLCOOOOO!" jingle, I will be sorely disappointed.

I GET IT

Personally I just think it's hilarious how he proves my points even while claiming victory.

Silly Zeni, you didn't have a job.

Nah, probably just give you a semi.

Classy as fuck.

No, just you Ben. And I'm not remotely "worked up," as you put it, because that would entail putting any sort of value whatsoever on your critical abilities. As it stands you're just an occasional amusement, nothing more. It means that you were spewing bullshit, per usual, and you continue to do so in this post too. Evidence beyond the anecdotal directly contradicts what you're claiming, so maybe try whistling a new tune.

It must truly be terrible going through your life without having even the slightest understanding of normal human motivations and interactions. I'd even pity you if you were remotely worthy of it. Oh, and I hate to deflate your hate-boner, but Unicorn was pretty massively successful in the Japanese market and is well-regarded critically. But you've never been one to let facts get in the way of a good tantrum, have you?

I'm convinced that most of the push-back against the series happened because it did rely so heavily on having at least a basic working knowledge of the Universal Century. You could make the argument that it wasn't the best fit for the block because of this, since the last time UC Gundam aired on Cartoon Network had to be 15 years ago, but I'm still very happy they did, even if I didn't pick up on every detail and reference along the way. If there is one legitimate complaint I think could be levied against the series itself, it's the utterly ham-handed way it was pared down from the original 7 OVA episodes. There were some really awkward episode breaks and a bunch of recap filler along the way. I picked up the DVDs for pretty cheap in the big RightStuf anniversary sale, so it'll be interesting to see how much better everything flows in the original format.

holy fuck man

The fact that you'd refer to Full Frontal of all people as having a workable plan says pretty much everything about your analytical skills. Frontal was a deluded fool, an anachronistic echo trapped by the frozen-in-time image of Char Aznable he was based on. His concept of holding the Earth hostage via trade exclusivity would have done nothing more than lead to a repeat of the One-Year War or the conflicts that followed. The series itself alludes to the fact that the real Char most likely never would have chosen this path after everything that had happened in his life. The entire point of the series was that a new way forward was needed for the Earth Sphere to stop making the mistakes of the past, and that's what Mineva sought to do by revealing Laplace's Box to the world: it would bridge the Newtype philosophy of Zeon with the Federation government itself. And no, it was nothing at all like "divine rule": the Federation's founders wanted to ensure that any more advanced variants of humanity had a legitimate seat at the table, instead of being treated as third-class citizens as actually happened. I'm starting to wonder if you watched the same series I did. And from what I know of Gundam protagonists, I truly believe one could make a compelling argument that Banagher was one of the more well-grounded characters out of the bunch. He's thrust into a situation beyond his understanding, and while he spends much of the series in a reactive state, he winds up growing into his role and taking initiative. Mineva was a fascinating character in her own right, the scion of a hated family who sought for peace but maintained a certain level of ruthlessness. (Fun fact: I didn't realize until after the series concluded that she'd shown up in the flesh in both the original Gundam and Zeta.) And yes, Riddhe was eminently unlikeable, but complaining about not liking a character who is intentionally written that way is the height of absurdity. He's a privileged brat who can't handle rejection and is easily manipulated as a result...did you think he was supposed to be appealing in the first place? There were a number of standouts among the minor characters as well, and I was pleasantly surprised to see the venerable Bright Noa get a turn in the spotlight. For my money, Unicorn serves as a fantastic example of an addition to a decades-old franchise that managed to maintain consistency while simultaneously expanding on the themes of the original work. It's the sort of high-budget sci-fi production we rarely get these days, and with this level of execution, how could I not enjoy it?

Well I admittedly don't usually buy super-high-percent beers, and I almost never have more than one or two in a sitting. If nothing else I'd be tired of pissing nonstop.

The man has turned being the worst into an art form.