Top Gun

That way lies baaaaad juju.

I think I was almost doing that at one point. Years ago a few of us watched through the whole series up to that point in 3-5 episode chunks per week, and after we'd caught up to Japan we wanted to get a few other people hooked, so we wound up going through it a second time while simultaneously watching the premiere episode every week. At some point in there I was also watching my DVDs and/or FUNi's streams to hear the dub from the beginning. And I started the whole thing out when OG Toonami started airing FUNi's edited dub episodes of Jaya/Skypeia, and then finished out that arc with rips from CN Australia, which continued on from where our version left off (and strangely became less edited as the episodes passed). Then you obviously throw on watching the current Toonami premieres. So yeah...when a franchise is this goddamn huge, it gets messy. Come to think of it, the only part I never managed to see dubbed was that fun G8 filler arc after Skypeia. At some point I still want to dig out my DVDs and go through the whole Sky Island Saga uncut, just to have everything rounded out.

I had to skip to that part of the video just to see what level of bullshit was being peddled, and the entire argument boiled down to "I didn't understand anything that was going on and refused to engage in any level of speculation and connecting pieces so therefore the show sucks." Holy shit he is awful.

Or am I just blind as shit? (These are not mutually-exclusive options.)

Just treat it like actual cash and pay off your full balance each month.

This man knows what's up.

Episode 74? Damn, we jumped a long way back.

Cars 3 is apparently the price we must pay to finally get The Incredibles 2.

Speaking of anime parodies, the "Mock 5" episode of Dexter's Lab always floored me.

I, um, don't do Vine.

The Hunter x Hunter anime is pretty much permanently finished, barring some miraculous alternate universe where Togashi starts pumping out new chapters. The staff knew going in that they'd have to create a stopping point somewhere, and from everything I've heard they were able to leave off at a pretty good point.

"Whenever they sink an enemy ship, someone yells Worldstar."

What is this "self-esteem" you speak of?

Being offended by fetishes is my fetish.

St. Bloowhere?

Used to play in a club in college, but I haven't done it regularly for years. I'd love to own a table someday.

Never change, Ikuhara.

DUN-DUN DUNNN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

I've watched the Saturday block religiously for...Jesus, it's over a decade at this point, but that's literally the only connection I have left. I don't even think I managed to get through the last little stint of VB premieres. The occasional show like Rick and Morty or Mike Tyson looks like it may be enjoyable, but I'm not really a streaming guy, and it doesn't seem worth the effort to DVR them. It's sad, because back in college I'd have the block on every night, back when Fridays didn't exist and the weeknight lineup was classic Family Guy, Futurama, ATHF, and various anime reruns. It was probably around the time they let the rights to Futurama expire that I started trailing off, and since then it seems like the network's identity largely revolved around riding Seth MacFarlane's jock.

Breaking Bad filmed an amazing gag alternate ending that was a spoof of Newhart. Bryan Cranston wakes up next to his wife from Malcom in the MIddle.

Okay I just looked up this tidbit and it is blowing my mind.

Yeah, I honestly enjoyed that little short much more than the full TV series. Not sure if it would have held up if it was expanded like that, but still.

We always did roast pork as the traditional New Year's meal.

Take a big step back, and literally fuck your own face.

307 at the moment. A decent number of those are the usual shorts or one-off OVAs that serve as padding though. Now my plan-to-watch list is crazy huge and ridiculously out-of-date.