ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Not today, Truck-kun! Ehhh no one posted a clip of the Truck-kun demon from Blue Exorcist? 2
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 In before Hina is comatose, crippled, has amensia from some random accident, dies of something else, or is with another guy... 1
saito34 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) 5 hours ago, CorbeauKarasu said: Crafted in the style of saito34 ONLY TOONAMI Hey now...that's cool. I think I see what you did there too Edited April 26 by saito34 1 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Whaaaat they still broke up. After all that you still blew it, Takamichi. 😑
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Takamichi won't even go see her. What a wuss. 26 year old virgin working part time. So you never did it with Hina before you broke up. Boooo. LOL of course he runs into her as she's walking into the building. 2
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Talking about the weather and they both are still acting like shy teenagers. You DON'T want to be alone with her? Nooo you could get attacked or get into a car accident in a car! 2
DangerMouse Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) Uhhhhhh, you're just parking it there? Damn, Japan's different lol. Edited April 26 by DangerMouse
DangerMouse Posted April 26 Posted April 26 1 minute ago, ben0119 said: Talking about the weather and they both are still acting like shy teenagers. You DON'T want to be alone with her? Nooo you could get attacked or get into a car accident in a car! Haha
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 I hope this car has bullet proof armor and glass. Seriously I am paranoid that any random thing could kill Hina still LOL. I never saw the Final Destination movies but I could see a similar scenario here. 2
DangerMouse Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Just now, ben0119 said: I hope this car has bullet proof armor and glass. Seriously I am paranoid that any random thing could kill Hina still LOL. I never saw the Final Destination movies but I could see a similar scenario here. . 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 3 minutes ago, DangerMouse said: Well damn. LOL, not even sitting in the back with her. No one else to drive so she should be in the front seat next to him, but what if someone shoots at the front of the car or they get into a head-on collision! 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 A walk could be dangerous! Lol of course she says "someone I love" and doesn't get specific. Did your dumbass dump Hina in the alternate timeline you have no memory of? Yeah wussing out and leaving her alone sounds like a brilliant idea. 2
DangerMouse Posted April 26 Posted April 26 You're gonna ask her out? Welp, now we know something's gonna happen 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 It's that guy. And you're a dumbass. Wow she's not dead?! Oh here we go LOL. 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 God damn Takamichi you're such a dumbass for leaving Hina alone because you're a wuss. LOL and that idiot is behind the wheel. Fuck this guy, go see if Hina is ok. This show is so dumb. 1 1
DangerMouse Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) You don't know is NOT an ok answer to why you did something like THAT on purpose to with a fucking car. Edited April 26 by DangerMouse 2
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) Is she pinned? Well she could still live, even if in a wheelchair. If she can be gotten out. Hahahaha Hina was able to throw him out of the car like that. And an explosion and fire all but guarantees no chance of survival. Takamichi has to be one of the dumbest main characters ever. Become the leader of Tomon. OK that is how this show gets dragged out for eons. 😑 Edited April 26 by ben0119
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Now you tell her how you feel. Dang. And boom. Welp, time to do the time travel thing again. 1 2
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Just now, Top Gun said: Okay this is literally Steins;Gate now. Seeing the time travel concept from the synopsis, I avoided that Steins;Gate show like the plague. Looks like I definitely made the right decision. This shit irritates me so much haha.
saito34 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 2 minutes ago, ben0119 said: Is she pinned? Well she could still live, even if in a wheelchair. If she can be gotten out. Hahahaha Hina was able to throw him out of the car like that. And an explosion an fire all but guarantees no chance of survival. Takamichi has to be one of the dumbest main characters ever. Become the leader of Tomon. OK that is how this show gets dragged out for eons. 😑 Some little neighborhood fire brigade would have been there is 7 seconds. Japanese first responders dont play. 1
Top Gun Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Just now, ben0119 said: Seeing the time travel concept from the synopsis, I avoided that Steins;Gate show like the plague. Looks like I definitely made the right decision. This shit irritates me so much haha. I mean I'm enjoying this show well enough for what it is, but Steins;Gate is a fucking masterpiece. 2
saito34 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Just now, ben0119 said: Seeing the time travel concept from the synopsis, I avoided that Steins;Gate show like the plague. Looks like I definitely made the right decision. This shit irritates me so much haha. Steins Gate is highly is a very highly rated show. Doesn't mean much, but from what I understand they did time travel justice. I dunno, time travel is always at risk of coming off like mumbo jumbo 2
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted April 26 Posted April 26 4 minutes ago, ben0119 said: Seeing the time travel concept from the synopsis, I avoided that Steins;Gate show like the plague. Looks like I definitely made the right decision. This shit irritates me so much haha. I'm as critical of time travel stuff as anyone, but even I thought Steins;Gate's approach to time travel was pretty interesting and well-thought out. If that's all that's putting you off about it, I would reconsider giving it a shot. It's a pretty solid show. 2
saito34 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) next time I hear someone complain about an injury or pain im gonna very dramatically ask "what matter of affliction has seized you" Edited April 26 by saito34 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 3 minutes ago, Top Gun said: I mean I'm enjoying this show well enough for what it is, but Steins;Gate is a fucking masterpiece. Well a masterpiece can still piss me off. Evangelion was touted as masterpiece and it drove me up the wall. I said before that time travel can be very hit or miss. The Time Machine (1960), Back to the Future trilogy, and Star Trek seemed to do a good job. Other cases like this show and the Flash series, it's used to cause bullshit or get out of it. I'd say this show does both haha.
saito34 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ben0119 said: Well a masterpiece can still piss me off. Evangelion was touted as masterpiece and it drove me up the wall. I said before that time travel can be very hit or miss. The Time Machine (1960), Back to the Future trilogy, and Star Trek seemed to do a good job. Other cases like this show and the Flash series, it's used to cause bullshit or get out of it. I'd say this show does both haha. Yeah, I mean Shinji might be the most frustrating MC in anime history. Definite a borderline masterpiece though. Edited April 26 by saito34
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Just now, saito34 said: Yeah, I mean Shinji might the most frustrating MC in anime history. Definite a borderline masterpiece though. Shinji is annoying and the other characters are assholes. People saw all this symbolism in the show and the creator said he just put the stuff in because it looks cool haha. I also haven't liked almost every mecha series I've seen. Most of them seem to have melodrama and annoying characters and tropes. 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 23 minutes ago, saito34 said: Steins Gate is highly is a very highly rated show. Doesn't mean much, but from what I understand they did time travel justice. I dunno, time travel is always at risk of coming off like mumbo jumbo Yeah as I said the time travel can be very hit or miss, especially when you get into multiple trips or loops like Tokyo Revengers is doing. If it is handled as well as Back to the Future as opposed to the Flash series that would make a big difference haha. Well especially since time likely doesn't exist, but a story about it could still be fun if done well. 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 22 minutes ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: I'm as critical of time travel stuff as anyone, but even I thought Steins;Gate's approach to time travel was pretty interesting and well-thought out. If that's all that's putting you off about it, I would reconsider giving it a shot. It's a pretty solid show. Yeah I read the synopsis on MAL and possibly ANN and I saw the thing about the microwave being used as a time machine and thought naaah haha. But if it is well done and not annoying and frustrating like this show, that would make a big difference.
saito34 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) 15 minutes ago, ben0119 said: Yeah as I said the time travel can be very hit or miss, especially when you get into multiple trips or loops like Tokyo Revengers is doing. If it is handled as well as Back to the Future as opposed to the Flash series that would make a big difference haha. Well especially since time likely doesn't exist, but a story about it could still be fun if done well. Most people agree that BTTF is a perfect movie and a perfect time travel movie. There's no doubt TT is extremely hit or miss, with more miss than hit lately. Avengers comes to mind as just a complete cop out. Still, I think time as a concept can be used effectively to tell interesting stories. Memento and The Prestige come to mind as great examples of movies that don't involve literal time travel but use time as an interesting narrative device. Terminator, 12 Monkeys, Edge of Tomorrow, Looper are good examples of more literal TT movies that are excellent imo. Edited April 26 by saito34 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 5 minutes ago, saito34 said: Most people agree that BTTF is a perfect movie and a perfect time travel movie. There's no doubt TT is extremely hit or miss, with more miss than hit lately. Avengers comes to mind as just a complete cop out. Still, I think time as a concept can be used effectively to tell interesting stories. Memento and The Prestige come to mind as great examples of movies that don't involve literal time travel but use time as an interesting narrative device. Terminator, 12 Monkeys, Edge of Tomorrow, Looper are good examples of more literal TT movies that are excellent imo. Yep people tried to poke holes in BttF but there's no room for it haha. The DeLorean doesn't end up in space because Marty goes back in time to the same date in a different year! 😁 Yeah Avengers End Game was definitely a cop out. That's an example of time travel being used to get out of bullshit that happened. But it is based on comic books and I enjoyed the ride and result enough. But to me Marvel was basically over after that, can't really follow something like that up haha. Of course I left out Terminator (the first two movies at least) as a good execution. I didn't give Looper a chance because I couldn't buy that little wimpy guy growing up to be Bruce Willis, 😄 but then finding out it's by Rian Johnson and enjoying his other movies, it is probably good. I haven't seen Memento or The Prestige either but I'll look into them. 1
saito34 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 19 minutes ago, ben0119 said: Well especially since time likely doesn't exist, but a story about it could still be fun if done well. There's a book I read a while back called The Discovers that really opened my mind up about how loose of a concept time is. Not in the metaphysical sense but on a more practical level. Most people born in the 20th century just take the clock for granted but highly accurate time pieces didnt exist prior to the 1600's. We take for granted that time is moving in linear forward direction, but that only became a thing because man needed a method to coordinate cycles, labor, rituals. The calendar was/is literally based on astronomical cycles. 2
saito34 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 9 minutes ago, ben0119 said: Yep people tried to poke holes in BttF but there's no room for it haha. The DeLorean doesn't end up in space because Marty goes back in time to the same date in a different year! 😁 Yeah Avengers End Game was definitely a cop out. That's an example of time travel being used to get out of bullshit that happened. But it is based on comic books and I enjoyed the ride and result enough. But to me Marvel was basically over after that, can't really follow something like that up haha. Of course I left out Terminator (the first two movies at least) as a good execution. I didn't give Looper a chance because I couldn't buy that little wimpy guy growing up to be Bruce Willis, 😄 but then finding out it's by Rian Johnson and enjoying his other movies, it is probably good. I haven't seen Memento or The Prestige either but I'll look into them. Looper, yeah that was a weird casting choice. Their faces were just all wrong, but cool ass movie that goes in a direction you're not anticipating. Prestige is an awesome movie. I actually enjoyed the Avengers and Marvel movies in general, but it feels like they're missing something. I dunno, maybe they're just too sanitized to be truly great. I think they do an admirable job of bringing comic books to life and I enjoy them for the pure spectacle. 1
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 13 minutes ago, saito34 said: There's a book I read a while back called The Discovers that really opened my mind up about how loose of a concept time is. Not in the metaphysical sense but on a more practical level. Most people born in the 20th century just take the clock for granted but highly accurate time pieces didnt exist prior to the 1600's. We take for granted that time is moving in linear forward direction, but that only became a thing because man needed a method to coordinate cycles, labor, rituals. The calendar was/is literally based on astronomical cycles. Yep, that video from that Anton Petrov scientist Youtuber guy I posted last week discussed how more and more experiments are showing time to be an illusion or mental construct. Yep, clocks used to be set by the sun, and any town that wasn't directly due north or south had a different time. This had to be changed when trains were invented as it wreaked havoc with schedules, giving us time zones. Before clocks, people woke up at sunrise and went to sleep at sunset, sometimes sleeping in two blocks of four hours, waking up in the middle of night for fresh air, tea, etc. But as you said, we measure time based on the rotation of the Earth, the moon's orbit around the Earth, and the Earth's orbit around the sun. Those are just objects moving in space. If time doesn't exist, it would explain why time seems to "slow down" during tense situations or "speed up" during fun (though I have had fun days seem to take a long time in a good way as well.) 2
ben0119 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 10 minutes ago, saito34 said: Looper, yeah that was a weird casting choice. Their faces were just all wrong, but cool ass movie that goes in a direction you're not anticipating. Prestige is an awesome movie. I actually enjoyed the Avengers and Marvel movies in general, but it feels like they're missing something. I dunno, maybe they're just too sanitized to be truly great. I think they do an admirable job of bringing comic books to life and I enjoy them for the pure spectacle. Yeah I definitely need to check it out since it's by Rian Johnson haha. They're a bit too sanitized and boiled down to basics, but also put comedy in inappropriate places, like the movies are afraid to take themselves too seriously and get laughed at, so they laugh at themselves. The dumb joke after Asgard was destroyed is a prime example of this. The Marvel movies are fun but definitely not the type of movies I will watch repeatedly like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future trilogy, etc.
naraku360 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 1 hour ago, ben0119 said: Yeah I read the synopsis on MAL and possibly ANN and I saw the thing about the microwave being used as a time machine and thought naaah haha. But if it is well done and not annoying and frustrating like this show, that would make a big difference. Steins;Gate can dabble in uncomfortable anime tropes for the worse on occasion, but the time travel is some of the best reasoned I've seen (including the microwave) and characters are one of the strengths. 2
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