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Anime/Manga/James Clavell novels.
Septimus Prime
Member
Wish I could go.
Have some jellyfish! Or pyrosomes, if they serve them.
Have some jellyfish! Or pyrosomes, if they serve them.
I should be free this Saturday but I thought the meetup wasn't until July
Septimus Prime
Member
This weekend is July.
mid-July
By the way The Family Law Season 2 is on already
CapNBritain
Member
Sorry but I have a friend visiting from out of town this weekend.
Cow Mengde
Banned
That reminds me, I met a fellow Chinese American here in Guangzhou. We played board games at a Chinese shop. Fun stuff. We played an American card game, and also played one of the games they had at the shop.
ActStriker
Member
So, the group I'm going to D23 with made a dinner reservation for our group for that Saturday at 8PM. Maybe I can meet up after? Before? Or maybe Sunday?
I'm meeting up with another friend in LA on the Tuesday after.
I'm meeting up with another friend in LA on the Tuesday after.
ActStriker
Member
July 15th
Apple Employee Calls Woman "Fucking Cambodian Nigger" on video.
You have to move to another town at this point after this right? Like...he's still Apple employee because its Friday evening on a holiday weekend and I'd expect they might have Monday off? Or do you think someone from HR calls him over the weekend and tells him that they will be sending him a box of his stuff?
You have to move to another town at this point after this right? Like...he's still Apple employee because its Friday evening on a holiday weekend and I'd expect they might have Monday off? Or do you think someone from HR calls him over the weekend and tells him that they will be sending him a box of his stuff?
I have Asian friends in real life. I used to be involved in Asian-American things heavily, but at some point decided to just stop and separate and distance myself from all of it.
BLOODED_hands
Member
Not every AsAm participates in their own cultural activities (which I'm sure you know already
). We have the yearly Hmong Tournament, Hmong New Year, Festival of Nations, etc., but I don't go to them because, well, I don't want to lol.I tend to enjoy online discussions more because I get to read and experience what other's have experienced no matter what color they are. I have alot of empathy and on a rpg scale..... Probably a 80-90 rating.
And also because I'm a damn hermit 😒
BLOODED_hands
Member
Oh yeah no empathy for Trumpers, Neo Nazis, Nazis, etc. Fuck that noise.
BLOODED_hands
Member
Those damn pesky es jay dubyas!!!!
I find it funny how racist idiots keep getting their racism wrong. Uh.... If you're racist at least be correct, lol. Chinks, gooks, slanty eyed motherfuckers, etc.
Board game? What is this? No batteries? No screens?
Every GAFer is supposed to own a Nintendo Switch by now.
I used to have a Scene It board game. That's about as close to a board game with a screen as I got. It was fun but it got old once you've played it enough times to know all of the questions.
This is probably the coolest board game I've ever seen
but it's also over $100 which is more than I'd ever be willing to spend on a board game for myself.
This is on my list for purchase soon, though
I do have this. I don't think they sell it anymore
BLOODED_hands
Member
Dammit zee!!! Lol.
Also, welcome here Ash. About time you get in here lol
Also, welcome here Ash. About time you get in here lol
Dammit zee!!! Lol.
Also, welcome here Ash. About time you get in here lol
The community forum area is so hidden haha aw
Actually busy all of that weekend
Kaskade at the beach on Saturday then another show right after. Ill catch you guys on the next one after I spend some time in here hahaBLOODED_hands
Member
I... Should have told you about Asian-Gaf, lol. But I rarely run into you besides the EDM and DCEU community OTs! Welcome and w always, ALWAYS! want food pics for first timers.
BLOODED_hands
Member
It doesn't matter lol
Any food pic from the past few months 👍
Shit, food from EDC sounds better than normal!
BLOODED_hands
Member
It's a wide known issue but the gist of it is that we shouldn't get to air out our issues/problems because other PoC have it worst compared to us. Model Minority and the Bamboo Ceiling, etc.
Also, it's ok to make fun of Asians because "reasons".
talisayNon
Member
anyone else watch 'The Big Sick' and think damn, those Paki girls are hotter than Kumail's gf.
None of my business though..
None of my business though..
Zoe
Member
Well that's a shitty thing to say.
BLOODED_hands
Member
BvS is a dumb movie and the only reason I am invested in the DCEU is because I just want to see DC characters on the big screens. On that note, I just really want to see how they handle Barry Allen in The Justice League.
Oh hey, my "dumb sushi chef doing fake accent" article was one of those, wasn't it? I debated posting that because I knew it would get the full brunt of "the bantz" defense force
Honestly? There was some embarrassing shit from both sides. I personally would have nuked a lot of accounts if I could.
Weeaboos gonna weeb.
BvS is a solid movie god dammit! I love that movie
Nah. Too many plotlines, they blew the 'Superman dies' thing way too early and then undid it even earlier so there was no time to feel anything or have it leave an impact, Lois was almost entirely useless, Lex acted more like the Riddler than Lex Luthor and he does waaaaaay too much important shit offscreen (figuring out who both Batman and Superman are, for example), Doomsday looked like a Lord of the Rings troll, there were too many dream sequences alluding to other story arcs, and the whole 'Martha' thing, while I get what they were going for, was poorly executed.
The whole thing feels like a good Batman film trapped inside of a bad Superman film trapped inside of a Justice League setup.
Other than the email scene I thought the JL setup was fine. There wasn't really that much. Lex's plan was very Lex like, he talked a little weird but it's not a big deal. And it's gone in the end and he implies that was all for sure for an insanity plea. Doomsday looked like fucking Doomsday. It's just a giant monster. If LoTR didn't exist would this be an issue for you? I can only remember the one Knightmare sequence that alluded to other story arcs. Wasn't a fan of that scene but it's not exactly a lot. Martha could have been better.
The movie overall is obviously not perfect. But I personally appreciate what they tried to do and can ignore the flaws because of it.
I don't think any of that was an insanity plea. He acts that way throughout the entire movie. He was implying something that was cut from the theatrical release (contacting Darkseid's guys) and that's also implied through one of the Knightmares, though it doesn't make sense why Batman dreams of parademons. Lex could obviously get carried away and pissed when Superman was involved but for the most part he's supposed to maintain a calm and collected businessman attitude, not shoving Jolly Ranchers into senators' mouths. And on top of the LotR troll look I'm not entirely sure why combining Zodd's corpse with Lex's blood would make...that...so if LotR didn't exist it'd still probably bother me. And there's that whole thing about Superman getting framed for shooting people.
BLOODED_hands
Member
I still enjoyed it though. The Warehouse scene is fucking lit. And as much as nearly everybody hating cgi fights, I enjoyed the shit out of the Doomsday fight.
Then for Suicide Squad, Barry's quick appearance and Amanda made the movie for me. What a perfect cast for Amanda. The end fight with Incubus was soooo stupid though lol.
I don't talk about the theatrical cut. That wasn't Snyder's vision.
At the end he's talking normally, and then stutters and says "but but but I'm insane!" like it's definitely intentional. The Knightmare was dealing with a whole different timeline, which I agree was totally out of place. The Jolly Rancher scene gets talked about, but I don't see the problem? He was literally making someone eat out of the palm of his hand. It's a show of power. It's very Lex-like imo. It's a comic book movie..about an alien being created, why can't it make it's own rules? The ship "activated doomsday device", which apparently needs a dead Kryptonian and some blood. Did you watch the extended? I assume no, but the framing storyline is actually pretty well thought out imo. Also, nobody thinks he shot people.
Anyway, that's just my two cents. We don't have to keep talking about it in here. Most people hated it, I get that. I'm not attached to the characters and just loved the different type of superhero movie both it and MoS provided. Wish we could have more in this style with Geoff Johns guidance to tighten it up, but alas...
yea the action pieces for that movie were awesome. I loved the Doomsday fight, felt like an actual comic book come to life.
Didn't finish SS...was too bored lol. But Amanda was definitely perfectly cast.
Oooh I watched it. Borrowed it form a friend to show to a different friend who had never seen the movie before and is pretty indifferent to the source material. She wasn't big on it either. We both agreed that they tried to do too much in a single film.