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Giant Bomb |OT31| I Think it Might Be for Show
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The Dear Leader
Banned
I saw that reddit comment my guy, you aint foolin me fam
unless that was you of course lol
I might have confused it with another Japanese movie then. I still prefer the extended cut.
Blitzrules240
Banned
"Welcome to Shudder!"
Not for long, punks! The things I do for this website!
I LOVE GBEAST, AND I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS BUT I GOT THIS FREE TRIAL FOR YOU.
Not for long, punks! The things I do for this website!
I LOVE GBEAST, AND I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS BUT I GOT THIS FREE TRIAL FOR YOU.
Just talking about my icon, I couldn't pass it up when I saw this deadpan face, so good. Hitduder the real GOTY.
"Looks good! So when does this come out and for how much?" "Uhhhh"They really gotta check this stuff in the future. its a real bummer that this could have been avoided if they just did a 30 second google search to see which version was readily available to people
Or the rest of the world.
petethepanda
Member
So I got a lot further into Steins;Gate. After hitting the magic 15 hour mark it did suddenly get very good, but it just can not shake its skeevy anime bullshit and it's really dragging things down for me. One particular event has me almost wanting to put the game down (again).
To be vague, there's a situation where you need to retrieve an item from a female character, and it's understood that you'll have to be violent in order to get it. On a narrative level it's largely "justified," but the actual execution of the scene is just fucking uncomfortable. Not uncomfortable in a ”the burden of this action is going to weigh on our characters" sense, but in a ”this seems like the author is kind of enjoying it" one. It lingers on the violence far longer than necessary, describing every movement – pushing her against the wall, holding a hand down, choking her with a forearm, getting her down on the floor, she's gasping for air and screaming as you're trying to pry it out of her hand – and at the end, as she's pinned on the ground, they top it off with a fucking cleavage shot (spoiler image).
As someone who used to watch a lot of anime, this isn't at all surprising, and it's hardly the only example of the game treating its characters poorly (it frequently frames 'CG' shots with an awkward focus on the characters' chests, it features a Hilarious Anime Moment of you walking in on a couple characters in the shower, etc). What makes it frustrating to the point that I'm actually angry is that the game does (eventually) have some very compellingly written female characters, and they keep choosing to undercut it with all of this pandering fucking garbage! I don't understand
Agh. Anyway. Aside from this kind of thing, the back half of the game really has been pretty fucking rad.
To be vague, there's a situation where you need to retrieve an item from a female character, and it's understood that you'll have to be violent in order to get it. On a narrative level it's largely "justified," but the actual execution of the scene is just fucking uncomfortable. Not uncomfortable in a ”the burden of this action is going to weigh on our characters" sense, but in a ”this seems like the author is kind of enjoying it" one. It lingers on the violence far longer than necessary, describing every movement – pushing her against the wall, holding a hand down, choking her with a forearm, getting her down on the floor, she's gasping for air and screaming as you're trying to pry it out of her hand – and at the end, as she's pinned on the ground, they top it off with a fucking cleavage shot (spoiler image).
As someone who used to watch a lot of anime, this isn't at all surprising, and it's hardly the only example of the game treating its characters poorly (it frequently frames 'CG' shots with an awkward focus on the characters' chests, it features a Hilarious Anime Moment of you walking in on a couple characters in the shower, etc). What makes it frustrating to the point that I'm actually angry is that the game does (eventually) have some very compellingly written female characters, and they keep choosing to undercut it with all of this pandering fucking garbage! I don't understand
Agh. Anyway. Aside from this kind of thing, the back half of the game really has been pretty fucking rad.
Blitzrules240
Banned
Sorry I cannot help my canadian and international brethren...
Death Metalist
Member
More or less agreed.
I will say I feel like 0 was significantly better about this (though not perfect) and Chaos;Head, which preceded Steins;Gate, was a lot worse.
I'm hoping that means they got better over time and Chaos;Child will be closer to 0 in that regard, but it's also a sequel to C;H so I'm not getting my hopes up even though it's apparently very good overall.
Death Metalist
Member
Wet Hot Murder Island (LIVE!)
10 years after their last day of camp, 100 former counselors return to Camp Murder Island only to find it overrun... BY MURDER.
Doing stuff so I'll have to catch up with the archive. Enjoy duders.
10 years after their last day of camp, 100 former counselors return to Camp Murder Island only to find it overrun... BY MURDER.
Doing stuff so I'll have to catch up with the archive. Enjoy duders.
Liquid Shake
Member
I hope they get the dream team of Alex, Vinny, Brad & Jeff together for this stream.
DanLongman
Member
Bummer about this being the theatrical version.
Liquid Shake
Member
Right now is the best time for murder.
elvisaintdead
Member
Brad playing, this might be the run.
broncobuster
Banned
Is Abby cosplaying?
And where's Vinny at?
And where's Vinny at?
I think both cuts have merit. The theatrical is better paced, but the extended gives more insight into the characters, especially Kitano and Chigusa.
Also, everyone who hasn't watched, be prepared for Dan to pay even less attention to this than he did to the early F&F movies. He also tried to drop some Dunkirk spoilers at the end but I think Vinny and Alex stopped him, idk as I haven't seen it yet.
Can you really spoil history?
Liquid Shake
Member
Dan no-showed after Brad's betrayal on Thursday
Well there's a difference of about 8 minutes between the two versions so you're gonna have some significant sync issues somewhere.
It's not like the Fast & Furious extended editions because those had pretty minor differences, usually only involving additional quick shots of gore/blood spurts.
Liquid Shake
Member
lol, these Maynard references
hiphoptherobot
Member
I just watched the version on Showtime and it stayed synced for the entirety so I think it is the theatrical cut.
Human Trashcan
Banned
lmao Abby is the best
also notice how Jeff doesn't sound like he wants to die now that Dan isn't here. Coincidence??? maybe
also notice how Jeff doesn't sound like he wants to die now that Dan isn't here. Coincidence??? maybe
Yeah, i had to pause a few times. As i mentioned, not ideal, but you notice pretty quickly if you are out of sync.
That said, being perfectly in sync is not that important to me, so YMMV
I was spoiled during intermission in Dunkirk. I had never heard of that battle and I generally know more about history then most people I know.
Yes, we have intermissions during almost all film showings here.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Giant Bomb fans.
Giant Bomb East fans
Literally that's the only band he talks about despite being a musician.
Understandable though since Tool is goooooddd
Liquid Shake
Member
I liked Tool when I was a teenager.
I like Rick & Morty.
I like 16-bit Sonic.
...am I the worst person of all time?
Oh shit I totally am.
He was talking about a specific character by naming the actor, so again, idk.
I think the big difference is that there are like three additional kinda long scenes at the end of the movie.
broncobuster
Banned
Why isn't Alex chugging a soda?
2 wrestling fans sure would know a thing or two about horrible fandom
i'll allow it