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Toonami |Oct/Nov/Dec16| A Bacchanalia of Blood
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No, they haven't explained most of the "why" yet. I mean, it's fine to have one character whose motivations you don't understand yet--that can lead to a nice air of mystery--but when it's over half the cast that's a huge problem.
Outside of that they do everything else right. It's just that not having this stuff makes it hard for people to care or form an emotional attachment with a character. I mean, we complain about Naruto all the time but this is something it does really well. We're never really wonder why anyone's doing what they're doing and when we are it's part of a larger mystery.
Crimson_Echidna
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And people were saying Mikazuki was a psycho. Fucking Amuro is icing fools almost every episode.
To be fair, I don't anybody would deny that Amuro stopped giving fuck later in life. ^_^
Actually that's from Zeta Gundam.
So on the one hand, we don't get to begin the Jojo marathon with the ep. 3 fight between Jonathan & Dio.
.....but on the other hand, we get to end with the beginning of Part 2. Plus we'll start with Jonathan meeting Zepelli.
As for DBZ Kai, think I mentioned this, but it'll start with the episode where Gohan thinks of a bird & turns into super duper saiyan 2 electric boogaloo
.....but on the other hand, we get to end with the beginning of Part 2. Plus we'll start with Jonathan meeting Zepelli.
As for DBZ Kai, think I mentioned this, but it'll start with the episode where Gohan thinks of a bird & turns into super duper saiyan 2 electric boogaloo
Crimson_Echidna
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And now Amuro ran away with the Gundam. What the shit man?
Imperial Bishop
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Tonight's going to be one hell of a night, boys!
Schadenfreude
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Damn. Tonight is looking pretty stacked. Lots of finales and climactic ends. Very fitting for the end of the year.
Yeah, Jojo, IBO, Naruto, and One Piece all fit this billing tonight. And DBZ is in the wrap up stage.
That just leaves Hunter X Hunter (which should still be good) and One Punch Man, which is pretty much nothing but climax as a general rule.
Gonna be so good!
gamerguy2002
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So from what I'm hearing this week's filler episode of Super was good, like The goku and piccolo driving episode level good.
And Yamcha wasn't a total job, but they did reference a hilarious failure of his.
And Yamcha wasn't a total job, but they did reference a hilarious failure of his.
Was it the one where
Arale from Dr. Slump
Crimson_Echidna
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This scene carried on a little too long to the point of becoming funny.
Now that sounds fun to watch. Dragon Ball as a whole seems to be more enjoyable when it's trying to be humorous instead of super serious & "HE'S GOT ANOTHER FORM THAT CAN DESTROY THE WORLD".
Dr. Chaotix
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One Piece: Film Gold marks the first time I've ever used Fandango. As well as the first time I've ever bought mobile tickets for my phone. It's so weird having my tickets on my phone.
Schadenfreude
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Sounds badass. Where at?
At home on PlayStation VR.
gamerguy2002
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If theirs one thing your gonna like about Super, its the Filler episodes.
Yeah I feel like IBOs two biggest weakness in a nutshell are:
1.) Poor establishment of motives for all parties in the show (basically everything you said here)
2.) Weird pacing oddities. I feel like there's too much "filler" in between the actual important character moments and plot events. Like IBO will start to establish <something, some event or motivation>, drop it, and then come back to it 10 episodes later. [edit: Er, I guess you basically said this too. So, yes, I'm in agreement]
Hard to care when so much damage has been done.
The manga is still around?
Man, FF15 suffers from "repetitious quotes" syndrome, ESPECIALLY when you're fishing.
"NOCT, THE LINE"
"THINK THE LINE WILL HOLD OUT?"
"IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO RECAST THE LINE"
"WHAT, CAN'T YOU CATCH ANYTHING BIGGER?"
"TALK ABOUT BACKSEAT FISHING"
"WHAT, CAN'T YOU CATCH ANYTHING BIGGER?"
"TALK ABOUT BACKSEAT FISHING"
"WHAT, CAN'T YOU CATCH ANYTHING BIGGER?"
"TALK ABOUT BACKSEAT FISHING"
"NOCT, THE LINE"
"THINK THE LINE WILL HOLD OUT?"
"IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO RECAST THE LINE"
"WHAT, CAN'T YOU CATCH ANYTHING BIGGER?"
"TALK ABOUT BACKSEAT FISHING"
"WHAT, CAN'T YOU CATCH ANYTHING BIGGER?"
"TALK ABOUT BACKSEAT FISHING"
"WHAT, CAN'T YOU CATCH ANYTHING BIGGER?"
"TALK ABOUT BACKSEAT FISHING"
Super sounds like it's going to be more to my liking & is probably why I enjoyed Battle of Gods (& the few episodes of the original DB that I saw) as much as I did, because it was trying to be more humorous than serious. Plus Beerus was a much more interesting/fun villain.
Yeah, they do tend to nail the comedic parts better than the serious ones.
gamerguy2002
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Barely, its a waste of time tbh. it cuts huge parts of each arc just to keep up with its anime counterpart and makes it look like a choppy mess.
The only interesting thing about it is the fact that it does things alittle differently then the anime (Ex. goku goes Super Saiyan God/Red against Hit instead of Kaio-Ken SSB)
If anything, Toriyama's a good comedian, just not a good story teller or good at drama/serious stuff. I read a few volumes of Dr. Slump & aside from a few poop jokes, it was still enjoyable & humorous at times.
It doesn't help half the problem of DBZ is that there's no urgency of death because they have a literal deus ex machina that just lets them wish people back to life, even when they try to be all "oh noes, we don't have the dragon balls" or "we already wished him back to life once" when we know they'll pull something to bring someone back or whatever.
_/¯wtf, I could've sworn this was THE EXACT episode that aired last week, because it had that same "peter becomes photoshopped on a real life person" scene.
Even worse, I remember it's that episode where a couple were all "NAH, RELIGION WILL SAVE OUR CHILD, NOT MEDICAL SCIENCE"
Even worse, I remember it's that episode where a couple were all "NAH, RELIGION WILL SAVE OUR CHILD, NOT MEDICAL SCIENCE"
Hellwarden
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So let's go down the list of the jokes in that last 2 minutes there.
Vampires checking their victims for diseases.
Leprosy.
Peter becoming the queen.
None of those funny. None of those are even slightly funny.
Vampires checking their victims for diseases.
Leprosy.
Peter becoming the queen.
None of those funny. None of those are even slightly funny.
Yeah I could have sworn they just aired this episode.
There's 277 episodes of Family Guy but they seem to air the same 5.
Hellwarden
Member
Oh yeah, that Assassin Creed movie.
Yep.
Still happening.
Yep.
Still happening.
Dedication Through Light
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Its stinkin hot.
I wish some lines come up more than others, like Prompto doing the victory theme or when he goes Noct another one out.
ShinRPGamer
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Toonami time, let's go.
Hellwarden
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Toonami time boys!
Let's rock!
Let's rock!
Imperial Bishop
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TIME TO PUSH THE BUTTON!
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