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#11

Moving Pictures / Re: Things That Bother You Abo...

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - April 18, 2024, 05:06:10 PM

So Tarantino's ditching The Movie Critic, and what's stopping him from letting go of his "10 movies and I'm done" rule? Because I know why he started the rule in the first place, since he looked at De Palma's filmography, saw him go from making all-time classics like Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, to making something like Domino (I haven't watched the entire movie, but I've seen enough to be confused at how he made Nikolaj Coster-Waldau sound as if he's never acted in his life before), and went "Not gonna let that happen to me!" But it's obvious Tarantino's got ideas for another dozen movies like his own Star Trek or Kill Bill 3 or another kung-fu film, and his self-imposed barrier is more of a frustration than a safeguard. Like how many Tarantino projects went unrealized because he just couldn't let go of his 10-movie plan?

Besides, I thought Death Proof was a stinker.

While to contrast, you've got Coppola about to release his new movie, and I've seen reviews go "Maybe we should ditch definitions of 'good' and 'bad' and take this film all in as a unique experience". And that's another discussion about great directors who fall off vs great directors who keep churning out art well into old age. Like how for a while, I remember Spielberg was considered the former before he started making movies people liked again. Same with Shyamalan of all directors, and I don't really get it there.

#12

Anime / Re: Abridged Series

Last post by Daikun - April 16, 2024, 08:25:39 PM

#13

Cartoon Network / Re: Toonami

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - April 16, 2024, 07:54:22 PM

I checked how behind the One Piece airings are with the Japanese airings, and it's almost a decade. Even doubling up and keeping it up for the long-term would mean years before they get close to each other.

#14

Cartoon Network / Re: Toonami

Last post by Dr. Ensatsu-ken - April 16, 2024, 01:04:20 PM

I'm fine with OP getting hour-long blocks. It'll help us get through Dressrosa faster.

Honestly, it's stuff like this that makes me grateful for One Pace. Even that version dragged in some parts but I legitimately cannot understand how anybody could manage to get through the unedited version in the actual broadcast release. The pacing was so bad that it actually makes original Dragon Ball Z's pacing look slick by comparson, no exaggeration. The funny thing is that when I went through it again, I do feel like Dressrosa has a genuinely great story in there with one of the series' best villains, but it really is one of the few cases where it would have probably benefited Oda to be reined in by one of his editors more. I feel like the same story could have been told and potentially worked even better with a good 20-25% of excess trimmed out of it (and I don't often feel that way about One Piece arcs).

#15

Web Toons / Re: Camp Camp

Last post by Daikun - April 15, 2024, 09:12:51 PM

#16

The Telly / Re: Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - April 13, 2024, 05:59:45 PM

In lighter events, a certain death this week got me to watch the OJ: Made in America miniseries, a thorough dissection and look at the kind of culture and series of events in American history that would generate a guy like OJ, give him the kind of career he's prosper in, and eventually create one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice known in pop culture. Everyone knows the story, but this delves hard into all the reasons why OJ was the kind of guy he was, and what a tragedy it was that nobody noticed the signs until it was too late. Saddest part is all the interviews with his childhood or longtime friends, and they all spoke well of him, but it's all in the past tense and you can see how clear it is to them that the man they knew and the man in reality were very different people.

I also saw a bit of that reality prank show he tried to make back in the 00s, and I assume OJ had a case of CTE or some form of cognitive decline, because I don't know how he can look at that and think it wouldn't convince any of his remaining defenders that he absolutely did it and karma doesn't exist. Even by the already low standards of prank TV shows, it felt like watching some freak's homemade porn but with the sex scenes cut out. Even if you try to ignore that it was made by a guy who killed 2 people and got away with it, it still carried a sense of utter dismay.

#17

The Telly / Re: Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

Last post by Dr. Ensatsu-ken - April 13, 2024, 04:30:07 AM

I wasn't trying to be antagonistic to you or anything, so sorry if it came off that way. That is genuinely my opinion, but I also probably shouldn't post when slightly cranky because I can't fall asleep, lol.

#18

The Telly / Re: Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

Last post by Mustang - April 13, 2024, 12:41:17 AM

Wow, relax chief. It ain't that big a deal. But I'll keep it pushing.

I'll try out Shogun next.

#19

The Telly / Re: Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

Last post by Dr. Ensatsu-ken - April 12, 2024, 09:33:24 PM

Aight man, I'm not going into all of that because it's late. Genuinely not sure what Punk matches you're referring to. He's hardly a striker, much more a deliberate methodical type with holds and such being much more in his repertoire. I'd liken him to a modern day take on Roddy Piper or Harley Race albeit not with as much size as those old-school guys (to be fair, the average size of top guys these days is much leaner than the classic era of wrestling in general).

But the basic gist I get is: being a good talker, having matches that make sense, and generating heat (whether positive or negative), to generate business and revenue (backed up by merch sales and ratings) is bad. Being an indie-riffic wrestler that does a million flips and suicide dives (referring to Adam Cole and people like him here) that nobody will remember the next day while breaking your body in the process is good. I think that about sums it up.

Yeah, agree to disagree there like you said. I respect your opinion, but just can't agree with that logic.

[He's never been a technical prodigy like Bret Hart or Kurt Angle, and lacks the flashiness of HBK or Seth Rollins, but just about everything he does in the ring makes sense and helps to tell a compelling story.]

#20

The Telly / Re: Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

Last post by Mustang - April 12, 2024, 08:17:06 PM

I can't really agree that Punk is not a good wrestler. Certainly not when he was in his prime, but even in recent years. He's never been a technical prodigy like Bret Hart or Kurt Angle, and lacks the flashiness of HBK or Seth Rollins, but just about everything he does in the ring makes sense and helps to tell a compelling story. His Dog Collar Match with MJF a couple of years ago is a modern classic, IMO.

To me, if a wrestler can elicit a response from the audience with their promos and make you care about the outcome of a match (whether as a face or heel), then they are doing their job. CM Punk is a polarizing figure but nobody can really deny that he's able to hold the attention of most audiences that he performs in front of, both on the mic and in the ring. So that makes him a successful wrestler in my book.

Will probably always agree to disagree on Punk lol.

Let me see if I can explain this clearly this time lol. I'm gonna home in on that bold in a few.

TL:DR, Punk is Sami/KO but reverse. Punk in the ring does nothing for me while he is exceptional on the mic (whereas Sami/KO are exceptional in the ring but they do nothing for me outside it)

The long story.

I don't know if you played sports, and while I haven't played professionally (obviously lol), I did play football back in High school up to my senior year and could've made college (I got injured during my senior year and wiped me out for good) and I also competed in karate so while you're coming at it from an entertainment (I'm assuming) angle, I'm coming from the athletic side.

That being said, the bold, I think we can say there are relatively 4 types of wrestlers. Technical, Flashy, Power, Striker give or take. As you said, Punk is not Bret or Kurt, he's not Shawn or Seth, and he's not Drew or Roman. That leaves him as a striker and even then, not a fearful one, but like I said, I know he can legit fight. And going back, the only striker that I can remember that did decent was Steve Blackman and even he had to adjust. Before him was Ken Shamrock and he was great. Unfortunately this is not boxing or MMA, and you're not going to entertain me with strikes. Ultimo Dragon was a striker but also flashy. Matt Riddle (I CAN'T STAND THIS GUY) is a fighter but he can wrestle his ass off. You get the gist. Hell, Drew, Roman, Samoa Joe, Brock, Keith Lee, Bray (Rip) and Undertaker (just to name a few) were/are special. Big guys that can perform with the smaller folks. For someone of Punks size if I can't get flashy or technical, you better be like Rip Hamilton OR in the case of WWE, Jimmy Hart lol, constantly running all over the place.

Now to be fair because I never would've had a problem with Punk. You bring in getting a reaction from the audience  and that is where everything comes from. I cannot stand the audience. I don't fit in with the audience at all (Don't get me started on AJ Lee). I don't care about transparency. I don't remember if they popped at the same time, but Daniel Bryan (ask me how I really feel about him lol) getting push from the audience as well as Punk, yeah, I was done.

I'm not taking anything away from Punk. Punks deeds are his deeds. He will be a hall of famer for sure. His matches don't do anything for me. I'll tell you this while it's in my head as well. The pipe-bomb did nothing for me. Again, this is me coming from a locker room a setting. The locker room is sacred grounds. If a fight bust out in the locker room it was squashed and handled in the locker room. No one outside would know about it.

All that being said, I need HHH to go pick up Adam Cole, Cesaro and Chris Breeze so they can reunite with Xaiver Woods for DaParty (I know they still together, but still, I need them to come home)