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Salkafar

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  1. Also, the term 'Black Goku' is reminiscent of the color coding of that ridiculous organization. "Android 24", huh...? It even suits the time travel angle: after all, this is how we got Cell.
  2. ...He seems to behave like a God of Destruction who's gone out of control. No balance, just "Kill the humans/mortals". Would be funny if he was a clone created by Dr.Gero, though. Or Dr.Gero's equipment, anyway.
  3. Sounds like he might get stronger by absorbing other people's power. Kinda like Androids 22 and 21.
  4. No, certainly not. No, the way I understood her video was that society itself is racist (which I would say it is). And that anyone who benefits from being the 'right' color without being aware of this and speaking out against it, is racist - albeit passively. It's possible to sin by omission, so to say. Also, I can understand her anger - although I cannot understand the frustration of living in a society you experience to be rigged against you, I can imagine it would be fairly crushing after a while if you feel there is really nothing you can do about it. Different people would experience this differently, of course, even if they were in the same position. But, as I said, I don't think her video is very constructive.
  5. I watched her video, and while she presents her points in an abrasive, angry fashion, I can't refute her points. Not completely, anyway. The solutions she offers seem pretty pointless to me, however, and can only lead to alienation and segregation. (Come to think of it, she advocates a form of segregation). And the people who should hear her message of course never will, while the people who will hear it either don't need to hear it or are not in any position to change anything.
  6. I hear good things about it. I wonder if it will make cinemas over here.
  7. His final stage looks like lava... cracked and mottled, but red-hot within... I like it. Like they are finally going 100% with the idea that he is a supernatural, or at lleast extranatural entity. Pure rage, embodied.
  8. I stand corrected.
  9. Well, I saw the Ultimate cut, and it didn't help. And Kryptonite, green Kryptonite, has consistently and pervasively been shown to be completely lethal to Kryptonians in all media about Superman I have ever taken in. It was a major plot point of the 1978 and 2006 movies. And Kryptonite is not deadly because it is toxic - although it might be - but because it is radioactive. Exposure immediately weakens Kryptonians, and kills them in minutes - and Superman had it inside his body, in his lungs and possibly his bloodstream. He couldn't metabolize it, like a poison, because radioactivity is a quality of atoms, not molecules. Notice also the material destroyed the cells of General Zod, who, you reason, should have developed a tolerance for it. It did the same to Doomsday, whose ability to adapt to any threat is his defining feature. He was exposed to a relatively low dose of Kryptonite, but he didn't develop a defense against the spear. it's dangerous to give oxygen to someone who has stopped breathing for too long as it would cause toxic shock that will kill off too many cells for the body to recovery... Daaaaaaamn. https://www.damninteresting.com/beware-the-dangers-of-oxygen/ Thank you, that is extremely interesting.
  10. I finally saw the (Ultimate Version of the) movie. It looks beautiful and the acting is good, but what a clunky, over-long mess of a movie. It should have been two-thirds as long. And after the climactic battle a 15-minute epilogue? I would have been in the foyer or possibly on the train well before the credits began to roll. The 'alien invasion' subplot was so... hamfisted. It was meant to provide motivation, but it felt like someone "wearing a hat on top of a hat". It was a reference to a looming invasion by the forces of Apokalips, the world ruled by the evil god Darkseid, but while geeks understand this immediately, it must have been pretty puzzling to normal moviegoers. Same way with the Flash suddenly appearing to warn Batman: that was taken from 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'. Which means that this movie has to carry the heavy burden of referring the three seminal comic book series from 1985/1986: Batman: Return of the Dark Knight, Crisis on Infinite Earths and Watchmen, because Snyder found it necessary to use grafitti to refer to his earlier (and, through no merit of his own, superior) comic book cinema effort. What certainly does not help is the characterization. Put it like this: the title should probably have been "Two superheroes dressed as Batman and Superman fight". Superman, agonizing? Batman, killing as enthusiastically as the Punisher (segue: Daredevil season 2 is much, MUCH better than this)? Wonder Woman was pretty much perfect, but that's pretty easy if you have about 5 lines. The 'Martha' scene was cringeworthy. Oh, and the elements from 'The Dark Knight Returns'... they don't work here. And why don't they work here? Because when they were first used, they were used by a Batman who was known to us very well, because we had read about him for decades. He was familiar to us. He was a hero who did not kill, on principle. This guy? We know nothing, because we only get to see him after his career is pretty much over. The indication is that in this universe, Batman responded to the death of Jason Todd at the hands of the Joker by giving up on his non-killing policy, but it seems kind of silly to play it that way, because only a geek would understand that reference - and the average movie-goer not at all! And his conflict with Superman in TDKR was also far, far more complex and nuanced because they had known each other and had been allies, friends, for decades. And that battle also ended so very differently. I'd have to say the movie started out pretty great, but it slowly, unsteadily got worse, picked up for the Doomsday battle, then crashed and burned along with Superman. Oy, gevalt. A minor (?) peeve: Batman manages to weaken his opponent, twice, by dousing him with aerosolized Kryptonite, or Kryptonite-laden smoke, which Superman breathes in. Okay... in both cases, he gradually recovers after a few minutes. Um... how? Isn't the Kryptonite inside his bloodstream now? Did it magically stop affecting him? He didn't sweat it out, and in any case it would still be on his skin. And anyway, it should have outright killed him while it was passing through his organs... it didn't just disappear, that's for sure. So what happened?
  11. Have you seen this? https://www.yahoo.com/style/exclusive-marvel-iron-man-black-131645450.html The reactions to this change (which I am not crazy about, although not for race-related reasons) on especially 4chan were astonishingly, and often shamelessly racist.
  12. That's true, you mentioned this version of Earth is about the size of Saturn... well, Remina is smaller than that, about the size of Neptune.
  13. It's especially amazing compared to how lame it was in the remake. They don't make 'em like they used to....
  14. What's the last volume you read? I'll try my hand at some summaries, I guess...
  15. I wouldn't know - I never made it beyond the first episodes of those illustrious series. But to be honest, I really don't know. Some series are character-driven, some are plot-driven. Which is Guyver? And that's the problem. The characters are not very strong and the plot is both simple and slow. I mean, obviously Apollyon was added to shake things up, but Takaya is not making the most of it! A writer can draw out a story by dropping tantalizing hints which he exploits to a shameless degree, but even that doesn't happen. A good story - as a very wise man who also did not manage to stick to the tenet once said - has a beginning, a middle and an end. Like Star Wars. The beginning - the heroes and villains are introduced, the heroes get an early victory. The middle - the villains strike back, the heroes are in dire straits. The end - the heroes overcome the difficulty and manage to attain their ultimate victory. We've had the beginning and the middle. In fact we've seen this story pattern several times in Guyver. Volume 1 is an almost perfect version. But once things keep continuing, once it becomes a serial, you're going to have to invest more in characterization and that never happened.
  16. Remina is scarier. She could just eat the whole planet, monster kings and all, in one go.
  17. Actually, Guyver isn't that great. The characterization is really superficial (seriously. What do we know about, for instance, Mizuki apart from her being a designated love interest slash damsel in distress? What is her purpose in the story?) the focus is and remains on a few core characters who are for all intents and purposes immortal, the pace is insanely slow, and there is no clear end goal for either heroes or villains. The way war is waged between the various parties always ends up the exact same way - duels between super-powerful warriors. There are no complex, long-term tactics. Chronos doesn't seem to know better than to send newer and stronger warriors in that nevertheless always fail in the end. ...Truthfully, I don't think Takaya has an end-game either. The only exception in all of this is Guyot, who does have a clear end-goal which he needs to meet before his time is up. More focus should have been placed on that.
  18. Still. Zoalord forms seem to come in two types: simply becoming a large, armored, humanoid warrior with extranormal abilities, and complete transformation.
  19. We-e-e-ell...Kabral was a little guy...
  20. Enzyme II is supposed to be 3.47 m tall. I am guessing, also from the manga, that they meant "if he stretches his neck straight up". We never did learn how big Aptom was in his first combined mode, did we? (checks) Oh, we did. 3.02 m. How come Guyot's so BIG?
  21. Structural integrity has to figure into it. Resonance is all well and good, but you're ripping molecular bonds and that takes energy. The stronger the bonds, the more energy is necessary, no matter how efficiently it's transferred. I also have to wonder how the vibration blades manage to emit several different frequencies at once, necessary to create resonances in different substances.
  22. First thing that popped into my head. I think it's the music that sells it. No loud rock guitars, or trumpets, no... just the languid, slow tunes, as if to underscore the inevitable, unstoppable approach.
  23. The worst ending would be the Creators coming back and wiping everybody out.
  24. "GUYVER!" Just for the sake of tradition. It's also a declaration of independence, of course, a rejection of authority.
  25. I don't think Sho actually knows that Barcas personally turned his dad into a Zoanoid. In fact, it's possible the only other person in the world who is directly aware of this, is Guyot. Mr.Takaya is the king of decompression and his production is low. Simple as that.
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