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Uh... despite my loathing of the Saban Power Rangers, I kinda disagree with the fan film. If you notice, "Gritty" seems to be becoming a fad these days. I'm sure there are numerous people who see this fan film as how the movie should be done, but we are also forgetting the main audience of the franchise. The children. If you are a parent, would you want your children to watch a movie with a main protagonist cussing and acting violent? I wouldn't. I'm sure there is no harm in giving the franchise a pinch of "darkness", but this is just too much. And besides, for me, the core concept of the "Power Rangers" is not about the characters, but more of the robots. Since I didn't see any "Zords", this did not impress me.

Here's a funny fact. We have Japanese visitors and we call them Takashi-san even though we are speaking in English. Not only for this one guy, but all of our Japanese correspondents, be it business partners or consultants. I don't want to start anything, just throwing it out there since it's already out in the open. I guess it's more of a culture thing.

I would think that they would have learned their lesson in Dragon Ball. Oh wait, that movie never happened.

I thought they continued the manga with Tokyo Ghoul:re? I never really did understand the manga.

I will take your advise to heart. But with the current times, you really can't tell if or when you'll get stabbed in the back. You will only know a true friend if they are still with you in troubled times. A privileged which I am fortunate to have. Very well. We leave this topic as is. I'm sure some other members will have thier own opinion.

Well, in that sense, I agree with you. But I don't think Ryuki see's it as that. I think his considerations are leaned more towards supporting the author.

Oh, I think the merchandise was more than worth it. It was around the time when Kamen Rider Decade was airing. The prize was a Kamen Rider figure that transforms. People would love to get their hands on it. But I guess we just didn't have enough members to make an impact. I think there was also a time that we were giving away Guyver figures.

What? We're supposed to get paid? And here I was already grateful for Ryuki in giving me free peanuts for the translation work I do. You may have missed some of the things that happened in the previous years, but there was a contest way, way back, where they are giving away Kamen Rider Merchandise. But the results weren't encouraging so they had to stop.

Ah language. The method of communication of every community structured in the conventional way, yet distinctly unique to certain individuals. I will have to admit. English is not my native tongue, and yet, this is the language the I often mostly use. Of course how could I not learn of my native language. I'd rather not say from which particularly country, but to those who understand, sa atin atin nalang ito ha. But then, there is the language of my culture. And here is the most confusing part. There are three dialects which are known to me. Mandarin, which is the English equivalent of the Chinese. The Cantonese, which I dare compare to be the British standard of the Chinese, and then there is Fookien, the sort of "provincial dialect". So what is the difference between "Men Fat", "Wen Fa" and "Bun Huat" when all of these are written as "文法" Finally, the language that links the community with it's special allure that so many people want to learn. Japanese. ã“ã‚Œã§ã„ã„ã®ã‹? Even with these six dialects, I am not content. I still strive to learn French, the language of love. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? As well as Latin, a language nobody understands like the laws and scientific names it was named for. Exempli gratia, like the magic words from the pages of a Harry Potter book.

So..... it looks like a terminator does age with time.

Ah, now I remember that story line. Although I didn't bother reading it to the end. Captain America is a symbol, and should be standing up to what people believe as the ideal. As Kang mentioned, he is an idealogy that certainly has gone extinct. Which is quite sad actually, since no matter what the situation, people still need an ideal. I'm not happy with how the current writers are treating Cap. I think it's quite unfair how people see cap as a monkey in a colored suit, like how they depicted him in the first Avengers movie. But at least they made up for it in the Winter Soldier. Well, at least Steve Rogers is not a bad guy right now.

I don't know if anyone ever mentioned Full Metal Panic before, but it's one of the best Mecha anime that I've seen. Hopefully they animate the rest of the novels. I so want to see the ARX-8 Laevatein in it's full action filled glory. Demolition Howitzer FTW!!!!

Hopefully I don't sound as offensive as I thought I would be, so I'll apologize before hand. The one thing that I find laughable in the land of the free is that it is a place filled with hypocrisy. They say terms like "freedom of speech" and yet not everyone is free to say as they wish. Granted that there are a lot of a-holes, it is only a fraction of a price you have to pay for freedom. They say "equal opportunity", but that doesn't seem to happen very often. What I find most tiring is that a lot of people blame the "foreigners" for taking up their jobs, but in reality, these are the jobs that they themselves does not want to do. I'm sure our prejudiced friends here can relate to this.

Oh Japanese films? I've seen a fair share of them. One that comes to mind right now is Paradise Kiss. Although it was originally published as a manga, I did enjoy the movie. We have Screen Red Channel, which is part of HBO that shows mainly asian movies (Chinese, Korean and Japanese)

Not much of a Star Wars fan but did love the original trilogy. The prequels were only "meh" to me. I guess I'll be looking forward to this. Here's hoping they won't come up with another Jarjar binks this time. Do you think there's going to be another shocker reveal in this trilogy?

Frenemies? Well, I don't normally make enemies. Having good friends is a good thing. And having bad friends would help you stay sharp. You know what they say, with friends like that, who needs enemies? I use the term friends loosely, so what I perceive as friends may not be exactly the way that you perceive them.

Hmm... when was this? I haven't seen this before. Based on the artwork, I'm guessing that this is from an avengers story line? Yeah, I love Captain America. Didn't like it when they made Sam Wilson into Captain America. And with the way things are going in Axis, I'm hoping that Steve somehow gets the mantle back with some comics magic.

Define friends? There are friends that you talk a lot with, and there are friends that stab you in the back. On my perspective of the subject, anyone that I've had a considerable and amicable conversation with is considered a friend or an acquaintance. Of course there are levels to friendship that rates proportionately to the levels of trust.

Kidding aside, the main cause of racism is fear. And fear is a natural trait of any human being. What is it they're afraid of? It's basically the lack of knowledge. They don't understand how other person feels because they can't see through the color of one's skin. I do not like to make sweeping attacks, but there is a majority of people who know nothing except what other people or media feed them. I'm not sure if historical data are accurate since it's the dominating faction that decides what becomes of history, but based on what is recorded, there has been a number of untoward incidences involving the minority and it was sensationalized. If there is anything to blame, it is the society who is at fault. I'm not justifying their actions. I'm merely saying that these people do not have enough self awareness that they need to rely on other people to tell them what to believe. (Rather, it's a politer way of saying they're stupid.)

Any word can be derogatory when you make it sound derogatory. For example: Ugh... Pepperoni!!!

Hard to believe as it sounds, but this is currently the only forum I visit. I've shied away from visiting the other forums as there are way too many jerks around. I like it here, it's nice and quiet.

Also catching up on Valvrave the Liberator. Chanced this on Animax while traveling and was intrigued by it. I wonder why I didn't pick it up when it was still airing. It has all the signs that I liked in a mecha anime.

It's quite normal to ask questions. It shows concern and that you care. I guess you can say that this is one of those times that everyone has their own issues that needs resolving and it's happening at the same time. It'll normalize sooner or later. Hopefully sooner.

Ok, let me see if this can clarify a few things. Those working on the monthly chapters are totally different from the ones doing the tank scans. Personally, I think redoing the monthly chapters into the tank scans is a waste of time. The only thing that these two have in common is that they are using the same script. I don't think there is a need to prioritize the tank scans since they are basically the monthly chapters. There's no point for me checking for my own translation in the tank scans now, is there? As for the monthly chapters, I think there's only the December chapter left untranslated. Why? Because I'm a lazy person, and it's a pain in the @$$ to translate from chinese. I'll probably get around to working on it when I'm less busy with work. Besides, having it translated doesn't mean the scans will be available. Someone else has to put the dialogue into the actual pages.

Added Gundam Build Fighter Try to the list as well as Reconguista in G or whatever it's called. I prefer the Try Fighters.