Everything posted by durendal
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Pacific Rim
I don't think NGE and PR are even close to comparison. The only thing they have similar is giant humanoids fighting giant monsters. NGE uses religious themes very heavily. Who said that PR is an NGE ripoff anyway? Those who say this obviously have never seen both. I just saw it the other week and it was an enjoyable movie. and with giant robots fighting giant monsters, who needs a plot?
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Star Trek: Into Darkness
surprisingly, I just saw this movie for the first time today. I liked it. I have to admit, it was a lot less boring than the other Picard movies that came out. I don't analyze much, as long as I like what I see, I just let it be. Interesting how that classic line "Khaaaaaaaan!!!!!!" was uttered by someone else. Now that's a twist.
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Xi Gundam....maybe the cousin of Zeorymer?
Despite being a huge gundam fan, I have absolutely nothing to contribute to this thread. I will say that I prefer the Xi's (it's pronounced K'si by the way. I hate it when people calls it Psy. I'm just that OC) streamlined design better than the Penelope.
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Anime you are currently watching and/or Downloading
Still watching Gundam Build Fighters. I have to admit, I'm hooked. I like how there are layers of plot in the series. And here I thought it's only about boys and their toys, but I guess it goes deeper than that. Meijin Kawaguchi. I'd like to know how he will fare against Aila. And who exactly is Reiji.
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What live-action series are you watching or have you watched?
Arakawa Under the Bridge. It's insanely hilarious. As for Gaim, I just can't swallow the whole fruit as head bit thing. It might be just me judging the book with its cover, but I just find it too silly.
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Breaking Bad
Completely finished the entire series more than a month ago and I'm quite happy on how it ended. I don't know if I should be rooting for Walter White or not. But he was damn impressive. A genius so to speak. It was a great series, but I'm not too sure about the spinoff "Better Call Saul though".
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A Game of Thrones
A Lannister always pays his debts. I've been hearing and reading a lot about a teaser trailer for season 4 but all I get is a 4 second video of who knows what. Anybody has any news of this? Although I'm already far off in book 4, it's still nicer to watch it than read about it. Sometimes I prefer to use my eyes rather than my imagination.
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Kamen Rider Gaim
Seriously? A big giant fruit attaches to their head and that's their transformation? You have got to be kidding me.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
You mean Lukin? Isn't Lukin supposed to be Russian industrialist? Unless of course you guys are talking about some other politician.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
I'm a Huge Cap fan. I won't miss this for the world. I see he's also sporting the Captain Rogers uniform. Way cool. I like how the falcon looks. I want to see more of the encounter between Cap and the Winter Soldier. I didn't like the way Cap was portrayed in the Avengers. They made him look like a circus monkey. Hopefully this will redeem everything. And hopefully, come Avengers: Age of Ultron, he will become the main protagonist, instead of how they relegated that role to Tony Stark in the first avengers movie.
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Anime you are currently watching and/or Downloading
I know, airing Gundam is basically a marketing ploy to sell toys. As you mentioned, at least the writing gives merit to the story. Now, it's just blatant marketing. I have yet to dive further into the series if its a hit or miss. Only time will tell I guess. Funny you mentioned G Gundam because that is actually one of my favorite series. In the final episodes, you get to see a lot of familiar robots. No, not Mobile suits, but Super Robot. I think Zambot was there. I even got a website setup almost a decade ago. I'm surprised that it's still up. Although I got lazy and never updated it. If your curious, you can see it here. ggundam.atspace.com ( hehe shameless self plugging)
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Anime you are currently watching and/or Downloading
Gundam Build Fighters seems to be interesting. Very heavy reference to older Gundam Titles. It's fun to see kids build Plastic Models and watch them pit it against other plastic models in a battle. Although this looks like a big divergence to the war concept of Gundam, I'm worried that this has become more of a children's show that it is for older viewers. I mean, the last Gundam has some lighter elements, but it still deals with war. But this one? I don't know. It only remains to be seem how well the viewers will accept this. To me it looks more like an excuse to sell more Gunpla. Literally.
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Anime you are currently watching and/or Downloading
Damn, so that's why everyone was after Eren. Can't wait until they animate that part of Attack on Titan.
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A Game of Thrones
I'm reading the source material. Already finishing up A Storm of Swords. As I pointed out in previous posts, there are a lot of differences between the series and the books. I hated Joffrey and I still hate him. Jaime, I used to hate him, but after what happened to him, I'm somewhat rooting for him. Tyrion, now that's one character you can be surprised with. Despite his moral standing and blunt tactlessness, he is an upstanding guy. I'm actually rooting for him.
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Kamen Teacher
Oddly enough, this is a familiar series, yet I have not even started reading it. Looks like it has the same premise as GTO, considering it's from the same author.
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Aptom Omega Blast
It's similar to the High Frequency Sword of the Guyvers. You know, those things on their arms that turns into swords? They vibrate so that it can cut through almost anything. I think he got that when he was Chaos Aptom.
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Breaking Bad
I'm 5 seasons late, but I've recently started watching this series. I've heard a lot about this in the past, but never really paid any attention until I got curious a week ago. I find this interesting with the way the characters react to certain situation. Well, I'm still at episode 3 of season 1 so I don't know much about it, but the first episode starts of very interesting.
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What does your full name mean?
Do you think this still applies today? I mean, a lot of people no longer think deeply about the names of their child. With the likes of North West (Kanye West) and Queen Elizabeth (Manny Pacqiao), it makes me think that people are now too lazy to think of names for their child. For us, we are required to think carefully on the names of our children, as aside from an English name, we have to give them a Chinese name. English names are easy, but for Chinese names, you have to be careful with the characters you use. Like a simple name such as Anna, we have to write it in a way that it literally means Safe and graceful.
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i can see why america has problems with obesity
I guess what's wanting in majority in the "west" are natural foods. I mean over here, there is always a wet market around the corner. That's probably an advantage to an agriculturally rich region, that you get to see a lot more "fresh" produce. I'm sure these are also present over there, but at a limited area or at high prices. Also adding to my statement on MSG, over here, MSG is mostly dominant on processed and junk food. You find them on the shelves of the supermarket. But they are seldom included normal everyday foods. There are even restaurants that put on a sign "no MSG" in their establishment. I'm now more inclined to think that the current state of how people eat in the US is based on the manipulation of giant corporations.
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Aptom Omega Blast
He does have his stealth ability as well as his high frequency spear, plus all the other abilities he has acquired in the past. With the amount of zoanoids that Cablarl absorbed and while he turned Chaos Aptom, who knows what kind of abilities he might have. It might be even possible he can generate a barrier now. I am curious though if he can absorb a bioboost creature. As far as I know, he wasn't able to absorb the guyver because he was stopped by the control medal.
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Guyver November 2013
- Guyver November 2013
Although it was published that volume 30 will be released on the 26th, the actual book was already available on the 25th. I'm sure the first 20 guys who pre-ordered the books via GA will have their copies soon. As to the chapter, looks like more conversation between Balcus and Shin.- Return of the Kitties!
Should I post this here?- A Game of Thrones
The gory parts are just coincidental. You get glued to the story because of the political situations and how each player handles them. When I first watched Game of Thrones, I was with Team Ned and I was rooting for the Starks. Now? I'm not quite so sure who's the good guy. Even though allegiances switch, you don't exactly get the typical "team up" scenario. Do note that this is an era where they value honor over life. So it's pretty clever how each character treats each other. - Guyver November 2013