Social NintenZone Social 6.0 - L'Arachel Edition, Apparently?

[PLATINUM7]

I have many questions, but I’ll only ask the most important one; when’s the sequel? :V

IIRC it already happened.

 

[Deleted member]

I had a busy morning, but I'm back.

Oh goddammit I missed all the interesting **** that happened on this site!!!

Me too.
i cri everitiem.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Then again, when CN pressures you into writing enough episodes to fill out their entire broadcast schedule, you'd stop caring too. :V

which was the whole meaning behind the 100th episode special. they literaly did this, showed that having to make so many episodes one after another was hard word and the two lead animaters just stopped giving a **** and when they did make an episode it was hella bad because it had no heart behind it. That was a good episode imo

 

[praline]

Members of Gamexplain really enjoy spoiling things for Octopath Traveler...

 

[ChikoLad]

Members of Gamexplain really enjoy spoiling things for Octopath Traveler...

As much as I like GameXplain, one of my biggest issues with them is how inconsistent they are about spoiler thumbnails and titles.

Sometimes they do the appropriate thing and simply title the video something like "Final boss of *video game*", and show generic key art for the thumbnail, other times they go full ProfasiaGaming and put the most spoilerific title and thumbnail up as soon as they can.

 

[praline]

As much as I like GameXplain, one of my biggest issues with them is how inconsistent they are about spoiler thumbnails and titles.

Sometimes they do the appropriate thing and simply title the video something like "Final boss of *video game*", and show generic key art for the thumbnail, other times they go full ProfasiaGaming and put the most spoilerific title and thumbnail up as soon as they can.

It’s not just on their youtube their personal twitter accounts they do the same thing.

 

[Aurane]

>notices friends online
>"Gee I wonder what they're up to?"
>enters chat
>everyone is ****posting vore
>immediately leaves

WHY ARE YOU ****POSTING IN A CHATROOM WITH ONLY THREE PEOPLE.

At least leave a warning sign up or something. ****.

 

[Starlight_Lily]

So the Octoling amiibo comes out in North America December 7, the same day Smash Ultimate releases,

And you know what that means?

That's right! North Americans have to wait one month after Japan and Europe to get the amiibo.

Good. You lot can learn to know what it is like to wait for once.

Wait, what about Nostalgia Critic? This is the first I hear of it.

Well, for him, its more in action on his part, or at least from what I've gleamed. If he had literally called management out on their ****, well things would probably be a lot different right now.

Man that Rayman 3 commercial got me thinking... The early 00s had a lot of fake edgy/gritty marketing for games.

Like, can you imagine Nintendo making this sort of commercial for the Switch nowadays?

It doesn't even fit the console's aesthetic nor it's first party lineup for the most part. This Luigi's Mansion commercial is another that feels weird to look back on lol.

And then there's the infamous Majora's Mask commercial, although this one is just really well made. Plus the Hardy Boyz cameo in it.

The MM one did release when Y2K was a thing and people thought the world would end so that's a neat touch that kinda helped it tie into the game.

This probably happened cause, well, they all leaned into the horny teenager stereotype at the time. :v

Man if there was a NintenZone movie Jennifer Lawrence would portray me.

Also why the **** am I awake??

No, Gal Godot would. :V

>notices friends online
>"Gee I wonder what they're up to?"
>enters chat
>everyone is ****posting vore
>immediately leaves
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WHY ARE YOU ****POSTING IN A CHATROOM WITH ONLY THREE PEOPLE.

I do that in my personal chat with my friends, its literally just to have fun.

 

[praline]

Good. You lot can learn to know what it is like to wait for once.



Well, for him, its more in action on his part, or at least from what I've gleamed. If he had literally called management out on their ****, well things would probably be a lot different right now.



This probably happened cause, well, they all leaned into the horny teenager stereotype at the time. :v



No, Gal Godot would. :V



I do that in my personal chat with my friends, its literally just to have fun.

Why Gal Gadot?

 

[AlphaSSB]

So, played through a good bit of Star Fox and Star Fox 2 on the SNES Classic. Both of those games are great. The original Star Fox is can almost feel like Dark Souls at times, where little errors can be ruthlessly punishing. Hit one wall veers you off course into four pillars and enemy fire. Star Fox 2 is pretty short in terms of length, but makes up for it with high replayability. You can definitely tell that lots of parts from Star Fox Command and Star Fox Zero were inspired by it. These two games alone are enough to keep me invested in the SNES Classic, and that's not even taking account the plethora of other games available.

Speaking of which, I think my next game to play through on it will be the original Donkey Kong Country. The only other Donkey Kong game I've ever owned/played was Tropical Freeze, which I never finished because the gamepad controls felt so bad that my hands started to cramp up. Let's see if Donkey Kong Country is enough for me to start liking King K. Rool.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

I’m pissed.

One of the co-workers on an early shift didn’t show up, meaning someone was working completely alone from 4 AM to 8 AM

I show up at 8 and, instead of doing the **** I was supposed to do, need to pick up the slack from a missing colleague, THEN do my ****.

So I basically have to take half my shift to fill a missing spot, which in itself causes another missing spot because there’s literally no one avaliable to do MY stuff, so everything gets held back by 4 hours!

I seriously hope that asshole who didn’t show up gets fired.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Good. You lot can learn to know what it is like to wait for once.

I mean, capcom does that to us already so we should be used to it

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

So anyway... are y’all having a good Sunday?

‘Cause I sure as hell ****ing don’t.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

So anyway... are y’all having a good Sunday?

‘Cause I sure as hell ****ing don’t.

t....today is Sunday?
I....thought today was monday....
*covers head*

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

t....today is Sunday?
I....thought today was monday....
*covers head*

Okay, that made me chuckle and honestly, I needed it.

Thanks.

 

[Ura]

So anyway... are y’all having a good Sunday?

‘Cause I sure as hell ****ing don’t.

Meh. Typical Sunday I suppose lol.

What's the matter if I may ask?

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Meh. Typical Sunday I suppose lol.

What's the matter if I may ask?

Look at the post I wrote before it.

Edit: And now, I gotta go back to work. Break over.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Okay, that made me chuckle and honestly, I needed it.

Thanks.

your welcome but I was legit confused right there

i really thought today was Monday because I swore yesterday was sunday. So all day Saturday I thought it was Sunday, how in the world did I get that mixed up

 

[Ura]

Look at the post I wrote before it.

Edit: And now, I gotta go back to work. Break over.

Crap baskets that's what I get for starting this page from the bottom lol.

 

[Aurane]

So I want to play Pokémon Polished Crystal and decided on a Steel Mono run.

Pokemon Team (Plan):
Magnezone (Electric/Steel)
Nature: Modest
Steelix (Steel/Ground)
Nature: Careful
Scizor (Bug/Steel)
Nature: Adamant
Skarmory (Steel/Flying)
Nature: Careful
Rhyperior (Steel/Rock)
Nature: Adamant
Blastoise (Water/Steel)
Nature: Modest

Not gonna do a let's play & post because last two times I did I got bored and stopped doing it. If I defeat the Elite Four, I'll update.

 

[redfeatherraven]

So anyway... are y’all having a good Sunday?

‘Cause I sure as hell ****ing don’t.

By every reasonable measure I should be having a great Sunday.

Naturally I'm in bed with my eyes watering up for what are, as far as you all know, not horrendously weak reasons.

Going to try to sleep. Hopefully I'll get up better than I go down.

If someone has a crowbar with which I might unwedge my head from my sphincter, might I get a loan when I awake?

 

[Starlight_Lily]

Why Gal Gadot?

You need someone with the physical capability of throwing Uni around like a rag doll. :v

I mean, capcom does that to us already so we should be used to it

Pretty sure, they make Europe wait longer.

By every reasonable measure I should be having a great Sunday.

Naturally I'm in bed with my eyes watering up for what are, as far as you all know, not horrendously weak reasons.

Going to try to sleep. Hopefully I'll get up better than I go down.

If someone has a crowbar with which I might unwedge my head from my sphincter, might I get a loan when I awake?

Gordon Freeman is your man, if you need a crowbar. :v

Anyway

Spoiler: More Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight thoughts

HiDiv, didn't originally translate the lyrics of the songs. That is a big problem, since its a musical, the songs need to be translated so as to be able to get the full intent of the show.

Well, they added them later at least.

 

[Ura]

And just as Uni says his piece, my Sunday is destroyed as well.

Funny how things work...

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Saw this place mention Earl Hartman (His name isn't actually Butch) and it's honestly the most ironic **** that such a terrible person who's incredibly anti LGBT accidentally inspired transwomen everywhere with that episode Timmy became Timantha

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

When Butch Hartman started his internet persona, I honestly thought it was pretty charming.

Yeah you could argue he was like an out of touch dad, but it felt kind of sincere in a way. Like he looked at all the memeing on Twitter and content creation on YouTube and said "hey, this looks like fun, I want to join in too."

Of course, with everything that's been going lately, that's completely gone all out the window. On top of the mess that is his Kickstarter for a streaming service, his ego seems to get bigger every passing minute, and what he said to Tara Strong on his podcast was unprofessional and ****ing rude.

 

[praline]

I’m pissed.

One of the co-workers on an early shift didn’t show up, meaning someone was working completely alone from 4 AM to 8 AM

I show up at 8 and, instead of doing the **** I was supposed to do, need to pick up the slack from a missing colleague, THEN do my ****.

So I basically have to take half my shift to fill a missing spot, which in itself causes another missing spot because there’s literally no one avaliable to do MY stuff, so everything gets held back by 4 hours!

I seriously hope that ******* who didn’t show up gets fired.

Hey that sounds like me... I was supposed to come in to work today at 3:30 am but decided I didn’t want to... I called in sick though.

You need someone with the physical capability of throwing Uni around like a rag doll. :v



Pretty sure, they make Europe wait longer.



Gordon Freeman is your man, if you need a crowbar. :v

Anyway

Spoiler: More Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight thoughts

HiDiv, didn't originally translate the lyrics of the songs. That is a big problem, since its a musical, the songs need to be translated so as to be able to get the full intent of the show.

Well, they added them later at least.

I guess but I’m not an attractive Syrian woman so... lol

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

hell yeah, for the first time, I got a whole week off from work because the owners husband is on vacation so I dont have to walk the dog. a while week if me not waking up at 7 am, yes

 

[mario123007]

Damn, I didn't know OJ Simpson now is a Vlogger

Doing livestream is not the same as a vlogger lol. At least that's what I think.
In my opinion, OJ is pretty good at bringing up his thoughts and opinions when it comes to games, sure whenever he is in a debate he can be a bit harsh but then again he always make his points as factual as possible, which is what everybody should do in my opinion.

Keeping it Spoilerless:
Anyway, imo XC1 has the better story; don't get me wrong, both are great, but XC1 handled better stuff like twists and "0 to 100" moments while keeping the momentum.
Funnily enough I still prefer XC2 because it managed to press my sentimental ***** buttons.
But in an objective point of view I say XC1 without a doubt.

In Rex's crappy voice: "My thoughts exactly!"

I think what OJ some what got wrong with my opinion was that he thinks that my opinion also about the characters, which that's totally not the case. I was just merely talking about the plot of the game. XC1 just handle it very well, while XC2 sure it is still pretty good but... it was really later chapters where I really kind of see that they were somewhat rushing the plot a bit.

As for characters, I do like XC2 casts way more than XC1, and both have equally good cast, it's just that XC1 chcaracters often shows their awesome side pretty soon, as for XC2 it often stake chapters to realized how awesome they are, like Zeke is a prime example.

Spoiler: Response

What XC1 did great is making the player feel strong with moments like these:
-Giving you a huge feeling of revenge and desire to kick butt after Fiora's apparent death
-Every time Shulk learned a new Monado Art
-Releasing the Shackles and slice Metal Face's arm with Monado 2
-Overpower Egil at Mechonis Core just to try to make peace like a wise warrior
-Shulk's return to fight the Telethia
-Make Giant Dickson your *****
-Kill Zanza with Monado 3

Also don't forget...
- Most civilians in Alcamoth turn into Telethias and you actually have quests where you have to kill certain Telethias that were NPCs you talked to before.
- Riki actually being a good character lol.

And then there's moments were one feels weak as hell (the first Yaldabaoth battles, Zanza's debut, etc.) to balance stuff out.
However XC2 pushed the underdog moments, resulting in less "Im strong" ones.

Yeah, but like I said XC2 push those moments a bit late pretty often. Like we see how Rex being useful for once when he tries to get back Roc's core crystal. Morag stopping Mikhal and Patroka, Zeke turned out to be a prince and stopping Pyra getting eviscerated. And obviously the best character Nia, actaully a Blade.

We only have the awakenings of Pyra, Mythra and Pneuma (with Mythra's debut being the best because she's a Goddess, no bias) and the rest of the stuff is getting your *** kicked by Jin and other Tornans in cutscenes just after beating them.

Heheh... most user here won't agreed with you when it comes to Pyra, Mythra and Pneuma lol. But that's already beating a dead horse so nah...

Yeah, I felt like the only actual "boss"... was Amalthus when he use all of the core crystals he cleansed (RIP Fin La Nore, Patroka and Akos...)

And while this may not sound right but I felt that Fin La Nore somewhat "deserves" to be a Flesh eater of Lora rather than Jin, since ya know they both look a like, so... yeah Jin is a cool character but I was never impressed on his motives...
Moreoever minor/personal complaints is that it is unknown why only Jin was with Lora when they were attacked and Fin La Nore was MIA... so... my theory is that Fin La Nore was either A. Engaged in a serious combat along with Mythra, Addam, Hugo, and Brighid (And possibly other characters like Minoth(Cole) B. She's captured by Amalthus and Mythra, Addam, Hugo, Brighid goes to save her... I personally just think that it is more plausible that Fin La Nore was captured by Amalthus, since that can explain why Amalthus attacked Torna (Partially I guess) , andFin La Nore ended up being Amalthus' Blade.

XC2 basically replaces the epicness of XC1 with a more intimate story, with clichés and common anime tropes I admit, but still well executed.

Not much when it comes to anime troupes, only anime tropes were characters have their eyes changed... and... that's it... and anime tropes are not a bad thing to have just to let you know, it more of something that people should take it for granted in my opinion.
It's just that XC2 has a way better cutscenes despite being too long for the most part, and they are replayable.

So, yeah, basically we have the same thoughts, but at the end of the day XC2 is still the Xenoblade game I enjoyed the most period. Can't wait for the DLC story mode.

And oh yeah, I saw this on Twitter,

If you wonder why Nami is crawling, go and play Fortnite lol.

And getting Kasandra and Theory isn't that big of a deal... what's more matter is whether you get KOS-MOS or not lol, and my sis has yet to get her.

And yes the dude with Turter, from a sidequest... spoilers I guess? lol, and you must get Praxis first (Not gonna tell you how to get her though) and the quest will make you feel bad after you finish it, sort of.

Last but not least, Zeke holding a large Turter plushie

I used to have a Turter doll when I was like in elementary school, the doll was pretty cute to say the least. The doll is still somewhere in our house...

Strictly voting speaking I picked Team Squid, which probably screws my chances of playing with you guys.

My formal stance however is "race wars are bad I love all of you guys TBH."

I pick squid... becaue I'm a squid, end of the story lol. And hey, I like Pearl way more than Marina.

My brother got Pearl and Marina Amiibo not too long ago, I take Pearl amiibo away from him immediately to get her gear.

Jokes" about ****, pedophilia and AIDs among others from like 10 or so years ago.

I think was around 2009, before Twitter and shortly after Facebook was cool.
And has anyone ever start using their smartphone or to view Twitter back in 2009?

 

[Deleted member]

Are we talking about ***** "Christ is evident in my works" Hartman?

This will be all

EDIT: yeah, that was a typo but I'll just leave it like that.

 

[redfeatherraven]

Ever had two salted caramel Pop tarts sandwiched together with peanut butter?

You should. It's tasty. Don't know why I didn't think of it sooner.

So I'm feeling better.

Gonna grind me some Love Source real fast and then hopefully I should be able to snooze.

 

[Schnee117]

I guess but I’m not an attractive Syrian woman so... lol

She's Israeli. Born and raised.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Ever had two salted caramel Pop tarts sandwiched together with peanut butter?

You should. It's tasty. Don't know why I didn't think of it sooner.

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So I'm feeling better.

Gonna grind me some Love Source real fast and then hopefully I should be able to snooze.

sir how are you drinking the poptarts?

 

[praline]

She's Israeli. Born and raised.

I knew it was one of the 2.

 

[Deleted member]

I’m pissed.

One of the co-workers on an early shift didn’t show up, meaning someone was working completely alone from 4 AM to 8 AM

I show up at 8 and, instead of doing the **** I was supposed to do, need to pick up the slack from a missing colleague, THEN do my ****.

So I basically have to take half my shift to fill a missing spot, which in itself causes another missing spot because there’s literally no one avaliable to do MY stuff, so everything gets held back by 4 hours!

I seriously hope that ******* who didn’t show up gets fired.

Ahhh, that sounds rough.

I know this sounds cheesy, but if you try your hardest, you can do it!

Honestly unless that guy who did not show up was sick, he did a very bad move.

 

[redfeatherraven]

sir how are you drinking the poptarts?

Carefully.

Mmmmm.

 

[Natz~]

ever had like swelling on the inside of your check? and its to the point where with your mouth just naturally rest is swelled enough to press against your teeth and when you open up it goes inside so ya always accidently bite that swelling?

ya katt kinda feeling that right nwo :V

Been writing the past few days.

Which is huge because I've spent years wanting to do so but could never bring myself to begin typing.

The catch is, it's only a form of practice. I've not actually come up with a story of my own yet.

But I kinda figured that if I started a writing exercise that maybe my mind will start creating.

So what I've been doing is picking up my current manga of interest, Platinum End, and asked myself: what would this be like if it was like a novel?

I opened a word document, opened up to the first few pages, and started typing away, trying to figure out how to convey what's happening in the panels without having any pictures.

I've not been matching the dialogue word for word, but thus far I've been following the story beats pretty faithfully for the first three chapters. At a certain point I'd like to start looking back at the source material less and less as I go and force my brain to chug along without any plagiarized fuel. It's not like, as a reader and fan of the series, I've not thought of ideas that I think would have been more enjoyable/logical.

Curious to see if this little exercise will work. At the very least I guess it can improve my writing itself. Haven't been going back and editing since the point is to be moving forward though.

I'd share it but the story can reach Rated: M levels so I am not entirely sure if dropping a link to something like that would be wise.

pretty sure as long as it in a spoiler and a warning i think it should be fine?

i mean i put a lot of mature stuff down and put them in spoilers and the mods seem to accept it, but when its out of spoilers i get called out and warned

so as long as ya put a label and keep it from easy view i think ya would be okay, though like get a mods opinion first :V

 

[Deleted member]

http://ew.com/tv/2018/07/20/comic-con-2018-adventure-time-finale-john-dimaggio/
This Tweet is exactly how I feel.

jesus man all i wanna do after today is give john dimaggio the biggest hug pic.twitter.com/DhJQH4fpN3

— 🍭Hyper Seap🍭 (@HypraSeaPea) July 21, 2018

ever had like swelling on the inside of your check? and its to the point where with your mouth just naturally rest is swelled enough to press against your teeth and when you open up it goes inside so ya always accidently bite that swelling?

ya katt kinda feeling that right nwo :V

Probably because your jaw is swollen.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Just prepurchased WarioWare Gold

But after that I'm getting low on SD card memory. I'll delete some demos and Hyrule Warriors Legends to clear things up.

 

[Deleted member]

You know what I'm about to go on a bit of a rant on a bunch of subjects. We're going to start with the Smash community so buckle up.

Number 1 ~ The Smash Fans anomaly

Spoiler

So, as Smash For was in the speculation phase there was a bunch of outcry about the lack of Subspace from very early on. One thing that stuck with me was one little saying. A random user said "I don't know why people are pretending they liked subspace. I remember before this news came out people were hoping it would be gone. Everybody hates that thing and now everyone's pretending to love it because it's gone." I feel like this post, despite it only being about Subspace, captures a lot of what's wrong with the fanbase. People don't realize that between the release of Brawl and Wii U a whole new generation was growing up with Smash, and they weren't growing up with Melee, they weren't speculating about Brawl, no they were growing up with Brawl. The fanbase seems to have a strangely closed minded thinking when it comes to who is playing these games. Melee fans complain about the casuals of Brawl and Wii U like they can help it. They didn't grow up on Melee. They didn't put hours upon hours into the lab on Melee to try and get better. They were doing that to Brawl but all that was for naught because for some reason Melee fans have been insistent on throwing Brawl and Wii U fans under the bus by waving them off as players of inferior games. I know this might rub people the wrong way now that I've said it but, even as young as I am, Smash 64 was my very first Smash, then came Melee, then came Brawl and even though I have heavy nostalgia for 64 and Melee I have more memories, more preference for Brawl. I feel like the Smash community is in the weirdest state in gaming where there's Melee, then there's everything else. I can't blame Melee fans for preferring Melee but the amount of salt that comes along with their view of Brawl is unlike any series in gaming. It's weird for me to say that but it's true. Smash fans don't realize that they're just one Smash fan generation of many.

Number 2 ~ The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and a dis-congruent franchise

Spoiler

While I'm ranting about movies that had potential and threw it all out the window... Let's talk about The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Now, I first want to talk about The Amazing Spider-Man. I'm not a fan of it. At all. There's one thing I did notice about that movie though. It has a very specific, very unique tone that I applaud. Marc Webb did a fine job of directing and you could tell he brought his own sense of suburbia to the movie and based it around the city learning to accept Spider-Man. He didn't do it perfectly, and the villain is a ****ing joke, but it was good enough. A good blueprint to build off of for the sequel. So I wonder why in the hell they threw out that tone for the sequel? Watching the two movies back to back makes you feel like your watching two entirely different franchises. I'm not talking in the good way either, no Guardians is like Captain America but they're also totally different type deal here, the movies are just weirdly separate. They have the same characters but otherwise, as a sequel, it doesn't work. It especially doesn't work as a standalone either considering the world building they were trying to do. I mean Electro shows up for half the movie, gets imprisoned, then broken out, then Harrt shows up, makes Electro his slave, Electro fights Spidey, dies, then Green Goblin comes out, kills Gwen, loses, gets imprisoned, and that's it. Not to mention Spidey decides to take a hiatus because of Gwen and then randomly appears again because, oh ****, it's Rhyno. The Richard Parker scenes have no payoff because they didn't follow through with him, somehow, still being alive like they planned. Don't get me started on the wasted talent. Hans Zimmer's score for this movie is, no pun intended, amazing and having him team up with his "Magnificent Six" which featured Junkie XL and Pharrell Williams only for the movie to be a complete waste is disheartening. Don't get me wrong I'm glad it bombed, otherwise we wouldn't have Homecoming, but damn it if it didn't have potential. Sony is the only ones to blame too. They wanted a Cinematic Universe after the success of the Avengers but they wanted to do it in the most non-consumer-friendly way possible. Instead of teaming with Marvel they decided to destroy one of the most lucrative properties in the world.

Number 3 ~ The DC Hero Problem, Grounded

Spoiler

This one is going to be a bit of a stretch for most people to agree with and don't worry I totally understand if you disagree. Here's the thing, DC's heroes are just too good. And I don't mean in a story sense, I mean literally, with one exception but I'll get there. The DC characters are all larger than life and, yeah, that's what we want from Super Heroes, but the thing is in the stories it isn't about the heroes trials and tribulations to overcome a greater threat. It's almost never about "Oh I wonder what 'hero' is going to have to do to defeat this overwhelming villain AND lead a normal life!?" It's always "Oh I wonder what they'll come up with this time for Superman to go up against." There's hardly ever a time in the comics where a villain is presented as a genuine threat. Most of the time they're small obstacles that the hero has to pass. Superman has super strength, flight, heat vision, freeze breath, and a whole slew of other powers and his only true weaknesses are a rock and magic which he can sometimes just bypass somehow. He isn't grounded at all. Yeah, he's a cool guy but other than that he can just always win. Even when he dies, he wins. Let's use a more super human Marvel character for the sake of argument. Wolverine. Despite the fact that he is nearly totally invulnerable, he struggles and is just as vulnerable, if not more so, as the rest of the Marvel Universe emotionally speaking. His weakness isn't a rock or magic, it's caring about people, because as quoted from Logan "Bad **** happens to people I care about." He's one of the most tragic heroes in the Marvel Comics because every time he gets close to someone, he loses them. He's hurt more than ever each time he begins to love someone. Superman can literally save anyone he wants at any time and it takes extreme circumstances of incredible luck for him to lose someone he loves. This is how most DC heroes are too. Flash? He's faster than anything. He usually wins by just going faster. Wonder Woman? She's a goddess. She can save anyone she so chooses. The movie decided to prove me wrong here and did it really well. That surprised me. There is one outlier. One character that is more grounded than even most of Marvel's characters in DC. Batman. There's a reason he's the most popular. He's tragic, he's human, and above all he's vulnerable. It isn't about oh what can we throw at Batman now to make Batman seem cooler no, Batman has a very specific set of villains who uses their expertise and brains to get the drop on Batman which Batman learns from and improvises around. It's a game of cat and mouse and he's able to pull it out despite facing odds that are not in his favor but does so not by randomly breaking his limit but by outwitting other geniuses. This is why Batman's movies are so good. This is why he's held as the best DC character. He's grounded. He's realistic without being too normal. He's still larger than life but he's believable.

Number 4 ~ DCEU, the Wasted Potential Handbook

Spoiler

Ok, so despite what I said above I really do love DC and they can easily have some great movies to their name. The Richard Donner Superman Movies, The Tim Burton Batman Movies, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Wonder Woman are all fantastic movies and there is one thing they all have in common. They're focused. They choose to magnify their characters and pick out what makes them relatable instead of setting up cool set pieces. It's funny to say but the main problem with the DCEU is the MCU. It's not that the MCU is ruining DC or even that they have better characters, although I think they do, it's that DC decided that playing catch up with the MCU had to happen immediately. Even though Man of Steel was mediocre, WB thought it was "good enough" and that's the main problem. Good enough is not good enough to start something as expansive and carefully planned as the MCU but they wanted to have it done so they rushed Zack Snyder into a sequel that had to have sequel stuff for Man of Steel, Batman, the rest of the Justice League introduced, and a story that had to have a reason for the two of them to fight. So instead of getting to know each individual character in their own movie and their own stories they're all thrown in and we're just expected to like them because, well, they're heroes. I don't blame Snyder. At all. It's not his fault that WB demanded they play catch up with Marvel and shoot out stuff despite it being half baked. The worst offender is Justice League. On a set befell by tragedy when Snyder's daughter took her own life they decided not to delay the movie, they decided to not let Snyder finish his vision, they decided to push ahead so that the producers and higher ups could keep... their bonuses. What we got was a cluster **** of a movie with differing visions and tones. The movie is a disaster and it's Warner Bros.'s fault. Alright, let's talk about Suicide Squad. I'm not going to deny that, hey, the movie didn't have the best character designs and they didn't have a clear vision of what they wanted. Here's the thing though. SS is a textbook example of Studio Interference. They were going to make the movie Dark, Brooding to fit in with the rest of the DCEU, and then Batman v Superman came out. So, they decided to flip it on its head and give it a more Guardians of the Galaxy, light-hearted feel. Oh but they didn't want to reshoot too much. Just a little. So they pieced together cuts of the movie that felt lighthearted into the brooding images they had already shot. Oh and let's not mention that the original cut was done by one editing studio and the theatrical was done by a ad editing studio. So, not only was WB unsure of what they wanted, but they also wanted to be cheap. They didn't want to put more money behind the movie than they had to. Now, let's talk about Wonder Woman. The shining light in all this darkness. What went right? Well, WB stayed the **** away. They told Patty Jenkins "OK here's your budget, see you in a couple years." This allowed Patty the space she need to make the movie she wanted and give it the love it deserved. It came together with HER vision and not some corporations. I think WB finally sees this and that's the reason that Shazam! and Aquaman look so damn good. I think we're finally entering a DC Renaissance after years of mistreatment by the studio. We'll see how they turn out but I think the DCEU is finally realizing it's potential and using it. Looks like Wonder Woman has spurred a new age of DC that will allow it's filmmakers to make something truly special. Thank god.

Welp, rant over. Feel free to read whichever you think you would be most interested in. It's a bit of a whiplash of different subjects but well, it's one in the morning so, y'know.

These are not mean, perfectly made rants.

In fact I want to make some rants of mine as well ( Do not worry I am not going to rant about you guys ).

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Hey that sounds like me... I was supposed to come in to work today at 3:30 am but decided I didn’t want to... I called in sick though.

Then I shall blame you :V

Ahhh, that sounds rough.

I know this sounds cheesy, but if you try your hardest, you can do it!

Are you seriously saying I can do EIGHT ****ING HOURS OF WORK in just four?!

Dude, I’m just one living being. I ain’t no god nor machine!

I can’t do it. No ****ing way I can.

I’ll do my damn best because that’s what I’m paid for, but I’m no idiot; expecting to finish all that stuff before 5 PM would require me to give up on my breaks and even then, I STILL wouldn’t have enough time.

Honestly unless that guy who did not show up was sick, he did a very bad move.

No, no he wasn’t. And it’s the second time this month too!