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Spoiler: Pokemon Anime Spoilers

ASH WINS THE ALOLA LEAGUE

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Source? They only just got to the semis. Although the opening implies ash wins. People are going to just say that most of the fights were one in one so the league doesn’t count though which is fair but kinda stupid too.

 

[Cosmic77]

I think more people would understand the complaints about Ariel being cast as a black woman if Disney were to announce a live-action Princess and the Frog and cast the character Tiana to a white woman.

It's not the race of the actress that people are bothered with. It's the seemingly unnecessary change they made to a classic character that's causing controversy.

 

[Deleted member]

Hey guys, why don't we talk about this:

 

[StormC]

I think more people would understand the complaints about Ariel being cast as a black woman if Disney were to announce a live-action Princess and the Frog and cast the character Tiana to a white woman.

It's not the race of the actress that people are bothered with. It's the seemingly unnecessary change they made to a classic character that's causing controversy.

Taking away representation from minorities is completely different from race lifting white characters.

 

[Noipoi]

Hey guys, why don't we talk about this:
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I’m waiting for that Mario Steven Universe
crossover

 

[Aurane]

Grand idea bruh

I actually have a working controller so I could play Smash too!

It's too bad that

I don't wanna.

 

[DerpingPikachu]

Hey guys, why don't we talk about this:
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Oh dear..is that real?

 

[Will]

Hey guys, why don't we talk about this:
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because i dont watch cartoon network nor really care

i havent even used a tv for real tv purposes in years

 

[MSmariosonic]

People always come back to characters like Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley as "good" examples of feminist characters. If the internet existed when those movies came out, let's not kid ourselves, swarms of people would post about how they're stupid feminist propaganda.

^ This

Not to mention the casting of Black leads in movies back then and those blaxploitation flicks would've been met with heavy criticism online

It's crazy how history keeps on repeating itself

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

Yeahhhhh, time to move on. This kind of thing belongs in Debate Hall, not here.

 

[Aurane]

Oh dear..is that real?

Yes it is and its awesome.

 

[Will]

Grand idea bruh

who wants to do an arena rn

haven't played smash legit in ages

 

[Deleted member]

Oh dear..is that real?

Yes it is and it's apparently amazing

 

[Aurane]

Yeahhhhh, time to move on. This kind of thing belongs in Debate Hal, not here.

You misspelled Hall. Completely unprofessional moderating. I'm very disappointed in you. >;T

Thank you for coming lol

 

[Opossum]

This kind of thing belongs in Debate Hal.

I can't let you do that, Ahm Skittish.

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

It's not the fact that they're making a black character, it's the fact that they're changing a character people know and recognize from white to black
I really don't see why this is so hard for some people to process

There’s a difference to doing that by changing an established character than creating your own and the former often comes at a bigger risk in terms of audience reaction

There's nothing wrong with black characters, I think it's just changing already existing characters that bothers people when they could just as easily remake a movie like princess and the frog which already has black characters, or better yet, make something original.

I'm trying to say I doubt that the decision was made with malicious intent.

Edit: **** didn't see Skittish's message.

 

[Noipoi]

As a certified African American (at least I think I am. Last time I checked at least) I don’t really give a crap about Black Ariel.

It’s just whatever. I’ve got more important things to worry about.

 

[Deleted member]

Yeahhhhh, time to move on. This kind of thing belongs in Debate Hal, not here.

Debate Hal? Don't think there's much to debate about him, his actions as Parallax were just morally awful.

 

[Gyrom8]

I wish this thread was as passionate about Pikmin and "Why the City Building and Tycoon Genres are Long Overdue for a Revival" as much as Disney live action remakes


curse these niche tastes of mine

 

[Gentlepanda]

haha three houses teatime yeah

sweats

haha yeah

god i love tea

 

[Will]

so is that a no on the arena

i was ready to throw down n everything

 

[StormC]

I wish this thread was as passionate about Pikmin and "Why the City Building and Tycoon Genres are Long Overdue for a Revival" as much as Disney live action remakes


curse these niche tastes of mine

Maybe if Nintendo didn't spend a decade releasing new Pikmin games it would help.

 

[Arcanir]

It's funny, when people see a movie or game that they don't like get good reviews, they say "PAID REVIEWS, DON'T LISTEN TO THEM"

When it's a movie or game they want to see or get, and it gets bad reviews, it's "SJWS! THEY CAN'T SEE ART! GRRRRR!"

With that said, there have been some highly questionable reviews that makes me question how they were selected to do the review.

At the end of the day, people have to remember that reviews are still opinions. Thoroughly (at least usually) explained and thought out oned, but still opinions. They're not out to trash your favorite movie or praise your least favorite one, they're giving their own assessment on it and explaining why they gave it the rating they did.

Now obviously that's not always the case, some reviews are just really poorly constructed or do little to hide their bias, but that's where the reader's discretion comes into play. It's more important to read and see the points they made and assess whether you think those points were accurate or added to/took away enough for it to be worth the watch then to blindly take a score at face value. A good example of that for me was USUM, the reviews were very positive on it and made it seem like a worthwhile purchase, but one of the common complaints I saw across them was the lack of changes, so I knew that it wouldn't be worth it for me to get it on launch as a result.

 

[DerpingPikachu]

I wish this thread was as passionate about Pikmin and "Why the City Building and Tycoon Genres are Long Overdue for a Revival" as much as Disney live action remakes


curse these niche tastes of mine

I've never played Pikmin, should I ?

 

[Noipoi]

so is that a no on the arena

i was ready to throw down n everything

I can do a couple matches, not for too long though.

 

[Deleted member]

This is where I spend my time.

Good lord it just hit me.

OOF!

You hear that?

That’s the sound of it hitting me.

Thanks to your post.

You have opened my eyes.

Lowkey the best ****ing post today.

I second this.

 

[Will]

I can do a couple matches, not for too long though.

dang if its not a fun party then it'd just be casual matches

i havent given the online tourney a test drive yet tho

 

[Schnee117]

Debate Hal? Don't think there's much to debate about him, his actions as Parallax were just morally awful.

We can debate his Death Battle with Ben 10 again. Kappa

 

[Kirby Dragons]

I didn't really like Toy Story 4 as much as the other three. I feel like the writers were torn between two plots and ended up compromising, making a really weird hodgepodge movie.

It also doesn't help that the main villain is another self-loathing character, something that we get plenty of today. One of my favorite aspects about the Toy Story series is how selfish and uncaring the villains were. It made it easier to root for the heroes. With Gabby Gabby, you don't really know if you should hate her or feel sorry for her. One minute she's threatening to rip Woody apart, the next she's getting all emotional because a kid doesn't want her.

I liked Gabby Gabby because she felt different from the other Toy Story villains. Sid and Lotso were shown to be super evil antagonists to worry about, whereas Gabby had a nice side that was shown through a lot of the movie, and got even stronger near the end.

 

[PeridotGX]

Debate Hal? Don't think there's much to debate about him, his actions as Parallax were just morally awful.

what are you talking about? HAL Labratories is a great game studio, they make great games, like Kirby and Boxboy/1

 

[Shadowwolflink]

I'm at work now, and I have Three Houses withdrawal. I feel the itch.

 

[StormC]

I'm just saying, there is a reason Black Panther made 1.3 billion dollars.

If you serve underrepresented demographics with a good product, they will come.

That's it. That's all there is to it.

 

[Opossum]

haha three houses teatime yeah

sweats

haha yeah

god i love tea

I'm at the last possible point for Hubert to upgrade into Dark Knight and he flubbed the exam.

How could this happen.

 

[Will]

I'm at the last possible point for Hubert to upgrade into Dark Knight and he flubbed the exam.

How could this happen.

idk probably the fact his parents decided to name him hubert

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I just found this out. Apparently Adolf Hitler liked to draw in his spare time, and based on these watercolors most likely made by him, he liked to draw disney characters. And they're actually really good.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1579629/Did-Adolf-Hitler-draw-Disney-characters.html

Imagine a world where history remembered Adolf Hitler, the famous cartoonist. Instead of... well, you know. Such a shame.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

That just feels...

Wrong.

Aladdin was actually an alright movie.

lion king, Ive seen enough clips to know it wasnt as good

 

[Cosmic77]

Spoiler

Source? They only just got to the semis. Although the opening implies ash wins. People are going to just say that most of the fights were one in one so the league doesn’t count though which is fair but kinda stupid too.

Spoiler

As far as I'm aware, nothing is confirmed aside from Kiawe vs Gladion and Ash vs Guzma in the semis. They're making it seem like the finals will be Gladion vs Ash, but nothing has indicated what the outcome of that match will be.

Taking away representation from minorities is completely different from race lifting white characters.

A live-action The Little Mermaid or any other live-action remake for that matter shouldn't even be concerned about representing any particular race.

It's a children's movie, and there's no need to push any kind of message about race when the plot of said movie doesn't revolve around race in the slightest.

 

[Will]

I just found this out. Apparently Adolf Hitler liked to draw in his spare time, and based on these watercolors most likely made by him, he liked to draw disney characters. And they're actually really good.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1579629/Did-Adolf-Hitler-draw-Disney-characters.html

Imagine a world where history remembered Adolf Hitler, the famous cartoonist. Instead of... well, you know. Such a shame.

why did you take forever to mention something disney related when it was already too late and already too politically heated

im just so confused

 

[Noipoi]

I just found this out. Apparently Adolf Hitler liked to draw in his spare time, and based on these watercolors most likely made by him, he liked to draw disney characters. And they're actually really good.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1579629/Did-Adolf-Hitler-draw-Disney-characters.html

Imagine a world where history remembered Adolf Hitler, the famous cartoonist. Instead of... well, you know. Such a shame.

Tfw Hitler is a better artist than you

 

[StormC]

A live-action The Little Mermaid or any other live-action remake for that matter shouldn't even be concerned about representing any particular race.

It's a children's movie, and there's no need to push any kind of message about race when the plot of said movie doesn't revolve around race in the slightest.

Representation matters, whether the audience is 8 or 80. There are enough white stories to go around.

All stories have "messages," whether they're intentional or not.