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My gosh. "Well, that escalated quickly!" I feel bad for the guy who made the blog because there he was just trying to get a question answered and then that happened. "As a fan of his work, I feel kind of embarassed and frustrated whenever Slimebeast does something like this." I'm a fan of a lot of controversial celebrities, so I've been there.

I have a number of Far Side books in a cabinet, and from time to time I'll get some and read through them, or else try to find a certain cartoon. There's also a strip called Close to Home which is like a suburban cousin to The Far Side.

"A fad diet or diet cult is a diet that makes promises of weight loss or other health advantages such as longer life without backing by solid science, and in many cases are characterized by highly restrictive or unusual food choices." I just love this sentence. I also love the term "diet cult" because that really is how some of these people act. You know what's really weird? When someone is big into "healthy eating" and chews out others for not eating the same way they do, and then it turns out they're using cocaine or something. Um, what?

Yeah, that's ridiculous. Kevin James did a great routine talking about useless weight loss advice. "Have you ever gotten weight loss advice from someone bigger than you? (holds arms out to indicate a very fat person) 'What you gotta do is-' Yeah, not question to your fat [rear] for starters! Then there are people who say things like, 'You know what you need to do? You need to chew sugarless gum.' Yeah, 'cause my [rear] got fat from chewing Bazooka Joe. That's where I erred." Raidra (talk) 01:03, October 3, 2017 (UTC)
 * I found that entry I was thinking of. "The Moravian Brothers, an evangelical Christian sect that originated in fifteenth-century Bohemia, believed in nonviolence and had a great abhorrence of bloodshed.  Members of this community, however, were at times unavoidably called on to execute offenders.  Their merciful way of doing so was to tickle their victims to death."  It doesn't mention how, but I knew it was someone other than the Romans and Chinese who did that too. Raidra (talk) 01:35, October 3, 2017 (UTC)

We'll have a "gAY" ol' time!
You're exactly right. There are reports of various places that had rates of anorexia and eating disorders increase after American media became widespread there. Back when Fox had an afternoon cartoon block called Fox Kids, they had a public service announcement in which a girl was looking at a model in a magazine picture. This woman showed up and explained she was the model in the picture. The girl didn't believe her, so the model showed her all the things that happened to make her look like the photo (One of which was gluing her ears back because they stuck out a little). She concluded by telling the girl, "That woman in the picture is just an illusion," which caused the girl to be more confident. I'm glad they had a PSA pointing out that magazine photos weren't reality because, like you said, there are a lot of people trying to match that image. Another sad thing is I think there are a lot of doctors to blame too because there are doctors out there who will demonize anyone they perceive as overweight or obese, no matter what their body actually looks like. There's a difference between kindly but firmly talking to a patient about legitimate health concerns and encouraging healthy habits, and then there's being superior and trying to guilt/shame healthy people who don't match some predetermined "magic number" as to what the ideal weight should be. I wonder how many of those doctors so hung up on diet when it comes to others go to all-you-can-eat buffets, steakhouses, or soul food restaurants after work.

That was great, though I felt sorry for the hot dog man and the birthday boy. There are people like that in real life (people who act nasty no matter what you do because they're so much "smarter" and "hipper" than everybody else), so it's funny to see them satirized. The cake, chicken, and some other things looked awesome/funny hitting the ground too. X-D Raidra (talk) 14:40, October 4, 2017 (UTC)

The BS Index
There was a Tonight Show segment in which they did "I'm On A Boat" on classroom instruments. I had trouble finding a video for some reason, but I did find a reaction video with it.

Exactly. There's more I could add, but I'd be getting into a rant. Doctors should be concerned about their patients being healthy, not whether or not certain numbers match up perfectly. Is this a person's medical report or a lottery ticket?

Thanks. There was a sequel to Scary Godmother, so I wonder if he'll do a video about that one too. From what I saw they were pretty good (Not great, but not bad). Earlier today I saw something that you might be interested in- Top Ten Shocking Craigslist Stories.

Earlier I was trying to find a blueprint or floor plan for a Korean bathhouse (for my comics), and one of the pictures that came up was a diagram of a handgun. Um, what? First that happened, and then I had trouble finding the classroom instruments video. It hasn't been a great night for searching stuff on the Internet. Maybe I should quit and try again tomorrow before I find something horrible. :-0 Raidra (talk) 00:35, October 5, 2017 (UTC)

Third Time's a Bore
When you review the same movie three different times, it makes it seem like you're obsessed with it or you're incompetent on some level (I'm certainly not saying he is, just that it might seem that way to some people). You know, Disney has had some disturbing cartoons. In fact, PhantomStrider recently did one list of the scariest Mickey Mouse cartoons and another with the darkest Disney moments. Maybe some of them would be worth a NC review. By the way, last year Strider did a list of the spookiest cartoons. One of them was by David Lynch. I bring that up because I found out fairly recently that David Lynch voiced Gus the bartender on The Cleveland Show. Weird, but then again, what is weird for David Lynch?

I haven't watched it yet either, but I'm glad Mr. Nightmare is making videos again. They're kind of hit or miss, but they can be interesting. There was one about night terrors, and most of the video had an eye looking back and forth. He made a couple videos of creepy commercials, but I think one must have been removed because I can only find the second one. If someone made a copyright claim, then that's weird because why would you claim copyright on a commercial- something that you deliberately put out so it can get attention and promote your product?

I stopped watching Slapped Ham because he had a video with "mysterious photos" which had actually been debunked already, but I'm glad he lets the viewers decide for themselves. Maybe I'll try some videos with more down-to-earth content (like weird pets or something). That CaptainDisillusion video was really cool, very thought out. You say that clip the captain discussed was on the Slapped Ham list of terrifying witches caught on camera? Hey, Slapped Ham, not all flying people are witches. Stop being prejudiced! ;-) Raidra (talk) 18:27, October 7, 2017 (UTC)

If a customer chokes on a key (That ain't right!)
Hey, it's Columbus Day and...eh.

I've heard that a lot of fast food places have garish colors so people will want to leave sooner instead of hanging around all day, making room for new customers. I'm not sure why pink was so popular either, but I remember seeing it. There was a lot of colorful clothing that decade for some reason, I guess because there were a lot of people who wanted to stand out. Have you ever heard of an old comedian named George Burns? His wife and partner in comedy was Gracie Allen. She played a scatterbrain in their routines, but she was a hard worker and sometimes experienced anxiety. I read that she would often get headaches because of this, and so George decorated their homes in pastel shades of pink, brown, and green to provide a soothing, healing effect. I'll have to try that and see if it helps with my headaches.

~reads summary of book~ Wow, that's...that's just sad. It was nice of your teacher to take one for the team, though.

Here it is- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G-vFvUbO-M. It's not as bad as it could be because he does say, "It's been called a hoax," from time to time, but it's almost teeth-grindingly frustrating to hear people talk about things that have been debunked time and time again, like the Three Men & A Baby rumor, and act like, "Oh, we don't know what the story is here!" Uh, yes, we do. We've known that the Three Men and A Baby thing was bunkum since shortly after the movie came out, so why are you taking this seriously? By the way, the rumor claims, "Oh, it's the ghost of someone who committed suicide in that apartment!" Here's the thing- there was no apartment. The scene was filmed in a studio on a set that had been made to look like an apartment. ~Plays "Zonk!" music from Let's Make A Deal~ Here's something else. When you use film, there's a risk of something called a double exposure. This happens when you accidentally put a used roll of film into the camera and take new pictures with it. When the film is developed, both the old and the new pictures can be seen, with some images appearing translucent and phantom-like. The video ignores this for the most part. Raidra (talk) 17:55, October 9, 2017 (UTC)

Nurse! She's having a bad reaction to the Anastasia!
Sorry I haven't been posting as much lately. Things are kind of hectic right now.

I thought it was great how Tom Selleck pointed out how ridiculous it was, and how Scare Theater showed that Friends clip and tongue-in-cheek asked if that were the work of a ghost too. I also loved how Captain Disillusion called it a pointless, utterly ridiculous myth. You go, Captain! :-D By the way, did you know there was a sequel to that movie? It was called Three Men and a Little Lady. I don't remember much about it (I was a young girl myself when I saw it), but I seem to remember it being pretty good.

I like that idea. People could celebrate by having big meals like in traditional Italian cooking. It would be better to celebrate the day by going to Fazoli's instead of sitting around wondering, "Why is this still a thing?"

X-D There are so many jokes I could make about that. Here's one- I would rather watch that robot woman in the "I Feel Fantastic" video than any part of that movie series. Raidra (talk) 19:43, October 11, 2017 (UTC)

Go, go, Dorae-Umbrella!
Oh, that should be a fun one! Well, fun two since it's in two parts, but you know what I mean. I don't know why that story is still on the site, but I am glad to see more people ragging on it!

Some sequels you just have an "Oh, isn't that interesting?" reaction because they're not good enough to be excited about and not bad enough to be ticked off about. A few years ago I heard that Charlie Sheen wanted to make a third movie in the Major League series. The thing is there already was a third movie. I don't know if Charlie Sheen were confused or the source who reported the story was. It's also possible he ignored it on purpose in the belief that it wasn't a real movie. From what I can tell it seems like one of those unrelated films that they just slapped a label on. The actress who played Curly Sue was actually on a season of The Voice recently. She had a very low period, but she recovered and was now pursuing a new career. I don't know how she did (other than that she passed the blind audition), but it's good to see people recover from low points in their lives.

I've heard about it more and more recently, so I'll have to look into it some more. I'm surprised that it would be partially lost because from what I understand, it's very popular. Then again, things happen. Japanese Stuff Channel has featured a couple Doraemon toys recently (Turn the volume down if you watch because at least one of them gets loud). Here's something I really enjoyed- the toy food court. :-D

I heard an interesting Pokemon theory recently. In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald (as well as Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire), the player is the child of Gym Leader Norman and has moved to the Hoenn region from somewhere else. The mother notes that the player will get a room all to himself or herself. That's been interpreted to mean that he or she has a sibling who isn't there. The theory is that the protagonist of the games is the younger sibling of Whitney from Gold, Silver, and Crystal. She's a Normal-type Gym Leader because she's taking after her father, and she didn't move to Hoenn with the rest of her family because she has responsibilities in Johto. It's one of the best and most logical Pokemon theories I've heard. Raidra (talk) 00:33, October 14, 2017 (UTC)

The Spitepasta wiki
If he really wants to give up-and-coming writers a chance, then good for him. However, that last part gives me the impression that it was created out of spite. I wonder how well the site will do because A) I'm a little confused as to what actually the site is for (Is it for "all things creepy", or is it for things that "need" to be preserved?) and B) a number of people have created sites that they claim will be better than the Creepypasta wiki, and they don't amount to much of anything.

I definitely plan to watch both parts. This is going to be great! :-D

These self-centered crybabies who whine that the Quality Standards are too high every time one of their shoddy, cliched stories gets deleted always seem to ignore the fact that there are some stories which have people asking, "Why is this still on the site?" Then again, those people ignore a lot of things. My point is no, the QS are not too high.

I think that's a good idea, especially because some of the ones in the archives are lousy. Among the classics there are some like "Richard Pryor". I left a comment on that one noting, "Was this deleted from the site at one point? I ask because I read it and sometime later, when I tried to go back to comment on it, I couldn't find it (Don't ask why I didn't comment on it when I first read it because I honestly don't remember). In any case, I'm glad I'm not the only one with a low opinion of this. Whoever wrote it tried way too hard, especially at the end. If done differently this could have been a good psychological horror tale, a subtle yet effective tale channeling people's fear of aging, fear of disease, fear of losing oneself/one's mind, etc. Instead it's a confusing tale that tries too hard to be scary, or shocking, or whatever. Also, I don't like the part claiming that he had people beaten to death for taking pictures. Did this writer ever consider that Richard Pryor was an actual person whose surviving relatives would be offended by this?"

Relive all the fun of trying to snag a prize and failing in your very own home! The guy in that video was great. The fact that he was British somehow made it even better. I sometimes get on kicks where I watch a lot of Gordon Ramsay videos. "Was there anything that wasn't microwaved?" "The salad." "'The salad'? Well, of course you don't microwave a salad, you *%$#*^!" Raidra (talk) 00:22, October 15, 2017 (UTC)

Definitionpasta
I agree. I think I've mentioned this before, but I thought that if someone wrote a pasta on a blacklisted subject, they had to appeal to the admins to get the story approved for the site. I think leaving this story on the site will only lead to trouble down the road because people will post lost-episode pastas and such which will be deleted, and then they'll complain, "Well, that story was allowed!"

"This was also a time where the word 'Creepypasta' had a different meaning..." Wait, it used to have a different meaning? What was the change? Speaking of different kinds of pastas, someone went to my story "The Melon Head Illustration", which is based on an urban legend/folktale, and asked, "A kiddie pasta? How old are you?" I replied, "What's a kiddie pasta? If it's a pasta for or about children, then I don't think either one applies because although the melon heads started out as children, they were experimented on and became deformed, cannabilistic [sic] mutants. It's not about children; it's about inhuman experiments creating monsters. I don't think a story mentioning the results of cruel scientific experiments inbreeding and eating people is a good children's story, though I know there have been tales almost as bad (Some of Grimm's fairy tales come to mind). For the record, I'm thirty-one now and was thirty when I wrote this." [I'm now thirty-four] The person never replied. It's irritating when someone leaves feedback like that and then can't bother to respond when you leave them a reply (either to ask what they're talking about or to clear up a misconception they had). A couple people have done narrations of "The Melon Head Illustration", so I'll have to check and see if they put it in the children's category.

I agree. The sooner you let people know what the standards for your site are, the better. You can't just say, "Oh, you're free to do whatever you want!" because then the site will become an unfunny version of Trollpasta. Raidra (talk) 00:27, October 17, 2017 (UTC)

By the way, what are your thoughts on the Pokemon Spritzee and Aromatisse? Raidra (talk) 01:14, October 17, 2017 (UTC)

The Christmas Spirit of '76
I honestly don't know. Someone mentioned a website for children months ago, but I don't remember if this were something that actually existed, something someone was planning to start, or just a joke. As for the original poster, I still don't know what he meant because he never responded to my question about what he was talking about. It's not the most bizarre reaction to one of my stories, though.

That is weird. I did a little research, and the best I can come up with is the school decided to create some weird alternative version of A Christmas Carol, only with Benedict Arnold as Scrooge. Someone pointed out that in the forties and fifties there were a lot of people who wanted to seem really American, so the author may have been trying to satirize people who acted hyper-patriotic to put on a show for others. I'm not posting a link to that article, though, because it's pretentious.

So creepypastas used to be more like urban legends (like the classic "The Smiling Man" and the not-as good "Lavender Town Syndrome"), and now they're mainly original stories (like Banning's Tobit series). I understand now. That also explains why I've heard things described as creepypastas, but couldn't find them on the site.

I feel the same way too. I do like Spritzee better than Aromatisse, though, because Aromatisse is a mess. I ask because the other day they came to mind and I suddenly realized, "Are they based on plague doctors?" Symbols of sickness and terror- now re-imagined as a living perfume bottle and a frumpy flamingo-showgirl-thing. I've had a lot of thoughts about Pokemon lately. I need to start writing them down. Raidra (talk) 17:09, October 18, 2017 (UTC)

The Can-Can Doctor
I apologize for not responding earlier. I haven't had much energy lately.

If it's framed as a story about something unexpectedly dangerous making its way into something used by children, that's fine (as well as symbolic). However, when it's framed as a conspiracy theory (as many of the spin-offs and comments I've come across are), it enters eye-rolling territory. It's sad that people have to ruin what would otherwise be good stories. Here's something I've wondered. One of the supposed side-effects is headaches, and there have been people claiming they got a headache after listening to it. However, they went in knowing that it might give them headaches, so that might have been psychosomatic. I'd like to know how many people who didn't know the rumors beforehand got headaches, and how many skeptics got headaches.

Even if the video is older, the urban legend is still untrue, so it doesn't matter. It's interesting how people have made ROM hacks based on some of these. I heard someone even made a ROM hack of "Hypno's Lullaby".

That makes sense. It's interesting to learn some of the inspiration for Pokemon, like Wartortle having a feathery tail because it's based on a creature from Japanese folklore, or Glalie looking like a jelly-filled doughnut- I mean, a rice ball.

It's weird that a lot of hyper-patriotic people are always complaining about the government and other citizens. It's like, "So let me get this straight- you love our country, but not its government, democracy, or people?" :-/ I'll have to watch that, but in the meanwhile, you had to have known that I'd share this- http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pearl-harbor-2001. I've read that the Japanese didn't expect America to retaliate for Pearl Harbor because they believed America lacked bushido (the warrior spirit exemplified by the samurai). They honestly thought that the U.S. forces would make a couple weak token counterattacks before giving up and allowing Imperial Japan to do whatever it wanted. That is obviously not what happened. The legend goes that after seeing American fighter pilots fighting so hard, a high-ranking official exclaimed, "My god! The Americans do have bushido!" It's sad that so many people on both sides had to suffer for that decision. Back to the movie, another bad thing that happened was they overplayed that Faith Hill song from the movie on the radio. They'd say, "Faith Hill is coming up next," and I'd expect something good, and no, it was just the Pearl Harbor song again.

I found this earlier today, and it may be the most fandom thing I've ever seen- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd8wXvwYx0I. X-D Raidra (talk) 02:25, October 21, 2017 (UTC)

Police Station Photo Studio
Exactly! That's exactly right. What makes it worse is they complain all the time, and yet anytime someone brings up legitimate issues (like racism), they shout them down for being "unpatriotic" or whatever. ~rolls eyes~

That's good. I'm glad there were a couple things they didn't screw up.

After I left here the other night I went to the Internet Movie Database to look at the Goofs section for Pearl Harbor, and Oh. My. Gosh. I have never seen a blunders list so long. I became more disgusted the more I looked through it because I realized that all these things were signs that the filmmakers just didn't care. I can understand taking small liberties here and there for dramatic effect, but this shows a genuine lack of concern for accuracy, and for what? A love story that a good filmmaker could have told over a dozen better ways? The chance to have a movie with explosions and gunplay? What makes the scene you described all the more baffling is that the film was also released in Japan. I'm sure you've had the misfortune to come across historical revisionists who want to downplay or even deny World War II atrocities (from both sides). Having something blatantly untrue in a supposed historical film makes it worse because it could make people say, "Oh, well, the American filmmakers lied about that, so the Americans probably lied about other things too." The claim that the Doolittle Raid made the Japanese realize they needed to give up was also blatantly untrue. It was bad on their morale, but it's still not true. Shoot, the timeline should make people realize it's untrue. I won't get into that further because I'm sure you know about that already. To top it off, one of the goofs listed was that they butchered FDR's speech to the country, adding some things and eliminating others. I think they said there were only one or two lines that weren't changed. Suddenly all the criticisms against Michael Bay don't seem nearly harsh enough.

I did hear a cool story a while back, though. Japan was ready to surrender, but there was a group which either hadn't heard or didn't care, so they attempted an ill-fated attack. Some people under General MacArthur (I think) said, "Oh, they must not be surrendering after all. What should we do? Should we renew our assault?" MacArthur was smart enough to know that if this were a fluke, and they started the fighting again over it, the fighting would last indefinitely and cost countless lives, so he told them, "No, it may just be a fluke. Let's keep the ceasefire for now and see what happens." Sure enough, Japan surrendered and MacArthur prevented needless fighting. We need more wise people like that.

Is it funny or sad when these plagiarists can't even write their bragging, full of baloney interviews and summaries properly? Did he miss that day in first grade when they taught that you need to capitalize the beginning of sentences?

"Yeah, just take the picture in the shower. I'll sure that'll look good."

I found this clip recently. I'm pretty sure that even this is more respectful and true to life than Bay's Pearl Harbor movie (not to mention anything this new plagiarist is claiming. Raidra (talk) 23:19, October 22, 2017 (UTC)

Wroth with Eli
What's sad is there are people who don't think they're racist because they don't think racism exists. They talk about how racism doesn't exist in America (or, as a variant, talk about how they're not racist) and then, just to show how unjustified claims of racism are, talk about how other races are ruining everything. ~shakes head~

Oh, stonefish are bad, from what I hear. :-0 I wonder how many people each year die from venomous fish as opposed to sharks. There's all kinds of fascinating and sometimes terrifying sea life/aquatic life. There's a user on here named Bringer of the Light who knows a lot about creepy fish, so they'd be a good resource for aspiring venomous fish creepypasta writers. The way I worded that makes it sound like the venomous fish are trying to write creepypastas, but you know what I mean.

~rubs head at Eli Roth's excuse~ So, wait, your excuse for being ignorant is that other people are ignorant? Gee, I can't imagine why! I wonder how many people thought that Slovakia was just a country that Roth made up (like Latveria in Marvel Comics and Qurac in DC Comics). There are real places, like Transylvania and Timbuktu, that a lot of people mistakenly think are fictional. "They may be donkeys, but they're donkeys with morals!" X-D I also loved how he burst out laughing when he said he was getting back to the "plot".

I've had some bad experiences the last couple days that reminded me why I hate most YouTube comments sections so much. However, I did find this this hilarious video by BlackCriticGuy. I noted, "Sadly this will still be more historically accurate than that terrible Pearl Harbor movie."

I think that's right. I forget how it works exactly, but there's something that says you have the rights to your unpublished work, so someone can't steal a manuscript and collect royalties on it. Also, there's the matter of him falsely claiming authorship. I don't think he has any legal rights at all.

"You can check it out on my site!" "All right, what's the address?" "Oh, you actually aren't able to look at the site. It doesn't work." "..."

I don't think I want to look at his Twitter or anything like that. He seems like the kind of guy you'd leave a restaurant to get away from. I'd rather read something the venomous fish wrote than anything this guy puts out.

I think Beatrix Potter, the creator of Peter Rabbit, self-published too. It is sad that the genuinely great content is overshadowed by the creeps and the paranoiacs.

Here's one of my Pokemon thoughts. I was surprised to learn that Tornadus is the only pure Flying-type Pokemon. Why are most of the regional birds (the Pidgey line, the Spearow line, the Hoothoot line, etc.) Normal-Flying? There's the benefit of making them immune to Ghost-type attacks, but that's pretty much it. If they're part Normal because they're based on ordinary animals, then why not make Seel, Squirtle, and Magikarp Normal-Water, or Vulpix and Ninetales Normal-Fire? I don't mind a Normal-some other thing typing. I just don't understand why there's only one pure Flying-type. Any thoughts? Raidra (talk) 15:59, October 26, 2017 (UTC)

Boy Meets Wonder Years
March of the Fish Who Are Better Writers than E.L. James (or Whatever That Disgusting Freak's Name Is)

Calling a movie better and more logical than The Emoji Movie is the very definition of cursing with faint praise. ;-)

Oh, my gosh, I remember writing on the same kind of paper when I was in elementary school! I'm having paper nostalgia. "If you don’t care about the characters (i.e you find them to be bland, boring, and/or unlikable), why would you want to read about what happens to them?" So in other words you have the opposite viewpoint of Eli "I can make torture porn! Wheeee!" Roth. That's good. Your page is leagues above Emmering's because not only was it written properly and non-pretentiously, but you're also not a faker.

I must say that so far it's very well written. If I didn't know better, I'd think it really was a page from the Lost Media Wiki.

That's interesting, though it looks like the changes they made were really weird. Then again, the changes 4Kids made to the anime they dubbed were ludicrous. Anime America had a segment in which they showed the clip of Brock holding the rice balls while declaring, "These doughnuts are great! Jelly-filled are my favorite! Nothing beats a jelly-filled doughnut!" and one of the members (I think it was Shannon) replied, "That's not a doughnut. You know that's not a doughnut!" Have I ever told you about how 4Kids once altered a scene of people eating soup? "In late 2012, the contents of a California storage locker rented by Raymond Lacovacci of Toon Makers were sold after he was arrested on physical battery charges." Wow, that got dark... As for the live-action, TheMysteriousMrEnter just released a video about annoying cartoon cliches, and one of them was Disney doing that. I agree with both of you that it's a bad idea. You make a great point, and Enter also noted that there was already a darker version of Alice in Wonderland (American McGee's Alice), so Disney wasn't even being original.

That's understandable. I think one way to remember is The Wonder Years uses a lot of pop songs. In fact, the series wasn't able to be released on home video for a long time because of some issue with the song rights. I think they finally worked it out and it's available on DVD now. I don't understand why you wouldn't want your song to be on a show released on video because that just gets promotion for your songs and albums. Raidra (talk) 18:46, October 27, 2017 (UTC)

Naked Came the Gurgie
Mr. Enter said the same thing, also wondering why it was that most of the Disney remakes are for films that came out within the last twenty-five or so years. Personally I don't understand making "dark, edgy" remakes of Alice, Snow White, etc. when you could remake The Black Cauldron. :-/ Phantom Strider had Gurgie on his list of the top six worst Disney characters, noting that Gurgie did such a bad job of being a sidekick that he actually became an antagonist. He also notes that the only reason he tagged along is he wanted a piece of fruit. I thought, "Well, then, they should have just given him the apple and left." I guess Gurgie was simply added because Disney had its trend of giving the hero a funny animal sidekick, but he was so annoying that it failed completely.

Remember I recently talked about not liking the Beauty & the Beast remake? Strider also made a list of movies a lot of people liked, but he didn't, and that one was on there. I left a comment noting, "No offense to its fans, but I'm always glad to see someone admit they don't like the Beauty and the Beast remake. I think there are a lot of people who claim they think it's great when they really don't because it seems 'hip' to gush about how great it is.  If you genuinely like it, that's fine.  I just don't like people falsely claiming they like something just to seem cool.  However you feel about a film, be honest about how you feel.  Also, I knew there were going to be issues when I saw a toy and saw they had put Mrs. Potts's face on the side.

The sad thing about The Matrix is there are people who think it's real. There's even something called 'The Matrix defense' for people who committed crimes, then claimed they thought they were in the Matrix and that's why they were compelled to commit their crimes. " My comment got a heart from Strider as well as 34 likes, so people like something I said.  It's aggravating when people gush about a movie just because other people are, and I give kudos to people who admit they didn't like a popular movie.  Some movies people talk about, and then you forget they existed in a few years because it was all hype.  You know what's even worse?  Getting attacked for not liking a movie.  Say you don't care about Moonlight, and you get accused of being racist, homophobic, etc.  Say you don't care about the Ghostbusters remake (which was widely panned by critics and viewers alike), and you get accused of being sexist.  I guess we're discriminatory against people who wear hats because we're not fans of the new Alice movies?  It's bad enough when someone's a phony who gushes about a film they don't really care about, but trashing someone's character to boot is atrocious.

That's a very smart idea, and it makes me wonder why 4Kids never tried that. I mean, they changed a gun into a slingshot in One Piece, so why not turn a gun into a tranquilizer gun? Have you heard of the infamous Yu-Gi-Oh edit in which they changed people aiming handguns to people pointing their fingers? It's just baffling that 4Kids made edits like that, but couldn't be bothered to change that Pokemon episode so it could be broadcast.

It's interesting that Germany would have such a good One Piece opening because their version of the Naruto opening is widely considered to be one of the worst anime openings.

I think that was used as the theme song, and you're right; it's a great fit for the show. It's like the peanut butter and jelly of TV shows and theme songs.

Definitely. Naked Came the Stranger doesn't make itself out to be something it's not (It knows it's a smutty novel satirizing smutty novels), and the writers weren't sick, pretentious fangirls. Yesterday I came across an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (called "Twenty-Five Steps", or something like that) which apparently combined Fifty Shades of Grey with the Bill O'Reilly sex scandal. Weird. Raidra (talk) 13:09, October 30, 2017 (UTC)

Howdy
Hi! I was thinking about you the other day, but I ended up getting pulled away from my computer before I could message you~ I can't believe it has been a month or so since we've talked! I've been really busy with lots of stuff, mainly work. It seems like I always have a ton of stuff to do on my days off, bleh. I did manage to finish my contest entry for Humboldt's 2017 Werewolf Contest tho! I placed 6th out of 14th, I believe: That Moon of Mine (I didn't focus too much on making it creepy. But, I'm super happy with how it turned out and Humboldt's review left me overwhelmingly satisfied :D)

I also got to go see Jigsaw (Saw 8) with my friend the other day. It looks like the film is going to under-perform at the box office, which is super unfortunate because it is my 2nd favorite Saw film. There were five other people at the screening my friend and I went to, and that was on the day the film came to theaters. Oh, a couple brought in their five year-old. He was well-behaved, but that was really stupid of them to take him to see such a film. I did almost die laughing when I heard him say, "Ew. That's gross." in response to the first death of the film (someone got partially decapitated by a saw) tho.

How are you? Did they ever figure out what was wrong with that stupid program that wouldn't let anyone submit their work? You up to anything fun? Pursuing any new projects? Buckle up!  I'm going to be popular  22:52, October 31, 2017 (UTC)


 * They wanted it to be the start of a new series/a bit of a reboot. Like, they wanted an out in regards to having to do flashbacks to previous films in the franchise and wanted to cut ties to having to address that story (Amanda, Hoffman, Jill, and Dr. Gordon). I agree that they should have called it 'Saw 8' though. Most people in general probably don't even know that it is a 'Saw' movie.


 * *High fives* I've been trying to do something with Vampires, a different take on their lore, but it hasn't been working out. There's always next time :D Sometimes I name my chapters and sometimes I don't. Coming up with names is really hard for me, especially in terms of characters.


 * Yeah, Mel Brooks is one of the absolute best when it comes to films. You ever watch 'Everybody Loves Raymond'? Frankenstein's Monster in 'Young Frankenstein' is played by Peter Boyle, the actor that plays Frank in 'Everybody Loves Raymond'. He's one of my favorites, such a shame he never got the Hollywood Star he deserved. Also, Gene Wilder is another casting choice you can't ever go wrong with.


 * Believe it or not, I still haven't seen 'The Babadook'. I did just finish watching a film called 'The Founder' a couple of hours ago. It stars Michael Keaton and is about McDonald's and how it turned into a franchise. It's really good and I highly recommend that you - and everyone ever- watch it XD I went in not knowing about McDonald's history, so it was quite a ride for me.


 * Have you seen the trailer for Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon? GameFreak is going all out on the final handheld Pokemon game. 400 catchable Pokemon, all the legendaries, and all the villain bosses (who came from different dimensions where they succeeded in their goals) that are teamed up under the banner of Team Rainbow Rocket - led by Giovanni who has Mewtwo - quite the adventure it seems like. It went from me being disinterested to planning on buying shortly after release, ha ha. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  02:06, November 4, 2017 (UTC)


 * I think it will be for a while at least - until the next handheld. Gamefreak has stated that it has to do with the 3DS not being powerful enough. Sun and Moon had some really bad lag in spots because it couldn't be handled properly. But, Gamefreak had said they thought they were at the absolute limit of the 3DS with X and Y, then they got Sun and Moon to work and barely managed to get Ultra Sun and Moon to. I would love being able to skip the tutorial.


 * Most of the games I want don't come out until next year, unfortunately. I think Cuphead is going to get a physical edition soon, would be surprised if it didn't. I prefer physical over digital as well. I can hold it and it is less likely to disappear. If it does, then someone likely fought me for it and half-assedly earned it, as opposed to hacking an account that has it or the account it is associated with being accidentally deleted (I still own a crap ton of digital games).


 * Be careful if you plan to get published, not sure how copyright works, but that could potentially land you in trouble. A neat reference though.


 * Batman uses his charisma for good tho :'( Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  02:31, November 9, 2017 (UTC)

Fifty Shades of Plot Holes
I don't watch much either, at least with modern crime dramas. I'll watch things like the original Hawaii 5-O and classic Law & Order, but I'm not a fan of the recent shows. One thing that irritates me about modern crime dramas is how they like to show the police doing things that are clearly immoral and against people's rights, but they expect us to root for them. First off, that's insulting to actual police. Second, it's baffling because a) there have been real-life controversies about police misconduct, so depicting all police as brutal and corrupt only makes things worse, and b) there are numerous times in which they have a suspect who turns out to be innocent (That's some great detective work there!), and so you're watching the police rough up innocent people and expected to cheer for them. Bizarre. Another problem with Law & Order:SUV in recent years is they've done a really bad job of ripping stories from the headlines. The most notable was when they did a mash-up of Trayvon Martin's murder and the Paula Deen racism controversy. Yeah. Some time ago they did a shoddy yet fair episode based on the Slenderman case, and Empy noted, "Have to say, it was better than the episode where Paula Deen shot Taryvon [sic] Martin. It hurts my heart to type that... (Do they just rip stories right out of the headlines now?" If you want to watch a good cop show, there's one called Barney Miller.  It was a comedy, but it sometimes dealt with serious issues too, and it showed the range of what police officers experience (everything from fears a colleague might have been killed to really weird suspects).  I've read that it's one of the most popular police shows among police officers because of the humor, humanity, and realism.

The episode was almost over by the time I found it, so I missed that. I'm glad they did a good job overall and brought up some good points. That is baffling as to why they didn't show the footage. You had video evidence, but you base your argument on trying to get the guy to strangle you in court? Did the writers just forget that plot point, or did they make a conscious choice to do something "dramatic" instead of something that made sense? They could have shown the footage and then have the host make a rambling, ranting speech showing the mindset of people who are warped enough to think it's okay for them to harm others.

That headline would of course be better than anything that writer ever wrote.

Watching a one-hour video explaining why a three-hour movie is terrible is always much less draining than watching the actual terrible three-hour movie. I just realized something- is it safe to say the Titanic movie is why we have that horrible Pearl Harbor movie?

I heard that whole part of the country got storms. I hope things have settled down. "...they're supposed to be sending a new utility pole from Mass..." You can tell a Catholic utility pole from a Protestant utility pole by how they say The Lord's Prayer. Oh, from Massachusetts! Of course! I joke, but I hadn't thought about needing to get poles from another state. I wonder where Ohio's utility poles come from. Raidra (talk) 16:33, November 1, 2017 (UTC)

Your title had better wordplay than mine
I remember when I was little I'd sometimes hear distinctive sounds and music. One night I finally got so curious that I got up and came through to see what show was making those sounds, and that was my first exposure to Law & Order. To let you know how classic the Hawaii 5-O theme is, there was an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 which showed a tidal wave, and one of the robots started humming the theme. X-D

You have a point. I guess they thought, "Hey, both of these things are race-related so they'll go well together!" but it's not always that simple. Another one I find irritating is when they rip off something just to rip off something. You could be watching an episode and then bam, you're watching a tone-deaf rip-off of a news story or controversy you were already sick of hearing about to begin with.

I think so too. They could have also had the host bring up an instance in which SUV thought they had the right suspect and they didn't. A news show host would know about something like that, so it would make sense that he'd use that to try and help his case.

I think we all have words like that. One of mine is the state that Hartford is the capital of (Seriously, why is the second c silent?). I remember when I was in third grade my mind was blown when I found out that in addition to "Australia", there was also a country called "Austria". I have trouble pronouncing a lot of things too. For instance, I know the basketball player's name is Kobe Bryant, but I've often mispronounced it as Colby Bryant. Colby is a real name, but it's also a kind of cheese. One day I got so frustrated that I said, "From now on, I'll just call him 'The Cheese Man'!" Raidra (talk) 23:28, November 1, 2017 (UTC)

Law & Order: Willfully Employing Better Acronyms Department
Dang, I said "SUV", didn't I? I've noticed they use the full title a lot ("Detective Benson, Special Victims Unit"), probably because the actors would keep messing up like I did.

Yay! I've fallen behind on that again, so I have some catching up to do.

I agree. Shortly into reading it I gave up because I thought, "Well, this is stupid!" It's one thing in a live-action movie (The casting choices in The Last Airbender and Gods of Egypt were just baffling), but to say someone shouldn't be allowed to voice a character because they're a certain race? ~shakes head~ I found out that the guy who voices Cleveland on Family Guy (and The Cleveland Show) is white, so are they going to speak out against that too? Anime America talked about whitewashing on their list of the Top Ten Controversies in Anime, and they brought up some interesting points. For one thing, they asked why people didn't have an issue with Japanese actors playing white characters in the live-action adaptation of Full Metal Alchemist. I think whitewashing is an issue, but it's not as big an issue as some people make it out to be. There are actually people who claim Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers was racist because the original Black Ranger was played by an African-American actor and the original Yellow Ranger was played by a Vietnamese-American actress. It doesn't occur to these critics that they were cast because they were the best fits for the part. If they had said, "Oh, he's the right guy for the part, but we shouldn't hire him because he's black and people would make jokes about him being the Black Ranger," that would have more a lot more racist, right? On a lighter note, David Letterman joked about America Ferrera being cast as Ugly Betty, noting, "If you were a homely actress and heard about a show called Ugly Betty, you'd think, 'Oh, I have a chance!' Then they just take an attractive actress and make her look plain.  Wouldn't you be disappointed?"

Austria and Australia- confusing people since the first year that both those countries had the names they do now. Also, there's a country called Georgia. Raidra (talk) 17:17, November 3, 2017 (UTC)

Georgia...Georgia...the whole day through...
Tonight's musical reference is to "Georgia on My Mind" by Ray Charles.

~laughs~ Hollywood greed- uglier than Betty could ever be! Speaking of remakes, Phantom Strider did a list of the worst Netflix cartoons, and number one was the new Magic School Bus cartoon. I learned from that video that the Miss Frizzle in that one isn't supposed to be the same one; it's a relative of the original one. This answers one question while leaving so many more still still unanswered.

Yeah, that's odd. I remember Gaston telling his lackey, "That makes her [Belle] the best! And don't I deserve the best?" Way to be sensitive of your fan club's feelings there, Gaston. I also remember that scene in which he was going to propose to Belle and had the wedding party waiting outside (somehow thinking that Belle would say, "Yeah, I'll marry you! Let's do this!" There he was joking and laughing and the three girls were sobbing openly.  Nobody is an insensitive a-hole like Gaston!  Speaking of looks, I don't think Gaston was that great-looking.  Maybe that was the point, I dunno.

It could be to check for certain things and try to make a diagnosis (I can't rule out the possibility that there are nurses with vomit fetishes, though). I've found out there's something called black vomit, which is dark-colored vomit or a condition which could cause it (usually referring to yellow fever). I've noted it would be bad to have this, but it’d be even worse to have it and end up visiting a jerk doctor.
 * Doctor Jerk- What seems to be the problem?
 * Patient- I think I have black vomit.
 * Doctor Jerk- And why do you think that?
 * Patient- My vomit is black.
 * Doctor Jerk- Hey, hey, who’s the doctor here, hmm? Raidra (talk) 03:15, November 7, 2017 (UTC)

You take the good, you take the bad
Your title made me think of an article debunking police myths people believe thanks to movies and television. One of them was that the insanity defense gets people get away with murder. One of the things they pointed out in debunking that was the insanity defense was attempted in only about one percent of cases, meaning that "more people have tried to pin their crimes on aliens or their evil twin than their own basket-case, shoelace-eating lunacy." It then showed a picture of Gary Busey with the caption, "No, no, it was my brother- Larry Busey!"

Apparently so. In that case they advertised it poorly because a lot of people (including me) were under the impression that it was a reboot. Shoot, if I hadn't watched that Strider video, I'd still be thinking that. Another thing that video said was the original Miss Frizzle made appearances at the ends of episodes to expand on some concept (like the books and the original TV series did). What's the point of the new Miss Frizz, then? I agree that they should have given her a different design. They could have made her look a lot different from the OG Frizz so people wouldn't get confused.

I was going to mention, you know, the red stuff, but then I decided it was a bad idea.

At first I somehow misread that as Malcolm in the Middle became The Facts of Life after season two, so I was confused for a second. I like The Facts of Life too. For one thing, it has one of the best theme songs of any show. Second, it's realistic. There was an episode in which a character's father died, and in the next episode she was still depressed about it. I was impressed that they treated the death of a loved one realistically and didn't just have everything back to normal in the next episode.

Jo and Blair had their conflicts, but you could tell that at the end of the day they really cared about each other as friends. TV writers today need to rewatch that series (as well as some others like Who's the Boss) and take notes on characterization.

I read an article reporting there was a version of Comedy Central in some country which added Malcolm in the Middle to their line-up, and they promoted it with a promo spoiling the ending of Breaking Bad. The article added there are people who theorize that the shows are connected, that Malcolm is either a prequel or a sequel to Bad. I doubt either one is the case, though if Bad were a sequel to Malcolm, then that would be depressing.

Ah, the fake memoir! It's a subject that's sometimes sad and/or infuriating, but which I find oddly fascinating. Looking at the article, I think it's funny that an author of bad fan fiction tried to get a fake memoir published. That's what's known as the publishing house asking for it. Raidra (talk) 16:04, November 8, 2017 (UTC)

Don't Ask Alice
Sometimes you have two good title ideas and have to make a decision.

That's something they pointed out in the article. It showed a picture of a crazed-looking guy in a hospital gown with the caption, "Here's hoping you like white gowns and staph infections!"

A lot of them fall apart very quickly when people begin doing research. Then there are some that are so far out that you wonder why they were ever taken seriously in the first place. I know that truth is often stranger than fiction, but come on, people. You really thought it was plausible that someone fleeing from the Nazis was adopted by a pack of wolves? Really?

Did the book say how Alice is like a teddy bear and loves her biscuits? Seriously, though, I used to know someone who believed that book was real and was gushing about it. Here's some backstory. I thought this girl was my friend, but then she broke off our friendship over a completely imagined wrong. Her version of events is so far removed from reality that it's scary. As I looked back, I realized just how abusive she was to me (I might do a blog about that one day). She would get angry over minor things, and because of that I was afraid to come out and tell her, "Actually, I've found out that that book is fake." I tried to give hints, like saying that she might want to go to Snopes and investigate. This went right over her head. Looking back, she didn't seem to be much interested in what was real or fake anyway.

You know what the sad thing is? There are so many stories from actual drug-addicted teenagers. I don't understand why some people make up drug horror stories because the worst drug horror stories are real. There are even teenage drug addicts who say they started experimenting with drugs because they thought adults were lying about how dangerous and addictive they were, only to discover that they really were dangerous and addictive. It would have been a lot better to interview a number of actual drug users and compile their stories in a book. In college I took a couple classes about addiction, and the textbooks used actual stories and testimonies which were candid and human (and sometimes frightening).

The relationship between Jo and Blair seems more like a family relationship to me. I wasn't familiar with Miko, but now I wonder why she didn't stick around longer too. I hope it wasn't because the producers thought she'd be perceived as an unwelcome addition or a token character. It sounds like Miko is the rarest of creatures- a new character whose tenure was too short-lived. Normally when new characters are introduced they're done so badly that fans shout, "Get out of here! Boo!"

I now think a lot of bad creepypastas could be improved if they replaced the other stuff with Kool-Aid. (dramatically) "Her eye sockets were empty and streaming with Kool-Aid!"

Dang, that's unfortunate! Wasn't he used in some of the promos too? Thanks a lot, movie! Some of the promos I came across it made it seem like he was the main character, which is another reason not to trust promos. Of course, I think we can all agree that this is Bryan Cranston's best work. Raidra (talk) 00:22, November 11, 2017 (UTC)

The Americanization of Amy from Mars
Oh, I've heard that name! Wait, there was a non-white person on Friends? It's interesting to find out what other parts actors played. Late one night I was flipping through the channels and came across the movie Manhunter (a predecessor to The Silence of the Lambs). I watched a couple minutes and thought, "Grissom?" Sure enough, it was William Petersen, who played Grissom on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

What holiday is associated with salted caramel? I would imagine that as being more a summertime treat. Speaking of summer, I remember reading an article when they introduced their cinnamon soda. Someone asked why on earth they thought it was a good idea to introduce a cinnamon soda during the hottest time of the year. I do enjoy a good Jones Soda, though (provided it's a flavor I like). I also enjoy Salted Caramel Puffcorn from Mike-sell's (a potato chip company in Dayton, Ohio). You know who does seasonal drinks right? Steak 'n' Shake. In the fall they have a caramel apple milkshake (something that actually does fit the season). It's good, but you have to eat the caramel with a spoon first because otherwise you'll clog the straw.
 * Pepsi- I'm going to introduce a controversial seasonal soda.
 * Jones Soda- Here, hold my beer.

I think it's worth a try. I've found out there are people working on airships in modern times, so maybe they will make a comeback someday.

Last night I watched one of the earliest episodes of Pokemon Johto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08zhBr1-QrM), and as they were introducing themselves Misty said, "Everybody calls ME Misty!" I thought, "Wait, is...is Misty not her real name?" (I know her original Japanese is Kasumi, or something like that. You know what I mean). Raidra (talk) 23:57, November 13, 2017 (UTC)

The Fake McKoi
The Jones Soda flavors I've had taste like what they were supposed to (For instance, the Green Apple one tasted just like a green apple, and the Blue Bubblegum one tasted just like bubble gum), so I'm confident that if anyone can make soda that tastes like Turkey and Gravy, it's them. I'd be tempted to try the Pumpkin Pie one, though I'd be scared of some of the other Thanksgiving-themed ones. Deluxe drink machines, yay! :-D A couple places around here have those. Our Burger King got remodeled a couple years ago and they put in one of those. It's awesome to be able to get a strawberry Fanta or a Dr. Pepper with a shot of vanilla if you're in the mood. They also added a TV. I was there one day and the TV was showing CNN political news. I gave the workers a laugh when I told them I was just going to watch the soda machine because that was more interesting.

It's cool to learn about things like that. It turns out that Japan isn't the only culture with flower-flavored treats. I've found out that one of the original LifeSavers flavors was violet. I guess that was popular at one point. I wonder if Japan has sakura-flavored soda too. ~quick Google check~ Yep!

Dang, that Jezebel headline was harsh! "So Obama just gave them a few flakes?" "Yes. These ceremonial Koi fish are very sensitive to foo-" X-D

Speaking of Snopes, something I saw recently made me think of this-https://www.snopes.com/business/origins/mcdspoon.asp. This is why we can't have anything nice.

That's understandable. Just remember to take some time for yourself. I've had a cold for the last week, so I'll be spending a lot of time indoors. Raidra (talk) 19:21, November 16, 2017 (UTC)

It's the Caffeine-free Coke Show!
That's a good question. I think it was the size of the spoon. Getting spoons from McDonald's might not leave a paper trail, but the thing is they're going to remember some creepy guy constantly coming in and grabbing a bunch of spoons, so nothing is really gained.

I forget what it was, but there was something recently that just made me think, "Are you serious?" Some things you hear about and just find yourself looking back and forth like, "Is anybody else hearing this?"

Speaking of ads, I once saw a vintage poster on eBay advertising cocaine tooth drops or some similar medicine. That in and of itself is unsettling, but this was just bizarre. It had a couple black children playing dice in an alley while a number of smiling dogs spied on them from the top of a picket fence. Yeah. It was still less creepy than that Life Savers ad, though. By the way, in case you were wondering, "Wait, what were you searching for that you came across that?" I was looking for a certain collectible. One of my college textbooks, in talking about how acceptable cocaine and morphine use were decades ago, had a picture of a drug kit. It looked like a flask and it had a vial of cocaine, a vial of morphine, and a hypodermic needle. It said people used to be able to buy those from catalogues. I was curious as to whether an artifact like that could be found on eBay (minus the drugs, obviously). You know what they did have on eBay? A set of those McDonald's spoons.

I saw the title "8 Ways To Eat Sakura" and thought, "Holy cow, you've thought about this, haven't you?" Is it wrong to say that in retrospect I should have known one of them would be tea? It is good to know which plants are edible. I got some rosewater at an international grocery some time ago and still need to try it.

That's good (about the film doing a good job). I'm surprised that that expression is so old. I think maybe the band No Doubt popularized it.

You seem smart, smarter than a lot of people, because you check Snopes and you know can't trust Fox News, MSNBC, or Facebook. You can't trust memes, either. It's sad that some people do. "Oh, that group is horrible and stupid!" "Why, have you had experience with them?" "No, but I saw a meme that told about them!" "You're an idiot." Raidra (talk) 02:13, November 20, 2017 (UTC)
 * I apologize for not responding earlier; things have just been hectic the last couple of days. I appreciate your patience and everything.  I'll give a proper response when I can, but until then, Happy Thanksgiving! :-D Raidra (talk) 00:10, November 24, 2017 (UTC)

Lagging Pokemon
I think the lagging might have had to do with the 3D features, but I also have a launch model of the 3DS. Maybe everyone experiencing that issue has the launch day 3DS'? I haven't got Ultra Sun or Moon yet. I spent way too much on Black Friday, like $180, but I got around 10 games for it and some of them were brand new (I skipped out on Cyber Monday). Did you partake in Black Friday? I don't do the whole store thing on that day anymore, online stuff tends to be cheaper and comes with no risk of getting stampeded XD Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  00:38, November 30, 2017 (UTC)


 * Does YW use sprites? Maybe it's a sprite vs handdrawn thing. I really have no idea myself XD


 * I do think it will die off. I saw it this year, actually. When I went to my local Walmart it was practically dead (well, it was for a Black Friday). I ended up not buying anything from there and did all of my purchasing on Steam and Xbox.


 * That's the most sensible way to determine which version to buy :D I buy based upon the title, lol (I usually get both).


 * I found out yesterday that we are getting a Batman anime next year. Here are links to the trailers (with subtitles - because, yes, they are voiced in Japanese):   I don't know who asked for this, but I approve.  Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  13:08, December 2, 2017 (UTC)


 * As one of the YouTube comments so eloquently put it, "Justice was served!"


 * I always like it when I find people that can sing/do songs better than their original source.

Pickles likes to sing Anime songs and openings, she does a better job than a lot of the source material in my opinion:. Buckle up!  I'm going to be popular  02:04, December 7, 2017 (UTC)

Japanese pancake conveyor line
Thank you, I appreciate that. :-) Things have been busy around here.

From what I've heard she's probably using it to seem hip, or edgy, or whatever. I'm not sure how much that game popularized it and how much the No Doubt song did.

Your description of episode ten answers a question I had. Personally I don't understand why some people decide to make a protagonist unlikable. What's the sense in creating a protagonist that makes the audience boo any time he or she survives?

I gather from your predictions that a lot of things in the game are "satire". It seems like ever since the 1970s (maybe even before) there have been people who have a lot of sex and gore in their work and claim, "Oh, it's a satire/symbol/statement!" Have there been works like that which actually are satire/symbols/statements? Yes. Does that mean that everyone claiming that has a valid claim? No. "Chloe will then floor it out of there and it will cut to a sequence where you find out that the stomping is coming from Bigfoot and you have to outrun him, which will 'pay homage' to that scene in Jurassic park where the characters have to outrun the T-Rex with the Jeep." That reminds me of this section of the Wikipedia article on Rugrats Go Wild. "Among the biggest hype this movie received was Bruce Willis voicing Spike, and the use of 'Odorama' cards to enhance the viewing experience. Burger King and Blockbuster released a scratch and sniff piece of cardboard that was to be scratched and sniffed during the run of the movie. There were many complaints, however, that the only thing that the 'Odorama' cards smelled like was cardboard. The Odorama card was somewhat of an homage to John Waters' (decidedly adult-oriented) film Polyester. Despite the homage, Waters felt he was ripped off and realized that New Line Cinema, the studio that released Polyester, didn't renew the copyright for Odorama. He later said that 'a cheque would have been an homage'." Speaking of homages, you know the rolling boulder scene from Indiana Jones? I've heard it was inspired (at least partly) by a scene from a Scrooge McDuck comic.

I don't get why her high heels had laces in the back, but that was still a good commercial. I think you accidentally posted the link for the first video when talking about the second one, but I think I found it. Were those really 100 Japanese maids, or just 100 cosplayers? Either way it was interesting (albeit a little creepy in the last ten seconds or so). Those were some good commercials, attention-grabbing and to the point. I wish there were more commercials like that instead of the idiotic dreck polluting the airwaves today.

I recently found a video with 4 disturbing ads from the 90s. I actually remember seeing these (though some are more familiar than others). By the way, have you seen that creepy video claiming to be a compilation of Japanese McDonald's commercials? I can find the video if you want.

It's surprising that it would be partially lost, especially given what the purpose of the show was. Raidra (talk) 02:17, November 30, 2017 (UTC)

Life is Strange and We're Adding Observations to Titles Now, Apparently
That's another reason not to play the game- there are enough brats in real life who are protected from any consequences. Well, they're protected from consequences until college, and then suddenly they find there are consequences and they panic. If someone made a video game in which the protagonist is a spoiled, overly sheltered brat who suddenly finds that actions have consequences and people in the real world don't care about your ego, would that be better or worse than Life Is Strange: Before the Storm and That's Not My Mom and I Don't Even Care if I Have the Title Right or Not?

YouTuber ProZ has a video about when choices in video games don't matter. The bottom line is his sidekick gets killed regardless of which option he chooses. ProZ has a lot of funny videos spoofing things in video games and anime, like this one. Remember to have a scene with Chloe and Rachel catching children in the rye.

I agree. It's one thing to have a protagonist start out unlikable, but then improve, and another to have one that's a jerk the whole way through. Speaking of writing, another issue I've heard discussed is handling powerful characters. There are some characters that are overpowered, but still have personalities and setbacks, and then there are overpowered characters that are just lazily written Mary Sues/Gary Stus. People talk about this in anime and superhero comics, but there are a lot of crappypasta characters who fit in the latter category too.

Cartoon Network once did something like that. In the 1990s they had a cartoon called Cow & Chicken, and one week they had a promotion called "Smelly Telly". You sent in a postcard saying you wanted to participate and they sent you a numbered scratch & sniff card. I think there were sixteen different scents. Two of them smelled bad (smoke/exhaust and some kind of meat/flesh), but the others were pretty good. I wonder what I ever did with the card. As for Spy Kids 4, there really are some movies that just sink without a bubble, as well as sequels so obscure that you're surprised to learn they even exist.

A rejected title for this post was "The Pancakeboy Club". Here's the creepy compilation I was talking about- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCu_9GoTJI. Some say these are real commercials and some say they're spoofs, so I don't know what the real story is. All I know is that the fake Ronald is under someone's bed at one point, and people find these clips to be creepy, funny, or both. Raidra (talk) 21:07, December 2, 2017 (UTC)

Life is Strange: I'm Glad I Didn't Buy This
My gosh. There...There are so many wisecracks and cheap shots to make against that stupidity that I don't know where to begin. When it comes to Metacritic, I guess we know what the writers of My Super Ex-Girlfriend are doing now. See, a few years ago there was a widely panned movie called My Super Ex-Girlfriend. Uma Thurman plays a superheroine who goes ballistic when her ex starts dating a new girl. Gee, way to be a great role model there! The most infamous scene is when she goes to the apartment where the two are and throws a living great white shark at them. Yeah. Think about the stupidity of that scene. First off, the shark isn't going to live unless it's returned to water shortly afterwards, which probably isn't going to happen because the character obviously doesn't care. Shoot, that poor shark was probably gasping in fear and agony the whole trip from the ocean to the apartment. Second, that would most likely kill the couple. Even if the shark is unable to attack, the weight of it would crush someone. Taking a quick look at the summary on Wikipedia, the film is even stupider than that scene indicates. Apparently the writers thought abusive relationships, portraying women as violent, demeaning, and emotionally unstable monsters, and callous attacks on life for petty reasons would be entertaining. Based on that, I think it's safe to say that they must be the ones giving this piece of excrement game positive reviews.

It was in the US, but it might have been in the UK too. I recently found out that Cartoon Network in the UK (and maybe some other countries) has a better schedule than Cartoon Network in the US. Come on, American CN, get your act together! ~sighs~ Raidra (talk) 14:16, December 6, 2017 (UTC)

Close the window, I feel a draft
Hello! I'm okay. I'm sorry if I made you worry or made you think I was avoiding you. I just haven't been very active on wikis lately. How are you doing?

I like what you've written so far. I think the part with the fog is now clearer since in the initial draft I wasn't sure of they were in or out of the building. Hopefully the SEO tinkering and the fanfiction blog will hope bring in readers. You actually write good Pokemon stories and not this weird dreck going around.

I understand your pros and cons, and think your approach would have worked well. I actually haven't read the remake yet, but I know the comments section has some idiocy. For instance, some fangirl named RosySable left a ranting post calling for people to rise up against the remake to "protect the Original Stories of the Pastas" because "They are and were real people, their stories were great as is." That's just sad. Then a vandalizing brat named Thehightempered girl edited the story to claim credit and left a comment saying, "Thank's For Giving Credit to meh!! <3" Yeah- she couldn't even spell the word "me" properly. I told her, "Nobody gave you credit. You vandalized the story yourself and gave yourself false credit. Please stop vandalizing stories. It's not cute or funny." She later got a ban for vandalizing stories. There was also a guy who claimed to be Joseph Stalin and who started insulting me after I made a harmless joke. He left me a long post in Russian. I didn't translate it (since that would require me caring), but Diex said it was a threat to send Russian spies after me. Christian promptly banned Stalin for threatening me and Stalin hasn't been seen since (I haven't been poisoned with polonium-210 yet either). Interestingly enough, a guy named Death's Insanity is one of the most sane commentators in that comments section.

Poor Roy. :-( I remember hearing that about the FAFSA too. I don't see the need for the draft because there are always people who step up.  All the draft does is create draft dodgers.  Back in the 1970s there was a proposal for something called the Equal Rights Amendment.  I don't know what it was supposed to do exactly, but feminists gushed that it was great.  It got a lot of support, but then someone realized that if it were passed, then women would be susceptible to being drafted too.  Suddenly everyone was opposed to it and it failed.  Don't you think you should find out what a bill actually says before shouting that it's great and people are sexist if they don't support it?

Did I tell you my thoughts on how education in the Pokemon World, at least when it comes to geography, must be severely lacking, or did I just think it? Raidra (talk) 01:24, December 17, 2017 (UTC)

untitled
I'm going to be gone dealing with some stuff (rough estimate: between a few months to a year). I look forward to reading your complete works upon my return. Take care and best of luck in your courses. A bientot. Buckle up!  I'm going to be popular  02:29, December 20, 2017 (UTC)

Hilariously little wind alert
Actual fan reaction to Doom's extended leave of absence- https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/pokemon/images/b/bb/Weezing_and_Arbok_crying.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110911124258

Speaking of lost media, here's something I've been wanting to mention, but kept forgetting. Years ago there was a sports show which I refer to as "Best Darn". Best Darn was a popular show and had a number of Top 50 countdown shows. Then it ended. In recent years I've discovered that websites that used to have the lists (basic text versions of the countdowns) no longer seem to exist. Maybe I can find them with the Wayback Machine or something, but if you try the original links there's an error message. Also, if you check YouTube, there's very little content. There are a couple full episodes of countdown shows, and clips with segments from a few other countdowns, but that's it. It's weird to me that this show was so popular, or seemed to be, and yet it's very difficult to find their Top 50 countdowns in any form on the Internet. Luckily I have some print-outs of a few lists from when the website still existed, and several episodes on tape. I'll have to hook up the VCR because I'm feeling nostalgic and can't find the countdowns anywhere else.

"...a hipster serial killer..." What, does he wear a hat? (I know not all hipsters wear hats, and not all hat-wearers are hipsters) I didn't read it, but I saw a link to an article saying the game would change people's lives, or something like that. I agree; my life was changed just from what you've told me. It caused me to realize that no matter how weird or stupid anything I write or draw may be, it'll always be better than anything they came up with for that game. It's like the review someone gave for the movie Alone in the Dark. The review claimed that the makers of other bad films could now hold their heads high and think, "At least I didn't make Alone in the Dark!"

Exactly.

A Choose Your Own Adventure-type game, huh? Sounds neat! It's also good to see a statement about someone's relative working for Nintendo and it not be some twerp making false claims of insider information. I've been knocking around the idea of making a choose your own adventure creepypasta, but we'll see what happens. Here's something I found recently- doctors diagnosing the injuries from Home Alone and Home Alone 2.

I don't get that either, especially with there being Pokemon that can only be captured in the morning or during the day. Thinking about it, my comment about not knowing geography seems to be just the anime. Ash is always so surprised to find that there's another region. My gosh, Ash, have you not ever seen a world map or globe in your whole freaking life? (I know people in the real world can't know about a region until the developers create it, but presumably the people in the Pokemon world know about different regions even if they're introduced decades apart in real life) They could introduce new regions in a way that doesn't make Ash look so stupid. I really wish they'd make a Pokemon world map. It'll need to be updated every new generation, but that's fine. There have been really great maps people have made of all the regions from the first four generations (including the side games and anime filler), and there are maps of the regions introduced since then, but no one seems to have combined them so far. Here's hoping someone creates one soon. Raidra (talk) 23:28, December 20, 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas: After the Candy Storm
Thank you, and you too! I hope you've had a good one! :-D I got a couple GameStop gift cards, so that'll go towards a game and something to play it on. What will that game be? Not anything in the Life is Strange series, that's for sure!

"In reality, Jefferson is a cold individual who cares very little for others, with an obscure obsession to capture the frame of 'innocence' in others." If he's obsessed with innocence, then why in blazes is he interested in our sociopathic protagonists?!

It sounds like Pokemon has more realistic choices than Before the Storm. I don't know what game it was, but I saw a video with a clip of some guy getting frustrated with a game and yelling, "If you've given up, then so do I!" It sounds like the people who made Before the Storm gave up long ago, if they even tried in the first place. "Oh, I'll stay with Mikey! That way we can put up a united front against Damon and Drew won't get hurt!" (Player watches in horror as Drew gets badly hurt)

I feel the same way. Raidra (talk) 03:28, December 26, 2017 (UTC)

Life Is Strange: I Don't Know If That's the Real Title
It's getting to where when you tell me the names of the sections of the game, I wonder if that's the real title or if you're just throwing words together (and I don't blame you).

I'm glad both Christmases went well. I hope you have fun with the games. Are you going to hoard all the Rowlet this time too?

Recently I found a video Screen Rant did with dark theories about the original two Home Alone movies. They range from ones that actually make some sense (Kevin's dad being a crime boss, Uncle Frank making sure Kevin was left behind on purpose because he hated him, the McAllister family being a cult, and Mr. Duncan and The Pigeon Lady once being a couple, but breaking up because she couldn't have children) to ridiculous ones (such as John Candy's character being the Devil :-/). Raidra (talk) 21:49, December 27, 2017 (UTC)

Mind the gap
I see his point. Have you ever heard of the 1980s show Highway to Heaven? It had an angel (played by Michael Landon) and a human (played by Victor French) travel around the country helping people. One of the best episodes starred Dick Van Dyke as a hobo and street performer named Wally, and it dealt with some serious issues. It opened up noting that there were many reasons that people might end up on the street, but a lot of people didn't think about that because it was easier to label them bums. Wally used the money he received to help others. One of them was a woman in a mental health facility, and Wally explained that the reason she went insane was she was sexually abused by her own father. I was surprised that a show from the eighties would touch on such a serious issue, but I feel it was handled well. It would be interesting to know what the writing process on Home Alone 2 was like. Maybe they wanted to do a more serious story, but were told not to, or maybe it was the opposite.

That's pretty good, and like you said, it gives it more depth. I feel that this could be established in a family film if done tactfully enough.

"You was here last night too, wasn't ya?" "Yes... sir, I was." "You was here, and you was smoochin' with my brother!" "...I'm terribly sorry, sir, I'm afraid you're mistaken." Have you tried asking Dr. Frank? If there's a video like that already, he's your best lead for finding it. Next of Ken had a video with 20 times Tim Curry was a legend. Moments fifteen and eleven are from Home Alone 2, though number three made me laugh too.

Everybody loves Rowlet. Raidra (talk) 04:07, December 29, 2017 (UTC)

Buying an escalator to Heaven
In trying to find more information on that episode I mentioned, I found a Highway to Heaven fan page. One comment started, "I'm not a Christian..." and I thought, "Neither was Michael Landon. What's your point?"

I agree. If you're subtle, you can have a line that children and adults will interpret in different ways. The children won't think much of it, but the adults will understand the deeper meaning. I'm referring to more adult topics rather than dirty jokes, though those have appeared in shows for a younger audience too. There was an episode of Batman: The Animated Series that was set in the Old West, and the crimefighter told his quarry that he was after him "for what [he] did to that girl." To me that implies a sexual assault, but it's up to the viewer to interpret the line, and younger viewers will understand that the villain did something very bad. I also agree that it would make sense for an adult character to censor things for a child character.

"If you ask me, I think he's an actual skeleton who wears 1930's gangster clothing and talks with a Brooklyn accent." X-D I believe ya, but my Tommy gun don't! (takes out Tommy gun) Luckily for his would-be victims, Bony Bob can be appeased with a good joke. By the way, is it just me, or does your theory on Bony Bob's appearance sound like it would make a good Goosebumps cover?

There was a notable episode with Archie and "Meathead" trapped in a basement all night. I was going to discuss this, but then I decided that would be spoiling it. Let me know if you want me to talk about it or if you'd rather watch it yourself first. Bravo had a countdown of the 100 Greatest TV Characters and Archie Bunker was number one. Sadly there aren't a lot of characters like that anymore because nowadays its popular to have characters be one-dimensional and cliched, even stereotypical, instead of giving them depth.

I know what you mean. A lot of times lately I've found myself thinking, "What was it I wanted to mention?" I'm glad the girl got a lengthy sentence and this wasn't like one of those bad Law & Order:SVU episodes in which the attacker is released from jail with no issues. It sounds like she's finally back to reality instead of living in a creepypasta fantasy world. Hopefully she can change her life for the better. I feel bad for the victim because she has some deep psychological scars to deal with.

(laughs and fires spray of bullets) Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal! (more laughter and gunfire) And a happy New Year! (gunshot) Raidra (talk) 01:17, January 1, 2018 (UTC)

Life Is Sarcastic: You Didn't Think We Enjoyed This, Did You?
Have you ever heard of the 1980s children's show Fraggle Rock? There was an episode in which three of the main characters were transported back in time to Fraggle Rock's early days. While the early inhabitants spoke English, they also had another language. One of the main characters said something and one of the residents started laughing. She checked her book and found that she had said a couple ordinary words/terms (One was hat rack and I don't remember the other). She asked, "What's so funny about that?" and he replied, "It's your accent!" before laughing again. Speaking of "What did they say?" moments, there was a Johnny Depp film called Dead Man. Wikipedia notes, "Dead Man is generally regarded as being extremely well researched in regard to Native American culture. The film is also notable as one of the rather few films about Native Americans to be directed by a non-native and offer nuanced and considerate details of the individual differences between Native American tribes free of common stereotypes. The film contains conversations in the Cree and Blackfoot languages, which were intentionally not translated or subtitled, for the exclusive understanding of members of those nations, including several in-jokes aimed at Native American viewers. The Native character was also played by an Indigenous American actor, Gary Farmer, who is a Cayuga." That's nice and all, but not translating the language is purposely excluding most members of the audience.

I know what you mean, and it can be tempting to think, "Oh, another film set in New York City! How original!" I think it's because the city has become such a cultural icon. Part of it may have to do with the proximity of Ellis Island, which was the port of entry for many immigrants to America. That's one reason the city is a cultural melting pot. There are also a lot of institutes of art and culture, so that may be a factor too. I'd like to see more movies set in small towns. There was a movie called Fire Down Below which was set in Jackson, Kentucky (in Breathitt County). I can tell you for a fact that Jackson is real because my parents are from there, and several of my kinfolk still live there. The weird thing is most of the film was not filmed in Jackson. You can recognize a local pool hall from a brief outside shot, but that's about it.

Maybe the Velma girl thought the mastermind would kill her as a sacrifice if she didn't go along with it. It just goes to show that you need to be careful what kind of people you associate with. Raidra (talk) 03:15, January 4, 2018 (UTC)

The Numbers Were Off
I'm sort of back and sort of not. I hope your holidays were great~ Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  22:12, January 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * I missed out on Pokemon for Christmas, but I did get the new Assassin's Creed and $40 worth of Steam Gift Cards (I bought 20-some things with em).


 * Sorry, I can't help. Although, I actually just bought a tablet a couple of days ago so that I could play Fate Grand Order. I'm not proud of this, but it took me far longer than I care to admit to figure out how to exit the game the right way. I was exiting by going through the settings menu, instead of noticing the buttons that pop up at the bottom of the screen >.> I've never had anything smart screen oriented until the tablet tho.


 * I think you did mention it. Good luck~ Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  07:04, January 12, 2018 (UTC)

Weeping in Seattle
"Wow, we're here inside the Statue of Liberty! Isn't this great?" "Ugh, I'm roasting alive! Ugh!" Seriously, though, I hadn't thought about it, but I'd say it would be hard to air-condition a giant statue. Having a hot outside and a cold inside would probably cause integrity issues with the material, so it's best it doesn't have it.

Sorry for the delay. I've been so off about responding to messages lately that I may have to borrow Doom's talk page disclaimer (with permission, of course).

What's also bad is I get the feeling that sometimes they set a movie in Seattle because it has a reputation of being gloomy. That's probably not fair, but it has a reputation of being rainy and gloomy, so it wouldn't surprise me if there were filmmakers who set their movie in Seattle because of that. Poor Seattle.

It's probably because the writers are so unsure in their writing (or just plain bad) that they feel they have to make a character as shallow and unlikable as possible so people know who they're supposed to root against. Frankly it's insulting to the audience to feel that way, and portraying bullies as something other than human doesn't help anybody either. Like you say, it's possible to create a three-dimensional bully character/antagonist. There was actually a Key & Peele sketch that examined how bullies are often sad and insecure people themselves. It's interesting how comedians often do better jobs of examining societal issues than so-called serious writers. Did I ever tell you about how the strip Funky Winkerbean had a storyline examining bullies?

~rubs temples at line~ My gosh... It's bad enough that they wrote such a stupid line, but they also ripped off lines from the Bible to do it. Raidra (talk) 17:03, January 10, 2018 (UTC)

Make Seattle Great Again
There was a Looney Tunes villain called Nasty Canasta. This has been Did You Know Things Inspired by Card Games Edition!

If I knew that, I had forgotten it. Years ago I had a book about the making of the Statue of Liberty. Sometime I'll have to check and see if I still have it.

That's tough. I'm glad you were able to backup some of it on a computer. People talk about how great technology is, and while it can be, it has its downsides. For instance, when you read a book, you don't have the page suddenly crash for no reason and have to wait for it to decide to reload.

It's a shame there are stereotypes like that. People also talk about Chicago being the Windy City, but there are windier cities. Then again, the "Windy City" moniker may be a reference to the politicians.

Dorkpool has a blog about that. From what I've heard it sounds like it's in extremely poor taste. If the timing is meant to get attention due to it being so close to that terrible crime, then that's really low. I hope the movie bombs.

I know my aunt doesn't think much of Elementary, the show CBS had. Is that even still on? I don't know. What I do know is my aunt wasn't impressed, noting that Sherlock Holmes should not be making the kinds of mistakes the Elementary version was. I stopped paying much again, but I do know the show went downhill the second season because they made too many changes, including adding a new character. Yep! Two seasons in and they decided to make the same mistakes shows make about seven seasons in when the show is clearly dying. "Hey, our show's a big hit, so let's make major changes!"

Planet Dolan did a second video about ridiculous suggestions made by customers, and someone told a place they should stop selling paper "because people might use it as a murder weapon." Maybe that guy read some of my weapons blogs and got the wrong idea. Raidra (talk) 03:33, January 13, 2018 (UTC)

Make Slenderm- eh, who cares?
I don't think it's a matter of proponents thinking it'll curb violence as much a matter of criminals not being able to kill as many people at once. I agree that measures wouldn't be needed if people were more civil to and considerate of each other, though. By the way, it's weird that there are all these regulations about restricting what people can bring on planes, but they still serve alcohol on planes. Drunk people have caused a lot more trouble than full tubes of toothpaste ever could. Do they serve beer in bottles on planes? If so, then that's a disaster waiting to happen right there. I think in the first class section of some planes they'll even serve champagne. Sure, because it's not like rich people ever get drunk and do anything stupid.

Yeah, he needs to go. It's disgraceful that he hasn't been given a worse punishment. Hopefully if people keep making noise YouTube will get the idea. I hadn't wanted to say anything about his fans earlier because I don't like to talk publicly about people's fanships, but I just recently found out how terrible they are. They're responding to people legitimately affected by what Logan did recently by telling them to kill themselves, saying that all Japanese people should die, using racial slurs, etc. Not all of them are like that, but there's a vocal majority that's being absolutely despicable and acting proud of it. I really don't see how advocating genocide is going to make Logan look good or stop the negative feedback, but then again their intelligence level is made clear by the numerous typos in their death threats. I left that comment on a video, and on another I noted, "Not only were the Logan Paul fans who made those offensive comments disrespectful to Tony, but they were also disrespectful to their own fan base and even Logan himself. I'm a fan of some controversial people, and I believe that as a fan the worst things you can do are A) make your fandom and the object of your fanship look horrible by saying and doing bad things, and B) cheer on your idol's self-destructive behavior."

Speaking of the Pewdiepie controversy, there was a stupid news story a few months ago about Melania Trump trying to donate some Dr. Seuss books to a school library. You'd expect the school librarian to say, "Oh, what a thoughtful gift! We appreciate you taking notice of us and promoting child literacy." What actually happened was the librarian said it was racist. Um...WHAT!?!?! Are you freaking kidding me!? Does-Does she not know who Dr. Seuss is?! Does she not know that he wrote The Sneetches, one of the best and most classic anti-racism stories in all of children's literature?! I jokingly thought, "Maybe she heard that Internet joke 'Roses are red, a good candy is Snickers/When you listen to Pewdiepie, you may hear the word...' and thought it was written by Seuss!" Seriously, Trump may be a schmuck, but Melania didn't deserve that. It's sad that an act of giving was responded to with such an unfair attack, and that some school somewhere has what's clearly a raving lunatic as a librarian.

I wondered if he were involved in any way or if they just decided to make a movie without his consent & thumbed their noses at him. Is Slenderman scary? I dunno; I think it's scarier that some school somewhere has a librarian who's an ignorant schmuck who claims Dr. Seuss is racist.

I sometimes listen to music or videos on the tablet and fall asleep, but it's really not good to use electronics so much at night. Raidra (talk) 16:55, January 16, 2018 (UTC)

Raidra- "The comedy event of the year! Two thumbs up!"
Hopefully it won't be like the Harry Potter and Hunger Games movies where they split the last books into two parts. I'd say that won't happen, though, since the movies have (thankfully) been ill-received. They should have gone the Battlefield Earth route. You see, there was this long and boring movie called Battlefield Earth which was based on a book by the founder of Scientology. The movie was actually supposed to be part one of a two-part adaptation, but it was so widely panned that they abandoned making part two. I suppose this means that the movie ended on a cliffhanger, but hardly anyone cared. I'm glad that the Fifty Shades films have gotten so much criticism, but I wish there had been a bigger backlash earlier. Shoot, if more people had complained about the terrible books, maybe the terrible movies wouldn't have been made. Why did it take until the first movie for most people to realize that hey, these books are terrible? :-/

Could be. If so then that's another reason parents should be involved with their children's lives and teach them right from wrong. Your thoughts made me think of a strange incident in the comments section of a video BlackCriticGuy did on the situation (Not just the suicide forest video, but the whole series of video with Logan irritating Japanese people). I don't like to look at comments sections, but I was curious as to what people were saying, and I found something weird. There was a user who made long, ranting posts in defense of Logan and calling the critics bullies, and then the user claimed that someone had hacked his account. He claimed that he and his nine-year-old daughter were the only ones who had access to that account, but that her writing wasn't that good (which wasn't a compliment) and he didn't know who Logan Paul was, so either YouTube or one of Logan's people had hacked into his account to post those messages. He was going to leave those messages up instead of deleting them so everyone could see what had happened (and this would happen how?), and he left replies on the posts to claim again that he didn't say those things. The trouble is his Liked Videos playlist had a couple video by Logan- whom he claimed he had never heard of. Someone pointed this out and said this was evidence that either he or his daughter had made the posts; the user's response was to reply, "I'm done trying to explain myself to you people!" which sounds like the kind of thing people generally say when they get caught dead to rights and don't have any more arguments. I don't know what to make of this other than I think the guy was lying (since he said he didn't know who he was, yet had videos with him on a playlist).

I was going to say more about the library incident, but I really can't top your spoof. That was honestly one of the funniest things I've seen so far this year! X-D Raidra (talk) 04:51, January 18, 2018 (UTC)

Imagine no bad cover versions
I know about bad John Lennon cover versions. When I was in college (2001-2004), there was a John Lennon tribute in which someone absolutely butchered "Jealous Guy" (my favorite John Lennon song). It was so bad that I had to mute it to get through the segment. I think some singers are more concerned about trying to do "their own version" rather than trying to do a good version. That's not respectful to anybody, and it doesn't help their careers either. Saturday Night Live did a funny sketch about bad national anthem singers, though. You know what's really interesting about the sketch? Maya Rudolph's mother actually was a singer. I agree, "New York New York" is awesome. :-D I actually have a Frank Sinatra greatest hits album.

The Scientology Cinematic Universe- we only have one film because it was so poorly received we gave up on making the sequel! It's interesting that you should ask because recently I found a list with movies inspired or supposedly inspired by Scientology. I'm not sure not After Earth, though. I've never seen it, but from what I've heard it's standard sci-fi cliches. Seriously, how many sci-fi movies are there with the hero having to conquer his fears and the environment to survive on a strange and dangerous world?

"One of the most surprising things in this video is that when asked if Logan's behavior is reflective of how the average American acts and percieves Japan, most if not all of the people that were interviewed said no and briefly explained why they thought that." Well, thank goodness for that! I'm glad most of them understand that not all Americans are like that insensitive jerk. Speaking of reflecting on something, when I was in elementary school and we went on field trips, we were told to be on our best behavior because we were representing our school. Apparently a lot of people were never told about putting their best foot forward. However you act reflects on everything you are. Raidra (talk) 03:15, January 19, 2018 (UTC)

PSST
I've been busy and sick lately. I don't have enough time to leave you a proper message, but I thought I'd drop in and let you know that I plan on replying to you properly tomorrow! Buckle up!  I'm going to be popular  02:30, January 21, 2018 (UTC)


 * Did you know that there was a guy who was on business when he got atom bombed? He survived and traveled back home only to have the second atom bomb drop on him too, which he again survived: He lived to 93; died of stomach cancer. It seems like he has spoken at great length about both bombings he experienced.


 * I'd place the scene wherever it felt the most natural at, usually the original spot tends to be where I like to place things when I try moving them around. Buckle up!   I'm going to be popular  01:32, January 22, 2018 (UTC)

Gone crazy from incredibly lame plot twists
Just remember, kids- you can set a massive forest fire and there won't be any consequences! I remember reading a MAD Magazine spoof of Fatal Attraction. They pointed out a plot point which was originally supposed to play a major role in the film, but ended up not meaning a thing because the writers decided to change the ending (without going back and editing out the scene that brought up the plot point in the first place). A character in the lampoon noted, "Remember that scene with the fingerprints on the knife? Well, forget it! It didn't mean a thing!" Oh, I remember how the North family drama was resolved! North met Bruce Willis again after waking up from his nightmare and he decided not to run away after all. Wait, was that not what you were talking about?

Let me guess- Sam's parents are supposed to be considered hateful and intolerant because they don't approve of their teenage daughter (who apparently still lived with them) sleeping around with someone they didn't know very well, right? Never mind things like gender and sexuality; if parents are concerned about their teenager going behind their backs and sleeping around with some stranger who may very well be a psychopath and/or have STDs, then they're not hateful busybodies, they're good parents. Now, I'm certainly not saying parents are infallible because there are some parents who are too restrictive and controlling, and everyone makes mistakes. Maybe my nerves are exposed because of this very bad comic book I heard about, but I hate this attitude some people have that says, "Parents should let their children do whatever they want or they're hateful and should be hated!" In the 90s there was a show called Family Matters. One of the main characters, Laura, was upset that she wasn't allowed to go to a party. The next day she complained about it to a friend who had gone, and the friend was upset that Laura was complaining. She explained to Laura that when she got back early in the morning, nobody was waiting for her because nobody cared. She told Laura that she should be thankful that she had people who cared about her, humbling Laura and giving her a new perspective. It's a shame that there are people who believe that parents who are concerned about their children should be vilified. Shoot, there are parents out there who throw drinking or drugging parties for their underage children because they think that will make them "the cool parents". Yeah, when your child ends up on Skid Row, in jail, or in a coffin (or someone else's child ends up in the hospital or dead as a result of the drinking party you hosted), let's see how many people praise you for being a "cool parent". For the record, the parents try to excuse it by saying, "If I let them drink/do drugs here, they won't do it elsewhere." Um, what? You've given your children the impression that this is okay and you won't discipline them for doing it, so why would they feel the need to restrict themselves? Some people's lack of sense is astounding.

All that said, I agree that this game sounds really stupid. For one thing, the lesbian thing seems like it was added just so the developers could say, "We have lesbians, whee! Please love us!" For another, it sounds like a complete bait and switch. I've thought of three ways so far in which it could have been turned into a horror game.
 * 1. Lonnie turned out to be a psychopath. Let's say her parents made her join the JROTC because she had anger issues and they thought the JROTC would help, or maybe she joined herself because she loves violence and thought joining the military would feed that (The writers would have to make it clear that most people who join the ROTC and military aren't like that, but a good writer could establish that easily).  Lonnie eventually ends up killing Sam and her parents (the parents for not approving of the relationship and Sam for being appalled at Lonnie's actions).  Use movies like Fear or Fatal Attraction for comparison.
 * 2. Sam and Lonnie aren't involved in any way. They're just friends or schoolmates, but Sam's parents have the delusion that there is something going on, and so they punish Sam brutally for non-existent sexual encounters.
 * 3. Lonnie convinces Sam to run away with her. However, they arrive at a place with sex traffickers who abduct Sam.  Lonnie mocks her and says she never cared about her; she was just a paycheck.  The parents then went on a desperate voyage to try to find her.

I heard that the most recent Mummy movie was an attempt to bring back that cinematic universe, but since the movie bombed they decided to drop the idea. Wow, that was short-lived... In any case, the monster movies back then were either very well made or campy fun. In my reading I came across a classic line from Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man. In describing how the Wolf Man escaped from a straitjacket, a character explains, "He bit right through it! Tore it to shreds with his teeth!" Dang, that's just...dang! That stuck with me so much that I had a character in my comics (a superpowered alien creature) do the same thing in an issue.

I'm glad you had fun! I don't get that either because if you have a full, open cup at a sporting event, you're just asking for it. Someone accidentally spilled beer on one of my aunts at an event one time. :-O Raidra (talk) 23:09, January 21, 2018 (UTC)

Oh, I forgot! Here are a couple funny things I found recently.
 * Here's a picture of a pudgy Smurf. This is one of the greatest things I've ever seen.
 * This clip from Thoroughly Modern Millie made me laugh way too much. X-D Raidra (talk) 23:12, January 21, 2018 (UTC)

Is there a list of your pastas?
Hey there, I'm planning on doing a showcase on your stories. I see your face around the comments a lot but realized I'd never really read any of your stuff. I checked out your sight, I enjoyed some of the stories there, ("Too Many Eyes" and "Where did these come from" were pretty cool, very natural stories, lots of fun. And I can't help but feel like the platupus bunny is part of an inside joke I'm not privvy too, but its very fun either way. The first line "spaghetti checkerboard land, Austria" was already hilarious right off the bat.), but I can't help but feel like I'm missing at least a few stories?

You've been on the site for 3 years, and you've done a LOT in that time. I tend to do one of two things for showcasee's if they don't already have their works listed on their page: check their contributions, check their talk page for "yeah i reviewed your thing" messages.

You have, TONS, of edits, and messages, lol. I'm not getting anywhere there. Is there like, any stories aside from the aforementioned that you'd like people to check out?

EtherBot (talk) 00:25, January 24, 2018 (UTC)

Adding to the message pile
Cool! I hope everything goes well.

Hey, that's awesome! Congratulations! :-D I'm assuming it'll be a blog on this site because that's what his previous showcases were. Here are a couple examples of showcases.
 * http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:EtherBot/Random_Writer%27s_Showcase:_Raidra
 * http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:EtherBot/Random_Writer%27s_Showcase:_Doom_Vroom

Maybe it's just me, but I imagine sad opera music playing as his beer spills in slow-motion. I feel like I've told this next story before, but that's not stopping me. Recently I went to a Burger King to get a Bacon King (their bacon cheeseburger, except it was just a bacon burger in this case since I told them to hold the cheese). When I left I walked through the parking lot instead of the sidewalk, and since it was wet and probably oily I slipped and fell onto my side. Thankfully my Dr. Pepper didn't spill! I got up with no problems and thankfully I didn't seem to have hurt anything. A worker who happened to be there asked if I were okay and I replied, "Yeah," before joking, "There won't be a lawsuit or anything!" For the record, it was worth it! They know how to make a bacon burger right. Raidra (talk) 15:35, January 24, 2018 (UTC)

Japanimation
~rubs head~ That is ridiculous on so many levels. It's astounding to me that there are people out there who don't believe that anime is animation. Seriously, if someone puts an anime on a cartoon list, there are people who seethe in anger and arrogance that such-and-such shouldn't have been on the list because it's not a cartoon, it's an anime. What, did these people take the meme about Cory in the House being the best anime at face value? Of course, if you ask them what an anime is, they'll probably reply that it's a Japanese cartoon. So...it's not a cartoon because it's a cartoon? Okay, then. It's also astounding that some people say, "Oh, anime is just fluff for kids!" Sure, things like Violence Jack and Tokyo Ghoul are just kiddie stuff. ~rolls eyes~ By the way, there's an anime called Barefoot Gen about World War II Japan, including the atomic bombing. It's especially disturbing because the graphic scenes are based on reality. Victims of the bombing really did experience what is portrayed. What's sad is that someone demanded it be removed from some library- not because of the graphic content, but because it portrayed the failings of Imperial Japan, and someone wanted to deny the atrocities took place. I guess America isn't the only country with crybabies who want to rewrite history.

Non-Shower Thought: If that's true then it probably fails miserably. I mean, there are some people who will read the book out of curiosity (For instance, I read The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo after the Disney film came out), but other people will assume the book is as bad as the movie and avoid it. In the 1970s there was a movie called Myra Breckinridge which is considered one of the worst movies ever made. It was based on a novel by Gore Vidal, who blamed the movie for a decade-long drought in the sale of the original book.

Yay! :-D It sounds like you're off to a good start. Raidra (talk) 16:19, January 29, 2018 (UTC)

Turn your pages to the Spaghetti Party Disaster section
I never liked that "It's just for kids, therefore we don't have to try as hard" mentality either. It's sad that some people are so dismissive toward their intended audience. Something a number of people have pointed out as well is it's sad that so many "adult" cartoons are also terrible. Cartoons made for an older audience can have a variety of deep and complicated themes, but far too often an "adult" cartoon will cram in as much sex, language, gore, drugs use, etc. as possible just because they can. I think that's one reason a lot of adults watch so-called children's cartoons- nowadays they're often deeper than adult cartoons.

Last night I watched an episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (a spin-off of The Andy Griffith Show) which I praise for maintaining the status quo done right. Sergeant. Carter was fed up with the shortcomings of his platoon (mostly with Gomer), so Corporal Boyle (Carter's friend and underling) suggested that he take the exam to become an officer since they were conveniently about to take place. Gomer, who had been in the Marines all of six months, decided to take the exam too. There were only ten spots and Gomer scored higher than Carter, preventing him from advancing. Gomer noticed that Carter seemed upset, so Boyle explained, "How would you like it if you had sixteen years of service and someone just out of Basic Training beat you?" Gomer, who had a lot of respect for Carter, felt bad about that, so when he appeared before the board he announced that he was withdrawing his name and they should interview Carter instead. Carter received word that he was to appear before the board and his platoon gave him a gift since they believed that he could advance easily. Carter found out that Gomer had stepped down so he could have a chance. Thinking about the concern and faith that the others had for him, Carter told the board that he had a group that was rough around the edges, but still good, and he'd like to stick with them a little longer. Gomer and Carter agreed that they could always try the test again the next year and left the office together. Too many shows have a "Status Quo is God" philosophy and are unwilling to change anything. Anytime a change seems about to happen, the writers undo it in ways that are stupid and insulting to the audience. This episode was maintaining the status quo done right because it wasn't forced or offensive; it was two people forming a closer bond and deciding not to change things for the moment. One of the best examples I've seen of not maintaining status quo is The Amazing World of Gumball, which drastically changed the design of a major character partway through the series and kept the new design.

That reminded me of a comedienne talking about how she loved books by a certain author. She imagined the author sounding really cool and fun. One day she found a book on tape read by the author and got it eagerly. She was disappointed, however, because it turned out the author was really dry and dull.

It's sad that there are so many controversies. "English textbook characters get anime-style makeover to appeal to linguists and otaku alike." This has to be one of the best headlines of all time. It looks good in relation to both illustration and content. It's cool that you can see some of the culture. I just have one issue. If you go down the page, the guy in the hospital in the illustration just below, "The book opens with Japanese-born Ken returning to Japan after working in Canada, upon which he reconnects with old friends," looks frightened by the visitor. Dude, chill, he's not here to assassinate you! He's just accompanying that woman on her mission to deliver the rainbow knitted scarf she made for you! Oh, my gosh, this Chanta person is a creative genius! X-D Thanks for sharing!

Is The Golden Girls better than the anime Dan Schneider produced?
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTlw3T44ynk
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjjFr_CUgWU Raidra (talk) 02:38, January 31, 2018 (UTC)

Disney VHS tapes forever!
YouTuber ChavezzSlovakia does a lot of Try Not to Laugh Challenges, and two of the most recent ones had a lot of those. At one point Chavezz cursed and declared, "I hate this meme!" though he did laugh at a couple of them. My favorite was the one altering a clip of Robert De Niro from some gangster movie. "If somebody TOUCHA MY SPAGHET, I'm gonna mess with him!"

They've announced the nominees for the 38th annual Golden Raspberry Awards (which Carol Channing seems to be thrilled about), and one of the nominees is The Emoji Movie. It's a good thing that one wasn't nominated for an Oscar over those anime films or riots would have broken out. My understanding is that a controversial nominee for the Razzies is the movie Mother. Apparently it's controversial because people haven't yet grasped how pretentious and downright sick that movie is. Have you seen the Honest Film Trailers video for that? I saw that and read some of the Wikipedia article and wow, just...wow. The director is even more pretentious than the actual film, saying that people who disliked the film didn't get it because they like cell phones, but don't believe in science. Um... what? What does freaking science have to do with anything in this nauseating movie!?

I think I mentioned previously how people were raving about the 1999 film American Beauty at the time (though nobody in my family did), but nowadays it's never talked about. Well, I recently realized that probably the only reason anybody will talk about it from now on is the lead actor had a sex scandal. Bummer.

George C. Scott rejected his Academy Award for Best Actor (for Patton), saying that the Academy Awards were "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons," and that's why George C. Scott is now one of my heroes.

There have been a couple movies like that, but it's still a great idea. That kind of movie needs to be made more often. Incidentally, that second film has a topless scene with Julie Andrews. I found out the director, the late Blake Edwards, was her husband, so I thought, "Oh. That explains it."

Hmm. That's interesting. Then again, I was in seventh or eighth grade before I first read it. A lot of people don't use gender-specific words like comedienne, murderess, actress, and aviatrix anymore. If they don't know those words exist, that's fine. If they're being "politically correct", then that's just eye-rolling. Raidra (talk) 02:55, February 4, 2018 (UTC)