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Post by Belchic on Jan 6, 2015 23:20:11 GMT -5
YOU KNOW WHATS BULLLLLLLLLLsh*t?
Movie soundtracks.
One thing I don't like about movie soundtracks is that if it contains songs that are played in the movie, the soundtrack version tends to have parts that are not in the movie at all! Here's a few examples:
In the soundtrack to Beauty and the Beast, the soundtrack version of Gaston's tavern song has a part at the end where Lefou struggles to spell Gaston's name, but that's not in the version that plays in the movie!
In the soundtrack to The Lion King, "Be Prepared" has an intro said by Scar in the soundtrack version, but again, that intro is not in the movie!
The soundtrack to Nightmare Before Christmas is really ****ed up! First of all, the intro monologue in the soundtrack is different from the one in the movie. Also, Oogie Boogie's song on the soundtrack has an additional verse and an instrumental interlude, which are absent from the film!
But the most ****ed up soundtrack of all is The Muppets Christmas Carol. First of all, the song, "Marley and Marley", opens with a different intro and has an additional verse that's not in the movie. Also, the soundtrack has two songs that are not even in the movie at all!
Why must soundtracks to movies be so inconsistent with their songs? Why must the songs on the soundtrack be different from the versions in the movies themselves? A lot of people say it's because of legality issues or something like that, but either way, THATS BULLsh*t!
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Post by babclayman on Jan 7, 2015 4:51:29 GMT -5
There is reason for it, Belchic.
In some Films, they do wish for those songs to be longr, but they are sometimes tld that a Film needs to be a certain time. I know with Nightmre Before Christmas, they do have more Animation on it, but they said they do need to ct them for time.
You Know what I mean, Belchic? ;3
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Post by Belchic on Jan 8, 2015 11:41:43 GMT -5
There is reason for it, Belchic. In some Films, they do wish for those songs to be longr, but they are sometimes tld that a Film needs to be a certain time. I know with Nightmre Before Christmas, they do have more Animation on it, but they said they do need to ct them for time. You Know what I mean, Belchic? ;3 That's kind of a stupid excuse. I mean take a look at films like Titanic, Lord of the Rings and The Ten Commandments. Those movies are over three hours long! These movies I speak of are only an hour and a half. Is 30 seconds added to one song really going to make that much of a difference?
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Post by Stirfry on Jan 12, 2015 12:08:51 GMT -5
You know what's bullsh*t? People who say "Happy Newyears" Okay... Are we celebrating multiple new years at the same time? Or are you wishing me a happy new year for all the other new years that will come? Or are you including the Chinese New Year in it too? I'm confused. Please clarify!
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Post by Sweeney Terrier on Jan 12, 2015 12:46:46 GMT -5
(This is just something I thought of, though more reasons could be added to it).
You know what's buulllllllsh!t?! Money, (cash, gold, currency, etc.) The fact value is based on a singular setup, (regardless of nation or style it's all the same thing, currency), only makes it a little more easier for greed and immorality to take over. As humans, we have a tendency to waste necessary things like say food, but plenty of people have a tendency to not only waste what is needed but hoard what is unnecessary, such as money in the most common case, whether they got it fairly, (for say a day's work), or in the higher classes or positions, (business & politics), swindling, stealing or overall lying and tricking folks that give them the money. Whatever happened to the barter system? Now I know, that one was more complicated, cause it'd be like having to do multiple favors for one singular object but if you look at the number of people entirely, (including the homeless or poor), in a singular nation such as the USA or obviously China, there's more than enough people for such a system to work out for the everyday man I'm sure. If one person has something you NEED, (or if you're lucky, want and will use or can), but you don't have something they want or like and will use, then go look for another person out of the millions or thousands in a single state. You can actually bargain in every deal with that setup, just as you could at a pawn shop or, a more fair setup, a yard sale. (And indeed, Two-Tone that is a pro; the bargains). Heck if I'm correct, some traditions of least the Asian descent did sort of use the barter system in even marriages, (like a father allowing another man's son to marry the first father's daughter in return for goats or so on) Now, sure the 'economy' might fall, but at least in the case of a barter system, we might not waste as much necessary items as we do, (but of course modern manufacturing wouldn't work as efficiently), but it's not like EVERY SINGLE PERSON runs an entire factory or works in one aside from their own bodies. That and perhaps there might be less greed in the world since there'd be no key item in said system that is the standard or would be of highest value to all of mankind, and maybe no hefty, unreasonable taxes; you get what you are given.
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Post by babclayman on Jan 12, 2015 13:21:04 GMT -5
We do invent Money for a reason, You Know, Lupus?
A Barter System is really complex and is only more complicate, There is a reason why Money is the Universal Form of Currency! How many chickens is a Goat worth? What if the person with the Chicken wants Nails? What if they don’ have a certain number of Nails?
Would it seem fair that you gt there first, with your chicken, but the store didn’ ask for a Chicken, and then someone comes with a Pig, at the same value, but the store ask for a Pig? Would that seem fair to you?
There is an entire episode of FIM about this type of thing, with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy spending the Day trading various items, just for a Book! With a Universal Currency, it is able to be use by anyone for anything, so we don’ spend the entire day running about getting something for an item, with ten various groups. It also allows to have a Universal Value on items too. Like, Three Dollars for Twelve Packs, Five Dollars for Twenty Packs.
You see how Money can work, Lupus?
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Post by Sweeney Terrier on Jan 12, 2015 13:27:14 GMT -5
I do see how it's simpler and less obnoxious naturally than a barter system but man's society bases their whole lives on, if not technology, then mere money, (quite often paper or otherwise in the case of say gold or diamonds, mere rocks and minerals but not the consumable kind), as a result of greed and EVERYTHING having a price to it, (and the value of the dollar or money just constantly decreases despite the money not being spread amongst the public entirely, {no one said it had to be equal, just everyone having a share but no}).
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Post by babclayman on Jan 12, 2015 13:58:22 GMT -5
It has nothing to do with Greed, Lupus. If you wish for a Corporation to do well, you need to be able to pay your staff, invst in numerous things, research items, and cases like that. You think we have Large Vaults, with Money that we like to play in, or something like that?
It would be nice if you didn’ need to pay for anything, but you know what happens when things are in limted supply and you need to get them frm some location?
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Post by Belchic on Jan 17, 2015 14:50:18 GMT -5
You know what's bullsh*t? People who say "Happy Newyears" Okay... Are we celebrating multiple new years at the same time? Or are you wishing me a happy new year for all the other new years that will come? Or are you including the Chinese New Year in it too? I'm confused. Please clarify! I kind of have the same problem with AniMatt when he says "...of all times", when it's supposed to be "...of all time".
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Post by Belchic on Jan 25, 2015 0:03:50 GMT -5
You know what's BULLsh*t? Anime.
I already ranted about the haters who bash the censorship in Animes and how it is a taboo thing on the Internet, but there is a sh*tload of things about Anime that just drive me up a wall.
The thing that annoys me the most about Anime is the fact that the show's never seem to end. Most cartoons in western animation only go for about 65 episodes, but Anime shows just go on and on and on, and they never end. A good example would be the Dragonball series. There's Dragonball, Dragonball Z and Dragonball GT. There had to be like 9 million episodes of all three of those shows combined! And in a lot of the episodes, nothing happened! They're all just a half hour of Goku powering up and Freiza staring him down! And you know what? In the early 2000's, it was the highest-rated Anime on television! What do people find so awesome about that? Lots of Animes have a sh*tload of episodes where nothing happens! At least on Digimon, they had numerous stories going on to keep us entertained, but even that show had its share of nothing happening episodes. Some Animes have so many episodes, they have to divide them into multiple sub-series'. Like Pokemon for example: Pokemon Jhoto, Pokemon Master Quest, Pokemon Advanced, cut me a break! Then there's the Tenchi series: Tenchi Muyo!, Tenchi Universe, Tenchi in Tokyo, what the hell is different this time! And the Gundam series, don't even get me started!: Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam Wing, Gundam X, Gundam 08th MS Team, G Gundam, Gundam 0800, KNOCK IT THE HELL OFF! Why can't they just leave an Anime alone? Makes me feel jealous that western animation shows have much shorter lives!
Then there's the kid-targeted Animes that try to capitalize on the Pokemon popularity after that show made Anime popular in the States. Digimon was a good attempt, but they failed when they attempted a numbering system to the Digimon. Monster Rancher, I doubt anyone has even heard of it; besides, there were way too many monsters (400), and they couldn't even come up with a gimmicky name for them, so they just settled on "Monsters"! Yu-Gi-Oh! just brainwashed kids, and I'm probably the only person in the world who knows nothing about the cards! Speaking of cards, all the said shows got their own card game, which was a knock off of that already-confusing "Magic" card game!
But the thing that confuses me the most about Anime is that for some odd reason, TV Tropes feels it is necessary when talking about a specific Anime to address the characters by their Japanese names instead of their American names. I understand that's their proper name (kinda like a birth name), but most of the time, nobody outside of Japan will know who that character is. For example, the main character of Pokemon is named "Satoshi" in Japan, but in all other parts of the world, he's called "Ash". Nobody outside of Japan will know that "Satoshi" is Ash! Same case goes for Serrina in Sailor Moon; unless you live in Japan, you wouldn't know that "Usagi" is Serrina. What difference does it make which names we use? It makes sense to address them by the names a majority of the world knows them by! I mean, I don't call Mark Twain "Samuel Clemmings", or Elton John "Reginald Dwight"! It just begs an explanation!
You know, if these little things can be fixed, then Anime will be more enjoyable, but right now, that's bullsh*t.
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Post by babclayman on Jan 25, 2015 10:01:42 GMT -5
Actually, Most Animes tend to be only Twelve Episodes lng, it’s usually the Anime that are heavily advrtise in the West, that are longer than Twelve Episodes.
The thing with Gundm is that it’s set about various years, with many alternat stories, so there’s a reason on the various names there.
With Pokemon, like mention, that is usually to help sll the Video Games, so as lng as they keep making Pokemon games, they’ll keep making Pokemon Anime. Like how, as lng as they make Transformers or MLP Toys, they'll do shows on them too.
Also, I don’ see TVTropes cll Ash by his Japan name…also, can you really blame the Anime itself for when some viewers call the characters by the name they are, in their native country? That would be like someone Danish, getting angry at you for not referring to “Cadpig” as; “Penny”, Wouldn’ it?
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Post by Belchic on Jan 25, 2015 15:04:38 GMT -5
Check the pages for Fan Favorite and Growling Gut. It addresses the characters by their Japanese names.
Also, I'm not blaming the Animes. I'm more blaming the people at TV Tropes. I feel it makes more sense to have the characters addressed by the name they are most known around the world as. Changing their names to their Japanese names with no explanation does raise a few brows. And like I said, celebrities who have stage names or pen names, we don't address them by their birth names, so why do that with characters in Animes?
Please bab, could you please just respect my opinion for once?
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Post by Flowgli on Feb 5, 2015 22:10:16 GMT -5
Here I am with another rant. And instead of doing it in the You Know What's Bullsh*t?! style, I'm going to be calm about this the best I can. That's right, I'm not going to do this out of anger.
What I'm going to rant about here is about a video on YouTube made by Thestalkbridge509. That video is a rant on Looney Tunes haters. Now, it has been said that Thestalkbridge509 is really Tubers93 just trolling, but there are other people who commentated on this video like DanielLaux42992, RickyRay102, and Lentertament, just to name a few. So, I just want to talk about this video here, even though the video was made years ago.
Thestalkbridge509 begins her video with part of a Justin Bieber song called "One Time". After that, when she starts to speak, her voice sounds ridiculous, and she claims to be 10 years old and autistic. Now, here are the things that she said in her rant on Looney Tunes haters.
First of all, she said that there are people who hate Looney Tunes and bash it, and she said that they have no lives because of that. It really is stupid to say that someone doesn't have a life when you don't even know them. Not to mention, life is not centered around Looney Tunes. After all, Looney Tunes is just a series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and everyone has their own interests in kinds of animation. Not only are there people who are big fans of Looney Tunes, but there are also people who are big fans of certain things from Disney, people who are big fans of certain things from Hanna-Barbera, people who are fans of certain things in anime--and I could go on about this, but I'm just gonna stop so I can move on with this rant. But anyway, not everybody is going to like the exact same thing, and that's something that everyone has to accept.
Second of all, she claims that there are thousands and thousands of videos where people bash on Looney Tunes when there really aren't any such videos. The commentators on this one particular video that I've mentioned earlier even stated in their respective commentaries on this video stated that there aren't any videos where people bash on Looney Tunes. I tried looking for those videos myself, and I haven't even found one.
Third, she complained about how people are bashing the latest episodes of Looney Tunes. By that, she means The Looney Tunes Show, and this video was made back when The Looney Tunes Show was still in production. Now, there will be people who will bash something you like because they don't like it themselves. What they're doing there is giving their opinions on something, and sometimes, when people state their opinions, they get angry when they say that they don't like something and explain why. There's nothing wrong with people giving opinions that are different from other people's opinions, that is, as long as they don't force them on other people. This leads me to the next point I have to make.
Fourth, she said that there's no such thing as an opinion. That's really stupid, because there is such a thing as an opinion. If there isn't such a thing as an opinion, then nobody would ever express what they like or don't like about a cartoon, a movie, a video game, or anything like that, and we wouldn't have reviewers like the Nostalgia Critic or the Angry Video Game Nerd, and Thestalkbridge509 wouldn't have made this video. When someone says that they like or don't like something and explain what they like or don't like about it, they're giving an opinion. No matter what opinions people give on anything, you must know to respect it and not force them to have the same opinions as yours to make you happy.
Fifth, she said that it's wrong for people to hate something. Now, there's nothing wrong with people hating something. Hating something is a part of life, just like liking something is a part of life. If someone says that they hate a cartoon or anything else, then they are being honest about what they think of it. Nobody should be forced to lie about what they think about something they don't like just to please the people who do like that particular thing. People have the right to hate something and say that they hate it, whether you like it or not.
And sixth, she said that hating something (and someone, as well) is murder. Hating anyone or anything is not going to kill someone. Now, I don't know anybody who hates Looney Tunes, but let's say that someone who does hate Looney Tunes walked up to you and say to you that they hate it. You wouldn't die from that, because saying that they hate Looney Tunes is all they did. They didn't use a gun or a knife in this situation. They didn't even have a gun or a knife with them, to begin with. I like 101 Dalmatians and Family Feud, and I have met some people who don't like 101 Dalmatians and Family Feud and told me so, but I still lived after that; I didn't feel like I was getting killed after that.
Now, I will say this: even though I like 101 Dalmatians and Family Feud, I don't like every single little thing about them, and when someone came to me and told me that they don't like those and explained why, I would accept their opinions and, in a few cases, agree with them. I don't obsess over every single little thing about those, and I don't throw a b*tch fit when someone tells me their opinions on them that are different from my opinions.
One more thing about this video on the subject that I have to reveal is, Thestalkbridge509 was yelling and screaming throughout the whole thing.
I'm now done talking about Thestalkbridge509's video on Looney Tunes haters. Now, there are things that everyone must remember. When someone gives you an opinion that's different from yours on something you like and they don't, just respect it and don't go apesh*t over it. Don't even tell them that they have no life just for hating it, don't say that there's no such thing as an opinion or that it's wrong to hate, and don't even compare hating something to murder.
That's it for my rant.
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Post by Belchic on Feb 5, 2015 23:26:49 GMT -5
Hello, everyone. Now, some time ago, I made a rant about illogical MLP pairings and shippings. Well, I'm here to make another MLP-based rant. This one is going to talk about MLP fan characters. Now, I'm already very familiar with the many problems OC's in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe have, well the MLP universe has similar problems, but also some of their own.
Now, in the MLP universe, there are five types of OC's that are often frowned upon by many sane fans of the franchise. I will list them each and explain what's wrong with them, and then I'll talk about how to make a good OC.
OC Type #1: The Mary Sue I'm sure everyone who is familiar with fan characters is familiar with the Mary Sue. It's a character who is just perfect in every way and loves to brag about how perfect they are. Now pony fan characters can be Earth Ponies, Pegasi or Unicorns, but there are also Alicorns. I'm sure most of us remember when Twilight Sparkle became an Alicorn. Well, since then, it seems like EVERY SINGLE FAN CHARACTER EVER CREATED JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON! Being an Alicorn. Why do so many people make Alicorn OC's? Well, for various reasons: A) They can fly. B) They have magical powers. C) They're immortal! What I'm getting at is people who make Alicorn OC's just want their character to be perfect. Listen to me, nobody likes a perfect character! Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are Alicorns, but even they have faults! If you're going to make an Alicorn OC, they'll only be interesting if you give them an original backstory, give them a weakness, and something that makes them interesting to read about. On top of that, don't make them related to Celestia, Luna or Discord, because that's stupid, pointless, and it's been done way too many times! There's no point in making an Alicorn Mary Sue, but sadly, most MLP OC's ARE THAT!
OC Type #2: The Demon This type of fan character is an evil character who claims he is everything evil and does everything evil. Most of the time, these characters are red and black. The problem with these characters is they have very weak descriptions, no backstory, and a lot of them don't even have names! I like to suggest maybe the people who make these OC's compare them to King Sombra, who's background is more of a mystery, but that's just it! We fans don't like to play guessing games about your characters. You're the creator, so it's your job to explain it! Lord Tirek had a great backstory, and that's why he's my favorite antagonist. If you're going to create an evil character and give him no back story to explain why he's so evil in the first place, then why bother making the character at all?
OC Type #3: The Non-OC Much like the Mary Sue, this one has a lot of similarities to the Sonic recolors. While the Mary Sue is similar to the bios of the recolors, the Non-OC is similar to the physical appearance. These types of OC's are basically exact clones of cannon characters just with a slight modification done to them. Some examples would be like if I took Rarity and spray-painted her a different color, or if I took Fluttershy and gave her a different mane, or if I took Rainbow Dash and gave her a different cutie mark. Listen to me, taking any pony character, giving them a slightly-different look and calling them something different is not an original character! They're ripping off someone else's original work, so don't do it! On top of that, make sure their personality is interesting. I can't count the number of times I've seen these characters, and their personality is an exact clone of the cannon character they are ripping off! When you make a fan character, make it original. Make it unique. Make it yours. Don't just make a clone of a cannon character and call it your own, because then it isn't your own work!
OC Type #4: The Victim Now, this type of OC is the least of my concerns. These are the types of ponies who have depressing back stories of being abused and just want everyone's attention. In other words, they're attention wh0res. Whenever I see one of these, I think, "Eh, whatever. He's an attention wh0re." While I do respect them for what they've been through, I find it kind of irritating that they keep using it as an excuse to grasp for attention and have people go easy on them. Now, I'm not saying by any means that the character should be abused, it's just that if you rub it in so much into people's faces, sooner or later, you're gonna get kicked out of the circle. I should know, because I made fan characters in other franchises who had special needs of some kind, but not everyone else was able to tolerate them, so I stopped role playing with them.
OC Type #5: The Accessory Rainbow These are the worst kind because they are the least visually-appealing to the eye! These types of OC's have so many colors and so much sh*t on them that they make you want to puke! You can't even think about their bios or backstory because their physical appearance is so blinding that it makes your eyes explode! This is a perfect example of the old saying: "Less is more". Try to keep accessories to a limit when coming up with your character's physical appearance.
Now, you don't need to be excessive when making a fan character. They don't need to have a lot of stuff to look at or have powers in order to be interesting. As long as you're happy with the design and personality, that's fine. My fan character for example, Growly Gut, doesn't have any powers. She's just an Earth Pony. I actually created her a long time ago before this whole Alicorn craze started. Though recently, I've come to realize that Earth Ponies happen to be the least common species of pony OC's. Do you have any idea how many Alicorn fan characters there are? TOO MANY! My character has a mint-green coat, an ice-blue mane and tail, purple eyes, and she has a slice of pepperoni pizza for a cutie mark...and she gets her name from the fact that she's got a big appetite and gets hungry a lot. See? That's a basic OC. Not a lot, but you don't need a lot to make a good character; just something as simple as that could be passable. I shared my character with other Bronies, and they told me that she's really good. Also, I'm still working on her; I may have had her for a couple years, but I'm still developing other stuff like her backstory, what her possible Element of Harmony would be, other personality traits and interests, you know, all that good stuff. That's another thing: you need to take time when creating a character. You can't just take some random pony and slap a horn and wings on her and call it awesome, because it's not!
And there's my rant against and guide to making MLP fan characters. I admit a lot of the stuff I said here isn't original, but hey, what can you do? Complaining about it isn't going to make it go away! I just hope I managed to get my point across. If any of you have anything you'd like to add to this, I'd be happy to know.
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Post by babclayman on Feb 6, 2015 8:09:51 GMT -5
Well, to be fair, Belchic, I think most of these apply to most groups, when it comes to characters.
With the Alicorn one, like you mention, to by those who wish to have al the Powers, like when someone plays Super Hero and is like; "My Hero has the power of having what powers they wish!" Though, considering the factor of an Alicorn is suppose to be rare, if you have a lot of them, the factor of being an Alicorn won' seem so special, Eh?
I think the Victim is called; The Sympathy Sue, but I do find those type to be a bit annoying, since it does seem like you need a violn, when they describe themselves, Eh?
Do you think there are methods, to have any of those types, in a good manner, Belchic?
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