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Thanks dude! Idlethumbs 2015! Same problem I've been arguing against, it's not one thing or the other. But it's really impossible to argue here against what is basically opinion one what is okay and not okay. But I don't think I want to post in this thread again.

Saw Attila Marcel earlier today. I really enjoyed it, sad in many parts and lots of fun in others. It probably won't sit well for people who aren't used to French whimsical style things, but I think it's well worth a watch. Strangely no one seems to know about the movie even though it's directed by Chomet of Triplets of Belleville and The Illusionist. It's live action though.

I always figured she was the same woman that seems to appear in multiple songs in His and Hers and Different Class (and b-sides I think?) where Jarvis is having an affair with a lady with a rich boring husband. He's also very spiteful about the status of the guy.

Holy shit, Bob is from the Black Lodge????!?!?!?!?!?! Wait, was this not established 12 episodes ago? Also, an episode dedicated to get all of the female cast members to wear skimpy clothes. I see what those producers did there. Cool show, it's like Baywatch.

Makes sense, that seems like a long and dumb file extension.

Wow, your landlord sounds like violent jerk. I suppose once your cat is healed, the best case might be to keep the cat inside? Generally that is recommended with cats according to my wife, the vet tech, even though my cats growing up always came and gone as they pleased. They would get into fights though and sometimes get injured as well, as well as a case of scabies we all got from one cat's mange, and their inability to ever keep their collars on in case they got lost. So maybe none of that was such a good idea.

It's hilarious that website exists. Yellow potato Kit Kats?! I feel like I just need to try half of these simply for being so bizarre.

Finished Uncharted for Vita. It was relatively good, but you could totally tell the writing wasn't by Amy Hennig. Drake was mostly an unfunny jerk which is sort of a fine line to walk but made him less relatable (besides the killing stuff as usual). It had a bunch of fucking stupid QTEs at the end, what a let down, but I otherwise liked the exploration and set pieces. I really hope the next Uncharted game takes cues from the treasure hunting changes. Instead of the find 100 treasures and rotate their 3d models of the last three, this one instead had multiple artifacts, photos to take, cards and coins to collect, and objects pertaining to the story. They each came with a description and often a comment by Drake revealing more of the back story. That was very cool and gave a lot of significance to the collectables in a way I wish more games would do. I do hope The Last of Us bros do not completely rewrite Amy Hennig's story for U4, but I get the feeling it's going to be a very different game than originally imagined.

Haha, I don't know if I can make it through this. That announcer sounds strangely like Richard Horovitz.

I don't think anyone is policing since they don't have that authority?

Is that a new thing for season 5? From this? http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/08/05/george-r-r-martin-addresses-racial-diversity-on-game-of-thrones/ Before I wrote that I did a quick image search for "Game of Thrones cast" and I saw white faces exclusively.

I don't think I can manage to watch the last two episodes and the movie, let alone another series. Argh. Will have to force myself soon I guess.

Why do they do that to you as a teacher? I'll never understand why there aren't all this big cushy incentives to be a teacher since they are so important.

Oh I suppose I should have just posted it: I really like the song on this part and I like that Kanno can just switch to different genres of music at will. Hah, the character design for Sharon apple really doesn't fit with the ugly pointy characters in the rest of the OVA/movie. I guess they just kind of let Morimoto draw the key frames however he felt like.

For sure, that's a major draw for the show. It's very unique for cartoons. I also really like the stuff Kanno did for the concert scenes in Macross Plus. Those were the only good part of all of that drivel. Also those scenes were directed by the amazing Koji Morimoto. It sucks though that Kanno is guilty of plagiarizing a lot of music, some blatant, some dubious. I lost some respect for her there.

I agree completely with the first half of your paragraph and I completely disagree with the second. Because if one thing gets a pass for whatever reason and another thing doesn't that's two standards. As I said, I agree with the sliding scale factor, I just don't think there's always situation where it's okay to like problematic content.

Okay I don't think I provided enough context for what I was referring to. What I mean to say about the Bayonetta 2 review, which I brought up in the Bayonetta thread, it is not clear why Arthur even tackled it because it was such a barrier for him. It didn't make sense for him to write the review like that because Bayonetta is exploitative T&A and the majority people who like Bayonetta want that and are there for that as part of the package. This is even brought up on the Quality Control podcast Justin McElroy hosts when he asks Arthur Gies that very thing about the review and does give some credence to the comments on that piece. I did get the tone that Justin McElroy did not agree with Arthur's perspective there. I do understand he took the Witcher review on and had issues with that stuff and I agree it is important to bring up. It's very similar to Danielle's Dragon's Crown review which is also important to bring up. In turn I don't see how the audience for either of those game would be affected if the problematic elements were taken out. If those same elements were taken out of Bayonetta or say Dead or Alive, you'd be catering to different people. I don't at all agree with Ethan Carter jerky guy about that stuff, but I completely get his Game of Thrones remark. What I am saying there is a double standard when you bring up his consumption of all the Game of Thrones episodes. That show is seriously blatant and it's part of the package, much like Bayonetta. I'm not saying here there is nothing I like that I don't have anything problematic to look at, but I am saying there is a point to reach where it can be too much and I will be done with it. If we deal in everything/anything/nothing statements then that paints everything as one or the other and either means a black and white no there can be no double standard or there can only be a set of rules you have to adhere to when liking something. I don't buy any of that. Sometimes there is definitely something wrong with liking problematic content.

And just because you proclaim it doesn't mean anything doesn't mean you defeat any point I have to make. What makes everything you say mean something but what I say "doesn't mean anything?" It seems like you cherrypick when it benefits your point. I also didn't suggest Bayonetta 2 isn't problematic. I was hoping it would be obvious that I also I don't like Bayonetta largely because I find it problematic. I'm not a fan of that game series. But I'm done here with your belittling tone you've taken on. You do this a lot, so keep fighting the good fight, Jon Cole. I think I'm pretty much over with engaging you on these forums. I'm sure that's hilarious too. I mean to say at some point a double standard must exist, while what you suggested read to me that it could not exist. I don't know how to answer that question though, because I don't feel that everything is problematic to some degree, as there is a lot of media that is innocuous, and the sliding scale is definitely personal.

Obviously no one said feminist masterpiece, I'm condensing. Considering Kill la Kill had a bunch of praise and is considered subversive for god knows why, and then it suddenly comes up as something we should watch in that feminist movie thread, it boggles my mind. By what you are contesting, is a double standard even possible then if problematic content doesn't matter? Surely there's some kind of sliding scale, I know, but sweeping something blatant under the rug because you personally enjoy it and then preaching something opposite won't ever make sense to me.

Well funny enough, I am in the middle of watching that terrible Polygon documentary because I am in dire need of content that I can watch or listen to in the background as I have been working on multiple projects for weeks straight now and I get to episode 7 of the Polygon documentary just 20 minutes ago where Arthur Gies acts like a total hard ass douche the whole time. Best part is when he berates a female reviewer that he doesn't give a shit about her personal life as long as the review is on time before embargo further reinforcing the same old industry coda that it's a loser lonely male's job who has no life balance in which there may be emergency social obligations or the like. The guy says one thing in an official public setting but the personal side doesn't match any of that. So he can you know, spend hours and hours of his life watching Game of Thrones, which has almost no people of color (Does it at all? I don't care about that show for the same reasons in Arthur's Witcher review) and one of the main drawing points is seeing a ton of tits and ass. Flex them muscles, Arthur. In terms of liking problematic content. I don't really get that. To each their own I guess. I personally pass on shit that really sucks. Like somehow in the anime thread Kill La Kill is a feminist masterpiece among the male dominated thread, but with me it's disgusting enough for me to get rid of my entire collection of the director's work (which to be fair also pertains to similar digust with Gurren Lagann which I thought was hopefully just one misstep). The Ghost in the Shell argument also just boggled my mind. Also Arthur can pass the review on to other people if that stuff seriously bugs him. However don't think that's really necessary with Witcher to be honest, but in the case of his Bayonetta 2 review, it was pretty lame.

Ah I guess I knew of the Zelda statues, didn't realize Mario was going to that length now. My copy of New Soup for WiiU comes with some DVD telling you how to play all of the levels.

Holy shit. I figured they'd just be slightly different versions of sweet Kit Kat flavors, not that different. Strawberry cheescake sounds amazing. I might pick up red bean next time I'm there just to see what that even tastes like. I also looked for Ovaltine candy bars the last time I was there because I heard they had those in Thailand and I love Ovaltine like an insane person. Unfortunately the closest I could get were nasty powdery sweettart type tablets of ovaltine.

Meh, just sometimes a juxtaposition I notice. Like this thread compared with the anime thread here.

Besides all of the rest of that nonsense on display on criticism somehow being a poison (???), it is pretty silly that Arthur Gies will make those criticisms and then turn around giddy for Game of Thrones.

What games are these?