Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[Captain Cadaver]

From my point of view, the song is a masterpiece.

Spoiler

Well then I am lost!

Funnily enough, I was actually rewatching Revenge of the Sith on tv today.

 

[Kyo]

would you rather switch sexes every time u sneezed or age at double the rate of a normal human upon reaching adulthood (i.e. at 40 it’s as if you’re 60) while still keeping to the average life expectancy of 76 or whatever it is

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Age twice as fast. As long as I make sure to live an exciting and worthwhile life in that half time, it wouldn't be the worst punishment. I sneeze somewhat often, so gender-bending through it and throwing my hormones out of balance would make doing some tasks consistently impossible.

 

[Gin]

Have you watched Raging Bull(1980)?

If not you should really watch it. It’s better than all the Rockys and i was a fucking diehard Rocky fanboy for the longest.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I haven't watched it, though have heard praise of it being arguably the best boxing film. I will put it on my watchlist after I work through the dvds that are coming for my birthday.

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

How inconsequential to the plot of the prequel trilogy do you think TPM is?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Not heavily. You could indeed add a lot of parts to AotC, though trying to squeeze elements such as Midichlorians, the beginnings of Palpatine's rise or Padme's major role in the story outside of being Anakin's wife would be very difficult to pace evenly with the other plot events going on. I could see 50% of the plot line being trimmed down a bit, though I wouln't even say Jar Jar, the Trade Federation or Darth Maul could be altered. Jar Jar needed a lot of screentime to establish how inept he was in order to show how Palpatine could easily manipulate him. The Trade Federation needed establishing so the audience are aware of their influence and what them aligning with the Separatists mean and Darth Maul was necessary in presenting the Sith to the audience more so than a sudden reveal at the end of AotC, not to mention Qui-Gon's death was arguably a heavy factor in Dooku cementing his turn.

Overall, I'd say only about 10-20% of it could be cut entirely. It's probably the most inconsequential of the prequels, but not by as much as the fanbase often say.

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

What is more pointless to the plot of SW: Anakin’s “I don’t like sad” or the Casino sequence from TLJ?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Canto Bight, by far. Anakin's line at least has some level of internal consistency due to him being so socially inept and his attempt at easing into her personal zone, not to mention showing somewhat how constant his fear for how his mother appears in his visions and thus, Tatooine would be on his mind a lot.
Meanwhile, the Canto Bight plot is a pointless filler segment killed with major contrivances in DJ's introduction and makes Rose the biggest hypocrite in the entire series (as if she wasn't the worst SW character already). Apparently not fighting what you hate doesn't count if what you hate are "muh capitalist elites!"

 

[SSJ2]

Wano arc vs Thriller Bark. Which is better?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Thriller Bark by a gigantic amount. It had the positives of the Straw Hats' teamwork against Oars making it one of the most engaging main fights in the series, Brook was well characterised in his debut and Gekko Moriah worked well in hyping up the New World, whilst the worst I have to say about it is the Straw Hats being too plot armoured and Hogback's villainous reveal being overly predictable. Easily better than any of the post-timeskip arcs, that's for sure.
Meanwhile, I have little to nothing positive to say about Wano as a whole and the arc seems to just get worse and worse with each chapter.

 

[Ultimate Cell]

Your opinion on Kira from Part 4 JoJo?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Kira is one of the best villains in JoJo, as well as within the high tier of anime/manga villains in general. From his introduction alone, it becomes clear how he differentiates from past villains in JoJo and Shonen in general. He has no real megalomaniacal plan nor makes himself imposing, instead just wanting to live a quiet life despite his urges for murder due to his hand fetish making that impossible. There are a few things that stick out as questionable about his actions though, such as why did he consider it a good idea to start talking to his "girlfriend" and partially revealing it when he was buying a sandwich despite his secretive nature? Also, for someone wanting to remove all evidence and never raise suspicion, why did he consider it a good idea to keep his fingernails in labelled jars and make meticulous diary entries on them?
He was at his most interesting during his time hiding as Kosaku as he struggled to enact on his urges and showed new sides of himself in how he subconsciously started caring about Shinobu (also, pretty funny how he was Chad enough to technically cuck the real Kosaku without trying), though it's a shame these feelings towards Shinobu never blossomed into something that could act as a character flaw or a source of conflict later down the line.
Overall, Kira is one of the best examples of how to craft a unique villain in anime/manga as well as how to make a small scale villain just as, if not more, threatening than some world dominating supervillain. Despite this, there are a fair few flaws to his actions that he really should've considered, making Patrick Bateman from American Psycho essentially a better version of Kira.

7.5/10

 

[Papasmurf]

Rating for Diavolo/Doppio?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Easily the worst of the main JoJo villains and the definition of poor mystery bait. He had a lot going for him with the way his two sides interacted and how he wanted to completely erase all trace of his identity, but so much mystery is built around every aspect of him such as his strange circumstances of birth, but all that ends up becoming pointless flavouring and his obsession with not having his identity revealed ended up just being a cheap way for him to not solo the main cast when he had the chance. Overall, he was just a shitty version of Kira, though some of his intelligent actions during the climactic battle prior to GER as well as well as the thematic relevance he has as a direct opposite to Giorno's ideals are done well enough to avoid him being complete

3/10

 

[Papasmurf]

Rating for ?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

10/10 for the face alone

In all seriousness, Manabu is a pretty mediocre character. He served his purpose in the plot well enough as being the one who pushed Nakoshi's character arc forward, though beyond that he only really serves as a second opinion to either ignite or counter the ideas Nakoshi brings forward and Nakoshi GASLIGHTING him into becoming a tranny was pretty hyperbolic.

5/10

 

[Papasmurf]

Rate Aiba Shinya/Tekkaman Evil

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Shinya is what I'd consider an amazing villain in premise ruined by a mixed execution. The rivalry he had with Takaya was great as it made the story a case of both sides being simultaneously proactive and reactive towards each other as Shinya constantly attempted to surpass his brother with a commendable motivator of having always been second fiddle to him and wanting to break the trend.
Whilst that main attribute of his character made him interesting, his full potential is held back by his end goal of wanting to annihilate the humans for the Radam being due to cheap mind control and something that immediately shows itself as a false motivator during his death. As I mentioned in the rewrite thread, this could've been fixed if it was made apparent the Radam amplified a Tekkaman's desires to the point they would align with them, though what we got made everything but his rivalry hollow, which is a tremendous shame for someone who could have potentially been one of the best villains in the medium. He's still fairly high tier as far as anime/manga villains go (probably in my top 25), though not as good as he could've been.

7/10

 

[Papasmurf]

To add to that though, it would appear Shinya gradually moved on from his end goal of making the Radam race rule the Earth in favor of settling the score with Takaya rather than the former being a false motivator. It wasn't until the start of the episode where he dies that he declares who wins between humans and Radam doesn't matter to him anymore, after all. Also, while I see your point that the Tekkamen being mind controlled (thus having less autonomy in their actions) somewhat dilutes their character arcs, it's important to note that the Radam crafted the Tekkaman bodies to act as their arms and legs because they're essentially beings consisting entirely of brain mass, so them mind controlling their hosts makes sense (even if they seem to be driven by their human memories to a large extent). I'd also say that the Radams' mind control isn't nearly as damaging to character development as, say, Baby's mind control in GT, seeing as Shinya's personality remained mostly unchanged by the Radam leaving his body and he still reveled in that he at least proved his power was greater than Blade's. It's also far better than mind control in the OG DB manga, seeing as even in Dabura's one moment of defiance, he only had Babidi's well being in mind (showing how much more like brainwashing Babidi's mind control is compared to the Radam just making all their hosts more unhinged and single-minded in serving the cause of Radam, yet still leaving them to retain most of their human personality traits).