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Captain Cadaver said:
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.

Saw your review of it and i agree with it though i’d personally give it a 8.5/10(and Sopranos 10/10 lol). Not the best De Niro/Scorsece film, that goes def goes to Goodfellas and i like Taxi Driver and even Casino just as much as Raging Bull, Mean Streets is pretty good too.

Are you looking forward into seeing The Irishman and The Many Saints Of Newark?
 

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Are you looking forward into seeing The Irishman and The Many Saints Of Newark?
Didn't know about the former until you mentioned it in the Discord. I'd be interested in watching it considering it features De Niro, Pesci and Pacino together and has the premise of looking back at one's glory days after time has taken them away, something that remains constantly relatable in this era.
The Many Saints of Newark is something I'm less excited about as it seems to be milking since it would lack the appeal that made The Sopranos unique in being a deconstruction of the mafia genre due to having fallen into an era where the old values aren't withheld strongly, not to mention it's questionable what kind of highlight events could be covered when a lot of the most crucial ones for the pasts of characters such as Dickie, Johnny Soprano and Junior were already mentioned in the main series. Still, I have some faith in David Chase's writing capability to make it work and the lineup for the cast seems great.
 

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Manga Jiren has a more tangible and sympathetic goal than the other two, so he's the best of them. Ozai is a generic villain, but at least serves his purpose in the narrative unlike Supreme Leader SUBVERTED EXPECTATIONS. Jiren the Gay's anime self is a bland hypocrite, but at least he wasn't a poor man's version of a previous character that acted as a huge mystery box that went nowhere.

Manga Jiren >> Ozai > Anime Jiren > Snoke
 

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Prequels. My first Star Wars film was Revenge of the Sith when my brother took me to see it with my cousin when it first came out in cinemas.
 

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Would you like to have a job as a movie's reviewer, as in providing reviews for movies and others stories of fiction for magazines and so on?
 

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It wouldn't be my ambition in life compared to creating works of fiction, but as far as a payed job to get me further to that step, it's near enough ideal for me.
 

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I'd imagine so, given how his plans have been pretty successful thus far and most of his plot events have been ones the show handed to Jon. I can see the argument for Jon being the one to defeat Ramsay being the same as Ramsay is in many ways a dark parallel to him, though that connection isn't as strong as in the show and GRRM has been able to make many characters parallel to each other without offering them some climactic battle such as Ned and Jaime or most of the characters in ADWD in general.
 

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/star-wars-tv-series-confirmed-18949536

Thoughts?
 

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Honestly, too early to say. I do think it could make an interesting series if done right as there's many interesting elements that show Obi-Wan's development between the prequels and OT such as comparing his "a certain point of view" scene to his response to Anakin's "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!" Marvel's line of comics have also done well in exploring how Obi-Wan had to adapt to hiding his powers and using them with subtlety as Qui-Gon once had, which would be interesting to see on-screen. That's still a pretty big "if" for its quality with Disney's track record when it comes to the franchise, though I'll admit not everything they touch ends up terrible as there were a handful of episodes in Rebels that were great ("Twilight of the Apprentice" and "Twin Suns" in particular). If Dave Filoni is brought on board as a chief director or writer then it could be great, otherwise it may remain questionable.
Still, at the very least Ewan McGregor being cast will make the acting a lot better than a good portion of the post-Disney live action material. I am disappointed Disney are using it as an excuse to force people to subscribe to their streaming service though, much in the same manner they are for the upcoming Loki TV series for the MCU.
 

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If you were forced to change your username permanently, what would you change it to?
 

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Do you think if Communism was never invented would other ideologies like Anarchism take its place?
 

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I am disappointed Disney are using it as an excuse to force people to subscribe to their streaming service though, much in the same manner they are for the upcoming Loki TV series for the MCU.

We can always boycott Disney and watch the series through illegal means. That is, until they cancel the series because of that…

Also, rumour has it McGregor might direct the pilot.
 

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Do you think if Communism was never invented would other ideologies like Anarchism take its place?
Most likely. Communist ideologies involving the utopia have existed ever since the 16th Century, so anarchism, socialism or even some later form of Lutherism would be bound to take its place if it never took off the ground.

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Who'd win in a fight between Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali?
Purely depends what kind of fight we're talking about. By Ali's own admission, he could probably take Lee in a boxing match but lose in a street fight. I think this is pretty accurate, since boxing has more limits to it that Lee would struggle to adjust to whilst street fighting or an MMA setting would give him the freedom to use his skills to the fullest.

GreatSaiyaman123 said:
We can always boycott Disney and watch the series through illegal means. That is, until they cancel the series because of that…

Also, rumour has it McGregor might direct the pilot.
Nah, the fans won't do that when they're being given what they were asking for, unlike with Rebels and Resistance. :mikey

McGregor having some directing role could be interesting to see his take on an insight into Obi-Wan though.

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What is your opinion on the Kinnikuman manga still on-going?
As far as its current run, the arcs after its 2011 run have just been milking and only serve to make the timeline more confusing due to taking place between the original manga and Nisei, yet having a lot of plot details that don't match up too well.

As far as viewing the series as a whole, it's one that I like a lot, but admit that it's difficult to cite it as being more than decent at best. It has some really cheap plot devices such as resolve power ups, destiny, time travel, etc. and having some things you just have to accept as the series' in-universe logic such as one of the characters having his body parts separated whilst still being alive and able to talk without any further explanation. Whilst having a lot of good characters, the constant prolonging of the series can cause character writing to become iffy in some cases.
Still, I generally cite it as being above average as it was for the most part the first of its kind when it came to a lot of Shonen tropes, it has some great action at times and a few interesting characters, with the sequel Kinnikuman Nisei (known better in the west as Ultimate Muscle) being a pretty solid story in the manga (as long as you ignore the continuation of it that uses time travel). Comparing it to its peers, it's far from being one of the best of 80s Shonen when viewed as a whole. Dragon Ball in its original run is overall better than it due to more consistent plot continuity and rules. Still, Kinnikuman has a few positives and unique charm that still make it worthwhile to view in the modern day.

It's at lest an infinitely better superhero Shonen series than My Hero Academia, that's for sure.
 

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Did you like the force awakens when it first came out? If so,what made you do a 180 :eek:dawg
 

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