Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[Ultimate Cell]

I've considered a few Asian countries due to things such as better health and societies than the west, though I'd prefer to not be too distant from my family and current events have pretty much put any stop on such thoughts for the moment.

Move to Brazil with Ahill

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Brazil does have Basedonaro, the rightful democratically elected president .

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

I'll be watching this video today, as per your recommendation. Since this seems to be a pretty in depth analysis (It's longer than the entire movie ffs), should I also watch Episode I before this?

Also checked out the catalogue of videos of this channel and it seems a pretty interesting one. What are your thoughts on "Style is Substance"?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

(It's longer than the entire movie ffs),

Not really that surprising tbh. After all, if you have a lot of things happening both overtly or with subtlety in each scene of a film, breaking down the plot, themes and characters in-depth is obviously going to take up more time than the runtime itself.

should I also watch Episode I before this?

If you feel you need to refresh yourself on some details, you can, though I wouldn't say it's necessary.

Also checked out the catalogue of videos of this channel and it seems a pretty interesting one. What are your thoughts on "Style is Substance"?

He's a pretty mixed bag as far as content goes. A lot of what he covers are more artsy films that can often delve into pretentiousness due to how overly interpretive they can be and even some of his more standard stuff can get clogged up with the insertion of political biases. Aside from his TPM analysis, there hasn't been much there that catches my interest beyond his videos on Seven Samurai.

 

[Papasmurf]

How seriously would you have taken Yi Xing Long if he grew a style dragon dick and six dragon wings after consuming the other Dragon Balls?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

He'd be a meme worthy joke, though still more of a serious adversary than Planet Moro .

 

[Papasmurf]

Yi Xing Long: "Bulma sold yer ass out for 3 silver coins, boy. Dragon Dick Thunder!"

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Vegeta: :what

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

He's a pretty mixed bag as far as content goes. A lot of what he covers are more artsy films that can often delve into pretentiousness due to how overly interpretive they can be and even some of his more standard stuff can get clogged up with the insertion of political biases. Aside from his TPM analysis, there hasn't been much there that catches my interest beyond his videos on Seven Samurai.

Well I can have a field day with pretentious artsy films, so that’s a win by me. But I’m not watching his review on Salò, or the 120 days of Sodom. Fuck that movie.

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Seen parts 1 and 2 of the video as of now. Part 2 also gets me confused since he spends most of it comparing his theory to the ring theory (Which is unknown to me). What’s poetical about Star Wars beside the lip service? Besides the loose mirror between Anakin and Luke’s lives, the strongest example I can think of is a sequel one - History repeats itself and the status quo is back to ANH levels. Luke says the Jedi were wrong and shouldn’t exist, having fallen into the same elitist hole as the original Jedi in his younger years.

Furthermore, have you seen any George Lucas film outside of Star Wars?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

What’s poetical about Star Wars beside the lip service?

There are many examples, some of the main ones being:

- The burning of a body in a funeral pyre being both the inciting and concluding incident to Anakin's character arc (Qui-Gon's death in TPM and Anakin's death in RotJ).
- The tone coming full circle. TPM started off very lighthearted externally with childish elements so that this innocence could be lost gradually as the prequels go on. Meanwhile, ANH starts off comparatively darker in tone and the OT has regained that childishness by the time of RotJ with the Ewoks (who also serve a similar purpose to the Gungans in TPM).
- Anakin's arc in the prequels has very much a sense of coming full circle; he started as a slave to Watto and by the end of RotS is encased in a suit designed to make him a slave to Palpatine.
- All of the 3 main villains working for Sidious in the prequel trilogy serving as faces for Vader's character; Maul representing his rage and desire for revenge, Dooku perhaps being the most prominent with him representing how the failures of the Jedi Order can bring one into the Sith's hands (something Lucas made very apparent with him saying Anakin claiming he'll become the most powerful Jedi ever is meant to mirror what Dooku later says about achieving power greater than any Jedi) and Grievous representing the physical aspects of being a cyborg with major health problems.
- The ending of each of Lucas' films. 3 of them (AotC, Rots, ESB) end with characters looking out over a sunset/nebula when faced with uncertainty due to dark events in the plot. The other 3 (TPM, ANH, RotJ) all end with a wide, frontal shot of the main characters to present a sense of triumph (a fairly brilliant one in TPM's case when considering who's victory it wass).

There are many more, especially if including all the cases of foreshadowing in the prequels, but I'll leave it at those examples for now.

Furthermore, have you seen any George Lucas film outside of Star Wars?

Not yet, though I plan on watching a few of them at some point.

 

[Papasmurf]

How would you feel if an Alita anime was made covering all of Part 1, and Kaos/Den was voiced by Dan Green in the English dub, complete with an "It's time to Duel!" obligatory reference being uttered in Den's first battle with Alita?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Would feel great with it being animated and may be one case where I prefer the dub over the sub .

 

[Ultimate Cell]

Is berserk worth getting into?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Definitely. Even with the drastic drop in writing quality after the Tower of Conviction Arc (coupled with the drop in art quality as of the current arc), the manga still has some of the best character writing in the medium, with Guts' character being the one element not to be tarnished by the later arcs.

 

[Ultimate Cell]

Definitely. Even with the drastic drop in writing quality after the Tower of Conviction Arc (coupled with the drop in art quality as of the current arc), the manga still has some of the best character writing in the medium, with Guts' character being the one element not to be tarnished by the later arcs.

Is their an anime adaption? From I heard theirs the 97 and the recent one but the 97 only covers the first few arcs and the modern one has...questionable animation

 

[SSJ2]

The 97 anime is decent but doesn't compare to the manga. I'd watch it after reading the manga if anything.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Is their an anime adaption? From I heard theirs the 97 and the recent one but the 97 only covers the first few arcs and the modern one has...questionable animation

The '97 version makes a good introduction to the series if not wanting to only read the manga first (though reading the manga in its entirety is a must). The manga version of the Golden Age is far better, though the '97 anime still holds up on its own beyond the cliffhanger at the end, not to mention having a 10/10 soundtrack.

 

[Ultimate Cell]

Do you think Part 5 jojo would be better if Araki had not changed his mind about fugo betraying the group

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I'd say Fugo leaving the group was the best choice. Purple Haze was not only broken enough to make beating Diavolo too easy if cornering him, but was too much of a danger to the rest of the group as well. One member needed to stay behind to add some weight to the decision and Fugo was the one who's dropping out would be most in-character.

 

[Papasmurf]

I'm sure Diavolo's plot armor would kick in ff he ever fought Fugo just like when he fought that metal guy and managed to survive having all the iron drained out of his bloodstream as well as scissors popping out of vital parts