Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[Fantastische Hure]

John Williams is GAWD!

 

[Gin]

Thoughts on the 2nd Creed II/Rocky VIII trailer?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Seems to really be milking things with the creators fully making it a next generation type of series, though that still makes it seem more promising than Creed. It'd be nice to see just what Drago's been doing since his loss to Rocky and see if he's more than just a salty coach. It also seems like they're focusing more on Adonis' character arc this film, which is good since the first Creed put so much effort into the character writing for Rocky that he completely overshadowed the new protagonist.

If you'e finished Kingdom Come already, what did you think of it?

Finished it recently, so I'll provide my overall thoughts.

The concept of DC tackling the topic of the divide between meta-humans and humanity was a fairly good deconstruction of their works. However, one of the most prevalent flaws to DC crossover works is obvious right from the start in that Superman is always the deciding factor in conflicts. Whilst it did a good job at breaking down how his ideology can be twisted into a communist regime and is a far better take on providing conflict to his character than what Snyder did, him being the ultimate factor was still quite disappointing; especially when we have him being such a Messiah figure he's able to make a room full of Meta-Humans do a 180 just through sheer charisma. On the note of relevance, Norman was overall a pretty pointless character, only being there for the sake of exposition and his role at the end being something any human could fulfil. Whilst I liked some of the Biblical throwbacks, the overuse of them made it feel pretentious at times and despite having constantly built up to the climax being some history changing event, the most that happened was Captain Marvel dying and Wonder Woman getting pregnant, with the staus-quo returning pretty quickly for a boring ending.
It had a lot of good potential, but could've used better execution. Watchmen did the premise of superheroes and masked vigilantes fighting against each other dozens of times better than this and any to copy the formula and Captain America: Civil War did the idea a lot better than Kingdom Come as well due to both ideological factions being on far more of an equal footing and the climax remaining an internal conflict rather than a plot device causing both sides to reunite.

5/10

 

[Gin]

Thoughts in South Park Season 22 Episode 1?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I found it to be a pretty good episode. The focus on both the normalisation of violence in modern day life as well as the the opposite overreaction to atrocities not directly affecting oneself were done pretty good. Also the comic timing of Randy saying "I agree with my wife" was perfect. My favourite aspect of the episode was the end of the B-Plot with Cartman and Token since it did a great job portraying how unwilling people are to openly call out popular but objectively bad films, as well as Black Panther in particular mainly getting the acclaim it had through the cavalcade of social justice surrounding it with the Oscars.
Wouldn't say it's one of the absolute best episodes, but still better than any episode of the past 2 (maybe even 3) seasons.

 

[Gin]

After Put It Down it is better than the any episode last 3 seasons. Definitely better than last years premiere.

I also like how some people think Stan actually died at the end, lol. Can’t just kill a main character like that.

What do you think #cancelsouthpark really means?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I think it's probably just to troll the fans who believe the series would conclude soon, as does Stan's condition at the end, coupled with it poking fun at the amount of times offensive content has caused petitions to cancel it such as in it's early seasons. Pretty sure both Matt and Trey have occasionally talked about ending the series at some point in the near future, though I imagine this is just to add some fuel to the fire. After all, South Park is the perfect melting pot for their creative ideas, so I can't see them as having a solid goal on cancelling it.

 

[Jeff Styles]

Thoughts in South Park bigger, longer, and uncut?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

One of the best comedy movies out there. It did well in satirising the controversy revolving around censorship and the show itself, as well as worked around the censorship demands of the company through subverting a few of the gags that were explicit in production (eg. Saddam's penis) to give them a good deal more comedic value than they may have initially had. It also has some of the best musical numbers in the franchise such as Uncle Fucker and La Resistance. It's plot isn't that much of a stunning one, since it's conclusion erases most of the repercussions, though it was good that is was something that provided major plot continuity for several later episodes such as "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" or "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" It also made the series' depiction of Satan a fairly iconic character in the franchise, whereas before he had been a pretty average recurring character. Overall, it's one of the best entries in the series that did an excellent job as both a portrayal on it's theme of how overblown the desire to censor sexual material and swearing was compared to violence at the time (and maybe still is) and works as great entertainment that has a lot of rewatch value.

If having to give it an obligatory rating, I'd probably say about an 8/10.

 

[SSJ2]

Are you current on HxH?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

No. Haven't been for quite some time now. Is the current arc getting any better?

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

Finished it recently, so I'll provide my overall thoughts.

The concept of DC tackling the topic of the divide between meta-humans and humanity was a fairly good deconstruction of their works. However, one of the most prevalent flaws to DC crossover works is obvious right from the start in that Superman is always the deciding factor in conflicts. Whilst it did a good job at breaking down how his ideology can be twisted into a communist regime and is a far better take on providing conflict to his character than what Snyder did, him being the ultimate factor was still quite disappointing; especially when we have him being such a Messiah figure he's able to make a room full of Meta-Humans do a 180 just through sheer charisma. On the note of relevance, Norman was overall a pretty pointless character, only being there for the sake of exposition and his role at the end being something any human could fulfil. Whilst I liked some of the Biblical throwbacks, the overuse of them made it feel pretentious at times and despite having constantly built up to the climax being some history changing event, the most that happened was Captain Marvel dying and Wonder Woman getting pregnant, with the staus-quo returning pretty quickly for a boring ending.
It had a lot of good potential, but could've used better execution. Watchmen did the premise of superheroes and masked vigilantes fighting against each other dozens of times better than this and any to copy the formula and Captain America: Civil War did the idea a lot better than Kingdom Come as well due to both ideological factions being on far more of an equal footing and the climax remaining an internal conflict rather than a plot device causing both sides to reunite.

5/10

In this case, i'd recommend you to read The New Frontier. It has a similiar theme, but with Superman being way less than a powerhouse.

 

[SSJ2]

No. Haven't been for quite some time now. Is the current arc getting any better?

No idea, I think I'm 5-10 behind. I was about to ask you the same thing lol.

 

[ahill1]

Thoughts on Breaking Bad?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Thoughts on Breaking Bad?

Haven't watched more than a few episodes, but it seems highly overrated. Based on Thatanimesnob's review, the series relies too heavily on character intelligence changing too erratically for plot convenience, not to mention a lot of the seasons having somewhat solid conclusions that make continuation forced. From what he said, Season 1 of The Sopranos >> All of Breaking Bad, and that's something I probably wouldn't argue with.

 

[Gin]

Have you ever gambled at all like at casinos or elsewhere?

Where do you live?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Have you ever gambled at all like at casinos or elsewhere?

No, since there's no casinos or the likes around where I live, so the most I've done in turns of a gamble would be betting on horse races and using slot machines in arcades.

Where do you live?

England

 

[Jeff Styles]

Do you lift?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Used to. Haven't for a while due to being preoccupied with other things, not to mention gym memberships being a bit pricey and there overall being healthier ways to keep fit.

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

Do you prefer your face a with beard, a mustache or shaved?