Into the Spider-Lounge

[Spider-Fan]

Haven't seen Bumblebee, but saw Aquaman last Saturday. I loved it.

 

[ComicChick]

Free Anime is back at Microsoft Store today:

Assassination Classroom:
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Attack on Titan:
Get Attack on Titan, Season 101 - Microsoft Store

Dragon Ball Super:
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Dragon Ball Super (Original Japanese Version):
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Dragon Ball Z:
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Eureka Seven:
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Fairy Tail:
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Garo: the Animation:
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans:
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Monster Hunter Stories Ride On:
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My Hero Academia Uncut:
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Yu Yu Hakusho:
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Yu Yu Hakusho (Original Japanese Version):
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all free on Microsoft Store

 

[ComicChick]

i had ordered a second comic book box and it just arrived. i already filled it lol. it looks like i'm going to need at least one more but i can wait a while. i need some more backing boards as well. i'm pretty sure i have some here already, so i'm going to look before i buy.

 

[Mandon Knight]

So our (UK) airports stopped by a drone you say ? No systems in place or action taken on reports highlighting this as a potential report in 2014 you say ? Other countries having solved this with training birds of prey you say ? Why does the bit in IM with JB going ga-ga and saying Tony Stark built this in a cave spring to mind on the capability of the UK. We are a joke.

 

[C. Lee]

Just got back from seeing the animated Spider-Man movie. My daughter went absolutely gaga for it. I thought it was pretty darn good too.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Is it just me but does the new Hellboy trailer looks all kinds of awful ?

 

[squeekness]

i had ordered a second comic book box and it just arrived. i already filled it lol. it looks like i'm going to need at least one more but i can wait a while. i need some more backing boards as well. i'm pretty sure i have some here already, so i'm going to look before i buy.

I can't recall the last time my whole collection would have fit in three boxes. Lol.

 

[Teelie]

Before I lost mine some years ago I had about a dozen boxes.

 

[squeekness]

Before I lost mine some years ago I had about a dozen boxes.

I have at least twice that.

 

[Guts]

After seeing what Trump's border wall is supposed to look like, I guess he wants to be known as Trump the Impaler.

 

[Lily Adler]

So I see my idea to post an announcement through the entire board for the Hype awards has been realized.

 

[Reek]

As some of you know, my little sister means the world to me.... So... I got the best christmas gift ever.

I got home and 5 seconds later.... someone knocks on my door... I open and there is a gift wrapped thing sitting there. Literally... I said " well thats ****ing creepy" slammed the door and grabbed my pistol .... knocks again... I think to myself 'nah, someone is just ****ing with me.' ... pull off the wrapping paper and there she is. Haven't seen her in a year and i absolutely broke down. I love Christmas.

 

[squeekness]

Awesome.

 

[2kt09]

As some of you know, my little sister means the world to me.... So... I got the best christmas gift ever.

I got home and 5 seconds later.... someone knocks on my door... I open and there is a gift wrapped thing sitting there. Literally... I said " well thats ****ing creepy" slammed the door and grabbed my pistol .... knocks again... I think to myself 'nah, someone is just ****ing with me.' ... pull off the wrapping paper and there she is. Haven't seen her in a year and i absolutely broke down. I love Christmas.

"child protective services, yes this Reek just got delivered a kid's meal"

 

[Reek]

more like *hello walmart, i was wondering if you had any adult diapers cause i **** my pants."

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

As some of you know, my little sister means the world to me.... So... I got the best christmas gift ever.

I got home and 5 seconds later.... someone knocks on my door... I open and there is a gift wrapped thing sitting there. Literally... I said " well thats ****ing creepy" slammed the door and grabbed my pistol .... knocks again... I think to myself 'nah, someone is just ****ing with me.' ... pull off the wrapping paper and there she is. Haven't seen her in a year and i absolutely broke down. I love Christmas.

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On the flipside... My sister is a morally bankrupt snake whom I at this point, would actually be happy if bad things happened to her.

 

[Perfect Cell]

I don't have a sister. TRUE NEUTRAL.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I don't have a sister. TRUE NEUTRAL.

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Real talk though... Why do I suspect you left off the word "currently" in that statement Bri?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

BTW saw Aquaman and... Pretty ****ing solid, though laden with cliche's. There were two pretty interesting twists in terms of formula that I appreciated and as an super hero action film it delivered a lot. Pretty damned good looking too.

 

[Perfect Cell]

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Real talk though... Why do I suspect you left off the word "currently" in that statement Bri?

I was going to find a picture of Cell and Android 18 to post as a response, but... there's some weird **** out there, and that's a Google search I now regret.

For example, there's a statue that provides a cutaway view of 18 being digested in Cell's stinger/tail thing. People bought this, and have it in their homes.

 

[Marvolo]

Have yall ever heard of Raju the Elephant? In 2014 he was found in India and rescued. He had been chained up with spiked manacles and abused and tortured for 50 years!



Elephant Who Wept Through His Rescue Officially Declared 'Free'

World's 'Unluckiest Elephant' Freed After 50 Years In Chains

Pure ****ing evil. People that would do something like that to an animal should just be shot like a rabid dog and kicked in a ditch to rot.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I was going to find a picture of Cell and Android 18 to post as a response, but... there's some weird **** out there, and that's a Google search I now regret.

For example, there's a statue that provides a cutaway view of 18 being digested in Cell's stinger/tail thing. People bought this, and have it in their homes.

Kids gotta learn about Vore fetish somehow Bri.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

For those that care... My Aquaman review:

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Cliche ridden, but it's lively and the performers elevate the proceedings and Wan does deliver on a slam bam action spectacle with just enough dramatic weight to keep you engaged with the characters and story. An enjoyable time watching a solid movie that does have the issue of of being a bit too light often but still managed to throw in a wee bit of complexity on an issue or two which was welcomed on my part, though I wish there was more. If I had to say which had more meaty dramatics and resonance between the two, I would say Wonder Woman and Man Of Steel beat it by a country mile in that department. This is formulaic as hell. However... The formula is running on all cylinders and my worst fears, that it would be too reliant on four quadrant styled humor was not realized as they did not go overboard with "wink-wink" type jokes or word play and simply let Aquaman and his world speak for themselves.


Overall the film doesn't even attempt to reach any grand highs but it just works. This is apparent across all the non-production design/SFX/action aspects of the film. Take Patrick Wilson as Orm. He's not going to dethrone (no pun) Tom Hiddleston as the brother villain of the hero du jour. But... What he does in the film is more than good enough and it works. The arc Arthur has doesn't go too deep under the hood or ask any big questions or make any grand statements... But it works. He comes across well as the reluctant hero with a chip on his shoulder who none the less will do what must be done for the greater good and in doing so opens himself up to greater connections and responsibilities. We've seen it all before and they don't break much new ground. Momoa is both affable in the part but his issues are given enough weight to have some dramatic heft in the movie. Even people that aren't particularly great in their performances aren't also egregiously bad either. Amber Heard's Mera is a touch undercooked but it still works. Lungdren's undersea king looks great but his line readings (as always) are off and yet... That works out fine too.


What affected me most as a long time fan of the character that knew of the potential in adapting him to the big screen is that the feel started off immediately with the cliche's which I found off putting but as the runtime went on I found myself getting more and more into it so that by the time the final act gets going, starting with the hero finally embracing his destiny, yadda-yadda, and ending with the giant big budget blockbuster action scene, I was happy as a... uh... clam, and enjoying the hell out of seeing Aquaman and his world so fleshed out and pleasingly presented. Really, if you are a fan of Aquaman and you have known how much more he is than the public perception formed by Family Guy or Superfriends the last act of this film gives you everything you want. And the movie gives you the viewer, a great tour of this fantasy world withing the DCEU, and in spades. This isn't like say the Green Lantern film or the first Thor movie where you find the "Earth" stuff less engaging and interesting than the trips to Asgard or Oa. No, Wan centers a lot of the film in the undersea fantasy realm and keeps it lively and engaging. Wan deserves particular kudos for delivering a very specific and probably expensive type of 360 degree action, both on dry land and in the water. Truly this has some fantastic super hero action and in spite of the talk of it being too "CGI" I thought the effects all worked given the setting and were mostly blended well enough for me to not be taken out of the film.

Again, the formulaic nature of the movie may detract for some viewers and I can understand that. I mean, as fine as the score was, it LITERALLY uses "DUN-DUN-DUHH!" throughout the film. But maybe, I don't know... Maybe Wan was embracing the cliches so tightly in a hope to actually transcend them? If so... It kinda worked. Still if that aspect is a problem I don't think those in the audience that see that as a deficiency is going to be moved by that POV. This was quite a "safe" film, but then... I think it's obvious that as compared to shows on Streaming, Cable and TV that movie audiences aren't looking for too much complexity in big budget films these days, for good or ill. Another issue I had was that I think that for myself Yaya Mateen as Manta was good enough and I liked the twist to the story of how he becomes Aquaman's nemesis in that it was NOT as cliched and overdone a trope as I was expecting, BUT... I feel, despite what's implied in a post credit scene, that he took a back seat too much in compared to Ocean Master and wished there was more of him in the movie. Like so many facets of the film, for me, that would have added more, again no pun, depth to the overall film. Another few things going into the negative pile for me was that they young actors that played Arthur in flashbacks just never once convinced me that they were the same person only younger. On every level they had at best a surface physical similarity but in terms of line reading, and presence, I just never bought it.


End of the day though I think the good in general far outweighs anything subpar or poor in the film. I for sure wouldn't mind going back to this world for another adventure with Atlantis' warrior king even if it again, was a bit of a shallow exercise in fantasy spectacle. For this long time fan of Aquaman the best way to sum up the film is... "Hail to the King!"

 

[Perfect Cell]

I want to see Aquaman, and I want to see Spiderverse, but the only theatre near me is at the mall. And it's 3 days until Christmas. So, I need you to review Aquaman using this scale I've just constructed: on a scale of 1 to 10, how worth it is it to make the effort, even if it means I might get thrown through a plate glass window for standing too close to a Hickory Farms gift basket someone had their eyes on?

 

[Reek]

@KRYPTON INC. HIT ME BABY!