@milo#16973
I love me a good concept album, I'll have to check that out.
@downtonabbey Thank you for finally getting me over my skepticism of telenovelas.
@Syzygy Thank you for preparing me to respec for dual wielding.
@Moon and @hellomrkearns#16960 All of the anime and ELO you shared does, in fact, rule. That Daicon IV Opening Animation must have been a big inspiration on Daft Punk, right?
Now, everyone who hasn't already seen this must see this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDPRwLlpdTU&feature=emb_logo
@Moon#16940 this rules so hard
@Moon#17036 Uhhhh one of these things is not like the others
What's the Daicon IV of videogames?
@whatsarobot#17046
I felt like I learned something about Japanese humor when I learned the 1973 story "JAPAN SINKS" also spawned a satirical story, within the same year, called "EVERYTHING BUT JAPAN SINKS". and when a movie adaptation of JAPAN SINKS was made in the 90's, a satire follow up also occured within the same year.
Natural born comedic contraians, I guess
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Igai_Zenbu_Chinbotsu
Of course now we have the 2020 JAPAN SINKS Netflix program. Which I have watched and enjoyed. I was really really interested in why they so prominently talk about access to reliable to information following a natural disaster, and then found out that that's been a feature of the Japanese goverments post-disaster messaging ever since the 1923 kanto massacre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_Massacre
I've seen people in America over the last year blame California wildfires on antifa and jewish space lasers [and in 2019, Australian wildfires on muslims]. I hope we also dont have to have a massacre before we learn some lessons Japan has already learned the hard way.
This has been on my mind because I expect California to have The Big One within my lifetime.
@Moon#17049
Smash brothers. A whole bunch of characters and properties collected in one place set to catchy music and flashy animation.
@Moon#17036 for more good localizations, check out JapanFilmTitles on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/JapanFilmTitles/status/1179598664542482432?s=19
https://twitter.com/JapanFilmTitles/status/1332454880431190016?s=19
https://twitter.com/JapanFilmTitles/status/1331222763131056128?s=19
https://twitter.com/JapanFilmTitles/status/1312749549111271424?s=19
Tommy-Chan: “神聖な schnikes!”
@Moon#17049 Such an interesting question. Just like on the podcast, our first goal must be to decide what it is about Daicon IV that we are looking for in a video game. Is it the fact that it's an impressively flashy sequence about an entertainment product that otherwise does not exist? Or is it the impressively 80s aesthetic? Or something else entirely, perhaps.
I used the adverb “impressively” twice in as many sentences and my AP English teacher is sending me angry tweets
This has probably been caught plenty of times in different circles, but I have been really fixated on it:
https://youtu.be/plTlUAIeWCI
The music reminds me of Bomberman 64, the primitive 3D visuals are very nostalgic. It all works really well together. Digging into the musician behind it, he does actually have some albums up on Spotify, including some new ones!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/57nv9UWhYTBijBLYigIH2K
According to the source himself, there is no extended version of that song, only the length made for that opening. So I guess there you have it, then.
what's the deal with bombs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZaSgnYLceQ
@hellomrkearns#17062 I've had the pleasure of meeting the fellow who runs this twitter account, and he is a very fine fellow indeed.
