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Darth Chaltab

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#93961
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Video Games - a general discussion thread
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I searched some forums and consensus is that it was done on an emulator by recording and saving the records. It took over 40000 re-records spliced together to get everthing perfect and was done almost frame by frame in some places. How the sound and status bar at the bottom were kept acurate, I have no idea whatsoever.

The man who supposedly did it said he never intended it to be reguarded as legit, but rather wanted to show what was theoretically possible for a perfect player.
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#93973
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I'm sorry, but I must say this... screw this forum, and screw the entertainment industry
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"That doesn't change the fact that all I hear is complaining about the "rape" of our childhood."

Ironically, the only time that excuse comes up anymore is when people like you rehash it as a slap against anyone who says they don't like the changes. I've yet to see anyone in the past couple of years complain about Lucas raping their own childhood. You really need to update your arguments, much like Lucas did his films.


What are you talking about?

From Jame's orginal Post:

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The worst part of all is that every time this happens, there's always people who will turn around and try to pretend that raping our cultural heritage and our childhood is somehow a GOOD thing.


He's the one who used that euphenism, as archaic as it may be.

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"But yeah, I'm sure mellowing out would make you realize that the Lord of the Rings movies, especially the first one, are great movies, that the new Zelda games have very little sucking (Except Minish Cap and it's awesome Gust Jar. Gotta love the Gust Jar.)"

LOL. I hope that statement makes sense in your own mind. Apparently, anyone who disagrees with your opinion is too blinded by digust and anger to see things your way? Maybe if you got out more, you'd see how ridiculous that assertion is.


He stated a strangely unshared opinion as fact. I just made the point that because from his post James is obvioulsy disgusted by the unfaithful ness of Lord of the Rings and the mysterious lack of fun he found in all but the two of the worst Zelda games. (I enjoy LoZ and AoL, but the fact remains they are archaicly outdated by today's standards)... I figured that mellowing out would make some of his hate for the direction these franchises took go away.
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#93968
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Cartoons!
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Who else wishes there were more serious cartoon films in theaters? I know it was tried with Titan AE, but that film wasn't really all that great. It was worth a rental maybe, IMO, but other than that, every cartoon film I can think of in the last few years has been family or just for kids... (Home on the Range, Spongebob)

I guess it all goes back to the preconception that cartoons are only for kids unless they're full of perverted humor and swearing.
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#93967
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I'm sorry, but I must say this... screw this forum, and screw the entertainment industry
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Originally posted by: JamesEightBitStar

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What pissed me off here is how many people don't like what Lucas does to his movies yet still feel compelled to buy the DVDs, books, and see episode three. Many of them outright admitted this in other threads.


Is there a problem with wanting to read the books or see episode three? I admit that my decision to buy the DVDs was probably a mistake, but I had read some favorable and supposedly unbiased reviews, so what can I say?

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Dude, what I meant was there's so many mindless sheep who go around pretending that these are somehow faithful adaptations of the books, when really they are not. In all honesty I don't see how you didn't understand that.


*Shrugs* I never really got into the books that much because of how descryptive they are. Besides, just because it isn't exactly faithful to the books doesn't make them bad movies. This is why "purists" are infuriating.

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That's why the character has been popular for over two decades, right?


I was unaware of this... I figured it was revived for nostalgia's sake. My claim still stands. He-man couldn't succede today even with a good show in that sort of fetish garb.


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Oh, my mistake--the first two were amazing. Personally I never agreed with the consensus that LttP was such a Godly game, I mean it pussified a lot of aspects that made the original fun (stuff that is supposed to be secret is now clearly pointed out via gimmicks such as cracks in the wall. there is no longer any reason to keep yourself at full health because the sword beam is pathetically weak, etc). Don't even get me started on OOT... the lather-rinse-repeat battles did that one in for me.


Did we play the same AlttP? Even with the cracks in the walls, the game is harder than most games released today. I'll agree that the sword beam is weak, but it is much easier to hit your target than it was in LoZ. I think that's a fair trade. Besides, Even if you weren't a fan of Ocarina of Time's excellent battle system, the Oracle games Were great, and as I said, superiour to OoT IMHO.

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Dude, the show may not have been a complete success but it does have a cult popularity. In fact the He-Man.org forums added a section dedicated wholly to the new show. Just go there and say "The old show was better" and you'll see some praise for the new show flyin'.


That doesn't change the fact that all I hear is complaining about the "rape" of our childhood. I'm quite sick of it, too. And there is no way in Kessel I'm going to 'He-man.org" *shudders*

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I've heard this one, but I don't get it--what, would hanging around in the outside world more than I already do somehow make me magically realize that Lord of the Rings were actually good movies? If I hung around in the outside world more often, would I magically realize that the new Zelda games don't suck? There is no logic there! No matter what else I do, I'm still going to come home and play good games and bad games side by side, and be able to tell the difference between the cream and the crap.


It's a figure of speach dude; and I meant get out of the house and mellow out. But yeah, I'm sure mellowing out would make you realize that the Lord of the Rings movies, especially the first one, are great movies, that the new Zelda games have very little sucking (Except Minish Cap and it's awesome Gust Jar. Gotta love the Gust Jar.)

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#93932
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I'm sorry, but I must say this... screw this forum, and screw the entertainment industry
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I was unaware there even was a lobster man in ANH... Anyway, Yeah, that did suck what they did with the light saber. I think whoever did quality control for the DVDs had either

1)never seen starwars before

2)was somewhere between 1/2 and 100% asleep

3)was stoned, drunk, or otherwise intoxicated

4)was distracted and/or paying little-to-no attention.
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#93888
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Cannot find old Anime topic thread...
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Originally posted by: ricarleite

If you WANT stick to convencional, popular animes, try the "Bardock TV special" from DBZ (the only thing from DBZ universe that's really worth watching), the Naruto film, the Rurouni Kenshin movie, maaaaybe one of the "Saint Seiya" movies...


The Dub of the Bardock Special really sucks, so find it subtitled if at all possible.

DBZ Movies 7 and 9 are pretty good watches if you know the characters, but again, the Dub for movie seven is really bad. Movie nine has a decent dub. Funimation acts like DBZ's only audience is 5-year-olds, so don't excpect much. (And remember never to call Hollywood seque-crazy...)

Also the first three that were released by Pioneer rather than Funimation have much better dubs in their uncut versions, though they are a little dull, no fault of America.

Also, avoid anything dubbed by 4Kids (Pokemon!... Yeah...)
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#93887
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I'm sorry, but I must say this... screw this forum, and screw the entertainment industry
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
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Originally posted by: Neil S. Bulk
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
The Starwars DVDs aren't perfect, but they hardly suck.

No, the boy is quite astute, they really do suck. Candy colored images, terrible sound mixing and more detrimental changes, the discs are a nightmare.

Neil


Neil has a good point, the image "quality" might be "good" as you would say, but they are horrible looking in regards to color levels and added special effects.


The color saturation is different, right? I noticed in RotJ the Jabba's palace sequence is really heavy on earth tones... Which makes sense on a dessert planet, but it will take some getting used to. ANH and ESB looked just like my VHS tapes color wise, though, so I don't see the problem.