I dissappear for a month, and find a new General thread in the old one's place. What a time to be alive. Glad to see everyone's still in one piece.

Hey AkibaSilver! How are you? Did you have a good holiday and new year?

I don't think George Clooney was that bad as Batman. Batman & Robin sucked so badly because the studio wanted a kids movie that will sell toys. George Clooney and Uma Thurman are the only ones from that movie that didn't have their career ruined.

My point still stands. He's a good actor. Just as Robert Pattinson is. Batman & Robin was made to sell merchandise to pre-teen boys, much like how the Twilight films were made to sell merchandise and books to teenage girls. You have a case where two franchises picked two talented actors to play roles that were written terribly and somehow made it out relatively unscathed. Now it's come full circle as Batman has proved itself to be a serious viable franchise that can win awards and is now going for a talented actor who was in a franchise that suffered similarly to Batman & Robin. The tale of two Batmen.

I’ll think on it then. I’m still hesitant but your arguments are valid.

Sounds like a film title. XD

I never understand why the unkown/lords from kamen rider agito always do that thing with the hands when they gonna kill someone.

That's them, like, marking their target? I think it's a combination of turning on their powers and calling someone out. That's how I read it, anyway.

It's more a prayer/ritual sort of thing. Killing humans is a Sin, but one that they must carry out to destroy the Agito -- so their doing the sign is something akin to "Forgive me for my sin, Father".

I mean, sure, if you want the actual reason as supported by the text of the show, yeah, okay. Sometimes it's good to think wrong things, though!

(Thanks for pointing this out! A little mad I didn't pick up on this!)

Strange to think we live in a timeline where live action versions of Pokemon, Sonic, and Dora get good reviews.

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I’m officially a Christmas Cake. Terrifying.

If I ever go back in time and meet my younger self I would first spoil the future by sharing what you just said and add that we are getting a Cowboy Bebop live-action TV series where Harold from Harold and Kumar is Spike Spiegel and some years before that he played Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek reboot movies. :lolol

Then CastleVania gets it's third season of a highly praised series by someone who just looked at the fanwikis as he had no clue what the hell anything was. God, we've improved in video game adaptations a lot, hope the trend stays

Clooney was the only one to have consistent work after. I'd argue that Arnie made it out okay but by that point his career had kinda just plateaued and... well it's been a rollercoaster ever since but I don't think B&R had that big of an impact. Thurman's career was however effectively dead after B&R, until Kill Bill. And then there's Chris O'Donnell (What is it with superheroes and Chrises?!) and Alicia Silverstone who have had bit parts in nothing of note for the last 20 years. Unless you count O'Donnell's role in... one of those cop shows that have been going on forever.

Of course nobody got it worse than Jeep Swenson, who played Bane. Cuz that guy died the same year that movie came out.

I always forget you have the most appropriate birthdate imaginable.

And yet I've spilled all this blood and nobody wants to go near an Ace Combat adaptation.

Cowards. The lot of them.

I got: Yakuza Remastered Collection, Code Geass seasons one and two, sweets, plushies and £90. (oh, and a scratch-card)

LOL, and to think it wasn’t planned. Should’ve been born in April or May. XD

Doing alright. Uni just got busy and I haven't had time to keep up with the toku like I used to. I'm even behind on Zero-One, and I'm liking Zero-One. Happy birthday, btw!

So Japan decided to have this guy as the Japanese voice for Tom Holland's character Ian in the Pixar movie Onward.
https://i.imgur.com/6R9607l.jpg

Makes sense cause he has made a name for himself as an actor post-ToQger.

I'm so proud of him! That's really awesome.

Fuck your Ace Combat! Bring on the adaptation of The Legend of Dragoon!!!!

I finally saw Doctor Sleep and I really enjoy it. I like that the movie didn't try to rehash the first movie and did something original for once unlike most movie sequels (I'm looking at you Force Awakens). It's a noteworthy sequel that is done right if you ask me.

I’d like to see a Kamen Rider version of The Masked Singer just because. XD

But how would that work?

Do they wear masks over their helmets? :p

...

Or they could just; you know, not be transformed and then disguise themselves. But where's the fun in that?!

I meant the contestants would perform/ disguise themselves as Riders. ^^,,,

Oh! That makes more sense, because at first, I was like:

https://challengerscomics.com/images...ed_Singers.jpg

Maybe I should have said a Masked Singer version of Kamen Rider instead. XD

Hey Everyone. It's been a while since I last came to the TokuNation Forum. I know Name Changes are no longer allowed, but I'm unhappy with my Old Username and I want to change it. Who do I need to contact, if I want to change my Username?

If my request to change my Username, gets denied, then I will accept the decision and move on

I downloaded Fate Grand Order onto my phone the other day and I have to say, it's a lot better than I expected. I'm hooked.

Actually, a bit too hooked, someone help me!

Uh oh. Like, hooked "I'm on my phone too much", or hooked "this 1/7-scale statue is only $400, I guess I'll get one more"?

The first one. I'm a sucker for lore so I've been grinding through quests to raise my Servants' Bond Level to unlock lore info. I've also neen ignoring the limited events (for now) in favor of the main story. Really hope this is a phase and not the start of something.

I'm a stingy person, so I never ever pay for premium currency.

Oh sure it's fun now but then the FOMO kicks in and you're rollin rollin rollin but there's no sign of a 5 star and you're constantly getting spooked by Astolfo, not to mention the ever-persistent stalking by the snek.

AND THEN you have to grind for materials to actually level skills and stuff.

Play Girls' Frontline instead. It's like Metal Gear Solid meets... uh... thing with cute girls.














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LEAVE ME ALONE SNEK

Helps that it's also based off a novel, so unless the novel was just Shining 2: Electric Boogaloo, it would be difficult to be a rehash :lol

So that CG-animated Dragon Quest movie that's on Netflix... dear lord, I’ve rarely witnessed a movie that went from "Cute" to "Oh my god what have they done" so unbelievably fast. Like, I had to physically wrap my hands around my head in disbelief. I couldn’t fathom what I was seeing.

I will still put it in a spoiler-tag in case someone really wants to see this first (please don’t), but... man. So, 90% of the movie is a semi-faithful adaption of Dragon Quest V. Like, it’s okay. You get some kicks out of seeing the characters and monsters from the game, the music is great ('cause it's from the games) and they do make an effort to cram the entire game into one movie.

Solid fun I’d say. But then... the ending. Holy shit. Just as our heroes fulfill the prophecy and end the threat of Grandmaster Nimzo... the entirety of the movie is revealed to be a VR simulation in which a nostalgic adult who played Dragon Quest V as a kid wants to revisit it with the newest technology. Instead of Nimzo a virus manifests, put there by some asshole hacker who just wants to ruin the experience and tell everyone playing they're "Losers". That's it. The slime monster that traveled the protagonist is revealed to be an antivirus program (I'm not making this shit up I swear) and they defeat the virus. The guy, now aware he's in a game finished it anyways because "It's real to him" and then the movie ends.

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

Who though this was a good idea? Why? There were more than one guy working on this, right? When did the rest decide it was okay to proceed with this instead of strapping the lunatic who came up with the idea to a chair and whip him with game controller cables until he admits his wrongdoing?

I cannot believe this is real. I don’t want to. They make a Dragon Quest movie that's solid, like innocent fun, nothing award winning - and then they end it like this?

Help. I’m losing it. Someone melt down a copy of Dragon Quest VIII and inject it directly into my bloodstream. Something must be done to make this right. If someone owns a time travel machine, anyone, please go back two hours in time and smash my PC before I can watch this movie. Tell them it would be for my own good for it would be the truth.

And now excuse me while I finish this once innocent Sunday in terror.

I Plan on watching the Dragon Quest animated movie soon. I'm curious to check it out.

Good. Please come back to me and tell me if I hallucinated this or not.

I feel like I'm slowly going insane or something.

https://personacentral.com/shin-mega...v7eHAUmwBdVmjs

We have Dante, Bayonetta, and Guts in the same game. Now just add Spawn, Devilman, Hellboy, and Doomslayer to make the ultimate demon slaying game.

I've only recently gotten into Dragon Quest but I remember my twitter feed fucking melting down over this and I can't help but think that one live action thing with the venomous blade licking thief would have gone over better.


Speaking of how the hell am I supposed to play DQ8 when it's pricey as fuck

I watched the final episodes of BoJack Horseman last night and I'm going to miss this show. I had a great time with this series and it's a shame to see it over. On the bright side, the show won't suffer from seasonal rot like most show do.

Wish I could take credit for making this movie with the sole purpose of collecting the suffering and madness of the people who watch it.

I have returned after a long weekend of working. It was the final weekend performances of the musical I did spot op for. I hung out with the cast a lot since it would be the last time most of us will see each other ever again. We had lots of fun eating and talking over the weekend.

On a sad note I found out on Saturday that my acting coach passed away. She's the one that gave my school the connection to the theatre that would eventually lead to my employment there and she helped me prepare for my audition (that was unfortunately unsuccessful). It was hard, and she touched the lives of so many there at the theatre.

But not to end on a sad note, our last performance was yesterday night. Afterwards the producer threw us a party, and then after that some of us when out to a bar. Andrea McArdle (the original Broadway Annie) bough us all a round of drinks and she gave me a hug when I left. I also told one of the cast members that I'm non-binary and he was quite supportive and we added each other on social media. It was a wonderful time, a fun production to work on, and I'll miss this cast.