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Stile
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Message 4 of 81 (535000)
11-12-2009 10:35 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by roxrkool
11-12-2009 12:13 AM


Hmmmm..
1. This site? I know no one here has an issue with this kind of site, but I don't think it's as easily accepted by general western society as a whole, yet. Although things do seem to be moving in that direction, I think.
2. Dragonball (before GT) (anime).
3. Kung Fu Hustle (movie).
4. Okami (PS2 video game that's a bit... "colourful").
5. Overpower (Marvel Comics CCG, now discontinued).
6. Bunch of general "nerd" things - Star Trek (NG, DS9, Voy.), RPG video/computer games (although they're becoming much more mainstream now), comic book movies and character stories...

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Stile
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Message 9 of 81 (535033)
11-12-2009 1:39 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by roxrkool
11-12-2009 1:07 PM


Dragon dragonball... Dragonball Z!
roxrkool writes:
Did you see the live-action film of Dragonball?
No, my fascination began and ended with the cartoons I was able to watch on TV
I've always had a soft-spot for anything resembling honour. Goku (in Dragonball Z) is one of the most honourable characters I've ever come across... most likely because of his imaginary cartoon existence.
Paraphrased from memory, not direct at all:
(After being beaten to a useless pulp in his fight with Piccolo)
Goku: Looks like I'm going to die.
Krillan (Goku's best friend): No! Goku, you can't die, surely you can pull through??!
Goku: Nope. *dies*
The naive honesty mixed with a refusal to string his best friend along with false hope had me laughing for a long time
And a paraphrasing of Goku's fighting philosophy: "I don't fight to win. I fight in order to gauge my abilities against an opponent. I don't try my best so that I can defeat others. I try my best so that my opponent can truthfully gauge their abilities against me."

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Stile
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Message 16 of 81 (535044)
11-12-2009 3:23 PM
Reply to: Message 12 by Lithodid-Man
11-12-2009 3:13 PM


Re: Guilty pleasures....
Lithodid-Man writes:
Probably the most embarrassing is the fact that I LOVE Survivor. I completely hate all other reality TV, but during the Survivor season my whole family becomes obsessed, it is a good part of our conversation, etc.
Heh, I'm in!
Wife and I love to make fun of them and their drama. "Oh, it's so hard to live out here, they don't give us anything..." Yeah... and why do none of the girls have any hair on their legs? Why do they always have make-up on?
But the drama is the best. Especially the guy who got kicked off last week who, like, lived in that tree-hole. We laughed at him.
I always wonder how many people write "Jeff Probst" at Tribal Council. I know I would.
"Guys! If I told you once, I've told you a thousand times... you can't vote me off, I'm the host!
Okay... onto the next vote, then...
Jeff Pr... GUYS!!"
We made the error a few times of discussing it outside of our family, and got to hear the whole "it is exploitive..." lecture.
Yeah... don't do that
Some folks just don't understand that you can watch a show to simply enjoy the company together (we talk throughout the whole show) and not really care if it's real/good/useful/whatever.

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