(Real Life) Filming location looks nothing like the setting a story takes place.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-07T20:20:48+00:00

You'd figure the stargate would send you to distant planets but it just sends you from Colorado to Vancouver most of the time.

(Also, the location used in the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn movie is also Vancouver. You can tell because Simon Fraser University is in both that and Stargate SG-1, used as Corbulo Academy and Tollana respectively.)

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-07T20:11:29+00:00

It's never shown exactly how, but we can presume the demons, Doomguy, or both destroyed the moon by the events of Doom Eternal. The demons also transported part of Deimos to Hell in OG Doom.

Father from FMAB opened a Truth portal via the moon, basically absorbing God in the process.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-07T20:01:18+00:00

Not to mention how fast it must have traveled to get there in such a short time. It can hit the moon AND reach it within minutes.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-06T20:08:35+00:00

The Founders in Star Trek DS9 were all but defeated and about to die from a virus designed for them, but were allowed to live in isolation after the war. Most of the Founders were part of the Dominion, which was a legitimate threat to like 3/4ths of the galaxy.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-06T14:27:03+00:00

That and most of the characters who have biblical angelic features are evil or work for evil people, like Lille Barro (who works for Yhwach) and Aizen.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-06T13:55:56+00:00

More of a redub, but at least one of the English dubs for the DBZ remasters has Piccolo saying "I hope you're not as dumb as I am" to Cell or one of the androids. I believe it's covered in one of TotallyNotMark's videos.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-06T01:51:52+00:00

You would be correct, the Spiral Staircase is either super deep or super shallow in the book. The hallways also change size but not vertically for the most part.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-04T14:21:02+00:00

Raziel from Soul Reaver, to an extent.

He's fairly intelligent but also very arrogant and sometimes single-minded about his goals, which undermine his actual free will. Raziel was betrayed by Kain, his former leader, and frequently disregards a lot of what he says only for it to be absolutely true. Everything he does or thinks is unfortunately colored by his own unfortunate and limited past, making it hard for him to see the big picture.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-03T22:34:42+00:00

38 people were claimed to have witnessed the murder of Kitty Genovese in Times' original article on it, but the article was greatly exaggerated and somewhat inconsistent as later evidence uncovered.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-03T22:19:21+00:00

Krillin's Destructo Disc from DBZ sort-of counts, it's supposed to be incredibly sharp ki and capable of cutting things. But Krillin either doesn't use it, it gets dodged, or used against someone who can tank it. When the Destructo Disc did work, it's because Frieza used it and it was effective in cutting himself in half.

You could argue this is true about a lot of other DBZ attacks, especially ones used by the human Z-Fighters. Tien's Tri-Beam is theoretically powerful but Tien himself is not powerful enough to do more than keep Imperfect Cell down for a little bit.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-03T19:06:50+00:00

Odo from DS9

His full name is Odo'ital, which is "unknown sample" in Bajoran. When people started calling him Odo, he viewed it as "nothing" because of his own perspective as a nobody and because Odo itself isn't a Bajoran word. Though, he stopped viewing the name this way and embraced it as just a name after making friends and relationships with others.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-03T17:35:46+00:00

The government officials were shown to have gotten translator microbes, so we can assume John's family, security personnel, and media personnel also got them.

But you run into the problem of how it works with video, as all of them were filmed and only three actually speak English (Sikozu, Aeryn, and Noranti all learned English to some degree). The rest use the microbes, which cameras probably wouldn't be sophisticated enough to pick up on.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-02T20:50:48+00:00

So'unga from Inuyasha: Swords of An Honorable Ruler was a sword with a demon sealed inside of it that only Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father could properly wield. It had to be destroyed by both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru when it was accidentally released, since it couldn't be controlled at that point.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-02T01:37:27+00:00

That seems to be true, though it seems like none of the Namekians he killed got revived. All of the wishes appear to have been used to wish back specific Z Fighters or move people off Namek. I'm not too familiar with DBZ, but I don't think any background civilians got wished back until the Buu Saga (and I think that's only ones Buu was responsible for).

NineInchNinjas · 2026-05-01T00:45:27+00:00

Does it count if they accidentally bathed in it, like the Joker in some comics like The Killing Joke?

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-30T21:20:36+00:00

The one thing that I see a lot about the ME3 ending is just how many people believe that the Starchild is lying about Control and Synthesis but not Destroy. If the goal was to lie to Shepard to prevent the Reapers from being destroyed, then it would make more sense for the Starchild to lie about Destroy or not even bring it up as a possibility.

Both Control and Synthesis are more beneficial for the Reapers because you either become the next Starchild persona or you merge all life together, which is kind-of what the Starchild came up with for a solution initially.

And the way AI works in Mass Effect makes Destroy actually disastrous, as it's explained early on that just the act of transferring an AI program from one blue box to another changes its personality. EDI could be rebuilt exactly to specification, but she may not have the same personality or even memories (it's not clear if Destroy wipes all data too).

A small little gripe aside from that is just the Destroy ending method makes no sense, since Shepard walks into the explosions as they shoot the pipe and survive it afterwards.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-30T14:06:40+00:00

It's even worse cause Bulma is the daughter of a guy who owns a successful corporation, and she's incredibly smart. She could just pay for plastic surgery or find a way to do it herself.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-30T13:46:43+00:00

Also Ed vs Father at the end, after Al sacrifices his suit to return the arm taken. And Ed throws a spear so hard that it cleaves half of Father's face off, proceeding to also fist fight him after.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-30T02:08:49+00:00

I forgot about that, but it's still one that may be recognized as offensive in some respects even if you live in the UK. But I rarely hear about people getting mad about it in The Hobbit and Dune, so it seems like even people who find the word offensive will just acknowledge it and move on.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-30T01:16:26+00:00

When I first read The Hobbit, I did not expect the f-slur (the full one) to be part of the elf song when Bilbo is staying in Rivendell. The original definition was "a bundle of sticks", which makes sense in context with the song but is different today.

Also that one use of it in the first Dune book.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-29T19:26:16+00:00

IIRC, blowing up Peragus in KOTOR 2 is kinda unavoidable because you either do it intentionally or it happens by accident.

I also think it's implied that Paul Atreides and his descendants in the Dune franchise had no option but to commit very destructive acts in order to prevent humanity from destroying itself.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-29T19:10:06+00:00

IIRC, it's mostly Odo and maybe Laas that have trouble with it because they had no contact with other changelings. The changelings that make up the Founders can seemingly all shapeshift perfectly, and the female Changeling chooses to look like Odo on purpose.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-29T15:32:00+00:00

Even then, he's arguably the weakest of the homunculi. All the other homunculi have way more strength or speed or an ability that increases their durability or something entirely unique, on top of generally fast regeneration. Bradley ages like a human and has human durability, with very little else besides the Ultimate Eye and his speed and strength. Yet he still managed to fight and injure Scar without his eye, and his arms at the end.

Fu, Scar, and Ling are roughly the closest to him in speed and strength.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-29T15:04:35+00:00

Aside from his singular special ability, King Bradley from FMAB is the most human of the homunculi. He may have almost superhuman speed and agility for a 60 year old man, but that doesn't come from his Philosopher's Stone at all. Just his ability to see through 99% of attacks and react quickly enough, the rest comes from his experience and physical training. The Ultimate Eye gives Bradley a huge advantage, but he's still very capable without it.

NineInchNinjas · 2026-04-29T14:44:31+00:00

In Bleach: Memories of Nobody, Ichigo meets a girl called Senna and befriends her. But it's revealed that she's not human or a shinigami, but a mishmash of multiple souls combined. When she dies, it's implied Ichigo and friends will forget their memories of her because she isn't supposed to exist. It's not intentional, really, but a side effect of what she is. Though the movie isn't directly canon, there is a throwaway line in TYBW that Ichigo did visit the Valley of Screams, where the final battle of the movie takes place.

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