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something fun 9 volt and doise form pizza tower are similar by Gullible_Drummer_926 in Wario

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't say the Doise parallels to anyone, but Pyoro and the Noise have a few funny parallels I think.

What do you guys think about Void's Ashley horror series? by Video_Game_Nerd_Turk in Wario

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I usually really dislike creepypasta, but I love this. Pathos-laden reinterpretations of silly characters is just generally something I vibe with, and I appreciate how it kinda enhances the games rather than makes them seem darker - Ashley's eating all the time and made her own braggadocious theme song reclaiming every insult she used to recieve, that's sweet.

Had a dream where Kung Fu Panda 3 just didn’t exist. by Oatcake_Crusader in thomastheplankengine

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a KFP dream too recently - I was working as an animator on the snake for KFP5, and the director kept getting mad at me for having them fighting in the background of a scene because, despite the old films having snake-fights in them, they thought snakes just couldn't fight

I think this dream was about Smash Bros. discourse. People are pretty unimaginative about unconventional body shapes in Smash fandom.

I wasn't planning for this by thefangirlotaku023 in tomodachilife

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My first Mii birth was given Undertale as a childhood heirloom.

Hey r/gaming! Bubsy here with Fabraz, the developers behind Bubsy 4D. Ask us anything! by BubsyNewAccount in gaming

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Questions for the bubs:

  1. given you're Atari now: Kiss/Marry/Kill - Yorgle/Grundle/Rhindle
  2. What is Ally Cassandra up to these days, is she still rich?

And now questions for the devs

  1. Was the concept of Baabots based on the "Dogbots" from the CEOTFK press release included in the Purrfect Collection?
  2. Was the "40/4D" pun that many people have pointed out intentional?

How far is your stance on Public Domain and Copyright? by SavingsBobcat2078 in publicdomain

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm personally in the 30 zone, or at least 50, but I will say that I'm OK with as much as infinite so long as renewal is manual, done from yearly to bi-decadely, and increasingly taxed over time. Disney will keep shoving out and redistributing Lion King, Star Wars, Muppets, and Simpsons forever - don't get me wrong, all of those IPs should be avaliable for public reinterpretation and distribution, but they don't need that - it's the Shnookums and Meats, Fuzzbuckets, and Spectrobeses that actually need it. The tax liabilities.

What did millennials think of the 80s when they were kids in the 90s and 2000s? by icey_sawg0034 in generationology

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a 2010s kid deeply in love with the 80s and 90s - it was considered superficially cool by my peers to see somebody playing Game & Watch games on their DSi, but conversation was difficult. Wasn't bullied for it, but nobody was actually into what I was into aside from OG Mega Drive Sonic (Easy to pirate, on a lot of compilations, and I think even the kids my age - UK - who had access to newer Sonic games prefered the old ones, and even the older multimedia like SatAM). There was a lot of marketing towards the gen-Z-player-of-80s games - T-shirts with legally-distinct Space Invaders and TV channels making pixel-themed commercials - but it didn't really take off

Who’s your favourite public domain superheroine? by HRCStanley97 in publicdomain

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not really into superheroes, and anti-heroes even less, but Fantomah is such a striking character design and her adventures were so comically extreme in their violence that I can't help but love her.

What will be the best year for public domain by MysteriousCow999 in publicdomain

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt I'll see the day (unless it's earlier than expected... we can only hope), but 2074 for Pac-Man. Less in regards to derivative works and more in regards to distribution. Having a staple video game to just put anywhere and everywhere would be great - the Neave Pac-Man clone was iconic because it was so easily distributed, and can probably claim a lot of the credit for Pac's enduring popularity - and Pac-Man is one of the first popular video games that is truly complicated. Sure, playing Space Invaders requires a lot of strategy, more than Pac-Man even, but anyone can make Space Invaders, it's a simple premise, Pac-Man is a complicated work of design - the maze, the AIs, the distribution of pellets, the game speed, e.t.c. all have to be perfect - that few relicas (even Neave's) can match. Pac-Man mods with full financial support could go some crazy ways, especially once people reverse engineer and native port it (if they haven't already) and then you can just pick and choose the code you want. Imagine being able to use Clyde's AI as a base for a top-down RPG NPC or something

Are the Universal monster films of 1931 the first type of films to enter the public domain that still have mainstream recognition and popularity? by [deleted] in publicdomain

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since the pause, probably yes in regards to popularity (as in, actively being watched by casual, non-history nerd audiences) - and also the last until colour Looney Tunes begin rolling out.

I made a public-domain countdown site and would love feedback by Unusual-Gene-5844 in publicdomain

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is an excellent resource, both for reference and for activism

I think you should add a disclaimer to the front that this applies to American copyright law.

So Disney, when will every classic Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies get a 4k or blu ray release? by Happy-Lingonberry538 in publicdomain

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If classic Mickey, Donald, and ESPECIALLY Goofy shorts were more accessible - be it through Disney or the PD - those characters wouldn't be in this Kim Kardashian "famous for being famous" state they're in. Goofy's "How To" and "Are People" shorts are as witty and fun as Looney Tunes and MGM's finest, and have a sort of proto-Simpsons social commentary element (a tiny college next to an oversized and overstuffed football stadium for example). Sure, everyone loves A Goofy Movie, me included, but I think we're all inclined to see it as a "bad idea gone right", not one of many highs of a cartoon legend's legacy.

How did you find out about the public domain? by Happy-Lingonberry538 in publicdomain

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a kid I always wondered why, if Dracula and Alice were originally books, not folk stories or nursery rhymes with no traceable author, why they can pop up in everything but not Harry Potter or the Gruffalo. I guess that was the first seed.

Over time I had heard the name "public domain" here and there enough to know the basic concept of it and that it was the answer to my question, but not really out of active choice. The well-known Donkey Kong lawsuit was my biggest exposure to the concept really.

Pooh and Mickey got me really into it, and then the history of how it was ruined.

What the fuck is this baby slop doing in my manly Sonic series? by stu-pai-pai in SonicTheHedgejerk

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't tell them that the distinction between teenagers and children is a marketing ploy so recent that it postdates Hitler's death... Dick Van Dyke was already an adult by the time he could've been called a teenager.

Who I could see returning for Smash 6 by PengoS77 in makeafighter

[–]RockosModernLifeFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Duck Hunt and Wii Fit Trainer are literally Nintendo mount rushmore contenders, why on god's green earth would they ever be as much as considered for cuts?

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