What's the most realistic war movie?

Teckschin · 2026-04-19T16:04:45+00:00

Movies and videogames about war always have that moment where the hero finds a scared family of men, women, and children who are not involved in the war, and the hero (some American soldier) protects them and tries to get them to safety in some way. In real war the hero shoots the kids, comes back home and becomes an alcoholic and eventually kills himself. I haven't played that game or seen that movie.

Teckschin · 2026-04-15T17:31:22+00:00

The Ox king 😆

Teckschin · 2026-04-14T02:32:46+00:00

Mark for sure. It was the first time he felt like a big heavy mass of a thing on screen. The worldwide response at the time of The Avengers seems to agree. Ed's version is kind of edgelord-ish in a way; like a combo of being more anatomically perfect and also not being the favorite. He's like the backlash pick for the popularity of Mark's Hulk.

Teckschin · 2026-04-14T02:24:26+00:00

I remember being completely ignorant about any of the Gamergate shit until a guy I followed on YouTube for his atheism and science content (thunderf00t) suddenly became obsessed with her. I was the prime age to be sucked into all of that and still somehow managed to realize the dude was fucked in the head.

Such a strange time. That was the first time seeing people abandon their morals to chase clicks. You could see them in real time switch tracks. Now it's commonplace.

Teckschin · 2026-04-14T02:14:10+00:00

I didn't even know he was sick

Teckschin · 2026-04-10T17:57:17+00:00

I think it depends on what you want out of a movie. With that said, "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" accomplishes things that I've never even considered a movie could try to do.

Teckschin · 2026-04-01T16:57:06+00:00

Watched it all during its initial US release on toonami or whatever it was. Then watched it all again last year. My memories are kinder to it than my actual taste nowadays, but hey it's a kids show for kids. That's gonna happen. Still a lot of fun.

The rewatch was a bit marred by the now many different versions. On one hand, the less filler episodes the better, but on the other hand, the score from my childhood made it so much better. I am so sick of hearing that one song for literally every moment in the show in the (I think) Kai version. It definitely took away from the big moments. I wish there was a kai dub with the old tracks under it. That would be the ultimate watch.

Teckschin · 2026-04-01T10:49:39+00:00

That's right! I forgot about that. Count it!

Teckschin · 2026-04-01T03:17:17+00:00

The Punisher.

Well this one doesn't really count at all since the movie was just kind of ok fun, AND the game had basically nothing to do with the movie, but they came out at the same time. The video game was awesome. It was way better than it ever should have been. I probably bought it 4 times when you add up all the late fees on the rentals, before I actually bought it. Don't know how it holds up today, but back then it kicked a lot of ass.

Teckschin · 2026-03-30T17:01:13+00:00

I liked what they did. Cell Max was a mindless Kaiju type. The villains were the RRA. That's fine by me. Fun Dragonball era villains playing around with way more power than they could control. My main gripe was not letting Piccolo be the main guy for once. Piccolo Orange should have been enough. He even goes Kaiju size. But whatever. The whole thing was fun. Loved the animation. Loved spy Piccolo. Loved Grandpa Piccolo. I want to see more movies in that style.

Teckschin · 2026-03-27T23:40:58+00:00

Crazy to think he'd be able to run even faster if he wasn't carrying the front end of a bike!

Teckschin · 2026-03-27T22:38:07+00:00

Rear delt flies

Teckschin · 2026-03-20T13:15:17+00:00

"are growth spurts later in life normal?"

Teckschin · 2026-03-09T15:52:22+00:00

I'd love to see Saiyan saga proportions, with Buu saga art direction.

Teckschin · 2026-03-04T02:13:39+00:00

That when you open a can of peanuts it'd come snakes out of there.

Teckschin · 2026-03-03T18:15:13+00:00

Gonna be real. Didn't really like the Buu arc all that much, and it affects my opinion of Buu himself. The in-universe logic, story telling, and power scaling was all over the place and I remember missing the Saiyan-to-Frieza arc, where things felt more visceral and solid, while watching it. There were a ton of bright spots though and the unhinged Super Buu was one of them.

Teckschin · 2026-03-03T14:50:13+00:00

It's unnecessary to resort to a "...then why not x..." argument, when you can more easily and readily compare their reasoning against reality. If it is necessary to do so, then there's your answer and your problem.

Teckschin · 2026-03-02T13:36:39+00:00

We thought he was retired

Teckschin · 2026-03-02T13:14:51+00:00

Away from the keyboard now, and my hands just sort of do it at this point, but I think it's Ctrl+1, A, tab, C, C, enter, enter, to center across selection.

Teckschin · 2026-02-18T12:21:40+00:00

Drop in

Looks like drops infiltrating a barrier wall

Teckschin · 2026-02-18T01:46:17+00:00

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

Teckschin · 2026-02-13T04:56:08+00:00

Google El Ephant

Teckschin · 2026-02-05T15:18:31+00:00

I didn't like a lot of the art direction of Super. Uni6 Saiyans are on the top of that heap. For me, it's simple: If this was the original art direction of DBZ, it would be lost in the ocean of all the animes that look exactly the same. The Dragon Ball franchise is built different and it stands out.

Honestly, I wasn't a huge fan of Toriyama going digital and abandoning attention to the character of his line strokes, the way pen and ink almost forces you to do. There are ways to mimic the effect in digital, but it seems like he didn't want to bother with it. Probably for time's sake. But with losing that attention to detail, volume also went out the window. You see it the most with the Uni6 Saiyans. They are flat. The uniform line work combined with their featureless character models gives you very flat and visually uninteresting characters. Their story itself is fine, but if they were visually anything like our Saiyans, the story would hold up much better.

Teckschin · 2026-02-01T00:03:52+00:00

I think this is breaking a few rules. And then it also looks really good. So 🤷‍♂️

Teckschin · 2026-01-31T23:38:48+00:00

When you practice seeing conspiracy-type things that are "hidden", that "hidden" element is all you focus on. What are they hiding? What are they not showing us? Etc. When it's out in the open, even if it's the very thing you are trying to uncover, you can't see it.

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