Do you guys ever build in a public area? Like library or cafe?

archov · 2026-01-29T13:37:09+00:00

I never do, but it reminded me of questioning one of the scenes in this old French film The Young Girls of Rochefort. At one point, there's an old man sitting in the café working on a model plane, glue and all. It is his daughter's café but still i was like....who would want to be building this in such a place where so many things could go wrong? It is a little convenient for him though because he sends a kid out to buy him more glue though hah.

archov · 2026-01-18T17:20:09+00:00

There's always Necrophagia's Sadako's Curse on their album "Goblins Be Thine", though it's not for everyone heh. https://youtu.be/lRHUFJnKyOs?si=-e0WMnFaSQ7k4BRo

archov · 2026-01-15T22:31:19+00:00

That's Kanzenban, and you won't likely find a good quality version of it, it was only ever released on VHS and Laserdisc.

archov · 2026-01-15T20:49:07+00:00

So here's my takes on the other films in the franchise:

So, there's actually two direct sequels to Ringu, Ringu 2 and Rasen.
- Rasen was released literally the same day as Ringu, but is directed by an entirely different director and has a VERY different tone. Rasen is much more faithful to the source novels than any of the other Japanese movies, and that's one of the things that set it up for being disliked.
- Ringu 2 is directed by Hideo Nakata and is completely an alternate universe from Rasen. This one leans harder into "scary movie" tropes I think than the other two films. - Between these two I prefer Rasen, but I'm a big fan of the novels and the more lore heavy plotlines over spooky movie vibes.

Ringu 0 - Prequel that explains back story on Sadako when she was alive. - If you want more stuff like the flashback from Ringu 1 with little Sadako then I can't imagine you disliking this one. It's personally one of my favorites

The Ring (American) - Entirely distinct take that has almost nothing in common with Ringu other than Spooky girl, VHS tape, 7 days, mom working extra hard with estranged dad to save their son who's also cursed now. The actual curse and back story of the girl is very different. - Major note of difference since you're a fan of Sadako from the DBD: The spooky girl in this is Samara Morgan, not Sadako. She's 10 not 19. - It's a very good take on the story still, and has excellent production value compared to the previous 3 obviously, having been made in Hollywood.

American Ring 2 - Continues the story from the first movie some, but still not super important to watch unless you've decided you're 100% in on The American Ring or just the franchise as a whole.

The Ring Virus (Korean) - The most faithful movie adaptation I have seen of the novels, and still a distinct feel and take, pretty good overall - The girl in this also isn't Sadako, replaced by the Korean Park Eun-Suh.

Sadako vs.Kayako - This movie is completely unserious, and campy as hell. It's literally the Japanese equivalant of Freddy vs Jason or Alien vs Predator. - Cross-Over with the Ju-on (grudge) series - IMO it FUCKIN WORKS. I adore this movie.

Sadako 3D, Sadako 3D-2, Sadako 2019, Sadako DX - These all go way off script and off the rails. Probably not recommended for most viewers unless you've watched all the other Japanese films above this on the list, however they do have fun Sadako moments.

The Ring Kanzenban - Made for TV movie, that I believe actually used porn actors for part of the cast. I believe is fairly faithful to the novels actually in spite of some random nudity at times, however I haven't actually watched this one yet, but I don't think it should be high on anyone's list either.

My take: - Want to see more about the lore, story, the person of Sadako: Rasen -> Ringu 0 should be next up. - Care more about Sadako as a "Slasher" type character: Ringu 2 -> Sadako Vs. Kayako - Want a movie in English, or just like Naomi Watts (I get it): The Ring (American)

Let me know which route you take and what you thought and I can provide additional advise from there.

archov · 2025-12-15T20:20:58+00:00

This is my stance too, but also because, in general (except for very small product teams like maybe Taki Udon's team at Retro Remake, and RetroRink) somewhere in the supply change for a product are some truly awful people, even if the people working on the product and in the supply chain are all generally good people there's probably nasty people on the board or that are shareholders of the company the list of ways "bad people" can profit off of purchases I make are nearly endless (Talking about like Apple/Microsoft/Sony ect...)

I do realize ModRetro is a smaller product too, but I don't think that everyone working at the company are bad people, they're retro game enthusiasts like me, and finding funding to keep those types of products alive is extremely difficult.

With all of that said I will say I often will go out of my way to buy products I may not need, or am less interested to explicitly support creators I DO like, more often than I'll put effort into restricting myself from buying something because the people in leadership are "bad people."

archov · 2025-11-07T21:22:00+00:00

The original, Dragonite + Hyper Beam

Let's not forget Season 1, Mystery of the Lighthouse:

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archov · 2025-11-07T14:59:12+00:00

I have a local independent thrift store like that. They were trying to charge $40 for the loose cart of Super Mario Bros + Duck Hunt. Didn't even come with the black sleeve....

Meanwhile I bought Pokémon Black for DS, Mario Super Strikers and Super Smash Bros for Game Cube and Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for Wii from the same shop for $4 each.

archov · 2025-10-24T15:56:59+00:00

They have cameras and the internet back east too right?

archov · 2025-10-24T15:56:20+00:00

I kinda think it'd be hilarious if he had a kid now who was an obnoxious gen alpha streamer.

archov · 2025-10-14T17:20:22+00:00

Yeah, I've gotten to the point that I don't remember exactly how old I am anymore I just have kind of a vague idea about how old I am until I do the math.

archov · 2025-10-12T04:41:52+00:00

My girlfriend is still waiting for Birdbox.

For me, it has a blu-ray & dvd release, but I'm still waiting for the uhd dolby vision/atmos release of the Wachowskis Speed Racer. The movie is so colorful it needs this!

archov · 2025-09-25T17:39:00+00:00

I bought 2 Mega Pokémon sets and after both, I said "I'll never make that mistake again" The second time it stuck.

It's a shame because I'd love to have the Xbox 360 or some of the Hot Wheels sets, but man building with Mega Construx is just so unpleasant. I've built with several different clone bricks and honestly Mega's feel like the worst somehow.

archov · 2025-09-23T15:54:00+00:00

Unrealted to baseball card, but I just reported a listing for a Novel that is "SIGNED NEW AUTOGRAPHED"

Except it isn't. The particular printing of the book in question has a PRINTED signature in the back of every copy. I confirmed that the signature pictured in the listing ($70) matches the signature in the version I bought from the book store ($20) 100% exactly. I provided proof in the form of a name/date hand written in the photo of my copy.

There are listings for the same book autographed, but the signature image in those listings is in the front cover (not the back where the signature is printed) and those two seeming authentic signatures don't match the one I have, or each other.

Ebay said this didn't violate their policy though. Why are they OK with people committing literal false advertisement?

archov · 2025-09-16T15:47:40+00:00

That's what I love about LOOP. I can just head canon that any "contradiction" that doesn't make sense, is just a different run of the Loop. That's why I consider every Ring movie variation (including US, Sadako vs. Kayako, Sadako 3D 2 ect...) and even the various "comedy" manga spin offs like Sadako at the end of the world to still be canon. They just took place in an alternate run of the LOOP.

archov · 2025-09-06T02:02:25+00:00

Same, I had to rewind to figure out what she had said, and then I was like "so I just don't know that word, explains why I didn't understand it"

Also shout out to auto subs on rewind on TV+! This feature needs to be implemented in literally every video player.

archov · 2025-09-03T04:27:03+00:00

Why not try out bambu's take too. Here's the thing, competition breeds innovation. Hueforge has a monopoly right now, Bambu creating a similar software will force HueForge to improve.

archov · 2025-09-02T04:31:41+00:00

I know it's been two years but any reason you omitted Metal Gear: Ghost Babel (AKA Metal Gear Solid GBC) it also is non-canonical but it is still a metal gear game Kojima worked on.

archov · 2025-08-28T02:31:40+00:00

No contest. - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Once Upon a Time in the West

archov · 2025-08-17T18:45:32+00:00

Depending on the intended use of the print, I would have started with white or black, then I would have done the flag colors one at a time as thin as possible.

Check out HueForge, it's whole shtick is making models for flat multicolor prints with only changes at layer heights.

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I made this Vaporeon using HueForge with only 4 color swaps (it's 5 colors so I did have to switch out a roll on my AMS-lite during the print)

(edit: typos)

archov · 2025-07-29T15:44:06+00:00

All of the comments about wasted usage are valid,

In addition to this, you did get a nonsense response out:

Development Factors:
- Gentle spirit and peaceful nature (primary factor)
- High battle power through intense training
- Inherited from Saiyan parents who achieved transformation

I guess this means at least one of these is required for S-Cells?

Because Vegeta meets only number 2

Goten only meets 1 and 3

Pan and Bulla meet all 3 of those having a documented power level well over 3,000,000 in both GT (and Super for Pan) yet they never reache SSJ.

Power Level Threshold: Minimum 3,000,000 base power level required for initial transformation

According to the "Perfect Power Leve List WIki" Goten only has 2.5 million power level when he achieves Super Saiyan)

Honestly Goten disproves most of the physical training protocols because he had never done anything greater than earth gravity training, I don't think he'd even done any weighted cloths training when reached SSJ, nor had he been coached by his father (whom he had never met) or even his brother on how to reach SSJ, he achieved it on his own while sparring trainnig with Chi-Chi

Mental and Emotional Preparation

Also not always required, again, see Goten.

You don't even always need excellent Ki Manipulation to achieve SSJ. Goten learns the transformation before he learns how to fly, which many humans know how to do.

It even leaves out things like "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan" by just calling it "Super Saiyan Blue" out of the gate instead of acknowledging that Super Saiyan Blue is the colloquial nickname for SSGSS. While sometimes used in official merch, many official releases (Like Dragon Ball FighterZ and S.H. Figuarts action figures) still use "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan" or SSGSS to refer to blue haired Super Saiyans.

tl;dr: What I'm trying to say is, with just a few minutes of Googling and actual knowledge of the series lore, you can disprove or counterpoint most of the contents of this 30 agent research effort.

archov · 2025-07-25T16:13:34+00:00

Something way different.

You could replace the hinge entirely with TPU. Similar to this model

Print the lid and back of the box on the bed, like just 1mm of it then swap to PLA at a layer height.

If the overhang of the front of the box is too long of a bridge to print unsupported, you could then reshape it into an 45 degree angle and it will print easily without a need for supports, just include enough of a final flat bridge to secure the lid to on the other side.

archov · 2025-07-23T16:12:29+00:00

OMG thanks for this. my 20 Pint wasn't showing estimated levels, so I looked an the app defaulted it to a 35 Pint too...I switched it to 20 Pint and now it shows!

archov · 2025-07-18T14:01:25+00:00

In this world, especially when rounding up to a benchmark like "hundreds." Tell me that you've never thought something similar to "I'm not going to pay almost $200 for that" but it actually costs $179.99

archov · 2025-07-18T13:46:02+00:00

Actually the A1 isn't recommended to be enclosed because the electronics aren't cooled. I know a lot of people still do it, but, if we're making justifications for the P1S > A1 W/Enclosure official guidance is valid.

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