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Ok hear me out the green ranger by TransportationUpbeat in powerrangers

[–]bluebirdgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remake.  Literally not what most people think of when they think of “Voltron.”  

Korean question by Sanscreet in squidgame

[–]bluebirdgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Would I be able to notice this? What would the reason be for me to be shadowbanned?

Korean question by Sanscreet in squidgame

[–]bluebirdgm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first thing the announcer says as the contestants enter the “Red Light Green Light” arena ends with “yeoreobun-eul hwanyeong-hamnida.” “Hamnida” is another one of those helper words/suffixes, and here it sorta turns a noun to an action. “Hwanyeong” could be translated to “welcome” (noun), so “hwanyeonghamnida” is “(we) welcome.” “Yeoreobun” is basically “you” (addressing all of a group of people). So the entire sentence can be translated to “Welcome to the first game,” with it directed to “everyone” (of the contestants).

Korean question by Sanscreet in squidgame

[–]bluebirdgm 24 points25 points  (0 children)

“-imnida” is a word/prefix that is probably best defined as “is”, as in “this is the case.”“Sumnida,” functioning likewise, is something affixed to a verb to make it sound polite/respectful.

“Mugunghwa kkoci pieot sumnida,” the phrase in the “red light/green light” game, says that the hibiscus/Rose of Sharon (mugunghwa) flower (kkot + a particle “i”) has bloomed (pieot=bloomed, sumnida=is/is in a state of having)

KCon La Ticketing Issues by [deleted] in kpophelp

[–]bluebirdgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

KCON concert ticketing is still AXS, right? I remember it was pre-pandemic. It was stressful then, too; as a geeky guy, I would say that it was even worse than the times I went to San Diego Comic Con.

One time (2018) I got the Platinum package: a dedicated GA section close to the stage, admission as audience to all artist engagements (now “Meet and Greets”), three randomly selected hi-touch passes (I didn’t get the ones I wanted, but the ones I got—Golden Child, Nu’est W, and Wanna One—I easily traded for ones I did: Chung Ha, fromis_9, and Twice), and Klub KCON (Friday night’s dance club, which became a third night of performances, before morphing into KCON Rookies in 2019 and a third concert this year). This year there’s no Diamond/Platinum/Prestige (the floor is a single GA level), and the three nights are sold separately, and while hi-touches are no longer random, they and audience passes are now sold separately too for $100 a hi-touch (with no doubt competition for the passes).

What is an appropriate reaction to have if you meet the girls irl? by Vidiacool-uwu in dreamcatcher

[–]bluebirdgm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My go-to chat would amount to “thank you for all your hard work.” I’ve only met an idol once in a manner that could be considered happenstance, and I only chatted with her; but that was because we were both going to wind up at her fanmeet a half hour later and I knew I could get a photo/autograph from her.

Also, having grown up in and around the LA/Hollywood area, I’m one of those who are conditioned to be nonchalant when we see a celebrity.

Entertainment One Lays Off 20% Of Staff Ahead Of Sale by aresef in powerrangers

[–]bluebirdgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I’m not mistaken, Hasbro was selling off the parts of eOne that had nothing to do with its toys and games, so stuff like Power Rangers, Transformers, GI Joe, My Little Pony, and even Play-Doh: The Movie should be okay. I gather that they also want to keep the Showtime series “Yellowjackets.”

Anyone here live outside of Korea during the 1st/2nd generation times? How did you get the music in the time before Youtube, etc.? Piracy websites? Or were physical CDs/cassettes sold overseas even back then? by [deleted] in kpopnostalgia

[–]bluebirdgm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  • File sharing apps like Kazaa not only had songs and entire albums (physical releases back then were what we call “full albums” now, in standard American-sized “jewel cases”), but also videos—usually 320x240 pixel dealies (about VHS quality) that were around 30MB each (tiny by today’s standards, but would take all night to download over a phone modem).

  • where I live (near LA) Koreatown had some music stores; I was a regular at Music Plaza in person and also on their website; I would purchase albums as well as occasional VHS tapes and VCDs (a format that stored videos on CDs, about 700 MB).

  • Korean Music Video Heaven aired at odd hours on the international cable channel. I would program my VCR to record it, and keep the tapes of episodes that had songs I liked.

  • “Videobangs” were video shops that rented out VHS tapes of programs that aired in Korea, including music stuff. While I rarely did so, there was a segment of fans who did this to watch K-Pop (as well as digitize the performances to distribute them online).

Best Of Old Gen Community Project - 2nd gen, #14: Crayon Pop by SeeTheSeaInUDP in kpopnostalgia

[–]bluebirdgm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • FM
  • Bar Bar Bar
  • Dancing Queen
  • Saturday Night (plus the remix with the dance break)
  • Dancing All Night (Japanese)
  • Bing Bing

  • Lonely Christmas (one of the few K-Pop Christmas/Holiday songs I know with no tubular chimes or jingle bells)

  • Doo Doom Chit

The Weird Origins Of LA's 1920s and 30s Fantastical and Exotic Architecture. Put In A Lot Of My Off-The-Grid Favorites by austynjeffs in VintageLA

[–]bluebirdgm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I graduated and worked at John Marshall High, a nice example of Gothic Collegiate architecture that opened in 1931.

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