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    HeyItsThatChris

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    • The Uncomfortable Final Bosman Dilemma

      TL;DR: What was good about Final Bosman? How EZA take those beloved parts and implement them into the current content?

      One of the consistent requests from the community seems to be a Bosman-focused show similar to what he did at GT.

      However, it seems fairly clear that Kyle either does not wish to do the show (creative reasons, maybe) or feels he cannot get it done (perhaps resources and/or time).

      I want to cut up the community's love of Bosman's show and find out exactly what they feel "made" that show great for the viewer, and then discuss how those great aspects could be spliced together into current content or added without creating a brand new show or requiring Kyle's full-time attention.

      posted in Comments & Feedback
      HeyItsThatChris
    • RE: God Help Me. She watched Anime.

      @parasitepaladin said in God Help Me. She watched Anime.:

      Don't cringe. Don't back down! IN FACT GO FORWARD FULL STEAM AHEAD. Find a good mix of anime tiddies and a good story. Sit her down, and watch Queens Blade. Remind her that this is who you are. THIS IS WHAT YOU LOVE. Now is also the time to introduce her to that anime body pillow you've been hiding in the closet. Nothing too big, just a formal introduction. Get on ebay and show her the wonder of figures. Show her your wishlist, tell her about your dream of having a shelf with figures. Make a plan with her, offer to split the shelf with her, and she can add her favorite characters. Next time she walks up from a nap, cover her in plushies. Kawaii is life, a lesson we must all learn some day. Get matching FAKKU tattoos. Nothing can stop you now. You are both anime, and will fill forever in happiness and weebdom.

      Somehow this has been the best advice.

      Easy Allies has continued to never fail me!

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris
    • RE: God Help Me. She watched Anime.

      @DeweyDTruman said in God Help Me. She watched Anime.:

      @HeyItsThatChris said in God Help Me. She watched Anime.:

      "You probably only liked it for the anime boobs"

      Nothin wrong with anime boobs. Or anime pecs if that's your style.

      Something tells me this won't resonate

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris
    • RE: God Help Me. She watched Anime.

      @Mbun Sadly I had watched it before and knew the explicit and unnecessary nudity would be an issue.

      I had to explain to her what fan service was, and she actually loved the obsessive girlfriend archetype (she will grow to hate it if she watches more anime), so I hope Misa is not a huge issue beyond clothing.

      The real issue is convincing her to watch more anime.

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris
    • RE: New and need your opinion of my Zelda poster

      That's a fantastic piece of artwork! What's surprising is how much is going on in the picture while still being pleasant to look at.

      Really good job!

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris
    • RE: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (SPOILERS!)
      1. Finn and Rose side story sucked because it had no effect on the story and failed to make her interesting. They had goals and failed to make any difference on the final story.

      2. I am not a fan of out-of-nowhere trump-card powers. Astral projection... ugh.

      3. Personal taste doesn't like having zero background on Snoke. He is basically a mini boss who died in a dumb way halfway through the trilogy. Kylo just isn't a big baddy for me.

      4. Dumb chase of the Rebellion ship. Just send faster ships. There is an issue of scale for me. We have planets and planets of supporters for both sides and these tiny little turf fights that decide the fate of the known universe.

      On the issue of Rey in TFA, she should not have been able to beat Kylo Ren at the end. Not only for obvious story reasons about training differences (Ren was also naturally talented and went through tons of real training under Luke and presumably Snoke) but also because it shows Ren as a weak antagonist. It killed his prominence as a powerhouse and removes much of his menacing presence as an evil power to have him barely saved by a plot-device earthquake splitting the battlefield.

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris
    • RE: God Help Me. She watched Anime.

      @SabotageTheTruth said in God Help Me. She watched Anime.:

      Yep, @Mbun nailed it, communication is key. You could always try to find an anime you think she would like based on some of her other interests, since there seems to be anime out there for every kind of person. Or just put on Cowboy Bebop and let the majesty wash over the both of you.

      Then again, as Single Bachelor Man™ maybe my advice isn't exactly the best out there.

      Oh I will survive this. But the jokes about anime characters will probably kill me. I can show her tons of other anime, but she will always know that I liked this one. I am trying to throw her at Full Metal Alchemist or Death Note. I think both of those are action-y enough for here and tame enough on the tropes.

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris
    • RE: God Help Me. She watched Anime.

      @Mbun She picked it. From my watchlist.

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris
    • RE: Is the media heavy sided to the left?

      This is a complex topic.

      "The media" has been a very easy target for the far left and the broad majority of the right in the US because it tends to dial its reporting, hires, and more towards a sort of middle-left standard. This means even your opposing partisan columnists and commentators are selectively chosen and sparingly used in order to present "both sides" to some issues. Fox News has its two or three primary Democrats and will have the short scream matches between its hosts and liberal representatives. But the content is aimed specifically at stroking the right-wing viewer's opinions.

      Then we have CNN and MSNBC. The former loves to see itself as objective. I would agree if every one of their commentators was like a Jake Tapper (a real journalist with integrity, in my view) instead of a Cillizza, Cuomo, or Dana Bash. MSNBC does not even try with hosts like Maddow and O'Donnell. They love to purposefully pick anti-Trump conservatives as their "other side", like John Podhoretz (who I actually respect) and pander to their far left viewership.

      Let's see Maddow -- the headliner of MSNBC. Hear about Russia? No? Watch her show. She cannot stop.
      "The Intercept conducted a quantitative study of all 28 TRMS episodes in the six-week period between February 20 and March 31. Russia-focused segments accounted for 53 percent of these broadcasts.

      That figure is conservative, excluding segments where Russia was discussed, but was not the overarching topic.

      Maddow’s Russia coverage has dwarfed the time devoted to other top issues, including Trump’s escalating crackdown on undocumented immigrants (1.3 percent of coverage); Obamacare repeal (3.8 percent); the legal battle over Trump’s Muslim ban (5.6 percent), a surge of anti-GOP activism and town halls since Trump took office (5.8 percent), and Trump administration scandals and stumbles (11 percent)."
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      It is an undeniable fact that the media is overwhelmingly aimed towards the left. The reporting on Republican vs. Democratic presidents and candidates should prove this.

      Presented is a basic comparison of the polar opposite media well-before President Trump.

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      And now for the general tone across sources. This is all from Pew Research, as I believe them to be fairly non-partisan.
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      The liberal spin on bad coverage for the Republicans can be best covered by this snide remark: "The truth has a liberal bias" -- meaning that the press is mostly accurate in its reporting and tone which would naturally lead towards more leftwing positivity. Of course, this is of no importance to the subject.

      I think this is view is snarky and wrong. Even if the media can be alleged to be truthful and only reporting more favorably on leftwing matters, the fact is that the other Republican presidents never faced such a backlash as Trump and the current GOP has. Even if they are factually worse, I cannot concede that this is reason enough for the bias to be so heavily slanted against the right.

      Now for my final bit of complexity -- the variable of business. The real truth is that "journalistic ethics" ("Democracy Dies in Darkness", as an example) and "sources say" are pandering for a specific benefit: money. There is money in clickbait, hatred, and shocking details. When your president is a bombastic personality with... ahem... a repertoire of the "best words" and the mind of a "stable genius"... clicks are coming in big. Money is made in polarized and breaking news cycles. Washington Post was broke and going under in the last 5 years until Jeff Bezos bought it. Thanks to Trump, subscriptions are sky high for both it and other newspapers, like the NYT.

      I ask you this: do IGN editors like making Top 10 articles? Are they list-obsessed millennials? Or do they create them because people click them and make them good for business? Are review scores actually good or just good for business or beloved? There is a level of sheer bias here from newsheads who are left-leaning and also an attention towards the gobs of money in Trump coverage.

      Combine market incentives andbias. Voila -- America, 2018.

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris
    • God Help Me. She watched Anime.

      EZA community. Please give me all your prayers to Mother Mary, Jesus, and Kyle Bosman... for my lovely girlfriend of three years has decided to watch... sigh... an anime.

      Of course, your natural reaction would be "Come on, Chris. Anime is fun and nothing to be ashamed of". Besides your obvious denial of shame, you must understand the dilemma I face here.

      She does not understand internet pop culture (she only recently started describing every image as a "meme"). She doesn't play games. She only knows of her brother watching Dragonball Z.

      Oh but this was not Dragonball Z. No no no. She looked at my watchlist on one of the anime apps I had a free trial on. "I want to watch a [sic] animes [sic] with you and see what it is. How about this one?" clicks Future Diary. Damn it all. Kill me now. Write up how we are to split up our shared valuables in the inevitable break up.

      We watch an episode or so. She is into it and nothing has gone awry. In fact, she is really into it. Like your obsessive friend is into The Bachelor (alongside her boyfriend who claims to dislike it but looks at Instagram for the drama).

      Then it happens. Anime nudity. I cringe to myself hoping for no reaction. Then a totally-oriented-at-male-viewers lesbian breast squeeze. I cringe again awaiting the comment. Then more breasts. Am I in the clear? Has she just understood anime breasts to be like a Game of Thrones HBO-ified non-issue? One a loving girlfriend can look beyond?

      We make it to the final episode. She has yet to comment on it. Then she decided she hated the show because of plot holes she Google'd after deciding she hated the ending. And she struck.

      "You probably only liked it for the anime boobs"

      All sense of respect dissipates from my ego and I die

      fin

      posted in General Discussion
      HeyItsThatChris