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What I have been told by people who enjoyed Raiders but hated Crusade is that they simply did not like the shift towards having (more) comedic moments, whereas Raiders was a more serious and gritty adventure film than the others. Sure thing, Adolf. I would not go that far as I prefer Last Crusade over Temple of Doom, but I understand the sentiment. Having watched all three films at an age that was probably not appropriate, Temple of Doom was funnier and quirkier than Raiders but overall less charming than Crusade.

I was thinking about The Mist's (film) ending, but yeah, you're right...

Let me know if I should spoiler tag this stuff, but I don't see the reason. Nobody else is watching and it is Sailor Moon, where spoilers don't matter all too much. Or, like, at all. Usagi thinks that Talks-With-Turtles is Tuxedo Mask, and she's nice to him and his turtle, so he invites her along to an amusement park. Usagi comes with Makoto and Rei, while Motoki brings the real Tuxedo Mask and some poor devil who ends up stuck with Rei who is so scared of her he just gets hiccups all the time. He says that always happens when he's close to girls, but no, I'm pretty sure he's just scared of her. Who wouldn't be. This Rei looks like a psycho killer on a good day, much less on one where she gets duped into a triple date with Usagi without even knowing beforehand. They're also renting row boats and while Hiccups and Talks-With-Turtles are trying their best to row, Makoto is just blazing past them. Mamoru is rightly impressed and asks if he should help, and she's like, yeah no, I got this. Yeah, that elicited laughter. Talks-With-Turtles sees turtles and is happy, Usagi is confused why Talks-With-Turtles isn't as exciting as Tuxedo Mask and generally, this is a pretty good episode. The four get lost in a house of mirrors (that is mostly plastic because they could not afford mirrors) and trade places, and the set up is really cheesy and reminds me an awful lot of Seiya and Usagi in Stars... although there it was not a house of mirrors but a haunted hourse, of course. Anyway, #teamseiya now and forevermore. Rei sees a Youma and runs off, and of course she does, because otherwise this would not be Sailor Moon. Poor hiccups blames himself. Poor guy. He gets possesed by the Youma and drains Rei's energy, which makes his turtle rise. I mean, the turtle backpack he's carrying, because Hiccups is a turtle lover too. I... wow. This is the worst joke in the history of all things Sailor Moon (Episode 7, at 16:40, if anyone wants to check, or maybe make a gif out of it...). Usagi transforms in the house of mirrors because she thinks Mamoru can't see her transform, Makoto and Usagi pummel the Youma, Jadeite tries to fight them but Tuxedo Mask shows up. Usagi tells the girls she thought Motoki is Tuxedo Mask, Rei is really, really annoyed about being dragged into something this stupid because of Usagi's emotions, and Makoto defends Usagi, and the next episode is apparently about Makoto and Rei fighting, which in this context makes a whole lot more sense than Makoto and Minako going at each other in SuperS. Minako was in the episode for two scenes and she's really weird. I, uh, might not be entirely objective, but Makoto's actress kills the role. Usagi has the unenviable task of trying to be Usagi, which on and off works, Rei is... more manga Rei than anime Rei and Ami wasn't even in the episode because, uh, a second extra would have cost money?

Nicola Rizzoli was the referee for the 2014 WC final and the Germany - France semifinal in the Euro 2016, and right before the game the German football commentator was complaining hard about the UEFA putting Rizzoli in charge of the game because "he is for sure going to try and make up for 2014". Well, that's fair enough.

You never know when the army rolls in, so dunno.

Well, first this very clear yellow card by Higuain, because, uhm, why would it not be: Well, and apparently it wasn't at the airport, but at the Brandenburg Gate: Classic German behaviour. I'd say karma is a bitch, but I don't really believe in the concept.

Well, it can't get any worse than the last one...

Is there any in-universe explanation for the mechs doing gymnastics and muscle building workouts?

ドイツのチームが悪いので私はウィアブーなんだか？ Not really rooting for Japan here, just against Germany. Would not really have made a difference if it had been Japan and Germany out. Here's to hoping karma will keep biting them until Manuel 'The Knee' Neuer quits playing. Well, he, and everyone else involved in that ridiculous show at the airport back in 2014. So, the pertinent question now is: Wie gehen die Deutschen?

よかったよ！^_^

Morocco winning Group F is a tad unexpected, but certainly well deserved.

Well, RŌDO RŌRĀ DA is Hepburn romanization...

The 80ies called, they want to tell you something...

It is going to get so much better than that. So, so much better! You know, there's deliciously funny irony in the only recommendation from @Sarex that kind of worked for you (or which you did not hate, at least) being one made to me. Had a belly laugh reading your exchange here and thinking of that. Kinda made my day, so thanks. edit: Maybe. I am uncertain, really. It's such a weird thing to not recommend a film that I really enjoyed watching and still can't... yeah. Odd, to say the least.

Speaking of anime tunes, this thread certainly lacks an Enka ballad. There's a full version on YT but the audio quality is terrible, so the short version of the intro must do. I tried listening to the music you linked. The first one was cacophonic ear cancer and the vocalist in the second video is way too breathy (there's a limit to the amount of audible breathing I can stand, and this is very much over it). The last one was the only I listened to fully, but that's probably only because it reminded me a little of Ho-Kago Tea Time. It is admittedly a silly song based around puns, but it does have the advantage of me liking the series it came from, because that is pretty far outside what I normally would listen to. Still, there's probably worse music, and one could argue that I linked to worse, and that is something I am not going to argue against. I just absolutely love my Eurodance trash, which is by far and large helped by enormous nostalgia. Had a good chuckle at this part of your post, by the way: Welcome to the club. Superficial appearances from thread participation aside, you'll get no argument from me here (and most certainly not from @Bartimaeus ). I am admittedly not certain if I want to ask what the few exceptions are. Most exceptions usually mentioned fall squarely between did not care and actual dislike for me*, but then, there are over 120 posts from me on this forum about an anime show aimed at girls from eight to thirteen that I enjoyed watching more than most other entertainment in the past two decades, where the protagonist does exciting things like trying to stop a tree from growing, 'fight' a painting which has no power beyond being able to send people a couple of yards away and helps her father catch up on some work after she accidentially trashed his computer, so that probably will not come as a surprise to anyone who actually read any of my posts on the subject. *By far and large: Akira, Princess Mononoke and, at the risk of @Make a contract with KP trying to assassinate me for saying so, Cowboy Bebop.

I liked StarCraft because it was a nice blend of likeable and interesting characters, had a decent sci-fi story, nice background lore and a fun campaign. StarCraft II came out and assassinated the characters within the first two seconds of the very first cutscene and then proceeded to took a giant dump on the world building and established lore in that afterthought of a campaign that was flashy style over substance coupled to a game designed solely to appeal to RTS e-sports players - and that is without even considering the audacity to sell content worth one game in three separate installments to rake in some more cash. As much as I sometimes complain about Mass Effect 3's ending, for me, SC2 ranks very high amongst the biggest disappointments in gaming. WoW's Cataclysm just sealed the deal in the same year.

On the bright side, just to post that picture in the Wrath thread, I started up the Violet Evergarden movie again and clicked through it. Nope, still don't like the way it ends. Also still think it's a blight on Violet's character arc, and cheapens her struggles (and the perfect way the show ended). Still, it looks amazing for something made recently, and there's nary a fault to be found in structuring or writing, I mean, aside from adapting a really useless part of the source material. Also tried the English dub for a change, and, yeah, thanks, but no thanks. It's not the same without 2B voicing Violet.

What? I feel like people wanted me to watch Bleach two decades ago and I said that they should keep their filler-ridden shounen stuff until it is done and I can figure out if I really want to go anywhere near it, and it's still going? Or... getting new episodes? Oh boy, that is one minefield I avoided. Phew!

Of course not, it immediately popped into my "continue watching" feed at exactly the moment where I left it off just to remind me. Not that I would have forgotten anyway, but sheesh.

Fixed that for you, standalone T and D sounds are turned into TO and DO as closest approximations, there's no L, and... yeah, okay, enough with that for the time being, before someone complains about too much weeb stuff in a Pathfinder thread, even though Aru is a classic ワイフ.

Oh noes, Lady Asuka is back on Amazon Prime Video. Yay...

I don't like James Hetfield's singing - or Metallica's guitar work, and while his drumming is okay, I generally dislike Lars the Danish Dwarf.

My taste in music is impeccable, unlike yours in sports teams.

Clearly, there's no accounting for taste, is there?