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Penny Arcade - Comic - Converse x Lockheed Martin
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Converse x Lockheed Martin
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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I saw the first Godzilla Kong movie but it didn’t leave me wanting a sequel
I've felt that way since legendary's first Godzilla film hit theaters in 2014. But then, I also haven't really cared for any of the Planet of the Apes films, and those continue to rake in cash for studios. My opinion doesn't seem to inform the cultural zeitgeist. And as long as Studios continue to let Nolan and Villeneuve do their thing, I'm okay with that.
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Understandable.
But I wanted a movie where a giant monkey punches a giant lizard in the head.
And by god, GxK delivered in spades.
If you expected the sequel to do anything except check all those same boxes you were going to the wrong movie.
According to the GxK makers, yeah, it's supposed to be silent. The "silent x" thing comes from Japanese manga/anime. It's a stylization thing. That being said, I don't fucking care and will say the "x". I'm not going to follow a rule for non-native English media when it sounds dumb to native English speakers. I'm not calling it "Godzilla Kong". If they had wanted me to, they could have made the English title "Godzilla Kong" or even "Godzilla/Kong" (shades of "Face/Off").
Otherwise, they can go in the pile with the creator of the "GIF". This pile is labeled "fuck x off".
Haven't seen that movie, but the strip sure was funny.
From my experience the weebs are generally the one who correct other because they're familiar enough with anime naming convention, while more casual reader/watcher are not aware.
Even then, in the cases of games or animes that crossover two properties, it's not the silent "x" thing and is instead pronounced "cross" such as Project x Zone.
And in that case, i feel like "Godzilla Kong" just sound less impactful.
I only found out recently that the v in civil court cases should be pronounced "and" rather than "vee"
Doesn't stop basically everybody I know at work just using "vee"
Possibly because "Mallalieu and Drummond" sounds like either a music hall act or a hardware store, and "Laycock and Freeman, Hardy and Willis" is just confusing
Well this is an interesting nook you've shown me! Apparently, it varies between English-speaking countries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_citation#Pronunciation_of_case_titles
Looks like the "versus" pronunciation is the most common accepted one in the US, with the notable exception of Roe v. ("vee") Wade.
If it helps, in most appearances in JP media it's not the letter "X" on its own, it's the "cross" shape. Like on the PlayStation controller, Sony mandates that it's the Cross button (but usually prefers if you use an image of the shape instead).
This is from Sony's tech manuals:
This means that "Name X Name" is more "Name [meets] Name," not necessarily "versus." In the US it would be more likely written with a plus sign fifteen years ago.
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Lockheed Martin means you're escalating the conflict by involving military contractors.