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  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    edited April 16
    Ah, shit. Might finally have to pull the trigger on the RG Perfectibility.

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  • McRhynoMcRhyno Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Loki costume designer discusses his various looks:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS9nfsA-oGI&ab_channel=MarvelEntertainment

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  • MelonTronMelonTron Registered User regular
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    Oh, the Live Concert Zaku is coming back. Hopefully this time I can get one before it sells out!

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
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    The worst part of the Devils "having our number" it that "our number" is skating fast and putting pucks on net.

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 16
    i'm sure the Moon being part of the pbandai black friday sales is not helping

    (everyone should get the Moon gundam it's one of the best HGs out there)

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited April 16
    It annoys me to no end to see "and X more drops!" and not being able to see what they are.

    ... Not.. that I actually build my gunpla anymore...

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User Mod Emeritus
    edited April 14
    Black Widow got a good, meaningful death in Endgame. The movie didn't stop for ten minutes to mourn her like it did Iron Man because Iron Man's death was the cathartic climax of the whole movie and the damn thing was already three hours long so shoehorning in another ten minutes of sadface while a mournful Simon and Garfunkel track plays over it two-thirds in wouldn't have fit, and also RDJ probably had it stipulated in his contract that everyone had to be real sads when he died and no one else could steal focus.

    Sometimes that scene you want in the movie to 'do right' by a character just doesn't fit in the movie, because doing right by the character isn't the point of the movie.

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  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    edited April 16
    Athenor wrote: »
    It annoys me to no end to see "and X more drops!" and not being able to see what they are.

    ... Not.. that I actually build my gunpla anymore...

    I think going to P-Bandai shows everything?

    Edit: Huh, I was there yesterday, and there was more shown, like the Barbatos Recirculation version. Maybe they weren't supposed to be shown yet.

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  • HydropoloHydropolo Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Bogart wrote: »
    Black Widow got a good, meaningful death in Endgame. The movie didn't stop for ten minutes to mourn her like it did Iron Man because Iron Man's death was the cathartic climax of the whole movie and the damn thing was already three hours long so shoehorning in another ten minutes of sadface while a mournful Simon and Garfunkel track plays over it two-thirds in wouldn't have fit, and also RDJ probably had it stipulated in his contract that everyone had to be real sads when he died and no one else could steal focus.

    Sometimes that scene you want in the movie to 'do right' by a character just doesn't fit in the movie, because doing right by the character isn't the point of the movie.

    It's also not a real good look what with the MCU's history with female characters up to that point, or their pandering "the women of Marvel" shot during the end game fight (that patently did NOT have BW in it since she was.. you know, dead, despite her being the first real female superhero in the MCU, but also the leader when things REALLY went to hell)

    I get what you are saying, but I think it could have been handled a lot better.

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  • DiarmuidDiarmuid Amazing Meatball Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm too old to understand what this means, but it amuses me

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    https://instagram.com/jmcgg?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ==

    Pretty sure that's an Akira reference.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    For my money, few developers can pull off lyrical songs in their games quite like Remedy Entertainment, and Alan Wake 2 is in another level even from what they've previously done.

    https://youtu.be/IzTrJ3RxeNQ?si=p82bxF2rfFXXtS_g

    The choice to commission new songs instead of simply licensing old songs was a masterstroke on Remedy's part.

    https://youtu.be/uKuD6N3fftY?si=p5aeyUnId6U8Km2U

    And don't even get me started on the Old Gods of Asgard songs.

    https://youtu.be/5KUzrHadGAE?si=thDK6pJ09zfTaKbp

    There are others, but they're a bit spoilery so I'll hold off for now.

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  • ToxTox I kill threads Dilige, et quod vis facRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I always bristle at the "pandering" claim about that shot, simply because I don't know which parts of that scene weren't pandering or indulgent.

    Thanos and his army literally stopped and waited for all the heroes to come through all the portals in a near ceremonial parade march

    Captain Marvel 1v1'd a warship

    Cap + Mjolnir!!!

    Like, it's not that I disagree with the characterization of that shot as pandering - I just feel like it's implying that was the only part of that scene that was pandering, and that pandering is bad, and I feel those implications are wrong

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
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  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Tox wrote: »
    I always bristle at the "pandering" claim about that shot, simply because I don't know which parts of that scene weren't pandering or indulgent.

    Thanos and his army literally stopped and waited for all the heroes to come through all the portals in a near ceremonial parade march

    Captain Marvel 1v1'd a warship

    Cap + Mjolnir!!!

    Like, it's not that I disagree with the characterization of that shot as pandering - I just feel like it's implying that was the only part of that scene that was pandering, and that pandering is bad, and I feel those implications are wrong

    Plus the main plot of the movie was having the heroes revisit the series' greatest hits. It was basically a three hour victory lap, a well earned one (which is why trying to recreate those moments in later Marvel movies or heaven forbid in DCEU movies just doesn't work in the same way).

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    It's feels like pandering because they literally have all of the female characters (and only the females characters, aside from Spider-Man) show up in the same place at the same time no matter where they are in the battlefield, solely to do that shot and that unfortunately makes it blatantly obvious why that shot in the film. It just feels very inorganic.

    Cap with Mjolnir was set up back in AoU, and they go out of their way to show where everyone comes from and how during the Avengers Assemble scene.

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  • HydropoloHydropolo Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Tox wrote: »
    I always bristle at the "pandering" claim about that shot, simply because I don't know which parts of that scene weren't pandering or indulgent.

    Thanos and his army literally stopped and waited for all the heroes to come through all the portals in a near ceremonial parade march

    Captain Marvel 1v1'd a warship

    Cap + Mjolnir!!!

    Like, it's not that I disagree with the characterization of that shot as pandering - I just feel like it's implying that was the only part of that scene that was pandering, and that pandering is bad, and I feel those implications are wrong

    Most of those other moments were fanservice. This almost exclusively felt like "Hey, look, we're not sexist anymore!" and like... way to go ahead and not prove your point? Captain Marvel 1v1ing the ship had NOTHING to do with her being a woman, it's just THE most badass character entering the field. Those other things were fanservice, not pandering. It was doubly awkward because you have basically Superman getting "help" from the weak characters. The fact that Capt Marvel didn't just like, "peace, this thing is going into the sun" was silly, but made for drama.

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    edited April 16
    Athenor wrote: »
    It annoys me to no end to see "and X more drops!" and not being able to see what they are.

    ... Not.. that I actually build my gunpla anymore...

    I think going to P-Bandai shows everything?

    Edit: Huh, I was there yesterday, and there was more shown, like the Barbatos Recirculation version. Maybe they weren't supposed to be shown yet.

    Maybe you were looking at this list of gundam mobile base stuff?

    https://p-bandai.com/us/search?brand=05-999001075

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  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    It's feels like pandering because they literally have all of the female characters (and only the females characters, aside from Spider-Man) show up in the same place at the same time no matter where they are in the battlefield, solely to do that shot and that unfortunately makes it blatantly obvious why that shot in the film. It just feels very inorganic.

    Cap with Mjolnir was set up back in AoU, and they go out of their way to show where everyone comes from and how during the Avengers Assemble scene.

    I feel like they should’ve been a little more blatant with it.

    Spider-Man’s line should’ve been “I don’t know how you’re going to get through all that alone.”

    Then the Women of Marvel all drop down and say Don’t worry. She’s not alone.”

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm lonely tonight and that sucks

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Guess who shouldn’t have died and would have worked better in that scene.

    That’s right, Whiplash.

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  • Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    There was a good way and a bad way to do that shot with the female characters. They went hard with the bad way, which was to make it really really "look at this!" obvious, complete with a really terrible (and redundant) hero lineup shot.

    That sequence could absolutely have worked in a way that looked great and felt completely organic and they didn't even attempt it, from what I can tell. First up is having Carol distracted by a big enemy (like, I dunno, Thanos) and she's the one holding him back from getting the gauntlet (when she gets it from Parker would be a great point to have Thanos come after her, which is when she footballs it the next standing hero in reach). She literally can't break away because she is it, the only person at the moment who can actual pin down Thanos so she can't be distracted by the rest of his army. From there she hands it off to what is coincidentally a sequence of female heroes. No idiotic clumsy lineup, they're just in the fight doing what they need to keep the Gauntlet moving; every time one gets bogged down, another steps up for the handoff. They get the Gauntlet near the tunnel, Carol sees and forces Thanos back a bit to get some space, then she breaks away and rockets after the Gauntlet, grabs it, and punches it right through the last line of enemies. Then Thanos takes out the portal with his helicopter sword, the blowback catches Carol, and Thanos able to close the distance in the aftermath and get to the Gauntlet. From there we're largely back to how the rest of the movie actually played out.

    You remember how the first Avengers film does the sequence of connecting all the heroes together by teaming them up as they move around the battle? That was a really great action sequence in that it gave everybody a chance to shine a bit while still showing their cooperation and not happening in some weird isolated pocket dimension of the real fight. Basically just do that but without the damned hero posing at any point. We already had the hero lineup with everybody coming out of the portals, a whole second mid-battle lineup was ridiculously absurd. This is a fucking fight for the fate of the universe, nobody has time to do a dumb group shot for the camera.

    Then you've got your sequence with the female characters getting focused screentime in an interesting way and in a way that reflects prior Avengers films, but it also fits right into the flow of the fight and energy of the moment.

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  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The Boys of all shows managed to pull off a great all female battle that isn't even really noticed it's an all female fight, because they built to it organically and it's just part of the story.

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    The Boys of all shows managed to pull off a great all female battle that isn't even really noticed it's an all female fight, because they built to it organically and it's just part of the story.

    The whole "Girls Get it Done!" thing was at least partially a response to that MCU scene in particular.

    Per The Hollywood Reporter:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/superheroes-are-inherently-maga-the-boys-boss-on-his-zeitgeisty-hit-4077486/
    THR: What do you think are the shortcomings of Marvel and D.C. movies and TV shows that you were trying to correct with The Boys? For example, I’m thinking of that interview that Stormfront and Starlight do where they’re cheerleading about female empowerment — “Girls get it done!” — and how it reminded me of that one shot towards the end of Avengers: Endgame of all the female superheroes.

    Eric Kripke: People might be surprised to know this, but I’m actually a fan of the Marvel stuff. The filmmaking is often impeccable. I actually really enjoy the humorous tone that a lot of them are written in. They’re snarky and fast and glib and I like that style. My issue with them are not the movies themselves, but that there’s too many of them overall.

    I sort of believe it’s dangerous, not to overstate it or be overdramatic, but it’s a little dangerous to train an entire generation to wait for someone strong to come in and save you. That’s I think how you end up with people like Trump and populists who say, “I’m the only one who can come in, it’s going to be me.” And I think in the way that pop-culture conditions people subtly, I think it’s conditioning them the wrong way — because there’s just too much of it. So I think it’s nice to have a corrective, at least a small one in us, to say, “They’re not coming to save you. Hold your family together and save yourselves.”

    As for “girls get it done,” a lot of that came from our executive producer, Rebecca Sonneshine, who came in after the weekend Endgame opened. She was just furious. I saw it, too, and I was like, “That was the dumbest, most contrived—” And she’s like, “Don’t get me started.” She found it condescending and I agreed. So that just created for us a target, a satirical target. When there’s something really ridiculous in either superhero or celebrity or Hollywood culture, we’ll immediately go after it. It’s an easy shot.

    I agree that it was really poorly executed and felt contrived as hell. The message was great, but the scene itself was not.

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  • HydropoloHydropolo Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The thing is, you don't even need to do it. Yeah, the MCU sucked on women before, but just... don't suck going forward. Don't make a big presentation of it, just... do it. Have the women on the forefront as much as the men, with more or less equivalent screentime and feats. The Boys kind of failed in this regard too, but they at least built to it in a way that made sense and fit in their universe.

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  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Guess who shouldn’t have died and would have worked better in that scene.

    That’s right, Whiplash.

    Tell him Thanos hurt his bord. Infinity War would have been two minutes long.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    The Boys of all shows managed to pull off a great all female battle that isn't even really noticed it's an all female fight, because they built to it organically and it's just part of the story.

    That's how I felt about the (less awkward) female team up in Infinity War. Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, and Okoye just happen to be there to take out Proxima, it wasn't nearly as forced.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    cj iwakura wrote: »

    It's a shame in my experience not many people get this far in the game because of the convoluted levelling system to hear this. At least FF9 gave it an interesting spin

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-pG3a-uwZ8&pp=ygUPcGFuZGVtb25pdW0gZmY5

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    When I saw that Boys scene, I thought Frenchie had said "Girls do get it on". Which honestly I'm not sure if that's funnier or offensive.

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