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Cause it was an awesome fight?

And good call on the naginata. That is definitely what it is.

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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Games of the Decades Conference)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (Smash Trigger Conference)
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference)
Final Fantasy VIII (Games of the Decades Conference)
Elite Beat Agents (Nintendo Objections Conference)
Final Fantasy VII (Fanservice Conference)
No More Heroes (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)
Street Fighter II (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)
Sonic Adventure 2 (Sonic Overload Conference)
#14 Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference)
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference)
Valkyria Chronicles (Brawl for Broke Conference)
#3 Resident Evil 4 (Smackdown Hotel Conference)
Fire Emblem 7 (Smackdown Hotel Conference)

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Fun game.

I was pretty horrible, but I got better from when I started, and I scored a goal! I Think I could become a decent goalie eventually.

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So I've never played this before. Is there a tutorial or something?

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The ashandarei is closer to a spear or halberd than a quarterstaff. Quaterstaff has no blade.

So like Mat pre-twisted frame #2.

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I don't think that was a type of weapon, just a torah card or some such.

A) a Jian style Chinese sword

That whole sword dancing fighting style always seems like a good water based style to me.

Found a good example.



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I do love a quarterstaff or a good spear though.

If you want to know what I mean by a Jian style think like Xianghua from Soul Calibur or Enishi from Kenshin.

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Batman
Magneto
Scar
Bowser
Sherlock Holmes

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Nah, I'd say that was still a decent move, we just didn't know what to expect.

That guard spell for the sprite seems awesome though. We definitely need to keep using that.

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Good to know.


So how did we do in that fight? Any tips for us in the future

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Dropping Dexter down to 30.

So I've got my Top25 set, here are the top tiers as I see them.
1-5
6-9
10-18
19-27

I'll get started on write-ups tomorrow.

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Oh right, I got my blind psychics messed up.

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Wolvie finally takes a second and smells Mystique. Storm and Kurt wake up at the same time (for some reason), and Kitty now seems to like him. Kurt is rightly confused.

We see that the QB has also recovered. And Rogue has switched schools to Bayville.

Uhoh, paperclips are moving again, the big bad Magneto must be around. <_<

We hear that the memories of the true X-men have faded, but she still has the recorded and it seems Mystique may be wrong.

First impression? Not a fan of goth Rogue. That said, the plotline of this ep with her confusion and Mystique’s tactics were all done very well. The main plot of this ep was great, the danger room scene was fun, everything else was very whatever. Xavier pounding Rogue’s codename into our heads was annoying.



X-men TAS vs Evolution Episode 3
Once again both shows have good solid episodes that just doesn’t make this easy for me. The low points of TAS were much lower, but the high points were much better. In the end I have to give the edge to TAS for starting up the moral and philosophical battle of Xavier and Magneto which I love so much, and portraying it perfectly. As a kid I would have enjoyed Evolution more, but now I really get a kick out of the deeper issues that TAS had.

X-men TAS: 3
X-men Evolution: 0

Poor Evolution, it has actually been really good, it just keeps being narrowly beaten.

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X-men Evolution Episode 3 – Rogue Recruit

Time to find out which Rogue is better.

We open at a party where Rogue hangs out completely outside the party and appears to be a goth. A jock insults another jock to guilt him into asking out Rogue. Apparently Rogue actually came to this party with the express purpose of standing outside it and being gloomy.
Blindfold is apparently here and sees trouble. Sure enough Rogue uses her powers for the first time to knock out some poor football player. And she didn’t even get a kiss first like comics Rogue. No wonder she is so grumpy.

Rogue probably has the coolest section in the opening credits.

Footballer is out cold and his wingman is not happy. But he gets stiffarmed down like a pansy. The show pretends like this shows it must be Cody’s skill, even though it was a basic move and the guy is still a wimp to be knocked over by that scrawny chick.

Awesome, I love training sessions. This one is Storm vs Ninja Wolverine. Adults getting it done here. Storm tires to make a cool comment while using her powers, but it just isn’t the same. Wow, she has puns on the level of movie Storm. Wolverine is apparently to destructive for the Institutes budget. Apparently this wasn’t training, it was a security test. Wolvie wants much “tougher” defenses then are allowed. Poor guy.

Kitty is kind of moody, and is not receptive to Nightcrawlers flirting. Poor guy.

Xavier sends the entire team after Rogue. That seems a bit unnecessary. Nightcrawler actually is getting to learn to fly. Though that might not last since he seems to want to fly with his feet.

And Kitty has a crush on Cyclops as well. This is going to get tiring. Nightcrawler gets jealous and makes an idiot of himself; freaking out Kitty in the process. Wolverine speaks for me “Kids.”

Mystique is here now as well. Blindfold tells them where to find her. She is going to the footballers home in her confusion. Blindfold is stopped before she says that Rogue is Mystiques daughter.

Xavier is hitting the audience with a hammer by constantly referring to her as “our Rogue” whenever he mentions her.

Mystique does a good fake out and impersonates Wolverine to freak her out and turn her away from the X-men’s attempts. It’s a good plan but I think Logan would be insulted by the impersonation. Rogue runs right to Blindfold.

Then the real X-men show up and Rogue flees.

Nighcrawler is doing a great job and appears to be the best recruiter in the group, but Kitty interferes and tackles Rogue like an idiot. Rogue touches Kurt and also sees his true form. Now she speaks German and teleports. She is also picking up control of her powers (and Kurts) really quickly. Sylar would be proud.

Kurt is still down, and Kitty is showing some real caring for him. Then she screams mentally and gives Xavier a migraine. “’The Rogue’ has his abilites”. We all know who she is, you can stop calling her that.

Jean is going to try and recruit again. She is doing better this time than with Kitty, though she gets an assist from Kurt’s memories. Then Storm shows up and freaks out.

Kitty apparently thinks flirting will wake Kurt up.

Mystique is back doing her thing (as Cyke this time) when the real thing shows up. Cause Rogue wasn’t confused enough. She is really freaking out now, and ends up touching Storm. Crap.

Storm’s powers without control are as destructive as ever. Rogue is completely overwhelmed by it and teleports out of there to go ruin the weather patterns somewhere else.

X-men TAS Episode 3 – Enter Magneto

We open at the crazy secure prison where Beast is currently hanging out and reading Animal Farm. The very hillbilly guards are surprised a mutant can read, and also have apparently never heard of Animal Farm.

Beast couldn’t care less about what is going on. I love how calm he is with the guards. He assumes that it must be Wolverine charging in, but we are finally given the proper hints to know exactly who it is, just before he shows up.

Magneto breaks Beast’s bonds and goes to rescue/recruit. Beast has no desire to leave though, which shocks Magneto. He is also shocked to find out that Xavier was behind the X-men’s attack. They debate the idea of Beast using the court to make a point. It’s done very well and does a good job of showing both sides of the argument.

Now this is how you introduce Magneto. He fights a small army with ease and does some philosophizing with Beast. God I love Magneto. In the end he is almost always right in the debate with Xavier, he just takes things too far when it comes to achieving his goals.

And now we get a flashback from Xavier. Apparently in this version they met working at a hospital. Also, Magneto may not be Jewish, guess I can see why they wouldn’t want to deal with the holocaust in a kids cartoon. Nice to see their debate has gone nowhere since the first time.

Apparently Magneto was actually doing pretty well on his quest before Xavier put a stop to it. No wonder humans hate mutants so much.

And on to the court case. It is pretty clear that Magneto was right. Beast gets some awesome points for quoting Shakespeare. Sadly the court could care less, and he’s attempt to bring up the conspiracy behind the mutant control agency is quickly and completely ignored. As he is sent back to prison (no bail) with as much violence as allowed, Sabertooth bursts in to ensure that Beast’s point is completely lost.

Cyke is not happy with how Wolverine is going to let him die, so he shoots some guards. The X-men are really good at killing any hope that their argument will ever succeed.

They comment that Sabertooth is “unknown” even though he had a big news story trashing downtown in the first ep.

Wolverine tries to get Sabertooth out (and likely kill him) but he is caught on camera. They are not happy with Wolverine’s attitude towards Sabertooth, and really they should be smart enough to listen to him. Instead they just compare each other a lot.

Wolverine makes a great point about the difference in how they are supposed to treat Magneto and Sabertooth. Looks like we are pointing out Xavier’s hypocrisy quickly.

Magneto is attacking a military base and launching their missiles, shooting them right back at the base. But the X-men (Wolvie, Storm, and Cyke) are here for the rescue.

Magneto does a little quoting of his own (he and Beast really need to hang out more). Wolvie isn’t one for philosophy though. Magneto owns them and leaves a message for Xavier. Then he leaves, apparently no longer caring if his missles work (which he probably doesn’t).

Even the most normal lines are made over the top by Storm’s VA.

Storm, with an assist from Xavier, takes out the missiles by herself. Sadly, throughout this whole thing we get no great power lines from her. Though she does commentate her own actions in hilarious fashion for absolutely no reason whatsoever. “Control circuits…destroyed…Warheads…disarmed…”

Magneto watched everything and does a bit of speechifying before we go to credits.

Magneto was awesome in this ep and showed exactly why I like him so much. Some future stuff was set up. And the Beast plotline was very good. As was the Wolverine stuff. The X-men raid at the end fell flat though.

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I honestly only have vague memories of the later seasons plotlines.

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TAS is really good, but Evolution does the whole "mutant living in the real world" kind of thing really well

A large part of that is likely due to the age difference in characters. TAS is full of adult characters who have already been dealing with this for years. Evolution has kids experiencing it all for the first time.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

X-men TAS vs Evolution Episode 1
Once again both shows have good episodes, but the Morph’s death plotline beats everything Evolution did. Especially since Morph was such a fun and easy to love character, and his sudden death was completely shocking and out of nowhere (the first time I saw it). Also, I get the feeling I won’t like this Kitty as much as the comic book one. Avalanche on the other hand is already much better than his TAS counterpart.

X-men TAS: 2
X-men Evolution: 0

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X-men Evolution Episode 2 – The X Impulse

Oh Kitty is here now. And it looks like her powers are kicking off for the first time. Man, that would be terrifying to just fall through the floor. Her parents know this is legit as well, since her sheet and pillow are now partly phased through the floor. If anyone asks, just call it modern art.

Nightcrawler manages to be late to school, which is kind of impressive considering his powers. Apparently this happens a lot.

Kitty says "like" a lot. This whole dialogue is definitely a case of adult writers trying to sound like teens.

Jean and Xavier are really bad at approaching the parents.

Sabertooth is in town, and apparently they can both smell each other miles away. I also just noticed that Wolverine has blue hair. Why does he have blue hair? Anyway, his outfit is good, and its time for round one of the great rivalry.

"Lower profile ride" means a bright red convertible? Sorry Cyke, but I bet the van would have been less noticeable.

Meanwhile in the world of high school delinquency, Kitty is in a locker and Avalanche is doing graffiti. Wait, didn't Cyclops and Nightcrawler just get out of school? I'm now confused as to whether these plots are supposed to be happening at the same time or not.

Av is really excited to see another mutant. It still is weird to me to see this version of Avalanche, as opposed to the random thug that is the old Avalanche. And apparently this one got lessons on cheesy taunts from the TAS crew.

One of Avalanche's crew is clearly voiced by Cyclops trying to do a deep voice. And after Lance makes a point of how he can’t use his powers without others noticing, he then uses his powers cause his thug annoys him. Then he uses it on the chick teasing city. No one notices (except Kitty). Even though the earth split and there was a sand geyser.

Kitty proceeds to beat up parts of a theatre set, which as a former theatre kid really annoys me. Jean tries to give the “mutant gifts” speech and it isn’t bad, but Kitty really doesn’t want to hear it. And then she lets her know that she is reading her thoughts. That really isn’t the kind of thing to throw at someone like this. Why is she the only one in this show who talks like a valley girl?

Haha, Lance is better at identifying with a teen girl than Jean is. How are you losing this Jean? Also, after all the stuff with Toad last week Xavier has clearly written off Lance immediately.

Stairs! My greatest enemy! Poor Xavier, has to go find a handicap exit.

Pops vs Bub, round 1. FIGHT!

Scott’s car is immediately wrecked. Guess you should have listened to Kurt.

And there is apparently some prophesy about Wolverine and Sabertooth having to fight to the death. As a Buffy fan I can say that should probably just be ignored.

Kitty has some bad boy issues and let’s herself gets blatantly tricked by Avalanche. And yet this actually isn’t a terrible relationship, they have some chemistry. Lance is going to edit grades cause “they are holding us down”, this plan would work better if it wasn’t pointed out that Kitty is a straight A student earlier. Also if he didn’t attack her parents.

Jean’s costume is not very good.

NOT THE THEATRE BUILDING! Darn you Avalanche!

There’s a really obvious Kitty death fake. Man, Kitty really is mastering her powers quickly.

And the trend of each side gaining someone continues in ep two with Mystique showing up at the end to recruit Avalanche.

Unlike TAS which introduced everyone at once, Evolution is focusing each episode around one or two characters. The good part of this is that you get much deeper characters early on. The downside is that the group dynamics which I love watching aren’t there early on.

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X-men TAS Episode 2 – Night of the Sentinels pt 2

And we are back at the Mutant Control Agency.

My god, Rogue’s metaphors are ridiculous. “You look like a long tailed cat in a furniture outlet” or something like that. Wtf?

I have no idea what Beast is saying a good chunk of the time, and I don’t care because he’s awesome.

Meanwhile is a derelict factory in Detroit Gyrich is questioning Jubilee. He states she will become a danger to everyone, clearly he doesn’t know what her powers are. Oh come on, you can not use Jubilee as an example of how difficult catching Mutants are.

Man this script is soooo corny. Only Gambits taunts are legitimately good. Maybe he can give some lessons to Rogue, because hers are terrible.

Stop jinxing everything Morph. Anyway, time for the famous start, Morph’s shocking death. It’s so out of nowhere and abrupt, especially considering this was a cartoon. I’m pretty sure I read that he was meant to stay dead as well, which is tragic. I still can’t believe this show went there so quickly. And watching the X-men’s very real reactions to everything is still powerful. Not something you typically get in shows like this, especially in episode 2.

Man, the Sentinels were actually really tough early on. And I love that when everything goes to hell Gambit is the one who initially takes over and gets everything turned around for them.

Nice animation blooper with Rogue’s bare hand being green like her sleeve. Oops. They don’t really go into how she gets people’s memories with her touch.

Ah, Beast in prison. The scenes that made me first love the character.

Whoa, female president.

I think this is the only cartoon where they actually make Wolverine short.

“People fear what they don’t understand”. Man, that is basically the “Great Power et…” line for X-men.

“This chicken’s going home to roost”. Oh Rogue. Really?

And Detroits economy was saved thanks to government funding of Sentinels. Oh wait, they are taking it overseas now. Probably to Japan, they know how to make giant fighting robots.

“Jubilee! Duck!” And then Cyclops fires 20 feet above her head. She was down at the sentinels feet Scott, did you really think you might hit her while aiming for her head?

I love how they just play the opening song whenever they have a big fight scene. I guess they can save money buy only paying for one song. Not that they are spending much on animation or voice acting (Cyclops has voiced at least two characters in this episode).

I summon the power of Thunder and Lightning” Come on Storm step it up! Even your overdramatic tone can’t make that line all that impressive.

And we end with Jubilee arriving at the mansion and Cyclops questioning his leadership and decision to abandon Morph and Beast.

A good follow up to the premier. Some serious issues brought up, especially with Morph’s death. The characters different styles and personalities have been shown very well. And another solid mix of action, plot, and comedy.

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He also said something about a Trickster episode and grimaced a bit. Like The Trickster sucks.

WHAT! Trickster is amazing! My favorite SN villain!

Then again, I find the first three seasons of Supernatural to be by far the best. I prefer the show when is got a sense of humor.

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Wait, is that an actual relationship? I've never seen that one.

Oh btw, I have internet back. X-men is go!

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Riley just used the Texas Cloverleaf (badly but still).

This better result in a storyline where he is getting trained by Dean Malenko.

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Wolverine's backstory is full of contradictions I'm pretty sure.

Time to watch some more!

Or not. Apparently Watch Instantly is down.

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

dang, missed the Top 25 this week.

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Final Fantasy Tactics (Sonic Overload Conference)
Grand Theft Auto IV (Patriot Time Portals Conference)
Dark Cloud 2 (Smash Trigger Conference)
Secret of Mana (Brawl for Broke Conference)
*abstain*
Fallout 3 (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Brawl for Broke Conference)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Smackdown Hotel Conference)
Devil May Cry (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)
#4 Super Mario Bros. 3 (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)
*abstain*
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference)
#14 Paper Mario (Games of the Decades Conference)
*abstain*

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Pianist posted...
i thought the entire book was a disappointment... the movie wasn't very good, but i think it was as a result of source material failure.... it accentuated the painfulness with which i had to read those last hogwarts chapters

Wait, I'm not the only one that was disappointed with the last book? Awesome!

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Dang it, I really like all four of these characters.

Irga
Kulukan

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Mr Lasastryke posted...
Wait, why is Thunderbird on the Brotherhood side? Is he even in this show?

I always figured it was some guy I didn't know who looked like Thunderbird, but according to Wikipedia it's supposed to be Thunderbird. Hm. He has a cameo in the show later on.

And a cookie for the person who can tell me who the hell that weird bald guy in the green suit is on the Brotherhood side in the opening sequence.

*rewatches opening with pause button at the ready*

I...I have no idea. He reminds me of a Hulk villain.

EDIT: After a bit of digging this is the only thing I could find. It is a hulk villain though so I have no idea why he would be there.

http://marvel.wikia.com/Yuri_Topolov_%28Earth-616%29

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And now for the scene I can't stand in this episode. Prepare for a rant.

Mystique chews out Toad. We also establish that Xavier has not issue wiping out people's memory. Nice to see we are establishing that xavier isn't the pure good guy he pretends to be immediately.

But none of that is important. What is important is Magneto showing up. Here is the sum total of what he does: knocks over some bicycles, vibrates a few small objects off of Mystique's desk and then makes them float before chasing her with a bunch of paperclips. That's it. Yet it is all presented as if it is a frightening display of raw power. I mean is that really supposed to be intimidating? Casper the friendly ghost could duplicate all of that.

And then there is his character design, which was clearly made with Darth Vader in mind. You can't see anything but black inside his helmet except his glowing purple eyes. It is all meant to give him a very evil and almost inhuman look. Except that it also gives me the feeling that there is a 50% chance of him removing the helmet to reveal that he is a scrawny geeky kid with a voice changer who is trying to look cool and evil.

Here's what really annoys me though, he is clearly being put in that pure evil light. But that's not Magneto. I love Magneto, and one of the best things about him is that he isn't some super evil villain, he's closer to an anti hero who is fighting for what he believes in and trying to save the mutant race. He just disagrees with Xavier on what that means and how it should be done, and has a tendency to go way to far in accomplishing his goals. Ends justify the means and all that. I could go into this for awhile, but I will cut myself off here. But this first impression really annoys me as it presents a very different Magneto from the one I love.

Overall it is a solid episode that establishes a lot of what this show will be like. It is a little light on action and doesn't have the sense of humor of TAS. It does however have much better VA's, less ridiculous dialogue, and better animation. The character are solid and some of them seem like they will be very interesting. It's a good pilot.



X-men TAS vs Evolution Episode 1

It's not an easy choice. Neither show was amazing, but the were both still good. Evolution has much better production values and a more serious tone (despite having younger characters). TAS has a better sense of humor and a...let's call it a "unique style" that I did enjoy. From a character standpoint I definitely liked TAS's cast better. In the end this one will come down to one simple thing, which one was more enjoyable?

X-men TAS: 1
X-men Evolution: 0

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X-men Evolution episode 1 - Strategy X

We start at a high school football, and I have to admit it is immediately visible that the animation is better. Though the weird style this show uses sometimes gets to me. Jean little runs onto the field to take pictures with her giant camera. You can't do that Jean. The team at mutant high is winning the football game, so much so that the coach lets a bunch of his players run off to go find Toad, who is pick pocketing. You know, this show makes a big point of how much Toad smells, but nobody notices this smell when he is pickpocketing?

Oh, a "sunglasses" at night joke against Cyke. Nice. Scott fights the QB, then Jean shows up and distracts him so that he gets his glasses punched off and blows up a concession stand. Woops. Definitely not starting off as cool as your TAS counterpart there Scott.

The opening video for this show is actually really good as well. The song isn't as good as the originals, but the video is honestly better. Though the whole thing kind of has a Buffy feel to it for me, which is kind of weird.

Xavier shows up to brainwash a cop into coming to the obvious conclusion. Are we supposed to think his first thought was "a mutant did it"? that seems unlikely, unless you guys have this happen that much.

Xavier's VA is way better in this series. Wolvie's is really similar. Overall they seem to be much better quality (thank god).

Man, Jean is a serious flirt in this show. She actually asks what "special gift" brought Nightcrawler here. Cause being blue, fuzzy, and having three fingers isn't enough?

We get introduced to Guidence Counselor Mystique who turns into a demon to intimidate people.

Kurt is really obsessed with his appearance and seems pretty insecure overall. I much prefer the regular, priest nightcrawler who has gotten over the appearance thing.

Wait, how can Xavier know who is calling? That isn't really something psychic power would do. Or maybe he's just using caller ID and Cyclops is a moron. I think I'm going to just assume the later. And apparently this cerebro can only sense someone when they use their powers. How does that thiing ever find people whose mutation is purely physical? Really, I don't get how it senses Toad just because he jumps.

Oh and this X mansion also has terrible security. Is it a bad thing that when Storm was sent out to challenge Toad I was kind of hoping for a redo of the "Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning" scene from the movie? Instead we quickly switch to Toad vs Nightcrawler. This is kind of a fun challenge, mostly because Nightcrawler can just toy with him him nobody else.

Wait, why did Xavier need to do this to find out if Toad has powers? I thought Cerebro already told you? Does it have a tendency to do false readings or something?

Oh god, I can't stand Toad's dialogue. It's just awkward.

Man, the defenses of the danger room can't even stop Toad and Kurt, even whn using "Everything its got". That's just sad. This room must bore the snot out of Wolverine.

Kurt to Jean:"You are an angel" "On occasion, how about you, are you demon?" Actually yes, he is. At least on his father's side.

Toad smartly gets the f out of there. And while no one has any issue with him running out, Nighcrawler leaving is apparently unacceptable.

Wolverine is back, and they establish that he and Xavier are old friends. With everyone else just being teens, that could actually be a very cool dynamic.

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Xavier makes a mission to rescue Jubilee, sending a three man team of Morph, Beast, and Wolverince. Then we skip to the mission where the whole team is there. What happened to the three man team? You people are terrible at following orders. Oh wait, the rest of the crew just went to watch, except Storm who decides she is going to join after making her cloud cover.

"You will see them as well. As the mist rises" Sometimes it sounds like she is an RPG character casting a spell.

Apparently Beast's statement in his lab isn't unusual, he really does just randomly talk to himself out loud.

And then the episode ends as Morph jinxes everybody. "Looks like clear sailing from here". WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT!

Overall this was a fun start to the episode which did a good job of introducing a large number of characters, personalities, and info while still keeping the action going. And man those VAs. I'd forgotten how cheesy ALL of them are, but the dialogue is ridiculous enough that it actually works a lot of the time. This is a solid and enjoyable opening to a show and a two-parter

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"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris

X-men TAS episode 1 - Night of the Sentinals pt 1

Love this opening. The video is good and the song still rocks! Wait, why is Thunderbird on the Brotherhood side? Is he even in this show?

The episode starts with Sabertooth trashing a city and beating up a bunch of what appears to be motorcycle gang members. THe reporter states that "the perpetrator is believed to be a mutant?" Believed to be a mutant? Have you ever seen Sabertooth?

Anyway, then we are introduced to Jubilee and her parents. She is a mutant, they are upset, and she is now enroled in some government mutant program or something. And then a sentinel shows up and tries to crush their dog with its barehands. Clearly he is evil. Also, it is clearly just a coincidence that it showed up the same day as she is registered. But Jubilee has run off to the local arcade. Because when your ability fries electronics clearly an arcade is the place to go. Also, her sunglasses are ridiculous. And apparently the Sentinel can follow her footsteps through a crowded city sidewalk. I have no idea how that is supposed to work, so I'm just going to go with "cause he can".

We finally start to meet some X-men after Jubilee plows into and then yells at Rogue and Storm. Man, I remember liking Rogues voice, but it seemed really grating in that first sentence. Gambit however still has a great voice as he buys some cards and flirts with some random chick. Also, while Rogue and Storm are wearing normal clothes, Gambit is still in his ugly as sin uniform (with its awesome coat).

And we get the first Storm quote! God I love how ridiculously over the top her VA is, it is the best kind of cheesy. It's like she is a bad Shakespearean actress. She stands in the middle of the mall with lightning coming out of her hands and calls out "Storm, Mistress of the Elements, commands you to release that child!. For her, that's actually pretty tame. Rogue just looks at her like she is crazy (which she is) and tells here to stop the speeches. You can keep saying that Rogue, but it will never happen.

Wait, How do lightning bolts make Storms uniform appear? That makes 0 sense.

This dialogue is just amazingly cheesey. "How did you do that?" "With style"

The first fight scene is a good display of powers, ending with an OPTIC BLAST! beheading.

Oh good, Beast is here now. "It would be disconcerting if this were to detonate. Disconcerting, yet provactive". wtf...

Mikey! I love Mikey, and if I had his power I would probably use it much the same way. to imitate and mock the TV.

Man, the X mansion has terrible security.

I love that Gambit and Wolverine have their own training setting which is basically, 'throw obstacles at us as we try to kill each other' And then Jubilee owns him and everybody just starts laughing at him for it (totally deserved).

Oh man, Storm's VA is so terrible when she isn't doing over the top speeches. They totally make her character as over the top with showing off as you would expect from someone who makes those statements. She would have been an awesome goddess.

I love the Sentinal hiding by just standing next to a building. It's terrible, and yet somehow Jubilee doesn't notice when she runs right past it.

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Time to start the first episodes.

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SmartMuffin posted...
he's not just saying "hey guys what's up, I've got so much money I don't even know what to do with it!"

No, that really IS just what he's saying. That is exactly what he said. Everything else are things you are projecting. Everything else is what you think he's saying or what you want him to be saying.

No, he says he is able to keep the money. Not that he actually does. He is saying "It is possible for me to do this while the people who actually need the money cannot".

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Fatalities

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Wile E. Coyote
Piccolo
Vegeta
Nightcrawler
The Dread Pirate Roberts Wesley
James Bond
Batman
Obi Wan Kenobi
Genie
Dr. Emmet Brown
Donatello
*Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
Pikachu
*Phoenix Wright
*Andy Dufresne

Tie Breaker (1st to 5 votes!)
Carlton Banks

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Not clicking that link as I still plan on watching it someday.

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My Top 5 shows are now officially on a level all to themselves. I wonder what the next show to make it up there will be.

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bump for the late night crowd to tag in before I get this started on Saturday.

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yeah, I find Scarlett, Megan, Olivia, and Emma to all be overrated.

And after googling Miranda Kerr, I now would really have to drop her down my list.

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The promo was okay, but Cena's retort tweets were better.

No argument here.

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very nice.

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KimPilgrim posted...
YOU PANTS HATING LOWLIFES

YOU SHAME SOLOMON GRUNDY

Nice

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That actually was a good promo from Rock.

It's just too bad we have to get it through Youtube.

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You just wait Leonhart, you just wait!

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I mostly remember how I ended up cheering for the Brotherhood in Evolution. They put Gambit and Colossus over there, what was I supposed to do?

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Nah, I thought Cena came out great in that.

Not as great as Punk. Redesigning the title, mentioning Cena's last firing. Great stuff.

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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Smackdown Hotel Conference)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Nintendo Objections Conference)
Jet Force Gemini (Smash Trigger Conference)
No More Heroes (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)
Sonic Colors (Games of the Decades Conference)
#2 Super Mario Bros. 3 (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)
World of Warcraft (Fanservice Conference)
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference)
Secret of Mana (Brawl for Broke Conference)
Demon's Souls (Zelda Overload Conference)
Starcraft (Fanservice Conference)
Sonic Adventure (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference)
Nier (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)
Tales of Vesperia (Brawl for Broke Conference)

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