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[HATED TROPE] Plot twists not just ruined but erased by the marketing, to the point most people didn't even notice there was a twist

  • Batman V Superman: A woman stole a drive from Bruce Wayne at a party. Normally, it should have been assumed this was Catwoman, only to be revealed later that it was actually Wonder Woman.
  • Captain America Brave New World: President Ross turning into the Red Hulk.
u/Fox622 — 1 month ago

Hazbin Hotel is ok. The discourse around it is insane

Based on what I have heard about Hazin Hotel, before watching I was expecting there would be something really polarizing about it, something that would justify all the attention it got. Maybe it was the worst garbage ever produced by humanity, but with really catchy songs?

Surprisingly, it was an ok show. The story is relatively simple and easy to follow. The songs are good. It's really not much more than a cartoon with good songs.

What gives?

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u/Fox622 — 2 months ago

Murder Drones is a mess

After watching Digital Circus, I wanted to check the other indie show from Glitch, but I was quite disappointed.

On the plus side, I like the visuals and animation. I can see how many tricks they used to make it look good despite the low budget.

But I had a hard time following the story. It starts with worker robots trying to survive underground, while killing robots who live outside want to exterminate them. Then it shifts to some sort of slasher horror story, with some sort of Skynet AI virus trying to take over the robots, which I had a very hard time understanding what was happening. It doesn't help that the characters are way too similar.

Also, I never felt there were stakes because of the tone. The show is all over the place about whether or not I should care about a character dying. At some point, letting the killer robots enter the hideout was a big deal since it would doom the worked robots. But all of a sudden, the robots are dying right and left as a gag. It's kind of like Family Guy, which you can hardly take anything seriously since it may suddenly cut to a cutaway gag in which Peter is decapitated.

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u/Fox622 — 2 months ago

If the Phantom Troupe left this message after the massacre of the Kurta Clan, doesn't that mean they did it for personal reasons?

"We reject no one, so take nothing from us."

u/Fox622 — 3 months ago

Supposedly, depending on the order in which you install the expansions, there will be a port in Old Town. But I'm not 100% sure if it's true.

u/Fox622 — 3 months ago

By far, the worst battle in the series

What was Kurumada smoking?

The setting is awful. They are fighting inside of a hospital, which makes the Saints look weak. The most colateral damage they do is breaking a glass window.

Sorento decapitates Aldebaran in a karate chop, with blood everywhere. Turns out that Aldebaran dodged the attack, and Sorento just imagined all the blood.

Aldebaran dodged the attack using the TURTLE TECHNIQUE by literally pulling his head inside of his Cloth like a turtle.

Aldebaran tries to avoid Sorento's technique by piercing his eardrums and making himself deaf. It doesn't work because Sorento's music directly resonates within the opponent's brain. However, Aldebaran CONTINUES TO HEAR SORENTO TALKING.

And lastly, Aldebaran was still alive but gave up the fight and let Sorento take Athena. How shameful.

u/Fox622 — 3 months ago
▲ 1.2k r/theamazingdigitalciru+2 crossposts

Do you think a second season is even possible, from a story perspective?

Besides the fact that Gooseworx doesn't want to do a second season, is there even room left in the story, or is the book closed?

u/Fox622 — 3 months ago

I love Caine, but this felt like him. It's as if Caine was replaced with a different person that looks like him.

u/Fox622 — 3 months ago

[Hated trope] Sexual encounter that would look insane if the genders were reversed

  • Forrest Gump: Jenny Curran has sex with Forrest, a mentally disabled man. Later, she comes back and reveals they had a child. Jenny leaves Forrest with the kid before dying of an STD.
  • BoJack Horseman: Penny Carson, a 17-year-old girl, tries to convince BoJack to have sex with her, arguing that she's legally an adult in New Mexico. He makes it clear he wants nothing with her. Later, Penny tries to have sex with BoJack when he's almost passed out drunk.
  • The Shape of Water: Elisa Esposito meets a captured amphibian creature named the Asset. She rescues him from the laboratory and has sex with him in the bathtub.
  • Wonder Woman 1984: Wonder Woman sleeps with a random man while he is being possessed by Steve Trevor. The man didn't even know it happened.
  • That's My Boy: School teacher rapes student. The student becomes a celebrity.

Edit: A lot of people are saying that BoJack is not supposed to be a victim. Within the show, BoJack is supposed to be a near-rapist. However, it doesn't work if you flip the genders. A lot of people would call "Pen" an abuser for trying to sleep with a drunk "Miss Horseman".

u/Fox622 — 3 months ago

Understanding Jax's mind

I have been thinking about what the versions of Jax we see in his mind represent.

There are a total of 7 doors, 2 of which are locked. I assume that each door represents a version of Jax, since we see 5 of them. Therefore, there should be 2 more unseen versions of him.

  1. Cruel Jax: A version of Jax that brutally strangles Pomni.
  2. Maid Jax: This one keeps saying or doing inappropriate things.
  3. Cartoonish Jax: Straight out of a Looney Tunes cartoon.
  4. Piano Jax: He's chained to the instrument.
  5. Lamppost Jax: The version that Pomni meets after looking into his memories.
  6. Locked door in the corridor: Unknown.
  7. Locked door in the lounge: We get a hint of what is behind the door when Edgy Jax says that they "have a strict no-girls-allowed policy". Apparently this is Jax's repressed sexual identity.

Each door leads to a scenario that one of the other players abstracts, but I don't think the scenarios have any relation to the version of Jax that appears on them. Jax can be cruel, edgy, or cartoonish with anyone. Fans have theorized about the locked door in the corridor being the scenario that Pomni abstracts, but I think the scenarios are irrelevant.

As the Caroonish Jax pointed out, these versions of are playing out in extremes. The real Jax never got to the point of brutally strangling Pomni, sexually harassing Gangle, or magically erasing the ground that Zooble was standing on.

We also have never seen Jax acting like his Piano version. But I think that's the point, I assume this is how Jax acted outside the circus, a good kid who played the piano for his mother.

Despite Pomni asking for the "real" Jax, is the Lamppost Jax supposed to be the real one? I doubt so. He was also playing out in extremes, displaying only negative emotions. While this version of Jax was at least genuine, Pomni still failed to stabilize Jax's mind because she could not connect with all aspects of his mind.

There's also the unknown version of Jax behind the locked door in the corridor. If I had to guess, this is the version that seeks connection with other people.

Thoughts?

u/Fox622 — 3 months ago
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This is how I think female Jax should look like

u/Fox622 — 3 months ago
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I love the comics, but Jax is always too nice... he should be more unhinged

u/Fox622 — 4 months ago

ELI5: When a network removes a series from streaming as a "tax write-off", how does that works?

For example, WBD removed Final Space from all streaming services and the series became a tax write-off.

This is confusing to me. I would think the show was still making a profit, since it had descent ratings. How does WBD save money from removing the show from everywhere? Who owns the rights to the show now, the government?

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u/Fox622 — 4 months ago

[Hated trope] Colorful superhero costume gets replaced with generic black "tactical" costume

X-Men

Falcon (Sam Wilson)

Hawkeye (Clint Barton)

u/Fox622 — 4 months ago

Jax fans are a lot like the other players, Jax haters are more like Jax

Jax himself wasn't there for his friends when they needed him. But Jax is surrounded by people who care for him, even if he doesn't deserve it. That's what makes Pomni and the others good people.

Jax fans wanted Jax to be helped. But I have seen so many haters saying they should have given up on him. The irony is that the show is telling people to not be like Jax.

u/Fox622 — 4 months ago

Different audio languages missing from list of variants

I have not been able to select different languages for a video, despite it being available on Youtube.

I'm not sure which update caused this problem.

Maybe there's some setting which I couldn't find?

Thanks for the help.

u/Fox622 — 4 months ago