So exactly what we should have expected? I'm okay with that.

Normies can't handle too much philosophy with their action. If it was faithful to the original it would be basically matrix 2: everyone is voiced by the architect edition.

If you alter a story it is not the same story. Call it what you like, same result.

You brought up the public domain, a legal issue which is entirely caught up in intellectual property. But if you don't want to talk about it, fine. Yes, it's a purity of concept thing, much as DotA is. The thing is what it is, don't mess with it... and that goes for the original creator as much as f...

I'm well aware, yes. Guess what, the law evolves too... in this case to recognize IP authorship rights. There's basically zero chance of that being dialed back with so much money at stake and intellectual property being one of the most important areas of law in the modern age. Also note that without...

I meant in terms of the story, not marketing. If you're making substantive changes to the story by changing the ethnicity of the role then how is it the same story? Call it an homage and change the name if you're messing with the formula. I'd prefer in most cases that NEW ideas were developed rather...

There's also the whole fact that stories are memetic entities that should be allowed to replicate, mutate, and adapt, rather than be pickled and used as false idols. If identity matters it is wrong to arbitrarily change it. If it doesn't matter then there's no reason it needs to change anyway. Eith...

It's a blatant double standard that undermines the validity of both arguments. If anybody can be cast in roles regardless of race then you can't complain about minority roles going to whites. If those roles are sacred cows to be protected then you can't celebrate diversity hires taking roles of trad...

Got a new phone case today, and in the process of swapping it out I accidentally dropped my Pixel while it was 'naked' and cracked the back glass. And of course one of the little spiderweb cracks just has to go over the camera.

When a white actor takes a role for a person of color it's taking away a opportunity most of them don't usually get in Hollywood. When you give a typically white role to a non-white after its opening an opportunity that they otherwise would not get. It's not always a guarantee they'll do the role w...

Funky, it's like the opposite of eva... a world dominated by kaiju must defend itself from the returning ancient inhabitants of that world known as humans.

Chuckman#858454 wrote:He's a supernatural being who can control waves and storms and materialize and dematerialize at will.

wtf? Pretty sure I might have noticed that.

We do get the occasional troll, but they usually don't last long before the hammer drops.

Got to school a little early today, so of course morning class is cancelled. Hanging around with nothing to do for the next several hours... Wheeee.

I just thought it was an interesting story, I don't really identify much with the characters. So nah, doesn't bother me a bit.

What makes you think everyone throughout history had their own soul? reincarnation of some sort is a possibility in play, either of whole souls being recycled or perhaps dead folks drifting apart into raw 'soul stuff' before some quantity of it being reused for new people.

It doesn't surprise me at all that the sort of 'sidestory' episodes that happen between story arcs are generally held as the low points since they advance the story less overall and represent a tonal shift. 13 and 14 rightly get called out here, but I find it interesting that so few people consider ...

Kong was a legit satisfying monster movie. As for Eva references, Kong vs helicopters was a lot like Asuka vs vtols... And that spider!

I still prefer the original ending, so yeah, pretty much.

Huh... Hadn't noticed much in the way of homages. What are you referring to? Worth adding to the thread on that subject?

So I'm back on duty, more or less. Wheeeee.