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Media - TV, Movies, Music, and Games / Re: Godzilla and his bros.
« Last post by Nekobaghira on December 04, 2023, 06:22:43 PM »
Oh man! You brought up some fun memories for me. 

I haven't been to a movie theater in so long, it's disappointing. And I completely get the matinee and prices. Crazy.

There is a local theater but its very small and used to show 'indie' stuff, but recently I found out they'll do some specialty stuff. My friends kid went to a marathon Halloween showing. Whomever the owner is, should do more of that thing. Even if I've seen the film a few times. It would be nice.
UHF!!! I forgot about those, we had one in my area from PA or MA. Cracked me up, it was like having an extra station.

*snort* badly dubbed dialogue, I remember that stuff too and you'd hear the dialogue after you see the mouth says something. Cracked me up.

Voltron! It's been ages since I've seen an episode but loved the machines were cats. LOL.
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Media - TV, Movies, Music, and Games / Re: Godzilla and his bros.
« Last post by Icefanatic on December 04, 2023, 04:36:53 PM »
As for the spoiler tags, if you are in the same boat as I am and can not see a movie when it comes out due to distance or other issues. I never see a movie now when it is released and I end up waiting, so it's always 'new' to me.  LOL
I love the monsterverse. Every Sunday was monster matinee in my area, and Godzilla movies, I also grew up watching them. :crazy2:
I haven't seen a movie in theaters since Avengers: Endgame.  :laugh: 
I almost caved and went to see Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters but it was gone from my local theater before I had the chance and the next closest is an hour-and-a half away. If a 'real' Iceman was in it I might have made a three hour round-trip to see it... Seems the studios are making deals with theaters to take bunches of movies just to get the one they want and smaller theaters are getting squeezed out, either by not getting the movie at all or just getting it for very short periods. I only do the matinees now and the prices for those are as high as regular ticket prices were just a few years ago. Damn economy! I spend a lot on premium channels every month so it's hard to justify dropping a wad at the theater to see something that would be on a channel I'm already paying for in a few months.

I grew up watching the monster movies on a local UHF channel. Every Sunday it was either those or Kung Fu movies, all with badly dubbed dialogue, from noon 'til six. Add in growing up with Voltron and it's no wonder I ended up a Power Rangers fan...
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Media - TV, Movies, Music, and Games / Re: Godzilla and his bros.
« Last post by Nekobaghira on December 04, 2023, 03:03:16 PM »
As for the spoiler tags, if you are in the same boat as I am and can not see a movie when it comes out due to distance or other issues. I never see a movie now when it is released and I end up waiting, so it's always 'new' to me.  LOL
I love the monsterverse. Every Sunday was monster matinee in my area, and Godzilla movies, I also grew up watching them. :crazy2:
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Gambit / Re: My quest to collect every Gambit figure/collectible is nearly complete
« Last post by cajunpirate on December 04, 2023, 11:52:35 AM »
For you Funko Pop fans, saw in the latest Previews catalog that the fourth of the 4 Jim Lee X-Men #1 covers will be Gambit. Connect the 4, and you will have (from left to right), a Beast funko in front of the Beast/Jean/Prof. X cover, a Gambit funko in front of the Gambit/Psylocke/Rogue cover, a Wolverine funko in front of the Wolverine/Cyclops/Iceman cover, and a Magneto funko in front of the Magneto cover. Based on that news, I may have to grab the other three now.
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Media - TV, Movies, Music, and Games / Re: Godzilla and his bros.
« Last post by Icefanatic on December 04, 2023, 12:34:16 AM »
Godzilla is a fav of mine and has been for years, practically rivals Gambit.

Loved the 'King Of The Monsters' movie (enough to own it on dvd/stream).

Did not like Godzilla vs Kong. I don't like King Kong - nothing to say about that other than, not a good character for me, useless. The movie industry gave Kong a magical axe, what?? Okay. Fine. Because the movie could be over in one minute with 'atomic' breath from Godzilla. SMH.

Now, there is a new film ready for monster-verse, and its Godzilla and King Kong working together, odd but okay. Hollywood changed Godzilla's colors. Not his sound, you can't change that, LOL.  Weird.
Click the link at your peril, but .. it's out there. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV1OOlGwExM

Odd. LOL.

Why are you using spoiler tags for a movie that came out almost three years ago, and for stuff that is common knowledge?

And now for a COMPLETELY Mostly different take.  ;D

I grew up on the monster movies with Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah. I loved watching them as kid, seeing them in solo movies and then in team-ups and conflicts. When I saw the original King Kong vs. Godzilla(1962) as a kid my mind was blown, it was like a Marvel/DC crossover!

I think I've made the comparison before, but Godzilla Vs. Kong is a lot like Hulk Vs. Wolverine, At the end of the day while it is fun to see them 'scrap', they are both heroes and what most fans want is to see the two heroes team up to fight an actual bad guy. That was the big failing of the '62 movie in my opinion, in it the two heroes were manipulated into fighting each other and it ends after Kong wins and just leaves. It wasn't a fight either of them wanted, they were manipulated into it, and while it did huge box office and actually brought the dormant Godzilla film franchise back to life it was an unsatisfying ending for me. It didn't matter to me who won the scrap, and in a conflict between two heroes. a scrap is all it is really going to be. They don't jump right to annihilating most bad guys, they are not really going to kill each other. I wanted to see them team-up and kick bad-guy ass!

I loved the previous MonsterVerse films and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) was everything I could have wanted. I love the axe, a weapon made by Kong's ancestors to fight Godzilla's ancestors, being used as a symbol of the peace between them. First when Kong lays down the axe in the previous film and now being carried by Kong not just as a weapon but a symbol of that peace; as the two unexpected allies, last of their kinds, find kinship and perhaps even friendship.

I remember when Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) didn't immediately meet box office expectations(still in the pandemic) and after Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) previous poor performance, haters were gleefully predicting the end of the MonsterVerse. The film went on to set a pandemic box office record and grossed $470 million worldwide, against a production budget between $155–200 million and a break-even point of $330 million, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2021 and it became a massive hit on streaming. Suck it, haters!  :P

Instead of it being the last of the MonsterVerse films it is the springboard for a whole new series of films and a show on Apple TV+, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters which I haven't seen because I don't have Apple TV+, but it has Kurt Russell in it and I've heard good things. Looks like some guy named Godzilla is in it, too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLHsM4bpfxY&ab_channel=AppleTV
 
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Media - TV, Movies, Music, and Games / Godzilla and his bros.
« Last post by Nekobaghira on December 03, 2023, 07:13:51 PM »
Godzilla is a fav of mine and has been for years, practically rivals Gambit.

Loved the 'King Of The Monsters' movie (enough to own it on dvd/stream).

Did not like Godzilla vs Kong. I don't like King Kong - nothing to say about that other than, not a good character for me, useless. The movie industry gave Kong a magical axe, what?? Okay. Fine. Because the movie could be over in one minute with 'atomic' breath from Godzilla. SMH.

Now, there is a new film ready for monster-verse, and its Godzilla and King Kong working together, odd but okay. Hollywood changed Godzilla's colors. Not his sound, you can't change that, LOL.  Weird.
Click the link at your peril, but .. it's out there. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV1OOlGwExM

Odd. LOL.
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X-Men FanFic / Re: Xmen - via LL
« Last post by Nekobaghira on December 02, 2023, 04:59:59 PM »
It's been awhile and this is my effort to get the links out there. Ten years since the first move, wild. The LL will stay here as well.

**Wow - must be a gift to me. The Lebeau Library is in AO3. The import is done, I am the archivist, all works are currently closed (I think - choice on my part.) But the good news is ... it's there. I looked and wow. Anyway, the library is preserved as I wished.

And to Nicopony, you got your wish too ... stories that are not Magneto/Xavier oriented to the bananas.

Thank you all for the patience, I feel good about the Library's existence. I will now change the current page to links to the two places that have the library. Not right away, it costs nothing to host.

New eyes for great stories - love it.
Neko.

edit: a few little details in the hunt. But overall, I'm happy for the new home. And new stories are not un-welcomed.. we'll see how it goes, maybe some with the cats? ... LOL. I don't know, its been closed a long time.

edit1:
Xmen all types; category, I don't have exact link yet, but I will update once I know and not need to research.
Will edit this as I go, this project has been something.   :D :gambit: I'll need a few more days (possibly weeks), I'm okay with it.
I've seen the prototype and I'm good with it.  :gambit: :D

edit2: As I am the archivist, you can find it by the Lebeau Library in the search engine at the site or via LebeauLibrary_Archivist.


I'll still look for a direct link but it is easy to find. Let me find a way to make it more public as I've forgotten how collections works and for some odd reason, I don't have it tagged there yet, but I will or hope to do so.

Thanks for all the support.
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From the site news part of the guild. :)
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Movies / Re: The Batman - Robert Pattinson one
« Last post by Nekobaghira on November 29, 2023, 07:55:48 AM »
I don't think it was bad luck. Great insight to me.  ;D
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Site News / Lebeau Library/AO3 info.
« Last post by Nekobaghira on November 29, 2023, 07:45:30 AM »
Wow - must be a gift to me. The Lebeau Library is in AO3. The import is done, I am the archivist, all works are currently closed (I think - choice on my part.) But the good news is ... it's there. I looked and wow. Anyway, the library is preserved as I wished.

And to Nicopony, you got your wish too ... stories that are not Magneto/Xavier oriented to the bananas.

Thank you all for the patience, I feel good about the Library's existence. I will now change the current page to links to the two places that have the library. Not right away, it costs nothing to host.

New eyes for great stories - love it.
Neko.

edit: a few little details in the hunt. But overall, I'm happy for the new home. And new stories are not un-welcomed.. we'll see how it goes, maybe some with the cats? ... LOL. I don't know, its been closed a long time.

edit1:
Xmen all types; category, I don't have exact link yet, but I will update once I know and not need to research. LebeauLibrary does show up in the search box.

Will edit this as I go, this project has been something.   :D :gambit: I'll need a few more days (possibly weeks), I'm okay with it.
I've seen the prototype and I'm good with it.  :gambit: :D

edit2: As I am the archivist, you can find it by the Lebeau Library in the search engine at the site or via LebeauLibrary_Archivist.


I'll still look for a direct link but it is easy to find. Let me find a way to make it more public as I've forgotten how collections works and for some odd reason, I don't have it tagged there yet, but I will or hope to do so.

Thanks for all the support.
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Gambit / Re: Gambit's Cats Watch 2023
« Last post by DonPriceTag on November 28, 2023, 07:55:40 PM »
There have been few comics on Marvel Unlimited that feature the various super pets that seem to be aimed more at kids (including not really a pet, alligator Loki) So there are useful that way, I guess.

I like the cats, but I can see how that can be used be writers as basically I don’t care for this character, but I like cats! Though your idea don about the cats thieving’ is brilliant! They should have little hidden cameras in their collars and tiny microphones! Why did that text turn small?
???



Yes! Make the cats useful. My need was never with the mongrels. I like cats. I'd have one if my wife wasn't so scared of everything. My problem is with how they are utilized and how some writers seem to focus on them in terms of Gambit's characterization. I keep going back to the Mystique thing because it drives me nuts. X-Men Comics are a bunch of connective tissue that comes together to tell a story. Been that way since the 80s. At the height of the franchise it's what breed stories like X-Cutioner's Song, The Phalanx Covenant, and Age of Apocalypse. Not blaming this on those creatures, it's just symptomatic of the issue plaguing these books.
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