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Ultradeth.

Ultradeth.

I've long considered a gritty reboot of this British comedy classic.

Lowest Rung is a British television dramedy that originally ran on Channel 4 from October 3rd, 2014 - March 27, 2017 across three series. The leads are Richard Richard (Robert Carlyle) and Edward Elizabeth Hitler (Jason Statham).

The title reflects the social statuses of the leads, being of society's lowest rung. Richard is a sex-obsessed, snooty, pervert with a hang-up with women due to none of them wanting sex with him. Eddie is a violent alcoholic and occasional drug addict. Eddie has only two friends that are known of, fellow drunkards Spudgun (James Bachman) and Dave Hedgehog (Joe Thomas).
 
Duke Andrew of Dank

Duke Andrew of Dank

Please dont freak out about the reference I make here. It's just related to how the history of railroading went in my TL.

Excerpt from PragerU video "Why Private Investment Works and Govt. Investment Doesn't" narrated by Burt Folsom

"Another example returns to the subject of railroads. In 1967, the Johnson Administration gave a loan to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroads to electify all their operations. With the goal of introducing passenger rail on the level of the Shinkansen service in Japan. While the construction of the line from New York to Washington DC was successful, the electrification of the Pennsylvania's line to Pittsburgh ended with the Pennsy going bankrupt, even in spite of aid from the Nixon Administration. Even during the time the government owned it until 1989, it took the railroad until 1980 to get back on tracks and finish the extension of electric services to Pittsburgh. Then it took the PRR several more years to reach Chicago or St. Louis.

Meanwhile, the New York Central Railroad started their own electrification plan, and had completed their mainline from New York to Buffalo via Albany in seven months. Then, they moved forward and electrified the mainline to Cleveland and Chicago. Followed by the lines to Cincinnati, and St. Louis. By the time the Pennsylvania's electrification to Chicago was completed in 1986, the NYC had already started work on electrifying secondary lines like the ones from Chicago to Cincinnati and Detroit, as well as even the revitalization of old interurban and shortline routes for use as Detroit-Louisville and Dayton-Muncie-Ft. Wayne routes."
 
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Duke Andrew of Dank

TV Trope's YMMV page for Super Mario Bros: The Animated Series
  • Alternate Character Interpretation: Does Bowser still truly love Peach, and consider Mario a threat? Or is he more interested in revenge on Mario and mostly kidnaps Peach out of spite? While the former is usually the case, the latter is suggested on some occasions like in Drawn and Doubled, where he laughs that his dream of humiliating Mario through his kidnappings succeeded.
  • Applicability: The events of The Kalahari Limited can be seen as a commentary on any sort of railroad or industrial issue in the world. In the US, it can be seen as a satire of labor unions and their feuds with automation. In the UK, the episode can be seen as satire of the debate over re-nationalizing the country's railroad network.
  • Author's Saving Throw:
    • A common criticism of the first season was that Bowser had devolved from a Magnificent Bastard in the film to an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain. Season 2 onwards brings back much of Bowser's calculating nature but maintains his comedic traits.
  • Awesome Art: The animation is still like something out of a Disney Renaissance film, even with the slightly stiffer movements.
  • Awesome Music: Bought to you again by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with assistance from various Rare composers and plenty of musical numbers written with Tim Rice.
  • Base-Breaking Character: Several complaints about certain character's portrayals are sometimes levied when discussing the show.
    • Some people dislike Luigi's occasional Adaptational Jerkass nature. Most notably in Luigi's Inappropriate Impression, where he tries to justify a joke showing Fantastic Racism towards Goombas.
  • Best Known For the Fanservice: Most people remember The Shift for its depiction of a humanized Goombella.
  • Big-Lipped Alligator Moment:
    • God's appearance near the end of The Garden of Eatin', where he first finishes off Huff'n'Puff, then rants at Rosie for her selfishness before subjecting her to a Painful Transformation into a Stinking Corpse Lily. No mention is ever made if it beyond a Toad Tourist demanding his money for not getting to see Rosie.
    • Mario's nightmare in Lost Without Deserving. Which is a re-enactment of Ringu's Well Scene, which ends once Mario wakes up in a start. No-one mentions it again even when the idea that it is cursed is proven wrong.
  • Broken Base:
    • While many of the redesigns to the characters were already made in the film, some would have preferred designs closer to the games.
    • Whether or not the show is as good as the movie it follows up to is often a point of contention among fans. Those who prefer the show state that the series flesh out the characters even further and introduce takes on new ones. Fans of the film complain about the perceived Aesop Amnesia the characters go through at times.
    • Vivian's redesign for The Millennial Door and later appearances. Some consider it an improvement, while others would have preferred a design closer to the original. A third camp is just happy she's there.
    • The presence of larger season wide story arcs season 4 onward is also subject to contention. With some wishing to see a return to seasons 1-3's simpler storytelling. Which usually had a over-reaching arc, but allowed the series to mostly be episodic. While other want to see what else could be done with these arcs.
    • Season 5 was particularly contested for its space and science fiction edge. Especially after Season 4, which was praised for maintaining Season 3's science fiction edge while returning to the high fantasy based plots of the first two seasons.
  • Can't Unhear It
    • Those who disliked the squeaky falsetto voice traditional to Mario portrayals will not forget Leonardo DiCaprio in the slightest. Likewise, Well Freidle as Luigi is considered the best in Celebrity voice acting.
    • As he had no previous english voice acting beyond the DiC cartoons, Kamek is considered best defined by Michael Bell's take on him.
    • Corey Burton as Wart is also considered the definitive voice.
    • As most RPG characters had no voice to begin with, literally everyone will be imagining them in the voices this show gave. However, none are more so the case than Hynden Walch as Vivian or Catherine Taber as Goombella.
    • Most people how play the Mario & Luigi RPGs always imagine Catherine Cavadini providing Starlow's dialogue.
  • Common Knowledge:
    • Rosalina's absence from the first two seasons was not because the writers disliked the character like they did with the Piantas. Rather it was because Bonnie Hunt was unavailable to reprise the role from the games at the time.
  • Complete Monster: Prince Atticus Koopa, better known as Wart, is without a doubt one of the most depraved villains in the Mario franchise's history. Starting off as the brother of King Cecil Koopa, Atticus became convinced that he should rule and not his brother. Atticus found the Dark Book, home of the demon Dainamo, and made plans to summon him to help take over Lairga. His chance came after a war that Lairga lost to Fungaria. Atticus killed Cecil then chose to expand his conquests. When this tide turned against him, he sacrificed his humanity for more power and took up the alias Wart, also transforming other Lairgan humans into similar lizard creatures to take on his more frog-like form. Today, Wart still builds an empire upon enslaving those he takes over and greed. Despite claiming he cares for his nephew Bowser, it is pretty clear he just uses him as a pawn like when he robbed him of his humanity (causing Peach to become frightened of him in the process), or all the times he left him to be captured by the Mario 7, or lastly, The Reveal that he has been using medications on that Bowser to deliberately regress the true Koopa King's mental state. Depraved and uncaring to the core, Wart certainly left his mark psychologically on all those he affected.
  • Counterpart Comparison
    • The Mario 7 could each be considered some sort of human take on the Star Tugs of TUGS fame
      • Mario is more or less Hercules. Being The Ace and The Leader of the group.
      • Luigi is closest in persona to Ten Cents, albeit by virtue of mere personality.
      • Princess Peach is sort of like Lillie Lightship as the main female character, but is also vain at times like Top Hat.
      • Princess Daisy is pretty much a female version of Big Mac.
      • Toad is a slightly younger version of OJ. being The Smart Guy of their respective groups.
      • Yoshi is a saurian version of Warrior. By virtue of the fact both characters are big Kindhearted Simpletons.
      • Prince Cream is naturally closest in character to Sunshine. Being the youngest members of their groups.
    • Much like his video game counterpart, Cream is often compared to Yoichi Asakawa. As both are young boys with strong psychic powers which they apparently inherited from their fathers (both of whom they lost to a major antagonist, at least in the case of his TV counterpart). As well as being surprisingly capable of taking care of themselves for someone their age.
    • After Subcon Rises Again. Mouser could be considered a G-Rated version of Professor Von Kriplespac. Being a crippled, German-accented rodent villain who serves an evil king. But at the same time is secretly planning to take power for himself using a group of machines of sorts he's been building behind his master's back.
  • Crazy Awesome:
    • Captain Heckbeard and the Kayak Pirates. A group of seafaring pirates who travel in a large battleship and attack on kayaks with mounted machine guns. And are successful.
  • Crosses the Line Twice: Most of times where death or crime are portrayed in a joking matter fall into this.
    • "The Cult of the Calico" ends with the Mario 7 the cult leaders burned alive as their complex catches fire. All while the original Thomas The Tank Engine outro theme plays.
    • Most of the times where Jr. Troopa gets hurt trying to challenge Mario. Of note is when he tried to leap out of the mailbox. Only for some hooligans to smash it in a game of Mailbox Baseball.
    • The aircraft rental service in Upsa Daisy is known as Pinochet's Flight School for Commies Who Can't Meme Good.
    • The sheer amount of Deliberate Values Dissonance in Luigi's film career during Hollywood Haplessness.
  • Designated Hero: On complaint about King Henry is when he left the Calico's leaders to be burned alive in "The Cult of the Calico." However, this is not held by all as for one thing, the Cult's fate was sealed. Second, they had killed Cream, and almost succeeded in killing the rest of the Mario 7.
  • Draco In Leather Pants: Many fans ignore while Kamek's devotion to Bowser is genuine, as is his hatred of Wart, he is still a Card-Carrying Villain.
  • Escapist Character: Mario is rich, famous, has a gorgeous princess as a girlfriend, travels the universe, and always gets the last laugh over his adversaries. No matter how extreme his means of doing so are.
  • Ensemble Darkhorse:
    • Lord Imajeen and Lady Leena of Subcon are fairly popular among the fandom. Mainly for Imajeen's one-liners, being such valuable allies to Mario and Co, the fact they're expies of the cast of Doki Doki Panic, As well as their chemistry with each other. It eventually reached the point that they became important NPCs in later games.
    • Wart's Daughter, Lady Venoma is very popular among the fandom. Mostly due to being an attractive Dragon with a dark sense of humor. It also helps that she is one of the few villains other than Bowser that you can especially feel sorry for.
    • The Fast Food Mafia is legendary among the fandom. Largely due to their hilariously audacious gimmick and the fact each has a unique persona. Not to mention how human villains are fairly uncommon in Mario. It eventually got to the point that when Cream got his own game, they were the villains.
    • Prince Cream retains his status from Super Mario Ultra 2, but this especially sore after they first expanded on the nature of his psychic powers.
    • While the Koopalings in general were already fairly popular, Iggy and Lemmy are especially liked due to being the Token Good Teammates in the Koopalings.
    • Vivian maintains her status from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. In no small part thanks to her story arc about being a more powerful sorceress to save the Mushroom Kingdom.
    • Bumbleduff the Giant from The City Below is fondly remembered for his Heroic Sacrifice. It reached the point of him being resurrected in the Fungaria Forever story arc.
    • Goombario and Goombella's human forms in The Shift are well liked by many for the fandom. The latter's more so for obvious reasons.
  • Evil is Cool: Pretty much every single villain has a certain charm to them. Especially the entire Fast Food Mafia.
  • Evil is Sexy: Lady Venoma. Big Time.
    • Pretty much anytime Peach or Daisy, typically the former, is the victim of Demonic Possession, expect this.
    • Bowser and Wart also have prominent fans of their human forms. Though the former was not really evil back then.
  • Franchise Original Sin: A common criticism of latter episodes is that the heroes often refuse to Save The Villain. This actually appeared as far back as early episodes with many one-off villains. The main difference back then was that the villains who weren't saved either had gone far past the Moral Even Horizon or refused to be saved.
  • Friendly Fandoms: In stark contrast to the infamous Fandom Rivalry of their respective source materials, fans of the show are known to also like Sonic SatAM. Most fans of one show praise the other for its Darker and Edgier take on the source material. While in the case of SatAM fans praising SMB TAS, the songs are often well liked as.
    • Likewise, the show's fans also overlap with those of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. As both are fantasy slice-of-life series with strong motifs of friendship and its importance.
  • Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The love for this show in South Africa famously reached the point that the video games have since suffered severe Adaptation Displacement.
  • Growing the Beard: The first half of season one is often considered slower and a common criticism is that the only interactions most characters outside Mario and co. (Marios, Peach, Daisy, Toad, and Yoshi) had were limited to the characters they had the closest relation to. As well as the fact that it did not introduce or explore many new ideas. This began to change starting in the second half and season two. When more characters from the extended Mario Universe, such as Vivian, Geno, Wario, and Waluigi, were introduced. Then in the second season, Wart not only made a triumphant return. But Prince Imajeen and Leena of Subcon also came to be.
  • Hilarious In Hindsight: Yoshi's dilemma in the beginning of The Dime Chasers story arc becomes downright hysterical with the Yoshi Committed Tax Fraud meme.
  • It Was His Sled: Elizabeth Patricia, the princess who once was engaged to Bowser, is actually Peach.
  • Jerkass Woobie:
    • Let's be honest. If Mario wasn't so bigoted and temperamental, he'd be an almost completely sympathetic character. He had been stuck in a miserable existence trying to make ends meet. Then for years he was unable to marry the girl of his dreams due to something always coming in between them.
    • Bowser is definitely this once you learn about his backstory. Peach, the only woman he truly ever loved, became frightened by his transformation and no longer likes him back. Or even how his plans even to just have a beer seem to have something go wrong. As if all that weren't enough, it's also revealed that ever since they reunited, Wart has been using medications to make his mental state regress even further.
    • Venoma is vain, bad-tempered, and heavily implied to be promiscuous. However, the girl has been abused by her father Wart. Not to mention how her attempts to hook up with Count Gene of Rogueport usually end in disaster. Though she eventually becomes a straight-up woobie after here Heel-Face Turn
  • Magnificent Bastard: Wart is known for being one of the few cases that overlaps with Complete Monster.
    • Kamek also has his fair share of wit, cunning, and redeeming value to be one himself.
  • Memetic Mutation:
    • Whenever big news breaks... you certainly won't hear it here. (Actually taken from the Muppet News Flash from Peter Ustinov's Muppet Show appearance).
  • MisBlamed: Many people have accused this show of leading to Matt Youngberg's Ducktales reboot being shelved. As well as many of that show's planned plots being recycled for this series when Matt joined the writing team. The truth is that Youngberg's project was criticized by Disney higher-ups for its perceived In Name Only take on the original show, and was rejected in favor of The Legend of the Three Caballeros.
  • Moral Event Horizon:
    • Wart crosses it pretty much anytime he is the main villain, but his most infamous ones were when it's revealed in the past he killed his spouse Wilma so he could shape Venoma into his own twisted version of The Dragon. Followed by his attempt to destroy New Atlantis with a thermonuclear weapon.
    • The Cult of the Calico's leaders were quite clear in their intentions from the start. But they definitely crossed the line when they corner a terrified Cream and brutally murder him while the rest of the group had to watch. Naturally, when Henry found out and Cream was resurrected, he left the fire that Yoshi started in retaliation to trap and kill them.
  • Narm Charm: Just about the entire show is an exercise in this. It's a relatively dramatic series about Mario characters with gracious peril and seriousness. But the stories always work because not only are they so well-written and fun, but they legitimately feel like something that'd fit right in with the video games.
  • Signature Scene: The entirely of the "Pranksters" segment from Assorted Shorts About The Mario Seven.
    • The truth about Peach and Bowser's past as revealed in Lost Without Deserving.
  • Some Anvils Need To Be Dropped: Luigi's Inappropriate Impressiondrops the anvil that making an offensive or otherwise insensitive joke in public places will come back to haunt you.
    • Many episodes drop the anvil that not every Criminal/Jerkass as a Freudian Excuse for their actions. And even if they do, that doesn't excuse them.
    • Just an Old Fashioned Hate Speech drops the anvil that a good way for demagogues to come to power is ignoring the grievances of those who are legitimately angry about being dismissed by those of higher social rank.
  • They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character: Toadette has not been heavily used despite being Toad's wife. That and seeing more of their family in general would be nice.
    • Birdo is mostly a mere Tsundere for Yoshi. We don't see much of her life or even interactions with other people.
  • The Woobie
    • Prince Cream never truly had an easy life. His psychic powers means he had to put up with frequently seeing ghosts. His father died in front of his very eyes. The few friends he had his age were reluctant to hang out with him due to his powers. The the final kicker is when, as revealed later in the Nintendo Animated Universe, Wart attempted to subject to various horrible psychological experiments, which led to him spending several years in psychiatric care.
  • Unexpected Character
    • No one expected Vivian to be a permanent cast member come the second season. Especially considering the fact that before, the only RPG-made character to appear outside of them was Goomboss' appearances in Super Mario 64 DS and Mario Kart DS.
  • Values Resonance: The message of Cut Director is an explicit message that creators should always at least consider the opinions of long-time fans if they want their franchise to be popular. A message that has become especially relevant with the infamous reputations of various franchises in terms of their interactions with fans.
  • "Weird Al" Effect: Few know that the song "Throw Them All Out" is a reference to "Take Him Away" from Muzzy in Gondoland.
 
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Tales Weaver

Tales Weaver

Skyrish10 said:
Also here's some video game, movie and other pop culture events that are not related to GUST's My Flight Story or Squaresoft's Fox Two either happened in the Atelier Aviation TL:
  • ITL Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation was released on the PlayStation 3 with even more content available (this is because Namco want it to compete with Fox Two V, which is a Squaresoft Chocobo II exclusive) unlike the OTL which was an Xbox 360 exclusive and less content, but this butterflies away Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Ace Combat Infinity is still around ITL however.
  • ITL Monster Hunter Portable 3rd was released in the west as Monster Hunter Freedom 3 in 2011 (one year after the Western release of Monster Hunter Tri) unlike OTL where it was Japan-exclusive, but this delays the release of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate in the west by 4 months.
  • Speaking of Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (Monster Hunter Double Cross) was released in the west one year early before Monster Hunter: World was out a year later, but this results butterflies away the western release of Monster Hunter Stories, leaving it Japan-exclusive ITL
  • The Xbox ITL was a commercial faliure after their console was outsold quickly by Sony, Nintendo and Squaresoft's consoles, thus butterflies away the Xbox 360 and Xbox One being released.
  • Overwatch ITL is a Modern Warfare hero-based realistic tactical first-person shooter being released on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Chocobo III unlike OTL where it was futuristic.
  • The Korean horror movie Non-Humans was released in theaters on July 21, 2016 as a distant sequel to John Carpenter's The Thing, butterflies away Train to Busan.
  • Parasite Eve III was released as a direct sequel to Parasite Eve II on the Squaresoft Chocobo in 2005, butterflies away The 3rd Birthday.
  • Warriors Orochi 3 ITL was released in worldwide with English dubbing in it unlike OTL where it did not have that.
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also, There Is a My flight Story spinoff that dealing with the diving to compete with endless ocean on Squaresoft Chocobo. the my diving story is this.
 
Skyrish10

Skyrish10

bhlee0019 said:
Can I turn GUST into Squaresoft's First party developer?
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Nope, as long as the My Flight Story series and other GUST simulators (except My Rail Story) that is set in the My Flight Story universe on the PlayStation line of consoles, Nintendo Wii, 3DS and PCs, and expansion packs for existing vehicle simulators, so 3rd party for now.
 
Tales Weaver

Tales Weaver

Skyrish10 said:
Nope, as long as the My Flight Story series and other GUST simulators (except My Rail Story) that is set in the My Flight Story universe on the PlayStation line of consoles, Nintendo Wii, 3DS and PCs, and expansion packs for existing vehicle simulators, so 3rd party for now.
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okay. sorry.
 

Mysterion

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
(RKO, 1946)

Archaeologist "Indy" Jones (Jimmy Stewart) and his girlfriend Marion (June Allyson) and sidekick Sallah (Orson Welles) undertake a quest to find the Ark of The Covenant before the Nazis do. Directed by John Ford (under protest and contractual obligation), Raiders continues to be a fan-favorite despite it's obvious low-budget back-lot locations. The film does feature some innovative special effects work by Ray Harryhausen (although there is an obvious pane of glass separating Stewart from a snake in one scene). Look for some interesting supporting performances by Peter Lorre as the Gestapo Agent Major Toht, and Claude Raines as Indy's rival Dr. Belloq. Despite the film's age and flaws, many find it to be superior to Steven Spielberg's 1981 re-make starring Tom Selleck as Jones.

(Excerpted with permission from "The Ultimate Movie Guide" by Roger Ebert (1999, Schuster & Simon, New Amsterdam)
 
jack_donaghy_is_the_shado

jack_donaghy_is_the_shado

Mysterion said:
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
(RKO, 1946)

Archaeologist "Indy" Jones (Jimmy Stewart) and his girlfriend Marion (June Allyson) and sidekick Sallah (Orson Welles) undertake a quest to find the Ark of The Covenant before the Nazis do. Directed by John Ford (under protest and contractual obligation), Raiders continues to be a fan-favorite despite it's obvious low-budget back-lot locations. The film does feature some innovative special effects work by Ray Harryhausen (although there is an obvious pane of glass separating Stewart from a snake in one scene). Look for some interesting supporting performances by Peter Lorre as the Gestapo Agent Major Toht, and Claude Raines as Indy's rival Dr. Belloq. Despite the film's age and flaws, many find it to be superior to Steven Spielberg's 1981 re-make starring Tom Selleck as Jones.

(Excerpted with permission from "The Ultimate Movie Guide" by Roger Ebert (1999, Schuster & Simon, New Amsterdam)
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Excellent!! I've been pondering doing some premakes!
 

Mysterion

jack_donaghy_is_the_shado said:
Excellent!! I've been pondering doing some premakes!
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Thanks. Here's a couple more items:


A Kind of Homecoming (Universal, 1996)
Ron Howard directs Tom Hanks in a harrowing re-telling of the Apollo 11 disaster. The second half of the movie dominates as it tells the story of astronaut Michael Collins (Hanks) and his four-day journey back to Earth after the deaths of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon's surface. Although he's the only actor on-screen for the majority of the film and he is interacting with voice-over transmissions from Mission Control, Hanks pulls off a landmark performance for which he earned the Best Actor Oscar(tm) in 1996.


Adam-12
Popular science fiction series which ran on NBC from 1969-75 starring Kent McCord as Adam-12, a clone who must hunt-down and stop the first eleven Adams who are dangerous psychopaths due to a flawed cloning process. He is aided in his mission by the lab technician who has befriended him (Martin Milner). The final episode where Adam-12 finally meets his creator (portrayed by Jack Webb) never aired on television and was unseen until the series was released on DVD in 2003.
 

Mysterion

One more for today:

LHO (1993)

Using a brilliant recreation of Walter Cronkite's (an Oscar-winning performance by Bill Murray) infamous death-row interviews for CBS as a framing device, director Oliver Stone examines the events surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald's failed assassination attempt on President John F. Kennedy, and Oswald's subsequent trial and conviction for the murder of Jacqueline Kennedy and attempted assassination of JFK). Flash-backs take us back to Oswald's life in the days immediately before the events in Dallas, as well as the lengthy trial. Stone dwells a bit too much, perhaps, on Oswald's sometimes frantic assertions during the trial (and indeed until the moment of his execution) that he never intended to shoot the President, and that the First Lady had been his target of choice all along. While this creates an air of drama for the purposes of this film, this reviewer finds it unnecessary to refute the conclusions of the Hoover Report yet again thirty years after the fact. Indeed, Stone at times seems to show more sympathy toward Oswald's wounded pride than to the widowed John F. Kennedy. While this film might run a little long for some, it is worth seeing for Stone's use of different film stocks and photographic effects to distinguish between events in the represent the present-tense, flashbacks, and events as seen through Oswald's "mind's eye".
 

Mysterion

The following review appeared in the November 1990 issue of Spin magazine:



Lennon-Hendrix: The Dakota Sessions

Finally after years of behind the scenes legal wrangling with both Yoko Ono and the Hendrix estate, the Polygram record label has released a long rumored and hotly anticipated box set.

And what a set this is: four CD's and two DVD's which capture the fruits of one of the most fabled partnerships in the history of rock music.

The CD's capture the evolution of the partnership between John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix that grew out of a chance meeting in a Greenwich Village coffee shop in 1978. The two became fast friends and began to spend time with each other. This led to the two musicians recording at Lennon's studio at his apartment in the Dakota building.

The first CD contains the duo performing material written by Lennon, as well as some of the classic Lennon/McCartney work from The Beatles. Notable here is a rendition of Happiness Is A Warm Gun which segues into Hendrix's Hey Joe.

The second CD in the set is the duo performing a selection of Hendrix material including a stunning acoustic performance of The Wind Cries Mary with vocals by Lennon.

The third CD contains a number of new tracks stemming from their collaboration at the Dakota. It is hard to adequately describe the epic scope of the music on this disk. Recorded over a period from the fall of 1980 to the spring of 1983, the listener is treated to the work of two giants of rock music exploring the limits of their respective talents, and influencing each others creativity. A highlight here is the epic track Quasar. Spanning nearly 16 minutes this piece ranges from sensitive acoustic vocals to a blistering guitar duo interlude and back again.

The first of the DVD's in the package features the May 1983 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Lennon and featuring Lennon and Hendrix as the musical guests. The version seen here features a sketch from dress rehearsal (that was later cut for time due to the extended musical performance by Hendrix and Lennon) where Lennon and Paul McCartney in a surprise appearance finally respond to Lorne Michael's appeal for an on-air Beatles reunion.

The second DVD is the cherry on top of this set: a full document of the epic Lennon-Hendrix 1983 Fourth of July Concert in Central Park. Remembered not only as a protest of the Beach Boys having been banned from performing the same evening in Washington DC, but also for the number of unannounced guests who join the pair on-stage during the course of the evening, including, of course the Beach Boys, as well as Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, and a fantastic finale where Bob Dylan joins the group for a rousing version of All Along The Watch-Tower. This version of the Central Park Concert is long overdue and vastly superior to the myriad of incomplete bootleg videos in circulation.

All in all this box set is an incomparable and irreplaceable document of partnership between two musical giants that ended much too soon. The two had been planning to go on tour the following fall, but of course the untimely death of Hendrix in a plane crash that August cut those plans short, and Lennon never performed in concert again after Central Park.

Also included in the second DVD is an episode of the PBS series American Masters about Hendrix which includes some home-movie footage of Hendrix and Lennon's tome recording a the Dakota studio.
 
Duke Andrew of Dank

Duke Andrew of Dank

Comment on TheTopTen's Best Thomas Narrators: Michael Keaton

"What I like most about Keaton's voice performance is that for every engine other than the Scottish Twins, he gives them an American accent analogous to what the accent would be in Britain. Like how he turned Duck and Toby's voices from West Country accents to Southern Drawls, or how Gordon's Posh Accent is basically his Bruce Wayne voice."
 

Mysterion

NBC Television Press Release, 31 August 1968:

NBC is proud to announce a new series from producer Jack Webb, set to premier on the network this fall.

Gitmo is a one-hour dramatic series set in the exciting world of US Marine Corps Peacekeepers in Free Cuba. The series stars Martin Milner as Sergeant Pete Malloy, and Kent McChord as his partner Corporal Jim Reed. We will follow Malloy and Reed as they patrol the streets and villages of Cuba working to ensure the ongoing freedom of the recently liberated Cuban population, and guarding against rebel communist insurgents. Webb promises a "realistic and uplifting portrayal of our fine American fighting men who serve on the vanguard of freedom".

Gitmo will air Tuesday nights at 8pm, 7pm Central beginning this Fall.
 
Tales Weaver

Tales Weaver

Final Fantasy Nova XV
Square Enix, 2020

This constitution is to apply to the Republic Of Lucis on a provisional basis only so long as the nature of the Royal family has been confirmed.At such a time as the Royal family is shown to have been extinct, the government as described in this constitution shall become the constitution of Republic of Lucis. However, if members of the Royal family do establish their sovereignty upon this country, this constitution will be null and void, giving full ascent to the rule of the Royal family.
- last article of Lucis constitution.

Set in Lucis, 500 years after the Noctis died while successfully defeating Ardyn and restored the light. The former Royal palace has been converted into Parliament building and museum. Lucis became a republic, as Lucis Caelum bloodline ended.

this deals with representative Agni populus, a presidential candidate for Lucis People's party, founded by Prompto Argentum right after proclaimation of Lucis Republic after death of Noctis, on a campaign trail for election in 8th month of 1266 ME. During a speech in Hammerhead, someone shoots her, and it narrowly misses. The killer is from National Justice party. A far-right party.

Realizing that something is going wrong, Agni makes to party HQ. Trying to summon a dragon to protect the country from National Justice party's takeover with the leadership of Lucis People's party, but it is interrupted by Iron Guards, the paramilitary wing of NJP. As result, party's leader, Marcus Draco, gives the summoning stone to agni. She uses the stone to heal her bullet wounds. But when Iron guards sent the mutated hyena to assassinate her, it fails when dragon kills the hyena and rescues Agni. It is revealed to be one Agni summoned. with their help, agni escapes and flees with her team and surviving LPP members.
 
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