After so many years of waiting...Sonic Epoch has arrived!

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:18 pm

I seriously doubt you're asking me that because you actually give a damn.

Post by **Popcorn** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:19 pm

Of course I give a damn! When have I ever not given a damn, in my long and honourable history of always giving not only one but several damns at any given time? If someone needs a damn, they come to me. James "gives a damn" Duffy, they call me.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:22 pm

I thought they called you "Duffy, the Vampire Layer"?

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:26 pm

I may be a Highschool Drop Out, I may be a loser, I may be a complete and total moron, I may even be you and Dache's little joke that you giggle at from afar, but you know what, Pop? All those years of highschool mockery taught me to know when someone's setting a trap for me to walk in to. And if they aren't? Better safe than sorry.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:13 pm

Just pay some burly drunken Scottish guy to kick his arse. Burly drunken Scottish guys are like our Kryptonite.

Post by **Popcorn** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:22 pm

Blaze is just too fuckin' smart for me.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:54 pm

At least I don't want to bone Niles Crane.

Post by **Popcorn** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:58 pm

He's more of a man than you ever were!!

CE · Post by CE » Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:29 pm

It's random fact time!

BlazeHedgehog wrote:You honestly were thinking about this stuff at 10 years old? (that's the age I was when SatAM aired in 1993-1994) You have to realize, most shows of this day and age never really said why it's badguys were bad. Shredder, from TMNT, for instance. Yeah, the comics said why he wanted to kill Hamato Yoshi, but did the Cartoon? No way. He was just "evil". And hey, look! Archie filled out Robotnik's backstory (before they killed him off and the comic took a nosedive).

Most of the backstory in TMNT was revealed in the first two episodes. The first episode (where April first meets the Turtles) is pretty much an excuse to have Splinter talk about how Oroku Saki took over leadership of the noble Foot clan from Hamato Yoshi by framing him for desiring to murder some high ranking martial arts master.

The second episode (the first episode with Krang!!!) reveals that it was Shredder who dumped the mutagen on Hamato Yoshi in an attempt to kill him. All this was back before Krang got his body, and was just a brain rolling around on a tripod. Those were the days.

Post by **Esrever** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:28 pm

I like that new TMNT show. It's surprising how directly it follows the original comics, really.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:38 pm

The only gripe I have with the new Turtles show is that grating theme song.

It's good if you don't know how to count to four, though.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:19 am

Have you heard the original theme, Grant? Holy crap. I'll take "1, 2, 3, 4" over that any day.

http://www.mikeystmnt.com/media/sounds/ ... unused.mp3

The ears, they bleed.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:11 am

My god.

Seriously, I wouldn't wish that upon any child; even a dead one.

"Now it's time for ninja kick butt action"? The whole thing sounds like a toy commercial.

Post by **Popcorn** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:29 am

... Isn't the Turtles cartoon a toy commercial anyway?

Post by **Esrever** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:13 am

It certainly seemed that way at the time. But compared to the stuff that came later, like Power Rangers and Pokemon, it seems so innocent now.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:38 pm

He-Man and GI Joe were toy commercials long before Power Rangers and Pokemon did it :(

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:49 pm

This is a big reason why 'toons like B:TAS and the other darker material previously mentioned in this thread still get respect; they weren't primarily 22 minute long commercials. They actually, you know, told a story.

Nova · Post by **Nova** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:08 pm

Brazillian Cara wrote:Why would Starscream be an fallen angel?

Curiosity: for those who watched Dragonball Z, Hercule's original name is Mr. Satan. Then the censorship striked again.

Because Starscream was an Autobot and was reprogrammed to be an idiot?. He was in the Ã¢â‚¬Å“goodiesÃ¢â‚¬ï¿¾ side and was reprogrammed to be a Decepticon.

In G1 he is really stupid, in the comic he is a bit smarter but still not smart enough...

PS: IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m am the only one here who miss "Tekkaman blade" also now as Teknoman?

Argent Silver · Post by **Argent Silver** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:39 pm

To quote TheCycle, "Looks like somebody put instabitch in" Popcorn's "coffee this morning."

... and every other morning for that matter.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:43 pm

More like permabitch.

Post by **Delphine** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:39 pm

Shock. Surprise. Amazement.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:42 pm

Remember that Transformer that turned into a tape recorder? Goddamn that must suck. Everyone else gets cars and planes and guns and dinosaurs and shit, and he gets a fucking tape recorder?

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:51 pm

Remember that Transformer that turned into a tape recorder? Goddamn that must suck. Everyone else gets cars and planes and guns and dinosaurs and shit, and he gets a fucking tape recorder?

Fuck that. Beast Machines. Ratrap. Turns into a fucking rat. And he has no weapons.

I can see how turning into a cyborg cheetah might be cool - but a damn rat?

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:56 pm

Zeta wrote:
Remember that Transformer that turned into a tape recorder? Goddamn that must suck. Everyone else gets cars and planes and guns and dinosaurs and shit, and he gets a fucking tape recorder?
Fuck that. Beast Machines. Ratrap. Turns into a fucking rat. And he has no weapons.

I can see how turning into a cyborg cheetah might be cool - but a damn rat?

At least a rat can escape into small places that the bigger guys can't get to. Rather a rat than a tape recorder.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:12 pm

Hey, what about Transformers: Armada? Minature robots that turn into minature helicopters. That's a great disguise there, guys. No one's going to notice the 4-foot tall jet aeroplane. It blends right in.

And one of the main robots turned into a skateboard. How a robot could transform into something that has no electrical parts at all makes no sense to me. But then again, at least a skateboard is mechanical - even in the shaddiest definition of the word.

If he had turned into a surfboard - now THAT would've been really idiotic.