Some fantasy is heightened by that, though.
I think CS Lewis employed a similar strategy, and Narnia is all the more fantastical for it. I mean what the fuck is going on in The Horse and His Boy and The Silver Chair?
JK Rowling’s strategy of adding lore via halfassed Twitter replies may have a bit less thought involved, though.
I call the first two “unoffical Christmas movies”
Omg I didn’t realize her writing had grown so much! I’ll be paying much attention to the inclusion of Cheeseburger Slurman (American).
The joke is that JK Rowling names her characters offensively.
I’ve seen this done before with multiple non-existent examples.
This one also uses a Japanese example.
My point is that JK Rowling already named an Asian character offensively. She also has an Irish kid named Seamus that loves blowing stuff up, and a black man named Shacklebolt.
All I’m saying is the joke is now distracting from the source, because there is a real example of using her naming conventions on Asian characters. I’ll also say that we don’t actually know Cho’s nationality, yet I don’t have faith in JK Rowling to distinguish between non-European nationalities.
Of course, the longer I talk about it the less funny everything becomes.
Nope, not kidding. Clearly we disagree. It seems Mr. Cuarón’s look for a good fantasy film was a washed-out blue.
That said, I still think PoA is still the best non-Columbus movie - I just enjoy the coziness of the first two. It’s what Hogwarts felt like to me when reading the books, so I naturally like seeing that brought to screen.
I’ve always wondered that about this story.
Did he go for 100% sleazeball child rapists, or was it just a random selection off the sex offender registry?
Because there are a lot of different ways to end up on that list.
I eat the Onion every time they involve RFK. He’s just too far out there, he could do or say anything.
Oh yeah Prisoner was great.
Going to have to disagree with you on HBP. I went through a huge Potterhead phase as a teen and I fell asleep during that movie every time I tried to watch it.
At the time, the only other movie I had ever fallen asleep during while trying to watch was After Earth. So, admittedly, I kinda wrote the HBP movie off for that reason. But I’ve tried to go back and revisit it, and I just can’t keep my eyes open!
Fuck I forgot about that. Those movies kinda suck ass past the first two.
I mean, this is one where you don’t have to make up an example. The only Asian character in the books is named Cho Chang.
Saddest one, imo.
Skynyrd ain’t been Skynyrd since the plane crash.
Ew who jazzed on the cake?
That’s awesome. I’m definitely checking that out. Twists on SMB are one of my favorite things.
Mari0 is one that I sank a lot of time into in the late 2010s, but my all time favorite is Super Mario Bros. Crossover. It’s SMB, but you can play through with basically every popular NES character with their original movesets. I’m talking using Simon’s whip on goombas, spread shot taking out King Koopa as Bill Rizer. Hell, you can play through the game as Zelda II Link if you want.
That hyperlink may not be functional, as it’s a flash game, but you can definitely find it on BlueArchive’s Flashpoint Infinity. I recommend for all retro gaming fans.
Nah, my American Duck Hunt/SMB Cart turns you right into small Mario.
PS2 or PS3.
Those systems are where most of today’s stagnant franchises started. The modern universal control scheme started with the PS2 (that is, actually utilising both sticks in the modern tradition), so there’s no issues with playability.
I’ve been replaying GTA V, which is a PS3 game in case we all forgot.
A good PS2 and PS3 off eBay will reawaken your love for gaming. The PS2 has so many smaller classics that don’t get much love now (Sly Cooper!), and we’re still being sold and resold PS3 games to this day.
How did they do this with no profit motive?
Just kinda fits with the stereotypical naming convention. Like John White for an American.