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You can watch it live right here:-
https://www.youtube.com/live/DfU832BZhu4?si=wO-vJ5j1iWkcG5Lw
Two guys sitting on their chairs, playing on computers. Just like Fortnite!
Should have said:-
Hikaru Vs Alireza in the other semi.
Alireza 5-3 up after the 5+1 section! Could be a turning day in the chess world...
Yeah, I agree that would have maybe been marginally better - maybe he just says something like, it's very important you pull this a split second before entry, otherwise there's a chance it won't detonate.
And then we just get the pay off at the same time as the character...
Still, that would still leave the problem of him deliberately leaving the kid without a father, so better pay off for us if not the character.
But similarly, I wish they'd left Godzilla alone as well - because even his fake out sacrifice still wouldn't have counted for anything in the long run.
So basically, leave the girl dead, leave Godzilla dead and then maybe just have one flashback scene AFTER we seeing him ejecting where he says something to Tachibana like - Can't you fit an ejector? I used to think sacrifice was the only way to face my demons but now if I leave that little girl alone, the demons you would face would be bigger and I'm not prepared for you to face that burden...
[quote]...but survived because Tachibana came around and realized that suicide is not bravery, and what really matters is surviving.[/quote]
Yeah, that's precisely what I didn't like.
The main character himself wouldn't really have had any growth without this.
He lived as a "coward" at the start by not "honourably" sacrificing himself (on a couple of occasions) and then at the end, his agency was to overcome that and be prepared to sacrifice himself. Only this time, he was going to orphan a kid to do so. So in reality his behaviour would have been the dishonourable choice all over again...
That's why I was happy we got the Hollywood ending, so we didn't really have to consider that.
I also disagree that the Edwards film is anywhere near the level of this film.
However you do make a fair point re the fake out endings. But rather than "two Hollywood (Tokyo?) endings" there was actually three as Godzilla himself also got one! 😂
Actually though, we knew, even before that flashback scene showing him how to pull the lever that there was an ejector as it cut away on the initial scene of him being shown the plane on the line "... And there's something else" (or suchlike). I instantly said to Mrs FootOfDavros "Ejector seat!" right then...
So then when the telegram arrived, I was pretty much laughing as I realised we were getting the big Hollywood ending and they were all going to survive and become a family after all with the kid.
But actually, cheesy as it may be, I was glad we got that. Sure, it maybe gives an unearned emotional closure to the film but it masks what would otherwise have been a real downer - and non character growth - ending of Koichi sacrificing himself and leaving the kid parentless again.
For a while it seemed that was what we were getting and I thought that'd be a shame as it would knock the film down overall. However, strangely (for me anyway) the Hollywood ending saved that from happening.
Adaptation
[quote]Aaah a cherry-picked troll reply on a website only you and I saw. I wonder how far you had to dig to find that?[/quote]
Well, I had to go back a few pages to find comments from before the show had aired. Where else exactly was I supposed to find them? That was 100% the point of looking there... And there are others back there if you want to look.
And again, whether or not this show faced racism before it aired has nothing to do with other shows.
Sure, as I already said, you can make your comparisons and that's fine. But you are making a completely distinct point. You are saying "Well how come this show failed when these other shows had diverse casting?", which is great and all but not what I replied to.
Whether these other shows did have 0% complaints about woke casting or whatever, has absolutely no relevance to her saying that THIS show faced racism as soon as it was announced.
That is a completely separate point and one, which it seems, you are unable to comprehend. So there is literally nothing further I can add here other than repeating the same point over again when you inevitably reply, frothing at the mouth, with "BUT, BUT!! These other shows had non whites in them didn't they?", so I'm now finished here.
I appreciate that you were late to the party and are obviously still very much excited about this so hopefully you will find someone else who wishes to engage with your anger but for me, it's a final:-
Good day to you Sir 👍
Lethal Weapon 2
I think they pre dated the internet and didn't consider the search issues it would cause in this era.
Levon Helm's bio was good. Covered a lot about their early days and the deaths.
He was no fan of Robbie Robertson though.
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