The Spectacular Professor

[YOUTUBE="Best Skittles Commercial Ever"]exgpW2_MbRM[/YOUTUBE] King Midas ain't got nothin'.

I've got AIM! This should be fun.

[quote name='8bit'][FONT="Tahoma"][COLOR="DimGray"]Years ago I went out and bought the soundtrack to the movie so if you guys want I can send you the songs, though they aren't hard to find online. :catgirl:[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] I actually have most of it already (like you said, the internet makes things easy to come by:shifty:) I also got a lot of the Japanese soundtrack, because Frontier's opening is rockin'. Oh, and before I forget: the American Movie is also a lot better in Japanese. It was originally 3 movies: Digimon Adventure's movie, which doesn't seem to have a proper title, Our War Game and Hurricane Touchdown/ Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals (Armor Digieggs.) The first 2 got a pretty faithful dub aside from Willis getting copy-pasted into every other scene, but the third was originally feature length and had about twice the plot as the dub (Kokomon kidnaps the original Digidestined, which is what prompts the others into action,) so I recommend you see the original as well.

[quote name='Desbreko'][color=#4B0082]I thought it was common knowledge that James and Adam are the parents.[/color][/QUOTE] Whatever you say, motorcycle uncle.

Like Dagger said, it depends on what you mean by controversy. For example, Naruto is stirring up a lot of commotion in the States. Why? It's probably a combination of concerned parents who think their children are watching some kind of horrific bloodbath (Japanese kids see it all the time,) other anime fans who wonder why Naruto fans think it's such a big deal despite the fact that it's really nothing new (no offense intended,) and a few cases of bad ideas on the behalf of fans, such as the Cody Hackins incident (look it up yourself.) Does it deserve this controversy? Not at all. It's really nothing special in terms of violence or sex by Japan's standards. It's just that it's become extremely popular (more so than I would like, personally,) in the United States and people are taking notice. It's just like Dragon Ball back in the day when kids ran around shooting imaginary wrist lasers at each other and jumping off the roof to fly a la Harry Potter. Naruto's a special case because it's got a rabid fanbase and it's slightly less edited than some other mainstream anime.

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]Check her adoption list.[/FONT][/QUOTE] Oh, riiight.... I just scared myself. Okay, so it's a single parent family, then.

[quote name='Allamorph'][CENTER][URL=http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/107/3/1/__Hero__s_sword___by_Meltina.jpg][IMG]http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs30/300W/f/2008/107/3/1/__Hero__s_sword___by_Meltina.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] [FONT=Arial]Food for thought....[/FONT][/QUOTE] Can't be any worse than Sonic '06.

[quote name='Aaryanna_Mom']What? o_O[/QUOTE] I'm assuming you mean you don't want to be married to James, because I'm almost sure that you already knew you wore considered the mother figure of the place.:p

[quote name='chibi-master']Gee...that surprised me! I thought fer sure that ya'd say that Desbroko was the dad, mom, whatever![/QUOTE] Nah, Des isn't the fatherly type. He's that really awesome uncle we all have that rides around on a motorcycle and gives us candy and airsoft guns behind our parents' backs.

[quote name='8bit'][FONT="Tahoma"][COLOR="DimGray"]This show is truly amazing. I started re-watching the episodes (starting with Adventure, of course) in Japanese for the sake of nostalgia and they really stand up to the test of time (8 years, but oh well). [/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] Just so you know, good luck when you get to Tamers. For some reason, there's only 13 episodes subbed. Lucky it's the most faithful season of the dub (and best season of the show at all, IMO.) [quote name='8bit'][FONT="Tahoma"][COLOR="DimGray"]Has anyone else found that the Japanese version isn't quite as childish as the english dub? It's also funnier, haha.[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] That happens sometimes. My basic rundown: Adventure 1: Excellent dubbing. Not sure about any script changes since I haven't seen much of the subtitled version, but they did well at keeping the edgier content in, like 666 or Ogremon bleeding. Adventure 02: Bah, too many puns at the beginning. Davis is pretty annoying and there are a few weird changes. On the plus side, it all pans out and the dub becomes amazing near the end, but it's still not enough to redeem the horrible ending to the season. Also, I like the dub's music for this season. Tamers: Stays pretty faithful as far as I can tell there are a few weird things, but it's not much. Frontier: This is about the time Saban went under and Disney bought them out and began dubbing. I hate you, Mickey. The dub is terrible. Puns everywhere, and Zoe is ten times as annoying as Izumi will ever be. Savers: Watch it for the sake of completion. It's an OK show. The dub still makes some pretty big mistakes, though. Agumon shouldn't sound like the original VA. That voice is not meant to speak English. And the ending to either version is almost as bad as 02's.

[quote name='chibi-master']Hmmm...well, now that I think about it, we're more like a closely knit group of friends rather than some large family. I mean, who'd be the mom, dad, siblings, cousins, aunts, etc.? But maybe we are sorta a family....maybe?...Actually, some people seem like a family and some seem like the friends of the family. Does that make sense?:animestun[/QUOTE] Well, if ya wanna get technical, Mom and Dad would probably be Aaryanna_Mom and James.

[quote name='8bit'][FONT="Tahoma"][COLOR="DimGray"]Digimon that can control other Digimon or something. Puppetmon maybe?[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] Come to think of it, [URL="http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Parasimon#Parasimon"][U]Parasimon[/U][/URL] can do that. Might be a fun miniboss or something. Then again, he's a Mega, so that'd probably be a bit down the line.

I am disappointed in myself. I forgot Japan_86, who helps keep the humor thread afloat with some pretty awesome stuff, 8bit, who made my banner (which is missing, I know. I'll fix that momentarily,) and Raiha, whose sexy keeps this site together like peanut butter or something.

Personally, I think it's a feature that would be nice, but isn't really necessary. I think it'd be great, but not if it distracted from actual games. The big wall currently separating the PSP from the DS is that the DS has more games that are more fun. The PSP, if I understand the situation right, is mostly bought for hacking, emulation and portable movies. That said, it would be pretty fun to see what they would do with that other screen. Perhaps an easy DVD menu?

[quote name='Whoa, Mann'][SIZE="1"][COLOR="HotPink"]I understand what you mean Aceburner. But, like I said. We're all people here. Whether or not we can't see each other everyday, we have a good idea of how each of us speak and act, and of course, what we're interested in.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE] Thinking about it that way, I guess you're right. I just found it a bit odd that you were so worried about what we'd think if you died. If it's any consolation, I doubt it will happen any time soon. Unless you're terminally ill. In which case, you have my condolences. As for people I'd miss: -Gavin, the coolest nerd ever. -Deathknight, who doesn't sound full of himself because h's 10 times as awesome as he claims he is. -Aaryanna, both the dog and the mod, because they're a package deal and there's no way around the amount of great ideas she's had. -Aaryanna_Mom, keeping the hooligans in line since June 2006. -Indifference, because she [strike]scares me[/strike] is massively amazing and is the evil offspring of Des. -SunfallE, who never takes crap, except on Valentines. -Rach, the only other Desbreko fanboy and voice of reason in a sea of lunatics (myself included.) -Allamorph, who's like a being of pure win. -Desbreko, who's awesome is unsurpassed in most mediums. -James, who's smarter than that mouse with the big head from that cartoon. You know, Mickey. -All y'all. You all impact the place somehow. You guys can all sit at my table.

[quote name='Whoa, Mann'][SIZE="1"][COLOR="hotPink"]I've been here for quite a while. The members here have really grown on me. Even the ones that hate me, or the ones I've never typed one word to. I understand we're all humans here. And we all have feelings. It just... hurts. (Not to sound like an emotional snob, but...) If I died, none of you would know. So many people have lost contact with others here. And we eventually get over it, but you can't help but wonder.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE] Cut the angst, dude. We have no faces, we're words over the internet.:p I do admit I miss DeadSeraphim. Charles hasn't popped up in a while, either. People disappear from time to time and you notice because their impact vanishes. I miss Digitalboy's epic duels with anyone foolish enough to read his posts. I miss DeadSeraphim's failure at failing. There's plenty of stuff to miss about people when they leave, but it's hard to really get to know someone over the internet, so it seems silly to be worrying about what a bunch of sarcastic avatars will think when you die. That said, I like you guys. A lot. Even the hooligans. Especially the hooligans.

Classics. [YOUTUBE="What Time is it..?"]LNVYWJOEy9A[/YOUTUBE] And this one's obligatory. enjoy your last moments with most of your brain cells. [YOUTUBE="Charlie the Unicorn"]Q5im0Ssyyus[/YOUTUBE]

[quote name='Godot']Hello, I heard about this website from the otaku podcast's on iTunes and decided to join. I have many interests, one of them being Phoenix Wright. As you can tell by my name my favorite character in Phoenix Wright is Godot, and since the Phoenix Wright Story has officially been made into a manga i thought it appropiate for this site. I love watching all types of anime, ranging from death note to school rumble im always ready to expand my horizons with different types of anime. At my highschool I am on the mock trial team, my great ambition is to someday become a lawyer(or some job in the criminal justice department). Anyone who wants to fight me in the Bleach DS games just give me your code and wait for destruction. I hope that I can meet all of you here and become a respected member of this site. And Remember: "Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than Hell itself...that is coffee"[/QUOTE] Enjoy your stay, fellow Ace Attorney fan! Godot's probably one of my favorite prosecutors, so nice choice on the name! Nice to see your ambition to become a lawyer, I've been considering prosecution lately, myself.

[quote name='PyrusDragon']For villans, I kinda want to see Myotismon too. Puppetmon would be cool too. I also have a question abotu Aceburner's last post. According to what you said, Veemon followed Kredion. Yet Ugamon's prior post simply had Kredion glance at Veemon before finding Seadramon several minutes later.[/QUOTE] Yeah, sorry about that. I wasn't sure exactly if Veemon went with him, but I figured he'd at least tag along since they're partners. Take it however you will. The group'll probably meet up again soon, anyway, if we want to go that way. Also, the way I ended my post is up for grabs. It could be Seadramon or something else entirely. Heck, it doesn't even have to be aggressive. I basically figured the explanation should get out of the way and then I kind of ran out of ideas so I ended with a cliffhanger.:animeswea

[quote name='Desbreko'][color=#4B0082][u][url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8769]S.A (Special A)[/url][/u] The best thing this show has going for it, in my eyes, is that one of the characters has a [url=http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=specialaslothjm5.jpg][u]pet sloth[/u][/url]. That's [i]awesome.[/i] However, everything else bored me. The setting is generic as ever, the characters didn't interest me, and I didn't like the character designs at all. Unless ep2 somehow manages to impress me, or the sloth gets more screen time, I doubt I'll keep watching.[/color][/QUOTE] It seems ironic that the only thing you don't find boring about the show is a sloth (Haven't seen it myself, just thought it was funny.) I'll have to check some of this stuff out one of these days.

[quote name='Sojiro47'][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Ace was the one who first showed this to me. I'm surprised they still have it.[/FONT][/QUOTE] Pretty sure it's the other way around. I remember it being my first exposure to Youtube as well as the first time I realized you can embed video into myOtaku pages (I think I saw it on yours.) Anyway, I saw [B]Be Kind Rewind[/B] the other day. It's a hilarious movie. The plot is about a video store employee and his friend who film their own versions of popular movies after accidentally erasing the tapes. The process is referred to as "Sweding" (The tapes are imported from Sweden, or so they claim.) This yields pretty funny results. Here's their version of Lord of the Rings: [YOUTUBE="Lord of the Rings: Sweded (Part 1)"]AtSYLGXnnE8[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE="Part 2"]Zd8DwFqoLdY[/YOUTUBE]

I showed this to Gavin earlier and he got a kick out of it. Definitely one of the better iPod spoofs I've seen. [IMG]http://www.3gprebel.com/uploads/darthvaderipod.jpg[/IMG]

Fair enough. I'll try to remember that. I'd like to see Myotismon in some way, shape or form at some point. Also, I noticed Zen hasn't posted yet. If we give him about a week or so and there's still nothing, I'll be happy to take over, if it's okay. He's my partner, after all. EDIT: Also pertaining to villains: If all else fails for ultimate boss, We could always fall back on the [URL="http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Seven_Great_Demon_Lords"][U]Demon Lords[/U][/URL] or [URL="http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Yggdrasil"][U]Yggdrasil[/U][/URL], who never seems to be in working order. Silly omnipotent computer.

OOC: [quote name='Ugamon']OOC; First off Kredion doesn't do worry.. Since i was busy and unable to post however.. I will over look this misguided attempt at his personality.. Oh and second.. Controling another's Character like that is considered a form of God Mod just so ya know.[/QUOTE] Please, elaborate. All I was trying to do was move the story along. I don't see any god-modding, personally. Also, I'm not sure you should be referring to it as a "Misguided attempt" seeing as how I could have never gleamed that particular detail from your audition post. Continuing: After waiting for a few moments, the group finally decided that the danger was over. "Wait, where'd Kredion go?" wondered Rem. "Leave him. I get the feeling him and Veemon can take care of themselves. We'll see them again," replied Guilmon. Russel was a bit confused still. "Okay... Gigimon-" "Guilmon." "Whatever it is now. What the heck just happened? You were the size of my head and now you're a head shorter than me?" "I Digivolved." "Wha?" "Digivolve. It's a trait most Digimon have. When we get an extra boost of power, we can change and become stronger." "So it's like a spontaneous metamorphosis." Guilmon blinked. "Metamorphosis? What's that, Rem?" "Well, it's like a caterpillar. After a while of being a caterpillar, they'll wrap themselves in a cocoon and hibernate. When they come back out, they're a butterfly." "Yeah, that sounds about right. There's one big difference, though." "What's that?" "We can change back," replied Lopmon coolly. "But we like it like this. We're staying at this level for now. You'll figure out why if you look behind you."

Everyone looked up. What they saw was, to say the least, not pleasant. Flying directly overhead was a gigantic dragonfly. It had noticed the group and seemed very irate. Yanmamon Champion Level [URL="http://images.wikia.com/digimon/images/2/27/Yanmamon.jpg"]Appearance Here.[/URL] Attacks include Thunder Ray, Bug Swarm and Somersault Attack Not usually aggressive. There appears to be something very wrong. Gigmon was startled, but quickly regained his composure. "Oh, it's just Yanmamon," He piped cheerfully, "He's friendly! He's probably just trying to have a little fun!" "[B]Thunder Ray![/B]" The attack was barely dodged by all parties. "I'm not sure, Gigimon," Shouted Kokomon, "That seemed a little unfriendly to me!" "You know, it might be best to get under cover of the foliage for now." Suggested Rem. "That's a great idea! You humans get under cover of the forest and we'll hold him off!" "And let you three get yourselves killed? Fat chance," Grunted Kredion. "Guys, we have to do this!" Pleaded DemiVeemon. "Yeah! You're our friends!" Chirped Lopmon. "Besides, there's no way I'm going to let him get at you, Russ!" Yanmamon was approaching fast. There was definitely something odd about him, but there was no time to figure out what. All three Digimon leapt at their assailant full force. "[B]Hot Bite![/B]" "[B]Koko Crusher![/B]" "[B]Hop Attack![/B]" All three attacks were ineffectual. One swift Thunder Ray was all it took to take down the three underpowered monsters. "Heh, it looks like we can't do this on our own," Kokomon grunted. "What did we expect? He's a full two levels head, after all!" Replied DemiVeemon. Gigimon suddenly remembered something they had been told long ago. It was a stretch, but it was also their only hope. "Russ! Kredion! Rem! Reach into your pockets! If you guys are who I think you are, 'it' should be there!"