Dalton Broback

We all agree that these "dubs" suck.

But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.

The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.

Every single person involved in creating this should be blacklisted from anything even tangentially related to art.

This is *awful.* AI is awful. PAY VOICE ACTORS.

You’re telling me that one of the most prolific coming-of-age anime of our age, “Banana Fish”, FINALLY got an English dub, but it’s a bullshit sounding AI-production?

Fuck right off. I know multiple companies who would have KILLED to make a dub for it; myself included FOR FREE.

Someone defending their ability to love Harry Potter without supporting JK Rowling saying “if Toriyama was on the Epstein list, people could still love Dragon Ball”

1) that’s a hell of a hypothetical to suggest

2) based on how people reacted to Neil Gaiman this last year, I don’t know if I agree.

Always funny when you can pinpoint the exact moment a YouTuber articulated a specific criticism because all of a sudden every discussion has it come up with identical phrasing when no one has mentioned it before.

One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.

I do feel Disney's attempts to recapture that feeling has had diminishing returns, but just as I don't give R1 credit for Andor retroactively improving it, I also don't blame R1 for Disney later watering down the impact of its choices.

Yeah I enjoyed how it recontextualized Darth Vader through the eyes of ordinary people, and I found it very effective in Rogue One.

Oh yeah Ben Mendelsohn really nailed that role! I've got no complains about him or Krennic. Enjoyed him in Andor too, but that's like saying water is wet.

One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.

goes hard

Regardless I agree. I'm appreciating the civil discussion here, and far be it from me to rain on anyone's enjoyment of things. Arguably all Star Wars is stupid outside of MAYBE Empire and Andor. And heck even TROS has one or two fleeting moments I liked.

I admit I enjoy the Hallway in the context of R1 but god the people glazing it get obnoxious. Saying it's all they ever want from Star Wars, or that they'd watch a whole movie of that, etc.

And then Disney heard them and started making MORE of those scenes, and I just can't.

I don't know if it was Disney as much as the fact JJ is just a derivative hack who wouldn't know an original story without pandering fan service if it bit him on the arse

I talk shit on R1 but I did LOVE how faithfully they translated the look of Star Wars '77 to the modern day.

I think TFA aged ehhh but I understand Disney's attempt to play it safe after the widespread prequel mocking. I just wish it hadn't been indicative of their entire philosophy going forward.

Oh there's also the people who watched R1 once and then rewatched their favorite parts (the final battle, the Vader Hallway, etc) on youtube a bunch but don't really remember the rest of the movie outside of broad strokes.

I feel like most people who love R1 only watched it once, or rewatched it directly after Andor.

I was hyped on R1 the first viewing too, but upon a second watch I realized it's only propped up by the 3rd act and THAT requires you to care about the cast, which it doesn't actually manage in acts 1&2.

You guys have the opportunity to do the FUNNIEST thing. Have Date Everything, one of THE MOST inclusive, queer friendly, indie games ever made to be nominated for a Steam Award the same year Call of Duty TANKED. PLEASE VOTE FOR US! You’ll be making so many dreams come true!!

The idea that every important moment in Han Solo's life (including stuff we didn't KNOW was important, like getting his blaster from the OT!) happened in the span of like a week, just kills Solo for me.

“Never played it never will!” - Not the point.

“Garbage game, who cares.” NOT THE POINT!

“Only losers play it anyway.” NOT! THE! POINT!

The point is SOLIDARITY with trans people - specifically the trans women who are target by HP’s creator - and holding those who claim to be allies accountable!

And honestly only TESB comes close to perfect. Every other film on the list has some glaring issues but boy do I love them anyway.

Star Wars Rankings:

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Last Jedi
3. Star Wars
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. The Force Awakens
7. Rogue One
8. The Phantom Menace
9. Solo
10. Attack of the Clones
11. The Rise of Skywalker

ROTS & down is bad but fun. Solo & down is boring at best.

Attack of the Clones above The Last Jedi hurts but I agree with so much of this. Rogue One is overrated.

This world is rotten, Charlie Brown.

About to finish a 3 year D&D campaign and all I can suddenly think about is “ohhh what if X happens next?!”

I might not be smiling but trust me im very happy

This is also part of why they want AI so bad, btw. To turn all current and former stars into immortal slaves, forcing them to say whatever propaganda they wish, all while never having to pay another human to do art ever again. This sort of shit is the stopgap.