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The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol 4

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Team Rocket is the best team in Pokemon. They need to come back in Gen VI.
 

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Team Rocket is ok, but I like the more recent evil teams. I thought Team Plasma was fairly interesting.
 

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I don't know who's more incompetent in pokémon. The evil team getting defeated by a kid or everyone else who don't do shit when everything goes to hell.

The bonus with Team Rocket is that they don't have any of those "lol legendaries" plan. I don't like those, because they always tend to fall through on the encounter with the legendary part.

Not that this makes Team Rocket that much better than any of the others though. Well, except Magma/Aqua.
 

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I wish Marlon Brando was still alive. He would be awesome as Giovanni if they made a film :p De Niro would probably be a good choice at this point though (he also played a younger Vito/Marlon in The Godfather Part II), but this is all my opinion of course.

And oh great :/ honestly I'm getting a bit tired of N.

Team Rocket is the most realistic of the evil organizations, which is why I like them. Plasma was pretty good with the plan of deception and inducing guilt, but that kind of spiraled out of control with the huge pop-up castle and the legendary pokemon sealed in pebbles stuff.
 

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I wish Marlon Brando was still alive. He would be awesome as Giovanni if they made a film :p De Niro would probably be a good choice at this point though (he also played a younger Vito/Marlon in The Godfather Part II), but this is all my opinion of course.

And oh great :/ honestly I'm getting a bit tired of N.

Team Rocket is the most realistic of the evil organizations, which is why I like them. Plasma was pretty good with the plan of deception and inducing guilt, but that kind of spiraled out of control with the huge pop-up castle and the legendary pokemon sealed in pebbles stuff.

De Niro is a better actor than Marlon Brando, but both are excellent with wide range. Although, De Niro's film choices have dipped in quality, the gap between Jackie Brown and Machete is pretty big. He's still a solid actor, but he's less risky now. Interestingly, Bill Murray has become more risky with age, and it has certainly strengthened his filmography, I'd take Lost in Translation over Caddyshack any day. Bill Murray has a lot of great recent films, filling the gap left by Robert De Niro. Of course, with both I can look back at their earlier roles like Taxi Driver or Stripes. Stripes had John Candy in it, and I love him. Particularly great and funny in Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Nice family comedies. They don't really make good family comedies anymore, the Meet the... franchise had potential with Meet the Parents, but not even De Niro could save the kitsch, mozzarella stained crap that was Meet the Fockers. Ben Stiller, in my opinion is vastly overrated. He's not a particularly great actor, with some good films, I'm still partial to Zoolander, but Owen Wilson was better in that film. Owen was even better in The Darjeeling Limited and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Wes Anderson is a pretty enjoyable director, The Royal Tenembaums and Rushmore are up there with my favourite films, but I'd say that right now the best and most consistent director is Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights and Magnolia being my favourites, more so than the excellent There Will Be Blood. Daniel Day-Lewis was spectacular in that, definitely my favourite role of his.

So yeah.
 

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Jerry Stiller >>>>> Ben Stiller

I think Brando has more range actually. On The Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire are incredible, as are films like Apocalypse Now and The Godfather. They are all testaments to his ability. Brando is one of the greatest actors of all time, and while De Niro is good I wouldn't place him in that elite category.

Also, John Candy rocks and I find Wes Anderson to be a bit of a hipster.
 

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I like Christopher Lee.

Especially because of this:
[video=youtube;cTrC8tY-mto]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTrC8tY-mto[/video]
 

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Jerry Stiller >>>>> Ben Stiller

I think Brando has more range actually. On The Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire are incredible, as are films like Apocalypse Now and The Godfather. They are all testaments to his ability. Brando is one of the greatest actors of all time, and while De Niro is good I wouldn't place him in that elite category.

Also, John Candy rocks and I find Wes Anderson to be a bit of a hipster.

Robert De Niro is certainly one of the greatest actors of all time. Just look at his filmography - Mean Streets, Godfather Part 2, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, Casino, Heat, Sleepers, Jackie Brown, Machete, and he was good in Limitless.

Brando is fantastic, don't get me wrong, but I feel De Niro has far more enjoyable films and really fits and suits his roles.

I do love John Candy, it's a real shame that be died in his prime. Wes Anderson makes hispter movies, but they're very enjoyable.

Gene Wilder is best actor.
[video=youtube;A0sgwz-f-u4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0sgwz-f-u4[/video]
Christopher Walken is the best actor. He even plays Video Games.
I love his little bit in Pulp Fiction :D

@Professor Erin; See, a general entertainment chat would be a great idea :D
 
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I think he's one of the greatest actors of a generation, but all time? I can't compare him to the likes of Brando, Peter O'Toole, Laurence Olivier, Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, etc.

I know :( I'm not really a fan of his. I didn't like the Royal Tenenbaums, though I can't say I've seen his entire filmography or something, so I'm judging based on that for the most part.
 

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I think he's one of the greatest actors of a generation, but all time? I can't compare him to the likes of Brando, Peter O'Toole, Laurence Olivier, Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, etc.

I know :( I'm not really a fan of his. I didn't like the Royal Tenenbaums, though I can't say I've seen his entire filmography or something, so I'm judging based on that for the most part.

All great actors, and De Niro solidly fits in place with them.

:( I am disappoint. RT is great, but give Rushmore a go, you might enjoy it :)
 

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I disagree :p

I dunno, I just don't like the style I guess. It might be one of those things that just isn't for me :/ like my Dad with CYE.
 

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I disagree :p

I dunno, I just don't like the style I guess. It might be one of those things that just isn't for me :/ like my Dad with CYE.

Lol. I'll never convince you.

I think it's great :D No Trainspotting, but a great film nonetheless.
 

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Maybe if I see his entire filmography, but I dunno if I have time for that :p

I gotcha haha. I dunno, might take a look.
 
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