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The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol 4

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Oswin

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What is it? (if that's not a personal question)

It ain't.
- Be less awkward and wimpy
- Be a good person
- Work out more
- Be more motivated with creativity and opportunities
- Jump off a diving board (I have Zexal to thank for that one)
- Help ReshiramDragonofTruth get Malefics, #92, and whatever other cards she needs
- Learn how to properly play Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!.
How about yours?

Pretty much just read more and spend less time online really.
 

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I have a couple resolution type things I guess. Mostly stuff like be healthier, get a job, etc.
 

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Good luck to everyone with New Year's resolutions!

Just wondering, but what in hell's bells is KM's avatar? xD
[video=youtube;_mN2V3TxJBA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mN2V3TxJBA[/video]

/late and already answered but I felt the need to post the clip
Gravity Falls, I can't wait for a new episode. :)
Yep, I'm lookin' foreward to that.
*also has Gravity Feels*
It's been a long time since the last Gravity Falls ep was aired. I'm kinda in a withdraw.
It's worse than Smile Dip withdrawal! ;-;
Was there a Christmas Special? It was too long ago to remember -_-;
I wanted to see a Mabel Christmas sweater. :bheart: (Or whichever faith's celebration they belong to. I've heard rumors of them being Jewish but Idk/it doesn't really matter I just like seeing how creative that girl can be.)
Turns out the next episode won't air until after New Year's because of the holidays.
This is disappointing.
Damn. Looks like it would be easier for me to wait.
I should really start watching more anime...especially now that there's a school break. :p
I really need to post more...you guys are all intimidating me XD
Don't be, it's just a number. ^^

How's Hawaii treating you?
Pretty good! :) It's really warm, and relaxing. I've been feeling very lazy these past few days. XD
Do eeeet.

Sounds like it was lovely. *is jelly*
I'd hate living in a place that's always warm. I don't like heat.
I'd rather be warm than cold, but cold weather is more easy to deal with. You can only strip down so much in the summer without being arrested.
Haha, well in bad years we only have one season, fall. Rain and cold weather all year long x)
Good hot chocolate and chai tea weather. :9
And, it's my second Bulbaversary!
(Belated) congrats again! :D
Didn't she voice a character in Wreck-It Ralph? Damn it I need to reserve movie tickets for that movie. But my stupid backwards local movie theater doesn't allow me to reserve online and forces me to call. Which sucks.
That does suck. D: Hope you get to watch it soon.
I just kinda have a lack of enthusiasm for working at filling the dex.
Same. I got up to 400-something in my Diamond game, but ever since that attempt I've given up hope at ever catching 'em all. orz
I've watched two films today, Rango and Paprika and now I'm on my third, Trainspotting.
Was Paprika good?
The latest movie I watched was the Pokemon movie (yeah I'll be honest, half the reason was for the Meloetta that was being distributed inside the screening rooms). Currently it holds the record for being my most depressing experience inside a theater. xD
Why's that?
I really want to watch the Wreck-It-Ralph too, but seems rest of the family aren't that interested in the movie. Oh well, if it's still screening next week, I could always go to the theater alone to see it. xD
Do eeeet.
Perhaps I will make it a rule to make sure that I watch at least one movie in a theatre every two weeks starting from January 2013.
That would get expensive, not even taking into account concessions if you don't decide to sneak them in. @.@
My parents think that all animated films are for kids and hold no entertainment value for adults whatsoever, so they'll always choose something live-action yet clichéd over something animated but really good.
This is one of my favorite quotes:
C.S. Lewis said:
Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
Hey guys

I'm here because i hit post limit on tumblr to be honest
In my time on tumblr I've done that once so far.

A dark day it was.
I'm not saying you should watch Zexal... but you should watch Zexal. /random appearance
Woooah Finny in the BCCT. :eek:
Also, I don't care for Yugioh, I liked it better without all the e heroes and cyber this and that.
I like the abridged series.

That's about it.
I don't like card games.
Same. Kinda. I don't care to play them, but...
I don't play card games much... I used to be into Pokemon cards when I was around 8, but I stopped. Cards cost too much. :p
...I collect the Pokémon TCG for the pretty art. 8D Haven't actually played with them in over a decade, unless scanning some for the eReader on RSE counts.
Last day of 2012. Man, the year sure went by quickly.
Quoted for truth. Each year seems to go by more and more quickly.
I still need to see wreck-it Ralph myself, but I have to go to another city in order to see it in English, sigh.
Do you not care for this dub in particular or do you not like most Dutch dubs in general?
I haven't seen it yet, but my friend has. She said it was good, but she was mad that it was split into 3 parts. :p
Yeah I've heard a lot of people complaining about splitting it up so much.
That's what I've been hearing too. The split made it drag on quite a bit.
I saw Wreck-it Ralph today, the movie was awesome. The story was great, and it was funny too.
Much love for that movie. Not perfect, but worth a watch imo.
 

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@Kakuna Matata; Yeah, I quite enjoyed it :) I'm usually not much of a fan of anime, but I was interested in this film when i first heard about it.
 

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I wanna watch more episodes of Gravity Falls. They gotta hurry up and air a new one!
 

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Actually, this year passed by extremely slow for me, probably because I dont have that busy a life yet.
 

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@Kakuna Matata; Yeah, I quite enjoyed it :) I'm usually not much of a fan of anime, but I was interested in this film when i first heard about it.
Good to know. I've been meaning to watch it for awhile now, ever since I saw clips of it in AMV Hell 5.
I wanna watch more episodes of Gravity Falls. They gotta hurry up and air a new one!
Preach my good sir/madam!
@Kakuna Matata; The reason why the years pass by quickly is age. It's true.

Has anyone here seen The Hobbit yet? :D
I refuse to age after my next birthday. :I

Not yet. :s
 

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I just got back from seeing Les Miserables, It was great, but I didnt understand the story too well.

I saw it on Christmas. :D

I liked it a lot and understood it all, but I had to ask my aunt what it all meant. Like, the end confused me because I didn't know the underlying theme of it. It seemed like it was supposed to be happy, but
*actual spoiler*
it was everybody who died over the course of the movie. And that was a lot. My aunt told me that the over-all point of the book/play/movie is freedom, but "you're free when you're dead" doesn't seem very uplifting to me.

I also thought that the relationship between Cosette and Marius was very rushed, and that Eponine seemed like a much more logical choice for him.
Les Mis isn't a very happy story. It's largely a tragedy, and does a very good job of it. Every single character (except the Thenardiers) experiences a major loss over the course of the narrative: Javert (my favorite character) loses his conviction and belief in his own moral code (and, his very worldview shattered by Valjean's mercy, his life through suicide). Cosette loses the only corporeal father figure she has ever had. Marius loses all of his friends in Les Amis de ABC. And so on. The ending's theme is about hope: The hope for a better life ahead of Marius and Cosette, the hope that the cast expresses in "Do you Hear The People Sing (Reprise)" for eventual peace in the world, and the promise of salvation for Valjean, a thankless, righteous man who lived a life of terrible luck and oppression, but still worked to help and protect anyone he could. Les Mis has a ton of themes, including loss, redemption, forgiveness, poverty, and revolution. It is one of the greatest stories ever told, and seeing it in musical form on the big screen was an honor.

Incidentally, Eponine's pining for Marius (or rather, the idea of Maris as she explains in "On My Own") is what makes her such a great character. Her ending up with Marius wouldn't make sense. You are right, though, in that despite how amazing it is, Les Mis' love story isn't particularly strong (although it isn't as if Marius and Cosette get married after only a few days - Marius' recovery had to have been over the course of weeks or even months, with his and Cosette's relationship becoming stronger and more realistic over that time period).
 

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Don't see it in 3D if you do. I've heard it's terrible in 3D.
 

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I just got back from seeing Les Miserables, It was great, but I didnt understand the story too well.

I saw it on Christmas. :D

I liked it a lot and understood it all, but I had to ask my aunt what it all meant. Like, the end confused me because I didn't know the underlying theme of it. It seemed like it was supposed to be happy, but
*actual spoiler*
it was everybody who died over the course of the movie. And that was a lot. My aunt told me that the over-all point of the book/play/movie is freedom, but "you're free when you're dead" doesn't seem very uplifting to me.

I also thought that the relationship between Cosette and Marius was very rushed, and that Eponine seemed like a much more logical choice for him.
Les Mis isn't a very happy story. It's largely a tragedy, and does a very good job of it. Every single character (except the Thenardiers) experiences a major loss over the course of the narrative: Javert (my favorite character) loses his conviction and belief in his own moral code (and, his very worldview shattered by Valjean's mercy, his life through suicide). Cosette loses the only corporeal father figure she has ever had. Marius loses all of his friends in Les Amis de ABC. And so on. Les Mis has a ton of themes, including loss, redemption, forgiveness, poverty, and revolution. It is one of the greatest stories ever told, and seeing it in musical form on the big screen was an honor.

Incidentally, Eponine's pining for Marius (or rather, the idea of Maris as she explains in "On My Own") is what makes her such a great character. Her ending up with Marius wouldn't make sense. You are right, though, in that despite how amazing it is, Les Mis' love story isn't particularly strong (although it isn't as if Marius and Cosette get married after only a few days - Marius' recovery had to have been over the course of weeks or even months, with his and Cosette's relationship becoming stronger and more realistic over that time period).
Yeah I understand it now,it just took me a while while watching it to get it. Great film though.
 

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I just got back from seeing Les Miserables, It was great, but I didnt understand the story too well.

I saw it on Christmas. :D

I liked it a lot and understood it all, but I had to ask my aunt what it all meant. Like, the end confused me because I didn't know the underlying theme of it. It seemed like it was supposed to be happy, but
*actual spoiler*
it was everybody who died over the course of the movie. And that was a lot. My aunt told me that the over-all point of the book/play/movie is freedom, but "you're free when you're dead" doesn't seem very uplifting to me.

I also thought that the relationship between Cosette and Marius was very rushed, and that Eponine seemed like a much more logical choice for him.
Les Mis isn't a very happy story. It's largely a tragedy, and does a very good job of it. Every single character (except the Thenardiers) experiences a major loss over the course of the narrative: Javert (my favorite character) loses his conviction and belief in his own moral code (and, his very worldview shattered by Valjean's mercy, his life through suicide). Cosette loses the only corporeal father figure she has ever had. Marius loses all of his friends in Les Amis de ABC. And so on. Les Mis has a ton of themes, including loss, redemption, forgiveness, poverty, and revolution. It is one of the greatest stories ever told, and seeing it in musical form on the big screen was an honor.

Incidentally, Eponine's pining for Marius (or rather, the idea of Maris as she explains in "On My Own") is what makes her such a great character. Her ending up with Marius wouldn't make sense. You are right, though, in that despite how amazing it is, Les Mis' love story isn't particularly strong (although it isn't as if Marius and Cosette get married after only a few days - Marius' recovery had to have been over the course of weeks or even months, with his and Cosette's relationship becoming stronger and more realistic over that time period).
Yeah I understand it now,it just took me a while while watching it to get it. Great film though.
It really was. I'm hoping to see the play next time I'm in London. The music and story are just brilliant, and it has some of my favorite songs ever ("Master of the House," "Stars," "Do You Hear the People Sing," "One Day More," etc.). I was glad that Russell Crowe did decently as Javert, since Javert is my favorite character.
 

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Jack Pschitt said:
I saw it on Christmas. :D

I liked it a lot and understood it all, but I had to ask my aunt what it all meant. Like, the end confused me because I didn't know the underlying theme of it. It seemed like it was supposed to be happy, but
*actual spoiler*
it was everybody who died over the course of the movie. And that was a lot. My aunt told me that the over-all point of the book/play/movie is freedom, but "you're free when you're dead" doesn't seem very uplifting to me.

I also thought that the relationship between Cosette and Marius was very rushed, and that Eponine seemed like a much more logical choice for him.
Les Mis isn't a very happy story. It's largely a tragedy, and does a very good job of it. Every single character (except the Thenardiers) experiences a major loss over the course of the narrative: Javert (my favorite character) loses his conviction and belief in his own moral code (and, his very worldview shattered by Valjean's mercy, his life through suicide). Cosette loses the only corporeal father figure she has ever had. Marius loses all of his friends in Les Amis de ABC. And so on. The ending's theme is about hope: The hope for a better life ahead of Marius and Cosette, the hope that the cast expresses in "Do you Hear The People Sing (Reprise)" for eventual peace in the world, and the promise of salvation for Valjean, a thankless, righteous man who lived a life of terrible luck and oppression, but still worked to help and protect anyone he could. Les Mis has a ton of themes, including loss, redemption, forgiveness, poverty, and revolution. It is one of the greatest stories ever told, and seeing it in musical form on the big screen was an honor.

Incidentally, Eponine's pining for Marius (or rather, the idea of Maris as she explains in "On My Own") is what makes her such a great character. Her ending up with Marius wouldn't make sense. You are right, though, in that despite how amazing it is, Les Mis' love story isn't particularly strong (although it isn't as if Marius and Cosette get married after only a few days - Marius' recovery had to have been over the course of weeks or even months, with his and Cosette's relationship becoming stronger and more realistic over that time period).

But how would Marius choosing Eponine have been unreasonable? They didn't touch on how close of a friendship they had, but they clearly knew each other longer, and obviously knew each other better than Marius knew Cosette when he became infatuated with her like he did. To be honest, Marius and Cosette's relationship came across as being very weird to me, but after living a sheltered life under a constantly worrying father like Valjean, I can at least understand Cosette's side of the relationship. Marius, however, I could never understand the reasoning of.
 

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Jack Pschitt said:
I saw it on Christmas. :D

I liked it a lot and understood it all, but I had to ask my aunt what it all meant. Like, the end confused me because I didn't know the underlying theme of it. It seemed like it was supposed to be happy, but
*actual spoiler*
it was everybody who died over the course of the movie. And that was a lot. My aunt told me that the over-all point of the book/play/movie is freedom, but "you're free when you're dead" doesn't seem very uplifting to me.

I also thought that the relationship between Cosette and Marius was very rushed, and that Eponine seemed like a much more logical choice for him.
Les Mis isn't a very happy story. It's largely a tragedy, and does a very good job of it. Every single character (except the Thenardiers) experiences a major loss over the course of the narrative: Javert (my favorite character) loses his conviction and belief in his own moral code (and, his very worldview shattered by Valjean's mercy, his life through suicide). Cosette loses the only corporeal father figure she has ever had. Marius loses all of his friends in Les Amis de ABC. And so on. The ending's theme is about hope: The hope for a better life ahead of Marius and Cosette, the hope that the cast expresses in "Do you Hear The People Sing (Reprise)" for eventual peace in the world, and the promise of salvation for Valjean, a thankless, righteous man who lived a life of terrible luck and oppression, but still worked to help and protect anyone he could. Les Mis has a ton of themes, including loss, redemption, forgiveness, poverty, and revolution. It is one of the greatest stories ever told, and seeing it in musical form on the big screen was an honor.

Incidentally, Eponine's pining for Marius (or rather, the idea of Maris as she explains in "On My Own") is what makes her such a great character. Her ending up with Marius wouldn't make sense. You are right, though, in that despite how amazing it is, Les Mis' love story isn't particularly strong (although it isn't as if Marius and Cosette get married after only a few days - Marius' recovery had to have been over the course of weeks or even months, with his and Cosette's relationship becoming stronger and more realistic over that time period).

But how would Marius choosing Eponine have been unreasonable? They didn't touch on how close of a friendship they had, but they clearly knew each other longer, and obviously knew each other better than Marius knew Cosette when he became infatuated with her like he did. To be honest, Marius and Cosette's relationship came across as being very weird to me, but after living a sheltered life under a constantly worrying father like Valjean, I can at least understand Cosette's side of the relationship. Marius, however, I could never understand the reasoning of.

It would not have fit Eponine's character arc. She dies alone and unloved by the man she loves. In a way, her hopeless love for Marius is representative of the June rebellion's ultimate futility.

Eh, love at first sight, whatever. I don't have much good to say about Les Mis' love story - "A Heart Full of Love," as it happens, makes me want to gag.
 

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Jack Pschitt said:
I saw it on Christmas. :D

I liked it a lot and understood it all, but I had to ask my aunt what it all meant. Like, the end confused me because I didn't know the underlying theme of it. It seemed like it was supposed to be happy, but
*actual spoiler*
it was everybody who died over the course of the movie. And that was a lot. My aunt told me that the over-all point of the book/play/movie is freedom, but "you're free when you're dead" doesn't seem very uplifting to me.

I also thought that the relationship between Cosette and Marius was very rushed, and that Eponine seemed like a much more logical choice for him.
Les Mis isn't a very happy story. It's largely a tragedy, and does a very good job of it. Every single character (except the Thenardiers) experiences a major loss over the course of the narrative: Javert (my favorite character) loses his conviction and belief in his own moral code (and, his very worldview shattered by Valjean's mercy, his life through suicide). Cosette loses the only corporeal father figure she has ever had. Marius loses all of his friends in Les Amis de ABC. And so on. The ending's theme is about hope: The hope for a better life ahead of Marius and Cosette, the hope that the cast expresses in "Do you Hear The People Sing (Reprise)" for eventual peace in the world, and the promise of salvation for Valjean, a thankless, righteous man who lived a life of terrible luck and oppression, but still worked to help and protect anyone he could. Les Mis has a ton of themes, including loss, redemption, forgiveness, poverty, and revolution. It is one of the greatest stories ever told, and seeing it in musical form on the big screen was an honor.

Incidentally, Eponine's pining for Marius (or rather, the idea of Maris as she explains in "On My Own") is what makes her such a great character. Her ending up with Marius wouldn't make sense. You are right, though, in that despite how amazing it is, Les Mis' love story isn't particularly strong (although it isn't as if Marius and Cosette get married after only a few days - Marius' recovery had to have been over the course of weeks or even months, with his and Cosette's relationship becoming stronger and more realistic over that time period).

But how would Marius choosing Eponine have been unreasonable? They didn't touch on how close of a friendship they had, but they clearly knew each other longer, and obviously knew each other better than Marius knew Cosette when he became infatuated with her like he did. To be honest, Marius and Cosette's relationship came across as being very weird to me, but after living a sheltered life under a constantly worrying father like Valjean, I can at least understand Cosette's side of the relationship. Marius, however, I could never understand the reasoning of.

It would not have fit Eponine's character arc. She dies alone and unloved by the man she loves. In a way, her hopeless love for Marius is representative of the June rebellion's ultimate futility.

Eh, love at first sight, whatever. I don't have much good to say about Les Mis' love story - "A Heart Full of Love," as it happens, makes me want to gag.

I guess the symbolism makes sense. If that's the case, the movie didn't make it clear enough to me, though. But maybe that's just me. When I didn't notice the correlation between the two, Eponine's arc was just very, very sad to me.
 

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I guess the symbolism makes sense. If that's the case, the movie didn't make it clear enough to me, though. But maybe that's just me. When I didn't notice the correlation between the two, Eponine's arc was just very, very sad to me.

It's meant to be, and Eponine is meant to be a very pitiable character.
 

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You know what ticks me off? When people take passive-aggressive shots at me and think I won't see them. If you're gonna talk trash about me, call me on the phone, or better yet, drive yourself over here and say it to my face. Stupid Internet Tough Guy idiots think they're so high and mighty behind a computer screen.

No, it's not anybody here. Don't worry.
 

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Perhaps I will make it a rule to make sure that I watch at least one movie in a theatre every two weeks starting from January 2013.
That would get expensive, not even taking into account concessions if you don't decide to sneak them in. @.@

Hah! Theatre food is bad, bad, bad! Besides, I can't exactly watch nothing, can I? Missing out on movies... I'm going to fix this!
 
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