After "Secret Wars", Marvel's comic sales dropped for most of their series but it wasn't bad enough to be worried about. I think. What homages, exactly?

Kamen Rider Specter Tutankhamun Soul was definitely a thing.

How popular is Marvel's current comics? Because the homages to it got very anemic audience reactions.

An Egyptian themed version of a popular Japanese TV show: Tutankhamun Rider

combine the two options. Grayffles or Waffson

split the difference- "Ryan" after the Titanium Ranger.

The second name choice is "Waffles", named after Goofy's gray tabby cat from Goof Troop. It's a cuter name than "Grayson" and the kitten is definitely adorable, but his colors aren't as close a match to the namesake as one of his sibling's colors are (said sibling is already spoken for, so I can't name that one).

The first name choice is "Grayson", because he's gray and a son, and I think the name sounds cool. It also makes me think of Carter Grayson, the Red Ranger from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, who was a born leader and one of the coolest Red Rangers.

"Lamont."

I need help deciding on a name for one of the kittens. He's an all-gray cat but is also showing early signs of growing some black stripes in his fur. There are two names I've thought of for him and can't decide which one I like more.

got the second part of first gundam, popped it in and wow! picture miles better than my old dvds. other than the archaic animation (which i dont mind), it looks like it was done recently

Aye, or at least the movies for Zeta, as they supposedly negate ZZ, kinda like how the Code Geass clip movies retcon some events before the newest one.

i wish theyd dub double zeta. thats the only one im missing for the "amuro vs char" thing (and chars not even in it so...). but given some of the things ive heard about it, its probly best that they dont dub it

and im on vacation next week so ill have lots of time to watch all this lol

@zaku ive got war in the pocket on standard dvd already. amazon didnt have it on blu ray. bonus points to it for having character designs by haruhiku mikimoto. and this collecction is only "new" in as much as its new to me on blu ray. ive had burnt dvd copies of it all for years

Yeah, 00 was pretty good, and I recently watched Build Divers, and found it really fun. Got both limited editions of IBO... still need to watch them...

00 is also pretty good, basically a refined version of the Wing concept, and IBO is great.

I'll be the requisite "Build Fighters is actually pretty good" chime in

G Gundam was the best. Horse mecha! Piloted by.... a HORSE!

I'd probably recommend tracking down 0080 War in the Pocket to go along with your new collection, but you might have enough to watch for right now.

G Gundam will likely always rank first for me, as it is the one I find the most fun, but 8th MS was great for being the most "realistic" of the UC stuff.

the only other gundam series ive watched-which was also the FIRST gundam series i watched-is wing (and ill probly get that on blu ray soon too). i know i havent watched everything tied to it, but the UC is quite enough for me lol

i think 8th team is my favorite, but cant say why. maybe it has something to do with them not being newtypes. i dont particularly like that concept

8th M Team, 0083, and Zeta are my favorites of the original timeline. Have yet to watch Origin, but it is loooow on my list, as I never particularly liked Char. Quattro Bajeena was actually kinda cool, though.

so i just did something insane. i bought gundam origin, first gundam, 08th ms team, operation stardust, zeta gundam AND chars counterattack on bluray...

Hollywood stereotypes, eh? Don't get me started on how sheerly unrealistic that can be, and how badly Hollywood loves to stick to them.

Also, fun fact: To me, Dutch is the language that sounds harsh compared to German.

Generally, nobody shouts at each other in Germany unless they're either a) morons or b) doing it for comedic effect.

... based on an outdated way of speaking (I mean, does anyone in the US still speak like Joe Friday?)... which might also have been at least partially a regional thing.

Generally, many native English speakers' primary conception of the German language and its perceived harshness comes from Hollywood movies... created by non-native German speakers, with non-native German actors giving their impression of what they think the German language sounds like...

I might be severely biased, but as a native German speaker, I think the perception of the "harsh German language" is at least in part due to a myth created by Hollywood.

I wish I knew if that Blue autobot in the background in the movie Bumblebee was Blurr.

Blood is blue before coming into contact with air from outside.

I had to use a whole ten percent of my brain to understand that.

I think I saw a debunking of that like at least a decade ago when I still relied on TV for things.

isn't the whole "lemmings jump to their death" thing proven false now too???

It's like how the whole "alpha male" thing doesn't really show up in wolf packs in the wild.

Aaaaand another myth busted.

Quite welcome!

@Corvus Huh, did not know that part. Thanks for imparting knowledge!

No because it's true.

Would I be jaded if i said that's a good lesson about people as well?

Overstated risk. Most observations of sexual cannibalism in the Praying Mantis occurred in captivity, versus nature. When entomologists began observing them in nature instead, they found that sexual cannibalism took place around 30% of the time. Basically, if a male Mantis avoids thin, hungry females, his chances are pretty good. #yesimanerd

Are you a male mantis?

Death by snu snu

There's a joke about going out with a bang to be made here.

I would hope getting laid is preferred over dying

Don't we all want to get laid?

I'd spend the first few loops just taking an extended nap.

Endless death time loops certainly happen enough in Star Trek