This is what killed Brandon Lee while filming The Crow - a "comedy" of errors allowed a gun with a squib round in the barrel to be used in a scene where an actor was supposed to just be firing blanks.
Advice and Trust [NGE]
This is what killed Brandon Lee while filming The Crow - a "comedy" of errors allowed a gun with a squib round in the barrel to be used in a scene where an actor was supposed to just be firing blanks.
I know that. You know that. Kaji almost certainly had internalized that... but finding something that counter-intuitive has actually gone down would simply have to be frustrating....
Ranma-sensei
Sorcerer
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- Citrix Receiver
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- Weatherdependent
I still find to this day that an accident like this should be impossible with stage weapons.
- Location
- Chicago, IL
I still find to this day that an accident like this should be impossible with stage weapons.
To be fair, I'm not really sure blanks are even used in filmmaking much anymore, or at least not in firearms actually pointed at people. CGI nowadays isn't that much more expensive, and with a decent artist, will still look just as good.
(Blanks are actual, real gun rounds; they have the same casing, primer, and gunpowder. They just replace the actual bullet with cloth or plastic wadding, or crimp the casing to prevent the gunpowder from escaping.)
Also, the prop crew fucked up heavily by not using dummy cartridges for an earlier scene(where the gun was shown being loaded), and instead removed gunpowder from actual bullets, but left the primers in place. One of their "dummies" went off, lodging the bullet in the barrel(since there was no powder, there wasn't enough force to push the bullet out of the barrel). Later, when they put actual blank rounds in the gun, they failed to clear it, meaning they took an actual round without a bullet(a blank), and essentially put a bullet back into it and pointed it at someone. (With the bullet still in the barrel, a blank going off would cause it to shoot out with the force of a regular bullet.)
Except CGI doesn't give you the physical look and feel of a gun going off. The lack of recoil is noticeable.
Duff Timmons
A&T Shinji Ikari
(Duff Timmons taking over)
What movie do you think would be funny or cool to see the cast of Evangelion in? As well as the kids of A&T to watch? I was originally thinking of putting them in Princess Bride, but I would have to change a lot of things in order to keep it interesting. And not just have Shinji in the place of Wesley and Asuka in the place of Buttercup.
What movie do you think would be funny or cool to see the cast of Evangelion in? As well as the kids of A&T to watch? I was originally thinking of putting them in Princess Bride, but I would have to change a lot of things in order to keep it interesting. And not just have Shinji in the place of Wesley and Asuka in the place of Buttercup.
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- United States
Depends on how they get there.
If they are isekai'd. (aka brought to the world memories intact) Then I'd throw them into 5th element for just their reaction to the bizarre world.
If they are playing parts. (aka sonic storybook) Then I'd throw them into Indiana Jones, any of them.
Duff Timmons
A&T Shinji Ikari
They're not being Isekai'd, they're watching themselves as well as the people around them take part in the story. Things change, but the story sequences happen similar to that in the movie.
Raiders of the Lost Ark would be a good one though.
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- Finland
Hoo boy, got her way good there.
Please spare them Major Katsuragi
I'm really starting to feel Asuka's feats in these last chapters have really hammered in why she's the"Red Demon".
Having been waiting long for this particular confrontation - I must say, this exchange being so bittersweetly suspenseful prior to Misato finally letting up, makes this chapter a standoff IMO. Shinji's become really something these last chapters.
Speaking which... PHEEEW. WE'RE GOING AT THE ENDGAME GUYS!
0/10, Should have been one minute, consisting of just one one animation cel being held having Misato pointing her gun at the Pilots.
Especially when something part of beyond impactful and pivotal to all of humanity's birth, was once located there.
Pardon rather bland-ish replies, I feel I'm having quarter-life crisis going
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Well, in his defense he had no way of knowing two of the kids had been sharing information OTHER than what fires up their sex drives, and had thus ended up piecing together a good half of the story from guesswork and intuition based on sharing of their eerily similar backstory. And he certainly could not have guessed that the OTHER half of the story would be that the other two kids are literally the clones of star-crossed alien lovers.
BG_Character_592
The Fisherman
- Location
- Australia
"If I knew I had the answers right under my nose, we could've sorted this out much easier."
"I am sure a lot of things would have been easier, had you used our services as 'star crossed alien lovers', as you described us as." Rei deadpanned. "You are looking for a Mikhail Kasparov."
He furrowed his brow. "...Well I am now."
"You are welcome." A small smirk.
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"You just took that name from Bond's work, didn't you?"
"Perhaps."
Ultra Sonic 007
Trying to keep things simple~
- Location
- Colorado
"If I knew I had the answers right under my nose, we could've sorted this out much easier."
"I am sure a lot of things would have been easier, had you used our services as 'star crossed alien lovers', as you described us as." Rei deadpanned. "You are looking for a Mikhail Kasparov."
He furrowed his brow. "...Well I am now."
"You are welcome." A small smirk.
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"You just took that name from Bond's work, didn't you?"
"Perhaps."
Perhaps my foot, I don't remember a Mikahil Kasparov at all.
/now, if you're thinking of the Heavy
//my given name for him was Aleksander Kasparov
BG_Character_592
The Fisherman
- Location
- Australia
Perhaps my foot, I don't remember a Mikahil Kasparov at all.
/now, if you're thinking of the Heavy
//my given name for him was Aleksander Kasparov
Not four hours after receiving that spot of intel from Rei Ayanami, Kaji once more entered their apartment, with a Kalishnakov in hand. "Rei, I think your intelligence was a bit off."
Rei craned her head from her favourite seat, unamused at the interruption. "Oh? Was it not Mikhail Kasparov?"
"Wrong Kasparov." He surmised. "Mikhail is an agent of the RSR, and they were not happy when I came knocking."
"...What do you mean by not happy?"
"Lets just say, we have the Red Army knocking on our door."
Now Rei was very unamused, as she got up from her favourite seat to look out the balcony.
Indeed, the apartment was now surrounded by the forces of the Russian Socialist Republic, even though they were in Japan.
"Кадзи, ты свинья! Выходи и умри как мужчина!"
("Kaji, you swine! Come out and die like a man!"), Shouted Vasilisa, otherwise known as Russian Oversight, rather eager to get her hands on him after all the times he screwed her over.
"I am rather bemused as to how the government allowed this."
"Perhaps you have more than a few enemies, Kaji." Wryly remarked Kaworu, as he got up to look. Not even bothering to get decent. "Is Misato going to help you?"
"She said it was my problem. Even thought it started with you guys."
Rei and Kaworu rolled their eyes, as they began floating in front of the Red Army. "Товарищи!" Kaworu began. "Это все недоразумение!"
("Comrades! This is all a misunderstanding!")
There was about five seconds of silence from the gathered, before they all dropped their weapons and went straight to their icons.
"...What are they doing?" Dumbly remarked Kaji, subtly peaking over the balcony at the goings on.
"They either see us as demons or as a sign from God, I believe." Flatly mused Rei.
"It could be the pale, naked and glowing humans floating in front of them, announcing to them in a voice you could say was the voice of God."
"Either way, I believe this is resolved. So do not complain."
~
To this day, you can still find some eparchies within the RSR that consider Rei and Kaworu saints
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Legion of Badassitude Member #24601
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- parts unknown
I guess that's where the movie got the quote from...
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- National Capital Region, USA
While months of being with Shinji has taken a good part of the edge off, Asuka still has a lot of anger and the habits that came from living that way for so long. But at least now she is directing it in modestly more healthy ways, turning it against people who make Shinji or Rei feel bad or threaten them. So things like SEELE assassins attacking her loved ones? Oh yeah, Asuka takes the gloves off.I'm really starting to feel Asuka's feats in these last chapters have really hammered in why she's the"Red Demon".
The last few days of events especially have made him confront who he is, and make decisions about what he wants and is willing to fight for. He's hit a point where he's willing to stand up to even Misato, even at gunpoint, to protect someone who loves him. Because he considers that worth it. Asuka might give him some growling about him not considering himself worth as much as anyone, but she understands what he's doing, and loves him all the more for it.
Fortunately, I have more special effects budget than Anno did at that point.0/10, Should have been one minute, consisting of just one one animation cel being held having Misato pointing her gun at the Pilots.
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- United States
Fortunately, I have more special effects budget than Anno did at that point.
Shinji looked out at the white giants ahead of them. They were merciless and almost killed asuka. Her unit lying face down on the ground. Unit 1,2, and 3 face a massive uphill battle here and it would take determinat...
Director: CUT!
With those words the shot ended. Exiting character, shinji calmed down. Asuka got up and took off the Unit 2 helmet and got upset.
Asuka: What the hell went wrong? Why did we stop?
Rei: I agree.
Rei took off the unit 3 helmet. She preferred her unit 0 costume but hikari called sick and we needed unit 3 in this scene.
Rei: What was wrong with the shot?
The director turned to the two girls with a stern face.
Director: I just got word from the top brass. Literal last second budget changes. Effective immediately, sufficient velocity slashed our budget in half.
Crew: What!!
Director: Yup. This is highly unusual. Our script writer and project head, Strypgia, is currently arguing to undo this change, but until he succeeds we need to cut some things.
One of the mass produced Eva's took off their helmet revealing Misato was wearing that costume. Since Misato played commander, her character was off screen most of the time. To not waste a physically fit actor, she also played most of the Angels.
Misato: What about this scene?
Director: Leave that to me.
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Unit 01 jumped to the left. It needed to protect its cable from the white giant's attack.Shinji can't let Hikari face them alone. Unit 02 tried to get up, but the gash in its cardboard head was clearly holding it back. One of the white giant's approached Unit 02. Wielding a cardboard spear painted red with crayon. It hovered its point over unit 02. The giants black hair flowed in the wind and despite wearing a blindfold, and bedsheets for a dress, the monster stared at unit 01. But instead of a grin, it was scowling in anger.
Misato: I cant do this!
Director: CUT!
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DKN117
Citadel Special Tactics & Recon
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- Southern California, L.A. Area
A little something I've recently learned that might be worth being pointed out in-universe during a future Chronicles bit, even if just an omake: In the Kingdom Hearts series, in the original Japanese, Lexaeus/Aeleus has the same seiyuu as Gendo, while Larxene shares a seiyuu with Asuka...
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The Fisherman
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- Australia
"I knew there was a reason why I liked her!"
"And why I disliked him."
"I am sure Organisation XIII being a veritable sausage party was another reason." The bluenette pointed out.
"There was Xion, right?"
"Who?"
"Xi- ohhh that's cruel, Rei!"
"I don't want to think how all this works." Shinji was trying to rack his mind over the sheer clusterfuck that was the story of Kingdom Hearts so far. "So Sora, Roxas, and Xion are all the same person?"
"As is Xehanort, Young Xehanort, Master Xehanort, Ansem SoD, Xemnas, Terra-Xehanort, and anyone else I've missed." Kaworu muttered.
A brief pause.
"Have we finally found a universe more fucked than our own?"
"I would say so."
"About time!" Exclaimed the redhead.
"And I thought our relationships were complicated." Shinji muttered, going for some Ibuprofen.
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And I thought the MCU would've been complicated
I wouldn't have a clue how I'd go about doing Kingdom Hearts; it'd probably take them half a year to get through them all and a couple years for me to write it all
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- United States
There are far worse things then KH. If they get uppity, send them the final fantasy 13 trilogy and have them make sense of that."I knew there was a reason why I liked her!"
"And why I disliked him."
"I am sure Organisation XIII being a veritable sausage party was another reason." The bluenette pointed out.
"There was Xion, right?"
"Who?"
"Xi- ohhh that's cruel, Rei!"
"I don't want to think how all this works." Shinji was trying to rack his mind over the sheer clusterfuck that was the story of Kingdom Hearts so far. "So Sora, Roxas, and Xion are all the same person?"
"As is Xehanort, Young Xehanort, Master Xehanort, Ansem SoD, Xemnas, Terra-Xehanort, and anyone else I've missed." Kaworu muttered.
A brief pause.
"Have we finally found a universe more fucked than our own?"
"I would say so."
"About time!" Exclaimed the redhead.
"And I thought our relationships were complicated." Shinji muttered, going for some Ibuprofen.
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And I thought the MCU would've been complicated
I wouldn't have a clue how I'd go about doing Kingdom Hearts; it'd probably take them half a year to get through them all and a couple years for me to write it all
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- Chicago, IL
"Hey, it got good after 20 hours!"
"Y'know that's not a point in it's favor, right?"
BG_Character_592
The Fisherman
- Location
- Australia
"Is this just what happened when Square and Enix did their fusion dance? I don't remember either of their RPG franchises being..." Maya couldn't find the right words.
"Incomprehensible?" Her Sempai noted. "Though it's not like Square was foreign to such thing; I still don't know if Final Fantasy 7 had a positive or a negative ending."
"Can't say I played beyond 6, myself. I'm still kinda miffed they went for the PlayStation."
"We don't need to get into that debate again, right?" Ritsuko pleaded. "Last time we did, I ended up on the couch."
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Critian Caceorte
Currently Suffering from Space-Time Narcolepsy
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- Washington State
I mean, while Evangelion is a bit notorious for it, there are a lot more series where the main characters are screwed over (Berserk, for instance) or things get needlessly complicated (Kingdom Hearts, some of the Nasuverse works) or have Gainax Endings (1 or 2 of the Yugioh shows, Panty and Stocking, also Kingdom Hearts IMO and the Silent Hill games (for the most part)).
FF13 was just costume porn married to boner-killing gun porn. That's all you really need to know for it.
Ranma-sensei
Sorcerer
- Location
- Citrix Receiver
- Pronouns
- Weatherdependent
Asuka: "What are they talking about? IV was the series' best entry; don't even try to change my mind.""Is this just what happened when Square and Enix did their fusion dance? I don't remember either of their RPG franchises being..." Maya couldn't find the right words.
"Incomprehensible?" Her Sempai noted. "Though it's not like Square was foreign to such thing; I still don't know if Final Fantasy 7 had a positive or a negative ending."
"Can't say I played beyond 6, myself. I'm still kinda miffed they went for the PlayStation."
"We don't need to get into that debate again, right?" Ritsuko pleaded. "Last time we did, I ended up on the couch."
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Personally, I thought Final Fantasy XIII was an awesome game. Final Fantasy XIII-2 was OK until the final cut scene after you beat the final boss, that almost made me throw my controller into the screen. I was expecting the big payoff and got THAT instead
I was looking forward to Lightning Returns until I played the demo. After I played the demo I decided I didn't want to waste my money on Lightning Returns after all. IMHO it woulda been better if they hadn't made the sequels at all. Final Fantasy XIII had an awesome ending and they should have stopped there.