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fight soundtracks

Soundtracks are hit-or-miss, as music goes. Some of them are alright, most of them are providing requisite ambience for whatever punchy fighty happens to be carrying on in the meantime.... SOMETIMES, once in a great many moons, a soundtrack perfectly captures and contributes to the essence of the scene. In some cases, it transcends the scene itself, and joins together what no one else could -- the lives and wild stories of great warriors, whose whole fighting career has led them inevitably to this one moment, this one perfect place where your Southern Fist technique meets its trues equal yet. I present to you, that this scene, from forgettable studio Beijing by way of America -- Jackie Chan, and Jet Li, to the tune of JJ Temple Fight by David Horner. The perfect marriage of sound and art and martial techniques, a hundred years in the making.



So what I'm druggedly trying to get at is, music that tells a fucking STORY. Here's a better example from the same film, in which the Monkey King challenges the Jade Warlord. Their themes should be easily discernible:



...... in which the playful monkey king is silenced by treachery --- for a time......

Zoe Quinn.

My analysis -- I never heard of Zoe Quinn until this shitstorm broke out so, by internet rules, I think she's been sleeping with her detractors in order to raise my awareness of her existence.

Never had the courage to watch a comedy anime...suggest something.

Griever said
Already watch Boondocks, but yeah it's mostly an anime.

Black Dynamite is like Boondocks on crack.

Never had the courage to watch a comedy anime...suggest something.

Full Metal Panic (FUMOFFU or something) is probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I guess there's a serious version and then they transplant the characters into a goofing-off season, or something? Idunno, I didn't really dig into it or anything, but holy shit though.

Jesus is my flyswatter

When fortune smiles on something as violent and ugly as killing a spider, it seems proof like no other that not only does God exist, you're doing his will.

Beatrix Kiddo, Kill Bill vol. 1



Near as I can tell, this is what I just killed. Someday, you too will feel the glorious touch of destiny's hand, and know that your life has purpose.

Ferguson, MO protests and police brutality.

So Boerd said
Really. You're going to make a leg shot from 20 yards away in profile on a sprinting target? Have you ever picked up a gun? How about smelled one?But OK, you aim for your tricky shot. You take one second to react and draw your weapon, one second to aim and fire. In that time, our perp, whom we assume is at a leisurely 8.8 feet per second is a mere 12.4 feet from the old lady when you miraculously hit him in the arm. He switches the knife to the other hand and stabs her, or smashes her osteoporitic skull with an enormous fist. Did that old lady "know the risks"? Did she deserve to die because a very young teenage philosophist (not a misspelling) decided the completely innocent old lady's life was his to risk to stop a murderous thug?

No amount of logic is going to affect a change here. Just be done. Internet argument cool-rules aside, at some point, you have to be able to look at another person and reasonably conclude that they've got their head up their ass.

Raps about video games.

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Tries to find pictures for female characters

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
Search hairstyles instead of people.

that's my trick as well.

Ferguson, MO protests and police brutality.

Rare said
He will remember that his father was a cop and saved many other lives.

lol, well, his father didn't do shit if all he did was roll over and die.

Ferguson, MO protests and police brutality.

Omega said
Police are not allowed to aim for the leg or other extremities unless there are extenuating circumstances, it is considered cruel to shoot someone in the leg as it can then be argued lethal force was not necessary to inflict on the person if they could be disabled with a likely non-fatal shot.

Yep. A gun by definition is lethal force. 'When is lethal force authorized' is something people don't necessarily understand.... there's something called a 'threat pyramid,' which I'm not positive they're still using, but the principle is the same. Essentially, the cop is always supposed to be a level higher than whoever's coming at them -- that's a matter of public safety, not cop lulz. If they bring a knife, you bring a gun. If they bring a gun, you bring a tank. You do this because you are the agent of the state, which must at all times possess a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in order to maintain the rule of law. A person who presents noncompliance is *supposed* to be treated with physical control by the police officer. A person who presents a physical threat needs to be handled with superior force. That was (my) cop-101, which admittedly is a bit old and possibly outdated now, but I imagine the principles have remained more or less the same.