Posted in: Japanese 'Avengers' fans up in arms over shoddy voice acting on Blu-ray release See in context
The choice of Hard Gay to voice the Hulk really needed more consideration. "HA-RU-KU, FOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
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Posted in: Director Jackson defends 'Hobbit' trilogy See in context
Read all Tolkein's books and seen all Jackson's movies. I think he could have possibly pulled 2 movies out of this by stretching it out but 3 is too much. Jackson's no god- King Kong needed a half hour edited out and early reviews are saying The Hobbit suffers from this padding too. Early reports had Jackson planning it as 1 movie but I assume 2 trips to NZ by 2 Hollywood execs with 2 big bags full of money convinced him otherwise.
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Posted in: Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-U.S. protests years ago See in context
the “Gangnam Style” rapper performs a song with lyrics about killing “Yankees” who have been torturing Iraqi captives and their families “slowly and painfully.”
Bye-bye Psy.
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Posted in: Reaching for the universe See in context
She's actually an ex-student of mine- lovely girl. I've read people complaining about her arms and now her knees. She was in the soft tennis club during junior and high school, training about 4 hours a day (and all day on weekends!). That kind of training will shape your body in certain ways. She's spent years trying to take off that tennis player's form but I guess it'll never be enough for the haters. Luv ya Ayako- I know how hard you've worked to get where you are.
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Posted in: 9 things that make an ‘ikemen’ (hot guy) See in context
Those dudes in the picture and that list? 100% icky men.
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Posted in: China warns of 'further actions' in Japan island dispute See in context
Hey FernandoUchiyama:
"my point of view and i'm sure also the rest of the world thinks like this,"
Your first "Point of view" recieved 24 thumbs down, yet you seem to think the rest of the world thinks like you.
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Posted in: The best-tasting French fries in Japan are… See in context
Lots of commentors bashing Mac's fries and going on about how they can't believe they're #1. Read the question asked in the poll again- this was only voting on FAST FOOD fries. How many nationwide chains of fast food restaurants (not family restaurants) are even in Japan that serve fries? Not that many. This was a popularity vote more than anything.
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Posted in: A Japanese woman’s guide for getting a date See in context
OK, here we go: It's called SATIRE. This isn't serious- it's sarcasm and was supposed to be taken as such. Johnathon Swift? A modest proposal ring any bells? You've at least watched the Colbert Report right?
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Posted in: A Japanese woman’s guide for getting a date See in context
Wow. Amazing the amount of people whose heads this went over.
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Posted in: Horror movies recommended to scare away summer heat See in context
Van Helsing? Really? I watch John Carpenter's 'The Thing' every summer- so chilled. Also, the Finnish film 'Let The Right One In' will keep your inner core cool; it's American remake 'Let Me In' is also pretty good and easier to track down.
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Posted in: Rising tensions See in context
Was it children's day in China? Because I see a lot of people acting like juveniles.
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Posted in: Robert Downey Jr injured on 'Iron Man 3' set See in context
@t Riffraff. "Has"? I suggest you throw away your National Enquirers circa 1997 as your choice of bathroom reading material. RDJ has been straight for years now. He's a good actor who is well-liked by fans the world over and is a consistantly bankable leading man; that's why he stars in multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster movies, and not, as you unintentionally amusingly put it, because he has some "really good dirt on someone".
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Posted in: S Korea beats Japan 2-0 to win soccer bronze See in context
mokgohan - Why so negative? Be happy for both teams for making this far in the Olympics!! Both teams worked hard and have good players
Well, let's see... It might be because South Korea's Captain was running around the field recklessly intimidating and attempting to injure players on the Japanese team. The official thought so too- which is why he was carded, twice! Sorry if I'm not "happy" with that.
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Posted in: Japan's coach calls for new Nadeshiko See in context
It was obvious that Sawa wasn't 100% at the tournament; she hadn't fully recovered from her injury. I'm lucky enough to witness part of the next generation of Japanese women's soccer everyday and they look like future world-beaters to me.
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Posted in: S Korea beats Japan 2-0 to win soccer bronze See in context
@t basroil: I thought that was just me seeing that- the Korean Captain was carded twice, deservedly. Maybe Olympic rules are different but I thought he would be gone for sure. Would've been a different game if he wasn't out there running around like a wild man. I think Japan's game plan was "don't get killed". It calmed down after the 1st goal but still, I think the Korean team were behaving like schoolyard bullies. Mind you Japan kept up with them in the category of flopping, most noticably right before the first goal. Bronze medalists in boys soccer.
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Posted in: Anti-Oi protest See in context
@t Thomas Anderson
It's completely deceiving to say that "Either we restart the reactors, or we'll have deaths from heat strokes!"
I agree, and unless the post has been deleted by the mods, where was that said? It must be somewhere up there because you've got it in quotes.
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Posted in: AKB48 No. 1 See in context
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
Hulk think it no sound good too. Crying girls' songs hurt Hulk's ears. Hulk Smash television!
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Posted in: N Korea admits failure as world condemns rocket launch See in context
Must've been made in China.
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Posted in: Atsuko Maeda 'graduates' from AKB48 See in context
off to the glue factory.
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Posted in: Uzbekistan beats Japan 1-0 in World Cup qualifier See in context
Hey JT. How about some news on the women's team? They actually win!
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Posted in: 8 men arrested for smuggling gold from S Korea to Japan in rectums See in context
the men allegedly transformed $260,000 in gold bars into small beads and smuggled them in their rectums to Japan two times in 2010
So who buys gold these days. Well, Hip-hop posers in Tokyo still like to fill their grill with the stuff and where do they get their gold? Black market of course, or Brown Market in this case.
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Posted in: Body of naked man with genitals sliced off found in apartment See in context
tough way to die.
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Posted in: How do you feel about the use of swear words in TV programs? See in context
The other day I saw an add on TV for an upcoming episode of a major J-Drama. The male lead was wearing a T-shirt with "TRUST ME, I'M AN HOLE" emblazoned on his chest (without the , of course) and it was featured prominently throughout the CM. This add was running between kids shows at around 5:30 in the afternoon.
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Posted in: Six things that foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan See in context
itunes Apps. Almost everything published by Japanese companies at the itunes apps store site is about 4 times what I'd consider reasonable.
New release DVD's are way too pricy, so you just have to know where to look. I only haunt the bargin bins- yesterday I picked up Star Trek on Blu-Ray for 1000 yen and a Dble Mixed CD of electro for 290.
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Posted in: Yoko Ono aims to wow India See in context
Wow. Still so much hate on for Yoko. Some people here should read an article or two more than this one about the lady before tearing her down. RangerMiffy and Paulinusa seem to know what's going on.
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Posted in: 'The Artist' leads with 6 nods for Golden Globes See in context
Dear J-Pop producers- as you can see, the Silent Era is back in fashion. I recommend you jump on this fad and release the next AKB, K.Koda and Kattun singles as such. In Kattun's case, not including a video may also benefit.
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Posted in: Looking for spring See in context
That's what I'll be wearing next spring!
...oh yeah, the clothes they have on are also pretty kool.
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Posted in: A trip through the disaster zone See in context
how long are they supposed to wait to restock the porn mags?
Some of my students live here and I asked them to write a small report to some of our overseas friends who have helped us out. One student wrote "I've met many, many contractors!"
In areas where there is a high concentration of men working in positions of manual labour, those magazines are almost as essential as cigarettes.
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Posted in: 'Cool Japan' See in context
Kind of a cross between Mastercard and The Detroit Red Wings. I don't envy the designer, Sato's job- whatever he presents, people are going to see Fukushima in it. Maybe this time they should have gone with a simple outline of the country in solid white on a red background. Dou?
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Posted in: Russia defends bomber flights near Japan See in context
Ah, good old sabre-rattling. Someday my daughter is going to start asking about this sort of stuff (probably because of some NK provocation, which I'm sure is penciled on to the military's calender over there), and I'll have a hard time trying to explain this without it sounding like the juvenile, petty and childish routines of grown men in power. Which is all that it is.
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Posted in: Visa overstayers in Japan face stigma of criminality
Posted in: Visa overstayers in Japan face stigma of criminality
Posted in: 70 lawmakers make cross-party visit to Yasukuni Shrine
Posted in: Dollar drops below 140 yen for 1st time in 7 months as Japan finance chief leaves for U.S.