The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin')

[mike_smith]

Since I got a Dragon Ball Z movie in the mail today, I'm gonna talk about that for a minute. Deal with it.

Comments

[jim_smith]

For example, the original version ("Dragon Fist Explosion! ! If Goku Can't Do It, Who Else Can? !"), Goku is the last hero standing to challenge Hildegarn, and when he powers up to SSJ3 to defeat him, there's a line of internal monologue where he observes that Hildegarn's is vulnerable only in the instant when he attacks. Goku capitalizes on this by goading Hildegarn into throwing a punch at him, only to dodge at the last second and launch his devastating new finisher, the Ryu-Ken (Dragon Fist). In the dub, this is rewritten slightly, with Goku now deciding that Hildegarn is vulnerable to "intense emotions".

Holy bejeezus...you Harry Potter fans realize this is exactly how you sound when you're explaining what Patronnuseseses are, right?

[mike_smith]

Well, I never came out and put it that way, but that's why I've been doing the DBZ crap all this time, and no one's ever seemed to notice the irony.

[tekalynn]

I just figured you were a total DBZ geek. No problem.

[mike_smith]

Well, yeah, but the reason I geek on about it during the reviews instead of other posts is to counterbalance the HP continuity I get from the books and the comments. Also, if I just straight-on bashed Harry Potter, Jim would enjoy it too much, so I deliberately pepper it with references to stuff he hates.

So it's a rich tapestry of reasons.

[tekalynn]

For what it's worth, we had a cat who would swallow gophers whole, without even chewing much. He did it right in front of me, so I know the bastard did it. We never found any regurgitations either.

So it CAN be done, if the cat's an iron-stomached freak of nature.

[seductivedark]

Isn't Crookshanks part or wholly kneazle? They're magical. They can create cast-iron stomachs of rodentine death. (can't they?)

[mike_smith]

Yes, but would Ron know that at this point?

[tekalynn]

Would he care? He's got a mad-on for the cat right now, that's all he knows.

[grapefruitzzz]

Why should Harry be allowed to use a top-of-the-line broom when no one else can? He didn't beat Cho in this game here, it was his Firebolt that beat her whatever-she's-on. Bonjour, Formula 1 racing.

Water Quidditch sounds like a decent replica, although a small remote-control helicopter would make a good snitch. If you want complicated, you should try following a Test match.

Aw, glad the mechanics are meshing together.

[jim_smith]

Water Quidditch sounds like a decent replica, although a small remote-control helicopter would make a good snitch. If you want complicated, you should try following a Test match.

Nobody told me Andrew Martin was involved in Quidditch. No wonder it's so boring to read about.

[bubonicplague]

Nice Rocky & Bullwinkle, there. Get a Beany & Cecil in there next time and you will achieve megastature.

[bubonicplague]

Oops, that was a reply to the main post. I suck.

[mike_smith]

But Ginny played another position, so who replaced her? Also, how can there be three seekers when there's only two teams?

[merenwen_81]

If my memory serves, Ginny's place as a chaser was filled by her ex-boyfriend Dean who had been playing the same position when Katie was in the hospital.

Obviously, my second statement makes no sense at all and I need to read my own posts more carefully before posting. I was trying to say that there are three chasers, two beaters, a keeper and a seeker in each team. You said there were two chasers.

[redcoast]

It's been suggested that Rowling arranged the rules so that Harry could win or lose games singlehandedly, but that's just the thing, she didn't have to do that.

No, it's because JKR can't do basic math.

Also:

"IT WASN'T A NIGHTMARE! PROFESSOR, I WOKE UP, AND SIRIUS BLACK WAS STANDING OVER ME, HOLDING A KNIFE." Let me also add for the record: LOOK! SCABBERS! LOOK! SCABBERS!

Foreshadowing!