Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, now a diabetic

[Flexo]

My god, he’s a creep.

Why do I get the feeling the only anime Bob watches are ones with teenagers, high schools and yuri(lesbians)?

So 75% of anime?

Okay, I can sperg about this one for a minute. I mean:
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That's one of a few production cels I own from the series. That's some real weeb shit and my sperg evidence. I think the DiMaggio autograph with the certificate next door is cooler. That was a gift, though.

People know about this series for one of two reasons. The first was Joe Bob Briggs' absolutely stellar review from 1992. My favorite excerpt from the review is his summary:

For "Project A-ko," those drive-in totals are:
Twenty-one dead bodies.
Two breasts.
Space explosion.
Giant robots turned into scrap metal with a pubescent girl's bare hands.
Giant robot dragster driven by a fat girl.
Five monsters the size of office buildings turned into fireballs.
Leather bikini martial arts.
Wrist missiles.
Sky spiders.
Kung Fu.
Robot Fu.
Dirty laundry Fu.
She-male samurai Fu.
Drive-In Academy Award nomination for Katuhiko Nishijima, the director, for making absolutely no sense.
My kind of cartoon.
Four stars.
Joe Bob says check it out.

The second reason, which applies to most people familiar with it, is that the Sci Fi Channel (before the SYFY change) showed anime every Saturday morning. Akira, 8Man After, Demon City Shinjuku, Dominion Tank Police, Lensman, Roujin Z, Robot Carnival - there was a solid list of heavy hitters in that roster.

It takes a real fucking poseur to point at some shit that was on basic cable and act like he's somehow "in the know." Half the nerds in my high school were aware of it. Girls, even. You're a real cinephile because your parents bought the cable package that went all the way to channel 8

Handsome fella on your mantle there too.

 

[Bowl of Ramen]

@UserAccess Your mantelpiece just SCREAMS bite my shiny metal ass.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

This Project A-Ko thing only fucking proves Bob is a poser of the highest order. Unless you're a hardcore anime nerd (which I'm not despite my screen name and avatar, anime is just less insufferable than American programming ATM) you wouldn't have heard of it, but it's an anime neckbeard sacred cow. So Bob goes to a fucking anime Reddit or watched a few episodes of Super Eyepatch Wolf/Mother's Basement, and happens upon this thing that he can post to prove anime is one of the many pop culture zeitgeists he's an expert in. Of course, as he devours another Yellow-Green and stares at the curtain wondering why it's blue, he thinks posting a link and a short blurb outs him as an anime neckbeard. Of course of course, since he actually says nothing of substance about the show (not even sexy high schoolers and giant robots, FUCK YEAH) other than "Hah, trust me, I'm a greybeard, I'm going to educate you newfags" it proves he never watched the fucking show.

I guarantee the only old school anime Bob ever watched was Sailor Moon. If Bob had been a hardcore Otaku, he'd have mentioned other female-driven shows like Cutey Honey, Dirty Pair, You're Under Arrest! or Bubblegum Crisis. Notice Bob never mentions any anime that isn't female/fanservice driven. You'd think he'd try to cement his Nerd Cred by throwing out more respectable fare like a Gundam series or Legend of the Galactic Heroes or Patlabor. But no. Bob is a lazy consoomer who likes to pretend he's one of the more hardworking types of Nerd.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Bob could only have picked less hard hitting anime if he went with Pokemon and Yugioh.

I know, it's like saying you're amazing because your favorite video game is Mario Bros. 3. Or your favorite superhero movie is Spider-Man 2. Oh, wait.

I guarantee the only old school anime Bob ever watched was Sailor Moon. If Bob had been a hardcore Otaku, he'd have mentioned other female-driven shows like Cutey Honey, Dirty Pair, You're Under Arrest! or Bubblegum Crisis. Notice Bob never mentions any anime that isn't female/fanservice driven. You'd think he'd try to cement his Nerd Cred by throwing out more respectable fare like a Gundam series or Legend of the Galactic Heroes or Patlabor. But no. Bob is a lazy consoomer who likes to pretend he's one of the more hardworking types of Nerd.

Well, let's be fair, he did also like Dragonball Z. Which came out in America when he was in college. God, he really has always had such childish tastes.

 

[Smithfield Ham]

MovieBob is the fruit of the Neoliberal experiment. And proof of it's complete failure.

 

[EnemyStand]

Well, let's be fair, he did also like Dragonball Z. Which came out in America when he was in college. God, he really has always had such childish tastes.

Oh please, everyone liked DBZ. That hardly makes you an anime connoisseur. If it did there'd be a lot of black dudes calling each other otakus.

 

[UserAccess]

So 75% of anime?


Handsome fella on your mantle there too.

Sorry, sir. They only sell pictures of your brother but I'd rather have Flexo up there.

@UserAccess Your mantelpiece just SCREAMS bite my shiny metal ass.

As all mantelpieces should.

 

[Grumpy Pickle Rick]

The standard MCU villain is either "evil version of the main character" or "completely forgettable schmuck."

I liked Guardians of the Galaxy, and I couldn't tell you a single personality trait of Ronan the Hammer Guy.

I missed endearing and unapologetically evil villains. I can remember some of my favorite non-DC/Marvel villains from my kid days,

1. Vilgax (Original)

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3. Black Knight
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And last but not least 4. Van Kleiss
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You guys should check out the shows they’re from for those of you who don’t know them.

 

[Ralph Barnhardt]

"We thought we'd "won" history, and we were celebrating"

https://twitter.com/the_moviebob/status/1439052349276921856

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So the obvious point one is that Bob and his generation had absolutely fuck all do with any of this. He did not, as he so eloquently put it, "win" anything. He was not celebrating anything. He was FUCKING nine years old in 1990 and was 12 when Jurassic Park came out. That's some mighty fine revisionist history from Bobbyboi and all his retarded lap dogs, a number of them younger than him, will be there to nod solemnly saying "yes I remember that too" in a vain attempt to fly off to socialist Neverland wearing the rosiest of glasses.

I wanna go off an sort of related tangent that'll maybe give something for the thread to discuss. Someone told me about a book written in 1997 called The Fourth Turning by William Straus and Neil Howe. The little bits I've been able to find of it online is interesting...and disturbing. From what I'm to understand their thesis is that history moves in waves, seasons,. We've entered the fourth one and it's end is gonna be a doozy. The things that I've read are spookily prescient for something written almost 15 years ago.
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The 'Fourth Turning Crisis' Has Arrived

Sweeping social transformations occur during times of crisis. We are in such a predicament now, and transformative change may be coming to America whether we want it or not. It could define who we are as a nation for the remainder of the ...

www.americanthinker.com

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One thing that I've seen talked about is how the relentless pursuit of equity has pushed us further and further towards this tipping point. In the never ending race to reach the impossible goal of equity we've abandoned any of the safe guards put in place keep actual fascism away. We've taken our own power away and given it to a centralized system. A significant percentage of the population does not even trust the system. Look at family courts in the US. Hell look at courts in general. Look at all the politicians out there forcing us to mask up while blatantly not doing it. Look at the fucking Met Gala where the elite had the help mask up while they did not. With all of that, look at the people who were screaming that we lived in a fascist country for over 4 years who see zero hypocrisy in what they were bemoaning and what's going on. They actively cheer for it and it is gonna come to a head like a pus filled abscess.

And if that doesn't sound like the autism we've chronicled for over 4000 pages I don't know what does

I honestly don't know what to think. Maybe they're right about it all or maybe they're Nostradamus and just say so much in such vague terms that you can interpret what ever you want into it. Again, for something written in 1997 the bits I've seen really do describe what we're seeing. I don't know how it is in your part of the world but I can feel it in the air. I don't know what will be the catalyst, I've given up on trying to make serious predictions on anything, but I know it will not be good and the aftermath will be very, very bad. Think about it. There's no Mason-Dixon line. It'll probably be like the antifa guy in Portland who thought he saw a MAGAchud said "We got a couple here" and then shot a guy dead. If or when sub divisions are opening fire on each other I'd say I'd be interested in seeing how Cavalier Bob and Chris are but I'll have far more pressing concerns than checking up on those faggots.

I'll fully admit that I am very blackpilled the past four years so maybe I just need to touch more grass. I'm just so sick of these people. I'm so sick of their actual worship of their mass produced detritus and plastic trite. I'm so sick of the throwing away of all of our history because it's not current year. I will also never be able get over the amazement and wonder I get from seeing these people. It is an interesting feeling.

btw the projected time for the end of this season is 2025 which would be year of the next potential presidential inauguration which is almost like some universal law that it has to happen then.

 

[Mr Snek]

I missed endearing and unapologetically evil villains. I can remember some of my favorite non-DC/Marvel villains from my kid days,

1. Vilgax (Original)

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3. Black Knight
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And last but not least 4. Van Kleiss
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You guys should check out the shows they’re from for those of you who don’t know them.

MCU villains are simultaneously completely dull and unsympathetic but also rarely come across as threatening or actually evil. They're usually misguided to the point of retardation or just greedy. It's a shame because the villains can often be the best part of a good superhero story, but I guess modern cinema doesn't have room for well written villains. Or even entertaining ones for that matter.

 

[Positron]

One, anyone who wants Arthur Chu on their side is a fucking moron.
Two, anyone who thinks religion is dying out is out of their mind.

But but three of the Four Horsemen (I don't know about Dennett) said so! These people treat their scientism like communists treat their ideology, as some sort of telos towards which society is inexorably marching.

Atheists tend to use contraception or, at most, only have two kids. Atheism, like Albigensianism, will die off because it discourages having children.

Atheists reproduce like gays and trannies do. In fact they consciously copied their strategies and campaigns (e.g. Dawkins's "Out" campaign) after LGBT.

"We thought we'd "won" history, and we were celebrating"

https://twitter.com/the_moviebob/status/1439052349276921856

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You mean we won History and all we got was that damn T-shirt eyerape interior design?

 

[Red Hood]

Bob's idea that we "won" history ignores the zeitgeist of the early 90's, which was coming off of an economic downturn and pop culture took a darker turn against the bright optimism of the 80's, with grunge and thrash metal and gangsta rap boiling up to the top of the music charts. Indie films, whether outwardly violent like Reservoir Dogs or depicting low lifes in dead end jobs like Clerks were popular films, even Disney went dark with Hunchback. Games went from innocent Mario to attitude Sonic to gory MK and Doom. Things got more optimistic by the end of the decade but 1989-1995 at least marked a much darker take on things than was common in the 80s,

MCU villains are simultaneously completely dull and unsympathetic but also rarely come across as threatening or actually evil. They're usually misguided to the point of retardation or just greedy. It's a shame because the villains can often be the best part of a good superhero story, but I guess modern cinema doesn't have room for well written villains. Or even entertaining ones for that matter.

I hate to draw from such a worn out well but The Dark Knight is still the gold standard for portrayal of comic book villains. The Joker offers us several facets that make him a memorable villain. First is the most obvious, that Heath Ledger put in a very memorable performance (the mystique of which is enhanced by his death not long after).

But second is, he offers us a mystery. He's frighteningly competent, though he claims he has no plan and he's just "a dog chasing cars". He has no real identity, he just showed up out of nowhere. He offers conflicting stories about who he is. And he cares more about causing chaos and disorder than he does money or any real philosophy.

Appearance wise he's a cross section of a classic gangster in a custom suit and a crustpunk with matted dyed hair.

Contrast the most memorable Marvel villains: purple genocide muscleman and twee Asgardian prettyboy.

 

[JayHarrison]

Bob, who has gone on record to vocally dismiss anyone with an anime avatar, knows how this one anime I have barely heard of is the absolute tits.

In all honesty, Id trust the intelligence of an anime avatar over Moviebob's own avatar at a percentage rate of 100-0 ratio, respectively.

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

That's honestly painful to look at. I'm not just talking about the obnoxious product placement, I'm talking about the clashing colours and cartoon imagery.

If Moviebob thinks this is "winning", I'd like to lose.

 

[Mr Snek]

That's honestly painful to look at. I'm not just talking about the obnoxious product placement, I'm talking about the clashing colours and cartoon imagery.

If Moviebob thinks this is "winning", I'd like to lose.

Bob confusing sources of his childhood nostalgia for pillars of human culture never ceases to make me laugh. His world view is so self centered it's hilarious.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

That's honestly painful to look at. I'm not just talking about the obnoxious product placement, I'm talking about the clashing colours and cartoon imagery.

If Moviebob thinks this is "winning", I'd like to lose.

Much of that aesthetic was inspired by Nickelodeon - a studio primarily known for ugly cartoons and for drenching children in neon green slime. It also reminds me a bit of the 1992 Cartoon, "Cool World," which took place in a cartoon world with a similarly garish design. Of course, to Bob, living in a cartoon world would be some kind of dream, being the perpetual child that he is.

 

[cypocryphy]

Yeah, I remember when my friends and I were 10 and we were buying popcorn about to see Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. All we could talk about is how we had just totally won history.

 

[Koby_Fish]

That's honestly painful to look at. I'm not just talking about the obnoxious product placement, I'm talking about the clashing colours and cartoon imagery.

If Moviebob thinks this is "winning", I'd like to lose.

I guess Moviebob saw the collapse of the Berlin wall/the end of teh Soviet Union, and autistically associated it with the pop culture of the late 80s and early 90s, and called it "we thought we won history".

But that entire concept "We thought we'd just won history" has no meaning. You don't 'win history'. That's not a thing that can happen. You can "win" the "Cold War", which is probably what Bob was thinking of, but "winning history" is such an autistic thing, only Bob could have thought of it.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Bob, who has gone on record to vocally dismiss anyone with an anime avatar, knows how this one anime I have barely heard of is the absolute tits.

Something about the way he talks about it makes me think he only just heard of it. If he did know of it, he only knows the name from his teen years, but never watched it before.

Like @EnemyStand said, I'm guessing he stumbled across some YouTuber or Twitter user talking about it, did a bit of wikipedia scholarship, and is now going to be an expert on all things 80s and 90s anime.

So what do you think Kiwis, what anime will he pretend to be an expert of, if any? I think it has to be not mainstream, wacky, but have a fanbase. I'll throw my hat in with either Ranma 1/2, Wicked City (some cult film review YouTubers covered it a year or two ago), and Princess Tutu ("It sounds like a girly anime, but it's paced like a Marvel movie!").

 

[Mr Snek]

I guess Moviebob saw the collapse of the Berlin wall/the end of teh Soviet Union, and autistically associated it with the pop culture of the late 80s and early 90s, and called it "we thought we won history".

I think you're overestimating Bobs cultural knowledge here. I think it's as simple as Bob associating being happy and positive with things he experienced as a child so he assumes everything was better when he was a child.