~*8Kay8*~ Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I know there are lots of Chihiro fans, but against Jack and Mary I’ve got to go this way... Jack Chihiro - Alex, Megan, Chris, Denise, Kaley Mary - Dee, Nico Also, I’ll have my Sulley writeup done this afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Chihiro is eliminated. Derek is responsible for the write-up. I’ll reveal the next step once all the write-ups are posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogLenzen Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 As penance I vow to watch Spirited Away before next weekend. Based on everything I’ve seen and heard about the movie I’m very much looking forward to it. Does anyone have any recommendation for dub vs. sub? Is that a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rei Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Remy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totes4totes Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 3 hours ago, FrogLenzen said: As penance I vow to watch Spirited Away before next weekend. Based on everything I’ve seen and heard about the movie I’m very much looking forward to it. Does anyone have any recommendation for dub vs. sub? Is that a thing? The dub is good. I’ve watched both and they are fine either way. The Ghibli movies all have really good dubs (as most were done by Disney who did put effort into them). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogLenzen Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Chihiro Ogino From the movie Spirited Away (2001) Voiced by Rumi Hiiragi in Japan Voiced by Daveigh Chase in English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daveigh_Chase Daveigh has played roles such as Samantha Darko in Donnie Darko, Samara Morgan in The Ring, and, more relevant to us here, Lilo in Lilo & Stitch Spirited Away is one of the most critically acclaimed films ever made, and possibly the most critically acclaimed animated film ever made. Best Animated Feature at the Oscars (only non-English language film to ever win that category). 4th best movie of the 21st century per a list by the BBC in 2016. 97% Rotten Tomatoes. 4 stars from my homie, Roger Ebert. Best Film at the Blue Ribbon Awards. Best Film at the Japanese Academy Awards. Golden Bear recipient at Berlin International Film Festival. Highest grossing film in Japan (beating Titanic). Best Asian Film at Hong Kong Film Awards. A million Tokyo Anime Awards. I could go on. Spirited Away was animated by Studio Ghibli, which is basically the Beyonce of animation studios. Everything they put out is a serve. They are a Japanese studio, in case you couldn't figure that out. So why is this movie in this rankdown? Walt Disney Studios obtained rights to distribute Studio Ghibli films in 1996. However, GKIDS then got the rights for theatrical distribution in North American in 2011. GKIDS then got the rights for home video distribution in North America in 2017. Disney still distributes Ghibli stuff in France, Taiwan, and on home video in Japan. So this movie came out in 2001. That means Disney distributed it theatrically at the time, and on home video in America until 2017. Disney asked our friend and Pixar director John Lasseter to supervise the English translation. It seems they did a really good job, as we can expect when Disney and Pixar care about something. We appreciate the care and respect Disney and Pixar put into making this film successful. For me, though, that is not enough to consider the Ghibli characters as Disney characters on the same level as all the others. Disney didn't produce the original. You can't find these movies on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Walt_Disney_Pictures_films or on Disney+. Disney is a massive company that owns and produced and distributes all kinds of different films/shows/franchises. The Skywalkers are not in this game, the Avengers are not in this game, the Simpsons are not in this game, etc. Chihiro would probably make a worthy winner of a Ghibli character rankdown (and probably be competitive for an anime character rankdown) where she would rightfully be up against Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Arrietty, Princess Kaguya, Howl & Sophie, Seita & Setsuko, and all our other Ghibli friends. Chihiro placed a generous Top 36 in this game, and is the runner-up for our wildcard characters, only losing to Mary Poppins. I think that's a fair placement, and smarter people than me may disagree. Chihiro is the main character of the movie. She is a 10 year old girl who moves to a new neighborhood with her family, but they stumble upon a spirit world. Her parents become incapacitated and Chihiro gets a job working in the spirit world to try to help her and her parents escape back to the real world. Or something. Like Alex, I'm refraining from digging too deep into the plot in order to spare myself from spoilers. I have watched almost all of the 58 Walt Disney Animation Studios films so far during this rankdown, and I am committing to watching Spirited Away within the week. Just yesterday, I read a comment on Reddit that was like "I wish I could erase my memory and watch Spirited Away for the first time again." Well, random redditor, I get to live your dream this week and I'm looking forward to it. Saved: Mary Poppins and Jack Skellington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGM Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 hour ago, totes4totes said: The dub is good. I’ve watched both and they are fine either way. The Ghibli movies all have really good dubs (as most were done by Disney who did put effort into them). Bong Joon-ho didn’t drag you all for filth for you to go back to dubbed movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totes4totes Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 59 minutes ago, NGM said: Bong Joon-ho didn’t drag you all for filth for you to go back to dubbed movies I said they are both good! I typically prefer to watch Subbed movies but Ghibli does a really good job with dubs. Also for live action movies I only watched subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totes4totes Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Lol if only old IDF didn’t eat my old Spirited Away 1000 word essay on why It’s my favorite movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss denise Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 @Steven_ The Lock, Shock, and Barrel write-up links to the wrong post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 9 hours ago, Steven_ said: I’ll reveal the next step once all the write-ups are posted. I changed my mind. I'm going to post the details of this now to keep the rankdown moving. It has to deal with Victoria's secret advantage, so stay tuned! 3 hours ago, FrogLenzen said: an anime character rankdown This could be fun! 36 minutes ago, miss denise said: @Steven_ The Lock, Shock, and Barrel write-up links to the wrong post. Thanks for letting me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogLenzen Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, Steven_ said: I changed my mind. I'm going to post the details of this now to keep the rankdown moving. It has to deal with Victoria's secret advantage, so stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 FINAL BATTLE TWIST As the winner of the final music challenge, Victoria won a secret advantage. The details have been kept secret, but this was the clue: For this penultimate round before final cuts, Victoria will have two battles to post here on the thread. One is a battle to eliminate; the other is a battle to save. SWORD BATTLE Victoria will nominate two characters for elimination. The other rankers will VOTE TO ELIMINATE between the two characters. The character with the most votes will be eliminated from the rankdown. SHIELD BATTLE Victoria will nominate two characters for safety. The other rankers will VOTE TO ADVANCE one of these characters. The character with the most votes will advance straight to the final rankings. If there is a tie, then Victoria's decision will be the tiebreaker. This is the last round before the final cuts. After this round, each ranker will each eliminate a character of his or her choice before we our left with our TOP 25! @1234567890 has 24 hours to post her battles. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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~*8Kay8*~ Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 James P “Sulley” Sullivan Sorry guys, I wasn’t online like at all yesterday. Baby was absolutely clingy and miserable all day long (I think the teething process has begun). Anyways, I spent all day cuddled on the couch with a screaming 6 month old (which don’t get me wrong was actually quite nice, but not conducive to me accomplishing anything on my to do list, least of all rankdown write ups). To make things a little more productive, we did watch Monsters Inc during this time to at least help with my writeup. It’s been a decent amount of time since I’ve seen the original movie (I actually watched Monsters University when the rankdown started, but for this one I was mostly going off of memory. After a rewatch I do think I prefer Sulley to Mike, but alas, what’s done is done. Either way, both made it quite far and we really are down to the wire here. James P Sullivan (or “Sulley”) is a large blue monster who works as a scarer at Monsters Inc. He’s not just a scarer, he’s THE top scarer. He receives lots of praise from his boss Mr. Waternoose, and is featured in a lot of the promotions for the company. He has a rivalry with Randall Boggs who is unsuccessfully trying to unseat him as the lead scarer. Sulley is a company man, who just wants to help with the energy crises stemming from not enough screams from children. One day, Sulley winds up encountering a human child who found her way into the factory. Naturally he’s terrified, under the assumption that all children are toxic. Very quickly, he begins to bond with the girl and has a desire to keep her safe. Discovering that Randall is her monster, he recognizes him as the biggest threat to her and tries to keep her away from him (and the CDA) by disguising her as a baby monster. He’s right, in that Randall is trying to come up with a machine that will forcibly extract screams from children to end the energy crisis. He also discovers that Waternoose is in on the plan, and then winds up being exiled to the Himalayas. While there, Sulley is saddened by the fact that watching him in action terrified Boo. He wants nothing more than to repair their relationship and save her, which frustrates Mike who just wants things back the way they were. Not caring if he’s alone in his quest, Sulley returns and confronts Randall. He and Mike repair their friendship and are able to defeat the bad guys, sending Randall to the human world and exposing Waternoose to the CDA (where we get the awesome Roz reveal!). Unfortunately, with everything back to normal, Sulley has to say goodbye to Boo as she heads back to the human world. Though he is crushed Sulley takes over as the head of the company and comes up with the great idea of utilizing laughter instead of screams, which is a huge success. The movie ends with Boo’s door being restored, allowing the pair to be reunited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 Just need write-ups for Edna and Remy. And Victoria needs to post her battles today too. Also, I thought there would be more reactions that you’re all getting a Top 25 instead of just a Top 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 5 more writeups, no thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogLenzen Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Alex95 said: 5 more writeups, no thanks What if instead he offered to let you cut 5 characters right now and do their write ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, FrogLenzen said: What if instead he offered to let you cut 5 characters right now and do their write ups? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 It’s just how the math played out, but I won’t require you all to do 100 word write-ups for all Final 25 characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 26 minutes ago, Steven_ said: Also, I thought there would be more reactions that you’re all getting a Top 25 instead of just a Top 20. 5 more write-ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totes4totes Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 21 minutes ago, Steven_ said: It’s just how the math played out, but I won’t require you all to do 100 word write-ups for all Final 25 characters. just split dee's write-ups and give the words to the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogLenzen Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Me, who hasn't had to do any final write-ups for American Idol or X-Factor or any rankdown since SYTYCD and Drag Race: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 8/30/2020 at 5:43 PM, Steven_ said: @1234567890 has 24 hours to post her battles. It’s been 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 I’ll do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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