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firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#201: Jul 10th 2017 at 10:00:57 PM

[up]

Fear by the common people could be understandable, but when you have Catholic saints in canon being depicted as fighting monsters then it becomes questionable if it's really that justified.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#202: Jul 10th 2017 at 10:02:27 PM

Trevor asking for an actual priest & his comment on how that priest has a knife fir for a thief should be taken as proof that the priest that helped him out was most likely the only real priest in town.

The people he fought against were just thieves & bandits given power & authority by a corrupt authority figure to maintain control.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#203: Jul 10th 2017 at 10:03:42 PM

[up]And I'm just hoping it isn't a constant plot thread.

Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#204: Jul 10th 2017 at 10:18:16 PM

[up]Given that most of the thugs and the insane bishop are dead. I don't think you need to worry about it.

edited 10th Jul '17 10:18:44 PM by Envyus

lycropath Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#205: Jul 11th 2017 at 1:43:41 AM

[up]x4 If it was just a matter of killing the things with a crucifix and some mistletoe I don't think it would be as big a deal, but the Belmonts are implied to delve in Dirty Business (At least in the eyes of the standard God fearing fifteenth century Christian) since they are said to deal in "Black Magic" to fight monsters. Which of course is grounds enough to excommunicate them.

edited 11th Jul '17 2:03:45 AM by lycropath

Thelastwarrior Since: Jun, 2017
#206: Jul 11th 2017 at 9:21:24 AM

The priest is supposed to be like Harry Ellis or Carter Burke: a two dimensional bad guy whose main purpose is to be really hateable and get killed by the real villain.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#207: Jul 11th 2017 at 9:49:16 AM

[up] By that logic, I'd say he does his job very well. It makes his Laser-Guided Karma all the more worth it. The Blue Fangs' "reason the priest sucks" speech was also badass, and understandably creepy when he got to the "we love you" part.

"Your work makes Him want to puke."

On that note, I finished season 1 yesterday. I think out of every TV or movie adaptation of a video game, this is very easily among the best, if not the best. grin note 

So...is anyone else kinda wishing they could rework Silent Hills as this kind of Netflix Original Series adaptation, or should we seriously just forget about it at this point?

Thelastwarrior Since: Jun, 2017
#208: Jul 11th 2017 at 1:30:37 PM

Well silent hill has had one ok movie and one really awful one so... i dunno.

AHI-3000 Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
#209: Jul 11th 2017 at 6:42:22 PM

I've never played any of the Castlevania video games, but as a Netflix addict, I decided to check out this cartoon.

I gotta say, this show's got nice visuals, though the story really needs to be more fleshed out. Its first season only has four half-hour episodes, and most of it (the second and third episodes especially) felt a bit too dragged out (for example, that overly long Bar Fight scene).

Edited by AHI-3000 on Oct 27th 2018 at 11:57:49 AM

lycropath Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#210: Jul 11th 2017 at 6:59:27 PM

How will Trevor continue the Belmont line now!

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#211: Jul 11th 2017 at 7:01:24 PM

With Sypha if the show follows the games canon.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#212: Jul 11th 2017 at 7:04:30 PM

I loved the slow, drunken pace of the bar fight. It felt very sloppy and lethargic, which was perfect, since everyone involved was hammered.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#213: Jul 11th 2017 at 8:17:18 PM

The Angry Video Game Nerd (or rather, his real-life persona, James Rolfe) reviews the season 1:

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#214: Jul 12th 2017 at 3:07:22 AM

[up] Wouldn't the AVGN be the persona?

The Protomen enhanced my life.
Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#215: Jul 12th 2017 at 3:08:37 AM

All masks that we show society are personas.

edited 12th Jul '17 3:09:27 AM by Zeromaeus

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#216: Jul 12th 2017 at 7:46:29 AM

Two episodes in, really digging it so far.

That said, the dancing around the identity of the elder's granddaughter is nonsensical. I assume it's got to be Sylpha, but... why exactly are they hiding that fact from Trevor? And awkwardly referring to (I assume it's a she) as "them"? I mean, that's just... dumb.

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#217: Jul 12th 2017 at 11:43:17 AM

Could be it's such a Crapsack World that they didn't want to risk Trevor being a creep who would take advantage of that knowledge. Or an awkward way of shoehorning in that mistranslation-induced confusion.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#218: Jul 12th 2017 at 12:43:09 PM

That's actually explained. Speaker women dress like men because it's safer. Presumably, they didn't mention her gender for the same reason. Lot of rape in this time period.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#219: Jul 12th 2017 at 1:40:02 PM

Withholding that from the guy you A: Trust and B: Are sending to find her just reeks of nonsense.

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Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#220: Jul 12th 2017 at 1:57:47 PM

They never really hid her gender. It was just not mentioned.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#221: Jul 12th 2017 at 1:58:59 PM

I'd consider referring to her as "they" rather than "she" is hiding it.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#222: Jul 12th 2017 at 2:10:06 PM

Isn't that a holdover from the game anyway? that Sypha dresses as a man and is often confused for one?

Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#223: Jul 12th 2017 at 2:17:24 PM

In 3, you could only have one ally character at a time, and if you take a path to encounter another one, the game would ask if you wanted to take him with you, or leave him. The other two party members were male, so they just made one generic script applicable to all of them.

As far as I know there was nothing in either localization that went out of its way to obscure her gender otherwise.

edited 12th Jul '17 2:18:01 PM by Hashil

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#224: Jul 12th 2017 at 2:38:20 PM

[up][up][up]'Them' isn't really that obscure of a singular gender-neutral pronoun, and its usage as such was actually greatest during the specific time period this series is set.

edited 12th Jul '17 2:38:45 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#225: Jul 12th 2017 at 2:46:09 PM

From what I remember the Japanese never did that intentionally, it just used gender-neutral or no pronouns because it's that kind of language. English isn't, and thus ended up creating one due to Dub-Induced Plot Hole because of the above combined with the fact that the ending text does describe her as a "her".

The Sweet Polly Oliver disguise aspect may or may not have been Ascended Fanon because of the West. But the show going out of its way to make it ambiguous was awkward. It would've been easier to just say "they" meaning Sypha went down with a bunch of others and the head Speaker was upset because one of them was his "grandchild", or Trevor just concluded the person down there was family and he didn't elaborate with pronouns at all.

[up]True, but while grammatically and situationally it makes sense, her grandfather would know the most of anyone that Sypha is a "she", so using "they" would have to be a conscious choice of his to deliberately be obtuse with Trevor.

edited 12th Jul '17 2:55:43 PM by AlleyOop


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