Yuugiou: Bonds Beyond Time

[Kitsune Ketz Kwineight]

So I saw the new Yuugiou movie today, the Bonds Beyond Time. They premiered it at a nearby theater in 3D. Not too interested in the dub version, I mostly went because you got a free card with it (a Red Eyes no less, my favorite monster and one in which I collect different versions), but I enjoyed myself quite a bit. Anyone else get the chance to see it? The 3D wasn't bad at all, especially for Yuusei's cards. It was corny and stupid and had plot holes, but I expected as much, and really did enjoy the interaction of Yuugi, Juudai, and Yuusei. My friend and I theorized that Juudai fell in love with Yuusei and Yuusei fell in love with Yami Yuugi. They were just so gay. XD I really wish more characters would've been in it, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. So yeah, this thread is for discussing the new movie!  

[JuokasKurvas]

Haha, wish I could contribute on the movie, but that'll probably be awhile. I'm not even sure if it's playing anywhere near me, but I'm so busy with dissertation stuff and what not I probably wouldn't have the time to see it anyhow. Awesome about the card though, and that it was at least hilariously gay if not the most epic movie of all time. Hopefully LK appears back online somewhere eventually, I'd love to see his take. razz  

[Kitsune Ketz Kwineight]

Hm, I'm not sure what the situation is in the UK, but in the US it was only showing this weekend and the one before, and only in a few theaters. I had to drive about fifteen minutes to get somewhere that showed it. Not too far, but definitely not the closest theater to my house. It also only played at 10AM, WTF? But yeah, the gayness was awesome. Juudai even road on the back of Yuusei's motorcycle with him. XD And, and, some kid we talked to after actually gave my friend and I each a free card, her one for her deck, and me a Red Eyes Metal Dragon because I've been trying to get one for years. So excited!  

[JuokasKurvas]

Yea I have no idea, but as I don't drive here I could only go to theaters near me, and I'm fairly certain none have it. *googles for a few moments* well it says UK release date Spring 2011, that's it. Japan and the USA were the only ones with actual release dates and running times. I assume that means if it will release here it hasn't yet. If it releases anywhere near me and I'm aware of this (that bit's definitely not likely) I might consider going to see it. We shall see.

In general back home the closest theater to me (in either direction) was about 10 minutes away if there was no traffic, 15 - 20 if there is. Which there usually is. So that wouldn't be the worst thing for me. Initially I thought 10am seems insane, but than remembered that it's technically a kids series. xd

So you got two Red Eyes? Because you said you went specifically to get a card, but this kid giving you a card seems unplanned. Anyhow that's awesome, free stuff is always cool. Free stuff you actually want is even more amazing. razz  

[Kitsune Ketz Kwineight]

Haha, how sad. UK always gets the short end of the stick with releases.

Yikes, that's pretty far. Did you live in a smaller city? My area is very commercial; there's groceries, restaurants, and theaters everywhere. Malls are pretty rare though. Closest ones to me are about 15 minutes and then 25 minutes.

Yup, two different Red Eyes even. The one they give out with the movie is Red Eyes Malefic Dragon, and the one I was given by the random kid was Red Eyes Metal Dragon.  

[JuokasKurvas]

Well it's not just UK, it's "entire world that isn't USA." I mean Japan only has it first because they made it. The only time a country gets a movie before the US is if they make it, and then nobody else gets it until long after the US. I mean every other country is on that "Spring 2011" release list also. Well, at earliest, some countries won't even have it that soon. Basically as far as the movie industry goes the "not USA" always gets the end of the short stick. xd

It's not a small city, it's just the suburbs. Although I don't think 10-15 minutes is what most people would consider a "long" drive to get to most places. I mean it's CA, the entire state is giant. Some people commute 100 miles to get to work/school. Where it's ideal to live isn't always where businesses and schools are. Suburbs while large and generally packed with groceries and restaurants (I can walk to both of those), aren't necessarily close to large areas of commerce/employment. Things are kinda grouped into "housing" and "entertainment." So while grocery stores are everywhere, bars, theaters, shopping centers, etc are in there own cluster. And depending on where you are living in the housing community, the further you are from these things, and also the more valuable your property probably is. Houses cost more in areas where they aren't surrounded by businesses - because in general they are considered safer, quieter areas. Most people want to be far away from areas of commerce, they have higher crime rates and more noise pollution.

Nice!  

[Kitsune Ketz Kwineight]

Haha, yeah. I guess when people list, "The UK" for a release date, they really mean, "The UK and everyone else who isn't US (and possibly Japan)." Though I have seen a couple releases from Japan release in the UK before the US.

Ah, yeah, I get that's how most of the US is structure but Arizona is just... not that way at all. Generally we have large downtown areas that have the big business building and big event buildings like stadiums, as well as a few fast food places here and there, and then everything else is either suburb or desert. The suburbs are actually where you find most of the entertainment business here; there's rarely suburban areas that aren't near theaters and malls and restaurants, unless you're the rich people in the mountains (my dad's family). You go out of any neighborhood here and you'll run right into some type of commercial building. Yeah, we're spread out, so not much is in walking distance, but that includes other houses and schools, not just commercial buildings. We have a lot of space between buildings here. And I'm not sure why, but generally the more dangerous suburbs are the ones that are not near commercial buildings, like my brother's old house. His was a bit out of the way of everything and he eventually had to move because it became so overrun with crime.  

[JuokasKurvas]

Yea, I think for the most part though, most things (particularly big things) release in the US first. I mean I think it goes "country of origin" (if not USA), then USA, then English speaking countries, then rest of the world (of the world that will ever have that release) in order easiest to sub/dub the movie. Even if it has to be dubbed/subbed into English, because the US is such a big market, that's still what is done first. I think the only time the US isn't first, there are probably licensing/rating disputes.

You sound like you don't have a lot of urban areas (either that or you live in urbanity and didn't realize it), which is probably why the suburbs cross into commercial territory like that. I mean property is structured around zoning laws and codes, residential and commercial. And areas that are zoned residential only have so much space that's zoned commercial. And there are just various permits on what is allowed to be where. The swim club I live near is in walking distance, there are two elementary schools (I live smack between two school districts) in walking distance (one I can see from my house, although it's relatively far down the street and I can't hear it or it's bells happily) in walking distance, there was a middle school in semi-walking distance (but they shut that down). Then there are some food places (Taco Bell, Sonics, etc), a gym, a store, a gast station and a couple of small businesses in walking distance. It's just something like a movie theater that needs a large amount of space, and a large parking lot would not be in my neighborhood. I mean the parking lot at the theater closest to me covers something like a twenty block radius. So even if you live near it, even if you can see it from your house, it's still about a 5-10 minute walk across that parking lot. There are laws on the amount of parking (at least in CA) that a commercial business is expected to provide. Anyhow Union City only has one theater, so considering how big the city is/the population, most people are not near it. It's a giant theater, something like 40 screens I think? Maybe more, I think there is also the Imax theater in there though I never want to pay more for those movies. So it services all of UC, part of Fremont and part of Hayward (being myself, I mean technically I'm not even in the city that theater is in), but we all tend to spread out from it. The next closest theater to me is in Downtown Hayward, I live nowhere near downtown. I live closer to Union City than Downtown (which is why I am technically in the New Haven - UC - school district, and why even though I'm from Hayward, I think of myself as from UC in a way).

I think in general though the population in CA is just massive, and we have a much greater demand for housing than anything else. So large commercial businesses (like movie theaters, Iflys, sports centers - not like gyms but like the place I go rock climbing, museums, science academies, zoos, etc) are grouped in a central location (Downtown, City Center). I think the only crimes (besides domestic violence) not in commercial settings are gang related (territory crimes) and those are in poorer neighborhoods. And generally those are on the outskirts of more commercial settings as well. Most other crimes are aimed at businesses not individuals, so you are more likely to get caught in the crossfire when out.  

[Kitsune Ketz Kwineight]

Yeah, that's what I would've assumed.

Yup, Arizona's urban areas are very spread out. We have Downtown Phoenix, which is only a small part of Phoenix, and then probably Tempe is considered urban as well... Downtown Phoenix is the only place you'll see skyscrapers though. Other than that, everything is just mashed together; populated areas are full of houses and businesses, non-populated areas will just have the rich people houses or nothing but desert and road. Something that probably contributes to the big mash up is that our city borders make absolutely no sense. It's like the cities are all puzzle pieces from Satan's Jigsaw, and then there will be random bits of one city in the middle of another and stuff.

From where I live, only things in short walking distance are neighborhood houses and these abandoned business buildings, then one elementary school. Within more of an hour walk is another elementary school, a high school, quite a few fast food places, gas stations, a gym, a bank, and a bunch of other smaller businesses. Within short driving distance is movie theaters, malls, other entertainment places, restaurants, an outdoor mall, and one old, crappy amusement park. For parking lots here, all businesses have pretty big ones; we almost always have adequate parking, and only Downtown Phoenix and Tempe (and I think Tuscon) charge you to park. So that's probably one reason everything here is so spread out, because it's all surrounded by big parking lots.

Hm, I'd say most of the crime here is drug related. But I'm just guessing on that one. Karma got held up at work once, so there's that.  

[JuokasKurvas]

Yea CA is kinda concentrated into large areas in the North and South, and then the middle and very tips of the state are kinda desert/deserted. So they don't really have much of anything in those empty areas, urbanity or otherwise. In parts that have a large centralized population it's pretty divided into suburb and urban, however the city lines are confused here as well. Like there is a part of Fremont in the middle of Union City. There is no way to get to that part of Fremont without going through Union City, so like wtc? And the school district lines aren't always to city as well. Like part of Hayward being in the New Haven school district. Which I'm fine with because I'm glad I didn't go to Tennyson, or Hayward High or any of the high schools in Hayward. They aren't very good, and fail in terms of extracurricular activities.

There are a ton of things in walking distance from myself, but a movie theater isn't one of them. I mean I can walk there, but it takes about an hour? I just remember I walked to Walmart once, granted the movie theater is probably a good 10 minute walk from Walmart (which is closer to me), even if they are in the same complex. None of the places around here charge for parking either (if you go to SF or an urban setting sure, but that usually doesn't happen in the suburbs), and in spite of having these giant lots parking is not always adequate, it gets packed. I dunno, maybe the need another movie theater, etc...although even if people wanted more they would not want it in their neighborhood.

Gang crime here is probably drug related, but that's mostly not what you see, it's all race wars (Hispanics versus Blacks versus Filipinos primarily). Which is almost worse, because that's a horrible reason for children to go around killing each other.  

[Morgey]

Due to not knowing anything about this, I read a plot synopsis. And, yeah, didn't understand a word, but I'm sure it's a lot of fun for people who did more than watch a bit of GX.

The limited release thing makes me sadface.  

[JuokasKurvas]

Yea I think when LK posted a video in relation to it there was a small discussion about it, and because I have only seen maybe 2-3 GX episodes and 0 5D episodes I'm not sure exactly how enjoyable I'd find the film. I will probably see it whenever I get a chance though, and it can't be worse than that other, which barring a weird kinda gay exchange between Seto and Pegasus was ridiculous. And I am intrigued by 5D I just never have the time. If I did I'd probably even give GX more of a shot, just to better enjoy crossover TAS. However I have a long lists of things I want to do, and can't really touch on any of it. So definitely going to touch on the series I'm not all that interested in, even if it is related to one of my favorite series. I'm always iffy about new generations though, and usually start out biased against them from the start. Which is why I still can't bring myself to start season 3 of Skins even though my friends won't stop talking about season 5. I've had 3 and 4 spoiled so much already I'm not sure I want to anymore though, regardless of not having cared about it in the first place.

Now to figure out this English census thing...in the states the census is anonymous and thus not mandatory in any sense. xd  

[Kitsune Ketz Kwineight]

@JK: Haha, I've heard that's kinda common in the western states, the messed-up city lines.

Huh, here people always get excited if a new place is built near their neighborhood. Because then it's close and convenient. I mean, obviously people don't want a Burger King right in the middle of their cul-de-sac, but if you leave the subdivision? Hell yeah, put it right there.

That's really sad. Gangs aren't really a big thing here. I mean, we get tagging that has like gang symbols, and sometimes there's shootings, but that's as much as I'm aware. I couldn't name a local gang if you asked me or if there were any race-centered ones. They're just not very prominent here, and I think most of the gang wars that do happen are about drugs instead of race. Interesting, since Arizona is generally such a racist state, but the worst I usually see of it is stupid comments (like calling a black kid named Charles Charlie Brown), voluntary segregation (groups of friends at school that are all white, all black, all Arab, all Asian, etc.), and then political racism (usually white vs Mexican though sometimes white vs Arab as well).

@Morgey: I've only watched a tad of Genex and 5D's, but the movie was pretty easy to understand. Villain was unrelated to all the series, the duel that took place the majority of the movie was a traditional one (though it did have new types of cards), and Genex and 5D's characters besides Jadon and Yusei were hardly in it. It also gives you a synopsis of what the three characters did in their respective series before the movie starts.

@JK: Um, well actually I thought it was worse than the other movie. It was just as corny, if not more so, but it had even less plot, was shorter (at least it seemed shorter), spent the vast majority of the movie on the one duel, and hardly had any characters besides the three main. Ooh! Ooh! Guess which characters from Duel Monsters were in it? =D *drumroll* ...Pegasus and Grandpa!! Hell yeah!! No one else besides the Yuugis, awesome! I still enjoyed it though, since I didn't go in expecting it to be good. And the 3D card game was actually pretty epic.  

[JuokasKurvas]

People want things close, but they don't want to see or hear them here. More commercial areas tend to be surrounded by apartment complexes. People tend to pay more for location than anything else here, and an ideal location is near good schools, amenities, and entertainment, but not near enough to be disturbed by them. Fast food chains especially, though we all patronize them, kind of have a low class stigma. So you really don't want to have to see those. We had a Sonics built a few blocks away, and people were iffy about it for awhile. I mean yes people wanted a Sonics, but save for kids who wanted to walk there, most property owning folks weren't all that keen on the idea. However after the initial few weeks of chaos and agitation it calmed down. The novelty wore off and because it's still decently patronized it adds the right amount of commerce without the disturbance to the neighborhood.

Ideally you want to not have to be too aware that these things exist from the comfort of your own home. Things people do pay more to be by are natural elements. Lakes, rivers, oceans, forests, nice parks. Apparently CA is all about getting away from it all (even though you really can't, there are too many people and not enough of these things). And then again everybody drives here. I mean after New York I think we are the state with the worst traffic. People might hate a commute of 40-100 miles, but several people make it (I mean I never really thought of it as long to drive between Davis and the bay, 90 miles, once or twice a month, and that's the commute some people will make for school/work daily). So if you said something like "far away" and "fifteen minute" drive in the same sentence to someone here they'd look at you like you were insane, probably back away from you, haha. Although yea I realize how weird that mentality is being in England, whereas if it takes more than 30 minutes to get there most people are totally not going to drive that. Even people who have cars are still more likely to hop on the train/bus or walk to their destinations.

Yea, see the weird thing about gang wars in our areas is that races are pretty well integrated here. However some of these are old gangs, like generational old. My dad whose in his late sixties had heard about some of these gangs before moving here (he's not from CA). So kinda like the mafia, they have older traditional values beyond mere business. However that doesn't go for all of CA. I'd say for the most part is probably confined to parts of the Bay Area and then the LA area.

Aww man, I didn't expect it to be good (or even have other characters from the main series, so that's no huge disappointment), but worse? Man, haha. 3D as in 3 dimensional? I can't really watch 3D it makes me ill. It's why I hate so many movies coming out in 3D these days and why I go see far fewer movies, because sometimes it's a bit of a trek to find a theater not playing a movie in 3D. Like Alice I saw in 3D because we were going to have to drive to Vacaville to see it otherwise, and it's "only" (hehe) about 30-40 minutes away, but we had other plans that wouldn't let us work that into our time table. I think that's the last movie I saw in 3D, and I think I decided after that I just won't see anything else if my only option is 3D. No wait, I saw Resident Evil, I made that sacrifice because I really wanted to see the friend who was taking me. In general though I will probably pass on any 3D movie and just wait to watch it on TV/online. It's just not worth the massive headache afterward to me.  

[Morgey]

The Seto/Pegasus is all I remember from the first film. No wait, and Yuugi jumping to see over the crowd. Haha. I'd have to conscript my friend to watch this one with me too though, because us loling over it is why I enjoyed it so much.

My sister isn't so in love with Skins anymore for the same reason. I've still never watched it. There isn't really anything else I watch that's done that, but with GX and 5D, I was interested in what happened to the setting but didn't put much into getting to know the new characters. With a new generation on Skins, you don''t even get that.

What pisses me off with the census is how they try to package it like it's all "Have your voice!" "Be heard!". Like it's really exciting.

Kitsune: I might check it out if the opportunity ever arises then. Even though I was too lazy to do much with GX and 5Ds beyond meaning to watch them and not, it's pretty sweet how the YGOverse has developed, and hopefully I'd be able to get all teary eyed over that even if I'm not a very good fan.