THE OFFICIAL PICTURE THREAD: Things you like(d) the most

Best hairstyle I've ever seen in a female anime character: "Double pony tails" at the front and back on Yuno Gasai from the anime Mirai Nikki (aka Future Diary):

 

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq8ECGCGOFA



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VIDEO #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpfSmX-n9lk

(Really love Yuno's voice actress too... so cute...)



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Rounded collars on women's shirts look good:

 

(Actress Fuka Koshiba from live action adaptation of Kiki's Delivery Service)

 

Best "politically correct" use of men's white shirts evr -- a simple black stripe across the chest:








VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDn04KCpdR0



(No ref./pun to The Force Awakens intended... well, maybe...)

 

I've seen a lot of weird stuff in my life so far, but this one takes the cake. A Transformer Spider-man:





VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0UYpmNzbKE




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Alternate version of background soundtrack in above video:



VIDEO#2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwfiRtbw1vM



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Where Disney might have gotten the idea for Kylo Ren's sword...

But first, everyone must accept the fact that Star Wars as a saga borrows a lot, and I do mean A LOT of ideas from the East. For example, Darth Vader's suit is modeled after a Shogun's war armor:

 

Now onto Kylo Ren's sword:



Everyone must first accept these facts:

1. The weapon is extremely sharp/can cut thru almost anything
2. Kylo Ren's sword is BROADER than the blue lightsaber that belonged to Luke
3. The side flares that fire later than the main blade out of the crossguard look like DRAGON FLARE (ie. fire coming out of a dragon's mouth, or nostrils)





So, if you were to give it a name other than LIGHTSABER, or PHOTON SWORD, or even the classic LASER SWORD, what name would you give it? Do I hear a DRAGON SABER?




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OK, so let's run by these facts again:

1. Star Wars is based mainly on Eastern designs (ex Vader's suit modeled after Shogun armor)
2. The two laser weapons in Ep VII are extremely sharp/can cut thru almost anything
3. Kylo Ren's sword is BROADER than the blue lightsaber that belonged to Luke
4. The side flares that fire later than the main blade out of the crossguard look like DRAGON FIRE (ie. fire coming out of a dragon's mouth, or nostrils)
5. An alternate name for Kylo Ren's sword is the DRAGON SABER

 

Now, where have we heard these ideas before in the East?

1. Two swords [metal] that can cut thru almost anything
2. One sword is broader in dimension than the other
3. The broader sword of the pair has the alternate name of Dragon Saber

AND as a BONUS, there are halves of a secret map (BB8 & R2D2 each carrying half of secret map to Luke anyone?) hidden within the hollow inside of the BLADE of each METAL sword that can only be obtained by clashing their blades together to break them b/c they're the only swords that can cut thru almost anything including each other...





Hmm... Let us think... Anyone of have idea? (The answer will be revealed in a week from today)




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Dragon fire:




Kylo Ren's fire-breathing DRAGON SABER:

 

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If we place an imaginary blade that spans across the (dragon) flare lines of Kylo Ren's (Dragon) sword...



This is what we obtain:



Cloud character from Final Fantasy VII RPG game:






(Note: The answer to the above question has yet been revealed. Later...)



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STAR WARS EPISODE VII Easter Egg (pre-emptive reference to Dragon Fire):




Kylo Ren's fire-breathing DRAGON SABER:

 

Well, I'm posting the ANSWER earlier than expected cuz I got things to do this weekend... Anyways, here it is:



Lengend of the Condor Heroes, The - 1959

Return of the Condor Heroes, The - 1961

Heavenly Sword & Dragon Saber, The - 1963

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heaven_Sword_and_Dragon_Saber


All three works above are collectively part of Condor Trilogy




STAR WARS, Episode IV - 1977
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STAR WARS, Episode VII - 2015








HEAVENLY SWORD (thin blade):

DRAGON SABER (with imagined large blade, probably what Kylo Ren imagines he's holding when the dragon sword is ignited):

 

Now, if we replace "Condor Heroes" with "Jedi Heroes", the Condor Trilogy eerily ressembles the entire STAR WARS saga up to now doesn't it?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Trilogy





And, here's a scene of Yang Guo (Luke Skywalker's counterpart) losing his arm:


VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNKM_63BYI





But wait, there is more (all by the same author of Condor Trilogy):


The Demi-Gods & Semi-Devils [STAR WARS, Episodes X-XII] (202?-203?) ?!?!?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi-Gods_and_Semi-Devils


The Smiling, Proud Wanderer aka Swordsman [STAR WARS, Episodes XIII-XV] (203?-204?) ?!?!?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiling,_Proud_Wanderer





This came out in 1996/1997, [a few years before STAR WARS, Episode I (1999)]. It is the live action TV adaptation of "The Demi-Gods & Semil Devils" (1966). Seems like every fighter in the video below is a "Force" user doesn't it?


VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPGhrxvGNEM

(Story will probably be what Disney will draw inspiration from for STAR WARS, Episodes X-XII...)





Thread with more info on Eastern influence on Star Wars:


http://www.spcnet.tv/forums/showthread.php/39720-STAR-WARS-EPISODE-VII-THE-FORCE-AWAKENS/page3