#This a GB OG

[captainkurosolaire]

~ Day ov' th' Massacre ~

"Nurture that compassion, it's what separates you from all the rest, my tough-guy, softie." ...Goodbye my first love; my last love. (Only regret is... I couldn't see, the pirate you can become.)

It's our anniversary... N' have I got a story t' tell.

[southern--downpour]

[blueberryattack]

An unnecessary and unfounded 2024 Starlight Express headcanon: Greaseball and Tassita are siblings.

[magnusbae]

Oh I found another one!! God I love the sheer volume of content in this game!!! This is so exciting!! I love that there's always another thing, another person to find and meet—Wow! Just bravo supergiant games!! 😚😚😚

[akkivee]

I just listened to drb AAHHH… AAAHH….. IT’S SO GOOD….. the combo live action and cg is amazing the cg is so flawless??? THE WOMEN GETTING A VERSE??? THE HARMONIES????? AND YOU CAN HEAR HOW MUCH THEY’VE IMPROVED ON THEIR RAPPING OVER THE YEARS AAAHHH AHHHHH I MIGHT EXPLODE FROM JOY 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’m so emotional 🥺😭 I need to rewatch a million times

LIKE!!!!!!! like!!!!!!! the moment the ichirap hit it was like so much more grounded of a performance and it felt more ichiro and that’s how you knew it was re-recorded god i was losing my mind like old bb seiyuu lore lol but amasaki-san actually initially voiced saburo with a deeper tenor, that’s why the og bb intro in drb sounds so deep, he and ishiya-san have similar tenors, so to differentiate from jiro, he pitched saburo higher but that was never reflected in drb uNTIL NOW THE SEIYUU HAVE GROWN INTO THEIR CHARACTERS AND THEIR CHARACTERS STYLE OF RAP THIS IS SUCH A LOVE LETTER TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN HYPMIC BRO ITS SO GREAT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Okay but like, you can't tell me the other OG Ghostbuster's won't cackling and supporting Phoebe fully as she basically threw every word she knew against Lenny.

[johnnytoronto]

Via Raiders on Twitter 6/6/22

[funky-dealer]

being a wario fan means buying 3 different versions of wario land 2

[honorhearted]

“🌸“ (From "Miss Englsh" aka Peggy Carter against her will - even if they've never interacted)

Send me  “🌸“  for my muse’s reaction to yours giving them a V.alentine’s bouquet! / @timeguardians

Although Ben had every reason to be skeptical, the moment he'd received word that an English ambassador wished to speak under a flag of truce, he'd been encouraged to go see what they wished to say.

And with leery suspicion, he had...and now found himself standing face-to-face with a woman. Of bloody course the damned ambassador would send someone else in his stead. But why this woman? Surely, there was someone better-suited to address their tactical affairs?

Frustrated, Ben steeled his shoulders and said, "I apologize for your time being wasted, madam -- the ambassador's intentions were unfair to both you and myself, and I hope he has at least provided a feasible excuse for his absence."

The woman lifted a bouquet of flowers then -- a peace offering? -- and puzzled, Ben awkwardly took the posies before nodding to her in bewilderment. "I, uh...thank you," he stammered. "But as I was saying, I imagine you've traveled a long way for this excursion, so if you are in need of refreshment, you are more than welcome to accompany me back to camp -- still under our flag of truce, of course -- for a quick rest. I apologize for your time being so heedlessly commandeered."

[orkuraoctoling]

THIS HAPPENED TO ME WITH GINGERBRAVE & DOZER

nothing will change your perspective on a character like someone who is batshit obsessed with them

[devotedlystrangewizard]

pc gaming seems like such a difficult thing to get into like i have never really experienced getting into it consciously (i was raised on it) but it feels so inaccessible? pc parts are expensive and you have to make your own build if you want something good and some parts dont work well with others and some games dont work well with some parts (i know ive had trouble with mass effect glitching because of my modern nvidia gpu which required a mod to fix) and even if you get prebuilt or a laptop youre not safe from the troubleshooting. the "can my pc run [game]". the bad pc ports.

and you know the worst part. most pc people are so removed from reality that they dont even realize you probably have no idea what amd and nvidia and intel even are. you dont know the difference between an ssd or a hdd. "how much ram do you want" when you dont know what that means. they start talking about the difference between a 4070 and a 3090 and all you can see is the fucking price tags.

[wickedghxst]

oh. they are updating the steam version. by making me pay for a 20 year old game i’ve bought 3 times again. lol. lmao even.

[unbakedturtledoodles]

My irl friends encouraged me to post my ugly doodles, so I'm giving this a shot. I'm terrified— ;; I'm not that great but this show makes me so happy. All I do is draw these (and this) stupid turtle(s). Might as well, before I eat up all my GB.

OG reference pic:

[bycaprinae]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

*yurifies your old man yaoi*

Just a lil note, I personally believe that GB aaravos would be mas aligned but his OG design is pretty much gnc so yeah, there's no wrong way! But funfact, I made it based on his concept art from the art book

[dinahdoeeyes]

My ideal production of Starlight Express.

I suppose I'll just get right into it. First the list of characters, then the songs (excluding little bits/non-songs like Taunting Rusty and the races), then the rest.

Cast:

Rusty

Pearl

Greaseball

Dinah

Electra

CB

Ashley

Buffy

Poppa

Belle, the Sleeping Car (called Memphis Belle)

Dustin

Flat-Top

The Rockies

Volta, Joule, Wrench, Purse, and Krupp

The original National Engines

Duvay and the Sleepers

Control

Setlist (* = will be addressed below):

Entry Of National Trains

Rolling Stock

Call Me Rusty

A Lotta Locomotion ('83 Workship version, but with Buffy added)

He Whistled At Me (Minus the Rusty/Pearl conversation)

*Dinah/Greaseball duet

Freight (With the girls bullying the boys)

AC/DC

Pumping Iron ("Trying to build my body, trying to lose my mind" and "Stretching my bullworker, heaving on my weights" switch spots because I just feel that it'd sound better that way.)

Sleepers moment

*Dinah solo

Hitching and Switching (probably original)

Crazy

*That was Unfair (extended)

That's Me/There's Me (duet)

Poppa's Blues

Belle's Song (Combo of OG & Broadway — especially "sniffing the coke")

Starlight Express

The Rap: Hey You

*Make Up My Heart

Pearl Twirl

U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.

Girls' Rolling Stock

Wide Smile (Mostly the Broadway version, except he says the OG "...C.B." in the chorus instead of Broadway's "...the Red Caboose," until the ending after Electra & co leave.)

I Was Robbed

Right Place, Right Time

I Am The Starlight

Rusty and Dustin

*Dinah's Disco (extended)

No Comeback

One Rock & Roll Too Many

I Do and/or Only You (I really want "I Do," and it feels redundant to do both in a row, but I feel like "Only You" is important?)

*GreaseDinah reunion (extended)

Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Starlight Express Megamix (of course)

Notes:

We are leaning hard into the 80's here! None of that trying to modernize StEx they've been doing since the 90's. It doesn't work, and the hyper-80's...ness is one of the best things about StEx!

This is about 60% the 1984 original, so keep that in mind.

Dinah & Greaseball look most like the original Dinah and Greaseball. (Though Dinah's hair looks like this. I'll get to her costumes below.) Greaseball looks completely like Jeff Shankley's GB.

Most of the costumes look like the Broadway versions.

However, Pearl gets 3 costumes; her pants outfit from the '84 previews (but with white pants), followed by her sleek Broadway dress outfit (w/ Electra), and then the fluffy dress outfit (w/ GB).

Dinah has 2 costumes; the first one being more Broadway (but I dislike the leggings, so different ones), and then, when she pairs with Electra, she changes to an outfit that is similar to her OG outfit.

C.B.'s look is very similar to the original, except his pants are black, and he has his later hat.

I want some of the choreography from the '83 workshop. ( x x x x )

Dinah & Greaseball banter a bit because "Incapable of feeding yourself, Greaseball?" Ohhh *chef's kiss* 2017 London Workshop did something right!

*Dinah & Greaseball get a couple's duet. It's a fun, cute, rock/80's pop mix song that touches on their love for each other and how they don't care about others' bullshit. ("Our Lips Are Sealed" kind of vibes, I suppose.)

Ashley and Duvay are sisters.

Greaseball pulls the girls during "Freight," like he originally did.

*Dinah gets a solo after "Pumping Iron" after the Sleepers talk their bullshit. It'd be about 3½ minutes long. If you've read my Dinah rants, you can get an idea of what it's about.

Greaseball, Bobo, and Espresso are part of the choreography during "Crazy" toward the end, racing around with Dinah, Ashley, and Buffy. (I promise this is FIRE in my head. Have faith. 🥺)

*Grease & Dinah have a longer argument before their breakup.

Dinah and C.B. have a duet. It's the Broadway version of There's Me combined with That's Me. (Dinah singing her solo part first.)

*Pearl sings "Make Up My Heart" about Rusty, Electra, and Greaseball. (Explanation here.)

*"U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D." is slower, sadder, and has more lyrics, like it was in the '83 workshop.

Buffy & Ashley are finally canon. It's Complicated™️, but they get it together by the end.

*"Dinah's Disco" is a bit longer, as is *Dinah & Greaseball's reunion/makeup.

Pearl is absolutely like original Pearl in this: A selfish bitch (who learns and gets better by the end); she is not "naive." ("Further from my vision" over "Sadder but no wiser.")

We actually acknowledge that Pearl is an asshole. But, like Greaseball, she learns and is working on herself by the end! 🙌🏽

Pearl apologizes to Dinah at the end. FINALLY. (During a break in LATEOTT.)

Control loves the engines/coaches/freight, and they love him. He's just a bossy little kid, but they're also actin' up. (I'm open to Control being a girl.)

Electra and the Components do come back.

I... think that's it. I hope didn't forget anything.

CHOO CHOO! 💋

[king-mera]

what are your thoughts on frozen empire? What are its failures?

Oy Vey…

I've already ranted my thoughts both in posts and in private, so what can I say that hasn't already been said? I'll just try to summarize my main gripes.

The cast is bloated with too many characters and none of them have enough screentime to properly showcase or develop their personalities. It's honestly a shame too, because Afterlife set up Phoebe, Trevor, Lucky, and Podcast as the new main four Ghostbusters to parallel to the OGs, who could be their mentors. Instead we got the Spengler family, along with Nadim, and lars. It's not as tight and focus as it should be, in my opinion. I don't hate Lars, but his inclusion bothers me in particular because his role could easily be filled by other characters. I don't know why he's being pushed as "the new Egon" either when Phoebe was already shown to have so much in common with him.

Speaking of Phoebe, what the Hell were the writers trying to do with her? In her first appearance she was funny, clever, and brave. She had a temper sure, but only when she was pushed to her breaking point. She also knew how to be a team player, working with her friends and family to prevent the apocalypse. In just her second appearance, suddenly she's snapping at her parents, recklessly causing damage, arrogantly taking all credit for saving the world, and preferring the company of a ghostly stranger over people. Disturbingly enough, she develops a morbid fascination with becoming a ghost herself. Where did this come from? She behaves more like Rowan North from the 2016 film. What happened to the determined young girl who stood up to the god of destruction and refused to die? Now she's locking herself into a metal box and painfully electrocuting herself in a scene that resembles self-harm or suicide. All this to separate her soul from her body just to be closer to this girl she's hinted to have a crush on.

Phoebe never needed a love interest of any gender, explicit or implied. It doesn't serve her story when there were so many other interesting things about her that could've been explored instead. How does she live up to the legacy of her grandfather? Is she worried about repeating his mistakes? Does she struggle to be taken seriously as a child doing an adult's job? There were already two other romantic subplots that deserved focus anyway: Callie with Gary and Trevor with Lucky. Adding a third one at this point just comes out of nowhere. Not to mention all the other elements of Phoebe and Melody's relationship that make it weird, like the age gap between the actors or the fact that melody is DEAD. Even if you ignore the flirty undertones and interpret their interactions as platonic, it's still a toxic situation because Melody is only manipulating Phoebe to release the real villain Garakka.

Garakka fails to impress me, too. He has little in the way of personality or motive. His visual design has a striking silhouette at first glance, but it's rather plain compared to other ghosts in the series. There’s nothing about him that suggests the culture he’s from (what was a frost giant/lich doing in India?). I don't understand why they make such a big deal out of his horns either, they're the source of his power yet he's able to do things without them. The horns are also conveniently locked in the same room as his orb, so he's able to quickly retrieve them. They might as well have stayed stuck on his head the whole time! What's so scary about this guy anyway? He's cold, naked, and skinny. That's not scary, it's just me stepping out of the shower.

Well, I guess Garakka deserves some credit for killing that random store clerk. The only on-screen kill in GB film besides Shandor in the last movie, and it’s some poor innocent bystander. Normally I wouldn’t mind such a thing, but it sucks that Phoebe and Nadim are indirectly responsible for this dude’s death through their irresponsibility. All the characters seem incompetent here. The Firehouse and the new lab don’t have adequate safety measures, and apparently Egon never thought to plan ahead for if the containment unit got full. That last point is a non-issue that just wastes time since the lab has backup units and Garakka breaks the main one from the outside anyway.

There are several moments that come across as mean-spirited and cynical, from Podcast crushing the old lady’s watch (that belonged to her late husband) to Lucky and Trevor cracking sex jokes about Nadim’s dead Grandmother. I complain about Phoebe’s attitude, but it’s not like she has a good support network. Her parents are dismissive of her and Ray doesn’t ask her what’s wrong when she asks if he ever wondered what it’s like to be a ghost.

We get a happy ending when Garakka is trapped and Melody crosses over, but it rings hollow when nobody acted as they should. They only acted how the convoluted plot demanded them to.

Oh and those mini-pufts, how I despise them. They were fine in Afterlife but now they’ve overstayed their welcome and become the new minions.

This whole movie feels like a bad dream and as far as I'm concerned, it's not canon.