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"Cheng has some potential"

She achieves her thinness by dieting, so I am hesitant. I certainly appreciate her positive qualities:

In the 1990s, another female star, Faye Wong was one of her main rivals.[14] When they were on stage together, they would be cold to one another. The rivalry was confirmed in the 1999 TVB music award night. Both Wong and Cheng were arranged to sit next to each other backstage.[14] Cheng avoided Wong by repeatedly going off stage to fix her make-up. In addition, her fans were angry and hissed at Faye Wong when she went on stage to receive an award.[14]

 

Everyone respectable back in those days hated the subhuman:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/facial-aryanism/msg17680/#msg17680

Which brings me to antenna (0:36-1:10, 1:56-2:35) being another element of this type of scenery:



More railings and concrete:





Antenna + wire fences + junk-filled rooftop + random homeless guy:



"As any true minimalist should prefer."

This is why it is impossible to take seriously rightist claims that undecorative scenery is a "globalist conspiracy to demoralize people". I watch MVs with this type of scenery to heal myself! It is only the inferior who get demoralized by absence of decoration, and the problem is with them, not with the scenery!

One reason why I posted:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/the-archetype-of-the-warrior-how-films-help-empower-us-all/msg18991/#msg18991

is because this is also a series filled with this type of scenery. For example, the duel scene starting 15:58 in Ep3:

https://archive.org/details/sukeban-deka-ii/Sukeban+Deka+II+(1985)+%5BTSHS%5D+episode+03+%5B94118537%5D.mp4

Note the abundance of concrete, railings, wire fences, rust, peeling paint, and placement of junk. This type of scenery is the norm throughout the series. Contrast with the emphatically Western scenery (cutlery, wine glasses, chandelier, patterned curtains/wallpaper/carpet, and above all Western classical music!), surrounding the villains, such as in the dinner scene starting 2:46 in Ep6:

https://archive.org/details/sukeban-deka-ii/Sukeban+Deka+II+(1985)+%5BTSHS%5D+episode+06+%5BC6DF5078%5D.mp4

The Coup - "The Guillotine"

"The Guillotine" by The Coup from the new album 'Sorry To Bother You,' out now

Comments:

2020 and this song is more relevant than ever.

this song aged extremely well

How has this musical GENUS been so underrated?!!! He's one of the greats, just slept on!

All of The Coup�s music has been ahead of it�s time  since the 90s�  these guys were woke before �woke� became a trend

Damn this song gets more relevant every month this year...

Sorry to Bother You was a masterpiece 💝

Takeshi's castle is a Japanese game show that used to be popular on Indian television:


Not exactly high quality content, but it was a good way to temporarily escape the misery that was compulsory schooling during my time in India.

It was aired in India during the mid 2000s, more than a decade after its initial release:

A shortened version of the show aired on the Pogo TV channel starting from 1 March 2005, with Hindi dubbing by Jaaved Jaaferi.[12] Jaaved's hilarious commentary made the show an instant hit, and for a short duration, it also featured guest voiceovers by Indian comedians Raju Srivastav, Sunil Pal, Navin Prabhakar, and Ahsaan Qureshi.[13] The show aired on Pogo TV until 2019.

Amazon Prime Video's 2023 reboot of Takeshi's Castle was released on 2 November 2023, featuring the voice of Bhuvan Bam as his character "Titu Mama" from BB Ki Vines, taking over as the new commentator, replacing Jaaved Jaaferi. Bhuvan spent four months dubbing and writing the script for the show, with some promotional videos filmed in September

I didn't even know Hindi at the time but still found the show enjoyable.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0Hitf1kBQ2o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hitf1kBQ2o&lc=UgwDaYefQOb0dd7L0Kd4AaABAg

Remembering the days when I was stress free and undepressed. Late night watching takeshi's castle and FAQ💔💔

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hitf1kBQ2o&lc=UgwX--_N865a4McH1Fx4AaABAg

Today's kids will never understand the fun of this show, that time was different wen we would laugh like mad by seeing this show, missing this show so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hitf1kBQ2o&lc=UgwoKRYEVZoJ1gXkY7p4AaABAg

Those days when i used to watch this, the only problem i had was going to school, darn loads of memos.

After moving back to the U.S in 2008, was when I really realized something was **** up with the world. I remember hearing Zionist agent Alex Jones on the radio. I also remember being unable to relate to my peers, who were fans of 3D FPS games such as COD (Zionist war propaganda), while I was a fan of earlier Nintendo GameCube games. Only one of my peers was a fan of such games, so I was able to relate to him. He also introduced me to the 2D era of Nintendo games, which I wasn't even aware existed before, which sparked my interest in retro games. Never really got a chance to get my hands on retro games though, although I did enjoy some 3rd party flash fanmade games such as super Mario wars and Mario forever. I also remember watching some Ghibli films I rented at the library, such as Spirited Away and Castle in The Sky.

Continuing from:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/recommended-games-to-play/msg29643/#msg29643

(Similarly Counterculture-influenced post-Counterculture era music may surpass non-Counterculture-influenced music in terms of songwriting and performance but gradually downgrade as production �quality� and trends upgrade. But that can be continued in another topic)

Since you would not post any post-Counterculture music in the music topic, is it true that Counterculture-influenced post-Counterculture musicians may surpass non-Counterculture-influenced musicians of the same time but gradually loses the quality of a melody (as well as lyrics, talent, and similar traits of a song/musician) to so called �quality� of production (as well as trends, marketing, and similar advantages unrelated to the song/musician)?

�if by "surpass" you mean in terms of success, then I would not anticipate a correlation. If you mean in terms of quality, then of course I myself am partial to post-Counterculture works that pay nostalgic tribute to the Counterculture era.�
The latter. I agree, and I believe I stand, that it is important to be skeptical of Counterculture-influenced post-Counterculture works.

�If the intent is sincerely tribute, then the production can be expected to deliberately avoid overly contemporary elements. Whereas if the production incorporates these while claiming to be tribute, I would doubt the sincerity of the claim.�
�but for marketing they relied on a retro dance tour with local participation�
So basically pre-internet production/marketing. I can see even �Dance With Me� incorporated minor internet use of marketing as well as heavy autotune in the production in the song itself. It seems these days, in order for something to be successful, the content may always need technology to produce and the internet to promote.
But from my experience, people do get the best enjoyment when they are not merely being entertained but spontaneously contributing.

�Aryan phenotype alert�
She kind of looks like one of the members of Perfume Ōmoto (though there are more photos of Ōmoto with a heavy jaw than that of of Miyoshi).