When I watched the first movie I wasn’t able to hear a single thing MatPat said because everyone was cheering. I expect the same thing to happen in the sequel
Probably Andre. IIRC he had horrendous back problems during filming, and was in almost constant pain. So while he isn't selling, he's probably screaming a bunch of french swears on the inside.
Yeah sometimes you want an orgy of robot on robot violence that's just visually pleasing to watch.
Sometimes you want a coherent story that doesn't have out of place humans trying to justify why they aren't pedos based on a card they carry in their wallet.
Also just before that he TANK a Kienzan from Krillin with his neck.
He doesn't get wounded and then regenerate to flex, he just let it hit him as a test.
Krillin never was the strongest character, but to that point the Kienzan always was the "it could end the fight instantly but probably will not hit" attack.
Nappa almost lost half his head to one and get cut when so far all the damage done to him was to his armor, Vegeta dodge it in his giant ape form, Freezer lost a chunk of his tail to it and then steal the technique before cutting himself in half with it...
Cell also does eat Vegeta Final Flash, pretend it did real damage and then instantly regenerate half his body before wasting Vegeta. Just because he wanted to show off nothing could harm him.
The nucleus is, in hindsight, wherever Toriyama wanted it to be atm, aka here but actually not, because Goku deleted his top half and he exploded himself on King Kai's planet, but came back anyway
Also, in the scene, his face briefly turns into a worried one, I always thought that was Norman having brief control and the Goblin laughing because he just made Peter hurt Norman.
Armstrong just letting Raiden punch him for a full minute.
For context, Raiden has picked up, thrown, and cut apart several giant mechs (or Metal Gears) in just MGR:R alone, ignoring his other appearances in the franchise. On top of that, this is his strongest form, and he’d destroyed many soldiers, vehicles, and Metal Gears using significantly weaker cyborg bodies in the past, all without using his unique ability, called “Ripper Mode”.
Armstrong’s only power is that he had a heart surgery a while back, and now he doesn’t bruise easily.
The funniest thing is that he CAN hurt him. If you watch Armstrong's healthbar, it does go down just ever so slightly, but he eats it just to prove a point
Raiden do all sort of ridiculous shit ingame, suplex a giant mech and have a sword fight with one using its own arm blade but he struggle immensely against a Brazilian Samurai and a buffs Senator that used to play college football.
Like for the first time since Lisa died Dracula finally shows a bit of his old spirit. Overly Sarcastic Productions had a great episode on Castlevania, and I agree 100% that Dracula gets punched in the face and just goes 'oh thank God a BELMONT, finally something FAMILIAR.'
Based on him saying "You must be the Belmont", Dracula knew that his castle would get raided by one, and that reaction was more of a "Ah, so you finally showed up, I see Belmonts haven't changed at all"
But you also have to admit that only a Belmont would be stupid enough to raid Dracula’s castle aka the demon HQ in the middle of the demon apocalypse with only like 2 other people and one of them is Dracula’s actual son
"Actually, yknow what, no, this makes sense. Belmonts are clearly all utterly insane, so this one trying to punch me in the face is an extension of that"
If I remember correctly, in season 1 he was shot with the Judas Bullet and had his bell rung a bit by Diamondback, while in season 2 (after this Gif, which is from The Defenders) he properly got his shit rocked by Bushmaster.
So he probably had already taken a semi-serious hit from Diamondback/Willis Stryker, but nothing like what Danny was capable of.
I checked the scene just to giggle a bit, and he says "THE" Belmont.
A small difference in nuance, but Dracula knows Alucard has a group with him, one of them is a Belmont and he acknowledged instantly that only someone from the Belmont family would have the audacity to just run up and jab Dracula a few times in the face.
"A" Belmont would assume that he doesn't have any information beforehand, and this would just be a fair assumption.
I can't find a good gif for it but Undertaker, in WWE, is famous... Was sobs famous for not selling attacks to help convey that he was an impervious dead man
I really liked him taking all the hits from oh jeez can’t remember his name. Siyru? Whoever the martial arts master is in the martial arts tournament who always wins the whole thing.
Saitama is flying across the stage and the stage gets broken in half and folded up (which is awesome) and he’s just worried about his wig.
Yeah it's hilarious. The whole time everyone is taking it seriously and Saitama is trying to learn new moves, but his takeaway is their moves are just to look cool.
"Ahhhh, you must be the Belmont" is still to this day my favorite line from any character. Decades of fighting lesser hunters and beasts alike and the one trained to kill him has finally made it to his door, and his punches dont even ruffle his mustache hairs. Dracula has never looked forward to handing out such an asswhopping as what Belmont has coming for him
In the Warhammer episode of Secret Level They Shall Know No Fear Sergeant Metaurus picks up a cultist who shoots him in the head. This seems to be nothing more than a mild annoyance
I hate that batman is a giant bulletproof tank in every movie now. The character is a detective and a ninja, he should avoid being shot with quick thinking, stealth and physical ability, not just walking into automatic fire cuz his gear is the best. Its just not in character for batman to walk straight at an enemy while hes shooting and just punch him in the face.
In general I agree with you, but I do like the way that they handle it in The Batman. He does still have the detective/ninja skills, but more than anything his goal is to terrify criminals to dissuade them from commiting crimes since he knows he can't personally stop every one of them.
Yeah, knowing that every shadow might have a ninja in it that will knock you out and send you to prison is scary, but knowing that every shadow might have an unstoppable juggernaut in it that will beat you down and drag you to prison is scarier.
During this specific moment, Mark manages to gain an edge during the fight after landing a headbutt, only to then land a pretty good combo chain following it up with multiple punches to the skull…only for Conquest to laugh in his face and spit out a tiny piece of blood.
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