Suggested by Sonic Astaroth is a powerful fighter in close quarters combat and should be able to deal some heavy damage if he connects with Cinderace. The problem for him is that his lack of speed will quickly become apparent and will limit just how well he can fight here. Cinderace can easily pepper the guy with rapid fire attacks and those will take their toll before long. There wouldn’t be much that Astaroth could do against that. Cinderace wins.
Suggested by Sonic Starlight Glimmer is a powerful pony whose magical abilities even exceed that of Twilight Sparkle’s. It’s really not an easy feat to pull that off considering how skilled the princess is but that’s just how Starlight rolls. Petey Piranha isn’t fast enough to catch her and doesn’t have any real counters to her magical blasts so it is only a matter of time until he takes a hit and goes down. Starlight Glimmer wins.
Reddit just sent out a 2022 recap which is pretty cool. It’s not huge but does have some fun little stats so I figure I’ll post them below with a little dialogue/commentary from yours truly.
I’m not exactly sure on the length of a banana but this stat seems pretty impressive. I’m definitely on Reddit a lot, it’s my #1 website so this certainly tracks.
Not sure how anime went under literature so my guess is that maybe the CharacterRants sub reddit counts under that category? It’s the only way that it makes sense but it’s pretty cool that they track this stuff. We’ll get even more detailed stats coming up.
Not surprised with this one because I had a comment that went crazy! One of the only times I had a crazy high upvote count like that.
This was a fun post. Sometimes your headcanon runs overboard and once it does then it’s tough on the series because it can’t keep up. Looks like a lot of folks agreed with me on this.
This was an intense comment! Garou definitely isn’t someone who plays around and I’m glad people saw the humor in it too.
Not really sure why I kept clicking on this post. Maybe I used it as a shortcut to go to the profile and see if any new chapters were uploaded? It’s a fun series either way though.
Now this is the best stat. So I spent almost 400 hours just on these 3 sub reddits and you know that I view a ton of other ones as well. Man that’s impressive. I’m not surprised by these being my top 3 reddits either. I’m sure Fantasy Football is likely in 4th. There’s just so much to check out on those pages and I could be there for days. It’s certainly been a power packed year that’s for sure! My numbers have almost doubled since last year so I doubt we’ll see quite the same growth next time.
Here’s a link to my profile if you want to see more hype posts
https://www.reddit.com/user/DReager1
Til next year!
I’ve finally obtained the Platinum trophy for The Mummy! Definitely feels good to have that one accomplished. It’s a fun platformer to go back too with the gameplay being so tight. Now I have to see which game to complete next.
Suggested by Destroyer The Hunter has a good amount of equipment and powerful laser guns but that won’t be enough here. Sailor Saturn is still the more powerful fighter and really just needs one solid energy attack to win the day. Hunter’s defenses won’t be able to hold up against such an attack and I don’t see him being fast enough to dodge. Sailot Saturn wins.
Suggested by Destroyer Catherine Frensky is a nice kid and she will certainly do her best against Pinkie Pie but she ultimately doesn’t have many real options here. Pinkie Pie is faster and has more resources at her disposal. A few good swings of her hammer and that would be game over. Pinkie Pie could probably win in straight hand to hand combat as well. She’s just too versatile while Catherine has no combat experience. Pinkie Pie wins.
Suggested by Destroyer The Demolition Man has super strength so we shouldn’t really underestimate the guy. That being said, Biollante is incredibly durable and would be able to endure those hits. Try as he might, Demolition Man will be at the end of his rope here. He has no long range options to exploit Biollante’s lack of speed either so when he does go in to try and land a hit that will be the end of his chances for victory. There is just no escape at that point. Biollante wins.
Suggested by Destroyer Gregar is a powerful Cybeast. What he lacks in speed he makes up for in pure power. I have a hard time seeing Bionic Bunny pull out enough skills and tactics to take this guy out. Bionic Bunny is just outclassed here and at the end of the day there is only so much you can do in that situation. This is Gregar’s fight to win all the way and there just isn’t much that Bionic Bunny can do to stop him. A quick energy blast will end this. Gregar wins.
Suggested by Destroyer The Time Eater may be the kind of giant opponent that Bionic Bunny is used to fighting but ultimately he will be too fast for the hero. Bionic Bunny hasn’t shown us any speed feats to suggest that he could take this guy out. Remember that Time Eater even gave Sonic some trouble which is no small feat. No mere punches are going to do much to take out this machine. Time Eater wins.
It’s time for a Santa Claus origin story. You’ve probably seen some of these around and Santa always makes for a fun character to watch. Well, this one takes a bit of a different look at the classic tale and switches some things up. It’s a fun way to readapt the legend and you should have a good time with this movie. It’s a classic feel good film.
The movie starts with Jesper failing at being a mail man. He just can’t seem to do anything right but his father is wise to this and realizes that Jesper is failing on purpose so he can go back home to slack off. His family is rich after all so being at home just sounds more fun. Well now his father has sent him off to the coldest, smallest village out in the middle of nowhere. Jesper needs to have sent out 6000 letters if he ever wants to leave and that will be difficult. For starts the village is in the middle of a civil war and a lot of the kids don’t know how to write a letter anyway. It may take some Christmas magic to get this mission completed.
Jesper goes through a fairly classic character arc here where at first he’s spoiled and mean but gradually learns how to be a better person. He stays in the mean phase for quite a long time though so if anything holds you back from liking him it would be that you may feel the arc took him a little too long. Even by the end he is being mean to one girl because she doesn’t speak English and he doesn’t want to take the time to understand her. For a while he is only focused on the letters so since she wasn’t going to help him get closer to his goal, he had no time for her. It was rather a cruel moment on his part.
He also makes some big mistakes near the end. Inevitably you know there will be a moment where he has to decide to stay in the village or leave with his father and it plays out pretty much the same way in every film but for once you’d like him to just say straight up that he’s not leaving. There are a whole lot of ways that he could have gotten himself out of the sticky situation but he didn’t go with them.
So he definitely has his share of issues. That said, Jesper does give us a lot of the fun comedic moments in the film so you wouldn’t want to miss out on that. He may not be my favorite character but the character arc is still a big staple of the film. The village absolutely needed someone to help out and even if his motives weren’t the best, he did get the job done. It’s like when you see someone doing a good deed online for clout. Yeah they may not have the best reason for helping out but if they actually are helping someone then I can overlook the motive.
Alva is one character who ended up being helped out a lot thanks to Jesper’s selfish actions. She had grown quite disillusioned with the world but when the kids started being eager to learn then she was finally able to find her purpose. Likewise Klaus wasn’t in a great spot in his life and this whole adventure helped to snap him out of it. Jesper definitely did help a lot of people even without meaning too. There was a really solid scene in the movie where we see exactly how much the village has changed. It was worlds different from back when they were always fighting.
The village really couldn’t get much worse from how it was when Jesper first got there. It’s hard to imagine just how sad the place would have been to live in for all of those years but at least now there is no need to worry about any of that. The film has a lot of good musical themes to help back the scenes up as well. Some fun modern titles and then more classic Christmas songs. It all helps to keep a lot of energy within the film and the fast pacing is one of its strengths.
The humor style here is usually about quick wit. Characters talk really quickly as they get the jokes in and usually they’ll already be telling another one while the first is ending. That’s the kind of humor style I like because nothing is dragged out. You either get the joke or you don’t. There are also a good amount of visual gags as well. The animation style here is fairly unique. The characters are all off model but in a stylistic way which is usually used to amp up the humor as the designs are actually referenced once or twice like when Jesper meets Klaus. It may not be a style that you would want to overuse but it’s always tough to look unique in this day and age so props for pulling that off.
I dare say the film almost didn’t need any antagonists. We do have two villain groups here (The ones always fighting) and they continue to get involved all the way to the end but I don’t think they added much. Yes they create a little drama at the end but it’s fairly brief. You could cut that part out and get the same effect by having Klaus or the main heroine walk into his officer and see his notes about getting the letters and leaving. It would have the same effect and I dare say that it would work a bit smoother. The villains were okay but just a bit forced.
Klaus has a good ending so things really work out quite nicely. The ending is important for all movies of course but it’s massively important for a feel good film like this one. You need to feel good or it’s just not going to go over well and would spoil the whole thing. So the ending here is very satisfying and caps off a very nice experience. This is a high quality film that is a lot of fun. I don’t expect you would have any significant issues with the film. It’s got a nice amount of polish and it’s the perfect time to watch this one.
Overall, Klaus is a fresh take on a classic tale. It’s a good amount of fun from start to finish with good character arcs and a fun cast. Jesper may take a little long to get with the program but the important thing is that he does by the end. The movie has a lot of humor throughout and it’s all executed really well. Seeing how the film incorporates each bit of the Santa mythos by the end is always fun. It tackles the Reindeers, the cookies, the naughty list, etc. It was really quite clever at smoothly incorporating them in. You would understand the references each time but it never felt forced.
Overall 7/10
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