Sam:

>OK, if Ryouga had lost his curse and Ranma hadn't, Ryouga would've said 
>that he had lost all, and that it was Ranma's fault, and that he would 
>no longer know true love. On the other hand if Ranma had lost his curse 
>and Ryouga hadn't, Ryouga would complain that Ranma got all the breaks 
>and that he, Ryouga, was the most pitiable person in the world and it 
>was all Ranma's fault.

This pretty much sums up my own personal opinion of Ryoga.  I'm not against
COURT for any canonical reason... just that I don't want to see the Goddess
sullied by the pig.
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About a week ago, I rented a dub version of the Contrary Jewel OAV from a
local BB, and it really blew my mind, that an over-beared, long-haired,
leaping gnome could be the star of a Hollywood movie!   Wait, that's not
right... (and too obscure to be funny except a handful of old farts)

Anyway, this tape must have been one of the original releases, because at
the end of the video it flashed a screen showing what other Ranma anime was
available: tapes 3 and 4 from the TV series weren't even released yet!
Now, I can understand why they didn't bother to wait for Ukyou's intro,
since she only has about 30 seconds of screen time- but apparently they
released the Contrary Jewel OAV before the fans even knew who Shampoo was!
Crazy.

Of course, you can ignore this rant if the monthlies were already past that
point.
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Hotnit:

>"Kill da wabbit"! "Kill da wabbit"! And who can forget the coolest 
>golden age cartoons ever made "Tom and Jerry!" "Touche' Pussy cat!"

I've got this one on tape somewhere...  Little white mouse that wants to be
one of the 'Mouseketeers', and starts hassling Tom?  It's amusing, but I
prefer the first generation of T&J cartoons, when they were artistically
sleek, had no spoken lines, and had that cool jazz music by Eugene Poddany
or Elliot somebody in the background. 


-Bradster
  "Shoot him now!  Shoot him now!"
  "You keep out of this, he does not have to shoot you now!"
  "A-ha!  That's it!  Hold it right there!  Pronoun trouble.  It's not 'He
doesn't have to shoot YOU now'- it's 'He doesn't have to shoot ME now'.
Well, I say he DOES have to shoot me now- SO SHOOT ME NOW!"

*BLAM!*