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Offline Mystic Monkey

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Re: SEGA Live Action Movies Thread - "Of course I want a latte!"
« Reply #2205 on: January 22, 2026, 06:29:02 pm »
It already has a very strong creator ecosystem with monetization (AdSense) that's really hard to beat especially with powerful giant Google backing (funding, infrastructure, servers).
It is. But the very monetization and backing has made me miss more classic-era YouTube before algorithms and "remember to hit that like button and subscribe!" clout.

Usually he started out bad and end up good, this one stays bad all the time.


What's it called again?

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Re: SEGA Live Action Movies Thread - "Of course I want a latte!"
« Reply #2206 on: January 22, 2026, 09:00:08 pm »
It is. But the very monetization and backing has made me miss more classic-era YouTube before algorithms and "remember to hit that like button and subscribe!" clout.

Yes, but without backup and funding from Google, it will be eliminated by other video platform that's ... getting backed up from Google.

What's it called again?

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"
Also its sequel, "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back"

If you've watched it, may be you remember this pig demon,
usually in other movie he's shown fat and ugly and talkative.
But he's kinda handsome and quite here, when he's not in his demon pig form of course.




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Re: SEGA Live Action Movies Thread - "Of course I want a latte!"
« Reply #2207 on: January 23, 2026, 10:34:13 am »
Yes, but without backup and funding from Google, it will be eliminated by other video platform that's ... getting backed up from Google.
The way of the best, I suppose.
"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"
Also its sequel, "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back"

If you've watched it, may be you remember this pig demon,
usually in other movie he's shown fat and ugly and talkative.
But he's kinda handsome and quite here, when he's not in his demon pig form of course.




I'll watch it tommorow. Saturday is Chinese takeout night for me. Chinese food for Chinese movie.
That, and need to find it in English, or the very least with Subtitles.

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Re: SEGA Live Action Movies Thread - "Of course I want a latte!"
« Reply #2208 on: January 26, 2026, 02:04:21 pm »
I'll watch it tommorow. Saturday is Chinese takeout night for me. Chinese food for Chinese movie.
That, and need to find it in English, or the very least with Subtitles.
It was a good movie. Better than I remembered it.
A part I found somewhat sweet and sincere was when Sanzang cried over the death of the little girl who he laments was 4-5. Usually protagonists do feel guilt over the deaths they could've prevented, but it looked sincere to see the hero needed to be comforted over it like that. (Though he pushed it for comedy a bit at the end.)

Will watch the sequel if I can find it.

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Re: SEGA Live Action Movies Thread - "Of course I want a latte!"
« Reply #2209 on: January 29, 2026, 12:31:40 am »
It was a good movie. Better than I remembered it.
A part I found somewhat sweet and sincere was when Sanzang cried over the death of the little girl who he laments was 4-5. Usually protagonists do feel guilt over the deaths they could've prevented, but it looked sincere to see the hero needed to be comforted over it like that. (Though he pushed it for comedy a bit at the end.)

Will watch the sequel if I can find it.

Sanzang is definitely kinder than his master.
Have a better morale too I guess since his master doesn't have problems with stealing food from the market.

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Re: SEGA Live Action Movies Thread - "Of course I want a latte!"
« Reply #2210 on: January 30, 2026, 07:30:37 am »
Sanzang is definitely kinder than his master.
Have a better morale too I guess since his master doesn't have problems with stealing food from the market.
It was an interesting set-up.
Is the sequel any good?

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Re: SEGA Live Action Movies Thread - "Of course I want a latte!"
« Reply #2211 on: February 01, 2026, 09:56:50 pm »
It was an interesting set-up.
Is the sequel any good?

Yes, but all the actors who played the main characters are different in the sequel so it'll need some minutes to familiarize ourselves with them.