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Post by arsenette on Sept 25, 2008 16:11:53 GMT -5
I can only speak about Nakata: He didn't hurt his hands on the drop in Sasuke 21's Second stage. Even he said it on his webpage. It's something about when he grips hard things his hands close together and he can't 'unclamp' them. It happens in spurts. For him when he grabbed the rope his hands instantly clasped shut like a crab claw. He couldn't get them open again. It's still painful to watch and I agree this is not considered stupid humor like we do in MXC/Takeshi's castle. This was just an awestruck of someone who's vehemently determined to overcome the new disability he has.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 25, 2008 17:01:57 GMT -5
Well in a way it wasn't the landing as much as the rope, But he still was hurt by the Downhill Jump. Although that explains why his hands were still in that posistion in 17 when he fell of the arm rings and got out of the water.
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Post by madmanike on Sept 25, 2008 17:45:35 GMT -5
Then explain how he got the Warrior Wipeout in 17 on the Arm Rings? In fact they said one of the reasons was because it was long and drawn out pain. In 17, it was the 3rd Stage, he had just come back to Sasuke from his injury, and it was a struggle throughout his attempt. In 21, it's the second stage with 9 people to show and he didn't hold onto the bar the whole time. He grabbed it and released it several times before making the attemp, where he fell on the 2nd (3rd?) notch. It wasn't much of a wipeout, as he just released and fell. Not as spectacular as Bunpei's.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Sept 25, 2008 17:47:10 GMT -5
He didn't clear any notches though.
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Post by Homeslice on Sept 26, 2008 10:25:17 GMT -5
That's true. Falling from the first notch isn't very spectacular at all - less so than a fall from a Downhill Jump.
But I still give Nakata his props: he tried to go for it and we were hoping for it so we could dub him an official badass. Though he still is in my book.
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Post by obakemono on Sept 26, 2008 10:47:45 GMT -5
G4 won't cut Brian, Levi, Shiratori, Takeda and Nagano's stage two runs (at least not entirely, IMO), so that leaves Lee, Miyazaki, Nakata and Matsunaga to be digested. Shiratori for the Warrior Wipeout, if they have one for stage two. That's my prediction. If it was old style Ninja Warrior (ie. not Ninjafest) even more would be cut, they'd show Shiratori first and Levi last.
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Post by arsenette on Sept 26, 2008 10:59:32 GMT -5
Hey he still is an official Bada$$ in my book.. that took guts to do what he did and still keep going.
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Post by madmanike on Sept 26, 2008 16:16:15 GMT -5
Nobody doubts that, A. But you know how G4 is.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Sept 26, 2008 17:42:22 GMT -5
G4 won't cut Brian, Levi, Shiratori, Takeda and Nagano's stage two runs (at least not entirely, IMO) They cut Bunpei Shiratori's Stage 3 run from 12. Nobody is safe from the editing floor.
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Post by obakemono on Sept 26, 2008 17:49:01 GMT -5
His run is very short and very spectacular, too short to digest even. It's the sort of thing they used to show first, ie. when someone failed the Chain Reaction. Plus, their broadcasts are now longer and follow the direct order a lot more.
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Post by Homeslice on Sept 27, 2008 15:30:57 GMT -5
G4 won't cut Brian, Levi, Shiratori, Takeda and Nagano's stage two runs (at least not entirely, IMO) They cut Bunpei Shiratori's Stage 3 run from 12. Nobody is safe from the editing floor. Which is too bad because I understand he FLEW through the Globe Grasp in that tournament. But I digress. I don't think any of the Stage 3 runs deserve to be a wipeout (and like I said Nagano will probably be last), so I bet Shiratori's fall will be shown in the last episode G4 makes for this tournament.
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Post by gtoneko on Oct 5, 2008 2:36:14 GMT -5
After watching 21 once again, I think that it'll probably be like before where one episode is entirely stage 2 and then another is entirely stage 3 to kind of review about the competitors' history.
In the 17th tourney, when they just started on stage 3, they mentioned, briefly, about Daisuke Nakata's injury with his grip not being at 100% so they'll more than likely go a bit more in depth about it for 21 on G4.
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Post by Homeslice on Oct 8, 2008 8:13:48 GMT -5
I think they ought to. People who have wondered about Nakata may need to know this.
There were only three competitors in Stage 3 here, so there's no WAY it'll be a stand-alone episode. I mean come on, what will they do for one segment? Nothing?
I think, if it's 5 episodes, the first two will show us the Ninja Killers, and the other three would be the wipeouts. I wonder what kind of puns - if he still has that kind of humor - Wittenberg would make about each wipeout, lol. (I personally still think it'll be Haga, Wakky and Shiratori, but everyone's got their opinions.)
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Post by RiderLeangle on Oct 8, 2008 12:43:11 GMT -5
Sasuke 20 had 3 runs in stage 2 and 1 in stage 3 and that was its own episode. And as long as Nagano takes in stage 3 I wouldn't be surprised if his run was an episode, he seems like he'd take a half hour run.
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Post by Homeslice on Oct 8, 2008 13:12:19 GMT -5
Yeah, but did you understand what I said to you? Three runs in stage 3. Four segments per NW episode. Three runs = too little for one episode. You've GOT to put in some of stage 2 with the stage 3 episode.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Oct 8, 2008 18:32:35 GMT -5
I got it, I was making a joke that Nagano and Takeda took forever between obstacles
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Post by Homeslice on Nov 12, 2008 22:46:09 GMT -5
...wow, I assumed wrong on what I thought the wipeouts would be. Sure, it was a bit of a toss-up between Haga and Iketani, but in the end it was Iketani (and they didn't even show Haga). However, I don't think I'd have picked Yamamoto's struggle on the Flying Chute as a wipeout. Takeda's fall in Stage 3 might've been a better choice, but I'm surprised Shiratori's fall in Stage 2 was not considered. Oh well, what we got, we got, and it was still fun watching.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Nov 12, 2008 22:47:14 GMT -5
I'm not surprised they skipped Nakata in stage 2. (Did I call that too?)
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Post by Homeslice on Nov 12, 2008 22:51:23 GMT -5
I kinda am, because his story should've been focused on a bit more. And I'm surprised Yamada got the fast-forward treatment, because it was something to watch him try to get through the course on a hurt foot when I saw the Japanese broadcast. Again, we get what we get.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Nov 12, 2008 22:53:34 GMT -5
Yeah, Stage 1 was a disapointment, most of the people getting skipped, getting the clears out of the way fast, complete random order.
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