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Is Wikipedia a help or not?

It's good for a start, but you'll want to find a few more resources if you're seriously doing some kind of serious study, paper, or debate. Generally the people willing to go through the trouble of doing a Wikipedia page are, at the very least, well-intentioned.

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Why don't you like Wes Anderson films?

They're basically hipster indie films, except done for the mainstream. I understand why they're SUPPOSED to be good. I can even understand certain aspects of the storytelling. But the composition feels so self-indulgent and smarmy, moreso than even Tarantino (who accentuates his self-indulgence with fun self-awareness). And more than anything, THEY AREN'T FUNNY. At all.

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Top 10 Ocean/Vancouver voice actors

Again, here's ten I like, but in no particular order (ranked lists take time): Brad Swaile, Cathy Weseluck, Richard Ian Cox, Scott McNeil, Paul Dobson, Saffron Henderson, Lisa Ann Beley, Kirby Morrow (but not for Goku... what were they thinking?), Brian Drummond, and Marÿke Hendrikse.

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Top 10 seiyuu?

If we're just talking about Japanese voice actors, here are the ten I enjoy the most, but in no particular order: Toshio Furukawa, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Norio Wakamoto, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Masako Nozawa, Ryo Horikawa, Romi Paku, Junichi Suwabe, and... let's say Koichi Yamadera.
But there are a ton more I like, too: Shuuichi Ikeda,Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Ogata, Shinichiro Miki, Minami Takayama, Goro Naya, Mamoru Miyano, Keiji Fujiwara, Miyuki Ichijou, Yuko Miyamura, Tomokazu Seki, Nozomu Sasaki, Yasuo Yamada, and Miyuki Sawashiro.

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Favorite actors?

Basically the casts of The Shawshank Redemption and Glengarry Glen Ross. Between those two casts, can you find anyone who isn't a topnotch actor? You got Robbins, Freeman, Spacy, Brown, Arkin, Lemmon, Pacino, Gunton, Pryce, Whitmore, Baldwin... okay, that's a total sausage fest, but you get my point.

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Have you seen any Mamoru Hosoda films other than Summer Wars and if so what are your thoughts about the quality of both their stories,characters,animation and its English dubs?

I haven't gotten around to it. Maybe I'll watch some in January, since I'm taking a break from OE. Or maybe I'll see if I can review one.

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What are your thoughts on Ocean's most well known ADR directors,Karl Willems and James Corrigall?

Willems did direct the Death Note dub, one of my favorite English dubs. But... he also directed some of the Ocean years of DBZ. But that also included the first three DBZ movie dubs! I guess he's kind of a mixed bag overall. Corrigal directed the Black Lagoon dub, one of my other favorite anime English dubs. But... he also directed that lackluster Gundam 00 dub. I think what I'm trying to say is, Ocean is a very inconsistent studio.

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What are your thoughts on CG Tarkin and Leia in Rogue One? Should they do a CG Leia for the upcoming films? Would that be offensive and unethical?

Permission was given by Cushing's family and I assume Fisher gave permission for CG young Leia at the end of Rogue One. I didn't mind them in the movie, though it was clear to me how they were there. Honestly, if they continue to use these things, I'd prefer if they have the personal permission, and not just the estate's, for the actors' likeness before they do them, but it won't be a deal breaker, as long as the family grants it like now. However, I would also say, use it sparingly. If we have a movie full of CG'ed actors with the likeness of the deceased, it does cross over into bad taste. You can recast if you need to.
tl;dr - A little is fine, but it goes a long way.

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